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Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (7zn4w) DHS: An Ignored 1996 Clinton-Era Law Says That States Have to Report the Number of Illegals Receiving Federal Benefits Like SNAP. We're Going to Start Enforcing It Now.The law was passed insincerely, I imagine, with both Clinton and corporate-owned fake "conservatives" pretending they didn't want to take American's tax payments and deliver them to foreign criminals. But insincerely or not, political ploy or not, they passed it. There is no "We only passed this to con the rubes" exception to federal legislation. Look it up. I didn't, but I assume there's not one. Finally, someone is going to actually enforce it.California AG Rob Bonta says he will not comply with the law because Trump is changing the law by following the wording of the law. Gigantic mutant slothbeast "Big Tish" James says she's "reviewing" the DOJ's demand, in between fabricating new rape charges against Trump. Breccan F. Thies of The Federalist: As The Federalist reported, the Clinton administration took numerous actions to pave the way for illegal aliens to come into the country, especially those who offer nothing to American society and were virtually guaranteed to leech off the welfare system. That included trashing the "public charge" rule that had governed American immigration law for at least 100 years, which said that an immigrant should not be admitted into the country if he was unlikely to be able to take care of himself without government assistance. Now it is estimated that 59 percent of illegal immigrant households are on at least one welfare program, and 52 percent of legal immigrant households are in the same position. Meanwhile, 39 percent of native-born Americans use at least one welfare program, which is still an enormous amount, but the fact remains that the programs are for Americans, not foreigners.Related: Mexifornia received 80% of federal aid for illegals because they wrote their own rules to make illegals eligible. California accounted for more than 80% of all federal welfare cash assistance provided to households headed by illegal immigrants in 2024, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services. The report found that $759 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families cash assistance was provided to 85,277 households nationwide in which a child qualified for benefits while a parent was living in the United States illegally. No state came close to California's share of spending, with $617.5 million. The second-place recipient, New York, received just $47.5 million--less than one-tenth of California's total. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, was created to provide temporary assistance to low-income families. TANF recipients are generally required to work and are limited to 60 months of benefits over a lifetime. Because parents living in the country illegally are generally ineligible for TANF benefits, assistance in these cases is provided on behalf of eligible children living in the household. Unlike traditional TANF recipients, these child-only cases are not subject to federal work requirements or the program's five-year lifetime limit, allowing benefits to continue until a child turns 18. The report's authors noted that the arrangement creates a disparity between American families receiving TANF and immigrant households receiving child-only benefits. "The result is a striking disparity: needy American families are held to TANF's central work and time-limit rules, while households headed by immigration-status-ineligible parents can receive child-only cash assistance under a structure that bypasses those rules and can allow support to continue from birth through age 18." American AF 🇺🇸
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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 03, 2026 12:21 PM (zjgNU) 2
I'm not surprised. It's never been the problem that we don't have the right laws. It's that our government picks and chooses what to enforce.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 03, 2026 12:21 PM (zjgNU) 3
Oh, hat trick
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 03, 2026 12:21 PM (zjgNU) 4
Guess I need to nood.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 03, 2026 12:22 PM (zjgNU) 5
Ah, Aetius beat me to it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 03, 2026 12:22 PM (zjgNU) 6
Law Says That States Have to Report the Number of Illegals Receiving Federal Benefits
Stupid. Why would the number be other than 0? Posted by: t-bird at September 03, 2026 12:23 PM (h/6op) 7
'Come here and live off the teat' is everywhere. Because it is not about being a benefit to society- it is just power for commies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:23 PM (Y/06r) 8
It's amazing how bipartisan (at least when it came to laws) all of this was not that long ago.
A democrats saying of course it should be illegal for an illegal alien to get federal benefits like food stamps was not a big deal. Posted by: Sharpie at September 03, 2026 12:24 PM (PCICc) 9
Not a bad rack on that chick in the 2d video.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:24 PM (77rzZ) 10
Oregon state government will go into hysterics.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2026 12:24 PM (aD4fx) 11
Now it is estimated that 59 percent of illegal immigrant households are on at least one welfare program, and 52 percent of legal immigrant households are in the same position. Meanwhile, 39 percent of native-born Americans use at least one welfare program, which is still an enormous amount, but the fact remains that the programs are for Americans, not foreigners.
>>>> That's treason. You are stealing from Americans to pay for your new voters. People should hand from lampposts for this. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 03, 2026 12:24 PM (zjgNU) 12
We need to find a way to work in Sponge's 'Bigger eyes, but smaller boobs' comment into threads today.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:25 PM (Y/06r) 13
Can you imagine if there were a government that wanted *US* this much?
Posted by: t-bird at September 03, 2026 12:25 PM (h/6op) 14
We're going to have to evaluate your work, contributions to society....
How bout no and get them the fuck out of here. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 12:25 PM (7zn4w) 15
Where my EBT card at?
Posted by: La'Shondra at September 03, 2026 12:25 PM (2Ez/1) 16
That's cute
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at September 03, 2026 12:26 PM (J4Dwc) 17
Hello! How are you?
Hanging in there, Ace. Thanks. How are you doing? How is your rotator cuff or whatever it was that was keeping you from getting a good night's sleep? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:26 PM (77rzZ) 18
> California AG Rob Bonta and NY AG "Big Tish" James said they will not comply with the law.
---------- The Insurrection Act oughta' be enforced here. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 12:26 PM (2Cry5) Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:26 PM (1wjle) 20
What percent of the electorate wants benefits to illegal aliens? I know it's not zero, but I have to think it's like 70%+ of voters with the other 30% lying about it because it might enable Trump to agree with it in a survey.
Posted by: Sharpie at September 03, 2026 12:27 PM (PCICc) 21
sorry, I made up that Mitt Romney post as an homage to whoever it was who used to post them three times per day.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle) 22
I suppose the next time someone says, "There ought to be a law!" we can point back at this and say, "There is a law. Now we're enforcing it."
We have so many laws on the books all of us would probably be in jail for life if anyone cared to enforce them against us. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 12:27 PM (FZ29D) 23
It's amazing how bipartisan (at least when it came to laws) all of this was not that long ago.
A democrats saying of course it should be illegal for an illegal alien to get federal benefits like food stamps was not a big deal. Posted by: Sharpie at September 03, 2026 12:24 PM (PCICc) Yeah, but they were lying about it then. They're more honest now, but it's not better. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 03, 2026 12:28 PM (zjgNU) 24
>>>Hanging in there, Ace. Thanks. How are you doing? How is your rotator cuff or whatever it was that was keeping you from getting a good night's sleep?
yes, it's half-healed and I got my first good night's sleep in over a week two nights ago. Last night I woke up early and could not fall back asleep so today I'm tired. thanks for asking. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:28 PM (1wjle) 25
sorry, I made up that Mitt Romney post as an homage to whoever it was who used to post them three times per day.
Posted by: ace == lol, I was outraged thinking it was true. I mean I've known Romney is a cuck for a while, but even I was shocked. Posted by: Sharpie at September 03, 2026 12:28 PM (PCICc) 26
A blue state progression:
1) Everyone knows that illegals can't get welfare in our state. 2) No illegals are getting welfare in our state, and you can't prove otherwise. 3) It is literally fascism to have to turn over our welfare records to the Feds, so they can figure out which illegals are getting welfare. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2026 12:28 PM (aD4fx) 27
21 sorry, I made up that Mitt Romney post as an homage to whoever it was who used to post them three times per day.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle) MUMR? Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:28 PM (Y/06r) 28
Mitt Romney
5 min ago This lawless cruelty will not stand. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:26 PM (1wjle) Lamppost. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 03, 2026 12:28 PM (zjgNU) 29
>>>lol, I was outraged thinking it was true.
I mean, it almost certainly is true, and he is thinking this, but the tweet is made up. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:29 PM (1wjle) 30
Click the Shoe on Head link on the sidebar. I'm not an employee, I don't own stick. Do it today. Operators are standing by.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 03, 2026 12:29 PM (wxsGM) Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:29 PM (1wjle) 32
29 >>>lol, I was outraged thinking it was true.
I mean, it almost certainly is true, and he is thinking this, but the tweet is made up. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:29 PM (1wjle) It has 'Truthiness'. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:29 PM (Y/06r) Posted by: Common Tater at September 03, 2026 12:29 PM (DpTPc) 34
lol, I was outraged thinking it was true.
I mean I've known Romney is a cuck for a while, but even I was shocked. Posted by: Sharpie at September 03, 2026 12:28 PM (PCICc) It got me too. Seemed on brand for him. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 03, 2026 12:29 PM (zjgNU) 35
Yeah, but they were lying about it then. They're more honest now, but it's not better.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian === At least we got them to put it into law. But I think there was actually an era where Dems with their labor union membership was "better" on illegal alien issues. Republican Chamber of Commerce type liked the cheap labor, but their rank and file conservatives did not. You can see on a debate stage where Mondale was coming after Reagan for amnesty, sort of funny to watch. Posted by: Sharpie at September 03, 2026 12:30 PM (PCICc) 36
Mitt Romney 5 minutes ago The cruelty shown to heroic recovering addict Hunter Biden is unchristian and vicious. He has a lovely shaved boyhole and I plumb it weekly. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:30 PM (1wjle) 37
He is the 'Disinformation Expert'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:30 PM (Y/06r) 38
S'up, Ace. Happy Friday Jr.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 12:30 PM (9Q+nP) 39
Nope, no checking what they do, send them all home. In a few years, we can see about letting some in.
Posted by: huerfano at September 03, 2026 12:31 PM (2Xqig) 40
And a US district judge declares the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is unconstitutional in 3...2...1.....
Posted by: George V at September 03, 2026 12:31 PM (HUbHH) 41
i'm telling ya Mitt Romney will cry about it by the end of the day.
It's not Fake News, it's just Pre-News. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:31 PM (1wjle) 42
I mean, it almost certainly is true, and he is thinking this, but the tweet is made up.
Posted by: ace == Completely agree. Im embarrassed I argued with people that Romney was not a real conservative. I thought it was moby troll types, but yea, he was at best a Massachusetts Republican RINO that just wants lower corporate tax rates. Posted by: Sharpie at September 03, 2026 12:31 PM (PCICc) 43
They qualify for
- Full Medicaid - Housing - Migrant Head Start. That's fully paid childcare - If these people have any kids that are US citizens, meaning that they're born here, then they apply for benefits for their kids - $1,200 per kid plus $275 per person cash food stamps" So I've got one parent left w/severe vascular dementia and severe bone degradation (other went thru 2 years care w/lewy body), requiring nearly 24 hrs care, and Mrs with cancer. I'm rolling thru what's left of retirement, and get... Not a damn thing. Mother f jackass gets off a truck after crossing the fu... border gets... *better stop before I get banned Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:31 PM (cGjQu) 44
Mitt Romney
5 minutes ago The cruelty shown to heroic recovering addict Hunter Biden is unchristian and vicious. He has a lovely shaved boyhole and I plumb it weekly. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:30 PM (1wjle) --- Wait. Is this Mitt Romney or James Talarico? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 12:31 PM (FZ29D) 45
Yeah, about those. There are a metric crapload of ignored laws.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 03, 2026 12:29 PM (DpTPc) It's a type of tyranny. We enforce what we like and ignore what we don't, but we can change our minds at any time. And we don't even have to be consistent. If we want to single out a certain former and future president, we'll apply the law to him that has never been used in that way before. Because ORANGEMANBAD. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 03, 2026 12:31 PM (zjgNU) 46
"Milton Friedman put it plainly: you cannot
Suggested edit for Milton. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:32 PM (Jr5Lq) Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:32 PM (1wjle) 48
Mitt Romney
5 minutes ago The cruelty shown to heroic recovering addict Hunter Biden is unchristian and vicious. He has a lovely shaved boyhole and I plumb it weekly. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:30 PM (1wjle) https://tinyurl.com/kx2pcstd I hate you all. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:32 PM (Y/06r) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 12:32 PM (9Q+nP) 50
Uncle Sams knows who is here legally or illegally because they PAY TAXES!!!!!!! Yet they don’t qualify for welfare benefits
Undocumented immigrants who hold jobs that are taxed are what..? Paying. Taxes. They contribute billions, but thanks to the hate that is in many uneducated Americans hearts, they will be gone and the "well" will dry up The States do not know where undocumented immigrants are. When you get a driver's license "not for federal purposes" no one asks you about your immigration status. this is again flooding the zone with shit to make States handing over voter rolls to the regime. It’s fake news to scare immigrants do not believe this. New York State pays so much tax for the federal government that literally every southern states will go hungry if New York stops paying taxes to the federal gov. I’m confused, because illegal residents are unable to apply for any type of assistance and would be stupid to do so? lllinois has some really robust laws against information sharing with ICE. State law explicitly limits when immigration status can be recorded. I can’t see how a court could order Illinois to release records. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 12:32 PM (t19vo) 51
Shaved Boyhole opened for Faster Pussycat back in '90 at Star Lake.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 12:32 PM (7zn4w) 52
I would say, "nohting is going to happen," but something's happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear.
Posted by: Martin Tell at September 03, 2026 12:32 PM (tSPGB) 53
and to you as well. I'm very excited.
Posted by: ace Got big plans for the weekend, Ace? A hot date? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:33 PM (77rzZ) 54
NY is running the same exact scam as California. You can see that illegals are flocking to the state because they’ve promised them the taxpayer dollars and benefits will keep flowing. It’s sickening to watch American citizens who are elderly, disabled or just down on their luck get pushed to the aside because of Democrats love for illegal immigrants. These illegals are also brazen in their grab of benefits. You can see them in the grocery stores loading up their carts on the taxpayers dime while elderly people are picking from the weekly sale flyer. What people don’t realize is that taxpayer funded giveaway is driving up the price of housing, food and everything else they consume for Americans. It’s also the case in NJ. The entire op by Democrats is disgraceful. It’s also designed to get their votes. Why else would you do this to your alleged constituents and fight any attempt to secure elections?
Posted by: Vengeance at September 03, 2026 12:33 PM (zEajA) Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2026 12:34 PM (aD4fx) 56
And a US district judge declares the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is unconstitutional in 3...2...1.....
Posted by: George V at September 03, 2026 12:31 PM (HUbHH) ---- Or a foreign-born administrative judge that just got naturalized last week. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 12:34 PM (FZ29D) 57
I would say, "nohting is going to happen," but something's happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear.
Posted by: Martin Tell at September 03, 2026 12:32 PM You should probably stop and look what's goin' down. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 12:34 PM (9Q+nP) 58
because they PAY TAXES!!!!!!! Yet they don’t qualify for welfare benefits"
Ok, what f....king taxes do they pay? Bullshiite Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:35 PM (cGjQu) Posted by: bonhomme at September 03, 2026 12:35 PM (mkw2N) 60
"There are a metric crapload of ignored laws."
We need to open more Law Mining companies to discover and extract all the precious ores, while discarding the overburden. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:35 PM (Jr5Lq) 61
Won't anyone think of the poor Somalis. All they know is grift
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 12:35 PM (M9Oed) 62
I'm sure deep blue states like CA will get right on giving an accurate report on how many illegal aliens are on benefits.
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 03, 2026 12:35 PM (qBdHI) 63
Mitt Romney
5 minutes ago The cruelty shown to heroic recovering addict Hunter Biden is unchristian and vicious. He has a lovely shaved boyhole and I plumb it weekly. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:30 PM (1wjle) It's been a hot minute since we've had the Romney fake tweets. Good thing I wasn't drinking coffee! Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 12:36 PM (zafwz) 64
58 because they PAY TAXES!!!!!!! Yet they don’t qualify for welfare benefits"
Ok, what f....king taxes do they pay? Bullshiite Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:35 PM (cGjQu) Probably sales tax is most likely. If the employers are knowingly employing them, I wonder how much taxes are actually being withheld/paid to the state? Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:36 PM (Y/06r) 65
There is no "We only passed this to con the rubes" exception to federal legislation. Look it up. I didn't, but I assume there's not one.
It's in the "aesthetics clause" I just pulled out of my bottom. Posted by: Supreme Dredd John Roberts at September 03, 2026 12:36 PM (88C+u) 66
Heh...thirty years after the fact and Bill Clinton's presidential legacy improved.
Posted by: Orson at September 03, 2026 12:36 PM (dIske) Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:37 PM (Jr5Lq) 68
i'm glad you're not mad about the Mitt Romney tweet.
I used to get mad when the faker would scam me with them. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:38 PM (1wjle) 69
Step #1) It's illegal for undocumented immigrants to vote, and it's not happening.
Step #2) There are a few undocumented immigrants voting, but it's not enough to change electoral outcomes. Step #3) There are undocumented immigrants voting in a few cities and states, but they pay taxes and deserve representation. Step #4) It's racist to deny undocumented immigrants the right to vote. YMMV Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at September 03, 2026 12:38 PM (MNCvZ) 70
I would think with AI, you could figure out millions of illegals in seconds just looking at tax returns.
The era of most illegals being paid under the table is over. They're getting tax returns with stolen SS#'s and they are being paid benefits. Should be easy to find them. Posted by: Sharpie at September 03, 2026 12:38 PM (PCICc) 71
I hope Breccan is a family name. Otherwise... woof
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 03, 2026 12:38 PM (diia5) 72
>>i'm telling ya Mitt Romney will cry about it by the end of the day.
Thankful that Mitt Romney is barely a blip on the screen now. Not. Missed. Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist at September 03, 2026 12:38 PM (NcvvS) 73
Kickbacks and votes...
Posted by: pahound at September 03, 2026 12:38 PM (AjR4+) 74
Clearly, the status conferred by being a Citizen of these United States has been converted into a Liability. A Chump. This is no accident.
I really wish for those responsible to expire in a fire. There really is no forgiveness for what they've done, with malice aforethought. Maybe Jesus will forgive them, that's not really my department. Posted by: Common Tater at September 03, 2026 12:39 PM (DpTPc) 75
>>>'Super!' That's my go-to answer IRL. People like to hear that.
i'm one of those sour idiots who answers accurately, as if people really want a health update when they say "how are you?" Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:39 PM (1wjle) 76
'Super!' That's my go-to answer IRL. People like to hear that.
Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:37 PM Thanks for asking! Posted by: Big Gay Al at September 03, 2026 12:40 PM (9Q+nP) 77
>>>71 I hope Breccan is a family name. Otherwise... woof
I had a gnome character in Dungeons and Dragons named Breccan. Breccan Brightgem. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle) 78
Good! Very, very GOOD!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 03, 2026 12:40 PM (hzuYO) 79
It's cute Mitt Romney thinks anyone cares what he, you know, thinks about anything. I think he's jealous his funeral won't come close to McCain's.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 12:40 PM (2Cry5) 80
Probably sales tax is most likely. If the employers are knowingly employing them, I wonder how much taxes are actually being withheld/paid to the state?"
Bodegas remit full sales taxes? Suuure. Employer withholding is a tax on the employer. So, no. Not paying a dime Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:40 PM (cGjQu) Posted by: Khan at September 03, 2026 12:41 PM (1wjle) 82
68 i'm glad you're not mad about the Mitt Romney tweet.
I used to get mad when the faker would scam me with them. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:38 PM (1wjle) Hmmm, so not MUMR who was WAY back in early teens.) Trump's first term and during the Interregnum (Biden.) I think those were group efforts like Mary Cloggenstein, Ben Rothelisberger, Margret Cho, Carlos Mencia, Mr Paul Anka, Amy Shumer, The Paolo, Sandra Fluke, Michelle Fields... (jeez, I forgot how many group socks we have.) Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:41 PM (Y/06r) 83
80%, holy shit!
Bonta and his wife every bit as corrupt as Newsom. I love seeing Trump hammer on them. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 12:41 PM (viF8m) 84
"Hello! How are you?"
I'm recently in a decluttering and house-cleaning mania, and I'm making the most of it before the mood inevitable swings the other way. Discarding 13 boxes of books, mopping floors. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:41 PM (Jr5Lq) Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 12:41 PM (nOqIs) 86
I would say, "nohting is going to happen," but something's happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear.
Posted by: Martin Tell at September 03, 2026 12:32 PM You should probably stop and look what's goin' down. Posted by: RedMindBlueState _______ I'm still not quite ready to smile and grin at the change all around. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 12:41 PM (XvL8K) 87
I’m trying to figure out whether the governor of NY or NJ is a bigger idiot. They both look like someone put a middle school girl in charge of the state and they have zero idea what to do. Except emote.
Posted by: Vengeance at September 03, 2026 12:41 PM (zEajA) 88
cousin humpers, father stabbers, mother rape ers, just another day in Merica. Time for Christ to show up with the fire.
Posted by: litlle people at September 03, 2026 12:41 PM (ehY6c) 89
>>>I'm recently in a decluttering and house-cleaning mania, and I'm making the most of it before the mood inevitable swings the other way. Discarding 13 boxes of books, mopping floors.
decluttering is good for the spirit. I should try that. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:42 PM (1wjle) 90
If these benefit rich illegals are driving Escalades and partying all the time, they must have brought money with them, or are dealing drugs or whatever. But apparently if housing and medical are free, the benefits are almost all just extra cash, to play with.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 03, 2026 12:42 PM (vbXSk) 91
Why did it take two years to realize that the 1996 welfare reform bill did this?
These guys don't even know what the existing laws are and they're eager to add more? Dopes. Anyways, the democrat argument for illegal immigration (the lie they tell us) is that we need the labor, nobody white wants to do the jobs, they grow the economy because everyone needs a car a tv a refrigerator... What actually happens is they use so much in benefits that would have gone to citizens that no amount of labor-added value can make up for what it lost, at least not from the governments ledgers. There's the rub. Those illegals who do add to the economic output add to business earnings more than the tax coffers, so we the people subsidize not only the illegals but the businesses who profit from them. Where's that blue pill? I tire of this. Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 12:42 PM (zafwz) 92
"i'm one of those sour idiots who answers accurately, as if people really want a health update when they say "how are you?""
I used to do that, and around age 65 I realized that it wasn't working in my favor. Slow learner. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:42 PM (Jr5Lq) 93
I think those were group efforts like Mary Cloggenstein, Ben Rothelisberger, Margret Cho, Carlos Mencia, Mr Paul Anka, Amy Shumer, The Paolo, Sandra Fluke, Michelle Fields... (jeez, I forgot how many group socks we have.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Brie Larson, Dorcas Blimline, Rachel Corrie... Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:42 PM (77rzZ) 94
you could figure out millions of illegals in seconds just looking at tax returns
---- Notice they can determine and publish the specific lot #s of recalled strawberries, what stores sold them, which products are affected, starting when, where, and for how long within hours. Illegal Aliens? Unpossible! They've been telling us "11 Million, Maybe, But We've No Idea" for 50 years now. One might surmise the actual number is greater than this. Posted by: Common Tater at September 03, 2026 12:42 PM (DpTPc) 95
One of the most infuriating aspects of our political system is the complete lack of respect for the taxpayers. When someone says, "Congress must cough up massive amounts of money to pay for my problem", I hear that as, "you, Oglebay, must cough up massive amounts of money for me, you stupid, useless hick."
The state takes may money from me at gunpoint, rams the butt of the gun into my ribs and laughs as I writhe in the dirt. Then the money goes into some program that does nothing I think needs doing just so it can be laundered back into the pockets of the state mafia. Oh well, off to the bank to deposit my social security cheque! Posted by: Oglebay at September 03, 2026 12:43 PM (2ap+5) 96
Probably sales tax is most likely. If the employers are knowingly employing them, I wonder how much taxes are actually being withheld/paid to the state?"
My understanding is many illegals use stolen SSNs, so they're helping keep the program afloat because they contribute but don't draw from it. Dems certainly like improving their financial situation by exploiting the labor of BIPOCs... Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 12:43 PM (EGAVS) 97
Up until the 1970's, the Democrats base was primarily blue collar, white unionized voters and their families.
Then, the Democrats abandoned those voters for urban Blacks that were dependent on Welfare and could be reliably counted on to vote Democrat. Now, the Democrats have deserted urban Blacks and built a new base of Brown immigrants, legal or not, that they shovel untold billions of tax dollars towards, in many cases thru fraud. This permanent underclass provides cheap services to rich progressives. Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at September 03, 2026 12:43 PM (MNCvZ) 98
No "con the rubes" exception. In fact, especially now that Chevron Deference is toast, there's no "we didn't mean to do that" exception as long as the text of the law as written has a clear meaning.
Posted by: SouthCentralPA at September 03, 2026 12:43 PM (VqeLu) 99
So the states that want to avoid this will just never ask about status then?
Posted by: InZona at September 03, 2026 12:44 PM (iu0zZ) 100
88 cousin humpers, father stabbers, mother rape ers
---------------------------------------------- Just no father rapers, please Posted by: Stockbridge Litterer at September 03, 2026 12:44 PM (tSPGB) 101
Waiting for an Obama appointed judge to find some penumbra in the Constitution that says this is a war crime and it's treason to enforce it.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 12:44 PM (svLOV) 102
>>But he heaps me. He tasks me!
The thought of Mitt Romney 'heaping' anyone is slightly nauseating. As to 'tasking', well... Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist at September 03, 2026 12:44 PM (NcvvS) 103
My understanding is many illegals use stolen SSNs, so they're helping keep the program afloat because they contribute but don't draw from it. Dems certainly like improving their financial situation by exploiting the labor of BIPOCs...
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 12:43 PM (EGAVS) I find it hard to believe that they are NOT also scamming social security. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:45 PM (Y/06r) 104
Federal immigration officials are making their presence known across Indianapolis. Videos appearing to show ICE agents making arrests are spreading online. U.S. Rep. André Carson, who represents Indianapolis, is also asking more information about the reported ICE operations. Carson is asking officials to provide his office with numbers on who is detained, their criminal histories, ICE’s current policies and where detainees are being held. He's also asking federal immigration officials whether local police departments are helping with the effort. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said its officers are not assisting with ICE operations. https://t.ly/7vLuD Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 03, 2026 12:45 PM (Cqx++) 105
87 I’m trying to figure out whether the governor of NY or NJ is a bigger idiot. They both look like someone put a middle school girl in charge of the state and they have zero idea what to do. Except emote.
Posted by: Vengeance Biggest idiot? (Looks away nervously) Posted by: Governor J.B. Pritzker at September 03, 2026 12:45 PM (EGAVS) 106
Oh well, off to the bank to deposit my social security cheque!
Posted by: Oglebay "Cheque?" Uh oh. Think we've got an illegal SS-scamming Canuck on our hands. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:46 PM (77rzZ) 107
Politicians like to at least have the appearance of "Doing Some Thing!"; so they will carefully craft yet another Law, that will purportedly fix some egregious atrocity perpetrated on the American people, without acknowledging there are already a half dozen laws that are not being enforced.
If your first thought when hearing about proposed legislation is "I thought that was already illegal", well you're not wrong. Posted by: Common Tater at September 03, 2026 12:46 PM (DpTPc) 108
you could figure out millions of illegals in seconds just looking at tax returns
Better than that - you could easily identify which Social Security numbers are being used by multiple people, and identify who is using the Social Security number illegally. There are millions of cases of this. Social Security Administration refuses to do that. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2026 12:46 PM (aD4fx) 109
I remember back in the '60s when states had no power over the federal government.
Posted by: Case at September 03, 2026 12:46 PM (rxS1L) 110
101 Waiting for an Obama appointed judge to find some penumbra in the Constitution that says this is a war crime and it's treason to enforce it.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 12:44 PM (svLOV) Which has always been the interesting thing about judicial review (and it's biggest flaw) is that a judge (or group of judges) can decide that a law passed by a legislature now has no effect. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:46 PM (Y/06r) 111
you cannot simultaneously have free immigration and gladiator movies
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 03, 2026 12:47 PM (K78tD) Posted by: The Group W Bench at September 03, 2026 12:47 PM (Fn+3X) 113
Carson is asking officials to provide his office with numbers on who is detained, their criminal histories, ICE’s current policies and where detainees are being held."
Here, have a lollipop. Now go away Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:47 PM (cGjQu) 114
If these benefit rich illegals are driving Escalades and partying all the time, they must have brought money with them, or are dealing drugs or whatever. But apparently if housing and medical are free, the benefits are almost all just extra cash, to play with.
-- That, and getting paid handsomely under the table for various lawncare services jobs and the like. Posted by: Lady in Black at September 03, 2026 12:47 PM (qBdHI) 115
The day after the 96 welfare reform act passed , the Clintonistas were making rules and regulations to get around the requirements. Those r and r have been in place since
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 12:47 PM (M9Oed) 116
Hello! How are you?
___ Hi ace! I'm doing great! My mother-in-law and my sister-in-law will be here later on this afternoon. They're driving from south GA to the southeastern MO (the Ozarks). They stopped in Tupelo, MS last night, which is around the halfway point. They'll be here until Sunday, but will be going to church with us before they leave. Everyone is stoked, especially the granddaughters. Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 03, 2026 12:48 PM (0slXq) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:48 PM (cGjQu) 118
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 12:48 PM (ccf/V) 119
Hello! How are you?
I'm glad Trump is continuing to push on this issue. Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:20 PM Me too. Too bad he's a stupid poopyhead that doesn't know what he's doing and never learns anything. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 12:49 PM (ccf/V) 120
and getting paid handsomely under the table for various lawncare services jobs and the like."
Stop paying bills and taxes. You'll have plenty of cash on hand Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:49 PM (cGjQu) 121
I find it hard to believe that they are NOT also scamming social security.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:45 PM (Y/06r) When an illegal (or anyone, for that matter) is caught scamming, give them a plea deal: "if you can help us get a conviction on the person or persons who taught you to do this, you will get a reduced sentence. If help us catch a really big fish, you could get a suspended sentence." Because most of these scammers are trained to do it. Imprison the trainers. Or shoot them, IDGAF. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:50 PM (1z8ji) 122
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 03, 2026 12:48 PM (0slXq)
SMH, you frequently mention the horses around your new place. Do you own horses yourself, or just live around folks that do? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:50 PM (77rzZ) 123
Administrative judge? You mean the kind that works for the Executive branch and ultimately takes orders from Trump?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 03, 2026 12:50 PM (1paM0) 124
> U.S. Rep. André Carson, who represents Indianapolis, is also asking more information about the reported ICE operations.
---------- Tell him to look it up on the Internet.... I'm sure there's a ton of "reporting" on the ground about ICE and their whereabouts on it. Idiot. The network of leftist agitators that's been exposed has been documenting their every move. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 12:50 PM (2Cry5) 125
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said its officers are not assisting with ICE operations.
------ Hoosier friend? IPD Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 03, 2026 12:51 PM (XeU6L) 126
Got big plans for the weekend, Ace? A hot date?
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:33 PM (77rzZ) ======== Yeah, a hot date! BZZZT A date. BZZZT Dinner with friends. BZZZT Dinner alone. BZZZT Watching TV alone. BZZZT ALL RIGHT! I'm going to sit alone and ogle the ladies in the Victoria's Secret catalog! BZZZT Sears catalog. BING! Now unhook me from this thing! I don't deserve this shabby treatment! BZZZT Posted by: Not Ace Hooked to a Lie Detector at September 03, 2026 12:51 PM (V362x) 127
They stopped in Tupelo, MS last night, which is around the halfway point.
You asked for it......... https://youtu.be/WSK8-MNRAXE Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 12:51 PM (ccf/V) 128
Sorry to inform that even before all this mess at state and federal levels, the City & County of San Francisco has been funding on it's own all available benefits for illegals here since at least 1996.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 12:51 PM (RIvkX) 129
I find it hard to believe that they are NOT also scamming social security
--- I setup a Login.gov account. Upload a scan of your DL and, a Selfie. They verify everything online. Verified! Yay, good to go. I remember thinking, "this was too easy". For some reason, sho nuff, that wasn't good enough, and "We want to be sure it's really you". Uh-huh. When you sign up for "Paperless", too, that doesn't mean what it sounds like. They have a website, that doesn't contain anything that you need. Can't get there from here, no sir. Talk to 12 different people, get 15 different answers. Funny thing, I don't recall any contortions or months long review or verification when they were taking money out of my paycheck for all those working years. Weird, huh. The way they act, I'm trying to take their own money. I'm eligible and qualified and verified. What the fuck, over? Posted by: Common Tater at September 03, 2026 12:51 PM (DpTPc) 130
"As The Federalist reported, the Clinton administration took numerous actions to pave the way for illegal aliens to come into the country, especially those who offer nothing to American society and were virtually guaranteed to leech off the welfare system."
It's tempting to think of this invasion of illegals as the fault of Shitpants Biden. But it's been going on for decades. Literally every word we were ever told about illegals is a lie. Every word. At this point, I would bet almost any amount of money that fully 1/4 of all the people living in this country are illegals. Not joking. In some places like CA, when I travel there I wonder who isn't an illegal. Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2026 12:51 PM (iFTx/) 131
U.S. Rep. André Carson, who represents Indianapolis, is also asking more information about the reported ICE operations.
Carson is asking officials to provide his office with numbers on who is detained, their criminal histories, ICE’s current policies and where detainees are being held. ----- Kick rocks, deadbeat. Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2026 12:51 PM (TN0g+) 132
U.S. Rep. André Carson, who represents Indianapolis inherited his house seat from his grandma Julia Catson. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 03, 2026 12:52 PM (Cqx++) 133
We don't need new laws.
We just need to enforce the ones we have. If, after ten years of doing that, we have data showing we need more, THAT Congress can talk about it. For now, I'm in the 'every law written needs a ten-year sunset clause, no matter how good an idea it seems right now' camp. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 03, 2026 12:52 PM (PGK1w) 134
The cruelty shown to heroic recovering addict Hunter Biden is unchristian and vicious. He has a lovely shaved boyhole and I plumb it weekly.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:30 PM (1wjle) Mitt Romney's kid was doing the "be on the board of a Ukrainian oil company" at the same time as Hunter. I wonder if Romney is doing damage control, or if Hunter is calling in markers Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:52 PM (rbvCR) 135
@jamestalarico James Talarico @jamestalarico Sep 3 2026 I’m running for the U.S. Senate and encourage every gender fluid, pretend Christian and illegal immigrant who wants taxpayer funded benefits and a path to citizenship to vote for me. Contribute @allmalecirclejerkfortrannies. Thanks for lending a hand! Posted by: Vengeance at September 03, 2026 12:52 PM (JEVZG) 136
OT More heroes of 9/11. Two former Marines who had never met before pulled people out of the rubble:
https://tinyurl.com/5n6pata4 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 12:52 PM (xPsv8) 137
Little Gloria Steinem, free to be a bunny again at last. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 03, 2026 12:52 PM (trSL4) 138
Social Security scams are in the form of claiming disabilities that don’t exist. You have to be old to claim old age benefits. Not so with disabilities, and yes, some of the ilegales are undoubtedly claiming that too. Not that they are legally entitled to any of it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 03, 2026 12:53 PM (1paM0) 139
I'm gonna weigh in on this as my wife is a legal immigrant.
Her parents came her from Canada. When my wife's parents moved to American, they had to have a sponsor who took financial responsibility for them in case the job my late father-in-law had lined up didn't work out. In other words, the sponsor was on the financial hook if my in-laws became deadbeats. The system at the time did not allow immigrants to collect from the welfare system. Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 12:54 PM (eGzf1) 140
Hello!
Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at September 03, 2026 12:54 PM (7zn4w) 141
Deport 'em all. Rape, murder, pillage and first cousin breeding are not positive contributions to our economy. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 03, 2026 12:54 PM (trSL4) 142
I wonder, did Tish James get born with three eyeballs and they removed one? Those fucking things are spread wider than a hippos ass. Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at September 03, 2026 12:54 PM (och2J) 143
Little Gloria Steinem, free to be a bunny again at last.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot She should go visit Jimmuh. And just wait 'til Biden gets down there. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:54 PM (77rzZ) 144
SNAP AND TANF ACCEPTED
The Lays and baby formula is between the vodka and the Thunderbird You can sleep in the shed out back if you got Section 8 Posted by: Miklos' Discount Liquors and Family Nutrition Center at September 03, 2026 12:55 PM (4RYRd) 145
'Super!' That's my go-to answer IRL. People like to hear that. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:37 PM (Jr5Lq) You're Big Gay Al? https://youtu.be/ABhohhjQRTA?t=32 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 12:55 PM (ccf/V) 146
SSDI was already opened up to non citizens by Congress. It does wonderful things like allows people who have some level of “legal” status to bring their sick or disabled family members who are not citizens and put them on SSDI.
Go look at the year that went into effect and the subsequent years. It is when the program started to go underwater. Just another thing Congress hasn’t fixed. Posted by: Vengeance at September 03, 2026 12:55 PM (JEVZG) 147
When you throw a block party, with drinks and food, you have to limit it to the fcking block. Because if you don't, you will attract the whole subdivision and their mfking relatives . . .
The US declared a block party and invited the WORLD. The WORLD saw the free shit and moved here. A lot of them did not decide to open businesses, unless you consider drugs or human trafficking a business. Its not wrong to say that the entire situation is a dumpster fire. That doesn't mean immigration should be zero, it does mean they need to clean it up, and enforce the laws. The illegals aren't the best of the best. Face it. Illegal immigration is dragging the country down. Posted by: Born in the USA at September 03, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R) 148
I’m running for the U.S. Senate and encourage every gender fluid, pretend Christian and illegal immigrant who wants taxpayer funded benefits and a path to citizenship to vote for me. Contribute @allmalecirclejerkfortrannies. Thanks for lending a hand!
No mask at all. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 12:56 PM (7zn4w) 149
Tish got the fetal alcohol look.
Posted by: litlle people at September 03, 2026 12:56 PM (ehY6c) 150
There's room in the wood chipper for you.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 03, 2026 12:56 PM (WYiyv) 151
Mitt Romney's kid was doing the "be on the board of a Ukrainian oil company" at the same time as Hunter.
I wonder if Romney is doing damage control, or if Hunter is calling in markers Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:52 PM (rbvCR) I bet he'd be more of a serious add to the board then a crack smoking, hooker f*cking shitshit dirtbag like Hunter. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 12:57 PM (ccf/V) 152
>>>'Super!' That's my go-to answer IRL. People like to hear that.
i'm one of those sour idiots who answers accurately, as if people really want a health update when they say "how are you?" Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:39 PM (1wjle) Wait. What? Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 12:57 PM (nOqIs) 153
In other decluttering news, the length of my YT Watch Later queue has just now broken below the 1600 mark. Gotta get all this shit watched before I die.
Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:57 PM (Jr5Lq) 154
But insincerely or not, political ploy or not, they passed it. There is no "We only passed this to con the rubes" exception to federal legislation. Look it up. I didn't, but I assume there's not one.
======= "Found it!" -Hawaiian judge Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 12:57 PM (BKQOu) 155
SS holds my money if I work too much. That's how f'd up it is.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 12:57 PM (MWfyi) 156
In other words, the sponsor was on the financial hook if my in-laws became deadbeats. The system at the time did not allow immigrants to collect from the welfare system.
== Right. No free block party for the world. Posted by: Born in the USA at September 03, 2026 12:58 PM (anL5R) 157
That doesn't mean immigration should be zero, it does mean they need to clean it up, and enforce the laws.
Fuck that. Close the gates, lock 'em tight, until we get sorted out who should and shouldn't be here, ditch the invaders, and have a few generations to recover from it all. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 12:58 PM (OUMaO) 158
Related: Mexifornia received 80% of federal aid for illegals because they wrote their own rules to make illegals eligible.
====== But Paul told me that it's impossible for illegals to receive benefits. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 12:58 PM (BKQOu) 159
It’s fake news to scare immigrants do not believe this. New York State pays so much tax for the federal government that literally every southern states will go hungry if New York stops paying taxes to the federal gov.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 12:32 PM (t19vo) The poorest state in the U.S., Mississippi, still has a higher per-capita GDP than the United Kingdom, which is heavily goosed by international finance center London. Imagine if New York came in last, despite having Wall Street! We could end all Federal welfare (not social insurance) and student loan programs, leaving them entirely up to the states, and even Mississippi would be juuuust fiiiine, compared to the rest of the world. In fact, I have argued (and will continue to) that we should do exactly that. Keep Social Security and Medicare, and end all the block grant programs, to be replaced with nothing. They were the replacement for the Federally administered welfare programs, which were terrible, and it turns out that states are terrible too -- especially when the money they're spending comes from another entity's budget. Posted by: SciVo at September 03, 2026 12:58 PM (ke3zm) 160
i'm glad you're not mad about the Mitt Romney tweet.
I used to get mad when the faker would scam me with them. Posted by: ace at September 03, 2026 12:38 PM (1wjle) Don't worry about it ace. I might start quoting things from Quora, but it will be out of love. Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR) 161
The only numbers they need are the UTM grids on where the illegal sabotouers are located.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 03, 2026 12:59 PM (WYiyv) 162
Little Gloria Steinem, free to be a bunny again at last.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 03, 2026 12:52 PM Asking rather a lot there, sport. Posted by: Karma at September 03, 2026 12:59 PM (9Q+nP) 163
So this is why that Travago German dude with the set of whiteout choppers is always on vacation - he's existing on the taxpayers' dime!
At least he looks for deals tho... Posted by: Boswell at September 03, 2026 01:00 PM (NTVPI) 164
157 That doesn't mean immigration should be zero, it does mean they need to clean it up, and enforce the laws.
Fuck that. Close the gates, lock 'em tight, until we get sorted out who should and shouldn't be here, ditch the invaders, and have a few generations to recover from it all. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 12:58 PM (OUMaO) ======== The legal immigration pipeline is being strangled as much as legally possible now. https://x.com/derzum_/status/ 2095517123409789335 The administration can only do so much on its own, though, since certain visa classes are "shall issue" as outlined in statute. Further restrictions have to come from Congress. It took about 40 years of agitation and effort to get the 1926 immigration ban passed by Congress. So, not everything being done in 17 months of Trump's second administration is kind of a high bar to clear. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:00 PM (BKQOu) 165
My understanding is many illegals use stolen SSNs, so they're helping keep the program afloat because they contribute but don't draw from it. Dems certainly like improving their financial situation by exploiting the labor of BIPOCs...
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 12:43 PM (EGAVS) I find it hard to believe that they are NOT also scamming social security. Posted by: Aetius451AD People whose SSNs are stolen are taxed on any income reported under the stolen SSNs Posted by: Miklos for Dummies at September 03, 2026 01:00 PM (4RYRd) 166
We have socialism, it just isn't what the skulls full of mush think it is.
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at September 03, 2026 01:00 PM (2Xrky) 167
165 My understanding is many illegals use stolen SSNs, so they're helping keep the program afloat because they contribute but don't draw from it. Dems certainly like improving their financial situation by exploiting the labor of BIPOCs...
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 12:43 PM (EGAVS) ===== Illegals also game the SS disability program with those same numbers. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:01 PM (BKQOu) 168
- California runs Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants. This is a 100% state-funded program giving monthly cash to aged or disabled non-citizens ineligible for federal SSI due to immigration status
==== THIS is the program the city has been running. At some point, it became state funded. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 01:01 PM (RIvkX) 169
Peach Crown Royal tastes like everclear mixed with canned cling peaches.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 03, 2026 01:01 PM (WYiyv) 170
"I setup a Login.gov account."
I remember that being fraught, but I eventually succeeded. I never made it through the ID.me gauntlet though. Govt and industry now assume that everybody has a smartphone and a cam and a QR code reader and knows how to use them fluently. And has setup some vital gatekeeping on that poor assumption. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 01:02 PM (Jr5Lq) 171
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze There's going to be so much unspoken debauchery in Thailand that they're going to have to rename the USS Lincoln to the USS Lincoln Project. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 01:02 PM (2ocoG) Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:02 PM (eGzf1) 173
Peach Crown Royal tastes like everclear mixed with canned cling peaches.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 03, 2026 01:01 PM (WYiyv) It's not awful, but can't drink much of it......the aftertaste is really not fun. Same with the apple. That being said, it's Canadian, so I won't be drinking any very soon........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 01:03 PM (ccf/V) 174
the City & County of San Francisco has been funding on it's own all available benefits for illegals here since at least 1996.
Posted by: San Franpsycho Good thing we have no debt.... Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 03, 2026 01:04 PM (Fv808) 175
172 Gosh, I'm astonished redditors would find a reason to excuse identify theft.
Or, maybe not. Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:02 PM (eGzf1) ======= We should invade Mexico with special forces and steal whatever gold reserves they have to shore up social security. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:04 PM (BKQOu) 176
I only bought it for the teeny felt bags.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 03, 2026 01:04 PM (WYiyv) 177
Yum! Canadian peaches?
Posted by: pahound at September 03, 2026 01:04 PM (AjR4+) 178
the City & County of San Francisco has been funding on it's own all available benefits for illegals here since at least 1996.
Cali was the model after the '86 amnesty: get enough illegals that it seems plausible that Democrats have a supermajority, then bring in the cheating. No need to actually rely on them voting. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 01:05 PM (2ocoG) 179
Peach Crown Royal tastes like everclear mixed with canned cling peaches.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 03, 2026 01:01 PM (WYiyv) exactly what ratio of canned peaches to everclear are we talking about here? Will the fumes in an enclosed space still cause an explosion if someone lights up? Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 01:05 PM (zafwz) 180
We should invade Mexico with special forces and steal whatever gold reserves they have to shore up social security.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:04 PM (BKQOu) ---------------- Can't. We're running out of bombs. Senator Mark Kelley said so, along with Unamed Sources. Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:05 PM (eGzf1) 181
So.... if you are already taking social security, how would an illegal be able to also scam social security if you're currently getting it?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 01:05 PM (2Cry5) 182
180 Can't. We're running out of bombs. Senator Mark Kelley said so, along with Unamed Sources.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:05 PM (eGzf1) ======== The interceptors that we used on the missiles from Iran a few days ago were totally the last. And it's literally impossible to procure more. Literally impossible. Also, Iran has infinity missiles. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:06 PM (BKQOu) 183
That doesn't mean immigration should be zero...
---- No, it means immigration should be *negative*. Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2026 01:06 PM (TN0g+) 184
Can't. We're running out of bombs. Senator Mark Kelley said so, along with Unamed Sources.
Senator Walking Penis is overdue for a circumcision. Too bad CBD is MIA. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 01:06 PM (2ocoG) 185
My understanding is many illegals use stolen SSNs, so they're helping keep the program afloat because they contribute but don't draw from it. Dems certainly like improving their financial situation by exploiting the labor of BIPOCs...
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 12:43 PM (EGAVS) This is most likely true, however there is nothing that says the IRS has to accept fake or mistaken SSN, for example, to show employer qualification for write offs on the wages paid. In fact, in strict accounting the IRS should reject such write offs to employers, unitl the employer can get the employee to stop falsifying the employers quarterly returns. Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 01:06 PM (rbvCR) 186
Can't. We're running out of bombs. Senator Mark Kelley said so, along with Unamed Sources. Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:05 PM (eGzf1) He can f*ck this guy...... Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at September 03, 2026 12:54 PM (7zn4w) Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 01:07 PM (ccf/V) 187
$2.00 for a shot and a little felt bag.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 03, 2026 01:07 PM (WYiyv) 188
The interceptors that we used on the missiles from Iran a few days ago were totally the last.
And it's literally impossible to procure more. Literally impossible. Also, Iran has infinity missiles. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:06 PM (BKQOu) --------------- Sounds like someone ignored the re-order point when they did inventory. Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:07 PM (eGzf1) 189
Senator Mark Kelley said so, along with Unamed Sources.
Posted by: Blake How has that dickwad not been court-martialled yet? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 01:07 PM (77rzZ) 190
We should invade Mexico with special forces and steal whatever gold reserves they have to shore up social security.
---- Clint Eastwood in his prime could have pulled that job with a nun and a few donkeys. Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2026 01:08 PM (TN0g+) 191
Turns out, we don't need more laws--we just needed a new President.
- Trump, State of the Union, 2025 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2026 01:08 PM (3cUTc) 192
I only bought it for the teeny felt bags.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 03, 2026 01:04 PM (WYiyv) Wife uses those as a change holder for ladies poker night. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 01:08 PM (ccf/V) 193
I usually pay $20 for a felt bag.
Posted by: Pawl at September 03, 2026 01:08 PM (MWfyi) 194
$2.00 for a shot and a little felt bag.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 03, 2026 01:07 PM (WYiyv) ------------------ Someone is moving in on the commissar of teeny tiny hats territory. Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:08 PM (eGzf1) 195
191 Turns out, we don't need more laws--we just needed a new President.
- Trump, State of the Union, 2025 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2026 01:08 PM (3cUTc) ======= 80,000 pages of the federal register of things you can't do, but we just needed that one extra law to enforce the border in 2023 under Biden. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:08 PM (BKQOu) 196
The best way to flavor your drink, is to pour a large glass of bourbon or whiskey and then have a small dish of sour patch gummies and have one every couple of sips.
Works wonders. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 03, 2026 01:08 PM (XV/Pl) 197
$2.00 for a shot and a little felt bag.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 03, 2026 01:07 PM (WYiyv) No thanks, sound a little gay to me. Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 01:09 PM (zafwz) 198
Senator Walking Penis is overdue for a circumcision. Too bad CBD is MIA. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 01:06 PM (2ocoG) CBD gives circumcisions? Huh. No wonder he's so angry all the time. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 01:09 PM (ccf/V) 199
Someone is moving in on the commissar of teeny tiny hats territory.
Posted by: Blake - festive little hats Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM (77rzZ) 200
198
Senator Walking Penis is overdue for a circumcision. Too bad CBD is MIA. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 01:06 PM (2ocoG) CBD gives circumcisions? Huh. No wonder he's so angry all the time. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 01:09 PM (ccf/V) ======= He's a mohel? When he gets paid, does he get a tip? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM (BKQOu) 201
Commies aren't killing the Welfare State, they're just putting it in hospice. Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM (Y8DZL) 202
He's a mohel? When he gets paid, does he get a tip? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM (BKQOu) He always leaves with the tip. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM (ccf/V) 203
When he gets paid, does he get a tip?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM (BKQOu) ----------- ISWYDT Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM (eGzf1) 204
203 When he gets paid, does he get a tip?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM (BKQOu) ----------- ISWYDT Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM (eGzf1) ====== I stole it ruthlessly from Weird Al. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:11 PM (BKQOu) 205
Someone is moving in on the commissar of teeny tiny hats territory.
Posted by: Blake - festive little hats Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM (77rzZ) ----------------- Dan Rather defense: Fake but accurate. Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:11 PM (eGzf1) 206
No, it means immigration should be *negative*.
Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2026 01:06 PM (TN0g+) Technically that is called "remigration" Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR) 207
Commies aren't killing the Welfare State, they're just putting it in hospice.
Posted by: Auspex I had some of my best times in hospice. Did a lot of dancing. -- Zombie Jimmuh Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 01:13 PM (77rzZ) 208
206 No, it means immigration should be *negative*. Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2026 01:06 PM (TN0g+) Technically that is called "remigration" Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR) ======== I call it "saving innocent brown people from innate and systemic racism of life in capitalistic, oligarchical, fascist America that doesn't even have single payer healthcare so they'd be bankrupt if they ever stub a toe if they stay here." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:13 PM (BKQOu) 209
We are going to Enforce the 1996 law now ….?
The ‘judicial’ system and administrative bureaucracy enforces squat unless the alleged Perp is MAGA. Keep a close count on how many enforcement actions occur after this announcement. Posted by: Voter theater. at September 03, 2026 01:14 PM (FCPbW) 210
@164 TJM, and that's in the face of the Dems and some Republicans fighting a rear guard actions.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 01:14 PM (M9Oed) 211
I call it "saving innocent brown people from innate and systemic racism of life in capitalistic, oligarchical, fascist America that doesn't even have single payer healthcare so they'd be bankrupt if they ever stub a toe if they stay here."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:13 PM (BKQOu) -------------- Bzzt: Patriarchal right wing racist nationalistic Christian nation. Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:15 PM (eGzf1) 212
The real news here, the news Republicans aren't nearly promulgating enough with nearly enough energy, is that it is now abundantly clear beyond any doubt that the Democrat Party favors -- in every respect -- illegal immigrants over American citizens.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 03, 2026 01:15 PM (b4LBp) 213
TJM, and that's in the face of the Dems and some Republicans fighting a rear guard actions.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 01:14 PM (M9Oed) I just go around the rear guard and straight in the hole. Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at September 03, 2026 01:15 PM (ccf/V) 214
He always leaves with the tip.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 01:10 PM Sponge understood the assignment. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 01:15 PM (2ocoG) 215
Gigantic mutant slothbeast "Big Tish" James
We think this comparison is blatantly misleading, unfair, and we don't appreciate it, Mr. O'Spades! Posted by: Gigantic Mutant Slothbeasts at September 03, 2026 01:15 PM (hc0TY) 216
212 The real news here, the news Republicans aren't nearly promulgating enough with nearly enough energy, is that it is now abundantly clear beyond any doubt that the Democrat Party favors -- in every respect -- illegal immigrants over American citizens.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 03, 2026 01:15 PM (b4LBp) ======= Pretty sure the major figures of the Republican party say it pretty consistently. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:15 PM (BKQOu) 217
Heh...thirty years after the fact and Bill Clinton's presidential legacy improved.
Posted by: Orson Finally ending welfare as we know it. Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2026 01:16 PM (SgO4T) 218
Sponge understood the assignment. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 01:15 PM (2ocoG) Rare, but happens on occasion. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 01:16 PM (ccf/V) 219
FWIW, I use one of my coffee grinders to grind up spices, and I forgot about it until today when I ran the tail end of a bag of coffee beans through it, and wound up with "Star anise flavored coffee"
I think it matches best with pear jam on toast. Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 01:16 PM (rbvCR) 220
I call it "saving innocent brown people from innate and systemic racism of life in capitalistic, oligarchical, fascist America that doesn't even have single payer healthcare so they'd be bankrupt if they ever stub a toe if they stay here."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:13 PM (BKQOu) SIBPFIASROLICOFATDEHSPHSTBBITESATITSH. That's a lot. We'd have to find something more bumper-sticker-friendly. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 03, 2026 01:17 PM (PGK1w) 221
That's a lot. We'd have to find something more bumper-sticker-friendly.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 03, 2026 01:17 PM (PGK1w) ---------------- Hate has a home here. Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:18 PM (eGzf1) 222
Our Democracy.
