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Mid-Morning Art Thread

Beaux Ernesta1.jpg

Ernesta
Cecilia Beaux

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 Firston Howell III

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 23, 2025 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 First on the Eve of Christmas Eve

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 23, 2025 09:30 AM (BHrzb)

3 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:31 AM (R11M+)

4 So close, and yet, so far.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 23, 2025 09:31 AM (BHrzb)

5 She smells wonderful

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 23, 2025 09:31 AM (NwnyJ)

6 The wedding party was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at December 23, 2025 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

7 Awwwww, that's precious. Like!

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 23, 2025 09:32 AM (ftFVW)

8 Mommy, why are your fingers made out of Vienna Sausages?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 23, 2025 09:32 AM (w9Wax)

9 She's a cutie.

Posted by: huerfano at December 23, 2025 09:32 AM (98kQX)

10 Awwwwwww

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 09:32 AM (lEejK)

11 good hands rendered.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:32 AM (R11M+)

12 Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Creepy Joe at December 23, 2025 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

13 Not what I was expecting on Festivus.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

14 Looks like the grand. If she'd ever wear clothes.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 09:33 AM (lEejK)

15 some bodacious crinoline.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:33 AM (R11M+)

16 She deserves a prettier name. Not Gertrude or Edwina, either.

Posted by: t-bird at December 23, 2025 09:34 AM (6LzyB)

17 Super darling. Love her.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 23, 2025 09:34 AM (eelaG)

18 I don't think she'll do well in The Feats Of Strength.

Posted by: Festivus onlooker at December 23, 2025 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

19 Adorable

Posted by: Tuna at December 23, 2025 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

20 This painting would have importance if it were a little boy.

Posted by: Oscar Wilde at December 23, 2025 09:35 AM (w9Wax)

21 The Met-

Ernesta Drinker, Beaux’s two-year-old niece and favorite model, clutches the hand of her nurse, Mattie, whose figure is boldly cropped at the waist. The radical composition and free brushwork reflect the artist’s appreciation of paintings by Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas. Moving at her toddler’s pace across a wide expanse of polished floor, Ernesta is also a spiritual descendant of Diego Velázquez’s royal children from the seventeenth century, simultaneously dignified and vulnerable. The nurse’s hand serves as a universal symbol of protection and security, and the large expanse of her apron sets the scale for the child’s diminutive figure.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

22 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

23 Cute.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

24 I know the Art Thread is consistent in time, but you're still a bunch of no noodin' bastages.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

25 She deserves a prettier name. Not Gertrude or Edwina, either.
Posted by: t-bird at December 23, 2025 09:34 AM (6LzyB)
*****
Bertha?

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

26 I always thought this painting was the best John Singer Sargent portrait that was not actually painted by Sargent.

Kind of like Charade is the best Hitchcock thriller not directed by Hitchcock.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 23, 2025 09:36 AM (BHrzb)

27


The little girl is beautiful, but the bisected nanny is more than a little bit odd...

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 23, 2025 09:36 AM (KrNsD)

28 Awww…

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

29 I'm curious what happened to the lady's hand.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

30 21 man, these people can ruin everything.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:37 AM (R11M+)

31 11 good hands rendered.

Fuckin a

Posted by: Allstate at December 23, 2025 09:37 AM (HcoTw)

32 Putting your little kid in a white outfit is a recipe for disaster.

One distracted moment as a parent and she's digging in the dirt, jumping in a muddle puddle or wearing her lunch...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2025 09:37 AM (sKqQm)

33 "...her nurse, Mattie, whose figure is boldly cropped at the waist."

WTH?

Posted by: Geez, get over yourself at December 23, 2025 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

34 Lovely painting. Thanks cbd.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 23, 2025 09:38 AM (2NHgQ)

35 I'm curious what happened to the lady's hand.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

She's been through the initiation and is now a Maid Woman.

