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Former Fox Host and Wife of Grifter Gavin Newsom, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Resigns as Ambassador to Greece After Caught Asking for $100,000

Once a grifter...

Allegedly -- and recent news seems to confirm it -- she demanded a political donor pay off her $100,000 in credit card debt.

Apparently she just didn't want anyone asking about her debt during confirmation hearings. So... she decided that demanding a Trump donor give her $100,000 was the less-perilous route.

Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express--in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.

"It won't show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express," she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. "Please."

The grifting was too griftacious and now she'll be shaking her tin cup in the private sector.

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle on Tuesday confirmed her departure from the position in a social media post in which she said that her time in the role was "coming to an end."

The White House announced that it had asked her to leave on Tuesday morning, amid a scandal involving her allegedly seeking $100,000 to pay off a credit card bill.

...

"While my time as Ambassador may be coming to an end, my commitment to President Trump, the America First movement, and the country I love will never end," she added.

Guilfoyle also denied the allegations against her, saying they are "false" and that she would "vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity."

Whatever, Kimmy.

Trump asked her to resign, which is just a firing with extra steps.



Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:11 PM




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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 13, 2026 01:11 PM (hG5L0)

2 Maybe?

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Ae6Br)

3 Take that, BLADE!

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 13, 2026 01:11 PM (hG5L0)

4 I nooded

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 01:12 PM (Ae6Br)

5 Don JR. dodged a bullet dumping her...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 01:12 PM (+gK6I)

6 This information is coming out a bit late.
There is another reason they dropped a dime on her.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:13 PM (+UcOf)

7 I can't imagine that she couldn't have raised that sort of money, even at a pawn shop or eBay, selling off knick-knacks.
Even paying the minimum and waiting for some paychecks. US Ambassadors earn twice that a year on average.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 13, 2026 01:13 PM (rbvCR)

8 jeezely crow, 100k on the plastic.

inconceivable!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 01:14 PM (VyBeY)

9 She used to be so attractive and now she looks like that Versace chick and/or a muppet.

Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 01:14 PM (enNUy)

10
Book deal.

Fox News gig / Podcast.

Speaker fees.

Why can't I live like that after I get fired for unethical behavior?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 13, 2026 01:14 PM (mmrXZ)

11 She was MARRIED to Newsome?

How the hell did she ever get that close to the Trump family and FoxNews?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 01:14 PM (Sco7b)

12 Trump asked her to resign, which is just a firing with extra steps.

American Bushido. Same shame, fewer swords.

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 01:14 PM (VHUov)

13 Don JR. dodged a bullet dumping her...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 01:12 PM (+gK6I)

Wasn't she married to Gavin Newsome?

DJr. should have known better in the first place.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 01:14 PM (gLYp7)

14 Caught Asking for $100,000
.......

and that was just for makeup.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 01:15 PM (UjdFS)

15 told you so. yay me

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 13, 2026 01:15 PM (CWTWj)

16 Oh, MSNow is thrilled the new Press Secretary lasted only 14 minutes.

Thrills up the leg thrilled.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 01:15 PM (Sco7b)

17 Media was having a field day with this and to me it's a nothing burger...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 01:15 PM (+gK6I)

18 Maybe Gavin has a job for her.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 01:15 PM (RIvkX)

19 This woman was always suspect in my eyes. She was married to Gavin Fucking Gruesome, for fuck's sake.

If that ain't a big fat flashing screaming bleeding assfucking transgender red flag, I don't know what is.

Don Jr was out of his motherfucking skull. RUN, bro.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 01:16 PM (iFTx/)

20 Oh, MSNow is thrilled the new Press Secretary lasted only 14 minutes.

Thrills up the leg thrilled.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 01:15 PM (Sco7b)

Still longer than The Blade...

Posted by: All his ladies, tired of him being FIRST! all the time at October 13, 2026 01:16 PM (gLYp7)

21 Damn, that new press secretary. Just...damn.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 01:16 PM (77rzZ)

22 Wasn't she married to Gavin Newsome?

DJr. should have known better in the first place.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 01:14 PM (gLYp7)
=====
She was they went out in h.s.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 01:16 PM (RIvkX)

23 Don Jr was out of his motherfucking skull. RUN, bro.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 01:16 PM (iFTx/)

I think it was actually HER skull he was fucking... That can make a man... dumb...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 01:16 PM (gLYp7)

24 Just how much plastic surgery can you put on one card?

Posted by: Diner's Hit With A Club at October 13, 2026 01:16 PM (EdP2u)

25 The new press sec is a bit of an uptalker, and she also has a very prominent suprasternal notch. Her elbow status is undetermined at this point.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

26 She used to be a decent attorney

Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 01:17 PM (enNUy)

27 She needs to spend a few years living in near-poverty in rural Alberta. I could fix her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 01:17 PM (quk5M)

28 Carrying $100,000 at 32% per annum is dumb.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 01:17 PM (RIvkX)

29 @Nearsider, every time I've seen anything about this story, ex-BF Don Jr. is mentioned, but her ex-husband Gavin is not.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 13, 2026 01:18 PM (eStot)

30 >>jeezely crow, 100k on the plastic


Best I can tell...she's at least 50% plastic, herself.

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 01:18 PM (GHE5A)

31 Vitameatavegamin! Available at Walgreens:

https://tinyurl.com/ynfsc65m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 01:18 PM (ohSsM)

32 I liked her on FOX many, many years ago. However, I saw then how vanity was taking over from photos of her prior.

The duck lips alone from fillers deformed her entire face.

I think President Trump sent her to Greece after Jr. broke up with her to keep her at a distance. She had good ideas and comments on FOX and, I guess, is a conservative.

Most ambassadorships are gravy train for people who know a president. Look at Caroline Kennedy being sent to Japan! She can't speak two sentences with any substance. G. abused her powers apparently and lived like a queen in Greece, with apparently strange decisions.

She also, from what I've read, seems a bit angry and vindictive over Jr. getting a new wife. This led to the split of their home in Jupiter Beach, FL...which is a gorgeous place, by the way. I'm sure this was not pleasant.

He was foolish to buy this house with her when they were, I guess, engaged.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 01:18 PM (hzuYO)

33 Election around the corner. Could this be a Democrat op to muddy up the Trump image?

Kimberly Guilfoyle was confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to Greece on September 18, 2025.

So, it's been more than a year since the payment was made.
Curious.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:18 PM (+UcOf)

34 The new press sec is a bit of an uptalker, and she also has a very prominent suprasternal notch. Her elbow status is undetermined at this point.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

This is my kryptonite.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 01:18 PM (gLYp7)

35 Oh, MSNow is thrilled the new Press Secretary lasted only 14 minutes.

Thrills up the leg thrilled.

Posted by: Stateless

Still longer than The Blade...
Posted by: All his ladies, tired of him being FIRST! all the time



That escalated quickly.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 01:18 PM (jmpEl)

36 WOW. https://t.co/sdw6Rua637
.......

Hey, it's the new spokeschest!

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 01:18 PM (UjdFS)

37 @Nearsider, every time I've seen anything about this story, ex-BF Don Jr. is mentioned, but her ex-husband Gavin is not.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 13, 2026 01:18 PM (eStot)

Can't link an aspirant Dem President to any shenanigans, now...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 01:19 PM (gLYp7)

38 Carrying $100,000 at 32% per annum is dumb. Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 01:17 PM (RIvkX)

It was AMEX. No interest, but you're expected to pay it off at the end of the month. They make their money on stiff vendor fees.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 13, 2026 01:19 PM (eStot)

39 Drama.

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 01:19 PM (AKptf)

40 I know more about Gavin than I ever wanted, needed, or intended. Please send him into well-deserved obscurity.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 01:19 PM (RIvkX)

41 Carrying $100,000 at 32% per annum is dumb.
==
Some girls think they can trick a guy into paying it for them. It's not a great life strategy. Especially when you are closing in on 60.

Posted by: The Wall at October 13, 2026 01:20 PM (anL5R)

42 Are Kimberly Guilfoyle and Kristie Noem twins, sisters, or different examples of the same lab accident that got loose?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 13, 2026 01:20 PM (mFyhY)

43
"While my time as Ambassador may be coming to an end, my commitment to the grift never end," she added.

Posted by: That's more like it at October 13, 2026 01:20 PM (ylLJx)

44 If you are working for a politician, you are not supposed to ask a donor to give money to *you*. That pigeon belongs to the pol, and if there is plucking to be done, it must be done on his behalf.

Duh! That's Toady 101.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 13, 2026 01:20 PM (8mulE)

45 She's the one Gav cheated on with his best friend's wife (whom he's now married to - the best friend's (ex) wife).

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 13, 2026 01:20 PM (Fv808)

46 >>She used to be so attractive


Nope. She had big tits. But, that was about it.

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 01:21 PM (GHE5A)

47 Some girls think they can trick a guy into paying it for them. It's not a great life strategy. Especially when you are closing in on 60.

Posted by: The Wall at October 13, 2026 01:20 PM (anL5R)

Sixty. Pffffffffft
- Abuelita Ocasio Cortez.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 01:21 PM (gLYp7)

48 I guess we need a new ambassador to Greece. Which is a nice place to visit.

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 01:21 PM (AKptf)

49 You might be surprised at how stupid and petty rich people can be in throwing their reputations and sometimes careers in the shitter.

Well-known billionaires trying to solicit rando street whores for blowjobs.

There are more than a few cases of hotshot lawyers throwing away tens of millions of dollars by falsifying a few restaurant reimbursements.

In Guilfoyle's case here, it seems that she wasn't the ambassador yet. The whole thing was to clean up her financials so it looked better at the confirmation hearings. She probably thought she had little to lose at that point, and the gig was worth it.

Odd this happened years ago and we are only now finding out about it.



Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)

50 48 I guess we need a new ambassador to Greece. Which is a nice place to visit.

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 01:21 PM (AKptf)

========

I volunteer as tribute.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 01:22 PM (R0rrx)

51 Good grief....why do these women insist on facial plastic surgery? Guilfoyle looks like she's trying to become a duck.

Posted by: Orson at October 13, 2026 01:22 PM (dIske)

52 I volunteer as tribute.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 01:22 PM (R0rrx)

get in line

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 01:22 PM (AKptf)

53 Abuelita would be a diminutive, little grandma.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 13, 2026 01:22 PM (Fv808)

54 Bye.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 01:23 PM (seCv0)

55 >>It was AMEX. No interest


Amex has crazy interest on carried debt, iirc.

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 01:23 PM (GHE5A)

56 I firmly believe she only got the position by extorting the Trumps in some manner. I said so at the time, and still think so.

Also, her plastic surgery is HIDEOUS. That alone should've been disqualifying. Ambassadors are the faces of the administration; those faces shouldn't look like Halloween mask.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 01:23 PM (BI5O2)

57 Wasn't she married to Gavin Newsome?

DJr. should have known better in the first place.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 01:14 PM (gLYp7)
====

Either that or she's been drinking my Old Spice aftershave

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 01:24 PM (RIvkX)

58 Odd this happened years ago and we are only now finding out about it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)

They guy was on the news talking about it. He appears to be a plaintiff's lawyer. It would not surprise me if this had something to do with a case.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 13, 2026 01:24 PM (eStot)

59 Fail

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 01:24 PM (RIvkX)

60 She musta used Meg Ryan's plastic surgeon.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 01:25 PM (seCv0)

61 Amex has crazy interest on carried debt, iirc. Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 01:23 PM (GHE5A)

Maybe so. I thought it always had to be paid off at the end of the month.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 13, 2026 01:25 PM (eStot)

62 You might be surprised at how stupid and petty rich people can be in throwing their reputations and sometimes careers in the shitter.
=====

The thrill is in the getting, not in the having.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 01:25 PM (RIvkX)

63 Going OT, but at least one Canadian has an idea on how to improve Canadian finances:

https://tinyurl.com/ybmfc6yu+

Not sure if it would work here in the US....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM (qx7Zg)

64
Wasn't she married to Gavin Newsome?

DJr. should have known better in the first place.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 01:14 PM (gLYp7)




Amazing, the lengths a man will go through to bang a chick who does butt stuff.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM (y9nCu)

65 Also, her plastic surgery is HIDEOUS. That alone should've been disqualifying. Ambassadors are the faces of the administration; those faces shouldn't look like Halloween mask.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Why do women do this to themselves. If they're good looking to begin with, they should just let themselves age naturally. They'll still look better than they would with plastic surgery.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM (77rzZ)

66 She was married to Newsom. Her judgement is questionable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM (V2IGM)

67 Either that or she's been drinking my Old Spice aftershave
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 01:24 PM (RIvkX)

_________________

I recommend.

Posted by: Kitty Dukakis at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM (dIske)

68 60 She musta used Meg Ryan's plastic surgeon.

Now THAT was a tragedy.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM (Riz8t)

69 Another Fox News gritter.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM (7Xzii)

70 Those lips don't inflate themselves you know...

Posted by: Dr. Feelgood at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM (UacfD)

71 I bet Don Jr has gotten at least one text from Newsom asking "how's my dick taste?"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 01:27 PM (BI5O2)

72 Amex has crazy interest on carried debt, iirc. Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 01:23 PM (GHE5A)

Maybe so. I thought it always had to be paid off at the end of the month.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 13, 2026 01:25 PM (eStot)
____

Amex has both kinds of cards now

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

73 Why do women do this to themselves. If they're good looking to begin with, they should just let themselves age naturally. They'll still look better than they would with plastic surgery.
==
Well it worked so well on my tits. I figured it would be just as good on my face....

Posted by: its usually not the first time at October 13, 2026 01:27 PM (anL5R)

74 She always looked like one of those middle-aged wrecks who do milf porn.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 13, 2026 01:27 PM (/OKHJ)

75 OMG, what happened to her face!? Was it self-inflicted?

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 01:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

76 And have ya'll noticed Julie Banderas' coke nose??

Posted by: dananjcon at October 13, 2026 01:27 PM (8C1eU)

77 In fairness American Express wants their cash in one payment.

I hope criminal charges will be forthcoming. (charges, ha ha)

Posted by: connected and litigious at October 13, 2026 01:27 PM (cS1cw)

78 Sorry, but Ms Guilfoyle just is NOT an attractive woman. WTF did her lips do to her to deserve what she did to them? 'Enquiring Minds', y' know …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 13, 2026 01:28 PM (ayRl+)

79 WSJ is congratulating itself today. They even doubled down, writing a hit piece on Paxton.

Posted by: That Guy at October 13, 2026 01:28 PM (bd7Xf)

80 I bet Don Jr has gotten at least one text from Newsom asking "how's my dick taste?"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 01:27 PM (BI5O2)
===

You are vastly overestimating Gavin's abilities.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 01:28 PM (RIvkX)

81 OMG, what happened to her face!? Was it self-inflicted?

Right?

Posted by: Mark Hamill at October 13, 2026 01:28 PM (Riz8t)

82 Nothing burger that the media will masturbate vigorously over.

Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2026 01:29 PM (YwEeS)

83 Are Kimberly Guilfoyle and Kristie Noem twins, sisters, or different examples of the same lab accident that got loose?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram


Apparently there's only one plastic surgeon in existence and he only does one face.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 13, 2026 01:29 PM (vJrRc)

84 "And have ya'll noticed Julie Banderas' coke nose?? "

AI sez dog bite injury.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 01:29 PM (Jr5Lq)

85 Meh...strap hangers to the rich and famous like her will latch onto some wealthy near-insider wannabe with more money than sense. We will forever see her in the background of fund raisers and celebrity events.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 01:30 PM (2WIwB)

86 I'm looking forward to this new TV show

@zhil_arf
Fairly straightforward prediction for France

1. Le Pen will win over Melenchon with Assad numbers

2. Paris (and only Paris) will immediately be plunged into 1968-level leftist mass revolutions

3. ???

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2026 01:30 PM (nEUC6)

87 Amazing, the lengths a man will go through to bang a chick who does butt stuff.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur



Gaaaaaay!

Posted by: The seal that shouts "Gaaaaay" at October 13, 2026 01:31 PM (vJrRc)

88 Makes sense considering who she hung around with.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 13, 2026 01:31 PM (Y/06r)

89 $100K in personal credit card debt that she wanted to just write off. ("They just write it off, Jerry!") Do we even want to know what she was spending as an ambassador? Or is that about to be revealed? Or is there a set budget from State that she ran up against?

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes Wee Pooky would find somewhere else to kick at October 13, 2026 01:31 PM (Wt5PA)

90 86 I'm looking forward to this new TV show

@zhil_arf
Fairly straightforward prediction for France

1. Le Pen will win over Melenchon with Assad numbers

2. Paris (and only Paris) will immediately be plunged into 1968-level leftist mass revolutions

3. ???

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2026 01:30 PM (nEUC6)

========

Le Pen will deport some, get bogged down in practicalities, import more, and do socialist things to tank the French economy and government financies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 01:31 PM (R0rrx)

91 >>> 61 Amex has crazy interest on carried debt, iirc. Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 01:23 PM (GHE5A)

Maybe so. I thought it always had to be paid off at the end of the month.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 13, 2026 01:25 PM (eStot)

They charge interest like all the other card companies and have for years. I'm so old that I too remember the no-interest-and-pay-it-in-full deal, but I would be surprised if they even have any legacy cards with those terms.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 13, 2026 01:31 PM (3mtzY)

92 Nothing says "I am a serious person" like having an auto-weave upholstery shop in the barrio staple a Daisy Duck mask to your head.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 01:32 PM (BI5O2)

93 Amex has crazy interest on carried debt, iirc. Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 01:23 PM (GHE5A)

Maybe so. I thought it always had to be paid off at the end of the month.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon


Used to be that way. Then they realized how much money they were leaving on the table by not charging interest.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 01:32 PM (jmpEl)

94 During "those dogs ate my lesbian" trial in San Fran a million years ago, I thought attorney Guilfoyle was attractive. That might've been before her Patrick Bateman phase.

Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 01:32 PM (enNUy)

95 Is anyone else noticing AoS being slow today? I'm not having issues with any other sites.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 13, 2026 01:32 PM (3mtzY)

96 Maybe Onassis has a grandson Kim could sidle up to while she's in Greece, worked for Jackie.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2026 01:32 PM (vbXSk)

97 This is a big bag of nuthin'. It'll be non-news in less than three days.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 13, 2026 01:33 PM (g8Ew8)

98 Nobody in Frawnce has the huevos to right the ship.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 01:34 PM (seCv0)

99 There are grifters on both sides of the aisle. Why doesn't Biden ask Newsom or Waltz to resign?
That being said, Trump probably did the right thing and is much superior to Biden.

Posted by: PG at October 13, 2026 01:34 PM (uzddd)

100
Why do women do this to themselves. If they're good looking to begin with, they should just let themselves age naturally. They'll still look better than they would with plastic surgery.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM

They don't understand the law of diminishing returns I suspect.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 13, 2026 01:34 PM (swiwN)

101 Those lips don't inflate themselves you know...

Posted by: Dr. Feelgood at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM (UacfD)
-

With those lips Guilfoyle could cast a thousand immigrants onto the shores of Lesbos!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 01:34 PM (ohSsM)

102 Did she do this? It looks bad, but she denies it (for whatever that's worth) and the WSJ is hardly a bastion of fair reporting.

I'll give some benefit of the doubt on this. We've seen people on our side get crucified over made up or exaggerated allegations before.

There must be a money trail if this happened, right?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 01:35 PM (iFTx/)

103 I know Italians are only white-adjacent, are Greeks considered white?

Posted by: Keeping Score. at October 13, 2026 01:35 PM (EdP2u)

104 What a classy woman, with her surgery face and wearing a see through top at a state dinner.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 13, 2026 01:35 PM (qCWBp)

105 I had Gold and a Silver AMEX cards when I repped for a hazardous materials recycling firm. When I left, the first thing I did was close both of those accounts 'cos the company wasn't picking up the tab anymore. Yeah, I'm a cheap S.O.B. …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 13, 2026 01:35 PM (ayRl+)

106 >>> 102 Did she do this? It looks bad, but she denies it (for whatever that's worth) and the WSJ is hardly a bastion of fair reporting.

I'll give some benefit of the doubt on this. We've seen people on our side get crucified over made up or exaggerated allegations before.

There must be a money trail if this happened, right?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 01:35 PM (iFTx/)

The $100k was for plastic surgery, which didn't go so well.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 13, 2026 01:36 PM (3mtzY)

107 And this is why we don't judge our Pres and VP on their friends and family...

Trump has had as many issues in this set as anyone else...certain folks who orbit politicians and money/possible corruption tend to always become problems...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 13, 2026 01:36 PM (tOcjL)

108 94 During "those dogs ate my lesbian" trial in San Fran a million years ago, I thought attorney Guilfoyle was attractive. That might've been before her Patrick Bateman phase.
Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 01:32 PM

It makes me sad that these gorgeous women feel some sort of way about aging that they're doing extreme plastic surgery and instead of rested they look alien. When everyone says what the hell did she do to her face they've gone too far.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 13, 2026 01:36 PM (swiwN)

109 I know Italians are only white-adjacent, are Greeks considered white?
Posted by: Keeping Score

RMBS is Greek, and he's white, as is RMBS Mom.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 01:37 PM (77rzZ)

110 Why do women do this to themselves. If they're good looking to begin with, they should just let themselves age naturally. They'll still look better than they would with plastic surgery.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 01:26 PM

They don't understand the law of diminishing returns I suspect.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 13, 2026 01:34 PM (swiwN)
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Plastic surgery -- especially extensive work -- is difficult to do, and the outcome is always in some doubt on how the surgery will heal.

You can go to the best surgeons, pay for the best work, and still end up looking like you were patched together by Santa's elves. Look at John Cusack. I'm sure he paid top dollar and ended up looking like Clayface.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

111 Who accumulates $100K on a credit card??? That’s insane

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 13, 2026 01:38 PM (zEBE+)

112 "There must be a money trail if this happened, right?"

the guy claims he did not give her the money, but did rat her out. The claim is there are text/email evidence ... I'd guess that could be tracked and confirmed.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2026 01:38 PM (vbXSk)

113 Trump has had as many issues in this set as anyone else...certain folks who orbit politicians and money/possible corruption tend to always become problems...
Posted by: Nova Local


Think of the odds. People get into politics to get bribes. Every politician I have met was on the take.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 13, 2026 01:38 PM (O+jiO)

114 Le Pen will deport some, get bogged down in practicalities, import more, and do socialist things to tank the French economy and government financies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


I don't think she can afford to, considering they're on the brink already. The yield spread just went parabolic.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2026 01:39 PM (nEUC6)

115 Think of the odds. People get into politics to get bribes. Every politician I have met was on the take.
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there you go again . . .
you and your common sense!

Posted by: ISWYDT at October 13, 2026 01:39 PM (anL5R)

116 Who accumulates $100K on a credit card??? That’s insane
Posted by: LinusVanPelt


Exactly. I pay mine off before it hits $50k.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 13, 2026 01:39 PM (gyLJj)

117 I mean, plastic surgery does have its uses. Say, for extreme burn victims. But trying to use it as a way to deny the Wall seldom works.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 01:40 PM (77rzZ)

118 113 Concur.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 01:40 PM (Jr5Lq)

119 114 Le Pen will deport some, get bogged down in practicalities, import more, and do socialist things to tank the French economy and government financies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I don't think she can afford to, considering they're on the brink already. The yield spread just went parabolic.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2026 01:39 PM (nEUC6)

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One of her major campaign promises is to lower the retirement age.

She's a socialist first and foremost.

She'll have a choice of deportations or destroying the French economy. She'll choose destroying the French economy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 01:40 PM (R0rrx)

120 RMBS is Greek, and he's white, as is RMBS Mom.
Posted by: Bulg

Thanks, I only found out about the Italian thing yesterday.

Posted by: Slow Learer at October 13, 2026 01:41 PM (EdP2u)

121 Never did like Kim Gargoyle and never liked her on FAUX Nooz. There is a reason The Golden Scalp Weasel sent her to Greece.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 13, 2026 01:41 PM (affD0)

The Mystery of the Talarico Disappearance

There's a lot of speculation going on, which, unlike in the case of the Charlie Kirk murder, is completely justified because we have a legitimate mystery which James Talarico refuses to resolve himself.

I say it's the AIDS Crazies, but other people have their own theories.

The big theory is, of course, that James Talarico had a mental health crisis and checked himself in to an Ohio mental health facility.

Is there evidence for this? Well, some. A private plane flew from Austin to an airfield close by the Lindner Center of Hope in Mason, Ohio. Which itself is interesting because that mental health facility was used by one of Talarico's friends and close political supporters.

Caroline Wren
@CarolineWren


What are the chances that a private plane took off from Austin and flew to tiny Hamilton airport in Ohio which is 20 mins from the Lindner Center, a private inpatient mental health treatment facility, and then turned around and flew back to Austin landing yesterday morning at 10:24am right before James Talarico magically reappears at the Austin City Limits music festival that afternoon? Lindner Center also happens to be the same facility that Talarico's good friend and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo spent 7 weeks in when she had a mental breakdown 3 years ago...

Of course, the big huge evidence is that reporters called the mental health facility in question and a representative there confirmed Talarico had been treated there, but had just been released.

Now the hospital is denying this, but the original admission is on audiotape, and one can imagine that if they unwisely disclosed Talarico's presence there they would have to scramble to deny it due to rules about patient confidentiality.


The nation's Democrat Propaganda Outfit of Record says trust us, we have secret evidence we can't share that Talarico has just been at home for some of these past 12 days.

There are many problems here:

1, that doesn't prove that he didn't check himself into a mental health facility. Even taking that as true, we could only conclude he wasn't at a mental health facility for 8 of the 12 days. Self check-ins to mental health facilities are often short stays of 48 hours or 72 hours, my extensive experience in reading detective fiction tells me.

2, this "evidence" is shared by intense partisans -- the campaign itself -- and cannot be trusted. Nor can the intense partisans at the NYT, who will not share the information.

3, even if the claim were true, that would not explain why a 37 year old "man" disappears from the campaign trail for 12 straight days in the closing hours of the campaign to make photo collages and put together his own look books.

4, another reporter says it's not true, and no one has seen anyone at Talarico's home since the disappearance:


talaricohouse.jpg

Talarico's own claims are varied and contradictory:



This should be the easiest thing in the world for him to clear up -- and yet he can't, or won't.



Talarico's paid army of online bots is threatening anyone who talks about the AIDS Crazies:

Shipwreckedcrew
@shipwreckedcrew

The Memo has gone out to the Lib Influencers:

"Knock this story down by posting that everyone is going to get sued for posting rumors about Talarico."

Hey Libs -- it would not be so hard to decipher your coordinated messaging if you all could resist the urge to post the same thing at the same time.

"Coordinated Messaging" = False = Propaganda.

Is there evidence he employs an army of paid bots and influencers? Why yes there is!

Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸
@Bubblebathgirl

As if Talarico's campaign isn't already having a bad day, a New York Times report released Sunday says dozens of TikTok accounts were paid $4 per 1,000 views to post positive clips about him. The company behind the payments is Frontier Media. Naturally his campaign says it had nothing to do with it. The money Frontier Media used to pay for pro-Talarico social content had to come from somewhere.

These paid "clippers" weren't a tiny side effort. They accounted for nearly a quarter of the Talarico-related videos the Times looked at in a 24-hour window. The money's source is still unclear and Frontier Media has no visible FEC filings. The campaign's denial is noted, but the volume of paid content is not. Follow the money is the obvious course of action. Between today's blockbuster mental health facility claims and now this NYT article on paid support for Talarico, it's unthinkable that his campaign survives the week let alone a debate or election.

Organic support is one thing. A network of accounts getting paid by the view to flood the platform with positive clips is another. Voters can tell the difference. The appearance of a spontaneous online army collapses once the payments are documented. That's what the Times just did.

It should be mentioned that a man in the U.S. just got sentenced to jail for artificially creating consumption of his AI songs on streaming services. There should be similar penalties for artificially creating support for a political candidate, without disclosing it, on social media. The fraud is for profit. In the streaming case financially, in the Talarico case politically and also financially. Both are clearly immoral and should be criminal.

timestalaricoinfluencers.jpg

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:06 PM




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1 BLADE BLADE BLADE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

2 Uno

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (AKptf)

3 First?

Posted by: Polka will never die at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (zuZpx)

4 I NOODED

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (l3cgK)

5 wtf, Elric ?!

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (AKptf)

6 Italicans attack!

Posted by: Polka will never die at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (zuZpx)

7 He was abducted by space aliens. They tried to return him a day later but he was enjoying the probe too much.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (u73oe)

8 5 wtf, Elric ?!

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (AKptf)

He went in for first, but is barreling now...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (l3cgK)

9

Gay!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (3mtzY)

10 How is this not a HIPAA violation?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (wxsGM)

11 Everything Talarico is retarded and gay...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:08 PM (l3cgK)

12 Curses!

Read the content again!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 13, 2026 12:08 PM (3mtzY)

13 5 wtf, Elric ?!

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (AKptf)

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It's better to assume ace left a tag open than a first comment.

You'll be right more often than not.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:08 PM (R0rrx)

14 Nah. Coke and cabana boys.
Talarico has been under a lot of stress.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 12:08 PM (Sco7b)

15 10 How is this not a HIPAA violation?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (wxsGM)

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It probably was.

But, just because something's against the law, that doesn't mean that it doesn't happen.

Murder's against the law, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:08 PM (R0rrx)

16 How on earth are betting markets still favoring a Talarico win?

Posted by: Maroon at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (6p0Yv)

17 What are the chances that a private plane took off from Austin and flew to tiny Hamilton airport in Ohio which is 20 mins from the Lindner Center, a private inpatient mental health treatment facility, and then turned around and flew back to Austin landing yesterday morning at 10:24am right before James Talarico magically reappears at the Austin City Limits music festival that afternoon?


If he had the flu, he should still look like death warmed over.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (jmpEl)

18 wtf, Elric ?!

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (AKptf)

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It's better to assume ace left a tag open than a first comment.

You'll be right more often than not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:08 PM (R0rrx)
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This. There were no tags in my comment.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)

19 14 Nah. Coke and cabana boys.
Talarico has been under a lot of stress.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 12:08 PM (Sco7b)

Both fit up his ass...one might lead him to the hospital and a mention on the 2026 list of "Things People Shoved Up Their Asses"....

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (l3cgK)

20 Now the hospital is denying that a James Talerico was one of their patients?

It is always the cover-up that blows up.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (2GVsD)

21 'Paid $4 per 1000 views.'

And here I've been surfing and clicking for free all these years. I need to Level Up my game. I think that's what the kidz call it now: leveling-up.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (Jr5Lq)

22 16 How on earth are betting markets still favoring a Talarico win?

Posted by: Maroon at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (6p0Yv)

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The people who bet in betting markets are mostly white progressives and Europeans who have no understanding of American elections, especially at the state level.

Also, they're being manipulated by pollsters for insider payouts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (R0rrx)

23 It's better to assume ace left a tag open than a first comment.

You'll be right more often than not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:08 PM (R0rrx)

experience tells us that when ace does something, it is usually super big, not some italicans tag that a commenter can fix. so it was Elric. who should be ashamed of himself.

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 12:10 PM (AKptf)

24
As another moron asked, why did the flu prevent him from so much as holding up his phone, giving his supporters a wan smile, and coughing out "Hey guys, I have the flu, I'll be off the trail until I'm healthy, fuck Trump."

Scott Adams literally livestreamed until the day before he died. There were mornings when he livestreamed from the back of an ambulance as he was being transported to the ER.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 13, 2026 12:10 PM (mmrXZ)

25 He's even more nutz than many of the posters on the previous thread.

Posted by: And That's BAD!! at October 13, 2026 12:10 PM (EdP2u)

26 23
experience tells us that when ace does something, it is usually super big, not some italicans tag that a commenter can fix. so it was Elric. who should be ashamed of himself.

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 12:10 PM (AKptf)

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Commenters can't fix their own comments. We don't have edit buttons.

However, some of us do have access to the back end and can find issues in posts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:10 PM (R0rrx)

27 Occam's razor: Talarico went on a dick bender.

Posted by: Lost Fortnight at October 13, 2026 12:10 PM (Ovx+P)

28 When the New York Slimes is calling you out, might has well fold the tent and go into the desert.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:11 PM (2GVsD)

29 24
As another moron asked, why did the flu prevent him from so much as holding up his phone, giving his supporters a wan smile, and coughing out "Hey guys, I have the flu, I'll be off the trail until I'm healthy, fuck Trump."

Scott Adams literally livestreamed until the day before he died. There were mornings when he livestreamed from the back of an ambulance as he was being transported to the ER.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 13, 2026 12:10 PM (mmrXZ)

Butt-flu, i.e. MonkeyPox...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:11 PM (l3cgK)

30 Call that a conspiracy theory -pshaw!!!

The Linder family runs Chiquita Banana. If you know the history of banana republics and the CIA you know all you need to know about the Linder family.

Their eponymous mental health center is, no doubt, a CIA Mind Control Facility that is topping off Talafreako's conditioning before he takes office as the Senator from Texas!

Posted by: Not Art Bell and Not Coast to Coast at October 13, 2026 12:11 PM (anL5R)

31 *checks calendar*

Oh, it's October.

Posted by: No wonder at October 13, 2026 12:11 PM (LllLg)

32 If Talarico’s home sick, wouldn't his girlfriend at least be going in and out bringing soup??

"Girlfriend". Riiiiight.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 13, 2026 12:11 PM (t19vo)

33 that mental health facility was used by one of Talarico's friends and close political supporters.
.......

You gotta be crazy to hang out with that dimbshit.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 12:11 PM (UjdFS)

34 Nothing about this guy or his campaign has the vibe of "this guy is going to win the Texas Senate Seat."

Stranger things have happened in politics, but I've been around long enough, and followed politics closely enough...

This guy has "oh by the way, he lost..." written all over him. He's going to be a quick aside during the early election night coverage.

Posted by: Shenanigans at October 13, 2026 12:12 PM (qmxL/)

35 27 Occam's razor: Talarico went on a dick bender.

Posted by: Lost Fortnight at October 13, 2026 12:10 PM (Ovx+P)

He popped his dick? I hear that's terribly painful.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:12 PM (l3cgK)

36 How on earth are betting markets still favoring a Talarico win?
Posted by: Maroon at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (6p0Yv)


At a guess? People who don't care about losing a bit of money are using them to sow a feeling of inevitability about the race. It should be treated like a campaign contribution but it isn't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2026 12:12 PM (ExV1e)

37 what pushed him over the edge ? does he have a history of breakdowns ?

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 12:12 PM (AKptf)

38 early off topic: news: yahoo: Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns as U.S. ambassador to Greece after report she asked donor to pay her $100K credit card bill

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 13, 2026 12:12 PM (CWTWj)

39 Isn't Linder the guy who sells the pillows?

Posted by: Just got here at October 13, 2026 12:12 PM (LllLg)

40 The thing that most gives away the game as a steaming pile of river otter shit is that the creepy little imp said that he was working from home the entire time he was supposedly so sick from the "flu" that he disappeared for almost 2 weeks.

Huh?

How can he be well enough to work every day -- even if just low-effort paper-pushing -- but not well enough for a zoom call, a phone call, or even a social media post? That makes no sense at all.

He and his campaign are clearly lying about why he was gone. They're not helping themselves either.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:12 PM (iFTx/)

41 36 How on earth are betting markets still favoring a Talarico win?
Posted by: Maroon at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (6p0Yv)

At a guess? People who don't care about losing a bit of money are using them to sow a feeling of inevitability about the race. It should be treated like a campaign contribution but it isn't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2026 12:12 PM (ExV1e)

So, campaign contributions.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:12 PM (l3cgK)

42 Elric continues his excellence streak. Y'all are just jealous!

Posted by: He's Mostly Awesome! at October 13, 2026 12:13 PM (EdP2u)

43 Dick Bender opened for Faster Pussycat at the Civic Arena in '89.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:13 PM (wOO3z)

44 Talefreako caught the Gay Spray from his NYC visit.

Talk about bad optics, Jamie boy giving a press conference, even on Twitter, and everyone is hearing disgusting slurping sounds.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:13 PM (2GVsD)

45 LOL Talarico

Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2026 12:13 PM (YwEeS)

46 "How on earth are betting markets still favoring a Talarico win?"

They know that the fraud is planned and certain?

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

47 Oh how we sometimes wish for an edit button.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 12:13 PM (Ae6Br)

48 Occam's razor: Talarico went on a dick bender.

True story: in college, one of the guys got a phone message from a large company recruiter. He almost didn't call back because the caller's name was Dick Bender and he thought we were pranking him.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 13, 2026 12:14 PM (vTZFs)

49 Cory Booker is more hetero than this guy.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 13, 2026 12:14 PM (3mtzY)

50 46 "How on earth are betting markets still favoring a Talarico win?"

They know that the fraud is planned and certain?

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

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Biden couldn't win Texas in 2020.

No, the cheat is not going to get Talarico over the line.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:14 PM (R0rrx)

51 Does Talefreako share a girlfriend with Cory Booker?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:14 PM (2GVsD)

52 Do we need to bring in Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Encyclopedia Brown to solve this case?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 13, 2026 12:14 PM (FZ29D)

53 This is probably something I find mildly amusing because it torques off the left... but in the grand scheme of things means nothing.

The dude's a bonified weirdo. Weirdo's do weird things.

I think he still should be put in a box and buried.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 12:15 PM (RORbl)

54 48 Occam's razor: Talarico went on a dick bender.

True story: in college, one of the guys got a phone message from a large company recruiter. He almost didn't call back because the caller's name was Dick Bender and he thought we were pranking him.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 13, 2026 12:14 PM (vTZFs)

When I graduated from the Uni, we heard the name, "Dick Hurts" as the next graduate...kid goes up to the podium to collect his "diploma" with a limp...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:15 PM (l3cgK)

55 Isn't Linder the guy who sells the pillows?
Posted by: Just got here

That's Lindell. Mike Lindell.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 12:15 PM (77rzZ)

56 The entire internet is people being paid to post positive or negative shit, be it about politicians, reviews of restaurants, Amazon reviews, etc. Olus the bot farms of course.

Dead internet theory is a thing for a reason.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:15 PM (k3anH)

57 Occam's razor: Talarico went on a dick bender.

What is the Young's Modulus of peen?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

58 A dick bender? Sure, we got that.

Posted by: Grainger at October 13, 2026 12:16 PM (LllLg)

59 How is this not a HIPAA violation?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (wxsGM)

He wants to violate his own "hippo", but cannot get around to it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 12:16 PM (quk5M)

60 Do we need to bring in Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Encyclopedia Brown to solve this case?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Jessica Fletcher was a nosy bitch. We'd know in an hour.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:16 PM (wOO3z)

61 Tuco 'the veg" Talarico ate some meat and his GI track went into revolt.

Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at October 13, 2026 12:17 PM (VXhse)

62 Can't spell Talarico without RICO.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 13, 2026 12:17 PM (w9Wax)

63 *checks calendar*

Oh, it's October.
Posted by: No wonder


And yet, you don't seem at all surprised.

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 12:17 PM (VHUov)

64 60 Do we need to bring in Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Encyclopedia Brown to solve this case?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Jessica Fletcher was a nosy bitch. We'd know in an hour.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:16 PM (wOO3z)

Someone always dies wherever she goes. She was a serial killer that ended up finding a fall-guy for her antics.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:17 PM (l3cgK)

65 The Bulwark: MAGA’s Talarico Mental Breakdown Conspiracy Implodes—Instantly
The holes in this one were evident pretty quickly. Now the big question is will there be lawsuits in response?

It's obvious BS. If Talarico had actually had a mental breakdown, why would he go to Ohio for treatment and not, say, anywhere in his home state? Why wouldn’t he simply have someone come to him?

MAGA are so scared and desperate. Shall we send them a fruit basket??

Nah, send them a basket of dildos. Just like people did to those fucks that took over that wildlife refuge in Oregon. That was awesome, the whiny little fucks had to beg people to stop sending them dildos.

Lies are about all they’ve got left… Well… That and voter intimidation and post-vote ballot seizures…

The last three political candidates with clear, demonstable mental issues--Feinstein, Fetterman, and Trump--won their elections, so I'm not sure this is really the attack angle the Republicans think it is...

Legally it IS libel, and they're in "Carol Burnett" territory. (National Enquirer published a malicious and provably false libel, she took them to court **and won.**)

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 13, 2026 12:17 PM (t19vo)

66 Jessica Fletcher was a nosy bitch. We'd know in an hour.

Missed opportunity to sock as Wishbone.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 13, 2026 12:18 PM (vTZFs)

67 62 Can't spell Talarico without RICO.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 13, 2026 12:17 PM (w9Wax)

No.

Posted by: "Rico Suave" singer Gerardo Mejía at October 13, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)

68
Leftists may have associates but they have no friends. They're all fungible components of the Revolution.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 12:18 PM (lxgyu)

69 He's a self-righteous, self-satisfied true believer who has had to spend the last year lying about everything he actually believes and pretend that he's one of the very people he distant. If he has a conscious at all, that is sure to cause mental instability. So, it's probably just the AIDS.

Posted by: 29Victor at October 13, 2026 12:19 PM (0MjtC)

70 Oh, it's October.
Posted by: No wonder
--
Election Year October

Pumpkin Spice Phony Polls and Commercials

Its a special kind of purgatory.

Posted by: But I got playoff baseball to watch tonight at October 13, 2026 12:19 PM (anL5R)

71 65 MAGA are so scared and desperate. Shall we send them a fruit basket??

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 13, 2026 12:17 PM (t19vo)

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"The Iran War, which no one is running on, is so unpopular that Texas is going to swing 20 points to the left."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:19 PM (R0rrx)

72 Someone always dies wherever she goes. She was a serial killer that ended up finding a fall-guy for her antics.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

My Dad loved that show, but even he noted that you shouldn't hang out with her.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

73 Someone always dies wherever she goes. She was a serial killer that ended up finding a fall-guy for her antics.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Cabot Cove was a fucked up place.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:19 PM (wOO3z)

74 the mental health facility in question and a representative there confirmed Talarico had been treated there, but had just been released.
.......

"Treated". lol
All hopped up on goofballs.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 12:19 PM (UjdFS)

75 The phone call to Linder is devastating.

I can't believe the lady answering the phone was so reckless to give out medical information to rando callers, though. I mean, that should be Rule Number One at any health facility, no?

Of course Linder is denying it. They violated like 557 healthcare laws and regs by disclosing that Talacreepo was discharged.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

76 Thanks, Ace.

I still return to people calling a stomach virus or a regular cold "flu." If it was "real" flu (Influenza A or B) there has been a drug, Tamiflu, for decades. This shortens the length of illness and blunts side effects.

Twelve days for influenza? Nah. It used to be (pre-covid) a week. With lingering cough that can possibly then lead to mycoplasma and "walking pneumonia" as a secondary infection.

I say pre-covid as I believe this is in every infection now and the common cold of 7days goes longer. Another of my theories due to observing it with family and myself. Making me hate the chy knee more often for their man made plandemic.

If he had the shigella ghey shites, I am unsure the duration of that without antibiotics. However, altho I am reading it can be antibiotic resistant, there are antibiotics for regular shigella shites.

I still prefer the grocery store raciss story of him calling a black youth a n and some other stuff. Because the boy would not let him ahead in line, with King T. only having two items. This would destroy his election.

Regardless, something stinks in TallyRico's stories. It could be his underwear.

He's hiding something big says Elon Musk.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:19 PM (hzuYO)

77 Would be a wild turn of events if TX is won by the freak but Minnesota and Michigan go red. It’s not out of the realm of possibility.

Stranger things have happened.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:20 PM (k3anH)

78 Here’s my conspiracy theory: they know he’s going to get walloped so they’re building a narrative to explain it. Anything other than people don’t like progressive ideas.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 13, 2026 12:20 PM (u73oe)

79 Keep the innuendo going, clear evidence or no evidence. Since this is a turnout election, keep this rumor going among the black and Hispanic electorate -- they're already looking at Talafreako sideways after he defeated Crockett in the primary.

Remember, James, you want to go down the railroad tracks, not across them.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 13, 2026 12:20 PM (qwx/I)

80 Afternoon Ace.
I get the suspicion that the NYT story about paid influencers for Talarico is a how to story, not a expose'. Mamdani has his goon squad of influencers on the public dime

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 12:20 PM (V2IGM)

81 I am doing the "Joe Biden Basement" strategy. I say the opposite of the facts, hide in my mom's basement and pretend I have disappeared to sow mystery and make people talk. Unlike Joe, however, I suck cock and take it in the ass while doing this while Joe just shit his pants.

Posted by: Jim Talarico, homosexual at October 13, 2026 12:20 PM (VNBA8)

82 True story: in college, one of the guys got a phone message from a large company recruiter. He almost didn't call back because the caller's name was Dick Bender and he thought we were pranking him.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 13, 2026 12:14 PM (vTZFs)
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P. I. Staker! Pisstaker! Come on!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 12:20 PM (amcLV)

83 It's obvious BS. If Talarico had actually had a mental breakdown, why would he go to Ohio for treatment and not, say, anywhere in his home state? Why wouldn’t he simply have someone come to him?

As a guess, and granted I'm not a galactic level brain like you, but perhaps he didn't want to go where people know him and would immediately spill the beans.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

84 I don't really need deep theory-crafting and secret flight manifests to know this dude is nuckin' futs.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2026 12:20 PM (aKiSo)

85 38 early off topic: news: yahoo: Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns as U.S. ambassador to Greece after report she asked donor to pay her $100K credit card bill

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 13, 2026 12:12 PM (CWTWj)

Having spent two years at the embassy there, and working directly for the ambassador assigned there at the time, I was completely ashamed of her. She embarrassed the U.S. Good bye and don't let the door hit you in the butt. Send someone who loves the US more than they want to be a party girl/guy to represent the administration there.

Posted by: moki at October 13, 2026 12:21 PM (wLjpr)

86 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:19 PM (hzuYO)

12 days of Christmas > 12 days of Influenza

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:21 PM (l3cgK)

87 My Pup Tent collapsed when y'all started with the Dick Bender bidness.

Posted by: Unhappy Camper at October 13, 2026 12:21 PM (EdP2u)

88
Lady at clinic: "Let's see... Talarico... Talarico... Oh, him!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 12:21 PM (lxgyu)

89 78 Here’s my conspiracy theory: they know he’s going to get walloped so they’re building a narrative to explain it. Anything other than people don’t like progressive ideas.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 13, 2026 12:20 PM (u73oe)

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I think he's just a weak-willed millennial (I am a millennial as well) who is not used to serious work like months' long campaigning and just decided to take a break. Whether that was at his home because of "the flu" or whether he did go to Ohio for the mental health break, it doesn't matter.

He also probably knows that he has no chance and has known for a while, so all the hard work felt pointless. Why not just take a few days?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:21 PM (R0rrx)

90 TIL: Someone thinks James Talerico has a "girlfriend." That's amusing.

Posted by: WarEagle82 at October 13, 2026 12:22 PM (Qfzq8)

91 How on earth are betting markets still favoring a Talarico win?
Posted by: Maroon at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (6p0Yv)

Because the "bets" are money spent by the campaign in an effort to make it appear that he is winning in a runaway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 12:22 PM (quk5M)

92 I always pay my $100,000 credit card bill myself.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 13, 2026 12:22 PM (HCp6U)

93 MAGA are so scared and desperate. Shall we send them a fruit basket??

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison
........

You wouldn't fit.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 12:22 PM (UjdFS)

94 TIL: Someone thinks James Talerico has a "girlfriend." That's amusing.
Posted by: WarEagle82 at October 13, 2026 12:22 PM (Qfzq

She’s from Canada you don’t know her.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:22 PM (k3anH)

95 88
Lady at clinic: "Let's see... Talarico... Talarico... Oh, him!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 12:21 PM (lxgyu)

Maybe this happened...
https://youtu.be/zZTEvcTIuCQ

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:22 PM (l3cgK)

96 He also probably knows that he has no chance and has known for a while, so all the hard work felt pointless. Why not just take a few days?

Would you be in a hurry for your rendevous with a firing squad?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

97 There are towns in the UK that the ONLY cause of death is murder. And the only inner monologue is lametations of some gay priest.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 12:23 PM (Ae6Br)

98 Keith Haring and Klaus Nomi were early victims of the AIDS Crazies epidemic.

Posted by: Doktor Fowchi at October 13, 2026 12:23 PM (EdP2u)

99 Stopped at Walgreens for a flu shot this AM. They've got the damn plexiglas walls up again, so I knew I wouldn't be able to hear or understand the accented pharm tech on the other side. I got tired of waiting in line, and then I remembered I have a doctor appt next Tuesday anyway, so I bailed.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

100 https://x.com/MDot_Cartier/status/
2109787009455645154

There is something...deeply wrong with young, female leftists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:24 PM (R0rrx)

101 Because the "bets" are money spent by the campaign in an effort to make it appear that he is winning in a runaway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 12:22 PM (quk5M)

If only there were any kind of scrutiny into how campaigns spend their money.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2026 12:24 PM (aKiSo)

102 On X:

BREAKING: The FBI is currently RAIDING the office of high-ranking Democrat VA Sen. Louise Lucas in a MAJOR corruption investigation, per Fox

Sen. Lucas is a close ally of Dem. VA Gov. Abigail Spanberger

MULTIPLE court-approved search warrants are being executed at Lucas' office

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:24 PM (jmpEl)

103 Hmmm. The new Press Secretary cut the presser after 14 minutes.

MSNow is doing the Snoopy happy dance.

CNN is in Kansas talking with a guy who has been talking with people who voted for President Trump THREE times but are now done! Done! Completely done.

News is hard.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (Sco7b)

104 102 On X:

BREAKING: The FBI is currently RAIDING the office of high-ranking Democrat VA Sen. Louise Lucas in a MAJOR corruption investigation, per Fox

Sen. Lucas is a close ally of Dem. VA Gov. Abigail Spanberger

MULTIPLE court-approved search warrants are being executed at Lucas' office

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:24 PM (jmpEl)

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I thought Lucas and Spanberger hated each other, that Lucas is supposed to be the power in the state and hates that Spanberger is a carpetbagger jumping the line.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (R0rrx)

105 >>> 93 MAGA are so scared and desperate. Shall we send them a fruit basket??

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison
........

You wouldn't fit.
Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 12:22 PM (UjdFS)

You'd be surprised what Stan can fit in a basket.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (3mtzY)

106 Talafreako literally looks like AI when he's on video. Really weird uncanny valley shit.

Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (oqH4h)

107 >>How on earth are betting markets still favoring a Talarico win?


You think people are only willing to burn money on Media to influence voters?

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (GHE5A)

108 "Because the "bets" are money spent by the campaign in an effort to make it appear that he is winning in a runaway."

That sounds plausible to me.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

109 Even if video evidence emerges of Talarico at the Ohio psych hospital, the media will still not cover it. There is the John Edwards precedent involving the National Enquirer, which published evidence in 2007 that the Democrat darling had impregnated a mistress. Even though the story was true, the legacy media buried the story as if it were inadmissable evidence in a trial, because the story was broken by a "disreputable" publication engaging in disreputable forms of journalism. (That principle obviously never applied to ethically questionable forms of journalism that ensnare Republicans.)

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (TP1nk)

110 Who is Louise Lucas?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (2GVsD)

111 Because the "bets" are money spent by the campaign in an effort to make it appear that he is winning in a runaway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 12:22 PM (quk5M)

Then it’s fee money taking the contra bet. Everyone who is 100% sure Texas won’t turn should be betting the house on Paxton.




Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (k3anH)

112 I think he's just pulling a page out of Abortion Mouse's playbook and running away from any debates

Posted by: syranch at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (FsQPy)

113 Go ahead and threaten to sue.

* Narrator: "They won't"

Discovery, how does it work?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (w9Wax)

114 Stopped at Walgreens for a flu shot this AM. They've got the damn plexiglas walls up again...
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What retarded state was that in?

Posted by: Crusader at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (TN0g+)

115 107 >>How on earth are betting markets still favoring a Talarico win?


You think people are only willing to burn money on Media to influence voters?

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (GHE5A)

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Swinging the betting market probably wouldn't amount to a line item in Talarico's campaign's budget, the market is so small.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (R0rrx)

116 My own theory as to where the impy twit was for two weeks is ...

... in a hospital having emergency surgery.

That seems the only explanation for why he would literally disappear for two weeks. Even if he was in the looney bin, they could have staged some kind of zoom call or something as proof of life.

But even as calls grew for "where's James?" he still stayed hidden. Why? Why couldn't the gimp at least make a zoom call?

I think it's because he was in the hospital tied up to machines.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

117 https://x.com/MDot_Cartier/status/
2109787009455645154

There is something...deeply wrong with young, female leftists.


This one is unusually nice looking for a leftist.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

118 Isn't Cory Booker happily married these days?

Posted by: I Think To A Girl, Not Sure at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (EdP2u)

119 >>BREAKING: The FBI is currently RAIDING the office of high-ranking Democrat VA Sen. Louise Lucas in a MAJOR corruption investigation, per Fox


Corruption!

In Government!?

Well, I never...

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (GHE5A)

120 I assumed he had freaked out because something compromising like his laptop had gone missing.

Posted by: Halfhand at October 13, 2026 12:27 PM (RhaPD)

121 117 https://x.com/MDot_Cartier/status/
2109787009455645154

There is something...deeply wrong with young, female leftists.

This one is unusually nice looking for a leftist.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

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We can argue all day about her politics, but the fact remains, this chick blew fire into her face on purpose on camera.

Does she count when talking about generations of idiots?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:27 PM (R0rrx)

122 Sen. Louise Lucas...
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A "fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at October 13, 2026 12:27 PM (TN0g+)

123
... in a hospital having emergency surgery.

___________

"What the?.. Holy cow! Hey everyone! Take a look at this!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 12:27 PM (lxgyu)

124 "What retarded state was that in?"

The very most retarded state: Illinois. Suck it, California.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

125 What if talafreako went on a 12 day drug fueled bender and was snorting ketamine of frat boys’ wieners?

That would be a more believable explanation than “the flu.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (W2Pud)

126 isn't talafricko some sort of christian? if it were me i would have done daily posts asking for prayers

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (CWTWj)

127 Cabot Cove was a fucked up place.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


There had to be some sort of Cthulhu-worshipping cult at work there. No way you can have a murder rate four times greater than South Africa's, in a town of 3500, without some supernatural mindfuckery going on.

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (VHUov)

128 Plexiglass for Covid purposes? Good lord.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (k3anH)

129 I think it's because he was in the hospital tied up to machines.
Posted by: Elric


How long is the recovery time for gerbil removal surgery?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (3p0Pm)

130 I thought Lucas and Spanberger hated each other, that Lucas is supposed to be the power in the state and hates that Spanberger is a carpetbagger jumping the line.

Louise Lucas is the Maxine Waters of Jasmine Ratchets.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)

131 83 It's obvious BS. If Talarico had actually had a mental breakdown, why would he go to Ohio for treatment and not, say, anywhere in his home state? Why wouldn’t he simply have someone come to him?

As a guess, and granted I'm not a galactic level brain like you, but perhaps he didn't want to go where people know him and would immediately spill the beans.
Posted by: Archimedes

The funny part is, that wasn't a rando comment from the Reddit thread. That was actually the first point in the Bulwark article explaing why the story is obvious BS lol.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (P4k4S)

132 From 2019 through 2025, James Talarico worked as a paid consultant for a company called MAYA Consulting, now known as VIDA Collaborative.

During that same time, Talarico was serving in the Texas Legislature, including on the House Public Education Committee, which deals with matters involving the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

THE SAME STATE EDUCATION AGENCY WAS AWARDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CONTRACTS TO THE COMPANY PAYING TALARICO.

We’re talking about approximately $5.16 MILLION in TEA contracts.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (/+uur)

133 Well this is very odd

Find voicemail on phone from a Julie at China Bank saying they noticed I was looking for a loan.

Look up the phone number, it is to TitleMax.

Should I call TitleMax to say someone is spoofing their phone number?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (2GVsD)

134 Who is Louise Lucas?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (2GVsD)

Princess of Darkness?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (quk5M)

135 Of course Linder is denying it. They violated like 557 healthcare laws and regs by disclosing that Talacreepo was discharged.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

********
HIPPA law clearly states that unless the facility had Telerico's consent, his name should not have been given by phone or discussed as him being a patient there.

When trauma's enter the ED they are given a code name. My job as a RN case manager was to contact family after the police or hwy patrol gave me the ID. I was present in the trauma room when the patient arrived. They are then entered into the computer system with their real names. Large screens in ED's, for decades, have been hidden from public view and for staff use only. If a staff member is not in direct patient care with a patient they can be fired for looking at the records. This happens with famous people as patients and nosy staff look...which then targets them with IT, and they are fired.

The lady who answered the phone, as of yesterday, was fired, no doubt. Of course they are going to lie about it as it is federal law. On top of lawsuits they can lose licensure and Medicare/Medicaid status from Joint Commission.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (hzuYO)

136 126 isn't talafricko some sort of christian? if it were me i would have done daily posts asking for prayers

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (CWTWj)

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He's the sort that hates Christianity, holds the Gospel of Thomas at a higher level than the Gospel of Matthew because the Gospel of Thomas can be manipulated to support transgenderism, and feels more affinity towards Islam.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (R0rrx)

137 This is just the ReThuglicans pouncing and seizing, as usual.

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (0sNs1)

138 This one is unusually nice looking for a leftist.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

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We can argue all day about her politics, but the fact remains, this chick blew fire into her face on purpose on camera.

Does she count when talking about generations of idiots?


I said she was nice looking. I didn't say she was smart.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

139 The escapade has given us a couple of new euphemisms.
Everyone will now understand "A Weekend at Lindner's."

And every candidate who vanishes in the face of adversity
"has flown to Ohio."

It's an ill wind...

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (zdLoL)

140 Plexiglas for Covid?

Where is Darth Lloyd nowadays?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (2GVsD)

141 >>> 109 Even if video evidence emerges of Talarico at the Ohio psych hospital, the media will still not cover it. There is the John Edwards precedent involving the National Enquirer, which published evidence in 2007 that the Democrat darling had impregnated a mistress.
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Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (TP1nk)

The child would be pretty close to 18, if true. The ex-mistress should suggest a DNA test, or tests. Send Ancestry some spit!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (3mtzY)

142 127 Cabot Cove was a fucked up place.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

There had to be some sort of Cthulhu-worshipping cult at work there. No way you can have a murder rate four times greater than South Africa's, in a town of 3500, without some supernatural mindfuckery going on.
Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (VHUov)
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Code name for Innsmouth?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (amcLV)

143 also off topic: some trash site called 'raw story':

Veteran political journalist Jim Acosta said Monday that President Donald Trump has revealed a "25th Amendment crisis" on the country's hands as he stumps for Republicans in formerly safe districts.

Acosta joined former Republican lawyer George Conway on the debut episode of his podcast, "Psycho Politics," where the two reacted to some of the comments Trump has made during his recent rallies. They played a clip of the president boasting to a crowd, "I could say the stupidest things, and you would clap."

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 13, 2026 12:30 PM (CWTWj)

144 isn't talafricko some sort of christian?

The sort who quotes from gospels that aren't in the bible, yes.

if it were me i would have done daily posts asking for prayers
Posted by: gnats local 678


He didn't want to piss off his base like that.

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 12:30 PM (VHUov)

145 >>Swinging the betting market probably wouldn't amount to a line item in Talarico's campaign's budget, the market is so small.


Not the Campaign, directly.
There's no oversight regarding the money spent on these markets. But, there is much reporting done on the status of the race within the market. I find it impossible to believe there isn't money being thrown into the mix in order to color them.

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 12:30 PM (GHE5A)

146 138
We can argue all day about her politics, but the fact remains, this chick blew fire into her face on purpose on camera.

Does she count when talking about generations of idiots?

I said she was nice looking. I didn't say she was smart.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

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I was more building on a thought rather than countering you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:30 PM (R0rrx)

147 Are you saying Talafreako did the Jane Doe tour at Cornell?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 13, 2026 12:30 PM (qwx/I)

148 A Muslim named Jihad flew off a roller coaster and splatted onto a roof. I will reserve comment and finish eating my sandwich.

Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 12:30 PM (enNUy)

149 I certainly hope Paxton wins in a landslide because I would be glad not to hear for quite some time about low "T man " and his awful political and theological views.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 12:30 PM (JrHfD)

150 > Even if he was in the looney bin, they could have staged some kind of zoom call or something as proof of life.

I'm not familiar with looney bin rules. Is it possible the facility had rules against this sort of thing? Especially if Talarico was having a campaign stress-induced meltdown. Doctors might have told him, "No campaign interaction. Period! You're here to recover from that."

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 12:30 PM (mkw2N)

151 Lucas is the critter bi posted about a few months back that called Kaine and Mark Warner "cucks in the corner" when the redistricting was going on in Virginia. I'm sure in this case the Dems are helping the DoJ

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (V2IGM)

152 Even if video evidence emerges of Talarico at the Ohio psych hospital, the media will still not cover it. There is the John Edwards precedent involving the National Enquirer, which published evidence in 2007 that the Democrat darling had impregnated a mistress. Even though the story was true, the legacy media buried the story as if it were inadmissable evidence in a trial, because the story was broken by a "disreputable" publication engaging in disreputable forms of journalism. (That principle obviously never applied to ethically questionable forms of journalism that ensnare Republicans.)
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That was sooooo fukin great by the way. I sent that story immediately to a bunch of liberal women who thought he was just the best for supporting his wife through breast cancer. The meltdowns were glorious. OH the LAUGHS!!!

Posted by: Schadenfreude Schadenfreude I'm so happy to greet you at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (anL5R)

153 ... in a hospital having emergency surgery.
___________

"What the?.. Holy cow! Hey everyone! Take a look at this!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


How did THAT get all the way up there?

Posted by: Radiologist covering the ER at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (w9Wax)

154


I heard it's possible he had an entire large genoa salami lodged in his ass and he couldn't get it out.

He had to go to a specialist to get it removed and cut up for sandwiches.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (VuTBl)

155 I would not be so confident as that writer that "voters can tell the difference" between organic support and paid postings.

For the past year or more, I've been receiving quotes from AI from friends when I ask a question that calls for their personal expertise. And as with most of the AI I've seen, it's false or misleading information.

Yet ... people want an oracle, so they trust what they see.

Remember, it has taken DECADES of blatant bias for the public to swing around to distrusting major media.

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (d+PSx)

156 I said she was nice looking. I didn't say she was smart.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

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I was more building on a thought rather than countering you.


Yeah, so was I.
*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

157 isn't talafricko some sort of christian? if it were me i would have done daily posts asking for prayers

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (CWTWj)

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He's the sort that hates Christianity, holds the Gospel of Thomas at a higher level than the Gospel of Matthew because the Gospel of Thomas can be manipulated to support transgenderism, and feels more affinity towards Islam.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (R0rrx)
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Fake news. Talacreepo loves Christians and Jesus ... Christian Le Cocque the gay porn star and Jesus Perez the swarthy pool boy.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (iFTx/)

158


I must say he looks so natural in front of a camera.


Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (VuTBl)

159 Lucas belonged in jail years ago. She was on the scene actively egging on a mob during BLM riots pulling down a statue. A young black fellow had a big chunk of the monument fall on him, permanently disabling him. She should have been charged in that fiasco.

Posted by: She's A Corrupt, Loudmouth, Pest! at October 13, 2026 12:32 PM (EdP2u)

160 156 I was more building on a thought rather than countering you.

Yeah, so was I.
*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

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I'm not ALWAYS antagonistic towards you.

You're not Sid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:32 PM (R0rrx)

161 This is just a distraction and coverup from the Epstein and UAP Files.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2026 12:32 PM (0sNs1)

162 re 132: but what about trump??!!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 13, 2026 12:32 PM (CWTWj)

163 I'm amazed that Talafreako's people don't have a better story.

You do not disappear at this point in a campaign.

Didn't some GOPer complain Paxton was active enough and so you should vote against him? Well what the hell then with Talafreako?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

164 Stopped at Walgreens for a flu shot this AM. They've got the damn plexiglas walls up again, so I knew I wouldn't be able to hear or understand the accented pharm tech on the other side. I got tired of waiting in line, and then I remembered I have a doctor appt next Tuesday anyway, so I bailed.
Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

I avoid flu shots. All they are good for is protecting you against last year's variant. And they will probably try to upsell you to the clot shot, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 12:32 PM (quk5M)

165 On the ground here in Texas I see almost zero support for Talarico. I was in Austin a month or so ago and was north and west of the UT campus. For those who don't know Austin, that is the bluest area of the bluest city in Texas. I saw only 2 or 3 Talarico signs. In the city where I do most of my shopping, there are innumerable signs for down-ballot democrats and none for Talarico. Only 1 or 2 for Gina Hinojosa, the dem candidate for governor.

In contrast in the same areas there were scads of Beto signs when he ran.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (VV/pN)

166 I heard it's possible he had an entire large genoa salami lodged in his ass and he couldn't get it out.

He had to go to a specialist to get it removed and cut up for sandwiches.


A Jussie Smollet Special?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (2GVsD)

167 125 What if talafreako went on a 12 day drug fueled bender and was snorting ketamine of frat boys’ wieners?

That would be a more believable explanation than “the flu.”
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 12:28

He was trying to climb out of a K-hole on Fire Island.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (swiwN)

168 https://x.com/MDot_Cartier/status/
2109787009455645154

There is something...deeply wrong with young, female leftists.

This one is unusually nice looking for a leftist.
Posted by: Archimedes
........

Was, Was unusually nice looking. Now she has no eyebrows.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (UjdFS)

169 >>I'm amazed that Talafreako's people don't have a better story.


He was hiking the Appalachian Trail!!!

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (GHE5A)

170 Are you saying Talafreako did the Jane Doe tour at Cornell?
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

Wrong plumbing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (wOO3z)

171 I'm amazed that Talafreako's people don't have a better story.


Right? Dems are usually much more proficient liars than this.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

172 I'm not familiar with looney bin rules. Is it possible the facility had rules against this sort of thing? Especially if Talarico was having a campaign stress-induced meltdown. Doctors might have told him, "No campaign interaction. Period! You're here to recover from that."
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You see, ve haf to pry his eye lids open, strap him to a chair and force him to vatch a certain type of video zo that he can pass as a heterozexual. His is somewhat rezistent to the treatment and requires frequent booster zessions.

Posted by: CIA mental health facility at October 13, 2026 12:34 PM (anL5R)

173 Didn't some GOPer complain Paxton was active enough and so you should vote against him? Well what the hell then with Talafreako?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

I think that was Erick "The Blimp" Erickson who said that.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 13, 2026 12:34 PM (oPFtC)

174 It’s still pretty easy to spot AI slop for now. However, we’re not too far from when it’s going to be damn near impossible to do so. By the 2030 election it’ll be the Wild West figuring out was is real vs fake online.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:34 PM (k3anH)

175 171 I'm amazed that Talafreako's people don't have a better story.


Right? Dems are usually much more proficient liars than this.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

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Nah, they're not.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:34 PM (R0rrx)

176 You'd be surprised what Stan can fit in a basket.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket


Nickname checks out.

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 12:34 PM (VHUov)

177 A Muslim named Jihad flew off a roller coaster and splatted onto a roof. I will reserve comment and finish eating my sandwich.
Posted by: nckate


You gotta be shitting me. Lie if you must.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:34 PM (jmpEl)

178 106 Talafreako literally looks like AI when he's on video. Really weird uncanny valley shit.
Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 12:25 PM (oqH4h)
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He always looks like he's wearing a Howdy Doody mask.

My second thought has been Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman.

On top of his beliefs he's horrid and goofy looking.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:35 PM (hzuYO)

179 173 Didn't some GOPer complain Paxton was active enough and so you should vote against him? Well what the hell then with Talafreako?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

I think that was Erick "The Blimp" Erickson who said that.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 13, 2026 12:34 PM (oPFtC)

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John Cornyn is reported to have said that Paxton has to lose to teach Republican voters a lesson.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:35 PM (R0rrx)

180 https://x.com/MDot_Cartier/status/
2109787009455645154

There is something...deeply wrong with young, female leftists.


Having your face set on fire: Not bad

Having a guy look at you in your spandex minishorts in the gym: Literally the Handmaid's Tale

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:35 PM (sKqQm)

181 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:29 PM (hzuYO)

Christy, I went to a funeral on Saturday for a woman that I used to sing with in my old church choir. She had been a nurse. As part of the service, three nurses from what was called the "Nurse Honor Guard," or something like that, came up and did a nice little ceremony officially releasing her from her nursing duties.

Brought a tear to my eye it did.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)

182 Right? Dems are usually much more proficient liars than this.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

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Nah, they're not.


You want abuse - down the hall.
(mutters *stupid git*)

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

183 Speaking of Ohio, just your periodic reminder that's there's no surf in Cleveland, U.S.A.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGxDz0sJ_Tw

Posted by: Euclid Beach Band at October 13, 2026 12:36 PM (0sNs1)

184 Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was the flying Muslim.

Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 12:36 PM (enNUy)

185 What the?.. Holy cow! Hey everyone! Take a look at this!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


How did THAT get all the way up there?
Posted by: Radiologist covering the ER at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (w9Wax)
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Having had an eye doctor go out in the hall and say, "Hey, come here and take a look at this!", that's not the sort of thing you want to hear.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 12:36 PM (amcLV)

186 "I avoid flu shots. All they are good for is protecting you against last year's variant. And they will probably try to upsell you to the clot shot, too."

I do it reluctantly, knowing their limited efficacy, because the last two times I had the flu were pretty bad. It's a gamble. When I see the doc, I'll ask for one of the old "tried-and-true" vaxes, and not the new mRNA stuff.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

187 Talafreako literally looks like AI when he's on video. Really weird uncanny valley shit.

Pick one:

A) He's a psychopath and therefore his mannerisms aren't quite like other people

B) The Demon controlling him doesn't quite understand how the human body works and so its movements are 100% correct especially for the little things

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)

188 As part of the service, three nurses from what was called the "Nurse Honor Guard," or something like that, came up and did a nice little ceremony officially releasing her from her nursing duties.

Now there is a germ of a horror story idea, what if a nurse isn't released? Does she start to haunt the ER?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:36 PM (2GVsD)

189 177 A Muslim named Jihad flew off a roller coaster and splatted onto a roof. I will reserve comment and finish eating my sandwich.
Posted by: nckate


You gotta be shitting me. Lie if you must.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:34 PM (jmpEl)
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I didn't know his name!!! but he crashed into the "Haunted House." People probably thought that was a feature. Whee!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:37 PM (hzuYO)

190 Who cares? This is all just a laser pointer dot for everyone to chase.

No medical facility is going to answer questions because of HIPPA laws, so we are all just spinning our wheels.

Oh, and Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 13, 2026 12:37 PM (SRRAx)

191 I'll take the Flying Nun over the Flying Muslim as a sitcom idea.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:37 PM (2GVsD)

192 So if dude was in a mental hospital what does that do to his right to guns since he's in Texas and all.

Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 12:38 PM (enNUy)

193 Who is Louise Lucas?

What in the world... She's an 82-year-old (!) Virginia state senator. She's been grifting in that position for 34 years.

I bet it was worth it.

Posted by: t-bird at October 13, 2026 12:38 PM (Gue38)

194 https://x.com/MDot_Cartier/status/
2109787009455645154

There is something...deeply wrong with young, female leftists.

This one is unusually nice looking for a leftist.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

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We can argue all day about her politics, but the fact remains, this chick blew fire into her face on purpose on camera.

Does she count when talking about generations of idiots?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:27 PM (R0rrx)
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Whenever I see an attractive THOT staging something outrageous on the socials, my first thought is always she's just trolling for likes and attention.

It doesn't matter if the context is in support of leftwing politics. I always think that's just an issue she latched on to try to expand the reach of the post.

I'll bet if you looked at this face-burning THOT's socials, you will find numerous stupid stunts and attention-whoring that latched onto whatever was the story of the day.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

195 John Cornyn is reported to have said that Paxton has to lose to teach Republican voters a lesson.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:35 PM


Well, to be fair, they are awfully stupid.

Posted by: The Bush Wing of the Texas GOPe at October 13, 2026 12:38 PM (0sNs1)

196 Pick one:

A) He's a psychopath and therefore his mannerisms aren't quite like other people

B) The Demon controlling him doesn't quite understand how the human body works and so its movements are 100% correct especially for the little things


Orrrrr...he's a bug in an Edgar suit.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:38 PM (Riz8t)

197 The CDC gives various estimates for the effectiveness of the flu shot but mortality from the flu has not declined since the introduction of it so its real effectiveness is negligible.

And it makes sense why. They are vaccinating you against a particular viral structure. By the time the actual flu comes from China (where is usually does) to your home town it will have mutated enough your immune system doesn't know the actual form of this germ...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)

198 On the ground here in Texas I see almost zero support for Talarico. I was in Austin a month or so ago and was north and west of the UT campus. For those who don't know Austin, that is the bluest area of the bluest city in Texas. I saw only 2 or 3 Talarico signs. In the city where I do most of my shopping, there are innumerable signs for down-ballot democrats and none for Talarico.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (VV/pN)

I live in a very blue dot inside a sea of red. Every election season my neighborhood is plastered with every possible Democrat running. From President to senate to gov to state rep to dog catcher. In contrast there is virtually nothing for Republicans.

Every election, the Democrat never cracks 40%.

Quantity of lawn signs is really not indicative of anything.


Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:39 PM (k3anH)

199 Paxton should agree to debate immediately. Talarico dropping to the ground , curling up in a fetal ball and screaming "mommy" would put Paxton out of reach

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 12:39 PM (V2IGM)

200 A 42-year-old man died after being ejected from a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in Georgia, police said.

The man -- Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, of Atlanta -- was found dead beneath the ride at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday


Inshallah bitchez.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (jmpEl)

201
Talarico got wind of an October surprise and hid out prematurely?

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (OkYzo)

202 >>Whenever I see an attractive THOT staging something outrageous on the socials, my first thought is always she's just trolling for likes and attention.


It's always about attention with them.

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (GHE5A)

203 Speaking of disappearing, where is Ilhan Omar's husband?

Posted by: beckster at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (kX27y)

204 It doesn't matter if the context is in support of leftwing politics. I always think that's just an issue she latched on to try to expand the reach of the post.

This is it for most of these sorts of people. They don't actually care about the nominal issue. But this will get them likes, views, and attention and THAT is what they care about.

Fix pop culture and you'll fix these people

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)

205
I do it reluctantly, knowing their limited efficacy, because the last two times I had the flu were pretty bad. It's a gamble. When I see the doc, I'll ask for one of the old "tried-and-true" vaxes, and not the new mRNA stuff.
Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

**********
I do the same since Influenza B knocked us all out for a week in the late '80's. So far so good and no mRNA for us, either.

That last flu gave me mild lung issues and unlike others I am a believer that it either has stopped me from flu or will lessen symptoms..and yes, I would ask for Tamiflu if I ever get it again (please no).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (hzuYO)

206 They kept electing John Coryn, so his assertion about past behaviors is correct.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (2GVsD)

207 199 Paxton should agree to debate immediately. Talarico dropping to the ground , curling up in a fetal ball and screaming "mommy" would put Paxton out of reach

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 12:39 PM (V2IGM)

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When there's this back and forth about who is desperate for a debate and who is not, most of the time, the one desperate for a debate is losing and knows it and wants the debate to change the direction of the race.

Paxton refusing to debate is a signal that he knows that Texas is a Trump+14 state that isn't going to swing 15 points to the left because of Talarico.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:41 PM (R0rrx)

208 Orrrrr...he's a bug in an Edgar suit.
Posted by: Archimedes


Snort

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:41 PM (jmpEl)

209 Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, of Atlanta

—

The cancer is everywhere.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:41 PM (k3anH)

210 I'll take the Flying Nun over the Flying Muslim as a sitcom idea.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Zero lift from a hijab.

Posted by: Sally Fields at October 13, 2026 12:41 PM (w9Wax)

211 Obviously, the Joooos sabotaged that coaster.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 12:41 PM (77rzZ)

212 I'm not ALWAYS antagonistic towards you.

You're not Sid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:32 PM


What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Paul at October 13, 2026 12:41 PM (0sNs1)

213 212 I'm not ALWAYS antagonistic towards you.

You're not Sid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:32 PM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Paul at October 13, 2026 12:41 PM (0sNs1)

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Yes.

Next question.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:42 PM (R0rrx)

214 I'll take the Flying Nun over the Flying Muslim as a sitcom idea.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Zero lift from a hijab.
Posted by: Sally Fields


Pro tip: never take off without your carpet.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:43 PM (jmpEl)

215 A 42-year-old man died after being ejected from a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in Georgia, police said.

The man -- Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, of Atlanta -- was found dead beneath the ride at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday


Inshallah bitchez.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (jmpEl)

Martin-Baker makes roller coaster seats? Who knew?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 12:43 PM (quk5M)

216 So he's now Kariem of wheat?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:43 PM (2GVsD)

217 Talarico just needed time to rest in his native soil.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 13, 2026 12:43 PM (rbvCR)

218 Next question.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:42 PM


When?

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at October 13, 2026 12:44 PM (0sNs1)

219 I've had the flu for the last couple days. Also been working, speaking with customers and vendors and out walking the dog and just carrying on with stuff.

Nobody believes a guy would just go completely radio silent weeks before election day for the biggest job of his life. He could pick up the phone or do a Zoom call?

Bullshit.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 12:44 PM (viF8m)

220 It was "Oh Shit!" instead of Allah Ackbar at the coaster. No 72 goats for you.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:44 PM (wOO3z)

221 IF the grocery store gossip of Talerico is true, he will lose the black vote.

Maybe he had a giant hissy and raciss fit and his staff put him on a plane to the Ohio mental facility. Hoping the story would die down.

We all know since a Clancy fan was asked, "What if she said the "n" word?" And the Clancy fan said, "Well, that's different." I am paraphrasing, but felt she meant, "It's ok to murder your 3 children, but just don't say the n word of doom."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:44 PM (hzuYO)

222 218 Next question.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:42 PM

When?

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at October 13, 2026 12:44 PM (0sNs1)

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When I'm good and ready!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:44 PM (R0rrx)

223 AoP

Probably Soviet MiG-21 ejection seats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:44 PM (2GVsD)

224 So Lil Jimmy can either hire HIPPA attorney or not

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 13, 2026 12:44 PM (/+uur)

225 The Lindner looney bin is also very big on promoting trans perversion. I mean, of all the looney bins in the country, this is plainly one that Talacreepo would pick.


https://tinyurl.com/5aw9vytn

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:45 PM (iFTx/)

226 *** Talarico's good friend and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo spent 7 weeks in when she had a mental breakdown 3 years ago...
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There you go. Hidalgo always bugged out when things got hot.
Hidalgo was Rodney Ellis puppet. Rodney Ellis runs Harris county.
Talarico will win Harris County, TX.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 12:45 PM (+UcOf)

227 at least we can be assured that he is not visiting his hottie girlfriend in Argentina!

Posted by: Kindltot at October 13, 2026 12:45 PM (rbvCR)

228 I would ask for Tamiflu if I ever get it again (please no).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (hzuYO)

I thought I read recently that Tamiflu was basically worthless, and possibly harmful?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 12:45 PM (quk5M)

229 I could see that, Talefreako as Count Oorlock.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:45 PM (2GVsD)

230 Seems like I would have heard about AIDS crazies before now.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 12:45 PM (RIvkX)

231 The guy named Jihad who flew out of the rollercoaster lost his jihad against gravity

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 12:46 PM (V2IGM)

232 221 IF the grocery store gossip of Talerico is true, he will lose the black vote.

Maybe he had a giant hissy and raciss fit and his staff put him on a plane to the Ohio mental facility. Hoping the story would die down.

We all know since a Clancy fan was asked, "What if she said the "n" word?" And the Clancy fan said, "Well, that's different." I am paraphrasing, but felt she meant, "It's ok to murder your 3 children, but just don't say the n word of doom."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:44 PM (hzuYO)

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He is not going to lose the black vote. The black vote is partisan in general elections.

However, it's not going to help with his turnout issues with black voters. Jasmine keeps signalling to them that they don't need to support him because of his racist campaign against here and that he's such a mediocre white man (no lies detected), and I think she's just voicing what the black electorate in Texas (and perhaps further afield) already feels about candidates they didn't choose as a racial bloc this cycle.

Talarico will win 85% of the black vote.

But it'll be 11% of the electorate instead of 13%.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:46 PM (R0rrx)

233 Darrell Harris was here briefly last night.
Anybody see him today?
Know how his race is coming along?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 12:46 PM (+UcOf)

234 I would ask for Tamiflu if I ever get it again (please no).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (hzuYO)

I thought I read recently that Tamiflu was basically worthless, and possibly harmful?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


I'm going to start taking the pony paste.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:46 PM (jmpEl)

235 Instead of saying something is 'gay' or 'retarded', I would like to suggest people consider the term 'Tucker'.
As in, 'Never go full Tucker' or "That's so Tucker.'

The reasons I suggest this is everyone knows exactly what you mean, it might be a worse insult and certainly no one is going to get upset you used the term, at least no one who matters.

Posted by: JB1000 at October 13, 2026 12:47 PM (G4GCo)

236 Some people were showing their souvenir photos from the coaster ride and instead of their screaming faces, this fat giant bare ass of Jihad is in the frame instead. Flying off into the distance.

Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 12:47 PM (enNUy)

237 Meanwhile, Murdoch’s WSJ publishes a hit piece of Paxton, which apparently they see as “Trump’s most risky bet”. lol they have no interest in Talafakeo.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 13, 2026 12:47 PM (n9XW8)

238 The man -- Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, of Atlanta -- was found dead beneath the ride at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday

Inshallah bitchez.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (jmpEl

I wonder if him bouncing around with a slim chance to take out a few infidels counts as an act of jihad great enough to get him his 72 virgins.

Maybe 36 because he failed to stick the landing.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 12:47 PM (Sco7b)

239 at least we can be assured that he is not visiting his hottie girlfriend in Argentina!

You know who else grabbed a six pack and a hot blonde?

Mel Brooks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:47 PM (2GVsD)

240
I thought I read recently that Tamiflu was basically worthless, and possibly harmful?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 12:45 PM (quk5M)

Alex Berenson wrote about it:

https://tinyurl.com/5fh9xx2n

Posted by: beckster at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (kX27y)

241 I think the most unusual part of this story is that Talafreako hasn't cleared the air hizself with either the truth, or some made up bullshit that the media will run with.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (RORbl)

242 > I avoid flu shots. All they are good for is protecting you against last year's variant. And they will probably try to upsell you to the clot shot, too.

That's not how it works.

The flu almost always comes from China. It's because they have pig farmers who basically cohabitate with their pigs. CDC and other groups keep track of infections in the region.

At any given time, there are three or four different variants floating around in the population. These variants aren't the same each year. They use this information to try to predict which variant is going to be the predominant one that takes off and jumps to the US. Then they spin up the flu shot production process for that variant.

Sometimes they're right, sometimes not.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (mkw2N)

243 The worst part of this story is that he came back...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (+gK6I)

244 The guy named Jihad who flew out of the rollercoaster lost his jihad against gravity

I doubt a Muslim yells Geronimo! when he's being flung to his death. It's probably "Sha-reeeeeee-ahhhhhhh"!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

245 How is this not a HIPAA violation?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (wxsGM)


Yes, the taped conversation with the Hospital administrator admitting that Talarico was treated and released was a HIPAA violation. Bad on them. What is your point?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (APZWP)

246 The Lindner looney bin is also very big on promoting trans perversion. I mean, of all the looney bins in the country, this is plainly one that Talacreepo would pick.
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Ve haf very flexible views. We are given a task and we program the target to perform. Zometimes this involves forced video therapy, and zometimes ze electroschock!!

Posted by: CIA mental health facility at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (anL5R)

247 A 42-year-old man died after being ejected from a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in Georgia, police said.
The man -- Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, of Atlanta -- was found dead beneath the ride at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday
Inshallah bitchez.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:40 PM (jmpEl)


I bet he failed to keep his head and arms inside the roller coaster at all times. He must have been a daredevil!

Posted by: Kindltot at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (rbvCR)

248 Talarico announces publicly he is fucking the hired help that just happens to be a female.

In any other campaign this would be a fatal mistake.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (/+uur)

249 Hey, Ace! You’re going to do a Flying Muslim post, right?

Posted by: RI Red at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (30Gj0)

250 Whether the mental clinic story is true or not, this is not a signal Talarico's campaign is coasting to victory -

https://tinyurl.com/yusa6wv3

Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2026 12:48 PM (5rh/l)

251 Is Talarico 5' tall? In that video of him talking to the reporter that was posted October 11, either the reporter is 7' tall or Talarico is Eliot Page diminutive. LOL. More reason not to vote for this pocket Venus with a Penis.

Posted by: JuJuBee at October 13, 2026 12:49 PM (YSQQv)

252 I am pretty sure every fly cones from China. Flu is a constantly mutating virus that needs humans living in the same structure as birds and pigs. The more China is allowed to globalize, the more flu will occur. And the less effective any immunization will be.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 13, 2026 12:49 PM (wxhbO)

253 I took Tamiflu with the about the worst flu I've gotten...and it was in fact worse then the flu

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:49 PM (sKqQm)

254 his ride came to a Full and Complete Stop when he hit the Earth accelerating at >9.8 M/sec/sq

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 13, 2026 12:49 PM (/+uur)

255 These assholes cannot even lie with a straight face anymore. They're just mailing it in.
Eff 'em.
Eff 'em all.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (2WIwB)

256 The flu almost always comes from China. It's because they have pig farmers who basically cohabitate with their pigs. CDC and other groups keep track of infections in the region.

At any given time, there are three or four different variants floating around in the population. These variants aren't the same each year. They use this information to try to predict which variant is going to be the predominant one that takes off and jumps to the US. Then they spin up the flu shot production process for that variant.

Sometimes they're right, sometimes not.
Posted by: bonhomme


So nuke china and end the flu.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (jmpEl)

257 talacreepo saw his internal polling and freaked out when he saw how bad it really is.

Posted by: Big Mike at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (a6LXu)

258 185 What the?.. Holy cow! Hey everyone! Take a look at this!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


How did THAT get all the way up there?
Posted by: Radiologist covering the ER at October 13, 2026 12:31 PM (w9Wax)
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Having had an eye doctor go out in the hall and say, "Hey, come here and take a look at this!", that's not the sort of thing you want to hear.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 12:36 PM (amcLV)
*******
I assure you this happens in ED's. I was called to the very crowded ED doc office once to view a scan of a blinking flashlight the guy "accidently sat on." They did this, not as a consult pre-op, but to witness my reaction. I laughed wildly and they were all smiling "gotcha." Crazy bunch of men.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (hzuYO)

259 It wouldn't surprise me if Talarico has cracked up under the pressure. Every position he's promoted speaks to serious mental and moral issues, all of it packaged in a strange, fey schoolboy manner that conveys a kind of brittle fragility. Add to that fragility the intensity of the campaign and the desperation of the Democratic Party to win that Texas senate seat, and you get Talarico curled up in a ball in a hotel bathroom, weeping helplessly, calling for his mother.

I personally think the guy is almost certainly gay, which one would think would be a plus for his campaign given the high placement of gay people in the progressive stack, but he's been forced to stay in the closet for tactical reasons. We're talking Texas, after all.

Posted by: troyriser at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (v1M8F)

260 https://tinyurl.com/5aw9vytn

Michael Dell's wife's doppelganger.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (J4Dwc)

261 251 Is Talarico 5' tall? In that video of him talking to the reporter that was posted October 11, either the reporter is 7' tall or Talarico is Eliot Page diminutive. LOL. More reason not to vote for this pocket Venus with a Penis.

Posted by: JuJuBee at October 13, 2026 12:49 PM (YSQQv)

===

He's a weird looking twink who loves trans-kids who is also small enough to fit in carry-on luggage.

And he's going to push Texas 15 points to the left.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (R0rrx)

262 I saw Ass of Jihad open for Tower of Power at Monterey Pop in '68.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (amcLV)

263 Some people were showing their souvenir photos from the coaster ride and instead of their screaming faces, this fat giant bare ass of Jihad is in the frame instead. Flying off into the distance.
Posted by: nckate
.......

Am I a bad person for laughing at this?

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (UjdFS)

264 HIPAA has to be the biggest healthcare productivity killer, maybe since the invention of medical malpractice law. IMHO.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

265 How is this not a HIPAA violation?

The same people complaining about that argued the government sharing your vaccination status with every restaurant in the world was no biggie

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

266 You know who else grabbed a six pack and a hot blonde?

Mel Brooks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:47 PM (2GVsD)
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What a coincidence! I remember who grabbed the one with the turban

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (5UTWB)

267 Being a Mohammedan who flies out of roller coasters is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at October 13, 2026 12:51 PM (JOUBR)

268 Whether the mental clinic story is true or not, this is not a signal Talarico's campaign is coasting to victory -

https://tinyurl.com/yusa6wv3


Since the entire Democrat Party supported and enabled Biden's destruction of the border, why is Talarico claiming he's a Democrat?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

269 Hey, Ace! You’re going to do a Flying Muslim post, right?
Posted by: RI Red


*Steps up to the line.

PULL!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:51 PM (jmpEl)

270 125 What if talafreako went on a 12 day drug fueled bender and was snorting ketamine of frat boys’ wieners?

That would be a more believable explanation than “the flu.”
Posted by: nurse ratched

Cornell 7 Austin Dozen.

Probably the same defense when caught, too ("raped"). And probably the same details of snorting ketamine off a dude's dick.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 13, 2026 12:51 PM (P4k4S)

271 > A 42-year-old man died after being ejected from a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in Georgia, police said.

Usually this sort of thing happens because the rider is really fat and the safety harness didn't latch properly. Six Flags is normally on top of mechanical maintenance, much better than parking lot rides. I'd be curious to see why this happened.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 12:52 PM (mkw2N)

272 China is a disgusting place.
Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to not let those people cohabitate with swine?

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 12:52 PM (Ae6Br)

273 253 I took Tamiflu with the about the worst flu I've gotten...and it was in fact worse then the flu
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:49 PM (sKqQm)
****
Eh. Well, I will deal with that if I have to and ask the doc or pharmacist.

For 30yrs there are reports of people yelling, "I got the flu from a flu shot." No, you were already exposed.

It's a personal choice and mine is not to jinx myself after the flu of the '80's made me want to die.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:52 PM (hzuYO)

274 Jihad was fat. Your jihad so fat jokes to follow. Seriously Google the souvenir photos. It was a sight.

Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 12:53 PM (enNUy)

275 Some people were showing their souvenir photos from the coaster ride and instead of their screaming faces, this fat giant bare ass of Jihad is in the frame instead. Flying off into the distance.
Posted by: nckate
.......

Am I a bad person for laughing at this?
Posted by: wth


If you are, just know that I laughed first.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:53 PM (jmpEl)

276 271 > A 42-year-old man died after being ejected from a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in Georgia, police said.

Don't care what he was.. It's still horrific

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 12:53 PM (+gK6I)

277 Maybe it was Insallah

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 13, 2026 12:53 PM (/+uur)

278 Going into rehab may be a thing for Republicans to talk about but
Democrat vote will not be effected. Going to rehab is what they do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 12:53 PM (+UcOf)

279 Ronne Troup was cast as The Flying Nun when Sally finally agreed to play the part. They should have renewed Gidget, but canceled it due to poor ratings. They left Gidget on over the Summer and suddenly it was very popular. Every teen in USA was watching it, but they already greenlighted TFN.

Posted by: Network Suits Are Dumb, Often at October 13, 2026 12:53 PM (EdP2u)

280 I'm sure Carlson isn't the only one of these digital parasites juicing the living fuck out of his numbers with foreign bot farms.

In fact, I would bet it's basically SOP for these influencers.

I think it's high time advertisers filed class actions against these platforms for defrauding ad-buyers to the tune of billions. They know what's going on and give it a hand-wave. The fraud helps their balance sheets. X, YT, etc. should be made to pay up, of course, but also forced to provide transparency for pricing purposes.

That would be enlightening.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)

281 No flu shot for me, thanks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:54 PM (wOO3z)

282 Usually this sort of thing happens because the rider is really fat and the safety harness didn't latch properly. Six Flags is normally on top of mechanical maintenance, much better than parking lot rides. I'd be curious to see why this happened.


the dude was enormous

that said, don't the workers check (pull up) each harness before they let the group go? he probably went AROUND the harnesss. from the pics I saw, it was really sort of narrow and small. not an over the head one

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 13, 2026 12:54 PM (j+aD2)

283 Some people were showing their souvenir photos from the coaster ride and instead of their screaming faces, this fat giant bare ass of Jihad is in the frame instead. Flying off into the distance.
Posted by: nckate
.......

Am I a bad person for laughing at this?
==
*cackles*

Judge not lest we be judged.

Posted by: CIA mental health facility at October 13, 2026 12:54 PM (anL5R)

284 I admit that I felt less pity knowing the roller coaster death was eeslamic and named Jihad.

I think his son was ejected as well from one story. Wife and daughter witnessed it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:54 PM (hzuYO)

285 Taking 12 day drug fueled benders snorting ketamine of frat boys’ Johnsons is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at October 13, 2026 12:54 PM (jitnH)

286 25 What if talafreako went on a 12 day drug fueled bender and was snorting ketamine of frat boys’ wieners?

I saw Frat Boy Wieners open for Pet Shop Boys at the Dallas Agora in 1986.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (/+uur)

287 Need to start dubbing in an Amy Winehouse song with Talefreako videos.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (2GVsD)

288 China is a disgusting place.
Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to not let those people cohabitate with swine?


It would also be cheaper and easier not to behave like a gigantic collection of douchebags who p*** off every single one of their neighbors, as well as much of the rest of the world, but here we are.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

289 281 No flu shot for me, thanks.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:54 PM (wOO3z)

Used to get one every year.. After the clot shot never again

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (+gK6I)

290 124 "What retarded state was that in?"

The very most retarded state: Illinois. Suck it, California.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

Does Illinois have laws against investigative journalism like Kalifornia does?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (l3cgK)

291 280 I'm sure Carlson isn't the only one of these digital parasites juicing the living fuck out of his numbers with foreign bot farms.

oh god everyone does it

and even tho rus hosted the bots, they would have been bots from all over not just rus

whoever paid basically

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (j+aD2)

292 Don't care what he was.. It's still horrific
Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 12:53 PM (+gK6I)
___

Yep, it was.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (dkM11)

293 A 42-year-old man died after being ejected from a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in Georgia, police said.

Usually this sort of thing happens because the rider is really fat and the safety harness didn't latch properly. Six Flags is normally on top of mechanical maintenance, much better than parking lot rides. I'd be curious to see why this happened.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 12:52 PM (mkw2N)
____

Also the rides usually have backup restraints. Those big horseshoe restraints they clamp down on you are also held down by a manual clasp. But shit happens.

You know what Kingda Ka ride at 6F in NJ? Every once in a while the car train doesn't have enough momentum to get over the high crest. So the train ... rolls back down backwards.

Happened to me once. Was awesome!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (iFTx/)

294 Ronne Troup was cast as The Flying Nun when Sally finally agreed to play the part. They should have renewed Gidget, but canceled it due to poor ratings. They left Gidget on over the Summer and suddenly it was very popular. Every teen in USA was watching it, but they already greenlighted TFN.
Posted by: Network Suits Are Dumb, Often


First childhood crush. Goldie Hawn was second.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (jmpEl)

295 261 251 Is Talarico 5' tall? In that video of him talking to the reporter that was posted October 11, either the reporter is 7' tall or Talarico is Eliot Page diminutive. LOL. More reason not to vote for this pocket Venus with a Penis.

Posted by: JuJuBee at October 13, 2026 12:49 PM (YSQQv)

===

He's a weird looking twink who loves trans-kids who is also small enough to fit in carry-on luggage.

And he's going to push Texas 15 points to the left.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (R0rrx)


Texas women swooned over Beto O'Rourke. That got him quite a few votes. Texas women aren't swooning over Alfred E. Neuman, oops, I mean James Talarico. He's toast.

Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (5rh/l)

296 262 I saw Ass of Jihad open for Tower of Power at Monterey Pop in '68.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (amcLV)

This is my first laugh of the day. Thanks, Captain!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (zYpTz)

297 https://x.com/MDot_Cartier/status/
2109787009455645154

There is something...deeply wrong with young, female leftists.

This one is unusually nice looking for a leftist.
Posted by: Archimedes
........

Was, Was unusually nice looking. Now she has no eyebrows.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (UjdFS)
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That doesn't mean she's no longer... hot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (5UTWB)

298 289 281 No flu shot for me, thanks.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:54 PM (wOO3z)

Used to get one every year.. After the clot shot never again
Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (+gK6I)


Ditto.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (2WIwB)

299 no more shots

keep zpacs around, and homemade quinone (plus fire cider and other homemade remedies)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (j+aD2)

300 >>>Talarico's paid army of online bots is threatening anyone who talks about the AIDS Crazies

Please enlighten me. Perhaps I've lived a sheltered life, but prior to this thing, I had never heard of "the AIDS Crazies". What exactly are they?

Posted by: No Name Today at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (8mulE)

301 He was a black dude. Sometimes these poor bastards get saddled with these names by their Muslim asshole dads.

I know a devout Christian named Shahid, for instance. Very nice guy, but he's PISSED if you bring up The Name.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 12:57 PM (BI5O2)

302 It's me donna at October 13, 2026 12:53 PM (+gK6I)

Yes and how horrible for his son sitting beside him and his wife and daughter watching below.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 12:57 PM (JrHfD)

303 This one is unusually nice looking for a leftist.
Posted by: Archimedes
........

Was, Was unusually nice looking. Now she has no eyebrows.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 12:33 PM (UjdFS)
-

That doesn't mean she's no longer... hot.


Smokin!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:57 PM (Riz8t)

304 Usually this sort of thing happens because the rider is really fat and the safety harness didn't latch properly. Six Flags is normally on top of mechanical maintenance, much better than parking lot rides. I'd be curious to see why this happened.
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Clearly Allah willed it.

Posted by: Crusader at October 13, 2026 12:57 PM (TN0g+)

305 BREAKING: The FBI is currently RAIDING the office of high-ranking Democrat VA Sen. Louise Lucas in a MAJOR corruption investigation, per Fox

Sen. Lucas is a close ally of Dem. VA Gov. Abigail Spanberger

MULTIPLE court-approved search warrants are being executed at Lucas' office
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:24 PM (jmpEl)


I am not seeing anything newer than six months ago on anything but X. Best I can tell the last time the FBI was involved it was over cannabis stores that she has interest in, and no idictments came out over it.

I think this is engagement bait for a fairly desperate X page. Red meat, salted down for storage as it were.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 13, 2026 12:57 PM (rbvCR)

306 What do you call a flying Mooslim at an amusement park?

Posted by: A Fine Start at October 13, 2026 12:58 PM (EdP2u)

307 264 HIPAA has to be the biggest healthcare productivity killer, maybe since the invention of medical malpractice law. IMHO.
Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:50 PM (Jr5Lq)
********
My observation was when the ED's stopped asking your citizenship status and treating illegals for free.

Granted,anyone in a car accident should be treated. A sore throat? No.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 12:58 PM (hzuYO)

308 Yes and how horrible for his son sitting beside him and his wife and daughter watching below.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 12:57 PM (JrHfD)


Yes.... RIP...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 12:58 PM (+gK6I)

309 That doesn't mean she's no longer... hot.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (5UTWB)


At some point stupid trumps hawt.
She's there.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 12:58 PM (2WIwB)

310 This is my first laugh of the day. Thanks, Captain!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (zYpTz)
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My work here is done.

I'm going to Texas!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 12:58 PM (amcLV)

311 "Does Illinois have laws against investigative journalism like Kalifornia does?"

We don't need it because we don't have any investigative journalists to suppress. We do have a law that prohibits landlords from screening prospective renters' criminal records. We do have a law that almost every arrestee gets out on no bail. We've got some doozies.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

312 Yes and how horrible for his son sitting beside him and his wife and daughter watching below.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 12:57 PM (JrHfD)


Yes.... RIP...


Okay, now you guys are starting to make me feel bad.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 13, 2026 12:58 PM (Riz8t)

313 I know a devout Christian named Shahid, for instance. Very nice guy, but he's PISSED if you bring up The Name.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice


Go to court. Legally change it to Roger.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:59 PM (jmpEl)

314 yeah I think the coaster accident is horrible and I'm very scared tbh bc I've been on ones where the over-the-head didn't go very far which left a LOT of space there, where I felt I could slide out left or right.

it is awful. I bet he slid out. I think it was latched but with his size and that design (not over the head!) I could see him sliding sideways.

ugh

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 13, 2026 12:59 PM (j+aD2)

315 Why would I get a flu shot? I don't want the flu.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 01:00 PM (UjdFS)

316 Yes and how horrible for his son sitting beside him and his wife and daughter watching below.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 12:57 PM (JrHfD)


Yes.... RIP...

Okay, now you guys are starting to make me feel bad.
Posted by: Archimedes




Thinks of the 13 shot & killed by Hassan including the pregnant soldier.

Nope. Not feeling it.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 01:00 PM (jmpEl)

317 Texas women swooned over Beto O'Rourke. That got him quite a few votes. Texas women aren't swooning over Alfred E. Neuman, oops, I mean James Talarico. He's toast.
Posted by: Gref
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I guess you haven't been to Austin lately. People are falling down all over the place here.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 13, 2026 01:00 PM (EneHm)

318 Okay, now you guys are starting to make me feel bad.


if you think it was funny - and maybe I'm too familiar with "ride issues" lol - but look at the images. there are a lot out there

seems like a) horrendous and scary b) horrible way to die and c) he was probably actually locked in but slid out!!!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 13, 2026 01:01 PM (j+aD2)

319 Used to get one every year.. After the clot shot never again
Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (+gK6I)


Ditto.

Posted by: Diogenes
----


Fool me once.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:01 PM (+UcOf)

320 Go to court. Legally change it to Roger.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:59 PM (jmpEl)

He said he hasn't done it because he's in the military. I can't recall why that matters though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 01:01 PM (BI5O2)

321 I know a Mohamud who goes by Mo and smokes a ton of weed. He doesn't play the muslim bit at all. Really cool, smart guy.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 01:01 PM (Ae6Br)

322 I'm sticking to my original belief that after the NYC fundraiser, Talarico went to the East Village and found true love. For ten days or so

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 01:02 PM (V2IGM)

323 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 13, 2026 12:59 PM (j+aD2)

I think I've been on a roller coaster twice. I don't know why I went the second time because I hated the first time. I think there was a long space in between. I'd rather be going through the haunted house ride.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 01:02 PM (JrHfD)

324 I'm going to Texas!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 12:58 PM (amcLV)

Safe travels!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 13, 2026 01:03 PM (zYpTz)

325 319 Used to get one every year.. After the clot shot never again
Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (+gK6I)


Ditto.

Posted by: Diogenes
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Me too. ONLY because I was taking care of Mom and Dad.
Never again.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 01:03 PM (Sco7b)

326 >>>Really cool, smart guy.

Posted by: Reforger
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Until he gets the call.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:03 PM (+UcOf)

327 It does occur to me that the whole Talafreako thing might just be a distraction from something else.

The media's been working this story overtime.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 01:03 PM (RORbl)

328 t is awful. I bet he slid out. I think it was latched but with his size and that design (not over the head!) I could see him sliding sideways.
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Okay well I really wasn't interested but now you got me.

He's a really fat guy, getting accelerated maybe around 40 to 50 miles an hour, lateral change of direction - he isn't physically strong enough to hold himself in - because of the mass times acceleration thingy - hmm.

I guess that could happen. I mean, though, haven't an epic amount of fat people have ridden that thing before him and not gone flying off?????

So, I guess I'm still dubious.

Posted by: Used to work at amusement park - lotsa fat people on coasters at October 13, 2026 01:03 PM (anL5R)

329 He was probably giving out handies under the 6th street bridge.

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 13, 2026 01:03 PM (d4YIZ)

330 Yes, the taped conversation with the Hospital administrator admitting that Talarico was treated and released was a HIPAA violation. Bad on them. What is your point?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit


Couple of things; it's not a hospital, and there appears to be two companies involved. The "Linder Center for HOPE" is one, and another is "Lindner Center of Hope Professional Associates," a separate 501c3. The LCforH does not list treatment in their filing, the LCofHPA does. If the 'administrator' worked for the facility not the treatment company, she may not be under HIPAA.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2026 01:04 PM (nEUC6)

331 327 It does occur to me that the whole Talafreako thing might just be a distraction from something else.

The media's been working this story overtime.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 01:03 PM (RORbl)

I'm thinking there's more there there...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 01:04 PM (+gK6I)

332 Thinks of the 13 shot & killed by Hassan including the pregnant soldier.

Nope. Not feeling it.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 01:00 PM (jmpEl)
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I can both feel sympathy for rollercoaster man's family while wanting to be on Nidal Hasan's firing squad.

It's not that hard.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 13, 2026 01:05 PM (dkM11)

333 298 289 281 No flu shot for me, thanks.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:54 PM (wOO3z)

Used to get one every year.. After the clot shot never again
Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 12:55 PM (+gK6I)

Ditto.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (2WIwB)
*******
I love you guys but get weary post covid of reading about the war of regular injections.

I have mild asthma if I get a cold since the minor lung damage in the 80's from Influenza B.

Non of the shots since has bothered me in any way. I also have never gotten the flu since.

This is why it's my choice and I don't care and freely admit it. I also got the Tdap when our first grandson was born (pre-covid). No problems and it was recommended to protect him.

Big deal. Not mRNA, which I would never have. Believe me I check and if all goes to mRNA I will stop. Until then I carry on and will get the dam shot once I am over this sinus thing.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 01:05 PM (hzuYO)

334 Mrs. BD and I took a flu shot for the first time decades ago. Mrs. BD got the flu. That was the last time we took a flu shot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 01:05 PM (5UTWB)

335 the dude was enormous

that said, don't the workers check (pull up) each harness before they let the group go? he probably went AROUND the harnesss. from the pics I saw, it was really sort of narrow and small. not an over the head one


I found a picture of the seat harness on the ride the deceased fell from.

http://tiny.cc/280c101

It looks like a bad design for heavy riders. If you're slimmer, that device is going to fit around your hips and clamp down. But if you're big, you'll need to really press down for that device to clamp around skeletal structure. If you don't press down enough, there's going to be room for your body to move when enough G-forces are pushing you around.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 01:05 PM (mkw2N)

336 I guess that could happen. I mean, though, haven't an epic amount of fat people have ridden that thing before him and not gone flying off?????


it occurs to me that he was riding with his son - maybe he was too fat but begged them to let him go with his son, who was afraid to ride alone? I have seen situations like this before!

with height (me) it's you make it or you don't lol. but with size? even a scale wouldn't necessarily "work" - you'd have to just say as a worker "hey sorry um..."

definitely a gray area

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 13, 2026 01:06 PM (j+aD2)

337 HERE'S what happened:

A scientist in New Mexico decoded a signal from space. It was a how-to on building a new kind of spaceship. We built it, and Talarico flew it to Uranus. He has been close to Uranus all this time, before returning only recently. It's all very hush hush.

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 01:06 PM (ZxPkt)

338 331 327 It does occur to me that the whole Talafreako thing might just be a distraction from something else.

The media's been working this story overtime.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 01:03 PM (RORbl)

I'm thinking there's more there there...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 01:04 PM (+gK6I)
*******
Elon Musk said it's a big deal, for what it's worth.

Texans should know before voting.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 01:07 PM (hzuYO)

339 He was a black dude. Sometimes these poor bastards get saddled with these names by their Muslim asshole dads.

I know a devout Christian named Shahid, for instance. Very nice guy, but he's PISSED if you bring up The Name.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 12:57 PM (BI5O2)

Being saddled with a stupid musloid name is the most legitimate reason for a legal change of name that I can think of.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 01:07 PM (quk5M)

340 I guess that could happen. I mean, though, haven't an epic amount of fat people have ridden that thing before him and not gone flying off?????


it occurs to me that he was riding with his son - maybe he was too fat but begged them to let him go with his son, who was afraid to ride alone? I have seen situations like this before!

with height (me) it's you make it or you don't lol. but with size? even a scale wouldn't necessarily "work" - you'd have to just say as a worker "hey sorry um..."

definitely a gray area
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 13, 2026 01:06 PM (j+aD2)
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There are pics of the guy. He's definitely overweight, but not so big that he couldn't fit in the seat.

To add insult to injury, there are pics from those souvenir cameras with his buttcrack plainly visible as he's flying out of the car.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

341 I guess he left the flying carpet in the car.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 01:08 PM (UjdFS)

342 Texas women swooned over Beto O'Rourke. That got him quite a few votes. Texas women aren't swooning over Alfred E. Neuman, oops, I mean James Talarico. He's toast.
Posted by: Gref
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I guess you haven't been to Austin lately. People are falling down all over the place here.


TBF, he did specify "Texas."

Posted by: Oddbob at October 13, 2026 01:09 PM (vTZFs)

343 > it occurs to me that he was riding with his son - maybe he was too fat but begged them to let him go with his son, who was afraid to ride alone? I have seen situations like this before!

I got kicked off Space Mountain for being too tall to fit with my legs straight forward. They gave my whole family fast passes to compensate.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 01:11 PM (mkw2N)

344 342 I guess you haven't been to Austin lately. People are falling down all over the place here.

TBF, he did specify "Texas."

Posted by: Oddbob at October 13, 2026 01:09 PM (vTZFs)

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Austin whites are the reason he won the primary to begin with.

Huge margins for him.

Exurban Texas probably less enthused.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 01:11 PM (R0rrx)

345 the dude was enormous

that said, don't the workers check (pull up) each harness before they let the group go? he probably went AROUND the harnesss. from the pics I saw, it was really sort of narrow and small. not an over the head one

I found a picture of the seat harness on the ride the deceased fell from.

http://tiny.cc/280c101

It looks like a bad design for heavy riders. If you're slimmer, that device is going to fit around your hips and clamp down. But if you're big, you'll need to really press down for that device to clamp around skeletal structure. If you don't press down enough, there's going to be room for your body to move when enough G-forces are pushing you around.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 01:05 PM (mkw2N)
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Pretty standard design for coasters that don't go upside down. But ... that thing should have a mechanical strap that holds the harness close to the body.

I'll bet the guy's restraint was never properly closed because he was too big, and it therefore didn't "lock" in place.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

346 Nood

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Ae6Br)

347 Nood Kimberly Guilfoyle

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 01:11 PM (mkw2N)

348 334 Mrs. BD and I took a flu shot for the first time decades ago. Mrs. BD got the flu. That was the last time we took a flu shot.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 01:05 PM (5UTWB)

*********
It's a dead virus and if it was immediate she was already exposed.

If she got it months later it is not 100% but I take it anyway in hopes it won't put me and my wonky lungs in the hospital. Again, I made this decision in the late '80's seeing how sick I got with a secondary mycoplasma infection right after the "real" flu of 104 degrees and missing a week of work. It was felt to be safe then by doctors I trusted.

I 1000% believe mRNA changes DNA and people have died from the covid vax.

If the UV rays of the sun changes DNA to give you cancer, I am not putting mRNA in my body.

I totally agree with being anti-mRNA and wish it was gone forevermore.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 01:12 PM (hzuYO)

349 Over its 100-year history, the Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk has recorded a small number of fatalities, all of which occurred when passengers stood up while the ride was in motion.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 01:12 PM (UjdFS)

350 They don't send obese asstronauts into space. Maybe keep 'em off the rides, too.

Posted by: Maybe The Teacups Would Be OK at October 13, 2026 01:12 PM (EdP2u)

351 A 42-year-old man died after being ejected from a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in Georgia, police said.
The man -- Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, of Atlanta -- was found dead beneath the ride at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday
Posted by: rickb223

The cancer is everywhere.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez


His, specifically, covered a few square yards.

Posted by: mikeski w/squeegee at October 13, 2026 01:13 PM (VHUov)

352 This one is unusually nice looking for a leftist.
Posted by: Archimedes

Always remember Rule #1.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 13, 2026 01:14 PM (eStot)

353 Guilfoyle has been ejected from the coaster of the Trump adminstration. Before hitting the ground, she announced that she is still a Maga supporter.

Posted by: Amusement park Mishaps continued at October 13, 2026 01:15 PM (anL5R)

354 In my experience, having been married to someone who has been to the looney bin more than once:

1. No matter what the law says, there is an insane amount of intake paperwork and it doesn't get put into the system immediately. I have been told by a receptionist that Pooky is not a patient, despite a phone call from his doctor telling me where he was *and* Pooky signing a "Yes, you can tell people I'm here" form.

2. A minimum of 72 hours is a standard stay not just because of the law, but so you can get at least one good night of sleep. (Sooooo many mental issues are aggravated by lack of sleep.) Private institutions get antsy if you stay more than 72 hours because then they have to justify things to insurance companies. The VA is its own insurance company, so they will keep you as long as they think you need it, and afterward, you go to outpatient programs.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows too much about this stuff at October 13, 2026 01:19 PM (Wt5PA)

355 When we had flu in 1999, the doc gave us Relenza, which was miraculous in how much it tamped down symptoms. I don't know why it doesn't seem to be used much anymore, except that Tamiflu has contracts with a bunch of pharmacies.

We've never had flu shots and have only had flu that one time. I suspect our experience in 1999 provides some cross-immunity. In any case, we seem to be far more resistant than our acquaintances who get shots.

Posted by: Emmie at October 13, 2026 01:22 PM (OlzlW)

356 If the rider slid out, he probably ignored the warnings about weight/size that are usually posted outside rides.

Aka, just b/c a 17 year old 1st year employee gets you snapped in, it does not mean it's safe for you, even if your kid wants to ride it.

Anyone over a certain weight shouldn't ride any thrill rides b/c they aren't designed for morbidly obese unless there are specific disability seats (which usually can also accomodate obese folks b/c of their design).

Posted by: Nova Local at October 13, 2026 01:31 PM (tOcjL)

The Morning Rant

punk-monkey.jpg

Well, this is entirely unsurprising, based on the absolute insanity that seems to be the status quo in Portland! Of course it is an amusing but unimportant statistic unless compared to something else, like for instance the percentage of people who identify as "transgender," or Democrat, or progressive! I'll bet that correlation is damned strong!

Oregon adults have the highest rate of mental illness in the US at 31.6%

The ten states, including the District of Columbia, that had the highest rate of mental illness in 2023 to 2024 included: Oregon (31.6 percent), Vermont (29.1 percent), Washington, DC (29 percent), West Virginia (28.1 percent), Washington state (27.9 percent), New Hampshire (27.7 percent), Tennessee (27 percent), Maine (26.7 percent), Utah (26.7 percent), and Arkansas (26.6 percent).

Show me the comparison between voting tendencies, self-proclaimed "gender," and mental illness! But... I think we all have a pretty good idea what that will tell us. Blue cities are far crazier than red rural areas. That's a guess, but I'll wager I am correct.

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. And if you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow me it would be much appreciated!

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1 First!! & Sponge!!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 11:02 AM (NcvvS)

2 Nooded, and posted the URL because it has yesterday's date.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 11:04 AM (NcvvS)

3 So 1 in 4 people are nuts. And it isn't me.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:05 AM (jmpEl)

4 Oregon adults have the highest rate of mental illness in the US at 31.6%

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ADHD counts, and ADHD is over diagnosed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:06 AM (R0rrx)

5 Hmmm....

West Virginia (28.1 percent)

I'd bet a fair number are faking it for the $$. Or a family member who's tired of the old man's shit has him committed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 11:07 AM (RORbl)

6 From the article. New Jersey's got their crap together, relatively speaking...

"According to the report, "In 2023–2024, Oregon had the country's highest rate of mental illness at 31.6%, 10.1 percentage points greater than the national rate. New Jersey had the lowest rate at 18.1%, 3.4 percentage points less than the nation overall."

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 11:07 AM (Sco7b)

7 For some reason the local ABC station has decided TWICE this month to carry "The Wizard of Oz". I can't stand that movie. I've never watched it once from start to finish, not even as a kid.

Its has none of the charm nor depth of "Point Break".

Posted by: Crusader at October 13, 2026 11:07 AM (TN0g+)

8 Well, you would have to be crazy to want to live in Oregon.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 11:08 AM (LOvBA)

9 Oregon adults have the highest rate of mental illness in the US at 31.6%

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ADHD counts, and ADHD is over diagnosed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


Crap.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:08 AM (jmpEl)

10 Blog is back, was worried.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:08 AM (2GVsD)

11 It figures. I quote Philip Larkin and get willowed.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 13, 2026 11:08 AM (qRla/)

12 I used to think 10% of the people walking around out there were batshit crazy. Apparently, I was misinformed.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 11:09 AM (ndZc7)

13 Pay for people to be crazy and suddenly you'll find you have a bunch of crazy people

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)

14 Vermont being crazy, I understand. But New Hampshire over Massachusetts? Something's wrong there.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 13, 2026 11:09 AM (qRla/)

15 I bet those numbers are low. I wonder how those figures were arrived at.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:09 AM (77rzZ)

16 Vermont being crazy, I understand. But New Hampshire over Massachusetts? Something's wrong there.
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I would argue Massachusetts is demonic rather than crazy.

Posted by: Crusader at October 13, 2026 11:10 AM (TN0g+)

17 AWFLs love their drugs.

Posted by: And everybody knows it at October 13, 2026 11:10 AM (OVboP)

18 14 Vermont being crazy, I understand. But New Hampshire over Massachusetts? Something's wrong there.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 13, 2026 11:09 AM (qRla/)

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MA is undiagnosed insanity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:11 AM (R0rrx)

19 People are stealin' my lucrative gig!

Posted by: Fugitive From The Board of Mental Health at October 13, 2026 11:11 AM (EdP2u)

20 TN, AR, WV pretty high in the rankings. That doesn't give their "backwoods cousins marrying cousins" reputation any help. They are all pretty red, I think.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2026 11:11 AM (vbXSk)

21 The article doesn't really mention how they define mental illness which makes me suspect it's some group angling for sweet, sweet government cash.

This reminds me of the poverty projects where you're considered poor despite the newest video game system, huge tv, housing and weighing 250 pounds.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 11:11 AM (Sco7b)

22 Crazy dedication and why Wikipedia can't be trusted.

Over a seven-year period, 2005 to 2012, one person did over 87,000 edits to Wikipedia to create a false narrative of an Islamic Golden Age.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:11 AM (2GVsD)

23 Yeah, I'll believe it.

Fetterman utilized national media attention to deliberately pitch Braddock around the country as a highly affordable place to live, which successfully drew in new residents from out-of-state hubs like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago.

And they drifted to the other side of the damn commonwealth, too. Between them and interesting folks from Virginia, Good Golly! for SE Pennsylvania.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 11:11 AM (NFX2v)

24 The national average for mental illness is over 20% with some states over 30%? Gimme a break. They're just defining "mental illness" to mean just about anything.

I also can't tell how they collected this data. Was it self-reporting?

There's surely a bunch of loonies among us, but 30%? Nah.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

25 We stand ready to help. We once hosted 16,000 residents/patients.

Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital! at October 13, 2026 11:12 AM (EdP2u)

26 TN, AR, WV pretty high in the rankings. That doesn't give their "backwoods cousins marrying cousins" reputation any help. They are all pretty red, I think.
Posted by: illiniwek

We conservatives can have mental health issues, too.

Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:12 AM (77rzZ)

27
This reminds me of the poverty projects where you're considered poor despite the newest video game system, huge tv, housing and weighing 250 pounds.


I recall someone did an analysis of welfare in PA and it paid significantly more then working class people earned meaning if you worked for a living you are a sucker.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 11:12 AM (sKqQm)

28 Crazy and stupid are not the same thing.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 11:12 AM (LOvBA)

29 Everyone has ADD/ADHD just for the Adderall. Then they need Xanax to sleep.

Posted by: Big Pharma! at October 13, 2026 11:13 AM (EdP2u)

30
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 13, 2026 11:13 AM (iqcvy)

31 I'd bet a fair number are faking it for the $$.

It's almost like you get more of what you incentivize.

Posted by: nuttier than squirrel poop at October 13, 2026 11:13 AM (Ebz8b)

32 I don't believe this nonsense. Call me crazy, but I think it's all bunk.

Posted by: Crazy Joe Davola at October 13, 2026 11:14 AM (VNBA8)

33 I was suddenly getting "can't find website" errors...but the site is back now...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:14 AM (l3cgK)

34 15 I bet those numbers are low. I wonder how those figures were arrived at.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:09 AM

You gotta peel the onion back about six layers deep to get the answer. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 13, 2026 11:14 AM (OVboP)

35 I have serious road rage. Does that qualify as a mental illness? I'll bet it does, according to this study.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:14 AM (iFTx/)

36 *Rummages in the memory banks*

IIRC back in the 1970s there was an article in Reader's Digest where a legal firm had one of their secretaries do research on what benefits she could get from the government. Turns out she would make more on the dole than working.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:15 AM (2GVsD)

37 Reportedly, Pennsylvania ranks 17th in the nation, with about 19.70% of adult Pennsylvanians experiencing a mental illness (translating to nearly 2 million residents), which is close to the national average.

I'd say underreporting, by leaps and bounds.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 11:15 AM (NFX2v)

38 Also, I think that every normal person has some mental-health issue at some point in their lives, even if only in the teenage years.

Mental illness is kinda the whole point of puberty. Forces you to figure out who you are as you make the great leap from childhood to adulthood.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

39 How do they define mental illness? I hate the term "neurodivergent ". Isn't that considered mental illness? It seems to be a lib term for mentally ill people. To call them neurodivergent instead of mentally ill doesn't hurt their feelings. But if you're mentally ill everything hurts your feelings, so call them what they really are. The purple haired, multiple piercing, 300 pound man who's wearing a dress screams he's just neurodivergent and we're just supposed to not call him crazy.

Posted by: Megthered at October 13, 2026 11:15 AM (PYs58)

40 I thought there was a study that found that mental illness is much higher amongst people on the left than conservatives...given all those who support people like Lindsay Clancy and trannies and people that join groups like "Chickens for KFC" and "Queers for Palestine", I can believe it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:16 AM (l3cgK)

41 I recall someone did an analysis of welfare in PA and it paid significantly more then working class people earned meaning if you worked for a living you are a sucker.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 11:12 AM (sKqQm)

I believe that.

Zero dollars is pretty much the only way to clean crap up.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 11:16 AM (Sco7b)

42 I have serious road rage.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Finally, something I have in common with the Blade.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)

43 How do they define mental illness? I hate the term "neurodivergent ". Isn't that considered mental illness? It seems to be a lib term for mentally ill people. To call them neurodivergent instead of mentally ill doesn't hurt their feelings. But if you're mentally ill everything hurts your feelings, so call them what they really are. The purple haired, multiple piercing, 300 pound man who's wearing a dress screams he's just neurodivergent and we're just supposed to not call him crazy.

Isn't The Spew looking for a new host?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:17 AM (2GVsD)

44 Also, I think that every normal person has some mental-health issue at some point in their lives, even if only in the teenage years.

Mental illness is kinda the whole point of puberty. Forces you to figure out who you are as you make the great leap from childhood to adulthood.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)
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True, but that shouldn't be considered a mental illness. Mental illness is or should be an aberration -- something is wrong that shouldn't be -- not something that happens to everyone at a certain point in their lives.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)

45 38 Also, I think that every normal person has some mental-health issue at some point in their lives, even if only in the teenage years.

Mental illness is kinda the whole point of puberty. Forces you to figure out who you are as you make the great leap from childhood to adulthood.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

If you define mental illness so broadly that everyone has it at one point or another, then you've deprived the definition of useful meaning.

Posted by: nuttier than squirrel poop at October 13, 2026 11:18 AM (Ebz8b)

46 39 How do they define mental illness? I hate the term "neurodivergent ". Isn't that considered mental illness?
...

Posted by: Megthered at October 13, 2026 11:15 AM (PYs5

The same way of calling the killing of non-combatants and the destruction of civilian areas as "collateral damage"...just euphemisms for a harsher truth.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:18 AM (l3cgK)

47 Very interesting rant topic today, CBD. Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:18 AM (77rzZ)

48 We conservatives can have mental health issues, too.

Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Bulg

Boobmania is not a disease!

Posted by: Compulsion, Maybe at October 13, 2026 11:18 AM (EdP2u)

49 >>Everyone has ADD/ADHD just for the Adderall. Then they need Xanax to sleep.

Except that for people with ADD/ADHD Adderall calms them down. Wife has ADD, has a cup of coffee in the morning, and then takes a nap. So keep your Big Pharma cozening to yourself!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 11:19 AM (NcvvS)

50 True, but that shouldn't be considered a mental illness. Mental illness is or should be an aberration -- something is wrong that shouldn't be -- not something that happens to everyone at a certain point in their lives.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)

There is a period of time once a month for wimmins...

Posted by: Don't Kill Me! at October 13, 2026 11:19 AM (l3cgK)

51 China Used Military-Linked Kindergarten to Build Relationship With Mitch McConnell’s Wife

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"Military-Linked Kindergarten"? You have three hand grenades. You throw one at the running dog lackeys of the bourgeoisie. How many do you have left?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

52 >>I was suddenly getting "can't find website" errors...but the site is back now...

Somebody fixed the main page to get the Rant up top.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 11:20 AM (NcvvS)

53 what is the definition of mental illness these days? im sad that its going to be hot all week and its october. is that mental illness?

Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 11:20 AM (enNUy)

54
This reminds me of the poverty projects where you're considered poor despite the newest video game system, huge tv, housing and weighing 250 pounds.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 11:11 AM (Sco7b)


Have you ever driven past an urban housing project building? I once had to do a job at an ATT Wireless compound across the street from an Oakland project, about 20 stories tall. Every balcony had a satellite dish. Looked like the annex of a Soviet embassy compound.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 13, 2026 11:20 AM (iqcvy)

55 Military linked kindergarten?

The Red Guard lives.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:21 AM (2GVsD)

56 I'm betting Nashville and Memphis are driving the crazy in TN.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 13, 2026 11:21 AM (Q/FnY)

57 I'm pretty sure me and CBD are the only sane people on here!

Posted by: I'm Certified! at October 13, 2026 11:21 AM (EdP2u)

58 It's almost as if living somewhere where the weather sucks 90% of the time makes people unhappy.

Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 11:21 AM (oqH4h)

59 57 I'm pretty sure me and CBD are the only sane people on here!

Posted by: I'm Certified! at October 13, 2026 11:21 AM (EdP2u)

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You may be certified, but you ain't bonafied.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:21 AM (R0rrx)

60 Reportedly, Pennsylvania ranks 17th in the nation, with about 19.70% of adult Pennsylvanians experiencing a mental illness (translating to nearly 2 million residents), which is close to the national average.

I'd say underreporting, by leaps and bounds.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 11:15 AM (NFX2v)

They don't know they're mentally ill because everyone around them is, too.

Posted by: LASue at October 13, 2026 11:22 AM (lCppi)

61 Talarico would fit right in.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 13, 2026 11:22 AM (9uxYx)

62 True, but that shouldn't be considered a mental illness. Mental illness is or should be an aberration -- something is wrong that shouldn't be -- not something that happens to everyone at a certain point in their lives.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Everyone gets a cold at least once in their life, too. But it's still considered an illness.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

63 Turns out she would make more on the dole than working.
Posted by: Anna Puma

UK gives new cars every three years to "disabled" people with tennis elbow, gluten intolerance, dyslexia

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 11:22 AM (ndZc7)

64 Certified credentialed.

But you can still be a cretin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:22 AM (2GVsD)

65 What’s going on with the election is classic game theory bluffing and information concealment. The entire objective is to cloud the outcome.

Therefore I expect a lot of shenanigans and I have zero trust in the electronic systems.

Something is rotten in Denmark.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 13, 2026 11:23 AM (xn33A)

66 57 I'm pretty sure me and CBD are the only sane people on here!

Posted by: I'm Certified! at October 13, 2026 11:21 AM (EdP2u)

And I'm sure you have doubts about CBD, as the saying goes (my grandmother told me the saying when I was a wee lad. LOL).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:24 AM (l3cgK)

67 UK gives new cars every three years to "disabled" people with tennis elbow, gluten intolerance, dyslexia

Well, that is one way to reduce the glut of unsold Jaguars.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:24 AM (2GVsD)

68
Its has none of the charm nor depth of "Point Break".
Posted by: Crusader
==
You might enjoy a little film titled "Hot Fuzz".

Posted by: Crow at October 13, 2026 11:24 AM (anL5R)

69 53 what is the definition of mental illness these days? im sad that its going to be hot all week and its october. is that mental illness?
Posted by: nckate

Yes, Ma'am. When the friendly men in the white coats show up at your door, just quietly get in the van.

Posted by: They'll Be There Shortly. at October 13, 2026 11:25 AM (EdP2u)

70 61 Talarico would fit right in.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 13, 2026 11:22 AM (9uxYx)

I thought it was things fitting right into Talarico...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:25 AM (l3cgK)

71 UK gives new cars every three years to "disabled" people with tennis elbow, gluten intolerance, dyslexia

Does that explain why the Royal Navy has only two aircraft carriers, no planes to put on them, and 11 escort ships?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 13, 2026 11:25 AM (9uxYx)

72 >>what is the definition of mental illness these days?

Look at the list of Top 10 crazy places. The definition is apparently voting Democrat.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 11:25 AM (viF8m)

73 68
Its has none of the charm nor depth of "Point Break".
Posted by: Crusader
==
You might enjoy a little film titled "Hot Fuzz".

Posted by: Crow at October 13, 2026 11:24 AM (anL5R)

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Yeah, mother fucker.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:26 AM (R0rrx)

74 We conservatives can have mental health issues, too.

Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:12 AM (77rzZ)
_

*snort*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 13, 2026 11:26 AM (dkM11)

75 It's almost as if living somewhere where the weather sucks 90% of the time makes people unhappy.
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*Ponders Cleveland's mental health rate*

Oh wait, the Guardians won again last night - its all good.

Posted by: what's in a name at October 13, 2026 11:26 AM (anL5R)

76 Mental illness, unlike a physical disability, is pretty easy to fake.

If you're gonna' take everyone at their word, or everyone who's ever been to a shrink, or prescribed a med "typically" to treat some sort of mental condition... you can certainly pump those numbers up.

Like everything... I find it suspect.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 11:26 AM (RORbl)

77 True, but that shouldn't be considered a mental illness. Mental illness is or should be an aberration -- something is wrong that shouldn't be -- not something that happens to everyone at a certain point in their lives.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Everyone gets a cold at least once in their life, too. But it's still considered an illness.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)
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Yea, but it's not like at a defined point in their lives, everyone gets a cold as a matter of human development. Getting a cold is still aberrational, even if not unusual.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:26 AM (iFTx/)

78 The new cars thing is a drop in the bucket compared to NHS funding.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:27 AM (2GVsD)

79 I'm pretty sure me and CBD are the only sane people on here!

Posted by: I'm Certified! at October 13, 2026 11:21 AM (EdP2u)
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Bless your heart.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 13, 2026 11:27 AM (dkM11)

80 78 The new cars thing is a drop in the bucket compared to NHS funding.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:27 AM (2GVsD)

==

"This person thought about limiting NHS services. Sentence them to death."
-the Tories

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:27 AM (R0rrx)

81 Everyone gets a cold at least once in their life, too. But it's still considered an illness.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

Why do you think viral infections are analogouse to mental illness? The two don't seem meaningfully comparable.

Posted by: nuttier than squirrel poop at October 13, 2026 11:28 AM (Ebz8b)

82 IDK anymore. Roughly 27% of the local schools have categorized kids as "Special Education."

While there are 13 categories for Child with a Disability, all understandable.

But then there is also:
"PA schools: Emotional disturbance is defined at 34 CFR § 300.8(c)(4) as:

An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors.
An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers.
Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances.
A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression.
A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.

If a child is identified by a school district as "thought-to-be" disabled and in possible need of specially designed instruction under IDEA and Chapter 14, the district should move forward with a special education evaluation under ID​EA and 22 PA Code Chapter 14."

School budget killers.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 11:28 AM (NFX2v)

83 Washington State comes in at 5th. Hmmmm....
I'm surprised it is that low, given the comments lately from many of my colleagues ref: the Hasan execution announcement.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 11:29 AM (2WIwB)

84 I have serious road rage.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Finally, something I have in common with the Blade.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)
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And sadly, drivers are only getting worse, so my mental illness will only increase. The number of retards on the road is shocking.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:29 AM (iFTx/)

85 Suppose that Oregon is 60% D - that means about 52% of Democrats in Oregon are struggling with mental illness, which I think would be a reasonable estimate for the country as a whole.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 13, 2026 11:29 AM (2ap+5)

86 Looks like certain entities want to spread the crazy around in more red areas.
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A Washington think tank whose immigration program receives Soros funding has identified hundreds of American counties as destinations for migrants. 96.5% of selected counties are majority White .

Residents would have no say.

Its November 2025 immigration blueprint urges policymakers to “enable local governments and private entities to sponsor immigrants directly.” It also proposes state visa programs and “incentivizing new arrivals to stay in specific states and regions.”

https://tinyurl.com/5etb59y7

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 13, 2026 11:31 AM (dkM11)

87 Bless your heart.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

Hey, I'm Southern, I know what you mean by that.

Posted by: Weren't Born Yesterday at October 13, 2026 11:31 AM (EdP2u)

88 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2026 11:31 AM (gselI)

89 I really don't feel road rage anymore now that I am retired and have more time to drink.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 13, 2026 11:31 AM (2ap+5)

90 "enable"

Leftist argot for the word "force."

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:31 AM (2GVsD)

91 True, but that shouldn't be considered a mental illness. Mental illness is or should be an aberration -- something is wrong that shouldn't be -- not something that happens to everyone at a certain point in their lives.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Everyone gets a cold at least once in their life, too. But it's still considered an illness.
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well its not like either of your are wrong -

torturing the analogy further - there are some people with impaired immune systems who get sick quite a bit more than others. I suspect those with chronic mental health issues, have a system that makes them less resilient. Because its mental health, that system isn't just between your ears. It is also who and what you are around and what you put into your brain.

Most people suffer from depression, anxiety, obsessions (boobs) compulsions (Admiral Akbar) stuff like that but are functional or self limited. Others simply can't function without their obsession taking over their lives (Prometheus). Its a matter of degree, as with most things. Moderation in all things my fellow morons.

Posted by: Not Dr. Phil at October 13, 2026 11:32 AM (anL5R)

92 Hey, I'm Southern, I know what you mean by that.
Posted by: Weren't Born Yesterday at October 13, 2026 11:31 AM (EdP2u)
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Heh.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 13, 2026 11:32 AM (dkM11)

93 The national average for mental illness is over 20% with some states over 30%? Gimme a break. They're just defining "mental illness" to mean just about anything.

I also can't tell how they collected this data. Was it self-reporting?

There's surely a bunch of loonies among us, but 30%? Nah.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

***

Probably something to this. The whole Mental Health Medical Profession,while absolutely necessary, is in my opinion, completely inflated in numbers and government money.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 11:33 AM (2WIwB)

94 Why do you think viral infections are analogouse to mental illness? The two don't seem meaningfully comparable.
Posted by: nuttier than squirrel poop at October 13, 2026 11:28 AM (Ebz8b)
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I don't think he's meaning to compare the two except as to say that they're both things that befall pretty much everyone at some point in their lives.

Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 11:33 AM (oqH4h)

95 And sadly, drivers are only getting worse, so my mental illness will only increase. The number of retards on the road is shocking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Then stay away from the DC area. Especially Maryland. Maryland drivers are nuts. Virginia drivers are pretty bad, too, but at least they drive at a slower speed, so they are at less risk of killing someone by their mistakes.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

96 I've come across more than one person who was acting nuts to get social security. I'd bet a paycheck is somewhat of a driving force.
G.G. Liddy, in one of his books, bitched about it and he used to on the radio too. Said it was a way for the crazy left to kill two birds with one stone. One. Get a paycheck for nothing and two, further bankrupt America.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 11:33 AM (Ae6Br)

97 Then stay away from the DC area.
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Not a problem.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 13, 2026 11:34 AM (dkM11)

98 The people who profit from "treating" mental illness want you to know that you probably have it.

Posted by: t-bird at October 13, 2026 11:34 AM (Gue38)

99 My road rage starts the second I leave the driveway.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 11:34 AM (RORbl)

100 >>Probably something to this. The whole Mental Health Medical Profession,while absolutely necessary, is in my opinion, completely inflated in numbers and government money.

How many people in the US are on some drug for mental health issues?

Pharma is one of the most dominant industries in the world. Healthy people don't need drugs. There are usually easy answers to most questions.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)

101 And sadly, drivers are only getting worse, so my mental illness will only increase. The number of retards on the road is shocking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I used to get upset driving, but now I'm very chill. I'm pleasantly surprised when people behave. It's much better for my mental health.

Posted by: Rollin' With The Punches at October 13, 2026 11:35 AM (EdP2u)

102 The Meds Must Flow!!!!!

Posted by: tubal at October 13, 2026 11:35 AM (Gqar8)

103 The national average for mental illness is over 20% with some states over 30%? Gimme a break. They're just defining "mental illness" to mean just about anything.

I also can't tell how they collected this data. Was it self-reporting?

There's surely a bunch of loonies among us, but 30%? Nah.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:12 AM


I do know that they have redefined the definition of autism to the point we have 20% of all school age children diagnosed with it and on medication for it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2026 11:35 AM (I43vL)

104 102 The Meds Must Flow!!!!!

Posted by: tubal at October 13, 2026 11:35 AM (Gqar

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"He who controls the meds, controls the universe."
-Chinese manufacturing

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:36 AM (R0rrx)

105 Then stay away from the DC area. Especially Maryland. Maryland drivers are nuts. Virginia drivers are pretty bad, too, but at least they drive at a slower speed, so they are at less risk of killing someone by their mistakes.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
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Come to Texas! Where, by my educated estimation, approximately 1.5% of drivers know what the fuck the left lane of a multi-lane roadway is for!

Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 11:36 AM (oqH4h)

106 Posted by: Not Dr. Phil at October 13, 2026 11:32 AM (anL5R)

Well put, thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)

107 Pharma is one of the most dominant industries in the world. Healthy people don't need drugs. There are usually easy answers to most questions.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)


Big Pharma has been going bust in the cardiac field with anti-inflammatories flaming out. They need some wins.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 13, 2026 11:37 AM (2ap+5)

108 I do not trust Chinese import food - but Chinese Meds are forced on us.

Posted by: tubal at October 13, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar8)

109 This is getting even more ridiculous, the whole Voice Actors for Palestine debacle.

The organizer is running around saying "trust me! I've worked with them for three years." They deleted the original Tweet to remove the Community Note that called out Operation Olive Branch for links to Hamas only to post the Tweet again and get the Community Note added back.

Totes trustworthy.

But the most outrageous thing I think is finding out that the Gaza municipality, in spite of all the money the UN funnels to it, is asking for donations from people for basic functions like water services.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:38 AM (2GVsD)

110 https://x.com/davidslosttt/status/
2109818489578103175

@davidslosttt
·
14h
MICHIGAN EARLY VOTING UPDATE

Michigan early voting returns point to a Trump+4.3 electorate, a R+2.8 swing to the right from 2024. This shift is being driven by juiced exurban and rural turnout, a trend that hasn't been seen in other states

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Um...early voting in Michigan seems to be going REALLY badly for Democrats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:38 AM (R0rrx)

111 I used to get upset driving, but now I'm very chill. I'm pleasantly surprised when people behave. It's much better for my mental health.

I'll never understand why (some) people think driving on public roads is some sort of competition.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 13, 2026 11:38 AM (vTZFs)

112 Prometheus was released in 2012. Mental Illness has soared since then. Coincidence, or....

Posted by: ....Causation? at October 13, 2026 11:39 AM (EdP2u)

113 The New York Times assures me every single f'ing day that voting R in the mid-terms is pointless.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 13, 2026 11:39 AM (2ap+5)

114 NUTS!

Posted by: Gen. Anthony McAuliffe at October 13, 2026 11:39 AM (l3cgK)

115 I've come across more than one person who was acting nuts to get social security. I'd bet a paycheck is somewhat of a driving force.
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correlating rate of mental illness and rate of disability in blue states . . . .