The Legislative Branch passes laws. The Executive Branch enforces laws. The Administrative and Judicial Branches do whatever the fvck they want regardless. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 01:18 PM (RIvkX) 223
190. Clint Eastwood in his prime could have pulled that job with a nun and a few donkeys.
------------------------------------------ Well, the nun was Shirley McLain, so that was a handicap. And it was mules, not donkeys. And a shit load of dynamite. Just saying... Posted by: Martin Tell at September 03, 2026 01:18 PM (tSPGB) 224
SIBPFIASROLICOFATDEHSPHSTBBITESATITSH.
That's a lot. We'd have to find something more bumper-sticker-friendly. The joke has always been that left-wing memes are just a wall of text, so that's actually perfect. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 01:18 PM (2ocoG) 225
Again, it appears the legislation requires states to report known illegals. The state simply doesn't inquire so it doesn't know. Viola.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at September 03, 2026 01:19 PM (+YRf1) 226
177 Yum! Canadian peaches?
Posted by: pahound Peaches! That's what we used to call 'em. Smooth and pink with just a little fuzz. Get them all wet and juicy. Never had a Canadian one, though. Probably apologize afterwards! Posted by: Joe Biden at September 03, 2026 01:19 PM (EGAVS) 227
the news Republicans aren't nearly promulgating enough
Not enough promulgatin' going on up in there Posted by: Miklos as Rush Limbaugh as Fritz Hollings as Foghorn Leghorn at September 03, 2026 01:19 PM (4RYRd) 228
225 Again, it appears the legislation requires states to report known illegals. The state simply doesn't inquire so it doesn't know. Viola.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at September 03, 2026 01:19 PM (+YRf1) ======== "Well, then since you don't confirm, we are pulling funding." *18 months of litigation later* "Wow...all the states provided us with the information." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 03, 2026 01:19 PM (BKQOu) 229
Well, the nun was Shirley McLain, so that was a handicap. And it was mules, not donkeys. And a shit load of dynamite. Just saying...
Posted by: Martin Tell I always thought Shirley looked cuter as the nun than as the hooker. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 01:19 PM (77rzZ) 230
Hate has a home here.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:18 PM (eGzf1) Everyone else gets deported. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 01:19 PM (nOqIs) 231
Not enough promulgatin' going on up in there
Posted by: Miklos as Rush Limbaugh as Fritz Hollings as Foghorn Leghorn at September 03, 2026 01:19 PM (4RYRd) A whole lotta promulgatin' goin' on!!! Posted by: NOT Jerry Lee Lewis at September 03, 2026 01:20 PM (ccf/V) 232
Wonder what went down here:
Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh · 11m 🚨 JUST IN: Maria Bartiromo has departed Fox News Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (2Cry5) 233
"They qualify for
- Full Medicaid - Housing - Migrant Head Start. That's fully paid childcare - If these people have any kids that are US citizens, meaning that they're born here, then they apply for benefits for their kids - $1,200 per kid plus $275 per person cash food stamps." As bad as I thought the ripping off of Americans by illegals, (and Dems) this and those other reports are even worse than I thought. Deport them all. Every single one. Posted by: Ripley at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (GUOwU) 234
SIBPFIASROLICOFATDEHSPHSTBBITESATITSH.
That's a lot. We'd have to find something more bumper-sticker-friendly. Posted by: Washington Nearsider GTFO Posted by: Miklos suggests at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (4RYRd) 235
The joke has always been that left-wing memes are just a wall of text, so that's actually perfect.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 01:18 PM (2ocoG) You're absolutely right, and I'm a little embarrassed I didn't think of that on my own. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (PGK1w) 236
Well, the nun was Shirley McLain, so that was a handicap. And it was mules, not donkeys. And a shit load of dynamite. Just saying...
Posted by: Martin Tell at September 03, 2026 01:18 PM AoSHQ. Come for the content, savor erudite comments like this! Posted by: Wesley Crusher at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (hc0TY) 237
I always thought Shirley looked cuter as the nun than as the hooker. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 01:19 PM (77rzZ) Dat bish be cray. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (ccf/V) 238
Hate has a home here.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 03, 2026 01:18 PM (eGzf1) Everyone else gets deported. Posted by: Comrade Flounder Oh, that's excellent. Stolen! Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ) 239
Nood
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (7zn4w) 240
SIBPFIASROLICOFATDEHSPHSTBBITESATITSH.
That's a lot. We'd have to find something more bumper-sticker-friendly. Posted by: Washington Nearsider GTFO Posted by: Miklos suggests at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (4RYRd) GTFO - FYOG [for your own good] Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 03, 2026 01:21 PM (PGK1w) The Thursday Morning Rant![]() U.S. Term Limits is the nation’s largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to advocating for term limits. We believe that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people—not a ruling class focused on self-serving deals—is essential. Our mission is to foster a higher quality of government by establishing a citizen legislature. This legislature would more accurately reflect its constituents and be genuinely responsive to their needs. We work tirelessly with citizens across the nation, helping them understand why term limits are a necessary government reform and how to implement this vision from their local town councils all the way to Congress. It’s important to note that U.S. Term Limits does not require individuals to self-limit their terms. Our aim is to limit the terms for all members of Congress as an institution, ensuring a more dynamic and accountable representative body.US Term Limits is trying to get support from enough states to force Congress to call for an Article V convention The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress...How much progress have they made? The U.S. Constitution provides the state legislatures authority to propose amendments without the approval of Congress. To make it happen, 34 state legislatures must pass resolutions to call a convention for the states to propose a congressional term limits amendment. Now, here is where it gets a bit complicated. The states don’t always pass the exact same application. So, today there are fourteen state legislatures that have passed the U.S. Term Limits (USTL) single-subject application for congressional term limits. However, there are 9 additional states that have passed applications that include congressional term limits and, therefore, are states we are prioritizing.34 states have to pass the same application for the convention to be called. Then, any amendments proposed at the convention require ratification by 38 state legislatures. 27 amendments to the Constitution have been ratified. 6 others were proposed but not ratified. Do you know how many of the 33 proposed amendments came about through an Article V convention? ZERO! All 33 proposed amendments were the result of Congress - approved by 2/3 of EACH house of Congress. On January 6, 2025 a resolution was introduced in the House - H. J. RES. 12 It's purpose - "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve." It would impose a 3-term limit on the House and a 2-term limit on the Senate. What has happened to this amendment since then? It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee on the day it was introduced. That's it. No action at all. Big surprise, right? What are the chances ANY Congress will vote - by a 2/3 majority, no less - to impose term limits upon its members? As the saying goes - "between slim and none -- and Slim just left town!" Saw this graphic recently. Absolutely ridiculous! ![]() Good for US Term Limits and the work they are doing. However, they are not even halfway to their goal of 34 states passing the same application. They also have to overcome this kind of stupidity. Stopping a Dangerous Article V Convention Wealthy donors, corporations, and radical far-right actors are pushing calls for an Article V Convention in states across the country to reshape our Constitution for their own benefit. Frighteningly, they are just a few states away from succeeding. *** Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, Congress is required to hold a constitutional convention if two-thirds of state legislatures (34 states) call for one. But here’s the catch: there are absolutely no rules for an Article V Convention outlined in the Constitution. That means the group of people convening to rewrite our Constitution could be totally unelected and unaccountable. There is nothing that could limit the convention to a single issue, so the delegates could write amendments that revoke any of our most cherished rights – like our right to peaceful protest, our freedom of religion, or our right to privacy. There are also no rules preventing corporations from pouring money into the convention to ensure they get their way.I guess they missed the text in Article V that says the convention's purpose is amendments, not rewriting the Constitution. And also the part about 3/4 of the states needing to ratify any amendments that may arise at a Convention of the States. So we have Congress refusing to act and clueless people spouting nonsense about a convention being dangerous. We really aren't going to be able to vote our way out of this, are we? ![]() Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Sponge
Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 11:00 AM (S+dwn) 2
Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at September 03, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS) 3
Thanks, Doof, for the fill-in.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 11:01 AM (dK+Kv) 4
I've said that for years. Don't reelect incumbents.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 11:01 AM (S+dwn) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 11:01 AM (cGjQu) 6
And Doof picks up the rant thread. Maybe he knows what happened to our Art thread.
Posted by: Tuna at September 03, 2026 11:02 AM (lJ0H4) 7
I like DeadHead Monkey. Very zen.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 11:02 AM (zafwz) 8
Is there a Rabid Puppies slate for Congress?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:02 AM (2GVsD) 9
Jamie Whitten, the lady who does the traffic reports on WMAL?
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ) 10
And the new thread has emerged. Everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 11:03 AM (svLOV) 11
When I am elected your King, there are going to be some changes. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2026 11:03 AM (HaopY) 12
Until we have term limits for members of Congress
I think you mean jail sentences. The Uniparty is a bottomless bucket full of crabs. Posted by: t-bird at September 03, 2026 11:03 AM (h/6op) 13
And Doof picks up the rant thread. Maybe he knows what happened to our Art thread.
Check the milk cartons. Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:03 AM (2GVsD) 14
Very chill minkey.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 11:04 AM (9Q+nP) 15
An Article V convention ehh?
That could be...sporty. Posted by: Diogenes at September 03, 2026 11:04 AM (2WIwB) 16
And btw, I disagree with term limits AND turnover in congress.
I think the country is best served by geriatrics wheeled in to waggle an aide-assisted finger in the direction of the voting button. As long as they continue to feather their own nests and further their own interests at our expense, I'm happy. It's been working fine for 40 years. You don't change what works. Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 11:05 AM (zafwz) 17
Zen Chimp.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:06 AM (Gqar8) 18
I've said for years that the two worst words in the English language are political and career. Taken together, of course.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 03, 2026 11:06 AM (QaH55) 19
But we've GOT to vote for somebody! Just think of all the new laws we need!
Posted by: t-bird at September 03, 2026 11:06 AM (h/6op) 20
Munkeh art.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 11:06 AM (1o8D5) 21
I'm generally opposed to taking away choice from the people, but an analogy occurred to me that MIGHT make me endorse term limits. That analogy is to those who insist that an absolute free market is best, since people can reach their own decisions. However, it is also clear that this only works in a world where information is unhindered, and people really do know what's going on. That is almost never the case.
Something similar applies to elections. People are easily fooled, and those already in office have a plethora of tools to fool them. Thus, it isn't really a free election. I will ponder. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t) 22
And Doof picks up the rant thread. Maybe he knows what happened to our Art thread.
Posted by: Tuna Well, he could tell us, but then he'd have to kill us. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ) 23
19 But we've GOT to vote for somebody! Just think of all the new laws we need!
Posted by: t-bird at September 03, 2026 11:06 AM (h/6op) More: 'I don't want the other guy, so I guess I'll vote for this useless retard.' Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:07 AM (Y/06r) 24
Sorry, but the major problem isn't the politicians it's apathetic voters.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 03, 2026 11:08 AM (2UnvF) 25
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:08 AM (ccf/V) 26
Y U NO post ART?!?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:08 AM (ccf/V) Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 11:08 AM (7zn4w) 28
Mahdami got elected by how many people?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:08 AM (2GVsD) 29
Maybe he knows what happened to our Art thread."
The art thread was great! *looks around nervously Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 11:09 AM (betdC) 30
CHILL MONKEY Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 03, 2026 11:09 AM (iqcvy) 31
24 Sorry, but the major problem isn't the politicians it's apathetic voters.
I have it on good authority that getting suitable ID to vote is almost impossible, so the real problem isn't apathy, it's stupidity. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t) 32
More: 'I don't want the other guy, so I guess I'll vote for this useless retard.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:07 AM (Y/06r) Want to wager on how many thousands of pols get elected with exactly that rationale? Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 11:09 AM (zafwz) 33
Doof rants? What did you do to CBD and his weekday art post? This is a dangerous change in routine. Don't like it. Don't like it at all!
[deeply-concerned frown emoji] Posted by: mindful webworker - under-100 comment rule at September 03, 2026 11:09 AM (Cl/mc) 34
Article V and term limits?
Its going to take some boobs, Star Trek, and Queensryche to get this one to 200 comments. Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2026 11:10 AM (TN0g+) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 11:10 AM (betdC) 36
At some point thoughtful people will realize that certain matters, like governance, pose intractable problems. In other words some things just can’t be fixed. Fallen world and all that.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:10 AM (Gqar8) 37
Here in Arkansas we have the opportunity to replace Tom Cotton with Hallie Shoffner. But I don't recommend that.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 03, 2026 11:10 AM (OlzlW) 38
Instead of term limits, I'd be in favor of an age limit.
Once you hit 70, you serve out the rest of the term and you are DONE. You can never run for federal public office ever again. Take your toys and go home. This might keep rotting husks from occupying seats that could be used by Congresscritters who actually want to get things moving. Maybe also introduce legislation that also prevents spouses/children from continuing their "legacy." Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 11:10 AM (FZ29D) 39
36 At some point thoughtful people will realize that certain matters, like governance, pose intractable problems. In other words some things just can’t be fixed. Fallen world and all that
The black pill is strong with this one. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t) Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 11:11 AM (PFPLb) 41
Throw the bums out!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 03, 2026 11:11 AM (aJQbY) 42
Anybody seen Mitch?
Posted by: Mildly curious at September 03, 2026 11:12 AM (2Ez/1) 43
I'm pretty sure the Founders wanted the Senate and House to be an upscale Assisted Living/Hospice. I'll opine more when the McCain Funeral wraps up next year.
Posted by: Andy Aricept at September 03, 2026 11:12 AM (Fn+3X) 44
Maybe also introduce legislation that also prevents spouses/children from continuing their "legacy."
Whew! Posted by: Darline Graham Nordone at September 03, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t) 45
I have voted in three (3) primary elections this year.
In each case, I went specifically to vote AGAINST incumbents and relatives. And the Other Miss Lindsey and Alan Wilson will have to do without my votes as well in November. Posted by: Miklos is somewhat limited himself at September 03, 2026 11:12 AM (4RYRd) Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 11:12 AM (PFPLb) 47
And Doof picks up the rant thread. Maybe he knows what happened to our Art thread.
Check the milk cartons. Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:03 AM (2GVsD) --- Check Doof Monkey's crawlspace... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 11:12 AM (FZ29D) 48
39 36 At some point thoughtful people will realize that certain matters, like governance, pose intractable problems. In other words some things just can’t be fixed. Fallen world and all that
The black pill is strong with this one. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t) Heh. Moi?? I am a cheerful guy. Just think that posing solutions usually create problems, like running around trying to stamp out cockroaches. Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:13 AM (Gqar8) 49
I guess they missed the text in Article V that says the convention's purpose is amendments, not rewriting the Constitution. And also the part about 3/4 of the states needing to ratify any amendments that may arise at a Convention of the States.
Yet, they push a political party that is overrun with communists trying to DESTROY THE WHOLE F*CKING THING. The stupid.....it burns........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:14 AM (ccf/V) 50
Headphone Monkey could definitely benefit from a daily application of Plexaderm. Good for eye bags, fine lines, and wrinkles.
Posted by: Annette Figueroa at September 03, 2026 11:14 AM (Fn+3X) 51
Sorry, but the major problem isn't the politicians it's apathetic voters.
Posted by: Duke Lowell Embrace the healing power of 'AND'. Geriatric husks who don't even push their own vote buttons or write their own bills, returned to office by voters who don't even know the party, only the name that they see on TV/in their mailbox/in the paper. Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 03, 2026 11:14 AM (aJQbY) 52
Thanks brother Doof.
Posted by: Buck at September 03, 2026 11:14 AM (z6ONu) 53
Monkey listening to low-fi instrumental. Or Ozzy. Can't tell.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 11:14 AM (XvL8K) 54
Sorry, but the major problem isn't the politicians it's apathetic voters.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 03, 2026 11:08 AM (2UnvF) The notion of a true representative republic grows more ludicrous every day. The people have precious little choice in who the parties find acceptable even before the primaries. Then the money men decide who get backing. Then the most partisan voters in the district decide the primaries and in the general we're left with a choice of two pre-selected idjits out of a population of whatever (10s of thousands to literally millions) It's what makes Trump such a unicorn, that he's the exception to a pretty hard and fast rule. That rule is that the people will get the choice We give them. Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 11:15 AM (zafwz) 55
53 Monkey listening to low-fi instrumental. Or Ozzy. Can't tell.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 11:14 AM (XvL8K) Kenny G Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:15 AM (Gqar8) 56
I'm ready to discuss conspiracy theories about The Lost Art Thread.
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:15 AM (ZxPkt) 57
This is not an Art Thread
Posted by: Rene Magritte at September 03, 2026 11:15 AM (4RYRd) 58
Instead of term limits, I'd be in favor of an age limit.
Once you hit 70, you serve out the rest of the term and you are DONE. You can never run for federal public office ever again. Take your toys and go home. This might keep rotting husks from occupying seats that could be used by Congresscritters who actually want to get things moving. Maybe also introduce legislation that also prevents spouses/children from continuing their "legacy." Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel Also, you can't hold more than two Federal offices in your life, whether elected or appointed. You can't live your whole life on the public teat. Go find something else to do. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ) 59
There's something interesting about that table with the longest-
"serving" members of Congress. (yeah, serving, that's what they're doing) See if you can spot it. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t) 60
Oh, and Tom Cotton got primaried by a couple of dweebs. One was a woman who obviously was underqualified (due to naivety, not femaleness) and a dude who was also underqualified and seemed to think everything could be blamed on illegal aliens. He came across as an unthinking bigot whose only strategy was scapegoating.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 03, 2026 11:16 AM (OlzlW) 61
Maybe also introduce legislation that also prevents spouses/children from continuing their "legacy."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 11:10 AM Whaaaaat? Posted by: Sashiqua and Maliqua at September 03, 2026 11:16 AM (2Ez/1) 62
And the Other Miss Lindsey and Alan Wilson will have to do without my votes as well in November.
Posted by: Miklos I voted for Norman. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 11:16 AM (7zn4w) 63
I'm ready to discuss conspiracy theories about The Lost Art Thread.
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:15 AM (ZxPkt) Listen. Not everything has to be some crazy conspiracy. Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 11:16 AM (PFPLb) 64
Monkey listening to low-fi instrumental. Or Ozzy. Can't tell.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 11:14 AM (XvL8K) It's Doof monkey. Depeche Mode. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:16 AM (ccf/V) 65
More: 'I don't want the other guy, so I guess I'll vote for this useless retard.' Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:07 AM (Y/06r) Want to wager on how many thousands of pols get elected with exactly that rationale? Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 11:09 AM (zafwz) Or the Camille Paglia Gambit. She spends the whole Presidential Election year shitting all over the Donks for being corrupt assholes and offering tepid praise for the GOP candidate, but throws her vote away on the Green Party (who she's ignored until Election Day), because "Ewwwww! Republicans have cooties!" Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 03, 2026 11:16 AM (iqcvy) 66
I'm ready to discuss conspiracy theories about The Lost Art Thread.
Posted by: Don Black It's in a crate in the back of some government warehouse. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ) 67
>U.S. Term Limits is the nation’s largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to advocating for term limits.
---- God bless 'em, they never give up! one problem: The people you want to term limit, would have to vote for term limits think it thru Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (ZxPkt) 68
59 There's something interesting about that table with the longest-
"serving" members of Congress. (yeah, serving, that's what they're doing) See if you can spot it. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t) The clue is obscured by the alternating color scheme. Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (OlzlW) 69
Thx Doof.
The Dingells occupying the seat since 1933 is beyond insane. Not sure an Article V convention woul cure this . It would be run by the same clowns on the elite political class we have now. Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (M9Oed) 70
Camille Paglia. Not heard that name in years. She still alive?
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (Gqar8) 71
When I'm running a country, there will be a totally symbolic, rubber stamp Parliament.
It will serve as a window-dressing for my imperial rule as in days of old, but also a secondary purpose as a filter funnel that collects the politically ambitious. At the end of their mandated single term, these public "servants" will be sent away to the provinces, where they will frolic and play in the fields with the other swine, and they'll graze freely among the cash-fields. At least, that's what I'll tell the children the abbatoir is like. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (BI5O2) 72
Not everything has to be some crazy conspiracy.
Posted by: ... That's what they want you to think! Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (aJQbY) Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (2GVsD) 74
There's something interesting about that table with the longest-
"serving" members of Congress. (yeah, serving, that's what they're doing) See if you can spot it. Posted by: Archimedes (D-crepit) Posted by: Miklos hazards a guess at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (4RYRd) 75
As much as various parts of the constitution need patching up, I don't think we will survive an article V convention. The progs cannot and will not behave themselves and there is no chance we don't come out of it with dealbreakers.
1A and 2A are obviously non-negotiable, just look at the EU and the rest of the anglosphere. These are hard red lines when you're talking about jail for internet comments, hordes of rapists and murderers, and prog goons operating with near impunity. Conversely, I don't think we are gonna make it regardless. We'd be shooting at each other right now already if Harris had "won". There is little chance of the dems not flipping out if they get back in power. We simply can't share a nation with them. Posted by: heya at September 03, 2026 11:18 AM (ND37T) 76
I'm ready to discuss conspiracy theories about The Lost Art Thread.
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:15 AM (ZxPkt) CBD must've been running in flip flops again....... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:18 AM (ccf/V) 77
I would accept an Article V convention if the membership was limited to AoSHQ commenters. Not trolls.
We should crowd source Constitution 2.0. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 11:18 AM (u82oZ) 78
Oh, and Tom Cotton got primaried by a couple of dweebs. One was a woman who obviously was underqualified (due to naivety, not femaleness)
We don't let that silly shit stop us! Posted by: SC Voters at September 03, 2026 11:18 AM (7zn4w) Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 11:18 AM (NvLYs) 80
They all belong in the D-crypt.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:18 AM (2GVsD) 81
If you have a comfy seat on the Gravy Train, are you gonna volunteer to tear up your ticket and get off at the next stop?
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:18 AM (ZxPkt) 82
"Service". Sure . Fkrs.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 11:19 AM (abSpA) 83
The clue is obscured by the alternating color scheme.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (OlzlW) --- Good catch. Wouldn't have noticed unless someone pointed it out. Deliberate deception on the part of whomever created that table. They wanted to promote the narrative that it's a "both sides" problem. Yeah, it's a "both sides" problem, but still heavily weighted towards one side more than the other. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 11:19 AM (FZ29D) Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t) 85
Trump says he is going to campaign in Alaska.... Never dreamed Alaska would be up for grabs...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2026 11:19 AM (+gK6I) 86
And so it begins.
Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at September 03, 2026 11:19 AM (amcLV) 87
Trump says he is going to campaign in Alaska.... Never dreamed Alaska would be up for grabs...
He'll put Murcowski on a glacier? Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:20 AM (2GVsD) 88
NO
you gonna ride that puppy til they carry you off in a rubber bag Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:20 AM (ZxPkt) 89
He'll put Murcowski on a glacier? Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:20 AM (2GVsD) If only Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2026 11:20 AM (+gK6I) 90
"Service" is what bulls do to cows, and politicians do to us.
Posted by: Buck at September 03, 2026 11:20 AM (z6ONu) 91
I would accept an Article V convention if the membership was limited to AoSHQ commenters.
---------- The TxMoMe would do just fine. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 03, 2026 11:20 AM (amcLV) 92
One of the reasons that the founding fathers didn't envision this is that we are living much longer. Congress critters in the nineties or even eighties was unthinkable
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 11:20 AM (M9Oed) 93
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (OlzlW)
Ha!!! Not that I looked at it for long but I can't believe I missed that. You just made my week... Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 11:21 AM (PFPLb) 94
I’m pretty happy with my elected officials at the federal and state level. I don’t want them replaced.
At the local level they all suck ass but keep getting re-elected because turnout is so low. I always vote against incumbents and I always am disappointed. Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 11:21 AM (NvLYs) 95
Trump says he is going to campaign in Alaska.... Never dreamed Alaska would be up for grabs...
He'll put Murcowski on a glacier? She's not up until '28. I wouldn't be completely surprised if she retires, just to avoid losing. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t) Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist at September 03, 2026 11:21 AM (NcvvS) Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2026 11:21 AM (TN0g+) 98
Congress critters in the nineties or even eighties was unthinkable
Posted by: Smell the Glove Age or IQ? Posted by: Miklos embraces the Power at September 03, 2026 11:22 AM (4RYRd) 99
When I'm running a country, there will be a totally symbolic, rubber stamp Parliament.
It will serve as a window-dressing for my imperial rule as in days of old, but also a secondary purpose as a filter funnel that collects the politically ambitious. At the end of their mandated single term, these public "servants" will be sent away to the provinces, where they will frolic and play in the fields with the other swine, and they'll graze freely among the cash-fields. At least, that's what I'll tell the children the abbatoir is like. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (BI5O2) That's a beautiful little bit of writing. You have a way with words. Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 11:22 AM (zafwz) 100
Lust for power is not a party thing, although looking at that list, the demonic Left does seem over represented.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:22 AM (Gqar8) 101
Here's a new poll (yeah, yeah) and it isn't good news for the Dems.
New Poll Devastates Democrats Ahead of Midterms https://tinyurl.com/mrye6due Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t) 102
>>Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 03, 2026 11:17 AM (aJQbY)
Horde mind, again. Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist at September 03, 2026 11:23 AM (NcvvS) 103
My Congressthing (CO-7) is a woke blonde skirt
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:23 AM (ZxPkt) 104
I would accept an Article V convention if the membership was limited to AoSHQ commenters.
Posted by: NaCly Dog It would break up in acrimony in arguments over the longbow amendment versus the crossbow amendment, the prohibition of maple syrup on French toast amendment, and Ginger v. Maryanne. (No amendment there, just the usual argument.) Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ) 105
Thanks, Squirrel and Dots. I was fooled at first glance as well.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 03, 2026 11:23 AM (OlzlW) 106
I'm ready to discuss conspiracy theories about The Lost Art Thread.
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:15 AM (ZxPkt)p THIS!!!!!! They make $170,000+ a year, yet in a few short years, are worth MILLIONS. You gonna throw that kind of graft away? They damn sure aren't going to. This is why we can't have nice things. They always say 'follow the money.' No one ever f*cking does. They're ALL corrupt. Perfect example. WEF attendee Eyepatch McCain won his House seat. IMMEDIATELY he was the world's best stock market investor. He's now worth millions. You will NOT fix this system from within. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V) 107
Oligachy!
Posted by: Senator For Life Bernie Sanders at September 03, 2026 11:23 AM (c3YdQ) 108
Age limits for congress is a big thing on the left now. If they’re for it I’m against it. Simple as that.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 11:24 AM (NvLYs) Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:24 AM (2GVsD) 110
@98 Miklos, yes
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 11:24 AM (M9Oed) 111
Also, you can't hold more than two Federal offices in your life, whether elected or appointed. If you want to run for either the House or Senate, you have to resign any elected/appointed office, local/state/federal BEFORE filing. If you really want more responsibility in a higher office, you should concentrate 100% on that race. Hedging your bets by maintaining a stranglehold on your previous office just shows that you're not serious. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 03, 2026 11:24 AM (iqcvy) 112
Think I read, here probably, that Texas legislators make 7200$/year. Now that’s a good idea.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:25 AM (Gqar8) 113
It would break up in acrimony in arguments over the longbow amendment versus the crossbow amendment, the prohibition of maple syrup on French toast amendment, and Ginger v. Maryanne. (No amendment there, just the usual argument.) Posted by: Bulg A few more drinks and some Texas Polka. We'll work it out. Posted by: Mediator Miklos at September 03, 2026 11:25 AM (4RYRd) 114
The TxMoMe would do just fine.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 03, 2026 11:20 AM (amcLV) Nah. NO one wants me included in anything like 'making decisions.' Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (ccf/V) 115
Think I read, here probably, that Texas legislators make 7200$/year. Now that’s a good idea.
Posted by: tubal All that does is ensure that only wealthy people will run for office. Regular people aren’t going to quit their day job to make $7200 a year. Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (NvLYs) 116
>>Listen. Not everything has to be some crazy conspiracy.
---- Wow. That's what someone who's in on the conspiracy would say. Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (ZxPkt) Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (2GVsD) 118
The Texas legislature is not a full time job, either.
Posted by: Buck at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (z6ONu) 119
Almost no one appears to comprehend the likely results of an Article V convention. Most likely, of course is that it simply collapses in acrimony.
Next most likely is that it results in 3 - 4 new constitutions, resulting in 3 - 4 Successor States. No more US. There is no way that all the States would ever agree on a New Vision for governance, and no one today has the will or the force needed to force the dissenters to comply. Partition is the obvious end game. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (C+rBZ) 120
Age limits for congress is a big thing on the left now. If they’re for it I’m against it. Simple as that.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez It's tactical. Clear out the old guard so the new DSA crowd can sweep in and take their places. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (OUMaO) 121
Think I read, here probably, that Texas legislators make 7200$/year. Now that’s a good idea.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:25 AM And meet very sparingly for short periods, unless called to special sessions. The damage is very limited. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:27 AM (ccf/V) 122
Nah. NO one wants me included in anything like 'making decisions.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (ccf/V) ---------- You could go in the dunk tank, then. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 03, 2026 11:27 AM (amcLV) 123
I kind of hate all this "I hate not getting what I want, so let's changes the rules my way." that infects modern society. There's a perfectly good way of getting rid of incumbents called the Primary. Posted by: naturalfake at September 03, 2026 11:27 AM (k6HtG) 124
Regular people aren’t going to quit their day job to make $7200 a year.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez Especially with No Tax on Tips! Posted by: bartenders and Mohels Local 852 at September 03, 2026 11:27 AM (4RYRd) 125
Think I read, here probably, that Texas legislators make 7200$/year. Now that’s a good idea.
Posted by: tubal And convene for 6 months every other year. They do less damage that way. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 11:27 AM (7zn4w) 126
37 Here in Arkansas we have the opportunity to replace Tom Cotton with Hallie Shoffner. But I don't recommend that.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 03, 2026 11:10 AM (OlzlW) Agreed, that girl is a nightmare waiting to be unleashed on the Natural State. But Tom... mercy. He isn't doing himself any favors. Sometimes the lesser evil is a thin line, but in this case, it's a chasm. Posted by: moki at September 03, 2026 11:27 AM (wLjpr) 127
No, we are not going to be able to vote our way to a united U.S. And my New England roots are so deep I could not live elsewhere.
My only hope is that the red coalition demand and receive unconditional surrender when the time comes. Show no mercy, kill those you must, and their families. Posted by: From about That Time at September 03, 2026 11:28 AM (sl73Y) 128
28 Mahdami got elected by how many people?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:08 AM == Highest mayoral turnout in 50 years: 40%. Sad. Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 03, 2026 11:28 AM (0bjKf) 129
All that does is ensure that only wealthy people will run for office. Regular people aren’t going to quit their day job to make $7200 a year. Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (NvLYs) What other job does James Talarico have. Anyone know? Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:28 AM (ccf/V) 130
Think I read, here probably, that Texas legislators make 7200$/year. Now that’s a good idea.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:25 AM Their perks kick in when they retire. They get a defined pension plus ERS (401k) contribution matches. And if they serve long enough they can draw up to $140,000 per year in pension money. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 03, 2026 11:28 AM (cpFbA) 131
And meet very sparingly for short periods, unless called to special sessions.
---------- When I worked for National Insurance Legal Services, it amused me that nearly all Texas laws were classed as emergency legislation. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 03, 2026 11:29 AM (amcLV) 132
Agreed, that girl is a nightmare waiting to be unleashed on the Natural State. But Tom... mercy. He isn't doing himself any favors. Sometimes the lesser evil is a thin line, but in this case, it's a chasm.
What's wrong with Tom Cotton? Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t) 133
My Congressman is a DIABLO (Democrat in all but label only) and the GOP nominee for governor wants to replace me with an H1B so I am not excited to score this year.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 03, 2026 11:29 AM (RrsRo) 134
What other job does James Talarico have. Anyone know?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer He's a sweet boy. Posted by: Mom, writing checks for Little Jimmy at September 03, 2026 11:29 AM (4RYRd) 135
All that does is ensure that only wealthy people will run for office. Regular people aren’t going to quit their day job to make $7200 a year.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (NvLYs) What other job does James Talarico have. Anyone know? Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer Be prepared to see a lot of candidates with sketchy high-paying NGO "jobs". Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 11:29 AM (OUMaO) 136
And meet very sparingly for short periods, unless called to special sessions.
The damage is very limited. Posted by: Sponge I've heard that the TX Governorship is an intentionally weak office, too. So, who's actually running the place? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ) 137
Mahdami got elected by how many people?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 11:08 AM == Highest mayoral turnout in 50 years: 40%. Sad. Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 03, 2026 11:28 AM (0bjKf) This is why I give no f*cks about NYC. 60% KNEW what Mamcommie was, yet chose to stay the f*ck home. Guess what. REAP IT. I WANT him coming to 9/11 memorials. I WANT him in their faces. I WANT him to enact his policies. Owebama shoved it down our goddamn throats. ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. You can't be bothered to show up on election day, REAP IT......... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:30 AM (ccf/V) 138
All that does is ensure that only wealthy people will run for office. Regular people aren’t going to quit their day job to make $7200 a year.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (NvLYs) They also only work for 8 months or so every two years. It’s a part time job for business owners who want the publicity and exposure; which explains why the Texas House has always been dominated by the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) Republicans. (Hint: lots of illegals make their labor costs cheaper) Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 11:31 AM (C+rBZ) 139
The problem with government is that people are involved. If only there were entities that were not people to do the work. Dispassionate entities, with no personal agendas. Something something algorithms.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:31 AM (Gqar8) 140
What's wrong with Tom Cotton? Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t) Voted for John Thune, voted against SAVE Posted by: moki at September 03, 2026 11:31 AM (wLjpr) 141
Next most likely is that it results in 3 - 4 new constitutions, resulting in 3 - 4 Successor States. No more US.
-------------------------------- Cut. Jib. Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 03, 2026 11:31 AM (RrsRo) 142
I've heard that the TX Governorship is an intentionally weak office, too.
So, who's actually running the place? Posted by: Bulg _________ Jerry Jones. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 11:32 AM (XvL8K) Posted by: ac/dc at September 03, 2026 11:32 AM (v3pYe) 144
The CURRENT list of longest serving Congress members is a BJ out 50/50 Republican and Dem
Midterms looking bluer each day Paxton looking more vulnerable as he chooses to vacation with his current mistress in Europe and Iceland rather than campaign in TX "There is/are no fool(d) like old fool(s)" Posted by: Paul at September 03, 2026 11:32 AM (CqEra) 145
I've heard that the TX Governorship is an intentionally weak office, too. So, who's actually running the place? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ) Not so sure about that. We have weak mayors where the City Council runs everything. The Governor can exec order and veto and all that good stuff. The PEOPLE vote for constitutional amendments. He can also call the legislature back into session if he sees there's something they need to address ASAP. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:32 AM (ccf/V) 146
"There is/are no fool(d) like old fool(s)"
Posted by: Paul at September 03, 2026 11:32 AM (CqEra) Very fitting Paul. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:33 AM (Y/06r) 147
Why is Paul going on about blow jobs?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 03, 2026 11:33 AM (amcLV) 148
Wow.
That's what someone who's in on the conspiracy would say. Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:26 AM (ZxPkt) Well that's what someone deep into the conspiracy but trying to discredit it would say. Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 11:33 AM (PFPLb) 149
The problem is that the Potomac is way too warm to have ice floes.
Posted by: Adrift In A Sea Of Grift at September 03, 2026 11:33 AM (Fn+3X) 150
"The problem with government is that people are involved. If only there were entities that were not people to do the work. Dispassionate entities, with no personal agendas. Something something algorithms."
If a politician contemplating a potential policy were merely to take five minutes to ask an AI "what are the likely downsides and unintended consequences of this policy I'm considering?", I'd regard that as five minutes well spent. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 11:34 AM (Jr5Lq) 151
Doof, I like your monkey picture!!!
It's sweet, not a shock to the senses every time I refresh. . . Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 11:34 AM (rOKnE) 152
Paging Jeff Spicoli. Mr. Spicoli, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ) 153
An Article V convention would be opening the door to a world of trouble
I imagine it would quickly become bogged down in a blizzard of lawsuits and endless procedural wrangling Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 11:34 AM (ZxPkt) 154
Not so sure about that. We have weak mayors where the City Council runs everything. The Governor can exec order and veto and all that good stuff. The PEOPLE vote for constitutional amendments. He can also call the legislature back into session if he sees there's something they need to address ASAP. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:32 AM (ccf/V) The Railroad commissioner was always a big election - that and lieutenant governor. I vaguely recall my Texas government class indicating those two positions actually wielded more power than the governor, but things could have changed significantly in lo the many years since I took it. Posted by: moki at September 03, 2026 11:34 AM (wLjpr) 155
Next most likely is that it results in 3 - 4 new constitutions, resulting in 3 - 4 Successor States. No more US.
-------------------------------- Cut. Jib. Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 03, 2026 11:31 AM (RrsRo) ---- Which would basically rip the rest of the world order into tatters. NO ONE would be "in charge." Like it or not, the massive dominance of the United States of America does keep a damper on a lot of simmering tension around the world. With us out of the picture, many other nations will be wrecked in short order. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 11:35 AM (FZ29D) 156
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 11:34 AM (rOKnE)
See the red comment numbers? Click the last one. Or any one. And be taken straight to heaven. Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 11:35 AM (PFPLb) 157
If a politician contemplating a potential policy were merely to take five minutes to ask an AI "what are the likely downsides and unintended consequences of this policy I'm considering?", I'd regard that as five minutes well spent.
Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 11:34 AM (Jr5Lq) Hmmm. The follow up question would likely be "can I profit from the likely downsides and unintended consequences?" That would be the five minutes they would consider well spent. Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 11:36 AM (zafwz) 158
They also only work for 8 months or so every two years. It’s a part time job for business owners who want the publicity and exposure; which explains why the Texas House has always been dominated by the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) Republicans.
(Hint: lots of illegals make their labor costs cheaper) Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 11:31 AM (C+rBZ) Texas Republicans voted to impeach Ken Paxton. The judge put a gag order on him, while Karl Rove was allowed to wrote op-eds in the Wall Street Journal trashing and lying about Paxton unabated. In the trial, the FBI, who was called to investigate Paxton, got on the stand and advised the court they "found no evidence whatsoever" that Paxton did anything wrong, accepted bribes or violated any laws in any instance. Talarico is now running ads about how "even Republicans voted to impeach him" because he's just so corrupt. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:36 AM (ccf/V) 159
See the red comment numbers? Click the last one. Or any one. And be taken straight to heaven.
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 11:35 AM (PFPLb) Unless twitter embeds, then it will be reindexed upwards because of the interaction. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:36 AM (Y/06r) 160
I wonder who the longest-serving member of Congress was before the 20th century.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ) 161
Why such pessimism? We have succeeded in getting rid of some musty old fossils and GOPe creeps. Voting matters. We need to do more of it.
As for commies in deep blue areas, getting rid of one old commie through term limits will only result in a younger, more energetic, probably more radicalized commie. How does that help us? Indeed, the intramural fight between old boomer Democraps and younger DSA scabs trying to take over is a major animating principle for my optimism that we're gonna win in November. None of this would be possibly with term limits. The real problem, as I see it, isn't the lack of term limits. It's Democrap vote fraud (which we are working on) and an inexplicable lack of voter enthusiasm on our side (which I hope we are working on). Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/) 162
What's wrong with Tom Cotton?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t) Voted for John Thune, voted against SAVE Well THAT'S disappointing. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t) 163
Unless twitter embeds, then it will be reindexed upwards because of the interaction.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:36 AM (Y/06r) Either way you avoid having to see the main post or offensive top pic more than once. Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 11:37 AM (PFPLb) 164
I'll play:
1. All candidates for public office must be native-born citizens, with at least one parent also being native-born. 2. All candidates for public office must have some significant work experience in the private sector, and not just mopping floors at SBUX. 3. Practicing lawyers cannot run for office. Conflict of interest baked into the cake. 4. Three terms in is the limit. Done. For that level of government. 5. Cannot be directly succeeded by a close relative or spouse. 6. No special pensions will be given. Contribute to an individual retirement account of your choice, and the gov't. will match it. Done. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 11:37 AM (1z8ji) 165
I've heard that the TX Governorship is an intentionally weak office, too.
So, who's actually running the place? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ) Abbott’s actually done as good a job with it as any past Governor I can think of. He’s the head of the bureaucracy, and influences policy through his personnel choices there. He has no control at all over the Legislature, but the Lt. Governor has a lot of influence over the Senate. Lt. Governor, Attorney General, and all Judges and County officials are independently elected positions, so the Governor has no influence over them or their departments. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 11:37 AM (C+rBZ) 166
150 "The problem with government is that people are involved. If only there were entities that were not people to do the work. Dispassionate entities, with no personal agendas. Something something algorithms."
If a politician contemplating a potential policy were merely to take five minutes to ask an AI "what are the likely downsides and unintended consequences of this policy I'm considering?", I'd regard that as five minutes well spent. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 11:34 AM (Jr5Lq) Quite possibly. Every angle in our discussions can quickly be met with a counterpoint. I think maybe that reveals the messiness of our sytem. A good and not so good thing, yes? We often tend to go off in all directions. Or in no direction at all. Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:38 AM (Gqar8) 167
THIS!!!!!! They make $170,000+ a year, yet in a few short years, are worth MILLIONS. You gonna throw that kind of graft away? They damn sure aren't going to. This is why we can't have nice things. They always say 'follow the money.' No one ever f*cking does. They're ALL corrupt. Perfect example. WEF attendee Eyepatch McCain won his House seat. IMMEDIATELY he was the world's best stock market investor. He's now worth millions. You will NOT fix this system from within. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V) Plus, there's no way that these ugly, decrepit fossils pull down as much primo blonde coed intern poon in the private sector. That's reason enough. Reminds me of a press conference held by Charlie Crist after he'd flip-flopped parties for about the third time and a reporter called him on it. That orange-skinned let the mask slip a bit by whining "but I just want to seeeerrrrrrrrrrve!" No way in hell that a grown man whines like that for anything except poontang. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 03, 2026 11:38 AM (iqcvy) 168
The Railroad commissioner was always a big election - that and lieutenant governor. I vaguely recall my Texas government class indicating those two positions actually wielded more power than the governor, but things could have changed significantly in lo the many years since I took it. Posted by: moki at September 03, 2026 11:34 AM (wLjpr) It's likely still the case, however I never hear much about those to positions until it's election time and we Texans did a great job throwing George P. Bush to the curb, removing ALL Bush's from their last government position. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:38 AM (ccf/V) 169
NH State legislators make $100/year, plus T&E to the State House. Unchanged since it was instituted in 1889.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at September 03, 2026 11:38 AM (N39Ws) 170
The top ten list of current members is 6 Dems, 3 R's, and "Independent" Bernie Mansions Sanders, so 7-3.
I don't know how much of a fucking retard you have to be to call that "almost 50-50". Posted by: far cry at September 03, 2026 11:38 AM (Q6P2R) 171
Darn sock.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 03, 2026 11:39 AM (N39Ws) 172
"1. All candidates for public office must be native-born citizens, with at least one parent also being native-born."
And must not hold dual citizenship with another nation. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 11:39 AM (Jr5Lq) 173
Saw this graphic recently. Absolutely ridiculous! Missing: Carl Hayden (D-AZ): February 19, 1912 to January 3, 1969 Adolph Sabath (D-IL): March 4, 1907 to November 6, 1952 Sam Rayburn (D-TX): January 10, 1911 to November 16, 1961 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 11:39 AM (eRlcH) 174
Like it or not, the massive dominance of the United States of America does keep a damper on a lot of simmering tension around the world. With us out of the picture, many other nations will be wrecked in short order.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 11:35 AM (FZ29D) That's what we said. --The British Empire-- That's what we said --Pax Romana-- Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 11:39 AM (zafwz) 175
And so ends the beginning.
Posted by: The person who always thinks the beginning is ending at September 03, 2026 11:39 AM (2Ez/1) 176
As for commies in deep blue areas, getting rid of one old commie through term limits will only result in a younger, more energetic, probably more radicalized commie. How does that help us?
Indeed, the intramural fight between old boomer Democraps and younger DSA scabs trying to take over is a major animating principle for my optimism that we're gonna win in November. None of this would be possibly with term limits. It depends on what you think the youngster's chances are. If you can get rid of the dessicated fossils who, despite everything, have managed to persuade lots of people that they're reasonable and only want what's best for the country, and replace them with wild-eyed lunatics, our chances probably improve. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t) 177
I know progressives who think a Convention would be a good thing and it emphatically would not. Please tell a friend. Christian fascists want a Convention because:
- There are no rules, there's only ever been one. They'll lure support with a popular idea (e.g., balanced budget) and rewrite the whole thing. - Each state gets a vote and there are more red states. And one of the changes they will make is the removal of the ability to have a convention again to fix it. They may be evil but they are not dumb. Liberals(Capitalists) would want a convention, true progressives (Socialist leaning) would not. I’m a socialist and the thought of a convention where there are no rules is horrifying. Reich-wingers want a convention. What a bunch of traitors. I hate this timeline. The GOP needs stripped of its power. Worthless oligarchs Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 11:40 AM (t19vo) 178
Voted for John Thune, voted against SAVE Posted by: moki at September 03, 2026 11:31 AM (wLjpr) well, no. "Tom Cotton spoke in favor of the SAVE America Act in a March 18, 2026 floor speech, stating that 64% of adults supported the bill and urging senators to vote for it." Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:41 AM (g47mK) 179
I completely agree that anyone, from either party, who has been squatting in Congress for decades is a menace to the country. It rots their awareness and priorities.
HOWEVER, what is never discussed is the tenure of the staffers, and how much power they wield. For example, I read that Thune inherited McConnell's staffers when he took over Senate leadership -- and then promptly lead exactly like McConnell. Gee, I wonder why? Not that each of these elected officials aren't responsible for how they perform, but there is an army of uniparty staffers* who ensure that DC functions the same way, regardless of who they are working for. They wield a lot more power than we understand, while remaining nameless and unaccountable to people outside of DC. *I am reminded on a Project Veritas (iirc) op where they interviewed progressive staffers who intentionally worked for GOP Congressman so that they could subvert from within. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 11:41 AM (rOKnE) 180
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at September 03, 2026 11:41 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 11:41 AM (PFPLb) 182
174 Like it or not, the massive dominance of the United States of America does keep a damper on a lot of simmering tension around the world. With us out of the picture, many other nations will be wrecked in short order.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 11:35 AM (FZ29D) That's what we said. --The British Empire-- That's what we said --Pax Romana-- Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 11:39 AM (zafwz) The roman empire was followed by the dark ages(which is mostly a lot of war and raiding) while the British empire handed off to the US, though it never really was as dominant. The US under Trump is attempting to set up relatively stable regional groupings that ideally would keep things in order. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at September 03, 2026 11:42 AM (okun6) 183
We often tend to go off in all directions. Or in no direction at all.
I think immobility is the intended default of the system, and that's a good thing. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 11:42 AM (eRlcH) 185
*I am reminded on a Project Veritas (iirc) op where they interviewed progressive staffers who intentionally worked for GOP Congressman so that they could subvert from within. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 11:41 AM (rOKnE) God forbid they actually do the job they were elected to do themselves........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:42 AM (ccf/V) 186
177 I know progressives who think a Convention would be a good thing and it emphatically would not. Please tell a friend. Christian fascists want a Convention because:
- There are no rules, there's only ever been one. They'll lure support with a popular idea (e.g., balanced budget) and rewrite the whole thing. - Each state gets a vote and there are more red states. And one of the changes they will make is the removal of the ability to have a convention again to fix it. They may be evil but they are not dumb. Liberals(Capitalists) would want a convention, true progressives (Socialist leaning) would not. I’m a socialist and the thought of a convention where there are no rules is horrifying. Reich-wingers want a convention. What a bunch of traitors. I hate this timeline. The GOP needs stripped of its power. Worthless oligarchs Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 11:40 AM (t19vo) This is fascinating. "I’m a socialist and the thought of a convention where there are no rules is horrifying." This is really interesting. Socialists are parasites on actual working systems. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:43 AM (Y/06r) 187
"Tom Cotton spoke in favor of the SAVE America Act in a March 18, 2026 floor speech, stating that 64% of adults supported the bill and urging senators to vote for it."
I didn't think that sounded like him. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t) 188
I didn't think that sounded like him.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t) Yes, sounded unbelievable. So I double checked. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:43 AM (g47mK) 189
Like it or not, the massive dominance of the United States of America does keep a damper on a lot of simmering tension around the world. With us out of the picture, many other nations will be wrecked in short order.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 11:35 AM (FZ29D) That's what we said. --The British Empire-- That's what we said --Pax Romana-- Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 11:39 AM (zafwz) ------------ *sigh* Posted by: Alexander the Great at September 03, 2026 11:44 AM (amcLV) 190
187 "Tom Cotton spoke in favor of the SAVE America Act in a March 18, 2026 floor speech, stating that 64% of adults supported the bill and urging senators to vote for it."
I didn't think that sounded like him. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t) I always liked Cotton except for his backing of money for Ukraine.. Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2026 11:44 AM (+gK6I) 191
I would like term limits set at 18 years for all DC elected positions. You can do 9 House terms, 3 Senate terms, or combine them , including presidency.
Oh, and no pensions Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 11:45 AM (M9Oed) 192
Yes, sounded unbelievable. So I double checked.
As to voting for Thune, it's clear that Cotton has ambitions to replace Thune. My guess is that he's trying to get close to the throne, and will ultimately try to seize it. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t) 193
Omg. Omg. Omg. Yesterday the US mint started selling gold colored $1 coins with Trump's likeness on it.
Best reason ever to go to Starbucks and pay for something. Imagine the blue hair having to take it. 😂😂😂😂😂 Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 11:45 AM (S+dwn) 194
"I’m a socialist and the thought of a convention where there are no rules is horrifying."
This is really interesting. Socialists are parasites on actual working systems. Posted by: Aetius451AD He's actually probably just a communist, and wants a violent revolution. Then they'll have a convention of like minded commies so they'll get the rules they want. (Except he won't be a part of the discussion as he expects, and will instead be part of the initial purge) Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 11:45 AM (t19vo) 195
This is really interesting. Socialists are parasites on actual working systems. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:43 AM (Y/06r) The BEST part is that it's painfully obvious NONE of them have taken a civics class. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (ccf/V) 196
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Also: Carl Vinson (D-GA): November 3, 1914 to January 3, 1965 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 11:42 AM Stay in there long enough and they'll name an aircraft carrier after you. Posted by: Secretary of the Navy at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1) 197
"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh · 1h 🚨 JUST IN: President Trump has officially slashed the USA migrant population by almost 3 MILLION PEOPLE This is enormous." Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (g47mK) Posted by: DaveA at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (FhXTo) 199
The Presidency. Two six year terms, not to be served consecutively.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (Gqar8) 200
1h
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump has officially slashed the USA migrant population by almost 3 MILLION PEOPLE This is enormous." Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (g47mK) Only 25 million to go Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (+gK6I) 201
*sigh* Posted by: Alexander the Great at September 03, 2026 11:44 AM (amcLV) It probably would have helped keep your empire together a little longer if you weren't a paranoid, genocidal maniac. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (iqcvy) 202
"Years of Service" needs to be more reality based and less noble sounding for these self-serving sub-human pieces of crap.
Years at the Trough Years sucking the Government tits dry. Oh, GatewayPundit... Is anyone actually surprised at this point? Tucker Carlson appeared to all but endorse far-left Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s critical U.S. Senate race while launching a blistering attack against President Trump’s endorsed Republican candidate, Mike Rogers. During an interview with “Breaking Points” co-host Saagar Enjeti, Carlson declared that he would not vote for Rogers “at gunpoint,” accused the former House Intelligence Committee chairman of being a “tool of Israel and the intelligence agencies,” and praised El-Sayed’s newly repackaged campaign as “literally Trumpian. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (Sco7b) 203
JUST IN: President Trump has officially slashed the USA migrant population by almost 3 MILLION PEOPLE
Can we please stop calling them migrants, and call them what they are, namely "illegal aliens". Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t) 204
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump has officially slashed the USA migrant population by almost 3 MILLION PEOPLE
This is enormous." Not enormous enough......MOAR PLEEZ. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:47 AM (ccf/V) 205
Best reason ever to go to Starbucks and pay for something. Imagine the blue hair having to take it.
😂😂😂😂😂 Posted by: rickb223 Don't offer to pay with it. Offer it as a tip. Don't put it in the tip jar, but offer it directly. Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 03, 2026 11:47 AM (t19vo) 206
RRC Director is important because their rulings have a huge impact on all the oil revenue flowing out of and through West Texas.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 11:47 AM (C+rBZ) 207
It probably would have helped keep your empire together a little longer if you weren't a paranoid, genocidal maniac.
And teh ghey. Don't forget the gayness. Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t) 208
"We often tend to go off in all directions. Or in no direction at all."
Since 9-11, most of our decision making has been hasty and exigent. We're reactive, treating every crisis as a thing to throw billions of dollars at, with little regard to unintended consequences, or even much confidence in the likelihood of success of the project. I say spend just five minutes with the AI. The pol can take the advice or not, but at least he's hearing something he might not be hearing from the boosters and cheerleaders he's surrounded by. I say this as a coder who has been deeply humbled by AI reviews of my code. I won't ever deploy a piece of code that hasn't been reviewed by an AI. It's a free, easy double-check against stupid and disastrous mistakes. It's a great way to learn about ones own fallibility. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 11:47 AM (Jr5Lq) 209
Give POTUS some "You're Fired" cards.
1 Supreme per Presidential term. 1 Senator per Congress. 1 Representative per bill. Posted by: DaveA at September 03, 2026 11:48 AM (FhXTo) 210
I wonder if the number includes self deportees.
Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:48 AM (g47mK) 211
It probably would have helped keep your empire together a little longer if you weren't a paranoid, genocidal maniac.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur That's what keep an empire together! Posted by: Genghis Khan at September 03, 2026 11:48 AM (t19vo) 212
Stay in there long enough and they'll name an aircraft carrier after you. Posted by: Secretary of the Navy at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1) Vinson was chairman of the Naval Affairs committee, later the Armed Services committee, from 1931 to 1965, with a couple of two-year gaps. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 11:49 AM (eRlcH) Posted by: DaveA at September 03, 2026 11:49 AM (FhXTo) Posted by: I gotta ask at September 03, 2026 11:49 AM (2Ez/1) 215
It can be lunch time
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2026 11:50 AM (Yth49) Posted by: Typical Smooth Brained American Voter at September 03, 2026 11:50 AM (xFvo2) 217
Or just spill everything that should be in Yucca Mt. all over the office spaces in DC. Let them serve the people with dosimeters on.