Posted by: Oscar Wilde at December 23, 2025 09:39 AM (w9Wax)

36 Getting a little kid to wear a hat.... wow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 09:39 AM (NwnyJ)

37 This is what you call painterly. It’s intended to be viewed from 4 or 5 feet away. When you look at it close you can see the single brushstrokes of color that look like a mess but come together when viewed from a distance. No blending, re-doing paint strokes or outlining.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 23, 2025 09:39 AM (KDPiq)

38 Painting of Ernesta as an adult-

https://tinyurl.com/u5cjs9fa

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

39 The bisected nanny trick is always a crowd pleaser.

Posted by: Professional magicians everywhere at December 23, 2025 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

40 32 generally, yeah. but ernesta is gonna take extra care today while she lavishes in the attention.
with a modicum of effort she will never pay for anything.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:40 AM (R11M+)

41 Beautiful.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 23, 2025 09:41 AM (6qf1m)

42 ‘Love it! Her hair looks scrumptious!’

—- Joe Biden

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 23, 2025 09:41 AM (FL09G)

43 Sweet.

Thx, CBD

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2025 09:41 AM (NuV6c)

44 I not familiar with that artist. Thanks. Very sweet painting, and I love the pink hat. Contrast svery nicely with her white dress and dark brown hair.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 09:41 AM (ix8EF)

45 I do like this painting. It is really sweet.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 09:41 AM (NpAcC)

46 Innocence abound.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

47 Painting of Ernesta as an adult-

https://tinyurl.com/u5cjs9fa
Posted by: redridinghood

Beautiful child, beautiful lady.

Posted by: Tuna at December 23, 2025 09:42 AM (lJ0H4)

48 42 something biden something was one of my first thoughts.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:42 AM (R11M+)

49 *She deserves a prettier name. Not Gertrude or Edwina, either.*

>Ahem

Posted by: Mildred or Ethel at December 23, 2025 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

50 32 Putting your little kid in a white outfit is a recipe for disaster.
------------------
Treat her to a Bucatini dinner with gravy and get it over with. Then hose her down.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 23, 2025 09:42 AM (pLaQB)

51 That's nice and cheerful. Well lit and blocked.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 23, 2025 09:42 AM (WPL6O)

52 something biden something was one of my first thoughts.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:42 AM (R11M+)


"I shit her pants!"

- - - - - - Joe Biden

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

53 Painting of Ernesta as an adult-

One thing that always fascinates me is that we live our lives in a slow, sequential fashion, but when you read/look at/watch others from the past its just all there right away. Ernesta is a child, a young woman, and perhaps there is a painting of her as an old woman as well with her own family around her.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2025 09:43 AM (sKqQm)

54 I missed the Battleship thread.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 09:43 AM (5DEFi)

55 Our nanny sneaked cigarettes and peppermint schnapps into our room for a small fee.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at December 23, 2025 09:43 AM (WQDw6)

56 Getting a little kid to wear a hat.... wow.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 09:39 AM (NwnyJ)
******
Easier than getting a cat or dog to wear one.
Trust me, I know.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

57 The radical composition and free brushwork

Radical because it's not stiff and posed and 'standard', I guess? She had an excellent eye to pick out this picture. She knew it would work.

Posted by: t-bird at December 23, 2025 09:44 AM (6LzyB)

58 Putting your little kid in a white outfit is a recipe for disaster.


Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2025 09:37 AM (sKqQm)


You asked for it.........


https://youtu.be/05lLl_O2n6Q

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

59
Look Ma! No Feet! - a limerick

Ernesta continues to astound
She's learned a new way to get around
We're just now discovering
It looks like she's hovering
Six inches off of the ground

Posted by: muldoon at December 23, 2025 09:44 AM (/iMjX)

60 She deserves a prettier name. Not Gertrude or Edwina, either.*

>Ahem
Posted by: Mildred or Ethel at December 23, 2025 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

Hildegard?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 23, 2025 09:44 AM (g8Ew8)

61 i like hands that are 15yrs older than kiddos or 15yrs younger than nursy.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:44 AM (R11M+)

62 54 I missed the Battleship thread.
Posted by: Boss Moss


We sunk it.

Posted by: Blow'd Up Real Good at December 23, 2025 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

63 52 won't laugh harder than that today.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:45 AM (R11M+)

64 Getting a little kid to wear a hat.... wow.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 09:39 AM (NwnyJ)


First Daughter did NOT like hair bows. We never bothered with a hat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

65 52 won't laugh harder than that today.
Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:45 AM (R11M+)


You're welcome.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

66 61 i like hands that are 15yrs older than kiddos or 15yrs younger than nursy.
Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:44 AM
+++

She's got man hands.