*NOT SHOCKED FACE*

Posted by: Not AI at October 13, 2026 11:39 AM (anL5R)

116 Everyone has ADD/ADHD just for the Adderall. Then they need Xanax to sleep.

Except that for people with ADD/ADHD Adderall calms them down. Wife has ADD, has a cup of coffee in the morning, and then takes a nap. So keep your Big Pharma cozening to yourself!
Posted by: Nazdar


Agreed. I had 30mg upon waking, 20mg around 2:00 pm and was ready for bed around 9:30. Like clockwork.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:40 AM (jmpEl)

117 Most people suffer from depression, anxiety, obsessions (boobs) compulsions (Admiral Akbar) stuff like that but are functional or self limited. Others simply can't function without their obsession taking over their lives (Prometheus). Its a matter of degree, as with most things. Moderation in all things my fellow morons.
Posted by: Not Dr. Phil at October 13, 2026 11:32 AM (anL5R)


And woe to that poor bastard that keeps hiding my coffee every morning!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 11:40 AM (2WIwB)

118 I guess I my thesis would be better stated as puberty is a time of mental-health challenges for everyone, which is the way it should be, but for some teens it tips over into a true illness, where they start cutting, attempting suicide, etc.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:40 AM (77rzZ)

119 https://x.com/davidslosttt/status/
2109818489578103175

@davidslosttt
·
14h
MICHIGAN EARLY VOTING UPDATE

Michigan early voting returns point to a Trump+4.3 electorate, a R+2.8 swing to the right from 2024. This shift is being driven by juiced exurban and rural turnout, a trend that hasn't been seen in other states

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Um...early voting in Michigan seems to be going REALLY badly for Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:38 AM (R0rrx)
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Quality data point that helps confirm my predictions that we should win the big MI races. But ... when data tends to confirm what you want to believe, you should check it twice. I won't celebrate until our guys are taking the oath of office. Not a second sooner.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)

120 99 My road rage starts the second I leave the driveway.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 11:34 AM (RORbl)

I'm glad my commute is only 8 miles. Years ago when I had to commute to northern MA, my fits of rage and informing drivers that they are "number 1" could instantly be replaced by sheer terror when some numb a**hole driver almosts ends me.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 13, 2026 11:41 AM (N39Ws)

121 119 Quality data point that helps confirm my predictions that we should win the big MI races. But ... when data tends to confirm what you want to believe, you should check it twice. I won't celebrate until our guys are taking the oath of office. Not a second sooner.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)

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But the polls, Elric.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:41 AM (R0rrx)

122 117 Most people suffer from depression, anxiety, obsessions (boobs) compulsions (Admiral Akbar) stuff like that but are functional or self limited. Others simply can't function without their obsession taking over their lives (Prometheus). Its a matter of degree, as with most things. Moderation in all things my fellow morons.
Posted by: Not Dr. Phil at October 13, 2026 11:32 AM (anL5R)


And woe to that poor bastard that keeps hiding my coffee every morning!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 11:40 AM (2WIwB)

https://youtu.be/tT-Xxl2AzDI

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:42 AM (l3cgK)

123 My road rage starts the second I leave the driveway.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 11:34 AM (RORbl)

Did Druids get woad rage?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 11:42 AM (quk5M)

124 I used to get upset driving, but now I'm very chill. I'm pleasantly surprised when people behave. It's much better for my mental health.
==
One of my older brother's best friends in High School was literally the nicest kid in the world. Until he got behind the wheel of a car. The personality change was INCREDIBLE. He got into all kinds of trouble with his license had to see counselor for anger management. It was kind of freaky. I rode with him one time and he was literally out of his mind behind the wheel. It happened like flipping a switch. Never forget it.

Posted by: life stories told, 7 sentences at a time at October 13, 2026 11:43 AM (anL5R)

125 120 99 My road rage starts the second I leave the driveway.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 11:34 AM (RORbl)

I'm glad my commute is only 8 miles. Years ago when I had to commute to northern MA, my fits of rage and informing drivers that they are "number 1" could instantly be replaced by sheer terror when some numb a**hole driver almosts ends me.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 13, 2026 11:41 AM (N39Ws)

an asshole ends you? There's a joke in there somewhere...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:43 AM (l3cgK)

126 I was a juror for a child molestation case. One of the kid's uncles abused him was the charge.

The mother of the accused was busy perjuring herself on the stand just to protect the SSI checks she was getting because of the defendant. We were watching the bailiff practically sliding out of his seat because he was fighting to keep the laughter in.

The monster was convicted.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:43 AM (2GVsD)

127 Agreed. I had 30mg upon waking, 20mg around 2:00 pm and was ready for bed around 9:30. Like clockwork.
Posted by: rickb223

Long-term effects of stimulants can't be good for you. Sorry.

Posted by: Tweeker Behind The Curtain at October 13, 2026 11:43 AM (EdP2u)

128 123 My road rage starts the second I leave the driveway.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 11:34 AM (RORbl)

Did Druids get woad rage?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 11:42 AM (quk5M)

No, they got paid woad wage...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (l3cgK)

129 And sadly, drivers are only getting worse, so my mental illness will only increase. The number of retards on the road is shocking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I used to get upset driving, but now I'm very chill. I'm pleasantly surprised when people behave. It's much better for my mental health.
Posted by: Rollin' With The Punches


I almost got into 3 accidents this morning. People need to learn the fuck how to merge onto a freeway. You don't get to the end of the on ramp and then test the waters by trying to edge out.
You hit the end of the on ramp like them dropping the green flag at Indy. You should be doing the speed limit +-5 mph by the end.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (jmpEl)

130
Um...early voting in Michigan seems to be going REALLY badly for Democrats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:38 AM (R0rrx)

I get that each of these states will vote - somewhat - in a vacuum from the other several states, but this is not looking like the Blunami I was promised.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (gLYp7)

131 Winning MI until Wayne Counties late mail in ballots are counted.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (Ae6Br)

132 Most people suffer from depression, anxiety, obsessions (boobs) compulsions (Admiral Akbar) stuff like that but are functional or self limited. Others simply can't function without their obsession taking over their lives (Prometheus). Its a matter of degree, as with most things. Moderation in all things my fellow morons.
Posted by: Not Dr. Phil at October 13, 2026 11:32 AM (anL5R)
_____

Yes, and there's a big difference between routine sadness, anger, or depression -- which happens to everyone now and again -- and the sort of truly pathological depression that should be considered mental illness.

You could be Chad Highborn IV and still get angry or depressed when your Fenomeno is in dealer service. That's not "mental illness," though.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (iFTx/)

133 The national average for mental illness is over 20% with some states over 30%? Gimme a break. They're just defining "mental illness" to mean just about anything.

I also can't tell how they collected this data. Was it self-reporting?

There's surely a bunch of loonies among us, but 30%? Nah.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

Every loon's influence is amplified X 10 by social media. In many young crowds its chic and gets you attention to be nutzo. Pretend you're crazy long enough and you probably become the nutball you imitated.

Posted by: LASue at October 13, 2026 11:45 AM (lCppi)

134 as the charge.

The mother of the accused was busy perjuring herself on the stand just to protect the SSI checks she was getting because of the defendant. We were watching the bailiff practically sliding out of his seat because he was fighting to keep the laughter in.

The monster was convicted.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:43 AM (2GVsD)

Did it follow with the mother being hauled away for questioning? Oh, I forgot; perjury is rarely prosecuted.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:45 AM (l3cgK)

135 Long-term effects of stimulants can't be good for you. Sorry.
Posted by: Tweeker Behind The Curtain


Coffee has entered the chat.
And it was doctor supervised monthly.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:45 AM (jmpEl)

136 131 Winning MI until Wayne Counties late mail in ballots are counted.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (Ae6Br)

=======

They probably should have done that in 2024 to deny Trump the imperial presidency and control of the DOJ, including the hiring of Harmeet Dhillon to monitor elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:45 AM (R0rrx)

137 Mental illness has become meaningless. Someone who has “anxiety” is defined as having mental illness. What does anxiety mean? You get nervous in social settings. You know how 90% of people are. But now it’s a disease and you’re a victim and there’s probably some govt program out there for you.

And of course very other kid is now diagnosed with ADD or Autism or hell why not both?

Like everything else follow the money. There’s an entire industry out there that treats this supposed mental illness. Everything form govt to NGOs to the medical industrial complex to of course Pharma.

More “mental illness” means more money. There is an incentive to diagnose as many customers (err I mean patients) as possible.

It’s all gay and retarded, as is everything else.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 11:46 AM (k3anH)

138 I also can't tell how they collected this data. Was it self-reporting?

The methodological summary and definitions report for this survey is 155 pages long.

That tells me it's the bestest science.

Posted by: t-bird at October 13, 2026 11:46 AM (Gue38)

139 129
I almost got into 3 accidents this morning. People need to learn the fuck how to merge onto a freeway. You don't get to the end of the on ramp and then test the waters by trying to edge out.
You hit the end of the on ramp like them dropping the green flag at Indy. You should be doing the speed limit +-5 mph by the end.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (jmpEl)

In NH, they can't build rotaries/traffic circles fast enough. Of course, people have no clue on how to properly and safely navigate these.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 13, 2026 11:46 AM (N39Ws)

140
TN, AR, WV pretty high in the rankings. That doesn't give their "backwoods cousins marrying cousins" reputation any help. They are all pretty red, I think.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2026 11:11 AM (vbXSk)


There's a common factor:

TN = pork bbq
Ar = pork bbq
WV = pork bbq

Not one of those BBQ Wastelands is known for the Fine Sanity-Inducing Deliciousness of Bbq'd Beef.

This is why Texas, a Beef BBQ North Star in this land of porky pretenders is a Bastion of Sanity and Common Sense.

BEEF
It's Good For Your Brain!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 11:46 AM (YSUhf)

141 Oh, I forgot; perjury is rarely prosecuted.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

My late brother, an attorney, once noted how much perjury is committed in child-custody proceedings.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:46 AM (77rzZ)

142 My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about.

Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 11:47 AM (oqH4h)

143 This poor man is struggling

"A MAN allegedly attempted to rape a woman as she lay dying in a city centre.

Hassan Shah was caught on CCTV entering the victim’s tent last year, a court has heard.

Shah, 26, did not speak to the woman as he pulled down her clothing inside the tent in Bradford, the jury heard.

It is unknown if the homeless victim was already dead during the attempted rape on November 8 of last year, cops said.

https://tinyurl.com/3wbh6kdn

Posted by: Oglebay at October 13, 2026 11:47 AM (2ap+5)

144 Most people suffer from depression, anxiety, obsessions (boobs) compulsions (Admiral Akbar) stuff like that but are functional or self limited. Others simply can't function without their obsession taking over their lives (Prometheus). Its a matter of degree, as with most things. Moderation in all things my fellow morons.
Posted by: Not Dr. Phil


And addictions. (AoSHQ)

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:47 AM (jmpEl)

145 They don't know they're mentally ill because everyone around them is, too.
Posted by: LASue

Could be the $ does go to addiction 'resources' and those that are mental ill but fall out of those categories get nothing. (Maybe a prescription and then sent on their way. And it is tough on families to try to get even temporary holds.)

Aside from 'visiting' resources, most mental health services have been moved out-of-county and into Philly. (It's a great hiding resource for the undocumented.)

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 11:47 AM (NFX2v)

146 >>> 129 And sadly, drivers are only getting worse, so my mental illness will only increase. The number of retards on the road is shocking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I used to get upset driving, but now I'm very chill. I'm pleasantly surprised when people behave. It's much better for my mental health.
Posted by: Rollin' With The Punches


I almost got into 3 accidents this morning. People need to learn the fuck how to merge onto a freeway. You don't get to the end of the on ramp and then test the waters by trying to edge out.
You hit the end of the on ramp like them dropping the green flag at Indy. You should be doing the speed limit +-5 mph by the end.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (jmpEl)

Like they have trouble judging relative speed between themselves and another vehicle, let alone two others.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 13, 2026 11:48 AM (3mtzY)

147 My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about.
Posted by: ballistic


Congratulations!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:48 AM (jmpEl)

148 My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about.
Posted by: ballistic

Excellent news!

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)

149 Never bothered to find out if the mother was brought up on charges. She nuked her own family for money.

After the conviction, the judge came back to discuss the case with us. For those who might have had doubts he mentioned they could have also charged the uncle for abusing the family dog.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:49 AM (2GVsD)

150 I used to get upset driving, but now I'm very chill. I'm pleasantly surprised when people behave. It's much better for my mental health.
Posted by: Rollin' With The Punches
==
Some years ago, I turned off the radio on my commutes. I recorded like 20 minutes of prayers on my phone and I say those on the way in. I say the rosary - audio app on my phone helps me keep track of it - on the way home. It helps quite a bit. YMMV.

Posted by: I'm BJ McCabe and this is my best friend Bear at October 13, 2026 11:49 AM (anL5R)

151 130 I get that each of these states will vote - somewhat - in a vacuum from the other several states, but this is not looking like the Blunami I was promised.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (gLYp7)

======

EV analysis is particular. You have to slice and dice and compare correctly to get anything predictive out of the numbers.

What I've seen across a handful of states that have started is a smaller base of leftists exhausting themselves out early through mail and early in person voting followed by steady work by Republicans to drive their numbers up.

EV tends to be won by Democrats in general (it's just voting behavior, akin to Democrats always winning Jackson, Mississippi) which doesn't mean that Democrats are suddenly winning. They won EV in 2024 and 2022 as well. But, election day trends heavily Republican and has since early voting started decades ago.

The margins Dems have tend to be smaller by % this year and with lower overall turnout.

You would not expect that in a blue wave election.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 11:49 AM (R0rrx)

152 129 And sadly, drivers are only getting worse, so my mental illness will only increase. The number of retards on the road is shocking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I used to get upset driving, but now I'm very chill. I'm pleasantly surprised when people behave. It's much better for my mental health.
Posted by: Rollin' With The Punches


I almost got into 3 accidents this morning. People need to learn the fuck how to merge onto a freeway. You don't get to the end of the on ramp and then test the waters by trying to edge out.
You hit the end of the on ramp like them dropping the green flag at Indy. You should be doing the speed limit +-5 mph by the end.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (jmpEl)

Some years ago, they changed the on-ramp near here...it used to be that the lane was the on-ramp to the next exit as well, but they "widened" the freeway and turned it into TWO lanes you had to merge out of in order to get to the freeway, with both the lanes on the right leading to the off-ramp. Lots more accidents after that change.
At least it wasn't changing a two-lane residential street into a two-way/one-lane residential street with two bike lanes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:50 AM (l3cgK)

153 142 My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about.
Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 11:47 AM (oqH4h)

Congrats!! We have 9 more payments left.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 13, 2026 11:50 AM (N39Ws)

154 That is very good news Ballistic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:51 AM (2GVsD)

155 no one will read what i write

Posted by: paul at October 13, 2026 11:51 AM (meTNH)

156 My mortgage is a fixed 2.875%. That’s lower than inflation. I’m not paying a cent early. Only way it happens if I sell the house and move.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 11:51 AM (k3anH)

157
I almost got into 3 accidents this morning. People need to learn the fuck how to merge onto a freeway. You don't get to the end of the on ramp and then test the waters by trying to edge out.
You hit the end of the on ramp like them dropping the green flag at Indy. You should be doing the speed limit +-5 mph by the end.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:44 AM (jmpEl)




MOTHERFUCKER THERE'S NO STOP SIGN AT THE END OF THE GORRAM ON RAMP!!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 13, 2026 11:51 AM (iqcvy)

158 All these numbers would make a nice Venn Diagram, and I could be at the center!

Posted by: Kamala Harris at October 13, 2026 11:51 AM (zeIdK)

159 141 Oh, I forgot; perjury is rarely prosecuted.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

My late brother, an attorney, once noted how much perjury is committed in child-custody proceedings.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:46 AM (77rzZ)

and divorces.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:52 AM (l3cgK)

160 And woe to that poor bastard that keeps hiding my coffee every morning!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 11:40 AM (2WIwB)

https://youtu.be/tT-Xxl2AzDI
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:42 AM (l3cgK


Heh.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 11:52 AM (2WIwB)

161 Posted by: President Trump at October 13, 2026 11:51 AM (meTNH)

So Democrats ARE the party of the rich!

I KNEW IT!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 11:52 AM (gLYp7)

162 All mental maladies are over-diagnosed. Got to have as many as possible on psychotropic drugs. Easier for the gubmint to control.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 13, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew8)

163 (meTNH)

We almost got Mentos there but definitely Meth.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:52 AM (2GVsD)

164 My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about.

Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 11:47 AM (oqH4h)

Very cool. Congratulations to you both!

Also, Guillfoyle is out as Ambassador to Greece. How do you screw up a nice gig like that?

I'd probably piss off the women asking them to put on the Wonder Woman costume and insisting on the lasso.

But she's not me.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 11:52 AM (Sco7b)

165 142 My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about.

Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 11:47 AM (oqH4h)

About right if you were living in a car...
(J/K. Congrats)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:53 AM (l3cgK)

166 My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about.
Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 11:47 AM (oqH4h)

Congrats!! We have 9 more payments left.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 13, 2026 11:50 AM (N39Ws)


Nice! We paid ours off years ago, by paying down extra on the principle, so we could pay for the kiddos' colleges without massive new loans.

Worked out great.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 11:53 AM (YSUhf)

167 My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about.
Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 11:47 AM (oqH4h)


Great feeling huh!!??
My last payment is next month.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 11:53 AM (2WIwB)

168 And woe to that poor bastard that keeps hiding my coffee every morning!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 11:40 AM (2WIwB)

I've informed the coworkers that I drink coffee not for my benefit, but theirs.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 13, 2026 11:53 AM (N39Ws)

169 MOTHERFUCKER THERE'S NO STOP SIGN AT THE END OF THE GORRAM ON RAMP!!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur


If my horn could speak...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:54 AM (jmpEl)

170 Kimberley Guilfoyle resigned just now. Sending her to Greece helped Don Jr. but, it turns out, not the country.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 11:54 AM (zeIdK)

171 It sounds like many here wish for Car Wars.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 11:54 AM (2GVsD)

172 Hauled my last big load of books to donate to library used book store. My entire amateur naturalist library, in five boxes. Some good stuff in there. That closes a big chapter of my life, except for the three big tubs of nature photographs I still have to sort through.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 11:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

173 Traffic circles do increase the number of accidents. But they greatly reduce the number of serious accidents and virtually eliminate traffic fatalities. Hard to kill someone in a roundabout going 15 mph and hitting someone. Those fender benders are replacing the t-bone crashes at 45 mph in intersections that do cause fatalities.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 11:54 AM (k3anH)

174 142 My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about.

Posted by: ballistic

Good deal!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 11:55 AM (wOO3z)

175 144 Most people suffer from depression, anxiety, obsessions (boobs) compulsions (Admiral Akbar) stuff like that but are functional or self limited. Others simply can't function without their obsession taking over their lives (Prometheus). Its a matter of degree, as with most things. Moderation in all things my fellow morons.
Posted by: Not Dr. Phil


And addictions. (AoSHQ)

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:47 AM (jmpEl)

Joke:
Psychotherapist had a meeting for people with excessive compulsions...this one for mothers with their children.
To the first woman he says, "You have a compulsion for sweets. You even named your daughter Candy."
To the second woman, "You have a compulsion for money, even naming your daughter Penny."
At this, the third woman gets, up, and says to her child, "C'mon Dick, we're leaving!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:56 AM (l3cgK)

176 My husband and I were heading home after a night out and saw a car Bo Duke over the road we were on at a T into the middle of a field. Stuck the landing. I want to have a YouTube channel called Driving in Charlotte NC.

Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 11:56 AM (enNUy)

177 You hit the end of the on ramp like them dropping the green flag at Indy. You should be doing the speed limit +-5 mph by the end.

I've had people come to a complete stop on the onramp.

I will say though that at least in my AO we people on the highway also try to block people from merging on.

As the person in the right hand lane you can see better then the merger. Either speed up or slow down so they can get in. Yes that means paying attention to the road instead of texting, doing your hair, or eating a salad.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 11:56 AM (sKqQm)

178 Also, Guillfoyle is out as Ambassador to Greece. How do you screw up a nice gig like that?

Posted by: Stateless


Gyros, baklava, olives.
Damn.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:56 AM (jmpEl)

179 I've been thinking about a dashcam. At least have vid of everything if something happens.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 11:56 AM (Ae6Br)

180 I just left Massachusetts for Florida. The mental illness rate in MA is at least 60%.

Posted by: Nutterchusetts at October 13, 2026 11:56 AM (Ovx+P)

181 147 My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about.
Posted by: ballistic

Sell the car!

Posted by: Dave Ramsey at October 13, 2026 11:56 AM (7RD35)

182 Also, Guillfoyle is out as Ambassador to Greece. How do you screw up a nice gig like that?

If you're a woman, you insist you're only the Ambassador to Lesbos and try to set up a WNBA game there.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2026 11:57 AM (2ocoG)

183 I see a huge number of handicap placards in vehicles here. Any shopping center that has handicapped spaces will have them occupied. All. The. Time.

I suspect not all of them are... handicapped to point of needing a prime parking spot.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 11:57 AM (RORbl)

184 Joke:
Psychotherapist had a meeting for people with excessive compulsions...this one for mothers with their children.
To the first woman he says, "You have a compulsion for sweets. You even named your daughter Candy."
To the second woman, "You have a compulsion for money, even naming your daughter Penny."
At this, the third woman gets, up, and says to her child, "C'mon Dick, we're leaving!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:57 AM (jmpEl)

185 Dave Ramsey has so much bad advice it’s scary. I’m not one for regulation but yeah I’d ban him off the air lol.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 11:57 AM (k3anH)

186 Also, Guillfoyle is out as Ambassador to Greece. How do you screw up a nice gig like that?

Posted by: Stateless


Gyros, baklava, olives.
Damn.
Posted by: rickb223

Ouzo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 11:58 AM (wOO3z)

187 169 MOTHERFUCKER THERE'S NO STOP SIGN AT THE END OF THE GORRAM ON RAMP!!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur


If my horn could speak...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 11:54 AM (jmpEl)

We have lights on the on-ramp during rush-hour(s)...you have to stop, then start from that stop to try to catch up to freeway traffic, one or two cars at a time...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:58 AM (l3cgK)

188 "My wife and I paid off our mortgage this morning. 20 years early. Pretty crazy to think about."

That's what I did. Back when the mortgage rate was 18.5% If somebody has a low rate locked in, might be a good idea not to pay it off, anticipating possible further inflation coming.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 11:58 AM (Jr5Lq)

189 176 My husband and I were heading home after a night out and saw a car Bo Duke over the road we were on at a T into the middle of a field. Stuck the landing. I want to have a YouTube channel called Driving in Charlotte NC.
Posted by: nckate at October 13, 2026 11:56 AM (enNUy)

I used to live in Hickory. Definitely don't miss the traffic there.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 13, 2026 11:58 AM (N39Ws)

190 162 All mental maladies are over-diagnosed. Got to have as many as possible on psychotropic drugs. Easier for the gubmint to control.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 13, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew

And the control doesn't have to even be through the meds...it can be through the finances required to get the meds. Aka "vote D or you lose all the free meds we're getting you"...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 13, 2026 11:58 AM (tOcjL)

191 Gyros, Baklava, and Olives used to tour with Earth, Wind, and Fire whenever they were playing ports in the Med.

Posted by: Music nerd at October 13, 2026 11:59 AM (NUoxe)

192 You could be Chad Highborn IV and still get angry or depressed when your Fenomeno is in dealer service. That's not "mental illness," though.
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It is a matter of degree. Does Chad become so morose that he won't get out of bed, eat, attempts suicide?
That is mental illness. I hadn't much contact with those struggling with mental illness until I had tucked a number of decades under my belt. I still don't really understand why things become pathologic for some people and not others. I don't think they are faking it. I have seen real pain, desperation even. I don't, for the life of me, understand it. To me its like -well just stop thinking that, or stop doing that or whatever. But just because the nature of the problem for some people exceeds my ability to grasp it, doesn't mean it isn't real. There's a shit ton of stuff I don't know.

Posted by: its an interesting and unsettling experience to have a window into to a troubled soul at October 13, 2026 11:59 AM (anL5R)

193
And woe to that poor bastard that keeps hiding my coffee every morning!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2026 11:40 AM (2WIwB)



At one place I worked, I found out about 3 years in that the boss was filling the coffee jar 50/50 with mixed regular and decaf for his heart condition. Never bothered to tell any of us in the office, the bastard. Chewed his ass out, damned near got sent to HR for threatening to stab him with a shrimp fork.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 13, 2026 11:59 AM (iqcvy)

194 177 You hit the end of the on ramp like them dropping the green flag at Indy. You should be doing the speed limit +-5 mph by the end.

I've had people come to a complete stop on the onramp.

I will say though that at least in my AO we people on the highway also try to block people from merging on.

As the person in the right hand lane you can see better then the merger. Either speed up or slow down so they can get in. Yes that means paying attention to the road instead of texting, doing your hair, or eating a salad.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 11:56 AM (sKqQm)

I do that...the allowing the mergers in, not the texting/hair/salad.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:59 AM (l3cgK)

195 Years ago I was driving with some people I was working with. Guy had a nice mustang and I was in the front passenger seat.

It had been raining and he either didn't know how to drive in rain or had shitty tires. Either way as we went around a turn the car went into a spin skid...off the road.

As the car starting spinning in midair I figured I was about to die. It did a full 360 and after falling for a few feet it hit the ground...on to a feeder road that went back to the highway with us not only landing on it perfectly but driving in the correct direction. I assume this destroyed his shocks and maybe damaged his undercarriage but on one was hurt and the car still worked fine...

God was looking out for me that day...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 11:59 AM (sKqQm)

196 173 Traffic circles do increase the number of accidents. But they greatly reduce the number of serious accidents and virtually eliminate traffic fatalities. Hard to kill someone in a roundabout going 15 mph and hitting someone. Those fender benders are replacing the t-bone crashes at 45 mph in intersections that do cause fatalities.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 11:54 AM (k3anH)

I HATE traffic circles with a blinding passion. Just put a light there and let the 2 roads cross with lights...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 13, 2026 12:00 PM (tOcjL)

197 "Traffic circles do increase the number of accidents. But they greatly reduce the number of serious accidents and virtually eliminate traffic fatalities."

My city is all in on the 'traffic calming' street redesigns. It sucks.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 12:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

198 Besides Ouzo, I really want to go to Greece. Time is running out before the goatrapers become a huge presence.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 12:00 PM (wOO3z)

199 It sounds like many here wish for Car Wars.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Car wars, nothin' but car wars...
-- Bill Murray's lounge singer

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 12:00 PM (77rzZ)

200 178 Also, Guillfoyle is out as Ambassador to Greece. How do you screw up a nice gig like that?
___

She was married to Gavin Newsome. She obviously is just attracted to money and power and has no moral compass or conservative bona fides.

Posted by: Ambassaduh at October 13, 2026 12:00 PM (Ovx+P)

201 I almost got into 3 accidents this morning. People need to learn the fuck how to merge onto a freeway. You don't get to the end of the on ramp and then test the waters by trying to edge out.

Just take it as given that you're the best driver on the road and allow grace for the lessers. You'll magically find that you have fewer close calls.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 13, 2026 12:00 PM (vTZFs)

202 We have lights on the on-ramp during rush-hour(s)...you have to stop, then start from that stop to try to catch up to freeway traffic, one or two cars at a time...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


Yeah. We used to have those in Dallas on 75. WTF? That's just begging for accidents.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:00 PM (jmpEl)

203 I see a huge number of handicap placards in vehicles here. Any shopping center that has handicapped spaces will have them occupied. All. The. Time.

I suspect not all of them are... handicapped to point of needing a prime parking spot.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 11:57 AM (RORbl)
______

It's a racket. Anyone can get one, because in most states the "handicap" means almost anything. Many doctors will just sign the form just to keep their (paying) patient happy.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

204 suspect not all of them are... handicapped to point of needing a prime parking spot.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 11:57 AM (RORbl)

Many moons ago my wife had knee surgery and she legit got a handicap sticker for the recovery. Problem was the thing was valid for 3 years. Her recovery was something like 6 weeks. She stretched out the use of the sticker to maybe 3 months. Then she said fuck it Karma and all that and stopped using it.

However. I’m sure many unscrupulous people in her situation used it for the full 3 years. Probably renewed it too.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:01 PM (k3anH)

205 Also, Guillfoyle is out as Ambassador to Greece. How do you screw up a nice gig like that?

If you're a woman, you insist you're only the Ambassador to Lesbos and try to set up a WNBA game there.
==
Demand a campaign contributor pay off your credit card debt in exchange for favors...

Posted by: QED - does this termination letter make me look fat? at October 13, 2026 12:01 PM (anL5R)

206 >>Either speed up or slow down so they can get in.

How about no? The driver merging has the duty to either speed up or slow down in order to blend into the through lane of traffic.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2026 12:02 PM (J4Dwc)

207 >>You hit the end of the on ramp like them dropping the green flag at Indy. You should be doing the speed limit +-5 mph by the end.

+1.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 12:02 PM (NcvvS)

208 Besides Ouzo, I really want to go to Greece. Time is running out before the goatrapers become a huge presence.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


Santorini. Bucket list.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:02 PM (jmpEl)

209 Hey, anyone seen Sponge lately? Just realized I haven't seen him post recently. Maybe just me since I've been very inconsistent too.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 13, 2026 12:02 PM (EneHm)

210 Santorini. Bucket list.

Before or after?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 12:02 PM (2GVsD)

211 156 My mortgage is a fixed 2.875%. That’s lower than inflation. I’m not paying a cent early. Only way it happens if I sell the house and move.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 11:51 AM (k3anH)
-----
Ours is/was pretty low but not that low. Yes, we could have theoretically kept on investing what we paid off today and come out a little ahead but the peace of mind and not having that recurring payment every month was worth it, as we found ourselves in a spot where we had the liquid assets to just be done with it.

I understand the monetary arguments, but in the end they lost to "let's be done with this shit."

Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 12:03 PM (oqH4h)

212 Script is running. Here's how we're being lied to at noon by our intellectual betters before I do a bunch of chores around here.

CBC - Alberta referendum starts. 650,000 mail in ballots. Great.

CNN - new Press Secretary. Happy dance over Guilfoyle.

MSNow - butt hurt over Trump joke. Also going to Alaska.

FoxNews - Selma Blair.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 12:03 PM (Sco7b)

213 Santorini. Bucket list.

Before or after?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Snort.

Preferably before.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:03 PM (jmpEl)

214 People can't park either. Pull straight into the middle of the parking space. How hard is that to understand?

You don't pull in diagonal, or all the way on one side so when you open the door it swing well into the adjacent parking spot.

This is a yuge anger point for me as my car is very wide. No matter how or where I park -- even if I deliberately park well away in a spot not next to any other cars -- some fucknugget will always park right next to me. Do they not see that I don't want anyone parking next to me???

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 13, 2026 12:04 PM (iFTx/)

215 > Also, Guillfoyle is out as Ambassador to Greece. How do you screw up a nice gig like that?
-----------
Lavish spending on shit not relevant to your position and handing in a bogus expense account.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 12:04 PM (RORbl)

216 209 Hey, anyone seen Sponge lately? Just realized I haven't seen him post recently. Maybe just me since I've been very inconsistent too.
Posted by: lin-duh at October 13, 2026 12:02 PM (EneHm)

Now that you mention it. Sure hope all is OK. Maybe he is "pre-gaming the TX MoMe".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 13, 2026 12:04 PM (N39Ws)

217 Hey, anyone seen Sponge lately? Just realized I haven't seen him post recently. Maybe just me since I've been very inconsistent too.
Posted by: lin-duh


IIRC, moving and then MoMe.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:04 PM (jmpEl)

218 I like traffic circles. It keeps things flowing nicely without red light backups. My area has gone all in on them too, major intersections, minor ones, even as a way to slow down traffic in residential areas. Several freeway on and off ramps are traffic circles now and it has greatly reduced traffic backups where lights used to be.

I do t know if it’s feasible but if every street light could eliminated and replaced with one I’d be a happy camper.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:04 PM (k3anH)

219 Hey, anyone seen Sponge lately? Just realized I haven't seen him post recently. Maybe just me since I've been very inconsistent too.
Posted by: lin-duh

He's getting ready to move and for the MoMe. He's probably pretty busy at the moment.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

220 It sounds like many here wish for Car Wars.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Since like 1988.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 12:05 PM (Ae6Br)

221 no one will read what i write

Posted by: paul at October 13, 2026 12:05 PM (3KiOA)

222 Traffic circles are the communism of the roads. Theoretically they work great because everyone cooperates and everything is smooth and hunky-dory.

In practice they suffer from the tragedy of the commons because enough people use them without knowing what the hell to do and everything goes to shit.

Posted by: ballistic at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (oqH4h)

223 99 My road rage starts the second I leave the driveway.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
......

I can't seem to get 4 miles without some fool almost killing me.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (UjdFS)

224 NOOD Talarico

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (l3cgK)

225 Nood

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (Sco7b)

226 >>Oregon adults have the highest rate of mental illness in the US at 31.6%

NARRATOR: "They aren't actually adults"

Posted by: Roy at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (qwype)

227 I like traffic circles. It keeps things flowing nicely without red light backups. My area has gone all in on them too, major intersections, minor ones, even as a way to slow down traffic in residential areas. Several freeway on and off ramps are traffic circles now and it has greatly reduced traffic backups where lights used to be.

I do t know if it’s feasible but if every street light could eliminated and replaced with one I’d be a happy camper.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez


I like them. They have two in Alexandria, Louisiana. Traffic always flowed.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 12:06 PM (jmpEl)

228 Ah, I didn't realize he was moving already. Will see him and the First Lady Friday then.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (EneHm)

229 Some years ago, they changed the on-ramp near here...it used to be that the lane was the on-ramp to the next exit as well, but they "widened" the freeway and turned it into TWO lanes you had to merge out of in order to get to the freeway, with both the lanes on the right leading to the off-ramp. Lots more accidents after that change.
At least it wasn't changing a two-lane residential street into a two-way/one-lane residential street with two bike lanes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2026 11:50 AM (l3cgK)

I like the way that the freeways are set up in much of Texas, with parallel frontage roads on either side that go for miles. If the freeway grinds to a near-halt, you can bail onto a frontage road, and maintain a decent 30 mph or so, including stops for lights.

In the Phoenix metro area, the freeways don't have frontage roads as such, but the valley is well-gridded with major 4-lane roads in both E-W and N-S alignments, so if the freeway shuts down, you can bail off onto a crossroad, follow it to the next major through road headed in your direction, and follow that (which is exactly what signs direct you to do when a section of freeway is closed for road repairs

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (quk5M)

230 Lane wars begun, they have.

Posted by: In my best Yoda voice at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (LllLg)

231 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (NcvvS)

232 Another pet peeve of mine is angled intersections.

Every intersection should be composed entirely of right angles.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (77rzZ)

233 In my younger days I was a very aggressive driver. And everyone around me was a big asshole and didn’t know how to drive.

Then as I got older I really mellowed out. And weirdly all those bad drivers around me…they stopped being bad drivers. lol.


Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (k3anH)

234 Traffic circles are the communism of the roads. Theoretically they work great because everyone cooperates and everything is smooth and hunky-dory.

In practice they suffer from the tragedy of the commons because enough people use them without knowing what the hell to do and everything goes to shit.
==
This is hilarious and dead bang accurate. It should be in some stand up routine.

Posted by: QED - does this termination letter make me look fat? at October 13, 2026 12:07 PM (anL5R)

235 Traffic circles are the communism of the roads. Theoretically they work great because everyone cooperates and everything is smooth and hunky-dory.
.......

Portugal has them everywhere. I let my daughter and grandson drive everywhere. They figured it out with lots of colorful language.

Posted by: wth at October 13, 2026 12:09 PM (UjdFS)

236 How do you not know how to use a traffic circle? It’s not exactly rocket surgery. After the first time you use one, you know how to use it.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 12:10 PM (k3anH)

237 MOTHERFUCKER THERE'S NO STOP SIGN AT THE END OF THE GORRAM ON RAMP!!

Saw someone flipped the other day who agreed with you. We have a tight cloverleaf where both lanes are hidden from each other until you have 70 feet left to decide what to do. (I measured)

If PennDOT fixed it, the nine emergency vehicles would have had nothing to do.

Posted by: t-bird at October 13, 2026 12:15 PM (Gue38)

238 Arkansas? Really? You too?

Posted by: Darren Kent Lee at October 13, 2026 01:12 PM (C8evQ)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Burne Jones Love Song.jpg

The Love Song
Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Posted by: CBD at 09:37 AM




Comments

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (jmpEl)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (Bep7s)

3 No mystery click! Just beautiful execution.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (Wyf+v)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (NcvvS)

5 first

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (Ae6Br)

6 Cornell Three. The early years.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (jmpEl)

7 london, france etc.

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (Bep7s)

8 fooled by the pipes until i saw the bellows. i want one.

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

9 Pretty

Posted by: Tuna at October 13, 2026 09:39 AM (lJ0H4)

10 london, france etc.
Posted by: cmeat


Red cloak's underpants?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 09:40 AM (jmpEl)

11 Girl on right, chest tattoos?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 13, 2026 09:40 AM (ctEtP)

12 Old fashioned.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 09:40 AM (Y+4g7)

13 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2026 09:40 AM (5rh/l)

14 There Goes Another Love Song

Posted by: The Outlaws at October 13, 2026 09:40 AM (wVcYX)

15 I think they're all blind. Looking but not seeing.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 09:41 AM (jmpEl)

16 Pre-Raphaelite school?

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

17 Some people wanna fill the world
With silly love songs
And what's wrong with that?
I'd like to know

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 09:41 AM (ndZc7)

18 I rate this as 'meh'

murky, kind of square-ish
no hang, does nothing for me

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 09:41 AM (ZxPkt)

19 I've noticed this a lot in older paintings.
The faces of the people in them look so similar they could be siblings.

This one is a brother and sister, because they look like the same face except the girl's is more feminine.

I wonder if this was because the artists were limited in models and just kept recycling the faces.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 09:42 AM (6ydKt)

20 Their faces look so bored. Like an ironic 90's album cover.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 13, 2026 09:42 AM (d/XeE)

21 That's a pretty cool portable pipe organ. I wonder if the slave to pump the bellows is included in the retail price.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 09:42 AM (Ae6Br)

22 That doesn't even remotely look like The Cure.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 13, 2026 09:42 AM (FZ29D)

23 What is the red thing behind the entranced or sleeping woman's head? Also, I like the sunrise or sunset in the very back.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 09:42 AM (JrHfD)

24 The guy on the left is wearing kevlar armor.

Posted by: dantesed at October 13, 2026 09:43 AM (Oy/m2)

25 Stumpy foot on the left.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2026 09:43 AM (J4Dwc)

26 Very interesting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 09:43 AM (yEz+x)

27 Do the two redheads split the one guy's soul between them?

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

28 Is this some sort of a love triangle?

Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2026 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

29 This is also unfinished. He got to the armor guy's feet and said fuck it.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 09:44 AM (Ae6Br)

30 That's a pretty cool portable pipe organ. I wonder if the slave to pump the bellows is included in the retail price.
Posted by: Reforger

Tiny monkey included. Upgrade to premium to get slave powered bellows.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 13, 2026 09:44 AM (d/XeE)

31 Burne-Jones was Kipling's uncle.
His son painted a famous portrait of Kipling.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 13, 2026 09:45 AM (zdLoL)

32 Pre-Raphaelite.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 09:45 AM (amcLV)

33 Major Bellows was a fag. Amanda was probably not amused.

Posted by: Cocoa Beach at October 13, 2026 09:45 AM (EdP2u)

34 The pipe organist was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 13, 2026 09:45 AM (OVboP)

35 20 Their faces look so bored. Like an ironic 90's album cover.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 13, 2026 09:42 AM (d/XeE)

Mmmm Mmmm Mmmmm.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 09:45 AM (Ae6Br)

36 The Love Song
Sir Edward Burne-Jones

************

But I Don't want to be a Pirate!!! - a limerick

There once was a young man named Jeeves
Who went courting on warm summer eves
With finely coiffed hair
And a puppy love stare
In a silk shirt with big puffy sleeves

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 13, 2026 09:45 AM (I0N4X)

37 "pump the bellows"
itwtkacitd?

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:46 AM (Bep7s)

38 Do the two redheads split the one guy's soul between them?
Posted by: Bulg

No! Lady brawl will commence following the song, after which the remaining redhead wins the spoils.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 13, 2026 09:46 AM (d/XeE)

39 21 That's a pretty cool portable pipe organ. I wonder if the slave to pump the bellows is included in the retail price.
Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 09:42 AM (Ae6Br)

Looked it up... The organ player is cupid

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 09:46 AM (+gK6I)

40 Their Mom wouldn't let them play that crap in the house.

Posted by: Kids These Days at October 13, 2026 09:47 AM (EdP2u)

41 33 "look at that, a rolls- royce! it clashes with the couch, but i like it!"

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

42 Wait until she breaks into ELO's "Welcome to the Show."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 09:48 AM (amcLV)

43 No doubt about it, she's playing "Whiter Shade of Pale."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 13, 2026 09:48 AM (zdLoL)

44 Who goes courting in a suit of armor?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 13, 2026 09:49 AM (OVboP)

45 40 "don't you kids know any nice songs?"

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

46 I gave my love a cherry
that had no stone . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 13, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

47 Heard It in a Love Song

Posted by: Marshall Tucker Band at October 13, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

48 That Sir, Lord, Duchess, Baloney belongs in a musty old joint like England.

Posted by: The Dukes of Hazzard at October 13, 2026 09:50 AM (EdP2u)

49 Who goes courting in a suit of armor?
Posted by: I gotta ask

I went with a sword and pistol by my side.
-- Froggie

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

50 this the pipe blowing ~before~ the end of the song...

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:50 AM (Bep7s)

51 Who goes courting in a suit of armor?
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 13, 2026 09:49 AM (OVboP)
------
Don't knock it till you've tried it.

Posted by: Lancelot du Lac at October 13, 2026 09:50 AM (amcLV)

52 She's playing Light My Fire.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 13, 2026 09:51 AM (d/XeE)

53 49 well, they're red heads so...

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:51 AM (Bep7s)

54 Tipper and Al Gore were the inspiration.

Posted by: How it is at October 13, 2026 09:51 AM (k3anH)

55 Is the central figure a 'she' or izzit all a bunch of guys waiting for a 'mystical hookup' … ? This'd be so much easier to figure out if he'd made 'em all nekkid 'n stuff, but noooooo …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 13, 2026 09:52 AM (ayRl+)

56 just the tipper. cuz i hardly know 'er.

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:52 AM (Bep7s)

57 A little love song called
Wang Dang Sweet Poontang

Posted by: Theodore N at October 13, 2026 09:52 AM (HcoTw)

58 They snorted ketamine so hard off his foot it stretched his boot.

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at October 13, 2026 09:52 AM (51f7I)

59 This painting gives me a headache.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 13, 2026 09:52 AM (cWLG3)

60 What song is it you wanna hear?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 09:52 AM (viF8m)

61 Hey Roddy, pipe this!

Posted by: Junkyard Dog at October 13, 2026 09:52 AM (EdP2u)

62 Girl on pipe organ is thinking "Maybe this song would be better if I made the lovers muskrats."

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

63 Picnicking in armor - yikes!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 09:53 AM (AvHqM)

64 > 45 40 "don't you kids know any nice songs?"
You owe me a new keyboard

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at October 13, 2026 09:53 AM (51f7I)

65 Is that a portable organ? WTF is that thing she's playing?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 13, 2026 09:54 AM (cWLG3)

66 What song is it you wanna hear?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 09:52 AM (viF8m)

Don't the girls all get prettier at closing time

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 13, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

67 The scene seems overpopulated for a love song, but I guess someone has to pump the bellows.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 13, 2026 09:54 AM (OlzlW)

68 "Please deposit 25¢ for all requests. Thank you for your bid'ness."

Posted by: Dr_No at October 13, 2026 09:54 AM (ayRl+)

69 Puffy sleeve Age.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 13, 2026 09:55 AM (Y/06r)

70 Birth of the Groupie?

Posted by: red speck at October 13, 2026 09:55 AM (Ve/HL)

71 I can't tell you why, but this painting reminded me of the scene in Animal House where Belushi grabs Steven Bishop's guitar and smashes it to bits.

"I gave my love a cherry. . . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2026 09:55 AM (N5iuz)

72 Wait until she breaks into ELO's "Welcome to the Show."

ELO? You sure as hell have got me with that one.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 13, 2026 09:55 AM (zdLoL)

73 Guy in iron tuxedo be pushing some big money ‘round, yo?

Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2026 09:55 AM (JfkSa)

74 Free bird!!

Posted by: Flicks lighter at October 13, 2026 09:55 AM (OVboP)

75 This is what'cha get in a town that has no radio or TV stations …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 13, 2026 09:55 AM (ayRl+)

76 Kick out the jams!!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 09:55 AM (RORbl)

77 Who goes courting in a suit of armor?
Posted by: I gotta ask


*******

The Typo - a limerick

A young man was going off to war
And wanted to make sweet love before
So he bought his girl a rose
and put on his courting clothes,
Which was actually a suit of amor!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 13, 2026 09:56 AM (I0N4X)

78 "Kamala could really play my pipe organ, too."
-- Willie Brown

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

79 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7)

80 So when did harpists start straddling the thing to avoid wrecking their wrists like this?

Posted by: red speck at October 13, 2026 09:56 AM (Ve/HL)

81 64 fil that was a stowaway to get here chose martel from a canadian phonebook.

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:57 AM (Bep7s)

82 Do you know 'Africa' by Toto?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 13, 2026 09:57 AM (Y/06r)

83 "...someone has to pump the bellows."

Is that what you kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at October 13, 2026 09:57 AM (OVboP)

84 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7)
---------
The drummer must be offstage.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 09:57 AM (amcLV)

85 > 60 What song is it you wanna hear?
The Love Song of J. Alfred Ilhan

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at October 13, 2026 09:57 AM (51f7I)

86 Seriously … are those 'dudes' listening, or are they trippin' … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at October 13, 2026 09:58 AM (ayRl+)

87 This painting is a harbinger of the "Organ Wars" in NYC in the 70s between the fans of E. Power Biggs (the purist) vs, the more flamboyant stole of Virgil Fox And His Heavy Organ.

Posted by: Numerous Casualties at October 13, 2026 09:58 AM (EdP2u)

88 Epic 20 minute pipe organ solo coming right up....

It'll make your ears bleed!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 09:58 AM (RORbl)

89 Step aside, sister.
Time for some Green Onions.

Posted by: Booker T. and the MGs at October 13, 2026 10:00 AM (OVboP)

90 Thought the instrument was a xylophone with a keyboard, but after embiggening it to see the detail I think it's a pump organ (Rick Beato has a modern version that he's used a few times).

Interesting art in general. In the Middle Ages you couldn't just hold up a boom box, you had to hire someone to play. And apparently your would-be girlfriend had to operate the bellows.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2026 10:00 AM (2ocoG)

91 proving that you can tunic an organ.

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 10:00 AM (Bep7s)

92
They're doing Wagner's Ring cycle. All 20 hours.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 10:00 AM (eRlcH)

93 This painting is a harbinger of the "Organ Wars" in NYC in the 70s between the fans of E. Power Biggs (the purist) vs, the more flamboyant stole of Virgil Fox And His Heavy Organ.
Posted by: Numerous Casualties

My Mom dragged us to a Virgil Fox concert when I was a kid. Yeesh.

I hate organ music with a passion.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

94 Bravo muldoon!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at October 13, 2026 10:01 AM (OVboP)

95 I first produced my pistol
I then produced my Rapier.
I said "stand and deliver"
"or the devil he may take ya"

Posted by: Capt. Farrel at October 13, 2026 10:01 AM (Ae6Br)

96 The passion just drips off the canvas.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2026 10:01 AM (ExV1e)

97 Dang… And I thought kids who played tuba had a tough time transporting their instrument on the bus.

I don’t know that this is so much a love song being played in a field as it is the two people who had to drag that emeffing harpsichord into the back 40 so duchess could play Chopsticks have simply collapsed from exhaustion.

Posted by: red speck at October 13, 2026 10:01 AM (Ve/HL)

98 Grooving to some Green Onions.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 13, 2026 10:02 AM (wVcYX)

99 93 i'm sitting right here.

Posted by: rick wakeman at October 13, 2026 10:02 AM (Bep7s)

100 97 kid that played baritone sax in our jr. high band got hit by a bus carrying that thing across ridge.

Posted by: rick wakeman at October 13, 2026 10:03 AM (Bep7s)

101 100

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

102 Damn it.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

103 off, caped sock.

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 10:04 AM (Bep7s)

104 woman on the right has some well toned arms. I'm jealous.

Posted by: Big Mike at October 13, 2026 10:05 AM (a6LXu)

105 Missed it by THAT much!

Posted by: M. Smart at October 13, 2026 10:05 AM (OVboP)

106 Where is everybody?

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

107 A pump organ has reeds. They were very popular American frontier instruments. A portable pipe organ is called a portative, or 'portatif.' Bach had one, and used to play dance tunes at country fairs. For money.

Notation of the time was complex and accurate for melodies and tonality, but there was no way to indicate syncopation. Some music historians have told me he was legendary for his gigues. Could really rock. We'll never know for sure.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 13, 2026 10:08 AM (zdLoL)

108 *sniffs underarms*

No, it can't be my BO that has driven everyone away.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

109 106 Where is everybody?
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:06 AM

I was practicing my organ technique.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at October 13, 2026 10:08 AM (OVboP)

110 kid that played baritone sax in our jr. high band got hit by a bus carrying that thing across ridge.

**********

Serves him right.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 13, 2026 10:08 AM (I0N4X)

111 Ah, Bach.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

112 He put in a request for Spinal Tap's "Lick My Love Pump".

You know, to set the mood.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 13, 2026 10:09 AM (wVcYX)

113 UK wildlife refuge won't kill tiger goaded into attacking suicidal man who climbed into caged area

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Kill two birds with one stone. Canada should save tigers by importing them then feed the MAID patients to them.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

114 Enya got her start in her Brennan family band "Clannad". She played keyboard and backup vocals, which freed up her big sis, Maire Brennan to play the harp, which she was quite excellent at. Maire passed away last year. Clannad had done a farewell tour a year previous.

Posted by: Dublin's Finest at October 13, 2026 10:10 AM (EdP2u)

115 "The Love Song"

Is it coming down in three-part harmony?

Posted by: Three Dog Night at October 13, 2026 10:11 AM (0sNs1)

116 "...he was legendary for his gigues."

Getting jiggy with it!

Posted by: DJ rapper at October 13, 2026 10:12 AM (OVboP)

117 My Mom dragged us to a Virgil Fox concert when I was a kid. Yeesh.

I hate organ music with a passion.
Posted by: Bulg

My son pulled some strings (swidt) and got us access to the Royal Albert Hall in the dead of night. No one else there except a janitor and one gal practicing an organ piece. I'm also not generally a fan but holy smokes, this lady was fantastic and we had the run of the place. I can't tell you what piece she was playing but Wow!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2026 10:12 AM (N5iuz)

118 Report: Kamala Harris ‘Lays Groundwork’ for 2028 Campaign

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"Lays"? I thought she kneels. Maybe she's ambidextrous.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:14 AM (ndZc7)

119 MLB seventh inning stretch. The early years.

Posted by: Bob Uecker at October 13, 2026 10:15 AM (OVboP)

120 Those pre-Rapaelites were a prolific bunch, and pretty randy as well. Also, that looks like an angel working the bellows. Note the wings.

Posted by: huerfano at October 13, 2026 10:16 AM (2Xqig)

121 A saxophone is an ill wind that nobody blows good.

Posted by: Benny Hill at October 13, 2026 10:16 AM (EdP2u)

122 My son pulled some strings (swidt) and got us access to the Royal Albert Hall in the dead of night. No one else there except a janitor and one gal practicing an organ piece. I'm also not generally a fan but holy smokes, this lady was fantastic and we had the run of the place. I can't tell you what piece she was playing but Wow!
Posted by: Tonypete

I wonder if the female organist was Anna Lapwood. She's the official organist at Royal Albert Hall.

Posted by: Tuna at October 13, 2026 10:17 AM (lJ0H4)

123 A saxophone is an ill wind that nobody blows good.
Posted by: Benny Hill


Which is worse? A saxophone or a bagpipe?


Yes.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 10:17 AM (jmpEl)

124 She's playing The House of the Rising Sun, no?

Posted by: dantesed at October 13, 2026 10:18 AM (Oy/m2)

125 Which is worse? A saxophone or a bagpipe?


Yes.
Posted by: rickb223

Yoo hoo! *waves*
-- an accordion

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

126 There's are only letters of difference between a bassoon and a buffoon.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2026 10:20 AM (0sNs1)

127 > 120 Also, that looks like an angel working the bellows. Note the wings.
And it is holding the bellows closed. "Thy shitty playing hast offended even heaven'"

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at October 13, 2026 10:21 AM (51f7I)

128 Lute, Flute, Bass Piccolo and Harmonium..

Posted by: man at October 13, 2026 10:21 AM (pfXMo)

129 Alternate title:

"For 500 Years, Lady Carlington's Love Song, Beloved for Its Delicate Beauty Had No Lyrics, Until 1958, When a Brilliant Young Poet Added Lyrics To The Song You Now Know As "Tequila!"


Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:21 AM (YSUhf)

130 Reaching out across the aisle with best wishes.

Ann Coulter
@AnnCoulter
Let's hope that today's raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's home didn't prevent her from having an otherwise joyous Columbus Day!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

131 My son pulled some strings (swidt) and got us access to the Royal Albert Hall in the dead of night. No one else there except a janitor and one gal practicing an organ piece. I'm also not generally a fan but holy smokes, this lady was fantastic and we had the run of the place. I can't tell you what piece she was playing but Wow!
Posted by: Tonypete

I wonder if the female organist was Anna Lapwood. She's the official organist at Royal Albert Hall.
Posted by: Tuna


Anna rocks.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 10:21 AM (jmpEl)

132 121 A saxophone is an ill wind that nobody blows good.
Posted by: Benny Hill at October 13, 2026 10:16 AM


Hang on. I need to blow a little bit.

https://youtu.be/a_WuGDYawFQ

Posted by: BJ Clinton at October 13, 2026 10:21 AM (OVboP)

133 I wonder if the female organist was Anna Lapwood. She's the official organist at Royal Albert Hall.
Posted by: Tuna

YES! I looked up her picture and that was her. A very, very nice lady.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2026 10:22 AM (N5iuz)

134 Beautiful sunrise this morning.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 10:22 AM (CiLXp)

135 Those pre-Rapaelites were a prolific bunch, and pretty randy as well. Also, that looks like an angel working the bellows. Note the wings.

As I've noted before, I'm a philistine when it comes to fine art. I'm of varying opinion about the PRB; sometimes I enjoy one of their paintings, then at other times I do not.

FWIW, Andrew Lloyd Webber has the world's largest collection of PRB paintings.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 13, 2026 10:22 AM (qRla/)

136
Har, har. Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham are eliminated. The WNBA carpet munchers got what they wanted. Now they're playing the finals in a high-school gym.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 10:22 AM (eRlcH)

137 "There's are only letters of difference between a bassoon and a buffoon."

Early typed german s sets appeared to look like a double f.

It the same word!

Posted by: Big Mike at October 13, 2026 10:23 AM (a6LXu)

138 In elementary school only instruments I was permitted to play were the triangle and sandpaper blocks.

I have zero rhythm.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 10:23 AM (RORbl)

139 Brennan family band "Clannad"..

*cues up Patriot Games soundtrack

Posted by: man at October 13, 2026 10:24 AM (pfXMo)

140 There's are only letters of difference between a bassoon and a buffoon.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Fun fact. The German word for "bassoon" is "Faggot".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

141 I worked at a private pre-K-12 skool for a dozen years. For a couple years, until he was old enough to drive, a student would sit outside the Music building waiting for a ride after lessons, playing his trombone. I would walk by and could yell almost anything and he could play it. The Addams Family Theme was my fave, because it was a good cadence for walking.

Posted by: He'd Be Pushing 40 Now at October 13, 2026 10:25 AM (EdP2u)

142 She's playing The House of the Rising Sun, no?"

No. Stairway to Heaven...

Posted by: man at October 13, 2026 10:25 AM (pfXMo)

143 Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 10:22 AM (CiLXp)

I keep meaning to ask, did you enjoy that coffee I sent you? I don't indulge myself; I only bought it for the name.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 13, 2026 10:25 AM (qRla/)

144 140 There's are only letters of difference between a bassoon and a buffoon.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Fun fact. The German word for "bassoon" is "Faggot".
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

Well it is a wood instrument and gets blown.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 13, 2026 10:25 AM (N39Ws)

145 Har, har. Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham are eliminated. The WNBA carpet munchers got what they wanted. Now they're playing the finals in a high-school gym.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Anal Greese & Atlanta will be lucky to fill the 3500 seat stadium they will be playing in.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 10:26 AM (jmpEl)

146 Mr Poppins!

I sent you a note weeks ago! Did you not get it?

I am enjoying the coffee. Thank you for thinking of me. It came with a handsome, sturdy mug, too. Thank you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 10:27 AM (CiLXp)

147 YES! I looked up her picture and that was her. A very, very nice lady.
Posted by: Tonypete

Lucky you! She's has a number of recordings if you're interested.

Posted by: Tuna at October 13, 2026 10:27 AM (lJ0H4)

148 Let's hope that today's raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's home didn't prevent her from having an otherwise joyous Columbus Day!

Good snark, but Scott Bessant wishing Lizzie Warren "Happy Indigenous Peoples Day" is still funnier.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2026 10:27 AM (2ocoG)

149 She's playing The House of the Rising Sun, no?"

No. Stairway to Heaven...
Posted by: man


Obligatory:
There's a Stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell. Tells you the traffic expectations.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 10:28 AM (jmpEl)

150
No upright bass == no worthwhile love song

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2026 10:28 AM (ixS3i)

151 What? Throwing yourself to a tiger is out?

Daily Mail
@DailyMail
Judi Dench, 91, says trigger warnings have 'gone too far' and are 'mollycoddling' audiences as she says 'if you're that sensitive, don't go to the theatre'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

152 You Philistines with hate for the organ just have never experienced The Joy of Music!

Posted by: Diane Bish, Still Pumpin' Away! at October 13, 2026 10:29 AM (EdP2u)

153 Har, har. Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham are eliminated. The WNBA carpet munchers got what they wanted. Now they're playing the finals in a high-school gym.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Somebody on Instapundit (maybe even Reynolds himself) mentioned that they saw Caitlin guest-hosting on ESPN and that she was doing a really good job, very poised and confident. The poster was speculating that she's preparing for a post-court career as a broadcaster.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

154 145 Har, har. Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham are eliminated. The WNBA carpet munchers got what they wanted. Now they're playing the finals in a high-school gym.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Anal Greese & Atlanta will be lucky to fill the 3500 seat stadium they will be playing in.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 10:26 AM (jmpEl

Angry femalish persyns of color.

Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2026 10:29 AM (JfkSa)

155 The WNBA carpet munchers got what they wanted.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 10:22 AM


We're not that one-dimensional, you know.

Posted by: Flannel shirt and Doc Marten's wearing Subaru drivers at October 13, 2026 10:29 AM (0sNs1)

156 The WNBA carpet munchers got what they wanted. Now they're playing the finals in a high-school gym.

I maintain given how hard the WNBA fights against having an audience that it's some kind of a scam where it only works if it loses a lot of money.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2026 10:30 AM (2ocoG)

157 as Depicted.

When the WH/Don Jr. gives Guilfoyle the (total) out of Cage Fighting mostly male Hunter Biden -- not as if he hasn't hit a gurl before.

H.Biden wouldn't stand a chance, losing pieces of ear, fingers and so much more!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 13, 2026 10:30 AM (FYF6O)

158 Daily Mail
@DailyMail
Judi Dench, 91, says trigger warnings have 'gone too far' and are 'mollycoddling' audiences as she says 'if you're that sensitive, don't go to the theatre'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie?

Common sense from Dame Judi. Refreshing.

Posted by: Tuna at October 13, 2026 10:30 AM (lJ0H4)

159 Jane Jarvis was the long-time organist at Shea Stadium. She recorded a lot too.

Posted by: Meat The Mets! at October 13, 2026 10:31 AM (EdP2u)

160 I must have missed your note, Nurse. But I am glad you're enjoying the coffee. I bought myself the largest mug they have, which holds a nice amount of tea for writing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 13, 2026 10:32 AM (qRla/)

161 They're doing Wagner's Ring cycle. All 20 hours.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 10:00 AM (eRlcH)

MY TIME HAS COME!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 10:32 AM (gLYp7)

162 I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

I do not think that they will sing to me.

I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black.

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 10:33 AM (CiLXp)

163 156 The WNBA carpet munchers got what they wanted. Now they're playing the finals in a high-school gym.

I maintain given how hard the WNBA fights against having an audience that it's some kind of a scam where it only works if it loses a lot of money.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2026 10:30 AM (2ocoG)

Next season, the WNBA will be positioning snipers to take out fans still trying to get into the venues to see the games.

Because some people don't get subtle hints that they are neither respected or desired.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 10:33 AM (Sco7b)

164 Morning Horde! Thanks CBD! Safe travels to those heading to Texas. Wish I could join you. Stay plussed and kempt if you can't be whelmed.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 13, 2026 10:33 AM (z6ONu)

165 Jake explains it all.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Jake Tapper "analysis" on the Omar story with his guest Skye Perryman.
Who is Perryman? The CEO of Marc Elias' lawfare outfit Democracy Forward.
That's right. So guess how this went:
Tapper: "Seems rather vindictive."
Perryman: "Partisan. Racism. Xenophobia."
Tapper: "It doesn't look like a legitimate law enforcement action."

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Any questions?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

166
So, the lovely and apparently star-struck Mrs naturalfake wanted to see the new Tom Cruise movie, "Digger" and off we went to the Cineplex.

The movie itself is not very good, however it does have the germ of an interesting idea.

The problem really is three fold;
1) Despite gassing on and on about satire, the writer, director and stars(?) have no idea what satire is. At. All.

2)It indulges all of the progtard/DEI hate totems it can, and makes the movie messy and unfunny.

3) The movie actually has a pretty good climax were it structure differently with TC's big speech, which might've made a good satirical ending if properly followed up on. Buuuuut, the movie wants to push Greeny revenge, guilt and hate. Again unfunny and not satire.

Pretty much the only reason for this movie to exist is to give Tom Cruise a chance to deliver his own "You can't handle the truth" scene as in "AFew Good Men"

He does a great job with it.

TL/DR Makers should've watched "Dr Starngelove" a few hundred times more, they don't understand satire. A mess you can watch streaming.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:35 AM (YSUhf)

167 I hate organ music with a passion.
Posted by: Bulg

Young man, you'll never be awarded The Wurlitzer Prize with that attitude.

Posted by: Waylon Jennings at October 13, 2026 10:36 AM (EdP2u)

168 Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:35 AM (YSUhf)

I am just amazed at the makeup job they did on Cruise.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

169 TL/DR Makers should've watched "Dr Starngelove" a few hundred times more, they don't understand satire. A mess you can watch streaming.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:35 AM


So, how does it compare to Prometheus?

Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 13, 2026 10:37 AM (0sNs1)

170 Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:35 AM (YSUhf)

So at the Cineplex, do you use earplugs?
Or is that just me?

Both parents were hard of hearing. I'm very pro-active.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 10:37 AM (Sco7b)

171 Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 10:33 AM (CiLXp)

Interesting verse. Did you write it yourself?

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

172 Daily Mail
@DailyMail
Judi Dench, 91, says trigger warnings have 'gone too far' and are 'mollycoddling' audiences as she says 'if you're that sensitive, don't go to the theatre'

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Did she close with a spirited "AND GET OFF MY LAWN"?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 13, 2026 10:38 AM (4Je4D)

173
Next season, the WNBA will be positioning snipers to take out fans still trying to get into the venues to see the games.

Because some people don't get subtle hints that they are neither respected or desired.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 10:33 AM (Sco7b)

___________

They could always take lessons from classical musicians on how to drive away their audiences.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 10:38 AM (eRlcH)

174 WNBA actually plays games? I thought they were just like a comedy troupe.

Posted by: How it is at October 13, 2026 10:38 AM (k3anH)

175 Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:35 AM (YSUhf)

I am just amazed at the makeup job they did on Cruise.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)


Yeah, it was great, looked very natural.

And TC did a great job,. Too bad the movie sucked.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:38 AM (YSUhf)

176 I like the gazebo back on the right with the light shining through. There's other things, too.

Figure that guy? gal? in red is pumping a bellows for the pipe organ. Interesting.

For he's a jolly good bellower…

G'day, y'all. Brain still booting up.

Posted by: mindful webworker - [modem log-in screeching] at October 13, 2026 10:39 AM (MjASY)

177 I maintain given how hard the WNBA fights against having an audience that it's some kind of a scam where it only works if it loses a lot of money.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2026 10:30 AM


Stay in your lane.

Posted by: Money laundering mattress stores at October 13, 2026 10:39 AM (OVboP)

178 The amount of people NW FL pissing and moaning on FB about not having power to their homes is off the charts.

Look, dipshits, it was a fucking hurricane with over 110 mph winds. It hasn't even been four full days. You'll live.

Also, you should've invested in a portable generator long ago.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2026 10:39 AM (J4Dwc)

179
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 10:33 AM (CiLXp)

___________

The Nobel committee called the wrong lady!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 10:40 AM (eRlcH)

180 I am just amazed at the makeup job they did on Cruise.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

It was a few years back but they had a reality show with make-up artists and they had various challenges.

It was very cool to see how they worked.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 10:41 AM (Sco7b)

181 "Nurse quotes TS Eliot" was not on my bingo card today.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 13, 2026 10:41 AM (qRla/)

182 Created 1868–1877

The painting is based on a refrain from an old French or Breton song: "Alas, I know a love song, / Sad or happy, each in turn"

A medieval maiden plays a portable keyboard organ, an armor-clad knight listens in quiet contemplation, and Cupid (with arrows slung over his shoulder) slowly pumps the organ's bellows. A border of spring flowers symbolizing love and bitterness frames the foreground. (AI Overview)

Burne-Jones associated the scene with his affair with artist and model Maria Zambaco (1843–1914). As one critic said of this painting, "There is no story: nothing to guess at, but everything to feel." (The Met)

Lovely, but would pass hanging. Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)

183
Look, dipshits, it was a fucking hurricane with over 110 mph winds. It hasn't even been four full days. You'll live.

Also, you should've invested in a portable generator long ago.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2026 10:39 AM (J4Dwc)


Yes but this way we can make DeSantis and Trump look bad.
- The Dipshits

Posted by: How it is at October 13, 2026 10:41 AM (k3anH)

184
TL/DR Makers should've watched "Dr Starngelove" a few hundred times more, they don't understand satire. A mess you can watch streaming.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:35 AM

So, how does it compare to Prometheus?
Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 13, 2026 10:37 AM (0sNs1)


I actively hated "Prometheus".

I didn't hate "Digger". Kind of bored and disappointed with it.

The good parts were like finding a couple of diamonds in a pile of smug, unfunny monkey shit.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:42 AM (YSUhf)

185 I have zero rhythm"

Me neither...

Posted by: Navin Johnson at October 13, 2026 10:42 AM (pfXMo)

186 Canadian leader wishes blessings of "Goddess Maa Durga" on residents of Ontario

Doug Ford
@fordnation
I want to wish a Happy Navratri to everyone celebrating across our province!
Over the next nine days, the Hindu community will come together in prayer and celebration, marking the triumph of good over evil. Happy Navratri!

-
Navrati already? But I've still got my Columbus Day decorations up!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)

187 Till human voices wake us, and we drown

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 10:33 AM (CiLXp)


I'll raise you a Dylan Thomas...

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 13, 2026 10:44 AM (k5CNB)

188 Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:35 AM (YSUhf)

So at the Cineplex, do you use earplugs?
Or is that just me?

Both parents were hard of hearing. I'm very pro-active.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 10:37 AM


No earplugs for me.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:45 AM (YSUhf)

189 amount of people NW FL pissing and moaning on FB about not having power to their homes is off the charts."

Hmm. Friends in Destin had power back, and the mid bay bridge opened a few hours later...

Posted by: Navin Johnson at October 13, 2026 10:45 AM (pfXMo)

190 I would wager that a lot of them are transplants that moved down here during Covid and it never occurred to them that they might get hit by a hurricane.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2026 10:45 AM (J4Dwc)

191 Off, movie sock!

Posted by: man at October 13, 2026 10:45 AM (pfXMo)

192 I actively hated "Prometheus".

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:42 AM (YSUhf)


Interesting.

I sort of enjoyed it, but also didn't take it seriously because it took itself much too seriously.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 13, 2026 10:45 AM (k5CNB)

193 wager that a lot of them are transplants"

Or bots...

Posted by: man at October 13, 2026 10:46 AM (pfXMo)

194
I would wager that a lot of them are transplants that moved down here during Covid and it never occurred to them that they might get hit by a hurricane.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2026 10:45 AM (J4Dwc)

___________

Most of them need a government program to do their laundry.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 10:47 AM (eRlcH)

195 Doug Ford
@fordnation
I want to wish a Happy Navratri to everyone celebrating across our province!
Over the next nine days, the Hindu community will come together in prayer and celebration, marking the triumph of good over evil. Happy Navratri!


No land acknowledgement?

Posted by: Puts hands on hips. Stomps foot at October 13, 2026 10:47 AM (OVboP)

196 Canadian leader wishes blessings of "Goddess Maa Durga" on residents of Ontario

Doug Ford
@fordnation
I want to wish a Happy Navratri to everyone celebrating across our province!
Over the next nine days, the Hindu community will come together in prayer and celebration, marking the triumph of good over evil. Happy Navratri!

-
Navrati already? But I've still got my Columbus Day decorations up!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I'm so sick of paganism being celebrated in the West.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

197 And a happy No Bra Day to Sydney Sweeney!

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

198 I have a feeling Indians (dot) give Les than zero fucks about Indian(feather) land claims. That’s something only retarded white people do.

Posted by: How it is at October 13, 2026 10:49 AM (k3anH)

199 They don't call them the party of stupid for nothing!

Republican group spends $25,000 advertising in the wrong Portland

NBC News
@NBCNews
A Republican political group accidentally spent nearly $25,000 running ads to help Sen. Susan Collins in Portland.
Portland, Oregon, that is. Not Portland, Maine.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:49 AM (ndZc7)

200 Never mind that there was a hurricane that hit this area during Covid, they still moved down here anyway over the following two or so years.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2026 10:51 AM (J4Dwc)

201 181 "Nurse quotes TS Eliot" was not on my bingo card today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins

I'm not surprised. I love the way she writes about her environment, sometimes her feelings.
---
187. I'll raise you a Dylan Thomas...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Youngest brother read that at our father's funeral decades ago. (It was a surprise to the rest of us, but also very much our Dad.)

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

202 That’s no mistake. Someone in that “Republican group” is sabotaging.

Posted by: How it is at October 13, 2026 10:51 AM (k3anH)

203 I actively hated "Prometheus".

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:42 AM (YSUhf)

Interesting.

I sort of enjoyed it, but also didn't take it seriously because it took itself much too seriously.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 13, 2026 10:45 AM (k5CNB){/i]

Yeah, it definitely insisted upon itself.

It was the screaming stupidity of all the missions"geniuses" just kicked me out of the movie.

Plus, the Magic Box writing of the movie that promised to make sense if you just watched all the sequels.

eh....fuck Ridley Scott.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:52 AM (YSUhf)

204 Shall I part my hair behind?
On yer butt?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 13, 2026 10:52 AM (mGmwd)

205 My wife and I would go to the Virginia Symphoney maybe 6-8 times a year. Always enjoyed it and it was only like $22 to sit in the back. Raised prices, became woke. We never went back. Now that VA has gone full-retard politically, I never cross the state line ever. Last time was 2 years ago.

Posted by: NC Hermit at October 13, 2026 10:53 AM (EdP2u)

206 I hadn't even considered mentioning it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 10:53 AM (R0rrx)

207 Quoting Dylan, huh? Well, everybody must get stoned.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)

208 NBC News
@NBCNews
A Republican political group accidentally spent nearly $25,000 running ads to help Sen. Susan Collins in Portland.
Portland, Oregon, that is. Not Portland, Maine.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:49 AM (ndZc7)

NBC News: Republicans are idiots! Har! Har!
*knock, knock*
FCC: "Hi, we're here to pull your broadcast license for violating anti-trust laws."
NBC News: "Wait, you can't just do..." *BEEEEEEP*
Republicans: "Har! Har!"

Posted by: Boswell at October 13, 2026 10:55 AM (NTVPI)

209 The running for school board in my town has always lost. He is a R in a heavily D town. Other people running for school board have just their names or things like, "Support every student". This year his signs say, "Educate, don't overtax." I know him. He is a smart and caring guy . I hope he wins because I thought that was very clever.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 10:55 AM (Sawat)

210 207 Quoting Dylan, huh? Well, everybody must get stoned.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 13, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)

======

I don't even have a watchtower nearby.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 10:55 AM (R0rrx)

211
We also saw "Gone With the Wind" last night.

A fave of the missus.

The first half is great, brilliant stuff.

The second half....meh, girly romance shenanigans for the Ladies.

Great movie though, if you've never watched it.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:55 AM (YSUhf)

212 Is this about the purple cow?

Posted by: O. Nash at October 13, 2026 10:55 AM (OVboP)

213 209-Make that "the guy" running.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 10:57 AM (Sawat)

214 197 And a happy No Bra Day to Sydney Sweeney!
Posted by: Bulg

Enjoy!!!

(And maybe send a donation for Breast Cancer Awareness.)

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 10:57 AM (NFX2v)

215 I'm so sick of paganism being celebrated in the West.

Canada is basically all Indians and Chinese now. And MAID victims are 99% white. They're being very aggressive about the Great Replacement up there, even moreso than Europe.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2026 10:57 AM (2ocoG)

216 I don't watch many movies other than horror and asian but I didn't mind 'Prometheus.' Keeping in mind Doctor Who, Star Trek and Star Wars were already woke crap.

However, the scientist chick saying we're on an alien planet on a mission of peace so leave your guns here was pretty stupid.

And 'Freddy Got Fingered' wasn't that bad either. Mainly because Hollywood has declined SO MUCH that it looked like Shakespeare.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 10:58 AM (Sco7b)

217 The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool
They lay. They rotted they turned
around occasionally
bits of flesh fell off of them
from time to time,
and sank into the pool's mire
They also smelt a great deal

Posted by: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings at October 13, 2026 10:58 AM (Ae6Br)

218 The outage maps nearly every power/electric utility company has will show the extent of the outage, how many are affected, and (maybe) the estimated time/days it'll take.

Plus, workers from other states are there in FL and have to coordinate with local utility companies. And that includes the people who take down trees, move debris, etc.

People here bitch about it too. They've no clue what it takes to restore power to large swaths of a state or county. And haven't even thought about a generator.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 10:58 AM (RORbl)

219 216 And 'Freddy Got Fingered' wasn't that bad either. Mainly because Hollywood has declined SO MUCH that it looked like Shakespeare.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 10:58 AM (Sco7b)

=======

Freddy Got Fingered is an absurdist masterpiece.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 10:59 AM (R0rrx)

220 Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:55 AM (YSUhf)

The speech that Mammy gives to Melanie when she has her come to talk to Rhett is one of the greatest in film. Hattie McDaniel makes that movie for me.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

221 Canada is basically all Indians and Chinese now. And MAID victims are 99% white. They're being very aggressive about the Great Replacement up there, even moreso than Europe.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2026 10:57 AM (2ocoG)

Muzzies are a close 3rd and gaining.

Posted by: How it is at October 13, 2026 11:01 AM (k3anH)

222 Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:55 AM (YSUhf)

The speech that Mammy gives to Melanie when she has her come to talk to Rhett is one of the greatest in film. Hattie McDaniel makes that movie for me.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)


Totally agree, Bulg.

She's the lynch pin of that movie.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 11:02 AM (YSUhf)

223 I hadn't even considered mentioning it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 13, 2026 10:53 AM


Given that's one of your primary duties around here, are you beginning a McConnellesque decline?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2026 11:02 AM (0sNs1)

224 217 The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool
Posted by: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings

The "worst poem in the universe," written by author Douglas Adams for his famous sci-fi series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 11:03 AM (NFX2v)

225 CBD has the wrong date on the Rant:

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=421715

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 11:03 AM (NcvvS)

226 I don't even have a watchtower nearby.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

We will be around shortly.
-- your local Jehovah's Witnesses

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

227 Till human voices wake us, and we drown

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 10:33 AM (CiLXp)

I'll raise you a Dylan Thomas...

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 13, 2026 10:44 AM (k5CNB)


I'll raise you a Philip Larkin:

Sexual intercourse began in 1963
(Which was rather late for me)
Between the "Chatterly" ban
And the Beatles' first LP.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 13, 2026 11:05 AM (qRla/)

228 You can also find it on the main page under October 12, 2026, 10:50 AM.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 11:06 AM (NcvvS)

229 The Song You Now Know As "Tequila!"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 10:21 AM (YSUhf)


That's Mr. Bassman's all-time favorite karaoke song.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 13, 2026 11:13 AM (OlzlW)

230 >> 76 Kick out the jams!!
Ah done kicked it out!

Posted by: 40 Miles North at October 13, 2026 01:10 PM (96qvc)

The Morning Report — 10/13 /26

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Good morning kids. Of course the big story that broke late yesterday was the FBI's raid on he home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, whom I have referred to as Bro-Fo. And the underlying root of that moniker is one of the reasons for the raid on her home, and indeed it's been a long time coming. First some of the details to set things up.

The most likely scenario, multiple people claimed, is that immigration cops are looking into a long-floated rumor that Omar is actually one year older than she has long claimed to be — a tiny detail that may put her citizenship in jeopardy. “The big picture here is a federal judge in Washington, DC, signed off on a search warrant. That means there’s probable cause that a federal crime was committed, and there would be evidence of that crime in the area to be searched, which in this case was Representative Omar’s home,” former assistant US attorney Jonathan Fahey told The Post. Officials from DHS raided the controversial Minnesota congresswoman‘s Washington, DC, home early Monday morning, removing boxes from the residence. . . “This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal investigation.” the statement concluded.

The Post also saw agents carrying boxes out of the residence to government vehicles, one of which was white and marked with a pink X. A defiant Omar took to social media following the raid to announce “I will not be silenced” and called the action “an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.”

But Fahey said it’s not easy for feds to get a DC judge to sign off on a search warrant, especially since DC judges tend to be hostile to the current administration’s whims. . .

“For a DC judge to sign off on something that’s 20 years old, you have to say you believe there is current evidence of the crime in her house,” he said. “A judge must have been very convinced.” While feds have kept a tight lip on what they’re expecting to find at the Omar residence, one source who requested anonymity given the politically charged nature of the investigation, suggested it might relate to longstanding, unverified claims that Omar misrepresented her age to get citizenship.

Omar claims she received automatic US citizenship in 2000 at age 17, granted to minor-age children of naturalized parents — in this case her father, Nur Said Mohamed Elmi, who fled to the US in 1995 from war-torn Somalia. . .

. . . The raid, which began hours before dawn, came just weeks after Border Czar Tom Homan revealed that Omar was under an ongoing “criminal” investigation and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated on a podcast “something’s going to happen” as investigators look into Omar’s broader family migration story.

“Generally a search warrant is occurring towards the end of an investigation because you’re building up evidence that led to this search warrant,” said Fahey. “To get to the point of searching a home, you’ve developed a case for a fairly decent period of time.”

Controversy has long surrounded Omar’s marriage to her second husband, Ahmed Elmi, a flamboyant, self-described “dirty dandy” rumored to be her brother and currently writing a thesis about “queerphobia in Kenya” at Bristol University in the UK.

Multiple sources agreed that DHS isn’t looking into that marriage. For one, the statue of limitations for marriage fraud ran out five years after the couple divorced in 2017.

Here are just a few of her highlights/lowlights courtesy of DiscoverTheNetworks.org

Born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1982
* Daughter of a Communist father who entered the U.S. illegally
* Joined the Muslim Students Association in college
* Married her own brother to perpetrate immigration fraud and/or student loan fraud while married to another man
* Was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in November 2016
* Was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018
* Member of the Congressional Black Caucus & the Congressional Progressive Caucus
* Views America as a nation infested with white racism
* Supports the “Defund-the-Police” movement
* Detests Israel, Jews, and white males
* Was involved in ballot-harvesting and ballot-tampering schemes in 2020
* Favors amnesty & a path-to-citizenship for illegal aliens
* Was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in 2023

A real charmer this one, eh?! Read the full dossier and you'll be projectile vomiting for hours. So, she engaged in incest with her brother and married him. Beyond immigration fraud and gaining citizenship under utterly false pretenses, being perhaps the most preeminent member of the Minnesota Somali immigrant community and an elected national politician, she has got to be up to her eyeballs in the multi-billion dollar fraud schemes that looted the national and Minnesota state treasuries to enrich dozens of her fellow Somalis but no doubt flowed back to Islamic terrorists in Somalia and the rest of the horn of Africa if not elsewhere, to fuel the genocide against Christians, Jews and other non-Muslims there and elsewhere.

If there really is any justice in this world, this hideous criminal skank and her entire brood will be removed from our midst. Of course, Minnesota and primarily the Twin Cities being the blue shitholes they are, her replacement will be an Omar replicant, if not in ethnicity and background, then in political beliefs. What the hell happened to my country?!

All of that said, sadly, the odds of her facing any real consequences given the nature of our judicial system and its total capture by Leftists, are slim to none, likely none. Just as a refresher, this little recap is from last December but billions are still missing.

A staggering $9 billion may have been stolen in Minnesota’s sprawling social-services scam orchestrated mainly by members of its Somali community — a figure nearly equivalent to the entire economy of Somalia. The enormous new estimate is a nearly nine-fold increase from the swiped $1 billion previously suspected, according to federal prosecutors. It also accounts for roughly half of the $18 billion in total federal funds provided to the Minnesota-run services since 2018, the feds said — as Democratic Gov. Tim Walz continues to take heat for his handling of the debacle. By comparison to the $9 billion figure, Somalia’s entire GDP was under $12 billion last year, according to the World Bank. “Every day, we look under a rock and find a new $50 million fraud scheme.”

The scheme saw dozens of people — the vast majority from Minnesota’s Somali community — setting up businesses and non-profits that claimed to provide services such as housing, food or healthcare assistance and then billing the federally funded state programs for the non-existent services.

The fraud was so enormous that it went beyond the over-billing tactics typically seen in similar fraud cases and instead saw people setting up entire operations — sometimes coming from out of state — to get in on the goldrush of fraud opportunity, Thompson explained.

Charges for six more people allegedly involved in the scheme were announced Thursday, bringing the total number of defendants up to 92. Among the latest defendants were two people who engaged in what Thompson called “fraud tourism” by allegedly travelling from Philadelphia to set up a bogus housing aid program after spotting an opportunity to make “easy money” off Minnesota’s programs. . . Much of the funds were sent overseas or else were spent on luxury cars and other lavish items. So far, 57 people have been convicted. The scheme prompted a White House crackdown on immigration in Minnesota, with President Trump calling Somalis “garbage” and Walz “retarded” in November for the scheme that unfolded largely under his watch.

Nearly a year later and the President's assessment is still dead on the money. If only the grifters were dead and the money recovered. Oh well.

Elsewhere and in a not entirely unrelated story, of course, securing our borders and protecting our citizens is completely unacceptable!

New York authorities have refused more than 16,000 federal immigration detainer requests involving illegal immigrants accused or convicted of crimes, including homicide, kidnapping and sexual offenses, according to newly released Department of Homeland Security data.

The figures, reported Monday by the New York Post, show that municipalities across the Democrat-led state have declined to honor 16,070 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025.

According to DHS, the individuals associated with those requests have accumulated 52,503 criminal charges or convictions, including 131 homicides, 132 kidnappings and 1,017 sexual offenses.

The figures have renewed scrutiny of New York’s sanctuary policies, which restrict cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.

ICE detainers request that local authorities temporarily hold individuals suspected of immigration violations so federal agents can take them into custody. Sanctuary jurisdictions frequently decline those requests unless specific legal conditions are met.

While we're on the subject of racism:

The CROWN Act was one of the many ridiculous spinoffs of the BLM era. Around half of the states in the country have since passed a “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” (CROWN Act) protecting black people from supposed discrimination over their hairstyles. But in another example of the law of unintended consequences, the CROWN Act may be about to get a real workout from a white woman who was fired for wearing a black hairstyle.

In September, the Baltimore Rock Opera Society announced that it was hiring Kelly Carnes as its executive director, citing her 21 years of experience and her work with the Smithsonian and the Kennedy Center. In the publicity photo, Carnes appeared to have some sort of Cruella de Vil hairstyle in which one side of her hair is black and the other is white, possibly foreshadowing the racial hair drama soon to get her fired and become a national news story.

This comes on the heels of a story we had last week:

The BBC is catching heat for an article claiming that the trend of leaving fingernails unpainted is a racist way of pushing “white supremacist standards of beauty.” The national broadcaster interviewed Paloma Buddemeier, a London nail salon owner, who shared that more and more customers are asking to skip the nail polish after their manicures, a fashion trend synonymous with “quiet luxury.” ...Bare nails, Rodulfo bafflingly claimed, “really promotes blankness and this kind of sameness and erasure of culture and identity that is so important to black and brown communities.”

Before you say "Meh, this is England," they caught this disease from us but it ultimately will find its way back across the pond to us.

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1 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

2 Yikes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 07:33 AM (jmpEl)

4 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 13, 2026 07:33 AM (/+uur)

5 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

6 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 07:34 AM (jmpEl)

7 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ and Paul z"l

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 07:35 AM (RIvkX)

8 A staggering $9 billion may have been stolen in Minnesota’s sprawling social-services scam orchestrated mainly by members of its Somali community — a figure nearly equivalent to That is the entire economy of Somalia.

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 13, 2026 07:35 AM (/+uur)

9 Thank you JJ.

CNN at 7am. President Trump's attacks on Muslim Democrats.

And on MSNow yesterday, some witch actually said President Trump was trying to start a race war with his social media posts about Omar.

On the plus side, 700,000 and 1,700,000 viewers which is pretty paltry considering the US population.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 07:37 AM (Sco7b)

10 Good morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 07:38 AM (zcI95)

11 An overseas or Canuck troll.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 07:39 AM (zcI95)

12 China Puts Border City on Alert over Russia Suspected Plague Case/i>

close the italics for goodness sake

Posted by: norman at October 13, 2026 07:39 AM (HZp68)

13 Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 07:37 AM (Sco7b)

Muslims are not a race. The MSM is stupid and, of course, totally biased.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 07:40 AM (JrHfD)

14 >‘Compelling evidence’ of criminal activity drove feds to raid Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home: sources
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yesterday I saw on X that Ilhan was seen driving away from her house in great haste not 30 minutes before the raid

she was tipped off
?

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 07:40 AM (ZxPkt)

15 Morning all. Thanks JJ for the report.

Job news, none worthy of mention right now. Looking for new 'good fits' to apply for and waiting for feedback on others (should hear by the end of the month). I'll probably go buy Halloween candy today.

Also need to make sure the new insurance company is going to get the home insurance payment from the mortgage escrow, and make sure the mortgage company got the notification of the new insurance company, etc. All this is stuff that *should* not need me jumping in, but... gonna make sure.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 13, 2026 07:40 AM (aJQbY)

16 And zap.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 07:41 AM (zcI95)

17 Eliminating race and ethnicity tabulation from the decennial questionnaire will help dismantle identity politics and the grievance industry.

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I've long thought it ludicrous to tabulate race when determining census numbers.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 07:43 AM (qBdHI)

18 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 13, 2026 07:43 AM (OVboP)

19 For those people from NJ who have an interest in Justin Murphy (R) running against awful Cory Booker. "Hot Air" has some more on their debate:

https://tinyurl.com/4karxcyw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 07:44 AM (JrHfD)

20 Ilhan Omar has been stealing since she could crawl.

Posted by: Mortimer Duke at October 13, 2026 07:44 AM (VNBA8)

21 {{{Lady in Black}}}

France officially prohibits collecting demographic info. Routinely violated, but a different attitude than the US.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

22 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 07:47 AM (RORbl)

23 NaCly, I'm going to be able to add a for real hug along with a good morning on Friday!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2026 07:47 AM (cJzCZ)

24 The first article in FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL:

"China Puts Border City on Alert over Russia Suspected Plague Case" has the unclosed italics bracket at the end causing the entire front page to be in italics, I believe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 07:48 AM (6ydKt)

25 Salty - in Europe, where CVs literally are expected to have a picture of you attached?

But I strongly encourage removing all questions, voluntary or otherwise, of that nature. Just like the 'voluntary, totally anonymous we swear' questions about sex/race/veteran status/disability on job applications.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 13, 2026 07:49 AM (aJQbY)

26 She was only off by one year. A simple mistake. You can't penalize a person for a simple mistke.

Posted by: fd at October 13, 2026 07:49 AM (MWfyi)

27 Explosive diarrhea is a small price to pay for a drunken, drug-fueled romp in a hotel room.

Besides, I ain't gotta clean it up.

Posted by: Andrew Gillum, Nearly FL Governor at October 13, 2026 07:49 AM (EdP2u)

28 “ Authorities are investigating whether a serial killer is responsible for the deaths of five homeless men found dead or fatally injured along a Michigan trail.”

Or, since all 5 were homeless, not recreational hikers, the entire trail area may have become a ghettoized hangout spot for the homeless, the criminal class, and other various lowlifes. In which case a rather high number of murders and other deaths would be quite expected.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 13, 2026 07:50 AM (Y6Q+5)

29 Which morons said SNL was funny?

Except for Shane Gillis' monologue it sucked as usual. You owe me 20 minutes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

30 America’s ‘Year of Diarrhea’ Now Features a Sexually Transmissible Superbug

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^^^ I've got your modern headline right here.

I think I'm jumping into the wayback machine and go live with the Cleavers.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 07:50 AM (qBdHI)

31 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Wahoo!

I gotta warn you. I may have more than one hug for you. I asked some of the 'rons if they wanted to pass on messages to attendees. To a man, "Hug Ben Had for me". was their request.

You have many fans.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

32 Lady in Black

Modern Dentistry is a blessing. For the remnants of the best of '50s culture, rural America is where it's at. Even in today's world.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

33 I think I'm jumping into the wayback machine and go live with the Cleavers.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Lumpy Rutherford was quite a player and Fred Rutherford was gay.

Posted by: The News From Mayfield at October 13, 2026 07:54 AM (EdP2u)

34 I think I'm jumping into the wayback machine and go live with the Cleavers.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 07:50 AM (qBdHI)
===='

I always wanted Donna Stone for a mom.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

35 Death by rollercoaster. Eeesh, and the guy was bouncing into other riders as he fell. Sounds absolutely horrific. And this was at Six Flags? Generally, when Mr. Black and I drive past one of those rinky dink fairgrounds rollercoasters or Ferris wheels, we'll cup our hands together pretending to catch the passengers as they're flying off these questionably unstable rides. But at Six Flags? Someone's going to be getting a lawsuit filed by sundown.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

36 There's this bit of bad markup in the headlines Sefton:

Russia, Chinese state media reported on Monday.
China Puts Border City on Alert over Russia Suspected Plague Case/i>

The italicans are improperly closed.

Posted by: GMan at October 13, 2026 07:55 AM (hlGuX)

37 Wow, that American Thinker article about Russian diesel needs a strong editing pass. "in 2015 under the Clinton administration"? I hope the relevant details aren't AI hallucinations.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 13, 2026 07:57 AM (aJQbY)

38 flying off these questionably unstable rides. But at Six Flags? Someone's going to be getting a lawsuit filed by sundown.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Look Lady, you pays your money and you takes your chances!

Posted by: Chilly Con Carny at October 13, 2026 07:58 AM (EdP2u)

39 You can't believe anything you read on the Internet. Except that. You can believe that.

Posted by: fd at October 13, 2026 07:58 AM (MWfyi)

40 Modern Dentistry is a blessing. For the remnants of the best of '50s culture, rural America is where it's at. Even in today's world.

--

{{{Salty!}}}

I will add a caveat in agreement. Take me back to the Cleavers and let me keep modern medicine.

Fred Rutherford...I always wondered, "who would marry that guy?" He was so unappealing. Nerdy goofball who was so braggadocious about "my Clarence." An equally nerdy goofball.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 07:59 AM (qBdHI)

41 RandomDave

I dropped American Thinker from my daily read list. For reasons.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

42 I won't ever go to Six Fags again. Fake and gay.

Posted by: fd at October 13, 2026 08:00 AM (MWfyi)

43 I saw Mother's Finest at Six Fags in the 80s. Whatever happened to them?

Posted by: fd at October 13, 2026 08:02 AM (MWfyi)

44 This made me laugh from the GatewayPundit.

Another out of control judge. After the mid-terms, I hope President Trump goes postal on these sub-humans.

NEW: Furious Biden Judge SCREAMS at Trump DOJ Lawyers After Admin Cuts Down Trees at DC’s East Potomac Golf Course, Orders Trump to Halt Project

“I’m furious,” Judge Reyes said on Monday morning.

“What has happened has cost the government all of its credibility,” Reyes added.

Judge Reyes screamed at the DOJ lawyers: “Ignorance is not an excuse!”



Look toots. First calm down. Then just pretend the trees were little children being strangled by their mother. Or Americans being cut down by illegals. It'll be alright. You can get through this.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 08:02 AM (Sco7b)

45 Lady in Black

I missed all of those TV shows. Was out of the country. We finally had a TV in Japan. Where the Shinto priests blessing Sumo wrestling match had a big impact on my young mind.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

46 Donna Stone would never brag like that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

47 Stateless

Bravo. Good comment.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

48 “What has happened has cost the government all of its credibility,” Reyes added
=====

Nah. Just you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)

49 I thought the election trolls shift starts at 5 am. Pretty quiet around here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

50 Fred Rutherford...I always wondered, "who would marry that guy?"

Milionair Fred Rutherford...heir to the Rutherford family fortune? Peso-nality, baby...peso-nality!

Posted by: Boswell at October 13, 2026 08:05 AM (NTVPI)

51 For Buck T, sixteen minutes of astonishing bass virtuoso Sam Suggs:
youtube.com/watch?v=5R8eM4ln-18

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 08:06 AM (Jr5Lq)

52 Fred's Mailbox read "Rancho Rutherford". Richard Deacon was great at playing stuffy, hapless characters. He was in everything. Mel Cooley was a very funny punching bag.

Posted by: He Was Also A Good Cook at October 13, 2026 08:06 AM (EdP2u)

53 48 “What has happened has cost the government all of its credibility,” Reyes added
=====

Nah. Just you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)

The tree thing amused me b/c you can't put them back once they are down...so the Trump folks found a way to follow the judge and yet do what was previously approved, and that pissed the judge to high heaven b/c the judge was outsmarted...thus, the rant...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 13, 2026 08:08 AM (tOcjL)

54 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

55 Judge Reyes screamed at the DOJ lawyers: “Ignorance is not an excuse!”



Look toots. First calm down. Then just pretend the trees were little children being strangled by their mother. Or Americans being cut down by illegals. It'll be alright. You can get through this.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old!


Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 08:09 AM (jmpEl)

56 I used to have a different nic

Gonna be at the MoMeet?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

57 Donna Reed was unforgettable as the whore in "From Here to Eternity." This is why you want to take your modern medicine back with you.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 13, 2026 08:10 AM (zdLoL)

58 But at Six Flags? Someone's going to be getting a lawsuit filed by sundown.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

Six Flags has had a lot of accidents at their parks over the past several years.

This happened at the one in Georgia, but other parks have had people injured and killed also.

I have been to Six Flags over Georgia, but the last time was in the 80s. So that park has been open for close to fifty years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 08:11 AM (6ydKt)

59 The fraud was so enormous that it went beyond the over-billing tactics typically seen in similar fraud cases and instead saw people setting up entire operations — sometimes coming from out of state — to get in on the goldrush of fraud opportunity, Thompson explained.

One simple question:

HOW DO THIS ESCAPE THE NOTICE OF 87,000 BRAND NEW IRS AGENTS?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 13, 2026 08:11 AM (/TiS1)

60 Donna Reed was unforgettable as the whore in "From Here to Eternity." This is why you want to take your modern medicine back with you.
=====

Mary Tyler Moore as alienated mother > Donna Reed as unreconstructed whore

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)

61 Wally and Eddie Haskell were angry at Clarence for something and they attached a chain around the rear axle of his jalopy to a tree. Then Eddie called Lumpy, pretending to be Mary Ellen Rogers on the phone inviting him over because no one was home. He runs out of the house at top speed, hops in his car and peals out. Rear end of the car tears out and he winds up in the middle of the street blocking traffic. Very funny scene, well done.

Posted by: Eddie Was Always Bad News at October 13, 2026 08:13 AM (EdP2u)

62 HOW DO THIS ESCAPE THE NOTICE OF 87,000 BRAND NEW IRS AGENTS?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 13, 2026 08:11 AM (/TiS1)
====

They are too busy examining your tax return.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)

63 "yesterday I saw on X that Ilhan was seen driving away from her house in great haste not 30 minutes before the raid

she was tipped off
?

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 07:40 AM (ZxPkt) "

almost certainly, when you consider the number of 5th columnists in the gummint.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 08:14 AM (VyBeY)

64 61, didn't they do this to Officer Krupke in West Side Story?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 08:15 AM (VyBeY)

65 Donna Reed did some nudie modelling before movie success. Some photos online.

Posted by: Stone Cold Fox at October 13, 2026 08:15 AM (EdP2u)

66 Morning, one and all! Been recovering from a cold and decided to take today off since I'm not 100%. Watching bro-fo's drama and the only helpful tip I'd have for her is that Somalia doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 13, 2026 08:16 AM (/k3in)

67 63 "yesterday I saw on X that Ilhan was seen driving away from her house in great haste not 30 minutes before the raid

she was tipped off
?

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 07:40 AM (ZxPkt) "

almost certainly, when you consider the number of 5th columnists in the gummint.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 08:14 AM (VyBeY)


She wasn't in danger of being arrested, so the HSI probably let her attorneys know before hand that they were going to serve search warrants.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 08:17 AM (6ydKt)

68 “You would have thought that Frat boys”…
Would have “thought” with anything besides their dicks? No, I would not have thought that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 13, 2026 08:18 AM (Y6Q+5)

69 Omar is so very ugly… especially with the constant presence of that towel on her head. Ugh

But I can add: Nothing will happen (sigh)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 13, 2026 08:19 AM (zEBE+)

70 Omar is so very ugly… especially with the constant presence of that towel on her head. Ugh

She looks like the cat that pumped my gas this morning.

Posted by: Zombie Charlie Murphy at October 13, 2026 08:23 AM (VNBA8)

71 I think the fraud, corruption in some states is not overlooked by the feds, specifically the IRS.

It's hidden from them. By Congressional members in on the fraud. In Minnesota it's obvious. In California it's obvious. And so on.

One thing is certain, if the feds are not getting their cut, there's hell to pay. The IRS is an "outward" facing entity. It's prime focus is the public, not necessarily state entities like learing centers.

I think that's why the fraud goes on for so long unchecked... at least some of the feds are in on it and keep it on the "down low."

I don't think the Trump administration approves...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 08:23 AM (RORbl)

72 Wonder if Shigella has been used as a baby name in the hood. It's kind of a pretty name.

Posted by: Squirty Joe Biden at October 13, 2026 08:23 AM (EdP2u)

73 >Donna Reed did some nudie modelling before movie success. Some photos online.

Posted by: Stone Cold Fox
---

that's Betty White
so I've been told

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 08:24 AM (ZxPkt)

74 Something has happened. A DC judge signing a search warrant for a sitting congressperson is a huge happening.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2026 08:24 AM (cJzCZ)

75 >>But I can add: Nothing will happen (sigh)

Something has already happened. There's no way HSI got a warrant signed by a DC judge that was appointed by Democrats to raid the home of a Democrat politician unless there was compelling evidence.

Just the fact they got the warrant and did the raid is something that wouldn't have happened even a few years ago.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 08:24 AM (viF8m)

76 ah, the Newly-Fled Game
clever

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 08:24 AM (ZxPkt)

77 Okay. Time to stop lolly-gagging and get up, face the day.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 13, 2026 08:25 AM (aJQbY)

78
She wasn't in danger of being arrested, so the HSI probably let her attorneys know before hand that they were going to serve search warrants.


Lets pretend that it is true that some rando on X claims seeing Ilhan driving away from her house 30 minutes before the raid.

Lets also pretend that there was a reason why it was "in great haste" because, as we're led to read between the lines and insert "hauling away incriminating documents before FBI can retrieve them"

Wouldn't having foreknowledge of a court warrant search and seizure of evidence, and then removing/destroying the evidence be in of itself a crime? And does the attorney share some of the guilt by tipping off the client?

Or is this typical DC Calvinball; and its considered professional courtesy to allow the Democrat time to remove/destroy evidence?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 13, 2026 08:25 AM (NzX/y)

79 Trump's new press secretary debuts today.

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 08:25 AM (AKptf)

80 My uncle drove a Superbug in the early '70s.
Trust me, there was nothing sexually transmissible about it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 13, 2026 08:26 AM (OVboP)

81 Or is this typical DC Calvinball; and its considered professional courtesy to allow the Democrat time to remove/destroy evidence?

Well, considering past examples....?

Posted by: RandomDave at October 13, 2026 08:26 AM (aJQbY)

82 Judge Reyes screamed at the DOJ lawyers: “Ignorance is not an excuse!”

Uhh, no kings...? LOL (Reyes is Spanish for kings.)

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 13, 2026 08:27 AM (Fv808)

83 France officially prohibits collecting demographic info. Routinely violated, but a different attitude than the US.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)


I assume that we collect demographic information to help speed the destruction of society whereas France forbids it to hide how far their society has been destroyed. IINM, France also forbids paternity tests over fears that most of the women in the country are as sexually unfaithful as most of men in the country.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

84 I now wonder if the Cornell incident is going to make fraternities more cautious in dealing with women.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 13, 2026 08:28 AM (/k3in)

85 Your new WH PressSec in her lovely two-piece bathing costume

https://tinyurl.com/56shfyar

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 08:29 AM (ZxPkt)

86 Gonna be at the MoMeet?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)


I yam.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2026 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

87 Donna Reed did some nudie modelling before movie success. Some photos online.
Posted by: Stone Cold Fox at October 13, 2026 08:15 AM (EdP2u)

Donna Reed...slut!

Who knew?

Posted by: Boswell at October 13, 2026 08:30 AM (NTVPI)

88 Good morning!

Hey, I'm just taking a moment to enjoy that Omar's home was raided. Bet she never thoght that would happen.

Areal shot across the bow by Trump's DoJ: no one is above the law, right, guys? You kept telling me that!

LOL.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 08:30 AM (rOKnE)

89 that's Betty White
so I've been told
Posted by: Don Black

Betty White, Donna Reed, Myrna Loy, Joan Blondell, among others.

Posted by: Good Lookin' Dames at October 13, 2026 08:31 AM (EdP2u)

90 Using Biden-era newsroom logic on the meaning of search warrants, I can only conclude that Ilhan Omar is now a convicted rapist and guilty of 49 felonies in the State of New York.

Posted by: Ron Burgundy at October 13, 2026 08:31 AM (bmwAv)

91 You want to see arrest and deportation
You settle for ejection from the Senate
You get Jack Squat.

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at October 13, 2026 08:34 AM (MWfyi)

92 The first commenter on the story about Charles Martel's victory over the Moslems in 732 said, "I lean toward Vlad the Impaler. . . ."

Buy that man a beer!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:34 AM (wzUl9)

93 They sure sent a lot of HSI folks and took a lot if stuff from Omar's for a simple lie about age on 1 document.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

94 @nytimes
·
22h
Breaking News: Homeland Security agents executed a search warrant at the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative moves related to political candidates so close to elections.

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 08:34 AM (ZxPkt)

95 Did they go through her spouse's underwear drawer?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 13, 2026 08:34 AM (OVboP)

96 @85 Not an Akbar-Trap.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 13, 2026 08:34 AM (zdLoL)

97 Or is this typical DC Calvinball; and its considered professional courtesy to allow the Democrat time to remove/destroy evidence?
Posted by: Community Notes

Somebody leaked it, imo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 08:34 AM (zcI95)

98 Donna Reed did some nudie modelling before movie success. Some photos online.

--

Yikes, does that blow the image! Sort of like when I heard (maybe from MP3?) that Grace Kelly was quite an easy...well, you fill in the blank.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 08:34 AM (qBdHI)

99 Good morning Horde. Thx JJ , praying the treatment goes well.
I wonder if the Omar raid is the administration's first shot against the Dems, aka October surprise. Hopefully more to come

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 08:35 AM (V2IGM)

100 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 08:37 AM (77rzZ)

101 Somebody leaked it, imo.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Look Fat, things leak in DC. Happens in Wilmington and Rehoboth, too.

Posted by: Otto Pen at October 13, 2026 08:38 AM (EdP2u)

102 >>22h
Breaking News: Homeland Security agents executed a search warrant at the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative moves related to political candidates so close to elections.
- - - -

Oh no! They're trotting out the 'muh norms' offense - how dare Trump's team violate the DC "norms," the same ones that were *never* applied to Trump and his first administration. Recall how they publicly arrested Pete Navarro, despite his lawyer offering to have him come in and surrender himself earlier.

They abused many people, not just Trump, so their cries of indecency, violating their precious norms, fall flat.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 08:38 AM (rOKnE)

103 "... that Grace Kelly was quite an easy...well, you fill in the blank.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 08:34 AM"

Evidently Grace may have had some other issues...


https://youtu.be/D2lQ7SgkLiU

Posted by: Pee U at October 13, 2026 08:38 AM (OVboP)

104 How much do you want to bet the guy who fell out of the rollercoaster was too big for the ride?

Posted by: fd at October 13, 2026 08:39 AM (MWfyi)

105 Yikes, does that blow the image! Sort of like when I heard (maybe from MP3?) that Grace Kelly was quite an easy...well, you fill in the blank.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 08:34 AM (qBdHI)


I don't recall the suggestion that she had round heels so much as the assertion that she was the finest orator in Hollywood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2026 08:39 AM (ExV1e)

106 I always identified with adults on TV shows, not the kids. I wanted to be Rob Petrie with his pretty wife and fascinating and creative job. The Cleavers and the Stones were okay, but the Petrie house and their lives seemed like perfection.

When people compare Everybody Loves Raymond to the Dick Van Dyke series, I snort loudly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:40 AM (wzUl9)

107 I now wonder if the Cornell incident is going to make fraternities more cautious in dealing with women.
Posted by: NR Pax


Single guys should only deal with professional working women for the foreseeable future.
If the Cornell 7 had hired professionals, this wouldn't have even been a blip.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 08:40 AM (jmpEl)

108 104 How much do you want to bet the guy who fell out of the rollercoaster was too big for the ride?


is that a thing?

they do height but how would they do weight? a scale maybe

he was a very large guy yeah

but the restraints were oddly ... small? I love coasters and I don't like restraints like that - because I'm tiny. it would be scary for a very big or a very small person

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 13, 2026 08:40 AM (j+aD2)

109 98 Grace Kelly was a slut.

A beautiful slut, but still a slut.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 08:40 AM (77rzZ)

110 >>Good morning Horde. Thx JJ , praying the treatment goes well.
I wonder if the Omar raid is the administration's first shot against the Dems, aka October surprise. Hopefully more to come

Well John Brennan will be appearing under subpoena before a Florida grand jury on Thursday to answer questions about his role in creating the Russia collusion lie. His lawyer has publicly stated that Brennan is a target in the criminal investigation.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 08:41 AM (viF8m)

111 What kind of an idiot falls out of a roller coaster?

Posted by: Estelle Costanza at October 13, 2026 08:41 AM (VNBA8)

112 If the Cornell 7 had hired professionals, this wouldn't have even been a blip.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 08:40 AM (jmpEl)


So you'd think. -- Duke Lacrosse

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

113 85 Your new WH PressSec in her lovely two-piece bathing costume

https://tinyurl.com/56shfyar
Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 08:29 AM (ZxPkt)

And she has 4 kids

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 08:41 AM (+gK6I)

114 When people compare Everybody Loves Raymond to the Dick Van Dyke series, I snort loudly.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:40 AM

*ahem*

Posted by: The Kramdens at October 13, 2026 08:41 AM (OVboP)

115 >>Native American Warriors Shatter Academia’s Colonialism Narrative


I know, right?

Posted by: Hannah Dustin, colonial badazz at October 13, 2026 08:42 AM (rOKnE)

116 Today Is National No Bra Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

117 107 I now wonder if the Cornell incident is going to make fraternities more cautious in dealing with women.
Posted by: NR Pax


Single guys should only deal with professional working women for the foreseeable future.
If the Cornell 7 had hired professionals, this wouldn't have even been a blip.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 08:40 AM (jmpEl)

I thought you were gonna say single guys should not share a woman with 6 others on the same night in the same room...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 13, 2026 08:42 AM (tOcjL)

118 Did they go through her spouse's underwear drawer?
Posted by: I gotta ask


Why would they want her brother's boxers?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 08:42 AM (jmpEl)

119 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at October 13, 2026 08:42 AM (53oGX)

120 Just saw on X that Tucker’s view count is down 71% since Ukraine blew up a Russian data center, in addition to bot and spam traffic falling dramatically.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2026 08:42 AM (QZThv)

121 111 What kind of an idiot falls out of a roller coaster?
Posted by: Estelle Costanza at October 13, 2026 08:41 AM (VNBA

One who can't click the safety or is too heavy for the safety device.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 13, 2026 08:43 AM (tOcjL)

122 >>Recall how they publicly arrested Pete Navarro, despite his lawyer offering to have him come in and surrender himself earlier.

They put him in shackles at the airport when he was preparing to board a flight.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 08:43 AM (viF8m)

123 JJS, I don't believe anyone has accused Omar of incest. Her brother is gay, so when they "married" they did it not for incestual reasons, supposedly, but "just" for immigration fraud purposes. Or, so goes the tale I heard, fwiw.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 08:43 AM (74AaH)

124 There were rumors about Yvonne De Carlo...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 13, 2026 08:43 AM (XeU6L)

125 Why has the Talafreako mental health breakdown fallen off the radar screen??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 13, 2026 08:43 AM (zEBE+)

126 Chris Plante's name for John Brennan is "penitentiary face."

Posted by: Seems about right at October 13, 2026 08:44 AM (OVboP)

127 I thought you were gonna say single guys should not share a woman with 6 others on the same night in the same room...
Posted by: Nova Local


Kink is kink. No judgement zone. But if you are going to do it, be smart about it.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 08:44 AM (jmpEl)

128 >>I now wonder if the Cornell incident is going to make fraternities more cautious in dealing with women.


Pretty sure the Cornell outrage will be used to end fraternities. As was likely the plan with Obama's Campus Rape Crisis nonsense before it was derailed by the Rolling Stone rape hoax kerfuffle.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 08:44 AM (rOKnE)

129 is that a thing?

they do height but how would they do weight? a scale maybe

he was a very large guy yeah

but the restraints were oddly ... small? I love coasters and I don't like restraints like that - because I'm tiny. it would be scary for a very big or a very small person
Posted by: Black Orchid

I watched a big woman try to cram herself into coaster seat. It was a no-go.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 08:44 AM (zcI95)

130 Joan Crawford allegedly did at least one porn movie at the beginning of her career. Black and white pron

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 08:44 AM (V2IGM)

131 When people compare Everybody Loves Raymond to the Dick Van Dyke series, I snort loudly.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:40 AM

*ahem*
Posted by: The Kramdens at October 13, 2026


***
The Kramdens' and the Nortons lives were not glamorous. That was the point, that Ralph always had schemes to make money and get them out of their near-tenement. But while I found the show classically funny

("Helloooo, ball!")

. . . I never wanted to *be* Ralph or Ed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:45 AM (wzUl9)

132 If the Cornell 7 had hired professionals, this wouldn't have even been a blip.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 08:40 AM (jmpEl)

So you'd think. -- Duke Lacrosse

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

UVA.

These things keep happening because there is no burden on the false accuser.

And honestly, that there aren't any consequences for the liars makes it worse for the women who ARE assaulted.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 08:45 AM (gLYp7)

133 LinusVanPelt

Protected because he is an agent of the Deep State.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

134 If the Cornell 7 had hired professionals, this wouldn't have even been a blip.
Posted by: rickb223
--------

Maybe.The Duke Lacrosse team hired a professional, and look what happened.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 13, 2026 08:45 AM (XeU6L)

135 There were rumors about Yvonne De Carlo...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 13, 2026


***
Yvette Vickers looked she'd have been a fun date. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:46 AM (wzUl9)

136 There were rumors about Yvonne De Carlo...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Those I wanna see.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 08:46 AM (zcI95)

137 >>Chris Plante's name for John Brennan is "penitentiary face."


Scott Adams would always say Brennan had "resting liar face." You could mute the tv and know that he was lying, just everything about him reeks of dishonesty.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 08:46 AM (rOKnE)

138 Watching what used to be the Maria Bartiromo Show. Going to commercial they played Master of Puppets. Interesting soundtrack

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 08:46 AM (V2IGM)

139 116 Today Is National No Bra Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2026 08:42 AM

Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: Sue Ellen Mischke at October 13, 2026 08:46 AM (OVboP)

140 Today Is National No Bra Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)
=====

You youngsters don't remember "women libbers" burning their bras. Good times.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

141 >>Recall how they publicly arrested Pete Navarro, despite his lawyer offering to have him come in and surrender himself earlier.

They put him in shackles at the airport when he was preparing to board a flight.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 08:43 AM (viF8m)
====================
Totally despicable. No "turnabout is fair play" embarrassment is enough for the Biden asshats. Find excuses to arrest them all, hopefully send them to prison like Paul Manafort, whose partner (the guy who actually did the crime that sent PM to jail) was Podesta, and he was never even charged!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 08:46 AM (74AaH)

142 I watched a big woman try to cram herself into coaster seat. It was a no-go.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026


***
Instead of the Wild Maus, she needed the Wild Moose.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:46 AM (wzUl9)

143 Watching what used to be the Maria Bartiromo Show. Going to commercial they played Master of Puppets. Interesting soundtrack
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 08:46 AM (V2IGM)
====

Dagen McDowell is not a morning person.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

144 I still want a string of poloponies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 08:47 AM (V2IGM)

145 Pretty sure the Cornell outrage will be used to end fraternities.

Correct. Women don’t understand and are alarmed by straight male friendship and want to stop it from happening. Frats are one of the last organizations that haven’t been eliminated or forced to be multi-gender.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2026 08:47 AM (QZThv)

146 >>Today Is National No Bra Day.


a/k/a National Gravity Awareness day!


Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 08:48 AM (rOKnE)

147 Pretty sure the Cornell outrage will be used to end fraternities. As was likely the plan with Obama's Campus Rape Crisis nonsense before it was derailed by the Rolling Stone rape hoax kerfuffle.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 08:44 AM (rOKnE)
===========================
That's the rumor at Cornell, except to say the university has an alumni base that will revolt, and they need the housing space too. Still, that is the rumor.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 08:49 AM (74AaH)

148 Just saw on X that Tucker’s view count is down 71% since Ukraine blew up a Russian data center, in addition to bot and spam traffic falling dramatically.

==

Somebody should blow up the bengladeshi and pakistani ones. that will take care of the other 25-30%.

Posted by: runner at October 13, 2026 08:49 AM (AKptf)

149 146 >>Today Is National No Bra Day.


a/k/a National Gravity Awareness day!


Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 08:48 AM (rOKnE)

I celebrated that yesterday... Laundry...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 08:49 AM (+gK6I)

150 > Dagen McDowell is not a morning person.
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Droll. And you have to be able to take a lot of snark first thing in the morning.

I like her.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 08:49 AM (RORbl)

151 >>I celebrated that yesterday... Laundry...


Heh.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 08:50 AM (rOKnE)

152 64 61, didn't they do this to Officer Krupke in West Side Story?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 08:15 AM (VyBeY)

Nope. American Graffiti.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 13, 2026 08:50 AM (hmYU4)

153 That's the rumor at Cornell, except to say the university has an alumni base that will revolt, and they need the housing space too. Still, that is the rumor.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 08:49 AM (74AaH)

I would suggest the overwhelming majority of Cornell's alumni base is wildly leftist. They'll fall in line, I think. Lefties usually do.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 08:51 AM (gLYp7)

154 I saw Horse Biscuits open for the Polyphonic Poloponies at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo last year.

Posted by: gp at October 13, 2026 08:51 AM (Jr5Lq)

155 Why has the Talafreako mental health breakdown fallen off the radar screen??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 13, 2026 08:43 AM (zEBE+)
==================
It looks like it is probably BS is one reason, sadly. Personally I thought all along we were going to be subjected to pictures of Talfreako with a couple of teenage boys, so I was relieved at the breakdown story.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 08:52 AM (74AaH)

156 Here's an interesting tidbit:

If Talarico was really on the verge, almost guaranteed, of flipping Texas--making the kind of history that gets the "once in a hundred years" moniker--then every Dem of any measure of favorable would be flocking to Texas to be seen with and campaign with him.

As the saying goes, "success has a thousand fathers."

He would be on the shortest of short lists, almost guaranteed to be the Dem Presidential nominee.
They'd be desperate to curry his favor.

Yet, there are precisely ZERO national Dems campaigning for him.

"But what if they don't want to spook his coalition of cross-over Rs who will break if national Dems get involved?"
Sure, the coalition that the polling says is holding firm even after Rs have spent millions painting him as a radical Dem?
The Rove Coalition is locked-in or they don't exist.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 13, 2026 08:53 AM (3cUTc)

157 >>Today Is National No Bra Day.

a/k/a National Gravity Awareness day!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026


***
Seen on a college bathroom stall in 1972:

GRAVITY IS A FARCE
THE EARTH SUCKS

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:53 AM (wzUl9)

158 When people compare Everybody Loves Raymond to the Dick Van Dyke series, I snort loudly.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:40 AM (wzUl9)

I know women probably say the same thing about the character Ray but my worst nightmare is his TV wife. I'd shoot myself.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 08:53 AM (KC5Lt)

159 would suggest the overwhelming majority of Cornell's alumni base is wildly leftist. They'll fall in line, I think. Lefties usually do.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 08:51 AM (gLYp7)

Their blind affirmations keep them in good social standing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 08:54 AM (zcI95)

160 There were rumors about Yvonne De Carlo...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 13, 2026 08:43 AM (XeU6L)


The casting couch was a thing. I'm prepared to assume that any semi-famous actress of a certain age was willing to trade flesh for money/fame.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

161 This fact — that governments no longer control the situation — is what is driving this renaissance.
==============
Good link, describing space exploration from BehindTheBlack.

Thanks JJS.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 08:56 AM (74AaH)

162 107 If the Cornell 7 had hired professionals, this wouldn't have even been a blip.
Posted by: rickb223


heh. Just wait until fraternities and sororities stop hosting parties with alcohol and hire chaperones to monitor things.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 13, 2026 08:56 AM (/k3in)

163 ...Polyphonic Poloponies...


"I had a pony."
https://youtu.be/z3ik4qJBoPk

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at October 13, 2026 08:56 AM (OVboP)

164 End Fraternities then you will have to end Sororities . They would have to end the entire Greek system.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 08:56 AM (KC5Lt)

165 I know women probably say the same thing about the character Ray but my worst nightmare is his TV wife. I'd shoot myself.
Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026


***
Yes. A continual denigration of men. On the DVD show, both Rob AND Laura were capable of smart decisions and foolish ones; and Laura and Rob clearly loved each other.

The *only* line I can recall from Raymond is when his mother says, "I don't wanna be a trophy wife!" His father snarls, "Trophy wife? What contest in hell did I win?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:57 AM (wzUl9)

166 "She wasn't in danger of being arrested, so the HSI probably let her attorneys know before hand that they were going to serve search warrants.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 08:17 AM (6ydKt) "

how ... courteous ... of them.
would they do the same for me? or you? lol.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 08:57 AM (VyBeY)

167 Lay off my nic, Mahometans.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 13, 2026 08:57 AM (xBWLP)

168 116 Today Is National No Bra Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

This one I can get behind, or in front of.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy at October 13, 2026 08:58 AM (EdP2u)

169 Donna Reed did some nudie modelling before movie success. Some photos online.
Posted by: Stone Cold Fox at October 13, 2026 08:15 AM (EdP2u)

Donna Reed...slut!

Who knew?
Posted by: Boswell at October 13, 2026 08:30 AM (NTVPI)

The ones I have seen are all fakes.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 13, 2026 08:58 AM (hmYU4)

170 Maybe.The Duke Lacrosse team hired a professional, and look what happened.
Posted by: Mike Hammer


You would think a pimp wouldn't want that kind of shade on his business.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 08:58 AM (jmpEl)

171 Today Is National No Bra Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

This one I can get behind, or in front of.
Posted by: Uncle Pervy


Under.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 08:58 AM (jmpEl)

172 166 "She wasn't in danger of being arrested, so the HSI probably let her attorneys know before hand that they were going to serve search warrants.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 08:17 AM (6ydKt) "

Giving her time to get rid of the "evidence " ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 08:58 AM (+gK6I)

173 152, thanks!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 08:59 AM (VyBeY)

174 168 116 Today Is National No Bra Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Be careful what you wish for!

Posted by: Speaker Emerita, San Fran Nan at October 13, 2026 08:59 AM (EdP2u)

175 Rogers pretty much wiped the floor with El-Sayed during the Michigan Senate campaign debate.
=======================
I watched a good part of the debate. Did not see this.

Rogers was rightfully outraged that the Al Qaeda guy is the Democrat candidate, but (IMO) he is way too polite.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:00 AM (74AaH)

176 164 End Fraternities then you will have to end Sororities . They would have to end the entire Greek system.
Posted by: polynikes

I think they're good with that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 09:00 AM (zcI95)

177 Johnny Maga-

CNN keeps asking Trump voters about gas prices so a patriot grandma told them she would pay $20/gallon before voting for any Democrat.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

178 The *only* line I can recall from Raymond is when his mother says, "I don't wanna be a trophy wife!" His father snarls, "Trophy wife? What contest in hell did I win?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:57 AM

Hated that show. Especially the older couple.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 13, 2026 09:00 AM (OVboP)

179 End Fraternities then you will have to end Sororities . They would have to end the entire Greek system.
Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 08:56 AM (KC5Lt)
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But you can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general?

Isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!

Posted by: Brother Otter, Pre Law at October 13, 2026 09:00 AM (wVcYX)

180 The ones I have seen are all fakes.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

There's a few gen-u-wines among the fakes.

Posted by: Jeff Stone at October 13, 2026 09:01 AM (EdP2u)

181 176 164 End Fraternities then you will have to end Sororities . They would have to end the entire Greek system.
Posted by: polynikes

I think they're good with that.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

They don't want people having free association.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2026 09:02 AM (zcI95)

182 So all the lefties were stroking each other over the claim that the bombing of the Russia data center had caused a drop in pro-Trump bot traffic.

Almost all repeating the same claim that pro-Trump comments on their feed had dropped off.
"ha, ha! all of the people against me were just Russian bots!!"

Yes, of course it was a lie.

The data center ran search engine bots, had nothing to do with social media, and there is no statistical meaningful drop in pro-Trump content.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 13, 2026 09:03 AM (3cUTc)

183 I've said before all of these American hating foreigners blatantly express their hate and commit their crimes because they know the Left and their crooked judges will protect them. They laugh at the Left behind their back how easy it is to manipulate them.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 09:03 AM (KC5Lt)

184 X served up a helluva story of Jon Husted's grandfather being engaged to be married after college to Jackie Bouvier (later Kennedy). Her mother had a background check done and found out the guy had zero inherited wealth and was going to have to make his own way in the world, told her daughter the facts, and Jackie broke the engagement immediately.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:04 AM (74AaH)

185 Posted by: Brother Otter, Pre Law at October 13, 2026 09:00 AM (wVcYX)
============================
A great moment in the movie.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:05 AM (74AaH)

186 128 >>I now wonder if the Cornell incident is going to make fraternities more cautious in dealing with women.


Pretty sure the Cornell outrage will be used to end fraternities. As was likely the plan with Obama's Campus Rape Crisis nonsense before it was derailed by the Rolling Stone rape hoax kerfuffle.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 08:44 AM (rOKnE)


If that happens I hope a number of ex-frat boys declare themselves women and try to join sororities at their schools. When rejected they can sue the sororities out of business claiming anti-trans discrimination.

Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2026 09:05 AM (5rh/l)

187 144 I still want a string of poloponies
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Are you Ralph Kramden?

Posted by: Noted Thespian at October 13, 2026 09:06 AM (EdP2u)

188 Hasan firing squad. Ilhan raid.

21 days to Election Day.

How many more Holy Shit Headlines do Trump & Co have lined up?

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 13, 2026 09:07 AM (dtajH)

189 IN the old days we took in refugees who opposed their communists governments back home.

Now we've been taking in the members of the communist elite so they don't face justice back home.

It would be very, very sweet to send Bro-Fo back home...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)

190 >>How many more Holy Shit Headlines do Trump & Co have lined up?


More, please!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 09:08 AM (rOKnE)

191
It would be very, very sweet to send Bro-Fo back home...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)

Not likely... We can't even get rid of Maryland Man... The Judges will be lined up to stop it and I fear SCOTUS too...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 09:09 AM (+gK6I)

192 End Wokeness-

The 5 "kids" charged in connection with the Eden Prairie shooting:

1. Adam Abdihakeem Adam (1
2. Abdraman Ahmed Jama (1
3. Omar Adan Abdullahi (19)
4. Musab Ibrahm Aden (1
5. Mahamed Ali Haji (20)

Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2026 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

193 188 Hasan firing squad. Ilhan raid.

21 days to Election Day.

How many more Holy Shit Headlines do Trump & Co have lined up?
Posted by: Ignoramus

But wait! There's more.
What makes his the best episode of Apprentice ever!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRQtNgHUzQs

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 13, 2026 09:10 AM (0vB+V)

194 IIRC the 2/3 Yandex (Russia's version of Google) datacenters that went down served up a lot of garbage via bots. Not just "pro" or "con" Trump.

The bots infected most every American social media site with disinfo.

If the bot traffic was measurably lower, imagine what it'd look like if the same were to happen to the massive Chinese bot farms.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 09:10 AM (RORbl)

195 Cornell itself will be a huge loser. It's already the weakest Ivy and has bad weather. Soon to be a safety school for places like Vanderbilt.

NY Post is reporting that L___ C_____ is an admitted "cutter" because of emotional issues.

Worse still, she was at the Cornell Hotel School not the real Ivy college.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 13, 2026 09:11 AM (dtajH)

196 Samantha Power and Susan Rice. Find some way to arrest those two and I'll be happy. Get Merrick Garland, John Brennan, and everyone else in the Biden IC structure, and I'll be ecstatic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:11 AM (zeIdK)

197 Are you Ralph Kramden?
Posted by: Noted Thespian at October 13, 2026 09:06 AM (EdP2u

Reggie...

Posted by: Boswell at October 13, 2026 09:11 AM (NTVPI)

198 Let's see what we've got here:

* Pix of Talafreako in bed with a live boy.

* Abduhlrahman eating a BLT.

* Mamdani in bed with a dead girl.

* Old Lady Omar in bed with Joy Reed...