Posted by: DaveA at September 03, 2026 11:51 AM (FhXTo) 218
"...almost 3 MILLION PEOPLE..."
Is that a lot? Posted by: I gotta ask at September 03, 2026 11:49 AM (2Ez/1) Not even near 1/2 of what Biden let in during his 4 years. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:51 AM (ccf/V) 219
Stay in there long enough and they'll name an aircraft carrier after you.
Posted by: Secretary of the Navy at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1) ---------- Heh. Posted by: Sen. John Stennis at September 03, 2026 11:51 AM (amcLV) 220
The BEST part is that it's painfully obvious NONE of them have taken a civics class.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:46 AM (ccf/V) But it's fascinating because of the mindset. They HAVE to have a system to work within because they want to gain power and then make their OWN system. The brutal truth is: there are no rules. This is a dangerous world and if enough people decided commies were a dangerous threat and decided to just start summarily executing them... well. And the converse is ALSO true. They do not make this fundamental connection to the nature of power and governance. WHY trying to hamstring government power is THE point. Because a 1000 autonomous units with small portions of power and the lessened ability to effect other people is FAR better than an all powerful government that has the power to effect EVERYONE. Fucking retards. ALL of them. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:52 AM (Y/06r) 221
You have to beat your own what?
Posted by: Toobin at September 03, 2026 11:52 AM (2Ez/1) 222
During an interview with “Breaking Points” co-host Saagar Enjeti, Carlson declared that he would not vote for Rogers “at gunpoint,”
It's a cry for help. There's a Qatari holding a gun to him, threatening to shoot him if he votes for Rogers. Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 03, 2026 11:52 AM (t19vo) 223
9 Ringwrathes, mortal men doomed to die
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2026 11:52 AM (Yth49) 224
I just saw a recent picture of Senator Susan Collins, who from time to time pretends to be a Republican. She looks like she belongs in a nursing home, not the Senate.
Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2026 11:52 AM (TN0g+) 225
I'm generally opposed to taking away choice from the people, but an analogy occurred to me that MIGHT make me endorse term limits. [ ...well-made point omitted... ]
Something similar applies to elections. People are easily fooled, and those already in office have a plethora of tools to fool them. Thus, it isn't really a free election. Sorry, but other people being stupid and easily led is no excuse to take away my choices, either in elections or the free market. Posted by: NYC DA at September 03, 2026 11:52 AM (vTZFs) 226
and /sock
Posted by: Oddbob at September 03, 2026 11:53 AM (vTZFs) Posted by: Tom Homan at September 03, 2026 11:53 AM (t19vo) 228
What's wrong with Tom Cotton?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t) I do not have any inside knowledge and no real complaints. I'm just suspicious that he may be putting on an act and sabotaging behind the scenes. It's a general suspicion -- I'm not aware of anything he's done to confirm it. Posted by: Emmie at September 03, 2026 11:54 AM (OlzlW) 229
Know who else didn't like incumbents?
Posted by: Shifty eyes at September 03, 2026 11:54 AM (2Ez/1) 230
"During an interview with “Breaking Points” co-host Saagar Enjeti,"
I watched it. If you ignore TuCa's takeaways and interpretations, Enjeti had a lot of interesting things to say about gambling in America today, stuff that I did not know. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 11:55 AM (Jr5Lq) 231
9 Ringwrathes, mortal men doomed to die
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2026 11:52 AM (Yth49) --------- More like Struldbrugs. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 03, 2026 11:55 AM (amcLV) 232
Monkey is going to be wearing hearing aids at 50.
Posted by: Bosk at September 03, 2026 11:55 AM (VMFAF) 233
224 I just saw a recent picture of Senator Susan Collins, who from time to time pretends to be a Republican. She looks like she belongs in a nursing home, not the Senate.
Posted by: Crusader What a choice. Geriatric moderate with no convictions, or commie sex pest with Nazi tattoo. Posted by: Sophie at September 03, 2026 11:55 AM (t19vo) 234
Not even near 1/2 of what Biden let in during his 4 years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:51 AM (ccf/V) you poor man Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:55 AM (g47mK) 235
Sorry, but other people being stupid and easily led is no excuse to take away my choices, either in elections or the free market.
Posted by: NYC DA ________ Agreed, but we're not dealing with reasonable people. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 11:55 AM (XvL8K) 236
224 I just saw a recent picture of Senator Susan Collins, who from time to time pretends to be a Republican. She looks like she belongs in a nursing home, not the Senate.
Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2026 11:52 AM Whippersnapper! Posted by: The ghost of Strom Thurmond at September 03, 2026 11:56 AM (2Ez/1) 237
228 What's wrong with Tom Cotton?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t) I do not have any inside knowledge and no real complaints. I'm just suspicious that he may be putting on an act and sabotaging behind the scenes. It's a general suspicion -- I'm not aware of anything he's done to confirm it. Posted by: Emmie at September 03, 2026 11:54 AM (OlzlW) It almost sounds like you have a sceptical distrust of DC politicians.Why ever would that be? Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar8) 238
Sponge, you are in a cycle where no news is going to make you happy.
Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:56 AM (g47mK) 239
Good rant.
While the federal legislative branch lacks restrictions, state-level government is a completely different landscape... State Governors: 36 states impose some form of term limit on their executive branch. Most limit a governor to two consecutive four-year terms, though some allow them to run again after sitting out a term. State Legislators: 15 states legally limit the terms of state senators and representatives. These limits vary from 8 to 12 total years per chamber, or a cumulative career cap (like California's 12-year lifetime limit across both chambers). The actual deciding factor, above, is whether a state allows Direct Democracy (ballot initiatives). In the early 1990s, a massive nationwide populist movement pushed for term limits. Voters overwhelmingly approved them in nearly every state where citizens are legally allowed to put proposals directly onto the ballot. In states like Illinois, Pennsylvania, or New York, the public cannot easily bypass the legislature via ballot initiatives. Because politicians rarely vote to limit their own jobs, those states never adopted them. I don't agree: effectivegov uchicago ed: Democracy Reform Primer Series, Term Limits Posted by: L - No nic... at September 03, 2026 11:56 AM (NFX2v) 240
Sponge is one of the happiest people on this blog.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:56 AM (Y/06r) 241
Fucking retards. ALL of them. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:52 AM (Y/06r) Just when you thought it was safe to eat paint....... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:57 AM (ccf/V) 242
It almost sounds like you have a sceptical distrust of DC politicians.Why ever would that be?
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar It's the Horde's fault! Posted by: Emmie at September 03, 2026 11:57 AM (OlzlW) 243
Sponge, you are in a cycle where no news is going to make you happy.
Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:56 AM (g47mK) Not true. I would welcome good news with open arms. I'd like to think I'm due some........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:57 AM (ccf/V) 244
238 Sponge, you are in a cycle where no news is going to make you happy.
Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:56 AM (g47mK) But Gloria is in hell today making all the guys ask "Whatever did I do to deserve THIS?" Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 11:58 AM (Sco7b) 245
If we're not going to have term limits, or mandatory retirement age, then at age 60 an annual mental and physical exam should be considered. By a doctor not on the Congressional payroll. Or a board of doctors. Whatever.
It's clear that there are members of Congress that have lost their mental acuity and/or physical abilities to perform their elected duties. It's my fucking money that's paying them. I should have a say in how long they serve.. beyond the ballot box. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 11:58 AM (2Cry5) 246
Not true. I would welcome good news with open arms.
I'd like to think I'm due some........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:57 AM (ccf/V) https://tinyurl.com/3ystvcun Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:58 AM (Y/06r) 247
Sponge, you are in a cycle where no news is going to make you happy.
Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:56 AM (g47mK) My suggestion would be to look for news to mock and goof on. That's the only happiness to be found in self-styled "news." Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 11:59 AM (dK+Kv) 248
Not enormous enough......MOAR PLEEZ.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:47 AM (ccf/V) This statement applies primarily to boobs Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 11:59 AM (n7Rsm) 249
>>Not even near 1/2 of what Biden let in during his 4 years.
2025 was the first time the US population shrank. Ever. Perspective. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m) 250
Not true. I would welcome good news with open arms.
I'd like to think I'm due some........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:57 AM (ccf/V) https://tinyurl.com/3ystvcun Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:58 AM (Y/06r) What a wonderful bounty. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 12:00 PM (dK+Kv) 251
If we're not going to have term limits, or mandatory retirement age, then at age 60 an annual mental and physical exam should be considered. By a doctor not on the Congressional payroll. Or a board of doctors. Whatever.
It's clear that there are members of Congress that have lost their mental acuity and/or physical abilities to perform their elected duties. They'll have to catch me first! Posted by: Maxine Waters at September 03, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t) 252
Wow that's a lot of words to say
"The eligibility requirements for the House are in the Constitution and the only way to limit that would be to AMMEND THE CONSTITUTION." Yeah, no shit. If the President needs an amendment for that, so does the House and Senate. Posted by: deadrody at September 03, 2026 12:00 PM (qf6NU) 253
"https://tinyurl.com/3ystvcun"
Is that Shoe on Head? Saw her in the vid Ace linked yesterday. Looks kinda like her face. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:01 PM (Jr5Lq) 254
UST IN: President Trump has officially slashed the USA migrant population by almost 3 MILLION PEOPLE
This is enormous." Posted by: runner get to work on that new algorithm Posted by: Census Bureau at September 03, 2026 12:01 PM (4RYRd) 255
Not true. I would welcome good news with open arms.
I'd like to think I'm due some........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:57 AM (ccf/V) You won't find it here. Know what I am saying ? The good news is waiting for you IRL. You just have to see it. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 12:01 PM (g47mK) 256
To be serious…. Term limits is something that sounds good but in practice it’s disastrous. California went for term limits on state legislative offices in the 90s and since then the state legislature has gotten 100x worse… life long staffers now run the place
The most effective term limits are clean elections then vote out the bastards who aren’t doing the right thing Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 12:01 PM (n7Rsm) 257
Is that Shoe on Head? Saw her in the vid Ace linked yesterday. Looks kinda like her face.
Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:01 PM (Jr5Lq) Nah. Ms Head is no where near as bounteous. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:02 PM (Y/06r) Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:03 PM (77rzZ) 259
RRC Director is important because their rulings have a huge impact on all the oil revenue flowing out of and through West Texas. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 11:47 AM (C+rBZ) One of the subtle jokes in Landman is when Angela tells everyone to wear their best pirate costume for the "pirate dinner" she's prepping. I think it's Dale who quips that he considered dressing as the Rail Commissioner... Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 03, 2026 12:03 PM (iqcvy) 260
Agreed, but we're not dealing with reasonable people.
I get that. But imposing term limits by law takes choice away from both unreasonable and reasonable people. It's saying "because some of y'all are dumb, everybody has to do what I think is best." That is identical to what the left says about health care, energy, houses, guns, and -- in California --car tires. Posted by: Oddbob at September 03, 2026 12:03 PM (vTZFs) 261
Speaking of news...
Fox - Clancy CNN - Trump and vulnerable republicans. Trump - historically unpopular. Yeah, he doesn't have the 600,000 viewers of CNN but historically MS now - Judge and mail bans. And the bitch isn't showing her tits. CBC - jackass talking about AI. Fun fact. Canada has one third the population of Texas and 20% less GDP! Rocking job people... You all have a good day. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 12:04 PM (Sco7b) 262
The most effective term limits are clean elections then vote out the bastards who aren’t doing the right thing
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 12:01 PM (n7Rsm) Term-limit the staffers, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:04 PM (1z8ji) 263
Whippersnapper!
Posted by: The ghost of Strom Thurmond I was gettin' more 'tang at 80 than most at 18 Posted by: J. Strom Thurmond at September 03, 2026 12:04 PM (4RYRd) 264
42 Anybody seen Mitch?
Posted by: Mildly curious Now absent roughly 81 days. Biden was "absent" his entire Presidency &, though horrifying at times, government rolled on on autopilot and autopen. Posted by: L - No nic... at September 03, 2026 12:04 PM (NFX2v) 265
I wouldn't mind long serving legislators much if they had any hint of a functioning moral compass.
Seriously, that's where nearly all our troubles in every purview stem from. Too many people with too few morals and scruples. It's all Will to Power out there, and it's turned this nation into Hell on Earth. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 12:04 PM (OUMaO) 266
And I do like the "fire them all" nonsense.
Great. Let's intentionally elect a Democrat majority in the House. That'll SURE make things better. Good fucking Christ. Posted by: deadrody at September 03, 2026 12:05 PM (qf6NU) 267
Dingleberry was in Congress for 60 years. Only member of Congress to vote for both Medicare and Obamacare. Took the seat over from his father who was elected in the Democrat wave election of 1933. Left the seat on his death to his wife. In 7 years, the Dingles will have spent 100 years occupying that seat in Congress.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at September 03, 2026 12:05 PM (wGerL) 268
262 The most effective term limits are clean elections then vote out the bastards who aren’t doing the right thing
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 12:01 PM (n7Rsm) Term-limit the staffers, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:04 PM (1z8ji) One could argue the swamp is mostly NOT the elected people but all the hangers on and staffers who just... hang around. Power wash the Aegean Stables. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:05 PM (Y/06r) 269
265 I wouldn't mind long serving legislators much if they had any hint of a functioning moral compass.
Seriously, that's where nearly all our troubles in every purview stem from. Too many people with too few morals and scruples. It's all Will to Power out there, and it's turned this nation into Hell on Earth. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 12:04 PM (OUMaO) And 9 Rings were given to Men - who above all else desire POWER. Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar8) 270
And 9 Rings were given to Men - who above all else desire POWER.
Posted by: tubal Compare and contrast, SCOTUS and the Ringwraiths. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 12:07 PM (OUMaO) 271
"Seriously, that's where nearly all our troubles in every purview stem from. Too many people with too few morals and scruples."
Concur. Corruption all the way from the very bottom to the very top. It feels like more than ordinary greed. It feels like desperation. Like everybody's scrambling to get theirs, before the music stops. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:08 PM (Jr5Lq) 272
Power wash the Aegean Stables.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:05 PM (Y/06r) ------------ NOW you tell me! Posted by: Herakles at September 03, 2026 12:08 PM (amcLV) 273
270 And 9 Rings were given to Men - who above all else desire POWER.
Posted by: tubal Compare and contrast, SCOTUS and the Ringwraiths. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 12:07 PM (OUMaO) Yeeesssss. It begs the comparison, Tim. Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar8) 274
Fun fact. Canada has one third the population of Texas and 20% less GDP!
You all have a good day. Posted by: Stateless _______ Check your maths. Canada has a larger population than Texas, but a nearly equal GDP. So your point holds. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 12:09 PM (XvL8K) 275
Power wash the Aegean Stables.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:05 PM (Y/06r) *cough* Augean Stables *cough* Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ) 276
How would you tell if Maxine Waters was senile? She's always been obnoxious and dumb as a stump
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 12:09 PM (M9Oed) 277
Concur. Corruption all the way from the very bottom to the very top. It feels like more than ordinary greed. It feels like desperation. Like everybody's scrambling to get theirs, before the music stops.
Posted by: gp "'Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!' She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries." (From Rev 18:2-3) Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 12:10 PM (OUMaO) 278
The Aegean Stables are where they keep the seahorses.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:11 PM (77rzZ) 279
Cute that they made that infographic alternating red and blue when 9 of the top 9 are "D"s....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 12:11 PM (Ot/FD) 280
Trying to swim against human nature is just stupid, thus the Founder's correct tactic of limiting the scope of government...
Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:11 PM (cGjQu) 281
Short of the RICO act, you aren't getting rid of these people who have successfully gamed themselves into the top 1% without any 1% skills beyond lying and having no morals or principles beyond "what's good for me". It's like letting the Five Families decide whether they should be put in prison or not.
Posted by: Azjaeger at September 03, 2026 12:12 PM (3/XaG) 282
Things that worked well in a high-trust society won't work nearly as well in a low-trust or no-trust society.
Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2026 12:12 PM (TN0g+) 283
Compare and contrast, SCOTUS and the Ringwraiths.
Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 12:07 PM (OUMaO) Yeeesssss. It begs the comparison, Tim. Posted by: tubal Honestly it's kinda more the mental image, but the Rings of Power comparison in general holds. "For they were decieved..." And we know who holds the One Ring...or would... Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 12:12 PM (OUMaO) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:12 PM (cGjQu) 285
Totatlly OT but interesting nonetheless as I am looking for reasons why the morning SPCX pop.
>>SpaceX is the only vertically integrated AI company, enabling it to build and manufacture around bottlenecks at a time when pricing for AI compute is rising. Alphabet's Google (GOOG, GOOGL) is paying the company $11 per GPU-hour, roughly double the average rates observed a year ago, according to the note. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 12:12 PM (dK+Kv) Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 12:13 PM (2ocoG) 287
Artist's rendition of CBD on his way to Ace HQ this morning to post the art thread.
https://tinyurl.com/5fdm73kv Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 12:13 PM (viF8m) 288
Trying to swim against human nature is just stupid, thus the Founder's correct tactic of limiting the scope of government...
Posted by: man _______ That human nature is immutable was an accepted fact till the so-called enlightenment, at which point the notion of human perfectibility started creeping in. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 12:14 PM (XvL8K) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:14 PM (cGjQu) 290
Artist's rendition of CBD on his way to Ace HQ this morning to post the art thread.
https://tinyurl.com/5fdm73kv Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 12:13 PM (viF8m) *** Hmmmm.... Mavbe that could fix my slice??? Posted by: Diogenes at September 03, 2026 12:15 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:16 PM (cGjQu) 292
https://tinyurl.com/3ystvcun Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:58 AM (Y/06r) Heh. A strong effort, to be sure. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 12:16 PM (ccf/V) 293
Sponge, you are in a cycle where no news is going to make you happy.
Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 11:56 AM (g47mK) No news is good news, or sumpin Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 12:16 PM (zafwz) 294
>>SpaceX is the only vertically integrated AI company, enabling it to build and manufacture around bottlenecks at a time when pricing for AI compute is rising. Alphabet's Google (GOOG, GOOGL) is paying the company $11 per GPU-hour, roughly double the average rates observed a year ago, according to the note.
Elon's about 6 to 12 months ahead of everyone else. It was "just discovered" by the conventional wisdom a week or two ago that turbine blades are backordered for two years and he was talking about that in January. And with frontier models growing to a 4-horse race (Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and now Meta) capacity demand isn't going down. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG) Posted by: Diogenes at September 03, 2026 12:17 PM (2WIwB) 296
Although I'm not sure how such a system would be implemented, I've often pondered that congressional service should be made just as palatable as jury duty. As long as money and power are the driving forces, all the wrong people will be drawn to it.
Posted by: Halfhand at September 03, 2026 12:17 PM (y3mLl) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:18 PM (cGjQu) 298
You won't find it here. Know what I am saying ? The good news is waiting for you IRL. You just have to see it. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 12:01 PM (g47mK) Is this your way of telling me to go away? Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 12:18 PM (ccf/V) 299
Sponge cheer up.and watch Canada memes.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 03, 2026 12:18 PM (bX16E) 300
If our elections were not rigged, why do the democrats try to block every measure attempting to assure only lawful votes are counted?
It is as plain as the nose on your face. They cheat and cheat massively. We have been ruled by a plutocracy for decades with only the occasional pushback from the people. Posted by: Dist-hillary was so hateful the cheat machine couldn't drag her over the line at September 03, 2026 12:18 PM (anL5R) 301
23 19 But we've GOT to vote for somebody! Just think of all the new laws we need!
Posted by: t-bird at September 03, 2026 11:06 AM (h/6op) More: 'I don't want the other guy, so I guess I'll vote for this useless retard.' Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 11:07 AM (Y/06r) ___ I have never voted FOR a candidate.... I have always voted AGAINST the worse candidate. Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 03, 2026 12:19 PM (hMLIM) 302
Canadian bacon is neither.
Posted by: Just for the record at September 03, 2026 12:19 PM (2Ez/1) 303
Is that Shoe on Head? Saw her in the vid Ace linked yesterday. Looks kinda like her face.
Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:01 PM (Jr5Lq) No. SoH has bitter eyes and much smaller boobs. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 12:20 PM (ccf/V) 304
*bigger eyes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 12:20 PM (ccf/V) 305
"I guess they missed the text in Article V that says the convention's purpose is amendments, not rewriting the Constitution."
Right. Like the way the convention to reform the Articles of Confederation just proposed amendments and did not write the Constitution. Likewise, you have nothing to offer against the core assertion that there are no limits on what such a convention can propose. Repeal the 1st Amendment? Repeal the 2nd Amendment? Eliminate the Electoral College? All could be proposed. Would they pass? Would a term limit amendment pass? Would they be ratified? Would a term limit amendment be ratified? Every time I see advocacy for an Article V Convention it is presented as a guaranteed panacea when it is obviously no such thing. That alone should make anyone suspicious of anyone promoting it, doubly so when they have nothing to rebut criticisms. Posted by: Sam at September 03, 2026 12:20 PM (7jMef) 306
Sponge cheer up.and watch Canada memes.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 03, 2026 12:18 PM (bX16E) They did make me laugh yesterday. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 12:20 PM (ccf/V) 307
139 The problem with government is that people are involved.
tanned, rested, and ready. and possibly mildly radioactive. Posted by: COLOSSUS at September 03, 2026 12:20 PM (v3pYe) 308
Although I'm not sure how such a system would be implemented, I've often pondered that congressional service should be made just as palatable as jury duty.
Posted by: Halfhand Make it like the military. Make 'em live in a barracks on Ft Meyer. Bus 'em into the Capitol every day. In the evening, bus 'em back to the barracks. Lights out at 10 PM. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 12:21 PM (77rzZ) 309
And with frontier models growing to a 4-horse race (Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and now Meta) capacity demand isn't going down.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG) It was interesting to see a number put on GPU-hours, as it puts some badly needed context behind the RAMpocalypse facing consumer computing markets. It helps explain the gold rush mentality behind the data center craze. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 12:21 PM (dK+Kv) 310
Nood.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 12:22 PM (Y/06r) 311
284 Canada has a larger population than Texas"
Not by much...if. Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 12:12 PM (cGjQu) Smalldeadanimals had a post to a guy on X saying that. 30% more population - 20% less GDP I was surprised we're second to Mexico as largest US trade partner. But Gemini said 8t was so. Compqnies have been near-shor8ng there. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 12:22 PM (Sco7b) 312
> I would like term limits set at 18 years for all DC elected positions.
--- you are too generous 2 terms for Senate, 6 for House that's 12 years 10 years for all federal judgeships, up to and including SCOTUS Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 12:23 PM (ZxPkt) 313
I guess they missed the text in Article V that says the convention's purpose is amendments, not rewriting the Constitution. And also the part about 3/4 of the states needing to ratify any amendments that It's a real concern with historical precedent. The Constitutional Convention was called to strengthen and revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead they ended up throwing them out altogether. Posted by: HowardDevore at September 03, 2026 12:23 PM (H/Jxx) 314
306 My favorite is.the Trump Nintendo video game.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 03, 2026 12:23 PM (bX16E) 315
What state has had term limits for decades? Starts with a "C?" Saddled the Progressives with Kamala Harris after Crooked Sleepy Joe couldn't Captain Pike anymore? California has had term limits for decades with what result? The failure of term limits as insulation from political corruption. Happy now?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 03, 2026 12:24 PM (wxsGM) 316
Agreed the staffers are at least half the problem. Or at least, the power the staffers have. They should simply be answering phones, sorting mail, and possibly fetching research materials, and they should be kicked out when the congressthing is, not tied to the position or rank. The congressthing should be doing their own dang research to make decisions, write the bills, cast the votes, etc.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 03, 2026 12:25 PM (aJQbY) 317
"No. SoH has bitter eyes and much smaller boobs."
She and Paul Joseph Watson use similar video editing styles, with rapid cuts from one rehearsed clause to the next. Hundreds of edits per cast! Do they do all those edits manually? It must be exhausting work. Me, I'd rather see somebody talking normally, than watch punched-up rapid edits of somebody talking. But their content is good. Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:25 PM (Jr5Lq) 318
nood
Posted by: gp at September 03, 2026 12:25 PM (Jr5Lq) 319
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Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 03, 2026 12:26 PM (wxsGM) Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 12:38 PM (odBC9) The Morning Report — 9/ 3 /26
Gloria Steinem, the pioneering feminist, writer and activist who helped define the modern women’s movement, has died at 92.If I want to be kind, and given the utter societal rot that she and others of her ilk precipitated over the past 60 years or so, I find it extremely difficult, so whatever legitimate grievances that women had which begat the women's movement, Steinem certainly played a pivotal role in bringing them to the fore. But at least from my perspective, like the civil rights movement, and our society's natural movement away from segregation and the evils of racism, women ultimately would have gained equal status thanks to the Judeo-Christian and American ethic that undergird society in the first place. Of course the anti-American Democrat/Left have been doing their damndest to tear that all down in their unslakeable lust for absolute power and so especially over the past 60 years they have corrupted every legitimate political movement in order not to build a more perfect union but to tear down the closest that humanity has ever come to it, the American experiment. And yet we're still here, but only just. And moving on to some horrific news from late yesterday afternoon out of Minneapolis. Yikes, we're stuck in an endless loop of alternate universe Mary Tyler Moore shows. At least six people, including two police officers, were shot in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday around 4:50 p.m. local time.No doubt P3DO adjacent/suspected governor Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey will do their best to obfuscate and cover up the identity and background of the shooter, who is in custody per the reports, and lead the call for the destruction of the Second Amendment, despite Minnesota already being one of the strictest anti-2A states in the nation as it is. Having zero information about the perp, but in every case like this that I can recall, the shooter was not a member of the NRA or GOA, but it's the guns, and white people and toxic masculinity (that's for you Gloria Steinem). Meanwhile in another part of the forest... ‘I Like To Kill Jews’: Columbia Protester Upheld by Media as Gentle Peace Activist Is Accused of Supporting Terrorists, Boasting He Can Use a Machine Gun, in Scathing New Report. . . The Palestinian Columbia student, Mohsen Mahdawi, is currently fighting deportationOh no, the infamy! We can't have that can we?! Meh, who needs this when we have our own homegrown Zyklon A-Z sucking self-gassers ready willing and able to line us all up for the aforementioned fiend before inhaling deeply! But addressing an event for Michigan Jewish Democrats, Nessel made her best case in a speech that will last long past this cycle because of the nakedness of its horrifying argument. “We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest and, yes, even our own survival,” Nessel told Jewish Democrats. Those “needs of the world” required Jews to vote for Democrats, including presumably El-Sayed, who had made excuses for a Muslim terrorist attack against Jewish children in the preschool of a Michigan Temple.With Jews like Dana Nessel we don't need the Einsatzgruppen. Yes sir that's my Yasser!!!! Evil filthy drunken slag shitwhore needs to have dinner with Gloria Steinem, soon! Finally, I note yet again with a mix of puzzlement, curiosity and satisfaction the anomaly that is John Fetterman. . . . Like, the DSA, they’re deeply anti-American,” Fetterman said. “They’re deeply anti-capitalism. They’re deeply anti-the American way of life.” Fetterman continued to point out that “when you look at the kind of individuals that are actually in the DSA,” they live in homes that their parents bought for millions of dollars. “They want to impoverish middle class whites, and seize all the production,” Fetterman continued. “I would think every single Democrat should condemn the DSA. This is not like a big tent situation, they should have their own entire party, and run alone as the kinds of communists, and socialists, and anti-American party that they are.”Regardless of why he is publicly destroying the DSA while no doubt still embracing core Democrat/Liberal beliefs and shibboleths, his overt broadsides are needed, loudly, frequently and repeatedly. That they are coming most effectively from him and not from anyone in the GOP is frustrating and telling. So give 'em hell Lumpy! Have a good day.
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Happy Thursday
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 03, 2026 07:19 AM (/+uur) 3
Nooded.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ) 4
Good morning morons and happy birthday JJ
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 07:21 AM (RIvkX) 5
Yonder Horde
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 07:23 AM (2Cry5) 6
Morning, everyone!
Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 07:23 AM (svLOV) 7
The 25th Anniversary of 9/11 is Approaching, So Get Ready to Hear About ‘Islamophobia’"
I don't believe they'll trot that out like they used to. The "phobia" card has been used up... Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 07:23 AM (XuXeR) 8
awesome content! Thanks, JJ!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 03, 2026 07:23 AM (VyBeY) 9
"I'm a big fan of the women's movement. Especially from behind." Posted by: I miss Rush at September 03, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1) 10
Gloria Steinem, the pioneering feminist, writer and activist who helped define the modern women’s movement, has died at 92.
===== Today will be a great day! Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX) 11
Since I was not certain if this was brought up earlier, I admit to feeling a warm fuzzy upon learning that the judge who overturned Bowe Bergdahl's conviction was told "Nope. You don't have that authority."
Now waiting to see if he does any jail time. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 07:25 AM (svLOV) 12
Thank you, J.J.
A cornucopia of useful open-source intelligence, with your trademarked framing comments. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ) 13
Was quite surprised, while scrolling through YouTube shorts last night, that there are dozens of clips from the movie, "Citizen Vigilante" posted. What was equally surprising were the comments. The majority supported the premise of the movie, most stating that unless something is done, the west will be taken over by those portrayed in the film. Wow! I guess it struck a nerve.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 03, 2026 07:25 AM (hmYU4) 14
No more fish or bicycles for Gloria...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:26 AM (l3cgK) 15
Europeans Preparing to Admit 40,000 Gazans"
Well of course. Who else is going to work to support Han's retirement, especially with the loss of USAID money? Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 07:27 AM (XuXeR) 16
Dana Nessel. Kill yourself. Do it now.
For the "needs of the world" Set a good example for the rest of us. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 07:27 AM (RIvkX) 17
It's not a phobia if they are really trying to kill you...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:27 AM (l3cgK) 18
I'm sure Gloria Steinem and the worms will get along just fine. Maggots got to eat same as worms.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 03, 2026 07:28 AM (C/aDH) 19
Number 24: Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society.
Posted by: Rush Limbaugh's 35 Undeniable Truths of Life at September 03, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1) 20
Good morning.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 07:30 AM (d9FiM) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 07:31 AM (9iRTe) 22
San Franpsycho
Hmmm. An ethical, mobile AI, with strong feelings of justice, and a hard exoskeleton coupled with excellent sight pictures. We can call it the T-1000. It can be a strong ally to make people behave. I just wish my AI questions were not answered with "First, tell me where Sarah Conner is." Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ) 23
San Diego County supervisors unveil plan to hike taxes on locals so that Mexico can keep sending its sewage
This has been how the issue has been treated for years...lawsuits attack San Diego, Kalifornia, and the USA over this, but not Tijuana or Baja Kalifornia or Mexico. It's insane. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:32 AM (l3cgK) Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 07:33 AM (d9FiM) 25
"What was equally surprising were the comments. The majority supported the premise of the movie, most stating that unless something is done, the west will be taken over by those portrayed in the film. Wow! I guess it struck a nerve.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 03, 2026 07:25 AM" ++++ What makes you think those comments were posted by real live human beings and not generated by someone Macedonian server farm? Posted by: I gotta ask at September 03, 2026 07:33 AM (2Ez/1) 26
Who wore clear lens aviators?
Compared to what's rolling off the presses these day she could've passed for a moderate republican. "Rest in Power" tributes in 3...2...1 Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2026 07:33 AM (Y8DZL) 27
Good morning Horde. Thx JJ , hope you and Mrs JJ are well
Nessel should move to Canada if she wants MAID. Leave the rest of the Jewish people alone Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 07:34 AM (M9Oed) 28
“We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above... our own survival”
Michigan AG: Jews Must Die So That Democrats May Win After you sacrifice yourselves first, aholes. This is how they always are: so willing to make sacrifices, as long as someone else has to make them. Hey, it's not they're tied to the tracks as the trolly rolls by...they just make sure the trolly hits everybody. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:36 AM (l3cgK) 29
Morning all. I have a buddy who works in downtown Minneapolis. The shooter was apparently getting booted from his apartment building and wanted to shoot his “baby mama” and the building managers. Draw your own conclusions…
Funny how Jacob Frey, Keith Ellison, Walz and Klobuchar were all slobbering all over the police and how wonderful they are… like we’ve forgotten 2020… Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 07:37 AM (n7Rsm) 30
I see Gloria Steinem had no children, though Christian Bale was her stepson. Appropriate that she didn't breed
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 07:37 AM (M9Oed) 31
Has anyone, anywhere been fired for authorizing the installation of flock cameras?
Anyone? Bueller? No? Posted by: Public Service Layabouts and Parasites at September 03, 2026 07:37 AM (xFvo2) 32
ALPRs can improve policing and public safety, but we need stronger safeguards to prevent abuse and protect privacy.
Don’t Ban Automated License Plate Readers—Regulate Them And it'll work as well as the FISA courts, right? Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:37 AM (l3cgK) 33
Context on Gloria:
Steinem defended her relationship to the CIA, saying: "In my experience the agency was completely different from its image; it was liberal, nonviolent and honorable." Steinem married David Bale at age 66. He was a wealthy man who died 3 years later. No kids of her own. Ever. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ) 34
. Barrel.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ) 35
Dana Nessel appears to have a fundamental misunderstanding of the story of Esther… sigh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 07:40 AM (n7Rsm) 36
“We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above... our own survival”
Outstanding. Now tell us what your moral authority is that is demanding this recommended action. Since the person in the mirror is not a recognized moral authority, admit that you are a sadistic narcissistic sociopath and you just enjoy hurting people. Because "needs of the world" is a god complex characteristic. Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 07:40 AM (9s47C) 37
Breakfast Time.
Posted by: The Barrel at September 03, 2026 07:41 AM (Q+gd/) 38
Waves to jim (in Kalifornia) as the door to the Barrel slams shut. Hears screams.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ) 39
Dana Nessel? The Michigan lesbian AG who fights the Trump administration on everything the administration does to clean up elections in Michigan. Who got so drunk at a UM/MSU football game a few years ago while in office she was carried out by ushers. Who screams about data centers and tries suing everyone involved six months after contracts are approved and building is in full swing( she’s lost every one of those) who constantly gets overturned by higher courts). That Dana Nessel.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 03, 2026 07:41 AM (EiUt/) 40
About the article on Mohsen Mahdawi: He says "occupied peoples have the right to resist the occupation of their land."
Yeah. That is why Israel fights you subhumans. You're the colonizers. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 07:42 AM (svLOV) 41
reparations must also include money, “restitution, rehabilitation, and structural reforms.”
UN Committee Wants Countries to Implement Slavery Reparations Will all Islamic countries who engaged (and still engage) in human slavery be forced to pay too? Or is this just a Western punishment? Pretty much EVERYPLACE had slavery at one point or another. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:42 AM (l3cgK) 42
Lol. "The Agency" has been sending out paramilitary deathsquads to do wet work in countries most people have never heard of since before they spelled it C-I-A. Non violent my ass.
That's not even a knock on them. It's pointing out that Steinem was either a liar or an idiot (not exclusive), and has now tragicaly run out of days to ever remedy that condition. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 07:43 AM (Ot/FD) 43
19 Number 24: Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society.
Posted by: Rush Limbaugh's 35 Undeniable Truths of Life And punk rock gives ugly kids a chance at dating. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 07:43 AM (svLOV) 44
This is how they always are: so willing to make sacrifices, as long as someone else has to make them"
Some of you may die, but that's a risk I'm willing to take... Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 07:43 AM (XuXeR) 45
Fetterman’s Lump may soon gain self awareness and take over the entire entity. Is he the only example ever of someone getting smarter faster having a stroke. It’s very interesting
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 07:43 AM (n7Rsm) 46
Mark Ruffalo, Sacha Baron Cohen and George Clooney are the hollywood bad boys I turn to when I want to get my dander up. Radical, dudes, let's kick some ass.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 03, 2026 07:43 AM (C/aDH) 47
Yeah, well, UN committees want lots of things.
Posted by: Just go away at September 03, 2026 07:44 AM (2Ez/1) 48
Good morning horde!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 07:45 AM (XuXeR) 50
I miss Rush!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 07:45 AM (n7Rsm) 51
Maybe Fetterman is The Party's designated theatrical maverick.
Posted by: davidt at September 03, 2026 07:46 AM (Q+gd/) 52
What makes you think those comments were posted by real live human beings and not generated by someone Macedonian server farm?
Posted by: I gotta ask at September 03, 2026 07:33 AM (2Ez/1) I’ve seen the clips, no interest in watching the entire thing. It strikes many resonant emotional chords, and not surprising to see it find a number of admirers in Europe, where such thoughts are officially banned. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 07:46 AM (DCKjD) 53
"A trans-woman needs a man like a fish needs a unicycle." Posted by: ShainS at September 03, 2026 07:46 AM (IJ/6M) 54
The article that mentions Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper": I've seen no less than three different interpretations of that story. Straightforward horror tale, portrait of schizophrenia, and the latest, male oppression and exaltation of feminism.
Remarkable that the story has had such legs. Personally I prefer the first two interpretations, maybe combined -- the woman confined to her room is already tending to the schizophrenic, and something evil is able to slither into her disordered mind. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2026 07:46 AM (wzUl9) 55
Sometimes autocorrect makes it appear as though I’m a complete idiot. Or maybe that’s just me…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 07:46 AM (n7Rsm) 56
I used to be Mavericky!
Posted by: The ghost of John McCain at September 03, 2026 07:47 AM (2Ez/1) 57
This pad continues to Autocucumber me as I lie in bed trying to reduce me foot edemas...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:47 AM (l3cgK) 58
The Yellow Wallpaper": I've seen no less than three different interpretations of that story"
Ah, there's yellow wallpaper? End of story. Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 07:48 AM (XuXeR) 59
In trying to find the good in everyone, recognize that Nessel has been fighting the Canadian Enbridge Oil company for years. Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2026 07:48 AM (Y8DZL) 60
I'll shut up now. Have a good day. I SAID HAVE A GOOD DAY.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:48 AM (l3cgK) 61
davidt
Is Fetterman's analysis from the stoke cleaning out the Leftist brain disease, or his wife leaving him? His votes support the Left about 98% of the time. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ) 62
UN Committee Wants Countries to Implement Slavery Reparations
Define Slavery. The kind of "slavery" that demands reparations. Define Reparations. Give us the argument that "reparations" are the only remedy. Indicate the moral authority for this plan of action. Tell us exactly how much reparations cost, explain in detail how you arrived at that number, and give examples of where reparations solved the underlying problem and brought peace, joy and justice. Because you can't even define "justice". Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 07:49 AM (9s47C) 63
Morning all
Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 07:49 AM (S+dwn) 64
This has been how the issue has been treated for years...lawsuits attack San Diego, Kalifornia, and the USA over this, but not Tijuana or Baja Kalifornia or Mexico.
It's insane. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:32 AM (l3cgK) Okay, stay with me on this one. Coronado. Multiple SEAL teams are based there. BUD/S is based there. They all train in those waters. They could get sick from fecal-borne diseases. Trump should declare it a matter of national security and nail Sheinbaum's ass to the wall over it, telling her to fix it on Mexico's dime. (Yes, it sounds silly, but also sounds like something Trump would do (Lake America, anyone?) to make a point. Posted by: one hour sober at September 03, 2026 07:49 AM (J4Dwc) 65
Feminism is part and parcel of the Marxist project. It is the rejection of the fact that men and women are inherently different. The Communist viewpoint is that human nature is immaterial in shaping human society. The Communist requirements to adopt, embrace and promote the useful lie necessitates the rejection of objective truth.
As the serpent said in the garden, "Surely, you will not die." Gloria Steinem greedily consumed the fruit and served it to all others who would listen. Posted by: Minuteman at September 03, 2026 07:49 AM (47/pr) 66
Gloria is a pretty name, sadly from the past. I lived on Gloria Court growing up. Knew a nice Norwegian lady named Gloria.
I have no such warm feeling about Steinem. Posted by: Gloria In Excelsis Deo at September 03, 2026 07:49 AM (Fn+3X) 67
I'll shut up now. Have a good day. I SAID HAVE A GOOD DAY.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) Bite your thumb at it! Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 07:50 AM (S+dwn) 68
Belated BOING!
"“We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest and, yes, even our own survival,” Nessel told Jewish Democrats." - As in "Nessel Drip"? Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 07:52 AM (yMCWt) 69
66 Gloria is a pretty name, sadly from the past. I lived on Gloria Court growing up. Knew a nice Norwegian lady named Gloria.
I have no such warm feeling about Steinem. Posted by: Gloria In Excelsis Deo at September 03, 2026 07:49 AM And there was a song about a Gloria. She had voices in her head. Posted by: Is it any wonder? at September 03, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1) 70
ALPRs can improve policing and public safety, but we need stronger safeguards to prevent abuse and protect privacy.
Like the safeguards we already have in place to prevent abuse by government generally? Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 07:54 AM (ExV1e) 71
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Latest Attempt to Restrict Birthright Citizenship
----------- Have My Anchor-Welfare Chain-Migration Baby In /Imagine the new adopted children as well as Nanny, Lawn Care, and especially Paolo Pool Boy benefits for Cheap Justice Benedict Roberts ... Posted by: ShainS at September 03, 2026 07:55 AM (IJ/6M) 72
I just wish my AI questions were not answered with "First, tell me where Sarah Conner is."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ) ===== "I'll Be Back." Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX) 73
Now and for the rest of the day I will have a brain worm featuring Laura Branigan's "Gloria"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 07:55 AM (M9Oed) 74
I used to have a different nic
Without isolation of bad actors, identification is of limited value. A 3 strikes and you're out Justice policy worked well. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ) 75
Like the safeguards we already have in place to prevent abuse by government generally?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 07:54 AM (ExV1e) ----------- I'll see your FISA Courts and raise you a Tea Party Supreme Court. Posted by: ShainS at September 03, 2026 07:56 AM (IJ/6M) 76
As the serpent said in the garden, "Surely, you will not die." Gloria Steinem greedily consumed the fruit and served it to all others who would listen.
Posted by: Minuteman at September 03, 2026 07:49 AM (47/pr) You could almost extend the idea. The recent state of Marxist thought is Critical Everything Theory. So their premise is not that men and women are entirely congruent and fungible. The plan is to goad people into thinking deep down that women actually *are* inferior, and therefore deserve to be placed on a pedestal while men are denigrated and torn down, because you must reflexively treat everything as the opposite of what it is. There's something really nefarious about it, and you see the same thing everywhere. All blacks are psychotic sociopaths and so must be celebrated. All hispanics are murderers and rapists and drug dealers. All women are unstable nutjobs. etc etc. I'm not the one saying any this shit. They are. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 07:56 AM (Ot/FD) 77
>>>"A trans-woman needs a man like a fish needs a unicycle."
Posted by: ShainS >I never understood the appeal of a mermaid. How would this work out without disappointment? Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 03, 2026 07:56 AM (C/aDH) 78
Finding the good in everything includes recognizing that the Line 5 oil spill into the Kalamazoo River years ago may have helped wrap the PFAS in the riverbed. Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2026 07:57 AM (Y8DZL) 79
The T-1000 was a Pontiac clone of the Chevette. There's no aftermarket for them, and they are not fondly remembered by most.
Posted by: Auto AutismOn Parade at September 03, 2026 07:57 AM (Fn+3X) 80
His votes support the Left about 98% of the time.
-- {{{Salty}}} It sure is baffling. He has massive cognitive dissonance. I'm done waiting for him to realize what his party really is and has become...and most importantly, where it's going. He apparently can't make that leap and just can't see that in his constant proclamations in support for the middle class and America, his party and his own voting record obliterates his own beliefs. It's something to behold. Posted by: Lady in Black at September 03, 2026 07:58 AM (qBdHI) 81
>I never understood the appeal of a mermaid. How would this work out without disappointment?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone They have a strong oral tradition. Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2026 07:58 AM (Y8DZL) 82
Errah, Hello there Sugar Tits. Plenty warm today!
Posted by: Ted Kennedy at September 03, 2026 07:58 AM (d9FiM) 83
>I never understood the appeal of a mermaid. How would this work out without disappointment?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 03, 2026 07:56 AM It's like a nude beach. Sounds good until you get there. Posted by: In the voice of Dennis Miller at September 03, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1) 84
@77 "I finally find the girl of my dreams , and she's a fish"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 07:59 AM (M9Oed) 85
In honor of glorious Gloria's passing, my friends and I plan on holding a candlelight vigil, using Paltrow's Vagina Candles, then marching to the courthouse to support Lindsay Clancy in her fight for freedom then later we will gather for a scissor and dildo fest at my townhouse with wine and cats.
We're Fierce, We're Feminists and We're In Your Face! Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, local democrat scold and busybody at September 03, 2026 07:59 AM (xFvo2) 86
UN Committee Wants Countries to Implement Slavery Reparations
---- I'll agree to this, but only if we start with countries in alphabetical order. Note that the proper name of this country is "United States of America" so we are near the bottom of the list. Let me know when every other country is finished with their reparations. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 07:59 AM (FZ29D) 87
Rev. Wishbone
Smelled fishy to me too. You have to be at sea a looong time. Here is to the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). Providing foreign aid to Thailand one bar denizen at a time. Except for Bosun's Mates. Two at a time for them. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ) 88
Glad to see you mentioned Path to Zero, J.J. I watched it last week, and highly recommend that everyone see it. It's under an hour.
We all know what a disaster Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan was, but this documentary adds much more detail from the men who were there. Gut wrenching. Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 03, 2026 07:59 AM (3ImbR) 89
>I never understood the appeal of a mermaid. How would this work out without disappointment?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone She has a mouth. Posted by: Ted Kennedy at September 03, 2026 08:00 AM (d9FiM) 90
ALPRs can improve policing and public safety, but we need stronger safeguards to prevent abuse and protect privacy.
Industry has has those safeguards in place for ages. Software: before merging branch into main code, needs reviewers. Banking: before making a wire transfer, another employee must approve before funds released. Trading: before a portfolio manager proposes a trade, risk management, compliance and a trading supervisor need to approve. Surgical Time-outs: before surgery multiple participants verify correct patient, procedure and body part. They could demand accountability and sign-off before a compliance officer approves along with factoring in consequences for abuse—but they won't do it because they don't care. Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 08:00 AM (PVBkQ) Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at September 03, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1) 92
{{{Lady in Black}}}
Spot on. Make you wonder if humans are reasoning beings or rationalizing lumps of mobile carbon. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ) 93
Morning all. Time to get up and take a walk. Then back to the job hunt and hoping that I hear back on something.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 03, 2026 08:01 AM (aJQbY) 94
"And there was a song about a Gloria. She had voices in her head."
She used to come around about midnight. Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 08:02 AM (CD9UT) 95
Now and for the rest of the day I will have a brain worm featuring Laura Branigan's "Gloria"
Posted by: Smell the Glove Beats ob-la-di ob-la-da as sung by kittens playing guitars. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 08:03 AM (S+dwn) 96
We're now in our 55th year of feminist excellence. Subscribe today!
Posted by: Ms. Magazine at September 03, 2026 08:03 AM (Fn+3X) 97
Big earthquake just now in Alaska.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 08:03 AM (yMCWt) 98
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at September 03, 2026 08:04 AM (ccf/V) 99
95 Now and for the rest of the day I will have a brain worm featuring Laura Branigan's "Gloria"
Posted by: Smell the Glove Beats ob-la-di ob-la-da as sung by kittens playing guitars. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 08:03 AM Dominique. Posted by: The Singing Nun at September 03, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 08:04 AM (CD9UT) Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ) 102
97 Big earthquake just now in Alaska. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 08:03 AM (yMCWt) The Earth was angry that day, my friends. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 08:05 AM (DCKjD) 103
No doubt P3DO adjacent/suspected governor Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey will do their best to obfuscate and cover up the identity and background of the shooter, who is in custody per the reports, and lead the call for the destruction of the Second Amendment, despite Minnesota already being one of the strictest anti-2A states in the nation as it is. Having zero information about the perp, but in every case like this that I can recall, the shooter was not a member of the NRA or GOA, but it's the guns, and white people and toxic masculinity (that's for you Gloria Steinem).
Democrats will continue to fester the environment for mass shootings until the public DEMAND they do something, then they will come for your guns. The 2nd amendment is standing in the communist way and they will stop at NOTHING to take them away from you. Never Forget. Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at September 03, 2026 08:05 AM (ccf/V) 104
LOL Nacly!
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 08:06 AM (DCKjD) 105
Ann Blyth starred in Mr. Peabody And The Mermaid with William Powell in 1948. She passed on in June, age 98.
Posted by: Fish Tales at September 03, 2026 08:06 AM (Fn+3X) 106
@100 yes it does. I know a lot of folks here don't like U2, but their song "Gloria" is also helpful.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 08:07 AM (M9Oed) 107
It was a dark and stormy night.
Just found out Gloria is dead, Some dumb bitch activist was on the CBC, adding to the redundancy, and the guy asked her what Steinem would have thought about women's right's today. Very discouraging. Some of the things these MAGA people say.... Now if you'll excuse me, I have 4 cliterectomies to perform, three abortions so the families can later have boys andan internet class to teach trannies how best to injure females in sports and eliminate the 'competition.' Liberals have it so easy. Female sex-trafficking and they sleep in late with their hookers. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 08:07 AM (Sco7b) Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ) 109
I watched a few minutes of Ace's sidebar from Shoe On Head. She believes the Lindsey Clancy murderess has finally united Democrat and Republican women in our supposed mania in support of this woman. I strongly disagree. I'd wager the divide on what her punishment should be probably coincides with party affiliation. Why? Because leftist women are mentally unstable in a million different ways, and are rallying around not only their silly grrrl power tribalism and victimization mentality, but their missing link, in varying degrees, with maternal instincts. YMMV
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 03, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI) 110
The Earth is angry today.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ) The Earth was angry that day, my friends. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 08:05 AM (DCKjD) ===== Behold moron mind power. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX) 111
Define Slavery. The kind of "slavery" that demands reparations.
Any involuntary servitude forced upon any person not of European descent, by persons in countries which are, or have been, majority European descent, but not countries actually in Europe. -- The UN Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e) 112
Laura Branigan… yeah that song is an earworm… for me in the same category as Kim Karnes belting out Bette Davis eyes or Tony Basil chirping Mickey!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 08:07 AM (n7Rsm) Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 03, 2026 08:07 AM (x0n13) 114
DHS says since April 2025, more than 24,000 cases have been identified through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) online verification program — administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — as potential non-U.S. citizens who were on voter rolls.
SAVE is not a database but a query tool. Trump made it free to all agencies (it was 1.50 per) and also allows batch runs. Posted by: r hennigantx at September 03, 2026 08:08 AM (/+uur) Posted by: zombie Jimmy Hendrix at September 03, 2026 08:08 AM (CD9UT) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 08:09 AM (9Q+nP) 117
The remains of that tropical storm are just about on top of us here in East Texas - Praise the Lord! August was a very hot and dry month, and this is very welcome! As to the storm, it’s down to 30 mph winds and a lot of rain, far from threatening, especially when all the local counties have been under a burn ban from drought.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 08:10 AM (DCKjD) 118
I know, right?
Posted by: zombie Eric Burdon at September 03, 2026 08:10 AM (CD9UT) 119
> ALPRs can improve policing and public safety, but we need stronger safeguards to prevent abuse and protect privacy.
Industry has has those safeguards in place for ages. -------- Today, most of those "safeguards" are automated. It's rarely a person doing the doublecheck. It's increasingly AI. Which has proven to be unreliable. ALPR cameras, specifically the software that's used to access data collected by them, is no different. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 08:10 AM (2Cry5) 120
Now and for the rest of the day I will have a brain worm featuring Laura Branigan's "Gloria"
Posted by: Smell the Glove There are worse brain worms. -- RFK Jr. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e) 121
>>>Beats ob-la-di ob-la-da as sung by kittens playing guitars.
~~~~~ Reigning champs: I love you You love me We're a happy family ---------- Baby shark do do do do do do Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 03, 2026 08:10 AM (3ImbR) 122
Didn't Steinem turn out to be CIA or something? Or was that Betty Friedan?
Either way, 50s/60s feminism was intended to break up families so Communism wouldn't be resisted and to double the workforce so corporate America could lower salaries. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 08:11 AM (tUj8P) 123
Like an old man, trying to send back soup in a deli.
Posted by: George Costanza at September 03, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1) 124
Love the Hendrix song "A Merman I Should Turn To Be."
Excuse me, time to drop my Windowpane. Posted by: Trippy Ted at September 03, 2026 08:12 AM (Fn+3X) 125
I watched a few minutes of Ace's sidebar from Shoe On Head. She believes the Lindsey Clancy murderess has finally united Democrat and Republican women in our supposed mania in support of this woman. I strongly disagree. I'd wager the divide on what her punishment should be probably coincides with party affiliation. Why? Because leftist women are mentally unstable in a million different ways, and are rallying around not only their silly grrrl power tribalism and victimization mentality, but their missing link, in varying degrees, with maternal instincts. YMMV
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 03, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI) There are a good number of women who claim to be Republican who support her. It's mostly leftist women but it isn't exclusively leftist women. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e) 126
will do their best to obfuscate and cover up the identity and background of the shooter, who is in custody per the reports...
What I'm seeing is he's dead? Here's a CBS report Minneapolis reddit is discussing; https://tinyurl.com/5e5822nk ...the suspect is 35-year-old Carlton Neal Johnson...Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson said police were familiar with the suspect... ...This is at least the second deadly shooting inside the apartment building in just under a year. A man shot and killed two other men there late last September... ...While officials do not know a motive for the shooting, the suspect had been evicted from his apartment earlier Wednesday. The suspect's eviction came after a series of threats involving guns. On June 19, the suspect made verbal threats about using a gun and showed a gun to a security officer. Days later, he allegedly threatened a resident with a gun and walked around the block with a firearm visible. The suspect has a past conviction for domestic violence. Abdiwakil Mohamed, from south Minneapolis, said he heard the gunshots as he was driving down La Salle Avenue... Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 03, 2026 08:13 AM (t19vo) 127
Any involuntary servitude forced upon any person not of European descent, by persons in countries which are, or have been, majority European descent, but not countries actually in Europe. -- The UN
So filling out tax forms, serving on a jury, answering subpoenas, filing for permits and licenses, sorting recyclables out of regular trash, keeping the property up for HOA reasons... Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 08:13 AM (+4Cf6) Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 08:13 AM (u82oZ) 129
I never understood the appeal of a mermaid. How would this work out without disappointment?