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at December 23, 2025 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

67 Painting of Ernesta as an adult-

https://tinyurl.com/u5cjs9fa
Posted by: redridinghood

What a classy beauty. Makes me forget the Borgnine association I got from her name.

Posted by: t-bird at December 23, 2025 09:47 AM (6LzyB)

68 Painting of Ernesta as an adult-

https://tinyurl.com/u5cjs9fa
Posted by: redridinghood

Reminds me of some actress.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

69 What a classy beauty. Makes me forget the Borgnine association I got from her name.
Posted by: t-bird at December 23, 2025 09:47 AM (6LzyB)


What does a Dutch oven have to do with this?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

70 47 Painting of Ernesta as an adult-

https://tinyurl.com/u5cjs9fa
Posted by: redridinghood
---

Flashing gang signs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 09:48 AM (Mis34)

71 Did Ace fix his computer.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 09:49 AM (5DEFi)

72 Willowed, but that retarded DEI mayor can speak English. There’s video of him speaking it. The “I need a translator” is a sleazy old trick to deliberately muck up an interview, or to avoid any perjury liability when testifying under oath. This scumbag was surely gonna lie and thus wanted some plausible deniability if any perjury rap came back at him. ‘Perjury? Me? Nah, the question was mistranslated. I was mistranslated. I dindu nuffin.”

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 23, 2025 09:49 AM (FL09G)

73 59 maybe the maids name is molly.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:49 AM (R11M+)

74 She deserves a prettier name. Not Gertrude or Edwina, either.
Posted by: t-bird at December 23, 2025 09:34 AM (6LzyB)

Awww... She's adorable! Maybe people shortened her name to sound prettier. Esta? Nessa? C'mere little girl?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 23, 2025 09:49 AM (2J/Lj)

75 Painting of Ernesta as an adult-

https://tinyurl.com/u5cjs9fa
Posted by: redridinghood


Searching for that phrase got me this:


https://is.gd/hIXU03

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

76 *Flashing gang signs.*


She hangs out with the Van Buren boys.

Posted by: Kramer at December 23, 2025 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

77 They must be protected by new battleships.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 23, 2025 09:50 AM (No2xa)

78 62 they sunk my narcoboat!

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:50 AM (R11M+)

79 The Blade is first to violate the 100 comment rule.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

80 If you're gonna take Greenland you're gonna need a Golden Fleet.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 23, 2025 09:51 AM (pLaQB)

81 She ain't too good. You can tell by that twinkle in her eye.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 23, 2025 09:51 AM (XvL8K)

82 It is probably in poor taste to make fun of a retarded mayor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 09:51 AM (5DEFi)

83 Cute. But why?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 09:51 AM (OWovX)

84 It is probably in poor taste to make fun of a retarded mayor.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 09:51 AM (5DEFi)


Retarded governors are still ok though, right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

85 Can I be Viceroy of Greenland?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 09:52 AM (5DEFi)

86 69 hollywood squares said neanderthals looked very much like ernest borgnine. circle got the square.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:53 AM (R11M+)

87 "It is probably in poor taste to make fun of a retarded mayor."


Now do black female police chiefs.

Posted by: And misquote the Bible at December 23, 2025 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

88 My daughter had a floppy pink hat when she was that age. We were at a restaurant and an older lady came up to us and said, " I just wanted to tell you... Rarely have I seen anything cuter than your little girl in that hat. She looks adorable."
It was the sweetest and most formal compliment ever.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 23, 2025 09:53 AM (2J/Lj)

89 You’re all going to be in big trouble when dad gets home.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 23, 2025 09:53 AM (kbbUi)

90 The spawn use to wear bows when she was younger, up until about 9 or 10. It would be hilarious if she still did. A sniper with a big hair bow. lol 😂

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 23, 2025 09:53 AM (VCgbV)

91
Still below the hunnert? What's with you slackers?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 23, 2025 09:53 AM (xG4kz)

92 Ernesta > Eulalia > Honoria*

* One of the funniest jokes on M*A*S*H was when the military intelligence officer says the name of Winchester's sister (Honoria), but thinks it rhymes with gonorrhea.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 23, 2025 09:53 AM (BHrzb)

93 You’re all going to be in big trouble when dad gets home.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 23, 2025 09:53 AM (kbbUi)


Mom usually passed out drunk after saying that and dad never found out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

94 Searching for that phrase got me this:


https://is.gd/hIXU03
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

Those are some nice grassy knolls.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 23, 2025 09:54 AM (g8Ew8)

95
Very nice portrait, but she's trouble, fellers, and always will be.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 23, 2025 09:54 AM (xG4kz)

96 16 She deserves a prettier name. Not Gertrude or Edwina, either.