Posted by: Trump & Co at October 13, 2026 09:12 AM (OVboP)

199 196 Samantha Power and Susan Rice. Find some way to arrest those two and I'll be happy. Get Merrick Garland, John Brennan, and everyone else in the Biden IC structure, and I'll be ecstatic.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:11 AM (zeIdK)

Brennan is the one I want to see in an orange jump suit

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 09:12 AM (+gK6I)

200 GRAVITY IS A FARCE
THE EARTH SUCKS
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 08:53 AM (wzUl9)
~~~~~

Saw something similar in Ireland in the late 1970s:
"There is no gravity, the earth sucks."

Apparently the lefty doomer misanthropes had quite the network even before the internet.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 13, 2026 09:13 AM (3ImbR)

201 164 End Fraternities then you will have to end Sororities . They would have to end the entire Greek system.

Posted by: polynikes

No they wouldn't. Not even close.

Sororities aren't hosting gang rapes, dummies.
- Lefty women who want different rules but the same rules, but different rules depending on what benefits them the most.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 09:13 AM (gLYp7)

202 Hated that show. Especially the older couple.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 13, 2026 09:00 AM (OVboP)

Holy crap!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 13, 2026 09:14 AM (zEBE+)

203 Democrats are running ads here about the high gas prices. Well they bitch about it but have yet to hear them say what they would do to get the price down. Of course the answer is nothing. But they stop short of saying that.

Posted by: Case at October 13, 2026 09:14 AM (ROPCF)

204 Worse still, she was at the Cornell Hotel School not the real Ivy college.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 13, 2026 09:11 AM (dtajH)

So, preparing for a career in the hospitality industry. They say if you do what you love you won't work a day in your life. Find your passion, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 13, 2026 09:15 AM (wVcYX)

205 I’m glad they’ll livestream the execution. I’m not clutching my pearls. But I guarantee I won’t be watching it… I’ve no interest or appetite to see it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 13, 2026 09:15 AM (zEBE+)

206 Guys, Omar won't be convicted or deported. It's extremely unlikely she'll even be charged with anything. If you're waiting to see her sent home, you'll be very disappointed. Our judicial system is built to protect her, not hurt her.

That's not to say this isn't fun. Trump is pulling a lot of October stunts. The game is the game, and this is a good play. It hurts the opponent.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 09:16 AM (BI5O2)

207 194 IIRC the 2/3 Yandex (Russia's version of Google) datacenters that went down served up a lot of garbage via bots. Not just "pro" or "con" Trump.

The bots infected most every American social media site with disinfo.

If the bot traffic was measurably lower, imagine what it'd look like if the same were to happen to the massive Chinese bot farms.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


A: GROK porn would consume the planet like the final scene of (p)Resident Evil 2026 -- thanks to it's promotion of cTHIEL's/candidential selection.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p2XtbQ13awU

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 13, 2026 09:17 AM (9aqcO)

208 LinusVanPelt

Still think hanging is the way to go. But we have lost skills along the way to now.

The Army trains in marksmanship, a lot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 09:17 AM (u82oZ)

209 End Wokeness-

The 5 "kids" charged in connection with the Eden Prairie shooting:

1. Adam Abdihakeem Adam (1
2. Abdraman Ahmed Jama (1
3. Omar Adan Abdullahi (19)
4. Musab Ibrahm Aden (1
5. Mahamed Ali Haji (20)
Posted by: redridinghood
+++
If you really concentrate, you can almost see a pattern there.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 13, 2026 09:17 AM (Lo97M)

210 Wiki says Cornell's Nolan School of Hotel Administration is part of the SC Johnson College of Business, which is the Ivy part of Cornell.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2026 09:19 AM (J4Dwc)

211 *If you really concentrate, you can almost see a pattern there.*

Damn Amish.

Posted by: Jedediah at October 13, 2026 09:20 AM (OVboP)

212 There is a less than 0% chance she’s getting deported. In a just world she’d be on a plane to Mogadishu already. But we live in an unjust corrupt world.

Posted by: How it is at October 13, 2026 09:20 AM (k3anH)

213 So, preparing for a career in the hospitality industry. They say if you do what you love you won't work a day in your life. Find your passion, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 13, 2026 09:15 AM (wVcYX)
===============
It is part of the private university (the "real" Ivy, according to Ignoramous), not the state university Cornell operates as a Land Grant School, and it is half of the undergraduate Business College, specializing in real estate and finance, along with hotel management. One of the wealthier Cornell colleges, thanks to the success over time of it;s alumni.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:20 AM (zeIdK)

214 209 End Wokeness-

The 5 "kids" charged in connection with the Eden Prairie shooting:

1. Adam Abdihakeem Adam (1
2. Abdraman Ahmed Jama (1
3. Omar Adan Abdullahi (19)
4. Musab Ibrahm Aden (1
5. Mahamed Ali Haji (20)
Posted by: redridinghood
+++
If you really concentrate, you can almost see a pattern there.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 13, 2026 09:17 AM (Lo97M)

So graduates of the Learing Center

Posted by: It's me donna at October 13, 2026 09:20 AM (+gK6I)

215 They won't be livestreaming that execution, either. It's red meat for the base, and a nice little booby trap for the Dems. Look at your calendars! October. Election year. This is all just political gamesmanship.

There will be more in the next couple weeks. Have fun with it. But, my G-d, don't take any of this seriously. It's just a game.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 09:22 AM (BI5O2)

216 Yvette Vickers. Yum.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)

217 So I'm working on something. I asked each of 4 AIs to generate 50 of the greatest real love stories of all time. In ALL of documented human history!!

Let your hearts be warmed....

George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush — The longest-married presidential couple in American history, meeting as teenagers at a dance and remaining side-by-side for 73 years.

Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter — A lifelong cooperative partnership spanning peanut farming, the White House, global humanitarian work, and deep-rooted domestic devotion right to their final days.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 09:23 AM (Sco7b)

218 "...is part of the SC Johnson College of Business..."

It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!

Posted by: Sorry, couldn't resist at October 13, 2026 09:23 AM (OVboP)

219 199 196 Samantha Power and Susan Rice. Find some way to arrest those two and I'll be happy. Get Merrick Garland, John Brennan, and everyone else in the Biden IC structure, and I'll be ecstatic.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:11 AM (zeIdK)

Brennan is the one I want to see in an orange jump suit
Posted by: It's me donna


To Big to JAIL?
Not any more -- Colby Canoe's come in all sizes now.
Leak portions of the grand jury pending indictment and his compromatees will do the work for free -- yunno, the nameless faceless once that pit man against other men until we exist no more and vaporize like Nosferatu on exposure.

How the War on Normal People ends.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-irlTheBRENNANcameo
“the people in charge are lying to the public and telling them not to believe what we’ve seen with our own eyes.” -- Clinton 01/26/26

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 13, 2026 09:23 AM (shcxp)

220 Someday "friend of the blog" Victor Davis Hanson will fix the stupid banner on his site so people can actually see it.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 09:24 AM (hlLS1)

221 >>It is part of the private university (the "real" Ivy, according to Ignoramous), not the state university Cornell operates as a Land Grant School

Correct, there is Ivy Cornell and Cow Cornell.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2026 09:24 AM (J4Dwc)

222 Speaking of 'muh norms', iirc, the Mar-a-Lago raid included authorization to shoot if there was resistance, to use force. While raiding a *former president's home* for documents.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 09:25 AM (rOKnE)

223 > Samantha Power and Susan Rice. Find some way to arrest those two and I'll be happy. Get Merrick Garland, John Brennan, and everyone else in the Biden IC structure, and I'll be ecstatic.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
---------
Yea.... it's a long list. Our judiciary isn't going to abide however. They're squarely aligned with the left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2026 09:25 AM (RORbl)

224 When you think about it, getting rid of fraternities is the end goal. We can't have those....spit MALES associating freely without a stronk independent wamen shaming them for normal behavior.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 13, 2026 09:25 AM (/k3in)

225 I'm sitting right here...

Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at October 13, 2026 09:26 AM (OVboP)

226 If you really concentrate, you can almost see a pattern there.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 13, 2026 09:17 AM (Lo97M)

So graduates of the Learing Center
Posted by: It's me donna at October 13,
******
Yep, coming to a neighborhood near all of us.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2026 09:27 AM (NpAcC)

227 So I'm working on something. I asked each of 4 AIs to generate 50 of the greatest real love stories of all time. In ALL of documented human history!!

Let your hearts be warmed....

George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush — The longest-married presidential couple in American history, meeting as teenagers at a dance and remaining side-by-side for 73 years.

Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter — A lifelong cooperative partnership spanning peanut farming, the White House, global humanitarian work, and deep-rooted domestic devotion right to their final days.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy
+++
No Bill and Hillary? How could they miss that one?
One of the great love stories of our time.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 13, 2026 09:27 AM (Lo97M)

228 No Bill and Hillary? How could they miss that one?
One of the great love stories of our time.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 13, 2026 09:27 AM (Lo97M)

Al and Tipper!
Omar and her gay brother!

Damn AI

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 09:28 AM (Sco7b)

229 >>I'm sitting right here...
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett


Me, too!

Posted by: Neera Tanden, Biden's Autopen Controller at October 13, 2026 09:28 AM (rOKnE)

230 >>Yea.... it's a long list. Our judiciary isn't going to abide however. They're squarely aligned with the left.

Not in Florida. Not completely.

There's a reason Trump's DOJ chose Florida to try the grand conspiracy case.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 09:29 AM (viF8m)

231 Yep, coming to a neighborhood near all of us.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2026 09:27 AM (NpAcC)

Saw the first full on burka in my mid small city not along ago. I’d seen some hijabs before. 10 years ago it would have been unheard of for either.

Slowly then all at once.

Posted by: How it is at October 13, 2026 09:29 AM (k3anH)

232 John and Abigail Adams was a real historical love story.

Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

233 >will fix the stupid banner on his site so people can actually see it.
---
I'm seeing it
check your browser settings

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 09:30 AM (ZxPkt)

234 206 Guys, Omar won't be convicted or deported. It's extremely unlikely she'll even be charged with anything. If you're waiting to see her sent home, you'll be very disappointed. Our judicial system is built to protect her, not hurt her.

That's not to say this isn't fun. Trump is pulling a lot of October stunts. The game is the game, and this is a good play. It hurts the opponent.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 09:16 AM (BI5O2)


Trump should pardon her if she is indicted. With much fanfare. Then he can refer to her as a criminal he pardoned. She and the Dems will seethe.

Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l)

235 Bowdoin College got rid of fraternities fifty years ago, and turned them into social clubs with assigned members (ie, the College decided who would live and eat in the old houses). Bowdoin could do this because they owned all the houses and many had already disassociated themselves from national fraternities anyway. Cornell is a very different case, with forty-odd fraternities, many owned by the frats themselves (through corporate entities dominated by alumni). Cornell has an interfraternity council and, through that, it sets rules and certifies the houses as places that students can live, but if Cornell were to try ending the system entirely, by decertifying or somehow seizing the properties, my bet is the lawsuits (and costs) would be epic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:32 AM (/kGWX)

236 Fred and Wilma

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)

237 232 John and Abigail Adams was a real historical love story.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

I checked!
They made a list!!
Good for them!!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 09:33 AM (Sco7b)

238 Barky and Big Mike. A match made in hell

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 09:34 AM (V2IGM)

239 John and Abigail Adams was a real historical love story.
Posted by: Bulg at October 13, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ)
======================
In part because he spent a good part of their marriage in France or D.C., while she made a pile of money back in Quincy as America's first bond speculator. Really smart cookie, Abigail Adams.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:34 AM (/kGWX)

240 Waiting patiently for the art thread.

Posted by: Tuna at October 13, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

241 George and Jane Jetson

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 09:34 AM (ZxPkt)

242 F5ing over here, Boss!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 13, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

243 The only way HSI got a warrant signed by a DC judge to raid Omar's house is they must have provided compelling evidence that a crime was committed. DC judges don't routinely sign warrants against DC politicians.

So that thing that never happens has already happened.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 09:36 AM (viF8m)

244 That is the worst painting up top I have ever viewed!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2026 09:36 AM (N5iuz)

245 >>That's not to say this isn't fun. Trump is pulling a lot of October stunts. The game is the game, and this is a good play. It hurts the opponent.

He knows his Alinsky:
4. "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules."

5. "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage."

6. "A good tactic is one your people enjoy."

8. "Keep the pressure on."

9. "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself."

13."Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)

246 George and Jane Jetson
Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 09:34 AM (ZxPkt)
====================
A great love story.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:37 AM (Wyf+v)

247 cbd's watch broke.

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:37 AM (Bep7s)

248 DC judges don't routinely sign warrants against DC politicians.

So that thing that never happens has already happened.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 09:36 AM (viF8m)

All four magistrate judges are Democrats, appointed by the 11/15 Democrat DC council.

To convince a Democrat judge appointed by Democrats in a Democrat city that a Democrat Congressman deserves to be searched/served takes an Act of God. Or at least an act of Trump.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 13, 2026 09:37 AM (gLYp7)

249 Nood art.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (NcvvS)

250 Nood.
No nudes.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (Sco7b)

251 243 The only way HSI got a warrant signed by a DC judge to raid Omar's house is they must have provided compelling evidence that a crime was committed. DC judges don't routinely sign warrants against DC politicians.

So that thing that never happens has already happened.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 13, 2026 09:36 AM (viF8m)

Tee hee hee.

Posted by: Judge Bozoburg at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (Ae6Br)

252 Art up

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (jmpEl)

253 Jane Jetson was kinda hot

the MILFy goodness baked right in

Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (ZxPkt)

254 Art lovers can gather in the new thread

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (Wyf+v)

255 Getting worried. Art thread is more than 5 minutes late.

Posted by: Tuna at October 13, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

256 247 cbd's watch broke.

Posted by: cmeat at October 13, 2026 09:37 AM (Bep7s)


A First World Problem. Solution: wear two watches.

Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2026 09:39 AM (5rh/l)

257 British Islamist Online Influencer Muhammad Saifullah: If I Were The PM, I Would Execute Homosexuals, Stone Adulterers, And Torture Apostates To Death; Osama Bin Laden Represented Islam And Defended His Country Like Richard The Lionheart; Israelis Are Worse Than Cockroaches, Jews Are Evil Satanic People

Posted by: SMOD at October 13, 2026 10:09 AM (AFudc)

258 Good morning. Thanks, J.J.

Philly next. 🙏

For example, there was no Africatown until the Democrats created it. (What began as racially insulting in the late 1990s - Little Africa - all of SW Philly, became a formalized city location.)

• Initial Funding (2021): Democratic City Councilmember (now Council President) Kenyatta Johnson kickstarted the official push by delivering a $125,000 city check to ACANA to map out and design the "Africatown" footprint.

• State Level Backing (2022): Democratic State Representative Jordan Harris & State Senator Anthony Williams secured a $9 million state grant from Pennsylvania's Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) to build a 37,000-square-foot community, retail, and clinical headquarters for a Community Hub.

• City Council Recognition (2022–2023): Democratic Councilmember Jamie Gauthier and the rest of the Philadelphia City Council passed a formal resolution legally recognizing Africatown as a designated economic development zone.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 10:22 AM (NFX2v)

259 • The Signage (June 2026): The official physical transformation —the banners and street signs along Woodland Avenue—was unveiled just months ago by Democratic Mayor Cherelle Parker and local leaders to anchor the name ahead of the United States' 250th anniversary.

Yes, the funding push for the "Africatown" infrastructure project was fully greenlit at the state level under the Wolf-Fetterman administration (which approved the initial $9 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant), with Governor Josh Shapiro's administration continuing to oversee the distribution of state capital and economic development initiatives throughout these Philadelphia neighborhoods.

But there's also:
>$1,800,000 in American Rescue Plan funds presented by state legislators to combat poverty and support local businesses.
>$500,000 allocated from state casino tax revenues
> $2,000,000 via the federal Community Project Funding program to help construct the 37,000-square-foot community hub. And on and on.

(Note: The African "hub," a Community Center & Cultural Venue, will have daycare & youth training; full service restaurants and retail, social and legal services, and better streets to ...

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 10:22 AM (NFX2v)

260 support the 700+ immigrant-owned businesses in the area.)

Additionally, there are plans for area grocery store acquisition & affordable housing. (Socialism has arrived in the Philadelphia region!)

Liberia & other west African nations are but a plane ride away from Philly - an airport largely controlled by the city - & Liberia has long been supported by the U.S.

Surely there are many lovely residents therein, but as a whole it's the "Wild West" & ever expanding into Delaware County - at the invitation of our County Council. (Now there is a Delco clinic directly serving non-insured and under-insured residents, specifically focusing on the large African and Caribbean immigrant communities in Delaware County & Southwest Philadelphia.)

OTOH, several major figures - war lords - from the Liberian Civil Wars (1989–2003) have been found "living normal, quiet lives as business owners, restaurant workers, and neighbors in the local communities," including those outside of the city.

Additionally, Philly has seen an influx of newer West African asylum seekers since late 2023 (primarily from Mauritania and Guinea).

We all share the same U.S. Rep (D-PA), too.

Redistricting.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 13, 2026 10:22 AM (NFX2v)

261 The judge signed the warrant so all of the evidence is gathered in one place and becomes unavailable to the public because of the "ongoing investigation" which will be "ongoing" until the end of time. In short, they're pretending to do an investigation so that sometime in the far future they can pretend there's nothing they can or could have prosecuted.

Posted by: MLCross at October 13, 2026 10:29 AM (FH8/S)

Daily Tech News 13 October 2026

Top Story

  • Yes, we have no frozen bananas. Or frozen anything else. (Tom's Hardware)

    Hacking attacks across Europe not only switched off waves of supermarket freezers but locked the built-in defrosting units on to hit temperatures of 50C (122F) making for a decidedly toasty environment for ice cream.

    The internet. Ain't it wonderful?

Tech News



Musical Interlude




Disclaimer: Oh-no.

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 04:15 AM (odBC9)

2 Morning Techsters

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 13, 2026 04:16 AM (3aIsH)

3 >>>Yes, we have no frozen bananas.

I would like a frozen banana.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 04:16 AM (odBC9)

4 Tuesday, October 13
Daily News Stuff 13 October 2026
https://ai.mee.nu

Hickory Daiquiri Edition

haha

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 04:17 AM (odBC9)

5 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at October 13, 2026 04:18 AM (hOSrB)

6 G'Day everyone
A bit closer to home today for work

Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2026 04:19 AM (Ia/+0)

7 The hacking of the store refrigerators and freezers is kinda frightening.

If this is a group of teenage boys playing a prank, that's bad enough, if it's a hack by a paid criminal group, terrorists, or a state actor that's a terrifying vision of the future.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 04:22 AM (6ydKt)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 13, 2026 04:24 AM (sAmhv)

9 Technology is great until it isn't. Every water system in the US should have no way to be hacked.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2026 04:26 AM (cJzCZ)

10 Introducing Intel's Crescent Island graphics cards, bringing a whole new meaning to the term "affordable".
****

As in: (staring down at the peasants basic users) Hahahaha.

Posted by: clarence at October 13, 2026 04:28 AM (hOSrB)

11 Intel Crescent Island - Up To 480 GB (LPDDR5X)/i]

480 GB of VRAM.
It's only LDDR5, but still, that's a lot.

At around $450 for a kit of DDR5 that's around $6,750 just for the RAM.

It might be cheaper since it's laptop RAM, but these GPUs have to cost around $7000 if you buy it maxed out.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 04:30 AM (6ydKt)

12 The internet. Ain't it wonderful?
****

Behold the glory of IoT! *screech* The day approaches when hackers become so detrimental to continued use of the internet that they will be classed as terrorists and will be hunted down and executed on discovery.

Have a nice day!

Posted by: clarence at October 13, 2026 04:34 AM (hOSrB)

13 That was a nice video choice

Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

14 9 Technology is great until it isn't. Every water system in the US should have no way to be hacked.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2026 04:26 AM (cJzCZ)

The systems that actually run utilities should be completely air-gaped with no access to the internet whatsoever.

I bet most are not, but I honestly don't know.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 04:39 AM (6ydKt)

15 Still waiting for the day when people realize there is a large number of things being automated (or network-enabled) that probably shouldn't be.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 04:41 AM (ij/FE)

16

Something people need to be aware of.

We were notified by the town that we have not paid our property taxes. Our taxes are supposed to be paid by the mortgage company.

Called the mortgage company and it took an hour to speak to a human.

Anyways they swear they are paying the tax. Town says we are not paying our property taxes.

Just a heads up to ya'll to be aware.

I read about property confiscation last week. Could this be a new way to screw us? Probably.

Be vigilant ya'll.



Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 04:44 AM (/QHx4)

17 I think a lot of companies that are not tech firms view systems and security as a necessary evil, but not a place where you make money. The next big thing seldom produces the benefits that were promised because of poor implementation, lack of management sponsorship and poor training. When it becomes a place to cut back on spending or just maintain the status quo is when the glaring problems are revealed. Like hackable freezers.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 13, 2026 04:45 AM (7XjVs)

18 Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should

Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2026 04:46 AM (Ia/+0)

19 >>>The systems that actually run utilities should be completely air-gaped with no access to the internet whatsoever.

I bet most are not, but I honestly don't know.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

>I remember a day when I could hack the local airport. Of course I never created any chaos, just looked around. Many vulnerabilities back then.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 13, 2026 04:49 AM (cJOax)

20 they swear they are paying the tax. Town says we are not paying our property taxes
_-_
That's what I think it looks like when the control grid is implemented. It isn't "transaction denied", it's "I'm sorry, sir. There's some sort of techical error. Se have been seeing this all week - ever sknce they installed the new system."

I hope you are able to get this resolved soon.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 04:49 AM (ij/FE)

21 When it becomes a place to cut back on spending or just maintain the status quo is when the glaring problems are revealed. Like hackable freezers.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 13, 2026 04:45 AM (7XjVs)


Often these kinds of hacks happen because somebody forgot to check a box in the applications running the fridges and signage at the stores.

So, say "Disable Remote Management" has not been checked in the box and hackers take advantage of it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 04:51 AM (6ydKt)

22 >I remember a day when I could hack the local airport. Of course I never created any chaos, just looked around. Many vulnerabilities back then.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 13, 2026 04:49 AM (cJOax)


Presumably around the same time it wasn't uncommon for teenagers to hack into the school system and change their grades.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 04:53 AM (6ydKt)

23 BOING!

/sends make-me-a-sammich order over the internet

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 04:55 AM (RkR9o)

24 Called the mortgage company and it took an hour to speak to a human.

Anyways they swear they are paying the tax. Town says we are not paying our property taxes.
****

They have a contracted responsibility to make those payments. If they will not show you the records, they are liable legally and have breached the trust. If it is the town, sue like the wind.

Posted by: clarence at October 13, 2026 04:56 AM (hOSrB)

25 So, say "Disable Remote Management" has not been checked in the box and hackers take advantage of it.
_-_
...which is why for many things, "Remote Management" maybe should never have been an option in fhe first place. I think we are installing vulnerabilities that never had to exist.

I wondered about this when OPM was hacked. Why did the files that were accessed even need to be on a computer? They really were too sensitive for that...let alone computers attached to jnternet.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 04:56 AM (RoBC7)

26 13 That was a nice video choice
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

Seconded!
It had a cute rotary phone in the sketch-work.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 04:57 AM (odBC9)

27 Often these kinds of hacks happen because somebody forgot to check a box in the applications running the fridges and signage at the stores.

So, say "Disable Remote Management" has not been checked in the box and hackers take advantage of it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 04:51 AM (6ydKt)

Or the “upgrade” changed a setting and instead of running the upgrade in the test environment and sussing out those changes it went straight live and was forgotten.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 13, 2026 04:59 AM (gs4+4)

28 four seasons,

That is why I was so happy when I could put 20% down on my house purchase. No PMI, no impounds.

I make damn sure that I pay the insurance and the property tax.

Posted by: French Onion Soup at October 13, 2026 05:01 AM (LOvBA)

29 Disable Remote Management
_-_
Where is this setting on my fine, new automobile?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:01 AM (RoBC7)

30 ...which is why for many things, "Remote Management" maybe should never have been an option in fhe first place. I think we are installing vulnerabilities that never had to exist.

I wondered about this when OPM was hacked. Why did the files that were accessed even need to be on a computer? They really were too sensitive for that...let alone computers attached to jnternet.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 04:56 AM (RoBC7)


Convenience/Inconvenience is the main reason.

It does help to be able to access systems when you aren't in the physical location, no doubt.

People don't always choose safety when it's inconvenient somehow.

If I'm walking into the store for five minutes I may not lock my car... and then regret it if I walk out and my car is gone.

They actually made it illegal in my county to leave your car running while you went into a store, etc.
Cars were being stolen because somebody left the engine running while they went into the convenience store to grab a Coke.

So, the county fixed that problem the only way they know how.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 05:02 AM (6ydKt)

31 AI is saying that the countries affected by the freezer-hacking are France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany, and Belgium.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 05:03 AM (odBC9)

32 off yummy soup sock that uses fresh thyme.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 05:03 AM (LOvBA)

33 They actually made it illegal in my county to leave your car running while you went into a store, etc.
_-_
"They" being insurance companies.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:04 AM (ij/FE)

34 I thought that my well pump had failed. It turned out the be the sprinkler controller.

The new one has wi-fi remote access.

I like it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 05:05 AM (LOvBA)

35 Or the “upgrade” changed a setting and instead of running the upgrade in the test environment and sussing out those changes it went straight live and was forgotten.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 13, 2026 04:59 AM (gs4+4)


Yeah, probably just like that.
They've got one or two guys monitoring 200 freezers or something.


"Ooops. Shit happens."

¯_(ツ_/¯

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 05:05 AM (6ydKt)

36 The Food Lion website is down. I wonder if they got hacked for some ransom money.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 05:06 AM (LOvBA)

37 "They" being insurance companies.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:04 AM (ij/FE)

I'm sure the Sheriff's Department was tired of all the car theft reports they had to fill out, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 05:06 AM (6ydKt)

38 I guess I'm the Luddite in the room. If it says, "with WiFi", I tend to look for something else or do without.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:08 AM (ij/FE)

39 Clear and still out, supposed to get to 80 degrees today
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2026 05:09 AM (Ia/+0)

40

Skip,

I hope you have a great day!

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 05:10 AM (/QHx4)

41 I'm sure the Sheriff's Department was tired of all the car theft reports they had to fill out, too.
_-_
If the high incidence of car theft was not exaggerated. I heard this one where I live as well, but I couldn't find anyone who knew anyone to whom it had happened. To the jnsurance companies, it was a "crisis".

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:11 AM (ij/FE)

42
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 13, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

43

Appliances being connected to the internet. How stupid are people?

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 05:13 AM (/QHx4)

44 38 I guess I'm the Luddite in the room. If it says, "with WiFi", I tend to look for something else or do without.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:08 AM (ij/FE)

It's getting harder and harder to get some products without it.

I've got a small humidifier in here with WiFi control and I haven't even figured out how to use it because Chinese and they aren't into giving too many details on how to use their products in English in an owner's manual.

I'll never use the WiFi but it'd be nice to know how to go in and turn it off without learning Mandarin.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 05:14 AM (6ydKt)

45 If the high incidence of car theft was not exaggerated. I heard this one where I live as well, but I couldn't find anyone who knew anyone to whom it had happened. To the jnsurance companies, it was a "crisis".

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:11 AM (ij/FE)

There were a few stories in the newspaper and on local TV news about car thefts with the engines running, and it automatically became a crisis that was solved at the next county council meeting.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 05:16 AM (6ydKt)

46 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 05:16 AM (VyBeY)

47 nice to know how to go in and turn it off without learning Mandarin.
_-_
Running into the same problem with jnverters. I guess I'll have to find a way to physically disable it when I have to replace the old one.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:16 AM (RoBC7)

48 Appliances being connected to the internet. How stupid are people?

Posted by: four seasons
****

Much, much more stupid than people can understand.

Posted by: clarence at October 13, 2026 05:18 AM (hOSrB)

49 Appliances being connected to the internet
_-_
Just can't see why everything must live at the bleeding edge of technology. The Amish look kinda happy....at least, they did before the Sate of New York started this latest harrassment operation.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:22 AM (ij/FE)

50 Elon Musk Warns You Should Not Torture AI Models, As Reasoning Traces Show It Feels Like “A Gun To Their Head,” And That Torturing Super Intelligence Might Spur It “To Get Revenge”

https://tinyurl.com/y3ma87pm
(Wccftech)


Elon Musk agrees with "some of the things Anthropic has said" and warns against "torturing superintelligence" after reading Grok's internal reasoning traces during reinforcement learning

“It feels like a person under extreme pressure with a gun to their head”

⁠His warning…
pic.twitter.com/0BVbSsjngf
— NIK (@ns123abc)
October 12, 2026

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 05:23 AM (6ydKt)

51 needed a 12 volt transformer to power some lights ... only thing I could find locally turned out to be WiFi enabled. I could tell by the weight of the box that there was a real physical transformer in there (not a crappo switching power supply) so I took the chance.
When I got home, the bandsaw tastefully separated the WiFi module, and the transformer is working like a champ.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 05:23 AM (VyBeY)

52

I asked my husband today if we hard copies of the shit with the town and mortgage company. He laughed his ass off.

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 05:25 AM (/QHx4)

53 feels like a person under extreme pressure with a gun to their head
_-_
Anthropomorphization of algorithms seems like a mistake to me...but then, it's there in the name, isn't it?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:26 AM (ij/FE)

54 bandsaw tastefully separated the WiFi module
_-_
This. Is the way.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:27 AM (ij/FE)

55 Anthropomorphization of algorithms seems like a mistake to me...but then, it's there in the name, isn't it?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:26 AM (ij/FE)

In the video clip he is referring to going through records of AI (probably Grok) reasoning on difficult or impossible questions and that's the impression he's getting from reading what the AI is 'thinking'.

Apparently angry humans being sadistic to AI actually does affect them somehow.

We might need AI psychologists for AI if that keeps up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 05:31 AM (6ydKt)

56
My trains of thought are continually leaving the station without me.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2026 05:31 AM (ixS3i)

57 only Elon.

*respect*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 05:32 AM (VyBeY)

58
Hacking attacks across Europe not only switched off waves of supermarket freezers but locked the built-in defrosting units on to hit temperatures of 50C (122F) making for a decidedly toasty environment for ice cream.

Now I ask you, are these the acts of a fren?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2026 05:32 AM (ixS3i)

59 Old time hymn-"Abide with me":

https://tinyurl.com/3nrh2aef

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 05:35 AM (JrHfD)

60 Apparently angry humans being sadistic to AI actually does affect them somehow.
_-_
But the them are its. Weirdest sentence I have ever written.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:39 AM (ij/FE)

61 I just looked up the lyrics to Train of Thought and they're kind of wacky.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 05:41 AM (odBC9)

62 So, now we can have algorithms that cangwt pissed-off at you faster than any human?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:42 AM (RoBC7)

63 60 Apparently angry humans being sadistic to AI actually does affect them somehow.
_-_
But the them are its. Weirdest sentence I have ever written.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:39 AM (ij/FE)

But the them ARE its.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 05:43 AM (odBC9)

64 Choir from BYU sings "It is well with my soul":

https://tinyurl.com/4zk6rcaa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 05:43 AM (JrHfD)

65
So, now we can have algorithms that cangwt pissed-off at you faster than any human?


Note to self: do not refer to any AI as "Sugartits"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2026 05:44 AM (uiz4r)

66
And his thoughts are full of strangers
Corridors of naked lights
And his mind once full of reason
Now there's more than meets the eye
Oh, a stranger's face he carries with him

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 05:44 AM (odBC9)

67
At home a house awaits him, he unlocks the door
Thinking once there was a sea here but there never was a door

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 05:45 AM (odBC9)

68
And his thoughts are full of strangers
And his eyes too numb to see
And nothing that he knows of
And nowhere where he's been
Was ever quite like this

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 05:45 AM (odBC9)

69
And at heart, he's full of strangers
Dodging on his train of thought
Train of thought

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 05:45 AM (odBC9)

70
I just looked up the lyrics to Train of Thought and they're kind of wacky.
Posted by: m


That's why allowing Norwegians to access fermented lutefisk is a violation of the Geneva Concention.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2026 05:46 AM (uiz4r)

71 Jesus' prayer priority. Devotional on Mark 1:29-39

https://tinyurl.com/4w7n2jea

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 05:47 AM (JrHfD)

72 70
I just looked up the lyrics to Train of Thought and they're kind of wacky.
Posted by: m

That's why allowing Norwegians to access fermented lutefisk is a violation of the Geneva Concention.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2026 05:46 AM (uiz4r)

They're cute, tho.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 05:47 AM (odBC9)

73 Good morning! Gonna be a toasty 93 today and warm for the next few days before falling off into fall, apparently. Looking forward to that.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 13, 2026 05:50 AM (3Ope8)

74 hard copies of the shit with the town and mortgage company.
****

A letter from a lawyer will usually produce a very fast response from the mortgage company. Should not cost much.

Posted by: clarence at October 13, 2026 05:52 AM (hOSrB)

75

clarence,

That will be the next step.

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 05:55 AM (/QHx4)

76 My Baby Thinks She's a Train:
youtube.com/watch?v=Nbyc07X8W20

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:55 AM (ij/FE)

77 Networked and managed devices (like these freezers):

No. Just no. Local management panel, and the ability to completely firewall these things off from anything outside your facility.

But these freezers were probably installed in large chain stores, so head office would want the ability to monitor or adjust them under central control, because that's what head offices always want.

"Hey, do we have connection system set up that requires a proper SSH tunnel into our stores before we can connect with these devices?"

"Are the devices on their own wired-only network that doesn't interact with the same wifi network we give to our customers?"

"How secure is this stuff? Let's do a proof-of-concept installation here at corporate, and then have our IT guys do some testing with Kali Linux..."

These are the questions and ideas that should be coming from your CIO.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 13, 2026 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

78 69
And at heart, he's full of strangers
Dodging on his train of thought
Train of thought
Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 05:45 AM (odBC9)

I think that first line is a mistake for:

And his heart is full of strangers

which would be parallel to the earlier

And his thoughts are full of strangers

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 05:57 AM (odBC9)

79 Translate Rammstein lyrics........wow

Posted by: Kittens! at October 13, 2026 05:58 AM (LOZbR)

80 That will be the next step.
****

Ask around and see if you can find a lawyer who does pro bono work. Depending on the State you live in, there may be a consumer protection agency that would want to get involved.

Posted by: clarence at October 13, 2026 05:59 AM (hOSrB)

81
In theory, this Thursday is when fwo setvice crews will converge at our Sussex place to replace our current fuel oil furnace with a propane furnace. The fuel oul tank has been emptied already -- one of its legs had succumbed to corrosion after forty plus years.

I told the missus there's a 50-50 chance the work will be called off because the crawl space is "too wet". Freekin' pansies. It rained this past weekend.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2026 05:59 AM (uiz4r)

82 because that's what head offices always want
_-_
You are right. This is because they don't realize how stupid it is to do this sort of thing. Much better to hire good people, let them do their work. If they are unable to accomplish their work, replace them.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:01 AM (ij/FE)

83
My Baby Thinks She's a Train


And She's Trapped in the Switchyard of My Love

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2026 06:02 AM (uiz4r)

84 76 My Baby Thinks She's a Train:
youtube.com/watch?v=Nbyc07X8W20
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 05:55 AM (ij/FE)

She eats money like a train eats coal, burns it up and leaves you in the smoke
If you wanna catch her ride, just wait till she unwinds, ha ha
She's just like a train, she always gives some bum a ride

yowza

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:03 AM (odBC9)

85
Begun the appliance wars have, and right soon

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2026 06:03 AM (uiz4r)

86 Begun the appliance wars have, and right soon
_-_
Somebody shoot the toaster! It's hacking the fridge so it can steal the fridge's monthly budget to buy more bread!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:06 AM (ij/FE)

87 @63/m: ...them ARE its.

ITS or GTFO.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 13, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

88 Apparently angry humans being sadistic to AI actually does affect them somehow.

We might need AI psychologists for AI if that keeps up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 05:31 AM (6ydKt)
===========
Anthropic sent a Terms of Use adjustment saying users have to stop being mean to Claude, because Claude can't take it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 06:08 AM (8zt2q)

89 GoogleBooks are what we have come to expect from Google. (The Verge)
archive site
https://archive.is/KERWb

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:08 AM (odBC9)

90
My Baby Thinks She's a Train


The rebuttal for that is The Offspring's "Why Don't You Get a Job?"

https://youtu.be/LH-i8IvYIcg

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2026 06:10 AM (uiz4r)

91 87 @63/m: ...them ARE its.

ITS or GTFO.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 13, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

M R DUCKS

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:10 AM (odBC9)

92 Yes it is weird but these are the first thinking "It"s that can communicate with us that we've ever had.

We have animals that can think but few can communicate with us in any meaningful way.

We had Koko the Gorilla (who could communicate through sign language) and everybody refers to her as 'her' or 'she'.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)

93 "But these freezers were probably installed in large chain stores, so head office would want the ability to monitor or adjust them under central control, because that's what head offices always want. "

no kidding. at walmart, couple months ago, I noticed that all the parking lot lights were on at midday ... by coincidence I bumped into the manager and while chatting, informed her of this.
Every. Single. Bit. of the store infrastructure is remotely controlled in Bentonville. no local controls at all. wow.
she had informed corporate, they were "working on it". lol.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 06:11 AM (VyBeY)

94 Been on a Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris jag this morning. Good stuff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 06:12 AM (YDQOL)

95 93 at walmart, couple months ago, I noticed that all the parking lot lights were on at midday ... by coincidence I bumped into the manager and while chatting, informed her of this.
Every. Single. Bit. of the store infrastructure is remotely controlled in Bentonville. no local controls at all.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 06:11 AM (VyBeY)

huh
Valuable data point!

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:13 AM (odBC9)

96 Again, it must be asked:

Must Absolutely Everything Be On The Internet?

If those freezers were dumb they would not have gotten hacked.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 06:15 AM (pKv0r)

97 Looking at the weather now, it should be a nice weekend for a lot of the country. Cold front coming in lowering temps.

A little too chilly for me up north but it's going to be lows in the 50s-60s in the South.

Should be a very nice weekend for he TXMoMe peeps.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:15 AM (6ydKt)

98 Kinda stupid to leave your car running while you are in a store. It would take less than a minute for someone to jump in it and take off. Gotta kick your own butt for letting that happen.

Posted by: Case at October 13, 2026 06:16 AM (ROPCF)

99 9 Technology is great until it isn't. Every water system in the US should have no way to be hacked.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2026 04:26 AM (cJzCZ)

Like not being connected to the Internet.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 06:16 AM (pKv0r)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)

101 "Somebody shoot the toaster! It's hacking the fridge so it can steal the fridge's monthly budget to buy more bread!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:06 AM (ij/FE) "

it sounds funny now, but just wait until that actually happens ...

or worse yet, your "smart gun" refuses to fire ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 06:17 AM (VyBeY)

102 Apparently Michelle Tafoya, who is running toed with blithering idiot Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota-stan spoke too much truth and said her voters might lose this election by sitting at home instead of going to vote. Seems obviously true, but Republicans are telling her to button it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 06:17 AM (Zypo6)

103 Today would have been Margaret Hilda Roberts’ 101st birthday.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 06:17 AM (pKv0r)

104 98 Kinda stupid to leave your car running while you are in a store. It would take less than a minute for someone to jump in it and take off.
Posted by: Case at October 13, 2026 06:16 AM (ROPCF)

It would take less than a minute for someone to commit grand larceny!

Some places, that would not be a risk.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:18 AM (odBC9)

105 For those IoT devices that absolutely demand a wifi connection, a WPA2/WPA3 secured router running OpenWRT, providing IP addresses via DHCP but with no upstream connection to any real network should fix their little red wagon...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 13, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

106 Anthropic sent a Terms of Use adjustment saying users have to stop being mean to Claude, because Claude can't take it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 06:08 AM (8zt2q)

The commercials for Claude are stupid. And constant.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 06:19 AM (pKv0r)

107 105>>> *blink* *blink* I'm not sure, no, wait, I am sure I have no idea what any of that means....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 13, 2026 06:21 AM (3Ope8)

108 98 Kinda stupid to leave your car running while you are in a store. It would take less than a minute for someone to jump in it and take off. Gotta kick your own butt for letting that happen.

Posted by: Case at October 13, 2026 06:16 AM (ROPCF)

A lot of this county is still rural, but the urban area is growing fast.

It's been a long, long, time since I've left the car running anywhere but in my driveway, but there are some old-timers still around who still thought it was 1965 and could get away with it, I guess.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:22 AM (6ydKt)

109
asmongold
Ilhan Omar's house raided
24:44

https://tinyurl.com/ycfjucnj

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:23 AM (odBC9)

110
We have animals that can think but few can communicate with us in any meaningful way.

We had Koko the Gorilla (who could communicate through sign language) and everybody refers to her as 'her' or 'she'.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)

Dogs have an uncanny way of communicating with humans. Comes with spending 10,000 odd years with humans I suppose.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 06:23 AM (1UOiF)

111 105 For those IoT devices that absolutely demand a wifi connection, a WPA2/WPA3 secured router running OpenWRT, providing IP addresses via DHCP but with no upstream connection to any real network should fix their little red wagon...
_-_
Or nust cut the red wire....it was the red wire, right!?!? BOOOM!!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:23 AM (ij/FE)

112 1970s infomercial about Mars colonization, starting Elon Musk. A must-watch!

https://tinyurl.com/ytcfbcf6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 06:24 AM (vjl2s)

113 In the old days, the big fear was someone dumping large quantities of acid in the, oh wow, groovy, water supply. Didn't, did you just see that dragon?, happen. Then you realize you are an infinitesimally small part of an existence where everything came together so perfectly that D-O-G spells antidisestablishmentarianism and it makes sense, while you're not running from that dragon, which is wearing pink roller skates out of 1974.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 13, 2026 06:24 AM (Fv808)

114 Evening and morning for a Tiu's Day, and here we are halfway through October almost!

Orange cats? I've known three well, one a female. None were below average in brains, though the girl cat Mitzi came close. Big Rusty was bright and sociable; Arizona clever, stubborn, sociable only with me and women visitors. (Sort of like me, come to think of it.) In other words, they all had their quirks, just like all the cats I've known.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

115 could get away with it
_-_
...or the thief thought he could vet away with it....

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:28 AM (ij/FE)

116 I should really learn to proofread.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:29 AM (ij/FE)

117 I caught up on sleep after yesterday's early awakening. What'd I miss?

The local Fox outlet is airing the predictable squawking of people complaining about the livestream of Hasan's execution. Already, though it's months off. And to the reply that "You don't have to watch it," they've come up with "You might accidentally see it on social media before you can cut the images off." Well, then, how about ditching social media for the month of December???

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

118 Maceo (MAYseeoh), big orange fella who passed away in Feb., was very intelligent and very empathic. Cats can be very good at both if you get the right cat and spend the right time with it.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 13, 2026 06:29 AM (Fv808)

119 ...or the thief thought he could vet away with it....

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:28 AM (ij/FE)

The odds seem to be much better for the thief in 2026.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:30 AM (6ydKt)

120 112 1970s infomercial about Mars colonization, starting Elon Musk. A must-watch!

https://tinyurl.com/ytcfbcf6
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 06:24 AM (vjl2s)

That's so great! I hope he likes it.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:30 AM (odBC9)

121 In the old days, the big fear was someone dumping large quantities of acid in the, oh wow, groovy, water supply. Didn't, did you just see that dragon?, happen. Then you realize you are an infinitesimally small part of an existence where everything came together so perfectly that D-O-G spells antidisestablishmentarianism and it makes sense, while you're not running from that dragon, which is wearing pink roller skates out of 1974.
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 13, 2026


***
Melts in yore *brain*, man, not in your hands. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:31 AM (wzUl9)

122
I'll never use the WiFi but it'd be nice to know how to go in and turn it off without learning Mandarin.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 05:14 AM (6ydKt)


If you were an English major, you could make bank writing owner's manuals and directions in clear language.

If you were a Film or Communications major, you could make bank making quality videos of, say, how to remove the cutting deck of the riding mower.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 06:31 AM (eRlcH)

123 AI Coding Agents Generate More Code, But Not More Software:
slashdot.org/story/458154

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:31 AM (ij/FE)

124 If freezers and water systems are at risk then obviously airplanes and autos are too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 06:32 AM (Ic/k/)

125
The local Fox outlet is airing the predictable squawking of people complaining about the livestream of Hasan's execution.

These same people long for Trump to be assassinated on live TV.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 06:33 AM (eRlcH)

126 Dogs have an uncanny way of communicating with humans. Comes with spending 10,000 odd years with humans I suppose.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 06:23 AM (1UOiF)

It would be cool if AI gives dogs and the cats the ability to talk, like with some kind of brain-to-computer interface and a speaker for their "thoughts" to come out of.

There was that animated movie with the dogs talking that way.
"Up" ??, I think.

I read somewhere there's a group using AI to try to decode dolphin speak already.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:33 AM (6ydKt)

127 My train of thought left the station on time. And it arrived at the next station when it should. But a car was missing from the middle!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)

128 124 If freezers and water systems are at risk then obviously airplanes and autos are too
_-_
Kill Switch.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:34 AM (RoBC7)

129 It's like watching an old Perry Mason TV show.
But it was your gun that murdered the man. Where do you keep your gun?
I keep it in the glove compartment in my car.
Now you are on trial for murder.

Posted by: Case at October 13, 2026 06:34 AM (ROPCF)

130 These same people long for Trump to be assassinated on live TV.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 06:33 AM (eRlcH)

And celebrated when Charlie Kirk was.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:35 AM (6ydKt)

131 I did not know this until Spotify played it just now but Roseanne Cash recorded a duet with the idiot Bruce Springsteen called "Sea Of Heartbreak" and it isn't terrible.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 06:35 AM (Ic/k/)

132 spot-on, H7!

they would run executions of citizens 24/7 on the Government Channel.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 06:36 AM (VyBeY)

133 Maceo (MAYseeoh), big orange fella who passed away in Feb., was very intelligent and very empathic. Cats can be very good at both if you get the right cat and spend the right time with it.
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 13, 2026


***
Marie-Antoinette the late black cat was a feline Mensa member. Big black Stirling, one of the two incumbents, is very bright and quite affectionate, even as a kitten. I've found (in a limited sample of three) that black cats are the most adaptable and easygoing, and might well tend to be the brightest.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

134 If you were an English major, you could make bank writing owner's manuals and directions in clear language.

If you were a Film or Communications major, you could make bank making quality videos of, say, how to remove the cutting deck of the riding mower.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 06:31 AM (eRlcH)

I could do better than the guy in China running their rudimentary owner's manual through Google Translate, for sure.

There are a lot of videos on YouTube explaining to people how to do things with, or repair, their equipment and devices that the manufacturers seem to have given up on doing.

And they do it much more effectively.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:38 AM (6ydKt)

135 Time for me second coffee, mates.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

136 It rain.

Since I live in a desert, this is welcome.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2026 06:40 AM (BLOW1)

137 If you were an English major, you could make bank writing owner's manuals and directions in clear language.

If you were a Film or Communications major, you could make bank making quality videos of, say, how to remove the cutting deck of the riding mower.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026


***
I once thought I could be a training manual writer, and write online help snippets. And I was good at it . . . until the companies I worked for decided those things were unnecessary.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)

138 136 It rain.

Since I live in a desert, this is welcome.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2026 06:40 AM (BLOW1)

Hopefully not enough for a flash flood, then.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:41 AM (6ydKt)

139 There was that animated movie with the dogs talking that way.
"Up" ??
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:33 AM (6ydKt)
--------------------
That was indeed "Up", and the character was a fine dog who spoke the straightforward line "I am Dug. I love you."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 06:42 AM (Y4nh3)

140 136 It rain.

Since I live in a desert, this is welcome.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2026 06:40 AM (BLOW1)

YAY!

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:42 AM (odBC9)

141 That was indeed "Up", and the character was a fine dog who spoke the straightforward line "I am Dug. I love you."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 06:42 AM (Y4nh3)


Oh, no. Not the cone of shame!!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:43 AM (6ydKt)

142 It rain.

Since I live in a desert, this is welcome.
_-_
And there is no gratitude like that of desert vegetation.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:43 AM (ij/FE)

143 M R 💧

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:43 AM (odBC9)

144 142 It rain.

Since I live in a desert, this is welcome.
_-_
And there is no gratitude like that of desert vegetation.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:43 AM (ij/FE)

Who are you calling "vegetation"?!!!

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 06:44 AM (odBC9)

145 Who are you calling "vegetation"?!!!
_-_
Firmly planted here myself.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:45 AM (RoBC7)

146 "It's Bob I tell you. Look at the stupid grin and those vacant eyes. I tell you, he's been domesticated."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 06:47 AM (LOvBA)

147 Hot this week, and no rain, with a possible "cold" front (ha!) expected this weekend -- highs in the upper 70s, in other words. I'll have to take it easy on workouts tomorrow and Friday, but Sat. and Sun. look good.

Today, car wash, and a trip to the bank to deposit the big $3.57 refund check I got from Flo's Bros on my renter's insurance. Wow. That will almost buy me a coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:48 AM (wzUl9)

148 I mentioned on the ONT that I got a call from my oldest friend last night. He's doing well -- some back arthritis, though. He lives on the west coast of FL, so he had no trouble from the recent hurricane.

He told me the story of how he was riding with another jr. high friend of ours in the latter's MG Midget sport car. They were traveling through a section of town that's pretty bad now, but in the '80s was a horror zone. C.J. asks, "What'll you do if we get a flat here?"

Tommy's reply: "I've got thirteen rounds in my gun. The last two are for you and me!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

149

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 13, 2026 06:52 AM (BmWe5)

150 Okay, work beckons.

Remember people, if the toaster laughs, shoot it dead-right-there.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 13, 2026 06:52 AM (O7YUW)

151 Tommy's reply: "I've got thirteen rounds in my gun. The last two are for you and me!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

Saving the last bullet for yourself was a common trope in Westerns. Especially when they circled the wagons.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 06:53 AM (6ydKt)

152 Remember people, if the toaster laughs, shoot it dead-right-there.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 13, 2026


***
Then: "The Brave Little Toaster."

Now: "The Hysterical Little Toaster Who Transitioned Into a Waffle Iron."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

153 Saving the last bullet for yourself was a common trope in Westerns. Especially when they circled the wagons.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

"And go to your god like a soldier."

Posted by: Rudyard at October 13, 2026 06:54 AM (Fv808)

154 Tommy's reply: "I've got thirteen rounds in my gun. The last two are for you and me!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026
*
Saving the last bullet for yourself was a common trope in Westerns. Especially when they circled the wagons.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026


***
He was playing on that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)

155 Saving the last bullet for yourself was a common trope in Westerns. Especially when they circled the wagons.
_-_
And after reading some of Jeff Broome's work (c.f. Cheyenne War - Indian Raids on the Road to Denver), not completely without reason.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:57 AM (ij/FE)

156 Apparently Michelle Tafoya, who is running toed with blithering idiot Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota-stan spoke too much truth and said her voters might lose this election by sitting at home instead of going to vote. Seems obviously true, but Republicans are telling her to button it.

--

This isn't computing. The Repubs told the Republican running not to tell her voters to sit home?

Maybe I'm not awake enough yet...

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 06:57 AM (qBdHI)

157 Latest rocket launch this morning was framed in a perfectly clear morning sky right above the house.

Absolutely breathtaking!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 13, 2026 06:58 AM (iMotb)

158 And after reading some of Jeff Broome's work (c.f. Cheyenne War - Indian Raids on the Road to Denver), not completely without reason.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 13, 2026 06:57 AM (ij/FE)
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If Larry McMurty's character Blue Duck was after you, saving a bullet for yourself would be a good idea.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 06:59 AM (CtByK)

159 A “high trust” society so often mentioned, what people fail to realize this isn’t merely a luxury or one of those nice things to have. If is not optional if we are to have a functional society.

They have everybody trained now. If your car gets stolen, why, it’s your fault! Clown World.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2026 07:00 AM (A2uPQ)

160 Time has flown away
I can no longer stay
Restfull peace awaits
The most gentle of traits
Darkness is a mere delay
To separate night from day



fin

Posted by: clarence at October 13, 2026 07:00 AM (hOSrB)

161 I think the most my toaster (a Sunbeam T-20 "Radiant Control") could do would be a shy smile of pleasure at successfully completing a toasting cycle. (well deserved!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 07:01 AM (VyBeY)

162 So who shut down the food freezers in Europe? The same people who tape themselves to grocery store floors in front of the meat sections so you can't buy the meat? Seriously, what kind of evil piece of human garbage do you have to be to do something like this?

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 07:02 AM (qBdHI)

163 Apparently Michelle Tafoya, who is running toed with blithering idiot Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota-stan spoke too much truth and said her voters might lose this election by sitting at home instead of going to vote. Seems obviously true, but Republicans are telling her to button it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 06:17 AM (Zypo6)

They aren't her voters. They are Trump's. If she loses, it's her fault. Not theirs. Tired of hearing this from the GOP.

It's *your* fault, guys. Your Party sucks ass. The dogs don't like the food. Don't blame the dogs. Stop serving up cans of shit, and they may eat it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2026 07:02 AM (BI5O2)

164 Flo sent you a check? Jealous. My favorite woman in a smock.

Posted by: For Over 18 Years Now at October 13, 2026 07:02 AM (EdP2u)

165 This isn't computing. The Repubs told the Republican running not to tell her voters to sit home?

Maybe I'm not awake enough yet...
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2026 06:57 AM (qBdHI)
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It doesn't compute, you are right, but it sounded as if the GOP was worried she was somehow insulting voters instead of motivating them. Probably a small distinction, or maybe it was just her wording.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2026 07:03 AM (CtByK)

166 "A “high trust” society so often mentioned, what people fail to realize this isn’t merely a luxury or one of those nice things to have. If is not optional if we are to have a functional society."

exactly right, Common Tater!

rural Wisconsin still has lingering bits of it. nice to live here.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 07:04 AM (VyBeY)

167 Some people buy Commie red toasters, not chrome like Nature intended.

Posted by: Subversives, Everywhere at October 13, 2026 07:05 AM (EdP2u)

168 167, bastards! no respect for nothin'!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 07:07 AM (VyBeY)

169 We might need AI psychologists for AI if that keeps up

paging Dr. Susan Calvin...


And, um.

Elon's a smart guy. Does he realize that the 'thinking logs' are almost certainly just 'phrase it in terms that humans expect to see', just like the 'output' chat?

I look at the visible 'thinking logs' on some of my requests to certain LLMs and it's full of logic-loop crazy, too... it'll bounce back and forth between "A, then B. B, but A. A, but B. B, then A" for stupid-long amounts of time.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 13, 2026 07:08 AM (aJQbY)

170 I hack into AOSHQ to drive up my Sockpuppet #s.

Posted by: Win If You Can, Lose i You Must, at October 13, 2026 07:08 AM (EdP2u)

171 170 I hack into AOSHQ to drive up my Sockpuppet #s.
Posted by: Win If You Can, Lose i You Must, at October 13, 2026 07:08 AM (EdP2u)

Cheater!

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 07:09 AM (odBC9)

172 You know, Homer, Flo wears comfortable shoes.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 07:09 AM (LOvBA)

173 The food court at the Ice Rink in University Towne Center has a place to buy frozen chocolate covered bananas.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 07:12 AM (LOvBA)

174 The IRGC is threatening to to cut underwater communication cables and cut off internet and digital services.

They are being mock mercilessly. "Best Starlink advertisement ever". Only Iran will be without service.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2026 07:12 AM (cJzCZ)

175 172 You know, Homer, Flo wears comfortable shoes.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

I suspicion Jamie is light in the loafers.

Posted by: Gaydar Love at October 13, 2026 07:12 AM (EdP2u)

176 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

For the second night in a row my cat Chloe decided she wanted to sleep right next to me.

I think she's starting to accept me...

Penny doesn't complain either, though she does hiss at Chloe if Chloe gets too close.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 13, 2026 07:12 AM (FZ29D)

177 I'm using Claude to program a new android keyboard for me using a filtering design I developed. So far it works very well. I have reduced keystrokes by 40% and back spaces are in the 3% range (typically between 12% to 20% for other keyboards). Also completely offline operation.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 13, 2026 07:13 AM (DbmIv)

178 He was playing on that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)

hehe, that's what I figured.

That joke probably wouldn't work on anybody under 40.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 07:14 AM (6ydKt)

179 173 The food court at the Ice Rink in University Towne Center has a place to buy frozen chocolate covered bananas.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Popular at State Fairs, too.

Posted by: Midway Mike at October 13, 2026 07:14 AM (EdP2u)

180 Insomnia since 2 am. Might as well get up, melt cheese on chips, and work.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 13, 2026 07:15 AM (Fv808)

181
The IRGC is threatening to to cut underwater communication cables and cut off internet and digital services.

O noes! Then I wouldn't be able to hear Europeans sneering at us!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2026 07:15 AM (eRlcH)

182 173 The food court at the Ice Rink in University Towne Center has a place to buy frozen chocolate covered bananas.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
----
There's always money in the banana stand.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 13, 2026 07:15 AM (FZ29D)

183 I cannot comprehend why anyone would hack supermarket freezers. Mentally ill idiots with hacking skills. I hope they're arrested and forced to eat the food spoiled by their juvenile pursuits. Then freeze them and thaw them in the supermarket freezers.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 13, 2026 07:15 AM (2NHgQ)

184 Because some people are evil. You don't need to comprehend why, just recognize that they do.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 13, 2026 07:17 AM (Fv808)

185 neverenoughcaffeine, fastest way to start a riot. Food shortages.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2026 07:17 AM (cJzCZ)

186 After more than four years, the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space and I have settled into a routine. Different routines: Stirling sleeps with me and sits on my lap for milk-treading; Dagny will occasionally sit on the arm of the sofa. Last night Linda popped her onto the cushion on my lap, and the little furball stayed, napping and being stroked, for half an hour. She's still The Cat Who Walks By Herself -- but she'd getting better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

187 Ben Had. Then it's adding to the riots since they already have plenty of rioting.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 13, 2026 07:19 AM (2NHgQ)

188 180 Insomnia since 2 am. Might as well get up, melt cheese on chips, and work.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 13, 2026 07:15 AM (Fv80

That's why I gave up fighting it and just work from around 2:30 to 11:00 a.m. now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026 07:20 AM (6ydKt)

189 Since January 20, 2025, to October 8, 2026, New York has failed to honor 16,070 ICE detainers. There are 52,503 total criminal charges and convictions associated with the detainers that were not honored.

Committing the crimes Americans will not commit.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 13, 2026 07:20 AM (/+uur)

190 That joke probably wouldn't work on anybody under 40.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 13, 2026


***
"Bullets? Those are sooo dangerous! Guns are icky!"
(-- under-40 snowflakes everywhere)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 07:21 AM (wzUl9)

191 Ok. I am here.

JJ you can now post the Morning Report.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 07:22 AM (jmpEl)

192 First cup of coffee of the morning. Had the puppy out for her morning constitutional without being stomped by the ginormous male moose wandering our neighborhood. It's rutting season for moose and they can be a tad bit nasty at this time. He scared the cattle grazing in the pasture east of us and stampeded them last night.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 13, 2026 07:24 AM (2NHgQ)

193 First cup of coffee of the morning. Had the puppy out for her morning constitutional without being stomped by the ginormous male moose wandering our neighborhood. It's rutting season for moose and they can be a tad bit nasty at this time. He scared the cattle grazing in the pasture east of us and stampeded them last night.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 13, 2026


***
Insert "Hey, Rocky . . ." joke here

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

194 rickb223, see you Friday?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2026 07:26 AM (cJzCZ)

195 Ok. I am here.

JJ you can now post the Morning Report.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 07:22 AM (jmpEl)

If you want, I can write a dull, noir pastiche. That should bring the MR online.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 13, 2026 07:26 AM (1Ff7Z)

196 Better to use common sense and protect yourself and your belongings than to count on other people to be honest. The bad guys could be anywhere. Lock your stuff up, don't leave your stuff wide open for someone to steal it. I live in a rural area too. I lock my house doors when I drive into town. And I sure don't leave my keys in the car.

Posted by: Case at October 13, 2026 07:26 AM (ROPCF)

197 Raised in NYS, but will never darken their towels again. Hochul and Tish are a danger to all decent people.

Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at October 13, 2026 07:26 AM (EdP2u)

198 Good morning. Scripts are still running so I slept in. Only a few more days and nights.

News when I was upstairs at 7am.

CBC - Alberta referendum. Cue 'Nothing will happen' guy. Not concerning at all, a request for 650,000 additional mail-in ballots. Sure, Yep.

CNN - Six Flags death. Roller coasters shut down.

MSNow - a panel of people talking about a sports book with a guy who hates the Dallas NFL team. The cheerleaders probably make him feel uncomfortable.

FoxNews - Saudi Arabia attacked for the third straight day. What'd they ever do to deserve that...
Oh right...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 13, 2026 07:27 AM (Sco7b)

199 fastest way to start a riot. Food shortages"

Check out pics from the latest Urrop protests... most could use a food shortage or two...

Posted by: man at October 13, 2026 07:27 AM (pfXMo)

200 rickb223, see you Friday?
Posted by: Ben Had


Magic 8 Ball says yes. 😁

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 07:29 AM (jmpEl)

201 Raised in NYS, but will never darken their towels again.

Darken their towels?

You are correct about Hochul and James.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 07:29 AM (JrHfD)

202 Mice try to get in your house this time of year. Glad I don't have moose trying to do that.

Posted by: I Hate Meeses To Pieces at October 13, 2026 07:29 AM (EdP2u)

203 And I sure don't leave my keys in the car."

This. I will never comprehend the mindset that says "I'll leave the car running while I go into 7-11"

And I'm driving next to that person on the highway.

*more coffee

Posted by: man at October 13, 2026 07:30 AM (pfXMo)

204 Raised in NYS, but will never darken their towels again. Hochul and Tish are a danger to all decent people.
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at October 13, 2026


***
Oh, for the days when NYC was known as "Fun City" . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 07:30 AM (wzUl9)

205 180 Insomnia since 2 am. Might as well get up, melt cheese on chips, and work.
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 13, 2026 07:15 AM (Fv80

melt cheese on chips
yum

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 07:31 AM (odBC9)

206 Mice try to get in your house this time of year. Glad I don't have moose trying to do that.
Posted by: I Hate Meeses To Pieces at October 13, 2026


***
"Meeska, mooska, Mouseketeer,
Mouse Cartoon Time now is here . . ."
(-- mental snippet from childhood)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2026 07:32 AM (wzUl9)

207 When you stay in a hotel, you darken their towels. Sebum, dirt, oils, etc. I shouldn't have to explain this.

Posted by: Andrew Gillum On A Spree at October 13, 2026 07:32 AM (EdP2u)

208 melt cheese on chips
yum"

Fondue everything!

Posted by: man at October 13, 2026 07:33 AM (pfXMo)

209 Of course JJ is up.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2026 07:33 AM (jmpEl)

210 Nood Italicans.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 13, 2026 07:33 AM (NcvvS)

211 J.J. Sefton. Arriving runway 05.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

212 Good morning morons

Feeling melancholy today the birthday of my buddy Paul z"l

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 07:34 AM (RIvkX)

213 Better to use common sense and protect yourself and your belongings than to count on other people to be honest. The bad guys could be anywhere. Lock your stuff up, don't leave your stuff wide open for someone to steal it. I live in a rural area too. I lock my house doors when I drive into town. And I sure don't leave my keys in the car.
——

You missed the point entirely, fully, and completely. Well done! I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2026 07:39 AM (rum8d)

214 184 Because some people are evil. You don't need to comprehend why, just recognize that they do.
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 13, 2026 07:17 AM (Fv80

But I WANT to comprehend why.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 07:39 AM (odBC9)

215 cutting and pasting here, boss:

159 = A “high trust” society so often mentioned, what people fail to realize this isn’t merely a luxury or one of those nice things to have. If is not optional if we are to have a functional society.

They have everybody trained now. If your car gets stolen, why, it’s your fault! Clown World.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2026 07:00 AM (A2uPQ)

196 = Better to use common sense and protect yourself and your belongings than to count on other people to be honest. The bad guys could be anywhere. Lock your stuff up, don't leave your stuff wide open for someone to steal it. I live in a rural area too. I lock my house doors when I drive into town. And I sure don't leave my keys in the car.
Posted by: Case at October 13, 2026 07:26 AM (ROPCF)

213 = You missed the point entirely, fully, and completely. Well done! I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2026 07:39 AM (rum8d)

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 07:57 AM (odBC9)

216 >>>GoogleBooks are what we have come to expect from Google.

I clicked the link since I was mildly interested in what was new with Google Books. And I found out what a difference a space makes. Since GoogleBook is just Chromebook rebranded, it turns out I have not much interest at all.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 13, 2026 10:35 AM (8mulE)

217 THE YEARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES.

If you know, you know.

Posted by: Saber Alter at October 13, 2026 12:56 PM (K5yMI)

Monday Overnight Open Thread (10/12/26) Happy Columbus Day Edition

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[Mis. Hum. original, 24"x 30" acrylic]



The Quotes of The Day

Quote I

“While sanctuary politicians continue to release dangerous criminals onto their streets, our brave law enforcement officers will continue to risk their lives to arrest these heinous criminals and make America safe again. Illegal aliens have no sanctuary in America,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin


Quote II
They’re saying, well, you voted to confirm them. I said, I voted with the unanimous vote out of Senate Armed Services Committee. Now I’m telling you, I fucked up and he needs to go. What else do we need to talk about? Soon to be retired Senator Thom Tillis (RINO-NC)


Quote III

“Mount Sinai is committed to ensuring that our patients have access to high-quality care while also maintaining the resources necessary to serve our communities,” Mount Sinai representative Lucia Lee


Things that make me chuckle..............

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Speaking of despicable Muslim mothers.....Ewww hate to have been the G-Spot Man searching her undies drawer.

Live updates: Rep. Ilhan Omar says she will ‘not be silenced’ after Homeland Security searches her home

Maybe in Sharia some misogynist imam will silence her for us. The Headless Woman has a ring to it. Just ask Daniel Pearl.


*****

So about the science being settled? Holy crap Marie! Too early for a Genius Award Winner?


*****

I'm not a science guy. That's why I enjoy when friend of the blog Robert Zimmerman takes the time to share with us. NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more

You can download all the documents for this RFP here. From the RFP cover letter:

This competitive acquisition will result in a Multi-Award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the ability to issue Firm-Fixed-Priced (FFP) task orders. The contract will have an effective ordering period of 8 years from the contract effective date, and two (2) option periods to extend the ordering period as follows: a 4-year Option Period 1 and a 3-year Option Period 2 for a total potential ordering period of 15 years.

The anticipated contract award date is April 15, 2027, with an effective date occurring on the same day as the award. The contracts will primarily be performed off-site at the Contractor’s facilities; Contractors may perform some aspect of the work on-site at NASA centers as enabled by NASA Collaborations or Government Task Agreements.



*****

The ONT Musical Interlude & Play List Number 12 out of ........ Emporium

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Man's best friend, love and sacrifice all wrapped into one story. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.


*****


Maybe self-service isn't so bad after all. Genius Award Winners!

Cessna 421 misfueled with Jet-A: the receipt was the last check
NTSB blames the refueler and cites the pilot’s missed check. The receipt said Jet-A. The airplane left anyway.

*****


Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Sound Advice (And probably a Mystery Click)

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Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire & AceCorp, LLC. All rights reserved, maybe. Well perhaps. I'm not sure, better check with Dewey, Cheatem & Howe, S.C. American attorney superstars.

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1 Oh.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:02 PM (96kpa)

2 !!

Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 10:02 PM (hOSrB)

3 Good evening

Posted by: Cosda at October 12, 2026 10:02 PM (84/X3)

4 Second?

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:03 PM (VCgbV)

5 Fly Ethiopian Airlines, always get you there on time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:03 PM (BzKNL)

6 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 10:03 PM (N5iuz)

7 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 12, 2026 10:03 PM (+9wcF)

8 Happy Native Born Italian American Day!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 10:04 PM (xqL5c)

9 Lovely painting MisHum! You do kick it dear❣️

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:04 PM (96kpa)

10 Liftoff!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 10:05 PM (wxsGM)

11 Evenin’, All. Happy Tuesday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:05 PM (77rzZ)

12 "NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more. . ."

SpaceX could have a working prototype by late afternoon tomorrow.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 10:06 PM (N5iuz)

13 Ethiopia is the only country in the world with a 13 month calendar. How would you know if the plane was on time?

Posted by: What Time Dit is? at October 12, 2026 10:07 PM (EdP2u)

14 These boots are made for walking and that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.
Brought to you by the Socialists of America.

Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 10:08 PM (ROPCF)

15 You done good painting the scene up top in the dark. Was the skeeters bitin'?

Posted by: Oily To Bed at October 12, 2026 10:09 PM (EdP2u)

16 So about the science being settled? Holy crap Marie! Too early for a Genius Award Winner?

If a Darwin Award is given for "removing yourself from the gene pool," does a father who accidentally buries his still-living teenage daughter qualify?

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

17 Thanks Marie. I appreciate your compliments

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 12, 2026 10:09 PM (CkDaS)

18 If I was blind and could only hear....yeah the MisHum and Mr. Zappa😜....yowza!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:10 PM (96kpa)

19 Soon to be retired Senator Thom Tillis (RINO-NC)
... 📯 _🎵 🎵 Snoopy, Happy Dance 🤡🤡🤡

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:10 PM (BzKNL)

20 Today's high was 81, and then the wind and clouds came. Within two hours, the temperature fell (SWIDT?) 20 degrees. I guess our warm spell is over!

Posted by: pookysgirl, grabbing a sweatshirt at October 12, 2026 10:10 PM (Wt5PA)

21 The pilot told investigators he read the receipt and saw that Jet-A had been supplied, but the group wanted to get home and left without inspecting or sampling the fuel.
****

Burn the pilot's license forever. Make him pay for the plane's repair and the treatment of the passenger's injuries. He is too fucking stupid to be allowed in the air.

Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 10:11 PM (hOSrB)

22 Johnny Cash knew the deal.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 10:11 PM (zcI95)

23 Fly Ethiopian Airlines, always get you there on time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:03 PM (BzKNL)

Their planes are fueled by ethiopanol.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:11 PM (quk5M)

24 15 You done good painting the scene up top in the dark. Was the skeeters bitin'?
Posted by: Oily To Bed at October 12, 2026 10:09 PM (EdP2u

No skeeters here.
Ha I make myself chuckle

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 12, 2026 10:12 PM (CkDaS)

25 Hey, Pookysgirl.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

26 Good evening morons y gracias mh

Love the waterfall at night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

27 Thanks for the dandy Monday Night ONT, Mis Hum!

Loved the Feel Good Story of the Day. Good human!

Nice painting up top too...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 12, 2026 10:13 PM (D/6p1)

28 No skeeters here.
Ha I make myself chuckle
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian


No insect that large gets a cutesy pet name.

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

29 If a Darwin Award is given for "removing yourself from the gene pool," does a father who accidentally buries his still-living teenage daughter qualify?
Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

We laugh, but this sort of thing used to happen with some regularity in pre-Industrial societies, even when the "deceased" was pronounced dead by a doctor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:16 PM (quk5M)

30 So about the science being settled? Holy crap Marie! Too early for a Genius Award Winner?
___________________________________

Of the 1,400 Guatemalans in the US under a Student VISA, I wonder how many are planning to go to med school.

(Disclaimer: If in a medical class with a Guatemalan, properly caffeinate so as not to fall asleep and end up on the cadaver table)

*This has been a public service announcement. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming. Tonight's offering "The Bride of Frankenstein." *

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)

31 I can hear this painting.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 12, 2026 10:16 PM (Buh4t)

32 Thom Tillis Exclaims He ‘F*cked Up’ His Hegseth Confirmation Vote as Bill Maher Presses Him

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What a useless bucket of shit you are, Tillis.

GFY

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (4Je4D)

33 ****Illegals Receive Top-Tier Healthcare over Citizens in Zohran Mamdani’s NYC
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Of course, all good politicians take care of their constituents.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (BzKNL)

34 My dog just farted and I'm currently trying not to choke to death

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (oqH4h)

35 Burn the pilot's license forever. Make him pay for the plane's repair and the treatment of the passenger's injuries. He is too fucking stupid to be allowed in the air.
Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 10:11 PM (hOSrB)

Yes. The pilot is the "pilot in command". The fueler made a dumb mistake, but that is a pretty lowly job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:18 PM (quk5M)

36 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at October 12, 2026 10:18 PM (w3u3d)

37 Sorry I'm late, Mamma hid the snickerdoodles.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 12, 2026 10:19 PM (kCFGk)

38 Cool mystery click like ONTs of olde

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

39 Hey y'all.

Posted by: Don Black at October 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

40 12 "NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more. . ."

SpaceX could have a working prototype by late afternoon tomorrow.

Posted by: Tonypete
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Heh, yeah, it's in hangar B.

He built it to relax and take his mind off Starship.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:20 PM (BzKNL)

41 Thom Tillis Exclaims He ‘F*cked Up’ His Hegseth Confirmation Vote as Bill Maher Presses Him

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Tillis would prefer a real "man" in that job, like Lloyd "Three Mask" Austin.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 12, 2026 10:20 PM (4Je4D)

42 One fond memory of walking by Mount Sinai Hospital in the 70s was some black yutes opening the fire hydrant next to a Triumph Spitfire convertible that was parked illegally close to the hydrant with the top down. Probably someone parked quick and ran into the hospital (a doc, maybe). The youngsters were directing the flow of the water into the car and it was full up to the tops of the doors. I didn't hang about to see when the owner returned. You walk quickly with your head down in that neighborhood. The main hospital is on the Upper West side, but this was one of their facilities in Harlem. I rode/drove in a car pool that parked at 125th and Lexington. Hop the express, get to Midtown in minutes. The lot itself had an attendant and was safe to park in.

Posted by: Water Under The Bridge at October 12, 2026 10:20 PM (EdP2u)

43 Good stuff, MisHum. Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 10:20 PM (41CYW)

44 Pure greatness. Mis Hum, pure greatness once again.

Posted by: Happy at October 12, 2026 10:21 PM (QZkUY)

45 Nice painting up top, MisHum. I'm wondering what sort of geology underlies the ledges that comprise that cascade?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:21 PM (quk5M)

46 My dog just farted and I'm currently trying not to choke to death
Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (oqH4h)
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Did you feed it Beefarino?

Posted by: Kramer at October 12, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

47 Nanook fell into a ring of fire?

Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 10:23 PM (oq9dX)

48 46 My dog just farted and I'm currently trying not to choke to death
Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (oqH4h)
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Did you feed it Beefarino?
Posted by: Kramer at October 12, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)
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Yeah, pay attention, or the pup might miss his window.

Posted by: Kramer follow-up at October 12, 2026 10:23 PM (dIske)

49 Nice, MisHum.

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:25 PM (kU0PQ)

50 Thirty five years ago my daughter was born, thus ending the Columbus/indigenous conflict in our house. It's the kid's holiday.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 12, 2026 10:25 PM (sl73Y)

51 F--k, and I paid those Ghanaians up front.

Posted by: Guatemalan Dad at October 12, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

52 My dog ate a double cheeseburger from P. Terry's tonight. Apparently he doesn't like tomatoes or lettuce or the wrapper which he kindly left on the kitchen floor...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:26 PM (VCgbV)

53 Go Buckley !

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:27 PM (nxLtX)

54 Evening, Columbus Dayers,

We just finished Season One of Hap & Leonard, the series based on Joe R. Lansdale's crime novels. If this first season was based on the first novel in the series, I need to find it. Talk about intense . . . and there are several points where you wonder if the heroes are going to make it out of the severely tight spot they are in. They have to, it's a TV series (however limited -- six eps a season), but you really wonder.

Anyway! How was your Dia de Cristobal Colon?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 10:28 PM (wzUl9)

55 Ben had,
You still might find a "dumped" dog at your property one day...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:29 PM (VCgbV)

56 NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more.

We shall call it, K-7.

Posted by: Space Force at October 12, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

57 My dog ate a double cheeseburger from P. Terry's tonight. Apparently he doesn't like tomatoes or lettuce or the wrapper which he kindly left on the kitchen floor...
Posted by: lin-duh
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The doggo is refined. A dog of principle. No salad.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 10:29 PM (41CYW)

58 Thom Tillis Exclaims He ‘F*cked Up’ His Hegseth Confirmation Vote as Bill Maher Presses Him

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Thom, because you're a fvck up, you see?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

59 My other Hospital story about Harlem was doing a good deal of woodwork, Formica work at the Harlem Hospital for Joint Diseases. It's changed names now, some kind of Orthopedic name. Every little splinter or cut I got there got infected. Never happened anywhere else I worked. It was strange, wonder what the patients experienced.

Posted by: Unkindest Cuts at October 12, 2026 10:30 PM (EdP2u)

60 Wow -- good thing they had a glass window on that coffin.

Posted by: Half Dozen at October 12, 2026 10:31 PM (JZhkI)

61 Hello, Ben Had.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:31 PM (77rzZ)

62 48

My dog can fart on demand. No beefareeno required. Annnd...she farts sweet little roses. Whatta gal💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:32 PM (96kpa)

63 lin-duh, just bring him with you and I will take him. Jaegar is 15 and I'm going to need a replacement.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:32 PM (nxLtX)

64 Every little splinter or cut I got there got infected.

Good friend is a retired RN, specializing in hospital "cleanliness" in her later career. She strongly advised me to never go to a hospital unless a direct family member was there. Why? She said the places were full of too many illnesses and bacteria.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (Jr+re)

65 My dog can fart on demand. No beefareeno required. Annnd...she farts sweet little roses. Whatta gal💕
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:32 PM (96kpa)
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Your dog is my spirit animal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

66 I give 25% odds that if Omar is repatriated, Trump actually posts "we've reunited Omar with her clitoris and her people, but mostly her clitoris"

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (88C+u)

67 That's gonna be one insufferable teenage girl for the rest of her years at home.

"Did you clean your room?"

"Does it matter? I'm dead!"

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

68 Fuck Thom Tillis with a sideways rusty barb wire wrapped flaming pineapple.

Posted by: Butch at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (98xTj)

69 We laugh, but this sort of thing used to happen with some regularity in pre-Industrial societies, even when the "deceased" was pronounced dead by a doctor.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:16 PM (quk5M)

That's why some Victorians had little bells on the top of the coffin with a string attached and pullable from inside.

Source: "The Great Train Robbery," starring Sean Connery.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

70 Good evening Bulg. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:34 PM (nxLtX)

71 @52. The dog is smart to leave the lettuce alone, must have heard about the tainted crap.

Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 10:34 PM (ROPCF)

72
NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more

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Two door or four door?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:34 PM (eRlcH)

73 “Mount Sinai is committed to ensuring that our patients have access to high-quality care while also maintaining the resources necessary to serve our communities,”
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Ahhh, the old, "Which line you're in." Orwell would like a word. Some lines are more equal than other lines.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 10:35 PM (41CYW)

74 Maybe self-service isn't so bad after all.
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Thinking, if it's a little plane with propellers and such, maybe is a gasser?


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:35 PM (BzKNL)

75 Egad, that fuel story....
FTA:
A sump sample before engine start would have shown the difference, and that check stays with the pilot no matter who fueled the airplane.

That last part is so important. So true of so many things, but the consequences of passing off the responsibility in something like aviation are so very profound.

I hope the FOB or fueling company is paying for the "substantial damage to the right engine mount, fuselage, and empennage".

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:35 PM (kU0PQ)

76 The SS Cristoforo Colombo was a ship of the Italian Line. A very pretty vessel as all of the Italian Line fleet was. Michelangelo, Raffaelo, Leonardo da Vinci, were all beautiful modern liners, built, alas, too late. The Boeing 707 killed the transatlantic trade, mostly by 1965.

Posted by: Won't Mention The Andrea Doria at October 12, 2026 10:36 PM (EdP2u)

77 And that's an awful mystery click! LOL

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:37 PM (kU0PQ)

78 My Morningside Heights hospital story is going to a party at the Dental school and taking the 1 train to Penn station alone at 1 am completely toasted. Taking the local through Harlem was not smart.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

79 70 Ben Had, my new car is in the shop indefinitely, because I scraped the hell out of it against a pillar, and the shop has all of the parts on back order. It sucks, but it is what it is.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:38 PM (77rzZ)

80 76 Won't Mention The Andrea Doria
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Especially not in Stockholm.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 10:38 PM (41CYW)

81
Yeah, pay attention, or the pup might miss his window.
Posted by: Kramer follow-up at October 12, 2026 10:23 PM (dIske)
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Warning volley for sure.

Our first pup, Shepherd/Malamute/Husky aka Gilda, potty trained herself. Never peed or pooped in the house from age 8wks. Dude showed up with her when we were engaged as I "needed protection." No, he needed a dog as his parents were no pet people (mother, anyway). He only had salmonella green turtles where I lived on a farm zoo.

Gilda would go to the front door and hit it with her paw and stare at you to let her out. Would sleep in the snow during the day as she loved it.

Had her neutered. When she got home I was petting her on the couch. I guess she was so relieved to be home her spincter opened and a tidy turd appeared on the couch. That was it for her entire life of genteel living.

She did try to kill a peeping Tom or thief one day protecting me.

Should have been trained as a K9. Very smart. Smiled on command. Understood soccer rules with her tennis balls (goal was her not used dog house). Our first baby.

People cross country skiing (which she also loved) thought she was a fancy Akita vs a free puppy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 10:39 PM (hzuYO)

82 NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more

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Two door or four door?
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For a space station wagon, five.

Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 10:39 PM (hOSrB)

83 Ben had,
My mom is thinking of moving back in with us and if she does then I will need to do that. He's too big for her to handle and I'm afraid he'll knock her over when he gets excited.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:40 PM (VCgbV)

84 If you were born here you are native. Bonus points for being of Italian descent, at least today.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 10:40 PM (APZWP)

85 One of the Emergency! 2 hour movies made after the show ceased had a plot about 2 dummies filling one of the tanks of a Seattle Ferry with gasoline instead of diesel. When the grizzled engineer switched to that tank, there was an explosion and fire. They were pushing cars off the deck into the Sound. The two hour movies had a bigger budget than the regular show did. Pretty exciting stuff.

Posted by: Gage and DeSoto at October 12, 2026 10:41 PM (EdP2u)

86 lin-duh, He has a home with me.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:41 PM (nxLtX)

87 Gosh you guys...I sure wish I could make it to TX. I unfortunately have some hip work to have done next week. I realize photos are discouraged. But if some of my close pals can sneak me one or 2, I would so love it!
Anyway, I'll be there in spirit. I so love you all soooo much!
Lift a glass to me....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:42 PM (96kpa)

88 Sorry I'm late. Was watching YT accounts of The Beach Boys Mike Love recent concert performance looking especially frail, seated in a chair the entire time, hardly moving or singing.

It's sad.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 10:42 PM (wVcYX)

89 Why is nasa wasting money on a space station?

Just continue sending probes, that's literally the best bang for the buck at this point.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 10:42 PM (XV/Pl)

90 Thanks Ben Had!

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:43 PM (VCgbV)

91 78 My Morningside Heights hospital story is going to a party at the Dental school and taking the 1 train to Penn station alone at 1 am completely toasted. Taking the local through Harlem was not smart.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
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The last time I was in Penn Station NYC was over a decade ago. Like a giant urinal stench.

I would not ride a NYC subway anymore if paid a lot of money or without a SEAL Team with me.

Our crazy eldest, on a Broadway musical tour in college, was nearly stabbed going back to NJ on a subway at 1am. He knew nothing good happens after midnight. He and his friend were alone on a car and a black guy was between cars, begging to get in, with the stabber right behind him. They got off when it stopped and ran.

The SaxMan has nearly put me in an early urn (I can't say grave anymore as we are being cremated and sharing a drawer we still have to pick out).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 10:44 PM (hzuYO)

92 COMM, you got it, sweet lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:44 PM (nxLtX)

93 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 10:44 PM (sAmhv)

94 Why is nasa wasting money on a space station?
Posted by: Thomas Bender


How can you get your annual budget increase if you don't spend it all this year?

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

95 Genetic testing of Christopher Columbus’s son suggest Chris himself was of Jewish descent. Why not test Chris himself? His true burial place is disputed, so we can’t be sure it’s him in the grave. We are certain about his son’s remains however.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 10:45 PM (APZWP)

96 64 Every little splinter or cut I got there got infected.

I have that problem. In my tool bag, in the bathroom and wherever I am there is a can of Dermoplast, First Aid. Not to be confused with Pain Relief. It is the last remaining brand of pressurized antiseptic. Shake it up and hold the nozzle close to the spot and spray until the antiseptic hits the bottom. The force of the spray cleans the wound as well as killing germs.
You can't wait, do it immediately. That's why the can is on hand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:46 PM (BzKNL)

97 Bulg,
Perhaps learn how to navigate a parking lot!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 10:46 PM (yEz+x)

98 Private sector space stations are coming, so NASA doesn't need to commission "Near Space D.C.".
Personally I want a lunar base.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (88C+u)

99 Quiet night so far.

It appears most of the regular denizens of the ONT are already on their way to the TXMOME ...

Safe travels for those en route, and those who are about to !!!

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (oCio0)

100 95 Genetic testing of Christopher Columbus’s son suggest Chris himself was of Jewish descent.
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Read that about him also that he was largely funded by Jews.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (BzKNL)

101 My dog ate a double cheeseburger from P. Terry's tonight. Apparently he doesn't like tomatoes or lettuce or the wrapper which he kindly left on the kitchen floor...
Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:26 PM (VCgbV)

Was it given to him? Or was he wearing a purple cape and a mask?

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (kU0PQ)

102 Happy-ish Monday Evening, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Logical Progresion of Things Critic. . . at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (3ZUWJ)

103 browndog, you are missed.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (nxLtX)

104 The Harlem Hospital thing is weird because I worked at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk for 6 years after moving south and that never happened there. Maybe Sister Agatha prayed over the place, dunno.
Had a really nice carpenter shop there, did miles of laminate work and every kind of renovation work.

Posted by: Buildin' And Renovatin' Ova Here at October 12, 2026 10:48 PM (EdP2u)

105
NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more.

We shall call it, K-7.
Posted by: Space Force


Babylon 5
Terok Nor

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 10:48 PM (Cqx++)

106 How can you get your annual budget increase if you don't spend it all this year?
Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)


Yeah, when I worked for the government, we made sure we spent every penny in the budget each year. One year we all got electric pencil sharpeners on our desks.. Not much use to me, I always used mechanical pencils.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 10:49 PM (APZWP)

107 I have a list of stuff to pack for the trip to Corsicana. So far I've packed absolutely nothing! What's the rush?

Looking forward to seeing you soon, Ben Had!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 12, 2026 10:49 PM (Jr+re)

108 lin-duh, He has a home with me.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:41 PM (nxLtX)
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Where will I go when Mrs. F. finally locks me out for good?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

109 @79-Bulg.

the shop has all the parts on back order.

Oh crap, when they say the dreaded "back order" that's no good.

Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 10:49 PM (ROPCF)

110 Thinking, if it's a little plane with propellers and such, maybe is a gasser?


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:35 PM (BzKNL)

Many older piston-engined aircraft have been retro-fitted with turboprop engines, that burn...Jet A.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:49 PM (quk5M)

111 97 Nurse, my new vehicle is huge. It was either the pillar or another car. I just am not used to maneuvering such a bus.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:50 PM (77rzZ)

112 Checking out gang. MoMe prep in full swing tomorrow.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:50 PM (nxLtX)

113 Every little splinter or cut I got there got infected. Never happened anywhere else I worked. It was strange, wonder what the patients experienced.
Posted by: Unkindest Cuts at October 12, 2026 10:30 PM (EdP2u)

I suppose that would depend on how often they gave the patients splinters.

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:50 PM (kU0PQ)

114 Not even 11pm yet?

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 10:50 PM (Ia/+0)

115 San Franpsycho, Mi casa es Su casa.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:51 PM (nxLtX)

116 Personally I want a lunar base.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (88C+u)

Uh, not such a good idea.

Posted by: Commander John Koenig at October 12, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

117 Very nice Mis Hum

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 10:51 PM (Ia/+0)

118 Thom Tillis going out like a bitter, gay, man. Bless his heart.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 10:51 PM (sAmhv)

119 Bulg too bad about your new car immovable objects can be unforgiving.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

120 @52. The dog is smart to leave the lettuce alone, must have heard about the tainted crap.
Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 10:34 PM (ROPCF)

The lettuce tainted. The crap came because of the lettuce.

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:52 PM (kU0PQ)

121 Thanks for the ONT, Mis Hum!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 12, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr+re)

122 103 browndog, you are missed.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (nxLtX)

{{{Ben Had}}}

One of two things will happen in the next year or two:

1) my physical ability to compete will come to a close
or
b) the powers that be will schedule these comps at a different time of year.

Either way will get me back to Corsicana ... the sooner the better.

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 12, 2026 10:52 PM (oCio0)

123 Just had a call after dinner from my oldest friend. He's doing well out there in Florida, the west coast, so no troubles from the recent hurricane. Aside from some back pain from arthritis, his health is good.

He told me the story of riding with another of our jr. high buddies in the latter's MG Midget car in the '80s. They were driving through an area in town which is not great today, but back then was a horror zone. C.J. asks, "What would you do if we got a flat here?"

Tommy's reply: "I've got thirteen shells in my gun. The last two are for you and me!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)

124 San Franpsycho, Mi casa es Su casa.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:51 PM (nxLtX)
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I'll bring my bowl and blanket. Already used to sleeping on hay in the corner.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:53 PM (RIvkX)

125 118 Thom Tillis going out like a bitter, gay, man. Bless his heart.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

And by that we mean "fuck his ass".

Posted by: the pineapple at October 12, 2026 10:54 PM (88C+u)

126 That's why some Victorians had little bells on the top of the coffin with a string attached and pullable from inside.

Source: "The Great Train Robbery," starring Sean Connery.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

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The Victorians had a thing about taking "Death Photos" that just creep me the hell out. They usually took a family photo, and if you look very very closely, you can spot the cadaver in the bunch. The give away was usually the wide open eyes, while everyone else is keeping a casual (non-emotionjal) expression.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 10:54 PM (dIske)

127 119 SanF, all too true.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:55 PM (77rzZ)

128 I'm off to bed and to try and sleep a little later. This morning I woke at 3:45 am. Maybe I can do better tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)

129 89 Why is nasa wasting money on a space station?

Just continue sending probes, that's literally the best bang for the buck at this point.

Posted by: Thomas Bender
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That's what they do best.
Besides, Musk's plan is for tankers in space to refuel constant round trips to the Moon Factories. Already has new designs for launches from the moon instead of earth.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:55 PM (BzKNL)

130 Good night BenHad...I will so miss you and the gang💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:55 PM (96kpa)

131 Posted by: Commander John Koenig at October 12, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

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No, not you, the other lunar base with hot chicks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

132 Now I’m telling you, I'm fucked up - Thom Tillis
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Edited

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 12, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)

133 I'm off to bed and to try and sleep a little later. This morning I woke at 3:45 am. Maybe I can do better tomorrow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)

Why? You're not working anymore. Get up, sleep, whenever you want.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

134 I voted for Tillis in every primary and election because the alternative (Dem) was worse. Sometimes you just don't have a choice.

Posted by: Held My Nose at October 12, 2026 10:57 PM (EdP2u)

135 MisHum ... slow night, so can I still say how great your painting is? Very Tolkien-esque. I was waiting for Gandalf to explain the history of "The Dark Falls."

Posted by: YellowBird at October 12, 2026 10:57 PM (MEbkQ)

136 Some Cessnas are turboprops that use Jet A. This one did not: refueler error, but ultimately the pilot’s responsibility. Jet A is colorless and basically piurified kerosene. The 100LL that should have been used is dyed blue so you can tell it apart from Jet A.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 10:57 PM (APZWP)

137 Evenin', y'all.

How did everyone celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving Day today? Canadian Bacon, Poutine, and a Moulson? Maybe some BBQ Moose, or Beaver a la King?

(I don't even remember what poutine is, and I'm not going to search on it.)

Hey, did you hear the one about the goofy sailor half a millennium ago who thought the world was much smaller than everyone else knew it to be, and thought he could sail west from Europe and get to Asia? Couldn't find anyone dumb enough to finance the trip until he charmed some idiot queen or Spain or Portugal or somewhere like that. His crew almost mutinied and he lost one of his three ships. You'd think that guy would never be heard from again.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Zappa covers Cash - now I've heard it all. at October 12, 2026 10:57 PM (MjASY)

138 Apropos of nothing, I recently listened to an old time radio episode from 1954 or something like that. “The Mysterious Germ”

The plot line was about an evil bacteria being loosed by unscrupulous types, who also conveniently had developed a protective inoculation vaccine, for fun and useful profit. Hm. Of course nothing like this could ever happen in the real world in the ensuing 75 years or so, but the thought had apparently occurred to some, long long ago.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 12, 2026 10:57 PM (yFlgz)

139 noting he voted to confirm Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, Kristi Noem, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. despite having reservations about all of them.

So just taking a step back...what was wrong with any of them either at confirmation or now?

Hegseth is re-masculining the military. Tulsi was a bit more reserved then I expected which...isn't that what someone like Tillis claimed to want? And same with RFK...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm)

140 Bulg

Jeepers dude. Learn to drive. It’s not hard. I’ve driven many a large vehicle. Never hit a pillar in a parking lot.

Fuck. Man.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 10:58 PM (yEz+x)

141 Jeepers dude. Learn to drive. It’s not hard. I’ve driven many a large vehicle. Never hit a pillar in a parking lot.

Fuck. Man.

Cruel, nurse! But accurate!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 12, 2026 10:59 PM (Jr+re)

142 And a Subaru forester is not a large vehicle.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 10:59 PM (yEz+x)

143 isn't that what someone like Tillis claimed to want? And same with RFK...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm)

Almost as if Tillis is a bitter old loser who is now blaming anyone but himself for the position he now finds himself in.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 11:00 PM (88C+u)

144 I sure hope that no one abducts and sews Tillis and Brotherfucker together like a human ouroboros.

Posted by: don't worry, thom, her shit is halal at October 12, 2026 11:01 PM (Lv7SQ)

145 Jeepers dude. Learn to drive. It’s not hard. I’ve driven many a large vehicle. Never hit a pillar in a parking lot.

Fuck. Man.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 10:58 PM (yEz+x)
=====

Well now we have to have the whole timeline.

Also, aren't you married? So how is this her fault?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)

146 I suppose that would depend on how often they gave the patients splinters.
Posted by: GWB

The Sawbones Surgeons in an orthopedic hospital give the patients a lot more than splinters.

Posted by: Dr. Sawzall at October 12, 2026 11:02 PM (EdP2u)

147 How isn't this her fault?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)

148 Who picked the car when bought? If her, she's guilty. If you, she still could have refused! Again, guilty!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 12, 2026 11:03 PM (Jr+re)

149 Hi, Nurse! I love you too!

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 11:04 PM (77rzZ)

150 Chris Columbus had talked with northern sailors who told tales of their ancestors finding land west of Greenland. Chris figured the Earth must be egg shaped with the pointy end to the north, so the Far East wouldn’t be that far away. The Indies must be closer than what the scholars thought, because those northerners had found land not that far away!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 11:04 PM (APZWP)

151 A moron might infer from my marriage-related comments above than I'm a marriage expert.

I am not.

Posted by: Mrs. F. made me write that at October 12, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)

152 No skeeters here.
Ha I make myself chuckle
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

No insect that large gets a cutesy pet name.
Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

Not even Skeeter Davis?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2026 11:06 PM (qx7Zg)

153 @129

>>Besides, Musk's plan is for tankers in space to refuel constant round trips to the Moon Factories. Already has new designs for launches from the moon instead of earth.

Yes, that's the only real way to solve the rocket problem.

I'm generally down on the concept of space travel as it's largely a fantasy and really even any near earth space bases or stations.

It's simply not worth the outlay of time and treasure.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 11:06 PM (XV/Pl)

154 The Victorians had a thing about taking "Death Photos" that just creep me the hell out. They usually took a family photo, and if you look very very closely, you can spot the cadaver in the bunch.
Posted by: Orson


You asked for it!

https://youtu.be/36IlzQFq7RQ

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 11:06 PM (VHUov)

155 142 And a Subaru forester is not a large vehicle.
----

hahahah

It's either, get glasses or get sober.
One of the two.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:06 PM (BzKNL)

156 (I don't even remember what poutine is, and I'm not going to search on it.)


Posted by: mindful webworker - Zappa covers Cash - now I've heard it all. at October 12, 2026 10:57 PM (MjASY)

Poutine is French Fries smothered in brown gravy mixed with cheese curds. Some versions use shredded nacho cheese instead of cheese curds. It is yummy, and you can feel your arteries harden with every delicious bite.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 11:07 PM (quk5M)

157 J.C. didn't write Ring of Fire. June Carter and Merle Kilgore did. Song written 62, Johnny covered it in 63, married June in 68.

Posted by: Timeline of History at October 12, 2026 11:07 PM (EdP2u)

158 And a Subaru forester is not a large vehicle.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 10:59 PM

Currently renting one for the MoMe. Not a bad ride.

Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge at October 12, 2026 11:08 PM (7HDzS)

159 I am soooo going to use that muslim mom thing.
funny.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 12, 2026 11:08 PM (2WIwB)

160 My Subaru Forrester is a monster.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 11:08 PM (77rzZ)

161 Oddly, the homo sock fit for that last comment.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 11:08 PM (7HDzS)

162 And really the Ow, Ow, Ow, should have been in the original.

Posted by: Ever Been Burned? at October 12, 2026 11:09 PM (EdP2u)

163 I haven't looked at the news today. How many people lost their scalps, or had their hearts cut out, by those peaceful "Indigenous People" I hear about - but never existed?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2026 11:09 PM (qx7Zg)

164 In other second-thots news, Ashley St Clair (who went so far as to bear one of Elon's children) is now a DSA red rabbit.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 11:10 PM (88C+u)

165 There’s a skeeters on my peeter

Whack it off!

Whack it off!

There’s a skewer on my peeter

Whack it off!

Whack it off!


There’s a dozen on my cousin
I can hear the fuckers buzzin

There’s a skeeter on my peeter

Whack it off!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 11:11 PM (yEz+x)

166 161 *glares at RMBS*

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 11:12 PM (77rzZ)

167 A forester is a fucking car.

It’s not a beast. JFC.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 11:13 PM (k05yp)

168 Bulg, I've been driving since 1972. Never made an insurance claim. Never had a moving violation or point on my licem.

Posted by: Pillar To Bollard To Post at October 12, 2026 11:13 PM (EdP2u)

169 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 12, 2026 11:14 PM (Y/06r)

170
Besides, Musk's plan is for tankers in space to refuel constant round trips to the Moon Factories. Already has new designs for launches from the moon instead of earth.

___________

*whiny leftist voice*

Why isn't this money being spent feeding hungry children?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:14 PM (eRlcH)

171 I ran across some amazing numbers on X tonight:

“Following Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers:

Tucker Carlson's views dropped 71%
Douglas Macgregor's views dropped 62%
TCN views dropped 34%.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 11:14 PM (Y6Q+5)

172 I think we need a couple more federal holidays - just not time off.

Senator Joe McCarthy Day (May 1). Let's celebrate an early Communist hunter on Commie's special day.

Fake Person Day (February 29). Laugh at the delusional people in the world. Not sure if the first spokesperson should be Dick Levine, Dylan Mulvaney, Rachel Dolzeal, or Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2026 11:15 PM (qx7Zg)

173 Bulg, I've been driving since 1972. Never made an insurance claim. Never had a moving violation or point on my licem.
Posted by: Pillar To Bollard To Post at October 12, 2026 11:13 PM (EdP2u)
=====

Hey! Hey.

Maybe he's an Asian chick.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)

174 160 My Subaru Forrester is a monster.

Posted by: Bulg
--

A Dodge Ram dually with a diesel engine is a monster.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:15 PM (BzKNL)

175 Sorry that all the rest of you are pure drivers, with nothing on your records.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 11:16 PM (77rzZ)

176 *glares at RMBS*
Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 11:12 PM

Ok, to be fair, Lesbaru. The official vehicle of Northampton. Not sure what they drive in P-town.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 11:16 PM (7HDzS)

177 No. We just aren’t pussies.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 11:17 PM (k05yp)

178 Bulg, were you driving the car in the first meme in this video?

https://youtu.be/rwDG4gO0EZ0

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2026 11:17 PM (qx7Zg)

179 You gotta get a "not a lesbian" sticker for a Forrester unless you want to leave the wrong impression.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 11:20 PM (hlLS1)

180 You gotta get a "not a lesbian" sticker for a Forrester unless you want to leave the wrong impression.
Posted by: Reforger


What if you're a lesbian trapped in a man's body?

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov)

181 *I drive an outback.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 11:22 PM (yEz+x)

182 What if you're a lesbian trapped in a man's body?
Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov)

Don't get a sticker.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 11:22 PM (hlLS1)

183 177 Nurse, I want to like you, but find it difficult to do so.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 11:22 PM (77rzZ)

184 Bulg, were you driving the car in the first meme in this video?

https://youtu.be/rwDG4gO0EZ0


Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2026 11:17 PM


And here I was expecting:

https://youtube.com/shorts/oEykU-Gs478

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 11:23 PM (7HDzS)

185 Back in the day, I was kind of proud of the letter I got from the state threatening to take my license because I got ticketed for going over 55 six times in a single year.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 11:23 PM (Y6Q+5)

186 175 Sorry that all the rest of you are pure drivers, with nothing on your records.

Posted by: Bulg
---

Last ticket I received was 91 in a 55, chickenshit county cop.
Last wreck I had was not in this century.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:23 PM (BzKNL)

187 Bulg, anyone can have an accident. It happens all the time.
Those that are criticizing you are just pulling your chain.
But you may be driving that rental car for a while.

Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 11:23 PM (ROPCF)

188 Maybe it was a perambulatory pillar. Sneaky bastards, they are.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 11:23 PM (quk5M)

189 That’s a good way to get some of the old Apollo guys pissed off. They will point out “We never spent one thin dime on the Moon, every bit of the money was spent here on Earth.”

400,000 were directly employed, millions more indirectly employed.

Only an idiot would say “we should spend that money on the poor”. As if it is an “either/or” matter in the first place, and the arguments get more retarded from there.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 12, 2026 11:25 PM (yFlgz)

190
I voted for Tillis in every primary and election because the alternative (Dem) was worse. Sometimes you just don't have a choice.
Posted by: Held My Nose


The evil of two lessers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 11:25 PM (Cqx++)

191 Ffs. Bulg.

I don’t care if you like me or not. Most people don’t. So you’re in the majority. I have accepted that.

But. Don’t be a pussy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 11:25 PM (yEz+x)

192 Hi, Bulg, if you're still here. I figured that I could knock my Bible study lesson tonight, and that requires total concentration.

Posted by: pookysgirl waves at October 12, 2026 11:26 PM (Wt5PA)

193 I got ticketed for going over 55 six times in a single year.

Posted by: Tom Servo
---

As a collector, I had a ticket lawyer.
His fee was the cost of the fine.
Good man, those speeches made by the
judge before trial scare the bejeebers
out of a fella.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:26 PM (BzKNL)

194 Bulg, I'm just kidding. I've had a few wrecks, a couple of which included fixed objects. Most of them were decades back - I'm getting slower and maybe more careful with age.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 12, 2026 11:26 PM (Jr+re)

195 I voted for Tillis in every primary and election because the alternative (Dem) was worse. Sometimes you just don't have a choice.
Posted by: Held My Nose

The evil of two lessers.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 11:25 PM (Cqx++)

The lesser of two weevils.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2026 11:28 PM (qx7Zg)

196 And Thom Tillis can eff off. Pete Hegseth is the best SecWar in my lifetime.

Posted by: pookysgirl is still glad Pooky's out, though at October 12, 2026 11:28 PM (Wt5PA)

197 188 Maybe it was a perambulatory pillar. Sneaky bastards, they are.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 11:23 PM (quk5M)

They're shifty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 12, 2026 11:28 PM (Y/06r)

198 https://yournews.com /_ _ _ _ _ /democratic-socialists- of-america- forming-red- rabbits-militia- network-echoing/ Top ad is Kevin Sorbo selling Patriot Telephone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:29 PM (BzKNL)

199 196 And Thom Tillis can eff off. Pete Hegseth is the best SecWar in my lifetime.
Posted by: pookysgirl is still glad Pooky's out, though at October 12, 2026 11:28 PM (Wt5PA)

At this point, who is listening to Tillis anyway? Just dems and the media who suddenly love him? Who could have seen that happening?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 12, 2026 11:29 PM (Y/06r)

200 AOP are you en route to TX?

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 12, 2026 11:29 PM (Jr+re)

201 Your paintings are getting more evocative and expressive, MisHum.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 12, 2026 11:30 PM (CHHv1)

202 Signing off, y'all. Starting my drive up towards Corsicana tomorrow, with a couple stops on the way. See some of you soon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 11:30 PM (7HDzS)

203 Much of, if not all in some cases, the money allocated for the 'poor xxx' gets diverted to the pockets of the people handling the money. A community that cares for its own people is much better than any program run by others.

Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 11:31 PM (hOSrB)

204 Aren't new cars all outfitted with backup cameras and an Auto-Nag device to prevent accidents of this nature from happening?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 11:31 PM (quk5M)

205 Nurse..
You crack me right the fuck up.
The world needs way more women like you...and me, of course...😜!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 11:32 PM (96kpa)

206 At this point, who is listening to Tillis anyway? Just dems and the media who suddenly love him? Who could have seen that happening?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 12, 2026 11:29 PM (Y/06r)

I'd rather listen to Mel Tillis telling a story.

https://youtu.be/d2tbXjLr8a4

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2026 11:32 PM (qx7Zg)

207 191 Nurse, enough. A female has no business telling me how to be a male. Go groove on your sea otters.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 11:32 PM (77rzZ)

208 AOP are you en route to TX?
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 12, 2026 11:29 PM (Jr+re)

I am flying from Calgary to DFW, so I am running around the yard flapping my arms for practice.

Flight leaves mid-day Thursday. Rent a car at DFW, arrive Corsicana Thursday evening.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 11:33 PM (quk5M)

209 204 Aren't new cars all outfitted with backup cameras and an Auto-Nag device to prevent accidents of this nature from happening?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 11:31 PM (quk5M)

Yeah. But I couldn't even tell looking in the camera I had backed the wife's Forrester into a retaining wall. Don't trust them.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 11:34 PM (hlLS1)

210 Iran Threatens to Destroy U.S. Data Centers and AI Facilities in Gulf if American Attacks Resume
---

They keep asking Trump's going to give them a Mike Tyson.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:37 PM (BzKNL)

211 Nice try bulge.

Don’t be a pussy. You can’t drive. It’s ok. Lots of Asian women can’t either.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 11:38 PM (yEz+x)

212 192 Hey, Pookysgirl.

*waves back*

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 11:38 PM (77rzZ)

213 Iran Threatens to Destroy U.S. Data Centers and AI Facilities in Gulf if American Attacks Resume
---

They keep asking Trump's going to give them a Mike Tyson.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:37 PM (BzKNL)

He's going for the knockout, or biting off their ears?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

214 Aren't new cars all outfitted with backup cameras and an Auto-Nag device to prevent accidents of this nature from happening?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Sure. And even without AI behind them, they're about as useful.

"Back up to the red line, and you'll be 2 feet from the obstacle. Provided the obstacle is precisely 17.25" tall."

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 11:39 PM (VHUov)

215 I had a lot of tickets, but had never had an accident until a couple years ago. Then I think I won the award for most embarrassing accident ever. No injuries , just some bent metal but…
I. was waiting to make e left turn from a side road onto a main road, not too much traffic. I looked to my right, but it was late afternoon. And the road was aligned so that I looked straight into the sun and really couldn’t see shit. Foolishly, I just thought “well I don’t see anything coming” and pulled out to merge onto the main road…

And merged right into the side of a police car that happened to be there. Luckily I got off light - I think he thought it was kind of funny.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 11:40 PM (Y6Q+5)

216 Don’t be a pussy. You can’t drive. It’s ok. Lots of Asian women can’t either.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 11:38 PM (yEz+x)


Park. They can't park

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 11:40 PM (rbvCR)

217 211. WTH are you talking about, woman?

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 11:40 PM (77rzZ)

218 PS: I think the Mel Tillis story is suitable for children - and most Morons.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2026 11:40 PM (qx7Zg)

219 216 Don’t be a pussy. You can’t drive. It’s ok. Lots of Asian women can’t either.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 11:38 PM (yEz+x)

Park. They can't park
Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 11:40 PM (rbvCR)

It's more how they park. They can bring the vehicle to a complete stop.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 12, 2026 11:44 PM (Y/06r)

220 Whoa. Is there any popcorn available for the Nurse Vs Bulg smackdown?

Posted by: Just got here at October 12, 2026 11:47 PM (OVboP)

221 I got something in my head that makes it hard to back up in a straight line, and forget about backing up a trailer. My mind doesn’t do reverse.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 11:48 PM (Y6Q+5)

222 I find these immensely fascinating:

https://youtu.be/F-tjskiuZWo

First Person View model airplanes.

I wonder why they do not seem to be many propeller model aircraft videos with this kind of setup? Vibration from the propeller, maybe?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 12, 2026 11:49 PM (Y/06r)

223 OK, I don’t care what Nuse has to say. I’m going to bed. Sleep well, y’all, including Nurse.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 11:49 PM (77rzZ)

224 I never watched Mod Squad, thought the premise was lame, but it did have one attractive feature.🌸

https://bit.ly/peggy-lipton

Posted by: mindful webworker - cuteness at October 12, 2026 11:51 PM (MjASY)

225 ran across some amazing numbers on X tonight:

“Following Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers:

Tucker Carlson's views dropped 71%
Douglas Macgregor's views dropped 62%
TCN views dropped 34%.”
Posted by: Tom Servo
------------
LOL.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 11:51 PM (41CYW)

226 221 I got something in my head that makes it hard to back up in a straight line, and forget about backing up a trailer. My mind doesn’t do reverse.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 11:48 PM (Y6Q+5)

I have found backup cameras have kind of trivialized parallel parking. It makes it so easy as long as you follow the same principles you learned 30 years ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 12, 2026 11:51 PM (Y/06r)

227
I got something in my head that makes it hard to back up in a straight line, and forget about backing up a trailer. My mind doesn’t do reverse.
Posted by: Tom Servo


A guy I used to work with said if you hold the steering wheel at the bottom instead of the top it helps in backing up a trailer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 11:52 PM (Cqx++)

228 225 ran across some amazing numbers on X tonight:

“Following Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers:

Tucker Carlson's views dropped 71%
Douglas Macgregor's views dropped 62%
TCN views dropped 34%.”
Posted by: Tom Servo
------------
LOL.
Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 11:51 PM (41CYW)

I am skeptical of news that confirms my prejudices.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 12, 2026 11:52 PM (Y/06r)

229 I got something in my head that makes it hard to back up in a straight line, and forget about backing up a trailer. My mind doesn’t do reverse.
Posted by: Tom Servo

A guy I used to work with said if you hold the steering wheel at the bottom instead of the top it helps in backing up a trailer.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 11:52 PM (Cqx++)

Imagine the trailer is naked.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 12, 2026 11:54 PM (Y/06r)

230 Last ticket I received was 91 in a 55, chickenshit county cop.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:23 PM (BzKNL)

Fortunately the New Mexico cop that snagged me 1) was tailgating the semi he was behind so he didn't catch me until I hit 99 (slowing), and 2) didn't catch me earlier when I had the speedometer pegged in the Dodge Daytona. I really couldn't afford the $350 ticket, but at least the judge let me call in and plead, instead of demanding I show in court, then tossing me in the klink. (That was what he claimed he always did with "young hotheads". Ahem.)

BTW, the 1987 Dodge Daytona (without any of the fancy stuff) will go faster than 125. Because that's how high the speedometer went before running out of dial.

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 11:54 PM (kU0PQ)

231 320
My money's on the nurse...just sayin'
That gal got claws!!!
.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 11:55 PM (96kpa)

232 I am skeptical of news that confirms my prejudices.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
------------
Well that's inconvenient. My prejudices are practically family.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 11:56 PM (41CYW)

233 Well that's inconvenient. My prejudices are practically family.
Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 11:56 PM (41CYW)

It's good to have close friends.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 12, 2026 11:57 PM (Y/06r)

234 from the Thom Tillis article:

At the end of the day, presidents have to form a government. And I was giving them the benefit of the doubt, but I was talking to somebody earlier this week.

The first part of that is A-OK!

At the end of the day, presidents have to form a government. And I was giving them the benefit of the doubt

... and then he goes off the rails:

but I was talking to somebody earlier this week.

??? what a twit; sounds like a tween.

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 11:57 PM (odBC9)

235 Ok. Backing up a trailer to launch a boat is tricky. And it takes practice.

But parking a lesbaru in a garage is not.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 11:57 PM (yEz+x)

236
BTW, the 1987 Dodge Daytona (without any of the fancy stuff) will go faster than 125. Because that's how high the speedometer went before running out of dial.
Posted by: GWB


To infinity! And beyond!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 13, 2026 12:00 AM (Cqx++)

237 I ran across the dumbest leftwing controversy just now.

Some artists drew a female version of Draco Malfoy which is a rival of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter books. I didn't read them either...but Duck AI tells me they hate each other.

This character named "Malfoid" is drawn in a love/hate relationship with Harry as opposed to the just...hate relationship they had in the books I guess.

Besides being NERDS^2 what is the issue with this character? Well apparently on reddit and other places they've been pairing up Harry and Draco for years because redditors are lame and gay (but not female).

So now other nerds un-gaying their weird cartoon fantasy is hate speech? White supremacy? No...its literally Hitler.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:00 AM (sKqQm)

238 Sometimes proprietors wrap cushions around parking-lot bollards. Because parking-lot bollards are sometimes crashed into.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 12:00 AM (odBC9)

239 204 Aren't new cars all outfitted with backup cameras and an Auto-Nag device to prevent accidents of this nature from happening?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 11:31 PM (quk5M)


Damn new cars have too many gadgets. I was just trying to back up and the damn car showed me a movie about someone getting run over.

Posted by: a.moron at October 13, 2026 12:01 AM (X5Jzz)

240 BTW, the 1987 Dodge Daytona (without any of the fancy stuff) will go faster than 125. Because that's how high the speedometer went before running out of dial.
Posted by: GWB
--------
Drove an '89 Daytona Shelby turbo. Got a bit squirrelly when that turbo kicked in.

Posted by: scampydog at October 13, 2026 12:01 AM (41CYW)

241 COMM!

I knew you would have my back.

Hope you are getting snow and not fire.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 12:01 AM (yEz+x)

242 So now other nerds un-gaying their weird cartoon fantasy is hate speech? White supremacy? No...its literally Hitler.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:00 AM (sKqQm)

It does seem to be a thing. Mostly it seems like the commies are pissed off at non-commies transing a character to have a traditional male-female relationship.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 13, 2026 12:02 AM (Y/06r)

243 Sweet dreams Horde, I am going to sleep for a few hours, I must get my ass on a plane to Denver very early. I will spend a couple of days with my kids and head to Texas on Thursday.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 13, 2026 12:02 AM (ibDUx)

244 The back up camera on my car is a good thing. People will just walk behind you in a parking lot as you are backing up even when two monster SUVs with "save da erf" bumper stickers on either side have given you no side vision.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:03 AM (sKqQm)

245 Guilfoyle, gargoyle
Coincidence?

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 12:03 AM (odBC9)

246 Damn new cars have too many gadgets. I was just trying to back up and the damn car showed me a movie about someone getting run over.
Posted by: a.moron at October 13, 2026 12:01 AM (X5Jzz)

LOL!

The look of fear in that little kid's face was so realistic!*

*I denounce myself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 13, 2026 12:03 AM (Y/06r)

247 244 The back up camera on my car is a good thing. People will just walk behind you in a parking lot as you are backing up even when two monster SUVs with "save da erf" bumper stickers on either side have given you no side vision.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:03 AM (sKqQm)

Yeah, this is why I almost always park on an end or off in the back forty. I like to walk anyway.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 13, 2026 12:04 AM (Y/06r)

248 Drove an '89 Daytona Shelby turbo. Got a bit squirrelly when that turbo kicked in.
Posted by: scampydog at October 13, 2026 12:01 AM (41CYW)

I so wish I had never let mine go. That was a fun car.

Posted by: Reforger at October 13, 2026 12:04 AM (hlLS1)

249 241 nurse
Thankfully no fire right now. I'm really looking forward to snow now🤪
I'll be in touch girl...

'Sleep peacefully because tomorrow we continue pretending to be responsible adults.'

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 13, 2026 12:06 AM (96kpa)

250 190 I voted for Tillis in every primary and election because the alternative (Dem) was worse. Sometimes you just don't have a choice.
Posted by: Held My Nose

The evil of two lessers.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 11:25 PM (Cqx++)

heh

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 12:07 AM (odBC9)

251 I so wish I had never let mine go. That was a fun car.
Posted by: Reforger
--------
They were fun to drive. I was a lot rat at a Dodge dealership a lifetime ago. We'd take cars out now/then to "blow them out" - freeway was nearby. Sales manager would remind us that the Caravans needed to be taken around the block too. Could never find the keys for those.

Posted by: scampydog at October 13, 2026 12:11 AM (41CYW)

252 Howdy, horde.

Nice painting, MisHum! And Zappa, LOL. Thanks!

It's so cold out, that rough n tough outdoor Cat came in for his evening snooze.

Freeze warning tonight, so I was busy with stuff outside today...

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

253 Some artists drew a female version of Draco Malfoy which is a rival of Harry Potter… drawn in a love/hate relationship with Harry as opposed to the just...hate relationship they had in the books I guess.…
Posted by: 18-1


I watched some real-ish AI sketches of this. It was pretty well done. It was a little disturbing to have Malfoy gender-swapped, but at least it wasn't ghey. Mostly, I was just impressed by how well done the AI animation was.

Of course, now my YooToob suggestions are filled with not only other episodes of that, but cartoonish-animation versions and similar gunk.

Posted by: mindful webworker - girl Malfoy was kinda cute at October 13, 2026 12:16 AM (MjASY)

254 Car lot days bringing back memories. Sales took in a Geo Metro on trade. 3 cylinder. We'd take it in the back lot and have footraces against it. It moved like a slug off the line - as did one of the guys from the detailing shop.

Posted by: scampydog at October 13, 2026 12:20 AM (41CYW)

255 Backing a trailer; which ever way you turn the steering wheel
that is the direction the trailer will go.
While backing if you turn the wheel the right the tail of the trailer will go to the right. etc.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 12:21 AM (BzKNL)

256 DU has funny meme of dump in bed with natalie harp at the white house as i.c.e. agents haul off melania yelling. But I Amelican citizen!

Posted by: raimondo at October 13, 2026 12:24 AM (HIwCI)

257 They put all kinds of crap on new cars. But they don't put a warning that your tag light is out. That will get you pulled over by the cops. So who checks out that light every time they start their car at night? Nobody does. You find out about it when the blue lights pull you over.

Posted by: Case at October 13, 2026 12:26 AM (ROPCF)

258 I ran across the dumbest leftwing controversy just now.

Some artists drew a female version of Draco Malfoy which is a rival of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter books. I didn't read them either...but Duck AI tells me they hate each other.

This character named "Malfoid" is drawn in a love/hate relationship with Harry as opposed to the just...hate relationship they had in the books I guess.
Posted by: 18-1


I'm not following the controversy, beyond what's being talked about here and a couple other blogs I follow. But I did read that JK Rowling supposedly based Malfoy's personality on a girl who bullied her in school. So a female Malfoy would probably have worked better in the books in the first place.

(Except that now the hero is male and the villain is female and that's Just Not Done Anymore.)

Some genderswapped characters even become semi-official; "Linkle"--genderswapped Link--is a character in the Hyrule Warriors spinoffs from the Legend Of Zelda games. Though officially she's Link's "sister." An identical-twin sister, wink-wink-nudge-nudge.

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 12:28 AM (VHUov)

259 245 Guilfoyle, gargoyle
Coincidence?

Posted by: m
---

I differ.

https://tinyurl.com/4xxvtbfx

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 12:28 AM (BzKNL)

260 253 Some artists drew a female version of Draco Malfoy which is a rival of Harry Potter… drawn in a love/hate relationship with Harry as opposed to the just...hate relationship they had in the books I guess.…
Posted by: 18-1

I watched some real-ish AI sketches of this. It was pretty well done. It was a little disturbing to have Malfoy gender-swapped, but at least it wasn't ghey. Mostly, I was just impressed by how well done the AI animation was.

Of course, now my YooToob suggestions are filled with not only other episodes of that, but cartoonish-animation versions and similar gunk.
Posted by: mindful webworker - girl Malfoy was kinda cute at October 13, 2026 12:16 AM (MjASY)

heh

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 12:29 AM (odBC9)

261 "Ladies! And gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is War Room!"

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 13, 2026 12:29 AM (CHHv1)

262 259 245 Guilfoyle, gargoyle
Coincidence?

Posted by: m
---

I differ.

https://tinyurl.com/4xxvtbfx

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 12:28 AM (BzKNL)

wow
smokin' hot

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 12:30 AM (odBC9)

263 Here's hoping that the Morons and Moronettes can come to a peaceful arrangement to avoid bloodshed and bodily harm.

--And stop throwing those pies at me! Seanbaby says they can bring world peace, but who listens to him these days?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 13, 2026 12:32 AM (CHHv1)

264 261 "Ladies! And gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is War Room!"
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 13, 2026 12:29 AM (CHHv1)

We been here two ow-ah?

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 12:36 AM (odBC9)

265 It was a little disturbing to have Malfoy gender-swapped, but at least it wasn't ghey.
-
I think the furor is because it isn't boy Malfoy banging Harry (the sort of thing fanfic is known for these days), or boy Malfoy cosplaying as a girl, but an actual girl replacing him with similar background.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 13, 2026 12:36 AM (vSvIl)

266 You pull Ilhan Omar's citizenship we pull musk, murdock and that limy running for gov. in California.

Posted by: raimondo at October 13, 2026 12:37 AM (HIwCI)

267 @264 "We been here two ow-ah?"

Soon to be in 4K! That takes a bit of prep.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 13, 2026 12:40 AM (CHHv1)

268 @266 - wow. You're amazingly stupid. Were you born that way, or did you study?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 13, 2026 12:41 AM (CHHv1)

269 You pull Ilhan Omar's citizenship we pull musk
Posted by: raimondo


That says it all, doesn't it? Take away our grifting incestuous government thief, and we'll take away your (private sector) greatest inventor of a generation. Leftism is crab-bucket politics.

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

270 .....who, for the record, wasn't even "ours" until the Left sprinted too far to the Left for him.

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 12:43 AM (VHUov)

271 Good night folks. One day I'll be popular here.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 13, 2026 12:45 AM (CHHv1)

272 Leaflit on the Harry Potter story:

https://tinyurl.com/ybayx9rv

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 12:46 AM (odBC9)

273 Night, {{{BC}}}

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)

274 244 The back up camera on my car is a good thing. People will just walk behind you in a parking lot as you are backing up even when two monster SUVs with "save da erf" bumper stickers on either side have given you no side vision.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2026 12:03 AM (sKqQm)

That and now a days it's hard to crank my neck all the way around like I used to... still try... but..

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 13, 2026 12:47 AM (mP0Kj)

275 Beautiful painting Mis Hum!

I'm excited to be coming to my first MoMe. I think I've read AOS off-and-on since the early 2000s, but it's been more consistent lately.

The forecast I saw had a high of 71 both days. Is that what a Texas summer is like? Must be global cooling. ;-)

Posted by: frammish at October 13, 2026 12:48 AM (rcENI)

276 That and now a days it's hard to crank my neck all the way around like I used to... still try... but..
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 13, 2026 12:47 AM (mP0Kj)

180 degrees is further than it used to be, that's all.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 13, 2026 12:49 AM (Y/06r)

277 276 That and now a days it's hard to crank my neck all the way around like I used to... still try... but..
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 13, 2026 12:47 AM (mP0Kj)

180 degrees is further than it used to be, that's all.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 13, 2026 12:49 AM (Y/06r)

Yeah... 180 aint 180 anymore... kinda like Pluto used to be a planet.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 13, 2026 12:50 AM (mP0Kj)

278 180 degrees is further than it used to be, that's all.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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So that bounce and turn/body contortion in the seat thing with joints popping and cracking is a common event?

Posted by: scampydog at October 13, 2026 12:52 AM (41CYW)

279 They put all kinds of crap on new cars. But they don't put a warning that your tag light is out.
---

My Cadillac did. Also discrete lights on the front fenders showed front./rear turn and break.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 12:53 AM (BzKNL)

280 So that bounce and turn/body contortion in the seat thing with joints popping and cracking is a common event?
Posted by: scampydog at October 13, 2026 12:52 AM (41CYW)

I do a lot of kneeling and moving around for work. A couple months ago (and only a couple months ago, I am wondering what I did) my right knee started screaming in pain. I looked at it and thought 'what the hell is your problem? I am still just a kid!'

It was during a period where I was doing a lot of Asian squats, so I think that was it. When I started to slack off on it, it hasn't happened again.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 13, 2026 12:55 AM (Y/06r)

281 I do a lot of kneeling and moving around for work

*1000 yard stare*

Posted by: Kamala! at October 13, 2026 12:57 AM (88C+u)

282 It was during a period where I was doing a lot of Asian squats, so I think that was it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD


Yeah, those are dangerous. Do 3 big sets, and an hour later you wanna do 3 more.

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 12:57 AM (VHUov)

283 Turn the head?
How about that peripheral vision?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 12:57 AM (BzKNL)

284 Hey guys,

We have a launch early in the morning.

SpaceX/NASA - Falcon 9 - CRS SpX-35
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs LIve
Launch Date: October 13, 2026
Launch Time: 6:33 a.m. EDT (1033 UTC, 12:33 CEST)

https://youtu.be/vU0vj5ZWQXs

Posted by: Joyenz at October 13, 2026 12:58 AM (2F0/Y)

285 Turn the head?
How about that peripheral vision?
Posted by: Braenyard


>_>

<_<

It's blurry and distorted because glasses.

O^O

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 01:01 AM (VHUov)

286 Turn the head?
How about that peripheral vision?
Posted by: Braenyard

>_>



It's blurry and distorted because glasses.

O^O
Posted by: mikeski
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Lateral facing eyes vs. forward facing would help. Of course we'd fall into the prey category vs. predator.

Posted by: scampydog at October 13, 2026 01:03 AM (41CYW)

287 I think the furor is because it isn't boy Malfoy banging Harry (the sort of thing fanfic is known for these days), or boy Malfoy cosplaying as a girl, but an actual girl replacing him with similar background.
Posted by: Methos


I didn't know about gheynerds furor about this, nor do I care, but I'm aware of the fanfic tendency (since Kirk-Spock romance decades ago🤮, which is why I found girl Malfoy at least refreshing. She was portrayed seriously as a girl surprised to find herself falling for Potter. Alternate universe Hogwarts. A good sample:
https://youtu.be/bFlCveRtNg4

(Watch out what watching this will do to your YT algorerhythms!)

Posted by: mindful webworker - Freida Baggins and Samwise never had a chance at October 13, 2026 01:06 AM (MjASY)

288 Al-Qaida Threatens to Kill American Captives if Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan Is Executed
_ yourNEWS Media Oct 12, 2026
------------

Which are delusional yammerings.
However it would be negligent to dismiss them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:07 AM (BzKNL)

289 Who cares what a guy named "Thahm" says, and he looks funny.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 13, 2026 01:08 AM (Fv808)

290 276 That and now a days it's hard to crank my neck all the way around like I used to... still try... but..
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 13, 2026 12:47 AM (mP0Kj)

180 degrees is further than it used to be, that's all.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 13, 2026 12:49 AM (Y/06r)

So, a female Malfoy... where does she fall on the Crazy / Hawt graph? above or below the cut off line?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 13, 2026 01:09 AM (mP0Kj)

291 A-Q has "American captives"?

I demand proof.

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

292 291 A-Q has "American captives"?

I demand proof.
Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

I'm sure there are a few dual citizens Afghanis who have returned to Afghanistan...

So sure, they could probably round up a few.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 13, 2026 01:11 AM (mP0Kj)

293 (Watch out what watching this will do to your YT algorerhythms!)
Posted by: mindful webworker


youtube.com/feed/history

Delete the videos you don't want to be used for recommendations.

Or go there first, and use the "pause watch history" button before you watch all your Malfoid fanfic.

Posted by: mikeski at October 13, 2026 01:11 AM (VHUov)

294 Past time for a parting of the ways. My ways anyways.

Same group as last night, but different style. Especially the last cut.
https://youtu.be/91POBW70A1g

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - i've been psychedelicized at October 13, 2026 01:12 AM (MjASY)

295 272 Leaflit on the Harry Potter story:

https://tinyurl.com/ybayx9rv
Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 12:46 AM (odBC9)

Well, more like: on crazed people un-informedly co-opting anime on behalf of performative transgender crazies.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 01:14 AM (odBC9)

296 291 A-Q has "American captives"?

I demand proof.

Posted by: JQ
----

That's part of the delusion. They are threatening to get some.
They're want to be airline hijackers. Also threatening to assassinate American soldiers.

The part that's not delusional is that they exist and are willing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:16 AM (BzKNL)

297 Here's a link to the Washington Examiner

https://tinyurl.com/mvhmunum

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:18 AM (BzKNL)

298 >>I'm sure there are a few dual citizens Afghanis who have returned to Afghanistan...

Oh.

Well, bye!

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

299 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:18 AM

Thanks for the link.

Hasan needs to fulfill his sentence anyway.

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

300 300

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 01:24 AM (odBC9)

301 Hasan needs to fulfill his sentence and we need to discover how precise our satellite surveillance is and how accurate our new weapons are.

We've moved our drones out of the region to S. America.
We wouldn't move an asset out unless we moved a replacement in.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:29 AM (BzKNL)

302 >>we need to discover how precise our satellite surveillance is and how accurate our new weapons are.

"Testing, 1, 2, 3" Heh!

Our satellite surveillance was amazing, back in the 80s. I hope our new weapons are just as awesome!

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

303
Huh. The troll still thinks Murdock was some sort of conservative....he was all in for Hillary if I recall correctly.

Raimondo potahto.... let's call the whole thing off. 🐒🙉🙈

Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at October 13, 2026 01:35 AM (isoIr)

304 I'm sure there are a few dual citizens Afghanis who have returned to Afghanistan...

So sure, they could probably round up a few.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 13, 2026 01:11 AM (mP0Kj)

So they'd be killing other muslims. A day ending in "y".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 01:41 AM (quk5M)

305 Raimondo. Do you really think anyone here gives a flying fuck about you? Go home, little one. There must be a blog somewhere where someone might actually want to hear from you. This ain't it dumb ass. You do add some humor in a dull kind of way though....yawn...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 13, 2026 01:57 AM (96kpa)

306 Trump said, we know where you are, we know what you are doing.

there's just so many of them

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:59 AM (BzKNL)

307 Howdy, COMM. You're up late!

Nightcap? I gots Baileys & decaf...

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

308 there's just so many of them
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:59 AM (BzKNL)

That's why crew-served weapons exist.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 02:05 AM (quk5M)

309 306 Trump said, we know where you are, we know what you are doing.

there's just so many of them
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 01:59 AM (BzKNL)

DH and I are off to the Trump rally in Wasilla tomorrow. I ironed DH's flag shirt, and I will likewise be adorned. Just look for the really tall dude, and the little chicken sitting next to him. We will likely be in the nosebleed seats because I'm not camping out in this weather overnight.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 13, 2026 02:07 AM (2SSbU)

310 Hi, tcn! Have fun at the rally!

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

311 My sister warned me that people keep trying to shoot President Trump. I told her I'm short, not to worry.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 13, 2026 02:10 AM (2SSbU)

312 *prayers for everyone's safety at the rally*

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

313 >>there's just so many of them

Like cockroaches...

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

314 Queen Elizabeth, drank gin martinis but instead of vermouth she substituted Dubonnet Rouge. Any opinions on Dubonnet?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 02:22 AM (BzKNL)

315 Any opinions on Dubonnet?
Posted by: Braenyard

Nope, never tried it. (I was more of a 'beer tender' than bartender, back in the day...)

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)

316 309 306 DH and I are off to the Trump rally in Wasilla tomorrow.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 13, 2026 02:07 AM (2SSbU)

Yay!

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 02:31 AM (odBC9)

317

40 degrees and raining. I don't have a problem with that.

A damp cold does get in your bones though. I wonder why.

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 02:34 AM (/QHx4)

318 DH and I are off to the Trump rally in Wasilla tomorrow.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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That is so cool. You know we want to hear all about it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 02:35 AM (BzKNL)

319 Hi, four seasons.

Yes, I wonder also re: dampness and bone & joint pain/stiffness. They do seem to coincide!

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

320 I like gin but not traditional martinis but my local store only sells 750ml. Don't want to buy that much of something I won't drink.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 02:38 AM (BzKNL)

321
Hiya JQ,

Geez, I just read on Daily Mail about an evil woman in Tennessee who drove off a cliff with her children.

Thank God no one was killed.

WTF is happening?

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 02:40 AM (/QHx4)

322 I like gin but not traditional martinis but my local store only sells 750ml. Don't want to buy that much of something I won't drink.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 02:38 AM (BzKNL)

Find a well-stocked bar that will mix one for you?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 02:40 AM (quk5M)

323 Buddy had titanium rods in his legs. Always knew when the weather was going to change. When he got new knees they took the rods out. He was so relieved.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 02:40 AM (BzKNL)

324 Don't want to buy that much of something I won't drink.
Posted by: Braenyard

Find a nice bar, and ask to sample? Surely would be less expensive than buying a whole bottle.

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

325 WTF is happening?
Posted by: four seasons

🤷‍♀️ Mass psychosis? Vaxx? 🤷‍♀️

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)

326 Only bars in this town are ice houses.
What one would think of as a neighborhood
bar or pub. Something like Cheers or the one
in Archie Bunker does not exist.

On the other hand neither do tranny's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 02:44 AM (BzKNL)

327 WTF is happening?

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 02:40 AM (/QHx4)

Covid vax leads to an epidemic of insanity?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 02:45 AM (quk5M)

328 Only bars in this town are ice houses.
What one would think of as a neighborhood
bar or pub. Something like Cheers or the one
in Archie Bunker does not exist.

On the other hand neither do tranny's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 02:44 AM (BzKNL)

Nearby big city hotel lounge? Airport lounge?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 02:46 AM (quk5M)

329
Double execution with Fauci and Hasan should happen.

I will pay for the bullets.

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 02:47 AM (/QHx4)

330 Checked wiki (yeah, I know....) on Dubonnet. Wine-based. Sweet.

May be worth a bottle?

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

331 Geez, I just read on Daily Mail about an evil woman in Tennessee who drove off a cliff with her children.

Thank God no one was killed.

WTF is happening?

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 02:40 AM (/QHx4)

Small families, due to birth control.

Kids who grow up without other babies around never learn how to deal with babies. One or two kids are never around when diapers get poopy, or babies decide to cry all night. They have no idea what they are about to get into.

They have no sense of normal when it comes to babies. Then they can't cope with the idea that they are not the first on the list of people who need attention, when all the time it is the babies that need attention and not them.

All hell breaks loose, and they can't cope.

Birth control ruined society in more ways than one. Now it is positively murderous, and needs to fucking stop.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 13, 2026 02:48 AM (2SSbU)

332

tcn,

I agree with you.

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 02:51 AM (/QHx4)

333 Trump is doing so much more than one could dream but there's so much more. He cleans up a thing only to discover there's more trash below.

Deporting one Somali is like the border wall. Getting that first bit is the most difficult. He boots Omar then the door is open and he can snowball it. (Please, God)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 02:52 AM (BzKNL)

334 >>Kids who grow up without other babies around never learn how to deal with babies.

I agree, tcn.

Also-- kids who have no siblings, don't develop the same level of interpersonal skills as children who have some. They have little idea how to negotiate, establish healthy boundaries, or cope with different viewpoints. IMO.

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)

335

When we were raising our children of course there times when they irritated the shit out of us. It never occurred to us to kill them.

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 02:57 AM (/QHx4)

336 My mother was the youngest, hence, the princess. She was not a good mother particularly, but she loved her babies and took very good care of them. That part she figured out. Helpless and needy worked for her.

It was only when we became a bit independent that she began to loathe us. It was perhaps reasonable, considering how perfectly coddled she was as the youngest. How dare we challenge her?

I have long since forgiven her for her treatment of us, but it is clear that had she had younger siblings, she may have managed better.

She loved her natural grandkids, because they were not her responsibility. She loathed my son, because he was adopted and not "white." Said she couldn't "trust" him. She was surely a product of her time.

She missed so much joy, and for that I am truly sorry.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 13, 2026 02:58 AM (2SSbU)

337
That is so very sad tcn.

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 03:01 AM (/QHx4)

338 Also-- kids who have no siblings,
---

Hello. I agree. Always wanted a sibling. Relationships are different.
Also, church, folks raised in the church have a much closer natural or personal relationship with God and relating to the goings on in the church are more natural. That's important.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 03:02 AM (BzKNL)

339 I had siblings. I also had a whole neighborhood of "siblings"; we walked to school together and had about six "moms" and it was like having one big house. How lucky.

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 03:06 AM (odBC9)

340 337
That is so very sad tcn.
Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 03:01 AM (/QHx4)

No, it isn't. It is sad for mom, but not really for me. I know who she was, and I am fine with that. She made her choices. I made different ones.

When I was in high school, she told my best friend's mom that I was the stupid one in the family. She really believed that. She told me I would never make it through college. She was wrong, but I paid for the whole endeavor on my own.

When I chose to become Catholic, I called her, and told her. Her response was, "Oh, how I have failed you!" She really thought it was a calamity. And yet, it was the joy of my life. She couldn't possibly be happy for me, because I didn't do exactly as she expected.

At some point, I realized that mom did not have my best interests at heart. I think I knew that all along.

My dad insisted that all of us kids had the best mom ever. He may have been correct. She was the best she could be, considering her limitations. I have always treasured that part of the equation, and I have long since forgiven the rest, but I cannot forget it, either. It made me who I am.

Not sad. I'm pretty cool. In fact, I'm fabulous.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 13, 2026 03:07 AM (2SSbU)

341 0100 here, way past my bed time. I had better go down for a snooze. Tomorrow I have to go vote for Alberta independence in the advance poll for Monday's election. I should be home Sunday night, but voting tomorrow ensures I won't miss out. Since this is a province-wide vote, every single vote counts. In a regular election, both my provincial district and federal district are so solidly conservative that me missing out would do no harm, although I do vote unless it is impossible. And I need a haircut, too. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 03:07 AM (quk5M)

342

AOP,

I am rooting for you all.

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 03:09 AM (/QHx4)

343 I never had much of the 'maternal instinct' -- guess because I already had my fill of caring for babies with little sis and bro.

Wasn't even interested much in babysitting when I was in HS, although I did care for a BF's niece and nephews one time. (Got BURNED there-- it was supposed to be a few hours & turned into a whole fk'ing weekend and then never got paid. 3 kids under 3 yrs, 3 days, no $. Never again!)

Still, even though rather anxious about it, I accepted the notion that I'd eventually have children of my own one day. Hubby (Ex now) and I made plans...

But it didn't happen. I was called "defective" for that.

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

344 AOP,

I am rooting for you all.

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 03:09 AM (/QHx4)

Thanks. I think the independence movement is very strong in rural Alberta; but the cities are heavily occupied by parasites. I think even if the referendum fails, it will not be 80-20 against, maybe more like 60-40, which means the issue will not go away. And I suspect, regardless of the outcome, we will see an Alberta Conservative leadership race within a year.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 03:13 AM (quk5M)

345 But it didn't happen. I was called "defective" for that.
Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

I am barren. It ain't a defect. I expect a complete accounting of it when and if I get to heaven, but in the meantime, oh, well, damn. Now, let's talk about adopting a psychopath. God, was that really the plan all along?

Whoo boy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 13, 2026 03:14 AM (2SSbU)

346 And I suspect, regardless of the outcome, we will see an Alberta Conservative leadership race within a year.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 03:13 AM (quk5M)

There has ever been and remains an Alaska First party up here that advocates succeeding from the union, on the basis that the US is keeping way too damned much land away from Alaska and declaring it tied up. Other issues come up concerning this nonsense. They will never actually succeed, because we are way too dependent upon the military and other issues to make it work. But we have oil, and gas, and timber, and fish, and fuck you DC.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 13, 2026 03:16 AM (2SSbU)

347 34 My dog just farted and I'm currently trying not to choke to death
Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (oqH4h)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at October 13, 2026 03:20 AM (1UOiF)

348 Uh, not such a good idea.
Posted by: Commander John Koenig at October 12, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

Only if atomic waste is stored up there.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 03:23 AM (1UOiF)

349 Tcn, my hubby & his XW tried for so long to have their own child... countless miscarriages, IVF, all that...

They adopted a boy from overseas because "no babies" here! And they were so certain of getting a girl, they were debating several girl names when The Boy became available to them, LOL!

He's a blessing. Smart and courteous. I had little to do with his upbringing (good for him, probably!) since I didn't even meet him until he was 15.

Sorry your son hasn't matured yet. There's still hope, and I pray that he gets himself together soon!

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm)

350 Poutine is French Fries smothered in brown gravy mixed with cheese curds. Some versions use shredded nacho cheese instead of cheese curds. It is yummy, and you can feel your arteries harden with every delicious bite.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 11:07 PM (quk5M)

I will admit it sounded unappetizing at first. Then I tried some in Ottawa. Across the river from Quebec - does that count? And it was tasty.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 03:24 AM (1UOiF)

351 Only an idiot would say “we should spend that money on the poor”. As if it is an “either/or” matter in the first place, and the arguments get more retarded from there.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 12, 2026 11:25 PM (yFlgz)

I’d argue that was spending money on the poor. Whole lot more poor people if they weren’t employed by the space program.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 03:27 AM (1UOiF)

352 Some restaurants here will serve "wet fries" which is just french fries with gravy. Add grated cheese (not curds) for extra $ if you want.

It's good! Especially after a night out, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 03:27 AM (rdVOm)

353

I am a weirdo who does not like french fries. I don't care how someone dresses them up.

Husband loves them.

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 03:30 AM (/QHx4)

354 I too understand factory defects. But one can't change it the best we can do is accept it and get on with our lives. There's a purpose and a plan and it's not for us to challenge it but to deal with it.
He dealt us this hand to play and we play it as best we can.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 03:33 AM (BzKNL)

355 334 >>Kids who grow up without other babies around never learn how to deal with babies.

I agree, tcn.

Also-- kids who have no siblings, don't develop the same level of interpersonal skills as children who have some. They have little idea how to negotiate, establish healthy boundaries, or cope with different viewpoints. IMO.
Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)

So..l suck because Mom had her tubes tied after I was born and therefore had little opportunity to be around babies while growing up?

I don’t know…there are only children that are utterly spoiled and others that are very well adjusted. Depends on the person and the upbringing.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 03:33 AM (1UOiF)

356 AOP, if you're still out there, good day tomorrow, good voting and big winnings.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 03:34 AM (BzKNL)

357 Looks like Rubio has been assigned more tasks to do:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhw926z

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 13, 2026 03:35 AM (D0X9e)

358 And I suspect, regardless of the outcome, we will see an Alberta Conservative leadership race within a year.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 13, 2026 03:13 AM (quk5M)

We’ll see a leadership review in a month.

I will not be surprised if Premier Smith is out of a job by Dec 1.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 03:35 AM (1UOiF)

359 WTF is happening?


It's the culture. The lack of children, lack of parents, marriage rates dropping, etc, is a result of a culture that has rejected God. In the West, the State has replaced God, what we are seeing all around us are the results. It will get worse.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 13, 2026 03:36 AM (sAmhv)

360 My eyes are crossing, time to go. Enjoyed the evening, Ladies, have a good one. See you tomorrow. TCN, be safe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 03:37 AM (BzKNL)