-- There is a hilariously bad...I'm talkin' baaaad...episode on Fantasy Island about a mermaid starring John Saxon and Michelle Phillips as the mermaid. She's trying to entice him away from his wife, Maryann Mobley, and come live with her in the ocean forever. Its hilarious badness burned a hole into my brain. Your comment just made it rush back in. Posted by: Lady in Black at September 03, 2026 08:14 AM (qBdHI) 130
Abdiwakil Mohamed, from south Minneapolis, said he heard the gunshots as he was driving down La Salle Avenue...
Well that is a very important detail. Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 08:15 AM (+4Cf6) 131
Wasn't Steinem a CIA plant or something?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 03, 2026 08:15 AM (mNbKR) 132
Wow. Quite the way to start the day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:15 AM (ccf/V) 133
“They want to impoverish middle class whites, and seize all the production,” Fetterman continued. “I would think every single Democrat should condemn the DSA. This is not like a big tent situation, they should have their own entire party, and run alone as the kinds of communists, and socialists, and anti-American party that they are.”
Yet he'll vote lockstep with D's all the way down. Good thing we avoided that yucky Dr. Oz. PHEW!!!! Dodged a bullet THERE, we did. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:16 AM (ccf/V) Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ) 135
Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde. Posted by: Inogame at September 03, 2026 08:17 AM (53oGX) 136
Mornin', All. Happy Thursday.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:17 AM (77rzZ) 137
As I recall, the original stories about mermaids were all about seductive beings who would entice sailors to their deaths in the sea. There were no happy endings.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 08:18 AM (DCKjD) 138
...the suspect is 35-year-old Carlton Neal Johnson...Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson said police were familiar with the suspect... Abdiwakil Mohamed, from south Minneapolis, said he heard the gunshots as he was driving down La Salle Avenue... Seems something doesn't quite match up here...... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:18 AM (ccf/V) Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 08:19 AM (CD9UT) 140
As I recall, the original stories about mermaids were all about seductive beings who would entice sailors to their deaths in the sea. There were no happy endings.
Posted by: Tom Servo They were based on manatees. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:19 AM (77rzZ) 141
Beats ob-la-di ob-la-da as sung by kittens playing guitars.
~~~~~ Reigning champs: I love you You love me We're a happy family ---------- Baby shark do do do do do do Posted by: IrishEi?! *Hamster Dance has entered the chat. Dibidi ba didi dou dou Di ba didi dou Didi didldildidldidl houdihoudi dey dou Dibidi ba didi dou dou Di ba didi dou Didi didldildidldidl houdihoudi dey dou Here we go Dibidi ba didi dou dou Di ba didi dou Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 08:19 AM (S+dwn) 142
Liberals have it so easy. Female sex-trafficking and they sleep in late with their hookers. Posted by: Stateless Nah. Think of all the work it takes to stay ahead of the progressive narrative. You're a nazi today if you believe in the things they espoused 2 weeks ago. Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2026 08:19 AM (Y8DZL) 143
The was an episode of Night Gallery called "Lindemann's Catch" where the mermaid became human but only the bottom half.
The top half became a large mouthed Grouper. Posted by: Hillary's Vagina at September 03, 2026 08:20 AM (xFvo2) 144
Easy for you to say. I'm sitting at the dentist.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 08:19 AM (CD9UT) ===== My dentist says my teeth are "amazing." I thought you should know. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX) 145
1-877-KARS-FOR-KIDS
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:20 AM (77rzZ) 146
As I recall, the original stories about mermaids were all about seductive beings who would entice sailors to their deaths in the sea. There were no happy endings.
Posted by: Tom Servo They were based on manatees. Posted by: Bulg Sea cows. Relatives of Lena Dunham. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 08:20 AM (S+dwn) Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 08:21 AM (tUj8P) 148
Easy for you to say. I'm sitting at the dentist.
Posted by: fd A little advice. Pay the extra five bucks for the Novocaine. Posted by: Big Spender at September 03, 2026 08:21 AM (Fn+3X) 149
The was an episode of Night Gallery called "Lindemann's Catch" where the mermaid became human but only the bottom half.
The top half became a large mouthed Grouper. Posted by: Hillary's Vagina I remember watching that one as a kid. Freaked me out. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:21 AM (77rzZ) 150
Good thing we avoided that yucky Dr. Oz. PHEW!!!! Dodged a bullet THERE, we did.
Didn't Oz say at one point that he was pro-Palestinian? Or at least there was smoke in that direction. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 08:22 AM (tUj8P) 151
Tom Hanks was in a mermaid movie IIRC
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 08:22 AM (n7Rsm) 152
The Judeo-Christian tradition was alive and well in Gloria Steinhem.
A feminist Seder became her strongest connection to Jewish ritual. Steinem participated for decades in an annual women’s Seder, calling it the first spiritually centered experience of her feminist life. What drew her to Judaism, she said, wasn’t the law it was “the mystical part, the Kabbalah, the Shechinah. Posted by: It is What It Is at September 03, 2026 08:22 AM (jAUp1) 153
Did Lindemann get some fish head?
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 08:22 AM (CD9UT) 154
So, tying things together: David Bale got to do the John Candy Penthouse letter scene in "Splash" in real life! Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2026 08:23 AM (Y8DZL) 155
Daryl Hannah…. Yum
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 08:24 AM (n7Rsm) 156
Seamen who looked on me with lust were sick, sick, lonely men.
Posted by: The Huge Manatee! at September 03, 2026 08:24 AM (Fn+3X) 157
What drew her to Judaism, she said, wasn’t the law it was “the mystical part, the Kabbalah, the Shechinah."
Kabbalah is astrology for women who want to sound slightly less crazy. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 08:25 AM (tUj8P) 158
Reigning champs:
I love you You love me We're a happy family ---------- Baby shark do do do do do do Posted by: IrishEi?! *Hamster Dance has entered the chat. But not "The New Zoo Revue"? Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 08:25 AM (BvPIe) 159
Steinem was CIA. It was an op. What a surprise.
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 08:25 AM (PFPLb) 160
Spoiler: It's still an op
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 08:25 AM (PFPLb) 161
Steinem was CIA. It was an op. What a surprise.
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 08:25 AM (PFPLb) But the CIA doesn't work inside the US borders. Nope. Nuh uh. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:26 AM (ccf/V) 162
Yikes! Just looked… Daryl Hannah did not age well; or perhaps more accurately, she should’ve stayed away from the plastic surgeons…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 08:26 AM (n7Rsm) 163
Now and for the rest of the day I will have a brain worm featuring Laura Branigan's "Gloria"
Posted by: Smell the Glove I recall an interview with one of the sound guys that worked with her. Her voice was so powerful, she broke the microphone on a couple of occasions. Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2026 08:26 AM (Ol0xY) Posted by: Alive Eric Burdon at September 03, 2026 08:26 AM (1Ff7Z) 165
Troll in chief: Trump said maybe we should rename the Strait of Hormuz as "Trump Strait" and MSNOW immediately melted down. LOL!
Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 08:27 AM (tUj8P) 166
Yikes! Just looked… Daryl Hannah did not age well; or perhaps more accurately, she should’ve stayed away from the plastic surgeons…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 08:26 AM (n7Rsm) Which is amazing since I thought she was living in trees using one square. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:27 AM (ccf/V) 167
Troll in chief: Trump said maybe we should rename the Strait of Hormuz as "Trump Strait" and MSNOW immediately melted down. LOL!
Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 08:27 AM (tUj8P) I think he should name it Strait Trump, because a move like that is straight up Trump. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:27 AM (ccf/V) 168
What makes you think those comments were posted by real live human beings and not generated by someone Macedonian server farm?
Posted by: I gotta ask at September 03, 2026 07:33 AM (2Ez/1) Of course they were. (rolls eyes, knowing THAT would be the response here). Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 03, 2026 08:28 AM (hmYU4) 169
It's not cannibalism to eat the lower half of a mermaid, right?
Posted by: That's a Lot of Sushi at September 03, 2026 08:28 AM (A6KrF) 170
You're a nazi today if you believe in the things they espoused 2 weeks ago.
Posted by: Auspex at September 03 When 2 minutes of hate occurs every five minutes..... Nice storms throughout southern Ontario. Hopefully it cleaned up Detroit a bit. The Generac was on when I woke up and we still had internet and cable for a few hours which was unusual. I brought in Snowflake's mom Starry who was on my porch and surrendered the house to the cats around 4am - zoomy time. I put them out around 7am. At least I'm not Satan in hell having to listen to Gloria the rest of eternity. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 08:28 AM (Sco7b) 171
she should’ve stayed away from the plastic surgeons…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt That can be said about virtually any woman. Ladies, just age naturally. Natural aging always looks better than plastic surgery. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:28 AM (77rzZ) 172
162 Yikes! Just looked… Daryl Hannah did not age well; or perhaps more accurately, she should’ve stayed away from the plastic surgeons…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt Unfortunate. My brother Daryl and my other brother Daryl look remarkable for their age. Posted by: Larry At The Stratford Inn at September 03, 2026 08:28 AM (Fn+3X) 173
The National Police has informed Judge María Tardón — who is investigating the crossing of approximately 80,000 people from Morocco into Spain through the Ceuta border on July 30 and 31 — that the operation was planned and carried out by agents of Morocco’s security forces, in stark contrast with the position maintained by the Spanish government: President Pedro Sánchez, although he initially described it as an “attack on Spain’s territorial integrity” … has maintained that Morocco neither conceived nor executed the action, instead blaming “mafias” engaged in human trafficking and countries such as Russia and Israel.
===== You fvcked up. You trusted us. Posted by: Slimy Lying Raghead Moroccans at September 03, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX) 174
Troll in chief: Trump said maybe we should rename the Strait of Hormuz as "Trump Strait" and MSNOW immediately melted down. LOL!
Didn't Babylon Bee do an "article" on a barge-based Trump resort golf course floating in the Trump Strait? Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 08:29 AM (BvPIe) 175
Daryl Hannah did not age well; or perhaps more accurately, she should’ve stayed away from the plastic surgeons…
There are maybe 3 or 4 cases where plastic surgery actually worked out. In 99% of cases it ends up like that, with Madonna as the poster whatever-the-hell-she-is. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 08:30 AM (tUj8P) 176
Ladies, just age naturally. Natural aging always looks better than plastic surgery.
Rare Exception: Dolly Parton, still able to pose for Playboy in her mid to late seventies. Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 08:31 AM (a6PrB) 177
with Madonna as the poster whatever-the-hell-she-is.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 08:30 AM (tUj8P) Disease riddled, drippy twat whore bag. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:31 AM (ccf/V) Posted by: Cow Demon at September 03, 2026 08:32 AM (WB/3O) 179
Sees the article about Gloria Steinem.
Be right back. Gotta check something.... Yep. Jane Fonda is still wasting my air. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 08:32 AM (svLOV) 180
>>But the CIA doesn't work inside the US borders. Nope. Nuh uh.
Been a lie pretty much since day 1. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 08:33 AM (viF8m) 181
I’ve seen the clips, no interest in watching the entire thing. It strikes many resonant emotional chords, and not surprising to see it find a number of admirers in Europe, where such thoughts are officially banned. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 07:46 AM (DCKjD) I downloaded the movie when Elon had it posted for 24 hours. I have given DVDs to a number of friends who also liked it. Death Wish on steroids. Of course, my Magyar DNA loves revenge. The final line in the movie pretty sums it up. Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 03, 2026 08:33 AM (hmYU4) 182
ALPRs can be regulated? By who? The same police who abuse them?
What idiots. BAN THEM. Period. My problem with that argument is that it seamlessly transfers to guns. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 08:33 AM (tUj8P) 183
Don't remember where, but remember hearing or reading somewhere that Gloria Steinem was a CIA asset. But then who wasn't?
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 03, 2026 08:33 AM (QaH55) 184
My wife (54 years this past May) always said to me, "you like to stick the knife in and twist it!" I don't disagree.
The final line in the movie pretty sums it up. Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 03, 2026 08:33 AM (hmYU4) Wow. What an example. Congrats, you two. That's friggin AWESOME. Bucking the trends set by hollywood whores......... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:34 AM (ccf/V) 185
That German guy who designed the shirt that confuses AI surveillance cameras with it's crazy pattern could really make bank if he sold car wraps with that design.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 03, 2026 08:35 AM (3ImbR) 186
My dentist says my teeth are "amazing."
I thought you should know. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX) Mine said the same thing! Only, not in a good way. Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 03, 2026 08:35 AM (hmYU4) 187
>>But the CIA doesn't work inside the US borders. Nope. Nuh uh.
Been a lie pretty much since day 1. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 08:33 AM (viF8m) Zombie Allen Dulles wants a word… Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 08:35 AM (n7Rsm) 188
ALPRs can be regulated? By who? The same police who abuse them? What idiots. BAN THEM. Period.
That doesn't seem rational unless you're gonna ban cell phones and wifi, seeing as how those produce time/date/position information as well. Or is it the photographic record that is so objectionable? Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 03, 2026 08:35 AM (3Ope8) 189
So filling out tax forms, serving on a jury, answering subpoenas, filing for permits and licenses, sorting recyclables out of regular trash, keeping the property up for HOA reasons... Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 08:13 AM (+4Cf6) Serving on a jury is a civic duty. The right of trial by jury is that palladium of civil liberty and only safe guarantee of the life, liberty and property of the citizen (h/t, TX Declaration of Independence, 1836). Posted by: Cow Demon at September 03, 2026 08:36 AM (WB/3O) 190
Aging gracefully is a lot cheaper than plastic surgery. And what's the point of wanting to look like Nancy Pelosi when you're 80?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 03, 2026 08:36 AM (MhhhI) 191
That German guy who designed the shirt that confuses AI surveillance cameras with it's crazy pattern could really make bank if he sold car wraps with that design.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 03, 2026 08:35 AM (3ImbR) He just needs to copywrite the patter, then sell the rights to vinyl printers and shops. He'll be a billionaire. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:36 AM (ccf/V) 192
Worst singer ever...Lee Hazelwood.
Posted by: Going To Jackson at September 03, 2026 08:36 AM (xFvo2) 193
My Uncle Tony always told us, "if you like a girl, check her teeth, make sure she has good teeth."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX) 194
My problem with that argument is that it seamlessly transfers to guns. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 08:33 AM (tUj8P) Where are ALPRs mentioned in the Constitution? I have the unalienable right to surveil people? Posted by: Cow Demon at September 03, 2026 08:37 AM (WB/3O) 195
Regarding the bullet train-whoever wanted to go to Bakersfield on purpose? Getting there quicker seems like a bad idea, Buck Owens, notwithstanding.
Posted by: The Ties That Bind at September 03, 2026 08:37 AM (Fn+3X) 196
That German guy who designed the shirt that confuses AI surveillance cameras with it's crazy pattern could really make bank if he sold car wraps with that design.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 03, 2026 08:35 AM (3ImbR) Speaking of confusing videos, I had to laugh. Some sports analytics guy discovered (by looking at much video) that the Patriots put videos on their big video board over the years to confuse kickers. Opposing kickers line up for FG, look up and on the board there are duplicate uprights (so they see 4, not 2)… and the fake uprights had their flags blowing in a fake breeze the opposite direction of the actual wind. Those clever clever cheaters… deflate-gate was only the tip of the iceberg Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 08:39 AM (n7Rsm) 197
Steinem was an abomination and corrupted God’s rituals and practices for her evil predilections. She almost single handily created the abortion industry and normalized it into a widespread practice of eliminating the children of God. She was also the original AWFL, and led the destruction of the nuclear, traditional family- all for the false panacea of a job in corporate America. Many of the ills you see today, and the extremely sick, twisted, anti human views of women can be traced back to her. No, you can’t “have it all” because in the end that’s a coping mechanism for your personal failure to focus on what’s most important. That’s a universal maxim, not some gender driven truth. In the end she was a purveyor of falsehoods, sophism, and fallacy. That’s her truthful and easily proven legacy.
>>Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Matthew 5:7-8 >> The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death. Proverbs 10:18 Posted by: Marcus T at September 03, 2026 08:39 AM (EIe8H) 198
One or all of The View is a similar op. For similar "gains". Women make for special targets for the people who like to target people.
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 08:39 AM (PFPLb) 199
>>Zombie Allen Dulles wants a word…
MKUltra and Project Mockingbird to name just a couple. Both domestic, both CIA. The CIA and to a somewhat lesser extent their partner the State Dept. have been the center of the deep state for decades. They were largely behind the rigging of the 2020 election. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 08:39 AM (viF8m) 200
174 Troll in chief: Trump said maybe we should rename the Strait of Hormuz as "Trump Strait" and MSNOW immediately melted down. LOL!” I think CENTCOM missed a bet when they didn’t announce that the operation to clear out Iranian forces there would be known as “Operation Strait Flush.” Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 08:39 AM (DCKjD) 201
Regarding the bullet train-whoever wanted to go to Bakersfield on purpose? Getting there quicker seems like a bad idea, Buck Owens, notwithstanding.
Posted by: The Ties That Bind at September 03, 2026 08:37 AM (Fn+3X) =-=== There is even less reason to go to Merced. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX) 202
In 1963, at the ripe old age of 28, Gloria Steinem went undercover as a Playboy Bunny in NYC. For 2 whole days.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX) 203
That German guy who designed the shirt that confuses AI surveillance cameras with it's crazy pattern could really make bank if he sold car wraps with that design.
Is it like the Dazzle Camouflage used on ships during WW Eleven? Posted by: Zig Zag Clock at September 03, 2026 08:41 AM (xFvo2) 204
139 "Happy Thursday.
Posted by: Bulg" Easy for you to say. I'm sitting at the dentist. Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 08:19 AM (CD9UT) Hope your dentist is like mine. A wonderfully skilled, beautiful woman. Beautiful shape, too - IYKYK. Posted by: Sandra Fluke at September 03, 2026 08:41 AM (N39Ws) Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 03, 2026 08:42 AM (JX90P) 206
That German guy who designed the shirt that confuses AI surveillance cameras with it's crazy pattern could really make bank if he sold car wraps with that design.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 03, 2026 08:35 AM (3ImbR) Done already. Saw a pop up vid on YT. Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 03, 2026 08:42 AM (1Ff7Z) 207
Today Is Skyscraper Day. 🏙️
Posted by: redridinghood at September 03, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC) 208
Hope your dentist is like mine. A wonderfully skilled, beautiful woman. Beautiful shape, too - IYKYK.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at September 03, 2026 08:41 AM (N39Ws) She's shaped like a cock? Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:42 AM (ccf/V) 209
That doesn't seem rational unless you're gonna ban cell phones and wifi, seeing as how those produce time/date/position information as well. Or is it the photographic record that is so objectionable?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 03, 2026 08:35 AM (3Ope So you are good with the United States turning into a police state because we have cell phones and wifi? Any Americans out there? Even so, cell phones and WiFi data are in the hands of those who do not have the power to 1) deprive me of my liberty or 2) kill me. And from what I see, they suck at it. They can’t identify the town I live in, and the ads they send betray an inability to pin down where I live. Posted by: Cow Demon at September 03, 2026 08:43 AM (WB/3O) 210
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited a Judaica store in the haredi neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn, on Wednesday ahead of Rosh Hashanah, meeting with local community leaders and residents. Video footage shared by local media showed Mamdani touring the store and speaking with community members. One man presented him with honey, traditionally eaten during the Jewish New Year, while another demonstrated the blowing of a shofar, according to The Boro Park Scoop. Mamdani wished those gathered “Shana Tova," the traditional greeting for Rosh Hashanah, which begins at sundown on September 11. ===== The performance is nauseating. Anyone who did not turn their back to him bears guilt for co-signing the joowashing. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX) 211
Disease riddled, drippy twat whore bag.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer That skank bought my party shack in Barbados. Posted by: Dr Q-Tip at September 03, 2026 08:45 AM (7zn4w) 212
>>@JasonMBrodsky
>>The US military escorted 40 commercial vessels carrying 18 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, marking a wartime high as #Iran and the US exchanged a new round of strikes on Tuesday, two US officials familiar with the operations told CNN. >>Prior to the launch of the war just over six months ago, roughly 20 million barrels a day were passing through the strait. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 08:45 AM (viF8m) 213
That doesn't seem rational unless you're gonna ban cell phones and wifi, seeing as how those produce time/date/position information as well. Or is it the photographic record that is so objectionable?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 03, 2026 08:35 AM I can leave my cell phone at home. I cannot do the same with my body. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e) 214
Some sports analytics guy discovered (by looking at much video) that the Patriots put videos on their big video board over the years to confuse kickers.
I wanted to use my Happy Ending Spooge video from my Florida adventure but the Commish went with the homosexual cheerleaders instead. Posted by: Bob Kraft, Old Pervert at September 03, 2026 08:45 AM (xFvo2) 215
125 I watched a few minutes of Ace's sidebar from Shoe On Head. She believes the Lindsey Clancy murderess has finally united Democrat and Republican women in our supposed mania in support of this woman. I strongly disagree. I'd wager the divide on what her punishment should be probably coincides with party affiliation. Why? Because leftist women are mentally unstable in a million different ways, and are rallying around not only their silly grrrl power tribalism and victimization mentality, but their missing link, in varying degrees, with maternal instincts. YMMV
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 03, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI) There are a good number of women who claim to be Republican who support her. It's mostly leftist women but it isn't exclusively leftist women. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e) This is the truly frightening part of the mania of the women supporting Clancy. How many of the women who support her are K-12 teachers? Heaven only knows what the attitude of single-women teachers, who are aghast at the thought of being burdened with pregnancy then a crying child, are towards a roomful of troublesome children? Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2026 08:46 AM (5rh/l) 216
Those clever clever cheaters… deflate-gate was only the tip of the iceberg
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 08:39 AM (n7Rsm) Whatever. Deflate gate was bullshit too. Who handles the ball every down? You want to talk about REAL cheating? Not the bullshit rooted in pure envy? Try the 1997 AFC Divisional Playoffs, Denver at KC. Early in the game the Denver O- line was busted for having petroleum jelly all over the front of their jerseys. Posted by: Cow Demon at September 03, 2026 08:47 AM (WB/3O) 217
You want to talk about REAL cheating? Not the bullshit rooted in pure envy? Try the 1997 AFC Divisional Playoffs, Denver at KC. Early in the game the Denver O- line was busted for having petroleum jelly all over the front of their jerseys. Posted by: Cow Demon at September 03, 2026 08:47 AM (WB/3O) Stick-um, still illegal. Yet they allow gloves that are 100x as sticky as stick-um........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:48 AM (ccf/V) 218
207 Today Is Skyscraper Day. 🏙️
Posted by: redridinghood Watch the movie-Skyscraper Souls (1932), starring Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan. It's very good in a disturbing, Pre-Code way. Posted by: Leap Of Faith at September 03, 2026 08:48 AM (Fn+3X) 219
Steinem dead at 92, proving once again the truth in Philosopher Billy Joel's words, "only the good die young."
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 08:48 AM (wVcYX) 220
My Uncle Tony always told us, "if you like a girl, check her teeth, make sure she has good teeth."
Posted by: San Franpsycho Hey, Bigboy. -- AOC Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ) 221
This is the truly frightening part of the mania of the women supporting Clancy. How many of the women who support her are K-12 teachers? Heaven only knows what the attitude of single-women teachers, who are aghast at the thought of being burdened with pregnancy then a crying child, are towards a roomful of troublesome children?
Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2026 08:46 AM (5rh/l) Everyone says nurses are the craziest. Yet, there are teachers getting busted almost every day having sex with kids........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:49 AM (ccf/V) Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 08:49 AM (S+dwn) 223
Today Is Skyscraper Day. 🏙️
Posted by: redridinghood at September 03, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC) How many floors does a building need in order to be called a skyscraper? Posted by: dantesed at September 03, 2026 08:49 AM (Oy/m2) 224
Eye drops are technically blinker fluid. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 08:49 AM (S+dwn) Have a friend who lost a friendship in his yute as he and a couple others convinced the guy's girlfriend to go to the parts store and ask them to help change her blinker fluid in her car. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:50 AM (ccf/V) 225
Posted by: Cow Demon at September 03, 2026 08:43 AM (WB/3O)
Throttle back, mijo. ALPR information, much like phone and wifi information is readily accessible and abusable by anybody. I think it's given that you're 'under surveillance' to some extent just as a result of the technology you use and/or carry everyday. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 03, 2026 08:50 AM (3Ope8) 226
My Uncle Tony always told us, "if you like a girl, check her teeth, make sure she has good teeth."
Posted by: San Franpsycho ~~~~~ What did Uncle Tony have against the Brits? Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 03, 2026 08:50 AM (3ImbR) 227
JD Vance will hold the WH press briefing today since Karoline Leavitt departure.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 03, 2026 08:51 AM (NpAcC) 228
"ALPR's" don't just read the plate. Increasingly they're augmented with advanced AI technologies to identify vehicles with unique attributes. Like a bumper sticker, a damaged quarter panel, aftermarket wheels, etc. And some can identify the driver and front seat passenger.
All this makes cyberstalking pretty easy for someone with access to find whomever they're fixated on. Lastly, why are some of these things pointed at areas that kids, children frequent? Or gun shops. Or weed dispensaries. It's certainly not to capture a license plate. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 08:51 AM (2Cry5) 229
You want to talk about REAL cheating? Not the bullshit rooted in pure envy? Try the 1997 AFC Divisional Playoffs, Denver at KC. Early in the game the Denver O- line was busted for having petroleum jelly all over the front of their jerseys.
Posted by: Cow Demon at September 03, 2026 08:47 AM (WB/3O) But that year “this one’s for John” was the motto… so it was okay! Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 08:51 AM (n7Rsm) 230
193 My Uncle Tony always told us, "if you like a girl, check her teeth, make sure she has good teeth."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX) Women and horses. Always the teeth. Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 03, 2026 08:51 AM (QaH55) 231
It seems like the reporting is a bit different when muslims are victims of violence versus when they are the perpetrators. Perhaps it's simply that reporters can't be bothered to chaise down the details for dog-bites-man stories, and the latter would be in that category.
Anyway, here are a few lines from a recent NYT story: A 17-year-old North Carolina girl was charged with murder after she coordinated with gunmen to livestream a fatal shooting at a San Diego mosque this year, the authorities said Monday. The girl, Sarah Santiago of Forsyth County, N.C., was arrested last week, and a grand jury indicted her on three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy on Monday, according to Jim O’Neill, the district attorney. She is being charged as an adult. Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, killed three people at the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 18, an attack that was investigated as a hate crime and that heightened concerns about rising Islamophobia. Both were found dead inside a vehicle that contained anti-Islamic writings after the shooting. Notice the subtle differences here? Posted by: Oglebay at September 03, 2026 08:52 AM (2ap+5) 232
JD Vance will hold the WH press briefing today since Karoline Leavitt departure.
Posted by: redridinghood He is facing evil. For all of us. May he succeed. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 08:52 AM (u82oZ) 233
All this makes cyberstalking pretty easy for someone with access to find whomever they're fixated on. Lastly, why are some of these things pointed at areas that kids, children frequent? Or gun shops. Or weed dispensaries. It's certainly not to capture a license plate. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 08:51 AM (2Cry5) Why do you think every TV show in the last 25 years has been some kind of police show where surveillance is a big part of 'catching criminals.' They're normalizing it........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:52 AM (ccf/V) 234
How many floors does a building need in order to be called a skyscraper?
Posted by: dantesed I think the Flatiron Building in NYC is generally considered the first skyscraper, so at least as many as it has. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 03, 2026 08:52 AM (3ImbR) 236
This is the truly frightening part of the mania of the women supporting Clancy. How many of the women who support her are K-12 teachers?
Did you know in the United States after Lindsay Clancy there has been 7 more? Kimberlee Singler (CO '23) - 2 kids (9& 7) Jennifer Stately (MN '24) - 2 kids (6 & 5) Janette MacAusland(MA 26) - 2 kids (7&6) Hailey Dempsey (FL '26) - 2 kids (4 & 4mo) Marlene Vidal (TX '26) - 2 kids (6 & 5) Sarah Myers (NY '26) - 4 kids (13, 11, 10, 10) Kailey Erhart (ND '26) - 2 kids (3 & 5mo) We need a wellness check for every home that has Clancy supporters Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 08:52 AM (S+dwn) 237
In Wakanda, a Skyscraper was a two-story dung hut.
Posted by: Otis Elevator at September 03, 2026 08:53 AM (Fn+3X) 238
You want to talk about REAL cheating?
Posted by: Cow Demon 2021 Super Bowl; 4 defensive penalties called against Cincinnati during the Ram's winning drive., all b.s. or marginal. That and the kneeling is why I don't bother with them anymore Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2026 08:53 AM (Y8DZL) 239
How many floors does a building need in order to be called a skyscraper?
**** It used to be 10 floors, but now it's 40 floors Posted by: redridinghood at September 03, 2026 08:53 AM (NpAcC) 240
My Uncle Tony always told us, "if you like a girl, check her teeth, make sure she has good teeth."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX) Women and horses. Always the teeth. Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 03, 2026 08:51 AM (QaH55) And moms. Look at their mom. Because that's what they'll look like at the same age. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:54 AM (ccf/V) 241
Have a friend who lost a friendship in his yute as he and a couple others convinced the guy's girlfriend to go to the parts store and ask them to help change her blinker fluid in her car.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer *snort Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 08:54 AM (S+dwn) 242
Vice President JD Vance keeps trying to straddle a bright moral line — with predictably disastrous results.
JD Vance can’t outrun his Tucker Carlson problem === He does not want to. He wants you to accept it. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 08:54 AM (g47mK) 243
Female judges just don't work . The superior empathy gene they have works against them as judges.
Posted by: polynikes at September 03, 2026 08:55 AM (KC5Lt) 244
Because that's what they'll look like at the same age.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:54 AM (ccf/V) ====== Forty years later, I'm there. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX) 245
Forty years later, I'm there. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX) Wife's mom was long passed, so I didn't get the chance. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 08:57 AM (ccf/V) 246
There are maybe 3 or 4 cases where plastic surgery actually worked out. In 99% of cases it ends up like that, with Madonna as the poster whatever-the-hell-she-is.
Posted by: Ian S. This is kind of a survivor bias issue. All the good plastic surgery goes unnoticed, and the person looks younger and hotter. Remember the woman with the huge nose that got surgery, then dumped her husband because she thought she could do better? https://tinyurl.com/49nts8dz It also helps when people get subtle surgery while younger, instead of more drastic (and risky) surgery when much older. Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 03, 2026 08:58 AM (t19vo) Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 08:58 AM (PFPLb) 248
We had a field trip to NYC back in the 70's. Junior high I think. Went to see some of the art museums and did a side quest to the Empire State Building.
The elevator ride was pretty cool by itself. Only "skyscraper" I've been in. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 08:58 AM (2Cry5) 249
Good morning!
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 08:58 AM (rOKnE) 250
Did you know in the United States after Lindsay Clancy there has been 7 more?
So the Clancy supporters are correct and literally any women is a risk to murder her children? Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e) 251
I think the Flatiron Building in NYC is generally considered the first skyscraper, so at least as many as it has.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ) ~~~~~ Flatiron Building has now been turned into residences. Love that building. https://tinyurl.com/mr4yvpdt Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 03, 2026 08:58 AM (3ImbR) 252
He does not want to. He wants you to accept it.
Posted by: runner I dunno. I'm kinda souring on Vance because of his Tucker thing. I think that Rubio is where it's at. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ) 253
Notice the subtle differences here?
Posted by: Oglebay at September 03, 2026 08:52 AM (2ap+5) That they left out they were also targeting a Jewish synagogue in their plans? Posted by: polynikes at September 03, 2026 08:58 AM (KC5Lt) 254
Heartily sick of judges thinking they are the executive.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 03, 2026 09:00 AM (fqdMQ) 255
Eric Daugherty-
Convicted m*rderer Karmelo Anthony is now demanding $250,000 from donors for his "LEGAL FUND" He killed Austin Metcalf, and now he's betting on people giving him $250K This has turned into one huge grift! TURLEY: "It's unlikely he'd reverse that with $10 MILLION dollars! It's not gonna change the law." Posted by: redridinghood at September 03, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC) 256
>>“We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest and, yes, even our own survival,” Nessel told Jewish Democrats.
Whoa. One of them finally said it. They really believe this. Alrighty! Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:00 AM (rOKnE) 257
Constance was constant in the child-killing biz, won't she? My sympathy goes to her husband, the poor guy who trusted her. Twice.
Posted by: Eromero at September 03, 2026 09:00 AM (LHPAg) 258
No, you can’t “have it all” because in the end that’s a coping mechanism for your personal failure to focus on what’s most important.
Sadly, some people still insist on that and they blame The Patriarchy for the fact that they cannot. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 09:01 AM (svLOV) 259
I dunno. I'm kinda souring on Vance because of his Tucker thing.
I think that Rubio is where it's at. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ) I want a good primary. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:01 AM (g47mK) 260
>>Gloria Steinem, the pioneering feminist, writer and activist who helped define the modern women’s movement, has died at 92.
Huh. She did need a bicycle - she married actor Christian Bale's dad. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:01 AM (rOKnE) 261
236 This is the truly frightening part of the mania of the women supporting Clancy. How many of the women who support her are K-12 teachers?
Did you know in the United States after Lindsay Clancy there has been 7 more? Kimberlee Singler (CO '23) - 2 kids (9& 7) Jennifer Stately (MN '24) - 2 kids (6 & 5) Janette MacAusland(MA 26) - 2 kids (7&6) Hailey Dempsey (FL '26) - 2 kids (4 & 4mo) Marlene Vidal (TX '26) - 2 kids (6 & 5) Sarah Myers (NY '26) - 4 kids (13, 11, 10, 10) Kailey Erhart (ND '26) - 2 kids (3 & 5mo) We need a wellness check for every home that has Clancy supporters Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 08:52 AM (S+dwn) I hit the character-count limit before I finished my comment above. The most fearful aspect to me of Clancy-aligned women teachers is what they're teaching and signaling to the female kids in their classes. Yes, some may snap and begin harming children in their classrooms. But what are they out-right preaching, not teaching, and insinuating to their female students about females, toxic men, man-woman relationships, and burdensome fetuses, babies, and children? Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2026 09:01 AM (5rh/l) 262
TURLEY: "It's unlikely he'd reverse that with $10 MILLION dollars! It's not gonna change the law." Posted by: redridinghood at September 03, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC) It won't change the law, but it can change the judge. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 09:02 AM (ccf/V) Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 09:02 AM (viF8m) 264
Whoa.
One of them finally said it. They really believe this. Alrighty! Posted by: Lizzy at Septem Whether she believes it is up for debate. What we know for certain is she wants others to believe it. Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 09:02 AM (PFPLb) 265
She did need a bicycle - she married actor Christian Bale's dad.
Posted by: Lizzy She was 66. and her husband died 3 years later, leaving her his wealth. Hmmm. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ) 266
What's the story with the MEN wearing pink and standing with the deranged AWFLs outside the Clancy trial venue?
Posted by: I gotta ask at September 03, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1) 267
Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 08:52 AM (S+dwn)
We need to see what drugs they are feeding these women! This is scary ! Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:03 AM (g47mK) 268
It won't change the law, but it can change the judge.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 09:02 AM (ccf/V) He didn't get a new trial. The appeals courts aren't going to overturn the verdict. It's just the end credits wailing going on now. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e) 269
Was in the Carpenters Local 257, East Side Manhattan for 15 years. Worked in hundreds of skyscrapers. Fun times in the 70s and 80s.
Posted by: Aged Pensioner at September 03, 2026 09:03 AM (Fn+3X) Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2026 09:04 AM (Y8DZL) 271
Clancy planned the murders. That should have been all the evidence needed to convict her.
Posted by: polynikes at September 03, 2026 09:04 AM (KC5Lt) 272
Did you know in the United States after Lindsay Clancy there has been 7 more?
So the Clancy supporters are correct and literally any women is a risk to murder her children? Posted by: I used to have a different nic Yep. Especially if she's found not guilty. Now you can murder your children with the excuse of "I had the sadz". Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:04 AM (S+dwn) 273
We need to see what drugs they are feeding these women! This is scary !
Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:03 AM (g47mK) Maybe we should look at any drug that was giving to 66% of the civilized world to start. Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 09:04 AM (PFPLb) 274
Gref
Skilled teachers that lean to pragmatism and real science can not be hired as teachers. Ask me how I know. Here locally, the powers that be in the school system are grooming an unqualified lesbian for a major part of the school system, over better candidates. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ) 275
What's the story with the MEN wearing pink and standing with the deranged AWFLs outside the Clancy trial venue?
Posted by: I gotta ask They're the reason there's a chair in the corner of a motel room. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:06 AM (S+dwn) 276
With Mexico being a failed narco state on our southern border, how long before economic failure results in Canada becoming a failed criminal state on our longer northern border?
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at September 03, 2026 09:07 AM (+YRf1) 277
Female judges just don't work . The superior empathy gene they have works against them as judges.
Has absolutely nothing to do with empathy. It has to do with falling into default mode of Toddler Ethics: • share • don't hit anyone • don't say mean things. If the gynekritarchy sees that the defendant isn't in the process of saying mean things or violent, then Mission Accomplished and let the perp walk. The gynekritarchy does not believe in public safety. They are very much against incarceration for the sake of public safety since that never factors into their remedy to calm the kids down so she can go back to her doom scrolling and wine. Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 09:07 AM (BvPIe) 278
Clancy planned the murders. That should have been all the evidence needed to convict her.
Posted by: polynikes at September 03, 2026 09:04 AM (KC5Lt) And... she was able to turn off her psychosis in the middle of the murders to take a phone call from her husband. And... despite being a nurse, she was so distraught at what she had done that she made paper cuts across her arms and flung herself out of a second story window to "kill herself". I wonder how much of the sympathy she's getting is because she accidentally paralyzed herself. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e) 279
>> This is the truly frightening part of the mania of the women supporting Clancy. How many of the women who support her are K-12 teachers?
I blame abortion. My body my choice --> I brought them into the world, and if they harm my life, I can choose to end theirs. I mean, this is the answer to "Now that they've legalized abortion right up to the delivery, what's next?" This, this is what's next. If mommy isn't happy, then the kids must be sacrificed - for her health, you guyz. Moloch wins. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:07 AM (rOKnE) Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 09:07 AM (u82oZ) 281
We need to see what drugs they are feeding these women! This is scary !
Posted by: runner According to her tox screen, she was at or below therapeutic levels. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:08 AM (S+dwn) 282
In Jr high I went on a school trip to NYC. Went to the top of the Trade Center. Saw a helicopter land on the roof of the PanAm building. As we were on the bus driving back upstate the radio said a helicopter fell off the Pan Am building. Same chopper we saw land. Wasn't on the tour schedule
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 09:08 AM (M9Oed) 283
Maybe we should look at any drug that was giving to 66% of the civilized world to start.
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 09:04 AM (PFPLb) you do that Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:08 AM (g47mK) Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 09:08 AM (u82oZ) 285
Morning horde. I got stuck listening to Steve Earle and then the Pogues after Pixy, and so I've missed all the good news of the Morning Report. But, I'll make my way through now.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 03, 2026 09:09 AM (nB2bU) Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 09:10 AM (PFPLb) 287
The nickname for the DSA is "Neiman Marxists"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2026 09:10 AM (3cUTc) Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ) 289
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2026 09:08 AM (M9Oed)
I went to the top of the Trade Center almost a decade before it was toppled. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ) 290
>>We need to see what drugs they are feeding these women! This is scary !
This is going to sound crazy, but let's start with 'the pill.' https://tinyurl.com/3we5nuyw Amid growing evidence that links birth control pills with changes in stress responses, cognition, libido, and mood—including an increased risk for depression in adulthood if taken during adolescence—researchers are calling for more attention to the issue. “We lack basic, mechanistic information about how women’s bodies and brains work, and how synthetic hormones interact with normal biological processes,” said Summer Mengelkoch, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies women’s stress responses. . . " Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:11 AM (rOKnE) 291
lol. The communist leader of Spain has stated that Russia and Israel are the reason millions of protesters are in the streets. You see, they’ve spread “misinformation” the muslim invasion.
These people need a new script. Posted by: Vengeance at September 03, 2026 09:11 AM (y0LCM) 292
I think the Flatiron Building in NYC is generally considered the first skyscraper, so at least as many as it has.
Posted by: Bulg ________ Chicago would dispute that with the Home Insurance Building. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 09:12 AM (XvL8K) 293
272 Did you know in the United States after Lindsay Clancy there has been 7 more?
So the Clancy supporters are correct and literally any women is a risk to murder her children? Posted by: I used to have a different nic Yep. Especially if she's found not guilty. Now you can murder your children with the excuse of "I had the sadz". Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:04 AM (S+dwn) At Insty last night were posted some X-posts, saying things like - when you board an airliner and see a female pilot or copilot, you now need to ask her if she's hormonal, suffering post-partum depression, what drugs she's taking, and so on. Her answers could indicate it is safer to exit and take a later flight. Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2026 09:12 AM (5rh/l) Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 09:13 AM (7zn4w) 295
I dunno. I'm kinda souring on Vance because of his Tucker thing.
I think that Rubio is where it's at. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ) ==================== DeSantis and Huckabee Sanders should get a shot too. Some good debates might be in our future. Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 03, 2026 09:13 AM (nB2bU) 296
Vengeance
Those crowds in Spain calling for the PM to resign were very large. The PM had the police push back. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ) 297
According to her tox screen, she was at or below therapeutic levels.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:08 AM (S+dwn) Meaning she had drugs in her bloodstream ? The drug companies hide research from all the antidepressants, they just take them off the market after lawsuits they settle become a bit expensive. Maybe that is why Valium was discontinued. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:13 AM (g47mK) Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 09:14 AM (ExV1e) 299
WRT Gloria Steinem, I will say a lot of us probably got laid a lot more because of her, but then we also had to listen to them talk afterwards, because of her.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 03, 2026 09:14 AM (QaH55) 300
I blame abortion.
My body my choice --> I brought them into the world, and if they harm my life, I can choose to end theirs. Back to Toddler Ethics. If she can't get her children to share their toys, to quit yelling at or hitting their siblings, even after she consumes massive quantities of drugs and alcohol to help her cope, then to bring peace she must murder all of the toddlers. Now no more yelling or hitting, and no one is being selfish with their things. Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 09:14 AM (BvPIe) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 03, 2026 09:16 AM (M1Naw) 302
The most likely explanation for the JFK hit was that it was Allen Dulles, the ex-CIA head that JFK had fired, in an off-the-books operation. Dulles already had several coups and assassinations to his credit. Including a failed hit on de Gaulle.
Dulles wanted to force JFK's hand to turn the Bay of Pigs incursion into a full invasion with US air support. Dulles was behind US incursions in Iran and Guatemala and Africa. And let's not forget Vietnam. Posted by: Ignoramus at September 03, 2026 09:16 AM (dtajH) 303
Ex Rex Reeder
One lifetime early marriage to a loving partner seems to be a better path. Maybe AI can help vet those pairs? Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 09:16 AM (u82oZ) 304
Hello, Horde! 😊💕
The nicest thing that I can say about Ms. Steinem is that she didn't have any living children. That is a truly sad "legacy" to leave behind - all that scrap about "independence", and in the end she died alone with no loved ones to take care of her. Now she can spend eternity being haunted by the child she aborted constantly asking her why she killed them. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at September 03, 2026 09:16 AM (SRRAx) 305
The feds really need to look at all the cases of sudden mommy murdering their own children syndrome, just like they need to look at trans murdering people syndrome, the antipsychotic and hormone manipulating drugs they are feeding human beings.
Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:17 AM (g47mK) 306
>> NaCly Dog
I’m watching these protests, I mean there are millions of people combined, and thinking these people are done with this invasion crap. This is pure rage against a government who is completely operating in opposition of the people. I’m also starting to wonder whether this clown in charge actually won legitimately. It’s easy to see it is completely organic. Then he starts with the blame game on outside forces and using the police to attack the people. It’s textbook socialist Marxist crap. Posted by: Vengeance at September 03, 2026 09:17 AM (y0LCM) 307
Im no particular fan of that shoe THOT, but i watched the video Ace posted of her. She more-or-less echoes my thoughts about the Sisterhood.
She mentions a song in it, the new feminist anthem "Labour," by Paris Paloma. 1.) It’s horrible and whiny and very boring, like every woman song of the last 2-3 decades, short of Ke$ha or Nicki Minaj 2.) It’s all about the terrible unfairness of motherhood, by a childless urbanite art school pig 3.) It’s from an album called "Cacophony," which by my limited understanding of Greek, means "shitty noise," which is fitting Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 09:17 AM (BI5O2) 308
Leftardism can make you believe anything. It's not abortion per se. Abortion is the symptom not the cause.
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 09:18 AM (PFPLb) Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:18 AM (Y/06r) 310
299 WRT Gloria Steinem, I will say a lot of us probably got laid a lot more because of her, but then we also had to listen to them talk afterwards, because of her.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder The Fishbiker's Real Legacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tTHn2tHhcI Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at September 03, 2026 09:18 AM (bPJ96) 311
Vucic has been sounding the alarm worldwide, calling everyone from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to European Union leaders and other European officials to leaders in Washington, as well asking for this decision to be paused and reversed and to keep KFOR in charge of the bridge to protect the Serbian Christians on the other side of it.
=============================== Muslims just over the bridge has Serbians and Christians afraid for their lives. That's all it takes, just the presence of a muslim population. Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 03, 2026 09:18 AM (I8vgA) 312
>>The most likely explanation for the JFK hit was that it was Allen Dulles, the ex-CIA head that JFK had fired, in an off-the-books operation
He was an evil fuck. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m) 313
266 What's the story with the MEN wearing pink and standing with the deranged AWFLs outside the Clancy trial venue?
Posted by: I gotta ask at September 03, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1) Crazy, insane pussy. First, I let down Obama. Then Trudeau. Now Gloria.I keep letting down all of the West's finest. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 09:19 AM (Sco7b) 314
I was scheduled to take Brit Lass to WTC, my favorite buildings, on 9/8/2001.
She got spooked by a friend about NYC and we canceled. In one way I'm still annoyed, in another it probably would have fucked with my head. Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 09:20 AM (PFPLb) 315
It has to do with falling into default mode of Toddler Ethics:
• share • don't hit anyone • don't say mean things." So what does one do when the bully strikes? Beuller? Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 09:20 AM (XuXeR) 316
I have a family member who dumped his girlfriend over her support for the child murderer. I guess she was kinda cryptic with what she said, but he was like I’m outta here. He says he’s done with these chicks on “crazy meds” and their liberal politics. He’s talking about going out to some red state backwater to try and meet a decent woman. lol.
Posted by: Vengeance at September 03, 2026 09:20 AM (y0LCM) 317
My thoughts ran approximately,
"Oh God, I'm going to see posts all day treating her as some kind of heroic figure!" "Wait, no children? Didn't she have a daughter...?" "..." "... oh, right, no, that was the other commie named Gloria." Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 03, 2026 09:20 AM (aJQbY) 318
so now we know why Jews like Nessel were deafeningly silent during the Holocaust
Posted by: Avi at September 03, 2026 09:21 AM (uAraY) 319
It’s from an album called "Cacophony," which by my limited understanding of Greek, means "shitty noise," which is fitting
You are thinking of "coprophony" Caco comes from 'kakos' which is bad. Copro- is feces, excrement, shit. Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 09:21 AM (nAS9C) Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 09:21 AM (u82oZ) 321
308 Leftardism can make you believe anything. It's not abortion per se. Abortion is the symptom not the cause.
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 09:18 AM (PFPLb) Emptiness that they are constantly trying to fill by going through the motions of life. There was a good bit by Tom Shippey in the Lord of the Rings extended edition bonus materiel where he was talking about Tolkien's view of evil. He pointed out that Tolkien, by experience likely, had seen evil as empty. There's a quote 'The history of evil in the 20th century is remarkably impersonal. It is like no one really wants to do it, but they have their job to do. THAT is a wraith. That is someone who has been through the wraithing process.' Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:21 AM (Y/06r) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR) 323
Nothing says you don't need men like giving government the money and authority to do everything for you that a good father and a good man would do.
You go girls.... Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 09:22 AM (Sco7b) 324
If anything, the Clancy woman's saga has opened some eyes to the evolving problem of the hormonally medicated women in society.
Like all those weird school teachers, nurses, etc. We might want to revisit the policies and arguments that led to the adoption of said medications. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 09:22 AM (2Cry5) 325
Joke of the day:
Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze There's going to be so much unspoken debauchery in Thailand that they're going to have to rename the USS Lincoln to the USS Lincoln Project. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 09:22 AM (QZThv) 326
I feel like Iran won the war.
- Conservative Influencer with same energy as pink wearing Lyndsey Clancy suppoerters. Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 03, 2026 09:22 AM (VaC8w) 327
so now we know why Jews like Nessel were deafeningly silent during the Holocaust"
"Silent"? They helped load the boxcars. Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 09:23 AM (XuXeR) 328
went to the top of the Trade Center almost a decade before it was toppled.
Hard to do after. Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 03, 2026 09:16 AM ~~~~~ Started our cross-country trip in 2001 at the top of the WTC and spent the last night of the trip in a campground not far from Shanksville, PA two weeks before 9/11. Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 03, 2026 09:23 AM (3ImbR) 329
So what does one do when the bully strikes?
In her fucked up mind, its always the one winning the fight that needs to be taken down. How many videos have we all seen where some predator attacks a woman, a Man delivers the beat down to the predator and some other woman, seeing the predator experiencing Karma inserts herself into the situation and rushes to stop the Man who is visiting justice on the perp? Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 09:24 AM (nAS9C) 330
Nessel, if you are so suicidal don't take the rest of us with you. Might as well scream "Kill me now!"
Glorai Steinham dead? The Dems just lost another potential Presidential candidate. Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:25 AM (2GVsD) 331
303 Ex Rex Reeder
One lifetime early marriage to a loving partner seems to be a better path. Maybe AI can help vet those pairs? Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 09:16 AM (u82oZ) I see my attempt at humor landed with a thud and not a bang. Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 03, 2026 09:25 AM (QaH55) 332
Spanish police have reportedly fired on protesters and are using force and CS to break up protests. There are a few legit videos online.
Posted by: Vengeance at September 03, 2026 09:25 AM (y0LCM) 333
Spanish police have reportedly fired on protesters and are using force and CS to break up protests"
So, no news, then. All as expected. Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 09:26 AM (XuXeR) Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:26 AM (2GVsD) 335
He’s talking about going out to some red state backwater to try and meet a decent woman. lol.
=== lol indeed. women are the same everywhere, except in the South they might be more polite, and inconspicuous about what the really think. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (g47mK) 336
Has anyone been on that plexiglass platform off the top of the Sears Tower? I'd shit my pants if I stepped on that.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (XvL8K) 337
Morn all.. I have no good words to say about Ms. Steinem..
Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (+gK6I) 338
Chuck Martel
Tired crews and worn out ships are conducting a successful siege of Iran. They get no glory, but with a much smaller Navy, the US is taking care of business. This is stressful. The oceans are still the same size. But our ship designers and builders inside the US Navy have had 30 years of failure. Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ) 339
Austria Announces Plans to Ban ‘Political Islam’ in Bid to Confront Muslim Brotherhood
- There will be blood. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (ndZc7) 340
Glorai Steinham dead? The Dems just lost another potential Presidential candidate.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:25 AM (2GVsD) But gained 10 more votes across several States. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (Sco7b) 341
>>Started our cross-country trip in 2001 at the top of the WTC and spent the last night of the trip in a campground not far from Shanksville, PA two weeks before 9/11.
Was on the Southeast Expressway headed to Logan Airport to catch a shuttle to Laguardia for a meeting at our facility a few blocks from the WTC when the first plane hit. My regional manager was headed to the Path train in NJ to meet me. His station was under the WTC. Surreal day. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (viF8m) 342
I see my attempt at humor landed with a thud and not a bang.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder I thought it was pretty funny. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ) 343
278 I wonder how much of the sympathy she's getting is because she accidentally paralyzed herself.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 03, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e) As George Costanza once said “…with crutches, it's a funny story; with a cane, it's a sad story.” Posted by: TxAnn at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (SjAWL) 344
except in the South they might be more polite, and inconspicuous about what the really think"
Bless your heart. Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (XuXeR) 345
all the cases of sudden mommy murdering their own children syndrome"
See: The Women of Miletus. for both the problem and the remedy Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 09:28 AM (nAS9C) 346
Joke of the day:
Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze There's going to be so much unspoken debauchery in Thailand that they're going to have to rename the USS Lincoln to the USS Lincoln Project. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 09:22 AM *snort* Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 09:28 AM (9Q+nP) 347
The Clancy case is mixing up Guilt with Punishment.
FFS, she's Guilty -- not Innocent. Any sympathy comes into the Punishment phase. Posted by: Ignoramus at September 03, 2026 09:29 AM (dtajH) 348
Baloney. It’s these college educated women mostly from the NE and blue states. There are a lot of people in red states, especially outside the cities who are raising their children right. You just need to find them.
Posted by: Vengeance at September 03, 2026 09:29 AM (y0LCM) Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:29 AM (g47mK) 350
Murdering your kids?
Think there was some Greek story about that, probably several. But I am thinking of Jason's wife Medea. Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:29 AM (2GVsD) 351
Meaning she had drugs in her bloodstream ? The drug companies hide research from all the antidepressants, they just take them off the market after lawsuits they settle become a bit expensive. Maybe that is why Valium was discontinued.
Posted by: runner She had some of the drugs she had been prescribed. She wasn't abusing or od'ing. Actually, she was under taking what she was prescribed. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:29 AM (S+dwn) 352
This is how I work, I keep thinking about this gal and trying to figure it out based on what I know:
-she was described as a great pediatric nurse -she married a dude, had three kids -she was prescribed lots of meds, but per the video I watched, she may not have been taking many of them because the investigators found most of them with only a few pills missing. -her husband got up on the stand and defended her and blamed the medication. There is something fundamentaly WRONG there and performative. SHE KILLED HIS KIDS. HIS SONS. His wetware should be crying out for vengeance. It does not make sense to me and makes me wonder how many meds HES on. I am starting to wonder if she is a really evil, manipulative, charismatic, performative psychopath. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:30 AM (Y/06r) 353
My regional manager was headed to the Path train in NJ to meet me. His station was under the WTC.