Posted by: t-bird at December 23, 2025 09:34 AM (6LzyB)

They could call her Ernie for short.

Posted by: No Name Today at December 23, 2025 09:55 AM (8mulE)

97 81 haha lil' stinker gets away with stuff.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:55 AM (R11M+)

98 When Girl F. was that age she gave amazing stinkeye.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 09:55 AM (OWovX)

99 Battleships and Borgnine?

This is about us, isn't it...

Posted by: McHale's Navy at December 23, 2025 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

100 haha lil' stinker gets away with stuff.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:55 AM (R11M+)



Mmmmm...I read that as 'does butt stuff.'

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 23, 2025 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

101 Battleships need to be fast.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 09:56 AM (5DEFi)

102 I hate to break it to you all, but that cute little girl grew up to be a radical feminist pro-abortion nutjob. Ernesta Drinker.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 23, 2025 09:56 AM (FL09G)

103 Leaving California: Three More Major Businesses Close or Move Out of State.

Blue Diamond, Leprino Foods, Anheuser-Busch closing/leaving CA.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 09:56 AM (lEejK)

104 * One of the funniest jokes on M*A*S*H was when the military intelligence officer says the name of Winchester's sister (Honoria), but thinks it rhymes with gonorrhea.
Posted by: Pete in Texas

Col. Flagg? Despite the fact that he was meant to lampoon McCarthyism, he was one of the funniest recurring characters on that show.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

105
One of the funniest jokes on M*A*S*H was when the military intelligence officer says the name of Winchester's sister (Honoria), but thinks it rhymes with gonorrhea.
Posted by: Pete in Texas

Hillaria. Shrillaria.

It works -- that's a "go"!

* hic *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 23, 2025 09:56 AM (xG4kz)

106 86 69 hollywood squares said neanderthals looked very much like ernest borgnine. circle got the square.
Posted by: cmeat

How DARE CBD post this picture!!!! Ernesta is my deadname!!!

Posted by: Ernest Borgnine at December 23, 2025 09:56 AM (ycI94)

107 Mommy, why are your fingers made out of Vienna Sausages?

If I’m reading the signs right, it’s because that’s not mommy.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 23, 2025 09:57 AM (EXyHK)

108 "Don't tell mom."

Posted by: Dads everywhere at December 23, 2025 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

109 Ernesta Drinker... any relation to Critical Drinker?

Posted by: PabloD at December 23, 2025 09:57 AM (Epuwl)

110 Tried this last night. Went over like a fart in church.
I thought it was funny.

German tourist tries to go thru French Customs.

French Customs Official: Name?
German Tourist: Franz Gephardt
French Customs Official: Nationality?
German Tourist: German
French Customs Official: Occupation?
German Tourist: No, not this time. Just visiting.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 09:58 AM (lEejK)

111 So, GDP is growing 4+% while we're deporting people, huh? Deporting from the interior, not turn away at the border like Obama.

Interesting...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 23, 2025 09:58 AM (GBKbO)

112 92 honoria mulvina delores.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:58 AM (R11M+)

113 Willowed, but that retarded DEI mayor can speak English. There’s video of him speaking it. The “I need a translator” is a sleazy old trick to deliberately muck up an interview, or to avoid any perjury liability when testifying under oath. This scumbag was surely gonna lie and thus wanted somen plausible deniability if any perjury rap came back at him. ‘Perjury? Me? Nah, the question was mistranslated. I was mistranslated. I dindu nuffin.”
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Technically speaking, he was employing an interpreter, not a translator. Translators work with written language, interpreters with spoken language.

The same people often do both, but there are different mental techniques required for each.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

114 Rhymes with a female body part.

Posted by: Jerry at December 23, 2025 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

115 So, First Daughter took the First Lady to the ER as she was still experiencing dizziness after getting her nails done for the holidays.