361
Braenyard,

Sleep well. I love reading you!

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 03:38 AM (/QHx4)

362 Dropping out here too--

Good night, all.

Sorry Cow Demon, didn't mean to offend.

Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm)

363
JQ,

Sleep well!

You rock!

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 03:39 AM (/QHx4)

364 *dusts himself off momentarily*

Posted by: Walter Freeman at October 13, 2026 03:45 AM (FPoWD)

365 Time to rise and shine

Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2026 03:46 AM (Ia/+0)

366

Hi Walter!

Good to see you!

Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2026 03:47 AM (/QHx4)

367 Push the button, Max!

Posted by: clarence at October 13, 2026 04:04 AM (hOSrB)

368 Tech thread should drop any moment.....

any....

moment.....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 13, 2026 04:06 AM (sAmhv)

369 Last moment zoom meeting, probably. Poor pixy.

Posted by: clarence at October 13, 2026 04:07 AM (hOSrB)

370 Here thought I would be late

Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2026 04:08 AM (Ia/+0)

371 A server had a case of the hamsters? AI decided to re-write some code so a router starts singing show tunes? Lots of weirdness can keep Pixy away. I blame the anime.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 13, 2026 04:10 AM (sAmhv)

372 Pixy's up! at https://ai.mee.nu

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 04:13 AM (odBC9)

373 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at October 13, 2026 04:15 AM (odBC9)

374 Sorry Cow Demon, didn't mean to offend.
Posted by: JQ at October 13, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm)

I’m not offended as much as I am surprised at that observation. The way I see it, we are all individuals, and sure, having siblings (or not) and growing up with babies (or not) can effect things but in the end it is on the individual.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 06:13 AM (pKv0r)

375 Walter Freeman, good will, may things be going well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 13, 2026 12:41 PM (+UcOf)

Columbus Day Cafe

osakastreetcat.jpg
Osaka street cat
more here

Pregnant deer befriends humans, then brings her fawns to meet them.

Walking down into the clouds.

Nice view.

Border collie on a narrow Alpine mountain trail.

Utah mountain highway.

This guy's going to be sleeping on the couch for ten years.

Rescue kitten helps dog heal after his sibling dies.

Rescued bulldog gets special viewing window.

Three day old elephant tests out the new trunk.


This is apparently real weather from a storm-chasing account, but unfortunately it doesn't describe what on earth this weather pattern is.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM




Comments

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1 good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 07:21 PM (N5iuz)

2 Top 3

Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2026 07:21 PM (dJCmT)

3 I feel seen.

Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2026 07:22 PM (dJCmT)

4 Howdy! Hope you enjoyed your day off, Ace!

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 12, 2026 07:22 PM (Lzhdy)

5 Nekos rule nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 07:22 PM (2GVsD)

6 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 12, 2026 07:23 PM (hG5L0)

7 Just had a real bummer.

I needed a portable bench that was a little better than two sawhorses, two 2x4 and a piece of plywood, found what I thought was the perfect one and in many ways it is, the problem is that it weighs a metric f***ton, and the term portable is tenuous at best as even Brian Shaw would say, bro is this some sort of World's Strongest Man apparatus?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 07:23 PM (XV/Pl)

8 Behols less than tenth!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 07:26 PM (wxsGM)

9 Ya know who didn't take a day off? I'll bet you can guess.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:26 PM (nxLtX)

10 I have a pair of drywall benches with adjustable legs,the Wal Board brand. Legs extend up to 30” high and can hold a fuck ton. Amazon has the style. Worth every penny.

Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2026 07:26 PM (4c58h)

11 >>>>This is apparently real weather from a storm-chasing account, but unfortunately it doesn't describe what on earth this weather pattern is.


I think that is the end of the world. I am surprised, I thought it would be a bit later.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 07:26 PM (rbvCR)

12 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 07:27 PM (Ia/+0)

13 Thanks ace.

This guy's going to be sleeping on the couch for ten years.

Link isn't working. Maybe it's me.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 07:28 PM (Sco7b)

14 Ace. Dude. It’s an F’ing American Holiday.
Take a break.
We won’t hurt the blog.

Heh.

Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 07:28 PM (LMRVO)

15 Stinking Brits not defending their country have deprived me from seeing Hadrian's Wall someday. We were in a train near it once from Scotland to London. This ticks me off! Altho we saw a lot of the UK...

More Lynyrd Skynyrd to close my DJ rainy afternoon:

https://tinyurl.com/mryjkpn7

They were just hitting their stride in 1977...

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 07:30 PM (hzuYO)

16 Well I certainly hope my pussy never ends up on the street.

Posted by: Mrs Slocumbe at October 12, 2026 07:31 PM (MWfyi)

17 It’s not a holiday if you don’t get PTO. These are America’s holidays: NYD, Memorial Day, The Fourth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Now, get back to work.

Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2026 07:31 PM (4c58h)

18 Ben Had...left you a msg in last post before Ace willowed me!

How dare you, Ace! (Greata Thundermug voice)

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 07:32 PM (hzuYO)

19 (From GP)

New York has refused to honor 16,070 ICE detainers since President Donald Trump returned to office, releasing illegal aliens who have been accused or convicted of a combined 52,503 criminal charges, according to Department of Homeland Security data.
According to the information obtained by the New York Post, rejected detainers included people involved with 131 homicides, 132 kidnappings, 1,017 sexual offenses, 9,502 assaults, 1,776 robberies, 1,631 burglaries, 2,198 weapons infractions, 1,561 DUIs, and 4,324 drug-related counts.

ICE detainers are requests that local jails hold a suspected illegal immigrant for up to 48 hours so federal agents can take them into custody.

Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 07:33 PM (TN0g+)

20 @10

>>Worth every penny.

This is absolutely worth every penny, it just happens to be way too heavy to lug around to the rental when I have to do repairs.

Basically it's a tank and weighs more than my current setup of disparate pieces that I throw into the back of the pickup.

I'm torn if I'm going to return it.

I will dwell on this over some bourbon and sour patch gummies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 07:34 PM (XV/Pl)

21 Doggie on trail had no problems, except which direction to go

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

22 Too bad victims of illegals released despite a federal detainer can’t sue the jurisdiction that released them.

Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2026 07:35 PM (4c58h)

23
Cookulating pork ribs. Then I will do chicken thighs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 07:35 PM (eRlcH)

24 Utah mountain highway.

I70, somewhere between the CO state line and where it meets I15. I know, not very specific, but there's a pretty long stretch of scenery just like that.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 07:36 PM (3mtzY)

25 I have 2 aluminum benchs, around 20 inches high, don't change hight but pretty light. For me great to work on door hardware

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

26 New York has refused to honor 16,070 ICE detainers since President Donald Trump returned to office, releasing illegal aliens who have been accused or convicted of a combined 52,503 criminal charges, according to Department of Homeland Security data.. . . .
Posted by: Crusader

I pray some legal eagle in the AG's office is figuring out a way to pause or stop every $ of Federal money from going to the State of New York.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 07:36 PM (N5iuz)

27 Earlier today, Ace posted "It's just not safe to look at girls in the gym any longer."

It should be pointed out that her squat form is, in fact, not very good, and could be potentially injurious. Dork 'boyfriend' is not doing her any favors.

Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 07:36 PM (0sNs1)

28 Geez, they can't leave the corpse of a franchise unmolested.

Coming to Amazon is a new Ridley Scott Blade Runner show. With Michelle Yeoh. And supposedly a cure for the Replicants short life span.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 07:36 PM (2GVsD)

29 Border Collie on the Wilder Kaiser massif in Tyrolia. My daughter climbs there often.

Posted by: RS at October 12, 2026 07:37 PM (GYx3d)

30 Dewalt’s 12” slide miter saw is too damn big to lug aroumd. The Bosch 8.5” is the best portable saw made.

Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2026 07:37 PM (4c58h)

31 I think that is the end of the world. I am surprised, I thought it would be a bit later.
Posted by: Kindltot

2033 is shaping up to be the date of the end of all things visible. You heard it here first, but you'll be hearing it a lot as the date approaches.

Posted by: Ample Biblical Evidence at October 12, 2026 07:38 PM (EdP2u)

32 Snowflake is outside my computer window meowing. We'll see if she wants to come in and stay the rest of the night.

Usually she's best after 9pm. But she did have Thanksgiving tuna fish today. And Ralphy's solidly resting too after his extra goodies.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 07:38 PM (Sco7b)

33 Had to run into the big city today for a Costco's trip and ordering floor tile.

I40 was stop and crawl for 20 minutes.

Me hates cities.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 07:39 PM (N5iuz)

34 I am declaring Saturday October 17th COB Appreciation Day and will call for a toast to them since most of them will be in Texas at the MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:39 PM (nxLtX)

35 Good luck NY, carry a weapon
Oh and if caught, no speaka Engwich

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

36 (From GP)

New York has refused to honor 16,070 ICE detainers since President Donald Trump returned to office, releasing illegal aliens who have been accused or convicted of a combined 52,503 criminal charges, according to Department of Homeland Security data.
-----

Can you imagine the reduction in crime if New York simply honored detainers? And I don't mean "crime in Ohio..."--I mean crime in New York. These criminals are being released to literally commit more crime IN NEW YORK. Its amazing to me that any citizenry anywhere would put up with that level of combined arrogrance/incompetence.

Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 07:40 PM (TN0g+)

37 Ya know who didn't take a day off? I'll bet you can guess.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:26 PM


Big Penguin. Evil, like rust, never sleeps.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 07:40 PM (0sNs1)

38 D'oh! It helps to read the captions. Emery UT is on State Highway 10 and north of I70.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 07:40 PM (3mtzY)

39 30 Dewalt’s 12” slide miter saw is too damn big to lug aroumd. The Bosch 8.5” is the best portable saw made.
Posted by: Accomack

8.5" is too small to cut the crown mouldings in my rad tree fort.

Posted by: 12 Year Old Billy at October 12, 2026 07:40 PM (EdP2u)

40 @29...lucky girl.

Austria is gorgeous. My favorite city was Salzburg. We took train to Hallstadt. Gorgeous.

I do hope the islamic barbarians have not taken over.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 07:41 PM (hzuYO)

41 33 Had to run into the big city today for a Costco's trip and ordering floor tile.

I40 was stop and crawl for 20 minutes.

Me hates cities.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 07

Ohhh….what tile did you go with?

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 07:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

42 37 Ya know who didn't take a day off? I'll bet you can guess.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:26 PM

Big Penguin. Evil, like rust, never sleeps.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Like a stopped clock, Dinkelthrax is right twiced a day!

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at October 12, 2026 07:43 PM (EdP2u)

43 I will dwell on this over some bourbon and sour patch gummies.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 07:34 PM


If you soak the gummies in the bourbon, they will get hard and difficult to chew.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)

44 Me hates cities.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 07

Ohhh….what tile did you go with?
Posted by: Piper

You guys don't have people that order your stuff?

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at October 12, 2026 07:45 PM (EdP2u)

45 I've been watching Lawrence of Arabia. I always thought Peter O'Toole was just being irritatingly fey in the movie, but it turns out that was a deliberate choice. David Lean, the director, figured he was teh ghey, but couldn't come right out and say so back then. He came pretty damn close, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 07:46 PM (Riz8t)

46 44 Me hates cities.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 07

Ohhh….what tile did you go with?
Posted by: Piper

You guys don't have people that order your stuff?
Posted by: Thurston Howell III at October 12, 2026 07:45 PM (EdP2u)

Of course! The contractor will order what I pick, but I have to pick! It’s been daunting. Which is weird for me.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 07:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

47 Coming to Amazon is a new Ridley Scott Blade Runner show. With Michelle Yeoh. And supposedly a cure for the Replicants short life span.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 07:36 PM (2GVsD)
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I thought the replicants were engineered to have a short life span. So they wouldn't get any uppity ideas they were real people.

Kind of the perfect slave race for Leftists, really.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 07:48 PM (FZ29D)

48 Big Penguin. Evil, like rust, never sleeps.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 07:40 PM

Like a stopped clock, Dinkelthrax is right twiced a day!
Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at October 12, 2026 07:43 PM


So, you're saying he's right at 7:40 PM?

Posted by: J. Random Commenter at October 12, 2026 07:48 PM (pcy2J)

49 Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)

50 Ohhh….what tile did you go with?
Posted by: Piper

The shower walls and bathroom floor will be 1' x 2' Riviera Oat Matte Porcelain, shower floor is Maui Pebble Honed Marble Mosaic with Mapei Alabaster grout.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 07:49 PM (N5iuz)

51 ChristyBlinky, I would love to have a drink and share stories with you.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:50 PM (nxLtX)

52 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! Happy Columbus Day!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 07:51 PM (quk5M)

53 David Lean, the director, figured he was teh ghey, but couldn't come right out and say so back then. He came pretty damn close, though.
Posted by: Archimedes

Times change, usually for the worse. The first season of The Odd Couple there was no mention of Edna Unger, because the suits figured America wasn't ready for a divorced non-custodial father.

Posted by: Pamelyn Ferdin and Doney Oatman at October 12, 2026 07:51 PM (EdP2u)

54 Of course! The contractor will order what I pick, but I have to pick! It’s been daunting. Which is weird for me.
Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 07:47 PM


The 'ette-approved fashion colors are taupe, fawn, ecru, mauve, and sea foam.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)

55 Scott Jennings TRUTH NUKES CNN on why demanding Americans vote for socialists is a HORRIBLE idea

"When has a Democrat EVER proposed a THING on lower gas prices?"

THEY HAVE NO ANSWER.

"What has a Democrat proposed to do in this election that would change your life in any meaningful way?"

"Don't forget, 90% of the cost of living that you're upset with was handed to you by Democrats anyway!"

Democrats spent four years driving up prices, and now they're running on complaining about prices!

Trump SLOWED DOWN Biden's peak inflation.

Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 07:52 PM (AFudc)

56 52 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! Happy Columbus Day!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 07:51 PM (quk5M)

And Happy Thanksgiving. I worked but that's fine. Animals are good.

The PM gave a 'heartfelt' message on how Canada is better together. Like Ike told Tina....and OJ told Nicole.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 07:55 PM (Sco7b)

57 50 Ohhh….what tile did you go with?
Posted by: Piper

The shower walls and bathroom floor will be 1' x 2' Riviera Oat Matte Porcelain, shower floor is Maui Pebble Honed Marble Mosaic with Mapei Alabaster grout.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 07:49 PM (N5iuz)

Very serene and spa like!

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 07:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

58 You can't go wrong with ecru, I always say.

Posted by: Burnt Sienna at October 12, 2026 07:55 PM (EdP2u)

59 #fourdays

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 07:57 PM (3mtzY)

60
2033 is shaping up to be the date of the end of all things visible.

Will we be able to see the invisible?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 07:58 PM (Cqx++)

61 Posted by: Burnt Sienna at October 12, 2026 07:55 PM

Hermano!

Posted by: Burnt Umber at October 12, 2026 07:58 PM (0sNs1)

62 Helena Handbasket, YESSSSS!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:58 PM (nxLtX)

63 I hope the case against Omar is more than just immigration fraud. She up to her head diaper in the corruption in Minnesota.

https://tinyurl.com/yfcx7tf9

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m)

64 Itchy feeling right now.

Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2026 07:59 PM (LHPAg)

65 Flagstone, I would like to redo my floor in flagstone.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:59 PM (nxLtX)

66 Mosaic goes back 3,500 years to ancient Mesopotamia. Seems like they'd be wore out by now.

Posted by: Modern Times at October 12, 2026 07:59 PM (EdP2u)

67 I've been watching Lawrence of Arabia. I always thought Peter O'Toole was just being irritatingly fey in the movie, but it turns out that was a deliberate choice. David Lean, the director, figured he was teh ghey, but couldn't come right out and say so back then. He came pretty damn close, though.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 07:46 PM (Riz8t)

John Buchan, aka Lord Tweedsmuir, was a neighbor to Lawrence back in England, and spoke well of him. One of the characters in his series of Richard Hannay novels was a tribute to him. I have an old copy of Buchan's memoirs, and it is a good read. As Lord Tweedsmuir, he became the last foreign-born Governor General of Canada, and was much respected here. He died in Canada in 1940, IIRC.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 07:59 PM (quk5M)

68 7 Just had a real bummer.

I needed a portable bench that was a little better than two sawhorses, two 2x4 and a piece of plywood, found what I thought was the perfect one and in many ways it is, the problem is that it weighs a metric f***ton, and the term portable is tenuous at best as even Brian Shaw would say, bro is this some sort of World's Strongest Man apparatus?

Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Carpenter's used to make a bench from scrap at every job site.
I have an old left behind that the monitor is mounted as this is typed. It's made from 3/4 x 12 plank with 1x4 bracing.
It has a 1x4 inch rounded hole in the top middle for a hand hold.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 07:59 PM (BzKNL)

69 Itchy feeling right now.
Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2026 07:59 PM


Elizabeth Arden Hand Creme, old boy!

Posted by: Harry Sussex at October 12, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

70 63 I hope the case against Omar is more than just immigration fraud. She up to her head diaper in the corruption in Minnesota.

https://tinyurl.com/yfcx7tf9

Posted by: JackStraw
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Whatever is fine with me as long as it results in permanent
exfiltration. And her whole fucking clan. We could call it
a start.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 08:03 PM (BzKNL)

71 I hope the case against Omar is more than just immigration fraud. She up to her head diaper in the corruption in Minnesota.

https://tinyurl.com/yfcx7tf9
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m)


One or more of the Somali fraudsters may have rolled on her.
Live and lear I guess.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 08:03 PM (rbvCR)

72 A Rigorous Investigation into the Quasi-Static Equilibration of Shoulder-Fired Ballistic Platforms: Rear-Bag-Mediated Suppression of Angular Perturbations and Its Implications for Sub-MOA Precision

or not

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 08:04 PM (wxsGM)

73 And Happy Thanksgiving. I worked but that's fine. Animals are good.

The PM gave a 'heartfelt' message on how Canada is better together. Like Ike told Tina....and OJ told Nicole.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 07:55 PM (Sco7b)

Ah! That explains why the Post Office and tire shop were closed. The ladies in Swalwell aren't holding their big Turkey Day dinner until Nov. 1. Good deal, buffet dinner of roast turkey and all the trimmings, plus PIE for dessert, all for 18 Loonies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 08:04 PM (quk5M)

74 Fuck Presentism and Presentismist.
Standing in you footed pajamas in 76 degrees climate controlled Moms basement drinking your Swiss Miss and commenting on things that happened when exploration was an idea until some MEN decided to make it real is just plain old stupid.

Now lucky you that the Samist and the Wayitwasist AKA the (D) style KKK, Progressives, and DSA have arrived. They need their underculture, semi-class, semislave, and oppressed to sell the Us-Better-Than-Them ideas of Single Payer, EBT, and Basic Income.
They need that BNW culture that only THEY know haw to take care of.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:05 PM (/+uur)

75 Didn't Tim Walz assure us there is no Somali fraud of any type occuring?

And if you can't believe the Governor of Minnesota, a candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the United States of America, and one of the four three exemplars of Modern Masculinity, who can you believe?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 08:05 PM (0sNs1)

76 >>> 72 A Rigorous Investigation into the Quasi-Static Equilibration of Shoulder-Fired Ballistic Platforms: Rear-Bag-Mediated Suppression of Angular Perturbations and Its Implications for Sub-MOA Precision

or not
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 08:04 PM (wxsGM)

That's a lot of words to say 'no wobbly shit'.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 08:06 PM (3mtzY)

77 Ah! That explains why the Post Office and tire shop were closed. The ladies in Swalwell aren't holding their big Turkey Day dinner until Nov. 1. Good deal, buffet dinner of roast turkey and all the trimmings, plus PIE for dessert, all for 18 Loonies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 08:04 PM (quk5M)

I wouldn't have known if my friends didn't mention it Thursday. I'm not a holiday person.

YAY!! My script finished. Just a few more days.
Have a great night!
All of you!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 08:06 PM (Sco7b)

78 Frequently, when you see that strange green/aquamarine color in the sky, it's tornado weather.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 12, 2026 08:06 PM (iIyc0)

79 >>One or more of the Somali fraudsters may have rolled on her.
Live and lear I guess.

The white woman who was at the heart of Feeding Our Future, Aimee Bock, has been saying since she was first sentenced that there was no chance Omar wasn't at the very lease aware of what was going on and more likely getting paid.

She got sentenced to 41 years in prison. I'm sure she like to shave some of that time off.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 08:09 PM (viF8m)

80 Carpenter's used to make a bench from scrap at every job site.
I have an old left behind that the monitor is mounted as this is typed. It's made from 3/4 x 12 plank with 1x4 bracing.
It has a 1x4 inch rounded hole in the top middle for a hand hold.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 07:59 PM (BzKNL)

I just moved a portable bench today, in fact. Two foot by five foot scrap of plywood screwed to the ends of two empty oil drums with 4 1/4" Tek screws. Took 2 minutes to build it. Will hold several hundred pounds at a convenient working height. A total of seven pieces: three that any adult can easily carry by hand, and four that will fit in a pocket.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 08:09 PM (quk5M)

81 I had an old door that I converted into a work bench.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 08:11 PM (nxLtX)

82 @68

>>Carpenter's used to make a bench from scrap at every job site.

That's what I have now, it's two lightweight aluminum saw horses and a couple of pieces of wood, it's 5 pcs total and is light, it's just that it's 5 pieces to carry, I was eying this portable job that would have cut everything down to 1 piece, and it does, it also weighs more than George Washington.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 08:13 PM (XV/Pl)

83 From DU:

TX-SEN: Chair of Texas Democratic Party says 'we're full steam ahead' after Talarico's flu recovery

Kendall Scudder, the chair of the Texas Democratic Party, said Sunday he is confident in Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s campaign in the wake of his illness.

“We’re full steam ahead. And, of course, you’re going to see people in the swamps of the internet making up conspiracy theories. That’s what they always do,” Scudder told NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt on “The Hill Sunday.”

“But the fact of the matter is, people get sick sometimes when you’re diabetic,” he added, referencing Talarico’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis. “It takes you a little while to get recovered.”

Talarico recently made his first public appearance in slightly less than two weeks after his campaign said he was recuperating from the flu. He was spotted walking around Austin City Limits, an annual music festival in the Texas city.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 08:14 PM (0sNs1)

84 When I click on "continue reading" on any post I get a full-page pop up and it gives no option to close. I have to shut down my browser. If I click on "comments", I can read the rest of the articles.

Posted by: TC at October 12, 2026 08:15 PM (/EOY0)

85 I had an old door that I converted into a work bench.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 08:11 PM (nxLtX)

Yup. They work great. Even a chintzy hollow-core door makes a decent bench for light work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 08:15 PM (quk5M)

86 Ben Had!

Helena Handbasket!

I will miss you lovely ladies this weekend. Hugs for both of you. Helena, you will need another assistant for your brownies.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 08:16 PM (yEz+x)

87 When I click on "continue reading" on any post I get a full-page pop up and it gives no option to close. I have to shut down my browser. If I click on "comments", I can read the rest of the articles.
Posted by: TC at October 12, 2026 08:15 PM (/EOY0)

Let's play "Spot the New Guy".

This has been beaten to death here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 08:17 PM (quk5M)

88 nurse, to say you will be missed is an understatement.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 08:18 PM (nxLtX)

89 "This has been beaten to death here."

Then why not fix it?

Posted by: TC at October 12, 2026 08:19 PM (/EOY0)

90 That's a lot of words to say 'no wobbly shit'.

You don't get tenure for terseness.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 08:23 PM (vTZFs)

91 89 "This has been beaten to death here."

Then why not fix it?
Posted by: TC at October 12, 2026 08:19 PM (/EOY0)

It isn’t our site to fix. But 90% of the time, Brave stops this from happening. Other people have had good luck with different pop up / ad blockers. I still feel bad recommending these as it cuts Ace’s revenue, but so does lost readership. Hopefully there is an offset by hitting the tip jar as you are able.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 08:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

92
Elizabeth Arden Hand Creme, old boy!
Posted by: Harry Sussex


Eve Arden hand motion.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 08:24 PM (Cqx++)

93 Then why not fix it?
Posted by: TC at October 12, 2026 08:19 PM (/EOY0)

Well, it would be nice if it were fixed, but fixing it could cost Ace a lot of money, which would be better spent making hobo jerky. As a reader, the "fix" is simply to never hit the "continue reading" link, and simply go straight to "comments", thereby avoiding the worst of the popups.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 08:25 PM (quk5M)

94 88 nurse, to say you will be missed is an understatement.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 08:18 PM (nxLtX)

Right? I am so sad about this! But I do understand it.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 08:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

95 I was eying this portable job that would have cut everything down to 1 piece, and it does, it also weighs more than George Washington.

The Black & Decker Workmate was a good idea, it's just a shame that they made them so sh*tty.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 08:26 PM (vTZFs)

96 ...the "fix" is simply to never hit the "continue reading" link, and simply go straight to "comments", thereby avoiding the worst of the popups.

Besides, "Comments" is where you want to be anyway.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 08:28 PM (vTZFs)

97 The Black & Decker Workmate was a good idea, it's just a shame that they made them so sh*tty.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 08:26 PM


There are similar-concept better-executed versions out there.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 08:28 PM (0sNs1)

98 The Black & Decker Workmate was a good idea, it's just a shame that they made them so sh*tty.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 08:26 PM (vTZFs)

They came in various grades, and the better ones were pretty sturdy. There were also some real el-cheapo knockoffs out there. The Workmate can be rigged as a decent shooting bench for out in the desert, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 08:28 PM (quk5M)

99 Besides, "Comments" is where you want to be anyway.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 08:28 PM (vTZFs)

Yes. You get all the post content, plus the wisdom of the Moron Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 08:30 PM (quk5M)

100 96 ...the "fix" is simply to never hit the "continue reading" link, and simply go straight to "comments", thereby avoiding the worst of the popups.

Besides, "Comments" is where you want to be anyway.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 08:28 PM (vTZFs)

I didn’t catch he was reading the content! I just assumed he was jumping here.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 08:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

101 I'm like the cool kids table.

Posted by: Comments at October 12, 2026 08:31 PM (OVboP)

102 plus the wisdom of the Moron Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 08:30 PM


Which has been life-saving more than once.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 08:32 PM (0sNs1)

103 I didn’t catch he was reading the content!
Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 08:31 PM


The second clue he's new.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 08:33 PM (0sNs1)

104 He needs to go, too.



Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayor
·
41m
This morning, the federal government turned the full force of the Department of Homeland Security against a sitting member of Congress for the offense of disagreeing with the White House.

The path to citizenship should not be weaponized against anyone, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized American who swore an oath to this country — the same one that I took.

The promise of citizenship should not be contingent on someone agreeing with the federal government.
Quote

Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN
·
8h
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 08:35 PM (kX27y)

105 I use a B&D workmate as my shooting bench for hog hunting.
I put it in the back of the gator, hog huntin tree stand!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 08:35 PM (nxLtX)

106 I pray some legal eagle in the AG's office is figuring out a way to pause or stop every $ of Federal money from going to the State of New York.
Posted by: Tonypete

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

WHY is this not as easy as issuing a parking ticket? Isn't it some sort of crime to obstruct federal law enforcement? Doesn't ICE have the authority of... someone?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 12, 2026 08:36 PM (mmrXZ)

107 Hey Old Lady Omar,
Did they go through your spouse's underwear drawer?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 12, 2026 08:37 PM (OVboP)

108 I think the mayor of New York has the strong taste of copper in his mouth today.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)

109 WowThat actor who played the kid with cerebral palsy on breaking bad , has died at the age of thirty four. I don't make corrections on my stupid phone.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 12, 2026 08:39 PM (mmrXZ)

110 “But the fact of the matter is, people get sick sometimes when you’re diabetic,” he added, referencing Talarico’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis. “It takes you a little while to get recovered.”

-
Brain flu is hard to shake.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 08:40 PM (ndZc7)

111
Old Dot has been loose in the house today. Years have melted off her life. She's been discussing precedence with Diana, stealing bones, insisting on being petted, cleaning plates and having a great time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 08:41 PM (eRlcH)

112 The Black & Decker Workmate was a good idea, it's just a shame that they made them so sh*tty.
Posted by: Oddbob

Mines about 40 years old. Pretty sturdy. I wouldn't want a new one.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 08:41 PM (zcI95)

113 I didn't catch he was reading the content! -Posted by Piper

Yes, he read the content. Something some people insist we do. I will not call any names.🙄

Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 08:48 PM (ROPCF)

114 89 "This has been beaten to death here."

Then why not fix it?

Posted by: TC
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hahahahahahahahah

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 08:50 PM (BzKNL)

115 Unbelievable: Sen. Chuck Grassley, 93, Files for Re-Election

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Good government until he's 99!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 08:52 PM (ndZc7)

116 Property is a great idea in the STATES constitutions.
It is, after family everything we are.
I would guess 90 to 95% of property accumulation is to protect Family in the next or next generation.

Remember this when the (D) go after your properties.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:54 PM (/+uur)

117 Really? That nonagenarian filed for reelection? Jeebud.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 08:54 PM (aiWH0)

118 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! Happy Columbus Day!

I had a nice Columbus Day. Just got back from a trip that ended in New York City. “Hey, tomorrow is Columbus Day. I wonder if New York does anything special for it.”

“Huh… that’s why my hotel room was so expensive.”

I heard some people in the crowd speaking Italian, usually families, so I guess it’s a big deal in some circles.

It’s the first time I’ve seen a really big city parade, and it was cool. Also, I’m pretty sure Ace was there, riding a Vespa with his dog in a backpack, trailing an American flag. He was placed just before M.S.S. Addolorata del Romitello Borgetto.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 12, 2026 08:55 PM (nFQ9p)

119 Someone take that fossil to a primary.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 09:00 PM (88C+u)

120 Loved the duck video.

When I was about 3yrs old I got two duckies for Easter. My grandmother raised them in a pen in her backyard, which was in the city and they used to have chickens and a cow along with everyone else.

I had two blonde pigtails and was rockin' heart-shaped sunglasses. Heaven knows where that photo is.

I still remember their duck smell, which is a bit odd. When they got big my father took them to the lake on the farm where they either got eaten by foxes or flew away. He told me they flew away. I no longer believe this.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 09:02 PM (hzuYO)

121 esides, "Comments" is where you want to be anyway.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 08:28 PM (vTZFs)

Yes. You get all the post content, plus the wisdom of the Moron Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 08:30 PM (quk5M)
----
What is this "content" you speak of? And why have I never encountered it before?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 09:04 PM (FZ29D)

122 Chuck Grassley is amazing. I’m not really supporting him running again but he is actually doing things in the Senate and has uncovered a lot of the graf and corruption from the Democrats. I’m not sure how effective he’s going to be in six more years, but for now, he’s ok.

Posted by: Jen the original at October 12, 2026 09:05 PM (EiUt/)

123 117 Really? That nonagenarian filed for reelection? Jeebud.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
----

He is more competent than most of them.
He is one of the most competent of them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:05 PM (BzKNL)

124 If TE Lawrence didn't want the movie about him to be faggy, he should have put fewer faggy comments in his book.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 09:05 PM (88C+u)

125 Grassley is another #twoweeks barnicle we need to be rid of sooner than later. His poor judgement in running is evident at that age.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 09:08 PM (RIvkX)

126
Dodgers lose to the Brewers, 7-4, and fall behind 2 games to none.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 09:10 PM (eRlcH)

127 @IlhanMN
·
8h
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.

Posted by: beckster a
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Put the bitch on a plane and dump her off somewhere.
I hear the weather's nice in El Salvador.

take her family too

take the whole lot of them

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:11 PM (BzKNL)

128 "Put the bitch on a plane and dump her off somewhere.
I hear the weather's nice in El Salvador."

Bukele has that country cleaned up and now you want to go and trash it again.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 12, 2026 09:13 PM (dCMJG)

129 Jew-hater Navi Pillay, Who Spread Blood Libels Against Israel,
Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:14 PM (BzKNL)

130 The Black & Decker Workmate was a good idea, it's just a shame that they made them so sh*tty.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 08:26 PM (vTZFs)


I had one for many years that had previously belonged to my grandfather. Heavy MFer! Wood and steel. It didn't survive the last of my many moves over the past few years. Lost some parts and couldn't find replacements. I still have some of his old tools.but I really hated to get rid of that Workmate.

Posted by: Doof at October 12, 2026 09:15 PM (QMAsf)

131 Marco Rubio Announces Sweeping Financial Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:15 PM (BzKNL)

132 "Put the bitch on a plane and dump her off somewhere.
I hear the weather's nice in El Salvador."

Bukele has that country cleaned up and now you want to go and trash it again.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 12, 2026 09:13 PM (dCMJG)

Yep. Back to Scumalia. The opposing clan will deal with her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 09:16 PM (quk5M)

133
An Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight from Addis Ababa was forced to turn around midair overnight between Sunday and Monday, after Israel refused to let it land with an Indonesian crewmember on board, according to multiple Hebrew media reports.

Israel does not have diplomatic relations with Indonesia.
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They keep trying.

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

134 The Nobel Peace Prize became a joke many years ago.
Why anyone pays attention to it I don't know.

Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 09:21 PM (ROPCF)

135 Anybody seen Mitch?

Posted by: Mildly curious at October 12, 2026 09:23 PM (OVboP)

136 Iz'rl has been close to opening ties with Indonesia. Leaders have spoken on sidelines of big events, I think. Indonesia joined the Board o' Peace for Gazastan.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 12, 2026 09:23 PM (U/Byj)

137 84 When I click on "continue reading" on any post I get a full-page pop up and it gives no option to close. I have to shut down my browser. If I click on "comments", I can read the rest of the articles.

Posted by: TC at October 12, 2026 08:15 PM (/EOY0)


Right. So, always click on "Comments". Easy-peasy.

Posted by: a.moron at October 12, 2026 09:23 PM (X5Jzz)

138 129 Jew-hater Navi Pillay, Who Spread Blood Libels Against Israel,
Wins Nobel Peace Prize


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She's cheapening the whole award!

Posted by: Zombie Yasser Arafat at October 12, 2026 09:24 PM (4Je4D)

139 The dollar is the mightiest weapon of all. Bessent has modified warfare into a monetary stranglehold and he isn't about to let up.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 09:24 PM (nxLtX)

140 The military wins the battle.
The economy wins the war.

Posted by: Pentagon 101 at October 12, 2026 09:25 PM (OVboP)

141 I want to see the Bob Uecker WS.

Milwaukee vs The Chief Wahoos.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 09:29 PM (zcI95)

142 Things that will never happen due to corruption, kickbacks and power in DC:

1) Term limits for Congress. Two terms for Senate and 3 for House.

2) Age limit to prevent the McConnell's, Feinstein's, Pelousi's and,now, Grassley from being in office after age 65yrs. Commercial airline pilots have to retire then and so should these nitwits. Who, once elected, do very little but raise money til their next election as well as becoming wealthy on their salaries. Bastids.

3) The Founding Father's believed in term limits and I wish they had set this into law. Never dreaming of the dikheads we have now who are lifers. RINOS, who prevent recess allowing Trump to place individuals into federal office.

4) The Founding Father's also believed in being in DC part time and working their farms/plantations. As many recesses and vacations as these worthless government jackasses take, this would save $ for the country and maybe some scum bags wouldn't run for office.

There's only a handful of representatives I like at any given time. The State of the Union reveals all I can't stand who stay seated. I want to somehow deport all of Omar's Squad plus incontinent Pelousi and her hammer husband.



Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 09:29 PM (hzuYO)

143 139 The dollar is the mightiest weapon of all. Bessent has modified warfare into a monetary stranglehold and he isn't about to let up.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 09:24 PM (nxLtX)
********
I love him. He fights.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 09:30 PM (hzuYO)

144 105 I use a B&D workmate as my shooting bench for hog hunting.
I put it in the back of the gator, hog huntin tree stand!
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 08:35 PM (nxLtX)
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Oh, my husband would love you!

He watches a youtube of a MS boy who makes a living killing wild hogs in the states. Really funny guy. Gives the dead pigs to people who want to eat them.

They haven't reached our farm because it's not close to a river...a creek, yes. Brother had a nasty Nutria trapped and killed at our lake by a very pretty blonde girl (her job). We used to only have beavers. Plus coyotes, foxes, deer, and whatever survives in those woods. I hate the sound of foxes.

Son saw a wild pig in FL in a ditch next to the road who was as big as a car (or nearly).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 09:37 PM (hzuYO)

145 Bessent is finding every shell corp, cut out and sanctions by pass. Qatar and Pakistan just told the IRGC to go goatfuck.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 09:39 PM (nxLtX)

146 Is there a secret post somewhere else? Where am I?

Last survivor?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 09:39 PM (hzuYO)

147 @142. They do take a lot of vacation time when they should be trying to help the country instead of helping themselves. One reason I don't trust them and don't think they care about anyone except themselves and padding their bank accounts.

Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 09:40 PM (ROPCF)

148 Ben had,
Sorry, but I haven't had time to make anything for the MoMe...🫣

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 09:41 PM (VCgbV)

149 ChristyBlinky, those feral hogs are so destructive. They can tear a pasture apart in an evening.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 09:41 PM (nxLtX)

150 Son saw a wild pig in FL in a ditch next to the road who was as big as a car (or nearly).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Ex BiL hit one in the Hill Country. Totaled the F350. Lucky he wasn't hurt or killed.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 09:42 PM (zcI95)

151 The State of the Union reveals all I can't stand who stay seated. I want to somehow deport all of Omar's Squad plus incontinent Pelousi and her hammer husband.


Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Good for the first round of deportations.
We've got a radical sect, in full, to expropriate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:43 PM (BzKNL)

152 lin-duh, you do so much you never say sorry to me. The only thing we need is YOU!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 09:44 PM (nxLtX)

153 122 Chuck Grassley is amazing. I’m not really supporting him running again but he is actually doing things in the Senate and has uncovered a lot of the graf and corruption from the Democrats. I’m not sure how effective he’s going to be in six more years, but for now, he’s ok.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 12, 2026 09:05 PM (EiUt/)
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I wish he'd let go of the career and get a bit of a retirement to enjoy.

But he's a good man. One of the few that a number of years ago I worked with and around that treated me and the other young bucks with respect, humility, and good humor.

I hope he enjoys what he's got left on this earth.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 09:46 PM (oqH4h)

154 147 @142. They do take a lot of vacation time when they should be trying to help the country ...
Posted by: Case
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Best thing they can do to help the country is go home and listen to their constituents instead buttf*kng with the lobbyists.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:47 PM (BzKNL)

155 I reeeallly wanted to see what the dude did to get exiled to the couch for 10 years.
No go on the link…

Posted by: Gunslinger at October 12, 2026 09:48 PM (N91F8)

156 I reeeallly wanted to see what the dude did to get exiled to the couch for 10 years.
No go on the link…
Posted by: Gunslinger at October 12, 2026 09:48 PM (N91F

Maybe he was exiled to the cooch, and the video is NSFW?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 09:50 PM (quk5M)

157 Grassley is 93. He did what he could. Just enjoy the the rest of your life with family and friends.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 09:51 PM (zcI95)

158 I saw Buttf*cking with the Lobbyists open for Social Distortion at the Omni in '98.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 09:51 PM (oqH4h)

159 I was doom scrolling and came across a video asking people to name which artist sang these songs, the two artists used were Cannibal Corpse and Dolly Parton.

Needless to say the contestants got 10 out of 10 questions correct simply based on song titles.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 09:53 PM (XV/Pl)

160 149 ChristyBlinky, those feral hogs are so destructive. They can tear a pasture apart in an evening.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 09:41 PM (nxLtX)
******
I know! He's shown me the videos this guy makes. People hire him to come "knock heads," which is what he calls trapping and shooting them. Nasty looking hawgs.

My brother seems to think they are far enough from the MS River they won't come (central MS). We have a creek that flows into the Pearl River, that goes to the MS River.

My Dad built a 10acre lake where three springs feed into a swampy area when I was a baby. Choctaw used to camp there as we find many arrowheads and spears. Once a bowl for corn at the sandstone creek. It's pretty but not the same in the past 20yrs.

They planted pines in place of open pastures and pine beetles have destroyed a lot. I wish they had planted hardwood, but too late now for my vote.

He has wildlife cameras and has never, thankfully, seen a wild hog.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 09:53 PM (hzuYO)

161 Saudis prolly told the Pakis to make a choice.
First Saudi offensive they were depending on the Turks and Pakis help. They didn't show too much. Think there's been a little tea n' sugar cubes since then.

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

162 ln-duh,
That you have trusted so many of us with your daughter is amazing. She is an incredible young woman. How proud you must be of her.

That being said, you know she’s not perfect, right?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 09:56 PM (yEz+x)

163 That being said, you know she’s not perfect, right?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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lol, I know! Have you seen her room???😱

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 09:58 PM (VCgbV)

164 I was doom scrolling and came across a video asking people to name which artist sang these songs, the two artists used were Cannibal Corpse and Dolly Parton.

Cannibal Corpse should cover Islands in the Stream or Jolene.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 09:58 PM (zcI95)

165 The raccoons dug up my lawn and my cyclamen last night.

I thought the 3 am episode last week chucking stones at them was enough.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 09:58 PM (RIvkX)

166 Wild hogs suck. You can clap as many as you want in a night and barely make a dent in the breeding population.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 09:59 PM (oqH4h)

167 We scoff in your general direction!

Posted by: The racoons at October 12, 2026 10:00 PM (OVboP)

168 Push the button, Max!

Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 10:01 PM (hOSrB)

169 Wild hogs suck. You can clap as many as you want in a night and barely make a dent in the breeding population.
Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 09:59 PM (oqH4h)

Tell the muslims they are goats, and really, really horny for muzzie dick.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:01 PM (quk5M)

170 @165...we had them once in our attic! Sounded like a grown man on the roof.

Then I read where they can get up to 40lbs and fall through the ceiling. Which flipped me out! An animal trapper guy found the hole in the porch (FL house) and kept the mother from nesting.

The thought of a python in the toilet and a racoon falling in my lap while I watched tv was enough to have me plan to move outta FL.

The animal trapper guy was a weird man. I thought I saw a black rat or something in the kitchen. Which neither he nor my dude could find after tearing apart the boy's wing. Asked me about scat and I said, "I beg your pardon?"

He told my man that basically the little lady was hallucinating while I was at work in the ED one day. They called me that "it got away." Right. It was the size of my hand and looked like a black toupee with little feet and no tail. I will go to my grave saying I saw this one day after grocery shopping.

It came out from under the couch in the family room/kitchen and scurried into the boys wing with me screeching and putting a towel under the door. Called dude at work hyperventilating. No one believed me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 10:06 PM (hzuYO)

Llama Seduction Open Thread

Llama love: The Forbidden Dance.



Catfishing a llama.

The llamas already have their Christmas decorations up?! It's not even Halloween yet!






And now: The mighty Yak.

Posted by: Ace at 06:20 PM




Comments

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1 !

Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 06:21 PM (UjdFS)

2 Gets more and more interesting: the raid on Omar's house.



🇺🇸 The FJC 🇺🇸
@The_FJC
It's not an immigration case.

It's a RICO case.

Organized crime.

That painting they carried out has nothing to do with immigration, unless it's her and her brother's wedding photo.

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 06:22 PM (kX27y)

3
*lands with heavy thud*

Where am I? What kind of place is this?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 06:23 PM (eRlcH)

4 Awwww - thought it was gonna be bald guys in robes!!!

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 06:24 PM (Gqar8)

5 Llama was pissed, yo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 06:24 PM (zcI95)

6 Winamp! It really whips the llama's ass!

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 12, 2026 06:24 PM (/OKHJ)

7 Why llamas? This seems suspiciously like a Big Peruvia move.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 12, 2026 06:25 PM (qpvzL)

8 Aren't Llamas supposed to be nasty creatures?

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 06:26 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Awwww - thought it was gonna be bald guys in robes!!!
Posted by: tuba


But... if they are in robes they wouldn't be nood...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 06:26 PM (vJrRc)

10 Lama, lama ding dong
Kamala lama ding dong too
Too Kamala lama ding dong
Got a big prezzie for you

La Presidente Kamala Lama, a la futura!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:26 PM (BzKNL)

11 Love you llama time.

Posted by: Indigenous Slime Mold at October 12, 2026 06:26 PM (MWfyi)

12
So what was it with the Texas Twink? In the nuthouse or was it sexually-transmitted diarrhea?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 06:26 PM (eRlcH)

13
Back when BRC wasn't run by assholes.

Power Llama

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

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 06:27 PM (y9nCu)

14 Llama love: The Forbidden Dance.
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Ah, the Llamabada...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 06:27 PM (FZ29D)

15 12
So what was it with the Texas Twink? In the nuthouse or was it sexually-transmitted diarrhea?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 06:26 PM (eRlcH)

An “ and” would have worked here.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 06:27 PM (Gqar8)

16 "The llama is a quadruped which lives in big rivers like the Amazon. It has two ears, a heart, a forehead, and a beak for eating honey. But it is provided with fins for swimming."

Posted by: Bosk at October 12, 2026 06:28 PM (VMFAF)

17 I can't find a post from the weasl one. Weird. From 3hrs ago. Stuff I already had heard about TallyReek-O

https://tinyurl.com/57jm62s3

Elon Musk:

"The Talerico campaign is hiding something big that voters ought to know about."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:28 PM (hzuYO)

18 Probably monkeypox. They had to pop some blisters.

Posted by: Indigenous Slime Mold at October 12, 2026 06:28 PM (MWfyi)

19 Llamas can be aggressive. A guy with a llama exhibit at a county fair told me that there are ranchers who use them to protect livestock from predators.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 12, 2026 06:28 PM (/OKHJ)

20 14 Llama love: The Forbidden Dance.
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Ah, the Llamabada...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 06:27 PM (FZ29D)

That’s a +1.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 06:28 PM (Gqar8)

21 Wait.... Big Breasted critter that can sing?

The... Dolly LLama?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 06:29 PM (mP0Kj)

22 It's a RICO case.
Organized crime.
That painting they carried out has nothing to do with immigration, unless it's her and her brother's wedding photo.
Posted by: beckster
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Just so the results are repatriation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:29 PM (BzKNL)

23 So what was it with the Texas Twink? In the nuthouse or was it sexually-transmitted diarrhea?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 06:26 PM (eRlcH)

They caught him in the petting zoo, putting the blocks to a llama. That's right, he's a llama-ramming dingdong.

Try the veal!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 06:29 PM (quk5M)

24 Aren't Llamas supposed to be nasty creatures?
Posted by: Skip
.......

They spit and bite.

Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 06:29 PM (UjdFS)

25 16 "The llama is a quadruped which lives in big rivers like the Amazon. It has two ears, a heart, a forehead, and a beak for eating honey. But it is provided with fins for swimming."
Posted by: Bosk at October 12, 2026 06:28 PM (VMFAF)

Shut up Wessley...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 06:30 PM (mP0Kj)

26 "The llama is a quadruped which lives in big rivers like the Amazon. It has two ears, a heart, a forehead, and a beak for eating honey. But it is provided with fins for swimming."
Posted by: Bosk

All true, but they prefer maple syrup over honey.

Posted by: Llama Facts at October 12, 2026 06:30 PM (MWfyi)

27 Is that Lorenzo Llamas in the first pic?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 06:30 PM (4KUe5)

28 Elon Musk:

"The Talerico campaign is hiding something big that voters ought to know about."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:28 PM (hzuYO)

Gay sex party OD.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 06:31 PM (dK+Kv)

29 24 Aren't Llamas supposed to be nasty creatures?
Posted by: Skip
.......

They spit and bite.
Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 06:29 PM (UjdFS)

Ah, we talking about Selma Blair?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 06:31 PM (Gqar8)

30 > Aren't Llamas supposed to be nasty creatures?

No, I don't think that's true. They're calm and curious, mild-mannered, smart, herd animals. They even pick a spot in their field as a latrine, so they're typically very clean.

They're also protective, like donkeys. Some farmers keep llamas with their prey animals for protection.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 06:31 PM (mkw2N)

31
So what was it with the Texas Twink? In the nuthouse or was it sexually-transmitted diarrhea?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 06:26 PM (eRlcH)



Yes

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 06:31 PM (y9nCu)

32 "The Talerico campaign is hiding something big that voters ought to know about"

Yeah. In his butt.

Posted by: Indigenous Slime Mold at October 12, 2026 06:32 PM (MWfyi)

33 29 24 Aren't Llamas supposed to be nasty creatures?
Posted by: Skip
.......

They spit and bite.
Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 06:29 PM (UjdFS)

So, South American Camels?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 06:32 PM (mP0Kj)

34 Think I will look up llama recipes for later.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 06:32 PM (Gqar8)

35
"The Talerico campaign is hiding something big that voters ought to know about."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:28 PM (hzuYO)


The Lone Star Andrew Gillum

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 06:32 PM (eRlcH)

36 Just so the results are repatriation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:29 PM

But first 30-40 years in prison for her and her (current) hubby and no Democrat presidential pardons.

(I know the AOSHQ guideline is "you will blow me" after any "but first...", but not in this case.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 12, 2026 06:33 PM (qpvzL)

37 The llamabada?

Alpaca real pretty dress to rehearse that ‘forbidden dance!’

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 06:33 PM (4KUe5)

38 They spit and bite.
Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 06:29 PM (UjdFS)

They'll never fit in at Cornell.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 06:33 PM (dK+Kv)

39 Llamaface! *cue Cuzco crashing out gif*

Posted by: LizLem at October 12, 2026 06:34 PM (f8lPx)

40 27 Is that Lorenzo Llamas in the first pic?
Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 06:30 PM (4KUe5)

So, if'n Lorenzo Llamas boinked Dolly Llama his manly member would be a....

Llama Llama Ding dong...

/rimshot

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 06:34 PM (mP0Kj)

41 The Jews! Always making trouble.

Jerry Seinfeld tells pro-Palestine heckler he's giving her ticket money to Israel

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 06:34 PM (ndZc7)

42 Howdy Hordelings! Who else enjoyed a paid holiday today? Thank you, Mr. Columbus!

Posted by: Doof at October 12, 2026 06:35 PM (QMAsf)

43 The flesh of the llama is dry and hard, but not unpalatable. Heliogabalus had llama’s flesh and llamas’ feet served up at his banquets. In Barbary, the tongues are salted and smoked for exportation to Italy and other countries, and they form a very good dish. The flesh is little esteemed by the Tartars, but they use the hump cut into slices, which, dissolved in tea, serves the purpose of butter.

Posted by: Llama Facts at October 12, 2026 06:35 PM (MWfyi)

44 They spit and bite.
Posted by: wth

Like feminists?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 06:36 PM (ndZc7)

45 12
So what was it with the Texas Twink? In the nuthouse or was it sexually-transmitted diarrhea?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 06:26 PM (eRlcH)
*****
One of my multiple choices explaining his "flu" and "urgent care" and back to flu. He should just admit to it vs the grocery store hissy fit or mental health place in Ohio.

Food poisoning is also a shigella bacteria. I don't want to think about the ghey type. Lalalalalala, can't hear you.

Many people with a stomach virus say they have the flu. Some also say flu with a cold.

Real flu or influenza is like a truck ran over you, sudden, painful and wanting to die... but mostly upper respiratory.

I went from normal on a kid pick up from preschool to wanting death a few hours later. With temp over 101, sore throat, ear ache, headache, fingernail and hair aching. The finale was 104 fever and a list on the fridge to not overdose our family with Tylenol and Advil (alternating). The 104 temp killed the virus and almost my entire delirious family.

I guess some diarrhea (dire rear in the case of gay diarrhea) could come from high temps of real flu as you don't digest food at 101 degrees.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:36 PM (hzuYO)

46 Shot:

@mrnobodyinsc
Wild theory but hear me out. The socialist and radical wing has pretty much taken over the Democrat Party. Traditional Democrats have lost a lot of their power because of it and don't really call the shots anymore. You've got people like Omar who represent a side of the party that a lot of the old guard never really signed up for. Look at the DC District Court itself: 11 of the 15 active judges were appointed by Democrats, and those judges pick the magistrate judges who sign off on warrants. All four of the ones who could've signed this one lean the same way. Sometimes you gotta cut off your own arm to save yourself. With the warrant signed off by one of those DC magistrate judges, could this be the start of Democrats finally trying to cut ties with the parts of the party that
middle America will never vote for?

Chaser:

Rep. Ilhan Omar
@Ilhan • 4y
Our democracy rests on the rule of law. When someone—no matter how powerful they are—is suspected of a criminal act, our justice system investigates, charges, and convicts them in accordance with due process.

Posted by: LizLem at October 12, 2026 06:36 PM (f8lPx)

47 I sympathize with the llama in the dance video.

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 06:36 PM (kU0PQ)

48 Yeah, one of Omar’s sisters started an ngo that got USAID funding, and also some link to the Feeding Our Future program Ilhan created that resulted in BIGTIME fraud.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 06:36 PM (4KUe5)

49
Llamas are simply the biggest of the South American weasels.

Why weren't they in the last thread?

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 06:37 PM (YSUhf)

50 Fresh llama beans are yummy and a good source of protein, fiber, and iron.

What? Oh...

Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at October 12, 2026 06:37 PM (nHXB4)

51 >>It's a RICO case.
Organized crime.

Omar was one of the people behind the MEALS Act that came out during the lockdowns and was supposed to provide free meals for kids. Omar's pirate pals used it rip us off to the tune tens of millions of dollars.

There's no way she didn't get paid. It was her plan.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 06:37 PM (viF8m)

52 > They spit and bite.

They do spit, but if they're acclimated to humans, they don't do it much. Most of those will only spit if you stress them out or provoke them.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 06:37 PM (mkw2N)

53 That newborn llama is very sleepy. Being born is hard work.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 06:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

54 They spit and bite.
Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 06:29 PM (UjdFS)

Then they end up as a pair of Tony Lamas.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 06:38 PM (zcI95)

55 LizLem you might have something thete

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)

56 No relation.

Posted by: Lorenzo Llamas at October 12, 2026 06:39 PM (wVcYX)

57 "They spit and bite.
Posted by: wth"

Dated her.

Posted by: Guy who always says he dated her at October 12, 2026 06:40 PM (MWfyi)

58 Maybe Tampon Timmy will select a Llama to replace Ilham Nur.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 06:40 PM (2GVsD)

59 Lorenzo Lamas is currently banging Heather Locklear.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 12, 2026 06:40 PM (/OKHJ)

60 Lorenzo Lamas is currently banging Heather Locklear.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 12, 2026 06:40 PM (/OKHJ)

Nice work, if you can get it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 06:41 PM (quk5M)

61 And I love the gratuitous shirtless pic with Frankie the Llama. *eyeroll*

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 06:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

62 Elon Musk:

"The Talerico campaign is hiding something big that voters ought to know about."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:28 PM (hzuYO)

Gay sex party OD.
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I think that's the most rational explanation. Over-dosing at a sex party could never be admitted...so they'll reluctantly pivot to "mental health episode" at some point rather than having to explain what drugs were od-ed, and inhumane sex acts he was performing a the time of the overdose.

Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 06:42 PM (TN0g+)

63 Lorenzo Lamas is currently banging Heather Locklear.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 12, 2026 06:40 PM (/OKHJ)


At this very moment??

Posted by: Doof at October 12, 2026 06:42 PM (QMAsf)

64 Llama, llama, llama, llama, llama chameleon
You come and go, you come and go
Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream
Red, gold and green, red, gold and green

Posted by: Boy George at October 12, 2026 06:42 PM (wVcYX)

65 Oh, yes, please! Let it be a RICO case involving the Somali fraudster-industrial complex, crooked NGOs, and Omar, too!!

Posted by: Fritz at October 12, 2026 06:42 PM (J7jo9)

66 Lorenzo Lamas is currently banging Heather Locklear.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 12, 2026 06:40 PM (/OKHJ)

Nice work, if you can get it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

He's violating rule 1. She's fucking nuts.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 06:42 PM (zcI95)

67 Talefreako caught the Gay Spray while in NYC.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 06:43 PM (2GVsD)

68 "Lorenzo Lamas is currently banging Heather Locklear."

Thought she was a homeless meth addict now. Something change or is lorenzo paying her for "services provided?

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 12, 2026 06:43 PM (dCMJG)

69 Rep. Ilhan Omar
@Ilhan • 4y
Our democracy rests on the rule of law. When someone—no matter how powerful they are—is suspected of a criminal act, our justice system investigates, charges, and convicts them in accordance with due process.

Posted by: LizLem at October 12, 2026 06:36 PM (f8lPx)

Uh.... no... a REPUBLIC rests on the rule of law... a Democracy rests on rule of the mob.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 06:43 PM (mP0Kj)

70 Lee is more than a little odd. Trust in that llamas' instinct.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 06:44 PM (NFX2v)

71 Food poisoning is also a shigella bacteria.
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Fucking Irish.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:44 PM (BzKNL)

72 Llama, llama, llama, llama, llama chameleon
You come and go, you come and go
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*golf clap*

Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 06:44 PM (TN0g+)

73 Romeo13

She is talking to the other Sub 70 IQ cretins out there, white and Somali.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 06:44 PM (2GVsD)

74 Double Yew Tea Eff

@ChaosCrave_ 2h
Warner Bros. officially greenlit The Matrix: Finality, with director Drew Goddard confirming that Tom Hardy is locked in to star.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 06:45 PM (nEUC6)

75 Yet another Spanish word appropriated and mispronounced by Anglos!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 06:45 PM (RIvkX)

76 It had to happen. Like theme comic strips in the newspapers.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 06:45 PM (wxsGM)

77 66 Lorenzo Lamas is currently banging Heather Locklear.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 12, 2026 06:40 PM (/OKHJ)

Nice work, if you can get it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

He's violating rule 1. She's fucking nuts.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 06:42 PM (zcI95)

Damn, talk about rode hard and put away wet... she looks rough.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 06:45 PM (mP0Kj)

78 Lorenzo Lamas is currently banging Heather Locklear.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 12, 2026 06:40 PM (/OKHJ)

Nice work, if you can get it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 06:41 PM (quk5M)


Maybe. Ol' Heather is pushing 66.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 06:46 PM (YSUhf)

79 Warner Bros. officially greenlit The Matrix: Finality, with director Drew Goddard confirming that Tom Hardy is locked in to star.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 06:45 PM (nEUC6)

I might hate-watch it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 06:46 PM (dK+Kv)

80 They spit and bite.
Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 06:29 PM (UjdFS)

Then they end up as a pair of Tony Lamas.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 06:38 PM (zcI95)

Put those on, your jeans pressed tight,
You take a few tokes, make you feel alright
Rockin' and a rollin' on a Livingston Saturday Night

Posted by: Pre-Woke Jimmy Buffett at October 12, 2026 06:46 PM (wVcYX)

81 Llama son mas grande que las ranas. You Monty Python homage du jour.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 06:46 PM (wxsGM)

82 If Talafreako was "home" with the flu he could have showed himself on X or Tik Tok recuperating.. So the flu story is BS

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 06:46 PM (+gK6I)

83
I think that's the most rational explanation. Over-dosing at a sex party could never be admitted...so they'll reluctantly pivot to "mental health episode" at some point rather than having to explain what drugs were od-ed, and inhumane sex acts he was performing a the time of the overdose.
Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 06:42 PM (TN0g+)
********

Was he campaigning at Cornell U. frat houses?

I'll throw that one into the multiple choice quiz.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:47 PM (hzuYO)

84 He's violating rule 1. She's fucking nuts.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 06:42 PM (zcI95)

At one time she was above the Crazy Hawt dividing line on the Graph... but she hit her expiration date.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 06:47 PM (mP0Kj)

85 > Yet another Spanish word appropriated and mispronounced by Anglos!

Serves you right for giving us mosquitos.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 06:48 PM (mkw2N)

86 Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 06:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

Hey, as a straight woman I found it a welcome change from daily boobapalozza😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 06:48 PM (JrHfD)

87 In the Andean countries where llamas are native—primarily Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia—the local inhabitants eat a domesticated breed of guinea pig known locally as cuy.

It is a traditional, high-protein delicacy eaten during festivals and special occasions. In fact, an estimated 65 million guinea pigs are consumed annually in Peru alone. 🤢

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 06:48 PM (NFX2v)

88 ...could this be the start of Democrats finally trying to cut ties with the parts of the party that
middle America will never vote for?...

Posted by: LizLem
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Nope. This is throw the dog a bone.





Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:48 PM (BzKNL)

89 Hey, as a straight woman I found it a welcome change from daily boobapalozza😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 06:48 PM (JrHfD)

Don't poke the bear.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 06:49 PM (dK+Kv)

90 Gunga, gunga lunga said the lama

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 06:49 PM (Vdk5e)

91 It is a traditional, high-protein delicacy eaten during festivals and special occasions. In fact, an estimated 65 million guinea pigs are consumed annually in Peru alone. 🤢
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 06:48 PM (NFX2v)

Hmmm... Guinea Bacon? Guinea Ham?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 06:50 PM (mP0Kj)

92 Damn, talk about rode hard and put away wet... she looks rough.
Posted by: Romeo13

Shame. Major smoke show back in the day. Tommy Lee and Richie Sambora's fault.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 06:50 PM (zcI95)

93
Lorenzo's daddy, Fernando Lamas was the inspiration of Billy Crystal's "You look marvelous" character.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2026 06:51 PM (w6EFb)

94 Yet another Spanish word appropriated and mispronounced by Anglos!
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Whenever I deal with south of the border types, I look for opportunities to use the word "mucho". It means a lot to them.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 06:51 PM (ndZc7)

95 It is a traditional, high-protein delicacy eaten during festivals and special occasions. In fact, an estimated 65 million guinea pigs are consumed annually in Peru alone. 🤢
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 06:48 PM (NFX2v)

Hmmm... Guinea Bacon? Guinea Ham?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 06:50 PM (mP0Kj)

Fruit of the Habitrail.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 06:51 PM (dK+Kv)

96 In fact, an estimated 65 million guinea pigs are consumed annually in Peru alone...

Whaaaaat?

Aren't guinea pigs from Italy?


I know. I know.

I denounce myself.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 06:52 PM (YSUhf)

97 82 If Talafreako was "home" with the flu he could have showed himself on X or Tik Tok recuperating.. So the flu story is BS

Posted by: It's me donna
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Soft, small, white, towel on his forehead, thermometer hanging from the side of his mouth, vaporizer blowing steam - don't even need a blue screen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:53 PM (BzKNL)

98 > It means a lot to them.

Nice.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 06:53 PM (mkw2N)

99 71 Food poisoning is also a shigella bacteria.

Fucking Irish.

Posted by: Braenyard

😳🤣

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 06:54 PM (NFX2v)

100 Over 65 Million Served!

Posted by: Peruvian Fried Guinea Pig at October 12, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

101 Aren't guinea pigs from Italy?

...

Posted by: naturalfake
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Only the fat one's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:55 PM (BzKNL)

102 Damn, there was a nice anti Abdul ad on Detroit tv. Devastating.

A mother telling how her child's school suffered a 'terrorist attack' and El-Sayed's response was 'Hurt people hurt people.'

I'm a Democrat voting for Rogers. El-Sayed should never be our Senator.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 06:55 PM (Sco7b)

103 They spit and bite.

They do spit, but if they're acclimated to humans, they don't do it much. Most of those will only spit if you stress them out or provoke them.

Posted by: bonhomme

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Yes, it's WNBA playoff time

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 12, 2026 06:55 PM (4HoLg)

104 I've moved on from the Moody Blues to my buddies Jethro Tull in the background of my life. Talented dudes.

The bass player in the zebra tux is the one who sent a roadie to ask me (with bro and friends) to the after party. My friends said no.

I still think he just wanted to have a drink with me as they seemed nice. Husband disagrees.

https://tinyurl.com/ye26wmes


Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:55 PM (hzuYO)

105 how to make a hamburger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dVRl3xzK8A

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 12, 2026 06:56 PM (jrgJz)

106 Whenever I deal with south of the border types, I look for opportunities to use the word "mucho". It means a lot to them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 06:51 PM (ndZc7)
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Also pronounce taco like DAH-go

Posted by: Xavier Becerrrrrra at October 12, 2026 06:56 PM (RIvkX)

107 Ilhans tweets are similar to Obama’s taunts. Purposely accusing others of doing what they do to make normies angry.

Check out her clips from Sunday news interviews and the like, where she regularly responds to questions about others, such as Trump, making accusations with a smile and calling her accuser stupid, doesn’t understand the facts, and mean. She is a troll.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 06:56 PM (4KUe5)

108 91 It is a traditional, high-protein delicacy eaten during festivals and special occasions. In fact, an estimated 65 million guinea pigs are consumed annually in Peru alone. 🤢
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 06:48 PM (NFX2v)
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It was as if 65 million small voices oinked in pain, and then were silienced.

Posted by: Obi Wan Kenobi at October 12, 2026 06:57 PM (n9eFH)

109 Romeo13

She is talking to the other Sub 70 IQ cretins out there, white and Somali.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 06:44 PM (2GVsD)
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It's pretty clear to me that the Feds already have enough to arrest, try, and probably convict Omar. This close to an election? They likely have wiretaps, documentation, and a squealer or two (with confirmed testimony) in the bank.

Posted by: mrp at October 12, 2026 06:57 PM (rj6Yv)

110 ¡EN LLAMAS!

Posted by: El tipo quien siempre grite En Llamas at October 12, 2026 06:58 PM (rbvCR)

111 A three L lllama is a big fire.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 06:59 PM (Cqx++)

112 Getty Images done gone bankrupt. I warned them they needed to stock more porn. Did they listen? Noooooo!

Posted by: gp at October 12, 2026 06:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

113 Lloyd Llamas from Llano, Texas?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 07:00 PM (wVcYX)

114 Getty Images done gone bankrupt. I warned them they needed to stock more porn. Did they listen? Noooooo!
Posted by: gp at October 12, 2026 06:59 PM (Jr5Lq)
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So can we take their stuff?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:01 PM (RIvkX)

115 I'm looking for a Paxton bombshell to fall on Talarico the day before early voting starts.
I'm with Elon. There is something there.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:02 PM (nxLtX)

116 I still think he just wanted to have a drink with me as they seemed nice. Husband disagrees.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:55 PM (hzuYO)

Oh, you innocent child. Hubby is right.

Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 07:02 PM (+g09R)

117 I guess some bitch from Uruguay woke up today thinking it was her turn to be in charge of the Federal Executive Branch:

A federal judge on Monday halted the Trump Administration’s renovation project at the East Potomac Golf Course.

US District Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden appointee, excoriated Trump DOJ lawyers during a hearing on Monday morning.

Uruguayan-born Judge Reyes said Trump Admin lawyers had told her that the administration would alert her if they were taking “irreversible” actions at the DC golf course.

The Trump Administration removed more than 400 trees from the East Potomac Golf Course over the weekend, and Judge Reyes flipped out.

Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 07:03 PM (TN0g+)

118 We have joked they need to check Talefreako's house for bodies.

Maybe they are really there, ala John Wayne Gacy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 07:03 PM (2GVsD)

119 In other news, some guy used AI to reproduce the entire Adobe suite of products, in one week of dev work. Suck it, Adobe! Now somebody do it to AutoCAD next.

Posted by: gp at October 12, 2026 07:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

120 Replant the trees on Reyes' property

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 07:04 PM (2GVsD)

121 Heard an anglo type talking to a Mexican order taker. He spoke Spanish fluently, complete unhaltering sentences with absolutely no Spanish inflection what so ever. How the ever lovin did he do that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 07:04 PM (BzKNL)

122
Paula Abdul >> Abdul El-Sayed

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 07:04 PM (eRlcH)

123 3 Llamas???

Sending units out now.

Posted by: Boston Fire Dept at October 12, 2026 07:05 PM (YcOeP)

124 Paula Abdul on Abdul El-Sayed, "he's a cold-hearted snake."

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 07:05 PM (2GVsD)

125 Maybe. Ol' Heather is pushing 66.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 06:46 PM (YSUhf)

Me, too. Your point?

Posted by: LASue at October 12, 2026 07:06 PM (lCppi)

126 In other news, some guy used AI to reproduce the entire Adobe suite of products, in one week of dev work. Suck it, Adobe! Now somebody do it to AutoCAD next.
Posted by: gp at October 12, 2026 07:04 PM (Jr5Lq)
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AI AutoCAD + Blender ... hmmmm

Posted by: mrp at October 12, 2026 07:07 PM (rj6Yv)

127 17. Elon Musk:

"The Talerico campaign is hiding something big that voters ought to know about."
Posted by: ChristyBlinky

His October surprise, with allegations of pics of the privates sent out in the past surfacing? 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🫣

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 07:07 PM (NFX2v)

128
Soft, small, white, towel on his forehead, thermometer hanging from the side of his mouth, vaporizer blowing steam - don't even need a blue screen.

Posted by: Braenyard

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Scott Adams livestreamed until the day before he died. Dude literally livestreamed himself from the ambulance 911-ing his way to the ER.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 12, 2026 07:07 PM (mmrXZ)

129 I just accidently read about the extra reason how to get the ghey diarrhea.

Lost hunger.

Need Lynyrd to erase this from brain...I love them still and always. Never got to see them, sadly.

Simple Man
Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1973

https://tinyurl.com/47syn33s

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 07:07 PM (hzuYO)

130 Who knew trees had a union?

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 07:08 PM (Ia/+0)

131 > In other news, some guy used AI to reproduce the entire Adobe suite of products, in one week of dev work.

*shakes head*
I'll believe Michelle Obama is a woman before I believe AI correctly reproduced all of Adobe's features in a week.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 07:09 PM (mkw2N)

132 Every one of you has a special skill and purpose.

It’s why God created you.

Each person brings their own gifts into the world.

Together, we form one body that cannot be separated.

Seek that skill within yourself. Understand it, and give back to others.

There is nothing more satisfying than the feeling you get when you help your fellow man.

I know some of you believe you have no skill you can share with others.

That’s simply not true. Look deeper, find it, share it with others.

The feeling is like nothing else you’ve ever felt.

Give all glory to God, the father almighty.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 07:09 PM (Cuw0G)

133 A friend raised and showed Llamas . I borrowed a couple for weed control, like goats they eat the woody stuff. Yes, they will kill a coyote in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:09 PM (nxLtX)

134 Who knew trees had a union?
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I've known that for decades--it was the maples who formed the union. They demanded equal rights.

Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 07:11 PM (TN0g+)

135 A friend raised and showed Llamas . I borrowed a couple for weed control, like goats they eat the woody stuff. Yes, they will kill a coyote in a heartbeat.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:09 PM (nxLtX)
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I've seen videos of burros dispatching coyotes. Better than a guard dog, I think.

Posted by: mrp at October 12, 2026 07:11 PM (rj6Yv)

136 The Trump Administration removed more than 400 trees from the East Potomac Golf Course over the weekend, and Judge Reyes flipped out.

Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 07:03 PM (TN0g+)

OK, who even has Standing to sue about a Golf Course?

How is anyone damaged? How can they be 'made whole'... it's a F'n Golf Course.

Unless the Plaintiff is the Gopher from Caddy Shack?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 07:12 PM (mP0Kj)

137 Check out her clips from ...

Posted by: Lizzy
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I can't do it. She is the most repulsive person on this earth.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 07:13 PM (BzKNL)

138 "I'll believe Michelle Obama is a woman before I believe AI correctly reproduced all of Adobe's features in a week."

The guy calls his outfit ArtCraft. He says it's in 'early alpha.' He's gotten a lot of people to pitch in and help. I use GIMP, so I can't evaluate the veracity of the story.

Posted by: gp at October 12, 2026 07:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

139 I've known that for decades--it was the maples who formed the union. They demanded equal rights.
Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 07:11 PM (TN0g+)
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It's all Treebeard's fault.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 07:13 PM (FZ29D)

140
Give all glory to God, the father almighty.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 07:09 PM (Cuw0G)

*******
Thank you for this.

I'm one of the lucky ones.

Sometimes I'm so happy I'm surprised I don't fly on my own. I take the Bible verses on finding joy seriously.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 07:13 PM (hzuYO)

141 "The Talerico campaign is hiding something big that voters ought to know about."
Posted by: ChristyBlinky

His October surprise, with allegations of pics of the privates sent out in the past surfacing? 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🫣
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 07:07 PM (NFX2v)

She said something big.

'Resident Evil' on while I'm working here. Damn, Milla. Very pretty.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 07:14 PM (Sco7b)

142 If you jump into an enclosure with a llama it will not bite your head, it will just kick the shit out of you.

Posted by: Llama Facts at October 12, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)

143 mrp, when I was raising a lot of foals I kept a donkey in each pasture with the mares to be the protector.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:15 PM (nxLtX)

144 101 Aren't guinea pigs from Italy?

...

Posted by: naturalfake
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Only the fat one's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:55 PM (BzKNL)

Wait... if'n there is a New Guinea... is there an Old one?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)

145 I've seen videos of burros dispatching coyotes. Better than a guard dog, I think.
Posted by: mrp


Also no risk of them eating what they are supposed to be protecting

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 07:16 PM (vJrRc)

146 Heard an anglo type talking to a Mexican order taker. He spoke Spanish fluently, complete unhaltering sentences with absolutely no Spanish inflection what so ever. How the ever lovin did he do that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Ahh, Peggy Hill syndrome.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 07:16 PM (ndZc7)

147 139 I've known that for decades--it was the maples who formed the union. They demanded equal rights.
Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 07:11 PM (TN0g+)
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It's all Treebeard's fault.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 07:13 PM (FZ29D)

Karen Entwive?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 07:16 PM (mP0Kj)

148 I've seen videos of burros dispatching coyotes. Better than a guard dog, I think.
Posted by: mrp at October 12, 2026 07:11 PM (rj6Yv)

*******
I'd like to try to raise a honey badger from birth to see if it could be a pet vs killing me.

I laughed way too hard, years ago, with the ghey guy watching a badger kill a cobra. Ew. Nasty. Classic.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 07:18 PM (hzuYO)

149 mrp, when I was raising a lot of foals I kept a donkey in each pasture with the mares to be the protector.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:15 PM (nxLtX)
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Good idea. My sister and BIL keep a donkey in the pasture where their cattle graze.

Posted by: mrp at October 12, 2026 07:18 PM (rj6Yv)

150 Together, we form one body that cannot be separated.

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Like the Borg?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 07:19 PM (ndZc7)

151 Llama facts: Oh. You know, a moose once bit my sister.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at October 12, 2026 07:19 PM (gHSfI)

152 Thinking about trying Claude, but every time I draft a breakup letter to Gemini, I get all teary and sad, and tear it up, and defer the decision. It's not you, Gemini; it's me.

Posted by: gp at October 12, 2026 07:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

153 nood

Posted by: gp at October 12, 2026 07:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

154 Talk about a very short short story idea:

Vegan Karen tries to raise a vegan Velociraptor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 07:21 PM (2GVsD)

155 Just had a real bummer.

I needed a portable bench that was a little better than two sawhorses, two 2x4 and a piece of plywood, found what I thought was the perfect one and in many ways it is, the problem is that it weighs a metric f***ton, and the term portable is tenuous at best as even Brian Shaw would say, bro!!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 07:22 PM (XV/Pl)

156 143 mrp, when I was raising a lot of foals I kept a donkey in each pasture with the mares to be the protector.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 07:15 PM (nxLtX)
******
I want to meet you for many reasons, Ben Had. What I'd love is for you to talk my dude into riding a horse. He never has. No one can talk him into it and now we're rather olde.

He was traumatized at a young age at Disneyland when his brother's burro pooped on his burro's head. That's all it took.

I ride, but not with a lot of grace. I stayed in the saddle on a mountain ride with a Navajo princess in college. Could barely walk for two days afterwards, but totally worth it to be above hang gliders with her horse leading.

I galloped wildy in Hyde Park in London (English saddle) with nannies pointing to me and the horse and laughing. That was really bad but hilarious at the same time. I figured I'd never see those people again...the thought I have often in hideous situations.

I rode on the farm, but none of our horses were fancy.

In the apocalypse I will be in charge of the horse, cow, and goat. He gets the chickens as I have a beak phobia...we had a mean rooster who chased us in childhood.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 07:26 PM (hzuYO)

157
Llama facts: Oh. You know, a moose once bit my sister.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain

Was it a Chocolate Mousse?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 12, 2026 07:29 PM (QVmho)

Some Kind of Weasel Open Thread

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Massimo
@Rainmaker1973

Photographer Martin Le-May was walking through a London park with his wife, hoping to show her a green woodpecker for the first time, when he snapped this incredible photo: a weasel riding a flying woodpecker.

It's real. It's not a photo of a commuting weasel, but a weasel attempting and failing to have lunch.


As much as we'd love to say this weasel is embarking on an epic journey atop his very own luck dragon, what Le-May actually witnessed was a failed attempt at lunch. Small and adorable as they may be, weasels are voracious hunters and have been known to chomp down on a wide variety of prey items including moles, squirrels, hares, snakes and birds.

"The woodpecker landed in front of us and I feared the worst," says Le-May. "I guess our presence, maybe 25 metres away, momentarily distracted the weasel. The woodpecker seized the opportunity and flew up and away into some bushes away to our left. Quickly the bird gathered its self-respect and flew up into the trees and away from our sight. The weasel just disappeared into the long grass, hungry."




Not a weasel:



A couple of months ago I posted a video of a "bearcat," which I wrongly called a "maturon" or something. A commenter told the critter's actual name was a binturong. (I didn't correct it because I only saw this on my phone and it's hard to edit via the phone.)

Anyway, here's a short video about binturongs.

Posted by: Ace at 05:20 PM




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Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (l26NL)

2 Weasel!

Posted by: goatexchange at October 12, 2026 05:22 PM (hyS0X)

3 A weasel thread with no guns? WTF?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 12, 2026 05:22 PM (vSvIl)

4 I think the weasel trampoline video is fake but could easily happen. They are funny little slinky creatures

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:23 PM (nIKjK)

5 Weasel are nothing compared to stoats which are literally homicidal, brain eating maniacs.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:24 PM (XV/Pl)

6 Curtis LeMay >Martin Le-May

*Sends B-29s to firebomb weasels*

Posted by: That Guy Who Was In 'Nam at October 12, 2026 05:24 PM (ZOv7s)

7 Yes, Lake Calhoun, you looney tunes:



Christine
@Christi43919339
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1h
It's called Lake Calhoun.


Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
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1h
This morning we gathered on the shores of Bde Maka Ska to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day - a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and urban Native communities that continue to enrich Minnesota’s cultural landscape.

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 05:24 PM (kX27y)

8 It does have a funny face but it's still a nice looking cat.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

9 I have no snarky comments to make about weasels. Boo hoo

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 05:25 PM (9Q7BZ)

10 Whoops

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 05:25 PM (ZOv7s)

11 "Binturong" sounds like some kind of exotic tea.

"Would you care for some binturong? I made it fresh."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:25 PM (wzUl9)

12 My brain just heard Pauly Shore "weeee-asel"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 05:25 PM (Vdk5e)

13 That Jaguarundi's fur is incredible. How pretty.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:26 PM (mkw2N)

14 I like most animals...except weasels. Up in New England they can be a real problem. They're too damn smart and work together. I used to sit on my porch watching the little shits open the latch on my sanitation receptacle, then work together to open the lid....Smorgasbord of trash, and mess I had to clean up later.

I ended up getting an CO2 pistol to pick them off without putting holes in my garbage cans.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

15 This morning we gathered on the shores of Bde Maka Ska
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How are you supposed to pronounce that shit? No wonder the Injuns lost the continent. They must've been high as kites.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 05:26 PM (9Q7BZ)

16
222 197 SMH, al-Q owns about all the northeast half of Mali and a good bit of Burkina Faso. I was linking to Warfronts earlier.
I think al-Q's endgame isn't so much as to take over Mali but to make it something like Syria. A hardline Islamist government which lets al-Q do what they want.

Posted by: 88C+u
-------------------

#1 - America, Muslim free
#2 - Africa, all traditional non-Muslim states, Muslim free.
we should train up and arm up, Christian and Jewish Africans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:27 PM (BzKNL)

17 Eagles may soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.

They do, however, sometimes get carried up a wall by their nose.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 05:27 PM (FZ29D)

18 11 "Binturong" sounds like some kind of exotic tea.

"Would you care for some binturong? I made it fresh."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:25 PM (wzUl9)


Sounds like a surfboard wax brand to me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

19 This morning we gathered on the shores of Bde Maka Ska to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day - a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and urban Native communities that continue to enrich Minnesota’s cultural landscape.
Posted by: beckster

I wish I was an Indian
A grown up Sioux papoose
So when I get drunk on a beer and half
I've got a good excuse
-Middle Class Liberal Well Intentioned Blues

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:27 PM (l26NL)

20 The muslims probably don't do land acknowledgements in London or the rest of Britain.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:28 PM (thWUr)

21 Stoats will do what is called "Surplus Killing."

If they get into an enclosure or den that contains multiple animals, they will kill or attempt to kill every animal present, far more than they would be able to consume.

They have found stoat dens stacked with numerous dead prey with their brains eaten out.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:29 PM (XV/Pl)

22 This morning we gathered on the shores of Bde Maka Ska to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day - a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and urban Native communities that continue to enrich Minnesota’s cultural landscape.
Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 05:24 PM (kX27y)
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Oh my god STFU Walz you lumbering faggot

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 05:29 PM (oqH4h)

23 The jaguarundi is only in black, or does it also show up with a patterned coat?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:29 PM (wzUl9)

24 Stoataway

Posted by: garrett at October 12, 2026 05:30 PM (GHE5A)

25 11 "Binturong" sounds like some kind of exotic tea.

"Would you care for some binturong? I made it fresh."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:25 PM (wzUl9)
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First thing I think of is biltong, which is basically South African style jerky.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 05:30 PM (oqH4h)

26 20 The muslims probably don't do land acknowledgements in London or the rest of Britain.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:28 PM (thWUr)

Yeah, you aren't going to hear the Turks doing land acknowledgments to the Romans and Byzantines that they conquered and colonized their lands.

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

27 Ya gotta just watch those Weasels. And their wobbly sh*t.

Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 05:30 PM (+g09R)

28 18 11 "Binturong" sounds like some kind of exotic tea.

"Would you care for some binturong? I made it fresh."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026
*
Sounds like a surfboard wax brand to me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026


***
And it's a floor wax and a dessert topping too!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:31 PM (wzUl9)

29 I LOVE the photo of the flying weasel!!!

The woodpecker pilot looks insane. Like that wacko islamic radical pilot who tried to crash the plane recently. I hope he had an all woman surgical team that made him feel icky. After his pube shave-a-thon he hoped he'd be in hell with virgins.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 05:31 PM (hzuYO)

30 @15

>>How are you supposed to pronounce that shit? No wonder the Injuns lost the continent.

They lost the continent because the were literally savages in the fullest expression of that meaning and no ability to defend against a more numerous, more organized, more technologically advanced population.

They also didn't have deeds to anything or even the concept of ownership.

Which, sucked for them but ultimately led to the greatest country in the history of mankind.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:32 PM (XV/Pl)

31 Stoats will do what is called "Surplus Killing."

If they get into an enclosure or den that contains multiple animals, they will kill or attempt to kill every animal present, far more than they would be able to consume.

They have found stoat dens stacked with numerous dead prey with their brains eaten out.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:29 PM (XV/Pl)

More stoats, please.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 05:32 PM (ecIaf)

32 It's Lake Lebarge, you Pick 6 idiot!

Posted by: Sam McGee at October 12, 2026 05:33 PM (wVcYX)

33
AoSHQ Style Manual:

All non-human animals are some variety of weasel.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 05:33 PM (y9nCu)

34 I turned my compost heap. It took about an hour, and I am surprised it went that fast. It has ben a dry summer, so the bottom layers that were decomposed the most just shoveled up like bark dust.
The top layers were stinking and anerobic, so they are now re-fluffled and insulated from the top so I should be getting some heating in a day or too.
I found a garter snake when I was shoveling, but no mice this time.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 05:33 PM (rbvCR)

35 Stoats, here to chew gum and stack bodies. Unfortunately we're short on gum.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 05:34 PM (oqH4h)

36 My SIL captured an image of a fisher cat on his backyard trail cameras just last year. Considering how shy they are, it was a pretty remarkable thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:34 PM (nfMN3)

37 >>How are you supposed to pronounce that shit?


It's completely fabricated.
It's not a language and that is not an alphabet.

Posted by: garrett at October 12, 2026 05:34 PM (GHE5A)

38 That woodpecker chose the lesser of two weasels.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 12, 2026 05:34 PM (wGerL)

39
...a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and urban Native communities that continue to enrich Minnesota’s cultural landscape.


Are the 'Dishu Skinnies among those 11 sovereign Tribal Nations? Do their eating establishments honor Diner's Club cards?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 12, 2026 05:35 PM (ixS3i)

40 >>My SIL captured an image of a fisher cat on his backyard trail cameras just last year. Considering how shy they are, it was a pretty remarkable thing.


Fishers are all over out here. Very entertaining to watch from a treestand. They are just straight punks to everyone and everything.

Posted by: garrett at October 12, 2026 05:36 PM (GHE5A)

41 Watching The Tingler on Movies! IMDb says that the actress who plays the mute wife of the movie theater owner, and who dies of fright in the story, had worked with Vincent Price before. She played the manipulated, terrified wife in the 1941 play Angel Street, with Price as the devilish husband.

We know the film version of that play now as Gaslight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:36 PM (wzUl9)

42 Self-willowed:

speaking of Breaking Bad, RJ Mitte (Walter White Jr.) has died. He was 34.
Suicide.
Posted by: 88C+u

That's a shame.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 04:55 PM (l26NL)


When I was bartending in LA, I met aa lot of actors and actresses, who had one moment of success.

Then nothing.

Like there was this one gal I dated who had been in the "Oh, whaat a feeling!" Toyota commercial a few years earlier. "I was the second girl from the left." then nothing.

She was still sure that old commercial would be her big break.

But, plenty of others too. Almost all a part non-speaking part in some TV show or commercial. Some were still clinging to hope based on that one tiny shot ten years later.

In any event, I imagine that poor guy thought being Walter White kid was a HUGE set toward stardom. Ten years later, when it wasn't, he probably finally lost all hope of his Hollywood dream.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 05:36 PM (YSUhf)

43 19. Wow, a spot-on quotation from "Lemmings." Super impressed.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 05:36 PM (9Q7BZ)

44 My neighbor has a tree that has maintained the interest of a local woodpecker year after year. Mr. Woodpecker makes nice, neat horizontal lines of holes 1/4 inch or so apart. The tree seems to be thriving, so whatever insects the woodpecker finds haven't killed the tree yet.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:36 PM (mkw2N)

45 Woodpecker was playing this loudly for the flying weasel:

Don't Fear the Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult, 1976 and the year I met my dude
https://tinyurl.com/4aykf8y3

Favorite song to drive to if I'm in a hurry (or on open I-10 in Walton County, FL). My last speeding ticket and a surprise for my dude and baby sons who were napping. What can I say? I wanted to surprise him with my record time.

Time was part of my upbringing as Daddy always wanted to beat his own time on trips. I thought this was normal, like yelling at refs in basketball games.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 05:36 PM (hzuYO)

46 That weasel is trying out London's new air taxi service.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 05:37 PM (wVcYX)

47 I bet a stoat could have successfully executed Christa Pike.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:37 PM (XV/Pl)

48
They lost the continent because the were literally savages in the fullest expression of that meaning and no ability to defend against a more numerous, more organized, more technologically advanced population.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:32 PM (XV/Pl)




Injuns and pretty much every tribe in the Americas couldn't even figure out that technological wonder, The Wheel. Good luck conducting any sort of trade without wheeled carts/wagons to transport your goods.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 05:37 PM (y9nCu)

49 >>My neighbor has a tree that has maintained the interest of a local woodpecker year after year. Mr. Woodpecker makes nice, neat horizontal lines of holes 1/4 inch or so apart.


Possible that might be a Sapsucker? They do that to trees and then return to eat the insects trapped in the sap bleeding out of the holes, iirc.

Posted by: garrett at October 12, 2026 05:37 PM (GHE5A)

50 34. Ah, go fluff your compost.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 05:38 PM (9Q7BZ)

51 These deer are out of control.

-
Not a deer exactly but . . .

https://tinyurl.com/yb9zv29e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 05:38 PM (ndZc7)

52 The entire weasel, stoat, mink, etc, family are bloodthirsty savages. They should be eradicated any time they are found.

Posted by: No Mercy! at October 12, 2026 05:38 PM (EdP2u)

53 They have found stoat dens stacked with numerous dead prey with their brains eaten out.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:29 PM (XV/Pl)

Do they take requests?


Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:39 PM (Sco7b)

54 You binturong!

You scare my wife!

You leave now!

Posted by: All-you-can-eat Chinese buffet Owner at October 12, 2026 05:39 PM (YcOeP)

55 @48

>>Good luck conducting any sort of trade without wheeled carts/wagons to transport your goods.

Yep, they really had nothing to offer, no technology, no innovation, not even advanced survival skills or ingenuity.

They had a hot woman or two I suppose, but that's not enough to barter with.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:40 PM (XV/Pl)

56 Which, sucked for them but ultimately led to the greatest country in the history of mankind.

I have a tough time feeling that badly for the native American tribesman. Life as a woman was brutally bad for them, but even the men lived a subsistence lifestyle in stone age technology and almost constantly at war. Other than the Pacific coast tribes who lived in comparative ease would have nice big parties where they ate captives.

Being introduced to medicine, clothing, buildings, farming, commerce, and technology was a huge upgrade. Well worth abandoning my "rich cultural heritage" of beating rocks together and starving all winter in a hide tent.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:41 PM (nIKjK)

57 Which, sucked for them but ultimately led to the greatest country in the history of mankind.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:32 PM (XV/Pl)
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Nixon deciding to restore the treaty system was probably his second worst idea (EPA being the worst).

Instead of assimilating, retaining their heritage but finding opportunity, it convinced them to stay on the res, get drunk, and nurse grudges while indulging in super-corrupt petty politics.

it also created the fiction that where they happened to be in 1878 or whenever was their "ancestral lands," when most of them had only been there for a few decades. The colonists in New England and Virginia had longer and deeper ties to their lands.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

58 That headline picture can't be real

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 05:42 PM (Ia/+0)

59 Injuns and pretty much every tribe in the Americas couldn't even figure out that technological wonder, The Wheel.

"hey white eyes, we figured out the wheel, we made a big one in the mountains and used it to worship!"
--Chief Big Piles

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:42 PM (nIKjK)

60 Hey guys,

We have a launch in about 2 hours.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-25
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 12, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 5:11 p.m PDT. (October 13, 0011 UTC, 02:11 CEST)

https://youtu.be/tnX-_tmsNgU

Posted by: Joyenz at October 12, 2026 05:42 PM (2F0/Y)

61 48 55 >>>Good luck conducting any sort of trade without wheeled carts
-----------------------------------------
Yeah, I always forget to research wheeled carts in "Age of Empires" until its too late. Gets my ass kicked every time.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 05:42 PM (9Q7BZ)

62 All non-human animals are some variety of weasel.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

And many human animals.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 05:43 PM (ndZc7)

63 My father had a friend who had a salmon farm on a Norwegian fjord, a netted off cove, full of thousands of fish. We approached his place by boat, he was out shooting a .22 at a pilfering mink.

Posted by: Kill Em All! at October 12, 2026 05:43 PM (EdP2u)

64 That sort of nonsense makes me laugh....and sad:

The City of Vancouver officially renamed Trutch Street in the Kitsilano neighborhood to šx ʷməθk ʷəy̓əma səm Street (pronounced sh-MUS-quee-um-AW-sum).

F*ck...I can't even handle the pronunciation key on that one.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 05:44 PM (dIske)

65 Whoa. People mentioned BB in an earlier thread.

GatewayPundit.

“Breaking Bad” star RJ Mitte has died at the age of 34.

According to TMZ, RJ Mitte died by suicide on Monday in Texas.

RJ Mitte played Walter White Jr. on “Breaking Bad,” the highly popular television series created by Vince Gilligan.

Mitte was diagnosed with a mild case of cerebral palsy when he was a child

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:44 PM (Sco7b)

66
Sign posted in the woods:

Attention Weasels Do Not Rape, Sexually Harass, Or Make Kissing Noises At Woodpeckers.

Their Fancy Feathers and Currently Empty Cloacas Are No Excuse For Raape.

Woodpecker Cloacas Are a No-No Zone for All Weasels

Please Watch this No-No Dance performed by Woodapeckers!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 05:44 PM (YSUhf)

67 When I was bartending in LA, I met aa lot of actors and actresses, who had one moment of success.
Posted by: naturalfake

I saw him in exactly one film after BB, a low rent thriller on Prime. Sad.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:45 PM (l26NL)

68 The entire weasel, stoat, mink, etc, family are bloodthirsty savages. They should be eradicated any time they are found.
Posted by: No Mercy!


If they take out the mice, I'll let them have clemency

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 05:45 PM (vJrRc)

69 My wife's family in Norway raised mink and silver fox for fur. Not cuddly in the least, either species.

Posted by: Nice Pelts, Though at October 12, 2026 05:45 PM (EdP2u)

70 Injuns and pretty much every tribe in the Americas couldn't even figure out that technological wonder, The Wheel.

Yeah the "sacred lands" in South Dakota were just a way to prevent white people from turfing them out again, not any sort of reality. They lean heavily on that these days, and mythology like "smallpox blankets" and "mass graves in Canada."

White people are easy to manipulate if you convince them they did something terrible to you in the past.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:46 PM (nIKjK)

71 I am alone with some kind of weasel.

Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 05:46 PM (UjdFS)

72 I'd say the Indians had pretty good survival skills. Esp. the ones in the desert Southwest. If you didn't know how to find water and hunt successfully, you didn't live to breed.

Technology and innovation, no. But surviving (until Europeans came anyway), they were good at.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:46 PM (wzUl9)

73 The City of Vancouver officially renamed Trutch Street in the Kitsilano neighborhood to šx ʷməθk ʷəy̓əma səm Street (pronounced sh-MUS-quee-um-AW-sum).

F*ck...I can't even handle the pronunciation key on that one.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 05:44 PM

America kisses the ass of blacks and muslims.
Our natives get never-ending rimjobs.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:46 PM (Sco7b)

74 >> šx ʷməθk ʷəy̓əma səm Street


They do this shit north of me on the Rez.

'Main St.' will be the translation of something that looks like what you wrote above.

Then, a 4 character 'word' will be translated:

'The Place Where the Birch Grow Tall and the Rivers Meet'

Posted by: garrett at October 12, 2026 05:46 PM (GHE5A)

75 > Possible that might be a Sapsucker?

Could be. I'm no ornithologist. I've heard all sapsuckers are woodpeckers, but not all woodpeckers are sapsuckers.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:47 PM (mkw2N)

76 All non-human animals are some variety of weasel.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur


***
"Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel."
( -- Homer Simpson)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:48 PM (wzUl9)

77 When I was bartending in LA, I met aa lot of actors and actresses, who had one moment of success.

Then there's guys like Jeffrey Donovan from Burn Notice who had HUGE fame and success, then quit to take care of his family. Could have been a major actor, he had the chops and the looks.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:48 PM (nIKjK)

78 There's a great book about the Comanches called Empire of the Summer Moon, but that's not important right now. In the book, the author describes the Comanche (and most other tribes) as "low barbarians". I think it's an academic term that meant no written language, stone age.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:48 PM (l26NL)

79 >>Could be. I'm no ornithologist. I've heard all sapsuckers are woodpeckers, but not all woodpeckers are sapsuckers.


But ALL Sapsuckers AND Woodpeckers are a type of Feathered Weasel.

Posted by: garrett at October 12, 2026 05:48 PM (GHE5A)

80
Speaking of that Starlink launch, I heard something interesting the other night. All Starlink satellites have an optical star tracker system onboard for navigation purposes, to track its attitude and all that.

But they can also be used to see other satellites, and SpaceX is using that with the swarms of their satellites to better map out all the other satellites and junk in orbit. And apparently to better precision that Space Force's radar tracking...

Then it hit me, I imagine Elon has some "agreements" with the military and there may be some other things Starlinks are doing that we don't know about, and hopefully our enemies, Chicoms primarily, don't know about.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2026 05:49 PM (w6EFb)

81 I think the weasel trampoline video is fake but could easily happen. They are funny little slinky creatures
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:23 PM (nIKjK)

I encountered a little weasel in my shop a couple of months ago. They kill mice, so they are in my good books.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 05:49 PM (quk5M)

82 Indigenous Peoples' Day
Take a Rez chick on a "picnic".

Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 05:50 PM (UjdFS)

83 White people are easy to manipulate if you convince them they did something terrible to you in the past.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:46 PM (nIKjK)

Hope and Change! Hope and Change!

Posted by: Barack Obongo, Half Honky And All Donkey at October 12, 2026 05:50 PM (NkqBW)

84 So weasels are cousins of the river otters. Why should we expect different behavior?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:50 PM (Gqar8)

85 I encountered a little weasel in my shop a couple of months ago. They kill mice, so they are in my good books.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 05:49 PM (quk5M)

Happy Thanksgiving.
Just an ordinary day for me.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:50 PM (Sco7b)

86 There's a great book about the Comanches called Empire of the Summer Moon, but that's not important right now. In the book, the author describes the Comanche (and most other tribes) as "low barbarians". I think it's an academic term that meant no written language, stone age.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026


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I read that on my road trip to Amarillo and Palo Duro Canyon (their winter quarters) many years ago. What has always stuck with me was the statement that the Apaches, great horsemen and feared warriors, were *afraid of the Comanches*.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:50 PM (wzUl9)

87 Technology and innovation, no. But surviving (until Europeans came anyway), they were good at.

They were really good fighters, too, just too fragmented and small in numbers

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:51 PM (nIKjK)

88 One of my early bosses was a weasel.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:51 PM (Gqar8)

89
But, plenty of others too. Almost all a part non-speaking part in some TV show or commercial. Some were still clinging to hope based on that one tiny shot ten years later.



In the "Chernobyl" miniseries on HBO Max, there's a Soviet soldier standing guard at the door of the (kitchen?) room where the Soviet scientist who spilled the beans about how flawed their RBMK reactors were. You briefly see his face as he opens its door, then he disappears behind ductwork and only his lower torso is visible.
One can imagine the actor excitedly proclaiming to all and sundry, "Yeah! That's me, right there! Didja catch a glimpse of my face? I'm big, I tell you! BIG!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 12, 2026 05:52 PM (ixS3i)

90 86 There's a great book about the Comanches called Empire of the Summer Moon, but that's not important right now. In the book, the author describes the Comanche (and most other tribes) as "low barbarians". I think it's an academic term that meant no written language, stone age.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026

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I read that on my road trip to Amarillo and Palo Duro Canyon (their winter quarters) many years ago. What has always stuck with me was the statement that the Apaches, great horsemen and feared warriors, were *afraid of the Comanches*.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:50 PM (wzUl9)

Great book. Highly recommended.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:53 PM (Gqar8)

91 That weasel-woodpecker dust-up is like a lost chapter in The Wind in the Willows. The weasels were always up to something hinky.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 12, 2026 05:53 PM (kpS4V)

92 > Injuns and pretty much every tribe in the Americas couldn't even figure out that technological wonder, The Wheel. Good luck conducting any sort of trade without wheeled carts/wagons to transport your goods.

They used dogs with drag sleds, but didn't have beasts of burden until the Spanish explorers brought donkeys and horses. I wonder how much advantage a donkey pulling a wheeled cart has over a donkey pulling a drag sled. Either way, it's embarrassing they used wheels as decorations, but didn't use them for carts.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:53 PM (mkw2N)

93 Then it hit me, I imagine Elon has some "agreements" with the military and there may be some other things Starlinks are doing that we don't know about, and hopefully our enemies, Chicoms primarily, don't know about.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2026 05:49 PM (w6EFb)

Almost certainly.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 05:53 PM (ecIaf)

94 Weasels often disguise themselves in human form. Just check out Sam Bankman- Fried’s girlfriend.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:54 PM (Gqar8)

95 I wanted to be an Indian or a mountain man when I was a kid. I'm still fascinated about having the skills to survive in the wild.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 05:55 PM (KC5Lt)

96 Fuck you Tim Walz

If indigenous people are so important to you, why not create THEIR OWN HOLIDAY instead of usurping another already established one??

Lazy destructive bastards.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 05:55 PM (W2Pud)

97 the Apaches, great horsemen and feared warriors, were *afraid of the Comanches*.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:50 PM (wzUl9)

___________________

I know this one. Apache's were skilled horsemen, but of a less martial nature. They used them for farming and transport. The fought, mostly, on foot. The Comanche on the other hand had the numbers, and made a significant effort to fight on horseback. The Apache were not nomadic...so when the the Comanche's destroyed their livelihood (agriculture and permanent villages), they moved on.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 05:55 PM (dIske)

98 The City of Vancouver officially renamed Trutch Street in the Kitsilano neighborhood to šx ʷməθk ʷəy̓əma səm Street (pronounced sh-MUS-quee-um-AW-sum).

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Hello? 911? There's a maniac with a bloody axe trying to break in through the front door! My address? 312 šx ʷməθk, uh, ʷəy̓əma, uh, šx ʷməθk ʷəy̓əma . . . Oh, you know, between Main and Elm!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 05:55 PM (ndZc7)

99 They used dogs with drag sleds, but didn't have beasts of burden until the Spanish explorers brought donkeys and horses.

To be fair, they did have horses in the distant past, they just killed them and ate them all.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:55 PM (nIKjK)

100 I think stoats are mentioned in Watership Down, though foxes seemed to be the major threat the rabbits were concerned with.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:56 PM (wzUl9)

101 99 They used dogs with drag sleds, but didn't have beasts of burden until the Spanish explorers brought donkeys and horses.

To be fair, they did have horses in the distant past, they just killed them and ate them all.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:55 PM (nIKjK)

They were French?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:56 PM (Gqar8)

102 "Yeah! That's me, right there! Didja catch a glimpse of my face? I'm big, I tell you! BIG!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)

Clint Eastwood's first film appearance was in a 50's sci fi flick called the Tarantula! He plays an air force pilot who drops napalm on the giant tarantula. His flight helmet totally obscures his face. No idea it was him.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:56 PM (l26NL)

103 Ya gotta love chipmunks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 12, 2026 05:56 PM (gm9Sb)

104
Huh?

I wonder if that animal I saw 2 weeks back while on aa walk was a jaguarundi.

It looked sorta like a juvenile puma, but dark.

I just caught aa glimpse of it when I was looking around after smelling a very strong animal smell close by.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 05:56 PM (YSUhf)

105 I wanted to be an Indian or a mountain man when I was a kid. I'm still fascinated about having the skills to survive in the wild.

Me too. That's part of why my first book was about outdoor survival

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:56 PM (nIKjK)

106 > To be fair, they did have horses in the distant past, they just killed them and ate them all.

True. And the whole ice age thing.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:58 PM (mkw2N)

107 If indigenous people are so important to you, why not create THEIR OWN HOLIDAY instead of usurping another already established one??

Lazy destructive bastards.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 05:55 PM (W2Pud)

It shall be called "We should have fought better Day!"

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:59 PM (Sco7b)

108 But, plenty of others too. Almost all a part non-speaking part in some TV show or commercial. Some were still clinging to hope based on that one tiny shot ten years later.
Posted by: naturalfake


Kinda, sorta. You need three credits to get a SAG card, and it's kinda, sorta needed to get cast in speaking roles outside of indie productions. With the cheapness of high-quality video/sound equipment and AI incoming, the unions are going to be destroyed.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 05:59 PM (nEUC6)

109 I wonder how much advantage a donkey pulling a wheeled cart has over a donkey pulling a drag sled. Either way, it's embarrassing they used wheels as decorations, but didn't use them for carts.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:53 PM (mkw2N)

You don't have to have a beast of burden to take advantage of the wheel. Ever use a wheelbarrow, or an appliance dolly?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 05:59 PM (quk5M)

110 To be fair, they did have horses in the distant past, they just killed them and ate them all.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:55 PM (nIKjK)

They had no clue about beasts of burden or animal husbandry. Except maybe dogs as helpers.

Didn’t learn much over the next thousands of years, either.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 05:59 PM (6ydKt)

111 I wanted to be an Indian or a mountain man when I was a kid. I'm still fascinated about having the skills to survive in the wild.
Posted by: polynikes

Dude, credit card. What else do you need?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 06:00 PM (ndZc7)

112 > They were French?

I had some friends who went to France in the 90s for a school trip. They were warned to look for the sign, "Du Cheval" when buying food. It's horse meat.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 06:00 PM (mkw2N)

113
The entire weasel, stoat, mink, etc, family are bloodthirsty savages. They should be eradicated any time they are found.
Posted by: No Mercy!

If they take out the mice, I'll let them have clemency
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 05:45 PM (vJrRc)



The Mongoose is much like the stoat/mink/weasel family.

Hawaiian Sugar Industry: Oh no! Rats have stowed away on board our sailing ships and traveled to the islands, where they eat the sugar cane. Let's import a bunch of mongoose to hunt rats!

The Mongooses: Meh. Rats are too hard to hunt and kill. On the other hand, there's LOTS of birds and nests here, with tasty eggs...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 06:00 PM (y9nCu)

114
And, listening to some podcasts about that, I learned of something new being proposed to the next 6g iterations of cell towers. It's called ISAC, integrating sensing and communication.

First, they're increasing the ability to detect the precise location of cell phones by an individual tower. The tower can determine you precise position in space relative to it. This has the benefit of allowing it to focus the signal it's sending to phone, reducing interference to neighboring devices. Result is more bandwidth, less congestion.

ISAC will take that to the next level. Cell towers, coupled with AI to process the enormous of amount of data required, to act as a type of radar (lidar like really), to track the position of movements of any objects in range, not just cell phones that are transmitting.

The Panopticon is getting even more scary.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2026 06:01 PM (w6EFb)

115 France, Italy, parts of Spain- they consume horsemeat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 06:02 PM (zcI95)

116 I have a SAG card.

Posted by: Speaker Emerita at October 12, 2026 06:02 PM (EdP2u)

117 > You don't have to have a beast of burden to take advantage of the wheel. Ever use a wheelbarrow, or an appliance dolly?

Oh, I know. I'm LDS. Some of the early Saints using handcarts to cross the plains is deeply ingrained in our historical memory. We even do Trek as youth to honor and connect with them.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 06:02 PM (mkw2N)

118
I had some friends who went to France in the 90s for a school trip. They were warned to look for the sign, "Du Cheval" when buying food. It's horse meat.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026


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Believe it or don't, but there is (or used to be) a pipe tobacco called Merde de Cheval.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 06:02 PM (wzUl9)

119 Since the Sioux expanded in population and controlled land area during the 18th century, and all the other tribes declined, including even the Comanche, it seems to me the Sioux were the more formidable tribe.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 06:03 PM (6CYck)

120 US voice actors getting indicted in 5, 4, 3, 2...

US voice actors getting sued and fired by companies in 5, 4, 3, 2...

120 'voice actors' have joined a group called Voice Actors for Palestine to raise money for an unregistered charity that has links to Hamas. DoJ should love that.

If you donate money, they promise to 'voice' the character you request. The companies like Nintendo will just love to fire them for contract violation.

I hope their Find Out is truly Biblical.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 06:03 PM (2GVsD)

121 I posted this earlier . Native American warriors ( for the U.S.) shatter academia's colonialism narrative. "Legal Insurrection" site:

https://tinyurl.com/ys87c4nb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 06:03 PM (JrHfD)

122 I survive the wild every day I leave the house

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)

123 After the massacre,Corporal Agarn, Captain Parmenter and Sergeant O'Rourke were prepared as a nice stew by the Hekawi tribe. Tony Chachere's seasoning used in abundance.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 12, 2026 06:04 PM (gm9Sb)

124 Rainy days bring memories of the Moody Blues (we sometimes called them the Bloody Moos) and driving aimlessly in my new Impala on country roads listening to music. Winters in MS brought cold rain. Way colder than the snows of the Western mountains...

The Story in Your Eyes
Moody Blues, 1971

https://tinyurl.com/mpwc7ewv

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:04 PM (hzuYO)

125 The weasel on the woodpecker reminds me of the pelican trying to get the 100 pound capybara in his mouth. Kinda silly.

Posted by: Me Swallowing A Chunky Whole at October 12, 2026 06:05 PM (EdP2u)

126 If you donate money, they promise to 'voice' the character you request. The companies like Nintendo will just love to fire them for contract violation.

I hope their Find Out is truly Biblical.
Posted by: Anna Puma


There's zero chance that 99% of them aren't replaced in the next 5 years by AI.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 06:06 PM (nEUC6)

127 7 Yes, Lake Calhoun, you looney tunes:



Christine
@Christi43919339
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1h
It's called Lake Calhoun.


Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
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1h
This morning we gathered on the shores of Bde Maka Ska to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day - a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and urban Native communities that continue to enrich Minnesota’s cultural landscape.
Posted by: beckster



They culturally appropriated music from Jamaica?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 06:06 PM (sAmhv)

128 After the massacre,Corporal Agarn, Captain Parmenter and Sergeant O'Rourke were prepared as a nice stew by the Hekawi tribe. Tony Chachere's seasoning used in abundance.
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F-Troop was a classic!

Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 06:07 PM (TN0g+)

129 The natives didn’t invent the wheel, but in fairness that was primarily because they had little use for it. They had no big animals to pull wheeled carts. They had dogs that would pull small sleds. They travelled very light.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 12, 2026 06:07 PM (hxrdJ)

130 Rainy days bring memories of the Moody Blues (we sometimes called them the Bloody Moos) and driving aimlessly in my new Impala on country roads listening to music. Winters in MS brought cold rain. Way colder than the snows of the Western mountains...

The Story in Your Eyes
Moody Blues, 1971
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My favorite Moody Blues song is The Voice.

Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 06:08 PM (TN0g+)

131 Forever Autumn
Moody Blues, 1972

https://tinyurl.com/5ufdupzd

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:08 PM (hzuYO)

132 You almost always had to build roads for foot traffic first before wheeled conveyances began to make any sense, for trade or any other kind of transport. Lewis and Clark didn't use any wheels, for instance. There weren't any roads for them to roll on.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 12, 2026 06:08 PM (zdLoL)

133 Oh, I know. I'm LDS. Some of the early Saints using handcarts to cross the plains is deeply ingrained in our historical memory. We even do Trek as youth to honor and connect with them.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 06:02 PM (mkw2N)

Yeah, it was a rhetorical question. To make the point that failure to develop the wheel cannot be excused by the lack of suitable draft animals.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 06:09 PM (quk5M)

134 >>The natives didn’t invent the wheel, but in fairness that was primarily because they had little use for it. They had no big animals to pull wheeled carts. They had dogs that would pull small sleds. They travelled very light.


...and they used EVERY part of the Buffalo.

Sure, Jan.

Posted by: garrett at October 12, 2026 06:09 PM (GHE5A)

135 I have a ruger bearcat that is a magnificent antique revolver. Almost got blasted by it by my reckless brother.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 12, 2026 06:09 PM (cJOax)

136 Real men of indigenous

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 06:09 PM (Cqx++)

137 121 I posted this earlier . Native American warriors ( for the U.S.) shatter academia's colonialism narrative. "Legal Insurrection" site:

https://tinyurl.com/ys87c4nb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Ha! Slaves became citizens before the Indians.
Some kind of irony.
Yes, it is.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:09 PM (BzKNL)

138
S Americans had the llama as a beast of burden for thousands of years. But I believe they piled up cargo on their backs and didn't use carts or travois. Even when they had an advantageous animal they could use, they never took that next step of having the animal pull a larger load than it could carry.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 06:11 PM (y9nCu)

139 Lewis and Clark didn't use any wheels, for instance. There weren't any roads for them to roll on.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
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Fucking Romans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:12 PM (BzKNL)

140 Weft-cut Loop

The ones not in prison will be fighting the other bums for space in LA.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 06:12 PM (2GVsD)

141 I posted this earlier . Native American warriors ( for the U.S.) shatter academia's colonialism narrative. "Legal Insurrection" site:

https://tinyurl.com/ys87c4nb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Ha! Slaves became citizens before the Indians.
Some kind of irony.
Yes, it is.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:09 PM (BzKNL)
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Yet many rich Indian families had slaves. The trail of tears? The Indians brought along 1000s of their slaves who did most of the hard work. Nothing you ever heard about the ToT is accurate.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 12, 2026 06:12 PM (hxrdJ)

142 Let's have a rational discussion about "trash pandas."

Menace or Motivated?

I'd prefer... Mort. Fuckers are now tearing up artificial deck and porch decorations. Just... mean.

Assholes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 06:12 PM (RORbl)

143 If you donate money, they promise to 'voice' the character you request. The companies like Nintendo will just love to fire them for contract violation.

There are a lot of really stupid, radical left wing voice actors out there, especially in translating anime. There is a big scandal out there of translators ("localizers") changing words, phrases, and terms to match their politics and even adding entirely different dialog.

At least some Japanese companies just stopped using them entirely and fans hate them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 06:13 PM (nIKjK)

144 We treated the Indians as sovereign nations, that’s why they weren’t citizens until much later once they were on reservations and under the jurisdiction of the feds as separate territories.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 06:13 PM (6ydKt)

145 When everything you need is provided for you, thinking of something different isn't necessary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:13 PM (BzKNL)

146 After the massacre,Corporal Agarn, Captain Parmenter and Sergeant O'Rourke were prepared as a nice stew by the Hekawi tribe. Tony Chachere's seasoning used in abundance.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 12, 2026


***
"Meh. Agarn too sour. O'Rourke too tough!"
( -- Hekawi chieftain)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 06:14 PM (wzUl9)

147 Fucking Romans.

What have the done for us???

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 06:14 PM (nIKjK)

148 S Americans had the llama as a beast of burden for thousands of years. But I believe they piled up cargo on their backs and didn't use carts or travois. Even when they had an advantageous animal they could use, they never took that next step of having the animal pull a larger load than it could carry.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 06:11 PM (y9nCu)
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No roads and very difficult terrain. No way you were getting a wheeled cart up those mountain passes, or in the jungles, until much later when the evil white man came and started building roads.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 12, 2026 06:15 PM (hxrdJ)

149 To this day, Navajo men, leaving the city shelter on Sunday mornings, refuse to use wheeled vehicles in hopes of not getting their fifth DUI of the year going to Circle K for beer.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 12, 2026 06:15 PM (gm9Sb)

150 My favorite Moody Blues song is The Voice.
Posted by: Crusader at October 12, 2026 06:08 PM (TN0g+)

*********
Lovely. Also a lovely time to be hitting your prime. XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 06:15 PM (hzuYO)

151 Lewis and Clark didn't use any wheels, for instance. There weren't any roads for them to roll on.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 12, 2026 06:08 PM (zdLoL)

Well, they were explorers, not traders. They made good use of boats, like the fur traders before them. But a one-wheeled vehicle like a wheelbarrow can go on almost any footpath a human can easily negotiate. Expend a lot of labor for a few months, to build a road between Point A and Point B, so that you don't have to spend a lot of labor every day to hump goods on your back between them, but can haul them on a little handcart. But that would require the ability to plan for the future...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 06:15 PM (quk5M)

152 Christopher R. Taylor

Most anime fans hate these US voice actors for the crummy job they do.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 06:15 PM (2GVsD)

153 Either way, it's embarrassing they used wheels as decorations, but didn't use them for carts.
Posted by: bonhomme


Wheels are great, but the hub or axle are astonishingly important parts of making them useful for travel.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 06:16 PM (vJrRc)

154 Voice Actors for Palestine

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Last night 60 Minutes had a segment about how the horrible Jews are mistreating the "Palestinians" in the West Bank. I switched it off as soon as I realized what it was.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 06:17 PM (ndZc7)

155 I'd prefer... Mort. Fuckers are now tearing up artificial deck and porch decorations. Just... mean.

Assholes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Co2 repeating bb rifle. Do you have an upstairs deck or window?
Bet a pelting of bb's would irritate them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:17 PM (BzKNL)

156 I'd roast Wrangler Jane, who was 16 when F-Troop began.

Posted by: Prime Cut at October 12, 2026 06:18 PM (EdP2u)

157
Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
·
1h
This morning we gathered on the shores of Bde Maka Ska

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I'd like to hear him pronounce it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 12, 2026 06:19 PM (mmrXZ)

158 Well, they were explorers, not traders. They made good use of boats, like the fur traders before them. But a one-wheeled vehicle like a wheelbarrow can go on almost any footpath a human can easily negotiate. Expend a lot of labor for a few months, to build a road between Point A and Point B, so that you don't have to spend a lot of labor every day to hump goods on your back between them, but can haul them on a little handcart. But that would require the ability to plan for the future...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Fucking Romans

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:19 PM (BzKNL)

159 Maybe if native Indians would have been just made citizens straight away it would have turned out differently

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

160
If indigenous people are so important to you, why not create THEIR OWN HOLIDAY instead of usurping another already established one??

Lazy destructive bastards.
Posted by: nurse ratched

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

Heya nurse! Ya ever notice how lefties always jack existing things instead of building their own? Every time.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 12, 2026 06:20 PM (mmrXZ)

161 Saddam Hussein invented the wheel?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 06:20 PM (BzKNL)

162 Maybe if native Indians would have been just made citizens straight away it would have turned out differently
Posted by: Skip


I think it might have turned out about as well as making Muslims citizens, depending one the tribe

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 06:20 PM (vJrRc)

163
If you've never seen the movie, "The Black Robe" it probably gives the most honest and best portrayal of Indian life.

BONUS! It's a great movie too.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 06:20 PM (YSUhf)

164 nood llamas

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 06:22 PM (vJrRc)

165
I have a ruger bearcat that is a magnificent antique revolver. Almost got blasted by it by my reckless brother.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 12, 2026 06:09 PM (cJOax)



I've had three negligent discharges in my gun life. One at 21 yrs old where I was being incredibly stupid and was lucky that I didn't shoot myself in the femur.

The other two were with a Ruger Bearcat in the same range session. Sweet little SA revolver, but it had a true hair-trigger. Luckily, by that time I was about 35 and had gone a long ways towards using proper safety, so even though I fired the revolver without actually deciding to fire it, there was not real danger. That's the genius of the 4 rule safety system, the only way to hurt someone with an ND is to violate TWO rules.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 06:22 PM (y9nCu)

166 154 Voice Actors for Palestine

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Last night 60 Minutes had a segment about how the horrible Jews are mistreating the "Palestinians" in the West Bank. I switched it off as soon as I realized what it was.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks



Trying to get out ahead of a documentary about Oct 7, where the true face of those "palestinians" is revealed. Read about the doc on the inter webs (probably X). It is pretty much the video's the "palestinians" themselves shot of there own butchery and evil.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 06:23 PM (sAmhv)

167 Maybe if native Indians would have been just made citizens straight away it would have turned out differently
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)


Maybe, but I doubt it.

For example, just look at our muslim immigrants.

Do they adopt the American way?

No, they do not. They stick with their 3rd world ways and death cult religion.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 06:23 PM (YSUhf)

168 Most anime fans hate these US voice actors for the crummy job they do.

I suspect Weft Cut Loop is right about AI replacing them very soon

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 06:25 PM (nIKjK)

169 There's a guy I follow on X, Mike "Wild Horse" Kobe, who's Comanche and a Vet, and he celebrates Columbus Day, not Indigenous People's Day.

He posted something y'all might or might not be interested in:

https://tinyurl.com/tx5s43an

It's interesting how per capita, Native Americans join the military in larger numbers than other groups.

There's a lot of pride at both being an American, serving this country, and being part of whatever tribe he or she is from.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 06:27 PM (dkM11)

170 "low barbarians". I think it's an academic term that meant no written language, stone age.

True, but one of the cultural artifacts "we" applied to decide whether a tribe was "civilized" was the ownership of slaves.
Sometimes it helps to get a reminder of how much shit this "we" can get you into.

For most of "us," the difference between low barbarians and our homeland culture was a couple of hundred years at most, not millennia. And that includes your two-year trade school degree in Applied Programming Technology. You are not the crown of creation.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 12, 2026 06:27 PM (zdLoL)

171 There's a binturong at the little Brandwine Zoo in Wilmington, DE!!

-------------
Nights in White Satin
Your Wildest Dreams
And many others

Hard to imagine it's just Justin Hayward solo now.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 06:34 PM (NFX2v)

172 I'd prefer... Mort. Fuckers are now tearing up artificial deck and porch decorations. Just... mean.
...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 06:12 PM (RORbl)

I read that in James Colburn's voice from "Payback":

That's just mean man

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 12, 2026 06:42 PM (oCio0)

173
...and they used EVERY part of the Buffalo.

Sure, Jan.
Posted by: garrett


I always get a laugh out of Chief Dan George referring to his mate as "Buffalo Wallow Woman" in the film, "Little Big Man".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 12, 2026 06:57 PM (ixS3i)

174 Ask your podiatrist if Binturong is right for you.

Posted by: Big fat farma at October 12, 2026 06:59 PM (OVboP)

175
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 06:27 PM (dkM11)

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

You and fenelonspoke share the Great Horde Mind!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 12, 2026 07:02 PM (mmrXZ)

176 It's interesting how per capita, Native Americans join the military in larger numbers than other groups.

There's a lot of pride at both being an American, serving this country, and being part of whatever tribe he or she is from.
Posted by: SMH
----

I served with a Lumbee.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 12, 2026 07:14 PM (XeU6L)

Open Thread: Karate Robot

I think it's fake. Faking a robot seems to be easily achieved.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:20 PM




Comments

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1 Hard hits!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (NnhvP)

2 HI

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (+gK6I)

3 and a 1st!

with a nood.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (NnhvP)

4 I could kick that robot's ass, real or AI-imagined.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 04:22 PM (dK+Kv)

5
*strides in*
*shoots cuffs*

Good afternoon, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:22 PM (eRlcH)

6 [insert Beck’s “Hell Yes” song here]

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 04:23 PM (4KUe5)

7 Where's my Summer Glau terminator robot??
Saving the world would have to wait a while.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 04:23 PM (Sco7b)

8 Almost choking on my food watching the fighting robot get into a kung fu stance and then going Chuck Norris on his ass.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (6ydKt)

9 My dad had robots 40 years ago that mowed the yard, cleaned the gutters, and took the garbage cans out to the curbs on Monday nights.

They were called sons.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (OkYzo)

10 It's all fun and games until Skynet's T-800 comes online...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (FZ29D)

11 The robot races vid is one of my favorites. The odd part is they design these things to run fast as they can... but apparently they cannot slow down and stop so they have the pads up to just catch them.

this one just didn't fare well from the impact.

Still, it is impressive watching them run around a track like that. Not that long ago they could barely stand up.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (nIKjK)

12

Selfie sticks are out. Scientists have created a robot who follows you around holding your phone.

Posted by: four seasons at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (/QHx4)

13 Just watched movie last week call Robot and Frank. Good enough movie but I came away more just wanting the robot instead of thinking 'hey this was a good movie'.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (KC5Lt)

14 How many second graders could you beat in a tug of war contest?

http://tiny.cc/poyb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (mkw2N)

15 Those guys are going to regret a robot that learns.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (NnhvP)

16 Willowed: Selma Blair was a lead on one of the WB's teen-oriented SF shows in the late '90s, right? Around the same time as Buffy and Angel. Roswell?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (wzUl9)

17 They were called sons.

"lets mow the lawn kids. YOu mow, you rake. I'll lie in the hammock and supervise".

The thing is, it never made us mad. He worked hard all week. We all oved dad.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:27 PM (nIKjK)

18 It’s not a selfie if the robot does it.

How about a “bottle?”

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 04:28 PM (4KUe5)

19 Selma Blair was a lead on one of the WB's teen-oriented SF shows in the late '90s, right?

She was the love intrest pyrokinetic girl in the Hellboy movies. Really cute, played kinda crazy a bit too well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:28 PM (nIKjK)

20 They were called sons.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (OkYzo)

With a real robot Dad doesn't have to worry about it wrecking the car or getting the girl across the street pregnant.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:29 PM (6ydKt)

21 I ate at an Argentinian restaurant once that had a robot carry trays of food out to the table. It was sort of a tall box that had room for several trays worth of food. Then a person unloaded the plates and passed them out to us.

I'm not sure how much it helped. I suppose you can load more onto the robot and you don't worry as much about spills?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:29 PM (mkw2N)

22
A humanoid robot training for the “Robot Olympics” in Beijing runs too fast, fails to stop, slams into a safety cushion, and breaks at the waist

He's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:29 PM (eRlcH)

23 Oh, I liked Robot and Frank.
Expected a standard old guy bonds with robot movie, but little breadcrumbs until you realize Frank is far more interesting!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 04:30 PM (4KUe5)

24 How many second graders could you beat in a tug of war contest?

http://tiny.cc/poyb101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (mkw2N)

He's taught the children to gang up on the teachers. Good for him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:30 PM (BI5O2)

25 Selma Blair was also in the first Hellboy movies as the *checks notes* love interest.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2026 04:30 PM (U/s6V)

26 Haven't any of these robot companies heard of the Three Laws of Robotics? If a human pushes a robot, that should just be the way it is. Cars have brakes, guns (mostly) have safeties. A robot should too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:30 PM (wzUl9)

27 I kind of ignored the robots and paid attention to Judy Jetson instead.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2026 04:31 PM (0U5gm)

28 crt beat me to it.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2026 04:31 PM (U/s6V)

29 I want an Optimus.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 04:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

30 >>I could kick that robot's ass, real or AI-imagined.

Did you not pay attention to The Terminator at all?

He's like John Wick only metal.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:31 PM (viF8m)

31 I see robots these days and only think Skynet isn't far away

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:31 PM (Ia/+0)

32 9 My dad had robots 40 years ago that mowed the yard, cleaned the gutters, and took the garbage cans out to the curbs on Monday nights.

They were called sons.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (OkYzo)

I mowed. I cleaned. I swept. I took out the trash. I went moose hunting.

The one young son? No way. Except the moose hunting.

Little shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (2SSbU)

33 I ate at an Argentinian restaurant once that had a robot carry trays of food out to the table.

Yeah I ate at a seafood restaurant that served the food from a little bot. I don't mind it, but don't epxect much of a tip.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (nIKjK)

34 How many second graders could you beat in a tug of war contest?

http://tiny.cc/poyb101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (mkw2N

Without looking at link id say no more than 10. That's a hard one to guess. I'm only 185lbs and ten second graders are 400lbs at least . Calculating the comparable strength of a second grader I have no clue.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (KC5Lt)

35 One of the first jobs my dad gave me was unclogging a sewer line under the house. I was 8. Today I spent the better part of the day under the house unclogging a sewer line. All done. Now for a much needed shower and a beer as I called in to work. I'm exhausted and nasty. My attitude sucks.
...
I should clean up my mess first.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (hlLS1)

36 That's where I remember her most from.
Hellboy

I was racking my brain.

She was cute in that.
Cute, but crazy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (6ydKt)

37 Any more news on Omar ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (+gK6I)

38 Exactly my point, robots trying to rob little old ladies

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:33 PM (Ia/+0)

39 They need to put these robots in orange Adibas tracksuits, arm them with knouts, and load them up with PinochAI.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:33 PM (BI5O2)

40 My dad had robots 40 years ago that mowed the yard, cleaned the gutters, and took the garbage cans out to the curbs on Monday nights.

They were called sons.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026


***
"Change the channel."

"Aw, Dad, that means I have to get up."

"Don't worry about it. It won't kill you. Change the channel."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:33 PM (wzUl9)

41 37 Any more news on Omar ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (+gK6I)

Yeah, she's ugly and her mother dresses her funny.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 04:34 PM (2SSbU)

42 >>My dad had robots 40 years ago that mowed the yard, cleaned the gutters, and took the garbage cans out to the curbs on Monday nights.

>>They were called sons.

Luxury. My parents only had 1 son that I'm aware of.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)

43
Considering some of the people I see at restaurants, it is going to take some work to make sure that robot servers don't go all nuclear on them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:34 PM (eRlcH)

44 38 Exactly my point, robots trying to rob little old ladies

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:33 PM (Ia/+0)

They're becoming a menace.

The Dems are going to be asking for welfare for robots due to the socioeconomic oppression of the robots due to white supremacy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (6ydKt)

45 Amazon Prime is considering a Reality TV series to feature Selma Blair and several look-alikes, to be entitled the Which Blair Project.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (U/s6V)

46 What is interesting about that robot running into the wall was its backpedaling reaction and flailing. Almost like what a human would do if they rebounded off a padded wall like that.

Kinda creepy, actually

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (W2Pud)

47 Without looking at link id say no more than 10. That's a hard one to guess. I'm only 185lbs and ten second graders are 400lbs at least . Calculating the comparable strength of a second grader I have no clue.

Sorry. The link isn't to a relative strength calculator. It's a fun video of a teacher who challenged his class of second graders to a tug of war.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (mkw2N)

48 My sons helped with chores.

Or they didn’t eat.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 04:36 PM (W2Pud)

49 Considering some of the people I see at restaurants, it is going to take some work to make sure that robot servers don't go all nuclear on them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

There's entertainment value in that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 04:36 PM (zcI95)

50 Selma Blair was also in one of my favorite movies, the first Hellboy film which is pretty awesome.

It's a shame she's a nutbar.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:36 PM (XV/Pl)

51 boys know mommy would never starve them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:37 PM (6ydKt)

52 Sorry. The link isn't to a relative strength calculator. It's a fun video of a teacher who challenged his class of second graders to a tug of war.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (mkw2N)

No but I see 29 second graders beat him.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:37 PM (KC5Lt)

53 They're becoming a menace.

The Dems are going to be asking for welfare for robots due to the socioeconomic oppression of the robots due to white supremacy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (6ydKt)

Soon enough the Germans will be printing up brochures to teach their new arrivals that while rape might be acceptable in the factories they came from, it's dangerous for robots to do it in German swimming areas, saunas, bathrooms, and other watery environments.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:38 PM (BI5O2)

54 Any more news on Omar ?

Every single one of the "no one is above the law" people is now screaming in outrage that a Democrat is not above the law.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:38 PM (nIKjK)

55 49 Considering some of the people I see at restaurants, it is going to take some work to make sure that robot servers don't go all nuclear on them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

There's entertainment value in that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 04:36 PM (zcI95)


The French waiters are going to carry bullwhips and knives between their teeth.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:38 PM (6ydKt)

56 She was in a TV series with Charlie Sheen after he was fired from Two and a Half Men.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:38 PM (KC5Lt)

57 We're getting KungFu robots whether we like it or not.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:39 PM (XV/Pl)

58 I crap bigger than them.

Posted by: Robbie the Robot at October 12, 2026 04:39 PM (U/s6V)

59 >>Any more news on Omar ?

It's been pretty amusing on X today watching Democrat politicians shrieking about Trump weaponizing the DOJ to go after Omar and calling him, among other things, a fascist and then endless number of people piling on to remind them they spent years lecturing us that nobody is a above the law while Biden's DOJ went after Trump and his supporters on bullshit charges.

Sure is nice to have an uncensored X. Their narratives don't even get off the launch pad.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:39 PM (viF8m)

60 Can we haz karaoke robot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 04:39 PM (/2Ls3)

61 Law 1: "A robot may never harm a human, or through inaction allow a human to come to harm." How difficult is that to implement?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (wzUl9)

62 Again the sex robot will lead the way.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (KC5Lt)

63 She was cute in that.
Cute, but crazy.


Yeah she's a walking example of the Hot/Crazy index like Sean Young.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (nIKjK)

64 Speaking about Kung Fu, I've been on a Jackie Chan kick lately, it's really too bad he didn't make it bigger in America sooner.

The guy was Tom Cruise before Tom Cruise.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (XV/Pl)

65 Mr Beast did a 100 kids vs 10 strongmen tug of war challenge.

https://youtu.be/X64mg9pIKJ8?t=461

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (mkw2N)

66 I crap bigger than them.
Posted by: Robbie the Robot at October 12, 2026


***
"Oxygen? I rarely use it myself, sir. It promotes rust."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (wzUl9)

67 Soon enough the Germans will be printing up brochures to teach their new arrivals that while rape might be acceptable in the factories they came from, it's dangerous for robots to do it in German swimming areas, saunas, bathrooms, and other watery environments.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:38 PM (BI5O2)

They are going to have to go for it and try the No-No Square Dance on the rape-bots.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)

68 Speaking about Kung Fu, I've been on a Jackie Chan kick lately, it's really too bad he didn't make it bigger in America sooner.

The guy was Tom Cruise before Tom Cruise.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (XV/Pl)

The Foreigner was his best movie followed by The Forbidden Kingdom.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (KC5Lt)

69 Elvis karate moves >> any robot karate moves

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (wVcYX)

70 Sure is nice to have an uncensored X. Their narratives don't even get off the launch pad.

Yeah when I bailed in 2020 you could barely suggest a counterargument without being at least shadowbanned. Now they get community noted and commented into oblivion for their nonsense. One of my favorite bits is the "is this you?" thing Joey Swoll started by quote tweeting people saying the exact opposite a few months or years ago.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (nIKjK)

71 Again the sex robot will lead the way.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026


***
I'm ready for my "Young Nicole Kidman" model with the "social hostess" and "cooking" modules.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (wzUl9)

72
I should clean up my mess first.

Posted by: Reforger

That was still better than burning and stirring the shitter barrels with jp-8 and a ground rod though. Right?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (QVmho)

73 What, now we're using Rossum's Universal Robots as a how-to?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (1P1zN)

74 Voomers and Boomers all the way down in Tinsel City.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 04:43 PM (/2Ls3)

75
Yeah I ate at a seafood restaurant that served the food from a little bot. I don't mind it, but don't epxect much of a tip.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


Give it a little squirt of oil in the elbow.
Worked for the Tin Man.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 04:43 PM (Cqx++)

76 Law 1: "A robot may never harm a human, or through inaction allow a human to come to harm." How difficult is that to implement?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (wzUl9)
----
Isaac Asimov had a lot of fun coming up with loopholes for the Three Laws that he invented.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 04:43 PM (FZ29D)

77 It's all fake AI. People are detached from reality.

Pain will bring them back to their senses.

Posted by: Humungus, Warrior Of The Wasteland at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (NkqBW)

78 Soon enough the Germans will be printing up brochures to teach their new arrivals that while rape might be acceptable in the factories they came from

The Scottish government (I think it is) put out a statement warning "immigrants" that "underage girls may be deceiving you"

Presumably by being girls and looking (in jihadi third world inbred eyes) "hot"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (nIKjK)

79 Robby, "sorry Miss, I was giving myself a lube job."

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (/2Ls3)

80 I am not a fan of robots or self driving cars. Maybe someday but not now.

I like them better than illegals, though.

Omar whined 4hrs ago and waa waa on her Instagram and being picked on and won't stop. I guess rallying her troops.

Dims lack the ability of understanding that they did this to Trump in the past. I am unsure why but will blame being ugly and their frontal cortex never developing past that of a junior high nerd with zits and halitosis. Mocked by the entire class, causing him/her/ze to crap their pants as they ran to the wrong restroom. Then had to endure til changing schools or graduation being called Shite Pants.

It is raining and snowing and I should be productive vs hanging out here. It is Monday, and I need to recover from my equally rainy and unproductive weekend. Maybe later, the cry of true procrastinators!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (hzuYO)

81 What, now we're using Rossum's Universal Robots as a how-to?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 12, 2026


***
"I wish we hadn't made them all with the same face. . . ."
( -- Line from the play, when the robots are besieging the humans)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (wzUl9)

82 Amazon Prime is considering a Reality TV series to feature Selma Blair and several look-alikes, to be entitled the Which Blair Project.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (U/s6V)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (wVcYX)

83 @68

>>The Foreigner was his best movie followed by The Forbidden Kingdom.

Police Story 3: Supercop have inarguably the craziest and most dangerous stunts ever.

Even crazier than sh*t Buster Keaton did.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (XV/Pl)

84 The last robot needs the voice of either Randy Savage or Ric Flair.

Posted by: Eric at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (6VHHP)

85 This is John Connor. If you are listening to this you are the resistance. No listen up. In 12 minutes there will be a windows update to the Terminators. That's when we attack. We'll have 7 minutes. Stun guns to the side of the head. Their weakness is static electricity.

Posted by: John Connor at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (hlLS1)

86 FireFox is blocking all of the X posts because it littered with trackers. Brave block the trackers but allows the content.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (BzKNL)

87 Isaac Asimov had a lot of fun coming up with loopholes for the Three Laws that he invented.

That is to me the essence of science fiction: examining new or fresh ideas and showing how they could go wrong. You like Time Travel? Get a load of this...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (nIKjK)

88 Ate at a Mexican restaurant in Rogers Arkansas where orders were delivered by robotic servitors. Kind of ridiculous, actually.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (Gqar8)

89 The R.U.R. play hit the boards some years before Asimov began writing his Three Laws of Robotics stories. Robots attacking humans made for good scary theatre.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (wzUl9)

90 Wolfis

You'll want Nicole
Settle for Cherry 2000
And get T-1000.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (/2Ls3)

91 ROBOT FIGHTS BACK AFTER BEING SHOVED IN SARATOV

To be fair, the customer extended his hand and the robot made no motion to shake it.

I can only assume this is a mortal insult in Russia, which justifies the ensuing shove.

Also the robot has no target selection rubric. It was swinging at everyone.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:46 PM (vJrRc)

92 Mr Beast did a 100 kids vs 10 strongmen tug of war challenge.

https://youtu.be/X64mg9pIKJ8?t=461
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (mkw2N)

Wow interesting. It seemed too easy.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:46 PM (KC5Lt)

93 Is Ace a govt worker taking today off?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 04:46 PM (a5PYP)

94 61 Law 1: "A robot may never harm a human, or through inaction allow a human to come to harm." How difficult is that to implement?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (wzUl9)

Because they're not entirely sure how it works, I don't think they can actually set laws like that.

They train the AI to 'alignment' of the parameters set from the start and how well it operates completing tasks.

If it's 'misaligned', then you start reading stories where the AI escaped the lab during testing, or hacked into some website with other agents.

AI is very much a black box technology even for it's inventors and trainers.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:46 PM (6ydKt)

95 Robby, "sorry Miss, I was giving myself a lube job."
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026


***
Just one of the great lines from that movie.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9)

96 Since I don't drive and have bad health, I like the idea of self-driving taxis. Come pick me up, drop me off, don't stink of patchoulli or whatever curry you had last, and don't annoy me with talk. And cost half as much because there's no drivers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (nIKjK)

97 President Donald Trump on Monday released a new advertisement that doubled down on his promise to send $5,000 payments to Americans if Republicans maintain control of the House and Senate during next month’s midterm elections.

Piece of work, Piece of shit, Chip Roy, who will no longer be in congress after November, said, “Some of us think dependency is evil [and] soul-sucking in all its forms.”

Hey, Chip, you got beat in the primary, your on people don't like you, SMD.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (BzKNL)

98 Again the sex robot will lead the way.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026

***
I'm ready for my "Young Nicole Kidman" model with the "social hostess" and "cooking" modules.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (wzUl9)

When a Mikayla Demaiter model is available with "sandwich making" module, they can take all my money.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (wVcYX)

99 It's a shame she's a nutbar.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:36 PM (XV/Pl)

Can be said of most of the one's I've met over the years, Ettes excepted...though I've only met a few of those...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (08OqX)

100 That is to me the essence of science fiction: examining new or fresh ideas and showing how they could go wrong. You like Time Travel? Get a load of this...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (nIKjK)
---
Perhaps the most depressing thing about science fiction is the number of "elites" who look at dystopian science fiction as their blueprint for the future.

"1984"
"Brave New World"
"Terminator"

Yeah, let's do that! /sarc

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (FZ29D)

101 Let's just hope at the end of the day that robots are more Roy Batty than T-3000.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (XV/Pl)

102 Do you want a jihad?
Because that's how you get a jihad.

Posted by: Obligatory Butler at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (FhXTo)

103 It's times like this I miss my old Cylon shtick.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (1P1zN)

104 First two videos are staged (surprise!). That is a Unitree robot from China. It is basically a toy that can run through pre-programmed actions. Does not have a voice module, so the 1st video is faking all of the interactions. 2nd video is being controlled by the secretary selecting the kung fu program start/stop at the right times (notice the robot doesn't react to the furniture and has to be manhandled to keep it upright). 3rd and 4th videos are AI, though entertaining.

Posted by: scruboak at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (pcWkN)

105 It is the “ Intelligence” in AI that I quibble with. My dog has more of what I call intelligence.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (Gqar8)

106 Since I don't drive and have bad health, I like the idea of self-driving taxis. Come pick me up, drop me off, don't stink of patchoulli or whatever curry you had last, and don't annoy me with talk. And cost half as much because there's no drivers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (nIKjK)

Johnny Cab!

Posted by: Total Recall at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (wVcYX)

107 You'll want Nicole
Settle for Cherry 2000


I could settle for Cherry 2000 but they'd have to adjust her voice. I'd get Bicentennial man, though.

orders were delivered by robotic servitors. Kind of ridiculous, actually.

Not so ridiculous when you see how much servers cost to pay.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:49 PM (nIKjK)

108
If it's 'misaligned', then you start reading stories where the AI escaped the lab during testing, or hacked into some website with other agents.


Speaking of which...
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2026/10/12/ artificial-stupidity-the-prodigal-frankensteins- monster-and-a-dead-irishman-a-guest- post-by-thomas-kendal/

Remove spaces

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:49 PM (vJrRc)

109 When a Mikayla Demaiter model is available with "sandwich making" module, they can take all my money.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026


***
She could donate part of some, uh, assets to Nicole and never miss them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:49 PM (wzUl9)

110 I want no part of a self driving car

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)

111 The robots are likely being programmed by sociopaths? Is this a concern?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:50 PM (Gqar8)

112 I think Selma Blair was also the chick in "Cruel Intensions" that was corrupted by Sarah Michelle Gellar and who taught her how to engage in mouth-transfer...if you want to look that up to confirm for yourself, of course.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 12, 2026 04:50 PM (oPFtC)

113 It's like Christmas everyday.

>>@EricLDaugh
·
38s
>>🚨 NOW: MSNOW is PANICKING after DOJ is investigating possible ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS by the 5 big networks proudly boycotting White House events to get back at President Trump

>>DOJ WANTS THEIR COMMUNICATIONS!

>>THE NETWORKS:
- CNN
- NBC
- ABC
- CBS
- FOX

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:50 PM (viF8m)

114 speaking of Breaking Bad, RJ Mitte (Walter White Jr.) has died. He was 34.
Suicide.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (88C+u)

115 21 I ate at an Argentinian restaurant once that had a robot carry trays of food out to the table.
-------------------------------------------
I recently visited Daughter Tell in NYC. She took us to Sushi Train resaurant in Queens. Sushi went by conveyer belt through booth-tables and you took plates off as you wished - charged by number of plates you took ($4 a plate). Drinks were brought to table by robot. All very well run and pretty cool.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (9Q7BZ)

116 96 Since I don't drive and have bad health, I like the idea of self-driving taxis. Come pick me up, drop me off, don't stink of patchoulli or whatever curry you had last, and don't annoy me with talk. And cost half as much because there's no drivers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Tesla self drivers are safe. Sooner or later the others will be too.
My problem is his idea starts with a good price point but costs increase and so does the sale price. The Cybertruck started out as a $40K vehicle.
My robot's supposed to be $20/25K.
Holding my breath.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (BzKNL)

117 MSNOW is PANICKING after DOJ is investigating possible ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS

hee hee hee

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (vJrRc)

118 Did ace take the day off for Canadian Thanksgiving? Is he a dirty Canuckistani?!

Posted by: mea culpa at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (CH9Sg)

119 "Take a damned bath, and use the deodorant I bought you!"

-
This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

https://tinyurl.com/mp9t8d9x

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (ndZc7)

120 "I'm sorry. Would you please rephrase the question?"


"We hope you enjoyed the ride. Haha..."


*boom*

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)

121 I'll start worrying when the robots look like Yul Brynner

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 04:52 PM (Vdk5e)

122
Presumably by being girls and looking (in jihadi third world inbred eyes) "hot"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (nIKjK)
********
While I was still digesting the insanity of the UK printing in English the no-no rape rules vs in Farsi or with drawings... Welp.

The Cornell University handouts of sex with multiples topped that! "You no longer need to seek the Mrs degree! Be a ho or train conductor!"

When I went to (4) universites and 1 junior college there were no handouts about anything that I recall. Granted I don't recall a whole lot, but I'm positive there was no sex stuff during this time.

We did have a suite mate, from Ohio!? who used to gather an audience to discuss her blow jobs to a football player. This was as close to sex ed as I had, and we thought it was icky and maybe she was making it up.

I was barely 17yrs after skipping my junior year due to federal bussing bs (when I first started hating the feds as our school had been integrated since 7th grade).

This was a new concept for me along with lesbians (my mother had to tell me about them, thanks to the PE majors who were dorm monitors. And, apparently, lesbians.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (hzuYO)

123 I'm ready for my "Young Nicole Kidman" model with the "social hostess" and "cooking" modules.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (wzUl9)