Surreal day. Posted by: JackStraw Did he manage to miss the collapse? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ) 354
But our ship designers and builders inside the US Navy have had 30 years of failure"
No, we made bank. /Greenert and BAE Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 09:30 AM (XuXeR) 355
I am starting to wonder if she is a really evil, manipulative, charismatic, performative psychopath. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:30 AM (Y/06r) My opinion ? She's a good actress Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2026 09:31 AM (+gK6I) 356
It’s these college educated women mostly from the NE and blue states. There are a lot of people in red states, especially outside the cities who are raising their children right. You just need to find them.
=== Of course, dear. You big, smart, strong man you! Posted by: Southern Woman at September 03, 2026 09:31 AM (g47mK) 357
339 Austria Announces Plans to Ban ‘Political Islam’ in Bid to Confront Muslim Brotherhood
- There will be blood. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 09:27 AM (ndZc7) It's all political. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:31 AM (Y/06r) 358
9/11 I know one of the FDNY who made it to the bottom floor at the center at the exact right time. They walked out.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 03, 2026 09:32 AM (dtajH) 359
We lack basic, mechanistic information about how women’s bodies and brains work
I thought that Women's Studies classes solved that problem. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 09:33 AM (svLOV) 360
>>Did he manage to miss the collapse?
We were actually on the phone talking about the day when he told me he just heard over the radio that a plane hit the WTC. We both thought it was one of the traffic helicopters or a small private plane. I remember telling him my flight would probably be delayed and I'd call him from Logan and let him know. Neither he nor I made it to NYC. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 09:34 AM (viF8m) 361
9/11 I know one of the FDNY who made it to the bottom floor at the center at the exact right time"
Whew. I was sitting at Dulles waiting to fly out. Friend of ours missed his flight, and to this day saved the ticket. UAL 93. Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 09:34 AM (XuXeR) 362
I see the idiots in the media are having fainting spells while pointing at the state of USS Abraham Lincoln as the ship steams to Thailand.
Ships after a long deployment do look like cr@p because no matter how much the crew tries to keep things clean, dock time is always needed. Look at HMS Hermes after that carrier returned from the Falklands. Dear media, fvck all of you with a Thai ladyboi's penis. Our carriers would not be in such horrible shape or on long deployments if we had maintained a 13 carrier fleet but past administrations and Congress let it all slide. Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:36 AM (2GVsD) 363
Friend of ours missed his flight, and to this day saved the ticket.
UAL 93. Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 09:34 AM (XuXeR) ====================== Sheesh. Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 03, 2026 09:36 AM (Lhncr) 364
I remember telling him my flight would probably be delayed and I'd call him from Logan and let him know. Neither he nor I made it to NYC.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 09:34 AM (viF8m) I was on the subway going down to 1 Liberty Plaza when the towers were hit - train stopped at 14th street and Broadway and let us off because they said they heard a plane had crashed in downtown...crazy Posted by: Boswell at September 03, 2026 09:37 AM (NTVPI) 365
and rushes to stop the Man who is visiting justice on the perp?
Posted by: Community Notes Anyone who does that deserves to be punched. I saw a video out in England where a migrant of ambiguous skin tone and unknown religious affiliation pushed a child down a flight of stairs. A bunch of men lined up at the Beatdown Buffet and one AWFL came in screaming "STOP IT!" Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 09:37 AM (svLOV) 366
We lack basic, mechanistic information about how women’s bodies and brains work
I thought that Women's Studies classes solved that problem. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 09:33 AM (svLOV) The mystery of the 5th Grade girls-only class filmstrip. After that, it's all myths, legends, and rumors. Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX) 367
I was sitting at Dulles waiting to fly out. Friend of ours missed his flight, and to this day saved the ticket.
UAL 93. Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 09:34 AM (XuXeR) Lutnick was late to work because he had to drop off his son at school, his brother was there. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:37 AM (g47mK) Posted by: Oglebay at September 03, 2026 09:38 AM (2ap+5) 369
ShArt is late.
Posted by: Crayola Gourmet at September 03, 2026 09:38 AM (Fn+3X) 370
Burning Man Under High Fire Threat As ‘Orgy Dome’ Reopens After…
The attendees went into a panic when they realized a majority are now “middle aged” Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 09:38 AM (RHGPo) 371
The mystery of the 5th Grade girls-only class filmstrip. After that, it's all myths, legends, and rumors.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX) Lol. Then they came back with those mysterious, knowing smiles. Something's not all right at the Circle K... Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:38 AM (Y/06r) 372
>>She had some of the drugs she had been prescribed. She wasn't abusing or od'ing.
Actually, she was under taking what she was prescribed. It sounds like her doctor could not prescribe her enough drugs, and was increasing dosages when her patient had bad reactions to them, and then stopped taking them (which you can't do with SSRIs) - pharmaceutical chaos. Not that this excuses the killing, but is definitely worth reviewing. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:39 AM (rOKnE) 373
Wish CBD would show up with the art. I'm getting sick of seeing Steinem's mug every time I refresh the page.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ) 374
It sounds like her doctor could not prescribe her enough drugs, and was increasing dosages when her patient had bad reactions to them, and then stopped taking them (which you can't do with SSRIs) - pharmaceutical chaos. Not that this excuses the killing, but is definitely worth reviewing.
Posted by: Lizzy She was seeing four different doctors. None of them knew about each other. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:40 AM (S+dwn) 375
CBD must have forgotten to post the art.
Posted by: Tuna at September 03, 2026 09:40 AM (lJ0H4) 376
>>I was on the subway going down to 1 Liberty Plaza when the towers were hit - train stopped at 14th street and Broadway and let us off because they said they heard a plane had crashed in downtown...crazy
When I got to Logan you could tell something was up. There was already a large and growing police contingent. One of the restaurants wasn't open yet but they opened the doors and let us come sit at the bar and gave us free coffee with all the TVs turned on and we started to see what was going on. Then the National Guard, State Police and it seemed like every cop in the northeast descended on the place. They told us we had 10 minutes to get to our cars and get out of the airport or we would be detained. A morning I will never forget. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 09:41 AM (viF8m) 377
When you think a pill or two will fix everything, they won't.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:41 AM (2GVsD) 378
She was seeing four different doctors. None of them knew about each other.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:40 AM (S+dwn) Which could have been part of the con... to make sure she was proscribed a lot of and conflicting meds. Jeez, I'm Mommy-sleuthing. She's guilty. She murdered three children one by one. A long drop and a short stop. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:42 AM (Y/06r) 379
>>She was seeing four different doctors. None of them knew about each other.
Oh, wow - hadn't seen that. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:42 AM (rOKnE) 380
When you think a pill or two will fix everything, they won't.
== How about a small dose of new, but very effective vaccine?? -BIG PHARMA Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:42 AM (g47mK) 381
her husband got up on the stand and defended her and blamed the medication. There is something fundamentaly WRONG there
------ I've seen a couple guys go through horrible situations where they had to remove the woman from the family in court before something terrible happened. They both still cared about the stupid bitches, and blamed drugs for everything (drugs were involved in both cases). I expect this is a very persistent urge for most men. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 09:43 AM (BI5O2) 382
They told us we had 10 minutes to get to our cars and get out of the airport or we would be detained.
What was their rationale for detainment? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ) 383
Oh, wow - hadn't seen that.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:42 AM (rOKnE) Yeah, there's a lot there. https://youtu.be/9UEGIW_W1hQ Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:43 AM (Y/06r) Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at September 03, 2026 09:43 AM (0sNs1) 385
Has it ever occurred to anybody that "The Prophet" may just look like "an old Jewish man" ?
I can then understand the "no pictures of 'The Prophet'" rule. Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 09:44 AM (RHGPo) 386
I expect this is a very persistent urge for most men.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 09:43 AM (BI5O2) Valid. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:44 AM (Y/06r) 387
>>What was their rationale for detainment?
Wasn't an abundance of rational thinking going on at that moment. But they did know that 2 planes that had just taken off from Logan crashed into the WTC. It was basically a crime scene. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 09:45 AM (viF8m) 388
Sometimes, you have to deal with yourself. Meds, therapy, etc. are not going to fix you.
You have deal with you. I'd find it hard to accept. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 09:45 AM (2Cry5) 389
385 Has it ever occurred to anybody that "The Prophet" may just look like "an old Jewish man" ?
I can then understand the "no pictures of 'The Prophet'" rule. Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 09:44 AM (RHGPo) I just had a mental image of Mohammed as Marty Feldman. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:46 AM (Y/06r) 390
They told us we had 10 minutes to get to our cars and get out of the airport or we would be detained.
What was their rationale for detainment? Posted by: Bulg Possibly believing you were an accomplice. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:46 AM (S+dwn) 391
There is a disturbance in the Force.
Art is late. Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2026 09:46 AM (5rh/l) 392
I was over Lake Michigan enroute to SLC when ATC informed aircraft in the sector that the national airspace was closed. Got a vector for an assigned landing at Milwaukee Mitchell.
Lucky me. Posted by: one hour sober at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (J4Dwc) Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (Sco7b) 394
391 There is a disturbance in the Force.
Art is late. Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2026 09:46 AM (5rh/l) Might have been a guest's day to do it and they got delayed or forgot. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (Y/06r) 395
What was their rationale for detainment?
Posted by: Bulg Possibly believing you were an accomplice. Posted by: rickb223 But then, why give anyone a chance to leave? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ) 396
I clicked on, expecting the bad art thread
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (ZxPkt) 397
Has it ever occurred to anybody that "The Prophet" may just look like "an old Jewish man" ?
I can then understand the "no pictures of 'The Prophet'" rule. Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 09:44 AM (RHGPo) I just had a mental image of Mohammed as Marty Feldman. Posted by: Aetius451AD Jerry Stiller. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (S+dwn) 398
According to the details that have emerged, CENIF analysed photographs, videos, and the operational behavior of Moroccan forces. Its officers identified gendarmes guiding groups from Castillejos towards specific border points and individuals believed to be plainclothes members of the Moroccan security services giving instructions on how to reach the El Tarajal breakwater.
The police’s conclusion therefore goes considerably further than Moroccan passivity. It describes coordination on the ground and an operation intended to overwhelm Spain’s border-control capacity within the framework of hybrid operations that are taking place not only on Europe’s eastern flank, but also along its immediate southern border. The report even examines the sequence of the crossings and the rapid subsequent return of many of those involved as factors incompatible with a conventional migration crisis. Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (RHGPo) 399
There is a disturbance in the Force.
Art is late. Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2026 09:46 AM (5rh/l) Beethoven took nearly a decade to write the 9th. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (BI5O2) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (ndZc7) 401
>> I expect this is a very persistent urge for most men.
Having seen a family member deal with depression + heavy medication, I can relate. You know and love the person before this progression, and you hold out belief that that person is still in there somewhere. Of course, thankfully, this has not included any physical harm to others, particularly their children. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:48 AM (rOKnE) 402
I just had a mental image of Mohammed as Marty Feldman.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Jerry Stiller. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (S+dwn) LOL. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:48 AM (Y/06r) 403
No art?
I hope CBD is alright Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM (Sco7b) Maybe it's a CBD painting today, and he's just finishing up. Hillary Clinton on an Ottoman. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM (BI5O2) 404
Someone check under Ace's shelves for CBD.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM (9Q+nP) 405
What was their rationale for detainment?
Posted by: Bulg Emergency! Everybody to get from street! Posted by: Alan Arkin at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM (Fn+3X) 406
I expect this is a very persistent urge for most men.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 09:43 AM (BI5O2) Valid. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:44 AM (Y/06r) Uncontrollable, even. Posted by: DEVO at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX) 407
Maybe it's a CBD painting today, and he's just finishing up. Hillary Clinton on an Ottoman.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM Dude... Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM (9Q+nP) 408
But then, why give anyone a chance to leave?
Posted by: Bulg If you were there to do something, would you leave? Or try to finish what you were supposed to do? Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM (S+dwn) 409
>>But then, why give anyone a chance to leave?
As I said, not a lot of rational thinking happening. You have to remember the moment, two airliners just flew straight into the WTC. The entire world was pretty much in a state of shock. For all they knew someone(s) was going to blow up the airport. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM (viF8m) 410
Do we need Doof to take on the Art Thread now too?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 09:50 AM (ccf/V) 411
No one taking any kind of antidepressant, or some other psycho drugs should be in the care of children. period.
Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:50 AM (g47mK) 412
Do we need Doof to take on the Art Thread now too?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 09:50 AM (ccf/V) He no Rubio! Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:50 AM (g47mK) 413
Maybe it's a CBD painting today, and he's just finishing up. Hillary Clinton on an Ottoman.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM (BI5O2 We deserve something sexy today. Hillary and Nancy Pelosi making out on an Ottoman Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 09:50 AM (Sco7b) 414
408 But then, why give anyone a chance to leave?
Posted by: Bulg If you were there to do something, would you leave? Or try to finish what you were supposed to do? Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM (S+dwn) Plus, in crisis situations- there is always chaos and crowding. You start taking pieces off the board to both make the situation clearer and more manageable. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:51 AM (Y/06r) 415
By the way, the FAA guy who was in charge of national airspace and ordered it closed? It was his first day on the job.
Posted by: one hour sober at September 03, 2026 09:51 AM (J4Dwc) 416
Maybe it's a CBD painting today, and he's just finishing up. Hillary Clinton on an Ottoman.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice ______ So, Hillary on Hasan Piker? Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 09:51 AM (XvL8K) 417
Good news everyone, the 2026 Hugo winning novel The Everlasting is going to get an adaptation on Netflix.
I am reading the Wiki entry and wincing. Owen Mallory, Le Morte d'Arthur allusion, is the male main character who falls in love with a 'historical' female knight named Una Everlasting Can you be more bloody obvious??? And now Owen wants to change Una's fate, that of a heroic death serving her queen, Queen Yvanne. Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:51 AM (2GVsD) 418
Maybe it's a CBD painting today, and he's just finishing up. Hillary Clinton on an Ottoman.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 09:49 AM ---- Pre-emptive aesthetic injury! Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 09:51 AM (FZ29D) 419
I was over Lake Michigan enroute to SLC when ATC informed aircraft in the sector that the national airspace was closed. Got a vector for an assigned landing at Milwaukee Mitchell.
Lucky me. Posted by: one hour sober My brother's mother- and father-in-law were over the Atlantic, flying back from a trip to Spain. The plane had to turn around and go back to Spain. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ) 420
No one taking any kind of antidepressant, or some other psycho drugs should be in the care of children. period.
Posted by: runner Or police officers. We can't accept the responsibility of giving you a gun knowing your hormones are whack. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:52 AM (S+dwn) 421
We frequented the WTC as soon as it was finished.
The purpose was to get to 106 and then enjoy the free fall part of the express elevator ride down. We never went to lower Manhattan without at least one ride. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 09:52 AM (RIvkX) 422
I just had a mental image of Mohammed as Marty Feldman.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Jerry Stiller. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:47 AM ...... Hunh. Big Mo celebrates Festivus? Posted by: I gotta ask at September 03, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1) 423
We deserve something sexy today.
Hillary and Nancy Pelosi making out on an Ottoman Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 09:50 AM (Sco7b) https://tinyurl.com/223jws5c There. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:52 AM (Y/06r) 424
411 No one taking any kind of antidepressant, or some other psycho drugs should be in the care of children. period.
Posted by: runner Fuck off. Posted by: nurse ratched at September 03, 2026 09:52 AM (hXlgB) 425
Good news everyone, the 2026 Hugo winning novel The Everlasting is going to get an adaptation on Netflix.
I am reading the Wiki entry and wincing. Owen Mallory, Le Morte d'Arthur allusion, is the male main character who falls in love with a 'historical' female knight named Una Everlasting Can you be more bloody obvious??? And now Owen wants to change Una's fate, that of a heroic death serving her queen, Queen Yvanne. Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:51 AM (2GVsD) ---- Mary Sue Girl Boss once again.... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 09:53 AM (FZ29D) 426
My brother's mother- and father-in-law were over the Atlantic, flying back from a trip to Spain. The plane had to turn around and go back to Spain.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ) How did they get home? Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 03, 2026 09:54 AM (lFFaq) 427
Or police officers.
We can't accept the responsibility of giving you a gun knowing your hormones are whack. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:52 AM (S+dwn) Or drugs to deal with PTSD; you just never know. They might be making matters worse. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:54 AM (g47mK) 428
>>No one taking any kind of antidepressant, or some other psycho drugs should be in the care of children. period.
Given the prevalence of people on anti-depressants, that would be impossible to do. This is one of RFK's issues - how so many Americans are on prescription drugs it's frightening. Once you're on them, it's very hard to get off them (makes many suicidal). It's going to take years to pull out of this, if at all. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:54 AM (rOKnE) 429
DOJ Affirms Legislative Rule that All States Participating in Federal Welfare Programs Must Report Illegal Aliens to DHS
Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 09:54 AM (RHGPo) 430
427 Or police officers.
We can't accept the responsibility of giving you a gun knowing your hormones are whack. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:52 AM (S+dwn) Or drugs to deal with PTSD; you just never know. They might be making matters worse. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:54 AM (g47mK) Stop. This is the same line of reasoning that leads to red flag laws that disarm veterans and others. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:55 AM (Y/06r) 431
No one taking any kind of antidepressant, or some other psycho drugs should be in the care of children. period.
Posted by: runner Spending time with my son always made me feel better when I was going through a bout of severe depression. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ) 432
Now the Orange Menace is removing a beloved statue.
https://tinyurl.com/34pmfmae https://tinyurl.com/32tabb3c Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 09:55 AM (ndZc7) 433
I was in California on 9/11. Day after my wife's birthday. Her sister called us, it was still early morning, told us to turn on the TV.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 09:55 AM (2Cry5) 434
I leave to interview someone at work, come back and…. No art??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 09:55 AM (n7Rsm) 435
I was over Lake Michigan enroute to SLC when ATC informed aircraft in the sector that the national airspace was closed. Got a vector for an assigned landing at Milwaukee Mitchell.
Lucky me. Posted by: one hour sober My brother's mother- and father-in-law were over the Atlantic, flying back from a trip to Spain. The plane had to turn around and go back to Spain. Posted by: Bulg I was on the 20th floor of our offices in a conference room looking west when the order went out to ground all planes. We can see landing patterns for Love Field and DFW Airport. It looked like aircraft recovery on an aircraft carrier. Planes were stacked coming in hot. Maybe a thousand yards apart. Never saw that before. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:55 AM (S+dwn) Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:56 AM (rOKnE) 437
Judgemental asshats.
You’re so fucking perfect. You should perhaps try to be a lttile less pious and superior. Everyone is now a mental health expert. Have a great day on your mountaintop looking down on everyone who isn’t perfect like you are. Posted by: nurse ratched at September 03, 2026 09:56 AM (hXlgB) 438
How did they get home?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette Don't know. I guess they just took another flight once the airspace opened back up. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ) 439
433 I was in California on 9/11. Day after my wife's birthday. Her sister called us, it was still early morning, told us to turn on the TV.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 09:55 AM (2Cry5) I was at my parents, sleeping and Dad came and woke me up and said something was happening. I got out to the living room and Dad and I were doing patter on what had happened (a plane had flown into the first tower) and then the second one hit. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:56 AM (Y/06r) 440
https://tinyurl.com/223jws5c
There. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September Pretty. Not at all what I was expecting. Thanks. Time to seize the day. Storm changed the schedule around. Still no art. Entertain yourselves dammit time is on. All of you have a happy day. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 09:57 AM (Sco7b) 441
I'm picturing in my mind a fine painting from the Scandi Mental Illness School. Having my own private Art Thread here.
Posted by: Lemons? Make Lemonade at September 03, 2026 09:57 AM (Fn+3X) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 09:57 AM (1o8D5) 443
I leave to interview someone at work, come back and…. No art??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt We're all queued up and waiting, waiting, waiting.... Posted by: Tuna at September 03, 2026 09:57 AM (lJ0H4) 444
433 I was in California on 9/11. Day after my wife's birthday. Her sister called us, it was still early morning, told us to turn on the TV.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 09:55 AM (2Cry5) Lived in SoCal at the time. Worked near LAX. Building evacuated. Was VERY weird all that night no air traffic at LAX. Spooky Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 09:57 AM (n7Rsm) Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:57 AM (2GVsD) 446
>>Now the Orange Menace is removing a beloved statue.
"beloved?" Trump should get a medal for removing that. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:57 AM (rOKnE) 447
442 So is CBD the Clark Kent version of Superman Ace?
Hmmm...... Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 09:57 AM (1o8D5) CBD would be more... Booster Gold. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:58 AM (Y/06r) 448
CBD has way more of a clue than Booster Gold.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:58 AM (2GVsD) 449
>>We can see landing patterns for Love Field and DFW Airport. It looked like aircraft recovery on an aircraft carrier. Planes were stacked coming in hot.
Maybe a thousand yards apart. Never saw that before. I had one employee who lived in Manhattan. We couldn't reach her for 3 days. Another was in Chicago and ended up renting a car with 3 other strangers to get back to the DC area. Crazy time. Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 09:58 AM (viF8m) 450
445 Sorry Nurse?
Did I transgress? Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:57 AM (2GVsD) That was more aimed at runner. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:59 AM (Y/06r) 451
Have a great day on your mountaintop looking down on everyone who isn’t perfect like you are.
Posted by: nurse ratched Thank you, Nurse. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ) 452
We can see landing patterns for Love Field and DFW Airport. It looked like aircraft recovery on an aircraft carrier. Planes were stacked coming in hot.
Maybe a thousand yards apart. Never saw that before. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:55 AM (S+dwn) A blessing a bunch more lives weren't lost with the pilots needing to do that. Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 03, 2026 09:59 AM (lFFaq) 453
448 CBD has way more of a clue than Booster Gold.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 09:58 AM (2GVsD) I was thinking of going with the Spectre, but thought it would be too dignified. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:59 AM (Y/06r) 454
Given the prevalence of people on anti-depressants, that would be impossible to do.
This is one of RFK's issues - how so many Americans are on prescription drugs it's frightening. Once you're on them, it's very hard to get off them (makes many suicidal). It's going to take years to pull out of this, if at all. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:54 AM (rOKnE) It's the number too, 72 vaccinations before someone is 18 for example. I looked at the schedule of CDC recommended , 1986 - 12 shots, 2019 - 54 shots between 2mos-4 years. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 09:59 AM (g47mK) 455
Go Mental!
Posted by: The Ramones at September 03, 2026 10:00 AM (Fn+3X) 456
OK, that stupid blue statue has only been there since 2019. Buh-bye!
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 10:00 AM (rOKnE) 457
My Dearest Wife,
We are at nearly 500 posts and the art thread has not appeared. I yearn for the imagery brought before us, some of which remind me of horrors beyond our comprehension. The Horde remains strong and we support each other. I pray this passes soon. Yours always, Your Husband. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 10:00 AM (svLOV) 458
Biden's Dog, what do you think about Smotrich and Feiglin teaming up?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM (PbWRL) 459
Booster Gold was Gen Alpha before Gen Alpha
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM (2GVsD) 460
Sometimes, you have to deal with yourself. Meds, therapy, etc. are not going to fix you.
You have deal with you. I'd find it hard to accept. Posted by: Martini Farmer Ain't that the truth. T-27 and counting and I'm still not sure I made the right choice. Tempted to just pack up, gas up, and drive anywhere come October 1. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM (OUMaO) 461
Spending time with my son always made me feel better when I was going through a bout of severe depression.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ) OK. How old is your son now ? Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM (g47mK) 462
The Art Thread crowd was angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1) 463
459 Booster Gold was Gen Alpha before Gen Alpha
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM (2GVsD) LOL. Which kind of makes sense. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM (Y/06r) 464
I've told this before: My late wife showed all the signs but I explained away many of them. Mentally ill, on all kinds of meds - (Cut to the chase
She killed herself and planned to take me and the kids with her but got tired of waiting for us to get home. Irony alert!: She was a family therapist. Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM (HaopY) 465
So is CBD the Clark Kent version of Superman Ace? Hmmm...... Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 09:57 AM (1o8D5) CBD would be more... Booster Gold. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 09:58 AM (Y/06r) Dr Manhattan Posted by: naturalfake at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (iJfKG) 466
Rogan To Lindsey Clancy Fans: Look At The Crime Scene
"If she walks free, her supporters should have to let her babysit..." Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (RHGPo) 467
Oh goody. I'm guessing Satan is telling "Steinem will come" jokes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (S41Gd) 468
This is one of RFK's issues - how so many Americans are on prescription drugs it's frightening. Once you're on them, it's very hard to get off them (makes many suicidal). It's going to take years to pull out of this, if at all.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 09:54 AM (rOKnE) It's the number too, 72 vaccinations before someone is 18 for example. I looked at the schedule of CDC recommended , 1986 - 12 shots, 2019 - 54 shots between 2mos-4 years. Posted by: runner And I'm not convinced long-term genetic damage hasn't been done. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (OUMaO) 469
how so many Americans are on prescription drugs it's frightening.
I read an essay on X a while back where a woman was asking a friend when she was last clean. "Well, I stopped smoking weed a month ago and-" "No. No weed, no drugs, no alcohol. Just your baseline self." "I don't think I've ever been that way." Damn depressing read. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (svLOV) 470
The Art Thread crowd was angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM Like a naked fat man on an ottoman. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (9Q+nP) 471
OK. How old is your son now ?
Posted by: runner 25. He was born a little over two months after 9/11. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ) 472
Jim Acosta and friends are in another dither over this one. Gotta love all the complaints, many plaintively asking "But why???".
And then the great response from Christopher Bedford of the Federalist, "It takes a lot of degrees to not understand why." Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (I8vgA) Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:03 AM (Y/06r) 474
I've told this before: My late wife showed all the signs but I explained away many of them. Mentally ill, on all kinds of meds - (Cut to the chase
She killed herself and planned to take me and the kids with her but got tired of waiting for us to get home. Irony alert!: She was a family therapist. Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM (HaopY) Holy shit. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 03, 2026 10:03 AM (S41Gd) 475
Nope. Haven't seen CBD.
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at September 03, 2026 10:03 AM (wVcYX) 476
And I'm not convinced long-term genetic damage hasn't been done.
Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (OUMaO) a lot of damage has been done, that is true Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 10:04 AM (g47mK) Posted by: one hour sober at September 03, 2026 10:04 AM (J4Dwc) 478
May 2026:
The federal health department will begin a series of steps intended to curb antidepressant use in the US, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced this week. Antidepressants, specifically selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, have long been a target for Kennedy, the Trump administration’s health secretary, who talked about the plans at an event on Monday . . . In a press release about the plans, the Department of Health and Human Services said its intent was to “curb psychiatric overprescribing” and promote “deprescribing when clinically indicated”. During the event, Kennedy said he recognized the role of psychiatric medications, but that his department “will no longer treat them as the default, we will treat them as one option, to be used when appropriate, with full transparency and with a clear path off when they are no longer needed”, according to the New York Times’ reporting on the summit, which focused on “overmedicalization” of mental health. Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2026 10:04 AM (rOKnE) 479
Biden's Dog, what do you think about Smotrich and Feiglin teaming up?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM (PbWRL) - I was almost outta here. Good thing. Nothing's perfect but the unity is most important right now. There should be lots of common ground but I expect tiffs should/after the succeed. Feiglin doesn't play games. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:04 AM (1o8D5) 480
That escalated quickly...
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 03, 2026 10:04 AM (0slXq) 481
Oh goody. I'm guessing Satan is telling "Steinem will come" jokes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division As soon as it was announced that she passed, there was a loud clap of thunder. Immediately thought, "she arrived. She's his problem now". Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 10:04 AM (S+dwn) 482
The amount of antidepressant psychedelic drugs out there in the general pop scares the crap outta me…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 10:04 AM (n7Rsm) 483
She killed herself and planned to take me and the kids with her but got tired of waiting for us to get home.
Irony alert!: She was a family therapist. Posted by: Tonypete ...man, I think I have problems, and then I see this shit and... ...well I still have problems, but damn, that's messed up. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 10:04 AM (OUMaO) 484
Irony alert!: She was a family therapist.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2026 10:01 AM I swear, virtually every therapist I know has more issues than a newsstand. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 10:04 AM (9Q+nP) 485
Tonypete, that is such a sad story. I'm glad you and your kids missed getting killed.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ) 486
I swear, virtually every therapist I know has more issues than a newsstand.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 10:04 AM (9Q+nP) It is an interesting coincidence that a lot of therapists and people who study psychology are trying to understand their own mental states. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:05 AM (Y/06r) 487
Thanks, Ace, for boosting Shoe on Head in the sidebar. That was the first I heard of Repeal the 19th in the context of this Lindsay Clancy madness. Progressives have leveraged and pervered civil rights into division and cognitive dissonance.
Who else has a divided mind? Satan. Pay Dana Carvey in his church lady role. Then: What is the response? Find Jesus in the Catholic Church. Do the will of God. Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 03, 2026 10:06 AM (wxsGM) 488
I don't know what you mean there.
Posted by: one hour sober There were probably twenty planes lined up to land about 1000 yards behind each other. You could look north and see them. They weren't landing normally with a mile or two between them. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 10:06 AM (S+dwn) 489
two police officers, were shot in downtown Minneapolis
... police said they were familiar with the shooter, who is dead. Shooter was embroiled in a child custody dispute. Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:06 AM (RHGPo) 490
Might be one of those FWPs delaying CBD. We give him helpful advice to burn his house down nearly every week, but he is stubborn.
Posted by: Wrecking Ball at September 03, 2026 10:06 AM (Fn+3X) 491
CNN’s Van Jones Blasts El-Sayed’s “Insane” Agenda, Says Even Obama Would Reject It
- And you know what kind of a nut he is. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 10:06 AM (eRlcH) 493
Years ago my brother in law took his own life. I think he thought himself a failure. His wife didn't help matters as she was constantly on his case. They had been together since middle school... neither going on to high school after they had their first child.
It was... a much different world back then. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 10:07 AM (2Cry5) 494
It is an interesting coincidence that a lot of therapists and people who study psychology are trying to understand their own mental states.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:05 A Ayuh. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 10:07 AM (9Q+nP) 495
25. He was born a little over two months after 9/11.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ) ok, all I can tell you is that BIG pharma got a lot worse since then Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 10:07 AM (g47mK) 496
Yikes
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:07 AM (7zn4w) 497
Did we have these Art shortages under Obama? No, greedy billionaires are hoarding all the art and keeping it for themselves. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 10:08 AM (eRlcH) 498
492
We have run out of Art. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 10:06 AM (eRlcH) Thanks for the earworm. https://youtu.be/JWdZEumNRmI That's sarcasm. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:08 AM (Y/06r) 499
Tonypete, that is such a sad story. I'm glad you and your kids missed getting killed.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ) - I shouldn't have laughed but, Bulg, that came off as crazy funny. Tony Pete, I hope many good things come your way and that what happened turns into a blip in the past and no more. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:08 AM (1o8D5) 500
That is a horrible song.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:08 AM (Y/06r) Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:08 AM (RHGPo) 502
No art?
Posted by: ??? at September 03, 2026 10:09 AM (NvLYs) 503
Gloria Steinem, feminist writer and activist, dead at 92.
Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:09 AM (RHGPo) 504
Now I am starting to worry about CBD.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:09 AM (Y/06r) 505
89% Of Americans Say Government Corruption Widespread
That's outrageous! How can 11% of Americans be that oblivious? Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 10:09 AM (svLOV) 506
490 Might be one of those FWPs delaying CBD. We give him helpful advice to burn his house down nearly every week, but he is stubborn.
Posted by: Wrecking Ball at September 03, 2026 10:06 AM Probably those damn doorknob escutcheons again. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 03, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1) 507
25. He was born a little over two months after 9/11.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ) Our sons are close in age. Mine was born a few months before 9/11 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 10:09 AM (n7Rsm) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:10 AM (1o8D5) 509
Has it ever occurred to anybody that "The Prophet" may just look like "an old Jewish man" ?
The old comic "Muhammad: Believe it or Else!" illustrated him based on the hadith. White guy with highlights of red hair. Probably looked like Ron Weasley. Posted by: 88C+u at September 03, 2026 10:10 AM (88C+u) 510
This is like the start of a zombie movie, when the group begins to notice things going amiss . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:10 AM (wVcYX) 511
I mean, we could draw stuff and someone with keys to the joint could throw it up...
...phrasing... ...or not, given my art skills. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 10:10 AM (OUMaO) 512
503 Gloria Steinem, feminist writer and activist, dead at 92.
Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:09 AM (RHGPo) You forgot to add "first!". Posted by: 88C+u at September 03, 2026 10:10 AM (88C+u) Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (2GVsD) 514
You can draw a straight line between Steinem and that cvnt who killed her kids.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (NvLYs) 515
Overstepping the Marx: Hakeem Jeffries Lashes Out at Democrats Who Voted to Condemn Socialism
... they must show homage to their new Overlords Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (RHGPo) 516
Something is amiss.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (7zn4w) 517
Never has so little art done so much to create additional MR comments…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (n7Rsm) 518
Art took the day off.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (PbWRL) 519
Steinem was the Krupskaya of the feminist movement. Completely and utterly out of touch with the current régime, but too prominent to dispose of. She died just as feminism was approaching peak lunacy. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (eRlcH) 520
Finally, the truth will be told.
El-Sayed Joining Panel of 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists at Islamic Convention Mere Days Before 9/11 Anniversary Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7) 521
I shouldn't have laughed but, Bulg, that came off as crazy funny.
Tony Pete, I hope many good things come your way and that what happened turns into a blip in the past and no more. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey Truth be told, it gave me a chuckle also. We're all good now. The kids have grown into fine young men with great jobs and families of their own. One sad thing is they have pushed the memory of birth Mom out of their histories. Dear Wife is their Mom now. Life is complicated, isn't it? Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (HaopY) 522
Ace is taking a 4 day weekend. CBD is taking 5.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (ccf/V) 523
518 Art took the day off.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (PbWRL) Moose out front shoulda told ya... Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (Y/06r) 524
Or the Horde could click on my nic to see what I got Tensor to generate.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (2GVsD) 525
'Morning, all. Thanks, J.J. Stay safe. 🙏
The Dems have certainly hitched their wagons to El-Sayed. His leadership is valued. Huh? Did you know that following his 2018 gubernatorial run, he "integrated into mainstream party infrastructure, serving on the "Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force" to shape national healthcare policy?" Oh, yes, he did! Following the 2020 Democratic presidential primary (in which Bloomberg saved Biden), Joe & Bernie decided to bridge a massive ideological divide & unite the party before the general election with six joint "Unity Task Forces." (Must reads.) Sander appointed El-Sayed as one of 8 members of the healthcare task force, which also included Rep Jayapal, (former) Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, and Sens. Tammy Baldwin. The Biden side's explanation was by El-Sayed actively chose to work within the traditional party framework, negotiating with Biden's team to help write a 110-page policy recommendation report. 3 of 10 healthcare recommendations were fully or partially adopted into law: >Eliminating Subsidy Caps (Adopted): Passed via the American Rescue Plan and extended through the Inflation.. Continued - Posted by: L - No nic... at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v) 526
Reduction Act.
>Testing and Distribution Infrastructure (Adopted): Fully funded during the height of the pandemic, ensuring nationwide free COVID-19 testing, contact tracing infrastructure, and federally guaranteed free vaccines. >COBRA Premium Subsidies (Adopted/Temporary): The American Rescue Plan temporarily provided a 100% federal subsidy for COBRA premiums to help workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic retain their employer-sponsored health insurance. In late 2022, El-Sayed was appointed Dir. of Wayne County Dept. of Health, Human & Veterans Services. Public health of 1.8 million residents in MI. His accomplishments were leveraging county resources to engineer a program that erased up to $700 million in medical debt for roughly 300,000 residents. Building a comprehensive, countywide air qualify monitoring network in the name of Environmental Justice, and "tackling the addiction epidemic" by deploying 100 Narcan vending machines countywide to prevent overdose deaths. And then he left abruptly for the Senate race. Dems just can't get over him as a "former Rhodes Scholar, epidemiologist, and previous director of the Detroit Health Department." Cont'd Posted by: L - No nic... at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v) 527
El-Sayed holds a medical degree (MD) from Columbia University & a doctorate in public health from Oxford.
According to Fox News Digital, critics note that “he never held a medical license, never did his residency, never passed his boards, and never practiced medicine independently.” It's true. El-Sayed graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with a Doctor of Medicine (MD). Because he has an MD, he can legally use the academic title "Doctor." He then chose an academic & administrative path & earned a PhD in public health. He went on to work as a public health professor at Columbia, and later directed the Detroit Health Department, so he was an Epidemiologist. However, under MI (and other states') state laws, the specific title "physician" is legally restricted to individuals who hold an active state license to practice medicine. Because El-Sayed's actual patient care was limited to a four-week clinical rotation back when he was a medical student, his usage of that title is politically misleading. He knows, they know. Abdul El-Sayed's wife, Dr. Sarah Jukaku, is an actual practicing physician and board-certified psychiatrist in MI. Cont'd - Posted by: L - No nic... at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v) 528
Something is
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (7zn4w) - Corrected in memory of Gloria Steinem. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (1o8D5) 529
He's a deceptive individual.
Abdul El-Sayed's strategic invocation of "right to try" during his Fox News interview with Jesse Watters served a dual political purpose: reframing the debate using a conservative-friendly concept and deflecting an otherwise difficult culture-war question. When Watters pressed him on whether he supported gender-affirming surgeries for minors, El-Sayed deliberately chose not to answer with standard progressive talking points. By citing "right to try," El-Sayed targeted a core conservative & libertarian value: anti-statism (the belief that federal bureaucracy and the government should stay out of personal health choices). His goal was to flip the script on Fox News viewers by framing medical decisions not as a culture-war issue, but as a matter of personal freedom and parental rights against government overreach. He was intentionally misleading. Federal Right to Try legislation is specifically restricted to terminally ill adults & children seeking unapproved, experimental medications. It was signed into law by President Trump in May 2018, with a 9-year-old boy, Jordan McLinn (who had Duchenne muscular dystrophy), standing nearby. Good day 🤗 Posted by: L - No nic... at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v) 530
89% Of Americans Say Government Corruption Widespread
That's outrageous! How can 11% of Americans be that oblivious? 11% is how wide the government corruption has spread. Posted by: t-bird at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (pqVDs) 531
🚨 BREAKING: The suspected mass shooter accused of shooting eight people, killing two, in Minneapolis has been identified as Carlton Johnson II.
Johnson had previously been arrested in cases involving drugs and domestic disputes. 🚨 UPDATE: The Minneapolis mass shooter has reportedly been identified as Carlton Johnson II, who had a HISTORY of vioIent tendencies Maybe the woke DA should spend more time prosecuting CRIMINALS rather than harassing ICE agents. Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (RHGPo) 532
518 Art took the day off.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (PbWRL) Moose out front shoulda told ya... Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (Y/06r) ---- That was a moose? Looked more like a naked fat man on an ottoman... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (FZ29D) 533
>That's outrageous! How can 11% of Americans be that oblivious?
Posted by: NR Pax ---- they're on the take Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (ZxPkt) 534
Our sons are close in age. Mine was born a few months before 9/11
Posted by: LinusVanPelt I liked to say at the time that my wife and I were doing the last thing that Osama bin Laden wanted -- bringing another American into the world. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ) 535
The lack of art is art in of itself.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (MWfyi) 536
524 Or the Horde could click on my nic to see what I got Tensor to generate.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (2GVsD) Pic #3 (bikini, sans cat ears) is nice. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (Y/06r) 537
She was seeing four different doctors. None of them knew about each other.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 09:40 AM (S+dwn) This. Even Shoe (who hates big pharma) was saying something along the lines of, if you are mixing bleach and ammonia, you don't get to sue the bleach company for what happens. Posted by: RESPECT THE CHEMISTRY. at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (88C+u) 538
Black man outraged over being evicted commences a shooting spree, so OF COURSE the @NYTimes has to bring up unrelated ICE activity from early this year.
Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:14 AM (RHGPo) 539
533 >That's outrageous! How can 11% of Americans be that oblivious?
Posted by: NR Pax ---- they're on the take Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (ZxPkt) Yeah, they're the Government. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:14 AM (Y/06r) 540
The lack of art is art in of itself. Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (MWfyi) _________ It's the "4:33" of the visual arts. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 10:14 AM (eRlcH) 541
Posted by: rickb223
I can guarantee that there was not a mere 1000 yards of separation between commercial aircraft landing at DFW. I'm quite certain that parallel runways were being utilized and what you were seeing were aircraft lined up for their assigned runways. Posted by: one hour sober at September 03, 2026 10:14 AM (J4Dwc) 542
woman in Prairie Village, Ks (burb of KC) burned her two kids up by setting the house on fire.
She was a pediatrician. Posted by: MkY at September 03, 2026 10:15 AM (q6tQZ) 543
Insert "and" there.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:15 AM (MWfyi) 544
Henceforth to be attainted, stripped of all privileges and titles, and known as "Carlton Johnson the Deuce".
Posted by: 88C+u at September 03, 2026 10:15 AM (88C+u) 545
518 Art took the day off.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 10:11 AM (PbWRL) Art may be late because CBD keeps trying to down-size a bazillion MB stiched-together photo of the complete Bayeux Tapestry to fit the site's image size limit. He'll never succeed Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2026 10:15 AM (5rh/l) 546
The lack of art is art in of itself.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (MWfyi) --- Mind! BLOWN! Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 10:15 AM (FZ29D) 547
The American Rescue Plan temporarily provided a 100% federal subsidy for COBRA premiums
— IIRC a “judge” issued a decree that the word temporary really means permanent. Those subsidies still exist today. Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 10:15 AM (NvLYs) 548
This. Even Shoe (who hates big pharma) was saying something along the lines of, if you are mixing bleach and ammonia, you don't get to sue the bleach company for what happens.
Posted by: RESPECT THE CHEMISTRY. at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (88C+u) It WILL clear your sinuses... Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:15 AM (Y/06r) 549
This is like the start of a zombie movie, when the group begins to notice things going amiss . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet Quick! Let's hide behind the running chainsaws! Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 10:15 AM (S+dwn) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 10:16 AM (eRlcH) 551
The lack of art is art in of itself.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (MWfyi) *fistbump* Posted by: Zombie Neil Peart at September 03, 2026 10:16 AM (ccf/V) 552
One sad thing is they have pushed the memory of birth Mom out of their histories. Dear Wife is their Mom now.
Life is complicated, isn't it? Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2026 10:12 AM (HaopY) - I view that as a good thing. It's far from always that a step parent is view and treated by step children as a parent. We are fortunate to have that great relationship with 2 cute, little step grand daughters. It makes us so happy, let alone our daughter, their step mother. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:16 AM (1o8D5) 553
Zen and the Art of No Art.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:16 AM (wVcYX) 554
UN Says Global Warming Cannot Be Stopped — Still Wants $1.3 Trillion Per Year
- Hey! I can not stop it for half that! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7) 555
You're soaking in it.
Posted by: Madge at September 03, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:17 AM (MWfyi) 557
531 🚨 BREAKING: The suspected mass shooter accused of shooting eight people, killing two, in Minneapolis has been identified as Carlton Johnson II.
Johnson had previously been arrested in cases involving drugs and domestic disputes. 🚨 UPDATE: The Minneapolis mass shooter has reportedly been identified as Carlton Johnson II, who had a HISTORY of vioIent tendencies Maybe the woke DA should spend more time prosecuting CRIMINALS rather than harassing ICE agents. Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (RHGPo) SMOD you are fined 10 credits for bad-think. Posted by: AI Overlord of San Angeles at September 03, 2026 10:18 AM (5rh/l) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 10:18 AM (9Q+nP) 559
Aetius
It was playing with that prompt and the fox ears that the LLM broke and started flagging 80% of any prompt, even ones it generated, as against policy. Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:18 AM (2GVsD) 560
This. Even Shoe (who hates big pharma) was saying something along the lines of, if you are mixing bleach and ammonia, you don't get to sue the bleach company for what happens.
Posted by: RESPECT THE CHEMISTRY It WILL clear your sinuses... Posted by: Aetius451AD Ask me how I know. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 10:18 AM (S+dwn) 561
The lack of art is art in of itself.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (MWfyi - So this is a Tate Gallery thread now? Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:18 AM (1o8D5) 562
>>FIRST ON FOX: ‘No Kings’ protest network behind fight against AI data centers and Flock cameras
>>Pro-China communist groups funded by tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham expand protests against data centers to Flock cameras https://tinyurl.com/k992m84z Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (viF8m) Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (2GVsD) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (1o8D5) 565
Maybe the art is in ourselves.
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (ZxPkt) 566
woman in Prairie Village, Ks (burb of KC) burned her two kids up by setting the house on fire.
She was a pediatrician. Posted by: MkY at September 03, 2026 10:15 AM (q6tQZ) I’m pretty sure that nasty piece of work in Texas who was torturing her ex-husband (and son) by cutting off sons dingaling was.. yeah, a doctor of some sort Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (n7Rsm) 567
The lack of art is art in of itself.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:13 AM (MWfyi It's a Rothko! Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (wVcYX) 568
It was playing with that prompt and the fox ears that the LLM broke and started flagging 80% of any prompt, even ones it generated, as against policy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:18 AM (2GVsD) lol. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (Y/06r) 569
I was surprised to see 3 vote Talarico signs in our general neighborhood yesterday. Not that we don't have libtards living in the are, but- even if I were the most Democratiest Democrat of all time, I couldn't vote for that weirdo. On the "But, of course" side of things they all had, "In this house, we believe..." signs also to certify their retardation. Posted by: naturalfake at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (iJfKG) 570
🚨 UPDATE: The Minneapolis mass shooter has reportedly been identified as Carlton Johnson II, who had a HISTORY of vioIent tendencies
You know how you acheive a history of violent tendencies? You get repeatedly released. Posted by: t-bird at September 03, 2026 10:20 AM (pqVDs) 571
You could tape a banana to your screen.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:20 AM (MWfyi) 572
So this is a Tate Gallery thread now?
The Muslims have burned it down? Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (2GVsD) - I suppose you have to give credit where credit is due. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:20 AM (1o8D5) 573
This. Even Shoe (who hates big pharma) was saying something along the lines of, if you are mixing bleach and ammonia, you don't get to sue the bleach company for what happens.
Posted by: RESPECT THE CHEMISTRY I did this at my first grocery store job cleaning a spill. Oops...... Posted by: Zombie Neil Peart at September 03, 2026 10:20 AM (ccf/V) 574
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble,
When you're perfect in every way, I can't wait to look in the mirror, Cause I get better looking each day To know me is to love me I must be a hell of a man Oh lord it's hard to be humble But I'm doing the best that I can! Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2026 10:20 AM (3cUTc) 575
Damn. I'm on the phone, so I'll blame the distraction.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 10:20 AM (ccf/V) 576
Carlton Banks > Carlton Johnson
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:21 AM (7zn4w) 577
If CBD is out of action, who will open a new thread when this one exceeds a thousand comments?! Ace is still asleep!
Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2026 10:21 AM (5rh/l) 578
Maybe the art is in ourselves.
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (ZxPkt) I think, therefore I’m Art (Vandelet)… Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 10:21 AM (n7Rsm) 579
CBD is back in France. Today he posted art by Marcel Marceau. Some of you just can't see it.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 10:22 AM (viF8m) 580
You could tape a banana to your screen.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:20 AM (MWfyi) - /slaps a gob of peanut butter on banana for good measure To paraphrase Groucho Marx: "... but I can't see the screen." Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:22 AM (1o8D5) 581
>>>UPDATE: The Minneapolis mass shooter has reportedly been identified as Carlton Johnson II, who had a HISTORY of vioIent tendencies
It's the guns, obviously. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at September 03, 2026 10:22 AM (dK+Kv) Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:22 AM (MWfyi) 583
565 Maybe the art is in ourselves.
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM (ZxPkt) Maybe it's the friends we made along the way. https://tinyurl.com/2s4p6883 Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 03, 2026 10:22 AM (Y/06r) 584
Carlton your doorman > all other Carltons
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ) 585
A district court “judge” ruled that possession of child porn is cool if it’s made by AI.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 10:23 AM (NvLYs) 586
Mimes should be executed on sight.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:23 AM (7zn4w) 587
Carlton Banks > Carlton Johnson
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:21 AM (7zn4w) Carlton the Doorman > Carlton Banks > Carlton Johnson II Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:23 AM (wVcYX) 588
You could tape a banana to your screen.
Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 10:20 AM (MWfyi) What about the banana in the tailpipe trick? Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 03, 2026 10:23 AM (n7Rsm) 589
CBD is back in France. Today he posted art by Marcel Marceau. Some of you just can't see it.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 10:22 AM (viF8m) - I heard that CBD left France for the Straits of Hormuz, which have again been mimed. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:23 AM (1o8D5) 590
Mimes should be executed on sight.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:23 AM (7zn4w) - Sounds right. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:24 AM (1o8D5) Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ) 592
Maybe the art is in ourselves.
Posted by: Don Black at September 03, 2026 10:19 AM The most important part isn't the Art Thread, but the friends we made along the way. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 10:24 AM (9Q+nP) Posted by: Pawl at September 03, 2026 10:24 AM (MWfyi) 594
This. Even Shoe (who hates big pharma) was saying something along the lines of, if you are mixing bleach and ammonia, you don't get to sue the bleach company for what happens.
Posted by: RESPECT THE CHEMISTRY I did this at my first grocery store job cleaning a spill. Oops...... Posted by: Zombie Neil Peart at September 03, 2026 10:20 AM (ccf/V) One of my earlier jobs had me occasionally cleaning rest rooms. When the bleach hit the urinal cake and started smoking I figured something wasn't right. The man in the stall who started choking wasn't happy at all, he had to bail without wiping. oops Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 10:24 AM (zafwz) 595
Carl Carlton > Everlasting parole
Posted by: Rex B at September 03, 2026 10:24 AM (R0XxO) 596
If you don’t vote you’re voting none of the above.
If you don’t post art you’re showing disgust with the art world. Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 10:24 AM (NvLYs) 597
A district court “judge” ruled that possession of child porn is cool if it’s made by AI.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez Contents of hard drive get leaked in 3...2...1... Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 10:25 AM (OUMaO) Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:25 AM (wVcYX) Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 10:25 AM (viF8m) 600
A district court “judge” ruled that possession of child porn is cool if it’s made by AI.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 10:23 AM (NvLYs) - NO CHILDREN WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS PEDO PORN. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:25 AM (1o8D5) 601
The scumbags are still with us.
Repairs Begin After Dolly Parton’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Is Vandalized Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7) 602
Maybe CBD ran out of maple syrup or something?
Posted by: dantesed at September 03, 2026 10:25 AM (Oy/m2) 603
The most important part isn't the Art Thread, but the friends we made along the way.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 10:24 AM (9Q+nP) Moron. The most important part is the sniper, and the boobs. Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 03, 2026 10:25 AM (zafwz) 604
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@IAPolls2022 📊 2026 Generic Congressional Ballot among LIKELY Voters 🟥 Republicans: 51% [+2] 🟦 Democrats: 49% [-2] Harvard/Harris | 8/28-30 Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:25 AM (RHGPo) 605
[600 Comment Rule]
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 10:26 AM (PFPLb) 606
Smelling salts?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey Toilet bowl. Cleaning the bathroom. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 10:26 AM (S+dwn) 607
Seriously, I hope CBD's OK and this is just one of our periodic post scheduling SNAFUs.
Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 10:26 AM (OUMaO) 608
Repairs Begin After Dolly Parton’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Is Vandalized
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Dolly's star? Really????? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ) 609
Imagine that: a service that wants your money suddenly feels the need to make it easier for you to buy.
Hundreds of colleges are sending prospective students letters of admission—without even requiring an application wsj.com Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:27 AM (RHGPo) 610
Dolly's star? Really????? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ) errybody's an asshoe. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 10:27 AM (ccf/V) 611
Black man outraged over being evicted commences a shooting spree, so OF COURSE the @NYTimes has to bring up unrelated ICE activity from early this year.
Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:14 AM (RHGPo) Open up Robinson, I know your in there! Posted by: Old White Landlord at September 03, 2026 10:28 AM (xFvo2) 612
Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 10:26 AM (S+dwn)
- In my teens, I worked for a short time in NJ's "Cancer Alley." One day a chlorine tank ruptured a mile or 2 away. Breathing was awful. We drove away as fast as we could. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:28 AM (1o8D5) 613
Repairs Begin After Dolly Parton’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Is Vandalized
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Dolly's star? Really????? Posted by: Bulg It was already scheduled to have some restoration work done, but yeah, someone actually scratched it up. Pathetic. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 10:28 AM (OUMaO) 614
Can someone check on CBD?
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ) 615
Instead part of a substack piece that claimed Dolly was a Satan worshipper.
Earth needs an enema. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:28 AM (7zn4w) 616
Art is dead. Long live AI!
Posted by: A. Clanker at September 03, 2026 10:28 AM (MWfyi) 617
Did somebody here report a missing Art Thread?
Posted by: Sgt. Joe Friday at September 03, 2026 10:28 AM (4Je4D) 618
Apparently Driscoll went behind Hegseth's back to Trump :
"Just days before resigning, Driscoll went to Trump directly to warn him that Hegseth’s purge of senior officers was weakening the Army as the Iran war placed mounting demands on the force, according to the Atlantic." Asshoe. Posted by: runner at September 03, 2026 10:29 AM (g47mK) 619
No Ottoman, boring still life, Vulgar Boatmen, blurry Impressionism, I'd say I'm happier this way.
Posted by: Art Cretin at September 03, 2026 10:29 AM (Fn+3X) 620
Repairs Begin After Dolly Parton’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Is Vandalized
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Dolly's star? Really????? Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ) Tell me they substituted for the shoe impression. Lie if you must. Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:29 AM (wVcYX) 621
A data center developer who was turned away by the Hazle Township PA supervisors and a county judge is appealing directly to residents – and their wallets.
The developer of Project Hazelnut is offering $10,000 to every “eligible” household in Hazle Township. Residents would get paid when Hazelnut gets a certificate of occupancy for its first data center building, which could happen by late 2027. Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:29 AM (RHGPo) 622
someone actually scratched it up. Pathetic.
Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 10:28 AM (OUMaO) We may never know the motive. Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 10:29 AM (PFPLb) 623
Mornin', Horde. CBD said on last week's podcast that he would be on vacation for a couple of weeks. Likely why the Art isn't up today.
Posted by: Nazdar at September 03, 2026 10:30 AM (NcvvS) 624
CBD is a sensitive fellow, and the comments some of you have made (and you know who you are) may have finally broken him.
Let us hope not. Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 03, 2026 10:30 AM (0sNs1) 625
I never saw Thatcher's speech to those Conservative Party tossers in print til recently. I had always heard "the lane is not for turning." Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2026 10:30 AM (BI5O2) Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 10:30 AM (NvLYs) 627
Can someone check on CBD?
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ) *pokes CBD with a stick* He seems okay. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 03, 2026 10:30 AM (4Je4D) 628
In my teens, I worked for a short time in NJ's "Cancer Alley." One day a chlorine tank ruptured a mile or 2 away.
Breathing was awful. We drove away as fast as we could. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, Worked once in a warehouse with a refrigerated section. The main offices were situated just below the anhydrous ammonia tanks. There was a leak one day. The poorly developed evacuation plan routed all the warehouse people straight through it...and some office people, who were RIGHT UNDER IT, went to the hospital. No fatalities, but this wasn't long after 9/11, so. Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 03, 2026 10:30 AM (OUMaO) 629
he developer of Project Hazelnut is offering $10,000 to every “eligible” household in Hazle Township. Residents would get paid when Hazelnut gets a certificate of occupancy for its first data center building, which could happen by late 2027.
Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2026 10:29 AM (RHGPo) Is that figure in dollars or danegeld Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 10:31 AM (PFPLb) 630
617 Did somebody here report a missing Art Thread?
Posted by: Sgt. Joe Friday at September 03, 2026 10:28 AM No, but there's a traffic jam in Harlem. And Brooklyn's broken out in fights. Posted by: Car 54 at September 03, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: Diogenes at September 03, 2026 10:31 AM (2WIwB) 632
Mornin', Horde. CBD said on last week's podcast that he would be on vacation for a couple of weeks. Likely why the Art isn't up today.
Posted by: Nazdar Well, I guess it's the Vibrant Hot Air Art Thread for a couple of weeks, then. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ) 633
Tell me they substituted for the shoe impression. Lie if you must.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:29 AM You mean like the "most rewatched" scene in this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-ALnM-R5C8 Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 03, 2026 10:32 AM (0sNs1) 634
Fumes from mixing cleaners can take you out!
Posted by: Ty-D-Bol Man at September 03, 2026 10:32 AM (wVcYX) 635
Mornin', Horde. CBD said on last week's podcast that he would be on vacation for a couple of weeks. Likely why the Art isn't up today.
Posted by: Nazda That's no excuse. He managed to get a thread up that's 3 days. We demand our art. LOL Posted by: Tuna at September 03, 2026 10:32 AM (lJ0H4) 636
Mornin', Horde. CBD said on last week's podcast that he would be on vacation for a couple of weeks. Likely why the Art isn't up today.
Posted by: Nazdar Well, I guess it's the Vibrant Hot Air Art Thread for a couple of weeks, then. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ) And Ace is on holiday road. This is real hair on fire time, people. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at September 03, 2026 10:33 AM (dK+Kv) 637
I wonder if CBD's gonna miss posting the rant, too.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ) 638
My first drafting job had me often in the basement of my firm running blueline copies, which used ammonia. It was not very much fun, and I had to go outside periodically to clear my head.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at September 03, 2026 10:34 AM (PSEDc) 639
"Sire! Sire! The Horde is revolting!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:34 AM (2GVsD) 640
Maybe 'puter problems.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:35 AM (7zn4w) Posted by: Nazdar at September 03, 2026 10:35 AM (NcvvS) Posted by: Penguin Anti-Defamation Alliance at September 03, 2026 10:36 AM (Fn+3X) Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2026 10:36 AM (Y8DZL) 644
Sire! Sire! The Horde is revolting!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:34 AM (2GVsD) You're telling me! They stink on ice! Posted by: Midget King at September 03, 2026 10:36 AM (zafwz) 645
And Ace is on holiday road. This is real hair on fire time, people.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at September 03, 2026 10:33 AM (dK+Kv) Oh no it's gonna be like that Uruguayan team in the Andes Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 10:36 AM (PFPLb) Posted by: Obligatory at September 03, 2026 10:36 AM (NcvvS) 647
You mean like the "most rewatched" scene in this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-ALnM-R5C8 Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 03, 2026 10:32 AM Never not funny. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 10:36 AM (9Q+nP) 648
You mean like the "most rewatched" scene in this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-ALnM-R5C8 Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 03, 2026 10:32 AM (0sNs1) Yeppers Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:37 AM (wVcYX) 649
The blond in the green bikini is my new imaginary girlfriend. Thanks, Anna Puma
Posted by: Buck at September 03, 2026 10:37 AM (z6ONu) 650
Agggh we can't do the thing we usually do, on a different thread. Aaaggghhh
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 10:37 AM (PFPLb) 651
We always end up talking about whatever we want to talk about. Nobody actually reads the content.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2026 10:37 AM (viF8m) 652
>>644 Horde mind...
Posted by: Nazdar at September 03, 2026 10:37 AM (NcvvS) 653
Maybe ace could fill in.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 10:37 AM (PbWRL) 654
My first drafting job had me often in the basement of my firm running blueline copies, which used ammonia. It was not very much fun, and I had to go outside periodically to clear my head.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Mmmmm...Mimiograph smell. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ) 655
So who's going to the MoMe?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 03, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1) 656
Just got here. What giveth??
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 10:38 AM (Gqar8) 657
Summer went fast. I’m starting to see yellow leaves on trees already.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 03, 2026 10:38 AM (NvLYs) 658
My wife's dragging me to Walmart. It will be an interesting hour of people watching.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 10:38 AM (2Cry5) 659
>Mmmmm...Mimiograph smell.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ) Tell me you're over 29 without telling me you're over 29. Posted by: Heavy Meta at September 03, 2026 10:38 AM (cJ8nD) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7) 661
Summer went fast. I’m starting to see yellow leaves on trees already.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez They're actually starting to fall here in NoVa. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ) 662
Well, here's a painting . I think we may have had it before on the art thread. It's a Mary Cassatt painting of a young woman sewing and her little girl:
https://tinyurl.com/yzh44rpy I hope this works. I thought of Mary Cassatt today because it is the first day of school here in NJ and school bus driver spouse said people were taking photos of little kids going onto the school bus for the first time. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 10:39 AM (xSAlF) 663
What did you people do!!??!!
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 10:39 AM (Gqar8) 664
Oh no it's gonna be like that Uruguayan team in the Andes
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 10:36 AM (PFPLb) Dibs on the dark meat. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at September 03, 2026 10:39 AM (dK+Kv) 665
Keep scrolling Buck, you may collect an imaginary harem.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:39 AM (2GVsD) 666
AVENGE ME 👿
Posted by: The Hag at September 03, 2026 10:40 AM (PFPLb) 667
Summer went fast. I’m starting to see yellow leaves on trees already.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez I've had leaves falling for two weeks. But our is because no rain for over a month. Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2026 10:40 AM (S+dwn) 668
What did you people do!!??!!
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 10:39 AM (Gqar Nothing. It was like this when I got here. Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:40 AM (wVcYX) 669
The Art Thread has a chalk outline.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:41 AM (2GVsD) 670
So that's the plan.
https://tinyurl.com/3hh3xx8d Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7) Right. Russell was a socialist, of course he'd look at fascism as competition, not opposition. Posted by: Midget King at September 03, 2026 10:41 AM (zafwz) 671
Harem sounds like a nightmare. One is plenty.
Posted by: Monogamy For Me at September 03, 2026 10:41 AM (Fn+3X) 672
Trees here are turning and/or losing their leaves. It's also going to be near 100F here today.
And the yard still needs to be mowed. Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 03, 2026 10:41 AM (2Cry5) 673
Summer went fast. I’m starting to see yellow leaves on trees already.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez I went for a walk on the local boardwalk through the woods, and there were beautiful yellow leaves on the boardwalk. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 10:42 AM (xSAlF) 674
What did you people do!!??!!
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 10:39 AM (Gqar Nothing. It was like this when I got here. Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:40 AM (wVcYX) You know who else didn't leave an art thread? Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at September 03, 2026 10:42 AM (dK+Kv) 675
https://tinyurl.com/yzh44rpy
I hope this works. I thought of Mary Cassatt today because it is the first day of school here in NJ and school bus driver spouse said people were taking photos of little kids going onto the school bus for the first time. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 10:39 AM (xSAlF) It worked. Ish. Posted by: Midget King at September 03, 2026 10:43 AM (zafwz) 676
1000 comments. We can do this.
Posted by: one hour sober at September 03, 2026 10:43 AM (J4Dwc) 677
Dolly's star? Really?????
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ) Tell me they substituted for the shoe impression. Lie if you must. Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:29 AM (wVcYX) That's at Grauman's Chinese Theater. Dolly's contribution is quite popular with the local skateboarders.. Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 03, 2026 10:43 AM (nbLIj) 678
Mimes should be executed on sight.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:23 AM (7zn4w) - Sounds right. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:24 AM (1o8D5) ---- *** dangles mimes over scorpion pit...across from the mime, painted on the wall, is this: "LEARN THE WORDS." *** Posted by: Lord Vetinari at September 03, 2026 10:43 AM (FZ29D) 679
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:39 AM (2GVsD)
The burgers and beer with the cafe waitress wearing pink & white. Sensory overload! Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:43 AM (wVcYX) 680
668 What did you people do!!??!!
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 10:39 AM (Gqar Nothing. It was like this when I got here. Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:40 AM (wVcYX) Well SOMEONE did something, and look at what happened! Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 10:43 AM (Gqar8) 681
Is It Safe?
Posted by: Dr.Szell at September 03, 2026 10:43 AM (xFvo2) 682
Only fifteen minutes left. Come on people you can do it!
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 10:44 AM (PbWRL) 683
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at September 03, 2026 10:42 AM (dK+Kv)
LOL Posted by: ... at September 03, 2026 10:44 AM (PFPLb) Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ) 685
Very hot already.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2026 10:44 AM (7zn4w) 686
When it's hot and dry in late summer, some trees "give up" to conserve water and start to go dormant, dropping leaves.
Posted by: Wait Til Next Year at September 03, 2026 10:44 AM (Fn+3X) 687
Harem sounds like a nightmare. One is plenty.
Posted by: Monogamy For Me at September 03, 2026 10:41 AM (Fn+3X) Right? Like you need disapproving glances and/or glares from more than one for the same fart? Posted by: Midget King at September 03, 2026 10:44 AM (zafwz) 688
"I like the neck bones, Clark"
Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 10:44 AM (cGjQu) 689
That prompt to generate the burgers and the setting was really fun to play with.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:45 AM (2GVsD) 690
Insomniac dodged a bullet.
Posted by: grass monkey at September 03, 2026 10:45 AM (van9r) 691
We could talk about Heat Domes. Nah, too boring.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 10:46 AM (Gqar8) 692
Posted by: Midget King at September 03, 2026 10:43 AM (zafwz)
Sorry, I am not a professional at posting art. 😉I did what I could in a pinch. I was having trouble getting on the site of the Metropolitan. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 10:46 AM (wmzkx) 693
The Art Thread has a chalk outline.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:41 AM (2GVsD) --- CBD is in France...so time to summon Inspector Hercule Poirot? (Yes, I know Poirot is Belgian...) Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 10:46 AM (FZ29D) 694
"Sire! Sire! The Horde is revolting!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:34 AM (2GVsD) ===== Let them eat puns. -Head Ewok In Charge Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 10:46 AM (RIvkX) 695
Interesting art today
Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2026 10:47 AM (+gK6I) 696
CBD is in France...so time to summon Inspector Hercule Poirot? (Yes, I know Poirot is Belgian...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel Maigret, if he's still around. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ) 697
So a long walk, cleaned up, stop at wally world, and over to check on mom at assisted living....
And this is all I get? Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 10:47 AM (cGjQu) 698
695 Interesting art today
Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2026 10:47 AM (+gK6I) The Minimalist School, I’m thinking. Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 10:48 AM (Gqar8) 699
Let them eat puns.
-Head Ewok In Charge Posted by: San Franpsycho Buns are the lowest form of pastry. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ) 700
Inspector Clouseau is the right man for the job.
Posted by: Herbert Lom at September 03, 2026 10:48 AM (Fn+3X) 701
The long lost Agatha Christie manuscript - Murder on the Art thread.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:48 AM (2GVsD) 702
698 695 Interesting art today
Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2026 10:47 AM (+gK6I) The Minimalist School, I’m thinking. Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 10:48 AM (Gqar A JJ original ? Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2026 10:49 AM (+gK6I) 703
So a long walk, cleaned up, stop at wally world, and over to check on mom at assisted living....
And this is all I get? Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 10:47 AM (cGjQu) Need I remind you whose fault this is? Posted by: Candace Owens at September 03, 2026 10:49 AM (dK+Kv) 704
And this is all I get?
Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 10:47 AM (cGjQu) Here's a piece of gum I found on the sidewalk Posted by: Midget King at September 03, 2026 10:49 AM (zafwz) 705
Wonder what CBD did to piss off Nurse.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ) 706
"Sire! Sire! The Horde is revolting!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:34 AM (2GVsD) ===== Let them eat puns. -Head Ewok In Charge Posted by: San Franpsycho _____ Cook! Where's my HasanPiker? Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 10:50 AM (XvL8K) 707
What did you people do!!??!!
We all put maple syrup on our French toast and CBD melted like the wicked witch. Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2026 10:50 AM (wItF4) 708
Does CBD also have a Monkey alter-ego? We could be in for a long thread.
Posted by: t-bird He's got the punk monkey sticking out his tongue at us. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:50 AM (77rzZ) 709
Buns are the lowest form of pastry.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ) *golf clap* Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:50 AM (wVcYX) 710
Wonder what CBD did to piss off Nurse.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ) Bad mouth Seattle sea otters? Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 10:51 AM (dK+Kv) 711
With Steinem gone, can Hanoi Jane be far behind?
Posted by: Joan Lunden, A Place For Mom at September 03, 2026 10:51 AM (Fn+3X) 712
*** dangles mimes over scorpion pit...across from the mime, painted on the wall, is this: "LEARN THE WORDS." ***
Posted by: Lord Vetinari at September 03, 2026 10:43 AM Could be worse...could have been the kittens. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 10:51 AM (9Q+nP) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 10:51 AM (cGjQu) 714
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you got till it’s gone Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2026 10:51 AM (Gqar8) 715
Cook! Where's my HasanPiker?
*makes a scrunched up revolted Tex Avery style face and pushes the plate away.* "Eeewww!! No thanks!" Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:51 AM (2GVsD) 716
CBD is in France...so time to summon Inspector Hercule Poirot? (Yes, I know Poirot is Belgian...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel Maigret, if he's still around. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ) *cues Henry Mancini* Posted by: Diogenes at September 03, 2026 10:51 AM (2WIwB) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 03, 2026 10:52 AM (ndZc7) 718
Cook! Where's my HasanPiker?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2026 10:50 AM *golf clap* Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 10:52 AM (9Q+nP) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 10:52 AM (cGjQu) 720
Taps on *two-way* glass mirror. I know you're in there!
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 03, 2026 10:53 AM (wVcYX) 721
Anyone check Trump's Twitter account for his reaction to Gloria's passing?
How about Hakeem Jeffries? Or is he still eating his sombrero? Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:53 AM (2GVsD) 722
Nice choice Fen. I love Mary Cassatt.
Posted by: Tuna at September 03, 2026 10:53 AM (lJ0H4) 723
Wellness check for CBD?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 03, 2026 10:54 AM (+E2T+) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:54 AM (1o8D5) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 10:54 AM (cGjQu) 726
Wellness check for CBD?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 03, 2026 10:54 AM (+E2T+) - No. Rare to medium rare at the most. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:55 AM (1o8D5) 727
We need a "break in case of emergency" thread in the sidebar or something.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 10:55 AM (dK+Kv) 728
We're in a limerick desert.
Posted by: Limerick Lover at September 03, 2026 10:55 AM (2Ez/1) 729
No, but there's a traffic jam in Harlem.
And Brooklyn's broken out in fights. Posted by: Car 54 at September 03, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1) Ooo! Ooo!! Posted by: Officer Toody at September 03, 2026 10:57 AM (hmYU4) 730
We need a "break in case of emergency" thread in the sidebar or something.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 10:55 AM (dK+Kv) - Just post past the margins. That'll do it. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:57 AM (1o8D5) 731
We're in a limerick desert.
Posted by: Limerick Lover Well, if y'all'd stop robbing the limerick stores, they would come back to the neighborhood. Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ) 732
A recreation of that legendary 1K plus thread?
Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 10:54 AM (cGjQu) Wasn't that the flame war? Hard to recreate. Some movies can't be redone. Posted by: Midget King at September 03, 2026 10:57 AM (zafwz) 733
sted by: Tuna at September 03, 2026 10:53 AM (lJ0H4)
Sorry I couldn't find a better one in the spur of the moment, but she is great, isn't she? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 10:58 AM (y8wRt) Posted by: RI Red at September 03, 2026 10:58 AM (Edxq2) 735
Just post past the margins. That'll do it.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 10:57 AM (1o8D5) ---- Does the banhammer have an autopilot? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 10:58 AM (FZ29D) 736
All of our limericks are locked in glass cases.
Posted by: Nantucket at September 03, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1) 737
Does anyone know the current exchange rate dollars to euros in case we net to put together some bail mined for CBD?
Posted by: Diogenes at September 03, 2026 10:59 AM (2WIwB) 738
Wouldn't that be Otto Pilot?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 10:59 AM (2GVsD) Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ) 740
I want my …
I want my … I want my CBD! Posted by: RI Red at September 03, 2026 10:58 AM (Edxq2) 20 Francs, same as la ville. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2026 10:59 AM (dK+Kv) 741
So, remember way back when a few pooed the idea that kolledges are in trouble? The WSJ (among others) is reporting that some large state schools are mailing out acceptance letters based on GPA...
Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 10:59 AM (cGjQu) 742
Anyone check Trump's Twitter account for his reaction to Gloria's passing?
He's been pretty quiet this morning, but he did just unload both barrels at the media. Nothing about Steinem. Posted by: t-bird at September 03, 2026 10:59 AM (h/6op) 743
No chance at a thousand, seven fifty doubtful.
Posted by: From about That Time at September 03, 2026 11:00 AM (sl73Y) 744
Nood.
Posted by: Nazdar at September 03, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS) 745
It's 8:00 o'clock.
Do you know where your bloggers are? Posted by: Diogenes at September 03, 2026 11:00 AM (2WIwB) Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 11:00 AM (cGjQu) 747
Rant up. Doof.
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ) 748
Does the banhammer have an autopilot?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2026 10:58 AM (FZ29D) - Waiting for cobs to deploy a Grok bot moderator. Come to think of it, a Grok bot could be used to auto-post missing art threads. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2026 11:04 AM (1o8D5) 749
There's a pot shop right down the road from me... Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ) I think this is the case for most people nowadays. And look at what a cluster Colorado is. Legal weed was supposed to fix EVERYTHING........... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2026 11:08 AM (ccf/V) 750
109. I'd wager the divide on what her punishment should be probably coincides with party affiliation. ...
Posted by: Lady in Black I agree. I read, researched & made it personal for a time as I thought back to my own bout with a bit of depression when kid #1 was about 7 months old, and also when one of my dearest, most competent friends from way back suddenly snapped after the death of her mom & birth of her 1st (and only) child. (She was committed for a solid year & then slowly worked into seeing & caring for the child over time & under careful watch & guidance. She & her husband remained together and raised the child very well.) I think Clancy was unstable at least by the birth of her second child, 1st son. I don't think there was really much of a 'marriage,' she needed both time in her nursing job and time with more than one child to fill a hole - lack of real companionship, friendship, purpose. I also believe her guilty, dangerous & must be locked away for her remaining lifetime. What cemented it for me is one fact: She killed the kids in the basement, her husband's domain. (The oldest boy was found in the office.) Revenge. --- Ex hubby might have a type. Posted by: L - No nic... at September 03, 2026 11:08 AM (NFX2v) Daily Tech News 3 September 2026
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Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 04:55 AM (odBC9) 2
Hi.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 03, 2026 04:57 AM (36x1j) 3
G'Day everyone
Finally figured out why phone battery was drained during the day. A message couldn't be sent so phone kept trying though it wasn't going to get sent. Phone was down to %50 at lunch time yet didn't use it all day. Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2026 05:00 AM (Ia/+0) 4
Hey Techsters.
I’ve gone down the build your own AI Server rabbit hole. Pixy is there a consumer level firewall that is robust enough for your homebrew AI server? Or a commercial scale that is not ridiculously complex and expensive? When do these two markets get superimposed on each other? Posted by: Pete Bog at September 03, 2026 05:03 AM (jVkUA) Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 05:03 AM (odBC9) 6
Morning all. I'll probably sleep a bit more before I actually get up.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 03, 2026 05:06 AM (aJQbY) 7
g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at September 03, 2026 05:09 AM (AMvSw) 8
Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 03, 2026 05:12 AM (pZ64F) 9
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (thumbs up!)
The whole album is excellent. IMO, his first three albums were Gems! Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 03, 2026 05:15 AM (pZ64F) 10
Have no idea why I am leaving forcwork, guy working with will be late as he always is, supposed to be working on axroofcand its raining.
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2026 05:16 AM (Ia/+0) 11
Guten morgen, horde.
Posted by: clarence at September 03, 2026 05:17 AM (NFldd) 12
>>>A group called Nexus is advertising 153 million US drivers licenses for sale on Russian exploit site Exploit. (Krebs On Security)
wild Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 05:19 AM (odBC9) 13
Bible verse of the day:
"This is what the Lord says — your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I AM the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go." —Isaiah 48:17 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 05:22 AM (FlBUK) 14
When, not if, the AI bubble bursts, the fallout is going to be enormous. And all that infrastructure will sit there doing little to nothing.
Posted by: clarence at September 03, 2026 05:24 AM (NFldd) 15
clarence,
On the bright side, the generators and mini-nuke plants will supplement the electrical grid, and we'll have the frames for places to house the insane. Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 03, 2026 05:25 AM (aJQbY) 16
"Be strong and courageous". Devotional on Deuteronomy 31:6 from International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:
https://tinyurl.com/ymhymnbt Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 05:26 AM (FlBUK) Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9) 18
Group of guys take a lonely guy with autism under their wing. Sunny Skyz site:
https://tinyurl.com/46z6ycu8 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 05:28 AM (FlBUK) Posted by: clarence at September 03, 2026 05:29 AM (NFldd) 20
Somewhat tech related. I pulled my 2007 Sienna into the street to go on an errand and when I put it into Drive, it just sat there.
Next door neighbor helped me push the car back into my driveway. He diagnosed it as a bad connection at the shifter. Youtube video showed my how to get at it and what to expect. Shifter cable bushing. $6 part at the dealer. It's great. Shifter works again. Now I need to put the dashboard (lower half) back together. Not going to happen this morning. Early tee time. Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 03, 2026 05:31 AM (36x1j) 21
Evening and morning for the first Thor's Day in Sept. this year. I'm up a little ahead of the alarm, but feel pretty rested anyway.
Today I have to run out to the western suburbs, have the Buick's blood swapped out, give it some more food, and drop some of Linda's old clothes at the thrift store nearby. Maybe I'll hit Walmart too; it's right there, and I need to buy a refill phone card. The big Buick is at 100,300 miles now, age ten, seven of those years under my watch. Aside from a faint fading of the paint on roof, hood, and trunk -- some of which can be countered by careful waxing -- it looks almost new and runs like an muscular limousine. Whenever I have occasion to run on a highway or smooth roads, I look forward to traveling in the LaCrosse. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9) 22
>>>The birdbath is on fire.
* John has a long moustache. Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 *** "Overseas relay: Channel D. Report for Section One, Number One." Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9) 23
I would like a La Crosse for long trips. Too bad they stopped making them.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 03, 2026 05:35 AM (36x1j) 24
I'm watching the Shoe0nHead video linked in the sidebar -- well, she's in my follows, and I had it bookmarked to watch later anyway -- and I have to say, there is one very dark and dismal silver lining. All the guys out there who are still braving the crazy (and crazy-making) dating market finally have the perfect test to expose superficially normal-seeming nutbars.
Just ask a woman what she thinks about the Lindsey Clancy case, and the child murder apologists won't even try to hide it, because they're convinced that they're the morally superior and righteous ones. It's wild, but useful, and potentially thousands of men could dodge a bullet (probably metaphorical, but who knows). Posted by: SciVo at September 03, 2026 05:37 AM (ke3zm) 25
Country singer Alan Jackson
n sings old time hymn, "What a friend we have in Jesus": https://tinyurl.com/yzfm73ev Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 05:38 AM (rHgXV) 26
20 Not going to happen this morning. Early tee time.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 03, 2026 05:31 AM (36x1j) ; ) Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 05:38 AM (odBC9) 27
I would like a La Crosse for long trips. Too bad they stopped making them.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 03, 2026 *** It is a great long-distance car. Not only smooth and comfortable, and fast, it gets remarkable mileage for a big car with a V-6. My '86 Mercedes 420SEL, the big V-8 S-Class, was much the same, except in the mileage department: 22-24 on the open highway, and that on premium. The LaCrosse has done 34 on ethanol-free gas at 70 w/ the A/C on -- and that was regular 87 octane. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9) 28
4 Hey Techsters.
I’ve gone down the build your own AI Server rabbit hole. Pixy is there a consumer level firewall that is robust enough for your homebrew AI server? Or a commercial scale that is not ridiculously complex and expensive? When do these two markets get superimposed on each other? Posted by: Pete Bog Pair of scissors? I know how to handle all this for free on Linux - I run double-firewalled systems - but not so familiar with the status of commercial offerings. Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 03, 2026 05:41 AM (BLOW1) 29
24 Just ask a woman what she thinks about the Lindsey Clancy case, and the child murder apologists won't even try to hide it, because they're convinced that they're the morally superior and righteous ones. It's wild, but useful, and potentially thousands of men could dodge a bullet (probably metaphorical, but who knows).
Posted by: SciVo at September 03, 2026 05:37 AM (ke3zm) Like the girl who was interviewing some of them (outside the courthouse?) and had a woman go off like that, and the interviewer asked a guy, "Is that your girlfriend?" and he said yes and the interviewer said, "You might wanna be rethinking that." [or words to that effect] Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 05:43 AM (odBC9) 30
Big black Stirling cat is nuzzling me and whimpering. "I need food! I don't want to go to the fat farm!" Too bad, cat. I'll weigh you today and see if your bulk has dropped a little.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2026 05:43 AM (wzUl9) 31
24 I'm watching the Shoe0nHead video linked in the sidebar
Posted by: SciVo at September 03, 2026 05:37 AM (ke3zm) That is on my to-do list. Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 05:45 AM (odBC9) 32
Okay, 81 F., let's not look at the heat index, and I need to change, stretch, and put in a mile this morning. Maybe again tomorrow, and maybe a half-hour walk on Saturday (but I doubt that one will happen).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9) 33
Morning, everyone! It's a lovely day here in the GPROMD as we brace for more of the heat and humidity that decided to camp out.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 05:47 AM (svLOV) 34
IMHO, Toyota is really great for DIY. 10mm socket and a Phillips screwdriver is generally all you need.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 03, 2026 05:48 AM (36x1j) Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 05:48 AM (odBC9) 36
G'mornin' everyone!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 03, 2026 05:57 AM (VyBeY) 37
Posted by: SciVo at September 03, 2026 05:37 AM (ke3zm)
Wouldnt t it depend on the woman? I think she's a murderess and should be held fully accountable-either by going to jail or being held in a mental I institution .for the rest of her life I imagine most women on AOS feel the same, I think the internet exaggerates things to put people against each other , and because a group of women in pink shirts either on the jury or the ones doing "performance art " on the internet are shrieking in support of her it doesn't mean millions of women in the U.S. are. I think I need another break from the internet today and bad news and the "All women support The child murderess." No, we don't Have a good day, everyone. May you have a blessed day and know that you are a blessing to others. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 06:00 AM (rHgXV) 38
AI research is the functional equivalent of GoF research in biolabs: they are creating viral pathogens hoping for “the best”.It has no real world need and should be banned and data centers burned to the ground.
Cool this morning, only 73°. Wife and I are at odds over mandatory vaccines for school. Posted by: Accomack at September 03, 2026 06:01 AM (GbONR) 39
During the day, Fen, I have only my iPhone which suffers from the ad rash. So, I only visit here at home from the iPad.
Cuts down on the stress. Posted by: Accomack at September 03, 2026 06:03 AM (GbONR) 40
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)
Make a decision on the house yet, Wolfus? Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 03, 2026 06:05 AM (1Ff7Z) 41
That's the entire point of a litmus test. It's a binary result. The very existence of a metaphorical "litmus test" presupposes that there are two possible outcomes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:07 AM (Ot/FD) 42
The existence of Hasan Piker and his fan base doesn't mean every man on earth is a Nieman Marxist terror sympathizer with a penchant for buggery....
But he gives us a real nice go-no-go gauge to find out who else is in a jiffy. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:10 AM (Ot/FD) 43
mornin yall
"Dozens of Amazon staffers to be axed in latest employment blow to the Bay Area" That seems rather extreme. Couldn't they just 86 them? Posted by: fd at September 03, 2026 06:17 AM (MWfyi) 44
The people who get all the attention these days are the "dandies" that Camus warned about. The LARPers. The hacks. The idle rich playing at revolution so they can get attention and embarrass their parents.
You can't exactly ignore them, but they won't be the ones who light the candle. They'll be the ones who are up against the wall first when a real monster comes along. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:17 AM (Ot/FD) Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 03, 2026 06:19 AM (O7YUW) 46
That seems rather extreme. Couldn't they just 86 them?
Posted by: fd Honestly, I'm surprised that the cuts are management types. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 06:21 AM (svLOV) 47
The guy who always asks "Birdbath status?" was unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant Perhaps he's on fire as well? Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 06:21 AM (svLOV) 48
Tap-tap...
Posted by: Brunnhilde at September 03, 2026 06:32 AM (3AwA+) 49
Good morning, Hordians. Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are now in Des Moines for shows this upcoming weekend. They return on Tuesday, having been gone since August 12th. She will be home with a schedule full of appointments before taking off the next Sunday for the two-day AKC Delegate meeting in Newark. When she returns, it's off on that Thursday for shows in Belton. I may get to wave at her as she arrives and departs. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 06:33 AM (eRlcH) 50
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 06:00 AM (rHgXV)
I literally said "thousands" of men could dodge a bullet, which is accurate. You're reading into my words something that was not there. Posted by: SciVo at September 03, 2026 06:37 AM (ke3zm) 51
The ones going out of their way to make the bestest car-seat confessional about their love of some crazy bitch who killed her children are the ones who have truly learned to love Big Brother. The content of what they're saying doesn't matter, because they know what Big Brother needs them to say and gosh darn it they're going to say it louder and prouder than anyone else because they know what today's Goodthink is.
Eastasia has always been at war with Oceania. There are five lights. Et cetera et cetera. It doesn't matter if it's the old cliche about killing your parents and then demanding the sympathy due to an orphan, in reverse and one step removed. Big Brother has declared that up is down, left is right, good is evil, and so on. After enough years of that kind of training, you spontaneously start applying that Opposite World filter to every piece of social information you consume, automatically. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:37 AM (Ot/FD) Posted by: clarence at September 03, 2026 06:37 AM (NFldd) 53
In my opinion I want to see the bitch fry in this life and for eternity.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 06:45 AM (PbWRL) Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 03, 2026 06:47 AM (QuiDg) 55
53 In my opinion I want to see the bitch fry in this life and for eternity.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 06:45 AM (PbWRL) I mean, that is certainly unusual. But as long as we're not cruel about it, we should be good. That's still a lot of peanut oil, though, either way.... Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:47 AM (Ot/FD) 56
Loudoun County, virginia is a very wealthy area, home to many highly paid federal workers and contractors. Close to Washington, DC and the many intelligence agencies there, data centers are a natural. It's just ironic that all that expensive real estate is going to have a Hummmmm next to it
Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 03, 2026 06:49 AM (llBIB) Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 03, 2026 06:49 AM (VyBeY) 58
In my opinion I want to see the bitch fry in this life and for eternity. Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 06:45 AM (PbWRL) The second is up to the Good Lord. As to the first, she should if the M'Naugten rule doesn't apply. If it does, she should be locked away in a prison hospital for life. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 06:50 AM (eRlcH) 59
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at September 03, 2026 06:52 AM (2Ez/1) 60
It's just ironic that all that expensive real estate is going to have a Hummmmm next to it
Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 03, 2026 06:49 AM (llBIB) New build data centers are astonishingly quiet. There are reams and reams of data and modeling and validation on their AHUs and exhaust fans to make sure they are as quiet as physically possible now. The typical shopping mall is louder. Any urban downtown area is many decibels louder. If they want to abolish new data centers for being "loud", then what's their argument for not razing every major metropolitan area? Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:53 AM (Ot/FD) 61
>>>AI datacenter investment is projected to hist
AI datacenter this, AI datacenter that, and now they're HISTing! Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9) 62
I see Gloria Steinem is mort. All I can say is, may God have mercy on her soul, despite all the damage she did. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 06:53 AM (eRlcH) 63
61 >>>AI datacenter investment is projected to hist
AI datacenter this, AI datacenter that, and now they're HISTing! Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9) Only in Black Marsh. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:54 AM (Ot/FD) 64
The info of myself and my wife have been exposed so many times... and now, more than 2 1/2 years after she passed, her data and mine continue to be accessed from vendors, universities, and hospitals by bad players. Oh I get the letters of apology with the free credit monitoring services (Wow, how does that help my deceased wife?) Even a couple of months ago I received a credit rejection from one company in the name of my late wife (which was rejected as she's dead) I called in as a fraudulent request. Fn fraudsters. There are the reason I keep my credit locked at the big three.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 06:54 AM (l3cgK) 65
Shifter cable bushing. $6 part at the dealer. It's great. Shifter works again. Now I need to put the dashboard (lower half) back together. Not going to happen this morning. Early tee time. Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 03, 2026 05:31 A ------ It's incredible how much information you can Get Out of YouTube To do your own repairs. Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 03, 2026 06:54 AM (llBIB) 66
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I see Gloria Steinem is mort. All I can say is, may God have mercy on her soul, despite all the damage she did. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2026 06:53 AM (eRlcH) She doesn't need fish or bicycles anymore... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 06:56 AM (l3cgK) 67
I think we know not All women support the child murderer but why do so many? I think some of it has to do with the glorification slash fetishization of mental illness. Being mentally ill has become a status symbol among leftist women.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 03, 2026 06:56 AM (UoWyB) 68
41 That's the entire point of a litmus test. It's a binary result. The very existence of a metaphorical "litmus test" presupposes that there are two possible outcomes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:07 AM (Ot/FD) Indeed! litmus noun a dye obtained from certain lichens that is red under acid conditions and blue under alkaline conditions. Middle English: from Old Norse lit-mosi, from litr ‘dye’ + mosi ‘moss’. Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 06:57 AM (odBC9) 69
And if these jerks think they can outlaw data centers for the noise, then I want every damn back yard swimming pool in the lower 48 dismantled by tomorrow, and muzzles firmly attached to every little jerk bastard spoiled-ass shrieking child up to the age of 25.
30 would be preferable. But i'm a reasonable man. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:58 AM (Ot/FD) 70
Warai, the one they built out in a rural area here has definite noise pollution.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 06:59 AM (PbWRL) Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 07:00 AM (odBC9) 72
This is a busy anniversary month for me...yesterday was grandpa's 130th birthday (although gone over 30 years, probably still votes). Mom's passing 4 years ago. Her Mom's passing 16 years ago. Last living Aunt's 94th birthday... Dad's mother's passing Almost 40 years ago...brother and sister birthdays...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:01 AM (l3cgK) 73
The little kids screaming around the pool eventually go inside and they don't swim 24/7/365
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 07:02 AM (PbWRL) 74
48 Tap-tap...
Posted by: Brunnhilde at September 03, 2026 06:32 AM Seems to have worked! Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 07:00 AM If I knew where this thing was plugged in, I would have pulled it then plugged it back in... Posted by: Brunnhilde at September 03, 2026 07:02 AM (3AwA+) 75
what's their argument for not razing every major metropolitan area?
Posted by: Warai-otoko You have my attention, sir. Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 07:02 AM (svLOV) 76
70 Warai, the one they built out in a rural area here has definite noise pollution.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 06:59 AM (PbWRL) There are a lot of different companies standing these things up, not surprising that not everyone is doing their due diligence in the design phase (to put it politely) I suppose my statement ought to include a "can" and a "should" in there somewhere. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 07:04 AM (Ot/FD) 77
68 41 That's the entire point of a litmus test. It's a binary result. The very existence of a metaphorical "litmus test" presupposes that there are two possible outcomes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:07 AM (Ot/FD) Indeed! litmus noun a dye obtained from certain lichens that is red under acid conditions and blue under alkaline conditions. Middle English: from Old Norse lit-mosi, from litr ‘dye’ + mosi ‘moss’. Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 06:57 AM (odBC9) What color does it return for neutral PH?... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:04 AM (l3cgK) 78
I hope someone starts burning down datacenters. I don't have a beef with datacenters. I just like fire more.
Posted by: firebug at September 03, 2026 07:04 AM (OGMiI) 79
Good morning morons
Posted by: The Paolo at September 03, 2026 07:07 AM (RIvkX) 80
78 I hope someone starts burning down datacenters. I don't have a beef with datacenters. I just like fire more.
Posted by: firebug at September 03, 2026 07:04 AM (OGMiI) Joke punchline: "You threw out the wrong bitch." Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:07 AM (l3cgK) 81
My early morning lesson is going to be cancelled on account of rain. This is a most welcome change.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 07:09 AM (PbWRL) 82
Make a decision on the house yet, Wolfus?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 03, 2026 *** It's all over. Too much worry about mold and other items. I've backed out of that one, and am not immediately looking for something new. Though I dread it, I might have to rent for a while to be there on the ground to look at further properties. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9) 83
I believe litmus strips may be tri-state, not binary...no color (white) for neutral, red for acidic, blue for alkaline...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:09 AM (l3cgK) 84
/yikes
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX) 85
59 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at September 03, 2026 06:52 AM (2Ez/1) I have bad news. >>>The birdbath is on fire. Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 07:10 AM (odBC9) 86
82 Make a decision on the house yet, Wolfus?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 03, 2026 *** It's all over. Too much worry about mold and other items. I've backed out of that one, and am not immediately looking for something new. Though I dread it, I might have to rent for a while to be there on the ground to look at further properties. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9) Why does this sound similar to some folks choosing a second or subsequent wife...? Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 03, 2026 07:11 AM (l3cgK) Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 07:12 AM (odBC9) 88
New build data centers are astonishingly quiet. There are reams and reams of data and modeling and validation on their AHUs and exhaust fans to make sure they are as quiet as physically possible now. The typical shopping mall is louder. Any urban downtown area is many decibels louder. If they want to abolish new data centers for being "loud", then what's their argument for not razing every major metropolitan area? Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 06:53 AM (Ot/FD) ----- Perhaps the new build data centers will turn out to be astonishingly quiet. Many of the current ones are not. The one pictured in the Loudon county oosr is next to a quiet, residential area. Loudoun county is anything but a noisy urban, downtown area. I lived in the next county over for years Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 03, 2026 07:12 AM (llBIB) 89
I'm sorry the house hunting is not going well, Wolfus. Hopefully things will turn around once you are out there.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 03, 2026 07:13 AM (svLOV) 90
Let the robocalls begin. I'll have 12 before the day is over. Never a message, never a text, but always a city in this state. I could set my clock by their occurrence.
meh. leave me a message. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 03, 2026 07:15 AM (C/aDH) 91
Wolfus, downsize. Get rid of something every day.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 03, 2026 07:16 AM (2Ez/1) 92
I'm back from my workout, cleaned up, fed the furry thugs (I caught Stirling trying to steal from Dagny's bowl! Ha!). Now I'll have my breakfast, a scrambled egg on a cheese-laden English muffin.
I have to leave for the mechanic shop in an hour. Maybe I'll have time for a pipe while I check my email. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9) 93
My early morning lesson is going to be cancelled on account of rain. This is a most welcome change.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 03, 2026 07:09 AM Rain here, too. Also very welcome. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 03, 2026 07:17 AM (9Q+nP) 94
Loudoun County?"
You mean where AOL had their giant facilities? Nothing new there - and Loudoun hasn't been "sleepy" or bucolic for over a quarter of a century. Great place to have your daughter assaulted by a tranny at school, tho. Posted by: man at September 03, 2026 07:18 AM (XuXeR) 95
What is disturbing about the ID breach is that actual images were stored, not biometric templates that are used for searching. That "redacted" data was also not encrypted, even worse, the company kept it as if that data are theirs rather than storing a hash and using that hash for comparisons.
idscan.net appears to be a data harvesting company first. Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 07:18 AM (pUU4E) 96
J.J. Sefton. Arrived Runway 180.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 03, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ) 97
Do I get to petition to have the township close down all the roads around where I live for all traffic except me so that I don't have to listen to rice rockets blasting down the hill all hours of the day?
Can I make the cops go dismantle my neighbor's lawn mower so the schmuck can't run the thing every waking hour of every day mowing the same patch over and over like some kind of mental patient? Where is it written we have an inalienable right to quiet? I know I've never in my life experienced or even been offered the benefit of this magical beast. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 03, 2026 07:21 AM (Ot/FD) 98
Wolfus, downsize. Get rid of something every day.
If I was a psychologist/counselor after viewing Wolfus' posts over the years about hating the weather in his area, doing nothing about it, soliciting advice and then not following it for Reasons, that checks all of the boxes for a help-rejecting complainer Most people instinctively respond by offering solutions, but I'm thinking that is not what Wolfus actually wants. The proper response here is to set boundaries and ask questions instead of suggestions and accept that the complaints are not about solutions. Posted by: Community Notes at September 03, 2026 07:34 AM (a3CJ+) 99
“Those who are good at making excuses are seldom good at making anything else.”
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin at September 03, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1) 100
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Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 08:20 AM (odBC9) 101
24 I'm watching the Shoe0nHead video linked in the sidebar -- well, she's in my follows, and I had it bookmarked to watch later anyway -- and I have to say, there is one very dark and dismal silver lining. All the guys out there who are still braving the crazy (and crazy-making) dating market finally have the perfect test to expose superficially normal-seeming nutbars.
Just ask a woman what she thinks about the Lindsey Clancy case, and the child murder apologists won't even try to hide it, because they're convinced that they're the morally superior and righteous ones. It's wild, but useful, and potentially thousands of men could dodge a bullet (probably metaphorical, but who knows). Posted by: SciVo at September 03, 2026 05:37 AM (ke3zm) It's a great video. Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 08:43 AM (odBC9) Wednesday Night ONT - September 2, 2026 [TRex]![]() Good evening Horde! The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and (mostly) re-stocked. Step up and place your order. Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. If you're a troll, go away. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Please. [Top photo: Seymour, Tennessee]![]()
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T. rex!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 02, 2026 10:01 PM (AsRFI) 2
Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 10:01 PM (HaopY) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 10:01 PM (hPgrk) 4
Well lookee here.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 02, 2026 10:01 PM (Q/FnY) Posted by: nurse ratched at September 02, 2026 10:01 PM (AsRFI) 6
Finished and waiting for it all to begin again.
Posted by: mindful webworker - neverending comments at September 02, 2026 10:01 PM (Cl/mc) 7
Howdy, Dino! Sup, Morons?!?
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at September 02, 2026 10:02 PM (kOluj) Posted by: TRex - farmer dino at September 02, 2026 10:03 PM (XfIK1) 9
Thanks, Dino!
John Deere scented products -- I foresee them on the MoMe door prize table next month! Posted by: Doof at September 02, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i) 10
Oh man!
I was hoping for cheeseburger in paradise! And I guess I’m nuttier than a snickers bar now? Posted by: nurse ratched at September 02, 2026 10:03 PM (AsRFI) 11
Colorado has an Oh My God Road. It's not for everyone.
Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 10:04 PM (ZxPkt) 12
Pittsburgh police should look for a young guy in a Delorean in the vicinity of that lightning-struck church. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 02, 2026 10:04 PM (mmrXZ) 13
The question is not what has been smashed on the channel. The better question is what has yet to be smashed. If you can think of it and it fits beneath a hydraulic press, it has probably been smashed.
Plenty of commies to try the press with. Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 02, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z) 14
ONT Grocery Shopping List
I hope the bakery department carries a matching hamburger bun. But if they do, it's probably a three-pack. Posted by: mikeski at September 02, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov) 15
Nice ONT, TRex! Thanks.
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 02, 2026 10:05 PM (Jr+re) 16
Good evening, Horde!
For those wondering: today's interview seemed to go well, but I won't hear more for another week or so. Still hoping for last Friday's to work out, honestly, but prayerfully asking for the path to make itself known. Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 02, 2026 10:05 PM (aJQbY) 17
After finishing the tile and thinset tear out of the basement bathroom, Dear Wife has declared the new walking shower shall be curbless.
Her shits to give that this requires jackhammering some thickness off of the concrete slab have been misplaced. Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 10:05 PM (HaopY) Posted by: LRob in OK at September 02, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr+re) 19
16 Nice ONT, TRex! Thanks.
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 02, 2026 10:05 PM *** Good evening Sir. Hope you and the little red truck are doing well. Posted by: TRex - mega burger dino at September 02, 2026 10:06 PM (XfIK1) 20
I am favorably inclined to the Deere but when I think of John Deere, it also conjures thoughts of "outdoor scents" that seem sub-optimal for my personal care needs.
---------- Ag machinery entangled with fragrance. Back to the content. Thanks for the ONT, Dino. Posted by: scampydog at September 02, 2026 10:07 PM (ktjUR) 21
John Deere scented products -- I foresee them on the MoMe door prize table next month!
Posted by: Doof No idea about the new silage and stockyard scents, but the normal Every Man Jack shampoo is decent stuff. Posted by: mikeski at September 02, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov) 22
Both of us are well, thank you.
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 02, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re) 23
And I guess I’m nuttier than a snickers bar now?
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 02, 2026 10:03 PM (AsRFI) He backtracked quickly, if you read the thread. Heard about your gun skills, I reckon. Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 02, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z) 24
Iron Maiden first used Frazetta's Deathdealer for their album cover. They used a couple of others subsequent to that and wanted to use more but Frazetta raised the price and they declined.
Too bad . It's almost what defined them. Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:07 PM (KC5Lt) 25
American Flag building usually sell fireworks.
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 02, 2026 10:07 PM (pdiue) Posted by: Jus Sayin at September 02, 2026 10:09 PM (zom6H) 27
Doggo and Doof in the comments at the same time! Careful - strange things happen when the trio occupies the same spot on the space/time continuum.
Posted by: TRex - say Club ONT three times at September 02, 2026 10:09 PM (XfIK1) 28
TRex's arms can barely reach the keyboard. Still, he does his duty.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 02, 2026 10:09 PM (zpcJA) 29
Lively night on the 'Burgh scanner. Flasher on the south side, strip of bullets belt. Was there a secret MoMe?
Posted by: scampydog at September 02, 2026 10:10 PM (ktjUR) 30
American Flag building usually sell fireworks.
Posted by: toby928(c) 19 stripes and 33 stars. Not sure when we flew that version. Posted by: mikeski at September 02, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov) 31
11 Colorado has an Oh My God Road. It's not for everyone.
Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 10:04 PM (ZxPkt) Let me guess... the 34 between Estes and Grand Lake? Posted by: bring oxygen at September 02, 2026 10:11 PM (88C+u) Posted by: Jackie Chiles at September 02, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/) 33
Looking at that patty, I assume this is also a Chuck Schumer free zone.
Posted by: 88C+u at September 02, 2026 10:12 PM (88C+u) 34
Iron maiden's Wrathchild, yeah thats always a good one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 10:13 PM (S41Gd) 35
Can we put Lindsay Clancy in a hydraulic press?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 02, 2026 10:13 PM (9FfUF) 36
29 Lively night on the 'Burgh scanner. Flasher on the south side, strip of bullets belt. Was there a secret MoMe?
Posted by: scampydog at September 02, 2026 10:10 PM *** The first rule of super secret Pittsburgh MoMe is not to talk about the super secret MoMe but monitoring by the Pittsburgh scanner makes flying under the radar more difficult. Posted by: TRex - pass me a cold iron dino at September 02, 2026 10:13 PM (XfIK1) 37
Considerably less-popular YouTube channel: cleaning up after the hydraulic pressings.
Posted by: mindful webworker - goooosh at September 02, 2026 10:13 PM (Cl/mc) Posted by: Ben Had at September 02, 2026 10:14 PM (PbWRL) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 10:14 PM (eRlcH) 40
13 The question is not what has been smashed on the channel. The better question is what has yet to be smashed. If you can think of it and it fits beneath a hydraulic press, it has probably been smashed. Plenty of commies to try the press with. Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 02, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z) DEEZ NUTZ!!! Posted by: Tom Servo at September 02, 2026 10:15 PM (DCKjD) 41
They're real, and they're spectacular!
Posted by: East Carson Street Flasher at September 02, 2026 10:15 PM (PE5pE) 42
34 Iron maiden's Wrathchild, yeah thats always a good one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 10:13 PM *** Love the bassline. A Steve Harris special. Posted by: TRex - stage manager dino at September 02, 2026 10:15 PM (XfIK1) Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 10:15 PM (HaopY) 44
Doggo and Doof in the comments at the same time! Careful - strange things happen when the trio occupies the same spot on the space/time continuum.
Posted by: TRex - say Club ONT three times at September 02, 2026 10:09 PM (XfIK1) I don't know about you, but I think the Club could use more Doggo participation. Posted by: Doof at September 02, 2026 10:15 PM (QLC6i) 45
Thanks for another entertaining ONT, T Rex!
And thanks for the Pittsburgh scanner! Always a treat. Billy Strings is one talented dude. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 02, 2026 10:16 PM (D/6p1) 46
Would you trust a meat department who can't spell "Colossal"?
Posted by: Joemarine at September 02, 2026 10:16 PM (y171U) 47
I listened to Billy String's new album on youtube last week. Every song on it is good, including this train song.
Posted by: huerfano at September 02, 2026 10:17 PM (2Xqig) 48
44 Doggo and Doof in the comments at the same time! Careful - strange things happen when the trio occupies the same spot on the space/time continuum.
Posted by: TRex - say Club ONT three times at September 02, 2026 10:09 PM (XfIK1) I don't know about you, but I think the Club could use more Doggo participation. Posted by: Doof Agreed! WOOF WOOF WOOF! Posted by: nurse ratched at September 02, 2026 10:17 PM (0c4bd) 49
33 Looking at that patty, I assume this is also a Chuck Schumer free zone.
Posted by: 88C+u at September 02, 2026 10:12 PM *** Negative, Ghostrider. Ridicule at will. Posted by: TRex - air boss dino at September 02, 2026 10:17 PM (XfIK1) 50
Let me guess... the 34 between Estes and Grand Lake?
Posted by: bring oxygen at September 02, 2026 10:11 PM (88C+u) ----------- and a crowbar to extract the seat cushion from your ass-crack.... Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at September 02, 2026 10:17 PM (kOluj) 51
If interested I did a painting of the golf hole I recently got a hole in one on that I put as part of a display with the ball. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:18 PM (KC5Lt) 52
Would you trust a meat department who can't spell "Colossal"? Posted by: Joemarine at September 02, 2026 10:16 PM (y171U) ________ It's not "Kolosyl"? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 10:18 PM (eRlcH) 53
Iron Maiden first used Frazetta's Deathdealer for their album cover. They used a couple of others subsequent to that and wanted to use more but Frazetta raised the price and they declined.
Too bad . It's almost what defined them. Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:07 PM (KC5Lt) Are you thinking molly hatchet? Maiden used Derek Riggs artwork on the first bunch of albums. Derek Riggs created "Eddie", the draugr looking mascot. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 10:19 PM (S41Gd) 54
Colorado has an Oh My God Road. It's not for everyone.
Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk +++ There's an unpaved road on the mountains above telluride called black bear road. It will make you say Oh My God for sure. Posted by: Florida Peasant at September 02, 2026 10:19 PM (Lo97M) Posted by: Second barstool from the back at September 02, 2026 10:20 PM (4RYRd) Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX) 57
19 stripes and 33 stars. Not sure when we flew that version.
Posted by: mikeski --------- Middle school social studies teacher somewhere reconsiders a lesson plan. Posted by: scampydog at September 02, 2026 10:21 PM (ktjUR) 58
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 10:19 PM (S41Gd)
Yeah my bad. Just about to correct myself but I deserved to be corrected . Hangs head in shame. Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:21 PM (KC5Lt) 59
Where do you procure a bun to Fit that burger?
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 02, 2026 10:21 PM (0c4bd) 60
*hears fluorescent light hum*
*winces* Good evening, Hordians. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh No problem It's all in your head Posted by: Prof. Dr Chikoinanda Wnankpa, with CDC approved Remedies for all Instances at September 02, 2026 10:21 PM (4RYRd) 61
Is it actually deodorant? The second photo looks like it's a way to hide your Jack Daniels. Does whiskey have scents of "rugged nature"? Or is there deodorant that comes out like sunscreen?
Posted by: frammish at September 02, 2026 10:22 PM (rcENI) Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX) 63
I don't know about you, but I think the Club could use more Doggo participation.
Posted by: Doof Agreed! WOOF WOOF WOOF! Posted by: nurse ratched --------- You never know! Posted by: scampydog at September 02, 2026 10:22 PM (ktjUR) 64
V-J Day.
Surrender signed this date, 1945 on the deck of the Missouri. My 'ol man's sub was nearby. Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: do not tell her I said that at September 02, 2026 10:22 PM (4RYRd) 66
Would you trust a meat department who can't spell "Colossal"?