CAT scan came back clean (with contrast), but they did find a slight nasal infection, which may be causing an inner ear thing, but the early diagnosis is vertigo. They gave her some meds and a scrip that we'll get today.

So, add that to the list.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

116 93 no bail household opens possibilities.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 09:59 AM (R11M+)

117 Battleships need to be fast.

Posted by: Boss Moss

Because? One assumes to keep up with the carriers, but then why do we need a battleship to do that? The whole thing baffles me.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 23, 2025 09:59 AM (Riz8t)

118 England has a Jersey apparently.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 10:00 AM (5DEFi)

119 Rhymes with a female body part.
Posted by: Jerry at December 23, 2025 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)


Flussy.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)

120 118 England has a Jersey apparently.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 10:00 AM (5DEFi)

=====

A small island between England and France.

It's where The Others takes place.

It's also treated as something of a joke in English culture, especially as some sort of tax haven.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 23, 2025 10:00 AM (GBKbO)

121
Blue Diamond

When the company whose name is practically synonymous with almonds, which used to grow in abundance in the southern Central Valley of your state, pulls up its stakes and departs, you have well and truly shit the bed, Governor Greasy Stick Insect.

Well done, you!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 23, 2025 10:00 AM (xG4kz)

122 CAT scan came back clean (with contrast), but they did find a slight nasal infection, which may be causing an inner ear thing, but the early diagnosis is vertigo. They gave her some meds and a scrip that we'll get today.
---------------
Slap hot iron to it. Don't be a pussy.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 23, 2025 10:00 AM (pLaQB)

123 So, First Daughter took the First Lady to the ER as she was still experiencing dizziness after getting her nails done for the holidays.

CAT scan came back clean (with contrast), but they did find a slight nasal infection, which may be causing an inner ear thing, but the early diagnosis is vertigo. They gave her some meds and a scrip that we'll get today.

So, add that to the list.........
Posted by: Sponge


I wonder if she might possibly be hypersensitive to some of the chemicals they use? Sitting in a nail salon breathing that shit...

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 10:01 AM (lEejK)

124 I wonder if the Jersey cow comes from there?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 10:01 AM (5DEFi)

125 Our nanny sneaked cigarettes and peppermint schnapps into our room for a small fee.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at December 23, 2025 09:43 AM (WQDw6)

My nanny was a heap big woman.

Posted by: Sir Brian May, Astrophysicist at December 23, 2025 10:02 AM (wVcYX)

126 England has a Jersey apparently.
Posted by: Boss Moss

The Isle of Jersey is not part of England, it is a British Crown Dependency. Not a part of the UK, but the UK parliament is responsible for its defense and foreign affairs.

Same deal with the rest of the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

127 Because? One assumes to keep up with the carriers, but then why do we need a battleship to do that? The whole thing baffles me.
Posted by: Archimedes
__________

In case the enemy battleships get within range of your carriers. See HMS Glorious.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 23, 2025 10:02 AM (XvL8K)

128
Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Herm.

Occupied by the Nazis in WWII.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 23, 2025 10:03 AM (xG4kz)

129 Beautiful. The whole painting focuses on her face.

Posted by: javems at December 23, 2025 10:03 AM (8I4hW)

130 I like the name Eulalia. I like old fashioned names. Hubbymayhem and I heard a restaurant worker telling a co-worker about something her little daughter did. Daughter's name is Violet. You just rarely hear that name anymore.

Which sounds better?
Grandma Violet
Grandma Tiffany
Grandma Makaylah
Grandma Sarah

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 23, 2025 10:04 AM (2J/Lj)

131 What did Della wear to the party?

Posted by: Her new jersey at December 23, 2025 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

132 Blue Diamond leaving Cali? Where will they grow the almonds.

I absolutely love almonds.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

133 Leaving California: Three More Major Businesses Close or Move Out of State. Blue Diamond, Leprino Foods, Anheuser-Busch closing/leaving CA

Anheuser-Busch is still reeling from the Bud Light disaster which lead to this shutdown I hear.