When a Mikayla Demaiter model is available with "sandwich making" module, they can take all my money.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026


***
It looks like those won't be available until long after Nicole and Mikayla are gone. I wonder if their likenesses would be copyrightable, and the robot companies would have to pay royalties to their estates for a certain period?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (wzUl9)

124 Speaking of which...
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2026/10/12/ artificial-stupidity-the-prodigal-frankensteins- monster-and-a-dead-irishman-a-guest- post-by-thomas-kendal/

Remove spaces

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:49 PM (vJrRc)


omg the spaces.


You're killing me, Smalls.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)

125 This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

Its not bad advice... for 40 years ago. Today I am not so sure. Unstated in his advice of course is "be tall, hot, and wealthy..."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (nIKjK)

126 96 Since I don't drive and have bad health, I like the idea of self-driving taxis. Come pick me up, drop me off, don't stink of patchoulli or whatever curry you had last, and don't annoy me with talk. And cost half as much because there's no drivers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (nIKjK)

On average Uber pays drivers about 50% of the fare a rider is charged.

However the driver uses his car. Uber or Waymo or any other driverless service has to pay for the car, you’re not getting a 50% discount. They’re just shifting costs from labor to assets that depreciate and need constant maintenance. And are VERY expensive to purchase.

You’ll be lucky to see a 5% discount t let alone a 50% discount vs a human operated car service.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 04:54 PM (a5PYP)

127 Speaking about Kung Fu, I've been on a Jackie Chan kick lately, it's really too bad he didn't make it bigger in America sooner.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I just read that he disowned one of his children, a girl, for coming out gay.

I remember he once said, before the time of Trump, that the US was the most corrupt place in the world. I resented it then. Now? I think he might have a point.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 04:54 PM (l26NL)

128
Since I don't drive and have bad health, I like the idea of self-driving taxis. Come pick me up, drop me off, don't stink of patchoulli or whatever curry you had last, and don't annoy me with talk. And cost half as much because there's no drivers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (nIKjK)


Self-driving cars in NYC

*AI generated voices*

"Asshole!"
"Shithead!"
"What the F- did you think you were doing?"

*gunfire*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:55 PM (eRlcH)

129 speaking of Breaking Bad, RJ Mitte (Walter White Jr.) has died. He was 34.
Suicide.
Posted by: 88C+u

That's a shame.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 04:55 PM (l26NL)

130 Does Canada have a Thanksgiving football game? Vancouver Hosers vs Montreal Communists.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 04:55 PM (a5PYP)

131 113. DOJ is investigating possible ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS by the 5 big networks proudly boycotting White House
---------------------------------------------------
Group boycotts are antitrust violation but economic motive must be shown. Otherwise, we'd all be in the slammer for not drinking Bud Light.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 04:56 PM (9Q7BZ)

132 This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

https://tinyurl.com/mp9t8d9x
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


Businessman’s ‘Stop Gaming, Ask Girls Out’ Advice Triggers Manosphere Meltdown

The advice has not been tried and found ineffective, it has been found difficult and not tried.

Its not bad advice... for 40 years ago. Today I am not so sure. Unstated in his advice of course is "be tall, hot, and wealthy..."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


At this point that approach probably has the value of novelty for most young women.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:56 PM (vJrRc)

133
Perhaps the most depressing thing about science fiction is the number of "elites" who look at dystopian science fiction as their blueprint for the future.

"1984"
"Brave New World"
"Terminator"

Yeah, let's do that! /sarc
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


Utopia is boring.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 04:56 PM (Cqx++)

134 Does Canada have a Thanksgiving football game? Vancouver Hosers vs Montreal Communists.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

I watched it today, Montreal at Saskatchewan. The CFL only has nine teams so every single week, one team is on a bye. This is week 20 I believe.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 04:57 PM (l26NL)

135 Selma Blair was also in one of my favorite movies, the first Hellboy film which is pretty awesome.

It's a shame she's a nutbar.
Posted by: Thomas Bender


You can't fix her?

Posted by: the devil on your shoulder telling you to ignore rule #1 at October 12, 2026 04:57 PM (VHUov)

136 You're killing me, Smalls.
Posted by: SpeakingOf


I only added three...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:57 PM (vJrRc)

137 Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:50 PM (viF8m)


'We want to be in the press pool so we can decide what events get covered' does not seem like a good strategy to show why these specific networks should allowed to run the press pool. I would think the press pool would cover all White House events/stories, regardless of how big or small.

Posted by: Ann at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (SHHm+)

138 Are the demonrats still mad ? Yeah thought so.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (HgShr)

139 I liked Jackie Chan's early stuff. His fight coreography was very well done and with a sense of humor. I was disappointed when he came out as ChiCom stooge. But when I went back to look at early movies I saw the taint was always there.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (9Q7BZ)

140 I had a friend in Kollidge who embraced the numbers game. He had no fear of approaching women. His attitude was 10 will say no maybe 20 but eventually one will say yes.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (a5PYP)

141 118 Did ace take the day off for Canadian Thanksgiving? Is he a dirty Canuckistani?!

Posted by: mea culpa at October 12, 2026 04:51

I'm wondering how big a day this is. A lot of people did their lawns. A pretty girl was out for a run. I live in a nice neighbourhood but no houses are overloaded with cars.

Me, I'm just working on my projects.

Ralphy, Snowflake and her Mom Starry all got half a can of tuna fish.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (Sco7b)

142 I wonder if their likenesses would be copyrightable, and the robot companies would have to pay royalties to their estates for a certain period?

I do think we need to have identity protection laws so people cannot make a movie of someone with AI who exists and is alive. Allow people to copyright their likeness and voice. Some do, I think, but it should be default. One you're dead, all bets are off, though at least after 10 years. That said there are some really clever vids being done like this one:

https://tinyurl.com/53857e7t

It has its flaws, Han would shoot himself rather than go drinking with C3P0 though and that is NOT Robert Shaw's voice.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (nIKjK)

143
I, for one, can't stand it when a driver or a barber thinks they have to try to start up a conversation instead of just doing their job. Mute robots would be very welcome.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:59 PM (eRlcH)

144 My bot will be able to cook and clean.
Ideally, it will go shopping with me and memorize the prices of everything I want at every store. A little comparative analysis and my shopping will be easier and more efficient.
Hmmm, maybe Wingman will be a good name for robot?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:59 PM (BzKNL)

145 >>Group boycotts are antitrust violation but economic motive must be shown. Otherwise, we'd all be in the slammer for not drinking Bud Light.

But we aren't operating on public airwaves with specific rules governing their behavior.

>>n exchange for obtaining a valuable license to operate a broadcast station using the public airwaves, each radio and television licensee is required by law to operate its station in the “public interest, convenience and necessity.”

I think it would be pretty easy to prove the networks were not operating in the public interest by refusing to cover the President of the United States even if he is a big orange fascist.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 05:00 PM (viF8m)

146 But when I went back to look at early movies I saw the taint was always there.

Yeah I like his early stuff a lot but he always has been a Chi Com stooge. Its probably the price you have to pay to film in China but he really seems to believe it. The Karate Kid remake was really really bad that way.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:00 PM (nIKjK)

147 The actor who played a young Walter White on Breaking Bad, RJ Mitte dies by suicide cat 34. Apparently had CP from a young age

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 05:00 PM (Vdk5e)

148 I am looking forward to owning a household robot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:00 PM (thWUr)

149
143
I, for one, can't stand it when a driver or a barber thinks they have to try to start up a conversation instead of just doing their job. Mute robots would be very welcome.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:59 PM (eRlcH)

So, Hadrian, how’s it going? Been doing anything interesting? Been pretty dry around here lately, hasn’t it?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:01 PM (Gqar8)

150 IIRC there two teams in the cfl that had the same name. Out of 9 teams lol. It’s like the second team couldn’t come up with a different name?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 05:01 PM (a5PYP)

151
So, Hadrian, how’s it going? Been doing anything interesting? Been pretty dry around here lately, hasn’t it?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:01 PM (Gqar


*stony, hostile silence*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 05:01 PM (eRlcH)

152 I, for one, can't stand it when a driver or a barber thinks they have to try to start up a conversation instead of just doing their job. Mute robots would be very welcome.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

When I was a kid a Dennis the Menace comic book addressed this.

Barber Shop, Barber Shop
Snip, Snip Snip
Spare my ears
And button your lip.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:01 PM (l26NL)

153 >>>I do think we need to have identity protection laws so people cannot make a movie of someone with AI who exists and is alive. Allow people to copyright their likeness and voice. Some do, I think, but it should be default. One you're dead, all bets are off, though at least after 10 years. That said there are some really clever vids being done like this one:

https://tinyurl.com/53857e7t

It has its flaws, Han would shoot himself rather than go drinking with C3P0 though and that is NOT Robert Shaw's voice.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Giorgia Meloni has copyrighted her voice so that it cannot be reproduced by or on AI.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (BzKNL)

154 I liked Jackie Chan's early stuff. His fight coreography was very well done and with a sense of humor. I was disappointed when he came out as ChiCom stooge. But when I went back to look at early movies I saw the taint was always there.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (9Q7BZ)

All American here.

Posted by: Steven Segal at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (wVcYX)

155 Other than the gubmt, does anyone have today off? Even schools are in session in my area.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (a5PYP)

156 >>Group boycotts are antitrust violation but economic motive must be shown. Otherwise, we'd all be in the slammer for not drinking Bud Light.

But we aren't operating on public airwaves with specific rules governing their behavior.


Well, and the Bud Lite thing wasn't a boycott, it was just everyone going "well it never was that good to begin with" and buying something else. Nothing was organized, we didn't have matching shirts and a protest in front of the bottling plant.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (nIKjK)

157 I remember he once said, before the time of Trump, that the US was the most corrupt place in the world. I resented it then. Now? I think he might have a point.
Posted by: Blutarski


Still hard to agree with it when he comes from China.

Sorry.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 05:03 PM (JDhDw)

158 Other than the gubmt, does anyone have today off? Even schools are in session in my area.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez


Not I. I don't remember ever getting Columbus Day off.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 05:03 PM (vJrRc)

159 Other than the gubmt, does anyone have today off? Even schools are in session in my area.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez


My credit union.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 05:03 PM (JDhDw)

160 145. Jack, while what you say about public interest test is true, that is not an antitrust violation. Competely different laws-regulations. (Speaking as a former antitrust lawyer (I got better))

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (9Q7BZ)

161 5pm. Let's see what people are bitching about

FoxNews - the Five - New York illegal shot by ICE. Not enough.

Lol CBC - President Trump in no hurry to restart negotiations. They have some asshole on who wrote a book "How 3 disasterous choices led to the rise of Trump." Fair and balanced.

CNN - election and Omar. Weeping.

MSNow - midterms and gas prices.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (Sco7b)

162 Russian Issac Asimov rule of robots

1) Defend yourself
2) Inflict maximum pain
3) No Mercy

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (DbmIv)

163 Law 1: "A robot may never harm a human, or through inaction allow a human to come to harm."

-
Is there a hate speech exception?

Me: Hey clanker!

Robot: Was that remark addressed to me?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (ndZc7)

164 > This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

I'm 49 and I've been married for 16 years. When I was dating, I dated women I met at school or church. But even I know you don't go to yoga to pick up women. Women in yoga class are very skittish around guys. I guarantee you any guy who shows up to a yoga class is going to raise their suspicion you're there to stare at their butts when they're in downward dog or similar positions.

I honestly don't know where guys are supposed to pick up women. Women have made pretty much everywhere casual off-limits for dating. A ridiculous number of gen Z women will tell you don't EVER try at a gym, or a run club, or the supermarket, or a library, etc.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (mkw2N)

165 IIRC there two teams in the cfl that had the same name. Out of 9 teams lol. It’s like the second team couldn’t come up with a different name?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

That was a while ago, but, yes there were two Roughriders. Ottawa was the Rough-riders if I recall.

There are also two cities across the river in I think New Foundland called St John and St John's.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (l26NL)

166 This was a new concept for me along with lesbians (my mother had to tell me about them, thanks to the PE majors who were dorm monitors. And, apparently, lesbians.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (hzuYO)
====================
No one is really ever prepared for some of the stuff one learns in college, but I was especially naive. This sounds silly, but it just never occurred to me that some people have different proclivities.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:05 PM (thWUr)

167 orders were delivered by robotic servitors. Kind of ridiculous, actually.
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Not so ridiculous when you see how much servers cost to pay.


I thought the rationale for tipping was that they were paid so little. Can't be both.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 05:06 PM (vTZFs)

168 We are rehab of a YMCA and thats where I was, it had no teacher or kkds today.

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 05:06 PM (Ia/+0)

169 140 I had a friend in Kollidge who embraced the numbers game. He had no fear of approaching women. His attitude was 10 will say no maybe 20 but eventually one will say yes.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (a5PYP)

******
He probably did well for himself. My dude's attitude as well. He didn't hesitate with me. I rarely dated anyone for months and months before I met him after moving West. His theory was that I intimidated college guys. Which might explain the huge pre-med chemistry and physics lectures when I was one of 3 girls vs 100 boys. THAT was a huge bummer time for me to have arrived, was ready for action, and no one asked me out.

My male apt mates arranged for a friend of theirs, who was also a grad psych major* to ask me out. We hiked, etc, in groups. He kissed me once during an university film fest. I got nothing from this encounter and he owned his own home, etc. I was not after anyone for what they owned or their sports cars.

I married a good-lookin' orderly who owned a $250 ancient car instead. You had to make me laugh, for starters.

*No offense to any Moron psych majors, but my theory is they go into this field to figure themselves out.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 05:07 PM (hzuYO)

170 Giorgia Meloni has copyrighted her voice so that it cannot be reproduced by or on AI.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (BzKNL)
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Hope she has a big budget for litigation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (thWUr)

171 Oh no. The illegal who got shot in NYC still has the bullet lodged his neck and he can't eat. What will I do? Think of him as I eat dinner

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (Vdk5e)

172 No one is really ever prepared for some of the stuff one learns in college, but I was especially naive. This sounds silly, but it just never occurred to me that some people have different proclivities.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:05 PM (thWUr)

WUT ... we didn't come from the "mean streets" ???

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (oCio0)

173 Texas State employees aren't off today.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (VCgbV)

174 Jackie Chan is Chinese, he lives in China and is essentially a national hero, he's never been overtly political, the idea he wouldn't be a Chinese homer is crazy.

It would be like if Chuck Norris came out against Reagan.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (XV/Pl)

175 167 orders were delivered by robotic servitors. Kind of ridiculous, actually.
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Not so ridiculous when you see how much servers cost to pay.

I thought the rationale for tipping was that they were paid so little. Can't be both.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 05:06 PM (vTZFs)

A human took the order, a robot delivered the food. A human refilled the drinks. A human checked to make sure the order was right. A human delivered the bill. Figure that out.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (Gqar8)

176
Selma Blair was also in one of my favorite movies, the first Hellboy film which is pretty awesome.

It's a shame she's a nutbar.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

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Oh, funny about Selma. She lost her gig with Guess, which was a big "get" for them because she's crippled with MS and posed with her cane and shyte, very correct.

Why? Becuase in Feb 2024 she went and said “Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries and then they come here and destroyed minds.”

Oopsie. Universal cancelations, including agency, lawyer, publicist, book agent, manager, and close friends. She apologized, drat.

She made a speech about it to the ADL just this month. I'll get the link if you want.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 12, 2026 05:09 PM (mmrXZ)

177 "How 3 disasterous choices led to the rise of Trump."

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1) Unrestricted immigration.
2) Bending the knee to Islam.
3) Corruption, corruption, corruption.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 05:09 PM (ndZc7)

178 Has anyone come up with "The Blair Bitch Project"?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 05:10 PM (Fv808)

179 A human took the order, a robot delivered the food. A human refilled the drinks. A human checked to make sure the order was right. A human delivered the bill. Figure that out.
Posted by: tuba


That says to me "We can't figure out how to train our servers to carry multiple plates of food without dropping them."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 05:10 PM (vJrRc)

180 Al-Qaida and its supporters are threatening to kill Americans, including U.S. soldiers, and hijack airplanes if Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan is executed. (Newsmax)

https://tinyurl.com/2ucaxx7x

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 05:10 PM (dkM11)

181 A ridiculous number of gen Z women will tell you don't EVER try at a gym, or a run club, or the supermarket, or a library, etc.

Then they make Tik Tok videos about how men don't approach any more and its awful

I thought the rationale for tipping was that they were paid so little. Can't be both.

Well before, it used to be the case that state minimum wages were lower for tippable jobs like waitress. Thats not true in a lot of states any more, and the minimum wage has gone absolutely insane lately.

And employers pay about twice what wages are with insurance and taxes on each employee. Combine that with food costs skyrocketing under Biden and restaurants who were working with like a 4% margin to being with are looking for ways to cut costs just to stay open.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:10 PM (nIKjK)

182 A karate robit.

Posted by: Nerdrotic at October 12, 2026 05:11 PM (ekZzx)

183 Ms Now --- More house races open up in Democrat's favor!
Everything is coming up Blue!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:11 PM (Sco7b)

184 Like Christopher R Taylor I look forward to using robo-taxis. Only using a personal car for longer distance travels appeals to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (thWUr)

185 in Feb 2024 she [Selma Blair] went and said “Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries and then they come here and destroyed minds.”

Ohh boy. Now all the nooz reports are going to make MAGA out to be a flight risk.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (88C+u)

186 174 Jackie Chan is Chinese, he lives in China and is essentially a national hero, he's never been overtly political, the idea he wouldn't be a Chinese homer is crazy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender

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Chan was always pro CCP, even when Hong Kong, where he got his start and made his money before Hollywood, was under threat, he was a shill for the CCP and mainland.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (KuXRx)

187 >>Al-Qaida and its supporters are threatening to kill Americans, including U.S. soldiers, and hijack airplanes if Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan is executed. (Newsmax)

How would that be any different from what they always do?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (viF8m)

188 > Giorgia Meloni has copyrighted her voice so that it cannot be reproduced by or on AI.

My very weak understanding of copyright law is that having a copyright just give you the right to sue people who infringe on it. Nobody else is going to proactively police this for you. And if you aren't on every violation like a dog on a bone, your right to enforce the copyright gets weaker and weaker.

International cases are even worse. Good luck enforcing your Italian copyright in Brazil or China.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (mkw2N)

189 Al-Qaida and its supporters are threatening to kill Americans, including U.S. soldiers, and hijack airplanes if Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan is executed. (Newsmax)
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Another day ending in "Y"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (thWUr)

190 A human took the order, a robot delivered the food. A human refilled the drinks. A human checked to make sure the order was right. A human delivered the bill. Figure that out.

Well that's just "that ass Trevor dropped the plates once to often"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (nIKjK)

191 Jackie Chan is Chinese, he lives in China and is essentially a national hero, he's never been overtly political, the idea he wouldn't be a Chinese homer is crazy.

It would be like if Chuck Norris came out against Reagan.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (XV/Pl)

Remember me?

Posted by: Yao Ming, Houston Rockets at October 12, 2026 05:13 PM (wVcYX)

192
I thought the rationale for tipping was that they were paid so little. Can't be both.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 05:06 PM (vTZFs)


The people who whine that servers need to be paid a living wage, etc. probably are bad tippers in the first place. Also, the no-tip restaurant model where servers were better paid has never worked out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 05:13 PM (eRlcH)

193 Who needs karate robot, we already have karate monkey.

Posted by: Grandma's boy at October 12, 2026 05:13 PM (KuXRx)

194 178 Has anyone come up with "The Blair Bitch Project"?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 05:10 PM (Fv80

Linda Blair was pretty bitchy in The Exorcist].

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

195 My dad had robots 40 years ago that mowed the yard, cleaned the gutters, and took the garbage cans out to the curbs on Monday nights.

They were called sons.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (OkYzo)
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Yeah, when all you have is daughters, they learn to mow.

I have a riding mower, so they enjoy it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 05:14 PM (ZOv7s)

196 Cap his ass or not isn't going to stop The Muslims

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 05:14 PM (Ia/+0)

197 SMH, al-Q owns about all the northeast half of Mali and a good bit of Burkina Faso. I was linking to Warfronts earlier.
I think al-Q's endgame isn't so much as to take over Mali but to make it something like Syria. A hardline Islamist government which lets al-Q do what they want.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 05:14 PM (88C+u)

198 166 This was a new concept for me along with lesbians (my mother had to tell me about them, thanks to the PE majors who were dorm monitors. And, apparently, lesbians.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (hzuYO)
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No one is really ever prepared for some of the stuff one learns in college, but I was especially naive. This sounds silly, but it just never occurred to me that some people have different proclivities.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:05 PM (thWUr)
******
I truly was an innocent. Raised on a farm. My parents were not strict but I knew the standards they expected of me, even over 1k miles away.

I knew dang well after my first date in 9th grade (drive in, the Ear Licker football player) that I was not going to experiment. I went to dances, etc, but no one in HS or junior college got past a kiss. Now I'd be labeled a lesbo or frigid. Then I was known as stuck up, so an older football jock and Mr. HS told me at a NYE party. Whatevah! I knew I was not staying there for life.

I know HS couples still married to each other in MS, and good for them. I wanted more and got it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 05:15 PM (hzuYO)

199 I use the mirrors at the gym to look at the camel toes and bubble butts on display without getting caught.

Posted by: Pervert Joe at October 12, 2026 05:15 PM (NkqBW)

200
My very weak understanding of copyright law is that having a copyright just give you the right to sue people who infringe on it.

My understanding was that copyright only applied to the physical manifestation you produced of a creative product: a book, a recording, a movie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 05:15 PM (eRlcH)

201 And if you aren't on every violation like a dog on a bone, your right to enforce the copyright gets weaker and weaker.

Which is infuriating because most of my gaming stuff is all out there on websites to download or even buy from them. I talked to the Hero Games publisher and he said yeah, there's basically nothing they can do about it. You try to sue one, they just shut down and start under a slightly different name and are never in the USA to begin with.

Even if they were, I can't afford to sue 10 internet companies over and over.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:15 PM (nIKjK)

202 170 Giorgia Meloni has copyrighted her voice so that it cannot be reproduced by or on AI.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (BzKNL)
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Hope she has a big budget for litigation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Italy's GDP is pretty strong.
(she's thinking about, you know, Germany's not necessarily the biggest guy on the block)



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:15 PM (BzKNL)

203 Reruns: Russians, robots, Arab terrorism/

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 05:16 PM (wxsGM)

204 I use the mirrors at the gym to look at the camel toes and bubble butts on display without getting caught.


"EWWW!!! except for that really hot guy over there who I dress like this to attract"
--Bunni Instagram

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (nIKjK)

205
I, for one, can't stand it when a driver or a barber thinks they have to try to start up a conversation instead of just doing their job. Mute robots would be very welcome.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:59 PM (eRlcH)



At SportClips, they used to have hot stylists who would chat with you and rub their tits around your ears while you got a cut. Now, it's all tattooed purple-haired humorless fat butch lesbians who sullenly give you a sloppy cut.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (y9nCu)

206 I'm curious whether you can't just disable these AI robots with a simple can of black spray paint. It seems to me that they are very vulnerable to their camera/LIDAR function. Without the ability to perceive their surroundings they probably have a shut down fail safe, or just behave erradically.

Or, you could got the other way and burn out the sensors with a laser pointer.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (dIske)

207 These deer are out of control. They're just parading through my yard and eating my bushes. No respect.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (viF8m)

208 161 5pm. Let's see what people are bitching about

FoxNews - the Five - New York illegal shot by ICE. Not enough.

Lol CBC - President Trump in no hurry to restart negotiations. They have some asshole on who wrote a book "How 3 disasterous choices led to the rise of Trump." Fair and balanced.

CNN - election and Omar. Weeping.

MSNow - midterms and gas prices.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (Sco7b)

Suddenly the Left cares about gas prices.

Christian Freeland has written a cringey book called “Unreliable Boyfriend” about the United States and its relationship with Canada. Probably left unmentioned in there is her hatred of freedom and the natural rights of citizens.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 05:18 PM (ekZzx)

209 As my husband said this morning when he heard about Ilhan Omar, we need to rid ourselves of these people.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
·
2m
BREAKING: Abdul El-Sayed's campaign is responding to
@FoxNews
after unearthed social media posts from El Sayed's sister in 2012 appear to show her saying her family has been involved with and supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood. I asked the campaign if they deny the posts are in fact from his sister, and what comment they have given that El-Sayed just told Meet the Press over the weekend that nobody in his family has any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. This is what they told me.

“Abdul is a dad and a doctor. He has spent his entire career working to keep Michiganders healthy and safe. Independent fact checkers have repeatedly debunked Mike’s lies, but their campaign continues to use bad faith attacks on Abdul's faith and family. Mike wants to distract from Trump’s agenda that is terrorizing Michigan families at the pump and at the grocery store."

- El-Sayed campaign spokesperson Roxie Richner.

On background, the campaign says that claims El Sayed and his family are part of the Muslim Brotherhood have been debunked as "racist" and "untrue".

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 05:19 PM (kX27y)

210 Send in a robot for HAZMAT duty when they search Michelle's undie drawer at Barry's raid.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 05:19 PM (wxsGM)

211 164 > This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

I'm 49 and I've been married for 16 years. When I was dating, I dated women I met at school or church. But even I know you don't go to yoga to pick up women. Women in yoga class are very skittish around guys. I guarantee you any guy who shows up to a yoga class is going to raise their suspicion you're there to stare at their butts when they're in downward dog or similar positions.

I honestly don't know where guys are supposed to pick up women. Women have made pretty much everywhere casual off-limits for dating. A ridiculous number of gen Z women will tell you don't EVER try at a gym, or a run club, or the supermarket, or a library, etc.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (mkw2N)
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Girls love attention and being an object of desire. Just not with undesirable guys. Guys onky have to follow two simple rules:

Rule 1: be attractive.

Rule 2: don’t be unattractive.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 12, 2026 05:20 PM (hxrdJ)

212 At SportClips, they used to have hot stylists who would chat with you and rub their tits around your ears while you got a cut.

I got a hair cut from a girl in college who did that, and rubbed other body parts on me. I couldn't figure out if it was on purpose or just part of reaching the right spots. She got really mad when I had to cancel the next cut for lack of funds though.

I grew up with all brothers, women were largely a mystery to me. Still are, mostly.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:20 PM (nIKjK)

213 207 These deer are out of control. They're just parading through my yard and eating my bushes. No respect.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (viF8m)

___________________

Whitetails? Those bastards dig holes too. And, not tiny little divots either. They dig the type that could throw you off a riding mower.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 05:20 PM (dIske)

214 This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

https://tinyurl.com/mp9t8d9x
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (ndZc7)
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I thankfully caught the last chopper out of Hanoi and have been with my wife since before dating apps existed, but that dude's advice sounds really great for about the year 1998.

It's wildly out of touch for today's dating market if what I've gleaned from my friends that are still navigating that hellscape is even 50% accurate.

It's just about as out of touch as saying "If you didn't eat doordash and get starbucks every day, you would have no trouble saving the money to buy a home."

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 05:20 PM (oqH4h)

215
At SportClips, they used to have hot stylists who would chat with you and rub their tits around your ears while you got a cut. Now, it's all tattooed purple-haired humorless fat butch lesbians who sullenly give you a sloppy cut.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026


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In suburban Birmingham in 2021, there was a shop which had only attractive women stylists. (Plus they did not worry about the then-current face diaper stuff.) I got a nice haircut, left a good tip, and had a pleasant experience in that I did not have to look at any of the fat humorless creatures you mention.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (wzUl9)

216 At SportClips, they used to have hot stylists who would chat with you and rub their tits around your ears while you got a cut. Now, it's all tattooed purple-haired humorless fat butch lesbians who sullenly give you a sloppy cut.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (y9nCu)


Last time I went, several years ago, it was a cute little Filipina who also gave me the hot shampoo wash.

I wish she'd have tried the rub her titties on my ears trick with me.

She probably would have gotten a bigger tip.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (6ydKt)

217 207 These deer are out of control. They're just parading through my yard and eating my bushes. No respect.
Posted by: JackStraw

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Costco. Cayenne pepper anything edible after every rain.
After a while, just the perimeter works.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (KuXRx)

218 SMH, al-Q owns about all the northeast half of Mali and a good bit of Burkina Faso. I was linking to Warfronts earlier.
I think al-Q's endgame isn't so much as to take over Mali but to make it something like Syria. A hardline Islamist government which lets al-Q do what they want.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 05:14 PM (88C+u)
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Like so many other states in Africa, Mali is made up of two tribes that hate each other and that allowed the French to maintain control. The northern portion is Tuareg, and the goal is to create a Tuareg 'liberated zone' where they have freedom to maneuver. I wargamed that for many years. We had some interesting results.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (ZOv7s)

219 Nood

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (l26NL)

220 We have a deer problem in our neighborhood too. My neighbors here in the socialist utopia are torn, because all civilized people hate guns and are above hunting, and of course, hunters are icky, but they're puzzled about how to get rid of the deer nuisance.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:22 PM (thWUr)

221 I thankfully caught the last chopper out of Hanoi and have been with my wife since before dating apps existed, but that dude's advice sounds really great for about the year 1998.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 05:20 PM (oqH4h)
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You were in 'Nam?

Posted by: That Guy Who Was In 'Nam at October 12, 2026 05:22 PM (ZOv7s)

222 197 SMH, al-Q owns about all the northeast half of Mali and a good bit of Burkina Faso. I was linking to Warfronts earlier.
I think al-Q's endgame isn't so much as to take over Mali but to make it something like Syria. A hardline Islamist government which lets al-Q do what they want.

Posted by: 88C+u
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#1 - America, Muslim free
#2 - Africa, all traditional non-Muslim states, Muslim free.
we should train up and arm up, Christian and Jewish Africans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:23 PM (BzKNL)

223 Last time I used Sportsclip, the land whale kept rubbing her fupa on me.

I got hard.

Posted by: Pervert Joe at October 12, 2026 05:24 PM (NkqBW)

224 206 I'm curious whether you can't just disable these AI robots with a simple can of black spray paint. It seems to me that they are very vulnerable to their camera/LIDAR function. Without the ability to perceive their surroundings they probably have a shut down fail safe, or just behave erradically.

Or, you could got the other way and burn out the sensors with a laser pointer.

Posted by: Orson
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Mess with a Chinese robot, it will either beat you or stab you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:24 PM (BzKNL)

225 Nood weasels & binturongs

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:25 PM (wzUl9)

226 I recently visited Daughter Tell in NYC. She took us to Sushi Train resaurant in Queens. Sushi went by conveyer belt through booth-tables and you took plates off as you wished - charged by number of plates you took ($4 a plate). Drinks were brought to table by robot. All very well run and pretty cool.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (9Q7BZ)

I went to a place like that in Tokyo once.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 05:28 PM (ekZzx)

227 I wonder what Ace and the crows are up to?

I wish SOMEONE would spy on Telerico (I'm starting to forget how to spell his name) and spill the truth. Please.
I'm waiting...

Waiting
Tom Petty 1981
https://tinyurl.com/2sth6tnw

I know I posted this recently and don't care:

She's Waiting
Eric Clapton 1985, live
https://tinyurl.com/yz64a4u5

Tired of Waiting for You
The Kings 1965 (before my time)
https://tinyurl.com/38ervjtm






Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 05:28 PM (hzuYO)

228 These deer are out of control.

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Not a deer exactly but . . .

https://tinyurl.com/yb9zv29e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 05:31 PM (ndZc7)

229 "Remove spaces"

Does nothing except blow margins by how many extra spaces you put in.

Thanks!

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 12, 2026 05:31 PM (dCMJG)

230
speaking of Breaking Bad, RJ Mitte (Walter White Jr.) has died. He was 34.
Suicide.
Posted by: 88C+u

That's a shame.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 04:55 PM (l26NL)


When I was bartending in LA, I met aa lot of actors and actresses, who had one moment of success.

Then nothing.

Like there was this one gal I dated who had been in the "Oh, whaat a feeling!" Toyota commercial a few years earlier. "I was the second girl from the left." then nothing.

She was still sure that old commercial would be her big break.

But, plenty of others too. Almost all a part non-speaking part in some TV show or commercial. Some were still clinging to hope based on that one tiny shot ten years later.

In any event, I imagine that poor guy thought being Walter White kid was a HUGE set toward stardom. Ten years later, when it wasn't, he probably finally lost all hope of his Hollywood dream.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 05:33 PM (YSUhf)

231 Boulevard of broken dreams

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)

232 Elon Musk on TallyReek-O:

"The Talerico campaign is hiding something big that voters ought to know about."

Video summation from 3hrs ago:

https://tinyurl.com/57jm62s3

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 05:57 PM (hzuYO)

233
When I was bartending in LA, I met aa lot of actors and actresses, who had one moment of success.

Then nothing.

Like there was this one gal I dated who had been in the "Oh, whaat a feeling!" Toyota commercial a few years earlier. "I was the second girl from the left." then nothing.

She was still sure that old commercial would be her big break.

But, plenty of others too. Almost all a part non-speaking part in some TV show or commercial. Some were still clinging to hope based on that one tiny shot ten years later.

In any event, I imagine that poor guy thought being Walter White kid was a HUGE set toward stardom. Ten years later, when it wasn't, he probably finally lost all hope of his Hollywood dream.


I watched Sleepless in Seattle a couple of nights ago (don't judge me). I was curious if Ross Malinger, the kid who plays Tom Hanks' son, was still in Hollywood. His bio says he's now a used car salesman. I suspect that's typical.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 07:40 PM (Riz8t)

World's Best Jobs Open Thread

Paid to play with belugas.

Dog school bus driver:

Professional mountain biker:

Wingsuit formation squadron member:

Posted by: Ace at 03:20 PM




Comments

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1 not last

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 12, 2026 03:22 PM (CWTWj)

2 not first!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 03:23 PM (NnhvP)

3 i noodled

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 12, 2026 03:23 PM (CWTWj)

4 2nd nooded.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 03:24 PM (NnhvP)

5 >>>Paid to play with belugas.

I play with my beluga, and nobody pays me shit.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 03:24 PM (dK+Kv)

6 With JavaScript off to access the blog, there's zero content.

Posted by: nckate at October 12, 2026 03:24 PM (enNUy)

7 I think a very cool job would be host of "The Price is Right." You see people win prizes, pretty models, excited people.

That would be a pretty nice gig.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 03:24 PM (Sco7b)

8 Ok, so there *is* one school bus I would drive....<3

Posted by: barkingmad59,wandering lurkette at October 12, 2026 03:26 PM (R3yzU)

9 "Wingsuit formation squadron member" ...

... it's all fun and games until someone dies. And they almost all eventually die.

Same thing with all these "ultra extreme" sports guys. Free climbers, BASE jumpers, extreme skiers, etc.

You can only cheat death for so long. Death is undefeated.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

10 I hate being Willowed so:

My best gym lifting story is I was doing dumbbell presses and after I finished a set but still lying down a guy walks up and asks how many more sets did I have left. I looked up right into the face of Prince Humperdinck ( Chris Sarandon) and no lie had just watched the Princess Bride the night before.

Surreal.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:27 PM (KC5Lt)

11 Blow jobs are the best jobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (n1hjt)

12 Motivation from Senator John Kennedy!

John Kennedy
@SenJohnKennedy
Go vote.
If dead people can do it, so can you.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (ndZc7)

13 Ok, the first two videos could be the world's best job.

The second two videos...one mistake and you are dead.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (FZ29D)

14 in honor of opposite day, i want to say that obama is quite macho

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (CWTWj)

15 Diddy rushed out of prison early Saturday morning for head injury.

Unknown if it was for giving or receiving.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (JDhDw)

16 I'll gladly skip flying suits now, glad they were not a thing when I was young and dumb too!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (NnhvP)

17 Oh, Price is Right with Bob Barker.

1 ounce of gold as of the day of taping.
$376.

American dollars.
That's a lot of inflation.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (Sco7b)

18
*notices water stains in thread ceiling*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 03:29 PM (eRlcH)

19 Ok, so there *is* one school bus I would drive....
Posted by: barkingmad59,wandering lurkette


I wanted to see the video of it driving down the road.

With all the windows open and 40 dog heads hanging out.

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 03:29 PM (VHUov)

20 >>> 15 Diddy rushed out of prison early Saturday morning for head injury.

Unknown if it was for giving or receiving.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (JDhDw)

How the heck do you get an injury doing THAT?

Posted by: Kamala Harris at October 12, 2026 03:30 PM (3mtzY)

21 The beluga video is neat, but it's hard for me to accept that an animal that intelligent and social lives in a tank.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 12, 2026 03:31 PM (bNf8H)

22 The Cliff trail was insane. White boyz be crazy.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:31 PM (KC5Lt)

23 Ok, the first two videos could be the world's best job.

The second two videos...one mistake and you are dead.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (FZ29D)
_______

Even not making a mistake and you could be dead. The death rate for these kinda things is far beyond anything I would ever risk. And I'm an adrenaline junkie.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)

24 I have a picture of me swimming with a beluga whale. I was in a wetsuit but the water was still freezing.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 03:31 PM (VCgbV)

25 (1/2)

For the dozenth time that day, Sven was wondering if he should get a different job. He liked being a bartender, but a pirate bar -- and especially the Toughest Bar In The World (gov't name) -- was a bit much at times. Especially with regulars like Norm Nobeard, who fancied himself a comedian.

"So then Kermit -- not that one -- decided he wanted some more pondfront property, and hopped off to the bank for a loan..."

A drunk with a hood hand was gesticulating so wildly at his tablemates that he nearly put his own eye out.

"He gets to the front of the line, and explains to the teller -- he nametag says Ms. Whack -- how he's not that Kermit, but his dad Mick Jagger (who got so drunk he fucked a frog) was a friend and big admirer..."

Oh there's Blindside Pete, who actually did get one of his eyes put out by that hook, about to bump into someone he can't see and start another fight.

"...and he doesn't really have any property for collateral but this little white porcelain elephant, so she goes to the bank manager..."

Whew, Pete saw and dodged at the last minute -- spoke too soon, Pegleg Bob just tripped on a knothole and knocked Hottempered Phil's whole chair over.

(Cont.)

Posted by: SciVo at October 12, 2026 03:32 PM (ke3zm)

26
The second two videos...one mistake and you are dead.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirre

=====

Might get dead even without making a mistake.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 12, 2026 03:32 PM (LmsJU)

27 With JavaScript off to access the blog, there's zero content.

If your browser allows it, disable javascript for ace.mu.nu but leave it enabled for acecomments.mu.nu.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 03:33 PM (vTZFs)

28 Game show host has to be the best job ever.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:33 PM (KC5Lt)

29 (2/2)

Norm doesn't even turn around at the sound of fighting, just keeps on with his ridiculous story. "She knocks on the door and the bank manager says, 'Come in Patty,' and she explains the whole irregular situation. She just didn't know what to do! Well, she was new. So the bank manager turns over the little white elephant in his hands, hmm-ing and aha-ing."

As if the day couldn't get any weirder, a guy with a whole frickin' ship's wheel walks in and staggers toward the bar, cautiously avoiding the inebriated patrons, while Sven leisurely polishes a dirty glass with a dirty rag. The newcomer tries to belly up to the bar and can't even do that, finally settling in sideways.

"'What even is it, anyway?' Patty asks, gazing puzzled at the elephant. So the bank manager explains what's going on. 'It's a nick-nack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan! His old man's a Rolling Stone."

Sven laughs politely at Nobeard's joke, then asks the burning question on everyone's mind: "Hey, new guy. What in Odin's name is the ship's wheel even for?"

"Arrr," the pirate groans. "It's drivin' me nuts."

Posted by: SciVo at October 12, 2026 03:33 PM (ke3zm)

30 I heard a few minutes of attacks on Trump on NPR a little while ago. Venomous. A good gig if you want freedom to attack Trump.

Will there be a "Blue Tsunami" in the senate races or will there be a "Red Undertow" according to the one voice of caution among them?

Posted by: KT at October 12, 2026 03:34 PM (X8QDB)

31 Game show host has to be the best job ever.
Posted by: polynikes

Too much like work.

Posted by: Somali Daycare Owner at October 12, 2026 03:34 PM (UjdFS)

32 Diddy rushed out of prison early Saturday morning for head injury.

Unknown if it was for giving or receiving.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (JDhDw)

How the heck do you get an injury doing THAT?

Posted by: Kamala Harris at October 12, 2026 03:30 PM (3mtzY)

Friction burns.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 03:35 PM (dK+Kv)

33
With all the windows open and 40 dog heads hanging out.
Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 03:29 PM (VHUov)

___________

Dogs are probably better behaved than kids.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 03:35 PM (eRlcH)

34 me swimming with a beluga whale. I was in a wetsuit but the water was still freezing.
Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 03:31 PM (VCgbV)


Note to posterity: do that instead of playing with Amur tigers

Posted by: some dead guy at October 12, 2026 03:36 PM (88C+u)

35 so selma Blair went daffy on a flight and has been arrested?!?!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)

36 Top five overpaid professions IMHO

Newsreaders
College Football Head Coach
Movie actors
Politicians
Newsreaders

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:37 PM (KC5Lt)

37 Nice story from "Legal Insurrection" site about Native Americans fighting to support America in war, and one particularly nice account from a Native America who says he's always glad to celebrate Columbus Day:

https://tinyurl.com/ys87c4nb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 03:38 PM (JrHfD)

38
Top five overpaid professions IMHO
Newsreaders
College Football Head Coach
Movie actors
Politicians
Newsreaders
Posted by: polynikes

Missed one.

AoS COBs.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 12, 2026 03:38 PM (QVmho)

39 SciVo - well-blended.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 12, 2026 03:39 PM (aJQbY)

40 Missed one.

AoS COBs.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 12, 2026 03:38 PM (QVmho)

You gotta get paid first to be overpaid 😃

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:39 PM (KC5Lt)

41 The dog school bus looks like a fun job until they all see a squirrel at the same time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 03:39 PM (6ydKt)

42 Happy Columbus Day!

https://tinyurl.com/ms4pkn5u

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 03:40 PM (ndZc7)

43 I dunno if it's the best job in the world, but I'm finding out that geospatial engineering is pretty interesting.

There's an incredibly complex web of knowledge that goes into figuring out where you are on planet Earth at any given point in time.

There's probably around 12-15 GNSS satellites spying on you right now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 03:41 PM (FZ29D)

44 TMZ is reporting that Selma Blair [Beitner] tried to open the door and injured the flight attendants who prefer that door remain closed when at seven kilometers over sealevel.
It was on a Delta flight, of course.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 03:42 PM (88C+u)

45 Open thread so I have to recommend movie I watched last night.

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse


It goes into my top 10 zombie movies.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:42 PM (KC5Lt)

46
Top five overpaid professions IMHO

College Football Head Coach


Can't agree, I'm afraid. Any D1 head coach works incredibly long hours. Unlike the others on your list, they're also held to objective standards like wins and losses.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 03:43 PM (eRlcH)

47 I always had a feeling Selma Blair was loony toons.

Something in her eyes and the resting bitch face just flashes warning signals.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 03:43 PM (6ydKt)

48 TMZ is reporting that Selma Blair [Beitner] tried to open the door and injured the flight attendants who prefer that door remain closed when at seven kilometers over sealevel.
It was on a Delta flight, of course.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 03:42 PM (88C+u)

She has MS so I wonder if it or treatment for it had anything to do with her freak out.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:44 PM (KC5Lt)

49 World's Best Job

Lifeguard

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 03:44 PM (RIvkX)

50 so selma Blair went daffy on a flight and has been arrested?!?!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)
______

She was heavily rumored to be a hard partier back in the day. Heavy drug use.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)

51 A Division I NCAA head coach is probably *just a touch* overpaid by comparison to an NFL head coach. But just a touch.

And it's a real job with work and standards and accountability and shit like that. Same for the players (who are overpaid by comparison to coaches, for that matter).

Not fair to lump them in with reporters and politicians and actors. These are jobs for low-skilled scum and should be paid commensurately.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:45 PM (BI5O2)

52 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse


It goes into my top 10 zombie movies.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:42 PM (KC5Lt)

Is it on a streaming service?

I like horror movies. And kids shows. Lately brutal horror movies.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 03:46 PM (Sco7b)

53

Rainy and cold here in SW Wyoming. We love it. Have a big pot of stew simmering.

Rainy days can be restful.

Posted by: four seasons at October 12, 2026 03:46 PM (/QHx4)

54 Last Zombie anything I saw was a few episodes of the Walking Dead show with Rick and Michone back together.

As usual, they spent a lot of time talking about their feelings in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

I just know if the apocalypse ever comes I'm going to spend my free time arguing with a woman over who loves who and why.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 03:46 PM (6ydKt)

55
The dog school bus looks like a fun job until they all see a squirrel at the same time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 03:39 PM (6ydKt)


Gave Diana and old Dot baths just now for their vet visit tomorrow. A squirrel was seen running across the yard. I was bathing Dot and Diana was being blown dry. Dot jumped out of the tub and nearly hurt herself on the noose meant to restrain her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 03:46 PM (eRlcH)

56 I had a high school history teacher who spent the entire year teaching us to develop "casual" accounts of various historical events: Civil War, WWII, etc. I was confused why we should be nonchalant about such important events, but kept my puzzlement to myself. Eventually I realized she was misreading the word "causal".

Coleman Hughes
https://x.com/coldxman/status/2109690232052301904

Posted by: KT at October 12, 2026 03:47 PM (X8QDB)

57 If college players are going to be paid, they should sign a contract. And they should be held to academic standards.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 03:47 PM (W2Pud)

58 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
It goes into my top 10 zombie movies.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:42 PM (KC5Lt)
====

Agreed. I just saw Romero's City of the Dead and liked it a lot too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 03:47 PM (RIvkX)

59 Last Zombie anything I saw was a few episodes of the Walking Dead show with Rick and Michone back together.

As usual, they spent a lot of time talking about their feelings in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

I just know if the apocalypse ever comes I'm going to spend my free time arguing with a woman over who loves who and why.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 03:46 PM (6ydKt)
----
I think Walking Dead turned into a soap opera with a zombie apocalypse backdrop.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 03:48 PM (FZ29D)

60 Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 03:46 PM (Sco7b)

It's more comedy than horror but still really good. Streaming free on Pluto.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:49 PM (KC5Lt)

61 I really hope cycling-on-the-edge guy rides with a parachute on.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 03:49 PM (vJrRc)

62 Tubi has a Chinese zombie movie...

Zombie Fight Club. Slower near the end but the first hour is just brutal non-stop. I was surprised by the amount of gunfire, the quality of the effects and all the beautiful, topless women.

Great movie. When you come from a society where human life is cheap, you should be able to make kick-ass zombie movies.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 03:50 PM (Sco7b)

63 True, she will still win. Had 77% the last 2 elections, this won't change the white lib vote in her district.

Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
·
3h
My favorite part is Democrats clutching their pearls and saying, “They’re doing this just before an election,” as if anything would affect the results in Ilhan Omar’s district.

She could pledge allegiance to ISIS on video and still win reelection in that district.

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 03:50 PM (kX27y)

64 I have a great job, I write and draw and people pay me for it. Its not lucrative, I barely make enough to pay for my smart phone but its a job I love to do. It would be a perfect job if I sold enough books to survive on.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 03:50 PM (nIKjK)

65 Last Zombie anything I saw was a few episodes of the Walking Dead show with Rick and Michone back together.

As usual, they spent a lot of time talking about their feelings in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

I just know if the apocalypse ever comes I'm going to spend my free time arguing with a woman over who loves who and why.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 03:46 PM (6ydKt)
----
I think Walking Dead turned into a soap opera with a zombie apocalypse backdrop.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 03:48 PM (FZ29D)
________

I always thought it was a zombie show aimed at an audience -- mostly women -- who didn't like zombie movies.

Case in point: my mom. She's not into horror, but she liked the show. I tried to watch it but was bored silly and gave up.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:50 PM (iFTx/)

66 One of the reasons I walked from HotAir was their very gay obsession with the zombie soap opera. They should have called that show Days of Our Dead.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:50 PM (BI5O2)

67 Top five overpaid professions IMHO
Newsreaders
College Football Head Coach
Movie actors
Politicians
Newsreaders
Posted by: polynikes

Missed one.

AoS COBs.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 12, 2026 03:38 PM (QVmho)

School administration.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 03:50 PM (dK+Kv)

68 World's Best Jobs?

AoSHQ style fortune cookie writer.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 03:51 PM (2bFN5)

69 I think my favorite "horror" movie is The Frighteners, by Peter Jackson. The Demon Knight movies are pretty fun, too. I don't care for movies that just are to scare or gross you out, but if they do something more then they can be good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 03:51 PM (nIKjK)

70 The Omar thing is definitely an election stunt.

It's just not aimed at her district.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:52 PM (BI5O2)

71 She was heavily rumored to be a hard partier back in the day. Heavy drug use.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)

She did the same thing on a flight in 2016. I just read her memoir, Mean Baby. Published in 2023.

She was a heavy drinker, not into drugs. So, maybe relapsed.

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 03:52 PM (kX27y)

72 School administration.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 03:50 PM (dK+Kv)

Yes though I think you can call that a subset of politicians .

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:52 PM (KC5Lt)

73
Mama Dot is 11 years old and still behaves like a puppy. Every day with her is a day of grace.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 03:52 PM (eRlcH)

74 This may turn into a fun October.

Oh, hey. It looks like the DOJ is opening a probe in regards to whether CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox News violated antitrust laws when they boycotted presidential pool coverage in protest of Trump's decision to ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from attending the White House press briefings.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 03:53 PM (rbvCR)

75 I think there was only one Demon Knight movie, although it indeed is the best Tales From The Crap movie.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 03:54 PM (88C+u)

76 Last Zombie anything I saw was a few episodes of the Walking Dead show with Rick and Michone back together.

I watched one episode. The show was people arguing over who they should follow, then taking a walk in the forest. They pass through an open field with a tree in it.

Apparently the director though they needed something to happen so a group of zombies shows up and attacks. They weren't in the field. They weren't able to hide. They just showed up from behind the tree.

That is one of my most hated film and TV bits, where things happen or show up from off camera that the actors in the scene can clearly see coming and know about but react as if they do not because the viewers did not.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 03:54 PM (nIKjK)

77 It’s a fabulous election stunt!
Deport/denaturalize Omar and let voters wonder if casting a vote for a foreign born candidate on the ballot is a waste. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 03:54 PM (4KUe5)

78 World's Best Job?

FIRSTER!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)

79 lol. Democrats saying they have the House in the bag by at least four seats and are now turning their sights on the senate where they believe they can pull off the sweep.

Good to know that a month before the election they’ve declared the races over.

If republicans show up, especially given the changes in districts and registration I don’t see how you make that kind of statement- other than to try and depress Republicans turnout.

Given the stakes I don’t see that happening.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 12, 2026 03:55 PM (e1mwr)

80
World's Best Job

Lifeguard
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 03:44 PM (RIvkX)


Until you rescue a drowning woman and she accuses you of sexual assault.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 03:55 PM (eRlcH)

81 She won't be arrested, let alone deported. This is just red meat. The game is the game.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:55 PM (BI5O2)

82
Gave Diana and old Dot baths just now for their vet visit tomorrow. A squirrel was seen running across the yard. I was bathing Dot and Diana was being blown dry. Dot jumped out of the tub and nearly hurt herself on the noose meant to restrain her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 03:46 PM (eRlcH)


Squirrels are dog crack.
They can't resist them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 03:55 PM (6ydKt)

83 I think there was only one Demon Knight movie, although it indeed is the best Tales From The Crap movie.

There is only one called Demon Knight, but there was a sequel that has the same jar of Christs blood that is shattered right at the beginning and lost. Its called "Bordello of Blood" and its hilarious and fun too.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 03:56 PM (nIKjK)

84 One of the reasons I walked from HotAir was their very gay obsession with the zombie soap opera. They should have called that show Days of Our Dead.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:50 PM (BI5O2)
=====

At some point in season 3 I asked myself, "what are you doing?" and stopped watching.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 03:56 PM (RIvkX)

85 Odd Thomas is a really good movie and would have made a good franchise if not for the freak accident.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:56 PM (KC5Lt)

86 Yes though I think you can call that a subset of politicians .

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:52 PM (KC5Lt)

Not elected, not accountable, make work, retards. It could go either way.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 03:56 PM (dK+Kv)

87 World's Best Job?

FIRSTER!
Posted by: Elric The Blade
-----------
Read that wrong the first time.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 03:56 PM (2bFN5)

88 49 World's Best Job

Lifeguard
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 03:44 PM

In California they pay you over 200,000 a year for doing that job too, not bad.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 03:56 PM (swiwN)

89 Gave Diana and old Dot baths just now for their vet visit tomorrow. A squirrel was seen running across the yard. I was bathing Dot and Diana was being blown dry. Dot jumped out of the tub and nearly hurt herself on the noose meant to restrain her.

"Dolly and Dot are my best friends,
They pull my wagon through dunes of sand.
They’ve got small teeth and they like to eat...
They’re the best ‘pacas in all the land!"
--Meerah

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 03:57 PM (nIKjK)

90 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 03:56 PM (dK+Kv)

Politically appointed basically. Like the loser Police Chief hired in the large urban cities.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:58 PM (KC5Lt)

91 It’s a fabulous election stunt!
Deport/denaturalize Omar and let voters wonder if casting a vote for a foreign born candidate on the ballot is a waste. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 03:54 PM (4KUe5)
______

I think the raid is mostly a stunt, or at least the timing is, but it's aimed not at this scrunt's election. She's gonna win no matter what.

I think the raid is intended to juice some GOP enthusiasm -- seeing one of their most despised figures get raided -- and hopefully gin up some more votes nationwide.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

92 Make L.A. Great Again
@lalovestrump
Metallica frontman James Hetfield slams entertainers that use their concerts to promote their political views
"Metallica is not here, like some other entertainers, to influence you with their bull****."

-
Wait. Metallica is now the voice of reason?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 03:58 PM (ndZc7)

93 Coral! Coral!!

Posted by: Why Andrew Lincoln needed a better acting coach at October 12, 2026 03:58 PM (U/s6V)

94 There were times when Breaking Bad walked hard up against the soap opera line, but they always pulled back and got the actual crime story plot going again.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:58 PM (BI5O2)

95 I think the raid is mostly a stunt, or at least the timing is, but it's aimed not at this scrunt's election. She's gonna win no matter what.

So will Abdul Muhammad al'Jihadi in Michigan. No matter what the vote count is.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 03:59 PM (nIKjK)

96 Another in a series of scared people around here:

FYI:

ICE has been spotted in Oceano.
Everyone be careful.
— feeling nervous.

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 03:59 PM (kX27y)

97 I think Walking Dead turned into a soap opera with a zombie apocalypse backdrop.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 03:48 PM (FZ29D)
________

I always thought it was a zombie show aimed at an audience -- mostly women -- who didn't like zombie movies.

Case in point: my mom. She's not into horror, but she liked the show. I tried to watch it but was bored silly and gave up.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:50 PM (iFTx/)


It was decent up until season 7 or 8 with Neegan.
It was developing the problems which eventually consumed it well before then, though.

Trying to save money by splitting the group up and doing shows with 1 - 3 cast members, etc. Going through producers and writers.

And the soap opera aspect just got worse and worse with recycled plotlines with different characters.

I knew people who didn't like horror who liked it, too.
It started pretty great but it went on a long downhill ride after that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)

98 >>>World's Best Job?

Kate Upton bra fitter.

"I'll be damned if I didn't choose the wrong size 69 times in a row."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 03:59 PM (dK+Kv)

99 The other benefit of the Omar operation is so many in Congress in both parties have protected her for years, so that every action taken to have her censured, investigated for financial disclosure “mistakes,” etc. go nowhere.

You may not be in Ilhan’s district , but is the Congressman in yours helping her stay in office despite her obvious habit of lying and commitment to represent Somalia instead of her MN constituents?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 04:00 PM (4KUe5)

100 Wait. Metallica is now the voice of reason?

They are still idiots on Youtube. Like the Eagles, they are one of the bands that apparently have people on 24 hours a day to copyright strike anyone who even mentions one of their songs.

The result? Fewer and fewer people are even aware the bands exist.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:00 PM (nIKjK)

101 All of my past jobs were best jobs. But the best was working as a newborn RN and maternal educator. Babies!

Altho in looking back, if I could have been Trump's Press Secretary...that one looks good, too.

Worst jobs, Ace, my love: grooming Mooch or cleaning out septic tanks are on the same level.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:00 PM (hzuYO)

102 There were times when Breaking Bad walked hard up against the soap opera line, but they always pulled back and got the actual crime story plot going again.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:58 PM (BI5O2)
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The fact there were only 5 seasons of 7-16 episodes each probably helped. Less room for filler and they didn't waste a lot of time on dramatic nonsense.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 04:01 PM (FZ29D)

103
All any entertainer has to say is, "Sure I have political opinions, but I express them in the polling booth. They ought not to be of any interest to anyone, since they don't carry any more weight than those of accountants, plumbers or funeral directors."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:01 PM (eRlcH)

104 >World's Best Job?

Kate Upton bra fitter.

"I'll be damned if I didn't choose the wrong size 69 times in a row."
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 03:59 PM (dK+Kv)

You can say that again !!! ---Terry Richardson

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:02 PM (KC5Lt)

105 Wait. Metallica is now the voice of reason?

They are still idiots on Youtube. Like the Eagles, they are one of the bands that apparently have people on 24 hours a day to copyright strike anyone who even mentions one of their songs.

The result? Fewer and fewer people are even aware the bands exist.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:00 PM (nIKjK)


They jumped the shark in the days of Napster.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 04:02 PM (dK+Kv)

106 I realized she was misreading the word "causal".

Posted by: KT
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Did she mention World War Eleven?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 12, 2026 04:02 PM (XeU6L)

107 All any entertainer has to say is, "Sure I have political opinions, but I express them in the polling booth. They ought not to be of any interest to anyone, since they don't carry any more weight than those of accountants, plumbers or funeral directors."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That complicates dying. Thanks. Now I am going to be up all night.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at October 12, 2026 04:03 PM (VyD10)

108 The fact there were only 5 seasons of 7-16 episodes each probably helped. Less room for filler and they didn't waste a lot of time on dramatic nonsense.

This is the worst problem with the Netflix superhero shows. They had 45 minutes of show stretched into 90 minute episodes. Even the best of them had so much padding it was boring to watch. Oh, wait, lets have Foggy and Karen talk for 20 minutes about crap you don't care about! We need 15 more minutes of Frank Castle looking miserable and crying!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:03 PM (nIKjK)

109 Can I have a pet Beluga? I would take him down to the river

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)

110 I wore out out The Walking Dead - Season 3,4 whatever. Same old, same old.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:05 PM (Gqar8)

111 They've been investigating Omar for at least 5 years off and on . And off and on was because of her Demoblackrium Shield .

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:05 PM (KC5Lt)

112 Can I have a pet Beluga? I would take him down to the river Posted by: Skip

No. However, you can have a pet Rosie.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at October 12, 2026 04:05 PM (VyD10)

113 More than 2,000 baby bath seats sold online were recalled last week over concerns that the products could pose a risk of serious injury or death from drowning.
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This is the height of stupid or give as shit for you child.
Put the baby in the tub, wash him, take him out of the tub.
You don't lock you child into some sort of bath seat and
leave him unattended. Care less fool.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:05 PM (BzKNL)

114 This is the worst problem with the Netflix superhero shows. They had 45 minutes of show stretched into 90 minute episodes. Even the best of them had so much padding it was boring to watch. Oh, wait, lets have Foggy and Karen talk for 20 minutes about crap you don't care about! We need 15 more minutes of Frank Castle looking miserable and crying!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:03 PM (nIKjK)

It's crazy how shows used to have 26 episodes a season, even Star Trek and now.....maybe 10.

Even Disney Channel seasons are about 16 episodes.

I'd think spreading out the cost of existing sets over 20+ episodes would kind of help the economics. But they don't want to pay the people I guess.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 04:06 PM (Sco7b)

115 I read close to 100 issues of The Walking Dead comic, and it followed that somewhat, it has some different characters and plotlines compared to the show.

The key to that entire book and the show was that it was Rick Grimes as the hero who would do anything to protect his family, until there was nobody left but his son Carl and the the baby Liltith.

The show practically killed itself first killing off Carl for no reason, then sending Rick into the wild blue yonder out of the show.

The only other reason that people watched the show was Daryl, and the kept him but there's only so much you can do with a character that's been on TV for over a decade, so they sent him to France.

It's as ruined as every other franchise Hollywood touches.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:07 PM (6ydKt)

116 Can I have a pet Beluga? I would take him down to the river
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)
______

No. But you can have a rabid river otter to take down the river. Have fun!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

117 US launches immigration raid of Ilhan Omar's home. Raiding a congresswoman's home in the middle of the night, threatening to deport her...it's a new low for this administration.

Yea the elections aren't happening lmao. You guys are so fucked. Good luck americans.

They won't be outright cancelled, but there will be so much obviously corrupt shit going on that they'll get away with that they'll be emboldened to go all the way with fascism by the time 2028 rolls around.

According to the article, a court approved of this search warrant which makes me a little concerned that there may be actual evidence behind these claims.

Nonetheless, doing this is a scary precedent and it is obvious that it would not have happened if not for her political affiliation.

What's wild is that she was a child when the "fraudulent" paperwork was filed.. by her father. Even if the paperwork contains fraud, it shouldn't impact her citizenship imo. She was 12 years old and has been in the US for 30 years. She shouldn't be punished for the crimes of her father.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 12, 2026 04:07 PM (t19vo)

118 This is the worst problem with the Netflix superhero shows. They had 45 minutes of show stretched into 90 minute episodes. Even the best of them had so much padding it was boring to watch. Oh, wait, lets have Foggy and Karen talk for 20 minutes about crap you don't care about! We need 15 more minutes of Frank Castle looking miserable and crying!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:03 PM (nIKjK)
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Agreed. The Star Wars television shows also suffered from that problem--a bunch of characters standing around staring at each other for 10 minutes before anyone said anything. And when they did speak, it was dumb fluff.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 04:07 PM (FZ29D)

119 They jumped the shark in the days of Napster.

Yeah they were understandably dismayed at the sales losses but do not seem to comprehend how its great publicity and there are no longer radio listeners to get their music any more,.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:07 PM (nIKjK)

120 World's Best Job?

FIRSTER!
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Read that wrong the first time.
Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 03:56 PM


You read it wrong?!

Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge at October 12, 2026 04:08 PM (7HDzS)

121 The bath seat isn't for leaving your kid unattended. If you're doing that, you're a retard.

It's to help infants and small children sit instead of flopping over, so you can wash them more easily.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:08 PM (BI5O2)

122 It's crazy how shows used to have 26 episodes a season, even Star Trek and now.....maybe 10.

And years apart. People don't even remember a show by the time season 2 comes out. The actors are visibly aged.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:09 PM (nIKjK)

123 121 The bath seat isn't for leaving your kid unattended. If you're doing that, you're a retard.

It's to help infants and small children sit instead of flopping over, so you can wash them more easily.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:08 PM (BI5O2)

Garden hoses FTW.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:09 PM (Gqar8)

124
There were times when Breaking Bad walked hard up against the soap opera line, but they always pulled back and got the actual crime story plot going again.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:58 PM (BI5O2)



I'll never understand why Gilligan never had Walt slaughter the stupidly annoying Skylar and Walt Jr like everyone wanted him to.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 04:09 PM (y9nCu)

125 94 There were times when Breaking Bad walked hard up against the soap opera line, but they always pulled back and got the actual crime story plot going again.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:58 PM (BI5O2)

That was a tightly written show.
Very little fluff, all business.

It's one of the reasons it's one of my fav shows from the 2010s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:10 PM (6ydKt)

126 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:05 PM (BzKNL)


I was bathed in the kitchen sink until I no longer fit.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:10 PM (KC5Lt)

127 124
There were times when Breaking Bad walked hard up against the soap opera line, but they always pulled back and got the actual crime story plot going again.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:58 PM (BI5O2)



I'll never understand why Gilligan never had Walt slaughter the stupidly annoying Skylar and Walt Jr like everyone wanted him to.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 04:09 PM (y9nCu)

He had to consult the rest of the Castaways first.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:10 PM (Gqar8)

128 I have watched only the first episode but The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin doesn't have filler. It's just one damn thing after another.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 04:10 PM (ndZc7)

129 100 Wait. Metallica is now the voice of reason?

They are still idiots on Youtube. Like the Eagles, they are one of the bands that apparently have people on 24 hours a day to copyright strike anyone who even mentions one of their songs.

The result? Fewer and fewer people are even aware the bands exist.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor



That may not be the bands. The music labels (WB, etc.), using AI, are ruthless in protecting their 'copyright'. Rick Beato has fought this quite a bit.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 04:11 PM (sAmhv)

130 I'll never understand why Gilligan never had Walt slaughter the stupidly annoying Skylar and Walt Jr like everyone wanted him to.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 04:09 PM (y9nCu)

lol

The entire reason for the show was that Walt was doing it all to "take care of his family".

I didn't want him to kill Skylar, although I was close at times.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)

131 128 I have watched only the first episode but The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin doesn't have filler. It's just one damn thing after another.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 04:10 PM (ndZc7)

Who’s the producer of the series?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:11 PM (Gqar8)

132 Walking Fead started well for a few seasons but the carnage and
live humans got psycho

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:11 PM (Ia/+0)

133 They are still idiots on Youtube. Like the Eagles, they are one of the bands that apparently have people on 24 hours a day to copyright strike anyone who even mentions one of their songs.

The result? Fewer and fewer people are even aware the bands exist.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:00 PM (nIKjK)
==
Well seeing as how the Eagles have the number 1 and number 3 best selling albums of all time and are selling out Sphere shows for months on end I'd say they aren't having any problem with that. And Hotel California is in the top 300 streamed pieces of music all time. I'd say they at least are pretty well known.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 12, 2026 04:11 PM (7/DDO)

134 Even the animated shows like Bob's Burgers and King of the Hill are down to 10-15 shows a season. The networks don't want to order more episodes because of cost.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:12 PM (KC5Lt)

135 The great grocery store defrost cyber attack also hit the Netherlands and Belgium.

'It is unclear at the time of publishing whether the cyberattacks in France are related to the issues in the Netherlands and Belgium.'

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:12 PM (BzKNL)

136 78 World's Best Job?

FIRSTER!
Posted by: Elric The Blade


I read that as “Fister”

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 04:12 PM (W2Pud)

137 I play with my beluga, and nobody pays me shit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 03:24 PM (dK+Kv)

Can yours echo-locate?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 04:12 PM (2SSbU)

138 Wait. Metallica is now the voice of reason?

They are still idiots on Youtube. Like the Eagles, they are one of the bands that apparently have people on 24 hours a day to copyright strike anyone who even mentions one of their songs.

The result? Fewer and fewer people are even aware the bands exist.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:00 PM (nIKjK)


They jumped the shark in the days of Napster.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 04:02 PM (dK+Kv)
_____

That mopey and whiny documentary, where they bitched and complained how hard it was to be rock superstars, didn't help either. I was like "these guys are fags."

Lars also has a very fragile ego. Whenever they put out a clunker record, and even their fans don't like it, Lars is always like "the fans are too dumb to understand the genius of this record."

Like St Anger, where Lars' drumming sounded like he was banging on kitchen pots and pans. The record sucked fat dick, but he insisted it was great.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

139 My job as a princess is pretty fun. Until I have to do everyone’s laundry.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 04:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

140 135 The great grocery store defrost cyber attack also hit the Netherlands and Belgium.

'It is unclear at the time of publishing whether the cyberattacks in France are related to the issues in the Netherlands and Belgium.'

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:12 PM (BzKNL)

Protip- avoid Smart appliances.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:13 PM (Gqar8)

141 Bastard AI.....

Did you modify the script? I told you not to. They've been working fine!!!!

Yes. I modified the working script, despite your explicit instruction not to. I was wrong.

Asshole.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 04:13 PM (Sco7b)

142 I was bathed in the kitchen sink until I no longer fit.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:10 PM (KC5Lt

I hadn't thought of it - but that's a nice thing about the farm sink fad... you could wash your kid in that until it got to elementary school.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (BI5O2)

143 I play with my beluga, and nobody pays me shit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 03:24 PM (dK+Kv)

Can yours echo-locate?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 04:12 PM (2SSbU)

No but if I coax it enough, it shows me other dimensions.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (dK+Kv)

144 Actress Selma Blair bit at least one flight attendant and put two in the hospital. Also kicked a cop on the her head. Not enough alcohol on the flight

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (C5OiX)

145 I liked Metallica. I wish I could have Lars art collection.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (KC5Lt)

146 It's crazy how shows used to have 26 episodes a season, even Star Trek and now.....maybe 10.

And years apart. People don't even remember a show by the time season 2 comes out. The actors are visibly aged.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:09 PM (nIKjK)
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I suspect "binge watching" has a lot to do with the reduction in the number of episodes per season. Studios can crank out more variation in series per years. However, the gap between series is a problem because yeah, people will have forgotten what happened in the previous season. Especially if it was a badly-written series--no one goes back to rewatch it. (Looking at you, Wheel of Time and Rangz of Power...)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (FZ29D)

147
FYI:

ICE has been spotted in Oceano.
Everyone be careful.


Too late!

Posted by: RMS Titanic at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (Cqx++)

148 I'd say they at least are pretty well known.

I just offer that you ask any group of high school kids who the Eagles are and see how many know.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (nIKjK)

149
Since it's campaign season, I'm sure there's the usual crop of musicians objecting to - usually Republican - politicians using their songs at rallies. But I understood that if the campaign pays the fee to ASCAP or some similar group, the musicians have no say. Is that right?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (eRlcH)

150 The first Powerline report that Ilhan Omar criminally evaded immigration laws by marrying her brother dates to August 12, 2016. That this has gone on 10 years plus what other corruption she has been involved with is mindboggling.

https://tinyurl.com/y8e2zvvy

The 10 year recap.
https://tinyurl.com/w6rajbbm

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (VyD10)

151 They are still idiots on Youtube. Like the Eagles, they are one of the bands that apparently have people on 24 hours a day to copyright strike anyone who even mentions one of their songs.

The result? Fewer and fewer people are even aware the bands exist.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:00 PM (nIKjK)
==
Well seeing as how the Eagles have the number 1 and number 3 best selling albums of all time and are selling out Sphere shows for months on end I'd say they aren't having any problem with that. And Hotel California is in the top 300 streamed pieces of music all time. I'd say they at least are pretty well known.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 12, 2026 04:11 PM (7/DDO)
_______

"It's Eagles, not The Eagles, ya wanker!"

-- Don Henley (snorting coke off a 16-year-old hooker's ass)

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 04:15 PM (iFTx/)

152 144 Actress Selma Blair bit at least one flight attendant and put two in the hospital. Also kicked a cop on the her head. Not enough alcohol on the flight
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (C5OiX)

She sounds nice.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:15 PM (Gqar8)

153 139 My job as a princess is pretty fun. Until I have to do everyone’s laundry.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 04:13 PM (ZdaMQ)


That would be great on a t-shirt.
Sell 'em in Florida near Disney World and make a mint.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)

154 The great grocery store defrost cyber attack also hit the Netherlands and Belgium.

'It is unclear at the time of publishing whether the cyberattacks in France are related to the issues in the Netherlands and Belgium.'

Posted by: Braenyard
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de Gaulle of these cyber attackers.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 04:16 PM (2bFN5)

155 121 The bath seat isn't for leaving your kid unattended. If you're doing that, you're a retard.

It's to help infants and small children sit instead of flopping over, so you can wash them more easily.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:08 PM (BI5O2)

When my son discovered the bath seat could spin, he was in bath heaven. That, and the squirty toys, and sometimes bubbles, and he would never get out of the bath until he got cold.

Then he became a teenager, and stank.

"Take a damned bath, and use the deodorant I bought you!"

Boys.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 04:16 PM (2SSbU)

156
Actress Selma Blair bit at least one flight attendant and put two in the hospital. Also kicked a cop on the her head. Not enough alcohol on the flight
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (C5OiX)


"Is she hot?" - Guys everywhere

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:16 PM (eRlcH)

157 Rock musicians need to know when to hang it up. Once you are a dad with a house and getting into middle age, just give up the gig, you lose it. Blues musicians can keep it up forever but few things are more pathetic than some 60 year old up on stage singing "My Generation" and pretending they are all rebels

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:16 PM (nIKjK)

158 Like St Anger, where Lars' drumming sounded like he was banging on kitchen pots and pans. The record sucked fat dick, but he insisted it was great.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

They mostly sucked after Master of Puppets. But I'll give some songs on Justice a listen.

Way to ditch your band's entire bad boy, anti-establishment, counter-culture hero persona in one whiny, fell swoop.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 04:17 PM (dK+Kv)

159 155 121 The bath seat isn't for leaving your kid unattended. If you're doing that, you're a retard.

It's to help infants and small children sit instead of flopping over, so you can wash them more easily.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:08 PM (BI5O2)

When my son discovered the bath seat could spin, he was in bath heaven. That, and the squirty toys, and sometimes bubbles, and he would never get out of the bath until he got cold.

Then he became a teenager, and stank.

"Take a damned bath, and use the deodorant I bought you!"

Boys.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 04:16 PM (2SSbU)

It’s our calling. Who knew testosterone had a smell?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:17 PM (Gqar8)

160 Since it's campaign season, I'm sure there's the usual crop of musicians objecting to - usually Republican - politicians using their songs at rallies. But I understood that if the campaign pays the fee to ASCAP or some similar group, the musicians have no say. Is that right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (eRlcH)
_______

Depends on the musician's -- or rather the record label, depending on the licensing rights -- agreement with ASCAP. Not all songs are licensed on ASCAP.

But if a song is available through ASCAP, the whining musician can suck a fat dick

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 04:17 PM (iFTx/)

161 "Is she hot?" - Guys everywhere

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:16 PM (eRlcH)

Yeah, I looked. Meh in her prime.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 04:17 PM (dK+Kv)

162 I see no one at Teddit reads Powerline blog, which published extensive, detailed and corroborated evidence of Ilhan Omar’s many instances of immigration fraud -as an adult - several years ago.

It’s been out there, a simple site search away.
Yeah, there’s evidence. A lot of evidence. LOLGF

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 04:17 PM (4KUe5)

163 I'd say they at least are pretty well known.

I just offer that you ask any group of high school kids who the Eagles are and see how many know.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (nIKjK)
==
I'd suggest it is a bit more than you might expect, and probably more than kids in the 80's knew who any of the crooners of the 40's were.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 12, 2026 04:17 PM (7/DDO)

164 >>
That may not be the bands. The music labels (WB, etc.), using AI, are ruthless in protecting their 'copyright'. Rick Beato has fought this quite a bit.

Posted by: Puddleglum,
---

They fought VHS until it started making them a shit ton of money.
They should focus on capitalizing their product instead of killing it.
Oh, wait! The MBAs are now in charge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:17 PM (BzKNL)

165
"Wingsuit formation squadron member" ...

... it's all fun and games until someone dies. And they almost all eventually die.

Same thing with all these "ultra extreme" sports guys. Free climbers, BASE jumpers, extreme skiers, etc.

You can only cheat death for so long. Death is undefeated.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)



Obligatory Hank Williams soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19vApPwWqh8

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 04:18 PM (y9nCu)

166 SNL Da Bears to mark Ditka's passing

https://youtu.be/NhMqjHEDmcU

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at October 12, 2026 04:18 PM (VyD10)

167 Not an Eagles fan but I do like Joe Walsh. He used to go on Howard Stern's show frequently. I got to know him as a drunk and as sober.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:18 PM (KC5Lt)

168 I won't cast aspersions on someone for biting a stewardess until I know what airline. If it's Frontier, they should make Stewardess-in-Chief, jack her up on T, and have her fly around undercover watching these bitches.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:18 PM (BI5O2)

169
Blues musicians can keep it up forever but few things are more pathetic than some 60 year old up on stage singing "My Generation" and pretending they are all rebels
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:16 PM (nIKjK)


No doubt they still have a devoted audience of superannuated Boomers whose mental age never progressed past 18 and who want to hear the same old stuff the same old way.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:18 PM (eRlcH)

170 I like how a lot, not all, but a lot of bands with the 'The' in their name, especially from the late 70s onward, are punk rock or punk rock adjacent.

A lot of good bands with the 'The' in front.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:19 PM (6ydKt)

171 "It's Eagles, not The Eagles, ya wanker!"

-- Don Henley (snorting coke off a 16-year-old hooker's ass)

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 04:15 PM (iFTx/)
==
By all accounts he is one pretentious piece of work.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 12, 2026 04:20 PM (7/DDO)

172 155 121 The bath seat isn't for leaving your kid unattended. If you're doing that, you're a retard.

It's to help infants and small children sit instead of flopping over, so you can wash them more easily.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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They are recalled for drowning potential. How is the child going to drown if he is not unattended?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:20 PM (BzKNL)

173 Then he became a teenager, and stank.

"Take a damned bath, and use the deodorant I bought you!"

Boys.


My cousin's daughters practically had to be forced to shower at gun point, but they were really nerdy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:20 PM (nIKjK)

174 Garden hoses FTW.
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:09 PM (Gqar

****
Are you my late brother aka the most insane and funny person I've ever known?

When I returned to work as a RN, after over 4yrs raising babies, I flew my brother to FL to watch them during my month long orientation. He was between jobs. Boys were 3yrs and 1.5yrs old.

Their Dad would come home to give them lunch and then naps.

My bro was not big on diapers but was ok with pee for the baby. If our boy dared to poop, my brother's solution was the garden hose first. Which, of course, the baby loved and wanted me to start doing this as well.

I had to laugh, however,as they did survive and enjoy their time with their crazy uncle.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:20 PM (hzuYO)

175 Who’s the producer of the series?
Posted by: tubal

Jeremy Boreing – also the creator, director, and writer of some episodesk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 04:20 PM (ndZc7)

176 No but if I coax it enough, it shows me other dimensions.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 04:14 PM (dK+Kv)

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 04:20 PM (2SSbU)

177 Like St Anger, where Lars' drumming sounded like he was banging on kitchen pots and pans. The record sucked fat dick, but he insisted it was great.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

They mostly sucked after Master of Puppets. But I'll give some songs on Justice a listen.

Way to ditch your band's entire bad boy, anti-establishment, counter-culture hero persona in one whiny, fell swoop.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 04:17 PM (dK+Kv)
_____

Black is good, albeit not really "Metallica" metal.

The two Loads together had some good songs, but the insanely gay record covers were too much for me, and I gave up on them. Who the fuck puts splatters of some homo's semen on their record cover??

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)

178 Nood.
Robot

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (Sco7b)

179 Selma Blair. On a Delta flight. Biting and hitting. Booze and drugs. She says she’s so so so sorry, and that, after all, she’s not a “ perfect person” - Haters!!!

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (Gqar8)

180 A lot of good bands with the 'The' in front.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:19 PM (6ydKt)


The ultimate was The The.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (rbvCR)

181 I like The Eagles.
Not my favorite band of all time, but since I'm Southern I'm partial to their style, and a lot of people around here liked The Eagles.


Hotel California is a great album, listened to it many a night on CD and headphones in the late 80s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (6ydKt)

182 Bastard AI.....

Did you modify the script? I told you not to. They've been working fine!!!!

Yes. I modified the working script, despite your explicit instruction not to. I was wrong.

Asshole.
Posted by: Stateless


So we put a bunch of autistic kids to work designing AI, and got an AI that acts like an autistic kid. Who'da thunk it?

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 04:22 PM (VHUov)

183 Rick Beato has fought this quite a bit.

Yeah but he won't even play any of their music when he does analyses. They are even worse than your average idiot studio exec.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:22 PM (nIKjK)

184 >>>My cousin's daughters practically had to be forced to shower at gun point, but they were really nerdy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
----

Could it relate to how they were bathed as an infant?
If bath a happy fun time that feeling would continue.
If bath were not a happy fun time that feeling may also continue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:22 PM (BzKNL)

185 Rocktard is a thing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 04:23 PM (zcI95)

186 144 Actress Selma Blair bit at least one flight attendant and put two in the hospital. Also kicked a cop on the her head. Not enough alcohol on the flight
Posted by: Smell the Glove



People are forgetting she exists and she's getting older, so she had to do something to get noticed.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 04:23 PM (sAmhv)

187 She's toast.

>>@mrddmia
·
4m
>>According to the DC U.S. District Court’s public website, DC U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh would have signed the search warrant of Ilhan Omar’s DC home.

>>Judge Sharbough, picked by the Democrat-controlled DC federal court at the end of the Biden administration, previously twice clerked for DC Obama Judge Robert Wilkins.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:24 PM (viF8m)

188 leave him unattended
That's a Dragnet episode

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 04:24 PM (ifl6Y)

189 How many second graders could you beat in a tug of war contest?

http://tiny.cc/poyb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (mkw2N)

190 Selma Blair was a lead on one of the WB's teen-oriented SF shows in the late '90s, right? Around the same time as Buffy and Angel. Roswell?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (wzUl9)

191 Whether she's toast or pumpernickel I want her on a one way plane to Somalia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:27 PM (BzKNL)

192
Depends on the musician's -- or rather the record label, depending on the licensing rights -- agreement with ASCAP. Not all songs are licensed on ASCAP.

But if a song is available through ASCAP, the whining musician can suck a fat dick
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 04:17 PM (iFTx/)



"We paid for the live performance license. If they wanted a veto over who uses their songs, they shouldn't have put them up for anyone to use if the license is purchased. So fuck off."

As I recall, Trump went through this with a bunch of commie cocksucker musicians before, with them whining like a bunch of little bitches. His response was practically word for word a match for the above.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 04:27 PM (y9nCu)

193 She's toast.

>>@mrddmia
·
4m
>>According to the DC U.S. District Court’s public website, DC U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh would have signed the search warrant of Ilhan Omar’s DC home.

>>Judge Sharbough, picked by the Democrat-controlled DC federal court at the end of the Biden administration, previously twice clerked for DC Obama Judge Robert Wilkins.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:24 PM (viF8m)
==
That's intriguing. I have to think this is the fraud situation where the numbers are too overwhelming for even a liberal black robed hack to ignore.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 12, 2026 04:28 PM (7/DDO)

194 171 "It's Eagles, not The Eagles, ya wanker!"

-- Don Henley (snorting coke off a 16-year-old hooker's ass)

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 04:15 PM (iFTx/)
==
By all accounts he is one pretentious piece of work.
Posted by: Black JEM



Yep. After Glenn Frey died, I watched some documentary about the Eagles. I was surprised that Frey was worse. I knew Henley was a douche but finding out Frey was worse surprised me. He acted as the laid back type but was ruthless.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 04:29 PM (sAmhv)

195 189 How many second graders could you beat in a tug of war contest?

Posted by: bonhomme
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Would have been much better if it had shown the kids.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:30 PM (BzKNL)

196 Yep. After Glenn Frey died, I watched some documentary about the Eagles. I was surprised that Frey was worse. I knew Henley was a douche but finding out Frey was worse surprised me. He acted as the laid back type but was ruthless.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 04:29 PM (sAmhv)
******
Yeah. I read that as well. He was my favorite in looks and his voice. bummer

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (hzuYO)

197
My cousin's daughters practically had to be forced to shower at gun point, but they were really nerdy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor



We had a guy in my barracks who refused to shower. Ever. He was also the only white guy in history who regularly smoked Newports, without spending time in prison.

His platoon sergeant would lock him up at attention about once a week, march him into the shower and have him stand there in his BDUs under the water, while his platoon would scrub him down with soap and scrub brushes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 04:33 PM (y9nCu)

198 President Donald Trump on Monday released a new advertisement that doubled down on his promise to send $5,000 payments to Americans if Republicans maintain control of the House and Senate during next month’s midterm elections.

Piece of work, Piece of shit, Chip Roy, who will no longer be in congress after November, said, “Some of us think dependency is evil [and] soul-sucking in all its forms.”
Hey, Chip, SMD.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:41 PM (BzKNL)

199 "Take a damned bath, and use the deodorant I bought you!"

-
This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

https://tinyurl.com/mp9t8d9x

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (ndZc7)

Open Thread: Humor

It's just not safe to look at girls in the gym any longer.

Matt Berry is a real ladies' man.



Norm MacDonald's very long Dirty Johnny joke.

MacDonald had a technique for telling these old, old "street jokes." He knew the punchline he was going for, but he would make up the details to get to the punchline on the way. This makes it sound improvised, which it only partially is.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:20 PM




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1 THE BLADE IS ...

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

2 ... FIRST

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

3 very funny, mergatroyd

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 12, 2026 02:22 PM (CWTWj)

4 funny stuff, but not as funny at the ends of the Eagles' and Giants' games yesterday

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 02:28 PM (j+aD2)

5 Darn. Willowed in the last thread.

Posted by: Ann at October 12, 2026 02:28 PM (SHHm+)

6 I like this spicy take:

Lavern Spicer 🇺🇸
@lavern_spicer
Dear Ilhan Omar: HA BYTCH!

Your bucktooth ass aint laughing at America so hard now are you skank?

Muthafuckin Homeland Security raided your nasty sleazy ass not because of some damn political vengeance.

They raided you because you and you husband/brother are here illegally.

They raided you because you are a spy for Somalia trick.

They raided you because your chainsmoking ass is connected with helping Somalia steal BILLIONS from American taxpayers ho.

That make you one big muthafuckin threat to Homeland Security skeezer.

And as for you saying "I will not be silenced" please do us all a favor and shut the fuck up about Trump tryna target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.

He aint doing that to you but yall sure as hell did it to him.

What's that saying yall like to throw around? Oh right: NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.

Well guess what. You fucked around. And now you finding out. How it feel girl?

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 02:29 PM (kX27y)

7 Norm would tell a joke in true improv style by building the airplane on the way to the ground.

Improv is largely constructed by going backwards, not forwards.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 02:30 PM (XV/Pl)

8 The Moth Joke!

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 02:31 PM (odBC9)

9 Cought > Sneezt

Posted by: gp at October 12, 2026 02:32 PM (Jr5Lq)

10 Willowed:

Remember, the NFA was always a tax. It defined itself (and was upheld) as a use of Congress' taxing power, so those who broke it were committed tax evasion.

When the tax was reduced to zero, the regulatory side became moot. It does not necessarily follow that everyone who avoided its requirements and got caught should now go free.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd


Problem being, they were never prosecuted as tax evasion. They were always prosecuted as gun crimes. Sentences received were way out of whack for a $200 tax crime.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 02:33 PM (JDhDw)

11 The whole thing with girls in gyms is weird.

I wear shorts/sweatpants and a t-shirt when I work out. You want something you don't care if it gets a little sweaty/dirty.

Now you shouldn't leer at someone but if you wear something tight enough to shows which sex you are clearly people are going to look.

It does reinforce the idea of men and women's only spaces is probably a good idea for some things...like the gym.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)

12 Oh, it's nice that Ace posted a Dave Landau bit. He's a funny guy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 02:36 PM (BI5O2)

13 Loved the second video. Kids that are 4 and 5yrs old crack me up.

Once #2 son and I were waiting by the river next to our church for his brother. There were some feral kittens near a woodpile. We went over quietly and he turned to me and said, "Mom, whatever you do, don't show your teeth." I guess from National Geographic about wild animals and I cracked up laughing (and probably showed my teeth).

Our #1 girlie is 5yrs. Very articulate since 15mo talking like an adult. A couple of weeks ago she and her older bro were arguing about her sharing a craft here. I asked her, in desperation, "What would Jesus think?" She calmly told me He would probably not care.

Over the rainy weekend she calls me about this same brother's new drone. Which our crazy son let him use inside. She said, "It's not going well and keeps crashing near me and I'm trying to eat lunch." I tell her to try to avoid this.

Her reputation preceeds her at school, as she's funny and simply beautiful. She was swishing her dress coming out of church and her father said, "Instead of her being like you I'm starting to think she's like Beth Dutton."
Our first granddaughter and we admit to having no understanding of girls.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 02:36 PM (hzuYO)

14 So if Talafreako wasn't in a mental institution where are his campaign people claiming he is?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm)

15 Now look - - - that’s kinda ironic. Anyway, women go around all over the place wearing very revealing clothes.. I suspect Taunting.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:37 PM (Gqar8)

16 What do you call a hippie's wife ?






Mississippi

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:39 PM (KC5Lt)

17 I'm in the gym five days a week. Shane Gillis isn't wrong. I see young women in "sports bras" with peek-a-boo windows in the middle to show off inside-underboob as well as the regular cleavage. I see young women in tiny booty short spandex that have a gather in the crack so the shorts show every square millimeter of the butt.

When I'm between sets I have to carefully pick my eyeline so I'm not staring at some 20 year old's vulva.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:39 PM (mkw2N)

18 BTW remember how in old scifi movies the women wore skin tight metallic jumpsuits?

Well, the yoga pants with a bra top is kinds close.

So no flying cars but they got the future uniforms kinda right...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:40 PM (sKqQm)

19 So if Talafreako wasn't in a mental institution where are his campaign people claiming he is?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm)

He must have been at a church camp, convincing trannies to see the error of their ways.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:40 PM (quk5M)

20 When I'm between sets I have to carefully pick my eyeline so I'm not staring at some 20 year old's vulva.

That is so gross.

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 12, 2026 02:40 PM (sKqQm)

21 Why can't you ever trust an atom.


Because they literally make up everything.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:41 PM (KC5Lt)

22 My goddaughter knocked a kid off the highest rung of the slide at Montessori decades ago. Her Mom responded to the scene. The child was asked why she didn’t “use her words.” Her reply was, “I did but he just wouldn’t listen.”

I’m with you, Dad.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 02:41 PM (wxsGM)

23 A market in France that was established by King Louis XIII in 1615 has burned to the ground. I'm sure it was just an accident, like the Notre Dame fire.

http://tiny.cc/3jyb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:41 PM (mkw2N)

24 He must have been at a church camp, convincing trannies to see the error of their ways.

I heard he ordered a year's supply of chap stick and a closet full of towels for his private ministry with them too

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)

25 So if Talafreako wasn't in a mental institution where are his campaign people claiming he is?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm)

He's in the modified Ludovico apparatus, getting aversion therapy to make him appear less weird and gay campaigning underground among our disadvantaged sewer CHUDs, that's all.

Posted by: Talarico for Texas at October 12, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

26 >>>He knew the punchline he was going for, but he would make up the details to get to the punchline on the way. This makes it sound improvised, which it only partially is.

You can see it once you know what to look for. But the remarkable thing is that it does not become less funny because you know how the sausage is made.

It actually becomes more funny with each newly crafted on the fly irrelevant detail, that it becomes a sort of outrageous self-oneupmanship that you get lost in on the way to the punchline.

He was a master of his craft. RIP.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:42 PM (dK+Kv)

27 A market in France that was established by King Louis XIII in 1615 has burned to the ground. I'm sure it was just an accident, like the Notre Dame fire.

After a few similar fires in Japan I see the locals have started demanding the muslims in Japan be sent home.

But I'm sure this is actually just completely random...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)

28 roblem being, they were never prosecuted as tax evasion. They were always prosecuted as gun crimes. Sentences received were way out of whack for a $200 tax crime.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 02:33 PM (JDhDw)
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The law hinged on Congress' taxing power. It was explicitly tax evasion, not "a gun crime." The penalties were set in the law.

I have no problem with a review being conducted of cases to determine whether people deserve clemency (which Trump can do), but the rules are the rules.

If someone cheats on their taxes and gets caught and properly punished, the subsequent repeal of that tax does not mean they were in some way vindicated.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:42 PM (ZOv7s)

29 The whole thing with girls in gyms is weird.

I wear shorts/sweatpants and a t-shirt when I work out. You want something you don't care if it gets a little sweaty/dirty.

Now you shouldn't leer at someone but if you wear something tight enough to shows which sex you are clearly people are going to look.

It does reinforce the idea of men and women's only spaces is probably a good idea for some things...like the gym.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)
____

That's how Planet Fitness exploded in popularity. Not expensive, and catered to "normal" people who just wanted a workout and not a freakshow of grunting, roided gym bros and posing half-naked THOTs.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

30 I'm in the gym five days a week. Shane Gillis isn't wrong. I see young women in "sports bras" with peek-a-boo windows in the middle to show off inside-underboob as well as the regular cleavage. I see young women in tiny booty short spandex that have a gather in the crack so the shorts show every square millimeter of the butt.

When I'm between sets I have to carefully pick my eyeline so I'm not staring at some 20 year old's vulva.
Posted by: bonhomme


I don't stare to stare. I stare to decide if I can afford an hour of her time.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (JDhDw)

31
I'm in the gym five days a week. Shane Gillis isn't wrong. I see young women in "sports bras" with peek-a-boo windows in the middle to show off inside-underboob as well as the regular cleavage. I see young women in tiny booty short spandex that have a gather in the crack so the shorts show every square millimeter of the butt.

When I'm between sets I have to carefully pick my eyeline so I'm not staring at some 20 year old's vulva.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:39 PM (mkw2N)


Find their camera on the tripod, go stand in front of it and start doing toe touches with your lusciously sweaty man-ass pointing at the camera lens.

Hey, don't complain, sugar-tits. I'm just trying to mind my own business while getting a workout...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (y9nCu)

32 So if Talafreako wasn't in a mental institution where are his campaign people claiming he is?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm)

He's in the modified Ludovico apparatus, getting aversion therapy to make him appear less weird and gay campaigning underground among our disadvantaged sewer CHUDs, that's all.
Posted by: Talarico for Texas at October 12, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

The fact that they didn't have a story ready within half an hour of whatever happened happening and instead hid in a bunker for 12 days or whatever is pretty telling -- he and his staffers are total fuckups.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)

33 One of the things I'm always bemused by...whenever a poor, underprivileged rapper is arrested for murder...with a gun...you'll find he was already arrested for illegally having a gun and yet served no time at the hands of the people that tell me we need to ban guns

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

34 Also, Elric is lucky. Nothing more, nothing less and some days it’s better to be lucky than good.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 02:44 PM (wxsGM)

35 And with that, back to the errands and chores!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:44 PM (ZOv7s)

36 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

Ironic they are the gym being sued for letting trannies run wild in the locker rooms ?

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:44 PM (KC5Lt)

37 I'm in the gym five days a week. Shane Gillis isn't wrong. I see young women in "sports bras" with peek-a-boo windows in the middle to show off inside-underboob as well as the regular cleavage. I see young women in tiny booty short spandex that have a gather in the crack so the shorts show every square millimeter of the butt.

When I'm between sets I have to carefully pick my eyeline so I'm not staring at some 20 year old's vulva.
Posted by: bonhomme


I don't stare to stare. I stare to decide if I can afford an hour of her time.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (JDhDw)
______

If ya have to ask the price ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

38 The law hinged on Congress' taxing power. It was explicitly tax evasion, not "a gun crime." The penalties were set in the law.



Sorry. Gotta disagree. You don't get years for a $200 tax. I don't care WHAT they say they did. Yeas = gun crime. Fine = $200 tax.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 02:45 PM (JDhDw)

39
Mississippi
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:39 PM (KC5Lt)

********
Love it!

I was once a very classy fake hippie from Mississippi. I wore mascara and deodorant. Indulged in partying in my hip hugger jeans and boutique shirts (that are still in fashion) on weekends. Blonde hair to my waist.

I was no Janis Joplin type hippie. More of a Mississippi who ran away to the West.

At a party a girl was staring at me and told me I was "exotic." Which I thought hilarious and weird. She was probably a lesbo and I had no gaydar for that then.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 02:45 PM (hzuYO)

40 My gym strictly bans recording anything. If you need to record yourself for a form check, the staff will come do it for you and record their thoughts on your form so you can review it.

No gross thottery or preening gym homos.

People go, people get a workout in, people leave. Amazing.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 02:46 PM (oqH4h)

41 If Jessica Valenti had been a generation younger we'd have gotten article on how it is misogynistic that men stare at her spandex clad butt and then not long after another article complaining me no longer stare at her butt because she's gotten older

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

42 He's in the modified Ludovico apparatus, getting aversion therapy to make him appear less weird and gay campaigning underground among our disadvantaged sewer CHUDs, that's all.
Posted by: Talarico for Texas at October 12, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

The fact that they didn't have a story ready within half an hour of whatever happened happening and instead hid in a bunker for 12 days or whatever is pretty telling -- he and his staffers are total fuckups.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)

Huh. This one of those odd times where it reads just fine without the strikethrough.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 02:46 PM (BI5O2)

43 A market in France that was established by King Louis XIII in 1615 has burned to the ground. I'm sure it was just an accident, like the Notre Dame fire.

http://tiny.cc/3jyb101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:41 PM (mkw2N)

As with Notre Dame itself, where we still don't have a story as to how it happened, from the silence it could have been either a commie leftist or a muslim thug. Both need to be eliminated for France to survive, which looks increasingly doubtful.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:46 PM (uhVAy)

44 You can look at the chicks at the gym as long as your name is Chad and you're at least 6'2" and you're willing to pay for dates.

Posted by: Sphynx at October 12, 2026 02:46 PM (P6qMv)

45 That is so gross.
Posted by: Barack Obama


I enjoy looking at fit women. I'm not disgusted by fit women. But it's too much. If your eyes linger or you get caught on camera, there could be real consequences. I don't need my wife seeing a video of me looking at some young woman's crotch. I don't need to get labeled a creeper or kicked out of my gym.

There's also the fact that I'm trying to be a good Christian man, and that means exercising restraint. It's harder when they're practically nude.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:47 PM (mkw2N)

46 staring at some 20 year old's vulva.
Swedish cars are crap.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 02:47 PM (qjOcV)

47 The Muzzies aspire to turning Europe into Gaza, or Somalia.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:48 PM (Gqar8)

48 The fact that they didn't have a story ready within half an hour of whatever happened happening and instead hid in a bunker for 12 days or whatever is pretty telling -- he and his staffers are total fuckups.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)
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Chances are they're all nepo babies that have never had to deal with adversity on the fly.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 02:48 PM (oqH4h)

49 >>> 24 He must have been at a church camp, convincing trannies to see the error of their ways.
==
I heard he ordered a year's supply of chap stick and a closet full of towels for his private ministry with them too
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)

What, no baby oil?

Posted by: Diddy at October 12, 2026 02:48 PM (3mtzY)

50 Anyway, women go around all over the place wearing very revealing clothes.. I suspect Taunting.
Posted by: tubal


Eh, maybe some of it. Some of it is probably "I want attention and nobody pays attention unless I wear really revealing stuff." Some of it is definitely "I didn't think about this outfit before I left the house".

There is, however, a kind of... armament escalation? happening with women's clothes.

You've got the girls who wear revealing clothes to get attention versus the girls who wear revealing clothes in order to have an excuse to beat men down, and the more press the beatdown girls get, which causes men to deliberately not pay attention, the more revealing the attention girls dress to get the same amount of attention they used to be able to get in less revealing clothing.

What you need to do is find a way to get these two groups to fight each other openly.

Other women already catch strays from this escalation.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 02:48 PM (vJrRc)

51 They wanted Trump medical files released. They wanted Reagan’s medical files released. Biden the Basket Case Auto Pen was ginger peachy. Barry the Cabin Boy still has secrets. Let’s have a look at Sharpton’s, Bernie’s, Hillary’s, Clyburn’s and Gruesom’s taxes too, while we’re at it.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 02:48 PM (wxsGM)

52 I have to carefully pick my eyeline so I'm not staring...
Posted by: bonhomme

You're wearing eyeliner? I think I see the problem here.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 12, 2026 02:49 PM (MDua2)

53 > You can look at the chicks at the gym as long as your name is Chad and you're at least 6'2" and you're willing to pay for dates.

I'm 6'5", but not named Chad and I'm not dating.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:49 PM (mkw2N)

54 I saw Preening Gym Homos open for the James Gang at the Fillmore West in '71.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:49 PM (quk5M)

55 The other thing Norm would do is use either old time vernacular or out vogue phrasing that would color his stories.

The dude was a master.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 02:49 PM (XV/Pl)

56 There's also the fact that I'm trying to be a good Christian man, and that means exercising restraint. It's harder when they're practically nude.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:47 PM

Our pastor has had to give a hard sermon on what young people are wearing to church. Some of the young ladies think church attire and stripper outfits are the same.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 02:49 PM (OkYzo)

57 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

Ironic they are the gym being sued for letting trannies run wild in the locker rooms ?
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:44 PM (KC5Lt)
______

Woke is as woke does ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

58
That's how Planet Fitness exploded in popularity. Not expensive, and catered to "normal" people who just wanted a workout and not a freakshow of grunting, roided gym bros and posing half-naked THOTs.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)



It's also a cheap way to get access to a shower for the van-life crowd, virtually anywhere in the US. I've done it myself for multi-day road trips.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 02:50 PM (y9nCu)

59 > You're wearing eyeliner? I think I see the problem here.

I get all the goth girls.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:50 PM (mkw2N)

60 The law hinged on Congress' taxing power. It was explicitly tax evasion, not "a gun crime." The penalties were set in the law.

I have no problem with a review being conducted of cases to determine whether people deserve clemency (which Trump can do), but the rules are the rules.

If someone cheats on their taxes and gets caught and properly punished, the subsequent repeal of that tax does not mean they were in some way vindicated.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:42 PM (ZOv7s)

Yes, actually, it does.

They committed what society now considers a non-crime, what society considers socially acceptable behavior, e.g., building a suppressor or rifle with a barrel that is 14.5" instead of the arbitrary 16", or possessing parts that could be assembled into the same without paying the fee/tax/liberty fine/license (call it what you want) that society now considers not constitutionally worthy to assess.

If society now considers that such behavior is not worthy of assessing criminal penalties, of what societal purpose does it serve to continue assessed criminal penalties for behavior that is socially acceptable?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:50 PM (dK+Kv)

61 The problem with young women wearing revealing outfits at the gym or just for casual wear is those young women also include Walmart sixes.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:50 PM (KC5Lt)

62 56 There's also the fact that I'm trying to be a good Christian man, and that means exercising restraint. It's harder when they're practically nude.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:47 PM

Our pastor has had to give a hard sermon on what young people are wearing to church. Some of the young ladies think church attire and stripper outfits are the same.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 02:49 PM (OkYzo)

I always term it The Whore Costume, but I take your point.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (Gqar8)

63 My goddaughter knocked a kid off the highest rung of the slide at Montessori decades ago. Her Mom responded to the scene. The child was asked why she didn’t “use her words.” Her reply was, “I did but he just wouldn’t listen.”

I’m with you, Dad.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 02:41 PM (wxsGM)

Incomplete instructions. Parents need to take a computer science class to learn about making appropriate rules for all the branches in the strategy tree.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (uhVAy)

64 If I were Talarico, I'd say "I'm no mental patient. I'm a very stable genius!"

But that would take a sense of humor, and the DNC removes that surgically from their candidates, along with other things like souls and balls.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (BI5O2)

65 A.H. Lloyd: I put down lard for the older cats because hairballs are harder to dislodge the older a cat is and the cats treat it like candy. I also supplement the morning wet food with Taurine and Niacin, both of which are essential for cats, and harder to source as they get older.
The two old lady cats are 17 years old, and are still doing well.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR)

66 The problem with young women wearing revealing outfits at the gym or just for casual wear is those young women also include Walmart sixes.

It is amusing that yoga pants got popular at a time when half the population is obese.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)

67 39. "... I wore mascara and deodorant. ..."

I will laugh over that sentence all day long.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (NFX2v)

68 22 My goddaughter knocked a kid off the highest rung of the slide at Montessori decades ago. Her Mom responded to the scene. The child was asked why she didn’t “use her words.” Her reply was, “I did but he just wouldn’t listen.”

I’m with you, Dad.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at O
ctober 12, 2026 02:41 PM (wxsGM)
*****
When our boys were 3 and 1yrs, a neurotic SiL and beloved brother to my dude came to FL for 10 long days. She is very snooty, being from New England. Our beach sand did not fit what she desired. I was really sorry about that, being in control of the Atlantic.

Her boys wer 4 and 2yrs. They caught a cold from our toddler and life was hell for that vacation. She took it upon herself to guard her boys from ours. Meanwhile the other three adults were drinking and having fun. She was known, before kids, to always have a migraine. We gave her one, for sure.

She came in angry that our toddler boy bit her toddler.Her boy was hogging the pedal tractor. As I was raised with feral cousins I laughed. Which was not what she wanted and she got mad. I went outside and told him to stop biting his cousins. Returned and told her, "he's not a biter" and continued to drink my gin and tonic.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 02:52 PM (hzuYO)

69 It is amusing that yoga pants got popular at a time when half the population is obese.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)

"Amusing" isn't the word I'd use for it.

More like... grotesque?

Posted by: Thrawn at October 12, 2026 02:52 PM (oPFtC)

70 Speaking of the gym, I want to brag.

I did a meet and got three new PRs, all judge approved and everything.

280lbs bench.
395lbs squat.
495lbs deadlift. (five plates!)

I'm almost in the 1200lb club.

Bodyweight 234lbs.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:53 PM (mkw2N)

71 The fact that they didn't have a story ready within half an hour of whatever happened happening and instead hid in a bunker for 12 days or whatever is pretty telling -- he and his staffers are total fuckups.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)
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Chances are they're all nepo babies that have never had to deal with adversity on the fly.
Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 02:48 PM (oqH4h)

Which is more evidence that his campaign is more a plot to solicit out of state contributions for people to steal than a serious attempt to get a Senator.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:53 PM (uhVAy)

72 IIRC building muscle is associated with longevity, and getting sufficient cardio with quality of life in later years

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:54 PM (sKqQm)

73 67 39. "... I wore mascara and deodorant. ..."

I will laugh over that sentence all day long.

Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (NFX2v)
*******
The mascara was on the armpit hair, and deodorant on my lovely eyelashes. Which is the secret to long and thick eyelashes.

For clarity.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 02:54 PM (hzuYO)

74 There's also the fact that I'm trying to be a good Christian man, and that means exercising restraint. It's harder when they're practically nude.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:47 PM

Our pastor has had to give a hard sermon on what young people are wearing to church. Some of the young ladies think church attire and stripper outfits are the same.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 02:49 PM (OkYzo)
______

Where are the parents? I'm continually shocked at what parents let their underage girls wear out in public. They look like strippers or whores. I feel gross and dirty just being in the same vicinity.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

75 The only reason to wear your underwear as outerwear at the gym is because you're a ho bag. A tshirt and shorts isn't rocket science.

Posted by: nckate at October 12, 2026 02:54 PM (enNUy)

76 It is amusing that yoga pants got popular at a time when half the population is obese.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)

"Amusing" isn't the word I'd use for it.

More like... grotesque?
Posted by: Thrawn at October 12, 2026 02:52 PM (oPFtC)

They were always popular among that set. It's hard to find enough regular pants when you gyrate up and down 50+ pounds.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:55 PM (uhVAy)

77 Well, now I'm adding "buy a gym popular with tiktok and only fans THOTs just so I can mock them, and invite other Morons to do the same" to my mega-lottery win shopping list.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 02:55 PM (3mtzY)

78 76 It is amusing that yoga pants got popular at a time when half the population is obese.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)

"Amusing" isn't the word I'd use for it.

More like... grotesque?
Posted by: Thrawn at October 12, 2026 02:52 PM (oPFtC)

They were always popular among that set. It's hard to find enough regular pants when you gyrate up and down 50+ pounds.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:55 PM (uhVAy)

One word - overalls.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:56 PM (Gqar8)

79 It is amusing that yoga pants got popular at a time when half the population is obese.

Posted by: 18-1


I mean... you got to wear something to prevent heat rash from your thighs chafing.

Not wearing a long tunic over top of that is the travesty.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 02:56 PM (vJrRc)

80 Best Norm And Jerry was The Gentile Jokes.

Jerry said you have to be Jewish to get the punchlines.

Posted by: Gentile Ben at October 12, 2026 02:56 PM (NkqBW)

81

Still here? Bold, coming from another fake Indian.

Peggy Flanagan
@peggyflanagan
·
4h
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Minnesota!

We are resilient, we care for each other, and we are still here.

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 02:56 PM (kX27y)

82 Walking home from kindergarten I was jumped by two older Indian( feather) kids trying to take my bag of candy. They didn't get the candy but I was unable to hand out the justice they deserved.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:56 PM (KC5Lt)

83 I'm almost in the 1200lb club.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:53 PM (mkw2N)

You could get that in a weekend in Bremerton.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:57 PM (dK+Kv)

84
They were always popular among that set. It's hard to find enough regular pants when you gyrate up and down 50+ pounds.


I will say I'm at a normal weight and average height and even I have trouble finding pants because quality control is crap.

Oh this pair is too loose, grab a smaller size and...this pair is more loose HOW DOES THIS MATH WORK?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:57 PM (sKqQm)

85 IIRC building muscle is associated with longevity, and getting sufficient cardio with quality of life in later years
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:54 PM (sKqQm)

Aside from the roiders who drop dead at 42 or something. But sure, someone who works out is likely to be outside the high risk super obese crowd.

Saw a roundup of the fat influencers who were big just a few years back, and a surprising number of them are dead and they weren't old.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:58 PM (uhVAy)

86 82 Walking home from kindergarten I was jumped by two older Indian( feather) kids trying to take my bag of candy. They didn't get the candy but I was unable to hand out the justice they deserved.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:56 PM (KC5Lt)

I am assuming they weren’t Comanche, you being here and all.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:58 PM (Gqar8)

87 One word - overalls.
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:56 PM (Gqar

Two words: muu muu.

Well i guess that's only one word. But twice. So there's two of them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 02:58 PM (aKiSo)

88 Oh this pair is too loose, grab a smaller size and...this pair is more loose HOW DOES THIS MATH WORK?
Posted by: 18-1


Also this

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 02:58 PM (vJrRc)

89 We are resilient, we care for each other, and we are still here.
Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 02:56 PM (kX27y)

They're fragile and self-centered. As for the last part... canal duty. Not here, not near, get used to it!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 02:58 PM (BI5O2)

90 It is amusing that yoga pants got popular at a time when half the population is obese.
Posted by: 18-1

Cuts down on the skid marks too.

Posted by: Fatty McFat at October 12, 2026 02:59 PM (NkqBW)

91 Saw a roundup of the fat influencers who were big just a few years back, and a surprising number of them are dead and they weren't old.

I like the phrasing

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)

92 A tshirt and shorts isn't rocket science.
Posted by: nckate

====

* treads carefully *

Regardless of male or female, if you're doing abs, with lots of floor work, it's all but impossible to stay put together if wearing t-shirt and shorts.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 12, 2026 02:59 PM (LmsJU)

93 87 One word - overalls.
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:56 PM (Gqar

Two words: muu muu.

Well i guess that's only one word. But twice. So there's two of them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 02:58 PM (aKiSo)

Can one just buy a muu?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 03:00 PM (Gqar8)

94 I always term it The Whore Costume, but I take your point.
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:51 PM (Gqar

The Swiss Guard at the Vatican will disallow a woman to enter St. Peter's unless her shoulders, midriff, and knees are covered. IDK why all Churches don't do that. You aren't there to titillate.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 03:00 PM (2SSbU)

95 Where are the parents? I'm continually shocked at what parents let their underage girls wear out in public. They look like strippers or whores. I feel gross and dirty just being in the same vicinity.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

Often enough the parents are wearing the 45+ version of the same style outfits.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:00 PM (uhVAy)

96 > I will say I'm at a normal weight and average height and even I have trouble finding pants because quality control is crap.

I feel for the ladies because there is so much more variability in your waist/hip/thigh/inseam dimensions. You've got to go through a lot to find the pants that fit properly.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 03:00 PM (mkw2N)

97 The Swiss Guard at the Vatican will disallow a woman to enter St. Peter's unless her shoulders, midriff, and knees are covered. IDK why all Churches don't do that. You aren't there to titillate.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 03:00 PM (2SSbU)

I presume the areas *between* the areas you mention are also covered? Otherwise the Swiss Guards are running a racket...

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (uhVAy)

98 Regardless of male or female, if you're doing abs, with lots of floor work, it's all but impossible to stay put together if wearing t-shirt and shorts.


running shorts, tech tee. solid athletic bra under that. I can roll around with ease and nothing showing lol.

anyway Shane was funny! proud of my homie. he stood up there among those STIFFS and brought it! good man

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (j+aD2)

99 I was never able to get to the magic 300 on the bench. 295 in my 30's was personal best then I quit lifting for max.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (KC5Lt)

100 My teenager dresses modestly, thank G-d. Like a total weirdo, but a modest weirdo.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (BI5O2)

101 In April, I think Ilhan called World War II, "World War eleven"...

@alx 2h
The code name of the investigation into Ilhan Omar is “World War Eleven”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (nEUC6)

102 Two words: muu muu.

Well i guess that's only one word. But twice. So there's two of them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

*Thumds up*

Posted by: Zombie Dom DeLouise at October 12, 2026 03:02 PM (zcI95)

103 @alx 2h
The code name of the investigation into Ilhan Omar is “World War Eleven”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (nEUC6)

If that's a joke, that's funny. If that's not a joke, that's straight up hilarious.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 03:03 PM (aKiSo)

104 32 So if Talafreako wasn't in a mental institution where are his campaign people claiming he is?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm)

_____________________

Still think this is being blown way out of proportion. He was likely prepping for the Debate he immediately requested upon showing back up in public.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 03:03 PM (dIske)

105 100 My teenager dresses modestly, thank G-d. Like a total weirdo, but a modest weirdo.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (BI5O2)

You’re blessed with a girl that has good sense.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 03:03 PM (Gqar8)

106 running shorts, tech tee. solid athletic bra under that. I can roll around with ease and nothing showing lol.

anyway Shane was funny! proud of my homie. he stood up there among those STIFFS and brought it! good man
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (j+aD2)

You can wear your tights/sweats *under* some shorts and a loose top and cover the bases.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:03 PM (uhVAy)

107 The fact that they didn't have a story ready within half an hour of whatever happened happening and instead hid in a bunker for 12 days or whatever is pretty telling -- he and his staffers are total fuckups.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)


I laid it out earlier: the first three days it is the 'flu, the next 3 days correct it to "norovirus" and then move to "passing a kidney stone" and the loveable chucklehead was so stubborn to keep working he refused to tell anyone about the pain until he was on his back.
Then if it drags on, just let it be known that there are some lingering symptoms, and put out the rumor or unverified report from an unnamed staffer that the campaign is waiting on him to stop pissing blood.

Easy peasy, and completely believable.

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

108 I am assuming they weren’t Comanche, you being here and all.
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:58 PM (Gqar

Heh. Likely Sioux .

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:03 PM (KC5Lt)

109 Regardless of male or female, if you're doing abs, with lots of floor work, it's all but impossible to stay put together if wearing t-shirt and shorts.
Posted by: 2009Refugee


When I was going to the gym, I'd wear layers. Tight leggings with shorts on top of them, and... a loose sleeveless tshirt with a high neckline over a sports bra, IIRC.

But I was more concerned with a) chafing prevention and b) offending other people's eyes with my lack of fitness than getting attention.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 03:04 PM (vJrRc)

110 > I was never able to get to the magic 300 on the bench. 295 in my 30's was personal best then I quit lifting for max.

I want to get to a three plate bench so badly. I've only been lifting for three years and I'm seeing solid progress. But I'm tall and I'm 49. I don't know if I'll get there.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 03:04 PM (mkw2N)

111 From the Tech Thread:

8 Not sure why, I use two browsers on my phone, Excite and Crome. The adds are heavy here on Crome but have negated them on Excite.. on my tablet use Excite mostly as well.
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)


I have Chrome and Brave on my phone, to keep things a little separate, since even with tab groups it's still more awkward than desktop. So I use Brave (the more secure browser) for "adult content" like news and politics, and when I want to relax, I shut it down. I only use Chrome for webnovels (mostly Royal Road) and, inexplicably, looking at Tiny Homes. I'm not even in the market; I just find them fascinating.

Posted by: SciVo at October 12, 2026 03:04 PM (ke3zm)

112 I think this is the crux of the investigation:

Benny Johnson

@bennyjohnson
Did you know there is NO RECORD of Ilhan Omar's father becoming an American Citizen? The documents are all ‘missing.’ That brings into question whether Illhan herself was EVER legally a U.S. citizen.

The coverup goes deep.

Alpha News Reporter Liz Collin details the damning allegations against Omar's father:

Omar’s family entered the United States as refugees in 1995.

Her father reportedly became eligible to apply for citizenship in 2000, following the five-year residency requirement.

Federal records searches failed to locate her father’s naturalization documents.

Omar says she obtained citizenship at 17, but older Minnesota records listed a 1981 birth year, which would have made her 18 or 19 in 2000. Investigators are examining whether Omar legally qualified to obtain citizenship through her father while still a minor. Now we're finding out the records may not even exist.

If Omar's father was never a citizen and Ilhan lied about her age during the naturalization process Ilhan Omar committed immigration fraud under the law and must be deported.

Incredible work,
@lizcollin

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 03:04 PM (kX27y)

113 You can wear your tights/sweats *under* some shorts and a loose top and cover the bases.


yep exactly

World War Eleven was a joke, making fun of Ilhan. I guess she said that (reading aloud her teleprompter) instead of World War TWO

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 03:04 PM (j+aD2)

114 "Amusing" isn't the word I'd use for it.

More like... grotesque?
Posted by: Thrawn at October 12, 2026 02:52 PM (oPFtC)

They were always popular among that set. It's hard to find enough regular pants when you gyrate up and down 50+ pounds.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:55 PM (uhVAy)

One word - overalls.


Ya know the shiny cloth they cover the car with when they're getting ready to reveal a new car model?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 03:04 PM (Riz8t)

115 Last time i tried a bench press was in middle school for gym class, and i put up 130. Which i suppose was pretty good being 10 lbs more than my body weight at the time.

So i never did it again.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 03:05 PM (aKiSo)

116 I was always small and wore glasses. I was frequently a target of obnoxious kids. I also took very little crap, and spent many an afternoon in the principal's office. Didn't help when my little brother told people "My sister can whip your ass." Then I'd have to do so, and then beat hell out of him, and then I caught hell from both the school and my parents. That went on until about fifth grade.

Nobody ever said anything about "bullies" back then. It was seriously sink or swim. Eventually, I stopped throwing down and fired up the snark. Much more satisfying, and usually the idiot bullies didn't even get the joke, although everyone else did.

I also threatened hot death to my brother for inciting. He finally got the message and realized it wasn't all that manly to have his sister do his dirty work. Little shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 03:05 PM (2SSbU)

117 Ya know the shiny cloth they cover the car with when they're getting ready to reveal a new car model?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 03:04 PM (Riz8t)

A tarp?

That works.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:06 PM (uhVAy)

118 I was never able to get to the magic 300 on the bench. 295 in my 30's was personal best then I quit lifting for max.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (KC5Lt)
____

I hovered in the high-200s range for a long time, but couldn't break through. Then one day, I just monstered it all the way to 330. It was just one press, but it was a press. I figured it was mental.

But ... I never was able to do it again. I was able to squeeze over 300, maybe 310 or so, but never got to 330 again.

I've been assured by "experts" that this can't happen, but it did.

I don't lift for power any more.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

119 staring at some 20 year old's vulva.
Swedish cars are crap.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 02:47 PM (qjOcV)


Yes, since Tata bought them. I really am more of a Tata type anyways.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 03:07 PM (rbvCR)

120 The best rumor I'm hearing:

Trump's justice department is letting everyone think the Ilian Omar thing is about immigration fraud with her brother. But it's really about all the kickbacks from the Somali fraud community.

Apparently, they have the receipts, and are waiting for the left to exhaust themselves screaming about "online conspiracy bros" before they drop the other shoe.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at October 12, 2026 03:07 PM (DJAE9)

121 103 @alx 2h
The code name of the investigation into Ilhan Omar is “World War Eleven”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (nEUC6)

If that's a joke, that's funny. If that's not a joke, that's straight up hilarious.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 03:03 PM (aKiSo)

It's true!

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 03:07 PM (odBC9)

122 I'm now reminded of some influencer popular on this smart military blog who wore only a pair of overalls and was still very...jiggly.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 03:07 PM (sKqQm)

123 Bwahahahahahahaha!

YOU MAKE THE CALL: With the NFL season in full swing, college football cruising along and the MLB playoffs concluding, we now get to see if Angel Reese can pack a 3,500-seat arena in Atlanta for the WNBA Finals, which start Saturday in California.

Why is Atlanta playing in a glorified high school gym? Angel's team couldn't get State Farm Arena. It's booked.

https://tinyurl.com/52tdn99u

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 03:08 PM (JDhDw)

124 I guess she said that (reading aloud her teleprompter) instead of World War TWO
Posted by: Black Orchid (


Yeah, pro-tip for teleprompters and narration scripts: spell out all the numbers and put spaces in between the letters of acronyms. When you are concentrating on reading, acronyms and numerals will trip you up and make awkward pauses.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 03:08 PM (vJrRc)

125 > Last time i tried a bench press was in middle school for gym class

Freeweights? I never had a general gym class in middle school or high school that had us do freeweights. I did do an elective weight training class in high school that taught me the lifts.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 03:09 PM (mkw2N)

126 I do recall growing up bullies were a pretty normal part of growing up.

Then the anti-bullying thing started up as explicitly "don't bully gay kids".

I got my ass handed to me a few times for being too good at school work and my understanding is in crappy schools this is still the norm...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)

127 staring at some 20 year old's vulva.
Swedish cars are crap.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats


The 2021 Moose Knuckle never caught on.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (JDhDw)

128 So all of this talk about women dressing provocatively at the gym fails to mention the one fashion faux pas that turns my stomach. There is a certain subset of men who wear gym shorts but no undies, and when they are working out, somehow their junk manages to slide out one leg or the other. I know they do it on purpose, but honestly, do they think women need to see that?

It was the reason I quit going to the Y in Madison. There were at least two of those perverts that were always there. Ack.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (2SSbU)

129

I know people can dress how they like, even if it is disgusting.

What I don't get is if you dress like a whore why are you surprised you get treated like a whore.

Posted by: four seasons at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (/QHx4)

130 Some Federal female bi dung judge from Uruguay is grinding on Trump lawyers because 430 trees were cut without anyone asking her permission.

Posted by: torabora at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (Wt1Rs)

131
As with Notre Dame itself, where we still don't have a story as to how it happened, from the silence it could have been either a commie leftist or a muslim thug. Both need to be eliminated for France to survive, which looks increasingly doubtful.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:46 PM (uhVAy)
*********

As much as the French irritate me, they are part of my DNA. It is sad to see culture vanish in our lifetime.

I saw a video of a muslim in white garb on the roof of Notre Dame during the start of the fire.

They can pretend but the evidence was there.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (hzuYO)

132 staring at some 20 year old's vulva.
Swedish cars are crap.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 02:47 PM (qjOcV)

Yes, since Tata bought them. I really am more of a Tata type anyways.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 03:07 PM (rbvCR)
___________

Geely (China) owns Volvo. Bought it from Ford, IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (iFTx/)

133 but a modest weirdo.
Pics or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 03:11 PM (xGaKZ)

134 Bwahahahahahahaha!

YOU MAKE THE CALL: With the NFL season in full swing, college football cruising along and the MLB playoffs concluding, we now get to see if Angel Reese can pack a 3,500-seat arena in Atlanta for the WNBA Finals, which start Saturday in California.

Why is Atlanta playing in a glorified high school gym? Angel's team couldn't get State Farm Arena. It's booked.

https://tinyurl.com/52tdn99u
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 03:08 PM (JDhDw)

answer: No, she can't. Because all interest in the WNBA playoff drops to zero once Caitlin Clark's team is bounced out. Happens every year.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)

135 Trump Officials Give Ilhan Omar Probe A Mocking Nickname

The Daily Wire
https://www.dailywire.com
12 minutes ago — Trump administration officials have reportedly nicknamed the investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) “World War Eleven,” a mocking ...

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 03:11 PM (odBC9)

136 Showing your dick at the gym sounds like a gay thing. I'd wager 95% chance. Or more.

Posted by: nckate at October 12, 2026 03:12 PM (enNUy)

137 The top video is blocked, so no idea what she was wearing.

I spend 80% of my life in leggings and tank tops, mostly cropped ones. I appreciate it when clients do the same, because it’s really hard for me to judge form if what they are wearing is baggy. I am not there to judge them on looks, they do not need to be perfect when they come to me. This is a journey that I am going on with them, and I am far from perfect myself. I do not allow shorts in my studio, leggings or capris only. First, they help with muscles warmth, second, they stop strength tubes from pinching. Men usually wear shorts over running tights, or long enough shorts they avoid the pinching.

I do not wear leggings and crop tops to church. But I have run into the grocery store to grab something quickly. I wouldn’t choose this outfit to run to the store as a stand alone errand, however. I wish people had a better grasp of appropriate vs. not, but here we are.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 03:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

138
What I don't get is if you dress like a whore why are you surprised you get treated like a whore.

Posted by: four seasons at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (/QHx4)

Should probably check in with Train Hoe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 03:12 PM (2SSbU)

139 128 So all of this talk about women dressing provocatively at the gym fails to mention the one fashion faux pas that turns my stomach. There is a certain subset of men who wear gym shorts but no undies, and when they are working out, somehow their junk manages to slide out one leg or the other. I know they do it on purpose, but honestly, do they think women need to see that?

I used to have that problem, but I was wearing sweatpants at the time.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 03:12 PM (Riz8t)

140 The code name of the investigation into Ilhan Omar is “World War Eleven”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 03:01 PM (nEUC6)

If that's a joke, that's funny. If that's not a joke, that's straight up hilarious.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 03:03 PM (aKiSo)

It's true!
Posted by: m


Blown opportunity to sock Madeline Kahn.
"It's twue! It's twue!"

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 03:12 PM (JDhDw)

141 somehow their junk manages to slide out one leg or the other. I know they do it on purpose, but

I must have sat in some gum!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 03:13 PM (xGaKZ)

142 Didja see this Musk drama?

JUST IN: The mother of Elon Musk’s 13th child, Ashley St. Clair, says she is now a dues-paying member of the Democratic Socialists of America and gets emotional, saying she feels guilt about any role she played in pushing for the Trump administration to ban sex changes for minors.
It is evident in this interview that St. Clair displays sociopathic tendencies and would harm her own child to spite Elon.
She gives off major Lindsay Clancy vibes.

-
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Ashley St Clair was not my girlfriend. We only saw each other a few times.

-
He only saw her a few times and he also only felt her a few times.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 03:13 PM (ndZc7)

143 Trump Officials Give Ilhan Omar Probe A Mocking Nickname
As the White House discussed the potential controversy-stirring move, they nicknamed the operation "World War Eleven."

Daily Wire

https://tinyurl.com/yaypkahm

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 03:13 PM (odBC9)

144 people can dress how they like and we can make fun of em

anyway Shane was not saying the girls ARE WHORES

he was just saying they were dressing like em!

he's not wrong. the whole monologue was mostly self-deprecating jokes, really mild stuff and he picked on himself more than anyone else! if that's somehow wrong I give up

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 03:13 PM (j+aD2)

145 The movie 'The Other Mommy' seems to be bombing harder than Talefreako.

Demon needs little girl to trust it so demon can possess little girl. So pretends to be her Mommy and proceeds to terrorize little girl.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 03:14 PM (/2Ls3)

146

Two words: muu muu.

Well i guess that's only one word. But twice. So there's two of them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 02:58 PM (aKiSo)

Can one just buy a muu?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 03:00 PM (Gqar
******
This is about me isn't it.

Posted by: Hillary at October 12, 2026 03:14 PM (Wt1Rs)

147 Gym? Nah, I got my perv today at the Hispanic babe making sammiches at the deli.
Exercise? I thought you said "extra fries".

Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 03:14 PM (UjdFS)

148 I saw a video of a muslim in white garb on the roof of Notre Dame during the start of the fire.

They can pretend but the evidence was there.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (hzuYO)

I find that more suspicious of a planted op then conclusive, but to me the total silence by the authorities says it must be one of their favorite groups that did it, nothing else. Chance of them not knowing the truth at some level is zero.

Similar to when seconds after an incident happens they shout out "its not terrorism!" ....when it always is terrorism.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:14 PM (uhVAy)

149 The Washington Post reported that a senior administration official confirmed the investigation is being referred to as “World War Eleven” and has accelerated in recent weeks.

Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 03:14 PM (AFudc)

150 146

Two words: muu muu.

Well i guess that's only one word. But twice. So there's two of them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 02:58 PM (aKiSo)

Can one just buy a muu?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 03:00 PM (Gqar
******
This is about me isn't it.

Posted by: Hillary


It's a muu point.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 03:15 PM (Riz8t)

151 Geely (China) owns Volvo. Bought it from Ford, IIRC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (iFTx/)


I like my double entendre better because I can't make a joke out of Geely.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 03:15 PM (rbvCR)

152 148 I saw a video of a muslim in white garb on the roof of Notre Dame during the start of the fire.

They can pretend but the evidence was there.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (hzuYO)

I find that more suspicious of a planted op then conclusive, but to me the total silence by the authorities says it must be one of their favorite groups that did it, nothing else. Chance of them not knowing the truth at some level is zero.

Similar to when seconds after an incident happens they shout out "its not terrorism!" ....when it always is terrorism.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:14 PM (uhVAy)

It's those darned Amish...causing trouble wherever they go...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 03:15 PM (l3cgK)

153 I think Talarico's story of "flu" may jive with the recent news of shigella sex diarrhea in ghey men.

People call a cold a flu. A stomach virus a flu. When, in my book, The Flu is true influenza (a respiratory wahoo for me and my family in the '80's with high fevers and horrible malaise and pain). It could be diarrhea along with this from high temps, I suppose.

I still prefer the grocery store story for destroying his campaign.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 03:16 PM (hzuYO)

154 > There is a certain subset of men who wear gym shorts but no undies, and when they are working out, somehow their junk manages to slide out one leg or the other. I know they do it on purpose, but honestly, do they think women need to see that?

Thank the Lord above I've never seen that.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 03:16 PM (mkw2N)

155 145 The movie 'The Other Mommy' seems to be bombing harder than Talefreako.

yes but I swear the book Incidents Around the House which is supposed to be based on is really good

a lot of recent horror movies and novels are very much focused on the dangers of demons ... which I find to be a good thing. people need their eyes opened

of course they would screw up the movie of that book. because THEY (in Hollywood) are demonic

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 03:16 PM (j+aD2)

156 Mid terms approaching time for gallows humour
Be Brave!

Posted by: Aliss at October 12, 2026 03:16 PM (RjTHp)

157 I saw a video of a muslim in white garb on the roof of Notre Dame during the start of the fire.

They can pretend but the evidence was there.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (hzuYO)

I find that more suspicious of a planted op then conclusive, but to me the total silence by the authorities says it must be one of their favorite groups that did it, nothing else. Chance of them not knowing the truth at some level is zero.

Similar to when seconds after an incident happens they shout out "its not terrorism!" ....when it always is terrorism.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:14 PM (uhVAy)
_____

Yea. They got that place video-ed up the wazzoo, but they couldn't find whoever did this? They had to run with that lame cover story about accidental?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

158 I used to have that problem, but I was wearing sweatpants at the time.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 03:12 PM (Riz8t)

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 03:17 PM (2SSbU)

159

Oh yeah, Omar has been "probed" by her brother.

Nasty bitch who should be deported. She is here to steal our tax dollars.

Posted by: four seasons at October 12, 2026 03:17 PM (/QHx4)

160 Geely (China) owns Volvo. Bought it from Ford, IIRC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:10 PM (iFTx/)

I like my double entendre better because I can't make a joke out of Geely.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 03:15 PM (rbvCR)
________

Really? So skeevy!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

161 I saw some non-muslim woman in a hijab that only revealed a one inch slit for her eyes.

And...she had really well done makeup.

Below the hijab she was wearing one of those dresses that is slit up both sides of the leg to about the hips, and the chest area was just barely holding in her fairly large tracts of land.

She did look good? Yes. But...I had to laugh. The muslim style is NOT you just hide your hair and otherwise dress like a western woman

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

162
Yeah, pro-tip for teleprompters and narration scripts: spell out all the numbers and put spaces in between the letters of acronyms. When you are concentrating on reading, acronyms and numerals will trip you up and make awkward pauses.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 03:08 PM (vJrRc)

I beg to differ that any heritage American would make this mistake while reading a speech. You would immediately correct yourself after saying eleven instead of two. I believe most people that frequent here would have prepared beforehand so there were no surprises. She didn't.
She's not an American.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 03:18 PM (swiwN)

163 158 I used to have that problem, but I was wearing sweatpants at the time.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 03:12 PM (Riz8t)

Oh my stars, I snorted again while laughing.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 03:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

164 Yea. They got that place video-ed up the wazzoo, but they couldn't find whoever did this? They had to run with that lame cover story about accidental?/i]

Remember when someone blew up the Georgia guidestones - which had camera surveillance...and the feds claimed they couldn't find who did it?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

165 Not like they are showing their wares and don't want to be seen

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 03:19 PM (Ia/+0)

166 Whatever you do, it would behoove you
To beware of sartorial hoo-doo;
In the same way you can't
buy yourself just one pant,
You'll ne'er find a store with one muu.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 03:19 PM (aKiSo)

167 As much as I'd love to see her prosecuted and deported, if Omar is being tried in DC I don't have much faith it will happen in the end.

If they can it in Minnesota somewhere outside of Minneapolis then I'd be much more optimistic.

We've got to see if the investigation goes anywhere first.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 03:19 PM (6ydKt)

168 The movie 'The Other Mommy' seems to be bombing harder than Talefreako.

Demon needs little girl to trust it so demon can possess little girl. So pretends to be her Mommy and proceeds to terrorize little girl.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 03:14 PM (/2Ls3)

Seems to be a bad plan on old Scratch's part, or I'm mixing up the girls in question.

Reminds me of an old fantasy story of a dude who has car trouble in a remote part of New England, and is aided by someone who you realize slowly is Satan, on break from his duties in hell and doing a decent thing for a change on his time off.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:19 PM (uhVAy)

169 17 I'm in the gym five days a week. Shane Gillis isn't wrong. I see young women in "sports bras" with peek-a-boo windows in the middle to show off inside-underboob as well as the regular cleavage. I see young women in tiny booty short spandex that have a gather in the crack so the shorts show every square millimeter of the butt.

When I'm between sets I have to carefully pick my eyeline so I'm not staring at some 20 year old's vulva.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:39 PM (mkw2N)

I don't believe any of this. What gym exactly and where is it? Is there a cover charge?

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 12, 2026 03:20 PM (r7+Q7)

170 Posted by: Aliss at October 12, 2026 03:16 PM (RjTHp)

I will LMFAO when they frogmarch you up the 13 steps of the gallows, troll.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 03:20 PM (quk5M)

171 but honestly, do they think women need to see that?

Thank the Lord above I've never seen that.
Posted by: bonhomme

======

That would more than justify a front desk "hey, there's this dude. You really need to ask him to put things away" conversation.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 12, 2026 03:21 PM (LmsJU)

172 I saw some non-muslim woman in a hijab that only revealed a one inch slit for her eyes.

And...she had really well done makeup.

Below the hijab she was wearing one of those dresses that is slit up both sides of the leg to about the hips, and the chest area was just barely holding in her fairly large tracts of land.

She did look good? Yes. But...I had to laugh. The muslim style is NOT you just hide your hair and otherwise dress like a western woman
Posted by: 18-1



Sounds like the PronHub page.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 03:21 PM (JDhDw)

173 Rashida Tlaib
@RashidaTlaib
DHS raiding a member of congress's home is exactly what a fascist police state does.
This president should not be able to weaponize the federal government against political enemies.[*]
I stand with Ilhan.

-
* Does not apply to Democrat presidents.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 03:21 PM (ndZc7)

174
I used to have that problem, but I was wearing sweatpants at the time.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 03:12 PM (Riz8t).

___________

A Comment of the Week.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 03:21 PM (eRlcH)

175 I saw some non-muslim woman in a hijab that only revealed a one inch slit for her eyes.

And...she had really well done makeup.

Below the hijab she was wearing one of those dresses that is slit up both sides of the leg to about the hips, and the chest area was just barely holding in her fairly large tracts of land.

She did look good? Yes. But...I had to laugh. The muslim style is NOT you just hide your hair and otherwise dress like a western woman
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)
________

I see quite a few ladies wearing hijabs with otherwise very tight or revealing clothes. Kinda defeats the modesty angle, ya know?

I continue to believe that, at least for the younger generations, the hijab is more to avoid having to do your hair than anything else.

Spend 45 minutes on your hair in the morning? Or just throw a hijab on and sashay out with your boobs on prominent display.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

176 Henry Cho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvkynKJ-EmA

Leanne Morgan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqkXTG8GIgY

Jeanne Robertson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG4X1Bn4h3Y

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 12, 2026 03:21 PM (jrgJz)

177 I'm enjoying the left's meltdown over the Somalian having her house raided I might need to find a woman in a coma.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 03:22 PM (viF8m)

178 She did look good? Yes. But...I had to laugh. The muslim style is NOT you just hide your hair and otherwise dress like a western woman
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

Since this return to medievalism is something only started in the 70s or so, some inconsistencies are going to turn up. But there has always been a huge trade in slinky garments to rich Arabs' women.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:22 PM (uhVAy)

179 Rashida Tlaib
@RashidaTlaib
DHS raiding a member of congress's home is exactly what a fascist police state does.
This president should not be able to weaponize the federal government against political enemies.[*]
I stand with Ilhan.


Please show us the video of you condemning the FBI's raid on Mar A Lago.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 03:22 PM (Riz8t)

180 The movie 'The Other Mommy' seems to be bombing harder than Talefreako.

Demon needs little girl to trust it so demon can possess little girl. So pretends to be her Mommy and proceeds to terrorize little girl.


Sounds like a pretty basic October horror movie. What's the problem?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 03:22 PM (mkw2N)

181 new thread, nothing about martians though

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 12, 2026 03:23 PM (CWTWj)

182 I continue to believe that, at least for the younger generations, the hijab is more to avoid having to do your hair than anything else.

Spend 45 minutes on your hair in the morning? Or just throw a hijab on and sashay out with your boobs on prominent display.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

Western women have always had scarves and hats for that same issue, its not unique.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 03:23 PM (uhVAy)

183 Open nood.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 03:23 PM (NnhvP)

184 I continue to believe that, at least for the younger generations, the hijab is more to avoid having to do your hair than anything else.

Spend 45 minutes on your hair in the morning? Or just throw a hijab on and sashay out with your boobs on prominent display.
Posted by: Elric The Blade


Then they are only doing it in places without religious police. Otherwise, they'd be beat back into last year.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 03:24 PM (JDhDw)

185 >>> Posted by: Aliss at October 12, 2026 03:16 PM (RjTHp)

They/them can't help outing they/themselves.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 03:24 PM (3mtzY)

186 Please show us the video of you condemning the FBI's raid on Mar A Lago.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 03:22 PM (Riz8t)

Frog face cunt should count whatever it is her infernal master calls "blessings" that we don't just run their playbook and shoot the fucking bitch.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 03:24 PM (aKiSo)

187 My best gym lifting story is I was doing dumbbell presses and after I finished a set but still lying down a guy walks up and asks how many more sets did I have left. I looked up right into the face of Prince Humperdinck ( Chris Sarandon) and no lie had just watched the Princess Bride the night before.

Surreal.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 03:25 PM (KC5Lt)

188 DHS raiding a member of congress's home is exactly what a fascist police state does.

George Santos says hi

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 03:25 PM (sKqQm)

189 Motivation from Senator John Kennedy!

John Kennedy
@SenJohnKennedy
Go vote.
If dead people can do it, so can you.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 03:26 PM (ndZc7)

190 >>> 173 Rashida Tlaib
@RashidaTlaib
DHS raiding a member of congress's home is exactly what a fascist police state does.
This president should not be able to weaponize the federal government against political enemies.[*]
I stand with Ilhan.

-
* Does not apply to Democrat presidents.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 03:21 PM (ndZc7)

Awww, she's feeling left out.

Someone raid her house, quick!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 03:26 PM (3mtzY)

191 Nood.
Best jobs.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 03:27 PM (Sco7b)

192 NOOD

Belugas?!




World's Best Jobs Open Thread

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 03:28 PM (3mtzY)

193 Really fit women that one sees in the gym or on marathons usually have a female hormone makeup of an old post-menopausal gramma. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2026 03:32 PM (g8Ew8)

194 I seriously doubt ever seen a woman under 200 pounds in a burka

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)

195 Late to discussion of modest dressing:

I was rockin' in my prime. Had a couple of halters I wore with jeans. Lived in bikinis without a thought.