There are quite a number of eyes that label passed before and none of them caught it—or cared. The original request, marketing and sales, the layout artist, the layout artist's manager, the printer, the QA, anyone who was involved in packaging, stocking... Craftsmanship and pride in one's work is totally dead. Posted by: Community Notes at September 02, 2026 10:23 PM (U4c/V) 67
I don't know about you, but I think the Club could use more Doggo participation.
Posted by: Doof Agreed! WOOF WOOF WOOF! Posted by: nurse ratched --------- You never know! Posted by: scampydog And moar scampyness We like scampyness Posted by: my beer says I'm right at September 02, 2026 10:24 PM (4RYRd) 68
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Pittsburgh police should look for a young guy in a Delorean in the vicinity of that lightning-struck church. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 02, 2026 10:04 PM (mmrXZ) __________________________ Heh, good one. They looked. All they noted was a tall guy with a 80's hair band haircut holding a giant hammer. Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 10:24 PM (dIske) 69
The Trump commemorative coin is already sold out.
https://tinyurl.com/27u6ps5w Much butt-hurt among the communists. If you had some of these, where would you spend them to produce the maximum chimp-like screeching? Probably good to avoid anywhere where spitting in your food is an option, and you might want to be strapped, just in case. (and no, this is not illegal...the Thayer Amendment prohibits depicting living people on "bonds, securities, notes, or postal currency". Coins are not mentioned.) Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 02, 2026 10:24 PM (qlLNh) 70
Watching that hydraulic press video, it occurs to me that I probably should not be entrusted with a hydraulic press.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 02, 2026 10:26 PM (zpcJA) 71
Would you trust a meat department who can't spell "Colossal"?
Posted by: Joemarine at September 02, 2026 10:16 PM (y171U) ____________________ Most of San Francisco probably can't spell "colossal" correctly, but they know their meat. Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 10:26 PM (dIske) 72
@66. As someone who works in meat packaging, there are a handful of things about that photo that scream AI slop. The least of which is the misspelling on the label....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at September 02, 2026 10:27 PM (kOluj) 73
Is it actually deodorant? The second photo looks like it's a way to hide your Jack Daniels.
Posted by: frammish Their shampoo bottles really are that hip-flask shape. You can't really tell from that photo, but they are slightly convex on the front and slightly concave on the back. Posted by: mikeski at September 02, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov) 74
Would you trust a meat department who can't spell "Colossal"?
"Colosal" ees correct speling in my country Posted by: Meat Department Miguel at September 02, 2026 10:27 PM (4RYRd) 75
Is it actually deodorant?
The hip flask (or 1qt oil container-can't determine z dimension) appears to hold shampoo-conditioner-floor-wax-dessert topping-flea-and-tick-lotion. I'm wondering if the Mountain Air scent also includes heavy doses of pollen. Posted by: Community Notes at September 02, 2026 10:27 PM (nAS9C) 76
interested I did a painting of the golf hole I recently got a hole in one on that I put as part of a display with the ball. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, Skilled artist. Competent golfer. Beginning to not like you bud. Posted by: From about That Time at September 02, 2026 10:27 PM (sl73Y) 77
*yawn* Long day of appointments. The kittens are doing much better, Pookette is adjusting to school well, and my OB told me that everything is fine, focus on the positive.
Posted by: pookysgirl is a terrible optomist at September 02, 2026 10:28 PM (Wt5PA) 78
Maybe it's from Bill Colosal's Meat Packing Co.
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:28 PM (KC5Lt) 79
The Paolo he also, how you say, pack much meat.
Posted by: The Paolo at September 02, 2026 10:29 PM (TbWk/) 80
Where do you procure a bun to Fit that burger?
Posted by: nurse ratched I guessed that the same store would have them in the bakery department. In a three-pack. Posted by: mikeski at September 02, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov) 81
Posted by: From about That Time at September 02, 2026 10:27 PM (sl73Y)
Heh . I'm sure others would have additional reasons. Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:30 PM (KC5Lt) 82
All they noted was a tall guy with a 80's hair band haircut holding a giant hammer.
Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 10:24 PM (dIske) *does 'call me' sign by ear* Posted by: Paul P. at September 02, 2026 10:31 PM (88C+u) 83
Where do you procure a bun to Fit that burger? Posted by: nurse ratched I guessed that the same store would have them in the bakery department. In a three-pack. Posted by: mikeski ================= And as for other ingredients... if you know, you know. Posted by: The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes at September 02, 2026 10:31 PM (mmrXZ) 84
"Rock Island," a classic train song (of sorts)
https://youtu.be/JZ9U4Cbb4wg Posted by: mindful webworker - y' gotta know the territory at September 02, 2026 10:32 PM (Cl/mc) 85
Billy Strings is just amazing. Heard an interview with him recently talking about his mom who passed recently and his father who died a long time ago. Wild stories.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 02, 2026 10:32 PM (r7+Q7) 86
V-J Day.
Surrender signed this date, 1945 on the deck of the Missouri. My 'ol man's sub was nearby. Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB) --- Last year the Chicoms had a big parade pretending they had anything to do with it. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 10:33 PM (ZOv7s) 87
I appreciate bluegrass music, but I can't listen to much of it because it very shortly all sounds the same. Billy Strings threads the needle, and makes it something else again. He is the best.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 02, 2026 10:35 PM (QaH55) 88
Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 02, 2026 10:36 PM (pZ64F) 89
Yeah my bad. Just about to correct myself but I deserved to be corrected . Hangs head in shame.
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:21 PM (KC5Lt) You can make that mistake and get away with it. If I on the other made the mistake of confusing maiden with molly hatchet Odin would send a death squad after me. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 10:36 PM (S41Gd) 90
Prolly my favorite train song:
https://youtu.be/fuD3NKWZnJY Also holds a special place in the heart of K-State fans.... Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at September 02, 2026 10:36 PM (kOluj) 91
Last year the Chicoms had a big parade pretending they had anything to do with it. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 10:33 PM (ZOv7s) __________ The ChiComs didn't do jack. The Nationalists tied up a good chunk of the Jap army for four years. They won by not losing. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 10:37 PM (eRlcH) 92
> I recently got a hole in one
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, What does golf have in common with communists? It's an excellent day when you make a hole in one. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 02, 2026 10:38 PM (qlLNh) 93
The ChiComs didn't do jack. The Nationalists tied up a good chunk of the Jap army for four years. They won by not losing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 10:37 PM (eRlcH) --- You don't have to tell me that! I mean, I have a book... Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 10:39 PM (ZOv7s) 94
I saw Molly Hatchet at a county fair.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 02, 2026 10:39 PM (ZLygy) 95
That big burger patty was a regular-size burger, until they put it under the hydraulic press.
Posted by: mindful webworker - just add cheeeese at September 02, 2026 10:39 PM (Cl/mc) 96
The ChiComs didn't do jack. The Nationalists tied up a good chunk of the Jap army for four years. They won by not losing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 10:37 PM (eRlcH) Not to mention it sure as hell wasn't the ChiComs who brought in the AVG flying tigers. They seriously pissed in the Jap's wheaties. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 10:39 PM (S41Gd) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 10:40 PM (XeU6L) 98
V-J Day. Surrender signed this date, 1945 on the deck of the Missouri. My 'ol man's sub was nearby. Posted by: Diogenes On the surface or submerged? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 02, 2026 10:40 PM (Cqx++) 99
What does golf have in common with communists?
It's an excellent day when you make a hole in one. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 02, 2026 10:38 PM (qlLNh) --- During the Spanish Civil War, the Nationalists wrote slogans to inspire the troops and one of them was "Every communist you kill is one less day in Purgatory." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 10:41 PM (ZOv7s) 100
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Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at September 02, 2026 10:41 PM (kOluj) 101
If John Deere is creating fragrance, I hope they are smart enough to know what types of fragrance naturally attracts bees, hornets, and yellow jackets and something that doesn't.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 02, 2026 10:42 PM (C/aDH) 102
I grew up in Iowa and have a John Deere tractor here in Tn I will buy the deodorant and shampoo the second I see it To use and for fun
Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at September 02, 2026 10:42 PM (nVdR7) 103
No idea about the new silage and stockyard scents, but the normal Every Man Jack shampoo is decent stuff.
Posted by: mikeski at September 02, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov) If the John Deere stick deodorant fails to feed, do you have to take it in to an authorized Deere dealer to repair, or wind up voiding the warranty? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 02, 2026 10:43 PM (1z8ji) 104
Most of San Francisco probably can't spell "colossal" correctly, but they know their meat.
Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 10:26 PM (dIske) == B. I. G. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 10:43 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 02, 2026 10:44 PM (u82oZ) 106
Not to mention it sure as hell wasn't the ChiComs who brought in the AVG flying tigers. They seriously pissed in the Jap's wheaties.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 10:39 PM (S41Gd) --- Mao and his rejects hid in caves for most of the war. They launched one offensive that was brushed aside. That gave him and edge later because the Nationalists had been getting hammered for eight years. They actually beat the Japanese outright a couple of times, but you have dig into the history to find it. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 10:45 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Took three tries though at September 02, 2026 10:45 PM (4RYRd) 108
Is this thing on?
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 02, 2026 10:45 PM (PE5pE) 109
And the ceremony on the Missouri was the culmination of the most extraordinary untold story of the war: the logistical ability of the US to supply a huge naval force over a distance of thousands of miles. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 10:45 PM (eRlcH) 110
Had to drop my car off at the dealer today and was won I haven't been to before. After work I pulled up to their service area to do a drop off and....they had a car parked in the way blocking entry.
I went into the dealership part and they told me I had to drive all the way around the back of the building. "Its to keep the cars safer" they said. What the heck? They have hundreds of new cars on the lot and they use one to block off the area were the cars they are working on are located? 1) How bad is crime in this area? 2) Why wouldn't you steal a new car instead of an old busted one? Posted by: 18-1 at September 02, 2026 10:45 PM (sKqQm) 111
The sticky notes held up pretty well.
Posted by: wth at September 02, 2026 10:45 PM (oq9dX) 112
Much better today after my husband's surprise MRI that he was falling apart (gluteus minimus detached from bone and other stuff).
Not much pain & he's had a few tears fixed in the past with a stem cell injection. No limp, either, thankfully. He may or may not need endoscopic surgery. The result of long distance running for 40yrs. He found on AI that being a geezer (his words) they may not bother since other muscles are compensating. A rare advantage of being old (altho neither of us look it or act it). It gave me hope. Spent all morning on the phone getting the MRI sent to the university and top doc's team. Who, I found out, does not operate often on people over 50yrs. However they will find someone. Meanwhile I found two others if we need another opinion. Then I quit and focused on nothing. Things are looking up. We may need your prayers in the future, please, as he's only had one tiny surgery in his life (cut thumb tendon, the guitar picking thumb that is fine, one Easter dinner). So we wait. I'm waiting. Probably won't know squat til next week. Got the MRI faxed & referral letter faxed to "the team." Eric Clapton's "She's Waiting" 1985 https://tinyurl.com/2yvca3a2 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 02, 2026 10:46 PM (hzuYO) 113
Ha, that Rubik's cube in the hydraulic press said "Hell no, I'm getting out of here."
Posted by: far cry at September 02, 2026 10:46 PM (fmbc9) 114
And the ceremony on the Missouri was the culmination of the most extraordinary untold story of the war: the logistical ability of the US to supply a huge naval force over a distance of thousands of miles.
The Japs and the Nat Socialists claimed Americans couldn't fight, they were just a bunch of shop keepers. Well, unlike them we could build a war machine out of nothing and use it like no other country could. Posted by: 18-1 at September 02, 2026 10:46 PM (sKqQm) 115
Evening all,
We have a launch late in the afternoon. Live coverage begins at 4:53 PM EDT ISRO - GSLV Mk II - EOS-05 (GISAT-1A) 2nd Launch Pad Satish Dhawan SC, India - Space Affairs Live Launch Date: September 3, 2026 Launch Time: 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC) https://youtu.be/44GxFOJWl3w Posted by: Joyenz at September 02, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y) 116
I recently got a hole in one
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, ------- Congrats! And nice painting too. Posted by: scampydog at September 02, 2026 10:47 PM (41CYW) 117
Other fun facts: the Soviets actually sent "volunteers" with Polikarpov I-16s to fight against the Japanese.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 10:47 PM (ZOv7s) 118
New Hebrew band in town...Guns & Moses. Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 10:48 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at September 02, 2026 10:48 PM (kOluj) 120
What's pouring?
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2026 10:48 PM (wVcYX) 121
Don't know about the JD stuff, but I have a couple of bars of this:
https://shorturl.at/o1X6G Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. Smells like...Victory Posted by: Col. Kilgore at September 02, 2026 10:48 PM (4RYRd) 122
Much better today after my husband's surprise MRI that he was falling apart (gluteus minimus detached from bone and other stuff).
So you finally did it. You nagged his ass off. Posted by: Just chewed it right off at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (TbWk/) 123
That gave him and edge later because the Nationalists had been getting hammered for eight years. They actually beat the Japanese outright a couple of times, but you have dig into the history to find it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 10:45 PM (ZOv7s) And we abandoned the Nationalists. One of the biggest mistakes in history. Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (KC5Lt) 124
If interested I did a painting of the golf hole I recently got a hole in one on that I put as part of a display with the ball. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:18 PM (KC5Lt) Never a hole in one for me, but today I had my first ever chip-in for birdie. Just off the green in the rough on a par 3. Was just trying to get close for a tap-in par but it rolled perfectly forward and left to right and dropped in. Please clap. Posted by: Doof at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (QLC6i) Posted by: the Morton's Salt Girl at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (4RYRd) 126
>>I appreciate bluegrass music, but I can't listen to much of it because it very shortly all sounds the same. Billy Strings threads the needle, and makes it something else again. He is the best.
A few years ago he played the Newport Folk Festival and owned it. His version of Summertime was fantastic. But he plays a lot more than bluegrass. Brilliant musician. Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 10:50 PM (viF8m) 127
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 02, 2026 10:46 PM (hzuYO)
So he, in fact, ran his ass off? Best of luck! Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2026 10:51 PM (wVcYX) 128
And we abandoned the Nationalists. One of the biggest mistakes in history.
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (KC5Lt) ===== Which time? 1949 or 1979? Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX) 129
Bad Route Road is Exit 192 off I-94 in Montana.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 02, 2026 10:52 PM (+fdRY) 130
On the exoplanet front, they've found another wild one, GJ 523b. This is a "mega-earth", even more massive than a super-earth. It's about 23 earth masses and 2.5 earth radii (which would translate to a surface gravity of 3.7 g). It's orbiting a mid-K star, GJ 523, about 87 light years away. This is an outlier oddball. Very dense, but large radius. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 02, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb) 131
RESPECTED AND BELOVED COMRADE KIM JONG-IL TODAY FULFILLED GLORIOUS 18 HOLE-IN-ONE QUOTA IN 14 HOLES
Posted by: Official DPRK Informations at September 02, 2026 10:53 PM (4RYRd) 132
Very dense, but large radius.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 02, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb) I think I dated her once, back one summer during college. Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX) 133
Very dense, but large radius.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 02, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb) ===== The Paolo, he hear this before. Posted by: The Paolo at September 02, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX) 134
Please clap.
Posted by: Doof at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (QLC6i) Consider an appropriate golf clap rendered. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 02, 2026 10:55 PM (DCKjD) 135
Which time? 1949 or 1979?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX) Heh. 45 since the commies took over in 49. But if we helped in 45-49 there would not be anything to abandon in 79. Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt) 136
122 Much better today after my husband's surprise MRI that he was falling apart (gluteus minimus detached from bone and other stuff).
So you finally did it. You nagged his ass off. Posted by: Just chewed it right off at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (TbWk/) *********** Nah. I ain't no nag. I might break the ice and interject that it was too much sex with the university crew to flip my husband right out. heh. He ran too far for too long. Was known as an "elite" runner in his prime. 4min miles, which girls are breaking now in HS. To run that fast for many miles is now taking its toll. I hate running. He hates swimming. Guess what he might have to do in rehab either way? I told him to swim when we had a pool in FL, "but he didn't like it." Well, here we are now with me limber and him falling apart. I love him madly and someone is going to fix him if he needs it (the lady on the phone realized this about the over 50yrs comment for King Doctor of Ortho). I have my ways... Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 02, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO) 137
One of the things not discussed enough is just how unlikely our solar system is.
The earth just the mass it is, at just the distance it is, with just the right sized moon, with just the right sized Jupiter and so on... Posted by: 18-1 at September 02, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm) 138
What's going on with Pixy tonight? The way the page is loading it looks like he's down to his last hamster.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 02, 2026 10:57 PM (4Je4D) 139
This is an outlier oddball. Very dense, but large radius.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 02, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb) Well, the littler ones are going to be harder to see. And the people on them have their shades drawn, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 02, 2026 10:58 PM (1z8ji) Posted by: Bangkok Medical Clinic Soi Cowboy at September 02, 2026 10:58 PM (4RYRd) 141
Today
U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, Greenbelt, Maryland, granted immigrant rights advocates’ request for a preliminary injunction. “The President has tried, through Executive Order, to upend our country’s longstanding tradition of birthright citizenship and eliminate, for large swaths of Americans, the right to citizenship by birth, a right enshrined in the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” _Judge C. Bitch Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 10:59 PM (hPgrk) 142
The earth just the mass it is, at just the distance it is, with just the right sized moon, with just the right sized Jupiter and so on... Posted by: 18-1 at September 02, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm) __________ Pure, random coincidence, nothing more. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 10:59 PM (eRlcH) Posted by: scampydog at September 02, 2026 10:59 PM (41CYW) Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 02, 2026 11:00 PM (hzuYO) 145
One of the things not discussed enough is just how unlikely our solar system is.
The earth just the mass it is, at just the distance it is, with just the right sized moon, with just the right sized Jupiter and so on... Posted by: 18-1 at September 02, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm) I'm currently watching the series How the Universe Works. Makes you think about what you posted even more. Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 11:00 PM (KC5Lt) 146
Very dense, but large radius.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 02, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb) I think I dated her once, back one summer during college. Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX) You dated Stacey Abrams? It sounds like it could be her home planet. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 02, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg) 147
Half a century ago, when MiladyJo and I had been "together" for just a few months, we went to her home town, Chicago, to (gulp) meet her family and celebrate Christmas and New Year's.
She wanted us to go to the New Year's Eve show at the Earl of Old Town, so one day when we were out buying Christmas gifts, we stopped by the bar to buy tickets. There was nobody in the bar but the bartender and some guy up on stage, a short young fellow, dressed in raggedy blue jeans and a big smile, strumming on a beat-up old guitar. As we stood there, he burst out with a familiar train song. We listened a while, then headed out to shop more. I turned to her and exclaimed, that was a great version of that song! She replied, it ought to be, that was the guy who wrote it. I said, you mean we just walked out of a private performance with the guy we just bought tickets to see on New Year's?!? Yup. We should have just gone back in. But we caught his show that New Year's, and the second set, and many New Year's shows subsequently. Great songwriter, energetic performer, and a great guy. Gone 'way too soon. https://youtu.be/e4ztWNJYFrU G'nite, y'all.💤 Posted by: mindful webworker - just add cheeeese at September 02, 2026 11:01 PM (Cl/mc) 148
What's going on with Pixy tonight? The way the page is loading it looks like he's down to his last hamster.
Posted by: Cicero Someone told him that hampsters are gluten-free Posted by: not much meat on the bones, though at September 02, 2026 11:01 PM (4RYRd) Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2026 11:02 PM (wVcYX) 150
And we abandoned the Nationalists. One of the biggest mistakes in history.
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (KC5Lt) --- We didn't abandon them, we tied their hands behind their backs. As soon as the war ended, the Nationalists were really to wipe out the Commies, but was said "no, wait, be nice, form a unity government" and they had to comply. There were two times the Chicoms could have been wiped off the face of the earth, but weren't. I'm thinking there's some deeper purpose in all of this. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 11:02 PM (ZOv7s) 151
Well, Astros won and the Rangers lost. The 2026 AL West race is all the contenders running backwards. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 11:02 PM (eRlcH) 152
I watched the 5th episode of Space King and...wow.
If you like Warhammer this show really knows how to riff of of it. Is Henry Cavill's show ever going to be done? Posted by: 18-1 at September 02, 2026 11:03 PM (sKqQm) 153
I love him madly and someone is going to fix him if he needs it (the lady on the phone realized this about the over 50yrs comment for King Doctor of Ortho).
I have my ways... Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 02, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO) ... and your Insomniac brand tire iron.... Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 02, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg) Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 11:04 PM (2WIwB) 155
Surrender signed this date, 1945 on the deck of the Missouri. My 'ol man's sub was nearby.
Posted by: Diogenes On the surface or submerged? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. ********* My uncle's carrier was at the mouth of Tokyo Bay that day, and he was on it. Posted by: The Grateful at September 02, 2026 11:04 PM (XfIK1) 156
So he, in fact, ran his ass off? Best of luck! Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2026 10:51 PM (wVcYX) ********* Aye. And thanks. We are trying to hang in there for another decade. My plan is to blast off first. When I say this he says he can help me achieve this with a twinkle in his lovely green eyes and I laugh. I'm sure there have been times he wante to blast me into orbit. We met 50yrs this month and I intend to celebrate with his shredded self. I do hope he won't need surgery as it's a long haul for rehab on crutches. I won't think about this tonight. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 02, 2026 11:05 PM (hzuYO) 157
Well, the littler ones are going to be harder to see. And the people on them have their shades drawn, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Seems like there should be a Gladys Kravitz telescope and observatory Posted by: the first Darren was better than the other one and less gay at September 02, 2026 11:05 PM (4RYRd) 158
I recently got a hole in one
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, Congrats!!! Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 11:04 PM (2WIwB) If this were a tire blog, condolences would be in order. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 02, 2026 11:05 PM (1z8ji) 159
... and your Insomniac brand tire iron....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 02, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg) --- He's hanging in there, by the way. For those of you of a praying sort, maybe give him a passing mention. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 11:05 PM (ZOv7s) 160
Bad Route Road is Exit 192 off I-94 in Montana.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket ------ Warwoman Rd., N. GA A fine motorcycle ride. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 11:06 PM (XeU6L) Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 02, 2026 11:07 PM (Y/06r) 162
... and your Insomniac brand tire iron....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf The branding is not, and should not be, construed as any suggestion or endorsement of any particular use or course of action. Posted by: Insom the lawyer's lawyer at September 02, 2026 11:08 PM (4RYRd) 163
Report on the Dominion Con in Hamilton Ontario by John Carter's Substack.
"The Dominion Society was founded barely over a year ago, and rapidly exploded to over three thousand members across the country. It is a peaceful and explicitly non-partisan political advocacy group dedicated to advancing the cause of remigration within Canadian civil society. " https://tinyurl.com/49bz9v63 One of the pull quotes: "Back in Hamilton, Andrea Horwath hosted a little Hope Not Hate demo at City Hall, attended by a small clutch of geriatrics high on the ghost of John Lennon and the paramoral rush of dispossessing their children for cheap labour and expensive real estate. The contrast between the small gatherings of elderly leaflibs and spiteful mutants on the one hand, and the predominantly young, male, clean-cut DomCon attendees on the other, was, well, exactly what you’d expect really." Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2026 11:09 PM (rbvCR) 164
He's hanging in there, by the way. For those of you of a praying sort, maybe give him a passing mention.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd Maybe he could stop by? Posted by: Miklos sez Hi at September 02, 2026 11:09 PM (4RYRd) 165
So, if I buy a bottle of John Deere shampoo do I own the bottle or have I merely purchased a revocable license to use it?
Posted by: PabloD at September 02, 2026 11:10 PM (6oTRF) 166
mindful webworker - just add cheeeese at 147:
Back in the day when I'd actually go to Seattle because it was fun and reasonably safe, I occasionally catch Kenny G working new material on a street corner at Pikes Place Market. Very cool. Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 11:12 PM (2WIwB) 167
17 -- Tonypete -- Like me, your wife might be a little concerned about stability. Perhaps offer her a couple of really good handholds in exchange for removing the curb.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at September 02, 2026 11:13 PM (DK5Sh) 168
That gigantic hamburger patty. Now I'm hungry.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 02, 2026 11:07 PM (Y/06r) I was calculating how big a pizza crust I would need to sandwich that bad boy. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 11:14 PM (S41Gd) 169
Very nice ONT Trex, thanks!
If you're looking for more niche YT channels, check out tensióne. Very interesting instrumental stuff, nicely moody and well recorded. And if you love old-school animation, I invite you to check out Sally Cruikshank. A brilliant animator and wonderful storyteller. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 02, 2026 11:14 PM (CHHv1) 170
Today I cooked down tomato sauce, and canned it, and both prepped plums for drying and canned some as well. I also made a crock pot pork roast, and an execrable plum Kuchen that I threw out.
So I was busy most of the day, but not always successful. Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2026 11:15 PM (rbvCR) 171
I was calculating how big a pizza crust I would need to sandwich that bad boy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFKifpMtlNs Posted by: you may need this at September 02, 2026 11:17 PM (4RYRd) 172
That gigantic hamburger patty. Now I'm hungry.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 02, 2026 11:07 PM (Y/06r) I was calculating how big a pizza crust I would need to sandwich that bad boy. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 11:14 PM (S41Gd) *** Pizza pi r^2 Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 11:17 PM (2WIwB) 173
Yep, we have nowhere near a proper representative sample of exoplanets to make any real conclusions about what the "typical star system" is. All the current exoplanet population are pure selection bias, the ones that are easiest to see. Nancy Grace will change that somewhat, as they tried to design it to better hit some of the current blind spots. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 02, 2026 11:19 PM (w6EFb) 174
Bad Route Road is Exit 192 off I-94 in Montana.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket ------ Warwoman Rd., N. GA A fine motorcycle ride. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 11:06 PM (XeU6L) On I-10, a bit east of San Antone, between Exits #591 and #593 is Woman Hollering Creek. Yup. Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2026 11:20 PM (wVcYX) 175
an execrable plum Kuchen that I threw out.
So I was busy most of the day, but not always successful. Posted by: Kindltot You like my tasty Schnitzengruben? Posted by: Inga at September 02, 2026 11:20 PM (4RYRd) 176
I was calculating how big a pizza crust I would need to sandwich that bad boy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 11:14 PM (S41Gd) *** Pizza pi r^2 Posted by: Diogenes MATHS Posted by: Ist hier STRENG VERBOTEN at September 02, 2026 11:22 PM (4RYRd) 177
Interesting. Carlos Hathcock on 'meeting' a female VC 'Interrogator' called Apache.
https://youtube.com/shorts/lHZvSyFmNxE Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 02, 2026 11:22 PM (Y/06r) 178
I filled in the hole I dug to work on my septic tank. Got most of it done by using the bucket on the excavator to drag dirt off the spoil pile back into the hole. Then drove the excavator out of the way, and fired up my tractor, and used the loader bucket as a dozer to push most of the remaining dirt into the hole. Leaving a mound, in fact. Drove over it with a Suburban a few times to pack it down, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 02, 2026 11:22 PM (1z8ji) 179
It is a peaceful and explicitly non-partisan political advocacy group dedicated to advancing the cause of remigration
How can you have a non partisan political group, espousing a very partisan political issue? Posted by: Romeo13 at September 02, 2026 11:23 PM (mP0Kj) 180
I was calculating how big a pizza crust I would need to sandwich that bad boy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 11:14 PM (S41Gd) An Idea. I was thinking about large tortillas... some lettuce, onion and lots of mayo... Mmmm. Brb. Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 02, 2026 11:23 PM (Y/06r) 181
Why is it called "canning" if you're preserving things in a glass jar?
I guess the alternative would be pretty jarring. Hahahah ... I'll see myself out. Posted by: far cry at September 02, 2026 11:25 PM (fmbc9) 182
Drove over it with a Suburban a few times to pack it down, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Good story, bro Posted by: now I ain't gotta pay Leotis NO damn money at September 02, 2026 11:26 PM (4RYRd) 183
ICE arrested 121 illegal aliens, Aug. 30 at a Memphis, Tennessee, nightclub.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSE9qfafuY4&t=40s Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 11:26 PM (hPgrk) 184
How can you have a non partisan political group, espousing a very partisan political issue?
Posted by: Romeo13 More tea? Posted by: League of Women Voters at September 02, 2026 11:27 PM (4RYRd) 185
It is a peaceful and explicitly non-partisan political advocacy group dedicated to advancing the cause of remigration
How can you have a non partisan political group, espousing a very partisan political issue? I'm guessing this is playing the left's came where they have communist NGOs claiming to be non-partisan while advancing communism. But, you know re-migration is a pretty basic thing. If your society is invaded re-migration is the most peaceful and logic thing one could imagine presuming you can do it Posted by: 18-1 at September 02, 2026 11:27 PM (sKqQm) 186
an execrable plum Kuchen that I threw out. Posted by: Kindltot ================== Sad when that happens, but I'm always seeing these cooks on YouTube and t.v. saying "so I threw that batch out" and one does what one must. Posted by: The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes at September 02, 2026 11:27 PM (mmrXZ) 187
But he plays a lot more than bluegrass. Brilliant musician.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 10:50 PM (viF8m) ********** Alison Krauss may change your mind. Her voice is angelic, ethereal and just a wonderful live as recorded. She's very nice from interviews and also has a good sense of humor. We saw her in concert under the stars last summer. It was perfection. My favorite from their most recent album: https://tinyurl.com/yc2z59df However, my favorite song of many is "Crazy Faith," as it sort of explains my marriage. It took crazy faith. There's one lyric of "lightening only strikes twice: once to know what you lost; once for crazy faith." Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 02, 2026 11:28 PM (hzuYO) 188
sock off Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 02, 2026 11:28 PM (mmrXZ) 189
Sorry I'm late, Cheif O'Brien entered thr wrong coordinates on the transporter.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 02, 2026 11:28 PM (PMi3m) 190
And if you love old-school animation, I invite you to check out Sally Cruikshank. A brilliant animator and wonderful storyteller. Posted by: BeckoningChasm Sally's Gallery https://youtu.be/noiFXUBIlXc Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 02, 2026 11:28 PM (Cqx++) 191
How can you have a non partisan political group, espousing a very partisan political issue?
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 02, 2026 11:23 PM (mP0Kj) [shrug emoji] Canadians can do anything? I mean, they even had one of the only right-leaning Quebec separatists speaking there, so they might well have had a vegetarian Wendigo too! Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2026 11:29 PM (rbvCR) 192
>>>Then drove the excavator out of the way, and fired up my tractor, and used the loader bucket as a dozer to push most of the remaining dirt into the hole. Leaving a mound, in fact. Drove over it with a Suburban a few times to pack it down, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon --- That's scary. Always went out of the way to not drive over the septic tank lid. Reluctant to drive the lawnmower over it. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 11:30 PM (hPgrk) 193
Sorry I'm late, Cheif O'Brien entered thr wrong coordinates on the transporter.
Posted by: tankdemon That's what you get for hiring a drunken mick Posted by: another O'Brien down the pub at September 02, 2026 11:31 PM (4RYRd) 194
Sad when that happens, but I'm always seeing these cooks on YouTube and t.v. saying "so I threw that batch out" and one does what one must.
Posted by: The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes at September 02, 2026 11:27 PM (mmrXZ) it called for spelt flour, which I am out of, and regular flour is far too tough for that recipe. Tomorrow I am going to try the funny-cake batter instead. Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 11:31 PM (XeU6L) 196
123 poly and AHL:
As you likely know, Barbara Tuchman wrote a best selling book entitled, "Stilwell and the American Experience in China." Gen. [Richard] Stilwell's kept a diary. Here is the Cliff Notes version: 1) Gen. Stilwell, head of the U.S. military mission to China, had TOTAL contempt for Chiang Kai-shek. Stilwell always refers to Chiang as "Peanut." 2) Stilwell believed that the Nationalist govt was so corrupt and un-reformable that every American dollar spent trying to help Peanut was wasted. EVERY damn dollar. He cites numerous examples of U.S. attempts to help Chiang, all of which came to nothing, because Chiang's "commanders" didn't make any real effort to fight Mao. They just wanted loot, and the Nationalist conscripts were totally demoralized as a result. Stilwell couldn't do a thing about that, despite herculean efforts to turn the unfolding disaster around. 3) Chiang's power base, to the extent he ever had one, was located in the larger cities, all of which had been occupied first by the Japanese, & then by the Communists. So, who lost China? Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. The Nationalist "commanders" even stole utensils from military hospitals. Posted by: mnw at September 02, 2026 11:32 PM (RCjYY) 197
Septic tanks and summertime thoughts. Castor beans and the plants that produce them. Shade. Grew big giant Castors so tall the 3' leaves interfered with the satellite dish mounted on the roof.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 11:32 PM (hPgrk) 198
Always went out of the way to not drive over the septic tank lid. Reluctant to drive the lawnmower over it.
Posted by: Braenyard They have "lids"? Like a frappucino to go? How do you even know these things? Posted by: Environmental Water Quality Activist (they/them) at September 02, 2026 11:33 PM (4RYRd) 199
That's scary. Always went out of the way to not drive over the septic tank lid. Reluctant to drive the lawnmower over it.
Posted by: Braenyard --- So that is why the grass is so green there. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 11:34 PM (XeU6L) 200
Impressive-- that Billy Strings song is off the new album thst was just released last week.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 02, 2026 11:35 PM (PMi3m) 201
I decoupaged a bunch of cigar bands onto a notebook!
And if I did the href right, the link is in my nic. Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 02, 2026 11:35 PM (C0Nlv) 202
Look up the etymology of "can" as in container. The word sort of came from a container, and then got associated with cylindrical metal such containers. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 02, 2026 11:35 PM (w6EFb) 203
>>>Then drove the excavator out of the way, and fired up my tractor, and used the loader bucket as a dozer to push most of the remaining dirt into the hole. Leaving a mound, in fact. Drove over it with a Suburban a few times to pack it down, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Woohoo!!! Man Toys! Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 11:36 PM (2WIwB) 204
Well, that didn't work
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 02, 2026 11:36 PM (C0Nlv) 205
Interesting.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 11:31 PM (XeU6L) I wanted to pass it on, it is not the sort of thing you find on Zero Hedge or any of the aggregators or Quora/ We barely get info about the French or Spanish conservative opposition now. This pointed out how the Dominion government is trying to shut things down. Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2026 11:36 PM (rbvCR) 206
That's scary. Always went out of the way to not drive over the septic tank lid. Reluctant to drive the lawnmower over it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 11:30 PM (hPgrk) The lid is on a riser that sticks up out of the ground about half a foot. Most of the hole I dug was "adjacent to" not "over" the tank itself. I really don't know if this repair I did will work until I let the inlet side of the tank rise above the half-full level. If it works, then Yaay! If not, I am no worse off than before; just keep the inlet side below half-way, and deal with it. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 02, 2026 11:37 PM (1z8ji) 207
So that is why the grass is so green there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer Also somewhat redundant to pee in that specific part of the yard. Posted by: That's what back decks are for at September 02, 2026 11:37 PM (4RYRd) 208
I decoupaged a bunch of cigar bands onto a notebook!
And if I did the href right, the link is in my nic. Posted by: FeatherBlade -------- I have a substantial collection of matchbooks, refuse to buy pre-made display case(s). Perhaps I'll find time to make a display case. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 11:38 PM (XeU6L) 209
>> You dated Stacey Abrams? It sounds like it could be her home planet.
I thought at first no way she could move around at 3.7 g surface gravity. But then it hit me, life under such high gravity might not move much at all. Maybe sort of large, gelatinous blobs that just sort of sit there. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 02, 2026 11:38 PM (w6EFb) 210
That's what you get for hiring a drunken mick
Posted by: another O'Brien down the pub at September 02, 2026 11:31 PM (4RYRd) God invented alcohol to keep the Irish from ruling the world. Posted by: tankdemon at September 02, 2026 11:38 PM (PMi3m) 211
it called for spelt flour, which I am out of, and regular flour is far too tough for that recipe.
Tomorrow I am going to try the funny-cake batter instead. Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR) Flower. mis-spelt flour. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 02, 2026 11:39 PM (1z8ji) 212
I have a substantial collection of matchbooks, refuse to buy pre-made display case(s). Perhaps I'll find time to make a display case.
Posted by: Mike Hammer It's always more fun to make your own. That ways you get exactly what you want! https://www.twitch.tv/ videos/2861304085 Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 02, 2026 11:41 PM (C0Nlv) 213
You dated Stacey Abrams? It sounds like it could be her home planet.
I thought at first no way she could move around at 3.7 g surface gravity. But then it hit me, life under such high gravity might not move much at all. Maybe sort of large, gelatinous blobs that just sort of sit there. Posted by: publius ------ Ah. Triggers the Patrick O'Brian excerpt: "the most unromantic beast that ever urged its squat thick bulk across the face of the protesting earth." Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 11:42 PM (XeU6L) 214
Is Chief O'Brien the only enlisted man in Star Fleet?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 02, 2026 11:43 PM (Cqx++) 215
124 Never a hole in one for me, but today I had my first ever chip-in for birdie. Just off the green in the rough on a par 3. Was just trying to get close for a tap-in par but it rolled perfectly forward and left to right and dropped in.
Posted by: Doof at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (QLC6i) I got Arnold Palmer’s autograph at the 1971 Houston Open when I was just a wee golf fan. Does that count for anything since I’ve only gotten a ball airborne twice in my life? Posted by: TxAnn at September 02, 2026 11:44 PM (SjAWL) 216
>> "the most unromantic beast that ever urged its squat thick bulk across the face of the protesting earth."
That is quite the turn of a phrase, I must say. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 02, 2026 11:46 PM (w6EFb) 217
"The Dominion Society was founded barely over a year ago, and rapidly exploded to over three thousand members across the country. It is a peaceful and explicitly non-partisan political advocacy group dedicated to advancing the cause of remigration within Canadian civil society. "
--- Tom Homan, making Dominion Society honorary members every day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNrVQorqDgY Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 11:48 PM (hPgrk) 218
"the most unromantic beast that ever urged its squat thick bulk across the face of the protesting earth."
That is quite the turn of a phrase, I must say. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley Yeah, still a no Posted by: Hallmark at September 02, 2026 11:48 PM (4RYRd) 219
Never a hole in one for me, but today I had my first ever chip-in for birdie. Just off the green in the rough on a par 3. Was just trying to get close for a tap-in par but it rolled perfectly forward and left to right and dropped in.
Posted by: Doof at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (QLC6i) *** A bucket a week at the driving range for the chipping game only. And I still suck at anything under 10 yards. The short ones kill me. Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 11:50 PM (2WIwB) 220
175 an execrable plum Kuchen that I threw out.
So I was busy most of the day, but not always successful. Posted by: Kindltot You like my tasty Schnitzengruben? Posted by: Inga at September 02, 2026 11:20 PM (4RYRd) *********** ^^^Why I am here. Sometimes I dislike socks but I make an exception for you, darlin' Inga. Goodnight and have a wonderful tomorrow. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 02, 2026 11:51 PM (hzuYO) 221
Look up the etymology of "can" as in container. The word sort of came from a container, and then got associated with cylindrical metal such containers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 02, 2026 11:35 PM (w6EFb) The original British patent used metal cans where the lids were crimped and soldered on. There were a number of preservation methods used prior to that, one of them was called (later) french preserving where cooked meats were put in ceramic jugs and covered with fats to exclude air and bacteria and then closed with oiled paper. In the canning process where the contents and the container are sealed and then heated to sterilize, jars were not used until later, when a process to make the mouths of the jars regular and easily sealable was developed, and rubber sealing rings were made for sealing. Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2026 11:54 PM (rbvCR) 222
Diogenes have you ever tried a choked-up 5-wood for "chips" from the short grass (fringe) near the green? Saw a South African pro do that (up a steep hill, an amazing shot) at a Masters or something years ago.
For some reason probably the best part of my game is short ships. Got really good at it. Fun to calculate landing zones and roll. Haven't played much in a while for reasons but hope to change that. Posted by: rhomboid at September 02, 2026 11:55 PM (U/Byj) 223
I ran across an old article from the 1920's where the gas works in Salem Oregon gave out notices in the paper that due to the number of families home canning fruits and vegetables, the gasworks was not confident that they would be able to provide sufficient gas at pressure to home customers.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR) 224
DH went AWOL from work this afternoon to golf with my BIL and a couple of his friends at Settler's Bay (google it). Sunny and 62 all day, just perfect. I love it when DH has a fun day and actually gets some exercise as well. He is very content just now, with a cocktail in his comfy chair.
I never understood women who don't want their husbands to have fun. If you take away your husband's joy, you have a joyless husband, and if you think you are the only source of your husband's joy, you are sadly mistaken. Met them for dinner, and then home, and all is well. Posted by: tcn in AK at September 02, 2026 11:58 PM (460M+) 225
Spelt is a specialty flour here, AOP. In Germany though it is apparently sold in every store and is a common flour to use.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:00 AM (rbvCR) 226
223 I ran across an old article from the 1920's where the gas works in Salem Oregon gave out notices in the paper that due to the number of families home canning fruits and vegetables, the gasworks was not confident that they would be able to provide sufficient gas at pressure to home customers.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR) In the 1920's, I believe grandma still used a woodstove for her cooking and canning. I know in the south, women used woodstoves outdoors because they didn't want to heat up the whole house. Some of grandma's recipes still state "cook over low fire" or "stoke fire to medium heat." I have no idea how she knew how to do that. I would be at sea. Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 12:00 AM (460M+) 227
rhomboid, what do you think about Iran right now? Is Trump more or less on the right path?
Posted by: LTG at September 03, 2026 12:01 AM (BeyMP) 228
I ran across an old article from the 1920's where the gas works in Salem Oregon gave out notices in the paper that due to the number of families home canning fruits and vegetables, the gasworks was not confident that they would be able to provide sufficient gas at pressure to home customers.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR) One might note that this was "producer gas", made by reacting burning coal with steam. Made up of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, water vapor, and some hydrocarbon gases, IIRC. There was a lot of CO. That is why sticking one's head in an unlit gas oven was such a popular method of suicide back in the day. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:01 AM (1z8ji) 229
Spelt is a specialty flour here, AOP. In Germany though it is apparently sold in every store and is a common flour to use.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:00 AM (rbvCR) I know "spelt" is a grain. But there was a joke to be had. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:03 AM (1z8ji) 230
Bad Route Road is in Georgia. I took it to the intersection of Sodomy Street and Buggery Boulevard. I may have taken a wrong turn.
Posted by: Ned Beatty at September 03, 2026 12:03 AM (avzFa) 231
I know "spelt" is a grain. But there was a joke to be had.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Who spelt it dealt it Posted by: mid-pubescent Miklos at September 03, 2026 12:04 AM (4RYRd) Posted by: nurse ratched at September 03, 2026 12:05 AM (aGb4i) 233
That’s what she said.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 03, 2026 12:05 AM (aGb4i) Yer naughty. Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 12:05 AM (460M+) 234
I guess "spelt" could be really tricky at a spelling bee
Posted by: That's how they get you at September 03, 2026 12:06 AM (4RYRd) 235
That mega-earth planet is really weird. It's apparently on a polar orbit (relative to the star's spin axis), and has an axial tilt of 70 degrees relative to that orbit, and is very close, orbital period of 17.8 days. Very hot rock. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 03, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb) 236
124 Never a hole in one for me, but today I had my first ever chip-in for birdie. Just off the green in the rough on a par 3. Was just trying to get close for a tap-in par but it rolled perfectly forward and left to right and dropped in.
Posted by: Doof at September 02, 2026 10:49 PM (QLC6i) My two best shots were a 35~40 yard chip in for birdie on a slightly rolling and sloped green after I topped my first shot, and a tee shot that was rolling straight for the cup but stopped just 12" from the cup thanks to an aerated green. We all thought I had it, and are certain I would have had the green been clean. I only play about 10 rounds a year, so I'll never be good.... Posted by: goozer at September 03, 2026 12:09 AM (eTh1u) 237
I guess "spelt" could be really tricky at a spelling bee
Posted by: That's how they get you at September 03, 2026 12:06 AM (4RYRd) I wonder if the Spelt Growers of America have a Miss Spelt pop out of a large loaf at their convention? Wearing nothing but a sash that reads "Miss Splet". Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:09 AM (1z8ji) 238
Mom & Grandma used whatever jars they had-- with our without lids, so they sealed jams/jellies with paraffin.
We lived! Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm) 239
I guess "spelt" could be really tricky at a spelling bee
Posted by: That's how they get you at September 03, 2026 12:06 AM (4RYRd) Try "seaward" Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:09 AM (rbvCR) Posted by: Ann Coulter who knows it all at September 03, 2026 12:09 AM (mmrXZ) 241
There is some Tillamook ice cream in freezer, will try before bed. They say it's good.
Posted by: But of course that's what THEY would say at September 03, 2026 12:10 AM (4RYRd) 242
with *or* without lids
Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm) 243
Since it's an ONT, and VJ Day, semi-obligatory trivia.
Yoko Ono's uncle, Kase Toshikazu, was the young diplomat on the USS Missouri assisting the Japanese foreign minister. The younger guy, top hat, holding a briefcase, no glasses. He created what some consider the most Japanese moment ever. He noted that the Canadian and French representatives had signed erroneously, on each other's lines, on the Instrument of Surrender (the Canadian made the mistake, forcing the French rep to sign on the line for Canada). He brought this up with Gen. Sutherland, who finally, in frustration, used his own pen to cross out the country names under the respective signatures and write in Canada and France where needed. Delegation member from the party submitting to unconditional surrender after having its country burnt to the ground insists on every detail of the surrender document being perfect. Incredibly Japanese. Posted by: rhomboid at September 03, 2026 12:11 AM (U/Byj) 244
Evening.
So I was looking at TJM's YouBoob channel and...okay, when did he open memberships? Immediately got one. Like two bucks a month if you get it on a browser instead of the app. Go! Throw money at the man. Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2026 12:11 AM (DlZHA) 245
Tillamook ice cream is very good. I'm partial to the marionberry pie variety.
Posted by: PabloD at September 03, 2026 12:12 AM (6oTRF) Posted by: Miklos leans to Starboard at September 03, 2026 12:12 AM (4RYRd) 247
Posted by: mnw at September 02, 2026 11:32 PM (RCjYY)
Bottom line we allowed the commies to win because some general and other politicians didn't like Kai-Shek. You don't need hindsight to see that was going to be a big mistake. Same way Patton saw allowing the Soviet Union to have half of Europe was a mistake we were going to pay big for. Posted by: polynikes at September 03, 2026 12:12 AM (KC5Lt) 248
My point, which I never actually made, is that spelt has a much different gluten content than bread flour and it makes a much more tender bread. Which is why what I made was tough.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:13 AM (rbvCR) 249
Just woken up by a big thunderstorm.
Ralphy and Snowflame were safe inside. Snowflake's mom - Starry - was on my front porch window. We're old friends. She's fixed now but I did take care of 6 litters. She's inside now. I dried her up. Litterbox here. Towel on her favorite chair. Water and food. Bedtime hopefully. Everyone have a happy...oh today. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 12:14 AM (Sco7b) 250
Could you do canning in an inert gas atmosphere? A cylinder of argon doesn't cost a whole lot, and you could rig it to pressurize a box with gloves affixed. Put all your freshly-filled jars in the glove box; let the argon displace the air, and then, using the gloves, apply the lids.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji) 251
I'm partial to the marionberry pie variety.
Posted by: PabloD Only the D.C. folks with their cash moneys an EBT cards get the marionberry Posted by: Miklos is not taking the greyhound for dat at September 03, 2026 12:15 AM (4RYRd) 252
Windward or Leeward?
Posted by: Miklos leans to Starboard at September 03, 2026 12:12 AM (4RYRd) [spelling bee judge]: Seaward [spelling bee contestant]: Um . . . OK . . . Um . . . C. U. . . [spelling bee judge]: Stop. Just stop. Please stop. Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:15 AM (rbvCR) 253
Haven't golfed much this year but did make a hell of a bogie from off the green. The only good shot I've had this year. Used a 3 hybrid from about 70 ft away. Just chipped with it. I was in the rough and just wanted the ball on the green somewhere. It rolled in the hole instead, for a bogie. It was one of those days where the only fairways I hit were the wrong one.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 03, 2026 12:16 AM (pZ64F) 254
LTG, yes.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 03, 2026 12:16 AM (U/Byj) 255
Bad Route Road is in Georgia. I took it to the intersection of Sodomy Street and Buggery Boulevard. I may have taken a wrong turn.
Posted by: Ned Beatty ---- Pig out front shoulda told you. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 03, 2026 12:17 AM (XeU6L) 256
with *or* without lids
Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm) Pretty good U2 song. Rick Beato has a fascinating rundown on its production. Posted by: far cry, slightly confused at September 03, 2026 12:18 AM (fmbc9) 257
Scratch that. I misread the description, which was sort of obtuse if you're not up on the current jargon. That 71 degrees is just the orbital inclination, near polar, not the axial tilt, which is unknown -- that can't be measured, and I should've realize that. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 03, 2026 12:19 AM (w6EFb) 258
My point, which I never actually made, is that spelt has a much different gluten content than bread flour and it makes a much more tender bread. Which is why what I made was tough.
Posted by: Kindltot Waiter? I'll have the gluten un the side Posted by: Miklos pissess off waiter at September 03, 2026 12:19 AM (4RYRd) 259
Wonder if the woman holding the meat package knows where it came from and is not the argentinian meat that china rejected for testing mad cow disease that trump wants to bring here.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at September 03, 2026 12:19 AM (F/8qj) 260
Just woken up by a big thunderstorm.
Ralphy and Snowflame were safe inside. Snowflake's mom - Starry - was on my front porch window. We're old friends. She's fixed now but I did take care of 6 litters. She's inside now. I dried her up. Litterbox here. Towel on her favorite chair. Water and food. Bedtime hopefully. Everyone have a happy...oh today. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 12:14 AM (Sco7b) I have been hearing some thunder here. Some pissy-ass little showers around. I hope we don't get a soaking rain. Harvest is in full swing here; we don't need delays. Going to make a road trip up to Edmonchuk tomorrow. Friend of mine called. He is selling the house he owned there for 40 years, and has a bunch of car parts and metal that will go in the bin if i don't take it. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:19 AM (1z8ji) 261
238 Mom & Grandma used whatever jars they had-- with our without lids, so they sealed jams/jellies with paraffin.
We lived! Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm) My mom sealed all her jams and jellies with paraffin. You could reuse it, so it was a cheap way to preserve. But we used all if it within six months, I'm sure, because of a big family. If it needs to last longer than that, probably better to use sealed lids. Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 12:21 AM (460M+) 262
[spelling bee judge]: Seaward
[spelling bee contestant]: Um . . . OK . . . Um . . . C. U. . . [spelling bee judge]: Stop. Just stop. Please stop. Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:15 AM (rbvCR) LOL! Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:21 AM (1z8ji) 263
Going to make a road trip up to Edmonchuk tomorrow. Friend of mine called. He is selling the house he owned there for 40 years, and has a bunch of car parts and metal that will go in the bin if i don't take it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:19 AM (1z8ji) Have a fun trip! I hope you get a nice haul. And no serious rain. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 12:22 AM (Sco7b) 264
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at September 03, 2026 12:19 AM (F/8qj)
Dude, it's Massachusetts what has the Mad Cow disease. Do try to keep up. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:23 AM (1z8ji) 265
Windward or Leeward?
Posted by: Miklos leans to Starboard at September 03, 2026 12:12 AM (4RYRd) I do like how "port" and "starboard" used to be "larboard" and "starboard". As if in the the teeth of a screaming gale you were supposed to hear that first syllable clearly. Posted by: far cry at September 03, 2026 12:24 AM (fmbc9) 266
Could you do canning in an inert gas atmosphere? A cylinder of argon doesn't cost a whole lot, and you could rig it to pressurize a box with gloves affixed. Put all your freshly-filled jars in the glove box; let the argon displace the air, and then, using the gloves, apply the lids.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji) Possibly, but the main problem with canning is botulism, which is an anaerobic soil microbe, and has to be heated to about 240F for a period to destroy. All the Argon will do is displace the O2, which is perfect for the botulism to grow. now, what I am interested in is "pascalization" which puts the food under extreme pressure for a short while and then released, which kills all the spoiling and toxic microorganisms, without heat modifying the food. 50.000 psi comes to mind but I would have to look it up. The drawbacks are that the enzymes may not be destroyed and can continue to digest and change the food being preserved, and the current equipment will fit nicely into a semi trailer. I haven't figured out how to home-build one Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR) 267
My mom sealed all her jams and jellies with paraffin. You could reuse it, so it was a cheap way to preserve. But we used all if it within six months, I'm sure, because of a big family. If it needs to last longer than that, probably better to use sealed lids.
Posted by: tcn in AK Yep! With all the kids at home and so many many PBJs, the stuff didn't last. And we were under strict orders to save the paraffin! Peaches & tomatoes & other stuff, always got the *real* canning jars, bands and lids. Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm) 268
Have a fun trip!
I hope you get a nice haul. And no serious rain. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 12:22 AM (Sco7b) 'Bout a 3 hour run up Highway 21 to Sherwood Park, which is where I have to go. Nice 2-lane highway all the way. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:25 AM (1z8ji) 269
LTG, yes.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 03, 2026 12:16 AM (U/Byj) Would love to hear you expand. Trump's Iran big picture. Posted by: LTG at September 03, 2026 12:26 AM (BeyMP) 270
Wonder if this blasphemer has partaken of any of that mad cow meat? Sure sounds like it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 12:27 AM (460M+) 271
It's huge, the video must have been taken from a drone or helicopter.
@GlobalDiss · 9h MADRID MADRID IS ERUPTING IN MASSIVE PROTESTS! Thousands flood Cibeles Square in a massive show of support for Ceuta. The people have completely had enough of this traitorous government. SÁNCHEZ MUST GO https://tinyurl.com/3mch4ma5 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 03, 2026 12:28 AM (hPgrk) 272
@270 Don't like my handle? Truth hurts take it up with the Bible.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at September 03, 2026 12:30 AM (F/8qj) 273
Mom & Grandma used whatever jars they had-- with our without lids, so they sealed jams/jellies with paraffin.