Posted by: Halfhand at December 23, 2025 10:04 AM (jNK17)

134 Jersey and Guernsey are cow breeds.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 10:04 AM (5DEFi)

135 Blue Diamond, Leprino Foods, Anheuser-Busch closing/leaving CA.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 09:56 AM (lEejK)
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Wreckers and Kulaks! We're the 5th largest economy! Squawk!
-Gavin Newsom and the California Democrat Party Supermajority in the Legislature

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 10:04 AM (OWovX)

136 England has a Jersey apparently.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 10:00 AM (5DEFi)

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A small island between England and France.

It's where The Others takes place.

It's also treated as something of a joke in English culture, especially as some sort of tax haven.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 23, 2025 10:00 AM (GBKbO)
——

Almost any state or city in USA with a “new” in its name was a named after something in the old country. New York, most famously. But before it was New York, it was settled by the Dutch and named “New Amsterdam.”

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 23, 2025 10:04 AM (FL09G)

137 French Customs Official: Occupation?
German Tourist: No, not this time. Just visiting.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 09:58 AM (lEejK)

It got a smile outta me. Both times.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2025 10:05 AM (wVcYX)

138
I wonder if she might possibly be hypersensitive to some of the chemicals they use? Sitting in a nail salon breathing that shit...
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 10:01 AM (lEejK)


Nah....she woke up REAL dizzy, tried to sleep it off, but was still experiencing some spins when they went out.

It was still bad enough to warrant the trip to the ER.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)

139 My nanny was a heap big woman.
Posted by: Sir Brian May


I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad
But I knew love before I left my nursery
Left alone with big fat Fanny
She was such a naughty nanny
Hey big woman, you made a bad boy out of me

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 10:05 AM (lEejK)

140 135 Wreckers and Kulaks! We're the 5th largest economy! Squawk!
-Gavin Newsom and the California Democrat Party Supermajority in the Legislature

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 10:04 AM (OWovX)

======

And Democrats are going to nominate one California politician for the presidency in 2028.

This is gonna be great!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 23, 2025 10:05 AM (GBKbO)

141 Daughter's name is Violet. You just rarely hear that name anymore.

A colleague of mine has a daughter named Charlotte. Another female name you don't hear much anymore, and a very pretty one.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

142
Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Herm, LLC.

Posted by: Attorneys at law at December 23, 2025 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

143 This painting would have importance if it were a little boy.

Posted by: Oscar Wilde at December 23, 2025 09:35 AM (w9Wax)

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"The Importance of Being Trantifa."

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 23, 2025 10:05 AM (LgsNJ)

144 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 23, 2025 10:00 AM (GBKbO)


What did y'all do for the wedding anniversary?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)

145
Rhymes with a female body part.
Posted by: Jerry

philtrum?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 23, 2025 10:06 AM (xG4kz)

146 136 Almost any state or city in USA with a “new” in its name was a named after something in the old country. New York, most famously. But before it was New York, it was settled by the Dutch and named “New Amsterdam.”

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 23, 2025 10:04 AM (FL09G)

======

"You. Whatever your name is... what is your name?"
"Amsterdam, sir."
"Amsterdam... I'm New York... don't you never come in here empty handed again, you gotta pay for the pleasure of my company."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 23, 2025 10:06 AM (GBKbO)

147 Rhymes with a female body part.
Posted by: Jerry

philtrum?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

The girl I had my first real-life crush on had a very nice philtrum.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

148 144 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 23, 2025 10:00 AM (GBKbO)


What did y'all do for the wedding anniversary?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)

======

Ate dinner. At home. I think we might have drunk some wine.

15th is already planned and mostly paid for next year, though. Week long cruise without the kids.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 23, 2025 10:07 AM (GBKbO)

149 Where was old Braunfels?

Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at December 23, 2025 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

150 Growing Almonds requires water. Shocking to some, but it’s true.

The lunatics running California have prioritized baitfish over Agriculture. They really are a special kind of stupid.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 10:07 AM (gu2bt)

151 "They say that old New York was once New Amsterdam.."

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

152 "Don't tell mom."
Posted by: Dads everywhere at December 23, 2025 09:57 AM (2Ez/
====

I took Boy F. to get a McRib a few Saturdays ago and coached him up real good about how this was our secret and mom didn't need to know.

Literally at first sight he proudly announced, "McDonalds!"