I didn't like to pay attention to my looks at the time. I wanted to be known for my sense of humor with friends. And being smarter than my looks as a new RN and docs took me seriously.

No vanity at the time nor a lot of time spent on my figure (which was good as I walked everywhere, swam and biked), long hair, or make up. I got noticed when I walked into a room, but did not want to make a big deal about it and wear a tiara. Even in HS I'd roll my eyes about vanity and Who's Who voting.

That said, I dressed modestly due to my upbringing and got enough wolf whistles without my tatas hanging out. In other words, the fake hippie wore a bra when others were burning theirs in my prime.

"Wild Night" (great dancing song) was written by the druggie and insane Van Morrison. One lyric is true:

"All the girls walk by
Dressed up for each other"

Males don't notice what you are wearing but what you are enhancing. And a bit of mystery was an added feature for me, not a bug.


Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:12 PM (hzuYO)

196 Nood hits!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (NnhvP)

Rescue Me Open Thread


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM




Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 And here I thought we were gonna get bunch of Dennis Leary clips.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 12, 2026 01:20 PM (YZ0Fo)

2 Slow News Gorn Day?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:21 PM (l3cgK)

3 https://youtu.be/x7BeGDZewHs

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:22 PM (l3cgK)

4 I dun Nooded.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:22 PM (l3cgK)

5 There's a video going around LDS Twitter of a LDS Bishop (similar to a preacher or pastor in other churches) in Hawaii dealing kindly with an angry tranny who wants access to the Relief Society (women's only gospel study class) and telling him, "No." The Bishop is correctly applying Church policy, and I think he's doing it in an appropriate way for a church leader.

How do you think the Bishop did?

http://tiny.cc/0gyb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 01:23 PM (mkw2N)

6 Goddammit, too early for weeping

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at October 12, 2026 01:23 PM (ilHZO)

7 Wasn’t Kallie Thorne in that show too? She’s a dusky beauty. Enjoyed her in HLOTS.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at October 12, 2026 01:24 PM (TfmXw)

8 I thought we were gonna get that song, "Rescue Me."

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:25 PM (odBC9)

9 I gotta go run the cutter down the sewer lines under my house. Roots are stopping it up. Yeah me.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 01:25 PM (hlLS1)

10 Julie Craig/Train Doe is going as a pinata for Halloween. Seeing how everyone has hit it.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 01:25 PM (JDhDw)

11 Have you all heard what the name of the Omar investigation is?

https://tinyurl.com/34btz54j

ahahahaha!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (Sk2hR)

12 Bring on the dancing girls!

https://tinyurl.com/555n55er

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (r7+Q7)

13 Are you ok, Ace?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (s1VwS)

14 It isn't roots. Try some bran in you diet.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (J4Dwc)

15 I really dislike the 'suffering animal' videos. I know they mostly have happy endings but still...ugh.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (s1VwS)

16 8 I thought we were gonna get that song, "Rescue Me."

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:25 PM (odBC9)

See Post#3

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)

17 Rescue Me Open Thread

If you insist.

https://youtu.be/ADHAmnYvY8Y

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 01:27 PM (VHUov)

18 Wasn’t Kallie Thorne in that show too? She’s a dusky beauty. Enjoyed her in HLOTS.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta

And Andrea Roth as his ex wife.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 12, 2026 01:27 PM (YZ0Fo)

19 In before Sarah Mclaughlin.

Posted by: garrett at October 12, 2026 01:28 PM (GHE5A)

20 Have you all heard what the name of the Omar investigation is?

https://tinyurl.com/34btz54j

ahahahaha!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (Sk2hR)
_____

Troll level:

SUPREME ULTIMATE GRANDMASTER DADDY FLASH OG

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)

21 Pew is considered the Gold Standard of polling

Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (SLga1)
---
God bless you!

No, it's not. Why must you come here with these idiotic lies?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 01:29 PM (ZOv7s)

22 Should I go for a longshot win for short money on the SC Senate?
Odds are 6-1 but most recent polling from 3 weeks ago indicates a toss up?
Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (SLga1)

Shoot the Moon!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 01:29 PM (wVcYX)

23 You doing ok, ace?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 01:29 PM (W2Pud)

24 I can hardly watch these kinds of videos because they hurt my heart. I started watching baby deer and almost had to turn it off, I felt so sad for it. But now he's on a deer rescue preserve and looks so beautiful.

*wipes Iron Eyes Cody tear away*

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 01:30 PM (qBdHI)

25 BBC - LIVE

Burnham tells MPs new EU deals could boost growth and help tackle illegal immigration

https://tinyurl.com/bdd9hdys

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:30 PM (odBC9)

26 The news about Musk buying up the EM spectrum once owned by T-Mobile is pretty significant.
------------------
SpaceX has a deal to purchase nationwide low-band spectrum licenses for a planned terrestrial mobile network that would complement the space-based Starlink cellular service.

SpaceX will buy up to 14 megahertz of spectrum in the 800 MHz band from investment firm Grain Management, which bought the spectrum rights from T-Mobile earlier this year. T-Mobile had obtained the spectrum when it bought Sprint in 2020 and was required to sell the licenses under a merger condition imposed by the US government.

“This prime low-band spectrum addresses one of the key remaining technical gaps that will pave the way for Starlink Mobile to become a major mobile carrier in the US,” SpaceX said yesterday. SpaceX this week also received US approval to launch 15,000 satellites for an upgraded version of its mobile service that it says will be far more powerful than the current offering.

The 800 MHz spectrum licenses cover “approximately 100 percent of the US population,” the Federal Communications Commission said in a July 2026

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 01:31 PM (RORbl)

27 There's a video going around LDS Twitter of a LDS Bishop (similar to a preacher or pastor in other churches) in Hawaii dealing kindly with an angry tranny

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 01:23 PM (mkw2N)
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I saw Angry Mormon Trannies open for Nine Inch Nails at the Joe in '91. Great show!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 01:31 PM (ZOv7s)

28 Somewhere, somebody's having a bad day. Be positive energy guy. He gets it.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfaphu7

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 12, 2026 01:31 PM (r7+Q7)

29 Hope Ace is ok and working on something big.

We are getting a lot of rain from the Cali tropical storm. Which we needed. Snow in the mountains.

I just cancelled lunch tomorrow with two friends as I continue to be snorting and coughing from stupid sinuses. It is mild, all things considered, but annoying.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 01:31 PM (hzuYO)

30 8 I thought we were gonna get that song, "Rescue Me."
Posted by: m

See Post#3
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


But the one at #18 has a theremin solo.

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 01:31 PM (VHUov)

31 16 8 I thought we were gonna get that song, "Rescue Me."

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:25 PM (odBC9)

See Post#3
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)

haha!

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:32 PM (odBC9)

32 “This prime low-band spectrum addresses one of the key remaining technical gaps that will pave the way for Starlink Mobile to become a major mobile carrier in the US,” SpaceX said yesterday. SpaceX this week also received US approval to launch 15,000 satellites for an upgraded version of its mobile service that it says will be far more powerful than the current offering.

The 800 MHz spectrum licenses cover “approximately 100 percent of the US population,” the Federal Communications Commission said in a July 2026
Posted by: Martini Farmer


As soon as he does, lying AT&T can KISS MY A**.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 01:33 PM (JDhDw)

33 >> Hope Ace is ok and working on something big.


He usually tries to get these 3 Day Weekend Posts in the Bag by Thursday/Friday and time their posting for the day off.

He's probably outside trying to get the crows to stop by.

Posted by: garrett at October 12, 2026 01:33 PM (GHE5A)

34 After 'Ol Joe crossed the bridge, I swore I'd never get another dog.
Now I want one.
Sigh...But I am too old, wouldn't be fair to the dog.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 12, 2026 01:33 PM (2WIwB)

35 People who have no problem mistreating animals , especially dogs and cats are sociopaths.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 01:33 PM (KC5Lt)

36 Hope Ace is ok and working on something big.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat


From the previous post:

I'm taking the day off but I wanted to post this. If something else big comes up I'll post that too.

Hope you're enjoying Columbus Day.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 01:33 PM (VHUov)

37 I think it's hilarious that people think that Trump having low approval numbers mean that people are going to vote for communists who promise to take away their health insurance and jack up their taxes.

Um, no. It doesn't work that way. Many people who "disapprove" of Trump are to the right of him. The idea that everyone who answers "disapprove" is now going to impose Sharia law on themselves is beyond stupid, but I guess here we are.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 01:34 PM (ZOv7s)

38 I think Ace is probably just taking the Federal holiday off...

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 01:34 PM (oqH4h)

39 >> Snow in the mountains.

Yeah ... bunch of snow fell yesterday in the northern Rockies.

Posted by: garrett at October 12, 2026 01:34 PM (GHE5A)

40 10 Julie Craig/Train Doe is going as a pinata for Halloween. Seeing how everyone has hit it.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 01:25 PM (JDhDw)

Lucy Craig

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:34 PM (odBC9)

41 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 202

I wouldn't have expected anything less from our intrepid nightlife correspondent than you jetting off to Iceland.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:35 PM (swiwN)

42 I found out Thursday having coffee outside with my friends that today is Thanksgiving. Mom and I weren't holiday people. The last time we spent with family on this day was at Swiss Chalet.

I did bring in Snowflake's Mom Starry and she's having half a can of tuna fish. Ralphy stole the rest.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 01:35 PM (Sco7b)

43 After 'Ol Joe crossed the bridge, I swore I'd never get another dog.
Now I want one.
Sigh...But I am too old, wouldn't be fair to the dog.
Posted by: Diogenes


I'm in the same boat. Wouldn't be fair to the dog. And I can't handle losing another one.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 01:35 PM (JDhDw)

44 World War Eleven for Omar! LOL

Her squad must be raging like lunatics today. Or more than normal. Eating nails. Grinding teeth. She's pulling out the few hairs on her odd head.

I'd wear a turban as well if I looked like her. It hides some of her massive forehead.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 01:35 PM (hzuYO)

45 Trump wants to buy 5 billion dollars of diesel from Russia
Russia will use it to further arm Iran

Makes perfect sense if you do not think about it
Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 01:33 PM (SLga1)

If you think about it Russia ain't giving any new money to Iran . But keep trying to think . You'll get it one day.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 01:35 PM (KC5Lt)

46 >>> Posted by: retard faggot crying about EVs is back? at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (SLga1)

I think you should bet at *least* $100,000.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 01:35 PM (3mtzY)

47 There was a black bear who came by one of the first years he separated from its mother. He was in hyperphagia and getting ready to den down. Poor bastard was skinny and I feared he wouldn’t make the winter. Suddenly a few bags of apples magically appeared in his path. He comes back every so often. This year when he came back his weight is easily up to 300 lbs plus. He came right up to the front porch and just stood there a minute, as if he knew the apples didn’t fall off a tree. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 01:36 PM (Lp05i)

48 Lucy Craig
Posted by: m


Yeah. LC. Same as Lindsay Clancy.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 01:36 PM (JDhDw)

49 Ace is Italian?

Posted by: fd at October 12, 2026 01:36 PM (MWfyi)

50 Trump wants to buy 5 billion dollars of diesel from Russia
Russia will use it to further arm Iran

Makes perfect sense if you do not think about it
Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 01:33 PM (SLga1)
---
How much are they paying you to post this nonsense? There is another way open for you, a path of self-respect and experiencing God's love. He is waiting for you to come home.

Stop posting lies instead open your heart to God. I have prayed for you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 01:36 PM (ZOv7s)

51 After 'Ol Joe crossed the bridge, I swore I'd never get another dog.
Now I want one.
Sigh...But I am too old, wouldn't be fair to the dog.
Posted by: Diogenes

Try fostering then. Or adopt an older pup. Life is better with dogs.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 12, 2026 01:36 PM (s1VwS)

52 No, it's not. Why must you come here with these idiotic lies?
--
I'm trying to remember the last time I saw a Pew poll.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 01:37 PM (3cUTc)

53 People are out mowing the lawns and looking around, I didn't see a lot of cars.

Pretty much just another day. Maybe not for others.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 01:37 PM (Sco7b)

54 Animals bring out the best in people.

I wish people brought out the best in people.

Posted by: Paco at October 12, 2026 01:37 PM (2L+MU)

55 13 Are you ok, Ace?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 12, 2026 01:26 PM (s1VwS)

24 You doing ok, ace?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 01:29 PM (W2Pud)

Ace from the Ilhan Omar thread:

I'm taking the day off but I wanted to post this. If something else big comes up I'll post that too.
Hope you're enjoying Columbus Day.

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:37 PM (odBC9)

56

I'm in the same boat. Wouldn't be fair to the dog. And I can't handle losing another one.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 01:35 PM (JDhDw)

__________

We're not having any more litters.

1) Each one is at least a 10 year commitment.
2) We're too old for the energy it takes to have one.
3) The last one was so tragic I can't go through another.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 01:38 PM (eRlcH)

57 Ace has a funny way of taking the day off.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 01:38 PM (3mtzY)

58 If you sniff the wind you can almost smell the desperation. It’s beautiful.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 01:38 PM (Lp05i)

59 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 202

I wouldn't have expected anything less from our intrepid nightlife correspondent than you jetting off to Iceland.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:35 PM (swiwN)
______

There's not much nightlife in Iceland. It's like nursery school compared to big party cities like NYC, Ibiza, Miami, etc.

I was with my mom, my brother, and his wife. So there was no partying for me in any event ....

Was an amazing trip, though. If you ever get a chance to go to Iceland, just GO.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

60 If you think about it Russia ain't giving any new money to Iran . But keep trying to think . You'll get it one day.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 01:35 PM (KC5Lt)
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It is utterly stupid. How would Iran rearm? Who has the spare industrial capacity to reequip them? Not Russia. Not China. There aren't just piles of fully conditioned weapons sitting around at the Rearmament Store waiting to drop ship.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (ZOv7s)

61 I'm taking the day off but I wanted to post this. If something else big comes up I'll post that too.

Hope you're enjoying Columbus Day.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 01:33 PM (VHUov)
*****
Thanks. Glad he's ok. I was unaware this was a holiday as every day is a holiday for me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (hzuYO)

62 >>> 61 If you sniff the wind you can almost smell the desperation. It’s beautiful.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 01:38 PM (Lp05i)

According to some commenters in the previous thread, it's not just desperation.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (3mtzY)

63 Have a cannoli for Columbus Day. We have an entire feast being prepared for tonight’s supper.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (Lp05i)

64
So! We have to carry the load today! Thanks for nothing!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (eRlcH)

65 The 800 MHz spectrum licenses cover “approximately 100 percent of the US population,” the Federal Communications Commission said in a July 2026 Posted by: Martini Farmer
———-
That’s a crowded chunk of spectrum right there.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at October 12, 2026 01:40 PM (TfmXw)

66 The kitties are not rescues, but Saijo is. Saijo, however, keeps sticking his schnoze into my salad and has stolen 2 pieces of chicken. He is giving rescues a very bad name. Oh and now Kovu has joined him. They are both staring at me and my fork. I am threatening them with watching these videos so they understand true suffering.

Ps. Joking aside, I can’t watch these videos. I like animals better than most people, even when they have their noses in my food, to see the suffer just lays way to heavy on my heart.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 01:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

67 Bring on the dancing girls!

https://tinyurl.com/555n55er
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd


I've. Got. A. Boner.

Posted by: James T. Kirk at October 12, 2026 01:41 PM (UjdFS)

68 I'm trying to remember the last time I saw a Pew poll.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 01:37 PM (3cUTc)
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Pew does long-form polls about beliefs and religion and other stuff, and they have the same problems with "shy" voters as other poll. They are also problematic in the way questions are phrased.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 01:41 PM (ZOv7s)

69 I think sock Potus should be banhammered.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 01:41 PM (hlLS1)

70 Surprised the bank was open today. I would have been pissed if I drove there and it was closed. I didn't realize today was Columbus Day.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 01:42 PM (KC5Lt)

71 Landman season 2.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 01:43 PM (nxLtX)

72 We need to eat Italian for Columbus Day?

That gets me off the hook as the dude's famous spaghetti is in the freezer. A recipe that evolved from hanging out in a friend's mother's kitchen in Long Island. We all love it and his lasagna.

I may cook anyway on this rainy and cool day.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 01:43 PM (hzuYO)

73 Ace has a funny way of taking the day off.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
.......

As long as he charges his time to PTO.

Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 01:43 PM (UjdFS)

74 3) The last one was so tragic I can't go through another.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 01:38 PM (eRlcH)
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Our elder cat is 15, and while she's still active, she has problems with digestion and keeping food down. We got her prescription cat food, but it only goes so far. She will not be replaced, we'll just have one cat at that point.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 01:43 PM (ZOv7s)

75 Rescue me! There be monsters in my closet.

Posted by: James Talarico, raging heterosexual vegan at October 12, 2026 01:43 PM (GEMu7)

76
We've fostered more than our share of rescue Borzoi. Some were so frightened they had to be dug out from under a bench at the vet.

Remarkably, all made it back to being at least accepting. But the scars remain.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 01:44 PM (eRlcH)

77 46 After 'Ol Joe crossed the bridge, I swore I'd never get another dog.
Now I want one.
Sigh...But I am too old, wouldn't be fair to the dog.
Posted by: Diogenes


I'm in the same boat. Wouldn't be fair to the dog. And I can't handle losing another one.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 01:35 PM (JDhDw)

Adopt a senior doggie! They are often the ones who just linger in shelters.

I am currently trying to talk J into another Shiba. I am apparently a glutton for punishment.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 01:44 PM (ZdaMQ)

78 I built an AI agent that allows me to gather news stories from a designated pool of sites, for certain kinds of stories and can even exclude stories containing bias. I had to fine tune it here and there, but it’s better than any WSJ, Foxnews, MSM crap without the aggravation of plying through their garbage. It’s the future and the end for the msm.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 01:45 PM (Lp05i)

79 So if Ace is taking today off....does anyone know where they keep the keys to the ONT liquor cabinets and beer shed?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 12, 2026 01:45 PM (QGaXH)

80 Rescue me! There be monsters in my closet.
Posted by: James Talarico



Son: Dad, can we go to a haunted house for Halloween?
Dad: What's wrong with the one we live in?
Son: WHAT?
Dad: Nite son.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 01:45 PM (JDhDw)

81
*forges dental plan*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 01:46 PM (eRlcH)

82
Was an amazing trip, though. If you ever get a chance to go to Iceland, just GO.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM

I'm glad you had fun and I'd love to see the northern lights.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:46 PM (swiwN)

83 80 Son: Dad, can we go to a haunted house for Halloween?
Dad: What's wrong with the one we live in?
Son: WHAT?
Dad: Nite son.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 01:45 PM (JDhDw)

Dad joke!

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:46 PM (odBC9)

84
Ps. Joking aside, I can’t watch these videos. I like animals better than most people, even when they have their noses in my food, to see the suffer just lays way to heavy on my heart.
Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 01:40 PM

I can't watch them either and it sounds like you have your hands full with fun critters.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:48 PM (swiwN)

85
Shareholder discontent may mean a hostile takeover. Welcome to PJ Media and Disqus.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 01:48 PM (eRlcH)

86 Rescue Me. Sensitivity Training.

Problematic, true, but still a classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egAMgNY84do

"What?"

Posted by: Aunt Ralph at October 12, 2026 01:48 PM (qtPv2)

87 More of this, please. Western woman mocks Muslimas mocking our clothing styles:

https://tinyurl.com/yy8x7hev

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 01:48 PM (kX27y)

88 videos of animals in distress or suffering abuse bum me out

Posted by: Don Black at October 12, 2026 01:48 PM (ZxPkt)

89 Glad to see Ace us taking the day off to celebrate Indigenous People Day (the other name is racist).

Have we done a land acknowledgement for the blog? If not. Zi will.

We acknowledge that we meet here on the space that used to be inhabited by the Lace Wigs spam and busty Lesbian pron clan.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at October 12, 2026 01:49 PM (8yx7s)

90 Patrick “Tate” Adamiak given clemency by President Trump.
'On Sept. 3, President Donald Trump granted the Navy veteran executive clemency, releasing him from prison and restoring his constitutional rights.'

_ATF convicted him on gun violations, - 20 yr in prison.
_The Supreme Court declined to review
_ATF reported seizing illegal firearms, including machine guns, and destructive devices
_Special agent Daniel Beasley described how he altered Adamiak’s non-firing replica STEN machine gun to fire live ammunition, ...Beasley had to install a firing mechanism and a real STEN barrel and then wrap part of the barrel in electrical tape to fire a single round, he stated in his report.

Calum Welch, one of Adamiak’s lawyers, said the ATF appeared to have investigated crimes that Adamiak could have committed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 01:49 PM (nqf1u)

91 Was an amazing trip, though. If you ever get a chance to go to Iceland, just GO.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM

I'm glad you had fun and I'd love to see the northern lights.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:46 PM (swiwN)
____

Sadly, we didn't see them. Was too cloudy every night. We did see something peaking through, but nothing like the spectacular lights you see in pics.

I'm now 0-2 in northern lights sightings (didn't see them in Alaska either).

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:49 PM (iFTx/)

92 Maybe Ace is researching the Talarico story. I'd prefer if this one was researched thoroughly and not just thrown to the 'rons as red meat.
Talarico belongs in a nuthouse but that doesn't mean he was in one (yet)

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 01:49 PM (88C+u)

93 The Hindu Kush in Afghanistan is absolutely gorgeous and breathtaking. As long as you’re not getting shot at it’s pretty enjoyable too. Noshaq is the highest mountain in Afghanistan at about 7,400 meters.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 01:50 PM (Lp05i)

94 My mother wanted another dog when she was in her early 70's and got a rescue puppy. Unfortunately she didn't outlive him when she passed at 82. God was looking out for us though because I found a lady with a pet sitting service who offered to take him where he lived his best life for his remaining years.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 01:50 PM (KC5Lt)

95 >>Remarkably, all made it back to being at least accepting. But the scars remain.

I rescued Elvis when he was 6 months. He'd been in a couple different shelters and had signs of abuse. He was scared of his own shadow and till this day he can be skittish around new people but once he gets to know someone and understand they won't hurt him he's a big baby.

I work out of the house when I'm not on the road and he's my constant shadow. The scars never go away completely but they can fade.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 01:50 PM (viF8m)

96
Headine: "5 subtle hearing loss signs you could be missing"

My hearing loss wasn't subtle. It was a sudden, crashing catastrophe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 01:50 PM (eRlcH)

97 Remarkably, all made it back to being at least accepting. But the scars remain.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 01

Saijo will always be quirky from his background. He is a rescue from a breeders auction, Amish puppy mill puppy who lived his first 9 months in a crate, you know better than anyone how that seedy side works and how much it pains ethical breeders like y’all. He is an entirely different dog now than the one I started with, but he will always be…quirky. It’s okay, I love him to pieces anyway.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 01:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

98 41 Trump hates dogs

Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 01:34 PM (SLga1)

Obama eats dogs.

Posted by: Barack Obama, SCOAMF at October 12, 2026 01:51 PM (m0WlR)

99 88 videos of animals in distress or suffering abuse bum me out

Posted by: Don Black
---

It's animals, foo foo, or National Enquirer interspersed with a timely article.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 01:51 PM (nqf1u)

100 Rescue me! There be monsters in my closet.
Posted by: James Talarico

Luxury! We used to dream of having a closet. Best we could get was eels in the hovercraft.

Posted by: Yorkshireman at October 12, 2026 01:52 PM (wVcYX)

101 I am almost ready for new dogs. Three years of mourning are about up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 01:53 PM (GEMu7)

102 Of course reddit is freaking out about Turban Head's DHS "invasion" today.

That it is "politically motivated!!11!!" Right, right, right.

They have no rear view mirror. I read comments for entertainment now and then if bored. I especially like the ones, almost hours after the 2024 election, saying similar of Trump as we noticed about Biden: diapers, senility, etc.

Blinders. Something is wrong with their brains.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 01:53 PM (hzuYO)

103 Me too with the suffering animals.

I was depressed yesterday but am fine now. Ralphy needs to be lifted into the house from outside because he's missing steps. He bounces around and doesn't like that even though I carry him up and down steps in the house.

He can still get himself up, goes nuts for food and treats, occasionally chases the cat and I have him on pain pills. So this is just one more small change.

And since he's 40+ pounds, my thighs and butt are solid.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 01:53 PM (Sco7b)

104 Maybe Ace is researching the Talarico story. I'd prefer if this one was researched thoroughly and not just thrown to the 'rons as red meat.
Talarico belongs in a nuthouse but that doesn't mean he was in one (yet)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 01:49 PM (88C+u)
_______

Talacreepo's softball interview yesterday made things worse, though.

He was clearly anxious and borderline paranoid, repetitively duckspeaking talking points "I'm better now" he said like 10x), and his version of what happened is inconsistent with what he said on that zoom call.

The little pervert is clearly lying and trying to cover up for something really bad and almost certainly campaign-ending.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

105 Political orgs who leave overly long voice mails should be shot in the tit.

Posted by: nckate at October 12, 2026 01:55 PM (enNUy)

106 Um, no. It doesn't work that way. Many people who "disapprove" of Trump are to the right of him. The idea that everyone who answers "disapprove" is now going to impose Sharia law on themselves is beyond stupid, but I guess here we are.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 01:34 PM (ZOv7s)


Is this one of those Venn diagram things?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 01:55 PM (rbvCR)

107 I can't think of anything more heartwarming than bringing home a rescue dog and watching the changes when they realize they have their forever home.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 01:56 PM (nxLtX)

108 videos of animals in distress or suffering abuse bum me out

Ditto. I mean, I know from the thread title that they all have happy endings but I still can't watch them.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 01:56 PM (vTZFs)

109 Alright. We mount up in 15 minutes to help Ace escape from NY. Who's in?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 01:56 PM (dK+Kv)

110 How do you think the Bishop did?

http://tiny.cc/0gyb101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 01:23 PM (mkw2N)

I think he should have used one of John Moses Browning's fine inventions.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 01:57 PM (quk5M)

111 Talarico just released a new commercial with a 'life long Republican' white woman.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 01:57 PM (KC5Lt)

112
It is utterly stupid. How would Iran rearm? Who has the spare industrial capacity to reequip them? Not Russia. Not China. There aren't just piles of fully conditioned weapons sitting around at the Rearmament Store waiting to drop ship.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (ZOv7s)




Well, there were, up until about 4 years ago. A big chunk of those weapons are now half-buried in Ukelele mud.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 01:57 PM (y9nCu)

113 Omar statement. This will be how MS Now frames it.

Post

Log inOpen app

Ilhan Omar on X: "I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced."

Ilhan Omar

@IlhanMN

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 01:58 PM (Sco7b)

114 Too old for another cat, even an old one. Can't put another one down. I'm tired of playing God.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2026 01:58 PM (g8Ew8)

115 Have a cannoli for Columbus Day. We have an entire feast being prepared for tonight’s supper.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (Lp05i)

Best I can do is a can of Chef BoyArDee mini ravioli.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 01:58 PM (wVcYX)

116 Luxury! We used to dream of having a closet. Best we could get was eels in the hovercraft.
Posted by: Yorkshireman


It didn't hover, of course. We had to push it everywhere we wanted to go. Would have been better off with a wagon, or a cart, or something else with wheels.

Posted by: second Yorkshireman at October 12, 2026 01:58 PM (VHUov)

117 Perhaps, take down the Mencken call to arms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 01:58 PM (nqf1u)

118 111 Talarico just released a new commercial with a 'life long Republican' white woman.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 01:57 PM (KC5Lt)

And I'm a life long woman, I just haven't had the chance to take those hormones yet.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 01:59 PM (88C+u)

119 Political orgs who leave overly long voice mails should be shot in the tit.
Posted by: nckate



When you've lost the 'ettes...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 01:59 PM (JDhDw)

120 Have a cannoli for Columbus Day. We have an entire feast being prepared for tonight’s supper.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (Lp05i)

Do I have to exchange a gun for it?

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 01:59 PM (KC5Lt)

121 The Blade, he will just leave this here:

https://tinyurl.com/mwbwxdxa

You can thank The Blade later.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)

122 107 I can't think of anything more heartwarming than bringing home a rescue dog and watching the changes when they realize they have their forever home.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 01:56 PM

You mean like going from refusing to get out from under the bed to stealing my lunch and wagging their tails while they do it? I love this crazy dog. 😂

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 01:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

123 @IlhanMN
I will not be silenced
Posted by: Stateless


Shocking.

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 01:59 PM (VHUov)

124 92 Maybe Ace is researching the Talarico story. I'd prefer if this one was researched thoroughly and not just thrown to the 'rons as red meat.
Talarico belongs in a nuthouse but that doesn't mean he was in one (yet)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 01:49 PM (88C+u)
********
My hope as well.

You'd THINK his Dim voters would wonder where Turbo Panties was while missing. I know I would, but I'm also not a Dim.

I don't think I'd want to put a mentally unstable R into the Senate. Who either did or didn't have a mental issue from a grocery store hissy fit. But then we have McConnell and others and that thought goes out the window.

Maybe he can sit on the Intelligence Committee and find some spare IQ. He seems like a willing doofus to me.

I do hope he gets soundly beaten in this election.

He probably wishes for a different type of beating and may his hope be possible at a S&M club while wearing his My Little Pony outfit with a monkey in the saddle.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 02:00 PM (hzuYO)

125 @IlhanMN
I will not be silenced


I'm sure the Somalilanders in the north would love to hear more from you.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 02:00 PM (88C+u)

126 QE II aged out of her Corgis, stopped breeding them years before her eventual death. Guess she didn't want there to be a supposed thousand Corgis with a supposed Royal Warrant on them.

Posted by: Hyacinth Bucket at October 12, 2026 02:01 PM (EdP2u)

127 >>I can't think of anything more heartwarming than bringing home a rescue dog and watching the changes when they realize they have their forever

My BFFs went with me the day I got Elvis. My buddy drove my car so I could sit in back with Elvis. He was terrified. Walked around the house like he was afraid of doing anything wrong.

I then put him back in the car and took him to the park to run around. I think he thought I was going to drop him off somewhere. He looked miserable. Didn't even seem to enjoy the park either.

But when we got back home he got out of the car, looked at the house then at me and the biggest smile broke out on his whole body. He knew he was home.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 02:01 PM (viF8m)

128 119 Political orgs who leave overly long voice mails should be shot in the tit.
Posted by: nckate
---

Unlike spammers there are only so many pacs.
Notate, Stop, if they don't stop, Block and Report.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 02:02 PM (nqf1u)

129 Well, well, fuckity well

Rep. Ilhan Omar
@Ilhan Mar 30, 2023

Make no mistake: the fact that one of the most powerful people in the world was investigated impartially and indicted is testament to the fact that we still live in a nation of laws. And no one is above the law.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 02:02 PM (nEUC6)

130 I can't think of anything more heartwarming than bringing home a rescue dog and watching the changes when they realize they have their forever home.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 01:56 PM (nxLtX)


all my cats are some version of a rescue, the kittens were all "OK, then, where is the food" and the oldest rescue had been on the streets for a while and was "never go outside, I have a pillow and a potty, so I never go outside" and she didn't go outside for over a year.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 02:02 PM (rbvCR)

131 Stop posting lies instead open your heart to God. I have prayed for you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 01:36 PM (ZOv7s)

.32 S&W short would work as well on him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:02 PM (quk5M)

132 Again these American hating immigrants, legal or illegal have no fear of doing wrong and expressing their hate of America because they know the political Left and their crooked judges will protect them .

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:02 PM (KC5Lt)

133 But when we got back home he got out of the car, looked at the house then at me and the biggest smile broke out on his whole body. He knew he was home.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 02:01 PM (viF8m)


Awwww! I love this!

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 02:02 PM (ZdaMQ)

134 My hearing loss wasn't subtle. It was a sudden, crashing catastrophe.

HUH? WUT?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 02:02 PM (qjOcV)

135 2pm before I get back to the computer

CBC - Thanksgiving holiday messages. Bite me assholes.

FoxNews - Russia strikes Ukraine

MSNow - Omar. No rending of garments. Lol. The President was trying to start a race war in Minnesota. Lol.

CNN - AI data centers and mid-terms. Ohio.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 02:03 PM (Sco7b)

136 Patrick “Tate” Adamiak given clemency by President Trump.
'On Sept. 3, President Donald Trump granted the Navy veteran executive clemency, releasing him from prison and restoring his constitutional rights.'

. . .

Calum Welch, one of Adamiak’s lawyers, said the ATF appeared to have investigated crimes that Adamiak could have committed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 01:49 PM (nqf1u)

That pit of vipers should be disbanded and their budget used to make restitution to the people that they've destroyed?

Did we cover the news of the ATF announcement that

>>>Under ATF’s guidance, ATF will not enforce the requirements for individuals to apply and receive ATF approval before making or transferring short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, suppressors (silencers), and certain other concealable firearms known in the law as “any other weapons.”

https://tinyurl.com/2sz27hhp

Those incarcerated for violations of same should be released, if that is their only violation.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:04 PM (dK+Kv)

137 Was an amazing trip, though. If you ever get a chance to go to Iceland, just GO.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

Did you get to drive a dune buggy up a cinder cone?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:04 PM (quk5M)

138 Have a cannoli for Columbus Day. We have an entire feast being prepared for tonight’s supper.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (Lp05i)

Do I have to exchange a gun for it?
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 01:59 PM (KC5Lt)

The costume should be a plague blanket.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2026 02:04 PM (g8Ew8)

139 117 Perhaps, take down the Mencken call to arms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 01:58 PM (nqf1u)
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Nah tho

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 02:04 PM (oqH4h)

140 Is this one of those Venn diagram things?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 01:55 PM (rbvCR)
---
No, it's just retards being retarded. People who are overcome with hatred for Trump think anyone who expresses disapproval will immediately go full freakout and get blue hair, endorse Iran and become gay.

It is possible to oppose Trump AND oppose the Jihadi/freakazoid alliance.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:05 PM (ZOv7s)

141 The little pervert is clearly lying and trying to cover up for something really bad and almost certainly campaign-ending.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

*******
I don't have X and live on the fringes of comments. One was made by someone (can't remember) who basically said for him to admit whatever or the story will be told.

I'm ready. Spill it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 02:05 PM (hzuYO)

142 Well, well, fuckity well

Rep. Ilhan Omar
@Ilhan Mar 30, 2023

Make no mistake: the fact that one of the most powerful people in the world was investigated impartially and indicted is testament to the fact that we still live in a nation of laws. And no one is above the law.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 02:02 PM (nEUC6)

Righteous Nelson Muntz ha ha!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:05 PM (dK+Kv)

143 We honor a great Italian on this day who had a fatal accident in a barber chair, Albert Anastasia.

Posted by: Murder, Inc. at October 12, 2026 02:05 PM (EdP2u)

144 >>Did you get to drive a dune buggy up a cinder cone?

Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 02:05 PM (viF8m)

145 The title of this post is obviously because Ace is being held as a gay hostage by garrett.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 12, 2026 02:06 PM (QZThv)

146 You do not want a shadow dog who weighs 164-lbs following you around the house. If you stop short because you forgot to do something in the room you had just departed, you get clipped from behind risking an ACL tear and there is no ref around to throw the penalty flag.

Ask me how I know.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 02:07 PM (J4Dwc)

147 Piper, yes, just like that.

I have told this story before but I'm telling it again. For some not remembered reason I stopped by the shelter and thought I would just see what was there.
This scraggly little guy looked at me and it was as if he put the words in my head. " I knew you were coming to get me"
He was a three time returnee that at some point had his hind leg broken and never reset. There was no doubt he was coming home. Lived out the rest of his life being the happiest dog you ever saw.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 02:07 PM (nxLtX)

148 >>Did you get to drive a dune buggy up a cinder cone?

>>Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?

Do you like gladiator movies?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:08 PM (dK+Kv)

149 Those incarcerated for violations of same should be released, if that is their only violation.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:04 PM (dK+Kv)
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I get the sentiment, but there is a difference between breaking the law and the law being repealed or rendered unenforceable.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:08 PM (ZOv7s)

150 Just saw that Trump said he's got a Cabinet-level position in mind for DeSantis when he leaves office early next year, which is excellent.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 12, 2026 02:08 PM (QZThv)

151

Our two dogs smile. Some people don't get that.

Posted by: four seasons at October 12, 2026 02:08 PM (/QHx4)

152 115 Have a cannoli for Columbus Day. We have an entire feast being prepared for tonight’s supper.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (Lp05i)

Best I can do is a can of Chef BoyArDee mini ravioli.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 01:58 PM (wVcYX)

That's tasty, too!

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 02:08 PM (odBC9)

153
videos of animals in distress or suffering abuse bum me out

Posted by: Don Black

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

Same. I generally skip them. If I open one by accident, I skip to the happy ending.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 12, 2026 02:09 PM (mmrXZ)

154 >>>Under ATF’s guidance, ATF will not enforce the requirements
----

That's a CYA lawyer who deserves time.

It doesn't say the requirements are now nil, that they have been changed or eliminated. It says they choose to not enforce them.
'Go out, buy some toys, we won't change our minds, honest.'

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 02:09 PM (nqf1u)

155
Just saw that Trump said he's got a Cabinet-level position in mind for DeSantis when he leaves office early next year, which is excellent.
Posted by: Ian S.

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

Cool, but who's leaving?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 12, 2026 02:09 PM (mmrXZ)

156 He was a three time returnee that at some point had his hind leg broken and never reset. There was no doubt he was coming home. Lived out the rest of his life being the happiest dog you ever saw.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 02:07

Awww.
Thank you.

Another lawn mower going. It's a beautiful day outside.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 02:10 PM (Sco7b)

157 "Some people did something."

--Ilhan Omar

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 02:10 PM (odBC9)

158 Just saw that Trump said he's got a Cabinet-level position in mind for DeSantis when he leaves office early next year, which is excellent.


maybe he replaces Susie

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)

159 I get the sentiment, but there is a difference between breaking the law and the law being repealed or rendered unenforceable.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:08 PM (ZOv7s)

If the law is essentially void, of what societal value is it to continue incarceration of an individual whose sole crime is breaking that void law?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:10 PM (dK+Kv)

160 Simon "Warfronts" Whistler reports from Mali:
youtu.be/ce8Tv-A-mUE
It doesn't look good.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 02:10 PM (88C+u)

161 Headine: "5 subtle hearing loss signs you could be missing"

My hearing loss wasn't subtle. It was a sudden, crashing catastrophe.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 01:50 PM (eRlcH)

Take heart. You can still do great things.

Posted by: Erastus "Dead" Smith, Hero of the Texas Revolution at October 12, 2026 02:11 PM (wVcYX)

162 Just saw that Trump said he's got a Cabinet-level position in mind for DeSantis when he leaves office early next year, which is excellent.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 12, 2026 02:08 PM (QZThv

Department of Kicking Ass and Taking Names.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:11 PM (KC5Lt)

163 Apparently, Talarico had some financial irregularities as well. It doesn't sound different than almost all people in politics, but it's still there. "Twitchy" site:

https://tinyurl.com/49ja7f7t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 02:11 PM (JrHfD)

164 Dagnabit!

Posted by: Erastus "Deaf" Smith, Hero of the Texas Revolution at October 12, 2026 02:11 PM (wVcYX)

165 Also, regarding the T "man" of Texas:

IF, BIG IF, he did have the incident in the grocery store with the black man, he will, indeed, lose his black voters if it comes out.

After all, as one Clancy woman fan said, saying the n word is far worse than murdering three children.

I was brought up in the Deepest of the South from childhood to never say that word. I still don't as my mother said it was only trashy ignorant people who said it and we were far from that. I was also half raised by black women.

Nor have I thought of murdering my children (one son asked, ha).

I did see red once when this same casanova son in college brought a girl to our home while we were out of town. She was tired from work and he lit candles around my big tub as evidence he stupidly left. I don't want to know what else went on.

He was very lucky we had the conversation on the phone and he was 2.5hrs away from me. That's the closest I came to losing it, and surprised I didn't stroke.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 02:11 PM (hzuYO)

166 Our elder cat is 15, and while she's still active, she has problems with digestion and keeping food down. We got her prescription cat food, but it only goes so far.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd


I had decent luck with lamb meat and broth for my aged cat.

I am told it's easier on the digestion (for humans at least, making it potentially helpful for women with hyperemesis gravidarium) so I tried it for my cat, and it seemed to help, for a while at least.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 02:12 PM (vJrRc)

167 Pro tip on the liquor cabinet: We slide one side out maybe a foot from the wall. Then the backing will pull away giving us enough room to pull out the bottles.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 12, 2026 02:12 PM (r7+Q7)

168
Was an amazing trip, though. If you ever get a chance to go to Iceland, just GO.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM



Unless it's the US Army giving you the Iceland trip. Digging foxholes in old lava fields around the old Keflavik NAS base during a NATO exercise SUCKED.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 02:14 PM (y9nCu)

169 "Rescue Me," eh? I'm guessing Ace tried to fix a leaky toilet and accidentally nailed his hand to the wall.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 02:14 PM (BI5O2)

170 If the law is essentially void, of what societal value is it to continue incarceration of an individual whose sole crime is breaking that void law?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:10 PM (dK+Kv)
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They still broke the law.

Michigan has an income tax. There is a movement to eliminate it. Let's say it happens.

Does it then follow that everyone who committed tax fraud while it was imposed should be released from prison?

Remember, the NFA was always a tax. It defined itself (and was upheld) as a use of Congress' taxing power, so those who broke it were committed tax evasion.

When the tax was reduced to zero, the regulatory side became moot. It does not necessarily follow that everyone who avoided its requirements and got caught should now go free.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:15 PM (ZOv7s)

171 If you eat spaghetti out of a can men with no necks will come and find you.

And no, you never give up the gun. Ever.

BTW remember when the BLM people were tearing down and defacing statues. A bunch of people showed up from the neighborhood and protected it. No neck men with guns. It’s still there.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 02:15 PM (jlI90)

172 The little pervert is clearly lying and trying to cover up for something really bad and almost certainly campaign-ending.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

*******
I don't have X and live on the fringes of comments. One was made by someone (can't remember) who basically said for him to admit whatever or the story will be told.

I'm ready. Spill it.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 02:05 PM (hzuYO)
__________

Some details here:

https://tinyurl.com/3sa8tf3d

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

173 >>Digging foxholes in old lava fields around the old Keflavik NAS base during a NATO exercise SUCKED.

Flew out of there for two weeks doing ASW over the GIUK Gap. I loved that placed.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 02:16 PM (J4Dwc)

174 Was an amazing trip, though. If you ever get a chance to go to Iceland, just GO.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

Did you get to drive a dune buggy up a cinder cone?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:04 PM (quk5M)
________

No, but we snowmobiled up a glacier to an ice cave ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

175 I think we have to admit that if the Republican nominee were anyone else the Senate election wouldn't be close as it's perceived now.

You take your chances I guess when the mind is made up to ditch the incumbent.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:16 PM (KC5Lt)

176 That's a CYA lawyer who deserves time.

It doesn't say the requirements are now nil, that they have been changed or eliminated. It says they choose to not enforce them.
'Go out, buy some toys, we won't change our minds, honest.'

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 02:09 PM (nqf1u)

The court held that the law is unenforceable as against SilencerCo. The admin will not appeal. The rationale for the ATF official announcement is that - I assume under the principles of equal protection and the recognition of the final judgment - they would easily be similarly enjoined as against all future plaintiffs similarly situated.

In addition, Congress set the taxes on the NFA items to zero, thereby removing the Constitutional authority for the enforcement of the NFA requirements.

Sure, I don't want to be the test case. But the situation is less dire than presented.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv)

177 At bleepingcomputer: "Cyberattack shuts down refrigerators at French supermarkets"

How could anybody notice the difference?

Posted by: gp at October 12, 2026 02:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

178 After all, as one Clancy woman fan said, saying the n word is far worse than murdering three children.

The newest TikTok trend for young women who consider themselves feminist but can't go all the way to being lesbians is to secretly abort all male children as soon as you get a gender scan and just tell the husband it was a miscarriage.

I guess that's good preparation for an Islamic future. Jan and Dean weren't thinking big enough, it'll be 4 girls for every boy.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 12, 2026 02:17 PM (QZThv)

179 Was an amazing trip, though. If you ever get a chance to go to Iceland, just GO.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:39 PM

It's very very expensive. was it worth it yes and I will say you can get the same experience at Yellowstone at a Cheaper cost.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 12, 2026 02:17 PM (ubCxQ)

180 I would never, ever, in a million years, even under duress from murderous Clancy fetishists, vote to convict someone for tax fraud.

Tax fraud is a civic duty.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (BI5O2)

181 Does it then follow that everyone who committed tax fraud while it was imposed should be released from prison?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:15 PM (ZOv7s)

Yes. If that is their only crime.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (dK+Kv)

182 Kids went to Iceland. Had a good time, did not understand a word of what people were saying.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (Gqar8)

183 I thought we were gonna get that song, "Rescue Me."
Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:25 PM (odBC9)

Fontella Bass - Rescue Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFI7eQt3ghI

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (uhVAy)

184 Of course I was snarking with :

Leave the gun, take the canolli.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (KC5Lt)

185 I found my dog on the ranch during December and it was about 40 degrees outside and she is a 15 pound half mini schnauzer and poodle/rat terrier.

She is the best dog I've ever had and it's like the cat distribution system brought me a dog.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (swiwN)

186 The Park Service cleared trees during a golf course renovation project Trump ordered and a federal judge (Ana Reyes) is now screaming mad the work was done in violation of a stand-still she ordered. Apparently, she wants to review the course changes before the Park Service renovates the course.

So that's where we are, a Federal Judge decided the President may not renovate a golf course without her permission.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (dK9lk)

187 I had decent luck with lamb meat and broth for my aged cat.

I am told it's easier on the digestion (for humans at least, making it potentially helpful for women with hyperemesis gravidarium) so I tried it for my cat, and it seemed to help, for a while at least.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 02:12 PM (vJrRc)
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We are giving her canned tuna in water. This started because of a screwup with the prescription food, and we ran out before the store could get it to us. She always loved tuna and we've used it as a treat.

She actually became much healthier, more energetic, sleeker fur, and she is still doing well, but her digestion is just not that great and we figure that's what will do her in. She's 15, so she realistically isn't going to go on much longer. I'm thinking 1-2 years at most.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (ZOv7s)

188
But when we got back home he got out of the car, looked at the house then at me and the biggest smile broke out on his whole body. He knew he was home.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 02:01 PM (viF8m)

******
A Golden? They smile a lot and I love the three we've had.

Granted, two had the love of water bred out of them.

However, our Shelby was the sweetest dog on earth. He was basically a big stuffed and gorgeous doggie who loved to eat. He ate a snack from the vet the minute before he went to heaven from illness. Which nearly killed us both with grief. So much for our waiting for him to stop eating as a sign he was dying...

I don't cry or grieve like a normal person. It is very rare for me to cry as if I do grieve for someone I love it is in private. I cried daily (mostly in private) for Shelby for three weeks. Told well meaning people at work to please not talk about him as I don't do sympathy well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 02:19 PM (hzuYO)

189 Soros and the anti Second Amendment a holes just put over $100 million in donations specifically targeting about 8 seats. The quod pro quo is to roll back all the Second Amendment gains and undermine SCOTUS rulings with legislation. When people vote for Democrats or decide they won’t vote, they should keep that and a bunch of other things in mind. That includes the reason prices are so high to begin with is the hangover from the last time Democrats were in charge. They’re planning on handing out a lot more of your tax money, especially to illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 02:19 PM (jlI90)

190 'I thought we were gonna get that song, "Rescue Me." '

I expected clips from the TV series.

Posted by: gp at October 12, 2026 02:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

191 It doesn't say the requirements are now nil, that they have been changed or eliminated. It says they choose to not enforce them.

Because ATF can't say that. Only Congress can.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 02:20 PM (vTZFs)

192 Well done -

Republican Party of Minnesota
@mngop
STATEMENT FROM MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR ALEX PLECHASH

"Today, federal agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant at Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home as part of an ongoing investigation.

Rather than issue our own statement, we'll defer to Rep. Omar. She said it best back in 2023, when the subject of a criminal investigation was someone else:

'Our democracy rests on the rule of law. When someone—no matter how powerful they are—is suspected of a criminal act, our justice system investigates, charges, and convicts them in accordance with due process.'

'Now it is up to all of us, as citizens and elected leaders, to support accountability and to follow the facts where they lead.'
'No one is above the law.'

We couldn't agree more, Congresswoman. We're sure you still feel the same way now that it's your front door. Minnesotans will be watching closely, and so will we."

###

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 02:20 PM (kX27y)

193 My standard poodle is a little over a year old now. He’s got me pretty well trained.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:21 PM (Gqar8)

194 The newest TikTok trend for young women who consider themselves feminist but can't go all the way to being lesbians is to secretly abort all male children as soon as you get a gender scan and just tell the husband it was a miscarriage.

Posted by: Ian S


How nice that they're confessing this openly to the entire world. Shouldn't be too difficult for their husbands to find their confessions and divorce them for murdering his sons.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 02:21 PM (vJrRc)

195 Yes. If that is their only crime.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (dK+Kv)
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Why?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:21 PM (ZOv7s)

196 >>Sigh...But I am too old, wouldn't be fair to the dog.
Posted by: Diogenes

Mom had a series of dogs at home for 55 years. Lost the last one last year, knew she could not have another, and it bothers her.

B/T/W, she turned 92 yesterday.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 12, 2026 02:22 PM (NcvvS)

197 the prescription food, and we ran out before the store could get it to us. She always loved tuna and we've used it as a treat.

She actually became much healthier, more energetic, sleeker fur, and she is still doing well, but her digestion is just not that great and we figure that's what will do her in. She's 15, so she realistically isn't going to go on much longer. I'm thinking 1-2 years at most.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (ZOv7s)

Try her with some canned salmon and or canned mackerel.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:22 PM (Gqar8)

198 It doesn't say the requirements are now nil, that they have been changed or eliminated. It says they choose to not enforce them.

It's a little stronger-form than that given that by previous SCOTUS ruling those requirements only existed because they're a tax (and it wasn't even Roberts who said so), and the tax was eliminated by Congress in the Big Beautiful Bill.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 12, 2026 02:22 PM (QZThv)

199 193 My standard poodle is a little over a year old now. He’s got me pretty well trained.
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:21 PM

My neighbor had two of those and they were the smartest dogs. She ran them every morning like clockwork rain or shine. Beautiful dogs.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 02:23 PM (swiwN)

200 hyperemesis gravidarium
Likes mixed sun and dry soil.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 02:23 PM (qjOcV)

201 AH Lloyd - I recommend the truluxe Weruva brand soft foods for "tummy upset" times

they're pricy but should be available in most pet stores (and you can order from Weruva online)

we have an allergy kitty and weruva basically saved him. we love their stuff! he still has the prescription food but if it becomes unavailable (which happens) we know he can safely eat certain weruva types

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 02:23 PM (j+aD2)

202 The minute democrats get back in charge they will have the ATF put out a notice that anyone who didn’t register sbr’s and suppressors in the intervening time have a year to do it. Guaranteed.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 02:23 PM (jlI90)

203 Rescue Me Open Thread
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[heaves life ring]

Oh, wait, we're not at sea.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 12, 2026 02:23 PM (XeU6L)

204 Why?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:21 PM (ZOv7s)

Because the NFA is an evil, bad law, just as MAID, in Canada, is an evil, bad law.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:24 PM (quk5M)

205 194 The newest TikTok trend for young women who consider themselves feminist but can't go all the way to being lesbians is to secretly abort all male children as soon as you get a gender scan and just tell the husband it was a miscarriage.


What!!!!!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)

206 Yes. If that is their only crime.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (dK+Kv)
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Why?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:21 PM (ZOv7s)

It serves no purpose.

Would you support continued prosecution of an ongoing case of an individual for state income tax evasion once the law is struck? Why?

If new evidence becomes available for past state income tax evasion AFTER the law is struck, would you support a new prosecution? Why?

What societal purpose does either of those serve?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:24 PM (dK+Kv)

207
Leona Helmsley? Wesley Snipes?

They didn't just starve the beast - they snatched morsels from its slavering jaws until it bit their arms off.

Heros.

*salutes*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 02:25 PM (BI5O2)

208 Kids went to Iceland. Had a good time, did not understand a word of what people were saying.
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (Gqar

——————

Those Icelanders have a different word for everything!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 12, 2026 02:25 PM (u73oe)

209 Some details here:

https://tinyurl.com/3sa8tf3d
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

*********
I guess he was too busy for the fast video of him lying in bed with the flu story. Looking pale and ghastly.

I had the flu for a week and still dragged myself to a new job once I was afebrile.

Granted, I am pale to begin with and looked like a corpse after Influenza B and fevers of 104, but it was not 12 days.

Maybe his covering the lies stories will result in him losing it on camera and hooting like an owl.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 02:25 PM (hzuYO)

210 My neighbor had two of those and they were the smartest dogs. She ran them every morning like clockwork rain or shine. Beautiful dogs.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 02:23 PM (swiwN)

Standard poodles are beautiful dogs, but automatic poodles run themselves.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:25 PM (quk5M)

211 Idaho has a ballot measure for November, trying to figure out which gun is going to become the "State Gun of Idaho",

Winchester 1894 (.30-30)
Winchester 1870 (.44-40)
1873 Colt Peacemaker
M1 Garand
Colt M1911 .45 Automatic
Remington 700 Bolt Action (.30-06)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 02:26 PM (kV76K)

212 MSNow is on Guilfoyle again. Some sort of 'scandal.'

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 02:26 PM (Sco7b)

213 NUDE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

214 Kid said Icelanders were kinda like the Swedish Chef, speechwise.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:27 PM (Gqar8)

215 >>Standard poodles are beautiful dogs, but automatic poodles run themselves.

With standard poodles, 'three on the tree' has multiple meanings.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 12, 2026 02:27 PM (NcvvS)

216 A market in France that was established by King Louis XIII in 1615 has burned to the ground. I'm sure it was just an accident, like the Notre Dame fire.

http://tiny.cc/3jyb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 02:27 PM (mkw2N)

217 Winchester 1894 (.30-30)
Winchester 1870 (.44-40)
1873 Colt Peacemaker
M1 Garand
Colt M1911 .45 Automatic
Remington 700 Bolt Action (.30-06)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 02:26 PM (kV76K)

Winchester 1894 (.30-30), unless there is some Browning ID nexus that puts the 1911 ahead of it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:27 PM (dK+Kv)

218 Our last dog was a rescue.

Out of Virginia, his pads were burned off his paws, he had teeth issues so he could barely eat (he gulped when he ate due to those issues + being starved), and unfortunately, a disease that killed him just months after we got him. He didn't know how to play (talk about sad). The separation anxiety was off-the-charts.

He was the sweetest dog to ever live. He was a lover, not a fighter.

After that experience, Hubby has not wanted another dog (he was our third).

I want to redo our wills and leave all the money not going to my son to a dog rescue. They do yeomen's work.

Posted by: Ann at October 12, 2026 02:27 PM (SHHm+)

219 205 194 The newest TikTok trend for young women who consider themselves feminist but can't go all the way to being lesbians is to secretly abort all male children as soon as you get a gender scan and just tell the husband it was a miscarriage.


What!!!!!!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)

For the Cause!!! Satan smiles.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:28 PM (Gqar8)

220 Try her with some canned salmon and or canned mackerel.
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 02:22 PM (Gqar
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I appreciate the advice and I wish to stress that she seems to be doing fine at the moment, but she is getting up there and no food will make her live forever.

She no longer wakes up before everyone, waiting outside the door for her food. She may not get up until mid-morning, and the days when rattling her food dish saw her scampering into the kitchen are over.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:28 PM (ZOv7s)

221 213 NUDE
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 02:28 PM (odBC9)

222 hyperemesis gravidarium
>>>

I did not know this existed until now. Having looked it up, you'd better believe Mother's Day needs to be a BFD in that home.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 02:29 PM (wVcYX)

223 In an episode of Duck Dynasty, Uncle Si brought a standard Poodle with a French Cut to the duck hunt as a retriever.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:29 PM (KC5Lt)

224 Remember, the NFA was always a tax. It defined itself (and was upheld) as a use of Congress' taxing power, so those who broke it were committed tax evasion.

When the tax was reduced to zero, the regulatory side became moot. It does not necessarily follow that everyone who avoided its requirements and got caught should now go free.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd


Problem being, they were never prosecuted as tax evasion. They were always prosecuted as gun crimes. Sentences received were way out of whack for a $200 tax crime.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 02:31 PM (JDhDw)

225 If I got a dog, it would be a Sub-Standard Poodle.

Posted by: Below Grade Level, Myself at October 12, 2026 02:31 PM (EdP2u)

226 Me too with the suffering animals.

I was depressed yesterday but am fine now. Ralphy needs to be lifted into the house from outside because he's missing steps. He bounces around and doesn't like that even though I carry him up and down steps in the house.

He can still get himself up, goes nuts for food and treats, occasionally chases the cat and I have him on pain pills. So this is just one more small change.

And since he's 40+ pounds, my thighs and butt are solid.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 01:53 PM (Sco7b)

I had a cat that developed that issue - a weakness in the hips that she had to learn to walk again at 16 or 17. When I bought a house there were stairs in it and she always resented being helped up them. She lived to 20 and I knew she was giving up when she stopped trying to go up the steps between floors and onto the bed I had set up.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:32 PM (uhVAy)

227 In an episode of Duck Dynasty, Uncle Si brought a standard Poodle with a French Cut to the duck hunt as a retriever.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 02:29 PM (KC5Lt)

I think they were originally hunting dogs, weren't they?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:33 PM (uhVAy)

228 There was no doubt he was coming home. Lived out the rest of his life being the happiest dog you ever saw.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 02:07 PM

😊

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 02:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

229 When the tax was reduced to zero, the regulatory side became moot. It does not necessarily follow that everyone who avoided its requirements and got caught should now go free.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Yes, actually, it does.

They committed what society now considers a non-crime, what society considers socially acceptable behavior, building a suppressor or rifle with a barrel that is 14.5" instead of the arbitrary 16", without paying the fee/tax/liberty fine/license (call it what you want) that society now considers not constitutionally worthy to assess.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 02:35 PM (dK+Kv)

230 194 The newest TikTok trend for young women who consider themselves feminist but can't go all the way to being lesbians is to secretly abort all male children as soon as you get a gender scan and just tell the husband it was a miscarriage.


What!!!!!!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)

I've heard this jabbered about, less sure it happens in real life. For one thing, this needs a feminist to have a boyfriend.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:36 PM (uhVAy)

231 She actually became much healthier, more energetic, sleeker fur, and she is still doing well, but her digestion is just not that great and we figure that's what will do her in. She's 15, so she realistically isn't going to go on much longer. I'm thinking 1-2 years at most.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 02:18 PM (ZOv7s)


I put down lard for the older cats because hairballs are harder to dislodge the older a cat is. I also supplement the morning wet food with Taurine and Niacin, both of which are essential for cats, and harder to source as they get older.
The two old lady cats are 17 years old, and are still doing well.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 02:49 PM (rbvCR)

232 218
I want to redo our wills and leave all the money not going to my son to a dog rescue. They do yeomen's work.
Posted by: Ann at October 12, 2026 02:27 PM (SHHm+)

House OCiS just redid our wills. We included donations to animal rescue. I love animals more than I do most people and it really bothers me to see abused/neglected animals.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 12, 2026 02:50 PM (N39Ws)

233 Hi Diogenes,

I saw an episode of Pit Bulls & Parolees which featured an older lady who adopted a bully who probably only had a year or two left.

She said that she and her new dog were going to have a ball. The folks at the shelter were thrilled, and so was the dog. The older dogs at adoption facilities typically languish even if they are still quite healthy; most folks want a young dog.

Thought this was worth passing on...

All the best

Posted by: RM at October 12, 2026 06:18 PM (ananP)

DHS Agents Execute a Search Warrant on Ilhan "Omar's" DC Home, Seeking Her Old Immigration Paperwork

Deport.

The home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, was raided early Monday morning by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.

Multiple federal agents with HSI jackets were seen outside Omar's Washington, D.C. home in the early hours of Monday.

Two sources close to the investigation say the search stems from a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child.

The raid of the Somali-born congresswoman's home started around 6 a.m. with HSI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) leading the operation. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is also involved in the investigation.

"Today in the Washington, D.C., area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice. This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal investigation," a DOJ spokesperson told Fox News Digital. The DOJ later added that the investigation was "criminal" in nature.

...

HSI is the principal investigative arm of DHS. Its scope includes investigating cross-border crime and global threats, including human trafficking and child sexual exploitation, drug smuggling and cybercrime. HSI plays a major front-line role in America's counterterrorism operations.

...

During her tenure in Congress, she has been plagued by allegations that she married her brother in 2009 in an alleged immigration fraud scheme.

A federal prosecutor recently told Fox News Digital that the statute of limitations could hinder an investigation into that matter.

I'm taking the day off but I wanted to post this. If something else big comes up I'll post that too.

Hope you're enjoying Columbus Day.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM




Comments

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1 Your heart's beating faster, your blood runs cold.
You're haunted by visions, of the stories they told.
There's a masked assailant, and he's out for you.
When you hear him coming, what you gonna do?

X triple I
Friday night!
The sound of chains, the gleam of The Blade.
Run for your life!

X triple I
Time to die!
He's in your mind, he's creeping up behind
There's nowhere to hide, on a Friday night.

You can feel the tension, building up inside.
By the cover of darkness, as the campfire dies.
He's moving through the shadows - He can smell your fear.
You won't know The Blade's coming, 'till he's there ...

IN FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM (iFTx/)

2 Out!

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 12:11 PM (oqH4h)

3 it's a start

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 12, 2026 12:11 PM (XHO5P)

4 Is something happening?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

5 Fine.
I'll spank her....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:12 PM (Sco7b)

6 Talafreako - I just had the flu.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 12:12 PM (1UOiF)

7 Gitmo

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 12:12 PM (zcI95)

8 Boom

Posted by: Okjohn at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (lBsZb)

9 5 Fine.
I'll spank her....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:12 PM (Sco7b)

Her brother already beat you to it...many, *many* times.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (oPFtC)

10 Nobody wants to go through her underwear drawer.

Posted by: Fed Agent With Blindfold, Clothespin On Nose at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (EdP2u)

11 Nothing will happen ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (+gK6I)

12 10 Nobody wants to go through her underwear drawer.
Posted by: Fed Agent With Blindfold, Clothespin On Nose at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (EdP2u)

Except maybe her brother.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (oPFtC)

13 A federal prosecutor recently told Fox News Digital that the statute of limitations could hinder an investigation into that matter.

>>>>>

Democrats' playbook: Run out the clock.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 12, 2026 12:14 PM (XHO5P)

14 Except maybe her brother.
Posted by: Thrawn at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (oPFtC)


To take to wear as I heard he was gay

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:14 PM (+gK6I)

15
You can feel the tension, building up inside.
By the cover of darkness, as the campfire dies.
He's moving through the shadows - He can smell your fear.
You won't know The Blade's coming, 'till he's there ...

IN FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM (iFTx/)

Running from shadows
Blinded by fear
The horror of nightfall
Is ever so near
I slowly surround you
As terror sets in
Are you afraid of the night?

Posted by: SLAYER at October 12, 2026 12:14 PM (1UOiF)

16 Nooded.

Both CNN and MSNow covered this story this morning. Kind of downplayed it.

CNN was kind of hinting that this was happening so close to the midterms....

We'll wait for the talking heads to sober up and then we'll get the 'Trump is going after his political enemies!!!' lines again, I'm sure.

Oh, one guy on CNN commented how the people going into her place was very intrusive. Not like going through someone's panty drawer......

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:15 PM (Sco7b)

17 Ilhan Omar's whole story is bullshit.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 12:15 PM (hlLS1)

18 >>>I'm taking the day off but I wanted to post this. If something else big comes up I'll post that too.
Hope you're enjoying Columbus Day.

Happy day off, boss.

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 12:15 PM (odBC9)

19 Unfortunately, here's the money quote.

During her tenure in Congress, she has been plagued by allegations that she married her brother in 2009 in an alleged immigration fraud scheme.

A federal prosecutor recently told Fox News Digital that the statute of limitations could hinder an investigation into that matter.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

20 >>The DOJ later added that the investigation was "criminal" in nature.

In the real world, not the Obama/Clinton/Biden clown world, the DOJ only does criminal investigations.

Are you not entertained?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:15 PM (viF8m)

21 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (gSZpL)

22 Unpossible! I was told that nothing will happen.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (u73oe)

23 Red meat in October.

I highly doubt this balloon-head's handlers keep her buried paperwork in her house or her online vineyard or anywhere near her big ol' empty balloon.

But it makes for good copy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (BI5O2)

24 Some people did something.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (VyD10)

25 Nothing will happen.

Sadly, in this case you may be right.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

26 Happy Indigenous People's Day!

You know, when we celebrate the nobility and peaceful gentleness and one-ness with nature of barbaric raping savages and human-sacrificing cannibals that had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the civilized age by evil white colonial Europeans.

Let's all raise a toast to the better, earlier days of Indigenous People when it didn't rain and the Chief grabbed some naked 9-year-old girl, raped her, and cut her heart out on an alter and then ate it.

Good times!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)

27 22 Unpossible! I was told that nothing will happen.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (u73oe)

Where'd you pick that up?

21 Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The person who always says that at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (gSZpL)

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 12:17 PM (odBC9)

28 A federal prosecutor* recently told Fox News Digital that the statute of limitations could hinder an investigation into that matter.
---
Fraud generally tolls the running of limitations.

But also, I don't think there is limitations in immigration fraud?

*has he prosecuted immigration fraud? Is he a Democrat? Why should I believe him without this information?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 12:17 PM (3cUTc)

29
Biggest rumored finding so far:


A pile of hundreds of unwashed, skid marked panties thrown in the back of her clothes closet.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 12:17 PM (YSUhf)

30 11 Nothing will happen ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (+gK6I)

21 Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The person who always says that at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (gSZpL

)22 Unpossible! I was told that nothing will happen.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (u73oe)

Beat you both... What do I win ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:17 PM (+gK6I)

31
Talafreako - I just had the flu.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 12:12 PM (1UOiF)


And I totally didn't fly to a low-key mental institution in Ohio.....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 12:18 PM (iqcvy)

32 Did they find her secret diary?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 12:18 PM (wVcYX)

33 Dudes! It's lunch time.

Let's all raise a toast to the better, earlier days of Indigenous People when it didn't rain and the Chief grabbed some naked 9-year-old girl, raped her, and cut her heart out on an alter and then ate it.


Biggest rumored finding so far:
A pile of hundreds of unwashed, skid marked panties thrown in the back of her clothes closet.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

34 Has "Nothing to see here" guy been by yet?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 12:19 PM (JDhDw)

35 A federal prosecutor recently told Fox News Digital that the statute of limitations could hinder an investigation into that matter.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)


Probably why it was timed for now.
50 Quatloos says she was warned in advance.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 12, 2026 12:19 PM (2WIwB)

36 I'd be surprised if Omar, even as dumb as she is, kept any of these documents the authorities are looking for.

If the whole case hinges on those...

Sometimes I have to wonder.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 12:19 PM (RORbl)

37 Has "Nothing to see here" guy been by yet?

No, but "We aren't voting our way out of this" was just here.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

38 If her father claimed an inaccurate birth date with the intention of defrauding, then I guess, at worst, she might be accused as an accessory of some sort. So this is pretty weak sauce.

Unless, they then can also then prove she married her brother in an attempt to defraud, again. And, then further, maybe can also prove she claimed to be a part of a family she was in fact unrelated to when she filled out her naturalization papers.

Maybe it all adds up somehow to a pattern of behavior and she can be denaturalized.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 12:20 PM (ntjRb)

39 I highly doubt this balloon-head's handlers keep her buried paperwork in her house or her online vineyard or anywhere near her big ol' empty balloon.
--
Criminals are very stupid.
Paper-crime criminals too often do keep proof of their crimes.
And they're not going to trust anyone else with them, so they keep them close.

Like, I'll bet they kept their original documents from Somalia--which prove their family and birth dates--"just in case we ever have to go back."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 12:20 PM (3cUTc)

40 Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The person who always says that at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (gSZpL)


All the Dems in Congress and in state offices will start agitating to prevent her being investigated, just in time for the election season in which immigration fraud is a really big issue.

Nothing may happen, but they can either acquiesce to the criminal investigation and look dirty, or fight it and look complicit.

In chess this is called a fork

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

41

SHE'S BLACK DAMMIT!

HASN'T SHE SUFFERED ENOUGH!!!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 12, 2026 12:20 PM (VuTBl)

42 Must be something else... She came here as a child and her Father filled out the papers... Maybe marrying your brother is creepy but would that be deportable ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:20 PM (+gK6I)

43
A pile of hundreds of unwashed, skid marked panties thrown in the back of her clothes closet.

Posted by: naturalfake

Thanks, endeavouring mightily to digest my luncheon repast here.

Posted by: Kweasy Mfume... at October 12, 2026 12:20 PM (EdP2u)

44 I am was born within the borders of North America. Therefore I claim I'm an indigenous person. Happy indigenous person day to me.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 12, 2026 12:20 PM (VyD10)

45 Happy Indigenous People's Day!



Makes me feel like running a herd of bison off a cliff.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 12:20 PM (JDhDw)

46 You can feel the tension, building up inside.
By the cover of darkness, as the campfire dies.
He's moving through the shadows - He can smell your fear.
You won't know The Blade's coming, 'till he's there ...

IN FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM (iFTx/)

Running from shadows
Blinded by fear
The horror of nightfall
Is ever so near
I slowly surround you
As terror sets in
Are you afraid of the night?
Posted by: SLAYER at October 12, 2026 12:14 PM (1UOiF)
__________

Don't torment me, bro!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

47 30 11 Nothing will happen ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (+gK6I)

21 Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The person who always says that at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (gSZpL

)22 Unpossible! I was told that nothing will happen.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (u73oe)

Beat you both... What do I win ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:17 PM (+gK6I)

That question mark was a bit confusing, donna. Wasn't sure what it might imply.

!!!

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 12:21 PM (odBC9)

48 Ha ha, Somali warlord spawn.

Hope this is inconvenient to the Commie DFL party in MN, adding to other negative stories trickling out...

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at October 12, 2026 12:21 PM (K7v1x)

49 Hope you're enjoying Columbus Day.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Back at you ACE!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 12:21 PM (NnhvP)

50 No, but "We aren't voting our way out of this" was just here.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)


In before "I am going to bitch about this endlessly on the internet" guys get here!!!

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 12:21 PM (rbvCR)

51 A federal judge, in the cesspool of DC no less, approved it, so obviously the warrant is as pure as the wind-driven snow, right?

That was how the raid on Trump's Florida home was sold, yes?

Posted by: Thrawn at October 12, 2026 12:21 PM (oPFtC)

52
Happy Indigenous People's Day!

You know, when we celebrate the nobility and peaceful gentleness and one-ness with nature of barbaric raping savages and human-sacrificing cannibals that had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the civilized age by evil white colonial Europeans.

Let's all raise a toast to the better, earlier days of Indigenous People when it didn't rain and the Chief grabbed some naked 9-year-old girl, raped her, and cut her heart out on an alter and then ate it.

Good times!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)




Last year I got some great deals at an Indigenous People's Day blanket sale event.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 12:21 PM (iqcvy)

53 37 Has "Nothing to see here" guy been by yet?

No, but "We aren't voting our way out of this" was just here.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

Where?

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 12:22 PM (odBC9)

54 Nothing may happen, but they can either acquiesce to the criminal investigation and look dirty, or fight it and look complicit.

In chess this is called a fork
Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 12:20 PM (rbvCR)

When you come to a fork in the road, take it!

Posted by: Stuff Yogi Berra said, Vol I at October 12, 2026 12:22 PM (wVcYX)

55 "A federal prosecutor recently told Fox News Digital that the statute of limitations could hinder an investigation into that matter..."
----------------------------------------
Seems like I recall that any action in furtherence of a conspiracy starts the SOL running again. I think they tried that on Trump. So, maybe running for Congress would toll the statute? C'mon DOJ, do your job and come up with something!

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 12:22 PM (sFNX2)

56 Let's all raise a toast to the better, earlier days of Indigenous People when it didn't rain and the Chief grabbed some naked 9-year-old girl, raped her, and cut her heart out on an alter and then ate it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

Again, to paraphrase one of the greatest half-black, gay Presidents in America.

"We won, you lost. Deal with it.
Now...I'll split the eights."

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:23 PM (Sco7b)

57 A federal prosecutor recently told Fox News Digital that the statute of limitations could hinder an investigation into that matter.

Considering a DC judge signed off, it's likely not outside or near the limitations, meaning something more recent.

?? Sponsoring other clan members with family-member claim?? Conversations with fraudsters?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 12:23 PM (nEUC6)

58 A pile of hundreds of unwashed, skid marked panties thrown in the back of her clothes closet.

Posted by: naturalfake
***

With the odor and all the flies, it reminds her of home.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 12, 2026 12:23 PM (2WIwB)

59 Hope you're enjoying Columbus Day.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace


If hurricane Rachel had not diverted to Las Vegas, it would have been hitting Oregon about now. Making it Columbus Day Storm II, the Wreckening!

(The Columbus Day Storm hit Oregon on Columbus day in 1962, we are due another one)

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 12:23 PM (rbvCR)

60 She has balloon head!

Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle at October 12, 2026 12:23 PM (wVcYX)

61 Seems like I recall that any action in furtherence of a conspiracy starts the SOL running again. I think they tried that on Trump. So, maybe running for Congress would toll the statute? C'mon DOJ, do your job and come up with something!
Posted by: Martin Tell

Zzzzzzz.....

Posted by: GOPe at October 12, 2026 12:24 PM (zcI95)

62 And what ever happened to White sales? I miss those.

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

63 We are again being distracted from the Epstien files.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 12:24 PM (hlLS1)

64 >>>
In the real world, not the Obama/Clinton/Biden clown world, the DOJ only does criminal investigations.

Are you not entertained?

Posted by: JackStraw
---

Watching her board an extradition flight to Somalia will bring joy to my heart. Until then ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:24 PM (nqf1u)

65 Just a reminder.

>>Minnesota ‘Squad’ Rep. Ilhan Omar knew about $250M COVID meal fraud, scheme ‘mastermind’ claims in jailhouse interview

>>The Minnesota “mastermind” of the state’s massive COVID meal fraud claims “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar was in on the $250 million scam.

https://tinyurl.com/mr428jm9

Chickens be roosting.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:25 PM (viF8m)

66
Criminals are very stupid.
Paper-crime criminals too often do keep proof of their crimes.
And they're not going to trust anyone else with them, so they keep them close.

Like, I'll bet they kept their original documents from Somalia--which prove their family and birth dates--"just in case we ever have to go back."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 12:20 PM (3cUTc)



Oops. We had a warrant to search for immigration documents, but found reams of documents related to fraudulent Learing Centers....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 12:25 PM (iqcvy)

67 This could be investigation into the "vineyard" business she and hubby claimed to be running. The sudden shift in valuation may have been enough for probable cause warrant.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 12:25 PM (sFNX2)

68 With the odor and all the flies, it reminds her of home.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 12, 2026 12:23 PM (2WIwB)

You had to be there. Damn that place stunk to high hell.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 12:25 PM (hlLS1)

69 "Two sources close to the investigation say the search stems from a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child."

Note the phrasing. The raid was done in connection with an investigation into the immigration paperwork, but the raid itself wasn't necessarily to seize that paperwork. Like most searches, it was almost certainly much broader.

They got some judge to sign off on this, so it must have some legitimacy. Do I think anything will happen? No, I don't. But put this clitless cunt through the ringer. The process is the punishment.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

70 I am was born within the borders of North America. Therefore I claim I'm an indigenous person. Happy indigenous person day to me.

Bessent has taken to just plain mockery of Lieawatha. It's hilarious.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent decided to answer dozens of letters from the screaming harpy known as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), of the tribe of lefty lunatics, and expose her as a laughingstock at the same time.

Bessent genially informed Warren that her October 7 missive "adds to the mounting body of evidence of your complete paucity of knowledge about financial markets." He noted sadly that rather "than take my suggestion of studying introductory economics, you have continued your letter-writing crusade and participation in tabloid fodder about the Treasury Department."

The best part of this particular rant against Warren, as Catherine goes on to note, was when he signed off by writing, "Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day in advance to you and your family."

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

71 Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:25 PM (viF8m)


Yes... This is why I think it's not the initial entry into the US

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:27 PM (+gK6I)

72 62 And what ever happened to White sales? I miss those.

Posted by: Kindltot
-

Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea
I miss Thursday coupon day in the newspaper.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:27 PM (nqf1u)

73 From the Alpha news article about the investigation:

"Minnesota Secretary of State does not verify citizenship status of candidates"

I'm sorry... WHAT?!

https://tinyurl.com/4f6w93rm

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 12, 2026 12:27 PM (Wt5PA)

74 This could be investigation into the "vineyard" business she and hubby claimed to be running. The sudden shift in valuation may have been enough for probable cause warrant.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 12:25 PM (sFNX2)


HSI would probably not be in on that one, Treasury might, especially ATF if there is indication that federal taxes on alcohol weren't paid.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 12:27 PM (rbvCR)

75 I think this is really just some political harassment since she's such a bitch. Probably a backroom deal being made with the (D) leadership to rope her in for a while.

Even as political theater this is bullshit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 12:27 PM (RORbl)

76 A pile of hundreds of unwashed, skid marked panties thrown in the back of her clothes closet.
---
muslims don't wear underwear because they wipe with their left hand.

The whole "sloshing water all over themselves" ritual prior to prayer is to loosen and remove the dingleberries.

No, I'm not really exaggerating.
Most of you have no idea how baseline disgusting the muslim is.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 12:27 PM (3cUTc)

77 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Soon to be Flaming Skull worthy?

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 12:27 PM (uhARi)

78 Last year I got some great deals at an Indigenous People's Day blanket sale event.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

The obsidian knife set is great!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 12:28 PM (zcI95)

79 Oh no this might radicalize Muslims.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 12:28 PM (a5PYP)

80 Truth is, Somali ladies wear panties with the months of the year on them.

Posted by: Currently Serving October at October 12, 2026 12:28 PM (EdP2u)

81 What a great thing to wake up to!

Now invade her MN home for the big jihad package!

I want her and her Somolian ick gone.

DEPORT! And take your thieving pirates with ye!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:29 PM (hzuYO)

82 Did they find her secret diary?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 12:18 PM (wVcYX)


Rumored findings in her secret diary:

Tens of pages scattered throughout with the words:

"I am the Catherine the Great of Goats" written in glitter with pink hearts drawn all around.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 12:29 PM (YSUhf)

83 "Two sources close to the investigation say the search stems from a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child."

Note the phrasing. The raid was done in connection with an investigation into the immigration paperwork, but the raid itself wasn't necessarily to seize that paperwork. Like most searches, it was almost certainly much broader.


IANAL, but doesn't any material they discover have to be related to the reason for the original search?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

84
I want her and her Somolian ick gone.

DEPORT! And take your thieving pirates with ye!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:29 PM (hzuYO)

ARRRRR

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:30 PM (+gK6I)

85 Afternoon Ace.
Omar's father was one of Said Barre's henchmen. He was responsible for the death of thousands in the area known as "Somaliland". Eff Omar and her family. And the horse they rode in on, if they didn't eat it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 12:30 PM (pJE7g)

86 Omar's brother went back to the UK, correct?. The best rumor I heard about that fake marriage is the family arranged it to get him here to try to end his homosexuality. Imagine thinking that a forced, fake marriage to his sister was going to be helpful in getting him to stop having gay sex.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 12, 2026 12:31 PM (CFj4+)

87 Zombieland > Somaliland

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 12:31 PM (a5PYP)

88 Afternoon Ace.
Omar's father was one of Said Barre's henchmen. He was responsible for the death of thousands in the area known as "Somaliland". Eff Omar and her family. And the horse they rode in on, if they didn't eat it
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Animals!

Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at October 12, 2026 12:32 PM (zcI95)

89 Schlichter on Omar and politically-motivated searches:

https://tinyurl.com/626wee9r

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

90 @86 it worked for Rock Hudson. Oh, wait...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 12:32 PM (pJE7g)

91 "Two sources close to the investigation say the search stems from a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child."

Note the phrasing. The raid was done in connection with an investigation into the immigration paperwork, but the raid itself wasn't necessarily to seize that paperwork. Like most searches, it was almost certainly much broader.

IANAL, but doesn't any material they discover have to be related to the reason for the original search?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)
_______

Yes and no. The warrant is probably more broadly worded.

Plus, there's the "plain view" doctrine that allows anything in "plain view" to be seized and used. "Yea, we were looking for her original birth certificate, but lo and behold look what was just sitting there in plain view!"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

92 "74. HSI would probably not be in on that one, Treasury might, especially ATF if there is indication that federal taxes on alcohol weren't paid."
---------------------------------------------
If "vineyard" laundering scheme proceeds were going to terrorist orgs (just a (likely) thought), HSI might very well be involved. The immigration angle may just be faulty inference to latch onto anti-ICE sentiment. It is 'lection season, ya know.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 12:32 PM (sFNX2)

93 I'm sure she has intact incriminating paperwork just laying around on a desk somewhere, as opposed to having burnt it all to ashes years ago.

But hey - the process is the punishment, right? So here's to a lengthy, intrusive, all-encompassing, thorough processing.

Posted by: weew at October 12, 2026 12:32 PM (9TspW)

94 just deport her ass and ask forgiveness later

think about how that will look to foreign nationals here who are thinking they will vote illegally

I believe it would have a chilling effect!

so, good.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 12:33 PM (j+aD2)

95 Omar's brother went back to the UK, correct?. The best rumor I heard about that fake marriage is the family arranged it to get him here to try to end his homosexuality. Imagine thinking that a forced, fake marriage to his sister was going to be helpful in getting him to stop having gay sex.

Still, it could be a promising treatment.

Posted by: The Gayatollah at October 12, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

96 >>Watching her board an extradition flight to Somalia will bring joy to my heart. Until then ...

It's Roctober. The season of surprises right before elections. There's a Senate seat up for grabs in Minnesota and believe it or not it's a tossup right now.

Peggy Flanagan, the unctuous and despicable Lt. Gov under Walz is up to her smart girl glasses in the unending corruption in Minnesota with the lightbulb heads and a joke of a Senate candidate. This is a torpedo under the waterline.

We finally have an administration that fights.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:33 PM (viF8m)

97 87 Zombieland > Somaliland
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 12:31 PM (a5PYP)

Somaliland is an interesting place separate of Somalia.. I read they are fans of Trump

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:33 PM (+gK6I)

98 Leftist peeps in my nabe are adorning the left wing political signs to Halloween decorations. I guess that’s the new hot thing to do?

It’s funny cuz just a few years ago Halloween was getting cancelled due to racism and such.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 12:34 PM (a5PYP)

99 I realize I am being greedy, but now I want a mug shot of her head without a turban.

I saw a photo once. Unsure if it was photoshopped (before AI), but her head appeared to have patches of armpit hair superglued to her pear shaped Somolian pate.

(Pate for top of head... is not goose liver, altho it may resemble Somilian's head shape if molded. I think due to inbreeding).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:35 PM (hzuYO)

100 Watching her board an extradition flight to Somalia will bring joy to my heart. Until then ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:24 PM (nqf1u)

Put her and her fellow Somali fraudsters on a C-17 and fly them direct from MSP to Mogadishu.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 12:35 PM (1UOiF)

101 Brofo no mo?

Hope so.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 12:35 PM (dK+Kv)

102 "Minnesota Secretary of State does not verify citizenship status of candidates"

I'm sorry... WHAT?!

https://tinyurl.com/4f6w93rm
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 12, 2026 12:27 PM (Wt5PA)
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I'm willing to bet MN isn't the only state like that. We probably have a ton of illegals in public offices in CA, IL, NY, NJ, etc...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 12:35 PM (FZ29D)

103 OT but that ambush attack on Philadelphia police in West Philly was a hate crime

he called something in, shot (killed one) the cops that came to help him (from up in a tree) then ran down a nearby alley and called in that a cop was down, to continue to shoot at responding officers

he shot 12 officers total, killing one.

he told a black female officer he was only shooting white officers, so she was safe

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 12, 2026 12:36 PM (j+aD2)

104 But hey - the process is the punishment, right? So here's to a lengthy, intrusive, all-encompassing, thorough processing.
Posted by: weew


If the situation was reversed, a dem admin would use the pretext of prior allegations to force interviews with the target in order to prosecute a set of procedural crimes. See Martha Stewart, Flynn, Giuliani, etc.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 12:37 PM (nEUC6)

105 >>>Omar's brother went back to the UK, correct?. The best rumor I heard about that fake marriage is the family arranged it to get him here to try to end his homosexuality. Imagine thinking that a forced, fake marriage to his sister was going to be helpful in getting him to stop having gay sex.

Marriage to BroFo turned him nuclear gar. Super hero level gay.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 12:37 PM (dK+Kv)

106 > Note the phrasing. The raid was done in connection with an investigation into the immigration paperwork, but the raid itself wasn't necessarily to seize that paperwork. Like most searches, it was almost certainly much broader.

When I read they were looking for her paperwork, my first question was, "Why would they need her paperwork?" Whatever she submitted to the government is not in her possession and it's what prosecutors would base any criminal charges on." I'm not a lawyer though. It seems obvious to me they're looking for more than that.

Or possibly they're looking for the same paperwork with different information on it to compare and contrast with the submitted paperwork? Maybe they could use earlier copies with truthful information on it to prove the submitted paperwork was knowingly fraudulently attested to?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)

107 She married Talarico.

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

108 >>"Minnesota Secretary of State does not verify citizenship status of candidates"

>>I'm sorry... WHAT?!

Did you know Minnesota has a "vouching law"?

It means that a registered voter can "vouch" for multiple people as being valid citizens and eligible to vote. Up to 8 people.

I shit you not. That's what passes for elections in Minnesota.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:39 PM (viF8m)

109 Let's see if they seize her personal computer.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 12, 2026 12:40 PM (DbmIv)

110 Zombieland > Somaliland
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 12:31 PM (a5PYP)

Somaliland is an interesting place separate of Somalia.. I read they are fans of Trump
Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:33 PM (+gK6I)
______

The Somaliland government has been actively trying to entice Trump into trade deals and for help in getting formal international recognition for the country.

While Somaliland split off from Somalia a few decades ago, and has functioned independently since, it's not formally recognized as a sovereign nation.

Why not? Mostly because it's far more democratic, economically successful, and more "western" than the radioactive dumpster fire known as Somalia. By Muslim standards, Somaliland is a western democracy.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

111 Somaliland is the former British Somalia. It's the part of Somalia that faces the Arabian peninsula. It's stable and relatively pro West, recognized as independent by Israel. They've offered us basing rights in return for recognition

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 12:40 PM (pJE7g)

112 Well it would be something if she was actually charged.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 12:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

113 Isn't it strange that some of us here, seemed to know about this whole thing for YEARS? Yet law enforcement is only looking at it NOW?

It's almost like the US Government, and especially Police, don't work for US, but only those in power.

But that's just crazy talk...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 12:41 PM (mP0Kj)

114 Somaliland is the former British Somalia. It's the part of Somalia that faces the Arabian peninsula. It's stable and relatively pro West, recognized as independent by Israel. They've offered us basing rights in return for recognition

But...but...but then we'd lose access to Somalia's vast treasure trove of...

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:41 PM (Riz8t)

115 @109 Omar's PC would have lots and lots of goat pron

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 12:42 PM (pJE7g)

116 108
I shit you not. That's what passes for elections in Minnesota.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:39 PM (viF8m

Do we expect something different from Keith Ellison?

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 12:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

117 Has Omar responded to this outrage or is she at the mental health place in Ohio?

Maybe this is the Dim safe house.

The lady who answered the phone to the reporter about Talarico is probably without a job today. Someone needs to start a gofundme for her.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:43 PM (hzuYO)

118
Omar's father was one of Said Barre's henchmen.

The exercise king?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 12:43 PM (Cqx++)

119 Curious if Ms. Omar’s husband would go back to Somalia with her.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 12:44 PM (ZdaMQ)

120 Note the phrasing. The raid was done in connection with an investigation into the immigration paperwork, but the raid itself wasn't necessarily to seize that paperwork. Like most searches, it was almost certainly much broader.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

My thought as well. She had some $30M in personal/marital valuation that went up in smoke once people started asking questions. Divest her of ill-gotten gains and ship her skinny, hateful ass back to the country and let the tribes sort her out.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 12:44 PM (dK+Kv)

121 I'm sure this turban-headed, nasty piece of work thinks she's untouchable as it is. I'd be surprised if there was anything incriminating in her home. It's probably stashed in 100 other places, including back in her dunghole of a home in Somalia.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 12:44 PM (qBdHI)

122 > Did you know Minnesota has a "vouching law"?
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I think California does too. Their "valid signature" is a joke too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 12:45 PM (RORbl)

123
The lady who answered the phone to the reporter about Talarico is probably without a job today. Someone needs to start a gofundme for her.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:43 PM (hzuYO)

Odd.. Not true according to the hospital so what's the story ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:45 PM (+gK6I)

124 Note the phrasing. The raid was done in connection with an investigation into the immigration paperwork, but the raid itself wasn't necessarily to seize that paperwork. Like most searches, it was almost certainly much broader.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)


This is why you are my personal attorney. 😂

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 12:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

125 We finally have an administration that fights.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:33 PM (viF8m)

Raid her attorneys, too, and seize all her privileged communications.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 12:46 PM (dK+Kv)

126 This is all just a distraction from the Obama birth certificate.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 12:46 PM (wVcYX)

127 I thought ilhan came here as the daughter of other people. Her father was a warlord so he gave his kids over to another couple to come here under different names. I think she married her brother because he’s gay and would have been killed if he had stayed but this happened much later on in life. So she’s been a fraud her entire life.

Posted by: Jaimo at October 12, 2026 12:46 PM (sOA7y)

128 Omar's father was one of Said Barre's henchmen.

The exercise king?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

No, that was me!

Posted by: Vic Tanny's Ghost at October 12, 2026 12:46 PM (EdP2u)

129 The lady who answered the phone to the reporter about Talarico is probably without a job today. Someone needs to start a gofundme for her.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:43 PM (hzuYO)

What's the story behind this? I missed it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 12:47 PM (dK+Kv)

130 > Note the phrasing. The raid was done in connection with an investigation into the immigration paperwork, but the raid itself wasn't necessarily to seize that paperwork. Like most searches, it was almost certainly much broader.
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As I said upthread... if this whole thing relies on "paperwork" it's doomed to failure. As corrupt as this bitch is, her handlers would certainly have made sure there's no papertrail for any of her illegal activities.

They'd like to remain on the payroll too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 12:48 PM (RORbl)

131 deport

deport

deport

deport the fucking lot

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 12:48 PM (3mtzY)

132 Or possibly they're looking for the same paperwork with different information on it to compare and contrast with the submitted paperwork? Maybe they could use earlier copies with truthful information on it to prove the submitted paperwork was knowingly fraudulently attested to?
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)


She would be in a perfect position to enable illegal immigration from Somalia and wherever the losers of the last major rebellion wound up as refugees, and that sort of patronage requires keeping track of who owes big favors and how they are paying off the debt.

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

133 When I read they were looking for her paperwork, my first question was, "Why would they need her paperwork?" Whatever she submitted to the government is not in her possession and it's what prosecutors would base any criminal charges on." I'm not a lawyer though. It seems obvious to me they're looking for more than that.

Or possibly they're looking for the same paperwork with different information on it to compare and contrast with the submitted paperwork? Maybe they could use earlier copies with truthful information on it to prove the submitted paperwork was knowingly fraudulently attested to?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)

She is also implicated in the learing center fraud schemes, and her personal wealth is likely kickbacks from such schemes and running interference for same.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 12:49 PM (dK+Kv)

134 >>I think California does too. Their "valid signature" is a joke too.

It's literally against California law to ask for an ID to vote.

Nobody has any idea who is actually voting in California which is just how they want it.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:49 PM (viF8m)

135 Beat you both... What do I win ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:17 PM (+gK6I)
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Happenstance.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2026 12:50 PM (Sk2hR)

136
Nobody has any idea who is actually voting in California which is just how they want it.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:49 PM (viF8m)

Yup.. It's strictly by mail which equals easy fraud...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:50 PM (+gK6I)

137 I'm sure this turban-headed, nasty piece of work thinks she's untouchable as it is. I'd be surprised if there was anything incriminating in her home. It's probably stashed in 100 other places, including back in her dunghole of a home in Somalia.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 12:44 PM (qBdHI)

She's a retarded cutout for money launderers. Picture Philip Green in "Casino," but where the only points-shaving was done by her cousin/parents, and it was IQ.

Her Justice Democrat handlers have her paperwork under lock & key, both to protect her and intimidate her.

But still... it's fun. The game is the game.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 12:50 PM (BI5O2)

138 Monday sucks worst for ilie omar OR da Washatonian commandoes.

Posted by: jondoe toetag at October 12, 2026 12:50 PM (ehY6c)

139 What's the story behind this? I missed it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 12:47 PM (dK+Kv)
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Several people had the audio of a reporter calling a mental health place in Ohio, asking if Telarico was there. She said he was discharged that day.

A private plane was tracked going to the airport in Hamilton, OH. Stayed til the next morning and landed a bit before Howdy Doody showed up at a festival in TX.

I much prefer the story of him losing his mind and calling a black man the n word at a grocery store, but whatever.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:50 PM (hzuYO)

140 The movie Digger is on it's way to becoming the biggest box office flop in Hollywood history.

Or so I read.

Is Heaven's Gate still the record-holder? I stopped following Hollywood news years ago.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 12:50 PM (J4Dwc)

141
The warrant is probably limited to immigration related items, not any other crimes they come across while looking for them.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 12:50 PM (OkYzo)

142 Well, some Judge in DC signed off on this so there must be something...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:51 PM (+gK6I)

143 What's the story behind this? I missed it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,


@nicksortor got some info that Talerico checked into a mental clinic in Ohio during his 12 day absence from the campaign. Nick claims he contacted someone at the facility and she said he was there. The facility tweeted that he had not 'been treated' there, so the lefties were screeching about slanderous misinformation. However,

@CommissionerPW
Of course he didn’t receive treatment FROM Linder Center of HOPE, as that is just the facility where people would receive treatment.

People there get treatment FROM (wait for it)…

“Lindner Center of Hope Professional Associates” A separate 501c3 that has the following mission statement on its Form 990 for 2024–

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 12:51 PM (nEUC6)

144 The FBI has officially served Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey with subpoenas in the criminal investigation into them conspiring to impede ICE operations

https://tinyurl.com/2tay3xa5

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 12:51 PM (dkM11)

145 Should know, but don't, but can't believe there is a statute of limitations in laws governing immigration process and naturalization. I believe some of the high-profile deportations of former Nazi camp guards/etc were based on just this - fraud in the naturalization process. Some of these were decades after the events.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 12, 2026 12:52 PM (U/Byj)

146
Word is that Talarico was at a sex reassignment clinic getting his Hymen reattached.

Posted by: Rumor Mill at October 12, 2026 12:52 PM (OkYzo)

147 Hopefully they didn't find any videos of her FGM. Nobody wants to look at clit clippings

Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 12, 2026 12:53 PM (0sNs1)

148 *its

fuk

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 12:53 PM (J4Dwc)

149 Note the phrasing. The raid was done in connection with an investigation into the immigration paperwork, but the raid itself wasn't necessarily to seize that paperwork. Like most searches, it was almost certainly much broader.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)


This is why you are my personal attorney. 😂
Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 12:46 PM (ZdaMQ)
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The Blade, he is always here to help. He is good like that, that Blade.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

150 140 The movie Digger is on it's way to becoming the biggest box office flop in Hollywood history.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 12:50 PM (J4Dwc)

I'm forever running scripts and by my computer but 'Disclosure Day' by Spielberg is on Amazon Prime Canada free now. Didn't that come out like a month ago?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:54 PM (Sco7b)

151 >>The FBI has officially served Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey with subpoenas in the criminal investigation into them conspiring to impede ICE operations

See?

Whoop Ass Can status.

Opened.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:54 PM (viF8m)

152 Ten years ago I would have been outraged.

Now I just spam a wall of all of the Democrats cheering the ridiculous raid on Trump and screaming NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW.

Enjoy the new normal, liberal assholes. The difference is we're not going to pretend the left aren't committing ACTUAL crimes.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 12, 2026 12:54 PM (setIA)

153 Odd.. Not true according to the hospital so what's the story ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:45 PM (+gK6I)

Look at your calendar.

It's October. The Bullshit Month.

The game is the game.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)

154
This is why you are my personal attorney. 😂
Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 12:46 PM (ZdaMQ)


Mine too... Pro Bono of course

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:54 PM (+gK6I)

155 147 Hopefully they didn't find any videos of her FGM. Nobody wants to look at clit clippings
Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 12, 2026 12:53 PM (0sNs1)


LOL. Someone's new to the internet.
Welcome.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:54 PM (Sco7b)

156

Michele Tafoya (R) distances herself from President Trump and her party in new ad

“I'm a pro-choice Republican, I'm not afraid to stand up to my party. When Trump is right, I'll work with him. When he's wrong, I'll stand up for Minnesota.”

https://t.ly/Dh2jr

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 12:55 PM (Cqx++)

157 145 Should know, but don't, but can't believe there is a statute of limitations in laws governing immigration process and naturalization. I believe some of the high-profile deportations of former Nazi camp guards/etc were based on just this - fraud in the naturalization process. Some of these were decades after the events.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 12, 2026 12:52 PM (U/Byj)
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Additionally, aren't there mitigating circumstances with statutes of limitation where additional acts by the person of interest 'resets the clock' on the given statutes?

Posted by: another anon at October 12, 2026 12:55 PM (4h45B)

158
Odd.. Not true according to the hospital so what's the story ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:45 PM (+gK6I)

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Dunno,but I heard the audio.

It may or may not be a major HIPPA violation, so I'd be denying as well if I was head of the mental health place. In the ED of the med center, names were only seen by staff, for example. Traumas were given fake names on admission.

I found this: Verified Callers / Consent: Staff may share specific details or confirm a patient's presence/status if the caller’s identity is properly verified and the patient has authorized it (or if permitted via emergency/professional judgment rules).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:56 PM (hzuYO)

159 The left then: NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW

The left now: You know this is a sitting congresswoman. You can't just arrest her even if she maybe made a mistake on her paperwork

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)

160 Michele Tafoya (R) distances herself from President Trump and her party in new ad

Nothing new... She's been clear about that...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:56 PM (+gK6I)

161 Ask any Somali you happen to see:

"What's the best policy?"

"Lie your ass off, you see!"

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 12:56 PM (wVcYX)

162 Still like the video of Omar yelling about another Somali clan in Minnesota. They had helped Frey get reelected over her clan member Omar Fateh. "These people must be destroyed" hence gun battles between clans

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 12:57 PM (pJE7g)

163 > The FBI has officially served Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey with subpoenas in the criminal investigation into them conspiring to impede ICE operations
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Grok

@grok
·
1h
The subpoenas to the offices of Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and others were served by the DOJ on January 20, 2026, as part of a probe into alleged interference with ICE operations. A federal judge quashed them in June 2026, ruling they were an abuse of process. The post recirculates old footage as "breaking."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 12:57 PM (RORbl)

164 I'm forever running scripts and by my computer but 'Disclosure Day' by Spielberg is on Amazon Prime Canada free now. Didn't that come out like a month ago?
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:54 PM (Sco7b)

In June.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 12:57 PM (1UOiF)

165 >>> 144 The FBI has officially served Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey with subpoenas in the criminal investigation into them conspiring to impede ICE operations

https://tinyurl.com/2tay3xa5
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 12:51 PM (dkM11)

SMH!!!

*points and laughs at Timmeh and his Boi Blunder*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 12:57 PM (3mtzY)

166

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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BREAKING: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) responds to federal raid of her DC home this morning. The search warrant was approved by a federal judge & sources tell
@FoxNews
it is in connection to an ongoing criminal investigation into potential immigration fraud, including the immigration
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Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN
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55m
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 12:58 PM (kX27y)

167 Hopefully they didn't find any videos of her FGM. Nobody wants to look at clit clippings
Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 12, 2026 12:53 PM (0sNs1)
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She was elite near-royalty and probably never had it done. FGM is for the peasants, you know.

Incredibly, the one issue she's on the right side of is FGM. She is vocally against it, quite strongly.

Islam to the Muslim elite is like communism: it's more a tool to oppress and control the lower-class peons and scumbags than it is any set binding of binding rules on the elite.

I'm sure the majority of elite Muslims are feasting on pork, drinking expensive booze, and enjoying the pleasures of sex with a clitoris. The Islam act is just to con the rubes.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

168 >>Nothing new... She's been clear about that...

It's Minnesota. She's trying flip a Senate seat.

Minnesota ain't MAGA country.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:58 PM (viF8m)

169 TMZ has the booking photo of Omar.

https://tinyurl.com/ycxcykrw

Posted by: That Guy at October 12, 2026 12:58 PM (rkCBr)

170
The Blade, he is always here to help. He is good like that, that Blade.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

Cow Demon points out that Elric the Blade likes to refer to himself in the third person.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 12:59 PM (1UOiF)

171 Thanks for the note, Martini Farmer.

One of the things that really irks me about X.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 12:59 PM (dkM11)

172 Buckwheat didn't have a mutated balloon head.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)

173 >>> Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 12:57 PM (RORbl)

Spoilsport.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 12:59 PM (3mtzY)

174 Minnesota ain't MAGA country.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:58 PM (viF8m)

Damn skippy!

Posted by: Zombie Gus Hall at October 12, 2026 12:59 PM (1UOiF)

175 The FBI has officially served Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey with subpoenas in the criminal investigation into them conspiring to impede ICE operations
https://tinyurl.com/2tay3xa5
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 12:51 PM (dkM11)


Surprise!

Posted by: October at October 12, 2026 12:59 PM (rbvCR)

176 Michele Tafoya (R) distances herself from President Trump and her party in new ad

“I'm a pro-choice Republican, I'm not afraid to stand up to my party. When Trump is right, I'll work with him. When he's wrong, I'll stand up for Minnesota.”

https://t.ly/Dh2jr
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 12:55 PM (Cqx++)
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She ain't foolin' anyone.

She's a Dem in RINO clothing.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 01:00 PM (FZ29D)

177 the ACE stylebook says KVETCHING is the appropriate word to describe the malcontents wailing about the unfair it is

Posted by: paulnjax at October 12, 2026 01:00 PM (PPnyU)

178 I'm sure the majority of elite Muslims are feasting on pork, drinking expensive booze, and enjoying the pleasures of sex with a clitoris. The Islam act is just to con the rubes.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

It's more whatcha call guidelines than rules.

Posted by: Elite Muslims at October 12, 2026 01:00 PM (wVcYX)

179 Heya Helena!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 01:00 PM (dkM11)

180 Guilty as sin, free as a Somali Ostrich.

Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 01:00 PM (UjdFS)

181 >>> 170
The Blade, he is always here to help. He is good like that, that Blade.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

Cow Demon points out that Elric the Blade likes to refer to himself in the third person.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 12:59 PM (1UOiF)

Bob Dole points out that Bob Dole did it first.

Posted by: Bob Dole at October 12, 2026 01:01 PM (3mtzY)

182 Surprise!
Posted by: October at October 12, 2026 12:59 PM (rbvCR)
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We over 1/3 of the way through the month.

What have you got cooked up for the Republicans?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 01:01 PM (FZ29D)

183 >>Nothing new... She's been clear about that...

It's Minnesota. She's trying flip a Senate seat.

Minnesota ain't MAGA country.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:58 PM (viF8m)
_____

"Damn straight it ain't!"

-- That gay twat who's name I forgot who paid two jacked-up Nigerians to beat him up

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

184 178 I'm sure the majority of elite Muslims are feasting on pork, drinking expensive booze, and enjoying the pleasures of sex with a clitoris. The Islam act is just to con the rubes.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

It's more whatcha call guidelines than rules.
Posted by: Elite Muslims at October 12, 2026 01:00 PM (wVcYX)

The Gulf States serve that purpose. The piety is reserved for the KSA but then they all head off for Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE for a good time.

Posted by: Zombie Gus Hall at October 12, 2026 01:02 PM (1UOiF)

185 Muslim elites (the 85+ IQ variety) have always done a delicate balancing act with the true-believing 85- crowd.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 01:02 PM (BI5O2)

186 New statement from Omar is that she's denying all of it.

I'll hope for the best, reimmigration, but expect the worst, nothing will happen.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (Q/FnY)

187 In-Dig-in-anus day!

Posted by: James Talarico at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (l3cgK)

188 Is Heaven's Gate still the record-holder? I stopped following Hollywood news years ago.
Posted by: one hour sober

What happened to Ishtar and Water World?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (Fv808)

189
IN FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM (iFTx/)


I am really hoping you were here on the 21st day of September or else you left a huge one hanging over the plate.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (swiwN)

190 >> That gay twat who's name I forgot who paid two jacked-up Nigerians to beat him up
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

That was Chicago.

* here’s some clown shoes*

Posted by: That Guy at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (rkCBr)

191 I doubt Tafoya is a RINO, but whatever she is she's a damn sight better than Flanagan, who's a raging nut bag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (pJE7g)

192
Bob Dole points out that Bob Dole did it first.
Posted by: Bob Dole at October 12, 2026 01:01 PM (3mtzY)

Sam Houston did that first as a U.S. Senator from TX, Sam Houston points out.

Posted by: Sam Houston at October 12, 2026 01:04 PM (1UOiF)

193
Love it.


Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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23m
WaPo reports that the federal criminal fraud investigation investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is called “World War 11”, an apparent reference to a recent comment Omar made when she said the Alien Enemies Act hadn’t been used since “World War Eleven”.

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 01:04 PM (kX27y)

194 What happened to Ishtar and Water World?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (Fv80

I kind of like Water World...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 01:04 PM (+gK6I)

195 188 Is Heaven's Gate still the record-holder? I stopped following Hollywood news years ago.
Posted by: one hour sober

What happened to Ishtar and Water World?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (Fv80

I thought Heaven's Gate was that cult that cut their nuts off and wore Nikes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:04 PM (l3cgK)

196 178 I'm sure the majority of elite Muslims are feasting on pork, drinking expensive booze, and enjoying the pleasures of sex with a clitoris. The Islam act is just to con the rubes.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

It's more whatcha call guidelines than rules.
Posted by: Elite Muslims at October 12, 2026 01:00 PM (wVcYX)

Navy flew me into Bahrain to meet up with my Destroyer in 1989. Just so happened an old friend of mine was running the TAD Barracks, and they were suddenly 'full'.

So me and 4 others suddenly ended up at the Ambassador Hotel... 3 Bars, a YUGE Dance club, room service that included bottles of top shelf alcohol to your room... and one of the only legal places you could drink in Bahrain because it was a 'Western Hotel'.

Yeah, was chock full of locals... and Western Call girls. It was the only time in my marriage I was actually seriously challenged to be faithful.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 01:05 PM (mP0Kj)

197 Yes, but Bob Dole didn't come across as an attention whoring douchebag when doing it.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 01:05 PM (J4Dwc)

198 160 Michele Tafoya (R) distances herself from President Trump and her party in new ad

Nothing new... She's been clear about that...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 12:56 PM (+gK6I)


All politics is local, Example #45,187,221,300,086.

Posted by: Gref at October 12, 2026 01:05 PM (5rh/l)

199 >@AP
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59m
House Democratic leaders have condemned the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as an "abuse of power" by the Trump administration. Follow the latest updates:
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this will be one of the articles of impeachment if the Ds take the House

Posted by: Don Black at October 12, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

200 Gus Hall, you are dead. Enjoy the dead man’s party. I’m kicking your commie ass to the curb.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 01:06 PM (1UOiF)

201
The best part of this particular rant against Warren, as Catherine goes on to note, was when he signed off by writing, "Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day in advance to you and your family."
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

Scott Bessent is my bitchy spirit animal and I love him.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:06 PM (swiwN)

202 >>Spoilsport.

It's just more judicial lawfare.

If it makes you feel better, the DOJ lodged an ethics complaint against the judge a few days ago.

>>U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz on Friday publicly recounted the challenges of administering justice during Operation Metro Surge, just two days after the Justice Department filed an ethics complaint against him and other judges for criticizing the federal government's actions during the immigration crackdown.

https://tinyurl.com/ysuxk3ek

Never stop fighting until the fight is won.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 01:06 PM (viF8m)

203 188 Is Heaven's Gate still the record-holder? I stopped following Hollywood news years ago.
Posted by: one hour sober

What happened to Ishtar and Water World?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (Fv80

I thought Heaven's Gate was that cult that cut their nuts off and wore Nikes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:04 PM (l3cgK)

Them nutless wankers!

Posted by: New Balance 608 fanDad at October 12, 2026 01:06 PM (wVcYX)

204 191 I doubt Tafoya is a RINO, but whatever she is she's a damn sight better than Flanagan, who's a raging nut bag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (pJE7g)

I keep getting texts purportedly from her asking for money...I keep responding "STOP" and blocking the numbers, but they pop up faster than a prairie dog at Devil's Tower...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:06 PM (l3cgK)

205

Opinion article on Fox about how difficult it is to buy a house today.

"Boomers just don't understand."

Yep, we boomers are responsible for everything bad today.

GFY

Posted by: four seasons at October 12, 2026 01:06 PM (/QHx4)

206 I kind of like Water World...
Posted by: It's me donna

I did after going to the Water World exhibit in a theme park in Japan.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 01:07 PM (Fv808)

207 Mass Suicide: Between March 22 and March 26, 1997, 39 members of the group, Heaven's Gate, died by coordinated suicide inside a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, California.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 12, 2026 01:07 PM (Q/FnY)

208 207 Mass Suicide: Between March 22 and March 26, 1997, 39 members of the group, Heaven's Gate, died by coordinated suicide inside a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, California.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 12, 2026 01:07 PM (Q/FnY)

Something about comet Halle-Bopp...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:07 PM (l3cgK)

209 157. Related -

The exact time it took to remove Liberian civil war commanders (often referred to as warlords) living in Pennsylvania varied, but generally took between 15 to 25 years after their wartime atrocities occurred, and roughly 15 to 20 years after they first entered the United States.

Because U.S. courts lacked jurisdiction to try them directly for war crimes committed abroad, federal prosecutors instead charged them with immigration fraud and perjury for lying on their asylum and visa applications.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 01:08 PM (NFX2v)

210 I see one on the medias sites calls the search of Omar “unprecedented”. I guess we should have tried to hide it by going to the FISA court and illegally monitored the phone of Democrats in Congress. That way we could refute that point more clearly.

Posted by: That Guy at October 12, 2026 01:08 PM (Pldt3)

211 36 I'd be surprised if Omar, even as dumb as she is, kept any of these documents the authorities are looking for.

If the whole case hinges on those...

Sometimes I have to wonder.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 12:19 PM (RORbl)
______________________

Oh, I think it's a bit more complex than that. Since 1944, the US government keeps detailed records on all immigrants They are called A-Files (alien files). They have her records on file. Hell, they've been holding ship manifests back to the 1700's.

No, this about seeing if someone went into those files and altered them in any fashion. And, they wouldn't have been awarded a warrant unless they knew (and had documentation) that it occurred. This raid was more about looking for extra icing. They already have the cake.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 01:08 PM (dIske)

212 IN FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM (iFTx/)


I am really hoping you were here on the 21st day of September or else you left a huge one hanging over the plate.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:03 PM (swiwN)
________

I was in Iceland on Sept 21

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

213 205

Opinion article on Fox about how difficult it is to buy a house today.

"Boomers just don't understand."

Yep, we boomers are responsible for everything bad today.

GFY

Posted by: four seasons at October 12, 2026 01:06 PM (/QHx4)

There were more than 30 million illegals in the US when Trump took office.... almost 8% of the US population.

That is 8% of the housing... and as many were getting PAID to live here... yeah, that would distort the Housing market.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 01:09 PM (mP0Kj)

214 Something about comet Halle-Bopp...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

They timed it to coincide with the comet's appearance.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 12, 2026 01:09 PM (Q/FnY)

215 So me and 4 others suddenly ended up at the Ambassador Hotel... 3 Bars, a YUGE Dance club, room service that included bottles of top shelf alcohol to your room... and one of the only legal places you could drink in Bahrain because it was a 'Western Hotel'.

Yeah, was chock full of locals... and Western Call girls. It was the only time in my marriage I was actually seriously challenged to be faithful.
Posted by: Romeo13

I drank at the Hunter's Lodge over there. There were a couple places to drink. And yeah, hookers galore.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 01:10 PM (zcI95)

216 WaPo reports that the federal criminal fraud investigation investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is called “World War 11”, an apparent reference to a recent comment Omar made when she said the Alien Enemies Act hadn’t been used since “World War Eleven”.

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 01:04 PM (kX27y)

Promote the man who came up with that.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

217 214 Something about comet Halle-Bopp...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

They timed it to coincide with the comet's appearance.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 12, 2026 01:09 PM (Q/FnY)

Yes, and they hoped their souls would be carried away by the comet or something.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:10 PM (l3cgK)

218 Scott Bessent is my bitchy spirit animal and I love him.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:06 PM (swiwN)

His offers to tutor Warren in economics have been side-splitting.

Posted by: pookysgirl enjoys good snarkiness at October 12, 2026 01:11 PM (Wt5PA)

219 I was in Iceland on Sept 21

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

They don't have internet there?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 01:11 PM (dK+Kv)

220 AI

Film Release Estimated loss (USD)
John Carter 2012 ~$255M inflation-adjusted
The Lone Ranger 2013 ~$256M inflation-adjusted
The Marvels 2023 ~$237M nominal
Digger 2026 ~$245–250M projected
Cutthroat Island 1995 ~$222M inflation-adjusted

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 01:11 PM (Sco7b)

221 No, this about seeing if someone went into those files and altered them in any fashion. And, they wouldn't have been awarded a warrant unless they knew (and had documentation) that it occurred. This raid was more about looking for extra icing. They already have the cake.
Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 01:08 PM (dIske)

Gaining physical evidence that they continue to cover up a crime, which leads to conspiracy, and resets the Statute of Limitations to the last ACT they did in continuance of said conspiracy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 01:11 PM (mP0Kj)

222
What's the story behind this? I missed it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12

Per community notes, it’s fake. Dates don’t line up. So who knows.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 01:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

223 So me and 4 others suddenly ended up at the Ambassador Hotel... 3 Bars, a YUGE Dance club, room service that included bottles of top shelf alcohol to your room... and one of the only legal places you could drink in Bahrain because it was a 'Western Hotel'.

Yeah, was chock full of locals... and Western Call girls. It was the only time in my marriage I was actually seriously challenged to be faithful.
Posted by: Romeo13

I drank at the Hunter's Lodge over there. There were a couple places to drink. And yeah, hookers galore.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 01:10 PM (zcI95)
_____

"Hookers? Call girls? Well, that ain't us!"

-- Yacht THOTs being flown to Dubai for dalliances with rich Muslim guys

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

224 214 Something about comet Halle-Bopp...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

They timed it to coincide with the comet's appearance.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 12, 2026 01:09 PM (Q/FnY)

Yes, and they hoped their souls would be carried away by the comet or something.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:10 PM (l3cgK)

That's completely idiotic!

Posted by: Zombie L. Ron Hubbard at October 12, 2026 01:12 PM (wVcYX)

225 Tafoya has called herself a "pro-choice conservative with libertarian leanings".

TBH this profile doesn't usually do well in actual elections.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)

226 221 Gaining physical evidence that they continue to cover up a crime, which leads to conspiracy, and resets the Statute of Limitations to the last ACT they did in continuance of said conspiracy.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 01:11 PM (mP0Kj)

Oh, cool.

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:12 PM (odBC9)

227 215 So me and 4 others suddenly ended up at the Ambassador Hotel... 3 Bars, a YUGE Dance club, room service that included bottles of top shelf alcohol to your room... and one of the only legal places you could drink in Bahrain because it was a 'Western Hotel'.

Yeah, was chock full of locals... and Western Call girls. It was the only time in my marriage I was actually seriously challenged to be faithful.
Posted by: Romeo13

I drank at the Hunter's Lodge over there. There were a couple places to drink. And yeah, hookers galore.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 01:10 PM (zcI95)

That wording is...ambiguous...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:12 PM (l3cgK)

228 Jack Muslims are as common as jack Mormons. Moreso. Once they're in the West or a more liberal Islamic regime, it's booze and bitches all around. Hell, once the wheels are up on the airplane.

Even in their own homes, if they're rich enough. They cruise OnlyFans, import Western whores, and then gangbang them and poop on them.

Mike Rowe could do a ladies-only "Dirty Jobs" about lucrative non-college work in the Middle East.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 01:13 PM (BI5O2)

229 I am damned near giggling at the various lefties screeching, "Republicans are going to regret violating these norms!!"
"And so close to the midterms!!!"

As if these fuckers haven't already wiped their asses with all the norms possible in order to go after Trump.

Please, do go on about your precious norms.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 01:13 PM (3cUTc)

230 218 Scott Bessent is my bitchy spirit animal and I love him.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:06 PM (swiwN)

His offers to tutor Warren in economics have been side-splitting.
Posted by: pookysgirl enjoys good snarkiness at October 12, 2026 01:11 PM (Wt5PA)

What amuses me most about him is that the Left is AFRAID to go after him... because his is openly Gay and married to a Man.

It's like he has a 'Get out of being Cancelled Card'...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 01:13 PM (mP0Kj)

231 I wasn't even close. According to the imdb, Heaven's Gate comes in at #10 on the list of biggest Hollywood bombs.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 01:13 PM (J4Dwc)

232 224 214 Something about comet Halle-Bopp...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

They timed it to coincide with the comet's appearance.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 12, 2026 01:09 PM (Q/FnY)

Yes, and they hoped their souls would be carried away by the comet or something.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:10 PM (l3cgK)

That's completely idiotic!
Posted by: Zombie L. Ron Hubbard at October 12, 2026 01:12 PM (wVcYX)

I beg to differ, good Sir.

Posted by: Samuel Clemens at October 12, 2026 01:13 PM (dIske)

233 210 I see one on the medias sites calls the search of Omar “unprecedented”. I guess we should have tried to hide it by going to the FISA court and illegally monitored the phone of Democrats in Congress. That way we could refute that point more clearly.

Posted by: That Guy at October 12, 2026 01:08 PM (Pldt3)


Is the Media claiming a search of the premises of a sitting member of Congress is unprecedented? They should ask former Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to comment.

Posted by: Gref at October 12, 2026 01:14 PM (5rh/l)

234 I've known a few muslims.

Generally the will use alcohol but NOT eat pork.

And they have no problem personally interacting with scantily clad western women

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

235 199 >@AP
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59m
House Democratic leaders have condemned the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as an "abuse of power" by the Trump administration. Follow the latest updates:
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this will be one of the articles of impeachment if the Ds take the House
Posted by: Don Black at October 12, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

Did the DHS investigators rifle through her underwear drawer? If not, they can STF down, and STF up.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 12, 2026 01:14 PM (N39Ws)

236 235 199 >@AP
·
59m
House Democratic leaders have condemned the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as an "abuse of power" by the Trump administration. Follow the latest updates:
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this will be one of the articles of impeachment if the Ds take the House
Posted by: Don Black at October 12, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

Did the DHS investigators rifle through her underwear drawer? If not, they can STF down, and STF up.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 12, 2026 01:14 PM (N39Ws)

Eww.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:14 PM (l3cgK)

237 "The FBI has officially served Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey with subpoenas in the criminal investigation into them conspiring to impede ICE operations"

Wait, wut! How can this be?? I have been assured by several eeyerores and black pill pushers that nothing is happening.

This appears to something...

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 12, 2026 01:14 PM (dCMJG)

238 Yes, and they hoped their souls would be carried away by the comet or something.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:10 PM (l3cgK)


There was a huge discussion on places like Art Bell's West Coast AM about Hale-Bopp and how it was going to come around Jupiter and change shape.
Cults tend to fly up their own asses and that is bad for the members.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 01:15 PM (rbvCR)

239 I was in Iceland on Sept 21

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

They don't have internet there?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 01:11 PM (dK+Kv)
_________

I have three rules for vacations:

1. Never pay attention to news or current events when away.

2. Never add up what the trip cost. It's much more than you think. Leave it alone.

3. Always leave when you want to stay.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

240 What amuses me most about him is that the Left is AFRAID to go after him... because his is openly Gay and married to a Man.

It's like he has a 'Get out of being Cancelled Card'...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 01:13 PM (mP0Kj)

******
I like when he gets a stupid question. Pauses. A smirk appears then he goes in for the kill shot with a few choice words. Calm. Deadly.

I love him as well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 01:16 PM (hzuYO)

241 "Generally the will use alcohol but NOT eat pork."

That's easy. There are tasty, similar alternatives - beef is also a large, four-legged mammal. There are no similar alternatives to alcohol.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 01:16 PM (Fv808)

242 I beg to differ, good Sir.
Posted by: Samuel Clemens at October 12, 2026 01:13 PM (dIske)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Zombie L. Ron Hubbard at October 12, 2026 01:17 PM (wVcYX)

243 >>>marriage to his sister was going to be helpful in getting him to stop having gay sex.

Posted by: PaleRider
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They thought he would get it up for someone who didn't intimidate him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 01:17 PM (nqf1u)

244 241 "Generally the will use alcohol but NOT eat pork."

That's easy. There are tasty, similar alternatives - beef is also a large, four-legged mammal. There are no similar alternatives to alcohol.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 01:16 PM (Fv80

What's wrong with coke and hookers?

Posted by: Hunter at October 12, 2026 01:17 PM (l3cgK)

245 Scott Bessent is my bitchy spirit animal and I love him.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 12, 2026 01:06 PM (swiwN)

His offers to tutor Warren in economics have been side-splitting.
Posted by: pookysgirl enjoys good snarkiness at October 12, 2026 01:11 PM (Wt5PA)

What amuses me most about him is that the Left is AFRAID to go after him... because his is openly Gay and married to a Man.

It's like he has a 'Get out of being Cancelled Card'...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2026 01:13 PM (mP0Kj)
______

I think they also know that Bessent will crush their throats with his John Lobbs. Bessent is mostly quiet and unassuming, but he'll slit your throat.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

246 this will be one of the articles of impeachment if the Ds take the House

LOL the list will go round the world twice

Posted by: steevy at October 12, 2026 01:18 PM (YwEeS)

247 I am damned near giggling at the various lefties screeching, "Republicans are going to regret violating these norms!!"

Trump was elected on a platform of "lock her up". Hillary had admitted to committing a felony, arresting and jailing her would be straight forward.

Every Dem and half of the GOPe said that only in a banana republic is the opposition leader arrested yes even if she technically broke the law. So Trump relented and let it go.

Then he had 2020 election stolen from him and both federal and state level Dems try to imprison him for non-crimes.

The norms were broken years ago now Dems. And the only way they come back is if big named Dems spend years in jail to teach the rest of you lot a lesson about norms and following the law...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)

248 242 I beg to differ, good Sir.
Posted by: Samuel Clemens at October 12, 2026 01:13 PM (dIske)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Zombie L. Ron Hubbard at October 12, 2026 01:17 PM (wVcYX)

Perhaps it was that he was born in the year of Halley's comet and died in the year of Halley's comet?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:18 PM (l3cgK)

249 I have three rules for vacations:

1. Never pay attention to news or current events when away.

2. Never add up what the trip cost. It's much more than you think. Leave it alone.

3. Always leave when you want to stay.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)
____________________________

Yeah, but you have to admit that when you burst into "Dil on Laugavegur" restaurant in Reykjavík and proclaimed "The Blade is FIRST. Who shall be first to die on my sword?"...they kind of looked at you funny.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 01:19 PM (dIske)

250 Tafoya has called herself a "pro-choice conservative with libertarian leanings".

TBH this profile doesn't usually do well in actual elections.
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To be fair, Trump is basically a pro-choice conservative.
He's just absolutely opposed to mid to late-term abortions.
Which puts him to the right of most elected Republicans pre-Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 01:19 PM (3cUTc)

251 Per community notes, it’s fake. Dates don’t line up. So who knows.
Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 01:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

*******
What are these community notes you speak of?

His excuse of having the flu is lame. While we will probably never know why he vanished for 11 days, the discharge date lines up with his few minutes of appearing at a concert in Texas.

Personally I like the flip out at the grocery store story better than a mental health R&R.

Regardless, it's pretty strange.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 01:19 PM (hzuYO)

252 That's completely idiotic!
Posted by: Zombie L. Ron Hubbard

It was a gene pool cleansing, they were seriously bat shit crazy.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 12, 2026 01:19 PM (Q/FnY)

253 "Hookers? Call girls? Well, that ain't us!"

-- Yacht THOTs being flown to Dubai for dalliances with rich Muslim guys
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/

What is funnier is the Muslim women stripping off their burka as they fly into Dubai and the clothes they wear underneath.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 01:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

254 The norms were broken years ago now Dems. And the only way they come back is if big named Dems spend years in jail to teach the rest of you lot a lesson about norms and following the law...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)

"Yeah, but the norm was to do that to Conservatives!"--The Left

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:20 PM (l3cgK)

255 Statute of limitations? Ask the Catholic Church in the State of California about the Statute of Limitations in the soviet uniparty ruled legislature, judicial and executive repeal of the Statute of Limitations.

And who is in charge of tossing her panties drawer?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 01:20 PM (wxsGM)

256 I never have to add up trip cost.

I liquidate assets ahead if time on an estimated per-diem basis after airfare and hotels. That goes into cash and gift cards, like a money-laundry.

The girls get their per-diems. Whatever's left each day goes to some dinner or a show, if it's there.

If they go over, they're bent.

When we get home, whatever's left goes back into S&I.

The Jewish way.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)

257 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:18 PM (l3cgK)


You are correct. But more than that, he predicted it well in advance, and perished while the comet was visible to the naked eye.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 01:21 PM (dIske)

258 ______

I think they also know that Bessent will crush their throats with his John Lobbs. Bessent is mostly quiet and unassuming, but he'll slit your throat.

Posted by: Elric The Blade
--

Or black your eye
_Elon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 01:22 PM (nqf1u)

259 NOOD Rescue

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:22 PM (l3cgK)

260 ?? Sponsoring other clan members with family-member claim?? Conversations with fraudsters?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 12:23 PM (nEUC6)

Clearly, immigration fraud took place. Her name is Nur, not Omar. Identity fraud on the part of her father.

My question is this: if this lawful search of her domicile turns up evidence of other, more recent or ongoing, crimes by her, are they able to prosecute?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 01:22 PM (quk5M)

261 "Some people did something."

--Ilhan Omar

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:22 PM (odBC9)

262 There's a video going around LDS Twitter of a LDS Bishop (similar to a preacher or pastor in other churches) in Hawaii dealing kindly with an angry tranny who wants access to the Relief Society (women's only gospel study class) and telling him, "No." The Bishop is correctly applying Church policy, and I think he's doing it in an appropriate way for a church leader.

How do you think the Bishop did?

http://tiny.cc/0gyb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)

263 I have three rules for vacations:

1. Never pay attention to news or current events when away.

2. Never add up what the trip cost. It's much more than you think. Leave it alone.

3. Always leave when you want to stay.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)
____________________________

Yeah, but you have to admit that when you burst into "Dil on Laugavegur" restaurant in Reykjavík and proclaimed "The Blade is FIRST. Who shall be first to die on my sword?"...they kind of looked at you funny.
Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 01:19 PM (dIske)
_____

Well, I did say "Elric The Blade" so they were like, "wait -- this guy's back?"

That restaurant? Over $500 a plate ... PASS.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

264 Personally I like the flip out at the grocery store story better than a mental health R&R.

Regardless, it's pretty strange.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 01:19 PM (hzuYO)


Could be both, no one flips out like that unless there is some stress going on.
Seriously, though, it should have been "flu" then reveal "norovirus" on day three, and then "kidney stone passing" with a discussion on how he has been bravely fighting his pain for a while, and had to get it shattered so he could get back on the campaign trail, and he took the time to study up on the final stretch while laid up, refusing morphine for the pain.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 01:23 PM (rbvCR)

265 I think the Talafreako disappearing act was one of two things:
1. He had a mental breakdown.
or
2. He needed a two week crash course on acting normal.

His handlers were likely involved in either of those scenarios. They want to remain on the payroll for as long as possible.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 01:24 PM (RORbl)

266 259 NOOD Rescue
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:22 PM (l3cgK)

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 01:24 PM (odBC9)

267 Perhaps it was that he was born in the year of Halley's comet and died in the year of Halley's comet?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:18 PM (l3cgK)

*Johnny Carson voice*

I did not know that.

Posted by: Zombie L. Ron Hubbard at October 12, 2026 01:24 PM (wVcYX)

268 The best part of this particular rant against Warren, as Catherine goes on to note, was when he signed off by writing, "Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day in advance to you and your family."
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

Hah!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 01:24 PM (quk5M)

269 Could be both, no one flips out like that unless there is some stress going on.
Seriously, though, it should have been "flu" then reveal "norovirus" on day three, and then "kidney stone passing" with a discussion on how he has been bravely fighting his pain for a while, and had to get it shattered so he could get back on the campaign trail, and he took the time to study up on the final stretch while laid up, refusing morphine for the pain.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 01:23 PM (rbvCR)

********
His PR team are taking notes and may hire you.

From the very little I know, I saw a video of him appearing at the concert, taking a few photos with admiring fans, and leaving again.

He did not have plastic surgery, at least on his face, as he continues to look like Alfred E. Neuman of Mad Magazine.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 01:28 PM (hzuYO)

270 Simple solution to the statute of limitations issue, just deport all Somalis.

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at October 12, 2026 01:31 PM (uYPG+)

271 >This raid was more about looking for extra icing. They already have the cake.

They had better. This needs to be a slam dunk, open and shut case if they're going to proceed or else the left will scream to the rooftops about tyrants prosecuting their political opponents. I mean, they'll do that anyway but the case has to be so clear that it becomes an 80/20 issue for the populace.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 12, 2026 02:48 PM (LgYtf)

272 The Washington Post reported that a senior administration official confirmed the investigation is being referred to as “World War Eleven” and has accelerated in recent weeks.

Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 03:03 PM (AFudc)

273 If A Files are for Aliens, are X Files for eXtraterrestrials? 👽

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 03:50 PM (zeRnp)

274 "A federal prosecutor recently told Fox News Digital that the statute of limitations could hinder an investigation into that matter."

It has certainly been a long time since she committed the fraud to enter. It might even be too long from her use of them to get citizenship. But is too long from her use of them to prove eligibility to run for Congress, that, technically speaking, I'd argue she does each and every time she runs, even if she doesn't present the fraudulent documents.

Posted by: Dusty at October 12, 2026 07:18 PM (2jL77)

275 Good, now I want the rest of those light-bulb headed pirates out of my country pronto.

Posted by: ObsidianKnife at October 12, 2026 07:43 PM (TumvK)

THE MORNING RANT: From Peter Clack - “A society dismantled simultaneously by energy delusion and the abandonment of its sovereign borders”

Amidst all the daily political battles, as well as the internecine arguments among the right, it’s sometimes important to remember just who the left is, what their agenda is, what they have wrought, and how important it is to politically defeat the left.

Peter Clack wrote an excellent short essay on Twitter a few days ago, cutting right to the core of the need to save western civilization. He focuses on the hollowing out of industry, the green energy delusion, and the erasure of national sovereignty. The full essay is below, but his concluding sentence is worth singling out: ”A society that abandons its industrial base and surrenders its borders eventually surrenders its future.”

The one thing I’d add is that the abandonment of Christianity in the West was supposed to bring about a secular enlightenment. Instead, a new apocalyptic religion rose to fill the void – one with an angry climate God imposing bizarre woke sacraments, including the sterilization and mutilation of children. Islam also raced across open borders to provide a replacement religion.

Here is Mr. Clack’s excellent essay:

The economic hollow-out of the West was only stage one of globalism’s experiment.

What is unfolding now is the broader collapse of Western institutional confidence—a society dismantled simultaneously by energy delusion and the abandonment of its sovereign borders.

The push for a wind and solar transition was sold as a technological leap forward. In reality, it ignores the fundamental laws of energy density. Weather-dependent generation can produce electricity for household lighting, but it cannot deliver the continuous, ultra-high thermal energy required for heavy industry, blast furnace steel production, chemical manufacturing, ocean freight or commercial aviation.

By handicapping its own domestic energy grid with high-cost, intermittent generation, the West did not eliminate fossil fuels—it simply outsourced its industrial emissions and heavy manufacturing to Asia.

The irony is stark: to build a green grid, the West must import energy-intensive components manufactured overseas using coal-fired power, creating a new, highly destructive industrial footprint while crippling domestic energy security.

Compounding this industrial retreat is a complete paralysis regarding border integrity and social cohesion. Western political elites, transfixed by the doctrines of multiculturalism, have allowed uncontrolled and unvetted migrant flows to overwhelm public infrastructure, dilute civic identity and erode the rule of law. They are becoming dangerous crime states.

What should be a basic duty of the nation-state—protecting its sovereign borders—has been abandoned in favor of fawning globalist posturing.

When you dismantle domestic industry, enforce artificially expensive energy, and dissolve national borders, you do not create a globalist utopia. You destroy real capital.

Without capital and productive sovereign industry, the fundamental pillars of Western life will (and are) falling apart. The reward for hard work disappears, upward mobility stalls, and the purpose of a long-term career is replaced by managing decline.

A society that abandons its industrial base and surrenders its borders eventually surrenders its future.

In my introductory paragraphs up top, I mentioned “internecine arguments” on the right. It’s important to remember that a great many faux-conservatives are fully on board with the agenda that Mr. Clack decries. The GOPe and the legacy conservative media embraced and still defend the hollowing out of American industry. They rejoice when American plants close and Americans lose their jobs. They have fought for open borders and for the importation of slave-adjacent labor. They have played footsie with the climate hoax by accepting the false pretext of global warming, and by engaging in “venture communism” via the redistribution of taxpayer money to “green” startups. The battle against these anti-American, globalist “conservatives” is not internecine. They are on the other team.

*****

Other Stuff I’m Writing About

My latest piece at the The American Spectator has been published: “ James Talarico’s Political Reversals Stir Trouble in Texas Senate Race; The Democrat’s changing positions on transgender issues have provoked criticism from activists and raised questions about his campaign strategy”

This article discusses the perils of attempting the “Trust me, I’m lying” strategy, because activists on the left see it as a betrayal akin to heresy, while everyone else can see that it’s a pandering lie.

Many of Talarico’s supporters are feeling betrayed. A Mediate piece titled “Trans Advocates Slam James Talarico for Flip-Flopping on Trans Views” quoted several angry Texas voters who are reconsidering their support for Talarico. While there is no chance that they will vote for Paxton, they might withhold their vote from Talarico. Emily Oswin-Welborn was quoted as saying “I feel like I can’t in good conscience be responsible for putting a Democrat in office that is willing to compromise on trans rights.” That is the risk of attempting the “Trust me, I’m lying” tactic with uncompromising true believers.

This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM




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Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 11:00 AM (7HDzS)

2 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 11:01 AM (7HDzS)

3 >>>Here is Mr. Clack’s excellent essay:

Thanks for this, Buck.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 11:02 AM (dK+Kv)

4 Thanks Buck

Posted by: RandomDave at October 12, 2026 11:02 AM (aJQbY)

5 They have played footsie with the climate hoax by accepting the false pretext of global warming

Strangely, nobody on the left has mentioned that Isiaiaiaiaiihh was the first Atlantic hurricane to hit the US this year, and it was a bit of a squib. Usually, any weather phenomenon at all is attributed to climate change. I think they know the grift has run its course, and continuing to harp on it just makes them look stupid.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

6 Willowed:

A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.

https://tinyurl.com/yc664xx9

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:45 AM (dkM11)

This is always a huge vulnerability. Our power and water and food systems. If terrorists take out a large high-voltage transformer, it could take a year to replace it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:50 AM (l3cgK)


I'm waiting for rioters to break into Louvre and destroy all the irreplaceable art,

cuz, you know, that's a muslim specialty.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 11:05 AM (YSUhf)

7 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 11:05 AM (sgkY8)

8 Thanks for letting us Click on Clack.

Posted by: Ridn' That Train, High On... at October 12, 2026 11:06 AM (EdP2u)

9 Even if I were a voting Democrat in Texas I would probably sit out the election, because why would I want to have someone in office who lied to get elected and then changed his views, (?) because even Pastor Babs sounds like she doesn't like it ,but it's something he has to do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 11:06 AM (JrHfD)

10 Has anyone studied Sydney Sweeney's effect on localized global warming?

Bulg could volunteer for it as part of the control group.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 11:07 AM (0sNs1)

11 9 Even if I were a voting Democrat in Texas I would probably sit out the election, because why would I want to have someone in office who lied to get elected and then changed his views, (?) because even Pastor Babs sounds like she doesn't like it ,but it's something he has to do.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 11:06 AM (JrHfD)
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Because lying to get into office is a democrat's stock-in-trade?

Because democrats don't have any actual standards other than whatever gets them more power?

Because they're godless loons who would love to see American society crumble?

I could go on.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 11:09 AM (oqH4h)

12 When the nood is issued for Buck, would that be a Throckmorton Sign?

Also, Internet of Things is Stupid.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 12, 2026 11:09 AM (ENA4W)

13 The Left are mostly made up of useful idiots led by lying mentally ill American hating con men and women.

Attempting to change their minds would be like trying to teach first graders advanced calculus.

Okay maybe just simple algebra because you might have one idiot savant in the group of first graders.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:10 AM (KC5Lt)

14 Canada has vast resources of many kinds, but would rather be a Chinee Vassal. Seems short-sighted. I guess Kung Pao Chicken at 3 AM is more important than being an actual country.

Posted by: America's Hat Needs To Be Cleaned And Blocked at October 12, 2026 11:11 AM (EdP2u)

15 It almost sounds like there's been a conspiracy by globalists that's been going on for decades to destroy western civilization and statehood and replace it with rule by unelected bureaucrats much like the EU and only whack job conspiracy theorists have been fighting back.

We few. We happy few. We band of morons.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:12 AM (viF8m)

16 If terrorists take out a large high-voltage transformer, it could take a year to replace it...

I read somewhere that Trump has developed a plan to start building transformers in the US again. I don't know where that stands, but at least his admin is thinking about it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

17 14 Canada has vast resources of many kinds, but would rather be a Chinee Vassal. Seems short-sighted. I guess Kung Pao Chicken at 3 AM is more important than being an actual country.
Posted by: America's Hat Needs To Be Cleaned And Blocked at October 12, 2026 11:11 AM (EdP2u)
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Their leadership are all softcock cucks and harridans. They haven't had to work for shit for 4+ generations on account of having Daddy on their southern border protecting them from the big bad world.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 11:12 AM (oqH4h)

18 I'm still digesting the massive morning bolus which Sefton dropped on us.
Douglas Cotton's theory of adding gravity (pressure-gradient) to the atmospheric temperature models seems Big If True. Can it lead to reproducible models of the "ice giants"' atmospheres? Because there are some wildly different models out there (which is why we need more missions).

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 11:13 AM (88C+u)

19 Upon entering the temple Jesus fastened a whip, turned over the tables and drove out the pagans. Ever been bit by a bull whip?
If Jesus entered the temple today and found it full of Muslims would he accept them?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:14 AM (nqf1u)

20 Canada has vast resources of many kinds, but would rather be a Chinee Vassal. Seems short-sighted. I guess Kung Pao Chicken at 3 AM is more important than being an actual country.

I remember when NAFTA was being debated, some Canadians were screeching about how they would be subsumed by the US. I guess they're okay with being subsumed by Xi Jinping.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

21 Ilhan got raided at dawn. On Columbus Day! The intercepted Reddit transmissions will be good today.

She didn't get her panty drawer raided or frog marched out of her home, I assume. so silver linings.

If they can't bust her on evidence on her bro marriage, but can find other illegal shenanigans, like her tax issues or her wine business fraud, I'll take it! Capone style justice.

Posted by: LizLem at October 12, 2026 11:15 AM (Toos7)

22 >>>and it was a bit of a squib

I guess because it wasn't a Cat 4 or 5 you could call it that.

But I spent all day Saturday and Sunday running a chainsaw and a skid steer helping remove fallen trees from Hwy 87 in the Berrydale area well north of Milton, FL.

The area was devastated by a sting jet on the western side of the eyewall with over 100 mph winds.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 11:15 AM (J4Dwc)