We lived! Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm) I worked with a guy from Spain who said his mom used whichever jars they had saved. Since I gather up canning jars like a fiend it made my soul hurt a tiny bit to think of someone canning in the equivalent of a Pace salsa jar reusing the original lid. There clearly was a fortune to be made from black market jars and smuggled Ball canning lids. Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:30 AM (rbvCR) 274
now, what I am interested in is "pascalization" which puts the food under extreme pressure for a short while and then released, which kills all the spoiling and toxic microorganisms, without heat modifying the food. 50.000 psi comes to mind but I would have to look it up. The drawbacks are that the enzymes may not be destroyed and can continue to digest and change the food being preserved, and the current equipment will fit nicely into a semi trailer.
I haven't figured out how to home-build one Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR) Sufficient pressure to break down the cells of microorganisms might also break down the cellular structure of the food, making it into syrup. Unless perhaps the pressure simply reverses osmotic pressure on the cell walls of the "bugs" causing them to die, while having no effect on the already dead cells of the food material? What about using gunpowder to drive a ram into a cylinder of the food to be preserved? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:31 AM (1z8ji) 275
Trolls can quote Scripture as well as the Devil, but unlike the Devil, they don't understand what they are saying.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:31 AM (rbvCR) 276
Power was out last 4 hours here, just came back on. I'm discombobulated and off-balance now. There's a comment block in my brain. Went out to start the generator, couldn't get it it fire. That never happens. Will get it going tomorrow, hopefully.
Posted by: Checking In, Then Checking Out. at September 03, 2026 12:33 AM (Fn+3X) 277
Don't like my handle? Truth hurts take it up with the Bible.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at September 03, 2026 12:30 AM (F/8qj) And what's the point you're trying to make? Posted by: polynikes at September 03, 2026 12:33 AM (KC5Lt) 278
And what's the point you're trying to make?
Posted by: polynikes at September 03, 2026 12:33 AM (KC5Lt) If he wears a hat, it won't show. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:34 AM (1z8ji) 279
'Bout a 3 hour run up Highway 21 to Sherwood Park, which is where I have to go. Nice 2-lane highway all the way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:25 AM (1z8ji) So.... a three hour.... tour? /looks for Ginger and Mary Anne... Posted by: Romeo13 at September 03, 2026 12:35 AM (mP0Kj) 280
What about using gunpowder to drive a ram into a cylinder of the food to be preserved?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:31 AM (1z8ji) Heat canning also breaks down the cell structure, and the extended cooking changes the textures and flavors, which is an issue with things like guacamole or oysters. Generally not a problem if you avoid the things that cause problems like that I would be more into using a hydraulic ram to compress a water bath to transmit pressure to the food in plastic bags The Finns at the Hydraulic Press Channel could give me tips, I guess. I actually talked to one manufacturer in Catalonia, but the pricing and shipping were insane. Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:37 AM (rbvCR) 281
So.... a three hour.... tour?
/looks for Ginger and Mary Anne... Posted by: Romeo13 at September 03, 2026 12:35 AM (mP0Kj) If only... Three hours there, visit, overnight in a sleeping bag, three hours back the next day. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:37 AM (1z8ji) 282
I wonder if the blasphemer knows Jesus? Apparently not. My thought is that he could use some time in the confessional, and then some serious time in adoration before Our Lord. Humility is virtue, but not one he has discovered.
In all Christian charity, do fuck off. Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 12:37 AM (460M+) 283
And what's the point you're trying to make?
Posted by: polynikes at September 03, 2026 12:33 AM (KC5Lt) I believe his name is implying we should all be killed. Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2026 12:38 AM (vnzxO) 284
I actually talked to one manufacturer in Catalonia, but the pricing and shipping were insane.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:37 AM (rbvCR) Tell them you will take the press, if they throw in a case of Eibar Rubies. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:39 AM (1z8ji) 285
Kindltot-- Mom used mayo jars sometimes, but didn't use the original lids except for capping in the fridge, after the paraffin was removed. Mayo jar threads used to match that of canning bands, but that changed sometime in the 70s or 80s (?) in order to prevent their re-use as canning jars.
Any other jar was also fair game, for Mom's jam/jelly. Again she only saved the lids for *after* the paraffin seal was broken. I've been given boxes of "canning jars"-- only to find that half (or more) were merely plain glass empties of whatever. I will not use those, and I don't seal with paraffin. Lids, bands, and water bath processing only. Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm) 286
>>>Bottom line we allowed the commies to win because some general and other politicians didn't like Kai-Shek. You don't need hindsight to see that was going to be a big mistake. Same way Patton saw allowing the Soviet Union to have half of Europe was a mistake we were going to pay big for.
Posted by: polynikes --- Politicians. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 03, 2026 12:39 AM (hPgrk) 287
I played guitar for just shy of 50 years, until a late-blooming variety of muscular dystrophy wiped out my hands (it also took my carpentry career). I played bluegrass, all sorts of acoustic stuff, as well as country, blues, and rock and roll on electric. I figure I was about an eight-handicap guitarist; I wouldn't embarass myself or my host when I was waved up on stage by various friends in bands at bars, but I wasn't going to make it on the tour. The pyramid gets really narrow at the top - and sitting up there, grinning and playing stuff I can barely comprehend, is Billy Strings.
I've probably seen a couple hundred concerts since 1971, including the Grateful Dead at the Boston Garden on 5/7/77, the Newgrass Revival at the Ark in '87, John Jorgenson, Dave Alvin, Desert Rose Band... but the Billy Strings & Co show in Fishers IN (Indy) on 8/8/26 was easily in the top five shows ever. I was speechless when we left (a very rare occurrence). Billy is a phenomenal guitarist, absolutely, as well as composer, arranger, and band leader. He's also a dad, sober 10 years and pot-free over a year; he discusses this and a lot more in an hour-long interview on youtube. He's a mensch... Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at September 03, 2026 12:40 AM (bT4NL) 288
I've been given boxes of "canning jars"-- only to find that half (or more) were merely plain glass empties of whatever. I will not use those, and I don't seal with paraffin. Lids, bands, and water bath processing only.
Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm) There are some brands of commercial spaghetti sauce that is packed in what appear to be genuine canning jars. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:41 AM (1z8ji) 289
@277 if you fundimentalists didn't know what the point was you wouldn't have posted. Read it and weep.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at September 03, 2026 12:42 AM (F/8qj) 290
>>> "Don't like my handle? Truth hurts take it up with the Bible."
This actually explains so much that's wrong with the current prevailing culture in a simple way. Posted by: LTG at September 03, 2026 12:44 AM (BeyMP) 291
50.000 psi comes to mind
-- Ouch. 80 psi on lathe, air jaw chucks. The knurling on the jaws would indent the steel working piece. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 03, 2026 12:44 AM (hPgrk) 292
I picked, processed, and dried so many carrots this week. I love my new dehydrator. I would have canned them, but I'm living in the camper and I just can't see using the pressure canner on this little stove, and the noise would probably make me even more crazy than I already am.
The kitchen gets put in this month, and then I can make all the various soups I usually put up in fall. I have dried peppers as well, and I start on potatoes next week. Beef barley soup, chicken tortilla soup, chicken rice soup, ham bean soup, all kinds of lovely things to eat all year. I usually put up about 80 pint jars of soups and we routinely eat all of them in one year between the two of us. Whip up some biscuits and it's dinner. Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 12:45 AM (460M+) 293
There are some brands of commercial spaghetti sauce that is packed in what appear to be genuine canning jars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Hmm. Well, for the price of them, they *ought to be* in good mason jars! I have more jars now, than I'll ever use again. Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm) 294
Our current troll is a pee pee head. He isn't even worth batting about for entertainment. We really need better trolls.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 12:47 AM (460M+) 295
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at September 03, 2026 12:42 AM (F/8qj)
You're a retard . A parrot who says what he knows but doesn't know what he says. Mark 7:7 Mathew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13 Posted by: polynikes at September 03, 2026 12:48 AM (KC5Lt) 296
Trolls can quote Scripture as well as the Devil, but unlike the Devil, they don't understand what they are saying.
Posted by: Kindltot ------- Stan is a better speller, also. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 03, 2026 12:48 AM (XeU6L) 297
And for you Catholics. Where in the bible does it say priests should be celibate, Don't eat meat on friday and the pope is infallible? (1867)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at September 03, 2026 12:48 AM (F/8qj) 298
Our current troll is a pee pee head. He isn't even worth batting about for entertainment. We really need better trolls.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 12:47 AM (460M+) At least he has the courtesy to use a handle that screams "troll" from the get-go. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:49 AM (1z8ji) 299
JQ, I use old mayo jars and anything with a mason-type lid for water bath canning, especially fruit like plums and applesauce that I always have lots of free fruit from the yard. It only has to seal, and if it breaks, then I got the jar for free too.
My sad moment was when Classico changed its jars from mason type lids to a smaller lid that uses the lugs to screw on. It meant I no longer could get a free canning jar with my spaghetti sauce. Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:49 AM (rbvCR) 300
Dallas, received a notice that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a directive ending funding for Flock camera use.
Dallas police pout: "These cameras remain an important investigative tool and are used daily by detectives and officers to develop leads, identify vehicles associated with criminal activity, and assist in solving crimes," the Dallas Police Department said on X. Dallas Police officials said that 321 Flock cameras supported by grant funding will no longer be eligible, meaning they will be canceled effective Sept. 15. After the move, the department "will continue to have more than 300 Flock cameras operating throughout Dallas," according to its X post. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 03, 2026 12:49 AM (hPgrk) 301
Us Catholics ask: Where in the Bible does it say the only source for salvation of your soul is the Bible? Even the Bible tells you it is not the only source. So, if you claim to be Bible based, you need to own all if it, particularly the part where Christ tells you, "This IS my BODY and this IS my BLOOD." An awful lot of Protestants seem to think He was kidding. I have no idea why that would be so.
Again, little troll, in all Christian charity, fuck right off. Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 12:51 AM (460M+) 302
I have a friend who collects those Spanish .32 autos. He thinks they were made in every bike shop in Northern Spain and assembled in the back of pool halls.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:52 AM (rbvCR) 303
I've lost count of all the canning jars-- barn's loft has most of them. Dozens of all sizes. Boxes full of bands.
And then, I cleaned out Mom's pantry at Dad's house... another 4 dozen quarts and 4 dozen pints, plus a few half-pints (all empty, as Mom passed away over 20 years ago) Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 12:52 AM (rdVOm) 304
After the move, the department "will continue to have more than 300 Flock cameras operating throughout Dallas," according to its X post.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 03, 2026 12:49 AM (hPgrk) So, flock off? Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 12:53 AM (460M+) 305
After the move, the department "will continue to have more than 300 Flock cameras operating throughout Dallas,"
----- Is there one on the grassy knoll? Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 03, 2026 12:55 AM (XeU6L) 306
I'll just be at the work bench using the airbrush while a City Hunter movie plays. Ryo Saeba even in this questionable English dub is still a rascal and pervert.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2026 12:56 AM (2GVsD) 307
TCN, thank you for the suggestion, a couple of years ago, to can hamburger and onions. It really is a good idea for a quick start to making a stew or chili mac
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:57 AM (rbvCR) 308
Protestants seem to think He was kidding. I have no idea why that would be so.
Again, little troll, in all Christian charity, fuck right off. Posted by: tcn --- Let's not allow the troll to start a pissing contest between Protestants and Catholics. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 03, 2026 12:58 AM (hPgrk) 309
After the move, the department "will continue to have more than 300 Flock cameras operating throughout Dallas,"
Thats a lot of flocking cameras. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 03, 2026 12:59 AM (S41Gd) 310
I have a friend who collects those Spanish .32 autos. He thinks they were made in every bike shop in Northern Spain and assembled in the back of pool halls.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:52 AM (rbvCR) I have one, made by Garate, Anitua, y Cia. It is a nice little shooter. Post WWI, I think, sold in the civilian market. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 12:59 AM (1z8ji) 311
307 TCN, thank you for the suggestion, a couple of years ago, to can hamburger and onions. It really is a good idea for a quick start to making a stew or chili mac
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 12:57 AM (rbvCR) I have found several ways to make life easier by doing a big canning job once, and then living off it for weeks or months. Considering how short but productive our growing season is up here, it makes more sense than ever to do so, but I suspect in the Lower 48 it would be just as well. So much better than convenience foods you buy. I know where it came from, I know it's healthy and tasty, and I can control exactly what I have and what I use it for. Gosh, I would have made an excellent trad wife, now that I consider it. Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 01:00 AM (460M+) 312
Let's not allow the troll to start a pissing contest between Protestants and Catholics.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 03, 2026 12:58 AM (hPgrk) Not very good at pissing contests. I don't think God gave me the equipment for that. But that little twit needs to put up or shut up. Just sayin'. Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 01:01 AM (460M+) 313
Good grief, trying to start an argument about theology? Just for the record, I’m Protestant and have no issue with ministers being married; but even I know that both Jesus and Paul recommended celibacy, although neither mandated it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2026 01:03 AM (DCKjD) 314
Let's not allow the troll to start a pissing contest between Protestants and Catholics.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 03, 2026 12:58 AM (hPgrk) We'd become like Ireland then. Alas the US has is past such scisisms. Posted by: LTG at September 03, 2026 01:03 AM (BeyMP) 315
Just finished watching North by Northwest with some of the girls. We're talking about canning again? I few weeks ago I bought some Spam. I've never had it! It's still in the cupboard. I might have to get it out tonight. I'm kind of hungry. . . .
Posted by: frammish at September 03, 2026 01:04 AM (rcENI) 316
What's all of the hubbub? One can of spray paint could take down 30 cameras. Meh. I have no interest in public video.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 03, 2026 01:05 AM (C/aDH) 317
Frammish, make a Spam, tomato and mayo sandwich. There are few things tastier in the late summer when the tomatoes are dead ripe.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 01:06 AM (rbvCR) Posted by: clarence at September 03, 2026 01:06 AM (NFldd) 319
Hi, frammish!
I highly recommend frying the Spam. And have something else with it, like hash browns & eggs. It's very salty. Even the "low-sodium" Spam tastes salty to me, and I *love* salt! Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm) 320
Spam is also a nice addition to macaroni and cheese
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 01:07 AM (rbvCR) 321
We got a gym membership recently. I've never had one before. I always thought it was silly that people drive to a gym when they could just take a walk. Apparently since we homeschool the state will cover some of the cost. (I wish we had started a learing center!) Anyway instead of doing laps up the hill I went to the gym today. Printed out some Claude commits to review on the treadmill (not for clients; for my own fun), did some dumbbells and squats. Wow the sauna and shower afterwards felt like luxury. I never knew it was so nice. But now I'm starving. . . .
Posted by: frammish at September 03, 2026 01:10 AM (rcENI) 322
Happy Wednesday Horde!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 03, 2026 01:13 AM (ibDUx) 323
Spam is also a nice addition to macaroni and cheese
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 01:07 AM (rbvCR) No. Like hot dogs chopped up and mixed in: ugh Just no. Proper mac&cheese stands on its own. Posted by: LTG at September 03, 2026 01:14 AM (BeyMP) 324
Hi, Debby! Happy Wday to you too!
Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm) 325
I survived Helene by having several cans of Spam on hand. Mostly fried using a backpack stove. All refrigerated foods gone by the third day. Only canned items left. Only had bottled water.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 03, 2026 01:16 AM (XeU6L) 326
Mike, what is your suggestion on a backpacking stove for that sort of situation? What fuel and what size?
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 01:18 AM (rbvCR) 327
272 @270 Don't like my handle? Truth hurts take it up with the Bible.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at September 03, 2026 12:30 AM (F/8qj) Matthew 7:1-5. Checkmate. It seems to me that a Christian is someone who believes that a) all humans are sinners, b) the wages of sin is death, c) God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem humans from their sin d) If you repent (genuinely repent) of your sins and ask God for forgiveness in the name of Jesus, it will be granted to you. At least, I'm comfortable with calling anyone who believes a) through d) a Christian. All the rest of the trappings are about as important as whether your family opens presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. And if you think you need to kill someone because they open their gifts on Christmas Day, or pray in Croatian, or wear their work boots to church (because that's all they have) you have definitely lost the plot. But what do I know? As stated in a), all humans are sinners, of whom I am the worst. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 03, 2026 01:20 AM (qlLNh) Posted by: LTG at September 03, 2026 01:20 AM (BeyMP) 329
I buy multi-packs of Spam when they're on sale at Costco. Nice to have handy. Also, canned chicken meat and various beans, mushrooms, soups... and dried potatoes. Bottled water always, because tap water here tastes awful.
Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm) 330
Awesome recommendations! I don't want to cook something right now, but I have mayo and tomatoes.
I just had to carry the 7yo upstairs, with one of the cats trying to trip me on every step. Bad day for lifting! And then of course her bed was full of toys & books. Posted by: frammish at September 03, 2026 01:20 AM (rcENI) 331
Well, getting late here, and I must be off to bed. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2026 01:22 AM (1z8ji) 332
Mike, what is your suggestion on a backpacking stove for that sort of situation? What fuel and what size?
Posted by: Kindltot ---- Unless you are actually going to backpack it, one of the tried and true Coleman tabletop models. Size and weight are significant if you are actually backpacking. I use an older Coleman Peak One, which is bulky. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 03, 2026 01:23 AM (XeU6L) 333
White trash cooking tip of the week:
If you want shredded potatoes for something, and don't want to spend the time to make them, you can thaw tater tots in the microwave and break them up. I just made an omelet with 1/4 pound of Jimmy Dean hot sausage, two eggs, a thick slice of Tillamook sharp cheddar crumbled, six crumbled tots, and some frozen pepper strips. I had planned to eat half of it and save the other half for breakfast. That plan didn't work out. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 03, 2026 01:23 AM (qlLNh) 334
When Oregon had an ice storm a couple Januaries ago, we survived by keeping the wood fireplace going, closing some doors, and sleeping in the family room. Luckily we have a gas stove, so we could cook. After the first day I drained the pipes and shut off the water. Three of our neighbors had trees come down on their homes, and some friends' neighborhoods lost so many trees you could hardly get to their houses.
Posted by: frammish at September 03, 2026 01:23 AM (rcENI) 335
Mike, you'd have survived without the spam.
Just sayin. Posted by: LTG ---------- Coulda shot some squirrels. But the most important stocked item was coffee. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 03, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L) 336
I buy the individual slices of Spam nowadays... with just me here, a full can is more Spam than I generally want to eat at one time.
The unit price is higher, of course, and Gaia will hate you for the packaging waste bla-bla-bla, but you don't have to force yourself to eat Spam just to finish it off. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 03, 2026 01:26 AM (qlLNh) 337
Good night, AOP.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 03, 2026 01:26 AM (qlLNh) 338
Every step leave the grease in the skillet. First fry bacon, then fry corned beef, then fry spam. Next caramelize pineapple.
Delightfully hearty meal. It was mom's doing, I may have missed an ingredient or step but if memory serves. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 03, 2026 01:28 AM (hPgrk) 339
Night, AOP. Hope you have a safe trip, nice visit, and score some useful parts tomorrow!
Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm) 340
Here's another tip, have all of the vacant space in your freezer filled with cold packs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 03, 2026 01:29 AM (XeU6L) 341
Night AOP.
I have a couple of old mason type jars on my kitchen window ledge, they were filled with wildflowers almost all summer, now I'll have to go back to buying supermarket bunches every two weeks. I like the way they look there, kind of that old glass with an aqua tinge to it, very pretty. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 03, 2026 01:29 AM (ibDUx) 342
> 340 Here's another tip, have all of the vacant space in your freezer filled with cold packs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 03, 2026 01:29 AM (XeU6L) Rinsed-out milk jugs full of water, also good. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 03, 2026 01:30 AM (qlLNh) 343
I have a couple of old mason type jars on my kitchen window ledge, they were filled with wildflowers almost all summer, now I'll have to go back to buying supermarket bunches every two weeks. I like the way they look there, kind of that old glass with an aqua tinge to it, very pretty.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz I love this! Nothing like simple, old-fashioned charm... Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm) 344
Rodrigo,
Walmart hash browns are a good alternative to tots. More controllable. Been my go to potato option lately, lol. Posted by: LTG at September 03, 2026 01:32 AM (BeyMP) 345
My freezer has bottles of water filling it in so when they melt I have drinking water
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 01:34 AM (rbvCR) 346
I keep a bag or two of frozen hash browns handy. "Mr. Dell's" brand. Ingredient list: potatoes.
Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm) 347
Its coming down like its raining cats and dogs
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2026 01:35 AM (Ia/+0) 348
Will keep the hash browns in mind. I should have those stocked, anyway.
Good night all.... I'm off to watch another episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Surprisingly non-woke... at least I haven't rejected it instantly, unlike some of the other Trek properties in recent decades. Please don't refight the Thirty Years' War while I'm asleep. I'd hate to miss out on it. Heh. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 03, 2026 01:36 AM (qlLNh) 349
Night, Rodrigo!
Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm) 350
Yum! I toasted the bread, added some lettuce, it's a BLT!
Got more than half the can left, but I'll save it for tomorrow. Posted by: frammish at September 03, 2026 01:37 AM (rcENI) 351
My freezer has bottles of water filling it in so when they melt I have drinking water
Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2026 01:34 AM (rbvCR) Um... Posted by: LTG at September 03, 2026 01:38 AM (BeyMP) 352
JQ every time I go to Costco I'm tempted to buy that giant package of Spam, but I thought it'd be safer to start with one can from Safeway first.
Posted by: frammish at September 03, 2026 01:39 AM (rcENI) 353
We are supposed to have that rain here tomorrow morning, Skip, hopefully it is fast moving, temp is expected to be in the low 80's so it will be muggy.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 03, 2026 01:39 AM (ibDUx) 354
Anyone watch those youtube videos where they pit, like, an M1A2 Abrams vs. German Omaha beach defenses or a modern attack sub against the Japanese fleet on Infamy Day? They're interesting but always let you know what running out of modern ammo and/or fuel would put a stop to your divine dominance. But what would you do with a modern attack sub just after the Japanese planes launched from their carriers? Sub can't stop the planes and say you have 50 fish. What do you do with them? Then what do you do when you run out? Also, assuming you have a full load of food and other supplies (nuke fuel is no problem because that's several decades worth), you have a few months before you need to re-food and forget torpedos unless you could adapt the WW2 varieties.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 03, 2026 01:44 AM (Fv808) 355
My favorite grocery store used to have this excellent little section of 'hispanic' foods/spices. Heh, it's gone-- just a short shelf space left, with no more bags of dried chilies, corn-husk tamale wrappers-- only a few spices now. The end-cap full of tortilla products is also gradually shrinking in variety. Noticed also, that the asian products are shrinking away, little by little.
I'll miss some of the specialty stuff, sometimes, but otherwise? I voted for this! Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm) 356
SÁNCHEZ MUST GO https://tinyurl.com/3mch4ma5 Posted by: Braenyard ================= How did he get there? I know, I always ask this question. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 03, 2026 01:45 AM (mmrXZ) 357
every time I go to Costco I'm tempted to buy that giant package of Spam, but I thought it'd be safer to start with one can from Safeway first.
Posted by: frammish At least that giant package is actually several regular cans of Spam, and not ONE HUGE pack! Costco is difficult for one person, sometimes... Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm) 358
347 Its coming down like its raining cats and dogs
Posted by: Skip If it's raining cats and dogs, you're going to have quite a mess to clean up. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 03, 2026 01:49 AM (pZ64F) 359
Its over I think, more thunder though
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2026 01:50 AM (Ia/+0) 360
Just a break, its a big red storm
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2026 01:52 AM (Ia/+0) 361
I bought some Velveeta to take backpacking then never used it, so I've been frying quesadillas for lunch with my canned jalapenos. I haven't eaten that since high school. My wife is too snobby to try it, but it's so good!
Posted by: frammish at September 03, 2026 01:55 AM (rcENI) 362
Ooo, quesadillas...
That sounds good, frammish! Doesn't your wife enjoy 'being a kid again' once in a while? I stopped buying Velveeta when it got priced out of my range. Stuff's good, but got too big for its britches IMO. Maybe price will come down, now that junk food is off the FSA menu. Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm) 363
There is an exit off the highway in N Ontario for the park at Old Woman Bay on Lake Superior.
Posted by: Lord Percy at September 03, 2026 02:01 AM (2NMTK) Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 03, 2026 02:09 AM (w6EFb) 365
Sweet dreams Horde, I am getting very sleepy.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 03, 2026 02:14 AM (ibDUx) 366
Nite, Debby. Take care...
Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm) 367
Speaking of storms on other planets, while not really a "storm" in the sense, one of the most intriguing "weather patterns" is Saturn's north pole hexagon: https://t.ly/DlwIL Each side of that hexagon is about 1000 miles wider than the earth's diameter. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 03, 2026 02:35 AM (w6EFb) 368
Weather forecast said rain today (Wednesday), and temp ~70F. *BZZT!* Wrong...
Sunny, 80*, and a light breeze. Sprinkled a bit, couple hours ago. Just enough to wet the dust. Waiting! Waiting for a cooler day and some free water! Thursday says: 100% chance of rain & low-70s temp. Okay, but I've got sprinklers ready to go because yard is parched. Posted by: JQ at September 03, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm) 369
367 one of the most intriguing "weather patterns" is Saturn's north pole hexagon
I've seen that before, and it is so weird! We were at Devil's Postpile last week. The sign said the hexagons come from cracks forming at 120 degrees in various places, then meeting to make hexagons. I'm not 100% convinced. Why are all the pillars nearly the same size? Posted by: frammish at September 03, 2026 02:41 AM (rcENI) 370
The South pole didn't have any such geometric pattern while Cassini was there. However, recent Hubble images now show a decagon has developed there: https://t.ly/zzlYU They think that first started to develop in 2023 or so. The hexagon seems to be be more permanent. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 03, 2026 02:44 AM (w6EFb) 371
Nature can produce surprisingly coherent geometric shapes as well as the usual fractal looking patterns. Telling the difference between natural and man-made (or .... not saying who, but you know who) is tricky sometimes. In figuring out that hexagon, then were able to get patterns with water and differential rotation (one of those articles may mention that). So, we do see these polygons emerging out of spinning fluids naturally. Surprising. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 03, 2026 02:47 AM (w6EFb) 372
A cortex wraps around the core.
Alas! There isn’t any vore. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 03, 2026 03:20 AM (1paM0) 373
Test. Woke up. Generac is runn___. Still storming.
I have Tubi running? I'm wondering about internet. Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 03, 2026 03:27 AM (Sco7b) 374
I don't like China Deere
Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 03, 2026 03:28 AM (jrgJz) 375
So, if you have a few prayers in you this evening, Sabrina's funeral is Saturday, even though there's no body left. From 14:00 to 17:00. Just mostly folks sharing stories and generally honoring her.
I am stuck in the stage where I just want her back. Not sure that's one of the stages of grief, but it sort of sucks. My good friend who chartered the plane and chose who went? He's struggling mightily as well, so a prayer or two for him, please. We are monitoring him closely, just in case. But he is a vet from the Afghanistan campaigns, so he is acquainted with misery and death. I'm not sure it gets easier but maybe he has a framework to put it all in. Eternal rest grant unto her, Oh Lord. And may perpetual light shine upon her. Posted by: tcn in AK at September 03, 2026 03:28 AM (460M+) 376
I am favorably inclined to the Deere but when I think of John Deere, it also conjures thoughts of "outdoor scents" that seem sub-optimal for my personal care needs. It sounds like you tiptoe around barnyards, friend. Embrace the manure by stepping in it! I have read that how one is to remove shit from your shoes after having stepped in it is becoming a skill that today's yoots have not sufficient experience doing. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 03, 2026 04:08 AM (trSL4) 377
Not positive but think supposed to work on a roof today, its raing pretty good now
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2026 04:11 AM (Ia/+0) 378
We had a fierce rainstorm two nights ago as I was returning home from the scout meeting. Dead loads on rain pelting down in the wind gusts. I spent Wednesday morning cleaning out the gutters at the back of the house and finished up in the early afternoon just before another burst of rain hit the area. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 03, 2026 04:13 AM (trSL4) 379
Interesting. Carlos Hathcock on 'meeting' a female VC 'Interrogator' called Apache. Jump on it, jump on it, jump on it! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 03, 2026 04:29 AM (trSL4) 380
Our kitten must want to read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" because someone left the door to our room slightly ajar, and in he came . By the time I got myself together ( at 3.30 - uggh) and downstairs, he was sitting in a bag in the kitchen with that book in it which my son had rescued from the YMCA library.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 04:29 AM (5JD6s) 381
Pixy's up!
Posted by: m at September 03, 2026 04:55 AM (odBC9) 382
I liked the photo up top, and the "Bad Route Road " sign made me laugh. Thanks, TRex.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2026 04:56 AM (5JD6s) 383
>>> Our kitten must want to read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" because someone left the door to our room slightly ajar, and in he came . By the time I got myself together ( at 3.30 - uggh) and downstairs, he was sitting in a bag in the kitchen with that book in it which my son had rescued from the YMCA library.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke >Has it really been fifty years? Amazing. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 03, 2026 05:00 AM (C/aDH) Wednesday Cafe![]() @photo_scarlet Supposedly a real shot, not a composite, taken at Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
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Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0) 2
Thanks for the bat yesterday, Ace!!!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1) 3
Via Mark1971, a woman was attacked by a river otter, who turns out to be, as nurse ratched always says, evil.
Wasn't this attack in Lake Tahoe? If so, then wouldn't that be a lake otter, not a river otter? And aren't lake otters more closely related to sea otters than river otters? And do lake otters hold hands while they sleep? Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1) 4
Ah, the ol' "Lawson vs. old-timey Japan" meme. Half the tourism in Japan now revolves around getting these shots.
Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2026 07:55 PM (Av6i5) 5
I would have been first except that giant ad. Curses!
Posted by: H at September 02, 2026 07:55 PM (cb2nX) 6
Convenience stores in Japan are pretty awesome. They have odd snacks though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 02, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s) 7
They still have Lawsons somewhere in the world?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz) 8
5 I would have been first except that giant ad. Curses!
Posted by: H at September 02, 2026 07:55 PM First or First Not. You've got to want it. You've got to be fhirsty for it. Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1) 9
7 They still have Lawsons somewhere in the world?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! There are 37 Lawson per square mile in every Japanese prefecture. Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2026 07:58 PM (Av6i5) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 07:59 PM (eRlcH) 11
*scan Café menu*
Horsemeat? Again? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 07:59 PM I can offer you some goat, but it's from this village. Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1) Posted by: four seasons at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (/QHx4) 13
I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (MWfyi) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (eRlcH) 15
There are 37 Lawson per square mile in every Japanese prefecture.
Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2026 07:58 PM (Av6i5) Huh. I did not know that. I remember them from the 1960s, before all the gas stations added convenience stores. Used to get that long rope of bubble gum. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2026 08:02 PM (zYpTz) 16
An alligator attacks its handler so a spectator jumps in and wrestles the alligator to submission.
___________________________ Dude that jumped in is a bad ass. He took a second to access the situation, and then just jumped on the gator's back and said, "Ok, pokey. Let's see if you can buck 200 lbs or beer infused dead weight. Spin again, I dare ya." Half way through he smacks water at the window. Probably at someone being hysterical. Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 08:02 PM (dIske) Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:03 PM (viF8m) 18
That one light in the window is Frau Blucher, up late
Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 08:04 PM (ZxPkt) 19
>>Half way through he smacks water at the window. Probably at someone being hysterical.
Looked like he through something, might have been his sunglasses. Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:05 PM (viF8m) 20
18 That one light in the window is Frau Blucher, up late
Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 08:04 PM (ZxPkt) ________________________________ *Horse Whinny* Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 08:05 PM (dIske) 21
Panda Bears are like the Babel Fish. They could not have evolved on their own...
Posted by: redchief at September 02, 2026 08:06 PM (oKwKB) 22
I knew it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:08 PM (hPgrk) 23
Dude that jumped in is a bad ass. He took a second to access the situation, and then just jumped on the gator's back and said, "Ok, pokey. Let's see if you can buck 200 lbs or beer infused dead weight. Spin again, I dare ya."
Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 08:02 PM (dIske) And then those other two dudes just hanging over the edge, yakking at them. Don't they have tranquilizer darts or something? Just left him in there to finish the job by himself. Good thing he was up for it. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2026 08:08 PM (zYpTz) 24
And do lake otters hold hands while they sleep?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1) no, pistols. Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:08 PM (uhVAy) 25
My mini dachshund loves watermelon too. Heck, he loves any kind of melon.
Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2026 08:09 PM (lJ0H4) 26
I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (MWfyi) I clicked through and got to view the video. I have no X account. Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:10 PM (uhVAy) 27
Panda Bears are like the Babel Fish. They could not have evolved on their own...
Posted by: redchief at September 02, 2026 08:06 PM (oKwKB) They took some wrist bone or something and evolved something thumb like, but that seemed to exhaust them completely. Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:12 PM (uhVAy) Posted by: man at September 02, 2026 08:12 PM (XuXeR) 29
Evenin’, All. For what it’s worth.
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 08:13 PM (77rzZ) 30
An alligator attacks its handler so a spectator jumps in and wrestles the alligator to submission.
--- Reptiles can't be trained. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:13 PM (hPgrk) 31
Maybe not as impressive, but guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head
Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0) 32
"I clicked through and got to view the video. I have no X account.
Posted by: Oldcat" I get a message that ends with: " To view this media, you’ll need to login to X." Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi) 33
Maybe not as impressive, but guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head
Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0) That gator is expensive! and the keeper's job security! Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:15 PM (uhVAy) 34
"I clicked through and got to view the video. I have no X account.
Posted by: Oldcat" I get a message that ends with: " To view this media, you’ll need to login to X." Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi) think i did 'continue to X' there and could view it. Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (uhVAy) 35
"guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head
Posted by: Skip" What are the chances that Tarzan would be watching at that very minute? Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (MWfyi) Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (viF8m) 37
"Reptiles can't be trained.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others" But they can run for Congress. Posted by: Chuck Schumer at September 02, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi) 38
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0) 39
Say what you want about pandas, but when ace fed the crows peeps, they all bloated up and shit like canadian geese in a football pitch.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 02, 2026 08:20 PM (C/aDH) 40
*** Caution for video showing a woman's face bloodied by the evil river otter.
--- In LA, troopers keep the canals clear of nutria with 10/22s. They could do the same at Lake Taco. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:21 PM (hPgrk) 41
"think i did 'continue to X' there and could view it.
Posted by: Oldcat" I can't do that. It wants me to open an app. I don't have any apps. Posted by: Guy with no apps at September 02, 2026 08:22 PM (MWfyi) 42
ICYMI: A biting parody of "Paw Patrol," for the behaviorally undisciplined postmodern age:
Bridget Phetasy - Dumpster Fire 346 - "Hole Control" https://youtu.be/9m9uvYBl12Y?t=982 Bridget's trainer's mantra is to "control your holes," such as by not putting that whole pie in your mouth. She suggested this was relevant to Milo's deportation, or more pointedly his unlamented failure to avoid it, due to an apparent lack of self-regulation or "hole control." The above link is cued to the ensuing animated parody. Posted by: SciVo at September 02, 2026 08:23 PM (ke3zm) 43
26 I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.
Posted by: fd ---- psst -- > https://twitterviewer.net Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:23 PM (hPgrk) 44
@nicksortor
· 3h 🚨 BREAKING: The US House has FAILED to secure the votes needed to pass a Constitutional Amendment capping the number of Supreme Court justices at 9 Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 08:23 PM (ZxPkt) 45
It's ok. I don't want to go to X anyway. It's a silly place.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:24 PM (MWfyi) 46
"Reptiles can't be trained.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others" But they can run for Congress. Posted by: Chuck Schumer *golf clap* Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2026 08:24 PM (lJ0H4) 47
I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.
Posted by: fd ----------- Me either. It's frustrating that the links embedded within the body of the blog (puppy, panda, beaver, seals) connect just fine, but nothing in the 8-10 straight links will. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:25 PM (XeU6L) 48
Half way through he smacks water at the window. Probably at someone being hysterical.
---------- Looked like he through something, might have been his sunglasses. ~~~~~ Yep. And he said, "hang on to this/these." Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 02, 2026 08:26 PM (3ImbR) 49
*gurgle*
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 02, 2026 08:27 PM (C/aDH) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:27 PM (XeU6L) 51
My phone has less apps than it did when I bought it.
Spent two days drilling in that thing shutting down and deleting. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:28 PM (hPgrk) 52
I think that kid is now just an "alligator ler" because the gator got the hand.
Posted by: Wally at September 02, 2026 08:29 PM (avzFa) 53
🚨 BREAKING: The US House has FAILED to secure the votes needed to pass a Constitutional Amendment capping the number of Supreme Court justices at 9
Posted by: Don Black ------- [eyes Ol'Betsy hanging over the mantle] Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:29 PM (XeU6L) 54
I haven't seen a Lawson's store since I left Ohio. Their big advertising deal was the "Big O" tanker truck, hauling fresh OJ from Florida. I knew they went international but didn't realize they were in Japan.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 08:30 PM (gm9Sb) 55
Re the sidebar 4 day weekend announcement:
Bad shoulders are PITA. I'm told I need a new one. Right now I'm surviving on cortisone shots but sooner or later I'll have to make a decision on a replacement. Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2026 08:30 PM (lJ0H4) 56
>>Yep. And he said, "hang on to this/these."
Did you hear about that crazy dude who stole a sailboat in NJ sailed it to Newport and then got in a gunfight with the cops last week? Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:32 PM (viF8m) 57
My phone has less apps than it did when I bought it.
Spent two days drilling in that thing shutting down and deleting. Posted by: Braenyard ------ How can you live wihout those?! Posted by: A Millennial at September 02, 2026 08:33 PM (XeU6L) 58
Kountze, TX got some 22 inches of rain from TS Ernesto. Schloss Hadrian, 112 miles away, received zero rain. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 08:33 PM (eRlcH) 59
57 I think of all the things I miss having a flip phone and no apps. Life's a bitch without those Subway and Burger King discounts.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 08:35 PM (gm9Sb) 60
>>>but sooner or later I'll have to make a decision on a replacement.
Posted by: Tuna ------ It's not the operation it's the PT. If you don't do it you've wasted your time. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:35 PM (hPgrk) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 02, 2026 08:36 PM (/NhK2) 62
Did you hear about that crazy dude who stole a sailboat in NJ sailed it to Newport and then got in a gunfight with the cops last week?
~~~~~ Living the dream! For a while anyway. Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 02, 2026 08:36 PM (3ImbR) 63
I washed out my rain gauge so it could be read. No rain yet.
Posted by: Eromero at September 02, 2026 08:37 PM (LHPAg) 64
58
Kountze, TX got some 22 inches of rain from TS Ernesto. Schloss Hadrian, 112 miles away, received zero rain. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh --- After your first post I watched it. After Beaumont instead of petering out it got bigger and stayed (the eye) over the Lufkin (that was marked on the radar) forever. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:38 PM (hPgrk) 65
Evening, all. I am spiritually refreshed and ready to face tomorrow and Friday.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (aJQbY) 66
Chunk Yuugur being a 9/11 truther is water is wet type news. That fat fuck has always just axed questions.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (NK89z) 67
Did you hear about that crazy dude who stole a sailboat in NJ sailed it to Newport and then got in a gunfight with the cops last week?
------ Pre-arrest: Well, it's not far down to paradise At least it's not for me And if the wind is right, you can sail away And find tranquility Oh, the canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me Posted by: Christopher Cross at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (XeU6L) 68
In LA, troopers keep the canals clear of nutria with 10/22s.
Baloney. Posted by: Commissar of plenty -------- They use baloney? Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:41 PM (XeU6L) 69
The only reason to watch Cenk is to be there when he finally strokes out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 08:42 PM (RIvkX) 70
Oh, the canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see Believe me Posted by: Christopher Cross --- He should have taken that canvas to the Bahamas. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:42 PM (hPgrk) 71
Evening, all. I am spiritually refreshed and ready to face tomorrow and Friday.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (aJQbY) ==== Slay, King. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 08:44 PM (RIvkX) 72
>>Living the dream!
>>For a while anyway. Cunning hiding place. Trying to go unnoticed in one of the most famous designs in the middle of largest collections of Hinckleys in the world. Real man of genius. Gone too soon. Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:44 PM (viF8m) 73
He should have taken that canvas to the Bahamas. Posted by: Braenyard ------ Meh. Probably Dacron anyhow. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:45 PM (XeU6L) 74
69 The only reason to watch Cenk is to be there when he finally strokes out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 08:42 PM (RIvkX) I just want to have a REASONABLE FUCKING CONVERSATION! FUCK OFF! FUCK YOU!!! *guzzles bacon grease* Posted by: Cenk Uyghur at September 02, 2026 08:45 PM (TbWk/) 75
69 The only reason to watch Cenk is to be there when he finally strokes out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho --- I'll wait for the replay. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:47 PM (hPgrk) 76
She doesn't 'get' it, Hochul, I mean:
Sana Ebrahimi Ledene @SanaELedene Miss Governor, Women in Iran and across Muslim communities get beaten and murdered for refusing the hijab. I was kicked out of school, multiple times, for "improper hijab." That was my life. So am I an Islamophobe for saying "fuck you" when you cosplay as a champion of women’s rights while wrapping yourself in the same symbol that was used to police, punish, and erase me and millions of women around the world just to court Muslim votes? No. I’m not. FUCK YOU. @GovKathyHochul Quote Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul · Sep 1 I was a guest in a Muslim house of worship and showed respect for the people who welcomed me. That used to be standard in this country before you came along. Posted by: beckster at September 02, 2026 08:49 PM (kX27y) 77
"guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head
Posted by: Skip" What are the chances that Tarzan would be watching at that very minute? Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (MWfyi) --- AI FAKE! Did the guy have a suspicious resemblance to either Paul Hogan or Steve Irwin? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 08:49 PM (FZ29D) 78
Heh. Jimmy Buffet just came to mind:
Down to the banana republics, things aren't as warm as they seem None of the natives are buying any second-hand American dreams Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:50 PM (XeU6L) 79
Top picture, if they were remaking Hasu that would be a start.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 08:51 PM (2GVsD) 80
74 Cenk goes home after a hard day of being asshoe in studio. Dresses up in the uniform the Turkish Bey wore in Lawrence of Arabia. Fantasizes about interrogating T. E. Lawrence.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 08:52 PM (gm9Sb) 81
Uh Hausu
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 08:52 PM (2GVsD) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 08:52 PM (eRlcH) 83
That used to be standard in this country before you came along.
Posted by: beckster at September 02, 2026 08:49 PM (kX27y) ===== Always. Always the sneering condescension from these people. So much for "lived experience" Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 08:52 PM (RIvkX) 84
That used to be standard in this country before you came along.
Posted by: beckster at September 02, 2026 08:49 PM (kX27y) ===== Always. Always the sneering condescension from these people. So much for "lived experience" Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 08:52 PM (RIvkX) ---- They are BETTER than you. (Why? BECAUSE!) And they do not want you to ever forget that. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 08:53 PM (FZ29D) 85
Cenk might be fantasying about being Lawrence being tortured.
Sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree? Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 08:54 PM (2GVsD) 86
Supposedly a real shot, not a composite,
taken at Hyogo Prefecture, Japan ---- Apparently there's a park in Hyogo Prefecture that does have a 2/3 scale replica of Neuschwanstein Castle. Taiyo Park is a local theme park that features replica landmarks from around the world. The things you learn here on the blog... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 08:57 PM (FZ29D) Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 08:59 PM (77rzZ) 88
An alligator attacks its handler so a spectator jumps in and wrestles the alligator to submission.
Anyone that dates or marries an Italian woman is quite familiar with this event. Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 09:01 PM (HaopY) 89
You might say I'm an appless chap.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 09:02 PM (MWfyi) 90
Ace - take your time. Your value to us and the world is immeasurable. We got this. You go take some well-deserved recreation.
Posted by: goatexchange at September 02, 2026 09:04 PM (hyS0X) 91
88 Heh, Friend of mine was dating a wonderful Italian girl from Youngstown. Then one time he met "Uncle Ronnie". Ronnie "the Crab" Carrabia.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 09:06 PM (gm9Sb) 92
Chunky Yogurt.
Posted by: runner at September 02, 2026 09:06 PM (g47mK) 93
I haven't seen a Lawson's store since I left Ohio. Their big advertising deal was the "Big O" tanker truck, hauling fresh OJ from Florida. I knew they went international but didn't realize they were in Japan.
Posted by: bill in arkansas Chip-chopped ham and their sour cream and onion chip dip for the win. (Bill, for what it's worth, I can still sing the Big O jingle.) Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 09:06 PM (HaopY) 94
I hate the texts from people running for office from other states. Donate to me, I'm going to do amazing things for our country. If I'm really grouchy, which is a lot of days, lol, i text back telling them they are lying sacks of shit who don't care about our country. I know they don't see the texts but it feels great to say that. Posted by: four seasons at September 02, 2026 09:06 PM (/QHx4) 95
Instead of doing something useful today, I spent it trying to reassemble - after the hard drive failure - my playlist of some 4500 classical music pieces and the spreadsheet to go with it. There are about 60 or 70 previously cataloged files that are missing and about a hundred files that aren't in the old version of the spreadsheet I'm working with. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 09:07 PM (eRlcH) 96
Warning, All. I am in a piss-poor mood tonight.
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:08 PM (77rzZ) 97
Heh, Friend of mine was dating a wonderful Italian girl from Youngstown. Then one time he met "Uncle Ronnie". Ronnie "the Crab" Carrabia.
Posted by: bill in arkansas Uncle Ronnie didn't happen to run 'La Villa' on Youngstown-Poland Road did he? Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 09:09 PM (HaopY) 98
I hate the texts from people running for office from other states. Donate to me, I'm going to do amazing things for our country. _________ Some people grow when they get to Washington. Most, however, just swell. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 09:09 PM (eRlcH) 99
93 "And one man sleeps while the other man drives on the non stop Lawson run, and that cold, cold juice in the big truck's caboose stay's as fresh as the Florida sun". Don't get me started on Isaly chipped chop ham sammiches and skyscraper ice cream cones.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 09:09 PM (gm9Sb) 100
B in A - My image of Heaven is we all get together and sing childhood jingles at the top of our lungs. LOL
Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 09:11 PM (HaopY) 101
97 Yeah, I think he was running La Villa as a straw man operation. He got in trouble with the union stuff in Cleveland, and got quiet after the 1980 bombing campaign in Youngstown.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 09:12 PM (gm9Sb) 102
RIP Cassandra Wilson.
Posted by: gp at September 02, 2026 09:15 PM (Jr5Lq) 103
100 In the series Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen's character is a jingle writer, making bank. When you think about it, a good jingle is one of the most effective advertising tools ever. I remember POC beer jingles from the days Jimmy Dudley was the announcer for the Cleveland Indians.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 09:19 PM (gm9Sb) Posted by: Case at September 02, 2026 09:21 PM (rxS1L) 105
Hello! I am home!
Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 09:23 PM (ZdaMQ) 106
Hello! I am home! Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 09:23 PM (ZdaMQ) _________ *wags tail* *play bows* *loudly demands dinner* Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 09:25 PM (eRlcH) 107
Hey, Piper.
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:25 PM (77rzZ) 108
Hi, Bulg!
Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 09:26 PM (ZdaMQ) 109
*wags tail* *play bows* *loudly demands dinner* Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September Every time! I even got roo roos from my non barking dog. Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 09:28 PM (ZdaMQ) Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 09:29 PM (HaopY) Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 02, 2026 09:31 PM (xcxpd) 112
I remember seeing Lawson stores in Japan: but I don't think we went where the castle was.
Posted by: Iris at September 02, 2026 09:32 PM (286+n) 113
All, please pray for me. I seem to be utterly without purpose in my life:
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:35 PM (77rzZ) 114
There is an x just below another x in the upper right corner. Hit the lower x and you should be able to view the vids.
Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 09:35 PM (KC5Lt) 115
It is a small world, but I’d hate to have to mow it.
Posted by: Jus Sayin at September 02, 2026 09:35 PM (zom6H) 116
Three minutes of Jobim.
youtube.com/watch?v=ikSxPVYD95w Posted by: gp at September 02, 2026 09:37 PM (Jr5Lq) 117
All, please pray for me. I seem to be utterly without purpose in my life:
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:35 PM (77rzZ) ---- Prayers up! You do have a purpose. God will reveal it to you. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 09:37 PM (FZ29D) 118
Bulg! What? No way. You're here. That's not no purpose. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 02, 2026 09:38 PM (mmrXZ) 119
Moroccan security forces executed the Ceuta invasion? A Spanish investigative agency finds that the invasion was "designed to collapse Spain’s border control system and eliminate Spain’s capacity to respond." How does *that* contribute to Moroccan security, one wonders? Well, the question is deliberately silly, but since when have Morocco and Spain been in a hot war? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 02, 2026 09:42 PM (mmrXZ) 120
For Bulg:
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 NIV Posted by: gp at September 02, 2026 09:42 PM (Jr5Lq) 121
Ace is taking the weekend off? This looks like a great time to mobilize 500,000 doodz
youtu.be/8Ln8GVTawYY Posted by: Tsar Vlad the Invader at September 02, 2026 09:44 PM (88C+u) 122
How does *that* contribute to Moroccan security, one wonders? Well, the question is deliberately silly, but since when have Morocco and Spain been in a hot war?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia --- I read that Pedro and Morocco colluded on the thing. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 09:44 PM (hPgrk) 123
I’ve recently yet another setback in my life, and taking it very hard.
Thank you for any kind thoughts and prayers that you can send my way. Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:44 PM (77rzZ) 124
since when have Morocco and Spain been in a hot war?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 02, 2026 09:42 PM (mmrXZ) The Almohads Posted by: 88C+u at September 02, 2026 09:45 PM (88C+u) 125
Morocco can't rape the willing. If their spooks are involved here they're just executing on Spanish government operations to give the country to Islam.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 09:46 PM (BI5O2) 126
Bulg, you have a purpose. You show you care for your neighbors and your relatives and the people here. It’s easy to NOT see who needs care, or just not take the time, but you DO take the time. You provide care and comfort. You set a great example. Praying for you….
Posted by: Annies Stew at September 02, 2026 09:46 PM (dNIAD) 127
Bulg, I think a lot of us feel this way on occasion. I certainly do. On a lot of occasions really. I think it's ultimately up to us to find some purpose, to make things worthwhile. If we're lucky. Heaven forfend the Lord should give us a purpose. That road always seems very hard. If nothing else, being here, commiserating with others while Rome burns, is not nothing. You're appreciated here, of that makes a difference.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 02, 2026 09:48 PM (zpcJA) 128
Bulg- I understand things have been a little rough lately for you, and today it seems like it might be getting the best of you. Just remember, you get to control how much of your day, week or even life you let it own. You are not stuck with this outlook. You might be tired, and tired people don’t really think about all the amazing things they have or options out there. Maybe get a good nights sleep and look at it again with fresh eyes?
Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 09:49 PM (ZdaMQ) 129
Warning, All. I am in a piss-poor mood tonight.
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:08 PM (77rzZ) This will cheer you up. The bouncy one reappeared in my you tube side bar. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PgEIuIktJ8c Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 09:50 PM (S41Gd) 130
What to do when life seems aimless. From "Desiring God" Christian website :
https://tinyurl.com/yc2jznrc Will pray for you, Bulg. At times life seems too hard or aimless , particularly when you've been through a lot of setbacks . Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2026 09:53 PM (wmzkx) Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:53 PM (77rzZ) 132
Fun critter fact of the day:
In the Permian, the new land-dwellers, like the sail-backed Dimetrodon, did not communicate with sounds. Ears and eardrums had not yet evolved. Posted by: mindful webworker - neverending comments at September 02, 2026 09:54 PM (Cl/mc) 133
Just got here.
Hang in there Bulg. You got friends here. Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 09:54 PM (2WIwB) 134
Fun critter fact of the day:
In the Permian, the new land-dwellers, like the sail-backed Dimetrodon, did not communicate with sounds. Ears and eardrums had not yet evolved. Posted by: mindful webworker - neverending comments at September 02, 2026 09:54 PM (Cl/mc) They texted instead. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 09:55 PM (S41Gd) 135
Thank you all: I will absent myself now, to crt.
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:59 PM (77rzZ) 136
134 Fun critter fact of the day:
In the Permian, the new land-dwellers, like the sail-backed Dimetrodon, did not communicate with sounds. Ears and eardrums had not yet evolved. Posted by: mindful webworker - neverending comments at September 02, 2026 09:54 PM (Cl/mc) They texted instead. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 09:55 PM (S41Gd) This checks out. It's why social media is so addictive: it taps into the lizard part of the brain. Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 02, 2026 09:59 PM (zpcJA) 137
fo cry
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 10:00 PM (77rzZ) 138
to cry
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 10:01 PM (77rzZ) 139
Have a good 4dy weekend, Ace...just read of your break in the sidebar. Hope you feel better and get some rest.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 02, 2026 10:01 PM (hzuYO) 140
Thank you all.
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 10:02 PM (77rzZ) 141
BraveAI is pointing to "Neurosensory anatomy and function in Dimetrodon, the first terrestrial apex predator", claiming that this synapsid could sense vibrations through the ground.
Birds are diapsids like dinosaurs (they are dinosaurs). Seems each of us got our airborne hearing through different paths. Posted by: 88C+u at September 02, 2026 10:03 PM (88C+u) 142
Huh. Just found out that snakes ALSO don't have ears and sense sound from ground vibrations. I suppose if you do everything from slithering on the ground you don't need ears
Posted by: 88C+u at September 02, 2026 10:05 PM (88C+u) 143
ONT nood.
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 02, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re) 144
And now I’m tearing up again, reading the comments. Thank you all, so much.
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ) 145
Eugene
Hi! Do you use Twitter? I'd like to follow you if that would be ok. I'm absolutely enjoying your blog and look forward to new posts. Posted by: Eugene at September 03, 2026 04:03 AM (7tj0o) 146
134 Fun critter fact of the day:
In the Permian, the new land-dwellers, like the sail-backed Dimetrodon, did not communicate with sounds. Ears and eardrums had not yet evolved. Posted by: mindful webworker - neverending comments at September 02, 2026 09:54 PM (Cl/mc) They texted instead. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 09:55 PM (S41Gd) A type of sign language. Like chickens. Posted by: Eromero at September 03, 2026 09:58 AM (5/BcT) Hundreds of Thousands of Spanish Citizens Pour Into the Streets to Protest the Socialist Quisling Pedro Sanchez and Show Support for the Besieged Town of Ceuta;
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