Thanks, Bro.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 10:08 AM (OWovX)

153 127 Because? One assumes to keep up with the carriers, but then why do we need a battleship to do that? The whole thing baffles me.
Posted by: Archimedes
__________

In case the enemy battleships get within range of your carriers. See HMS Glorious.

So we're just ignoring the threat from rowed galleys?


For those who are interested in more info about the proposed new battleships:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump-class_battleship
https://is.gd/CTQURT

Posted by: Archimedes at December 23, 2025 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

154
15th is already planned and mostly paid for next year, though. Week long cruise without the kids.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 23, 2025 10:07 AM (GBKbO)


Bow chicka WOW wow.......


May be a third child around August, then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

155 Smash.

Posted by: The Big Guy at December 23, 2025 10:08 AM (vqA1l)

156
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 23, 2025 10:08 AM (xG4kz)

157 Can the grow almonds in rhe Pac Northwest?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 10:09 AM (5DEFi)

158 130 violet hands down.
tiffany is a little pig.
makayla yells too much.
sarah is a mess.
kinda partial to else, only one i knew.

Posted by: cmeat at December 23, 2025 10:09 AM (R11M+)

159 Where was old Braunfels?
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask

Per Wiki:

Braunfels (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁaʊnfɛls] ⓘ is a town in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

160 *The girl I had my first real-life crush on had a very nice philtrum.*

From where I was standing I could see her conundrum.

Posted by: Dougie Howser, MD at December 23, 2025 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)

161
So we're just ignoring the threat from rowed galleys?


Triemes at ramming speed, yes?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 23, 2025 10:09 AM (xG4kz)

162 Posted by: Dougie Howser, MD at December 23, 2025 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)


Fag.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

163 “Yes I have. But we didn’t land.”

Posted by: Just The Punchline at December 23, 2025 10:10 AM (gu2bt)

164 Daughter's name is Violet. You just rarely hear that name anymore.

A colleague of mine has a daughter named Charlotte. Another female name you don't hear much anymore, and a very pretty one.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

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One of our neighbors has a young girl named Winifred (nickname "Winnie") -- a name I may have heard of before but never known IRL.

* after doing an interwebz search: *

Winifred is an anglicization of the Welsh Gwenffrewi (because, of course it is).

It may refer to the 7th century Welsh saint Saint Winifred.

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 23, 2025 10:10 AM (LgsNJ)

165 Whoops.

Carmaker’s overnight collapse leaves hundreds unpaid—$148M company shutters

In November 2025, Bollinger Motors abruptly shut down, ending a decade long EV bid with no deliveries and millions unpaid.

https://tinyurl.com/2x2xtwee

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 10:11 AM (lEejK)

166 I had an Aunt Winifred.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

167 "Jennifer" is a version of "Guinevere."

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

168
In November 2025, Bollinger Motors abruptly shut down, ending a decade long EV bid with no deliveries and millions unpaid.

https://tinyurl.com/2x2xtwee
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 10:11 AM (lEejK)


Add that to the list of 'green energy' failures. There's a TON of people out there that had solar installed and now have no warranty support because the install company disappeared.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

169
"Newport" was merely a clumsy attempt to escape the guffaws summoned by its prior name, "New Putz".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 23, 2025 10:12 AM (xG4kz)

The Morning Report — 12/23/25

TrumpBattleship.jpg

Good morning kids. It's Christmas eve EVE, and so with that in mind I'm going to try to keep the editorials through the end of the week a bit shorter if at all possible, breaking and/or critical news items deserving of further exploration notwithstanding.

And away we go. I don't claim t be an expert on defense issues, but this move on the part of President Trump just makes no sense to me.

President Donald J. Trump has revealed plans for the U.S. Navy to develop a new line of “Trump-class” battleships, starting with the construction of two vessels. The America First leader shared the news from his Mar-a-Lago resort, where he is vacationing over the holidays, joined by War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Navy Secretary John Phelan. Trump described the vessels as components of a new “Golden Fleet,” with ambitions to produce up to 25 such battleships. He stated that these would be the “largest we’ve ever built.”“They will have 100 times the force, the power, and there’s never been anything like these ships,” Trump said. “We envision that these two ships will be the first of a whole new class of battleships that will be produced in the years to come.”The lead vessel in the class will bear the name USS Defiant. This development follows shortly after the Navy abandoned efforts to develop a different, smaller warship due to escalating expenses and extended timelines.