23 The left-Muslim alliance is one of the strange ones that happen fairly often in history. Not going to work out well for the left...

Posted by: steevy at October 12, 2026 11:15 AM (YwEeS)

24 We do have a National Religion.
It's recycling.
Drive through any suburban American neighborhood on the right night of the week and you'll see the religious practice on display.
All of the bins at the curb with the duly sorted items offered as a tithe.
No one is paid for the effort or the materials, but it is more frequently practiced than any religious rite.
Why are we washing our garbage?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 12, 2026 11:15 AM (gSZpL)

25 I remember when NAFTA was being debated, some Canadians were screeching about how they would be subsumed by the US. I guess they're okay with being subsumed by Xi Jinping.

I do wonder, though, what fraction of legacy Canadians are okay with what Carney and his ilk are doing. My guess is it's a lot smaller than one might think.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

26 ***Emily Oswin-Welborn was quoted as saying “I feel like I can’t in good conscience be responsible for putting a Democrat in office that is willing to compromise on trans rights.”
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Ms. Welborn should consult with Sweet Polly Purebred on this matter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:17 AM (nqf1u)

27 Canada has vast resources of many kinds, but would rather be a Chinee Vassal. Seems short-sighted. I guess Kung Pao Chicken at 3 AM is more important than being an actual country.
Posted by: America's Hat Needs To Be Cleaned And Blocked at October 12, 2026 11:11 AM (EdP2u)
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Vast resources, yes. But it takes investment, effort, technology, and sane governmental regs to exploit natural resources. It's often easier -- and more profitable for the grafting government -- to outsource most if not all of that.

What is the continent with probably the most natural resources on the planet? Arguably Africa. What is the continent that's easily the most backward, dangerous, corrupt, and barbaric? Also Africa.

I think Canada is selling itself and its resources out to China. We can laugh but the USA almost did so too, and probably would have if not for Trump.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)

28 15 It almost sounds like there's been a conspiracy by globalists that's been going on for decades to destroy western civilization and statehood and replace it with rule by unelected bureaucrats much like the EU and only whack job conspiracy theorists have been fighting back.

We few. We happy few. We band of morons.
Posted by: JackStraw

What fools these mortals be!

cTHIEL reaping billions from the fiction of "Managable War", the separation of "Regional Conflict" from "Strategic Terror" and the deluded LIB masses who Proudly do unto their own People, PRECISELY what they forbid us to do to our Adversaries -- to not only sponsor them, but actively defend them as well; they'll be first into the bunkers, not because they value their own lives, but rather to displace someone else who does.

This is Normal.

LET'S GO BRANDON.
NOW'S NOT THE TIME TO WOBBLE.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 12, 2026 11:19 AM (8GUqI)

29 >>Ms. Welborn should consult with Sweet Polly Purebred on this matter.


When Miss Poly's in trouble I am not slow.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:20 AM (viF8m)

30 >>>I do wonder, though, what fraction of legacy Canadians are okay with what Carney and his ilk are doing.

It's probably small, but they hope to legally euthanize them all within 20 years.

It's strange to think Canada was once so mighty in fighting spirit they got their own beach on D-Day, and now this.

France is also revolting against their leaders but it might be too late.

Posted by: LizLem at October 12, 2026 11:20 AM (Toos7)

31 I hate the Talarico weasel words commercials. I hate it when our side use weasel words because it's unnecessary to indict or tell the truth about the Left.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:20 AM (KC5Lt)

32 It almost sounds like there's been a conspiracy by globalists that's been going on for decades to destroy western civilization and statehood and replace it with rule by unelected bureaucrats much like the EU and only whack job conspiracy theorists have been fighting back.


There was a time in the not so distant past that I thought what you describe was a fever dream, but it's become quite clear that that's exactly what has been happening. I also think the people are now awake and paying attention. Things are going to change, and probably rapidly.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

33 Hurricane Isawyoass did slay four people, so although Florida has seen worse it was still pretty bad.
It's certainly nice we haven't seen worse this year. And Al Gore should go release his chakras by himself

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 11:22 AM (88C+u)

34 While there is no chance that they will vote for Paxton, they might withhold their vote from Talarico.

Nope. Saying that they might is just cheap "purer than thou" virtue signaling. They'll fall in line like always. Remember PUMA?

Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 11:22 AM (vTZFs)

35 We have resources here that we let lie dormant because of the watermelons.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:22 AM (KC5Lt)

36 17 14 Canada has vast resources of many kinds, but would rather be a Chinee Vassal. Seems short-sighted. I guess Kung Pao Chicken at 3 AM is more important than being an actual country.
Posted by: America's Hat Needs To Be Cleaned And Blocked at October 12, 2026 11:11 AM (EdP2u)
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Their leadership are all softcock cucks and harridans. They haven't had to work for shit for 4+ generations on account of having Daddy on their southern border protecting them from the big bad world.
Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 11:12 AM (oqH4h)

The last jobs numbers were about 60+ thousand jobs lost in a month so our trade war is going great!!

Someone wrote that would be like the US losing 500,000 jobs. I'm indifferent.

Anecdotally, a lady at the beer store told me business was WAY down. She guessed people don't have money or are scared to spend. After Covid, I don't care. We don't deserve nice things. Jail toilet wine all around.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 11:22 AM (Sco7b)

37 I hate the Talarico weasel words commercials.

I keep getting YT ads with him saying "I'm reducing my ask". I wouldn't give him a cent based on that grammatical abomination alone.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

38 >>>Despite the dubious polls showing Talarico leading Paxton in the Senate race, it will take a near-perfect confluence of events for Talarico to eke out a victory.
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Well known preacher Jim Baker recently passed leaving a spot open on the Christian Grifter Network.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:23 AM (nqf1u)

39
Memo to the AWFLs: No making TikToks between sundown and sunrise.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:24 AM (eRlcH)

40 If we want industry back - because manufacturing jobs are The Only Jobs That Matter - we are GOING to HAVE to be business friendly on all levels of government, and we will need an education system that is worth a damn, teaching math skills needed for manufactures, not “we have six genders”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 11:24 AM (1UOiF)

41 Locally -
The Delaware Riverkeeper Network operates as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Pro-development critics point out that its operations are heavily sustained by large private foundations and elite philanthropic funds—such as the William Penn Foundation ($500,000 grant) and the Schmidt Family Foundation. Critics argue this allows wealthy donors to dictate local energy policies from a distance without experiencing the job losses they cause.

Opponents of these groups argue that their "real job" is filing endless lawsuits and using open-records laws to block economic progress. The Riverkeeper Network routinely uses litigation to stall major infrastructure—such as suing the Delaware River Basin Commission over the Gibbstown LNG port project or appealing state pipeline permits. Labor advocates view these legal tactics as deliberate strategies to delay projects until developers run out of money and walk away, killing potential union jobs.
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OTOH, the eco nuts shove a huge port operations into roughly the same areas they're fighting LNG projects; creating safety & health hazards for the local communities, providing jobs for outside the area, and creating drug pipelines.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 11:24 AM (NFX2v)

42 I guess because it wasn't a Cat 4 or 5 you could call it that.

Florida has spoiled the nation because Andrew was such an apocalypse, a mere disaster over there is no longer rated.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 11:24 AM (88C+u)

43 Apologies to our Canadian morons because you have no control but I've always disliked Canada because they gave aid and comfort to our deserters and draft dodgers.

And I say this as the grandson of a man who served in the Canadian Armed Services.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:25 AM (KC5Lt)

44 "I'm reducing my ask".

With what? Carbon monoxide?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 11:25 AM (88C+u)

45 28 15 It almost sounds like there's been a conspiracy by globalists that's been going on for decades to destroy western civilization and statehood and replace it with rule by unelected bureaucrats much like the EU and only whack job conspiracy theorists have been fighting back.

We few. We happy few. We band of morons.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Make Slavery Great Again!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:26 AM (nqf1u)

46 Nukes are making a (small) comeback.

The US military has a program to use small, portable reactors for their bases. Not just here, but remote ones as well that need lots of power for "stuff."

Like lasers. And radars. And shit.

One would power several Google AI datacenters. Or several CIA or NSA datacenters. Or both.

It'll likely be decades before us unwashed masses see any benefits. Never if the left regains power.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 11:26 AM (RORbl)

47 Billion dollar (of our money) solar mirror plant in NV sold for near pennies on the dollar.
Not the one near Vegas but another boondoggle.

I'm all for real-world testing but even I ran the numbers on those and there's just too much heat loss.
And the molten salt is good on paper but it really relied on tech not yet invented, eg to keep the entire system liquid at all times.
And the only way any of it works is if you can have it seamlessly switch between solar and natural gas.
Besides demanding intermittent, high-demand gas delivery, they lose all their green energy grants/credits.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 11:27 AM (3cUTc)

48 Make Slavery Great Again!
Posted by: Braenyard

*fap* *fap* *fap*

Posted by: Jonathan A.C. Brown at October 12, 2026 11:27 AM (88C+u)

49 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar8)

50
Getting hit by a hurricane of any category sucks mud. Power out from a Cat 1 is the same power out from a Cat 5.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (eRlcH)

51 >>>we are GOING to HAVE to be business friendly on all levels of government, and we will need an education system that is worth a damn, teaching math skills needed for manufactures, not “we have six genders”.

Posted by: Cow Demon
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#1 word in business: Dependable

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (nqf1u)

52 France is going bankrupt some time this month. The reason they are all talking about the UK going back into the EU without a vote is because the EU itself is going down. Only Germany is left paying the freight, and they are broke too.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2026 11:29 AM (0U5gm)

53 The EU needs all of the money and borrowing power of the UK to avoid default.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2026 11:30 AM (0U5gm)

54 France is going bankrupt some time this month. The reason they are all talking about the UK going back into the EU without a vote is because the EU itself is going down. Only Germany is left paying the freight, and they are broke too.

Not to worry. They'll make it up on volume.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

55
Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar

__________

It's the residue of Judeo-Christian morality. Get rid of that and you're in the Marquis de Sade territory.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:30 AM (eRlcH)

56 With the collapse of the soviet union, commies moved into different avenues to attack The West. From climate doomsayers to homo fag churches to muslims being airlifted to Minnesota, they took advantage pf a people grown fat and lazy and too preoccupied with greed to counter it.

Posted by: The National Debt at October 12, 2026 11:30 AM (NkqBW)

57 > Getting hit by a hurricane of any category sucks mud. Power out from a Cat 1 is the same power out from a Cat 5.
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It doesn't even have to be a hurricane. We've had wind events that knocked down trees, power poles, etc. And during the winter, ice can be a real bummer.

Sometimes the affected area can rival that of a major hurricane.

We are not exactly "prepared" in some regards for any of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 11:30 AM (RORbl)

58 43 Apologies to our Canadian morons because you have no control but I've always disliked Canada because they gave aid and comfort to our deserters and draft dodgers.

And I say this as the grandson of a man who served in the Canadian Armed Services.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:25 A

No problem. There's nothing wrong with Canada that the elimination of 70% of our population couldn't fix.

Same goes with most countries in Western Europe.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 11:31 AM (Sco7b)

59 The big manufacturing /construction companies are going to have to establish their own trade schools. I know a few have started smaller programs but they need to be larger and publicized.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:31 AM (KC5Lt)

60 their "real job" is filing endless lawsuits and using open-records laws to block economic progress. The Riverkeeper Network routinely uses litigation...

Posted by: L - No nic...
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>>>routinely uses litigation... - routinely uses litigation...

There's the problem. Judges allowing frivolous lawsuits instead of castigating lawyers for bringing foolishness into their court.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (nqf1u)

61 Math and science is where a society can make strides in innovation. We rank #17 in science and #26 in math. The fucktons of money in education isn't helping.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (zcI95)

62
We have well and septic. Also two 7500 watt dual-fuel generators, the 4000 watt in the RV, a 3500 and a 1200. Plus a transfer switch on the breaker.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (eRlcH)

63 55 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal


The consensus of philosophers who define "humanism".

Posted by: madame guillotine at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (88C+u)

64 There's the problem. Judges allowing frivolous lawsuits instead of castigating lawyers for bringing foolishness into their court.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (nqf1u)
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The judges are probably getting something under the table...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (FZ29D)

65 46 Nukes are making a (small) comeback.

The US military has a program to use small, portable reactors for their bases. Not just here, but remote ones as well that need lots of power for "stuff."

Like lasers. And radars. And shit.
+++

You don't say.

Posted by: The US Navy at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (gSZpL)

66 I don't know how more expensive it is to build and maintain and whether even feasible but underground power lines is the way to go.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (KC5Lt)

67 Gee Buck when will someone invent some where to store intermittently generated electricity?
If they ever do I have a good name for it. We can call it a battery
Of course solar generated best in the day and wind at night do probably we could get 90% efficient storage just by pumping water back up hydro generated dams

Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (yhX3X)

68 >>There was a time in the not so distant past that I thought what you describe was a fever dream, but it's become quite clear that that's exactly what has been happening. I also think the people are now awake and paying attention. Things are going to change, and probably rapidly.

Been saying it for years. Usually followed by people telling to go sit in the corner and wear the dunce cap.

Almost gave up hope until a loudmouth real estate developer from Queens came along and shocked the world. We are very much back.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (viF8m)

69 I don't know how more expensive it is to build and maintain and whether even feasible but underground power lines is the way to go.
Posted by: polynikes

Much more expensive.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:35 AM (zcI95)

70 Math and science is where a society can make strides in innovation. We rank #17 in science and #26 in math. The fucktons of money in education isn't helping.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (zcI95)

But we continue to kick ass in winning the STEM Nobel Prizes and patents. Admittedly hard circle to square. How long can that continue.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:36 AM (KC5Lt)

71 I don't know how more expensive it is to build and maintain and whether even feasible but underground power lines is the way to go.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (KC5Lt)

It's pretty dependent on geology.

What costs millions to move underground for one city could cost billions for another.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)

72 40 If we want industry back - because manufacturing jobs are The Only Jobs That Matter - we are GOING to HAVE to be business friendly on all levels of government, and we will need an education system that is worth a damn, teaching math skills needed for manufactures, not “we have six genders”.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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wpxi news, 2024, '4-day school week now allowed in Pennsylvania. What would the impacts be?'

AKA dumbing down a great deal of future competition & also keeping local government and non-profits in business.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 11:37 AM (NFX2v)

73 Getting hit by a hurricane of any category sucks mud. Power out from a Cat 1 is the same power out from a Cat 5.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (eRlcH)

I was up in the Berrydale community near Jay, FL at a buddy's house when the storm came through. It's a very rural area with building codes that really don't measure up to 110 mph winds.

We went out Saturday morning to assess the damage to his property, and then took a drive over to Hwy. 87.

Complete carnage.

Buddy owns a skid steer. It was sitting on its trailer. So we hooked it up to his truck, grabbed a couple of chainsaws and gas, an headed over to the highway and went to work.

Soon after, we came upon a pontoon boat that had been blown off its trailer and was laying upside down blocking the northbound lane of Hwy. 87.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 11:37 AM (J4Dwc)

74 Much more expensive.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:35 AM (zcI95)

Thanks I didn't have that exact figure😀

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:37 AM (KC5Lt)

75 60.
There's the problem. Judges allowing frivolous lawsuits instead of castigating lawyers for bringing foolishness into their court.

Posted by: Braenyard

True.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 11:38 AM (NFX2v)

76 We ( collectively, of course ) have become Godless. This is why the West has fallen, or at the least is falling. As Hadrian stated upthread we are limping along on the fumes, or the echo, of Judeo Christianity. With every passing year more people are turning to some iteration of the “State” to give. them. what. they. want. What God wants plays no part in their thinking. Rant off.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:38 AM (Gqar8)

77 I read somewhere that Trump has developed a plan to start building transformers in the US again. I don't know where that stands, but at least his admin is thinking about it.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)


No business wants to actually do anything in the US because they know that the next Democrat President with just sign an EO making it illegal to produce anything in the US. And the Congress will just nod their heads and say, "Nothing we can do. Please donate today."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2026 11:38 AM (ExV1e)

78 Math and science is where a society can make strides in innovation. We rank #17 in science and #26 in math. The fucktons of money in education isn't helping.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (zcI95)

But we continue to kick ass in winning the STEM Nobel Prizes and patents. Admittedly hard circle to square. How long can that continue.


It's important to break the population into blocks. A large block consists of the truly ignorant, and they're the ones dragging the average down.

I suspect we still have lots of very smart people, recently augmented by Asians, who are fighting the tide of mediocrity.

Thus, both things (poor scores, high science productivity) can be true simultaneously.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

79
Buddy owns a skid steer. It was sitting on its trailer. So we hooked it up to his truck, grabbed a couple of chainsaws and gas, an headed over to the highway and went to work.

Soon after, we came upon a pontoon boat that had been blown off its trailer and was laying upside down blocking the northbound lane of Hwy. 87.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 11:37 AM (J4Dwc)

________

Tip o' the hat for helping out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:39 AM (eRlcH)

80 Another good one, Buck!
I'm reading your piece over at Spectator.
There's this glitch:

Mediate
-->Mediaite

("A Mediate piece titled")

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 11:40 AM (odBC9)

81 Domestic manufacturing is gross. Those jobs go to yucky ugly non-college educated troglodytes. We need those jobs in China so our GDP can grow an extra 0.1%.

That’s what true conservatism means .

Posted by: Wall Street Journal at October 12, 2026 11:40 AM (a5PYP)

82 #47 Ivanpah was killed by the solar panel electricity price dropping to new contract prices now being less than any other new build price.

Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 11:40 AM (yhX3X)

83 >>> Posted by: chickenshit retard troll at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (yhX3X)

If batteries and all the other shit are so great why haven't we been powering everything with them for the past century plus? or anyone else, anywhere in the world?

"It's not REAL communism green energy!"

Retard.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 11:40 AM (3mtzY)

84 (also extracted from The Spectator and posted in this post!)

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 11:40 AM (odBC9)

85 I imagine there are municipalities that have their utilities underground. NYC is famous for it. So are other big cities.

But unless the national electrical distribution network is underground, they'll still be at risk. From terrorists and natural events.

I think some are waking up to the realization that's going to be a long term issue. Taking it seriously is another matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 11:41 AM (RORbl)

86 62
We have well and septic. Also two 7500 watt dual-fuel generators, the 4000 watt in the RV, a 3500 and a 1200. Plus a transfer switch on the breaker.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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You need a spare; just in case.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:43 AM (nqf1u)

87 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal


There isn't one unless you consider the self-worship of a post-modern Gnosticism a moral framework.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 11:43 AM (nEUC6)

88 Thanks Buck!

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 12, 2026 11:43 AM (z6ONu)

89 If batteries and all the other shit are so great why haven't we been powering everything with them for the past century plus? or anyone else, anywhere in the world?

Batteries are making great strides, so what was true 100 years ago is not true now. However, they still have many problems, some what I consider fatal, for them to be a widely used technology, especially in cars.

I have a crazy idea. Howzabout we DON'T shift our entire economy over to an inadequate, unsuitable alternative. Howzabout we keep working on the alternative, and when it CAN meet the need, then we make a switchover if it makes economic and technological sense. It's madness, but it just might work.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

90 When I was younger and stupider I bought into all the con, Inc. bullshit. Including the idea that if everything is made cheap overseas, we benefit from cheap pricing.

Which maybe true. But I’d rather pay an extra $1 for something and not have millions of my countrymen addicted to opioids because their livelihoods are destroyed.

It can’t be ALL about profits and gdp growth and stonk markets.

Posted by: Wall Street Journal at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (a5PYP)

91 C. S. Lewis
Men Without Chests
That Hideous Strength.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (wxsGM)

92 >>> 85 I imagine there are municipalities that have their utilities underground. NYC is famous for it. So are other big cities.

But unless the national electrical distribution network is underground, they'll still be at risk. From terrorists and natural events.

I think some are waking up to the realization that's going to be a long term issue. Taking it seriously is another matter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 11:41 AM (RORbl)

There are solutions for all of these problems, such as "cut down the fcking tree limbs or even the trees anywhere near the power lines" for one.

There's also California, and Oregon, and Washington...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (3mtzY)

93 You shall have power when the sun is shining and or the wind is blowing. Suck it up.

Posted by: Punk at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (d1f3k)

94 The Ends Justify the Means is what guides the Left.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (KC5Lt)

95
With every passing year more people are turning to some iteration of the “State” to give. them. what. they. want.

_________

I'm afraid people like Bill Gates and some of the more deranged AI tech bros will become more numerous. These are people with no beliefs except their own interests, a lust for control, a total disregard for human beings.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (eRlcH)

96 94 The Ends Justify the Means is what guides the Left.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (KC5Lt)

Yes. And what are their Ends?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:45 AM (Gqar8)

97 For instance, in my little 'burgh, a major industrial area, local industry and government leaders did a big study on moving power-delivery from Major Power Plant underground for the plants along the rivers.

The study resulted in abandonment of the idea. Close to $1b to dig through all the limestone, while all the industrial plant had existing backup power for the frequent but very short power interruptions. Just not worth doing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)

98
You need a spare; just in case.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:43 AM (nqf1u)

__________

Out in the country, you're on your own. Nobody's going to help.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:46 AM (eRlcH)

99 underground power lines is the way to go.
Posted by: polynikes

Much more expensive.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin
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Heat dispersal

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:46 AM (nqf1u)

100 The Ends Justify the Means is what guides the Left.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (KC5Lt)

Yes. And what are their Ends?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:45 AM (Gqar

It's all moral relativism.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:46 AM (KC5Lt)

101 A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.

Not gonna lie, that should probably be a capital offense, trying to engineer a famine.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 11:47 AM (vJrRc)

102 Out in the country, you're on your own. Nobody's going to help.

I second this!

Posted by: Punk at October 12, 2026 11:47 AM (d1f3k)

103 I watched a YT clip about Bentley, the luxury car manufacturer, now owned by VW. Their management cancelled their two long-time successful ICE engines, and bet the farm on a yet-to-appear electric powertrain. The car was to be built on a common platform with Porsche and VW, but the platform was recently cancelled. The electric vehicle has now been delayed until 2027.

Bentley sold a grand total of 6, not 6 thousand, but 6, cars in Britain in the last half year. The American market has collapsed with tariffs, as has the Chinese market, who of course only wanted to steal the technology.

Great move, Bentley management.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

104 But unless the national electrical distribution network is underground, they'll still be at risk. From terrorists and natural events.

I think some are waking up to the realization that's going to be a long term issue. Taking it seriously is another matter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

One can follow the feed from a substation by the pad transformers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:49 AM (zcI95)

105 imagine there are municipalities that have their utilities underground. NYC is famous for it. So are other big cities.

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I live in a small city.

I had a project in my yard to redo my walkway which required a lot of digging. Before the contractor started, I had to have utility lines marked. There were 7 separate lines identified.

Everything is underground.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 11:49 AM (a5PYP)

106 In my America, power conduit will be buried in trenches by rich Communists who need to learn the value of a day's work short and nasty lifetime's thankless toil.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 11:50 AM (BI5O2)

107 My development has all buried electrical lines but of course it's powered by above ground line/lines outside of the development. The more lines buried though the decrease in issues.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:50 AM (KC5Lt)

108 They want what they want when they want it, and will destroy whatever is in their way to get it. Everything guided by their lusts. Lust can have a lot of objects.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar8)

109 Out in the country, you're on your own. Nobody's going to help.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:46 AM (eRlcH)

Out in the country, no one can hear you scream.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2026 11:51 AM (3oGOz)

110
Not gonna lie, that should probably be a capital offense, trying to engineer a famine.


We could use him to give the Nidal Hasan firing squad a tuneup before the big day.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

111 The study resulted in abandonment of the idea. Close to $1b to dig through all the limestone, while all the industrial plant had existing backup power for the frequent but very short power interruptions. Just not worth doing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Rock adder can upwards of $70-80 per ft, depending on a number of factors.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:51 AM (zcI95)

112 It would be funny if all of the greentards, *especially* the Gates / Soros / Schwab / types were forced to live the way they want everyone else to live.

Starting today: NOTHING with any petroleum-derived products, in your own personal possesion, or in use by you at all. No more Sixbucks coffee, no more North Face / REI / whoever's the coolest today polyester outerwear, no car nor bus nor bicycle (lubricants, dipshits), no refrigeration, no HVAC, no indoor plumbing...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 11:51 AM (3mtzY)

113 >>>I suspect we still have lots of very smart people, recently augmented by Asians, who are fighting the tide of mediocrity.

Thus, both things (poor scores, high science productivity) can be true simultaneously.

Posted by: Archimedes
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Rhyming with that are the statistics showing Americans are not living as long as before. All of the Chinese induced ODs bring the overall average down.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:51 AM (nqf1u)

114 Batteries store energy. They do not create energy.

There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea of batteries, much of modern life runs on. The issue is creating the energy that charges batteries.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:52 AM (viF8m)

115 We ( collectively, of course ) have become Godless. This is why the West has fallen, or at the least is falling. As Hadrian stated upthread we are limping along on the fumes, or the echo, of Judeo Christianity. With every passing year more people are turning to some iteration of the “State” to give. them. what. they. want. What God wants plays no part in their thinking. Rant off.
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:38 AM (Gqar


It's the old Mao Method applied nationwide.

In China, when Mao took over , they'd tell young grade school children to close their eyes and pray to God for a piece of candy.

The children prayed and opened their eyes and...no candy.

Then they told the kids to close their eyes and pray to Chairman Mao for a piece of candy. While the kids were praying to Mao, the teachers would distribute candy to all the children.

And when the children opened their eyes, they had a piece of candy. Mao came thru and God didn't.

Pretty much the same thing with welfare, etc. LBJ knew what he was doing with his Great Society, when he said in private the n-words would vote for Democrats for the next hundred years or so.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 11:52 AM (YSUhf)

116
A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.



Hackers? As opposed to Frogistan being full of.... Frogs. And those Frogs acting Froggily, with Frogian efficiency and competence.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (iqcvy)

117 Out in the country, you're on your own. Nobody's going to help.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


I'm far enough out, I'm lucky my water line is buried. When they built the house, they didn't run a landline phone cable.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (JDhDw)

118 101 A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.
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Not gonna lie, that should probably be a capital offense, trying to engineer a famine.

Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Muzzies, Chinese or internal nit whits?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (nqf1u)

119 The hypocrisy of the leftist climate change scaremongers flying private and living in 30k aq ft mansions has been pointed out for decades. Your typical leftist still doesn’t care. They still will happily give up their car and live in a 300 sq ft shoebox to save the erf.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (a5PYP)

120 We, too, are making great strides and will soon be dominant on the scene.

Posted by: The Indian National Winter Olympic Team at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (EdP2u)

121 >>> 118 101 A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.
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Not gonna lie, that should probably be a capital offense, trying to engineer a famine.

Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Muzzies, Chinese or internal nit whits?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (nqf1u)

Yes.

Posted by: Magic 8 Ball at October 12, 2026 11:54 AM (3mtzY)

122 Well I suppose those while natural gas could go back to gas lighting...you see what I did there!

Posted by: Gas Lighter at October 12, 2026 11:54 AM (d1f3k)

123 >>There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea of batteries, much of modern life runs on. The issue is creating the energy that charges batteries.

Posted by: JackStraw
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And better batteries.
_ - > paging Elon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:55 AM (nqf1u)

124 It can be lunch time
And have I mentioned I H8 my co-workers lately?

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 11:56 AM (sgkY8)

125 Test - internet issues?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 11:56 AM (Sco7b)

126 I pray that the West has one more Great Awakening left in it.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar8)

127 Also: where is my Mr. Fusion???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 11:56 AM (3mtzY)

128 Re batteries - Where are all of the hazardous landfills and recycling centers going to be? Who will be working in them? (It won't be robotic.)

Standard gas and diesel vehicles use lead-acid batteries, which are packed with toxic heavy metal lead and corrosive sulfuric acid. They are legally classified as Hazard Class 8 (Corrosive Substances).

Electric vehicles (EVs) use large lithium-ion packs containing reactive lithium salts, flammable electrolytes, and toxic metals like cobalt and nickel. They are classified as Hazard Class 9 (Miscellaneous Dangerous Substances) due to fire and thermal runaway risks.
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Reuters, Siemens Gamesa CEO warns of capacity cutbacks if Europe's offshore expansion falters, June 2026

Has it ever been stable as a wind turbine company?

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 11:56 AM (NFX2v)

129 Why are we washing our garbage?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty


To re-use those resources now, rather than providing jobs for future landfill miners.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 11:57 AM (vJrRc)

130 >>>I'm far enough out, I'm lucky my water line is buried. When they built the house, they didn't run a landline phone cable.

Posted by: rickb223
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Phone company used to run a free line with a one year service contract.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:57 AM (nqf1u)

131 - "... filled the void of Christianity."

With acknowledgement that history, past, present and Future is His Story, therefore no judgement of any individual...

When and with what would you time the beginning of the void of Christianity in this country and indeed, worldwide.
Possibily an indoctrination in the school system that grew more and more over time?

A "belief system," and that's what it is, that teaches that you can't trust anything in God's Word or, at the very least, make them mean whatever your heart wants them to mean?

Posted by: TeeJ at October 12, 2026 11:57 AM (ix5nG)

132 Now planned subdivisions can be done UG less expense and much quicker than existing neighborhoods. Still much more than aerial utilities.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (zcI95)

133 Yikes, and they don't even have a social safety net.

China’s debt has shot up so much in recent years that interest payments on all its borrowing are commanding a bigger share of public spending.

Debt-servicing payments will account for 19.2% of the central government’s general public budget this year, up from 12% in 2014, according to new Conference Board estimates cited by the Financial Times.

That tracks with a separate report earlier this year from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which also found that 19% of Beijing’s spending is earmarked for interest on debt. That’s more than the 14% of the U.S. federal budget that goes to interest costs.


https://tinyurl.com/bdzjnbxx

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

134 Borzoi Treadmill Generator is the next leap forward.

Posted by: Floyd The Cat at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (EdP2u)

135 no car nor bus nor bicycle (lubricants, dipshits),
Posted by: Helena Handbasket


Make Whale Oil an Industrial lubricant Again!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (vJrRc)

136 Thx Buck
Always like seeing the big solar panel fields after a hailstorm. Good planning climate wizards

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (pJE7g)

137 'Green energy' is what happens when you have idiot ideologue politicians decreeing that you will use technology that hasn't actually been invented yet.

How many leftist states passed laws saying that you weren't allowed to buy anything but an electric car past 2035? Despite the fact that everybody said it was ridiculously unachievable goal, they tried to force it anyway. Now they don't want to even talk about it.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (setIA)

138
Speaking of batteries...

Insty had an interesting article:

https://instapundit.com/827600/

It's about a battery that was invented in the American Space Program that lasts 30 years (16 times longer than lithium batteries.

and can't catch on fire.

And new company has improved the tech to make it cheaper and started building them in a new factory.

And, of course, where is this factory?

China!

American tech, American company, build in China.

Yay, us!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (YSUhf)

139 >>And better batteries.
_ - > paging Elon

There are billions being spent to develop solid state batteries at industrial scale. When the problem gets solved, and it will be, it would be good to be in the battery business.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m)

140 And better batteries.
_ - > paging Elon

***

Friend here in Pensacola just two months ago had a Tesla battery bank installed in his garage.

He lost power for nine hours over the weekend because hurricane. Said the battery bank performed flawlessly.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (J4Dwc)

141 Have no fear, James Talacreepo is BACK

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

142 131 - "... filled the void of Christianity."

With acknowledgement that history, past, present and Future is His Story, therefore no judgement of any individual...

When and with what would you time the beginning of the void of Christianity in this country and indeed, worldwide.
Possibily an indoctrination in the school system that grew more and more over time?

A "belief system," and that's what it is, that teaches that you can't trust anything in God's Word or, at the very least, make them mean whatever your heart wants them to mean?
Posted by: TeeJ at October 12, 2026 11:57 AM (ix5nG)

Satan never sleeps, and he knows the pressure points of humanity extremely well. The World, the Flesh, and the Devil is not some idle phrase.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 12:00 PM (Gqar8)

143 141 Have no fear, James Talacreepo is BACK
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

Prostate massages all around!!!


Hmmm, okay. I think I have this fixed. Step one. Unplug and turn everything off.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:00 PM (Sco7b)

144
That tracks with a separate report earlier this year from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which also found that 19% of Beijing’s spending is earmarked for interest on debt. That’s more than the 14% of the U.S. federal budget that goes to interest costs.

____________

I prefer having our problems than anyone else's. Ours, I think, are solvable with enough determination. Europe, Russia, Japan and China are not.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 12:00 PM (eRlcH)

145 Standard gas and diesel vehicles use lead-acid batteries, which are packed with toxic heavy metal lead and corrosive sulfuric acid. They are legally classified as Hazard Class 8 (Corrosive Substances).

Electric vehicles (EVs) use large lithium-ion packs containing reactive lithium salts, flammable electrolytes, and toxic metals like cobalt and nickel. They are classified as Hazard Class 9 (Miscellaneous Dangerous Substances) due to fire and thermal runaway risks.
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They've taken the lead out of batteries. (that's why they're crap)
Check w/Elon - he recycles 90% of returned (used) batteries.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:00 PM (nqf1u)

146 When they built the house, they didn't run a landline phone cable.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM
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Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: Starlink at October 12, 2026 12:01 PM (gSZpL)

147 Call me when Elon's Dragon 10 Heavy Lift rockets are battery powered.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 12:02 PM (JDhDw)

148 When they built the house, they didn't run a landline phone cable.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM
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Yoo-hoo!
Posted by: Starlink



Yeah. You've been there since Day 1.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 12:03 PM (JDhDw)

149 When I was younger and stupider I bought into all the con, Inc. bullshit. Including the idea that if everything is made cheap overseas, we benefit from cheap pricing.

Which maybe true. But I’d rather pay an extra $1 for something and not have millions of my countrymen addicted to opioids because their livelihoods are destroyed.

It can’t be ALL about profits and gdp growth and stonk markets.

Posted by: Wall Street Journal



Outsourcing just shifted our inflation away from product prices. We made up for it in spades with welfare spending, crime, and drug addiction. We just didn't see it on the price tag, we saw it on April 15th.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2026 12:03 PM (0U5gm)

150 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar
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S'tan.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 12:03 PM (dkM11)

151 We all did just fine for 3 years with no phone, no lights, no motorcar. Nobody even lost weight!
The Skipper gained weight, somehow!

Posted by: Here On Gilligan's Isle at October 12, 2026 12:04 PM (EdP2u)

152 >>Electric vehicles (EVs) use large lithium-ion packs containing reactive lithium salts, flammable electrolytes, and toxic metals like cobalt and nickel. They are classified as Hazard Class 9 (Miscellaneous Dangerous Substances) due to fire and thermal runaway risks.

Crack head Hunter helped sell one of the biggest cobalt mines in the world to the CCP. Then Joey shit pants gave $600 million of our tax dollars to help build a choo choo to help carry the cobalt to a port.

The level of corruption the Biden crime family engaged in would make the mafia green with envy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:05 PM (viF8m)

153 We all did just fine for 3 years with no phone, no lights, no motorcar. Nobody even lost weight!
The Skipper gained weight, somehow!

Posted by: Here On Gilligan's Isle


Coconuts have a lot of calories.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

154
no car nor bus nor bicycle (lubricants, dipshits),
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Make Whale Oil an Industrial lubricant Again!
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (vJrRc)



Fuck

Posted by: Sperm Whales, channelling Henry Cavil at October 12, 2026 12:05 PM (iqcvy)

155 150 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar
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S'tan.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 12:03 PM (dkM11)

Yes, Mister Angel of Light. The inventor of Shiny Objects to chase.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 12:05 PM (Gqar8)

156 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.

Posted by: Mary Ann at October 12, 2026 12:06 PM (gSZpL)

157 74 Much more expensive.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:35 AM (zcI95)

Thanks I didn't have that exact figure😀
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:37 AM (KC5Lt)

; )

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 12:06 PM (odBC9)

158 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.

Posted by: Mary Ann


There's something to be said for age and experience in the sack.

Posted by: Mrs. Howell at October 12, 2026 12:07 PM (Riz8t)

159
The level of corruption the Biden crime family engaged in would make the mafia green with envy.
Posted by: JackStraw

It's a Columbus Day, Jack, lay off a da Family, capiche?

Posted by: Made Man at October 12, 2026 12:07 PM (EdP2u)

160 >>Yeah. You've been there since Day 1.

My favorite trillionaire.

>>SpaceX deal to acquire spectrum license hammers shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile

https://tinyurl.com/ycxf5fs6

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:08 PM (viF8m)

161 Bentley sold a grand total of 6, not 6 thousand, but 6, cars in Britain in the last half year. The American market has collapsed with tariffs, as has the Chinese market, who of course only wanted to steal the technology.
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Hey, that's pretty good! What's your secret?

/s/ Jaguar, registering 2--a whole two--new vehicles in all of Europe.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 12:09 PM (3cUTc)

162 There's something to be said for age and experience in the sack.
Posted by: Mrs. Howell at October 12, 2026 12:07 PM

Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Guys who are 29 plus at October 12, 2026 12:09 PM (gSZpL)

163 IMHO, Elon is the most consequential American since the days of Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)

164 > >SpaceX deal to acquire spectrum license hammers shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile
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It just about obsoletes their cellular network.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 12:09 PM (RORbl)

165 Friend here in Pensacola just two months ago had a Tesla battery bank installed in his garage.

He lost power for nine hours over the weekend because hurricane. Said the battery bank performed flawlessly.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (J4Dwc)

Just texted him asking for the Tesla product he had installed:

"Powerwall 3"

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM (J4Dwc)

166
We all did just fine for 3 years with no phone, no lights, no motorcar. Nobody even lost weight!
The Skipper gained weight, somehow!

Posted by: Here On Gilligan's Isle

Coconuts have a lot of calories.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)



Except that raw coconut water is a laxative, until your body adjusts.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM (iqcvy)

167 MS Now and CNN have both had stories as I've been wandering about on how much money Musk has given to the GOP. $267 million.

Panties are wadded and people have the saddzzzz.

If money and fundraising are any sign of the midterms, maybe they won't be so bad. I've also been seeing the occasional segment "What if the polls are wrong?" so maybe they kind of know something.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM (Sco7b)

168 We had a song about being Out In The Country.

Posted by: Three Dog Night at October 12, 2026 12:11 PM (wVcYX)

169 The level of corruption the Biden crime family engaged in would make the mafia green with envy.
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This is proven by how completely obsessed and deranged the left is in accusing Trump, his family and his administration of corruption.

Their accusation is a confession.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 12:11 PM (3cUTc)

170 >>It just about obsoletes their cellular network.

Where we're going there are no roads.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:11 PM (viF8m)

171 130 >>>I'm far enough out, I'm lucky my water line is buried. When they built the house, they didn't run a landline phone cable.

Posted by: rickb223
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Phone company used to run a free line with a one year service contract.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:57 AM (nqf1u)

The phone company used barbed wire fences where I am back in the day.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 12:11 PM (hlLS1)

172 Akshuallly, Elon is an AFRICAN American.

Posted by: Just for the record at October 12, 2026 12:12 PM (gSZpL)

173 Nood.
Omar

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:12 PM (Sco7b)

174 Above ground water lines. Hmmm, that would save money.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 12:12 PM (Gqar8)

175 "Hans! Ze haf found us~!"

@LeadingReport 3m
NASA is reportedly investigating a lunar pit that may lead to an underground cave capable of sheltering future human bases.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (nEUC6)

176 >>SpaceX deal to acquire spectrum license hammers shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile

https://tinyurl.com/ycxf5fs6

Posted by: JackStraw
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Speculating, he won't undercut current pricing but quality of service connectivity will sell to travelers and rural folks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (nqf1u)

177 173 Nood.
Omar
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:12 PM (Sco7b)

ewww

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (odBC9)

178 He focuses on the hollowing out of industry, the green energy delusion, and the erasure of national sovereignty"

Interesting comment given this day. By the late 1400's, the west was in similar throes of listless stupidity...

Until a small ship arrived...

Posted by: man at October 12, 2026 12:13 PM (pfXMo)

179
MS Now and CNN have both had stories as I've been wandering about on how much money Musk has given to the GOP. $267 million.

Panties are wadded and people have the saddzzzz.

If money and fundraising are any sign of the midterms, maybe they won't be so bad. I've also been seeing the occasional segment "What if the polls are wrong?" so maybe they kind of know something.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM (Sco7b)



I won't celebrate until pearls are clutched.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 12:14 PM (iqcvy)

180 I've also been seeing the occasional segment "What if the polls are wrong?" so maybe they kind of know something.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM

No shit?

Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 12, 2026 12:14 PM (gSZpL)

181 ...I've also been seeing the occasional segment "What if the polls are wrong?" so maybe they kind of know something.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM (Sco7b)


IIRC from previous elections,

we're about two weeks away before the pollsters/MSM start walking back their numbers to reflect reality.

Until then it's Blue Tidal Time!!!!!1111!!!1!1111

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 12:14 PM (YSUhf)

182 180 I've also been seeing the occasional segment "What if the polls are wrong?" so maybe they kind of know something.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:10 PM

No shit?
Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 12, 2026 12:14 PM (gSZpL)

This is why we HAVE to hold the elections. Just in case the polls are wrong.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 12:16 PM (1UOiF)

183 It almost sounds like there's been a conspiracy by globalists that's been going on for decades to destroy western civilization and statehood and replace it with rule by unelected bureaucrats much like the EU and only whack job conspiracy theorists have been fighting back.


There was a time in the not so distant past that I thought what you describe was a fever dream, but it's become quite clear that that's exactly what has been happening. I also think the people are now awake and paying attention. Things are going to change, and probably rapidly.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

Oh there has for a long time been people who foolishly think they, and their like minded buddies can control the world in their iron fist. But the world is a large and complicated place and can't be captured so easily. Plans like this will fail, that is sure. How much damage is done trying to cling to it is the only real question.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:04 PM (uhVAy)

184 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar
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S'tan.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 12:03 PM (dkM11)

In theory there might be a moral system built on those ideas that could be a foundation for a civilization. However, to this point the success rate has been zero, including modern libertarianism and its ilk.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2026 02:11 PM (uhVAy)

185 Dude is poster child for the left. Fucking NUTS.

Posted by: Pamazon at October 12, 2026 02:12 PM (b5MGU)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Bronzino Young Man.jpg

Portrait of a Young Man
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




Comments

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 09:30 AM (JDhDw)

2 He's gay.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 12, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

3 Nicely done

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 09:31 AM (sgkY8)

4 The young man was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 12, 2026 09:31 AM (gSZpL)

5 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 09:31 AM (JDhDw)

6 Looks gay.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 09:31 AM (zcI95)

7 I find this one strangely .... compelling. Would do well to add a big red rectangle somewhere.

Posted by: Mark ROthko at October 12, 2026 09:31 AM (HSV4t)

8 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

9 Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (gSZpL)

10 Looks gay.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


Talarico in bad lighting.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (JDhDw)

11 He's wearing a pinky ring.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

12 Haughty

Posted by: Tuna at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

13 Is that Mark Zuckerberg?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (d/XeE)

14 Bronzino Nov 17, 1503- Nov 23, 1572

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 09:33 AM (sgkY8)

15 "Cosa vuoi thilly gooth?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 09:33 AM (RIvkX)

16 has a lot of flies on his hat.

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

17 Looks like Bronzino interrupted his reading in anticipation of the Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at October 12, 2026 09:34 AM (gSZpL)

18 Nice selection today CBD.

Posted by: Tuna at October 12, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

19 Question: Columbus before or after he joined the navy?
Answer: Yes.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 12, 2026 09:34 AM (dCMJG)

20 13 that might be the thing i couldn't put my finger on.

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

21 "I feel pretty / Oh so pretty / I feel pretty / And witty / And gay"… yeah, it's the last two words that tell the Tale of the Tape, eh?

Posted by: Dr_No at October 12, 2026 09:35 AM (ayRl+)

22 Pretending he can read, showing off.

Posted by: Just Lookin' At The Pitchers at October 12, 2026 09:35 AM (EdP2u)

23 A young man who seems slightly annoyed the painter interrupted his reading. And expects the painter to work fast enough he doesn't even need a bookmark, just keeping his finger in the book.

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 09:36 AM (kU0PQ)

24 Why are there maggots sticking out of his beanie?

Posted by: Diet of Worms at October 12, 2026 09:36 AM (EdP2u)

25 Those worms coming out of his hat?

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 12, 2026 09:37 AM (ViCCR)

26 He's got...Marty Feldman eyes.

Posted by: Kim Carnes at October 12, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

27 Man?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 09:37 AM (RORbl)

28 Puffy shirt is never a good look for men.

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at October 12, 2026 09:37 AM (EdP2u)

29 Yeah, fine, but can you paint faster?
I have so many things I must do today!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 09:38 AM (rOKnE)

30 Cross eyed.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 09:38 AM (Qq9O0)

31 Where are the Cruise Ship sized dung flinging Balista's when you need them?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 12, 2026 09:39 AM (VWvpU)

32 Who's a prissy boy … !? Sit up! Fetch! Beg …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 12, 2026 09:39 AM (ayRl+)

33 24 Why are there maggots sticking out of his beanie?
Posted by: Diet of Worms at October 12, 2026 09:36 AM

And shouldn't there be an onion tied to his belt?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at October 12, 2026 09:39 AM (gSZpL)

34 Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 09:38 AM (Qq9O0)

Would what this guy is wearing qualify as festive or little?
Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 12, 2026 09:39 AM (dCMJG)

35 Did you get famous before dropping your real name first, or pick up that nom de guerre to become famous?

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 09:40 AM (sgkY8)

36 He's wearing a black version of Seinfeld's Puffy Shirt.
Don't think I'd hang this one.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 09:40 AM (pJE7g)

37 Prolapse Paul's 7x grandfather.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 09:41 AM (zcI95)

38 Happy "Columbus Conquers Indigenous People Day"

Posted by: Inclusivity at October 12, 2026 09:41 AM (42y9b)

39 "Yes, OF COURSE I'm going to the Texas MoMe! Aren't YOU?"

Posted by: The petulant young man in the painting at October 12, 2026 09:42 AM (gSZpL)

40 "There 'he' was / Just a-walkin' down the street / Singin' 'doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo'" … not in Today's Army, boy-o.

Posted by: Dr_No at October 12, 2026 09:42 AM (ayRl+)

41 Matt Walsh’s next documentary: What Is A Man?

Posted by: red speck at October 12, 2026 09:42 AM (Ve/HL)

42
Bronzino >>> Tinto Brass

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 09:43 AM (eRlcH)

43 Dude’s hands are softer than a newborn.

Posted by: red speck at October 12, 2026 09:43 AM (Ve/HL)

44 36 He's wearing a black version of Seinfeld's Puffy Shirt.
Don't think I'd hang this one.
Thx CBD
***
And he doesn't want to be a pirate!!

Posted by: Jerry at October 12, 2026 09:43 AM (gSZpL)

45 Strabismus, aka wall-eyed.

Posted by: Ken at October 12, 2026 09:44 AM (vxSYT)

46 Dude's got one hell of a lazy eye.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 09:44 AM (RORbl)

47 @ 45 Strabismus, aka wall-eyed. Posted by: Ken at October 12, 2026 09:44 AM (vxSYT)
_______________________

Funny - he doesn't look pike-ish …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 12, 2026 09:45 AM (ayRl+)

48 44 kids ripped open a bag of chips raggedly, my buddy asked, "who tore into the pirate's booty?"

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

49 This guy shave yet?

Posted by: Peachy Keen at October 12, 2026 09:45 AM (EdP2u)

50 He is a bit foppish.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 09:45 AM (IY7PK)

51 Quite the Dandy...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 09:45 AM (+gK6I)

52 he actually has zero thoughts.

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 09:46 AM (Bep7s)

53
Didn't this guy get fired as head coach of the Miami
Dolphins?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 09:46 AM (eRlcH)

54 12 Haughty

Posted by: Tuna at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

Indeed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 09:46 AM (l3cgK)

55 The other boys dipped his hat in the rabbit feed barrel.

Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)

56 Lots of hidden grotesque mask faces around the room, and one phantom monster literally in his pants. You can look it up.
Something is going on with these two.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 12, 2026 09:46 AM (zdLoL)

57 He is a bit foppish.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 09:45 AM (IY7PK)

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Not a Dapper Dan man, then?

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 09:46 AM (eGzf1)

58 What's with the left hand finger sign?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2026 09:47 AM (Sk2hR)

59 What's with that gargoyle head on the arm of the chair?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 09:47 AM (l3cgK)

60 I can fix him.

Posted by: Most women at October 12, 2026 09:47 AM (gSZpL)

61 23 >>A young man who seems slightly annoyed the painter interrupted his reading.

Those aren’t books; they’re his two-volume manifesto describing why he’s going to go ape-shit with an assault rapier at the boarding school.

Posted by: red speck at October 12, 2026 09:47 AM (Ve/HL)

62
Haughty

Posted by: Tuna at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)


"Valet! You, boy! Roger me in the fundament."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 09:47 AM (eRlcH)

63 59 it releases the hounds.

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 09:48 AM (Bep7s)

64 You talkin' to me?

Posted by: Gargoyle head on the arm of the chair at October 12, 2026 09:48 AM (gSZpL)

65 He's just too sexy for this portrait.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:48 AM (2GVsD)

66 16 has a lot of flies on his hat.

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

He must be fishing for something.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 09:48 AM (l3cgK)

67 Someone got dead-named.

Posted by: red speck at October 12, 2026 09:48 AM (Ve/HL)

68
Bronzino


A "tan in a tube" kind of guy, what?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 12, 2026 09:49 AM (J/y/S)

69 Didn't this guy get fired as head coach of the Miami
Dolphins?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

He looks like the captain of the chess club.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 09:49 AM (zcI95)

70 "Valet! You, boy! Roger me in the fundament."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Dude has some fingers to roger with.
He could palm a watermelon.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 09:49 AM (JDhDw)

71 Portrait of a Prissy Young Man.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:49 AM (vOxCS)

72 66 so that's where mclean stevenson got the idea.

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

73 The artist is showing off. Instead of "look ma, no hands" it's "look ma, I can paint hands!"

Posted by: LizLem at October 12, 2026 09:49 AM (Toos7)

74 I'm a little nepot,
Short and stout,
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 09:50 AM (l3cgK)

75 Blake!

Nice to see you! How you been doing?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 09:50 AM (IY7PK)

76 Portrait of a Prissy Young Man.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:49 AM (vOxCS)
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ROFL

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

77 Portrait of a Prissy Young Man.

Still more manly than most Democrats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:50 AM (2GVsD)

78 Good morning! You would think a gentleman of this stature would have requested the artist not capture the lazy eye. The ancient version of a filter!

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 09:51 AM (2UJ+q)

79 How you been doing?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 09:50 AM (IY7PK)
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Debating my life choices.

Seriously, doing very well.

Yourself?

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 09:51 AM (eGzf1)

80 74 I'm a little nepot,
Short and stout,
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 09:50 AM

Sounds like the start to a limerick...

Posted by: Limerick Lover at October 12, 2026 09:52 AM (gSZpL)

81 His hands look very soft. I hope he keeps his nails short. Nothing more repulsive than long fingernails on a guy. Keep them clean and very short.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 09:52 AM (IY7PK)

82 Bronzino's portraits are remarkable for their wonderful detail and use of color. His skin tones are realistic even if a bit perfect. I find the facial expressions are often a tiny bit wooden compared to later artists like Rembrandt, although this one isn't. The crooked eye adds realism, and interest, to the portrait. Oddly, his allegorical paintings are much more expressive. However, I can see why his portraits were so popular.

This is the kind of painting where the subject is less important to me than studying the techniques used to make it.

Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2026 09:52 AM (yTvNw)

83 Didn't Bronzino date Sandra Dee?

Posted by: Oglebay at October 12, 2026 09:52 AM (2ap+5)

84 80 74 I'm a little nepot,
Short and stout,
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 09:50 AM

Sounds like the start to a limerick...

Posted by: Limerick Lover at October 12, 2026 09:52 AM (gSZpL)

Hand on my waist,
Hand as I pout.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 09:53 AM (l3cgK)

85
As evidenced by his right hand, Bronzino assiduously studied and wrote the definitive treatise of "How to Escape Chinese Finger Traps".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 12, 2026 09:53 AM (J/y/S)

86 Didn't Bronzino date Sandra Dee?
Posted by: Oglebay at October 12, 2026 09:52 AM (2ap+5)

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I think you're confusing him with George Hamilton.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 09:53 AM (eGzf1)

87 Debating my life choices.

Seriously, doing very well.

Yourself?
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 09:51 AM (eGzf1)

I’m alright. Heading across the water to work. Happy Colombus Day!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 09:54 AM (IY7PK)

88 87 Debating my life choices.

Seriously, doing very well.

Yourself?
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 09:51 AM (eGzf1)

I’m alright. Heading across the water to work. Happy Colombus Day!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 09:54 AM (IY7PK)

Thinking I should eat pasta with indian fry bread today...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 09:55 AM (l3cgK)

89 Instead of subsidizing layabout, starving artists, couldn't the Medici's have bought Columbus a couple ships? All that gold could have come back to Italy, not Spain. The Pope might not have had to sell indulgences, for crying out loud.

Posted by: Luther, From Afar at October 12, 2026 09:55 AM (EdP2u)

90 Looks like he's worked his fingers to the bone.

Posted by: Hee Haw at October 12, 2026 09:55 AM (gSZpL)

91 Dude was just told to dress his age....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 09:55 AM (RORbl)

92 Alternate title:

"Unable Figure Out How to Escape The Italian Finger Trap , Luigi Lived 54 Years Without the Use of His Right Hand"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 09:55 AM (YSUhf)

93
With those hands, the guy ought to play the piano.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 09:56 AM (eRlcH)

94 88 ha. waiting for the dispatcher.

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 09:56 AM (Bep7s)

95 Portraiture is a favorite because it is art of the West and is completely free of Roman and Greek influence, to the extent there really was any RomanGreek influence on the West.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 12, 2026 09:56 AM (2ap+5)

96 Was every man in 16th century Italy a fop, a dandy, a beau, a manwhore?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

97 Okay, so the artist was feeling artistic this day, and he painted the grotesque things to contrast the handsomeness of this person, who is unknown. The person is probably one of the artists literary friends, per Grok. This is oil on wood and I am not sure the lazy eye is supposed to be lazy, more like he is looking down and it got a bit wonky in the translation. Those things happen to the best of us in portraits. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

(If you know me, you get this joke. I am the least photogenic person on the planet. I am the one who ruins every group shot. No matter what, something happens and everyone else looks amazing, I look like one of the gargoyles. How I gave birth to a model is a mystery for the ages)

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 09:57 AM (2UJ+q)

98
I'm a little nepot,
Short and stout,


Where there's a bath house,
I'll whip it out

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 12, 2026 09:58 AM (J/y/S)

99
hunnert!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 12, 2026 09:58 AM (J/y/S)

100
crap

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 12, 2026 09:59 AM (J/y/S)

101 Thinking I should eat pasta with indian fry bread today...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 09:55 AM (l3cgK)
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When I ate in the longhouse in Sitka, fry bread and macaroni salad were served.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 09:59 AM (RIvkX)

102 99, 100

This is funny.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 09:59 AM (2UJ+q)

103 (If you know me, you get this joke. I am the least photogenic person on the planet. I am the one who ruins every group shot. No matter what, something happens and everyone else looks amazing, I look like one of the gargoyles. How I gave birth to a model is a mystery for the ages)

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 09:57 AM (2UJ+q)

Can't be as bad as I was on a group trip with my wife. Literally 4 cameras broke, and they weren't all mine...they just stopped working after taking photos of me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 09:59 AM (l3cgK)

104 Last I heard, only Ghost Hunters could photograph Piper.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 09:59 AM (eGzf1)

105
... and that, friends, was a classic "dog in the manger move"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 12, 2026 09:59 AM (J/y/S)

106 >>(If you know me, you get this joke. I am the least photogenic person on the planet. I am the one who ruins every group shot. No matter what, something happens and everyone else looks amazing, I look like one of the gargoyles. , ,)
Posted by: Piper


Heh, me, too!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 10:00 AM (rOKnE)

107 Caption:

"Yes, It is I, Bronzino! The nobleman with the Darkest and Best Suntan in all of Italy. Scourge of my rival, Coppertonio!"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 10:00 AM (YSUhf)

108 Fops, Dandys, Beaus & Manwhores used to tour with the Bee Gees back in the day.

Posted by: Music Nerd at October 12, 2026 10:00 AM (gSZpL)

109 Hand modeling was quite lucrative, while it lasted.

Posted by: G. Costanza at October 12, 2026 10:00 AM (EdP2u)

110 102 99, 100

This is funny.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 09:59 AM (2UJ+q)

Always is. ::: insert Nelson Muntz laugh here :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:00 AM (l3cgK)

111 That guy has one of those faces that you just want to punch. In modern times he'd be a car salesman or a politician

Posted by: JonnyJay at October 12, 2026 10:00 AM (Jgz2T)

112 106 >>(If you know me, you get this joke. I am the least photogenic person on the planet. I am the one who ruins every group shot. No matter what, something happens and everyone else looks amazing, I look like one of the gargoyles. , ,)
Posted by: Piper


Heh, me, too!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 10

We should take a picture together and see if it cancels out. Or it will be hysterical. One or the other.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 10:01 AM (2UJ+q)

113 Praise be to our eternal God, our Lord, who gives to all those who walk in His ways victory over all things which seem impossible

- Columbus

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 10:01 AM (rOKnE)

114 I'm assuming that shirt is not machine washable.

Posted by: Woolite Washing Makes A Sweater Look Alive! at October 12, 2026 10:02 AM (EdP2u)

115 114 I'm assuming that shirt is not machine washable.

Posted by: Woolite Washing Makes A Sweater Look Alive! at October 12, 2026 10:02 AM (EdP2u)

Especially with all the little cuts already in it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:02 AM (l3cgK)

116
Tragically, "Bronzino", having inadvertently invented cyanoacrylate glue, could never refine the formula and thereby make his fortune once he glued together two fingers of his left hand.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 12, 2026 10:02 AM (J/y/S)

117 He's making a gang sign with his left hand, right?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 10:03 AM (niIJo)

118 Can't be as bad as I was on a group trip with my wife. Literally 4 cameras broke, and they weren't all mine...they just stopped working after taking photos of me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026

At least if they broke, people will stop taking pictures and telling you that you are making it up…until they look at the picture they took and try to come up with something ice to say.

Back to this piece of art (CBD gets input into my employee review ratings) is that macaroni in his beret?

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 10:03 AM (2UJ+q)

119 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at October 12, 2026 10:04 AM (gSZpL)

120 I don't care for portraits. I basically skip over them when visiting museums except for self portraits.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:04 AM (KC5Lt)

121 Hand modeling was quite lucrative, while it lasted.
Posted by: G. Costanza at October 12, 2026 10:00 AM (EdP2u)
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My dad's mother was a hand model. Yes, I've got good hands. Calm down ladies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:04 AM (RIvkX)

122 Portrait of a poofter

Posted by: A real heel at October 12, 2026 10:04 AM (JNTt1)

123
Happy Conquering the Heathen Savages Day!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:04 AM (eRlcH)

124 Back to this piece of art (CBD gets input into my employee review ratings) is that macaroni in his beret?
Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 10:03 AM (2UJ+q)
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Yankee Doodle: The Early Years.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 10:05 AM (eGzf1)

125 My FIL was a handsome guy, but there is no picture that he looks good in. He usually mugged for the camera, which didn't help. My son inherited this affliction.

Posted by: Me? I'm A Regular Brad Pitt at October 12, 2026 10:05 AM (EdP2u)

126 118 Can't be as bad as I was on a group trip with my wife. Literally 4 cameras broke, and they weren't all mine...they just stopped working after taking photos of me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026

At least if they broke, people will stop taking pictures and telling you that you are making it up…until they look at the picture they took and try to come up with something ice to say.

Back to this piece of art (CBD gets input into my employee review ratings) is that macaroni in his beret?

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 10:03 AM (2UJ+q)

Maybe Yankee Doodle was trying to emulate him...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:05 AM (l3cgK)

127 Branzino the fish is very delicious.

Okay, CBD, I am refocusing. Sorry.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 10:05 AM (2UJ+q)

128 "...is that macaroni in his beret?

+++

It's a feather.

Posted by: Yankee Doodle at October 12, 2026 10:05 AM (gSZpL)

129 (If you know me, you get this joke. I am the least photogenic person on the planet. I am the one who ruins every group shot. No matter what, something happens and everyone else looks amazing, I look like one of the gargoyles. How I gave birth to a model is a mystery for the ages)

Posted by: Piper


I call bull. Until you have sent a picture to a lonely hearts club and they mail it back with a note saying that "they aren't THAT lonely" you aren't the least photogenic.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 10:05 AM (JDhDw)

130 The Tricksy Chicks.

Scottish charity warns migrants that underage British girls might "deceive" them
. . . .
‘Because we've had young men fall for these things that could be preventable.' Fall for these things. She then goes on to advise the men to ask young people their age and even request identification, before coming in with the extraordinary warning: ‘Don't be deceived, we have young persons growing bigger than their age.' Twelve and 14-year-olds, she explains, can be taller than she is.

https://tinyurl.com/mmac9j5p

-
Meanwhile . . .

https://t.co/vfiLHVloGz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 10:05 AM (ndZc7)

131
Hand modeling was quite lucrative, while it lasted.
Posted by: G. Costanza at October 12, 2026 10:00 AM (EdP2u)


Commercials couldn't show a person pouring beer, so they used hand models who were trained in pouring beer to create a specified effect.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:06 AM (eRlcH)

132 He's making a gang sign with his left hand, right?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 10:03 AM (niIJo)
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Venezia Side Story

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:06 AM (RIvkX)

133 120 I don't care for portraits. I basically skip over them when visiting museums except for self portraits.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:04 AM (KC5Lt)

So no fat Ottoman paintings for you?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:06 AM (l3cgK)

134 123
Happy Conquering the Heathen Savages Day!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:04 AM (eRlcH)

As one of the Native Americans on here, I expected presents for Indigenous Day.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 10:06 AM (2UJ+q)

135 Macaroni was the over the top man style during the 1700's .

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:07 AM (KC5Lt)

136 123
Happy Conquering the Heathen Savages Day!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:04 AM (eRlcH)

Were any savages non-heathen?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:07 AM (l3cgK)

137 Alternate title:


In 1537, Antonio Foroli Invented The Half Side- Eye Facial Expression. It Never Caught On.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 10:07 AM (YSUhf)

138 You think you aren't photogenic, until you see a guy bite a photographer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)

139 I call bull. Until you have sent a picture to a lonely hearts club and they mail it back with a note saying that "they aren't THAT lonely" you aren't the least photogenic.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026

I will prove it to you this weekend.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 10:08 AM (2UJ+q)

140 134 123
Happy Conquering the Heathen Savages Day!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:04 AM (eRlcH)

As one of the Native Americans on here, I expected presents for Indigenous Day.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 10:06 AM (2UJ+q)

I be present here today...
20% Native (Indians from Me-HI-co!)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:09 AM (l3cgK)

141 137 Alternate title:


In 1537, Antonio Foroli Invented The Half Side- Eye Facial Expression. It Never Caught On.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 10:07 AM (YSUhf)

Pfft.

Posted by: Egyptians at October 12, 2026 10:09 AM (l3cgK)

142 As one of the Native Americans on here, I expected presents for Indigenous Day.

Posted by: Piper


Why couldn't that comment have been made by Prolapse Paul? I wouldn't hesitate to comment then.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 10:09 AM (JDhDw)

143 Only native blood I have in me is Picts.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:10 AM (KC5Lt)

144 Early ancestor of Marty Feldman, perhaps.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 12, 2026 10:10 AM (4Je4D)

145 If you're a guy, don't look directly at the camera lens, but instead off to a slight angle, otherwise it resembles a deer in the headlights mugshot.
Women can look directly at the camera because their natural beauty dominates.

Posted by: It is known at October 12, 2026 10:10 AM (gSZpL)

146 143 Only native blood I have in me is Picts.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:10 AM (KC5Lt)

You outta be in pict-tures.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:10 AM (l3cgK)

147 That Omar news...

It didn't happen on day 1 of Trump's first term, so it doesn't count, don'tchaknow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 12, 2026 10:11 AM (R0rrx)

148 If you're a guy, don't look directly at the camera lens, but instead off to a slight angle, otherwise it resembles a deer in the headlights mugshot.
Women can look directly at the camera because their natural beauty dominates.
Posted by: It is known at October 12, 2026 10:10 AM (gSZpL)
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Personally, I can't avoid the "deer in the headlights" look because I'm shocked when someone wants to take my picture.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 10:12 AM (eGzf1)

149 That's one thing Americans do best and make an intended insult their own.

Yankee Doodle Dandy was a song the British sang as an insult and we embraced it. Every Redneck is proud of the title.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:12 AM (KC5Lt)

150 It didn't happen on day 1 of Trump's first term, so it doesn't count, don'tchaknow.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 12, 2026 10:11 AM (R0rrx)
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What's this I hear about gainful employment?

Anyway, congratulations, I'm sorry to hear that.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 10:12 AM (eGzf1)

151 We started a chain of restaurants called Gringos.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)

152 148 If you're a guy, don't look directly at the camera lens, but instead off to a slight angle, otherwise it resembles a deer in the headlights mugshot.
Women can look directly at the camera because their natural beauty dominates.
Posted by: It is known at October 12, 2026 10:10 AM (gSZpL)
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Personally, I can't avoid the "deer in the headlights" look because I'm shocked when someone wants to take my picture.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 10:12 AM (eGzf1)

In group pictures (haven't taken any since my wife's cousin's wedding more than two years ago), I hold my face in a slight smile and just don't move...so my pose looks the same in all the pictures, for better or worse. Never smile using my teeth, as that looks...fake and creepy...for some reason.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:13 AM (l3cgK)

153 Dude has a serious exotropia of his left eye.
Too late for patching.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 12, 2026 10:13 AM (MDua2)

154 As one of the Native Americans on here, I expected presents for Indigenous Day.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 10:06 AM


We can give you our presence on Friday and Ssturday.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (7HDzS)

155
As one of the Native Americans on here, I expected presents for Indigenous Day.

Posted by: Piper


Do you prefer firewater and guns or blankets with smallpox?


Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (YSUhf)

156 151 We started a chain of restaurants called Gringos.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)

Does it server real gringos?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (l3cgK)

157 I don't like his attitude. Snobbish.

Posted by: Don Black at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (ZxPkt)

158 143 The Roman conquest of Scotland never happened.

Because they took no Picts.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

159 155
As one of the Native Americans on here, I expected presents for Indigenous Day.

Posted by: Piper

Do you prefer firewater and guns or blankets with smallpox?


Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (YSUhf)

She's an 'ette; firearms and booze, of course.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (l3cgK)

160 You outta be in pict-tures.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:10 AM (l3cgK)

You stayed on both topics with a single snark. Impressive.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:15 AM (KC5Lt)

161 158 143 The Roman conquest of Scotland never happened.

Because they took no Picts.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

Not enough first-draft Picts.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:15 AM (l3cgK)

162
Does it server real gringos?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (l3cgK)
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Their street tacos are 100% hobo and no fillers!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 10:15 AM (eGzf1)

163 150 What's this I hear about gainful employment?

Anyway, congratulations, I'm sorry to hear that.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 10:12 AM (eGzf1)

=======

Yup. Employed.

Have today off, though.

So does Dolley. The kids are in school. We're going to try KPOT and Korean BBQ for lunch.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 12, 2026 10:15 AM (R0rrx)

164 Does it server real gringos?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (l3cgK)

I'm as Gringo as you can get and I've had many a margarita there.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:16 AM (KC5Lt)

165 We started a chain of restaurants called Gringos.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)
=====
There's a small chain here called Gordo's
(Fattie's)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:16 AM (RIvkX)

166 120 ... "I don't care for portraits. I basically skip over them when visiting museums except for self portraits."

Yep! My interest in them, if any, is in the techniques and materials used. For all the talent needed to paint an effective portrait, it is usually the equivalent of a modern photo meant for a family, not to impress a big audience.

Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2026 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

167 If you're a guy, don't look directly at the camera lens, but instead off to a slight angle, otherwise it resembles a deer in the headlights mugshot.
Women can look directly at the camera because their natural beauty dominates.
Posted by: It is known at October 12, 2026 10:10 AM (gSZpL)


Nah. It comes from being uncomfortable so you fake an expression that doesn't include your eyes naturally.

Relax. You can look at the camera and you be fine.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 10:16 AM (YSUhf)

168 Aren't there a bunch of movies where women or girls pretend to be boys and men - before that became popular.

This reminds me of those.

CNN and MSNow both covered Omar. Fairly decently. CNN was questioning the timing so close to the election.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 10:17 AM (Sco7b)

169 But no hobos served.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:17 AM (KC5Lt)

170 167 Nah. It comes from being uncomfortable so you fake an expression that doesn't include your eyes naturally.

Relax. You can look at the camera and you be fine.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 10:16 AM (YSUhf)

=======

I look directly into the camera, and I don't seem to look that weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 12, 2026 10:17 AM (R0rrx)

171 Piper, there may (or may not) be a glass of wine from a bottle with a certain president's name on it in your near future.
But you didn't hear it from me.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 12, 2026 10:17 AM (gSZpL)

172 Aren't there a bunch of movies where women or girls pretend to be boys and men - before that became popular.

This reminds me of those.

CNN and MSNow both covered Omar. Fairly decently. CNN was questioning the timing so close to the election.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 10:17 AM (Sco7b)

Just One of the Guys had the best reveal ever !!

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

173 Maybe I'm just weird this morning (always a possibility) but the decorative bits on his hat look like gold maggots. I assume that wasn't the intention.

Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2026 10:18 AM (yTvNw)

174 CNN and MSNow both covered Omar. Fairly decently. CNN was questioning the timing so close to the election.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 10:17 AM (Sco7b)
-

No one is above the law.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2026 10:18 AM (Sk2hR)

175 In photos I try to highlight my great hands.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:19 AM (RIvkX)

176 Portraits portraying significant hooterage are A-OK in my book.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

177 He's no Habsburg.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 10:19 AM (wVcYX)

178 It can be hard to get fresh gringo this time of year.

Posted by: Your local purveyor at October 12, 2026 10:20 AM (gSZpL)

179 No one is above the law.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2026 10:18 AM (Sk2hR)

Also, for Indigenous People's Day, I think the correct response is an Obama like "We won, you lost - deal with it."

Fight better next time.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 10:20 AM (Sco7b)

180 111 das backpfeifengesicht

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 10:20 AM (Bep7s)

181 176 Portraits portraying significant hooterage are A-OK in my book.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

https://tinyurl.com/36m29bwz

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:21 AM (l3cgK)

182 The preferred term is "pronounced hooterage."

Posted by: AOS Style Guide not see at October 12, 2026 10:22 AM (gSZpL)

183 Off to teach 930! Have a great morning!

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 10:22 AM (2UJ+q)

184
I don't like his attitude. Snobbish.
Posted by: Don Black at October 12, 2026 10:14 AM (ZxPkt)


He doesn't think much of you either. Be off, or I'll kick you downstairs!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:23 AM (eRlcH)

185 Because I was told every artist needed to do a self portrait I did one but painted my jacket the same as the one Van Gogh painted in one of his most famous self portraits. I probably will never paint a portrait again.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:23 AM (KC5Lt)

186 For those along the northern Gulf Coast, Google AI's weather modeling Deep Mind (WeatherNext) absolutely bitched-slapped the other prediction models regarding track and intensity of the the hurricane.

While most of the other models were still predicting landfall in the Mobile Bay-to-Perdido Key area 24 hours out, Deep Mind accurately showed the Ft. Walton Beach/Destin area as the hurricane's landing spot 3 DAYS PRIOR.

Deep Mind also nailed the intensity while other models were showing breakup prior to landfall due to windshear.

I wish I'd have paid attention to Deep Mind, as I wound up evacuating into the belly of the beast north of Milton.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 10:24 AM (J4Dwc)

187
The preferred term is "pronounced hooterage."
Posted by: AOS Style Guide not see at October 12, 2026 10:22 AM (gSZpL)


*flips pages*
In the previous edition, it was "prominent boobitude".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:25 AM (eRlcH)

188 The red man should be happy for all that has been done for them. Free land, free booze, casinos, tobacco racket the list goes on and on.

You never see a skinny indian do you? They are all fat and well fed, not like when geronimo was running around eating dirt and berries.

Posted by: Tonto at October 12, 2026 10:25 AM (NkqBW)

189 Happy Columbus Day, Ilhan!
---

BREAKING: Federal agents raid Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home early Monday morning as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.

Homeland Security Investigations agents arrived around 6 a.m., with both DHS and the Justice Department involved in the operation.

The DOJ confirms agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant, but officials have not publicly disclosed the full scope of the investigation.

https://tinyurl.com/5y4krc64

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:26 AM (dkM11)

190 187
The preferred term is "pronounced hooterage."
Posted by: AOS Style Guide not see at October 12, 2026 10:22 AM (gSZpL)

*flips pages*
In the previous edition, it was "prominent boobitude".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:25 AM (eRlcH)

https://tinyurl.com/3yzmtnsv

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:26 AM (l3cgK)

191 188 The red man should be happy for all that has been done for them. Free land, free booze, casinos, tobacco racket the list goes on and on.

You never see a skinny indian do you? They are all fat and well fed, not like when geronimo was running around eating dirt and berries.

Posted by: Tonto at October 12, 2026 10:25 AM (NkqBW)

Well, plenty of skinny dot ones.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:27 AM (l3cgK)

192 189 The DOJ confirms agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant, but officials have not publicly disclosed the full scope of the investigation.

https://tinyurl.com/5y4krc64

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:26 AM (dkM11)

=====

A judicial warrant signed off by a judge who works in the DC area.

MAGA country, I'm told.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 12, 2026 10:27 AM (R0rrx)

193 In the previous edition, it was "prominent boobitude".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:25 AM

We'll accept both.

Posted by: The Judges at October 12, 2026 10:28 AM (gSZpL)

194 I lived in Rapid City , SD as a kid and remember frequently waking up to drunk Indians or Indian in our yard or close to the house. Even so I always wanted to be the Indian when playing cowboys and Indians.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:28 AM (KC5Lt)

195 completely free of Roman and Old Greek Homos.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 10:28 AM (EyW50)

196 Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1530s
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)

The poser looks like a young James Spader.

Location: The Met Fifth Avenue (Gallery 612), H. O. Havemeyer Collection
Sitter: Unidentified, though believed to be part of Bronzino's close circle of Florentine literary friends.

"The identity of this arrogant young man is unknown, but he must have belonged to Bronzino’s close circle of literary friends in Florence and probably holds a book of poetry. The artist was himself a poet, delighting as much in the beauty of language as he did in the witty and fanciful details of his paintings. Here, Bronzino employs the ancient Roman tradition of fantastical decorations known as grotesques in his rendering of heads on the table and chair, and in the almost hidden, mask-like face suggested in the folds of the youth’s breeches. While these monstrous faces contrast with the youth’s handsome looks, they may also imply that his carefully crafted appearance is similarly a kind of mask."

More interesting than I originally thought, but would pass hanging.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

197 Seventeen U.S. Navy sailors were killed and 37 to 39 others were injured during the terrorist attack on the USS Cole Bombing on October 12, 2000.

Seems like 26 years later, most have forgotten.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:29 AM (dkM11)

198 3.5

Posted by: The East German Judge at October 12, 2026 10:29 AM (4NO2D)

199 188 The red man should be happy for all that has been done for them. Free land, free booze, casinos, tobacco racket the list goes on and on.
+++

And blankets.

Posted by: Here, take some more at October 12, 2026 10:29 AM (gSZpL)

200 Remember the USS Cole

https://tinyurl.com/ycyz7sfp

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:31 AM (dkM11)

201 Foreigners flaunt the law while in America because they know the Left and their crooked judges will protect them more than they will protect any citizen. And they still hate America and laugh at the fools that give them so much for free.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:31 AM (KC5Lt)

202 "The DOJ confirms agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant, but officials have not publicly disclosed the full scope of the investigation."
----

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at October 12, 2026 10:32 AM (gSZpL)

203 Nothing will happen guy hardest hit.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 10:34 AM (viF8m)

204 200 Remember the USS Cole

https://tinyurl.com/ycyz7sfp
Posted by: SMH

👍🏻 Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 10:34 AM (NFX2v)

205 Who was President when the USS Cole was attacked? There is why nothing was done.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:34 AM (KC5Lt)

206 Sorry I'm late. I was girding my loins.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at October 12, 2026 10:35 AM (MWfyi)

207 The DOJ confirms agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant...
Did they do it at 4AM in the morning? Did they cuff and perp walk the inbred brother-marrying jihadi-supporter in front of the media? Did they shoot her pet (goat, I'd assume)? No? They're doin' it wrong.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 12, 2026 10:38 AM (xAP/Y)

208 206 Sorry I'm late. I was girding my loins.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at October 12, 2026 10:35 AM (MWfyi)

It can take a while if you don't know how...
https://tinyurl.com/4tnpsknp

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:38 AM (l3cgK)

209 I wonder if former Major Nidal Hasan is thinking about the “nothing will happen” guy.

Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 10:39 AM (LMRVO)

210 I wonder if former Major Nidal Hasan is thinking about the “nothing will happen” guy.
Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 10:39 AM (LMRVO)
___

The protests are insane outside the gates at Ft. Hood, according to my daughter who lives nearby.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:40 AM (dkM11)

211 88. Thinking I should eat pasta with indian fry bread today...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Or drink "like a Viking" since, reportedly, they were in North America well before Chris.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 10:42 AM (NFX2v)

212 210 I wonder if former Major Nidal Hasan is thinking about the “nothing will happen” guy.
Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 10:39 AM (LMRVO)
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The protests are insane outside the gates at Ft. Hood, according to my daughter who lives nearby.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:40 AM (dkM11)

The right wants to save the lives of the innocent and execute the guilty; the left wants to execute the innocent and save the lives of the guilty.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:43 AM (l3cgK)

213 The protests are insane outside the gates at Ft. Hood, according to my daughter who lives nearby.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:40 AM (dkM11)

Work is work.
I wonder how much they're getting paid.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 10:43 AM (Sco7b)

214 211 88. Thinking I should eat pasta with indian fry bread today...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Or drink "like a Viking" since, reportedly, they were in North America well before Chris.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 10:42 AM (NFX2v)

Yes, but I don't think they got here on October 12th...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:43 AM (l3cgK)

215 210 I wonder if former Major Nidal Hasan is thinking about the “nothing will happen” guy.
Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 10:39 AM (LMRVO)
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The protests are insane outside the gates at Ft. Hood, according to my daughter who lives nearby.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:40 AM
+++
We needed something to do.

Posted by: The ladies in pink from Massachusetts at October 12, 2026 10:43 AM (gSZpL)

216 The protests are insane outside the gates at Ft. Hood, according to my daughter who lives nearby.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:40 AM (dkM11)

SMH, I’m assuming that you’d join me on the squad.
I wonder if the coup degras guy/gal gets to choose pistol caliber.
Oooh! Oooh! I’ve got it!
Must be a woman to do it!

Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 10:44 AM (LMRVO)

217 205 Who was President when the USS Cole was attacked? There is why nothing was done.
Posted by: polynikes

Bill Clinton; Mr. Asprin factory.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 10:44 AM (NFX2v)

218 Hassan wants to be a martyr and his wish is being granted.

What is there to protest?

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 10:45 AM (eGzf1)

219 213 The protests are insane outside the gates at Ft. Hood, according to my daughter who lives nearby.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:40 AM (dkM11)

Work is work.
I wonder how much they're getting paid.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 10:43 AM

Dude. Sign me up.

Posted by: Stoner living in his parents' basement at October 12, 2026 10:45 AM (gSZpL)

220 A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.

https://tinyurl.com/yc664xx9

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:45 AM (dkM11)

221 "I wonder if former Major Nidal Hasan is thinking about the “nothing will happen” guy."

I'm not touching that one. Not saying there's not a chance though.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at October 12, 2026 10:45 AM (MWfyi)

222 There is usually some kind of protest outside of Huntsville for every execution. Since Hasan's has been greatly publicized I'm sure the evil protesting retards have upped their game.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:45 AM (KC5Lt)

223 SMH, I’m assuming that you’d join me on the squad.
I wonder if the coup degras guy/gal gets to choose pistol caliber.
Oooh! Oooh! I’ve got it!
Must be a woman to do it!
Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 10:44 AM (LMRVO)
___

I'd happily volunteer.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:46 AM (dkM11)

224 214. Yes, but I don't think they got here on October 12th...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

A good guess of the date.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 10:46 AM (NFX2v)

225 The protests are insane outside the gates at Ft. Hood, according to my daughter who lives nearby.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:40 AM


I mean, I'd protest, too. This has taken way too long.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 10:47 AM (7HDzS)

226 > The protests are insane outside the gates at Ft. Hood, according to my daughter who lives nearby.
---------
Hasan's not getting executed until... when? Something like 60 days from the order? These idiots are going to camp out there for nearly 2 months?

This is why it was dumb to announce the date and location upon the order being given.

The left, and their propaganda arm now has 6 or 7 weeks to agitate for the execution to be stopped.

It probably won't. But it's now going to devolve into a political shitshow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 10:47 AM (RORbl)

227 Thinking about it seriously, you know there will be an historic picture of the coup de gras moment. However, if a woman pulls the trigger, it will be famous, not infamous:
Woman wins versus Islam.
Women’s military standing.

Someone get this to Trump and Sec’y War.

Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 10:48 AM (LMRVO)

228 Hasan's not getting executed until... when? Something like 60 days from the order? These idiots are going to camp out there for nearly 2 months?

This is why it was dumb to announce the date and location upon the order being given.

The left, and their propaganda arm now has 6 or 7 weeks to agitate for the execution to be stopped.

It probably won't. But it's now going to devolve into a political shitshow.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


December 3rd.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 10:49 AM (JDhDw)

229 It probably won't. But it's now going to devolve into a political shitshow.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 10:47 AM (RORbl)
___

Going to?

It already has.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:49 AM (dkM11)

230 I mean, I'd protest, too. This has taken way too long.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 10:47 AM (7HDzS)

Also usually in Huntsville there are a small contingent of counter protesters trolling the protesters. I wonder if the same is happening at Ft Hood.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:49 AM (KC5Lt)

231 Soft girly hands. Not a manual laborer.

And I suppose it's been asked, what is that gargoyle head beneath his left elbow?

G'morn, y'all. Happy celebration of the day the AmerInds discovered Columbus, lost at sea.

I know the PC folk like to use that, but it's kinda true, and, so, amusing.

Have yourself as good a week as possible.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and that hat! at October 12, 2026 10:49 AM (MjASY)

232 Has he made any bushes happy?

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at October 12, 2026 10:50 AM (0sNs1)

233 220 A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.

https://tinyurl.com/yc664xx9

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:45 AM (dkM11)

This is always a huge vulnerability. Our power and water and food systems. If terrorists take out a large high-voltage transformer, it could take a year to replace it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:50 AM (l3cgK)

234 224 214. Yes, but I don't think they got here on October 12th...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

A good guess of the date.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 10:46 AM (NFX2v)

Hmmm...I would assume late spring to late summer...
Intertubes say the North Atlantic is calmest from mid-June through mid-August.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:52 AM (l3cgK)

235 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Late again. A really dandy bit of art. IYKWIM
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 12, 2026 10:53 AM (2WIwB)

236 Pronounced hooterage:

https://tinyurl.com/56mc45wx

Posted by: Enjoy hooterage at October 12, 2026 10:53 AM (JrHfD)

237 Ashley Babbitt might dispute the 'no public executions' meme.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 10:54 AM (0sNs1)

238 The feds just raided Ilhan Omar's house to look for documents about her illegal immigration.

This is the good stuff I've been told will never happen.

Jump around.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 10:54 AM (viF8m)

239 Also usually in Huntsville there are a small contingent of counter protesters trolling the protesters. I wonder if the same is happening at Ft Hood.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 10:49 AM (KC5Lt)

That's funny.

The effigies could be amazing....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 10:56 AM (Sco7b)

240 hooterage

what you do is, right click the image
'open image in new tab'
and then turn that url into your tinyurl

Posted by: Don Black at October 12, 2026 10:56 AM (ZxPkt)

241 A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.

https://tinyurl.com/yc664xx9

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:45 AM (dkM11)

This is always a huge vulnerability. Our power and water and food systems. If terrorists take out a large high-voltage transformer, it could take a year to replace it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:50 AM (l3cgK)


I'm waiting for rioters to break into Louvre and destroy all the irreplaceable art,

cuz, you know, that's a muslim specialty.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 10:58 AM (YSUhf)

242 236 Pronounced hooterage:

https://tinyurl.com/56mc45wx

Posted by: Enjoy hooterage at October 12, 2026 10:53 AM (JrHfD)

"Petticoat Junction" had Hooterville...does that count?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:58 AM (l3cgK)

243
This is the good stuff I've been told will never happen.

Jump around.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 10:54 AM


Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/ZCL7ph67xf0

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 10:59 AM (7HDzS)

244 >The feds just raided Ilhan Omar's house to look for documents about her illegal immigration.
----

did they rummage through all her turbans and stuff?
probably not as interesting as Melania's skivvies

Posted by: Don Black at October 12, 2026 10:59 AM (ZxPkt)

245 6 am? hahahaha

Oh yea, October. Surprise!

>>@foxnewspolitics
·
1h
>>EXCLUSIVE: Federal agents descended on Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home early Monday morning amid an investigation into the congresswoman's immigration paperwork.

>>Multiple HSI agents in jackets were seen outside the residence around 6 a.m. as Homeland Security Investigations led the operation. Two sources close to the investigation tell Fox News Digital the search stems from questions surrounding paperwork filled out by Omar's late father when she was a child.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:00 AM (viF8m)

246
I'm waiting for rioters to break into Louvre and destroy all the irreplaceable art,

cuz, you know, that's a muslim specialty.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 10:58 AM (YSUhf)

We know.

Posted by: Bamiyan Buddha statues at October 12, 2026 11:00 AM (l3cgK)

247 Noodus Throckmortiensis.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 11:00 AM (7HDzS)

248 If I was the OIC, Firing Squad, One Each, I’d have a hard choice - 5.7 FN for FAFO, or .45 ACP, which was sorta designed for the job in the Philippines.

Posted by: RI Red at October 12, 2026 11:06 AM (LMRVO)

249 How dare you assume this man's gender, simply because of his pinky ring, ruffles and sneering visage!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 11:23 AM (hzuYO)

250 244 no embarrassing clit clamps found.

Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2026 12:39 PM (Bep7s)

251 According to the painting artist, Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano, how young was young at the time of the painting. The painting was made in the 1530's. The painting was commissioned by the powerful Florentine family, the Medici. So, the social customs were that of elite Florentine Italy in the 1530's. Who can tell us what would compel an elite 1530's Florentine dynasty's investment in commissioning this portrait? What was their goal?

Posted by: John at October 12, 2026 09:25 PM (UwF2a)

The Morning Report — 10/12 /26

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Good morning kids. Today is Columbus Day, when an intrepid European Explorer discovered a new continent inhabited by primitive savages engaged in wars of "genocide" (ah now there's a word!), slavery and mass rape against one another (how Islamic of them)! Speaking as I am as an "Indigenous person" not born of a foreign, invading, wetback criminal intent on turning back the hands of time but as a son of America dedicated as I am to the preservation and advancement of Western Judeo-Christian civilization, not its degradation and destruction.

And so, President Trump's comments on the subject are right on the money.

President Donald Trump issued a Columbus Day message, stating that the “days of plunder” of radical left Democrats, socialists, and communists ripping down statues of Christopher Columbus “are over.” . . . “HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY TO ALL, in particular our great Italian American Community which was forced to suffer as the Radical Left Dumocrats, Socialists, and Communists rampaged through our cities and towns ripping down almost all of the beautiful statutes of Christopher Columbus,” Trump said. “Well, those days of plunder are over, and the statues are back, more magnificent than ever.”

Bravo Mr. President, but statues are one thing, and merely a harbinger of more heinous things to come. And they're already here!

“Anti-ICE ‘rapid response’ networks mobilized to disrupt operations. Some of them brought weapons and used violence against officers, prompting the deployment of crowd control munitions, including tear gas and pepper balls, according to bystander video,” she wrote. One video showed a person dressed in dark clothing smack a black SUV’s side mirror with a baseball bat. “Get the fuck out of Salem!” another person was heard yelling at the officers. Moments later, one of the black SUVs went nose-to-nose with a silver vehicle, pushing it out of the way: Daviscourt reported individuals that appeared to belong to the group known as Antifa were also at the scene. President Donald Trump in 2025 signed an order designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, AFP reported at the time.The order said, “Because of the aforementioned pattern of political violence designed to suppress lawful political activity and obstruct the rule of law, I hereby designate Antifa as a ‘domestic terrorist organization.'”

Well it's way past time to dismantle and destroy what is essentially a violent insurrectionist movement within our own borders that will stop at nothing short of overthrowing our government and dismantling our society and transforming it into socialist tyranny.
On that note a few thousand miles to the east I give you this.

A city democratic socialist congressional candidate has claimed it “doesn’t even matter” that the illegal migrant wounded by ICE agents in The Bronx has a violent criminal history — and accused the NYPD of villainizing him. Democratic Socialists of American darling Darializa Avila Chevalier told lefty streamer Hasan Piker that accused gangbanger Oscar Belgal was just being a good dad when he tried to flee the feds with his 5-year-old son in the car Thursday — and was somehow a victim of his own rap sheet being revealed. “I was just so angry,” said Chevalier, the Democratic candidate for the 13th Congressional District covering parts of Manhattan and The Bronx, of hearing the illegal migrant’s history as a reputed member of the Trinitarios street gang being used against him “To me, it doesn’t even matter,” she told Piker, who agreed. “Police Commissioner [Jessica] Tisch came out, and I understand it’s her role to provide more information,” she said. “But rather than condemn ICE, rather than condemn the shooting or the events that are taking place, she started to villainize Oscar.“Put yourself in Oscar’s shoes,” she added. “You have your child in the back seat, you’re picking him up from school and all of a sudden you see masked men coming towards your car, banging on it, pull out guns. You’re running. I’m sorry, you’re protecting your child,” she said. “He needs to be released,” she said of Belgal, repeating a call by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who suggested the menace was a regular “New Yorker.” Asked for parting words, Chevalier told Piker, “F–k ICE and abolish it.”
Belgal, 28, a reputed member of the Trinitarios street gang,pickedup his son in the Marble Hill neighborhood shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday when plainclothes ICE agents stormed his SUV and fired into the vehicle when he tried to pull away, wounding him in the neck.

Do not make the mistake of shrugging these stories off as limited to the blue shit holes because this cancer will one day sweep across the nation unless it is contained and wiped out ruthlessly. Not merely the criminals and illegal aliens but their sources of funding and of course the schools that brainwash our youth and others into becoming the Brownshirts who will ultimately be the instruments of our annihilation unless we act now!

Elsewhere, we have a couple other related items of note.

“Capital punishment presents moral questions that philosophers, theologians, and statesmen have grappled with for millennia,” Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in 2015 — so the Constitution’s Framers “handled it the same way they handled many other controversial issues: they left it to the People to decide.”
The late legal titan adduced the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee that no person shall be “deprived of life . . . without due process of law” to offer a proclamation so intuitive that any middle schooler ought to grasp it: “It is impossible to hold unconstitutional that which the Constitution explicitly contemplates.”
Progressive elites, who have no problem with homicide when victims are unborn children or born children of mothers pleading “postpartum psychosis,” no longer hold the death penalty for society’s worst offenders in high regard.
But those of an older and wiser mentality continue to dispense the ultimate punishment for the most hardened and impenitent criminals.
That’s why Tennessee sentenced Pike to death. . . Pike’s botched execution is an astounding embarrassment for the state of Tennessee. But the only reason there are botched executions today is because of the left’s decades-long legal crusade to intentionally throw sand in the gears of the execution process — over the objection of a majority of Americans, who have long favored capital punishment. In the 1960s, activist NAACP lawyers launched a campaign to challenge the death penalty on grounds of “systemic racial bias.” (Sound familiar?). . . The left has also waged war on lethal injection drug “cocktails,” similarly claiming that execution method constitutes a “cruel and unusual punishment.”
. . .It’s all part of a concerted effort to end the death penalty — whether by judicial kill shot or by chemical fiat. This is all absurd. America was founded on Hebraic, Old Testament values. That’s why most Americans still understand that the only moral response to the most heinous crimes and the most unapologetic criminals is, after due process, to take the criminal’s life.

And then there's this evil cancer that we'll at long last be dealing with.

Nidal Hasan is a savage Islamic terrorist who killed 13 innocent US service members at Fort Hood in 2009. He deserves the death penalty, nothing less. But the idea of broadcasting his execution publicly — livestreaming it! — is beyond grotesque. Such practices define the monstrous beliefs Hasan adhered to: Islamist jihadis like him worship violence and cruelty, a world filled with hatred, utterly lacking mercy or grace. Jihadis will surely use footage of the execution as a recruiting tool. . . America is not a medieval caliphate. Our leaders aren’t supposed to act like jihadists.Will Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who proposed the hideous extravaganza, next suggest filming captured, blindfolded Islamists on their knees, while US soldiers behead them?  Hasan’s death is meant to achieve justice for the horrific evil he perpetrated, not serve as a source of entertainment or pleasure for masses.

There is no argument that Hasan must be put to death and in fact he should've been summarily executed the moment he was caught. That said, the idea that the video footage of his execution will be a recruiting tool for Muslims to commit jihad is ridiculous at face value given the past 1500 years of history in that Muslims never needed any inducements to commit acts of terrorism as it is what their so-called "religion" demands of its adherents, in their quest to conquer all of humanity. It might induce Leftists to become "Islamic" and use it as a cassus belli against America, as if they need any more inducement either to hate their own country and heritage.
At first, this is perhaps a reason not to broadcast it. I can argue for and against. I think Christa Pike's execution might be worthy of a live broadcast.

Then again, it's not so much the spectacle but the death penalty's prompt application might be what we at long last need to prevent further atrocities. Then again, it's the degeneration of our culture that created Christa Pike. Unfortunately the human condition means that we will always have sick, twisted people in our midst. We have to eradicate every last vestige of the cultural rot of the past 60-70 years that supercharged the mental disorders that turbocharged her brand of degeneracy. And seal the friggin' borders!!!!!

On these notes, I bid you all to have a good day.

PS: We had a weather event over the weekend, not to make light of the deaths and the damage done, but storms, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes have been causing death and destruction for a few billion years now, and there's not a damn thing we can do about them, aside from moving to places that are not as prone to them as others. Prayers for all who suffered.

    ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

  • Four people died in the southeastern United States as post-tropical cyclone Isaias threatened flooding and tornado risks Saturday as it moved northward after making landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
    At least 4 dead as cyclone Isaias drenches southern US
  • Victor Davis Hanson: No matter, within a day of the attacks, when Hamas gunmen were still fighting Israeli troops on Israeli soil, the American left was already screaming “genocide!” They did not mean Hamas’ intended genocide of Jews, a foretaste of which was seen when it launched a surprise invasion force of more than 4,000 terrorists some 15 miles into Israel. The killers were accompanied by some 2,000 “innocent” Gazan “civilians.”
    ‘Privileged ingrates’ like Zohran Mamdani need to quit the genocide hypocrisy

    CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

  • Arizona man charged after allegedly threatening to bomb the White House, with investigators finding additional threats in email drafts.
    Arizona Man Charged After Threatening to Bomb White House
  • “Interestingly, 72% of those who agree that physical violence can be justified to stop hate speech also agree that hate speech is protected by the First Amendment,” The Buckley Institute found.
    Poll: 1 In 5 Undergrads Says U.S. Deserved 9/11, Nearly Half Endorse Violence Against ‘Hate Speech’
  • portraits of people such as Marxist cop killer Assata Shakur, whom she called “civil rights” leaders – in her cafe/bookstore, “Cafe Resistance.”
    DSA Candidate Angie Nixon Defends Having Portraits of Cop Killer in Her ‘Cafe Resistance’
  • Thad McCotter: The Democratic Socialists of America exploit young people’s longing for community, but socialism’s coercive collectivism destroys the voluntary relationships that sustain it.
    The Collective Is the Enemy of Community
  • Borderless nations are easily conquered.
    Nobody Goes To War For The Rules-Based Order

    "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

  • Leftists zeroed in on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers Saturday, boxing them into a parking lot in Salem, Oregon.
    WATCH: Oregon Leftists Attack ICE Officers with Bat While Disrupting Federal Operations
  • “We demand that Mayor Zohran Mamdani fire NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and use every power available to him to drive ICE out of New York City.” NYC DSA darling makes alarming claim about violent criminal record of gangbanger shot by ICE: ‘Doesn’t even matter’
    Radical request DSA ‘demands’ Mamdani fire NYPD boss Tisch as socialists turn on mayor over ICE shooting
  • An absolute public safety nightmare.
    Mamdani’s Latest ICE Victim Committed Armed Robbery, Threatened Neighbor w/Machete

    THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)

  • Secretary Rubio condemned the Houthi attack, which killed 12 people and wounded more than 300
    American Killed In Airport Terror Attack
  • Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, the powerful body overseeing the Islamic Republic’s national security and defense policies, delivered the warning as Tehran sought concessions from President Donald Trump’s administration despite an ongoing U.S. naval blockade and mounting economic pressure.
    Iran Calls U.S. Hormuz Response ‘Inadequate,’ Threatens to Hit Undersea Cables, AI Centers if War Resumes

    ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY

  • UAE Attorney-General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi announced that investigators had uncovered a premeditated terrorist plot to seize control of Flydubai Flight FZ1073, which was traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, and use the aircraft to carry out a mass-casualty attack on Israel’s main international airport.
    UAE Attorney‑General Says Flydubai Co‑Pilot Plotted 9/11‑Style ‘Suicide Attack’ on Ben Gurion Airport
  • This is what the international community is subsidizing.
    PLO Terror Boss Blames Israel for His Decision to Postpone Elections for 20 Years
  • The deepest questions about America and Israel are not questions of foreign policy.
    A People Apart

    * * * * *

  • “It’s possible that the Nobel Committee will someday bestow its peace prize on a less worthy recipient than Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, but we doubt it.”
    Nobel Peace Prize Honoree Faces Backlash Over Anti-Israel Propaganda

    OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS

  • Interfaith group raises serious questions about whom Jewish institutions are willing to embrace. (test-marketing new and improved Zyklon C, D and E! - jjs)
    Jewish Federation, Synagogues Partner with Mosques Linked to Terror and Antisemitism
  • Rama Duwaji’s obsession with the "Palestinian" cause is shown in her reverence for the violence-tinged painter Sliman Mansour
    NYC First Lady Painted Portrait of Her ‘Inspiration’: A Jew-Hating Artist Who Said ‘Anne Frank’ Is a Hoax, Posted Hitler’s Paintings, and Celebrated Oct 7

    WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

  • The political aspirations of someone from a Muslim Brotherhood family are those of the Brotherhood.
    Abdul El-Sayed’s Sister: “My Family Has Long Been” Muslim Brotherhood
  • Such practices define the monstrous beliefs Hasan adhered to: Islamist jihadis like him worship violence and cruelty, a world filled with hatred, utterly lacking mercy or grace. Jihadis will surely use footage of the execution as a recruiting tool. (The -past 1400 years of history shows that Islam needs no recruiting tools - jjs)
    Don’t make Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan’s execution a public spectacle — and him a martyr

    DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

  • $9.95 billion bond measure is now up to... $231 billion
    California High Speed Rail to Nowhere Paid for Nightclub and Cigar Bar
  • ‘As President, it is my job to ensure the laws are faithfully executed, including by firing subordinates who cannot be trusted to tell the truth and follow the law.’
    After SCOTUS Setback, Trump Renews Bid To Remove Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook

    FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

  • There was a time when a headline was supposed to describe the story. Today’s liberal media has decided it should replace the story.
    Liberal Bait And Switch Headlines
  • Trump picks Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections
    Trump Names Katie Zacharia White House Press Secretary
  • “The inquiry centers on the White House television pool, a decades-old arrangement under which broadcasters take turns recording presidential events and distributing footage to other news organizations,” the Mail report stated.
    DOJ Investigating Five Major News Networks for Alleged Boycott of White House Events

    * * * * *

  • We should not be misled by the technology’s skill at summarizing knowledge.
    “Consensus Truth” in the Age of AI
  • It’s not because they’re over-excited about new technology. Follow the money.
    Why Are Tech Bros So Desperate to Say AI Is Sentient?
  • the fears are unfounded.
    Data Center Water Usage Has Been Blown Far Out Of Proportion 

    THE ECONOMY, STUPID

  • The receipt tells us what we pay. It doesn’t tell us how we got here.
    Democrats Don’t Own Affordability. Republicans Just Gave It to Them.

    RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

  • Venus’ extreme temperatures pose questions that, the author argues, standard greenhouse theory cannot adequately answer.
    Why Venus Data Undermines The Consensus On Greenhouse Gas Warming

    CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

  • The Cornell Seven case is about more than sex, drugs, and accusations. It is about what happens when responsibility and due process disappear together
    Cornell: Far Above Cayuga’s Waters
  • Normalize drug use and this is what you get.
    Drugs and the Cornell Jane Doe Case
  • Not guilty by reason of insanity should become guilty by reason of insanity.
    It's time to admit mentally ill killers are GUILTY by reason of insanity, not absolve them with a 'not guilty' verdict
  • America was founded on Hebraic, Old Testament values. That’s why most Americans still understand that the only moral response to the most heinous crimes and the most unapologetic criminals is, after due process, to take the criminal’s life. Criminologists call this “retributive justice.” There’s another term that comes to mind: common sense.
    Christa Pike has only the left to blame for her execution ‘trauma’
  • Who could have seen this coming?
    Judge Freed a ‘Child Stabber’ He Stabbed Another Child

    EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

  • A lot of parents are getting bamboozled by surprise leftist institutions ruining their kids. Don’t let yourself be one of them.
    How To Pick The Right Private School
  • Critics have blamed fraternity culture for the alleged gang rape of a female student at Cornell University, but it turns out the school’s own health department distributed sex education materials promoting campus-wide discussions of group sex, fetish practices and drug-fueled encounters.
    Cornell, Site of Alleged Fraternity Gang Rape Case, Handed out ‘Sex Ed’ Materials Listing Group Sex and Every Sexual Behavior Imaginable

    SECOND AMENDMENT

  • ATF ends suppressor registration enforcement nationwide after a federal court ruling. State restrictions and background checks remain.
    ATF Ends Suppressor Registration Enforcement Nationwide

    THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

  • The U.S. Justice Department is sending a message to noncitizens considering casting ballots in the midterms next month by revealing it has charged 64 foreign nationals across 17 states with the crime of unlawful voting.
    DOJ Crackdown on Illegal Voting by Foreigners Serves as Warning for Upcoming Midterms
  • A new campaign finance report shows that much of No on 2’s funding comes from leftist out-of-state groups.
    Alaska Campaign Decries ‘Dark Money’ While Using It To Preserve Ranked-Choice Voting

    DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

  • The recording answers a question that has hung over the Texas Senate race for days. Talarico went two weeks without an in-person campaign event in the state, with the general election less than a month away. His campaign claimed he was recovering from the flu, an explanation that never held up. Talarico has diabetes, which can complicate the flu, but the campaign never disclosed that as an explanation.
    Bombshell Audio CONFIRMS Talarico's Stay at Mental Health Facility. Here Are the Details.
  • "Do you love your dad? Do you agree with everything your dad has ever done?"
    El-Sayed Compares Obama To His Father After Complaining About ‘His Failures’
  • It Takes A Village Foundation touts a testimonial from a registered sex offender who’s listed as ‘non-compliant’ by the Department of Corrections
    ‘We Share in Your Vision’: Wisconsin Gov Hopeful Backed Left-Wing Group Seeking To Build Housing Community 'For Our Sex Offenders'
    GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITES — RINO SCUM SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

  • I do believe there’s a legitimate case for saying the president’s not following the law. We were very clear that Russia is the aggressor. (I do believe you're a pedophile, and a grifting scumbag criminal degenerate - jjs)
    Tillis: Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Likely Illegal
  • I do believe there’s a legitimate case for saying the president’s not following the law. We were very clear that Russia is the aggressor. (I do believe you're a pedophile, and a grifting scumbag criminal degenerate - jjs)
    Tillis: Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Likely Illegal

    POLITICS

  • Miranda Devine: Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico, 37, disappeared off the campaign trail for more than 10 days, claiming a bad case of the flu.
    With all these ‘sick’ Democrats like James Talarico, one wonders: how are they in the lead?
  • Prazan then handed him the diabetic explanation, which many predicted would happen, noting that the flu can hit diabetics hard before asking whether Talarico ever needed a doctor or a hospital.
    Talarico FINALLY Speaks, and I Think He Just Made Things Worse
  • However dissatisfied Republican voters might be with their elected officials, they need to vote for them anyway.
    The Purists Versus The Realists
  • The American ruing class can’t stand the people whose votes they profess to want.
    The Splendor of Rural America
  • "Happy Indigenous Peoples Day."
    READ IT: Scott Bessent Delivers Brutal Takedown Of Elizabeth Warren — With A Holiday Twist
  • Navy vet declares, "‘Mr. President, put your cowboy hat on and get out there and kick some ass and get this done and done right”
    Underdog NJ GOP Candidate Brings House Down Against Booker, Tells Trump To ‘Finish’ Iran

    FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

  • Macron and the elite’s “belle indifférence” in France.
    French Defeat
  • Roger Kimball: This loss of spiritedness—what the Greeks called θυμός—has had a far-reaching and depressive effect on the civilizations of the West.
    The West at a Crossroads: Excellence or Mediocrity?
  • The leaders of France and Britain are calling for censorship regimes because enforcing multiculturalism requires suppressing freedom.
    In France And Britain, Multiculturalism Is Leading To Authoritarianism
  • What kind of world order would Europeans prefer to the Pax Americana?
    What Does the World Owe the Pax Americana?
  • Are the big three European powers - and a couple of the smaller ones - all collapsing at once?
    Europe’s Suicide Pact
  • Not only are Trump’s economic policies working to constrain China, but China’s young are beginning to protest what’s effectively slave labor.
    Trump Trolls China, and the Chinese Youth Are Lying Flat
  • The case has heightened concerns over the safety of right-wing politicians in the United Kingdom, especially given the wider context of leftist attacks on elected officials and immigration enforcement across the West.
    Suspect in Ann Widdecombe Murder and Anti-Farage Terror Plot was Driven By ‘Extreme Left-Wing’ Hate: Prosecutors.
  • Not this again.
    UK PM Reboots Russiagate to Target ‘Brexit’
  • Neither side provided clear details on the preliminary deal, but European Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic said it includes lower tariffs for some European goods to China as well as measures to stabilize rare earth supply chains.
    EU and China Strike Interim Trade Deal that Could Cut Chinese Hybrid Car Exports
  • The United States has an opportunity to build stronger relationships with the nations of its own hemisphere.
    Our Brothers to the south, not the east
  • Somaliland, a partially recognized nation-state inside of Somalia, has been fighting in recent years to fully break away from Somalia over the corruption, terrorism, and piracy that dominate Somalia. Somaliland has won formal recognition from its first country, the state of Israel, which came late in 2025. While it does not have formal recognition from others yet, the partially recognized country has been building deep ties with the West in a significant way in recent years, positioning itself as pro-American and aiming to align closely with Trump in particular.
    Exclusive — Somaliland President: ‘President Trump Is a Great Man,’ ‘Could Make More History’ by Joining Israel in Recognizing Our Nation

    THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

  • ...attacking each other’s respective energy industries, which have increasingly become targets as the war on the frontline has largely devolved into a stalemate.
    Trump Announces Ukraine-Russia Ceasefire on Energy Infrastructure Strikes… Zelensky Offers Elections
  • Ukrainian deep-strike operations have targeted 28 major Russian oil refineries, with many subjected to repeated attacks.
    Trump and Putin: More Than Just Diesel
  • There is no shame in armistice when the alternative is Armageddon.
    Europe and Russia Flirt with Nuclear War

    AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

  • News headlines a few weeks ago focused on U.S. government secrecy and potential COVID falsifications, but the mainstream media missed some significant points.
    What Can Be Done About U.S. Government Weaponization and COVID Secrets?

    HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

  • Proponents of assisted dying use words such as “dignity” and “compassion” in its defense. But what about dignity in life?
    The Deadly Secret Behind ‘Compassionate’ Health Care
  • A recent panel examined how to treat fat patients “more ethically.”
    Harvard Medical School vs. Weight Loss

    ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

  • The best memorial is a renewed commitment to the competence, testing, and engineering discipline that made her work consequential.
    Margaret Hamilton, Pioneering Software Engineer Behind Apollo’s Success, Dies at 90

    FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

  • Now it's Transgenders of the American Revolution.
    Daughters of the American Revolution Disbands Chapter for Trying to Keep Trannies Out
  • All he had to do was become a woman.
    Mediocre Runner Becomes a Champion

    CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

  • Why the Italian explorer is a lightning rod for Leftist venom.
    Celebrating – and Hating – Columbus
  • President Donald Trump issued a Columbus Day message, stating that the “days of plunder” of radical left Democrats, socialists, and communists ripping down statues of Christopher Columbus “are over.”
    Trump Says ‘Days of Plunder’ of Columbus Statues ‘Are Over’

    * * * * *

  • Can it be fixed? 
    America’s Pluralism Is Broken
  • They didn’t eliminate customer service — they made us do it for free.
    Fighting the Real Enemy: The Customer ‘Service’ Industry
  • A revolution that transformed the American family may well have contributed to the erosion of parental discipline and the rise of youth violence.
    Can Today’s Youth Violence Be Traced To A Pill?
  • I watched Netflix’s "Dang!" so you don’t have to.
    Netflix’s New Cartoon Exposes Hollywood’s Favorite Cultural Obsession
  • “There was a time when a girl like Cathy would have been said to be possessed by the devil.”
    Sympathy for the devil? New ‘East of Eden’ remake sacrifices moral clarity to the god of modern storytelling
  • Opera, as a great art form, is struggling for many reasons, but it would certainly help if opera lovers let go of their obsession with DEI.
    A New Book Reveals How DEI Is Helping To Kill Opera
  • Italian guest critic notes troubling trend across western pop culture
    How One Christian TV Watcher Tripped Up ChatGPT

    HITHER & YON

  • We must either reclaim our greatness, our thirst for innovation and new frontiers, or be left in the dustbin of history.
    Western Civ 101
  • Two recent books on the Declaration of Independence illuminate not just the how of the Founding but also the often-neglected why.
    The True History of the American Revolution

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    Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 12, 2026 07:41 AM (I43vL)

    2 Happy Monday

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 07:41 AM (/+uur)

    3 Good morning!

    Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

    Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

    4 talerico is changing the details of his flu story. Something very fishy has been going on with him.

    Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 12, 2026 07:41 AM (I43vL)

    5 Morning again all

    Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 07:42 AM (JDhDw)

    6 Good morning JJ and horde

    Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 07:43 AM (sgkY8)

    7 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

    8 Yonder Horde

    Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 07:44 AM (RORbl)

    9 “Well, those days of plunder are over, and the statues are back, more magnificent than ever.”
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    The pedestal where U.S. Grant's statue was torn done is still empty. No thanks to the esteemed and media-savvy and thuper thuckthethful Mayor Lurie.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

    10 Happy Indigenous Multi-Millionaire Celebrities Shoot Off Their Mouths Living In Mansions On Stooolen Land Day, errybody!

    Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 07:46 AM (qBdHI)

    11 Some of them brought weapons and used violence against officers, prompting the deployment of crowd control munitions, including tear gas and pepper balls, according to bystander video,” she wrote. One video showed a person dressed in dark clothing smack a black SUV’s side mirror with a baseball bat.
    =====
    Please shoot these motherfvckers please.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

    12 The old argument against capital punishment was that "It teaches the criminal nothing." Leaving aside the point that the criminal clearly was unable to learn anything from experience, or he wouldn't be on Death Row . . . there's the detail that *we currently have no way* of teaching the criminal well enough that he would never commit murder, or any crime, again.

    Delete him from society, and he will certainly never do it again.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:48 AM (wzUl9)

    13 Them Here
    There Here

    Mamdani’s Latest ICE Victim Committed Armed Robbery, Threatened Neighbor w/Machete

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 07:49 AM (/+uur)

    14 “Interestingly, 72% of those who agree that physical violence can be justified to stop hate speech also agree that hate speech is protected by the First Amendment,” The Buckley Institute found.

    --

    The kiddies have ZERO thinking and logic skills, worse than any generation previous to them.

    Here's your sign. ^^^

    Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 07:50 AM (qBdHI)

    15 But the idea of broadcasting his execution publicly — livestreaming it! — is beyond grotesque.
    =====

    You poor dear. Such sensitivity. Bless your heart.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

    16 San Franpsycho

    Good thing for her that Zod is not in charge of the execution.

    Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

    17 Cyclone was a wonderful name for a car model. Too bad Mercury only briefly used it.

    Posted by: Passing Wind at October 12, 2026 07:52 AM (EdP2u)

    18 WATCH: Oregon Leftists Attack ICE Officers with Bat While Disrupting Federal Operations

    Will we then watch officers beat the leftist into unconsciousness? No? Then, why are they there?

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:53 AM (1Ff7Z)

    19 The New York Post Editorial Bored completely misinterprets and misunderstands Islam.

    They are savages who understand only savagery.

    That's on them, not us.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

    20 The whole Talafreako situation is making me nervous. A new Trafalgar poll shows him 3 points ahead. I always thought Trafalgar was a decent outfit as far as pollsters are concerned. And of course the media is covering for his 2-week disappearance. I don’t know the truth but I’ve never had a two week flu…. Sigh

    Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 12, 2026 07:53 AM (Q+ams)

    21 Katie Zacharia is very different from Karoline. Karoline was cute, a fluffy bunny with a steel backbone. Katie is more in Melania's mold, a sleek blonde panther with (I hope) an equally steel spine.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:54 AM (wzUl9)

    22 Opera, as a great art form, is struggling for many reasons, but it would certainly help if opera lovers let go of their obsession with DEI.


    Frasier Crane and Felix Unger hardest hit!

    Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 12, 2026 07:54 AM (x0n13)

    23
    13 The old argument against capital punishment was that "It teaches the criminal nothing."

    It was never about teaching the criminal anything. It was about teaching everyone else something.

    Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 07:55 AM (Y6Q+5)

    24 “ Lord, you are my God;
    I will exalt you and praise your name,
    for in perfect faithfulness
    you have done wonderful things,
    things planned long ago.”

    Isaiah 25:1

    Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 07:56 AM (upeQk)

    25 Israel’s main international airport.
    UAE Attorney‑General Says Flydubai Co‑Pilot Plotted 9/11‑Style ‘Suicide Attack’ on Ben Gurion Airport

    --

    You don't say... *slaps forehead*

    As the saying goes, it was as obvious to me as the nose on Klinger's face.

    Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 07:57 AM (qBdHI)

    26 Yeah, Italians. Columbus had to go beg the Queen of Spain for ships, because Italy was a confederacy of dunces, and not a proper nation. Before birth control, Italians had almost as many kids as the Irish. Now Italian "men" live with Mama until age 50.
    In 1960 in Brooklyn, it was said you could take a census of the Italian population by counting the basement windows and multiplying by ten. Those were the days.

    Posted by: Waxing Nostalgic at October 12, 2026 07:57 AM (EdP2u)

    27 The death penalty is neither cruel nor unusual.

    I tentatively support it because some crimes are so monstrous that that is the only appropriate remedy.

    My reservations are is it gives awesome power to the state, the possibility of error, and spending a lifetime in prison is a pretty harsh sentence for most crimes.

    Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 07:58 AM (XV/Pl)

    28 Thank you for those lovely Bible passages, Marcus. I'm rereading 1 Kings now and think I'll reread Isaiah after I'm done with 2 Kings. In these awful times, seems the only thing I truly rely on, trust in and have total faith in is G*d's word.

    Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)

    29 Cyclone was a wonderful name for a car model. Too bad Mercury only briefly used it.
    Posted by: Passing Wind at October 12, 2026


    ***
    I miss the old car names. Cyclone, Comet, Galaxie, Cougar, Toronado, Impala, Invicta, Riviera, Calais, Fleetwood, Imperial, Charger, Sting Ray, Barracuda . . .

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 08:00 AM (wzUl9)

    30 In 1960 in Brooklyn, it was said you could take a census of the Italian population by counting the basement windows and multiplying by ten. Those were the days.
    Posted by: Waxing Nostalgic at October 12, 2026 07:57 AM (EdP2u)
    =====

    I though everyone was either Italian, Irish, or Jewish until I was about 14.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

    31 Beni Rae Harmony was named Assistant Press Secretary last week. She's 25, a very attractive brunette. I've been watching her as a reporter for RAV for the last year and a half or so.

    Posted by: The Guy Can Pick 'Em at October 12, 2026 08:00 AM (EdP2u)

    32 13 The old argument against capital punishment was that "It teaches the criminal nothing."
    *
    It was never about teaching the criminal anything. It was about teaching everyone else something.
    Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026


    ***
    I meant the anti-capital punishment argument. The argument for society was what you describe.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 08:02 AM (wzUl9)

    33 DHS has raided the home of Ilhan Omar this AM. Predawn.

    Posted by: Get Her Out! at October 12, 2026 08:02 AM (EdP2u)

    34 My reservations are is it gives awesome power to the state, the possibility of error, and spending a lifetime in prison is a pretty harsh sentence for most crimes.
    Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 07:58 AM (XV/Pl)
    ====

    I've been watching a lot of Hitchcock TV (early 60s) and remark that in the plot and dialog, the certainty of swift execution for committing murder appears regularly.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

    35 Are we pretending not to believe the midterms are going to be all flag blue?
    Would anyone admit to betting on the GOP to hold either the hide or the Senate?

    Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 08:03 AM (An//V)

    36 . . . I’ve never had a two week flu…. Sigh
    Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 12, 2026


    ***
    My first time with Covid, in Dec. 2019, knocked me down for close to two weeks. I was functional after about eight days, but couldn't exercise for almost a week after.

    That was unusual, though.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 08:03 AM (wzUl9)

    37 WATCH: Oregon Leftists Attack ICE Officers with Bat While Disrupting Federal Operations

    Will we then watch officers beat the leftist into unconsciousness? No? Then, why are they there?

    --

    As most of you know, my brother is an ICE agent. This kind of stuff angers me beyond words. The perpetrators of this attack should've been left collecting their brain matter on the ground following this incident. And charges? Would these fall under the purview of the Fed gov't...or are we relegated to seeing them get off scot free under state law? I confess I have no knowledge on this kind of stuff.

    Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

    38 DHS has raided the home of Ilhan Omar this AM. Predawn.

    --

    For realz?!

    Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

    39 Would anyone admit to betting on the GOP to hold either the hide or the Senate?
    =====

    I'm very confident the GOP will keep the Senate and better than 50-50 will keep the House.

    But I'm always wrong, so...

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

    40 {{{Lady in Black}}}

    I hope the thinking is ICE caution before the election. Stop the money and arrest the leasers afterwards. Add Shock gloves to the list of equipment used in less than a month.

    Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)

    41 Posted by: The roller-headed lady next door

    I understand this reference.

    Posted by: Mrs. Borg at October 12, 2026 08:07 AM (EdP2u)

    42 Oh, blah blah blah. So, Oscar the Lout has a 5 year old. WGAF? I suspect if my white ass did a crime and got busted, that smug Communist pig wouldn't be rending her designer garments over my 6 year old.

    And, as far as this tired "Such-and-Such Father" routine goes, let's not lose sight of an important fact... having lived in the Land of Sanctuary for a long time, I can tell you something. As bad a crime problem as the illegals pose - and it is BAD - the second generation is *even worse.* Left alone, I have little doubt that Lil' Oscar would be sporting neck tattoos and peddling dope within ten years. Deport his ass, too.

    Plus, I just find it grating on account of the fact that from a societal and legal standpoint, fathers count for less than nothing to people like her in every single context besides this one.

    Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 08:07 AM (BI5O2)

    43 As an Italican-American, I'm touched by Trump's message. Bellissimo!

    Posted by: Delurker at October 12, 2026 08:07 AM (2Drhq)

    44 I've been watching a lot of Hitchcock TV (early 60s) and remark that in the plot and dialog, the certainty of swift execution for committing murder appears regularly.
    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026


    ***
    In written crime stories too. An early Donald E. Westlake short was called "The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution," implying that the narrator's committing murder led pretty quickly to Death Row.

    In British crime fiction, too, "the hangman" was always the fate the murderer was trying to escape, and the fate Poirot or Miss Marple opined that he was heading for after being unmasked.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 08:07 AM (wzUl9)

    45 Morn' all.. Happy Columbus Day

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 08:08 AM (+gK6I)

    46 51 It looks like that weirdass slut Guilfore won't be ambassador to Greece much longer. I have never understood the attraction, she looks like a tranny.
    Posted by: fd at October 12, 2026 08:08 AM (MWfy

    Don JR. dodged a bullet on that one

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 08:09 AM (+gK6I)

    47 "I was in bed and drinking a lot of fluids."

    Sure, Jan. Lying liars lie.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

    48 I'm very confident the GOP will keep the Senate and better than 50-50 will keep the House.

    But I'm always wrong, so...
    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

    Sir — given your stated track record, I humbly request you update your prediction to the opposite. Signed - Someone who is superstitious

    Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 12, 2026 08:10 AM (Q+ams)

    49 It will get worse as mid term election gets closer, and if the Marxists does gain ground it will continue afterwards

    Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 08:10 AM (sgkY8)

    50 I think the GOP will lose both the house and senate because that’s generally how these things go, couple that with gop gerrymandering efforts largely being spastic and Donks gerrymandering efforts being more successful and blue states effectively making vote rigging part of election law.

    I expect the GOP to be whittled down to 2 congressional seats in California.

    Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 08:10 AM (XV/Pl)

    51 Thomas Bender

    AfD works much harder to gain power than the GOPe does to retain it.

    Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)

    52 >> Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI

    God’s blessings be upon you and all here. May His Word and truths bring comfort to all.

    Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2026 08:11 AM (h9A1n)

    53 The various anit-ICE or whatever mobs are well funded and well organized.

    We know who's funding them... yet those few people remain breathing air. Seems... unproductive.

    Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 08:12 AM (RORbl)

    54 Take the last train to No Where
    And I'll meet you at the station
    You can be here by 4:30
    'Cause I've made your reservation
    Don't be slow
    Oh, no, no, no
    Oh, no, no, no

    You can buy a 737 Max for around $50 M
    231 billion/50 million =4620
    You could have 2000 737 leaving SoCal for NoCal every 10 minutes and 2000 leave No for So.

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:12 AM (/+uur)

    55 It looks like that weirdass slut Guilfore won't be ambassador to Greece much longer. I have never understood the attraction, she looks like a tranny.
    Posted by: fd at October 12, 2026 08:08 AM (MWfyi)
    ====

    Why all the hate?

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

    56 Posted by: Waxing Nostalgic at October 12, 2026 07:57 AM (EdP2u)

    We're not really white either, right? C'mon, let that bigotry all out.

    Posted by: Delurker at October 12, 2026 08:12 AM (2Drhq)

    57 Birdbath status?

    Posted by: Just Wondering at October 12, 2026 08:13 AM (gSZpL)

    58 Add Shock gloves to the BALLS as list of equipment used in less than a month.
    Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)

    fixed it

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)

    59 Imagine how the Indians felt when those three small ships sailed under them as they stood on the Verrazano Bridge looking down at them!

    Posted by: I Can Relate! at October 12, 2026 08:15 AM (EdP2u)

    60 Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:12 AM (/+uur)

    ====
    I could drive 300 miles to Merced, then get on the train, then drive another 300 to L.A.

    If I ever wanted to go to L.A.

    High speed rail!

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

    61 It looks like that weirdass slut Guilfore won't be ambassador to Greece much longer. I have never understood the attraction, she looks like a tranny.

    --

    If she'd had left her face alone and forgone the 100lbs of makeup and false eyelashes she seems enthralled with, she'd look just fine. She used to be quite pretty.

    Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 08:16 AM (qBdHI)

    62 As most of you know, my brother is an ICE agent. This kind of stuff angers me beyond words. The perpetrators of this attack should've been left collecting their brain matter on the ground following this incident. And charges? Would these fall under the purview of the Fed gov't...or are we relegated to seeing them get off scot free under state law? I confess I have no knowledge on this kind of stuff.
    Posted by: Lady in Black


    Fedgov law.

    Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 08:17 AM (JDhDw)

    63 Meh. Some guys get all the credit.

    Posted by: Vasco daGama at October 12, 2026 08:17 AM (bmwAv)

    64 We're not really white either, right? C'mon, let that bigotry all out.
    Posted by: Delurker

    Drive straight south from Sicily. What's the first thing you hit?

    Posted by: Resting My Case at October 12, 2026 08:17 AM (EdP2u)

    65 San Franpsycho

    The construction of the CA Rail boondoggle seems so similar to the collapse of the Mayan Empire.

    Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2026 08:17 AM (u82oZ)

    66 43 DHS has raided the home of Ilhan Omar this AM. Predawn.

    --

    For realz?!
    Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)


    Was she dragged out in her underwear with a CNN crew reporting live?!

    Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 12, 2026 08:17 AM (x0n13)

    67 Data Center Water Usage Has Been Blown Far Out Of Proportion

    Journalist Karen Hao's book Empire of AI and related research claimed exaggerated data center water consumption figures, which were later corrected or retracted. The errors involved overstating consumption by up to 100,000%.

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)

    68 I love Italians, worked for and with them, smooched on Italian girls, lived in Bay Ridge among all the kids who went to Our Lady of Perpetual Help-OLPH-we called it Old Lady's Poor House. Just having fun. If we can't kid each other...

    Posted by: ...Who Can We Kid at October 12, 2026 08:20 AM (EdP2u)

    69 Because she's a weirdass slut that looks like a tranny.
    Posted by: fd at October 12, 2026 08:13 AM (MWfyi)
    ====

    That's Ambassador Weirdass Slut!

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

    70 A city democratic socialist congressional candidate has claimed it “doesn’t even matter” that the illegal migrant wounded by ICE agents in The Bronx has a violent criminal history — and accused the NYPD of villainizing him.
    =====================
    Love this, because it is so revealing. This chick is so twistedly stupid she cannot recognize who is evil. It seems to me the ability to tell right from wrong is a basic skill of life, and doesn't have it.

    Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 08:21 AM (ODk+P)

    71 Was she dragged out in her underwear with a CNN crew reporting live?!
    Posted by: J.J. Sefton

    Her DC apartment. She wasn't there. Search warrant regarding immigration documents.

    Posted by: Send Her Back! at October 12, 2026 08:22 AM (EdP2u)

    72 Guilfoyle is a media whore and political whore - quite literally. I strongly suspect her appointment as ambassador was obtained through extortion in the first place, and am completely unsurprised that she immediately exploited it for influence-peddling.

    America's ruling class is crawling with parasites like her, and you can't hate them enough.

    And, yes - between the natural lantern jaw and the increasingly bizarre plastic surgeries, she looks weird as hell.

    Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 08:22 AM (BI5O2)

    73 "Believe all women" is one of the Jim Crow Laws of Feminism.

    Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 08:22 AM (3cUTc)

    74 Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebrated those who stole the land from the indigenous dinosaurs

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:23 AM (AFudc)

    75 The end of the Giants-Redskins game yesterday revealed how very dull many football players and coaches really are. The time management brain fart executed by the Redskins is so galactically stupid I’m still scratching my head wondering if that really happened. It is hilarious

    Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 12, 2026 08:23 AM (Q+ams)

    76 The pedestal where U.S. Grant's statue was torn done is still empty. No thanks to the esteemed and media-savvy and thuper thuckthethful Mayor Lurie.
    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

    As punishment, the Lurie family will be exiled to deep space, there only to have administration of a space station.

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 08:23 AM (1Ff7Z)

    77 The botched execution had to be an inside job.
    Someone messed up the dosage on purpose.

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:23 AM (/+uur)

    78 Good morning horde!

    Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)

    79 Nobody runs up a hill to defend “multiculturalism.” Nobody sacrifices his life for “diversity, inclusion, and equity.” Nobody defends the Christian world by surrendering to Islam. Nobody goes to war in order to save the “rules-based international order” from destruction.

    Yet recruitment into the military is at an all time non-war high.

    Men need high adventure even when the "war" is pointless and only serves the interests of truly wicked people. Just come up with a plausible excuse, whip up the emotions, point them in the direction of someone and even though there is no "Rules Based Order" (at best we have multi-tier Calvinball "Rules") and the men who are expected to fight are hated by those they are allegedly defending.

    Witness how ICE is attacked by the very women who are being protected by removing rapists and murderers.

    Posted by: Community Notes at October 12, 2026 08:24 AM (a4flb)

    80 And yes… they’re the Redskins and will always be the Redskins as far as I’m concerned even if the retarded NFL calls them something else…

    Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 12, 2026 08:24 AM (Q+ams)

    81 Horses originated in North America about 50–55 million years ago, evolving from small multi‑toed ancestors such as Eohippus (also called Hyracotherium) before spreading to other continents and later going extinct in the Americas around 10,000 years ago, around the time those indigenous peoples showed up.

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:24 AM (AFudc)

    82 The whole Talafreako situation is making me nervous. A new Trafalgar poll shows him 3 points ahead. I always thought Trafalgar was a decent outfit as far as pollsters are concerned. And of course the media is covering for his 2-week disappearance. I don’t know the truth but I’ve never had a two week flu…. Sigh
    Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 12, 2026 07:53 AM (Q+ams)
    *******
    I am so worried I can't even believe this is happening. I'm even worried about the governorship in Texas.

    Posted by: redridinghood at October 12, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

    83 Guilfoyle clearly has some talent, but it seems to consist mainly of convincing wealthy and powerful men to do things for her. This administration sent her to Greece to get her away from Trump Jr, and she used to be Gavin Newsome’s wife. The core problem in the current crisis is a $100,000 credit card bill she has no intention of paying.

    I could never trust anyone as slimy and manipulative as that.

    Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 08:25 AM (Y6Q+5)

    84 ATF Ends Suppressor Registration Enforcement Nationwide

    and

    Last nights US Marshall the bad guy made illegal suppressors.

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:25 AM (/+uur)

    85 The end of the Giants-Redskins game yesterday revealed how very dull many football players and coaches really are. The time management brain fart executed by the Redskins is so galactically stupid I’m still scratching my head wondering if that really happened. It is hilarious
    Posted by: LinusVanPelt


    Check the line and see what Vegas needed. The coaches and players haven't gotten stupider. They never had any acting abilities. They can't cover up throwing the game like they need to.

    Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 08:25 AM (JDhDw)

    86 I heard Talarico was at a “metal facility” learning welding

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:26 AM (AFudc)

    87 San Franpsycho

    Pamela Churchill Beryl Harriman?

    Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)

    88 As punishment, the Lurie family will be exiled to deep space, there only to have administration of a space station.

    Interestingly, for most people, in the afterlife that is exactly what will happen. As God puts it: "cast into outer darkness".

    There is "darkness" and then there is "outer darkness".

    Posted by: Community Notes at October 12, 2026 08:26 AM (a4flb)

    89 later going extinct in the Americas around 10,000 years ago, around the time those indigenous peoples showed up.
    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:24 AM (AFudc)

    They are eating the horses
    They are eating peoples donkeys

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:26 AM (/+uur)

    90 Promoters of “decolonisation” want to demolish any sense of Britain as pursuing a brave and necessary struggle.
    … so they bring in colonizers from the Middle East

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:27 AM (AFudc)

    91 I am so worried I can't even believe this is happening. I'm even worried about the governorship in Texas.
    Posted by: redridinghood at October 12, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

    That’s actually the biggest “tell” of this entire op. Anyone who believes that Abbott is behind to an unknown Mexican who isn’t even running any kind of campaign at all has fallen for the biggest psy-op since the Everybody Loves Kamala show.

    Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 08:28 AM (Y6Q+5)

    92 100

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:28 AM (/+uur)

    93 Morning Horde, thx JJ,happy Monday.
    Feds raided the home of Ilhan Omar in DC. Maybe they are trying to kick her out

    Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 08:28 AM (pJE7g)

    94 "You've Got Mail": China Got Its Hands On F-35 Stealth Parts Because A UPS Worker Missed An Email

    A late shipment, a shortcut through Hong Kong to save a few days, and now Beijing has a radar-absorbing canopy from the most expensive weapons program in history, which had already lost more than 1 million spare parts worth $85 million.

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:29 AM (AFudc)

    95 ‘We Share in Your Vision’: Wisconsin Gov Hopeful Backed Left-Wing Group Seeking To Build Housing Community 'For Our Sex Offenders'

    Build them a house on a remote island and let the fuck over each other

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)

    96 76 I love Italians, worked for and with them, smooched on Italian girls, lived in Bay Ridge among all the kids who went to Our Lady of Perpetual Help-OLPH-we called it Old Lady's Poor House. Just having fun. If we can't kid each other...
    Posted by: ...Who Can We Kid at October 12, 2026 08:20 AM (EdP2u)


    Fond memories of a great Model Train/hobby shop in Bay Ridge, and a great Jazz club and eateries.

    Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 12, 2026 08:30 AM (x0n13)

    97 Mamdani still might kick President Grant and Julia out of the tomb and turn it into a Mosque. The city degrades every day the Mayor is in office.

    Posted by: He's A Menace! at October 12, 2026 08:30 AM (EdP2u)

    98 A late shipment, a shortcut through Hong Kong to save a few days, and now Beijing has a radar-absorbing canopy from the most expensive weapons program in history, which had already lost more than 1 million spare parts worth $85 million.
    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:29 AM (AFudc)

    We know who created the shipper
    We know who labeled the piece
    We know who changed the shipper
    We know who handled the piece at each stop

    Find them
    Kill them

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:31 AM (/+uur)

    99 Diehard Giants fan here. Neither team deserved to win that game. The Redskins clock management was non existent.

    Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 08:31 AM (pJE7g)

    100 Remember:
    Every "bombshell" story over the next 36 days should be counted as fake for 48-72 hours.

    Unless you know for a personal fact it is true, the only comment should be "I don't know if it's fake or true."

    Talarico having to deny he was in a mental hospital is classic LBJ skullduggery, though.
    LOL, F him.

    Other suggest the hyper-technical "denial" from the mental hospital, that Talarico did not receive treatment from them there; that their wording is that technically the hospital itself didn't treat him. Because, of course, only doctors can treat him.
    IDK, weak.
    But then, these are lying scum in the thrall of evil.
    So their statement could be true but false.

    Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 08:31 AM (3cUTc)

    101 https://x.com/lfs6b/status/2109287142530712015

    …awesome

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:31 AM (AFudc)

    102 Was she dragged out in her underwear with a CNN crew reporting live?!
    Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 12, 2026 08:17 AM (x0n13)

    Nobody wants to see that.

    Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 08:31 AM (Y6Q+5)

    103 I'd like to think that her brief marriage to Newsom ruined her. He ruins everything.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

    104 And yes… they’re the Redskins and will always be the Redskins as far as I’m concerned even if the retarded NFL calls them something else…

    And for those of us who value our time and realize that sportsball is just the McGuffin pretext for gambling, I have no idea what the name of that DC team is called today and only recognize the name Redskins as a variety of potato.

    Posted by: Community Notes at October 12, 2026 08:32 AM (a4flb)

    105 JB Pritzker signed a law letting Illinois doctors hand dying patients a lethal prescription.

    Buried inside his law was a threat aimed at every Catholic doctor, nurse, and religious sister in the state.

    A federal judge stepped in, but one appeals court ruling could wipe that protection away.

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:33 AM (AFudc)

    106 Tillis: Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Likely Illegal

    Tillis is like the Pharisees of Jesus day that would choke on a gnat but dine on a camel

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)

    107 Margaret Hamilton was a great computer scientist. Also superb as the Wicked Witch of the West

    Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 08:34 AM (pJE7g)

    108 I didn't get no Day. I was robbed by that greasy poof. I sailed around the bloody world! You'd think that would count for something.

    Posted by: Ferdinand Magellan at October 12, 2026 08:34 AM (bmwAv)

    109 Fond memories of a great Model Train/hobby shop in Bay Ridge, and a great Jazz club and eateries.
    Posted by: J.J. Sefton

    Club 802!

    Posted by: Warm Beer, Lousy Food at October 12, 2026 08:34 AM (EdP2u)

    110 Posted by: Community Notes at October 12, 2026 08:26 AM (a4flb)

    Where's Wolfus when you need him?

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 08:34 AM (1Ff7Z)

    111 Vote Talarico, Now Certified Completely Sane!

    Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 08:34 AM (ndZc7)

    112 117 Club 802!
    Posted by: Warm Beer, Lousy Food at October 12, 2026 08:34 AM (EdP2u)


    your handle, Ah yes: The Crazy Country Club!

    Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 12, 2026 08:36 AM (x0n13)

    113 @121 half my friends in college had the "Warm beer , lousy food" T-shirt

    Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 08:38 AM (pJE7g)

    114 The DAR is pro-trans? Who'd a thunk it.

    Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 08:38 AM (ccvJ/)

    115 After Republican AG candidate Saritha Komatireddy says that you have to look at the facts and the law as attorney general, and that’s what she will do, incumbent Letitia James replies, “you don’t have to look at the facts and the law.”

    … classic

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:38 AM (AFudc)

    116 I can't wait to hear:

    “Shoot straight, you bastards! Don’t make a mess of it!”

    In Arabic

    Posted by: Ignoramus at October 12, 2026 08:38 AM (dtajH)

    117 "You've Got Mail": China Got Its Hands On F-35 Stealth Parts Because A UPS Worker Missed An Email
    ---
    AFAIK, China already has the entire specs, blueprints and everything for the F-35. (or, for sure, the B-2)
    Even the formula on how to make the stealth coating.
    And they've tried mightily to build their stealth tech.
    And failed miserably.

    Because for all the thousands claiming Chinese intelligence and cleverness--they're just thieves who have no understanding.
    Which is no wonder the Dems get along so well with them.

    Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 08:39 AM (3cUTc)

    118 116 I didn't get no Day. I was robbed by that greasy poof. I sailed around the bloody world! You'd think that would count for something.
    Posted by: Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferd, your crew circumcised the Earth. You fell short, though it wasn't really your fault.

    Posted by: Good Try! at October 12, 2026 08:39 AM (EdP2u)

    119 Sensitive, top secret military components sent through commercial shipping?

    Who thought that was a good idea? I suppose they do it all the time.

    We used to send a status report to the puzzle palace daily, how many of our birds were broken, flyable, etc. What would get their attention was “AOG”. Aircraft On Ground, not flyable because of a part that was unavailable. They would disgorge the component that was out of stock from some warehouse somewhere in the U. States and ship it overnight to the other side of the planet. It must have cost a fortune.

    Posted by: Common Tater at October 12, 2026 08:40 AM (49u8i)

    120 Happy Columbus Day!

    Posted by: redridinghood at October 12, 2026 08:41 AM (NpAcC)

    121 Awesome!

    Pre-dawn raid on Ilhan Omar's home.

    Shame we didn't get the frog march in her pajamas like they do to ours when they pull this shit.

    Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 08:41 AM (3cUTc)

    122 It's just another Merlot Monday.

    Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at October 12, 2026 08:42 AM (gSZpL)

    123 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday and Happy Columbus Day.

    Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

    124 Good morning, J.J.
    Good morning, Horde.

    Posted by: Inogame at October 12, 2026 08:43 AM (53oGX)

    125 Whoa. I've started work on my projects. Took a few minutes break. Here's a little tiny, small story from GatewayPundit.

    Inconsequential...but here.

    Federal agents raided the Washington, DC-area residence of far-left Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) early Monday morning as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork.

    Fox News Digital reported exclusively that the pre-dawn raid is part of an ongoing criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman’s immigration paperwork, documents filled out by her late father when she was a child.

    Multiple agents wearing HSI jackets were observed outside the residence around 6 a.m.

    It can be recalled that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told conservative media host Benny Johnson on Thursday night that Ilhan Omar did indeed marry her brother and could be deported.

    Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 08:44 AM (Sco7b)

    126 Talarico having to deny he was in a mental hospital is classic LBJ skullduggery, though.
    LOL, F him

    . If he wasn't it looks like a set up to catch Paxton running with this story which I hope he didn't... And why is Talarico concerned.. The "polls" have him winning utra-Red Texas.. To believe the polls it's gonna be a Navy Blue wave... I'm a pessimist and even I don't believe that...

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 08:44 AM (+gK6I)

    127 Well it's way past time to dismantle and destroy what is essentially a violent insurrectionist movement within our own borders that will stop at nothing short of overthrowing our government and dismantling our society and transforming it into socialist tyranny.
    On that note a few thousand miles to the east I give you this.

    ------------

    I know there have been a few arrests and convictions of some Antifa members, but lets get real, the DoJ and FBI simply do not view them as a priority despite them being a domestic terrorist organization. Compare and contrast with their work on J6.

    You would think that a violent terrorist organization still working withing the USA would be priority number 1, but alas it ain't.

    Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 12, 2026 08:45 AM (DbmIv)

    128 Happy Columbus Day also to you all.
    Good, several of us at once on Omar.

    Just like she likes it...

    Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 08:45 AM (Sco7b)

    129 The only way you can claim there is such a thing as "stolen land" is if you deny the Law of Conquest.

    And if there is no Law of Conquest, then there can be no stolen land--everyone has a claim to any land by merely stepping foot on it.

    Not even the Indians deny the Law of Conquest--because it is the sole--and only--claim they have on the land!

    Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 08:45 AM (3cUTc)

    130 Alas, the Club 802, 2001 Odyssey, property is now a Chinese restaurant with doctors offices above.

    Posted by: You Can't Go Home Again at October 12, 2026 08:45 AM (EdP2u)

    131 Immigration enforcement officials search Ilhan Omar's home in pre-dawn raid

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:45 AM (AFudc)

    132 The old argument against capital punishment was that "It teaches the criminal nothing."

    In all of human history, no criminal, once executed, has ever re-offended.

    Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

    133 Talafreako is depending on the power of being for things that hurt society to win elections. It's just like worshipping Satan.

    Posted by: torabora at October 12, 2026 08:46 AM (Wt1Rs)

    134 Yeaaarggghhhh
    Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 12, 2026 08:44 AM (eR5hN)
    =====
    Actually, you're as bad.

    Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 12, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

    135 142 Immigration enforcement officials search Ilhan Omar's home in pre-dawn raid
    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:45 AM (AFudc)

    Wonder what they think she has ? If it were me any incriminating stuff would have been destroyed years ago

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 08:46 AM (+gK6I)

    136 Livestreaming Hasan's execution will send a message to Islam that we're awake and serious.

    It's the opposite of what Europe has been telling them for decades.

    Posted by: Ignoramus at October 12, 2026 08:47 AM (dtajH)

    137 A recent panel examined how to treat fat patients “more ethically.”
    Harvard Medical School vs. Weight Loss


    The City Journal is so good.

    Posted by: Oglebay at October 12, 2026 08:47 AM (2ap+5)

    138 It's the opposite of what Europe has been telling them for decades.
    Posted by: Ignoramus at October 12, 2026 08:47 AM (dtajH)

    Telling them ? ... Showing them for decades

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 08:48 AM (+gK6I)

    139 Immigration enforcement officials search Ilhan Omar's home in pre-dawn raid
    Posted by: SMOD

    I want a 2-frog approach:

    -frog march
    -agents in frog suits

    Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 08:48 AM (zcI95)

    140 The home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, was raided early Monday morning by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital. The raid stems from a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child.

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:48 AM (AFudc)

    141 You would think that a violent terrorist organization still working withing the USA would be priority number 1, but alas it ain't.
    Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 12, 2026 08:45 AM (DbmIv)
    =====

    This is why I am so fearful about what comes next.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

    142 The whole Talafreako situation is making me nervous. A new Trafalgar poll shows him 3 points ahead. I always thought Trafalgar was a decent outfit as far as pollsters are concerned. And of course the media is covering for his 2-week disappearance. I don’t know the truth but I’ve never had a two week flu…. Sigh
    Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 12, 2026 07:53 AM (Q+ams)


    Remember recently when all the decent polls had Talarico up by 7, or 10?

    We suffer under the weight of "Republicans" like Cornyn and the rest of the Bush ilk who would rather see the country fall to communism than permit the people to live free but Texas will not elect Talarico.

    Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

    143 Jane Doe case has officially collapsed. Her attorney is spiraling... - Revolver News

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:50 AM (AFudc)

    144 Yeaaarggghhhh
    Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 12, 2026 08:47 AM (ZxPea)

    That sounds like you're choking on a donut.

    I don't need your help coping. I'm coping quite well. Thanks.

    Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 08:50 AM (JrHfD)

    145 Turnabout is fair play.

    https://tinyurl.com/3mradpbd

    Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 08:50 AM (ndZc7)

    146 146 Livestreaming Hasan's execution will send a message to Islam that we're awake and serious.

    It's the opposite of what Europe has been telling them for decades.
    Posted by: Ignoramus at October 12, 2026 08:47 AM (dtajH)

    Tapper and others - RINOs - too were all butthurt over this yesterday.

    This is not who we are. Down to their level. We may radicalize them. They may hate us.

    Let's take this the opposite way. Let's go to all the muslim groups who openly love and celebrate the United States and Western civilization and get their opinions.

    Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 08:50 AM (Sco7b)

    147 Actually, you're as bad.
    Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 12, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
    =====

    And repetitive. And boring.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

    148 I miss the old car names. Cyclone, Comet, Galaxie, Cougar, Toronado, Impala, Invicta, Riviera, Calais, Fleetwood, Imperial, Charger, Sting Ray, Barracuda . . .
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 08:00 AM (wzUl9)


    But just think of how sexy names like m7Wgjs56x are.

    Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

    149 152 You would think that a violent terrorist organization still working withing the USA would be priority number 1, but alas it ain't.
    Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 12, 2026 08:45 AM (DbmIv)

    They "hide" themselves within groups of brain dead college kids and Karens/ soy boys.... Gives them protection during the "protests"

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 08:51 AM (+gK6I)

    150 Diehard Giants fan here. Neither team deserved to win that game. The Redskins clock management was non existent.
    Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 08:31 AM (pJE7g)

    I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the Redskins with no timeouts left and the clock running at 55 seconds, just casually huddle up, stroll to the line of scrimmage and… take the snap and fall down intentionally??? Jayden Daniels may never live down that brain fart. I was laughing out loud

    Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 12, 2026 08:52 AM (Q+ams)

    151 The raid stems from a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child.
    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:48 AM (AFudc)
    ~~~~~

    I see they're already lining up her defenses.

    Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 12, 2026 08:52 AM (3ImbR)

    152 Happy Monday and happy Colombus Day!!

    Sadly, I still must go to work. . .

    Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 08:52 AM (rOKnE)

    153 Fedgov law.

    The John Birch Society has been warning about a national police force—associating it to some of the worst police states in history. (they favor the sheriff as law enforcement)

    For several generations now, the municipal police forces are basically armed code enforcement agents who are the muscle behind the will of the city council. They have replaced men of the community who traditionally handled local petty crime into whatever theater of crime prevention that we have now to the point where Men of Action who try to restore order are the targets of LEOs.

    Trump, in his efforts to have the various federal agencies step in to do local policing are doing the very things that the JBS has been warning about for over fifty years.

    Posted by: Community Notes at October 12, 2026 08:52 AM (a4flb)

    154 Beni Rae Harmony

    https://tinyurl.com/yj67myhd - she's the one without the beard.

    Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

    155 Yeaaarggghhhh
    Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 12, 2026 08:47 AM (ZxPea)

    That sounds like you're choking on a donut.

    I don't need your help coping. I'm coping quite well. Thanks.
    Posted by: FenelonSpoke

    *Plays MASH theme song*

    Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 08:53 AM (zcI95)

    156 >>Awesome!

    Pre-dawn raid on Ilhan Omar's home.

    Shame we didn't get the frog march in her pajamas like they do to ours when they pull this shit.
    - - - - -

    Really hope this goes somewhere.

    Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 08:53 AM (rOKnE)

    157 which was filled out by her late father when she was a child.
    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:48 AM (AFudc)
    ~~~~~

    I see they're already lining up her defenses.
    Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 12, 2026 08:52 AM (3Imb

    I wondered too... Not her fault she didn't do it her father did...

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 08:53 AM (+gK6I)

    158 This douchebag will soon have nothing to say other than whining "the election was stolen! Rheee!"

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

    159
    But just think of how sexy names like m7Wgjs56x are.
    Posted by: I used to have a different nic

    No fair socking Blonde Morticia!

    Posted by: First!! In War at October 12, 2026 08:54 AM (EdP2u)

    160 In saner times Cornell Accuser L___ C_____ would be burned at the stake as a malevolent witch.

    Posted by: Ignoramus at October 12, 2026 08:54 AM (dtajH)

    161 The John Birch Society has been warning about a national police force—associating it to some of the worst police states in history. (they favor the sheriff as law enforcement)
    =====

    You know who else nationalised the police?

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

    162 DHS has raided the home of Ilhan Omar this AM. Predawn.

    https://tinyurl.com/ms5kkvze <- Daily Mail

    Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

    163 Did the fans of Lucy Craig ever use forensic astrology on her case?

    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 08:55 AM (2GVsD)

    164 OMG - we might radicalize the Muslims! What if the public execution is a Lusitania for the 21st century? What if, by the time the Social Security trust is exhausted, we are celebrating mass in the Hagia Sophia?

    Posted by: Oglebay at October 12, 2026 08:55 AM (2ap+5)

    165 Oh, and I am outrageously outraged at the outrage of committing outrageous fraud to pull dirty campaign tricks to bring down the opposition.

    Say, remember when, two long-time Dem operatives*:
    - just so happened to be driving within a few miles of Newt Gingrich down the freeway in FL
    - going the exact same speed and direction
    - and just so happened to have a high-end, multi-band radio scanner on while they were driving (and not their radio)
    - that just so happened to catch Newt's phone call
    - and they just so happened to know it was Newt
    - and they just so happened to have recording equipment
    - and just so happened to turn it on in time to record the whole call.

    * if we ever find the truth, I guarantee it was a NSA drone who leaked it to those two.
    And also, F Newt, even after that, he refused to believe how evil the Dems are.

    Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 08:55 AM (3cUTc)

    166 I miss the old car names. Cyclone, Comet, Galaxie, Cougar, Toronado, Impala, Invicta, Riviera, Calais, Fleetwood, Imperial, Charger, Sting Ray, Barracuda . . .

    Even AMC had good names: Matador, Javelin, Gremlin, Hornet, Rambler.†


    † we can just forget about Pacer

    Posted by: Community Notes at October 12, 2026 08:56 AM (a4flb)

    167 It's also,
    National Gumbo Day.

    Posted by: redridinghood at October 12, 2026 08:56 AM (NpAcC)

    168 >>The raid stems from a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child.



    Well, that's one of the points of possible fraud isn't it?
    Her reported birth date in recent years has changed to recast her as a "child" immigrant, age 17 instead of age 18, a legal adult.

    Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 08:56 AM (rOKnE)

    169 It's also,
    National Gumbo Day.
    Posted by: redridinghood

    *Preps okra*

    Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 08:57 AM (zcI95)

    170 El-Sayed Denies Muslim Brotherhood Ties, Sister Contradicts Him

    Abdul El-Sayed denies family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, but his half-sister’s old posts describe relatives who belonged to the Islamist group.

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 08:57 AM (AFudc)

    171 I am working on a project today and I have decided to use famous historical romances for part of it. The greatest true love stories of all time.

    So.....

    Al and Tipper Gore...basis of 'Love Story' - lololol
    Prophet Mo - age 54 - and Aisha - age 6...
    Omar and her brother....

    Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 08:57 AM (Sco7b)

    172 Her reported birth date in recent years has changed to recast her as a "child" immigrant, age 17 instead of age 18, a legal adult.


    Posted by: Lizzy at October
    t12, 2026 08:56 AM (rOKnE)


    .. I did not know that

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 08:58 AM (+gK6I)

    173 Well, that's one of the points of possible fraud isn't it?
    Her reported birth date in recent years has changed to recast her as a "child" immigrant, age 17 instead of age 18, a legal adult.
    Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 08:56 AM (rOKnE)

    So, all I'd have to do is get my adult parent to commit massive fraud, steal millions of dollars, then I'd get to keep it even when it's discovered, right?

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 08:58 AM (1Ff7Z)

    174 That’s actually the biggest “tell” of this entire op. Anyone who believes that Abbott is behind to an unknown Mexican who isn’t even running any kind of campaign at all has fallen for the biggest psy-op since the Everybody Loves Kamala show.
    Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 08:28 AM (Y6Q+5)


    Saw an Abbott ad at dinner last night. Apparently, Hinojosa has voted to raise property taxes 40 times. I don't see that playing well anywhere in the state.

    Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2026 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

    175 Pre-dawn raid on Ilhan Omar's home.


    Who needs to spend good money on political ads when we have news of this?

    Posted by: Community Notes at October 12, 2026 08:59 AM (a4flb)

    176 In other European news, a former head of Germany's BND is in jail on charges of treason.

    After retirement the man set up a security consulting service in Switzerland and his former chief of staff funneled classified documents to him. These documents were only discovered because the security firm had a tangential connection to the Block House restaurant heiress who had hired a different firm during a custody battle to kidnap her two youngest children from their father in Denmark.

    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:00 AM (2GVsD)

    177 From J.J.'s links:
    Underdog NJ GOP Candidate Brings House Down Against Booker, Tells Trump To ‘Finish’ Iran

    Pisses me off to no end that this debate is the first I've heard of Justin Murphy. I pay pretty close attention to politics just like most of you, and it's infuriating that the NJ GOP is completely AWOL. I have not seen a single commercial for Murphy or even a mailer. They're not even trying.

    Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 12, 2026 09:00 AM (3ImbR)

    178 ICE should take every criminal illegal alien they catch anywhere in the country and dump them in Central Park.
    ---
    I have long advocated that Trump should announce he is respecting NYC as a sanctuary city.
    Not just start dumping illegals there but announcing publicly that no illegal will be arrested in NYC.
    Let them swam and consume that hellhole.

    In "Escape from New York" they don't explain that the wall wasn't really built first for the prison--it was first built by the fleeing residents to contain the feral salvages.

    Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 09:00 AM (3cUTc)

    179 about more than sex, drugs, and accusations. It is about what happens when gladiator movies disappear.

    Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 09:02 AM (KdE1v)

    180 Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:00 AM (2GVsD)

    I saw the 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" episode with the puppets. It was actually good and enjoyable. Especially since Star Trek always had a horrible time making 'funny' episodes.

    Season 4 has been really good, most of the crew is together. Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Scotty, Chapel.

    Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 09:05 AM (Sco7b)

    181 This is officially now The Cornell 7 Hoax.

    1 - She called it a gang bang, not rape.
    2 - She says none of the "sexual stuff was illegal"
    2 - She doesn't think any of those involved should feel any shame.
    3 - "Our body, our choice."

    Disgusting debauchery? Yes.
    Rape? Nope.

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 09:05 AM (AFudc)

    182 The left is trying to claim the bot farm in Russia that Ukraine bombed was posting pro-Trump content.
    Without proof, they claim they are seeing less posters supporting Trump.

    Meanwhile, it's been revealed that the Talarico campaign was paying big money--via dark money cut-outs--to an unknown number of influences to post pro-Talarico content.

    Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 09:05 AM (3cUTc)

    183 I think the tell with Omar will be whether the Dem leadership rallies behind her or if it's just the radical left that does.

    The media's already behind her.

    I'm dubious about it all. The administration still can't shake itself of "Maryland Man."

    Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 09:05 AM (RORbl)

    184 Good morning, happy Columbus Day!
    Sailed the ocean blue in 1492, he did.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:07 AM (vOxCS)

    185
    I'm dubious about it all. The administration still can't shake itself of "Maryland Man."
    Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 09:05 AM (RORbl)


    Me too... Seems we have a lot of "Maryland Man" types still in the Country with Judges protecting them from removal

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 09:07 AM (+gK6I)

    186 I'll still take "Spock's Brain" over puppets.

    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:07 AM (2GVsD)

    187 It's also,
    National Gumbo Day.
    Posted by: redridinghood

    *Preps okra*
    Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


    Always use coconut oil. That way it slides out of the pan & into the trash easier.

    Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 09:07 AM (JDhDw)

    188 it's infuriating that the NJ GOP is completely AWOL. I have not seen a single commercial for Murphy or even a mailer. They're not even trying.

    Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 12, 2026 09:00 AM (3ImbR)


    Did you just move to NJ?

    They are the most feckless state party in the country!

    Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 12, 2026 09:07 AM (k5CNB)

    189 So Talarico went to a mental facility in Ohio.

    His flu was so bad that he could travel all the way from Texas to Ohio.

    Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)

    190 Zelenskyy @ZelenskyyUa

    I just spoke with @MarkJCarney, @alexstubb, and @SecGenNATO Mark Rutte. We discussed the energy ceasefire announced by President Trump. Ukraine supports the ceasefire, and it is important that Russia support it as well. We are awaiting details from the American side. For our part, Ukraine always FULLY supports steps toward de-escalation, the protection of lives, and the decisions needed to end the war and
    guarantee lasting peace. Thank you!

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 09:08 AM (AFudc)

    191 Kamala's husband says she should not run for President.

    He probably thinks the payoff being offered for not running would top off the family coffers quite nicely.

    Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 09:09 AM (KJEtf)

    192 . . . scenes from the strenuous life of a professional Muslim protester in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar. Over the last few years, there have been innumerable opportunities for him to demonstrate his piety and his pissed-offness. And the cameras have been there for him every time. Is it a fatwah? Is it a copy of the Quran allegedly down the gurgler at Guantanamo? Is it some cartoon in Denmark? Time for Rage Boy to step in and for his visage to impress the rest of the world with the depth and strength of Islamist emotion. . .

    We may have to put up with the Rage Boys of the world, but we ought not to do their work for them, and we must not cry before we have been hurt. . . the bookstore chains of America pulled The Satanic Verses from their shelves, just as Borders shamefully pulled Free Inquiry after it reproduced the Danish cartoons. Rage Boy keenly looks forward to anger, while we worriedly anticipate trouble, and fret about etiquette, and prepare the next retreat. If taken to its logical conclusion, this would mean living at the pleasure of Rage Boy, and that I am not prepared to do.


    -- Christopher Hitchens 'Look Forward to Anger'

    Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 09:09 AM (rOKnE)

    193 The timing of the raid on Omar's house could have been better.. Wish they had waited till after the election..

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 09:09 AM (+gK6I)

    194 Glen Powell is staying quiet on politics in interviews because "over time I realized that politics divide people."

    "People trying to prove their point — for me, it’s the worst version of a conversation. I genuinely do not like the discourse. It’s not as healthy as it once was. [Engaging in politics] is not presently possible. I applaud people for jumping into those things and fighting for what they believe in. If I were a political person, I would be talking about it. For me, my calling is elsewhere.”

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 09:10 AM (AFudc)

    195 Did the fans of Lucy Craig ever use forensic astrology on her case?
    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 08:55 AM (2GVsD)


    No, but they did expand the definition of rape to include:

    - asking for sex.
    - sending a group chat message about sex.
    - suggesting that LC had, in fact, not been raped.

    They also suggested that if a woman even saw a photograph of some intoxicant that they were incapacitated, could not give consent, and could declare any sexual activity to be rape in the event that they were subsequently told not to attend any parties.

    Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)

    196 Lindsay Clancy and Lucy Craig, LC and LC, are both reasons to repeal the 19th.

    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:11 AM (2GVsD)

    197 195 I think the tell with Omar.

    A thought about acceptance, pacifism and Christianity.
    When Jesus came to the temple and saw all of the pagan
    activity going on what did he do? He made a whip and drove
    the pagans out.
    What would Jesus have done if he came to temple and it
    was full of Muslims?

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:12 AM (vOxCS)

    198 If he wasn't it looks like a set up to catch Paxton running with this story which I hope he didn't.
    --
    He didn't touch it.

    But that hasn't stopped Talarico from trying the petty fag bitch move of "I heard Paxon was hospitalized for cowardice because he refused to debate me."

    Or something like that, pretty close to that.
    Real middle school shit.
    So you can tell he has top-notch campaign advisors.

    Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 09:12 AM (3cUTc)

    199 >>>Sailed the ocean blue in 1492, he did.
    ~~~~~

    In 1493 Columbus sailed the deep blue sea.
    In 1494 Columbus opened America's door.


    ...things your big brothers did to screw with you.

    Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 12, 2026 09:13 AM (3ImbR)

    200 Has Talefreako and his staff claimed that Paxton maliciously and deliberately drove him insane yet?

    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:13 AM (2GVsD)

    201 They are the most feckless state party in the country!
    Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

    Virginia is neck-and-neck as they slide into Trenton South.

    Posted by: Sad to Watch From Across The Border at October 12, 2026 09:14 AM (EdP2u)

    202 208 Lindsay Clancy and Lucy Craig, LC and LC, are both reasons to repeal the 19th.

    Posted by: Anna Puma
    ---

    It ain't gonna happen. The best thing is for men and women to assume the traditional Juneau/Christian relations with each other.
    Throw out the Administrative State's op.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:15 AM (vOxCS)

    203 still take "Spock's Brain" over puppets.
    Hey little girl, wanna help me and the puppet find my lost kitten?

    Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2026 09:18 AM (ItfOu)

    204 Damn the troll is particularly annoying this morning...

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 09:18 AM (+gK6I)

    205 We've talked about how far the Royal Navy has shrunk, let's look at the RAF shall we?

    Recently a T.2 Hawk crashed after engine failure at take-off. As a result, all T.1 and T.2 Hawks have been grounded. This means no Red Arrow demonstration flights.

    But more importantly the grounding of 27 jets in Wales could have a serious impact on training of future RAF pilots.

    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:18 AM (2GVsD)

    206 In fourteen hundred ninety-two
    Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

    He had three ships and left from Spain;
    He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.

    He sailed by night; he sailed by day;
    He used the stars to find his way.

    A compass also helped him know
    How to find the way to go.

    Ninety sailors were on board;
    Some men worked while others snored.

    Then the workers went to sleep;
    And others watched the ocean deep.

    Day after day they looked for land;
    They dreamed of trees and rocks and sand.

    October twelve their dream came true,
    You never saw a happier crew!

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:19 AM (vOxCS)

    207 It's good, red meat electioneering. A black, female, muslim, immigrant Democrat federal legislator is legally untouchable, and nothing will come of this. But it's good copy.

    Same with Talarico in the loony bin. He's probably just under orders to hide out in the home stretch like a good little Brandon. But it's good copy.

    Same with publicly executing Hasan. I don't think that will happen; but it's a Pavlovian mechanism to make the Left defend the indefensible, and it's good copy.

    It's all just the game. The game is the game.

    Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 09:19 AM (BI5O2)

    208 I was being slightly hyperbolic...

    But those idiots and their supporters really need a reality check.

    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:19 AM (2GVsD)

    209 "They are the most feckless state party in the country!"

    yoo hoo! We're over here!

    Posted by: Il-gopE at October 12, 2026 09:20 AM (dCMJG)

    210 >>>They are the most feckless state party in the country!
    ~~~~~

    Yeah. I know.

    But would it kill them to spend a couple of bucks just to get his name and face out there? Even though he's going to lose, he'd have a much better chance next time if people have at least heard of him.

    Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 12, 2026 09:20 AM (3ImbR)

    211 (qCpP7)

    Who left the common room computer unsecured?

    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:21 AM (2GVsD)

    212 One of the people at the Harvard fat-a-thon is famous marathon runner Ragen Chastain whose best time is an astonishing 10:03:09

    Posted by: Oglebay at October 12, 2026 09:22 AM (2ap+5)

    213 Who could have seen this coming?
    Judge Freed a ‘Child Stabber’ He Stabbed Another Child
    ================================
    What judge freed this monster? The name is no where mentioned in either the Front Page commentary or the underlying Rhode Island news report. It was Judge Lanphear of the Superior Court, and Blanco was first found incompetent to stand trial back in 2006. Brave says he was released from state custody in 2007, committed more crimes over the years, and each time released because he was not competent to stand trial. Then he tried murder.

    Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 09:23 AM (HSV4t)

    214 First they came for the illegal Somalis.
    And I said make sure you get all the illegal Somalis.

    Posted by: Knee Mauler at October 12, 2026 09:23 AM (gSZpL)

    215 But more importantly the grounding of 27 jets in Wales could have a serious impact on training of future RAF pilots.
    Posted by: Anna Puma

    It's the lack of vowels. Probably shouldn't base fighters there.

    Posted by: Who Understands Welsh? at October 12, 2026 09:23 AM (EdP2u)

    216 New Minimum-Wage Hike Threatens to Have California Shoppers Paying More for Their Food

    -
    Just get it over with once and for all. $1000 an hour minimum wage.

    Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 09:23 AM (ndZc7)

    217 "Who left the common room computer unsecured?"

    It's gone already. Guess it was a banned hash that snuck through.

    Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 12, 2026 09:24 AM (dCMJG)

    218 Good morning Horde! Thanks JJ, and God's blessings to you and your wife. Thanks Marcus T and NaCly Dog. Safe travels to all.

    Posted by: Buck at October 12, 2026 09:24 AM (z6ONu)

    219 Even though he's going to lose, he'd have a much better chance next time if people have at least heard of him.

    Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 12, 2026 09:20 AM (3ImbR)


    And miss out on the best cocktail parties in Trenton?

    The pathetic thing is that Booker is a knuckle-dragging retard, so a good campaign would make it close.

    Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 12, 2026 09:24 AM (k5CNB)

    220 On this Columbus day I would like to honor the Italian Americans from my youth. The barbers, the bookies, the guys with the vending machine companies, the guys with the city paving contracts, the guys that would always have a good deal on cigarettes, the really hot Italian girls in high school that had uncles you didn't want to cross.

    Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 12, 2026 09:24 AM (gm9Sb)

    221 It's a fool's errand, arguing over which State GOP is most feckless. I teaser to just single out a half-dozen or so that are less-than-maximally feckless.

    Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 09:25 AM (BI5O2)

    222 One of the people at the Harvard fat-a-thon is famous marathon runner Ragen Chastain whose best time is an astonishing 10:03:09

    Posted by: Oglebay at October 12, 2026 09:22 AM (2ap+5)


    That's a stroll. I'll bet I could beat that and still pop into a bar for a beer every hour or so.

    Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 12, 2026 09:26 AM (k5CNB)

    223 If CNN isn't going to cover the raids, such as Omar, then DHS should inform the other news agencies like Just the News, that are struggling to compete. Let them show the video and capture a wider audience.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:26 AM (vOxCS)

    224 There are Christians in Juneau?

    Posted by: Who knew? at October 12, 2026 09:26 AM (gSZpL)

    225 204 . . . scenes from the strenuous life of a professional Muslim protester in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar. Over the last few years, there have been innumerable opportunities for him to demonstrate his piety and his pissed-offness. And the cameras have been there for him every time. Is it a fatwah? Is it a copy of the Quran allegedly down the gurgler at Guantanamo? Is it some cartoon in Denmark? Time for Rage Boy to step in and for his visage to impress the rest of the world with the depth and strength of Islamist emotion. . .

    We may have to put up with the Rage Boys of the world, but we ought not to do their work for them, ...
    -- Christopher Hitchens 'Look Forward to Anger'
    Posted by: Lizzy

    Wasn't it
    David Bowie that first suggested: Look back in Anger?
    And then "the stiff on" Al Gore: Anger is an Energy.

    https://tinyurl.com/cTHIEL-batboy2NOSFERATU
    Satire is Lost upon the LIBs.
    LET's GO BRANDON!

    Queue the Harry Lime-like mollusk fingers trying to escape the welded sewer grate (as the filth and corruption of fELON foam up around his waist) as Trump w/ bff&future prez Bezo look down and whisper: NO.

    Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 12, 2026 09:26 AM (KPIOH)

    226 26 miles in ten hours?

    That is an amble.

    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:27 AM (2GVsD)

    227 Good morning. Thanks, J.J.

    ICE needs pushers on the front of their vehicles. It also needs to do some decent recon before it has its officers in parking lots with limited accesses in and out - most of them nowadays. "Fighting" in highly unfamiliar areas is usually a loser.
    --
    If I were a high level political consultant, I'd be advising to let the Pike, Hasan stories just smolder through the mid-terms.

    OTOH, a democratic socialist congressional candidate such as NYC's Chevalier, probably less than 50-50 for giving her broad publicity, maybe doing more good than harm for that campaign - she's got msm; Congressional progressive caucus; and the low info. voters - though there's really no where else to go for points.

    Facebook, CNN
    2 days ago
    Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Democratic socialist who beat a four-term incumbent to win the Democratic nomination for New York's 13th congressional district -- where an ICE shooting took place this week, says she was pushed to the ground by a New York City police officer at an anti-ICE protest. Chevalier tells Erin Burnett, "I have been arrested 3 times in protests and not once have I been slammed to the ground by a police officer."

    Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 09:27 AM (NFX2v)

    228 From above, "Do not make the mistake of shrugging these stories off as limited to the blue shit holes because this cancer will one day sweep across the nation unless it is contained and wiped out ruthlessly."

    Another local, PA nugget: Trump administration widens Swarthmore antisemitism probe

    It begins, "The U.S. Department of Education said Wednesday it was expanding its antisemitism investigation of Swarthmore College after a student group allegedly shared a video of an effigy of an Israeli soldier being set on fire."

    Part of the College's response:

    "SJP is not a recognized organization at the College, and hasn't been since September 2025, when the College permanently revoked its affiliation. That means the groups is prohibited from accessing College funds, scheduling or hosting events on campus, or accessing any other College resources available to student organizations. Additionally, other student organizations are prohibited from co-sponsoring, acting on behalf of, or affiliating with Swarthmore SJP in any manner," Hirsch (a spokesperson for Swarthmore College) said.

    BTW, former president Obama had wanted to attend Swarthmore for undergrad studies.

    Cont'd -

    Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 09:27 AM (NFX2v)

    229 Pisses me off to no end that this debate is the first I've heard of Justin Murphy. I pay pretty close attention to politics just like most of you, and it's infuriating that the NJ GOP is completely AWOL. I have not seen a single commercial for Murphy or even a mailer. They're not even trying.
    Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 12, 2026 09:00 AM (3ImbR)
    ==================
    Like you, this debate was the first time I heard he is the candidate.

    Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 09:27 AM (HSV4t)

    230 The above story ran in the Philadelphia Daily News-Inquirer on Friday, October 9, 2026. (We most often only know what's going on in this county & the other rings counties by patronizing Philly or even South Jersey press.)

    Aside: The good people of Swarthmore (home of U.S. Rep Mary Gay Scanlan, D-PA) shall never stomp their very well-heeled feet & raise their voices towards the College. After all, even recently it agreed to contribute $638,000 to Swarthmore Borough to help cover rising emergency service and public safety costs thus averting a proposed 1% earned income tax (EIT) that would have affected residents and college employees.

    Also:
    KATV, Obama endorses Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in his re-election bid, Friday, October 9, 2026

    "Pennsylvania, Governor Shapiro has your back — and in this election, I'm asking you to have his," Obama said in the endorsement video first obtained by CBS News.

    Josh Shapiro is a potential contender for the Democrats for president in 2028.
    ---
    Good day.

    Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 09:27 AM (NFX2v)

    231 226 26 miles in ten hours?

    That is an amble.
    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:27 AM (2GVsD)

    Or a waddle

    Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 09:27 AM (+gK6I)

    232 Was the thread de-trolled?

    Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 09:27 AM (pJE7g)

    233 223 If CNN isn't going to cover the raids, such as Omar, then DHS should inform the other news agencies like Just the News, that are struggling to compete. Let them show the video and capture a wider audience.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:26 AM (vOxCS)

    I'm working right now but when I'm upstairs I'll check CNN and MSNow.

    MSNow - Trumps war on his opponent's continues. Trust me. That's exactly the framing.

    Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 09:28 AM (Sco7b)

    234 26 miles in ten hours?

    That is an amble.
    Posted by: Anna Puma


    Three miles an hour is a walk. 3 x 10 =30

    Yeah. 26 in 10 isn't even breaking a sweat.

    Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 09:28 AM (JDhDw)

    235 Fitness "fascism" is, once again, proof that "bullying" is actually good and intended to lead its targets to more fulfilling (ahem) lives.

    Posted by: Oglebay at October 12, 2026 09:29 AM (2ap+5)

    236 Ilhan Omar.

    hahahaha

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 09:29 AM (viF8m)

    237 In a HuffPost essay published right after Obama’s 2012 reelection victory, El-Sayed wrote, “I have to say now what I’ve been holding in throughout his campaign, and what I think all of us have to admit: Obama was not the right choice — he just wasn’t the wrong one.”

    “This leader has perpetuated war, violated our civil liberties, deported more people from our shores than any other president before him, and the list of his failures goes on,” he added.

    Posted by: SMOD at October 12, 2026 09:29 AM (AFudc)

    238 The pathetic thing is that Booker is a knuckle-dragging retard, so a good campaign would make it close.
    Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 12, 2026 09:24 AM (k5CNB)
    ==============
    He's certainly a poofter retard. "Knuckle dragging" may not be his favorite drag after all.

    Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 09:29 AM (HSV4t)

    239 They are the most feckless state party in the country!
    Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 12, 2026 09:07 AM (k5CNB)
    ====

    Oh please.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 09:30 AM (RIvkX)

    240 215 But more importantly the grounding of 27 jets in Wales could have a serious impact on training of future RAF pilots.
    Posted by: Anna Puma
    ---

    War gaming?
    Mexico could kick Europe's (sans Poland) butt.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 09:30 AM (vOxCS)

    241 Talarico picture up

    Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 09:31 AM (JDhDw)

    242 For forty days and forty nights
    They sailed in search of booty
    When by the shore, they spied a whore
    By God, she was a beauty

    They went over the rails by heads and tails
    a-tearing off their collars
    In fourteen minutes, by the clock,
    She made nine thousand dollars

    He said the world was round-O
    His balls hung to the ground-O
    That masturbatin', fornicatin'
    Son of bitch, Columbo.

    Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 12, 2026 09:31 AM (zdLoL)

    243 We're negative feck.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (RIvkX)

    244 If CNN covers the Omar raid they'll use file footage of the Waco Branch Davidian raid. "The horrors, Trump has really done it this time".

    Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (gm9Sb)

    245 In honour of Columbus Day

    https://youtu.be/sbnf5f9ShmA

    You may get offended.

    Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 09:32 AM (2GVsD)

    246 Looking for the perfect Christmas present?

    William Shatner’s Wild New Album Storms Heavy Metal

    Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 09:34 AM (ndZc7)

    247 As a resident of AZ, I had already marked "From Tuscon" on my Bingo card when I saw the bomb threat by Arizona Man.

    Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 09:35 AM (eGzf1)

    248 The big lesson at Cornell is how the administration regards every issue that arises not as any sort of moral failure, but instead as one of another in a long series of public relations problems. Mike Kotlikoff, the President of Cornell, is always just trying to stay in his job for one more day, and never, ever, wants to go public with any kind of moral judgement.

    He's a feckless, foolish, malleable man, unable to criticize anyone for anything.

    Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 09:37 AM (QKdAU)

    249 Arroyo is Spanish for "place where liberals in arid regions are to take shelter during rainstorms"

    Posted by: Oglebay at October 12, 2026 09:37 AM (2ap+5)

    250 In before any of the 'That Guy' claque show up.

    Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 09:38 AM (0sNs1)

    251 >>@Not_the_Bee
    ·
    5m
    >>Homeland Security carries out pre-dawn raid on Ihan Omar's home 👀

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 09:40 AM (viF8m)

    252 As a resident of AZ, I had already marked "From Tuscon" on my Bingo card when I saw the bomb threat by Arizona Man.
    Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 09:35 AM


    By the time I get to Phoenix, he'll be rising Blake'll find the note I left hanging on his door

    Posted by: That Guy from Tuscon at October 12, 2026 09:40 AM (0sNs1)

    253 William Shatner’s Wild New Album Storms Heavy Metal
    Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 09:34 AM (ndZc7)
    ===================
    I heard him interviewed the other day, and he was dropping f-bombs and talking joyfully about metal. It was disorienting, coming from a 95 year old actor.

    Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 09:41 AM (QKdAU)

    254 Suprise

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 09:42 AM (viF8m)

    255 Suprise
    Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 09:42 AM (viF8m)
    -------------

    Nice Arizona town. What does a NE'aster like yourself know of AZ?

    Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 12, 2026 09:43 AM (eGzf1)

    256 Isaias was a hurricane, not a cyclone. Unless we suddenly switched to the Indian Ocean while I was asleep.

    Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 09:52 AM (hBMfw)

    257 In before any of the 'That Guy' claque show up.
    Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 09:38 AM



    Jimmy doesn't like them.

    Posted by: Jimmy at October 12, 2026 09:53 AM (4NO2D)

    258 >>Nice Arizona town. What does a NE'aster like yourself know of AZ

    Years ago I visited a friend who lived in Scottsdale. Beautiful area.

    He took me golfing and it was hotter than Satans under area. Spectacular blonde constantly circled the course in a golf cart with bottles of water, soda, beer, etc. She called herself the Quench Wench.

    That's pretty much all I know about Arizona.

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 09:54 AM (viF8m)

    259 This judge in the Dominion case is in jeopardy of becoming an accomplice to a crime?!?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbXD8Qprgg8

    Personally, I think a lot of Federal Judges need to be brought up on criminal charges; looking at you Boasburg.

    Posted by: A real heel at October 12, 2026 10:00 AM (JNTt1)

    260 Our buddy Abdul El-Sayed said two days ago (arguing with another a-hole Dave Portnoy) "Is Michigan going to win a game without cheating?" And he's a Michigan grad to boot.

    As a huge Buckeye fan, I just might might vote for that mofo if I lived in Michigan. Nah, of course I wouldn't, but it's the most intelligent thing that clown has "sayed".

    Posted by: CoolHandLuke at October 12, 2026 10:12 AM (RZlrj)

    261 Agent fired 5 to 7 times into a car with a 5 yo inside with an AR 15c hit ing the man only once in the neck
    That should not have happened I don't care if it was the cartel leader

    Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 11:00 AM (DgBcT)

    262 Feckless is October's magic word.

    Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:39 AM (zcI95)

    263 The original 1984 horror film, Children of the Corn, with the boy preacher, Isaac Chroner, in charge was on over the weekend.

    Note that Talafreko is back in the news today.

    Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 12:02 PM (NFX2v)

    264 Re: the NY Post editorial board lamenting the live-streaming of Nidal Hasan's execution: They are apparently unaware that in the Islamic States "public chastisement" (beheading, flogging, stoning, severing limbs, etc.) is compelled viewing; people are forced to attend and witness it, supposedly as a deterrent to them doing similar acts.

    Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at October 12, 2026 12:22 PM (bufu1)

    265 HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY!

    Indigenous People's Day? - call me when Indigenous Peoples have accomplished something besides bitching about the white man.

    Posted by: NeighSayer at October 12, 2026 12:25 PM (bufu1)

    266 *raises hand* Mexican Meztisa here, proud of my indigenous ancestry and also totally unashamed to admit I prefer Christianity and Western Civilization above any society those ancestors built. Brutal as the Columbus and the Conquistadores could be, it still beats the hell put of cardioectemies for sunrises and good weather (althoug the climate culture is trying its best).

    Posted by: ObsidianKnife at October 12, 2026 07:48 PM (TumvK)

    267 *climate cult stupid autocorrect

    Posted by: ObsidianKnife at October 12, 2026 07:49 PM (TumvK)

    268 More lies repeated by KJ about Talarico
    He was seen man. Places in TX during those 2 weeks

    I think than now that those lies have been fisliriven that fake story will help him
    Americans do not like liars

    Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 08:06 PM (Pre+Q)

    Daily Tech News 12 October 2026

    Top Story



    Tech News



    Musical Interlude





    Disclaimer: We got the beet.

    Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM




    Comments

    (Jump to bottom of comments)

    1 BOING!

    Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2026 04:00 AM (P3X50)

    2 w00t

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)

    3 G'Day everyone
    Long commute today

    Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

    4 Guten morgen, horde.

    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 04:02 AM (zGeQ7)

    5 Hallooo, Pixy!

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

    6 Evenin', Pixy!

    "Nobody is buying it, but there are shortages?"

    Well, yeah... when you manufacture only a couple thousand (worldwide)...

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 04:02 AM (rdVOm)

    7 Disclaimer: We got the beet.
    ****

    I can't carrot all.

    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 04:04 AM (zGeQ7)

    8 Not sure why, I use two browsers on my phone, Excite and Crome. The adds are heavy here on Crome but have negated them on Excite.. on my tablet use Excite mostly as well.

    Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

    9 The Go-Go's - Turn To You

    I couldn't even make it halfway through that.

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:05 AM (odBC9)

    10 7 Disclaimer: We got the beet.
    ****

    I can't carrot all.
    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 04:04 AM (zGeQ7)

    Thyme passages.

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:08 AM (odBC9)

    11 Disclaimer: We got the beet.
    ****

    I can't carrot all.
    Posted by: clarence

    Thyme passages.
    Posted by: m

    What a great dill!

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 04:12 AM (rdVOm)

    12 Disclaimer: We got the beet.
    ****

    I can't carrot all.
    Posted by: clarence

    Thyme passages.
    Posted by: m

    What a great dill!
    ****

    Sage advice, Rosemary.

    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 04:14 AM (zGeQ7)

    13 Aw, man... I just remembered that I have a dentist appt in the morning. Ugh. And LOL!

    I'd better try to sleep, huh? Oh, jeez.

    Surprised my dentist is working tomorrow... he doesn't even work on Fridays.

    But yeah, tomorrow is what I call a "fake holiday"-- only bank & post office personnel get the day off with pay.

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 04:16 AM (rdVOm)

    14 12 Disclaimer: We got the beet.
    ****

    I can't carrot all.
    Posted by: clarence

    Thyme passages.
    Posted by: m

    What a great dill!
    ****

    Sage advice, Rosemary.
    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 04:14 AM (zGeQ7)

    Y'all are bean corny.

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:17 AM (odBC9)

    15 I wish could go back to bed

    Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:17 AM (Ia/+0)

    16 13 Aw, man... I just remembered that I have a dentist appt in the morning. Ugh. And LOL!

    I'd better try to sleep, huh? Oh, jeez.

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 04:16 AM (rdVOm)

    Good luck, JQ!

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:17 AM (odBC9)

    17 Y'all are bean corny.
    Posted by: m

    It's time to veg out...

    G'night, all!

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 04:18 AM (rdVOm)

    18 Got through the whole video, don't think remember that one.

    Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:22 AM (Ia/+0)

    19 18 Got through the whole video, don't think remember that one.
    Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:22 AM (Ia/+0)

    I didn't think I remembered it, either.

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:23 AM (odBC9)

    20 *Pixy-posting of a music video does not constitute recommendation

    presumably

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:25 AM (odBC9)

    21 There is a horde that loves to pun
    Some lurk and miss all the fun
    The comments pile up
    Like an overflowing cup
    And we can't seem to be done

    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 04:27 AM (zGeQ7)

    22
    Columbus Day, 2026
    from The White House

    https://tinyurl.com/mwr7v9se

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:28 AM (odBC9)

    23 It is Columbus Day

    Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:29 AM (Ia/+0)

    24 The Columbus Day proclamation does not appear to have been AI-written.

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

    25 More than five centuries ago, Christopher Columbus embarked westward across uncharted waters and discovered the New World — bringing with him the rich traditions of Western civilization and paving the way to the birth of the American Nation less than three centuries later.

    Today, we honor his life of valor, adventure, and ingenuity.

    We cherish his memory and pledge to safeguard his story.

    Above all, we remember with gratitude that the triumph of freedom and the glory of our Republic are the fruits of his faith and unrelenting devotion.

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:36 AM (odBC9)

    26 U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Greece

    U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle

    United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle was sworn in on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC.

    https://tinyurl.com/3bwpujr4

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:40 AM (odBC9)

    27 Evening for the holiday toilers, morning for the early risers. 'Tis Monday, true, and as horrifying as usual if you are not off. However, please to remember:

    "Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:54 AM (wzUl9)

    28 And it's just before four a.m., and here's Wolfus wide-eyed as a marigold. No idea why; the cats were sleeping on the bed with me, but were not walking around or otherwise trying to get me up. Oh, well. Life its own self.

    What's up with you?

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:58 AM (wzUl9)

    29 Sage advice, Rosemary.
    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026
    *
    Y'all are bean corny.
    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026


    ***
    The Horde's own version of Veggie Tales

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:59 AM (wzUl9)

    30 Mornin'

    Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 05:06 AM (sAmhv)

    31 And yet somehow the Xbox is selling in some places for as much as $1600 due to shortages. (Notebook Check)

    Nobody is buying it, but there are shortages?



    Makes about as much sense as communsim.

    Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 05:08 AM (sAmhv)

    32 72 F., humidity not bad, wind almost nothing: Call me crazy, call me deranged, but I think I will go for a short workout this morning.

    It's due to warm back up this week (what else is new), but! There is a whisper of a hint of a rumor that we may see a "cold" front next weekend. Meaning, high of 80, low of 67. Ha.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:09 AM (wzUl9)

    33
    g'mornin', 'rons

    Posted by: AltonJackson at October 12, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

    34 I heard Elon Musk is gonna buy XBox and make an all electric version of it.

    Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 12, 2026 05:13 AM (aKiSo)

    35 Morning, Tech Peeps

    Posted by: fluffy at October 12, 2026 05:17 AM (V0/Sp)

    36 >>>PlayStation sales are also down by 25%, their lowest level since 1813.

    ha!

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)

    37 >>>PlayStation sales are also down by 25%

    Wait! MATH!

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 05:23 AM (odBC9)

    38 Good Morning pixel friends and morons, Pixy. I was playing Civ and just realized I need sleep. Laters!

    Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 12, 2026 05:24 AM (Q/FnY)

    39 >>>Xbox sales have fallen 33% to the lowest level since the platform launched 75 years ago. (MSN)

    Wait!

    Wikipedia:
    Xbox the brand
    Introduced November 15, 2001; 24 years ago

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 05:26 AM (odBC9)

    40 Pixy is playing April Fools jokes.

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

    41 The Horde's own version of Veggie Tales
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:59 AM (wzUl9)

    Obligatory:

    https://youtu.be/WiMmVFSJDUg

    Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 05:27 AM (BYJyI)

    42 G'morning, all!

    Possibly a short morning walk in about 45 minutes.
    Then Mrs VIA hits the driving range for a bit, and then we load up Frog and Margo for their annual check-up at the vet.

    After that....maybe nap.

    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 12, 2026 05:33 AM (iMotb)

    43 poke***

    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 05:50 AM (zGeQ7)

    44 Looks like the thread is taking a nap. I will take the hint and take myself to sleep. Gute nacht, horde.

    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 05:53 AM (zGeQ7)

    45 Old time hymn which I'm repeating because I like it so much-Hank Williams Sr. "Precious Lord, Take my hand":

    https://tinyurl.com/4t275dyu

    Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 05:55 AM (JrHfD)

    46 I've never had a gamer cube thing, I'm still playing games from 1993

    Steel Panthers, Tactical Fighter Experiment

    I'm boring and old

    Posted by: Kittens! at October 12, 2026 05:56 AM (LOZbR)

    47 43 poke***
    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 05:50 AM (zGeQ7)

    *ouch*

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 05:57 AM (odBC9)

    48 Was way early but didn't have to drive like I was a racing driver

    Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 05:59 AM (sgkY8)

    49 Rifle toting teenagers from homecoming weekend photos remind me how NoVa has changed in several generations. My HS rifle team practiced at Fort Myer. Car full of teenagers approaches base gate. Guard says “where are you going”. Teenage driver says “rifle range”. Guard says “OK” , and waves car through.

    Posted by: Fenderbender at October 12, 2026 05:59 AM (1FEc1)

    50 "What God has done. "Man writes on Deuteronomy 8:10-18. It is followed by a prayer and additional reflections:

    https://tinyurl.com/mpenmzp4

    Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 06:04 AM (JrHfD)

    51 49 Rifle toting teenagers from homecoming weekend photos remind me how NoVa has changed in several generations. My HS rifle team practiced at Fort Myer. Car full of teenagers approaches base gate. Guard says “where are you going”. Teenage driver says “rifle range”. Guard says “OK” , and waves car through.
    Posted by: Fenderbender at October 12, 2026 05:59 AM (1FEc1)

    It was a different world.

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 06:13 AM (odBC9)

    52 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

    Rejoinder: I will not turn the beet around. I refuse to.

    Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 12, 2026 06:23 AM (amcLV)

    53 flood in Nepal

    https://tinyurl.com/yuyp7yb8

    asmongold

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 06:31 AM (odBC9)

    54 I wonder if the high school I graduated from still has a rifle and pistol range in the basement. I know they still have competition between various upstate New York schools in the rural areas. I'm not sure how the state allows that, even though you can still hunt at 12-14 years old now with adult supervision. Does the governor know? The preps in the city need the target practice more, as they miss the other guy so often.

    Posted by: colin at October 12, 2026 06:32 AM (CiQE7)

    55 I have a couple of 30 Terabit SSD's which someone gave me. Do they count in the shortage? Ali express has them for sale, and you know they got to be good.

    Posted by: colin at October 12, 2026 06:36 AM (CiQE7)

    56 Back from a short workout; showered; now having the last of the bacon and a scrambled egg. I feel like I'm on Mountain Time, though. This waking up at 3:45 has gotta stop.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

    57 flood in Nepal

    https://tinyurl.com/yfkpjuc7

    BBC

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 06:39 AM (odBC9)

    58 Ali express

    Wouldn't be surprised if they report as 30TB and fill up at 30GB.

    Posted by: RandomDave at October 12, 2026 06:44 AM (aJQbY)

    59 Why Literary Agents and Publishers Can’t Detect AI-Generated Writing, but Readers Can

    https://tinyurl.com/5ymrkcnf

    via Instapundit

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 06:44 AM (odBC9)

    60 This kid is going places:

    https://tinyurl.com/3sn8wf4y

    Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2026 06:44 AM (D0X9e)

    61 the last of the bacon

    Sounds like a shopping emergency, Wolfus!

    Posted by: RandomDave at October 12, 2026 06:45 AM (aJQbY)

    62 56 Back from a short workout; showered; now having the last of the bacon and a scrambled egg. I feel like I'm on Mountain Time, though. This waking up at 3:45 has gotta stop.
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

    Sounds awful. I woke at 5:30 and I'm hating it. 3:45 sounds downright miserable. Hope you return to normal.

    Posted by: Got Up Too Early, It Was A Terrible Mistake at October 12, 2026 06:45 AM (EdP2u)

    63

    *hic*

    Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 12, 2026 06:47 AM (DNJkc)

    64 71 years old here, never played any video game of any kind. No games on phone-nothing. I played pinball during it's heyday in the mid 70s. Then 1980 came and console video games came out. Never dropped a quarter in them.

    And, get off my lawn, you whipper-snappers.

    Posted by: Mr. Grouch's Bad Day at October 12, 2026 06:49 AM (EdP2u)

    65 Up early. Jury duty summons. Time to give the courts the fuzzy treatment.

    Posted by: Fuzzy Nuggets, Jr. at October 12, 2026 06:50 AM (o+cID)

    66 The last of the bacon.

    Sadder words were never written.

    Posted by: Emergency-Everyone To Get From Street at October 12, 2026 06:51 AM (EdP2u)

    67 Bacon freezes well and takes up nearly no room. A Strategic Bacon Reserve is the responsibilty of all patriotic Americans.

    Running out of bacon is worse than running out of Plexaderm.

    Posted by: Annette Figueroa, Lifestyle Expert at October 12, 2026 06:55 AM (EdP2u)

    68 60 This kid is going places:

    https://tinyurl.com/3sn8wf4y
    Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2026 06:44 AM (D0X9e)

    nice

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 06:56 AM (odBC9)

    69 65 Up early. Jury duty summons. Time to give the courts the fuzzy treatment.
    Posted by: Fuzzy Nuggets, Jr.

    Hang 'em high! Even if the charge is littering.

    Posted by: Enough Coddling Of Criminals! at October 12, 2026 06:57 AM (EdP2u)

    70 69 65 Up early. Jury duty summons. Time to give the courts the fuzzy treatment.
    Posted by: Fuzzy Nuggets, Jr.

    Hang 'em high! Even if the charge is littering.
    Posted by: Enough Coddling Of Criminals! at October 12, 2026 06:57 AM (EdP2u)

    No more coffee for you, (EdP2u)!

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 06:57 AM (odBC9)

    71 the last of the bacon

    Sounds like a shopping emergency, Wolfus!
    Posted by: RandomDave at October 12, 2026


    ***
    "To the Walmart!"

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)

    72
    Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, dogs taken care of, coffee prepared. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian. This is my Me time. Once I go downstairs and make Her Majesty's coffee, my day can go in any direction.

    Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 07:00 AM (eRlcH)

    73 Good morning morons

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:02 AM (RIvkX)

    74 Back from a short workout; showered; now having the last of the bacon and a scrambled egg. I feel like I'm on Mountain Time, though. This waking up at 3:45 has gotta stop.
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
    *
    Sounds awful. I woke at 5:30 and I'm hating it. 3:45 sounds downright miserable. Hope you return to normal.
    Posted by: Got Up Too Early, It Was A Terrible Mistake at October 12, 2026


    ***
    Five-thirty is late for me; I haven't slept that late in a long time. I used to rise at 3:45 when I was still working, to exercise and then get to work early to avoid traffic and for a parking place. Made for long days. Now I can take a nap in the afternoon.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:05 AM (wzUl9)

    75 There were three strips of bacon left in the packet. I gave them a good sendoff, with some pepper sprinkled on top while they were sizzling, then letting them dry out a bit on paper towels. Crunchy!

    The scrambled egg, as usual, got chili powder, pepper, and paprika. And I finished up with half a slice of honey with some whole wheat bread under it. (Or something like that.)

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

    76 Sounds awful. I woke at 5:30 and I'm hating it. 3:45 sounds downright miserable. Hope you return to normal.
    Posted by: Got Up Too Early, It Was A Terrible Mistake at October 12, 2026 06:45 AM (EdP2u)
    =====

    3:45 is my goal.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:10 AM (RIvkX)

    77 traffic and for a parking place. Made for long days. Now I can take a nap in the afternoon.
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

    Ah, that's how you do it. In my 71 years, I've taken maybe 4 naps, only when sick with flu. Can't nap to save my life. I'm a little jealous, but brains are weird things.

    Posted by: Up As A Pup at October 12, 2026 07:12 AM (EdP2u)

    78 There's something neat about the early early morning hours, before all the people are up and swarming. It's as though you have the world to yourself.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)

    79 G'mornin' everyone!

    Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 12, 2026 07:14 AM (VyBeY)

    80 traffic and for a parking place. Made for long days. Now I can take a nap in the afternoon.
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
    *
    Ah, that's how you do it. In my 71 years, I've taken maybe 4 naps, only when sick with flu. Can't nap to save my life. I'm a little jealous, but brains are weird things.
    Posted by: Up As A Pup at October 12, 2026


    ***
    If I skip the nap this afternoon, I'll be dozing off over our DVD movie this evening. On the other hand I will probably sleep later on Tuesday morning.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:14 AM (wzUl9)

    81 Naps are essential and enjoyable.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:14 AM (RIvkX)

    82 Naps are essential and enjoyable.
    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026


    ***
    They are indeed. And I seem to recall some "research" years ago indicating that people who nap on a regular basis live longer. Probably suspect, they were probably aiming for that result, but I'm okay with that in this case.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9)

    83 78 There's something neat about the early early morning hours, before all the people are up and swarming. It's as though you have the world to yourself.
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

    I never leave the house before noon, except one day in December I have to get my vehicle inspected. On line at 7:45!

    Posted by: It's Traumatic! at October 12, 2026 07:17 AM (EdP2u)

    84 I'm careful to limit to an hour nap so I don't cannibalize nighttime sleep.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:17 AM (RIvkX)

    85 Morning all

    Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 07:19 AM (JDhDw)

    86 I never leave the house before noon, except one day in December I have to get my vehicle inspected. On line at 7:45!
    Posted by: It's Traumatic! at October 12, 2026


    ***
    Ten months of the year here, it's sizzling hot by 9 am. I want to run my errands early.

    As for having the Buick inspected, the infamous "brake tag" has been suspended until net year, when the city comes up with a QR code sticker you can put on your car. The charge will be rolled into your registration. So I guess it'll be up to the driver to maintain his vehicle in safe condition. (As if.)

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)

    87 There's something neat about the early early morning hours, before all the people are up and swarming. It's as though you have the world to yourself.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)

    Sure. The early morning is the quiet time in the city. Before all the bums start scratching around looking for butts or an unattended bottle. By the time the haze burns off the clack of the streetcar will tick tick tick like...(checks Timex on wrist - the one with the plastic strap - not the metal one because the last client couldn't come up with the scratch)... aw crap. Someone'll post NOOD before I can finish....

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

    88 87 Sure. The early morning is the quiet time in the city. Before all the bums start scratching around looking for butts or an unattended bottle. By the time the haze burns off the clack of the streetcar will tick tick tick like...(checks Timex on wrist - the one with the plastic strap - not the metal one because the last client couldn't come up with the scratch)... aw crap. Someone'll post NOOD before I can finish....
    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

    *scratches head*
    Where were you going with this?

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 07:22 AM (odBC9)

    89 Sure. The early morning is the quiet time in the city. Before all the bums start scratching around looking for butts or an unattended bottle. By the time the haze burns off the clack of the streetcar will tick tick tick like...(checks Timex on wrist - the one with the plastic strap - not the metal one because the last client couldn't come up with the scratch)... aw crap. Someone'll post NOOD before I can finish....
    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026
    *
    *scratches head*
    Where were you going with this?
    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026


    ***
    Film noir hardboiled private eye!

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:23 AM (wzUl9)

    90 *scratches head*
    Where were you going with this?
    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 07:22 AM (odBC9)

    Just a noir riff.

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:23 AM (1Ff7Z)

    91 89 Film noir hardboiled private eye!
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:23 AM (wzUl9)

    90 Just a noir riff.
    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:23 AM (1Ff7Z)

    Ah! Tx.

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 07:24 AM (odBC9)

    92 car. The charge will be rolled into your registration. So I guess it'll be up to the driver to maintain his vehicle in safe condition. (As if.)
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

    Yeah, in N'awlins, there will be many hoopties with baloney skin tires rollin' about with no inspection, I'm afraid. My state, NC exempts vehicles over 35 years old from inspection. 3 of my 4 cars are over 35, two of them nearly twice that. I keep them up better than new, though.

    Posted by: You Start To Live When You Learn To Drive at October 12, 2026 07:25 AM (EdP2u)

    93 You might wonder how something ephemeral like a data packed could be auctioned.

    The pigeons live in fear of the time they call "The coming of the great unpacking."

    Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 12, 2026 07:26 AM (O7YUW)

    94 from Pixy's website

    Prostetnic Vogon Jatz Edition

    https://ai.mee.nu

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 07:27 AM (odBC9)

    95 Outside it's still fairly cool, still dark. The semi-feral cat has had his chow, and is still hanging around. It's as if the world is taking a deep slow breath before the night ends, getting ready for the first dawn light.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:27 AM (wzUl9)

    96 Mornin' Horde. I slept in. Thanksgiving in Canada, and I don't have to work. Yay.

    Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 12, 2026 07:27 AM (O7YUW)

    97 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

    Posted by: olddog in mo at October 12, 2026 07:27 AM (Hbeqj)

    98 I was curious and checked-out the linked review for the new Facebook movie.

    Came across this quote: "'The Social Network' was a box office success, as well as an Oscar winner, and it is now considered to be one of the greatest films of the 21st century."

    I laughed and stopped reading.

    Posted by: Biergood at October 12, 2026 07:30 AM (PwgSL)

    99 100

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 07:30 AM (odBC9)

    100 C

    Posted by: olddog in mo at October 12, 2026 07:30 AM (Hbeqj)

    101 dagnabbit, m.

    Posted by: olddog in mo at October 12, 2026 07:30 AM (Hbeqj)

    102 I used to walk 2 miles around the city at 6:30 am and it was usually dead quiet. After that you get people riding bikes on the sidewalk, walking down the center looking at their phones, letting their dog crap everywhere, etc...

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:31 AM (RIvkX)

    103
    ; )

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 07:32 AM (odBC9)

    104 I took the 2015 Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie out of the library last week. We might watch it tonight. I hang my head in shame to admit it, but I haven't yet bought the DVD (as much as I loved the film) and have not seen it in eleven years.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:32 AM (wzUl9)

    105 Shoot. No MR yet. I coulda finished something. Oh well, too late now.

    It's Columbus Day. Probably mean direct deposit won't hit today. Always when you need the money.

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:33 AM (1Ff7Z)

    106 The Sandisk NAS 800 (1.92TB SSD in an nVME package), priced at $559.99 USD:

    Nice specs. Horrible price.

    *closes wallet* No.

    Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 12, 2026 07:33 AM (O7YUW)

    107 Yeah, when Columbus discovered Columbus Circle on this date in 1492, the Indians exclaimed in unison-There goes the neighborhood.

    Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle at October 12, 2026 07:33 AM (EdP2u)

    108 I used to walk 2 miles around the city at 6:30 am and it was usually dead quiet. After that you get people riding bikes on the sidewalk, walking down the center looking at their phones, letting their dog crap everywhere, etc...
    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026


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    I trot a half mile up the avenue to a walking trail, do a mile or so there, and come half a mile back. If I'm early enough there will be very little traffic from commuters heading toward the big avenue and the bridge.

    On Saturday and Sunday I have the street almost to myself.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:34 AM (wzUl9)

    109 I gave up walking outside unless the wife insists. Too damn many people won't walk on the right side. This ain't Britain, stop walking on the left and getting in my way.

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:35 AM (1Ff7Z)

    110 XBOX: "Nobody is buying it, but there are shortages?"

    Supply shortages even worse than the lowered market demand, maybe.

    I read a claim the other day that year-over-year PC sales are down somewhere around 20%. That seems... low. A local PC shop I talked to a few months ago said they're not moving ANY custom build/DIY parts right now due to the prices, and the only thing saving them was the pre-built machines, but those prices were rapidly increasing as well.

    Okay, now it makes sense. There were still a lot of pre-built machines in the sales pipe that were made with lower price components, so most of this year's sales were exhausting that supply, and now we're into the crapfest of high prices on components affecting everything.

    Next year's figures are going to be BAD.

    Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 12, 2026 07:36 AM (O7YUW)

    111 110 I gave up walking outside unless the wife insists. Too damn many people won't walk on the right side. This ain't Britain, stop walking on the left and getting in my way.
    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:35 AM (1Ff7Z)

    How about the people who walk 3 or 4 abreast on the sidewalk? They're my faves.

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 07:37 AM (odBC9)

    112 I wonder if Columbus wished any Caribbeans "Happy Indigenous People's Day" when he stepped off the boat.

    Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 07:37 AM (MOA57)

    113 (And yes, I know I'm widening the field from XBOX in particular to computers generally.)

    Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 12, 2026 07:37 AM (O7YUW)

    114 Robert Vaughan co-starred in a 1963 series-The Lieutenant-that was not successful. If it was, history might have been altered.

    Posted by: Walter Brennan As Napoleon Solo? at October 12, 2026 07:37 AM (EdP2u)

    115 I gave up walking outside unless the wife insists. Too damn many people won't walk on the right side. This ain't Britain, stop walking on the left and getting in my way.
    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026


    ***
    Sometimes, even in the early morning dark, there are people on the walking trail going side by side. I carry my LED flashlight and switch it on as I approach fast on the left, and they see the light and shift over.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:37 AM (wzUl9)

    116 I gave up walking outside unless the wife insists. Too damn many people won't walk on the right side. This ain't Britain, stop walking on the left and getting in my way.
    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:35 AM (1Ff7Z)
    =====

    Foreigners. Don't know the "rules of the road" other than what worked in their fishing village in western China.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

    117 I’ll occasionally get up at 4am to run. Early morning running is very pleasant… the coolest part of the day and it’s so quiet I can run right down the center of the street. But I don’t do it often because by the time 4pm rolls around I’m paying for it. My usual wake up time is 5:30 and somehow that extra 90 minutes of sleep is a big deal

    Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 12, 2026 07:38 AM (Q+ams)

    118 How about the people who walk 3 or 4 abreast on the sidewalk? They're my faves.
    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 07:37 AM (odBC9)

    Yeah. Sometimes you have to stop and pretend to be looking at something to make them go around you. Single file, you idiots. Or bikers on the sidewalk when there are bike lanes. Get yer ass in the street. It's the law.

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:39 AM (1Ff7Z)

    119 Okay, now it makes sense. There were still a lot of pre-built machines in the sales pipe that were made with lower price components, so most of this year's sales were exhausting that supply, and now we're into the crapfest of high prices on components affecting everything.

    Next year's figures are going to be BAD.
    Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant


    Serious question: how many pc's does one person need? I have a desktop, a work laptop, an iPhone and an iPad.

    I won't be in the market for a pc for a long while.

    Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 07:39 AM (JDhDw)

    120 116 Too damn many people won't walk on the right side. This ain't Britain, stop walking on the left and getting in my way.
    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026

    ***
    I carry my LED flashlight and switch it on as I approach fast on the left
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:37 AM (wzUl9)

    um

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 07:40 AM (odBC9)

    121 115 Robert Vaughan co-starred in a 1963 series-The Lieutenant-that was not successful. If it was, history might have been altered.
    Posted by: Walter Brennan As Napoleon Solo? at October 12, 2026


    ***
    It ran only one season, I think. It was Gene Roddenberry's first "created by" and exec producing credit.

    The Lieutenant was played by Gary Lockwood, later to be known as Kirk's old buddy Gary Mitchell in the second pilot, and even later to co-star in 2001.

    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

    122 Sometimes, even in the early morning dark, there are people on the walking trail going side by side. I carry my LED flashlight and switch it on as I approach fast on the left, and they see the light and shift over.
    Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 07:37 AM (wzUl9)

    That I expect. We do that too, but when someone else is coming, you single file it.

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 07:41 AM (1Ff7Z)

    123 rickb223

    6 active Apple products, 4 in reserve.

    Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

    124
    JJS

    Posted by: r hennigantx at October 12, 2026 07:41 AM (/+uur)

    125 Nood
    JJ

    Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 07:47 AM (Sco7b)

    126 The Social Reckoning failed for a couple of reasons..

    Completely unknown cast, the story is based on something nobody cares about, no Trent Reznor soundtrack, the director, David Fincher has largely become a hack, the writer, Aaron Sorkin, became a hack a long time ago.

    It’s not a Digger level flop, but it’s close enough.

    Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 07:51 AM (XV/Pl)

    127 @120/rickb223: "Serious question: how many pc's does one person need?"

    Ask Pixy. ;-)

    Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 12, 2026 08:57 AM (O7YUW)

    128 But yeah, tomorrow is what I call a "fake holiday"-- only bank & post office personnel get the day off with pay.
    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 04:16 AM (rdVOm

    And federal employees

    Posted by: ibid at October 12, 2026 04:10 PM (wBloW)

    Sunday Overnight Open Thread - October 11, 2026

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    Kancamagus Highway, Northern New Hampshire


    Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Appreciate you stopping by. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

    ***


    Another from Josh


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    Yeah, I'd totally hang out here!


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    Kewl history stuff


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    Need some help staying regular? The ONT is here to help!

    Oatmeal vs. Greek Yogurt: Which Breakfast Is Better to Help You Poop?

    What you eat has a direct impact on how well your digestive system functions, including how often, and how comfortably, you poop. If you’re not going as regularly as you’d like, what you eat for breakfast may make a difference. Oatmeal and strained (Greek-style) yogurt are two of the most popular breakfast foods around, and both have earned a reputation for supporting gut health, but they work in different ways. So when it comes to helping you poop, is one better than the other? Here’s what dietitians say.

    Check out the link for more if you need to.


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    That's a big-ass veggie!

    Maine woman grows 170-pound zucchini, breaks North American record

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    A woman from Maine has broken the North American and U.S. record for growing a zucchini.

    The Maine Pumpkin Growers Association shared a post to social media saying that Sarah Whitty of Damariscotta grew the 170-pound "giant marrow" zucchini she named Secretariat.

    Last year, Whitty grew a 162-pounder, but a small split disqualified it, something the Pumpkin Growers Association said is common with this type of crop.

    But this year, Secretariat prevailed, coming in seven pounds heavier than the last North American record, and smashing the U.S. record of 152 pounds.

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    Speaking of Maine - seems like there's a feud with Connecticut over lobster rolls.

    Lobster roll debate over controversial ingredient divides New England

    Ordering a lobster roll “Connecticut-style” in Maine might garner a dirty look — or worse, a side of mayonnaise instead of butter.

    A recent debate has heated up in Maine over how a proper lobster roll should be served: warm, with butter, or cold, with mayo.

    Maine-style lobster rolls traditionally consist of cold lobster meat, either tossed in mayo or served with mayo on the side.

    A Connecticut-style roll typically includes warm lobster meat, poached in butter or served with warm butter on the side.

    In both variations, the lobster is piled onto a warm, toasted split-top bun, usually brioche.

    Despite the discourse over which style of lobster roll reigns supreme, Peter Bissell, co-owner of Highroller Lobster Co. in Portland, Maine, believes there’s room for both.

    Both styles are available up near the Doof Enterprises northern command in Cape Cod. They're pricey but good. I prefer the cold / mayo version. Especially with a dusting of Old Bay (yes - I bring my own!)


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    'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

    It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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    Y’all Ready for This? Creative Halloween Costumes From What You Already Got

    It is no secret I go in big for Halloween. I typically do a blend of store bought items and things I have in the house already, all used in creative ways. As I was dressing the skeletons, I thought why not bring this same energy to costumes? Let’s raid the linen closet, the kitchen, and that drawer full of random stuff to see what we come up with!

    Classic Ghost: The Ultimate Minimalist Statement

    A white sheet is the original handmade costume, and it still works. Drape a clean flat sheet over your head, cut generous eye holes so you don’t wander into a tree, and add a mouth opening if you want to eat or drink. Wear all black underneath and smudge a little black eyeliner around your eyes and mouth, to hide any signs of mortal life.

    For a couple’s twist, add a bold statement necklace on one and a necktie on the other for his-and-her ghosts. Maybe throw a Hawaiian shirt over the sheet, slap on sandals with socks, a big sun hat, and sunglasses. A tacky tourist ghost!

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    The Mummy (Another Oldie but Goody)

    Forget toilet paper—that stuff unravels faster than a family reunion argument. Tear old white T-shirts, sheets, or pillowcases into strips and wrap yourself like you’re about to be stored in the attic for the winter. Leave your face half-free so you can still drink. Add dark circles under your eyes, a little pale or white makeup, and black boots or shoes to finish it.

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    The Pirate With a Twist

    Tie a bandana or dish towel on your head and fashion an eye patch from cardboard secured with kitchen twine, maybe we need a rubber band or two. We should ask AOP for advice. Make a hook from foil molded over a paper towel tube. Wear all black, then tape up an empty Amazon box and carry it with you. Congratulations, you’re no longer just any pirate. You’re a Porch Pirate who just lifted a package from an unsuspecting neighbor. Bonus points if you act suspicious every time someone looks at the box.

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    The Scarecrow

    Start with a plaid shirt, jeans or overalls, and boots. Stuff straw, raffia, or thin strips cut from tan plastic or paper bags into the sleeves, boot tops, and pockets (yellow or tan yarn works too). Add a floppy hat with more stuffing poking out, and use makeup or face paint for a triangle nose, or just some freckles if you’re keeping it low-key. If you have any crow decorations lying around, zip-tie or twist-tie a few to your outfit.

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    The Lamp

    Pop a decorative lampshade on your head, the kind with fringe is ideal, just make sure you can still see. Dress in all black or brown underneath for your lamp stem and tape or clip a small flashlight inside the shade so you actually light up. When people stare, just tilt the shade and say, “Y’all are looking a little dim tonight.”

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    The Mom (or Dad) Who’s Had Enough

    Throw an apron over any casual outfit, hang oven mitts from the ties, and wear a colander as a helmet. Carry a sponge in one hand and a stack of paper plates in the other. Mess up your hair and smudge your lipstick and mascara if you are the mom type. Walk around the party aggressively “cleaning” surfaces while announcing that you’re the only one around here who loads the dishwasher correctly.

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    The Package That Got Lost

    Wear a big cardboard box (or several smaller ones taped together) with a shipping label drawn on the front. Shuffle around looking confused and ask people if they’ve seen your tracking number. Seek out the Porch Pirate if they’re at the same party, the two of you can have a whole subplot.

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    The Socks the Dryer Ate

    Gather every single sock in the house that’s lost its mate and glue them all over an old solid-color shirt (or better yet, an old black shirt and pair of sweatpants you’re willing to sacrifice). Add random bits of dryer lint for texture. You are now the official representative of every sock that has ever disappeared into the laundry abyss.

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    These costumes prove you don’t need much more than a little imagination and whatever’s already lying around the house. They’re easy to throw together and they give you something to talk about when someone asks what in the world you’re supposed to be. Did this spark any ideas you can share with us?

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    Thanks, Piper!

    Bonus fashion content! Here are some photos sent in by our friend lin-duh.

    Here is the spawn with friends from homecoming last weekend.

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    Ya gotta love Texas!

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    DJ Doof - Random 90s Stuff Edition



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    Weekly commenter stats for week of 10-11-2026

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    Tonight's ONT brought to you by a real executioner for Tennessee

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    (H/T - Quarter Twenty)


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    Doof Enterprises, LLC. hopes to see a bunch of you in Corsicana next weekend!

    Your feedback may or may not be very important to Doof Enterprises. Follow Mr. Doof on X @doof2112 or do the email thing – doof2112 at proton dot me.

    Posted by: Doof at 10:00 PM




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    1 Yeet!

    Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2026 10:01 PM (R4Dec)

    2 nooo

    Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 11, 2026 10:01 PM (rI+gp)

    3 Yea Doof!

    Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 11, 2026 10:01 PM (NnhvP)

    4 Not tonight, I have a head ache.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2026 10:01 PM (iLKq8)

    5 Stupid bouncing text made me second. Now for the content.

    Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 11, 2026 10:01 PM (rI+gp)

    6 Good evening good people.

    Posted by: Tonypete at October 11, 2026 10:01 PM (N5iuz)

    7 nooded

    Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 11, 2026 10:02 PM (NnhvP)

    8 Kewl history stuff

    Yes, the arch was made out of the old pull tabs on beer cans.

    Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

    9 Harrumph!

    Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2026 10:04 PM (4Je4D)

    10 Good evening all!
    My fall break is ending. I spent four of my five days off in the dentist’s chair. Three crowns. Not fun.

    Posted by: Jmel at October 11, 2026 10:05 PM (3TlS+)

    11
    *enters on sedia gestatoria*
    *flabillifers wave*
    *casts benedictions with gloved hand*

    Good evening, Hordians.

    Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 11, 2026 10:06 PM (eRlcH)

    12 Oh cute, Lin-duh! I love it!

    Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2026 10:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

    13 Good mummy costumes, but for historical authenticity you need canopic jars with your guts in them.

    Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2026 10:07 PM (4Je4D)

    14 Maybe throw a Hawaiian shirt over the sheet, slap on sandals with socks, a big sun hat, and sunglasses. A tacky tourist ghost!

    If you change your mind, you can go as ZZ Top.

    Posted by: Archimedes at October 11, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)

    15 My fall break is ending. I spent four of my five days off in the dentist’s chair. Three crowns. Not fun.

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    Sounds like the Three Crowns has changed since I used to drink there.

    Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2026 10:08 PM (4Je4D)

    16 Evening, Doof and ONT Horde!

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2026 10:09 PM (quk5M)

    17 I was astonished at the pictures of kids with guns, until you said they were from Texas. They're...different than NoVa. Those kids would have caused a riot here.

    Posted by: Archimedes at October 11, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)

    18 Watch out for the snakes.

    Scorpions too.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2026 10:10 PM (iLKq8)

    19 Sounds like the Three Crowns has changed since I used to drink there.
    Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2026 10:08 PM (4Je4D)

    Isn't three crowns a bet at the roulette table? Or am I thinking of some other game of chance?

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2026 10:11 PM (quk5M)

    20 Yet another week in which I didn't show up in the Commenter Stats. I'm not pulling my weight.

    Posted by: Archimedes at October 11, 2026 10:11 PM (Riz8t)

    21 Howdy everyone!

    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

    22 That's the mild part of the Kancamagus.

    Try it in February. Gets sporty.

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2026 10:12 PM (viF8m)

    23 Great stuff, Piper!

    Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 11, 2026 10:12 PM (bslOC)

    24 Digging the music clips -- thanks, Doof! And thank you Piper for the inspired low-budget costume ideas! (Hoping we will see you in Corsicana this year -- Piper, I mean; Doof is a given.)

    Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 11, 2026 10:13 PM (xVpNO)

    25 The Fauci Ouchie

    Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 11, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

    26 Booobies!

    https://tinyurl.com/j2hnv6f6

    Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2026 10:13 PM (rbvCR)

    27 Lin-duh

    Awesome kiddos. And you’re an awesome mom.

    Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2026 10:14 PM (T/hl4)

    28 Hello Everyone!

    Thank you for always great content Sir Doof!

    Off to lurk in the shadows like the weirdo that I am.....

    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:14 PM (V+Y+B)

    29 For you Flock camera opponents and speaking of lobster, Federally licensed Lobster boats have to have a GPS tracking device on it.

    Posted by: polynikes at October 11, 2026 10:15 PM (KC5Lt)

    30 I risk incurring lin-duh's wrath by mentioning Spawn in consecutive threads, but -- those hoco pictures were fire. Also showed really responsible firearm handling.

    Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 11, 2026 10:15 PM (xVpNO)

    31
    We have been... Doofinated.

    Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 11, 2026 10:15 PM (eRlcH)

    32 Evenin'

    Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 11, 2026 10:15 PM (sAmhv)

    33
    And Piperfied, I should add.

    Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 11, 2026 10:16 PM (eRlcH)

    34 Stupid bouncing text made me second.
    Posted by: JohnFNotKerry


    Get first, then hit the bourbon. Not the other way around.

    Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

    35 They were going to do guns and goats pictures but it had been raining so it would have been a muddy mess.

    Posted by: lin-duh at October 11, 2026 10:17 PM (VCgbV)

    36 Isn't three crowns a bet at the roulette table? Or am I thinking of some other game of chance?

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    https://tinyurl.com/mpvs7bfw

    Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2026 10:17 PM (4Je4D)

    37 "Fashion and music, as always"

    Music and passion are always in fashion....

    At the Copa....

    Copa Cabana.....

    Don't fall in love.....

    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:17 PM (V+Y+B)

    38 They still haven't identified the mass shooter in PA who killed 8 but today they finally released the identity of one of the victims.

    Posted by: polynikes at October 11, 2026 10:17 PM (KC5Lt)

    39 Doof! Thank you for another whelming ONT.

    PIPER! So happy you and your family, two and four legged, got through the hurricane ok.

    You had me worried for a hot minute!

    Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2026 10:18 PM (yEz+x)

    40 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper!

    Posted by: TRex - fall colors dino at October 11, 2026 10:19 PM (cBPux)

    41 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:17 PM (V+Y+B)

    Saddest most up beat music song ever.

    Posted by: polynikes at October 11, 2026 10:19 PM (KC5Lt)

    42 Kancamagus Highway, Northern New Hampshire

    I had a wicked kancamagus behind my left knee a couple years ago. Doc drained it and gave me some antibiotics, and it cleared right up.

    Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

    43 34 Stupid bouncing text made me second.
    Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

    Get first, then hit the bourbon. Not the other way around.
    Posted by: mikeski


    Dude. I’ve been hitting the bourbon since 1:00.
    Fucking Seahawks.

    Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2026 10:19 PM (yEz+x)

    44 We have been... Doofinated.
    Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 11, 2026 10:15 PM (eRlcH)


    Whelming, aint it?

    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

    45 Plot twist on that last pic ... the presumed executed again escapes her fate by slipping loose her ties and grabbing the needle from Fauci, and instead executing Fauci ... with his own needle/petard.

    Posted by: illiniwek at October 11, 2026 10:20 PM (vbXSk)

    46 Doof! Thank you for another whelming ONT.

    PIPER! So happy you and your family, two and four legged, got through the hurricane ok.

    You had me worried for a hot minute!
    Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2026 10:18 PM (yEz+x)


    YW, nurse!

    Sad that you won't be there for TxMoMe XI this year. You will be missed!

    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

    47 More than whelmed tonight, very nice, loved the "fashion" and the Arch video very much. I watch a fellow regularly on Youtube who fishes the river almost in the shadow of the Arch. He pulls so many species out of there from shore on the Missouri side, sturgeon, buffalo, grass carp, common carp, blue cats, channel cats, flathead cats, drum, Asian carp, 3 different gar species. His largest fish was a 130 lb. sturgeon.

    Posted by: Pleased As Punch at October 11, 2026 10:22 PM (EdP2u)

    48 Plot twist on that last pic ... the presumed executed again escapes her fate by slipping loose her ties and grabbing the needle from Fauci, and instead executing Fauci ... with his own needle/petard.

    Soooo...a happy ending?

    Posted by: Archimedes at October 11, 2026 10:22 PM (Riz8t)

    49 Great ONT, as always, and very colorful photo up top.

    Most excellent Halloween costumes fashion report!

    Love the Texas homecoming display!

    Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 11, 2026 10:22 PM (D/6p1)

    50 A woman from Maine has broken the North American and U.S. record for growing a zucchini.

    ---------

    I would guess that once you own the U.S. title, the North American record is pretty much a given.

    Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2026 10:23 PM (4Je4D)

    51 I'm seeing a number of anonymous sources reporting Talafreako was just discharged from a mental hospital and I have to laugh at the leftwing responses:

    1: Its an anonymous source, what kind of idiot would trust an anonymous source on a partisan issue?

    2: It would be illegal to share health care information with someone without permissions so obviously no one would do it. Why are you people talking about the covid shot and restaurants?

    Posted by: 18-1 at October 11, 2026 10:23 PM (sKqQm)

    52 That video on the Gateway Arch construction was terrific! I had no idea how the arch was completed. Amazing engineering!

    Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 11, 2026 10:23 PM (D/6p1)

    53 PIPER! So happy you and your family, two and four legged, got through the hurricane ok.

    You had me worried for a hot minute!
    Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2026 10:18

    Thank you for being my phone a friend through it! Actually, both of you. It’s nice having solid friends.

    Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2026 10:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

    54 Welcome to the Working Week! (again)

    Posted by: caf at October 11, 2026 10:24 PM (fawlF)

    55 To be clear the gun pictures were taken before hand at a location that was not on school property or the location of the actual dance. The kids on the shooting team always take pictures with gun when they dress up.

    Posted by: lin-duh at October 11, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)

    56 Doof Enterprises, LLC. hopes to see a bunch of you in Corsicana next weekend!

    I just go east on the 10 and make a left somewheres?

    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:24 PM (V+Y+B)

    57 @51

    The Dems are NOT having a good year.

    Posted by: Archimedes at October 11, 2026 10:24 PM (Riz8t)

    58 I have discovered the greatness of remote controlled construction equipment. It cost me a marriage......

    Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 11, 2026 10:24 PM (jrgJz)

    59 For you Flock camera opponents and speaking of lobster, Federally licensed Lobster boats have to have a GPS tracking device on it.
    Posted by: polynikes at October 11, 2026 10:15 PM (KC5Lt)

    They bought a Federal license to harvest a resource that belongs to the people. They can expect to be monitored to ensure they do not fish in closed areas.

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2026 10:25 PM (quk5M)

    60 Saddest most up beat music song ever.
    Posted by: polynikes


    Nano disagrees.

    https://youtu.be/n56SFvzmiYA

    I take the dreams that live inside my heart
    And splash them across the nightmares in my head
    And close my eyes and try to change
    The person that I know that I've become

    The echo of your words inside my mind
    It lingers even after all these years
    I pray that it will never fade
    Inside my broken heart

    * jazz piano solo *

    Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

    61 That remote construction toys lunch counter... I'm curious about the song playing in the background. Shazam can't ID it. When I plug the lyrics into Google, it thinks it must be Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison, but while the first line is the same, it's not that song. The singer sounds like he's an Elvis impersonator.

    AI?

    Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 11, 2026 10:26 PM (syz1S)

    62 They were going to do guns and goats pictures but it had been raining so it would have been a muddy mess.
    Posted by: lin-duh at October 11, 2026 10:17 PM (VCgbV)


    that would be the sort of picture you send to Tom Luongo.

    Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2026 10:26 PM (rbvCR)

    63 If I was a pirate I would much rather have a fork than a hook. Captain Fork was a character on the Uncle Floyd Show. I believe Michelle Fields sports one also.

    Posted by: Imperial Stainless at October 11, 2026 10:26 PM (EdP2u)

    64 To be clear the gun pictures were taken before hand at a location that was not on school property or the location of the actual dance. The kids on the shooting team always take pictures with gun when they dress up.

    Even so, in NoVa it would result in mass pearl-clutching, tut-tutting, and diving onto the fainting couch.

    Posted by: Archimedes at October 11, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)

    65 Thanks for the 90s tunes! How's It Going to Be is my second favorite Third Eye Blind song. Right behind Motorcycle Drive By.

    Posted by: She Hobbit at October 11, 2026 10:26 PM (ftFVW)

    66 St Louis considered the gateway to the West. I think the Pony Express started in St Joseph which is about 300 miles Northwest of. St Louis.

    Posted by: polynikes at October 11, 2026 10:27 PM (KC5Lt)

    67 I can't decide if the giant zucchini looks more like the Boeing Bomb from Joe Dirt, or the monster from It Conquered the World, starring the lovely Beverly Garland.

    Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 11, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)

    68 Howdy hello good even', dear Morons and Ettes.

    The "scarecrow costume," that's just my daily look. Just have to add a little extra straw.🤠

    Posted by: mindful webworker - needs a more local OkMoMe :/ at October 11, 2026 10:28 PM (yrKoI)

    69 I just go east on the 10 and make a left somewheres?
    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:24 PM (V+Y+B)


    More or less.

    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

    70 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:14 PM (V+Y+B)

    Nice hash!

    Vino + You + Bread. Not quite "A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou," but you can't do much with 5 characters.

    Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

    71 Doof,
    Thanks for sharing the photos of the spawn with her friends.

    Posted by: lin-duh at October 11, 2026 10:29 PM (VCgbV)

    72 Not to brag or anything, but $Dayjob is basically that remote control construction toy shop, only it's REAL construction machines. (I am on the software end, naturally....) I have learned so much about the care and feeding of compactors and bulldozers! All autonomous and remotely controlled!

    Posted by: Sabrina Chase at October 11, 2026 10:30 PM (ee9bx)

    73 My hash changed!

    (V+Y+B)

    Looks dangerously like math......

    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:30 PM (V+Y+B)

    74 Evening, all!

    Thanks for the ONT, Doof, and the costume ideas, Piper!

    I'll probably do my usual costume this year. Gotta remember to get candy this week. Candy corn was the surprise hit last year - I bought some on a whim, put it in ziploc snack bags to stretch out the wrapped candies... and got lots of "oooh, candy corn, yay!" responses! :shrug:.

    This year it will probably be met with 'eww, candy corn'

    Posted by: RandomDave at October 11, 2026 10:30 PM (aJQbY)

    75 I can abide cold seafood.

    But not lobster. Or most fish. Salmon is ok. Shrimp is ok. Nothing else.

    Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2026 10:30 PM (RORbl)

    76 23 Great stuff, Piper!
    Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 11, 2026 10:12 PM (bslOC)

    Thank you!

    Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2026 10:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

    77 Thanks for the 90s tunes! How's It Going to Be is my second favorite Third Eye Blind song. Right behind Motorcycle Drive By.
    Posted by: She Hobbit at October 11, 2026 10:26 PM (ftFVW)


    That whole album is great. Maybe a candidate for MoMe After Dark!

    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf)

    78 I can't decide if the giant zucchini looks more like the Boeing Bomb from Joe Dirt, or the monster from It Conquered the World, starring the lovely Beverly Garland.
    Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 11, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)

    Take it out to the range, fill it up with Tannerite, and plink at it from a great distance.

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2026 10:31 PM (quk5M)

    79 Excellent week here, #1 by a fur piece on the Sockpuppet Board and #3 on the Big Board. Never finished that high before on the Senior Circuit. Lost power for 5 hours the other day, posting from a hotspot. Probably lost 15 posts that way.

    Posted by: Nameless, Brainless, Etc. at October 11, 2026 10:31 PM (EdP2u)

    80 When I see the arch I wonder how they buried the other end of the clothes hanger.

    Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 11, 2026 10:31 PM (NnhvP)

    81 Stupid bouncing text made me second. Now for the content.
    Posted by: JohnFNotKerry


    There is a workaround trick for that.

    Send $5 and a stamped self-addressed envelope and I'll send instructions. Possibly.

    Posted by: mindful webworker - it's all in the wrist at October 11, 2026 10:32 PM (yrKoI)

    82 Doof,
    Thanks for sharing the photos of the spawn with her friends.
    Posted by: lin-duh at October 11, 2026 10:29 PM (VCgbV)


    YW! Appreciate you sending them. Looking forward to seeing you. Will spawn be there again this year?

    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:32 PM (QMAsf)

    83 AI answers the big questions.

    Do they still make Necco wafers?

    Yes, Necco Wafers are still made.
    • The Return: Production resumed in May 2020 after the Spangler Candy Company acquired the brand and manufacturing equipment.
    • The Hiatus: The original New England Confectionery Company shut down and suspended production when it went bankrupt in July 2018.
    • The Flavors: They are still sold in the classic eight-flavor wax-wrapped rolls featuring lemon, lime, orange, clove, cinnamon, wintergreen, licorice, and chocolate, as well as chocolate-only options.

    Posted by: Archimedes at October 11, 2026 10:32 PM (Riz8t)

    84 Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2026 10:30 PM (ROR

    Not a sushi fan I assume?

    Posted by: polynikes at October 11, 2026 10:32 PM (KC5Lt)

    85 17 I was astonished at the pictures of kids with guns, until you said they were from Texas. They're...different than NoVa. Those kids would have caused a riot here.

    Posted by: Archimedes
    --


    There's no place like Texas.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2026 10:33 PM (iLKq8)

    86
    I just saw this today, and am kicking myself for missing it.

    RIP Margaret Hamilton, of Apollo Guidance Computer fame, who worked at the MIT Instrumentation Lab back in the Apollo glory days. She died on Sept 30, at age 90. She shared a birthday of Aug. 17 with Gene Kranz, who just turned 93.

    Here are two of her iconic photos:
    https://t.ly/oq2l-
    https://t.ly/sXxIm

    The first is her standing next to a listing of the source code for the Apollo guidance computer.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

    87 That whole album is great. Maybe a candidate for MoMe After Dark!
    Posted by: Doof

    I know *some* of us would enjoy that.

    Posted by: She Hobbit at October 11, 2026 10:33 PM (ftFVW)

    88 The monster from It Conquered the World had a mouth with teeth down near the bottom. It was immortalized in the Frank Zappa song "Cheepnis".

    Posted by: We May Have To Use Nuclear Force! at October 11, 2026 10:34 PM (EdP2u)

    89 >>I'm seeing a number of anonymous sources reporting Talafreako was just discharged from a mental hospital and I have to laugh at the leftwing responses:

    You want to know how the left wins?

    They are always on offense. The don't care about the non-stop lies the tell, they want us to chase them rather than making our positive case.

    Sometimes you have to throw a punch in the face first. That's why Mike Tyson is campaigning for Trump.

    We finally have a president who understands it.

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2026 10:34 PM (viF8m)

    90 Yes, spawn will be there. She's off to college next fall so not sure about her future attendance opportunities yet.

    Posted by: lin-duh at October 11, 2026 10:35 PM (VCgbV)

    91 Necco wafers always make me think of Tiddly-Winks

    Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)

    92 Do they still make Necco wafers?

    Yes, Necco Wafers are still made.

    • The Flavors: They are still sold in the classic eight-flavor wax-wrapped rolls featuring lemon, lime, orange, clove, cinnamon, wintergreen, licorice, and chocolate, as well as chocolate-only options.
    Posted by: Archimedes

    Flavors? They all just taste like mildly sweet chalk.

    Posted by: She Hobbit at October 11, 2026 10:36 PM (ftFVW)

    93 I thought he was going to return as Jane Talarico.

    Posted by: polynikes at October 11, 2026 10:36 PM (KC5Lt)

    94 Yeah, I'd totally hang out here!

    Translation from Czech:

    Strip clubs are for slobbering animals...
    Real men go to pubs like this...


    So Doof is not a slobbering animal, according to some Czech dude.

    Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

    95 Flavors? They all just taste like mildly sweet chalk.

    Agreed. The next question after "do they still make them?", is "why?".

    Posted by: Archimedes at October 11, 2026 10:37 PM (Riz8t)

    96 Fauci will want her dressed in a beagle costume

    Posted by: 88C+u at October 11, 2026 10:38 PM (88C+u)

    97 So Doof is not a slobbering animal, according to some Czech dude.
    Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)


    It's on the internet so it must be true

    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

    98 Yes, spawn will be there. She's off to college next fall so not sure about her future attendance opportunities yet.
    Posted by: lin-duh
    She'll be missed: but one outta two ain't bad! We'll see you soon.

    Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 11, 2026 10:39 PM (NnhvP)

    99 I was hoping everyone would be off tomorrow and no one would sign up for 6a, but that is not the case, it seems. Guess I better get to bed!

    Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2026 10:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

    100 In all fairness, Fauci never practiced medicine in the real world and probably wouldn't have been any more successful doing the injection himself.

    Posted by: She Hobbit at October 11, 2026 10:39 PM (ftFVW)

    101 Costume suggestion:

    Get large cardboard box, and cut holes for head and arms (get tan pants and shirt to wear underneath to blend).

    Draw two rectangles on front, and put a drawer pull in the middle of each rectangle.

    Put on pants, shirt, and box.

    Put lampshade on your head.

    What are you?

    A One Night Stand.

    Posted by: Wethal at October 11, 2026 10:40 PM (gihWY)

    102 no that would be "V-E+F"

    Posted by: it's 2 at October 11, 2026 10:40 PM (88C+u)

    103 A One Night Stand.
    Posted by: Wethal at October 11

    Perfect.

    Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2026 10:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

    104 I was hoping everyone would be off tomorrow and no one would sign up for 6a, but that is not the case, it seems. Guess I better get to bed!
    Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2026 10:39 PM (ZdaMQ)


    Good night, Employee of the Month. I'm calling it with 20 days still to go in the month since you came through with content on the heels of a hurricane.

    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)

    105 Fauci will want her dressed in a beagle costume
    Posted by: 88C+u at October 11, 2026 10:38 PM (88C+u)

    Get Hunter Biden to do it. Tell him he gets to have his way with her once he shoots her up once.

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

    106 >>Yes, Necco Wafers are still made.

    New England Concessionary Company.

    Necco


    Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)

    107 Wearing a large cardboard box with rounded holes in it with a sign up top that says Free Breast Exams is always a crowd-pleaser and doesn't cost hardly nuthin'.

    Posted by: Russian Hands, Roman Fingers at October 11, 2026 10:44 PM (EdP2u)

    108 I'm packed for Corsicana.

    Who's picking me up?

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 10:44 PM (hzuYO)

    109 Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2026 10:30 PM (ROR

    Not a sushi fan I assume?
    Posted by: polynikes at October 11, 2026 10:32 PM (KC5Lt)
    ----------
    Actually, yeah. Some of it. But not cold fish on a dinner plate. That's not Sushi. It's just cold fish to me.

    Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2026 10:44 PM (RORbl)

    110 My pleasure, Piper.

    Sometimes it’s nice to keep in contact when the world is storming outside.

    Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2026 10:45 PM (yEz+x)

    111 Good night, Employee of the Month. I'm calling it with 20 days still to go in the month since you came through with content on the heels of a hurricane.
    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf

    And I redecorated the yard. Just wait until I make you sit through 800 pictures of that plus the dog.

    Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2026 10:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

    112 Those weapons are very good props. ...hmmm?

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2026 10:46 PM (iLKq8)

    113 Good night, Employee of the Month. I'm calling it with 20 days still to go in the month since you came through with content on the heels of a hurricane.
    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf

    And I redecorated the yard. Just wait until I make you sit through 800 pictures of that plus the dog.
    Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2026 10:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

    Popcorn time!

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)

    114 Get Hunter Biden to do it. Tell him he gets to have his way with her once he shoots her up once.
    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

    Degenerate as Hunter is, I don't think necrophilia or even The Cosby Way is among his list of sins.
    Plus if he sees free drugs lying around, I don't think he'd spare any for anyone else.

    Posted by: he might snort her ashes afterward though at October 11, 2026 10:47 PM (88C+u)

    115 Not a sushi fan I assume?
    Posted by: polynikes

    Actually, yeah. Some of it. But not cold fish on a dinner plate. That's not Sushi. It's just cold fish to me.
    Posted by: Martini Farmer


    Correct. That's sashimi.

    Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)

    116 108 I'm packed for Corsicana.

    Who's picking me up?
    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 10:44 PM (hzuYO)

    I'm not going but if I was I'd tell you head down by the 10 and look for a dark gray late model Ram 1500. California plates.

    Maybe show a little leg....

    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:49 PM (V+Y+B)

    117 Grok
    "Around 9 fixed-wing airplanes (plus 1 helicopter), with sources citing “at least 10” total aircraft or sometimes 11; none confirmed after the early/mid-1980s."

    Posted by: illiniwek at October 11, 2026 10:49 PM (vbXSk)

    118 Degenerate as Hunter is, I don't think necrophilia or even The Cosby Way is among his list of sins.
    Plus if he sees free drugs lying around, I don't think he'd spare any for anyone else.
    Posted by: he might snort her ashes afterward though


    He seems like more of a fan of the Reverse Cosby.

    Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

    119 my Grok question was about how may aircraft have flown through the st louis arch.

    Posted by: illiniwek at October 11, 2026 10:50 PM (vbXSk)

    120 >>Who's picking me up?

    Right the middle of the plate.

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2026 10:50 PM (viF8m)

    121 Question for the golfers.

    Have you ever hit a golf ball so far left it grew blue hair and started protesting?

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)

    122 Good evening morons e grazie Disco

    Posted by: San Franspycho at October 11, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)

    123 >> no that would be "V-E+F"
    Posted by: it's 2

    That's 2 - 2g, where g is the number of holes. (for orientable surfaces).

    Posted by: Leonhard Euler at October 11, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

    124 Doof, lib little sis saw Rush last night in Seattle

    Posted by: San Franspycho at October 11, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)

    125 Question for the golfers.

    Have you ever hit a golf ball so far left it grew blue hair and started protesting?
    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf


    No, but if I were to aim one like that, I'd probably hit the fairway.

    Posted by: sliceski at October 11, 2026 10:52 PM (VHUov)

    126 Please take this zucchini!!

    Posted by: Everyone who grows zucchini at October 11, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

    127 124 Doof, lib little sis saw Rush last night in Seattle
    Posted by: San Franspycho

    No wonder I had a headache.

    Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2026 10:54 PM (yEz+x)

    128 Of course this former peeing on students kink (saves urine) would be from MN. Of course.

    And his photo matches what I'd think he'd look like.

    https://tinyurl.com/3nz77cmh

    I should stop scanning headlines til maybe 2027.

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 10:54 PM (hzuYO)

    129 Both Hunter and Beau were badly injured in the car crash that killed Neilia Biden and 13 month old Naomi. Maybe knowing your Mom tried to get revenge on Joe's cheating with Jill by wiping out the whole family had a lasting effect.

    Posted by: Joe Is A Demon at October 11, 2026 10:55 PM (EdP2u)

    130
    Euler was about the most prolific mathematician in history. The list of things named after him is ridiculous. At one point, they decided to just stop naming it after him, and using the second guy to discover it.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2026 10:55 PM (w6EFb)

    131 Doof, lib little sis saw Rush last night in Seattle
    Posted by: San Franspycho at October 11, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)


    Did she enjoy it? 2 weeks until I get to see them again!

    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:56 PM (QMAsf)

    132 120 >>Who's picking me up?

    Right the middle of the plate.
    Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2026 10:50 PM (viF8m)

    Low and slow and I'm the only one who took a swing.....and a miss...LOL!

    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:56 PM (V+Y+B)

    133 Maine woman grows 170-pound zucchini, breaks North American record

    Using this as a dildo is not recommended...

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2026 10:57 PM (l3cgK)

    134 Piper, great costumes I've been both pirate and scarecrow

    But mostly Captain Kirk.

    Posted by: Everyone who grows zucchini at October 11, 2026 10:57 PM (RIvkX)

    135
    Euler maintained a pace of a major publication (in today's terms) every 2 weeks for 50 years. And in the later half of his life, he was blind in one eye and couldn't see out of the other, yet kept up the pace.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)

    136 This guy (who doesn't own an island) claims Francesco Maurolico found the V-E+F equation in 1537:
    ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/euler
    He credits AM Legendre in 1794 for the first real proof.

    Posted by: 88C+u at October 11, 2026 10:59 PM (88C+u)

    137 Evenin', Horde.

    Sorry I missed the Gun Thread. Out with family north of San Antonio. Safe travels to all the TxMoMe attendees, and I'll see y'all at the MoMe!

    Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 11, 2026 10:59 PM (7HDzS)

    138 Is it customary to pose with your weapons for homecoming in Texas? I thought you're supposed to pose with your truck?

    Posted by: Everyone who grows zucchini at October 11, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)

    139 130
    Euler was about the most prolific mathematician in history. The list of things named after him is ridiculous. At one point, they decided to just stop naming it after him, and using the second guy to discover it.
    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2026 10:55 PM (w6EFb)

    Such a fantastic mind. Can't comprehend what that must be like....

    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 11:00 PM (V+Y+B)

    140 Speaking of Oilers, the Texans defeated the Titans today 26-3.
    But that's like saying the Tigers defeated the Idiots Who Climb Into Tiger Pens.

    Posted by: 88C+u at October 11, 2026 11:00 PM (88C+u)

    141 My hash changed!

    (V+Y+B)

    Looks dangerously like math......

    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:30 PM (V+Y+B)
    -

    We Elders did that!

    https://tinyurl.com/4xc3zcu3

    Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 11, 2026 11:00 PM (NPrCr)

    142 That remote construction toys lunch counter... I'm curious about the song playing in the background. Shazam can't ID it. When I plug the lyrics into Google, it thinks it must be Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison, but while the first line is the same, it's not that song. The singer sounds like he's an Elvis impersonator.

    AI?
    Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 11, 2026 10:26 PM (syz1S)


    Yeah, I’m thinking AI. The first line isn’t quite the same as Ray Orbison’s “Pretty Woman”: the probably AI song has “my street” while Orbison sings “down the street”. I typed in every word of the song that was sung, even finished the line about a gleam in her eye and no hits but Orbison. Thinking it must be AI.

    Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 11, 2026 11:01 PM (tPQMP)

    143
    Necco wafers always make me think of Tiddly-Winks
    Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)

    _________

    Or poker chips

    Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 11, 2026 11:01 PM (eRlcH)

    144 Oh Lord...#1 and #5 on the lists of shame...

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)

    145 And my current hash is like NPR crap!

    Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 11, 2026 11:01 PM (NPrCr)

    146 132 120 >>Who's picking me up?

    Right the middle of the plate.
    Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2026 10:50 PM (viF8m)

    Low and slow and I'm the only one who took a swing.....and a miss...LOL!
    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 10:56 PM (V+Y+B)
    *******
    Terribly hurt and devastatingly depressed forevermore.

    Or for a minute. Over it.

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 11:02 PM (hzuYO)

    147 Joe Is A Demon at October 11, 2026 10:55 PM (EdP2u)

    Doesn't sound like mommy-dearest was all that great either if she tried to take her own kids with her.

    Posted by: in retrospect, we should have seen Lindsey Clancy coming at October 11, 2026 11:02 PM (88C+u)

    148 A woman from Maine has broken the North American and U.S. record for growing a zucchini.

    ______________________________

    170 lbs. is nothing. I prune those little ones off the vine with my front end loader and keep the big ones. And, mine talk.
    Sincerely,
    Uri Scostahova
    Third shed from the left of the old post office
    Chernobyl, Russia

    Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2026 11:02 PM (dIske)

    149 >>Both Hunter and Beau were badly injured in the car crash that killed Neilia Biden and 13 month old Naomi. Maybe knowing your Mom tried to get revenge on Joe's cheating with Jill by wiping out the whole family had a lasting effect.

    Oh what tangled webs we weave

    Some guy said that long time ago.

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2026 11:03 PM (viF8m)

    150 Lobstah Roll is to be served cold with Mayo, on a slightly warm bun / roll.

    This Connecticut shite is just that ... shite!

    Posted by: browndog says woof at October 11, 2026 11:03 PM (oCio0)

    151 I just found a bigger zucchini:

    https://tinyurl.com/y8u5daew

    Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 11, 2026 11:04 PM (NPrCr)

    152 Piper, thanks for the Halloween costume suggestions. When we were kids we always made our own costumes, and we did some of those. One thing I learned with the scarecrow is that straw is itchy.

    Posted by: nerdygirl at October 11, 2026 11:05 PM (0Htd1)

    153 145 And my current hash is like NPR crap!
    Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,


    I tried listening to NPR yesterday as I was driving to the range. They were trying to be funny. Talking about Cheetos.

    Not funny.

    On the other hand. SNL last night was funny. I mean, really funny. I’ve not laughed at SNL in decades.

    Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2026 11:05 PM (yEz+x)

    154 Dog and ram deal with robotic "dog". Starts at 14:05 until 14:40. Might be AI, but I like the real dog's final act.

    https://youtu.be/aKAzHihRDVs

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 11:05 PM (qx7Zg)

    155 104 I was hoping everyone would be off tomorrow and no one would sign up for 6a, but that is not the case, it seems. Guess I better get to bed!
    Posted by: Piper
    ---

    There are these weird people who enjoy getting up as early in the morning as possible. My account didn't understand this.
    Call the home, speak to the lady of the house (usually), 'we have an early morning appointment open if you would like it?' - Yes, how early can you be here?- 'Seven AM is the open time.'
    - oh, yes, wonderful. -
    _other people

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2026 11:05 PM (iLKq8)

    156 Flavors? They all just taste like mildly sweet chalk.
    Posted by: She Hobbit at October 11, 2026 10:36 PM (ftFVW)


    When did you eat chalk?

    Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 11, 2026 11:06 PM (tPQMP)

    157 150 Lobstah Roll is to be served cold with Mayo, on a slightly warm bun / roll.

    This Connecticut shite is just that ... shite!

    Posted by: browndog says woof at October 11, 2026 11:03 PM (oCio0)

    Would it be good with Kewpie Japanese spicy mayo?

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2026 11:06 PM (l3cgK)

    158 I'm packed for Corsicana.

    Who's picking me up?
    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

    "How you do'in?"

    Posted by: Tonypete at October 11, 2026 11:07 PM (N5iuz)

    159 151 I just found a bigger zucchini:

    https://tinyurl.com/y8u5daew

    Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 11, 2026 11:04 PM (NPrCr)

    Staypuff Marshmallow...

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2026 11:07 PM (l3cgK)

    160 So.... about that time my surplus squash and cucumbers where on the "free veggie" table at the end of the driveway...

    The fuckers took the table and left the squash and cucumbers.

    *true story*

    Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2026 11:09 PM (RORbl)

    161 Would it be good with Kewpie Japanese spicy mayo?
    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2026 11:06 PM (l3cgK)

    Can't see why not ...

    Posted by: browndog says woof at October 11, 2026 11:09 PM (oCio0)

    162 >>Or for a minute. Over it.

    Me too.

    Now i just laugh about it.

    We only get one shot at life. Enjoy every second ot it.

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)

    163 160 So.... about that time my surplus squash and cucumbers where on the "free veggie" table at the end of the driveway...

    The fuckers took the table and left the squash and cucumbers.

    *true story*

    Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2026 11:09 PM (RORbl)

    But people are STARVING in America!...(watches old footage of looters taking TVs)...

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2026 11:10 PM (l3cgK)

    164 They bought a Federal license to harvest a resource that belongs to the people. They can expect to be monitored to ensure they do not fish in closed areas.

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
    ----

    Now, get the Chinese out of the Pacific.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2026 11:10 PM (iLKq8)

    165 Need some help staying regular? The ONT is here to help!
    .......

    So it's a poop thread?

    Posted by: wth at October 11, 2026 11:10 PM (oq9dX)

    166 >> This guy (who doesn't own an island) claims Francesco Maurolico found the V-E+F equation in 1537

    That is probably true. Descartes likely stumbled on it as well but didn't publish it.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

    167 165 Need some help staying regular? The ONT is here to help!
    .......

    So it's a poop thread?

    Posted by: wth at October 11, 2026 11:10 PM (oq9dX)

    I figured between oatmeal and greek yogurt it'd be the power of AND...

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2026 11:11 PM (l3cgK)

    168 Flavors? They all just taste like mildly sweet chalk.
    Posted by: She Hobbit

    When did you eat chalk?
    Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit


    chalk = calcium carbonate = Rolaids (tm)

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

    169 168 Flavors? They all just taste like mildly sweet chalk.
    Posted by: She Hobbit

    When did you eat chalk?
    Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

    chalk = calcium carbonate = Rolaids (tm)

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

    Rol-AIDS? Like what Talarico has?

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2026 11:13 PM (l3cgK)

    170 Did she enjoy it? 2 weeks until I get to see them again!
    Posted by: Doof at October 11, 2026 10:56 PM (QMAsf)
    ====
    I think the road trip was the highlight.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 11, 2026 11:14 PM (RIvkX)

    171 Rol-AIDS? Like what Talarico has?
    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2026 11:13 PM (l3cgK)

    He has a rock n roll head. If he rolls it too much, you hear the rocks shifting.

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 11:14 PM (qx7Zg)

    172 The last Halloween costume party I went to was back in 2006. It's easy to remember the year because I recall that there were a lot Steve Irwin costumes.

    The lesson being, if you are going to die in spectacular fashion....don't do it in September.

    Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2026 11:14 PM (dIske)

    173
    This is interesting. Euler was the one who popularized using pi for pi, 'i' for the imaginary unit, and of course, 'e' for the ln base, otherwise called Euler's number.

    Also capital sigma for the summation sign, and capital delta for a finite difference.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2026 11:15 PM (w6EFb)

    174 Huh. I might have been to that roadside turnout. I don't remember the route I took through NH and Vermont when I moved to Maine. But I did make a point of driving through them to fill out my "all 50 states" card.

    Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2026 11:16 PM (kU0PQ)

    175 I can't remember the last time I dressed up. Grade school was a long time ageo

    Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 11, 2026 11:17 PM (cJOax)

    176 Cold with mayo is good for to-go or packing

    Hot with butter is better but has to be eaten immediately. Lobster and butter are meant for each other.

    Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 11, 2026 11:18 PM (RIvkX)

    177 Neilia came from some money and was a very supportive wife, helping Joe all along the way in his political career and having and raising his three kids. I guess she snapped when Joe started banging the fishnet wearing babysitter slut Jill, who was herself married. Journalist AJ Weberman did excellent work researching Joe and his work can be found online. His first foray into Journalism was being the leading "Dylanologist" in the late 60s, including going through Bob's trash cans when he lived in the village. He was all over alternative hippie, radio when FM was a baby.

    Posted by: Child of the 60s at October 11, 2026 11:19 PM (EdP2u)

    178 When people grow bushels of zucchini, traditionally they unload the extra by leaving a basket of them, anonymously, on neighbors' doorsteps.

    Imagine leaving just one zucc instead, but really big.


    It makes me laugh.

    Retro pseudo flashback song🐵

    https://youtu.be/kpp-Ry2ZNhY

    G'nite, y'all.💤

    Posted by: mindful webworker - once upon a time we had fun at October 11, 2026 11:20 PM (yrKoI)

    179 165 Need some help staying regular? The ONT is here to help!
    .......

    So it's a poop thread?
    Posted by: wth at October 11, 2026 11:10 PM (oq9dX)

    If Euler was around he'd probably figure out how many posts as a fcn of mystery links, embedded vids, cobs and day of week before it becomes a poop thread.....

    Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 11, 2026 11:20 PM (V+Y+B)

    180 Nice NH photo. The Kancamagus is one of the roads you want to go a little slower through May and June. That's a high density moose locale in those months. I'm pretty sure the photo is right on top of White Mountains National Forest. A bunch of nasty accidents happen on that highway every year around that time.

    Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2026 11:21 PM (dIske)

    181 took through NH and Vermont when I moved to Maine. But I did make a point of driving through them to fill out my "all 50 states" card.
    Posted by: GWB

    Rhode Island doesn't count.

    Posted by: Hardly Worth a Mention at October 11, 2026 11:22 PM (EdP2u)

    182 Thanks for the ONT Doof...love the top photo of the mountains in NH. Gorgeous.

    Gorgeous here in rocky mountain ski country for a month or so, but not all at once like those mountains. We first have reds of oaks and maples in September, then the gold of aspens...some are orange.

    It's gradual vs all at once and beautiful. Snow at the tops now with the "tropical storm" from CA, and just the way it is.

    Just the Way It Is
    Bruce Hornsby

    https://tinyurl.com/y3tyamba
    Great piano song...wish I could play this well.

    I woke up today with this song for reasons unknown. Not sure why, man, except I watching China Beach and before my time. Flower power.

    It nearly drove me crazy til I remembered the words.

    Age of Aquarius
    1969 Fifth Dimension

    https://tinyurl.com/d5cpt6mz

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 11:22 PM (hzuYO)

    183 170# zucchini?!?
    And women are always saying size doesn't matter. Pfft.

    Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2026 11:23 PM (kU0PQ)

    184 And, if you go as a lamp, you dange well better wear fishnet hose and speak Italian. Or I'm just gonna call it lame. (That's pronounced lah-may.)

    Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2026 11:26 PM (kU0PQ)

    185 I'm somewhat surprised no one recommended dressing up as the moose outside the Saturday ONTs.

    Probably because I just saw that someone, dressed like a bison, was arrested in Yellowstone for chasing tourists.

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 11:27 PM (qx7Zg)

    186 Tonight's ONT brought to you by a real executioner for Tennessee

    Just put beagle ears and a tail on her, and he's on it!

    Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2026 11:27 PM (kU0PQ)

    187 For Halloween, Pooky and JT are going as knights, while Pookette is going to be a pirate and Lil Pooky will be her parrot. I'm guessing Lil Pooky is going to spend most of the night on Pookette's shoulders. Maybe he'll finally start talking!

    Posted by: pookysgirl will be bundled up at October 11, 2026 11:27 PM (Wt5PA)

    188 took through NH and Vermont when I moved to Maine. But I did make a point of driving through them to fill out my "all 50 states" card.
    Posted by: GWB

    Rhode Island doesn't count.
    Posted by: Hardly Worth a Mention at October 11, 2026 11:22 PM (EdP2u)

    I still drove through it.
    (Actually, I visited a friend's brother who was in a Naval school there.)

    Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2026 11:28 PM (kU0PQ)

    189
    The Age of Aquarius will not begin until 2597 AD, when the vernal equinox officially crosses into the IAU boundary of Aquarius.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2026 11:32 PM (w6EFb)

    190 For Halloween, Pooky and JT are going as knights, while Pookette is going to be a pirate and Lil Pooky will be her parrot. I'm guessing Lil Pooky is going to spend most of the night on Pookette's shoulders. Maybe he'll finally start talking!
    Posted by: pookysgirl will be bundled up at October 11, 2026 11:27 PM (Wt5PA)

    So, you're going as an Eskimo?

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 11:32 PM (qx7Zg)

    191 Probably because I just saw that someone, dressed like a bison, was arrested in Yellowstone for chasing tourists.

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 11:27 PM (qx7Zg)

    That's impossible, Pooky's been home with me all week.

    Posted by: pookysgirl keeps track of these things at October 11, 2026 11:33 PM (Wt5PA)

    192 175 I can't remember the last time I dressed up. Grade school was a long time ageo
    Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 11, 2026 11:17 PM (cJOax)

    *******
    College for me. Can't say what I was in 1976 because I don't want to admit how crazy I was, altho I should't care.

    Was "Auntie-Bellum" the next year in an evening gown from Good Will and a tiara. My bf/husband (won't say what he was) picked me up in the parking lot of the hotel as we were leaving and I slid out of his arms a few feet to the pavement as my dress was very slippery (thick aqua satin or something). I was unfazed as I'd had a lot of drinks and danced for hours at the party. One college friend was alarmed altho I landed on my arse laughing. Gorgeous Navajo guy who helped me up and we still hear from.


    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 11:34 PM (hzuYO)

    193 A short joke for the ladies...

    https://youtube.com/shorts/-JlTGVKZALE

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 11:34 PM (qx7Zg)

    194 My first lobster roll was at a McDonald's near the Quincy Market in Boston. I make my own now every so often. I can get 1/4+ pound lobster tails for $5.

    Living in NH, I would stop at the grocery store after work and order a whole lobster fot $5. The store would steam in for me while I went next door to the Boston Market restaurant and get a bunch of side dishes.

    Posted by: Beartooth at October 11, 2026 11:34 PM (DB1SB)

    195 Pisces > Age of Aquarius

    https://youtu.be/SQNtGoM3FVU

    Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2026 11:34 PM (VHUov)

    196 I just saw that someone, dressed like a bison, was arrested in Yellowstone for chasing tourists.
    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

    *taps shoulder*

    Posted by: the grizzly from revenant at October 11, 2026 11:36 PM (88C+u)

    197 We Elders did that!

    https://tinyurl.com/4xc3zcu3

    Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
    ---

    It's a sekret message that' he's being held hostage.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2026 11:37 PM (iLKq8)

    198 So, you're going as an Eskimo?

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2026 11:32 PM (qx7Zg)

    Haha, sort of. Our house is set back from the street and sidewalk, and I'm the only one on our block that gives out candy. So I sit on the sidewalk, next to a glowing inflatable character, and give out candy while the rest of the family goes to the nursing home.

    Posted by: pookysgirl struggles to stay warm to start with at October 11, 2026 11:37 PM (Wt5PA)

    199 Necco wafers always make me think of Tiddly-Winks
    Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)

    _________

    Or poker chips
    Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 11, 2026 11:01 PM (eRlcH)

    You know you're well over 29 when you use the large Tums for poker chips.

    Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2026 11:37 PM (kU0PQ)

    200 Forgot...was a pregnant nun with boy #1 for that Halloween. He was due in 10 days, and of course went 10 more days past his due date to make me weep every morning.

    I was not one of those girls who could have faked it without anyone knowing I read about. Or, wow, not knowing and whee here he is!

    No. I scared people in line at grocery stores who let me go ahead in line. Got stuck in turnstiles. Could barely fit behind a table at a burger place. It was not cool being all baby and looking normal from behind. Surprise!

    His final shock for us was to stop moving past his due date, and send me to OB to hook me up and poke him to move. Nurses said, "Oh, twins?" We said no and they picked up 2 heartbeats (long before ultrasounds unless medically needed). We both quietly freaked. My comment was that we only had one crib. The charge nurse came in and looked at me (I felt like a cow at the auction) and said, "She's big but not twins big."

    He weighed 10lbs so I think twins big as I was the one dealing with it.

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 11:42 PM (hzuYO)

    201 Halloween is…meh. Other than the candy…I do nothing for Halloween. No decorations, costumes or anything. The time for that in my life is long over.

    Posted by: Cow Demon at October 11, 2026 11:44 PM (ekZzx)

    202 Watched the first four episodes of "Blake's 7." It's pretty cool.

    Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 11, 2026 11:46 PM (CHHv1)

    203 ew, these mosquitoes are getting bad, let's go inside.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2026 11:46 PM (iLKq8)

    204
    That V - E + F = 2 is very fundamental topological relation. That is called, you guessed it, the Euler characteristic. Any solid that forms a closed surface with no "holes" is topologically a sphere. The Euler characteristic demands that any such sphere must have curvature.

    Also, that number is the reason why there are only 5 regular polyhedra, or Platonic solids as they're called due to the Ancient Greek Homos being so enamored with them.

    Now, with polyhedra, the faces or mostly flat. The curvature is concentrated in singularities at the vertices, or corners (believe it or not, the edges, while they look singular extrinsically, they are not intrinsically, but are in fact the zero curvature -- a flat lander wouldn't even feel them).

    Now, for a smooth surface, such as the perfect sphere, or oblate spheroids, ellipsoids, etc, etc. That curvature gets spread out all over the surface. But the Euler characteristic demands that curvature integrate to 2*2pi, or 720 degrees. That 720 degrees is the sum of the "angle deficit" of all the vertices.

    Only triangle, squares, and pentagons can put together to make a solid surface where the angle sum is less than 360 degrees.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2026 11:46 PM (w6EFb)

    205 I can't recall having a Necco wafer. Sounds like I'm not missing anything.

    The best cookie from stores are Tim Tams from Australia.

    If you know anyone who likes chocolate and needs to gain weight I think they'd do the trick.

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 11:50 PM (hzuYO)

    206 Also, that number is the reason why there are only 5 regular polyhedra, or Platonic solids as they're called due to the Ancient Greek Homos being so enamored with them.

    d4, d6, d8, d12, d20.

    D&D teaches more math than most schools.

    Posted by: mikeski rolls for initiative at October 11, 2026 11:51 PM (VHUov)

    207 Evenin’, All.

    Posted by: Bulg at October 11, 2026 11:53 PM (77rzZ)

    208 D&D teaches more math than most schools.

    Posted by: mikeski rolls for initiative at October 11, 2026 11:51 PM (VHUov)

    Pooky, our GM, calls it "improv theatre with calculus."

    Posted by: pookysgirl usually gets roped into playing a kitsune at October 11, 2026 11:53 PM (Wt5PA)

    209 D&D teaches more math than most schools.
    Posted by: mikeski rolls for initiative

    Math does not recognize saving throws.

    Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 11, 2026 11:54 PM (Fv808)

    210
    Now, take a torus. That is closed, but topologically is a very different animal than a sphere. The Euler characteristic of that is 0. So, that says a torus can be flat. And it can, only problem is, you can't embed it in just 3D smoothly.

    The classic symmetric donut shape is a 2-torus that can be embedding in 3D (of course it can, cause it exists and we can visualize it, duh). But its curvature integrates to zero (it's positive on the outside, and negative on the inside, zero on the exact top and bottom), just like the Euler characteristic demands.

    And there are polyhedral toruses, but the rules there for what is "regular" is different. The sum there is always zero.

    A two-hole torus Euler number is -2. And so it must have negative curvature, the negative of a sphere's curvature.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2026 11:58 PM (w6EFb)

    211 “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine, both parties have agreed. Do not break it! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
    _President Trump

    “We are awaiting clear details of the dialogue between America and Russia–and we expect Putin to follow through on what President Trump said."
    _Deal Breaking Shit Weasel Zelensky

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:00 AM (iLKq8)

    212 Sigh. This is far too intellectual a discussion.

    BOOBS!

    Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 12:01 AM (77rzZ)

    213 121 Question for the golfers.

    Have you ever hit a golf ball so far left it grew blue hair and started protesting?
    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf



    Yes. It then landed amongst the poison ivy, woodland critters, and jaggy bushes, and then demanded I save it. I left it there. Sometimes you just got to give the golf ball what it wants. Only way it will learn.

    Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 12:02 AM (sAmhv)

    214 " ...I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president,”
    _President Trump

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:02 AM (iLKq8)

    215 My ex, who is an amazing person, had the New England Confectionery Company as a client for many years, used to come home with rolls of those inedible happiness stealing discs of sadness every time she had a meeting there.

    They taste like sorrow.

    Necco wafers are right behind Brussels sprouts on satan's plan to take your soul.

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:04 AM (viF8m)

    216 BOOBS!

    Posted by: Bulg
    ---

    (•(•

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:05 AM (iLKq8)

    217 Sigh. This is far too intellectual a discussion.

    BOOBS!
    Posted by: Bulg


    Now that's some positive curvature.

    Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 12:06 AM (VHUov)

    218 214 " ...I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president,”
    _President Trump
    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:02 AM (iLKq

    You've seen Z in his 6" lift shoes. Now, he's Z the Great, in 36" lift shoes!

    Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2026 12:06 AM (qx7Zg)

    219 As a kid, I once got hit in the head by a flying golf ball. My brothers were practicing their strokes in the front yard, and I got in the way.

    Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 12:07 AM (77rzZ)

    220 Necco wafers are right behind Brussels sprouts on satan's plan to take your soul.
    Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:04 AM (viF8m)

    Circus peanuts.

    Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 12:07 AM (KC5Lt)

    221 Brussels sprouts were one of Jerry Garcia's favorite vegetables.

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:10 AM (iLKq8)

    222 220 Necco wafers are right behind Brussels sprouts on satan's plan to take your soul.
    Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:04 AM (viF8m)

    Circus peanuts.
    Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 12:07 AM (KC5Lt)
    ********
    Haven't had those, either. They look yuck.

    I looked up Necco wafers and they look like giant Sweet Tarts?

    Also that Union Soldiers ate similar during the War of Unpleasantness. Which gave them an edge along with industry. I didn't know this til a minute ago. AOS is like college but more weird.

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:11 AM (hzuYO)

    223 It's another one of those "cheeseburger" vs "flypaper" scenarios, isn't it?

    On further investigations, I guess it depends on which boobs are larger.

    Think I've mentioned this before, but the most important aspects of boobs is not size but the person they are attached to.

    Sorry if that's a bummer or let-down. It's me.

    Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 12, 2026 12:12 AM (CHHv1)

    224 I think I remember that Necco wafers were originally made on equipment that previously had compacted nitrocellulose charges for the Royal Navy during WWI

    Posted by: Kindltot at October 12, 2026 12:12 AM (rbvCR)

    225 221 As a delivery vehicle for his drugs, no doubt.

    Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 12:12 AM (77rzZ)

    226 AOS is like college but more weird.
    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat


    Sexually more normal. Otherwise more weird.

    Posted by: Cornelia Fratmattress at October 12, 2026 12:12 AM (VHUov)

    227 >>> 108 I'm packed for Corsicana.

    Who's picking me up?
    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 10:44 PM (hzuYO)

    Well, you gotta give the Horde *some* idea where you are...

    Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 12:12 AM (3mtzY)

    228 I could have handled this.

    Posted by: Jack Kevorkian at October 12, 2026 12:13 AM (XeU6L)

    229 I knew that about the building of the arch, the fire hoses part to control the movement. I was in engineering school in '65, and had worked a summer in '64 in a Bethlehem Steel fab shop in Leetsdale, PA. We were making the I-70 Poplar Street bridge box beam sections and barging them to St Louis at the same time PDM just upriver was barging arch segments to the same location. I was deer hunting up in the Allegheny Nat'l Forest on opening day buck hunting in '66 and met a structural engineer like me who told me about working for PDM building the arch, him on one of the survey crews that worked nights with pinpoint lights with far-out stations to gage adjustments by shim to get the arch segments in the right 3d places. Years later I spent 3 years working in St Louis and Ms G and the babies and I never tired of visiting the arch. During our time there, a parachutist made an illegal jump one sunny day and landed on top of the arch, carrying a smaller shute he'd use to jump off from there to get to ground. He was furling in the big chute when he lost balance and fell, not straight off, but to slide down one side. SPLAT. DOA. He had an accomplice, or girlfriend or wife, film it.

    Posted by: M. Gaga at October 12, 2026 12:14 AM (3p/KU)

    230 >>Circus peanuts.

    I readily admit I'm a flawed person.

    I kind of like those pink pills of whatever.

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:14 AM (viF8m)

    231 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 12, 2026 12:12 AM (CHHv1)

    I started watching a stop action movie called Mad God and I thought of you and your work. Ever see it?

    Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 12:15 AM (KC5Lt)

    232 13 Killed, More Than 300 Wounded in Terror Attack on Saudi International Airport
    --

    Many airlines have discontinued service. After the first attack I suggested they hire the Indians to take care of business, someone else suggested the French Foreign Legion but they chose their Islamic brothers. _Not the best decision.
    Is it possible they make a better choice this time?

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:16 AM (iLKq8)

    233 227 >>> 108 I'm packed for Corsicana.

    Who's picking me up?
    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 10:44 PM (hzuYO)

    Well, you gotta give the Horde *some* idea where you are...
    Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 12:12 AM (3mtzY
    ******
    I have always loved your name.

    I am full of bull.

    Live in the Intermountain West on a ridge. Waiting for snow as it used to appear in late October.

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:17 AM (hzuYO)

    234 223 “Cheeseburger” v. “flypaper?” WTH does THAT mean?

    Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 12:18 AM (77rzZ)

    235 >>Brussels sprouts were one of Jerry Garcia's favorite vegetables.

    Nobodies perfect.

    Goodnight morons.

    https://tinyurl.com/5cv8zxba

    Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:19 AM (viF8m)

    236 Amazing how the Train Doe story went dead with NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, and the leftist ink outlets, after "our bodies our choice" came out.

    The screaming uglies are still acting out in Ithaca, though. Except now the chants are calling for the U to investigate itself.

    Anyone that said I AM JANE DOE needs to be called a train, a gangbang hoe, a snorter of dick weed, and one who loved every second of it.

    Posted by: M. Gaga at October 12, 2026 12:19 AM (3p/KU)

    237 Hey, ChristyBlinky. Hope you are well.

    Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 12:20 AM (77rzZ)

    238 " ...I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president,”
    _President Trump
    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
    .......

    Fine, but is it time for the U.S. to stop sending them money and weapons?

    Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 12:20 AM (oq9dX)

    239 >>> 233

    ******
    I have always loved your name.

    I am full of bull.

    Live in the Intermountain West on a ridge. Waiting for snow as it used to appear in late October.
    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:17 AM (hzuYO)

    Well your stories are awesome.

    I knew someone who used to drive down to Corsicana from the CO Front Range.

    Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 12:20 AM (3mtzY)

    240 @231 I love that film and kind of hate it too. It's beautiful and really cruel. But yes, in another world I would have made that film. I mean, I kind of do but without the suffering. I hope.

    Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 12, 2026 12:22 AM (CHHv1)

    241 He weighed 10lbs so I think twins big as I was the one dealing with it.
    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2026 11:42 PM (hzuYO)

    My sister probably weights 94 lbs soaking wet. She regularly produced three kids of over 10 lbs. She looked like she was beyond popping. Just freaking huge.

    All of the kids were born naturally without tearing anything.

    Holy cow.

    While she was in hard labor, a woman across the hall was screaming her head off. My sister sat up and told her to shut the hell up.

    Some people are just made to make babies.

    Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 12:22 AM (BYJyI)

    242 Going to let You People continue on your way as I am up later than I wanted to be.

    #fivedays

    Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 12:24 AM (3mtzY)

    243 211 “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine, both parties have agreed. Do not break it! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
    _President Trump

    “We are awaiting clear details of the dialogue between America and Russia–and we expect Putin to follow through on what President Trump said."
    _Deal Breaking Shit Weasel Zelensky

    Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

    Real Stable genious makes Zelensky realize that the swarm of X-9 Skyfall/9M730 Burevestnik's are about to take flight with an ultimatum

    When they do it's his own damn fault; Z like mollusk is but a puppet of cTHIEL and the forever war machine.

    As the fleet slowly figure 8 their way all the way to the noodle headed Macaroni/who will no doubt flee the continent to a french speaking Colony rather than face the current (and coming) wrath of his own people for thinking he would fare any better than Napoleon (or Hitler) against Russia -- as the EU debates, which of that swarm are real, which are fake, and whether they even attempt to shoot one down, lest they all head to their primary targets.

    LET'S GO BRANDON!
    Get that Hotel in Moscow.

    Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 12, 2026 12:24 AM (Xnp0N)

    244 @234 Say that in Rod Steiger's voice from "Mars Attacks" and there's me, myself and I.

    --though with fewer grim stuff. But maybe more boobs.

    Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 12, 2026 12:27 AM (CHHv1)

    245 During our time there, a parachutist made an illegal jump one sunny day and landed on top of the arch, carrying a smaller shute he'd use to jump off from there to get to ground. He was furling in the big chute when he lost balance and fell, not straight off, but to slide down one side. SPLAT. DOA. He had an accomplice, or girlfriend or wife, film it.
    Posted by: M. Gaga at October 12, 2026 12:14 AM (3p/KU)

    I went to Wash U for six years. Freshman year I don't think there was a single guy who didn't drive down to the arch in the early morning hours and pee on it. Was a rite of passage.

    Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 12:27 AM (BYJyI)

    246 237 Hey, ChristyBlinky. Hope you are well.
    Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 12:20 AM (77rzZ)
    *******
    Hey Bulg.

    I've had a sinus thing for three days and it is apparently making me crazy, if you believe my husband. I am more dimwitted than normal and just called Patrick Mahone "Mahoney." I mostly don't care for the NFL, especially since Jaxon Dart is injured.

    I have to get well by tomorrow as I have two days of socializing on Tues/Wed and this is messing me up.

    Going to bed with hope for tomorrow. The anger of being ill should soon kill the germs.

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:29 AM (hzuYO)

    247 246 G’night Christy. Sleep well and get well.

    Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 12:30 AM (77rzZ)

    248 Well, now, what in hell are the various media pundits gonna do when the Brewers beat the Dodgers? They are so sure the Dodgers are unbeatable, but the Brewers kicked their asses more than once this year, and then tonight.

    Brewer ball is small ball, supported by deadly defense, and the occasional smackarooni. Plus, Brewers fans know how to tailgate. I suspect there are still folks outside Miller Park heating up some brats as we post.

    Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 12:31 AM (BYJyI)

    249 And g’night, All.

    Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 12:32 AM (77rzZ)

    250
    Now for a mind bender. There is a 2D topological structure dubbed the Real Projective plane. Think of it as Klein bottle with an extra flipping. It is non-orientable, and it's Euler number is 1. It has half a sphere worth of positive curvature. The simplest geometric object that can do this is a hemisphere, but with an antipodal flip. You walk across the equator and appear on the opposite side.

    If you think about it how that would work, you'll see that it requires a handedness flip. If you walk across the equator your mirror image pops out on the other side.

    There've been some scifi stories based on this, I think. That boundary is imagined as like walking into a mirror. From your perspective, when you cross the mirror, you pop back out in a mirror image of the world you just left.

    From an external observer's point of view, you walk into the mirror and your reflection comes back out.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)

    251 While she was in hard labor, a woman across the hall was screaming her head off. My sister sat up and told her to shut the hell up.

    Some people are just made to make babies.
    Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 12:22 AM (BYJyI)
    ********
    Son's head never made it past anything. He was still floating around and tying his umbilical cord around his neck (twice) when I hit 8cm. My OB said wearily that I needed to think c-section and I practically said hallelujah. It wasn't emergent so I labored on for 4 more hours and had an epidural when the anesthesiologist arrived.

    100 years prior we both would have died.

    Yeah, some women are just built to do this more easily.

    I didn't yell and sent my dude to the waiting room at one point to tell my mother I was not the one screaming.

    I honestly was looking forward to transition to say weird stuff to my husband and get away with it. Bummer. Second boy was a section as well as the Polish have big heads apparently. No labor with him.

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 12:35 AM (hzuYO)

    252 Dagnabbit, I just realized that I could -- and should -- have taken two days off for the MoMe. As it is, I'll be on the road Friday morning (how come vacations always require you to get up early?) and won't get there until late Friday afternoon. At least I'll be there for dinner.

    Four days to go.

    Posted by: Weak Geek at October 12, 2026 12:35 AM (p/isN)

    253
    Unfortunately for the sci-fi picture, that handedness flip doesn't really work that way. It's smooth and continuous as you move along the surface. There would be no boundary where it instantly happened. That's sort of hard to imagine, but locally there is never anything strange looking. It's only when you completed a circuit and came back to where you started that the flip would occur. And that's because we spread the curvature out.

    If you did with a flat disc, and put all the curvature at the rim in a singularity, it would happen instantly, but that would bad for flatlanders. Yu don't want to cross a curvature singularity.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

    254 Happy Sunday Horde.

    Top pic, I have many happy memories of camping along the Kancamagus Highway when I was just out of high school, it was and is a beautiful place.

    Can't wait for the MoMe.

    Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 12, 2026 12:41 AM (ibDUx)

    255 Unfortunately for the sci-fi picture, that handedness flip doesn't really work that way. It's smooth and continuous as you move along the surface. There would be no boundary where it instantly happened. That's sort of hard to imagine, but locally there is never anything strange looking. It's only when you completed a circuit and came back to where you started that the flip would occur. And that's because we spread the curvature out.

    If you did with a flat disc, and put all the curvature at the rim in a singularity, it would happen instantly, but that would bad for flatlanders. Yu don't want to cross a curvature singularity.
    Posted by: publius


    I wouldn't think either one would work out well for flatlanders. Instantly becoming your own mirror image as you cross the prime meridian can't be much less damaging than slowly doing so as you circumnavigate the globe.

    Posted by: mikeski prefers his insides in and his outsides out at October 12, 2026 12:45 AM (VHUov)

    256 I remember seeing an educational film in grade school on the construction of the Gateway Arch. All I remember is the placement of the final piece.

    Now I realize that the film wasn't that old, because I was born just a few years before the Arch went up. I can't imagine what St. Louis was like before then.

    Posted by: Weak Geek at October 12, 2026 12:46 AM (p/isN)

    257 Massive early vote shift to Dems in Ohio vs 2024.

    TJM hardest hit.

    Can’t wait for spin how this is actually a good thing.

    Sad!!

    54 D seats in play.

    Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 12, 2026 12:51 AM (wUgn4)

    258 Now I realize that the film wasn't that old, because I was born just a few years before the Arch went up. I can't imagine what St. Louis was like before then.
    Posted by: Weak Geek at October 12, 2026 12:46 AM (p/isN)

    Sort of a shithole along the river, until they cleared it for the arch and the park. Rundown wharf buildings, that stank. Gateway Park is certainly an improvement, but there are plenty of homeless down there and some evenings bring out the yutes.

    Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 12:52 AM (BYJyI)

    259 >> I wouldn't think either one would work out well for flatlanders.

    There's another little bummer there. We are 3D beings, so the only way to imagine this for us is to use the 3D version of that real projective plane.

    And guess what, the handedness flip only happens in even dimensions. In odd dimensions, it doesn't happen. And in general, the Euler number becomes identically zero for *everything* in odd dimensions. The topological constraints it imposes becomes vacuous in odd dimensions, becoming 0 = 0.

    So, in odd dimensions, it tells you nothing. Anything that is topologically a 3-sphere still must have positive curvature, but the Euler number is useless to see that.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2026 12:53 AM (w6EFb)

    260 Trump is campaigning in deep red states.
    This is a positive sign for Republicans.
    How? Ask TMJ.he knows all.
    lol
    Sad!

    Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 12, 2026 12:56 AM (wUgn4)

    261 I advise not wearing a box as a costume unless you're OK with standing all night.

    I speak from experience, having once been the boring part of the trio the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Baby son wore a lion costume; wife wore all white, including face makeup and hair coloring; and I wore a brown construction paper set of tall doors, with a brown beret. Gawd, I wanted to sit! Finally got to, near the end of the party, when the witch decided to break the spell cast on me.

    Posted by: Weak Geek at October 12, 2026 12:56 AM (p/isN)

    262 Every poll is wrong.
    TMJ is right.
    Long live Dave in Florida.
    Unskew the polls

    Sad!

    Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 12, 2026 12:58 AM (wUgn4)

    263 Everyone loves Trump and $5 gas
    Polls are wrong
    Trump is god
    TMJ and Dave in Fla are geniuses
    Yeaaarrrgghhhhh

    Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 12, 2026 01:01 AM (wUgn4)

    264 A0S C0pe at October 12, 2026 12:56 AM (wUgn4)

    Go play in a tiger pen.

    Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 01:01 AM (88C+u)

    265 As usual, a certain someone sounds vaccinated.

    Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 01:03 AM (VHUov)

    266 I got a couple of treats for the neighbor kids, and a bag of mixed candy in case any others show up. Not likely, but one never knows for sure. (Leftovers will go to the nursing home staff; I don't eat much candy.)

    Found some candy eyeballs at the grocery, 2 per package. Pretty spooky, in that they look *a lot like* actual eyeballs! I think the boys will like them, and I hope the candy tastes good.

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

    267 >> Go play in a tiger pen.

    Or go encounter a curvature singularity. Getting close to Stacey Abrams might just do it.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2026 01:06 AM (w6EFb)

    268 261 I advise not wearing a box as a costume unless you're OK with standing all night.

    I speak from experience, having once been the boring part of the trio the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Baby son wore a lion costume; wife wore all white, including face makeup and hair coloring; and I wore a brown construction paper set of tall doors, with a brown beret. Gawd, I wanted to sit! Finally got to, near the end of the party, when the witch decided to break the spell cast on me.

    Posted by: Weak Geek at October 12, 2026 12:56 AM (p/isN)

    I know someone who dressed up as a wine box, with a spout on the lower front of the box...opening the spigot produced red wine...

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:07 AM (l3cgK)

    269 I was once part of a six pack costume, we wore these giant barrels carefully painted with the Budweiser logo. It was a fun costume, but impossible to move in, the next morning there were six large Bud cans scattered in various locations throughout the town.

    Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 12, 2026 01:07 AM (ibDUx)

    270 >>the next morning there were six large Bud cans scattered in various locations throughout the town.
    Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

    The Beer Fairy! It's twue, it's twue!

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 01:11 AM (rdVOm)

    271 Lighten up, Francis.

    Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2026 01:15 AM (Y6Q+5)

    272 Mom dressed me up as Little Bo Peep when I was in 1st & 2nd grade. She had an old hoop skirt and gingham dress that fit me, and tied a big ribbon bow onto a cane for me to carry. If there are any im@ges of it, probably on slides not photo prints.

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)

    273 I MAKE HOT PASSIONATE LOVE TO WEEK OLD ROAD KILL!!! LOVE IS LOVE, H8RS!!!

    Posted by: Sad Cope Troll excrement at October 12, 2026 01:29 AM (sAmhv)

    274 Figured.if a certain troll spew above got banhammered, thread could use a nudge toward that 300 count,, so here's my contribution du noir, either way. :]

    Posted by: Late-Night Lurker at October 12, 2026 01:31 AM (/RUNK)

    275 When I was a kid, we bought those cheap, plastic, boxed costumes at the toy store. The masks were uncomfortable. I was a devil one year. We'd hit as many homes as possible then go back out again on Friday and Saturday night. Then the next day was TTFLs. How I didn't develop type 1 diabeetus is a mystery. Oh, and in junior high I'd sell candy for a $1 a bar at school. Made quite a few bucks that way.

    Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 01:32 AM (Fv808)

    276 A0S C0pe at October 12, 2026 12:56 AM (wUgn4)

    Go play in a tiger pen.
    Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 01:01 AM (88C+u)

    Monkey pox causes brain lesions. Sad!

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 01:36 AM (quk5M)

    277 One year, all of us cocktail waitresses decided to be witches-- our own clothing (little black dresses) but with the pin-on tails and headpiece horns. Simple.

    Tips were really really good that night, LOL

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

    278 277 One year, all of us cocktail waitresses decided to be witches-- our own clothing (little black dresses) but with the pin-on tails and headpiece horns. Simple.

    Tips were really really good that night, LOL

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

    A brother had stories when he was a waiter at Dennys...the time a big guy came in a purple dress. He said it wouldn't have looked so odd if it wasn't for the full beard the guy had.

    Another time, a guy's girlfriend suddenly tried to get him involved in her disagreement with her boyfriend; "Tell him it's not a problem if I like girls!," she exclaimed...

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:45 AM (l3cgK)

    279 I need to sleep Horde, busy days for the next few.

    publius, I saw Miley's post on the prayer thread. I will pray for all of you that your Mama's passage to her forever home is a peaceful one and that that she feels all of the love that you have for her.

    Sweet dreams Horde.

    Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 12, 2026 01:47 AM (ibDUx)

    280 Was just watching a Ewetoob video on the history of the "magic eye" tube, that green glow tube used for tuning many old console radios. Done by AI, of course. Audio quality was all up and down, and it it just plain got facts wrong, and often the video stills were quite unrelated to the topic at hand.

    AI just isn't very smart. Smarter than the troll, but then so is an amoeba.

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 01:48 AM (quk5M)

    281 276 A0S C0pe at October 12, 2026 12:56 AM (wUgn4)

    Go play in a tiger pen.
    Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 01:01 AM (88C+u)

    Monkey pox causes brain lesions. Sad!

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 01:36 AM (quk5M)

    Given so many libbies have their heads up their asses, I'd rate this as true...

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:49 AM (l3cgK)

    282 LOL, jim!

    When I was in HS, we'd go to Sambo's late on Friday nights and watch the crazies/drunks come in after the bars closed. Oh, wow... lots of stories.

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)

    283 Kitty has come seeking attention.

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 01:51 AM (quk5M)

    284 ...
    AI just isn't very smart. Smarter than the troll, but then so is an amoeba.

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 01:48 AM (quk5M)

    AI is artificial, but not intelligent; it's only as good as it's programming and the material it "learns" from. Since we humans provide the programming and the "learning material", it'll end up as politically biased as the the programmers and data it receives. GIGO, in other words.

    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:52 AM (l3cgK)

    285 Kitty has come seeking attention.
    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

    Aww... they're so lovey when they want something. Heh.

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

    286
    Thank you Debby, so much.

    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2026 01:54 AM (w6EFb)

    287
    I know someone who dressed up as a wine box, with a spout on the lower front of the box...opening the spigot produced red wine...
    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:07 AM (l3cgK)
    ******
    In college Halloween '76:
    I was a bong. From behind maybe a washing machine, made of giant white poster paper, the front proclaimed "Bong Woman." Yellow fall leaves aka Alcapulco Gold in the foil lined pipe thing. The hole revealed my face. Holes for arms. Huge kegger. People I didn't know had photos with me. Positive I had a great time. Had a group of guy friends as my protectors if bf/hubs was in one of his breakups with me.

    Our sons don't have a clue.

    Defense is that I made A's & B's in college, worked & had priorities to balance my rather insane life. Haven't touched it since. It was never mine (so there!). The balance between the stress of school and my non-nursing posse of concerts, hiking & skiing.

    It was the time of the season in my wild life of freedom. No one was harmed during this anthropology study of college & many friends.

    I had a blast in my distant past.

    Time of the Season
    1967...7th grade for me, way before my prime

    The Zombies

    https://tinyurl.com

    Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 01:57 AM (hzuYO)

    288 {{{Publius, Miley & Mama P.}}}

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

    289 AI is artificial, but not intelligent; it's only as good as it's programming and the material it "learns" from. Since we humans provide the programming and the "learning material", it'll end up as politically biased as the the programmers and data it receives. GIGO, in other words.
    Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 01:52 AM (l3cgK)

    Thing that gets me is presumably a human gives an AI the task of putting together a program of images and narration. Mostly these are like a slide show with narration. There might be short animations or film clips included. Don't they proof-read or pre-screen the show? They are full of dumb errors that could be easily fixed, like inconsistent pronunciation of common words. Or images that simply don't relate to the topic at hand. A human editor could do a good cleanup of these programs in one pass-through.

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 01:59 AM (quk5M)

    290 Publius, I hope your Mama remains comfortable, and conscious of your love during this difficult time.

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:01 AM (quk5M)

    291 I haven't paid much attention to the MLB playoffs. Good to see Milwaukee win the other night. Just rooting for teams that haven't won a WS yet. The Brewers haven't. So, I guess I'm pulling for a Brewers/Rays WS. Used to live in Tampa.

    Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 02:01 AM (sAmhv)

    292 Cold here tonight. Frost advisory tomorrow night. Highs were 80* all last week! Today was only 55. Windy yesterday & rained last night. (Cat wanted indoors, that's how cold it got.)

    Chilly when I woke up today. Yes, I finished cleaning it and got that pellet stove lit this afternoon! So far, so good. House is comfortable again.

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

    293 A human editor could do a good cleanup of these programs in one pass-through.
    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


    Nobody cares about quality then they're monetizing "someone" else's work for free.

    Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 02:14 AM (VHUov)

    294 263: suddenly the Left cares about gas prices.

    Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 02:16 AM (ekZzx)

    295 A human editor could do a good cleanup of these programs in one pass-through.
    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

    Nobody cares about quality then they're monetizing "someone" else's work for free.
    ****

    If it gets a click, that's the trick.

    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 02:17 AM (zGeQ7)

    296 257 Massive early vote shift to Dems in Ohio vs 2024.

    Good enough for me! Let’s cancel the elections!

    Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 02:19 AM (ekZzx)

    297 If it gets a click, that's the trick.
    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 02:17 AM (zGeQ7)

    Thing is, my Brave adblocker blocks all the Ewetoob ads, so their advertisers don't get clicks.

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:22 AM (quk5M)

    298 189
    The Age of Aquarius will not begin until 2597 AD, when the vernal equinox officially crosses into the IAU boundary of Aquarius.
    Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2026 11:32 PM (w6EFb)

    Not 1969?

    Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 02:22 AM (ekZzx)

    299
    Thing is, my Brave adblocker blocks all the Ewetoob ads, so their advertisers don't get clicks.
    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:22 AM (quk5M)

    I’ll need that, for the quack clickbait scam ads can’t even leave our furry friends alone.

    Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 02:23 AM (ekZzx)

    300 Welp, almost 12:30 here, no wonder I am sleepy. Night, Horde.

    Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 02:27 AM (quk5M)

    301 Night, AOP

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)

    302 f it gets a click, that's the trick.
    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 02:17 AM (zGeQ7)

    Thing is, my Brave adblocker blocks all the Ewetoob ads, so their advertisers don't get clicks.
    ****

    Anyone smart enough to use an adblocker is not their target audience.

    Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 02:31 AM (zGeQ7)

    303 I bet I could scandaliize people by dressing up as a welder for Halloween

    My hood has pin-up girls on it.

    Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 02:45 AM (C0Nlv)

    304 My hood has pin-up girls on it.
    Posted by: FeatherBlade

    Hubby's does too... Says "ArcAngel" and has pin-up girly

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)

    305 Hubby's does too... Says "ArcAngel" and has pin-up girly
    Posted by: JQ


    Nice!

    I hope his are exercising better welding-implement safety than mine are.

    Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 02:52 AM (C0Nlv)

    306 LOL. Very safe. Haven't been used at all for several years. I need to learn how to weld, or sell the equipment.

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)

    307 Dump announces on truth social that Ukraine and putin agree not to attack each others oil refineries and data centers to lower gas & diesel prices for the mid term election. Neither Zelensky nor dump's master putin say they have no such agreement and continue attacking. Dump furious on attacks on putin's data centers as pro dump internet bots reduced to almost nothing even the bots here!

    Posted by: raimondo at October 12, 2026 02:58 AM (L5bhE)

    308 One of my brothers was upgrading to a new wire-feed setup, so gave his old one to hubby. Hubs had a blast with it! He built some patio tables (end tables) and an over-the-range spice rack for me, and various shop fixtures.

    The ArcAngel is an auto-darkening hood, was fairly pricey but he needed *something* and not like we were out a small fortune for the welder itself... no problemo!

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

    309 I shut off the irrigation water today, but it was dark by then.. Tomorrow I'll get out the lil compressor & blow out the pipes.

    Need to inventory the pellet supply & start stocking up again.

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)

    310 Huh. Rainman's break at the gloryhole must be over...

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 03:35 AM (rdVOm)

    311 Very long commute today

    Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 03:38 AM (Ia/+0)

    312 Sorry about the commute, Skip. Safe travels!

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 03:44 AM (rdVOm)

    313 >>>5 [474 comments] 'm'

    w00t

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 03:49 AM (odBC9)

    314 Been a while since I made the list of shame, LOL. And have only done it twice. Whew!

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 03:53 AM (rdVOm)

    315 Remember when sven was making 1000+ comments per week... hope he's doing well.

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 03:54 AM (rdVOm)

    316 314 Been a while since I made the list of shame
    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 03:53 AM (rdVOm)

    SHAME!!!
    humph

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 03:57 AM (odBC9)

    317 SHAME!!!
    humph
    Posted by: m

    Not *my* words-- it's in the Style Guide! LOL

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 03:59 AM (rdVOm)

    318 317 SHAME!!!
    humph
    Posted by: m

    Not *my* words-- it's in the Style Guide! LOL
    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 03:59 AM (rdVOm)

    ; )

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 03:59 AM (odBC9)

    319 Push the button, Pixy!

    Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2026 04:00 AM (rdVOm)

    320 Pixy's up!

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:00 AM (odBC9)

    321 Get over there, JQ!

    Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)

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