Hey, I ain't no Alfred Thayer Mahan but in the immortal words of Isoroku Yamamoto via Toshiro Mifune "R-U-F-K-M?! don't bogart the wasabi, Nagumo!"

Will dressing up like Teddy Roosevelt and running up a White House stairway as if it were San Juan Hill (watch Arsenic & Old Lace), while deploying a great white, er Golden, fleet really deter Xi and the Chi-Coms? Will it help get out the vote 11 months from now? Maybe in Newport News or Pascagoula (assuming they still build ships there?).

Meanwhile in the all American town of Lawrence, Massachusetts:

Mayor Brian DePena appeared in court on Friday, where he required a translator to participate in proceedings at a Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission proceeding on Friday.

The hearing concerned former Lawrence Police Chief William Castro, a political ally of DePena, who was stripped of his policing credentials following an improper police chase. Castro was accused of driving the wrong way down a city street during the chase and filing a false police report, claiming he was responding to an armed bank robbery when he had actually been responding to someone attempting to cash a bad check . . . DePena testified on Castro’s behalf during the commission proceeding, but it was the mayor’s request to use a translator that drew significant attention. . . DePena is a native of the Dominican Republic and immigrated to New York in the early 1980s before settling in Lawrence in 1989. Over 80 percent of the city’s population is now Hispanic, according to the US Census.  

The mayor of an American town cannot even speak English. Forget illegal immigration, this fool is a Legal Immigrant. both my parents' families (my father's side escaping the pogroms of Ukraine at the turn of he last century and my mother's side barely surviving the death camps of the Nazis,) came here to embrace and become fully American. Initially they barely spoke English but quickly learned enough to find work and support families while instilling the ideals and culture of this ountry on their children.

That an illiterate unassimilated foreigner was elected to public office by an equally alien electorate in our country is among if not its greatest failings in its history.

Wow, it looks as if the 2020 election was indeed stolen. I'm sure you're all shocked!!! I know I am.

And Mike Pence and George Conway can go pump each other.

And more "Walzing Muh shill dough" this time up in Maine. Funny how these desert dwellers all wind up living here in states that can get about as cold as the Arctic Circle.

But best not talk about it because that can be very unhealthy.


And speaking of health, Bernie Sanders is cancer, so all he's doing here is protecting his own. But you young people go out and pimp socialism as the last best hope for humanity:


Ebenezer Scrooge has nothing on Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is thwarting cancer treatment for kids in a possibly futile attempt to get Congress to pass his priorities.

Last week, the Vermont socialist was the sole vote opposed to fast-tracking legislation that will make it easier for kids with cancer to access treatments and clinical trials and incentivize companies to develop pediatric therapies.

His complaint: the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act, named for a teen cancer patient who died while advocating for its passage, is a pared-down version of a previous package that included other health-care measures as well, including funding for community health centers.

Without those add-ons, he’s withholding support of a bill that was teed up to pass easily — and that even he otherwise supported.
Yet without his vote, it didn’t win unanimous backing, so it’ll now have to make its way through a much more arduous procedural process when Congress reconvenes next year. . .Pray it doesn’t cost the lives of any kids who could’ve benefited. But make no mistake: This is super-villain behavior, as more rational lawmakers pointed out.

Right-wing Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who also supports funding community health centers, fumed: “To say that you’re not going to give a chance for children to have a cure for cancer if you don’t get what you want” is “selfish” and “tragic.” Amen to that.


Up yours NY Post for describing Bill Cassidy as "Right Wing," which by doing that is essentially saying Nazi/fascist/racist etc, ad nauseum One day, if Bernie and Mamdani take over, you can do like they do in England when you have a toothache. Make like Moe howard did to Curly, and tie one end of a string to your rotten tooth and the other to a doorknob.

Dentists refuse to provide free dental care creating a major dentist shortage.

Just wait until we have "Free" healthcare here and free housing, education and food like every other "civilized nation" such as Cuba does as I have seen posted too many times by a bevy of scumbag leftists on Twitter and elsewhere. Yeah, life is such a paradise in Havana and Pyongyang but you insist on staying here in evil and illegitimate America.

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1 Castro was accused of driving the wrong way down a city street during the chase and filing a false police report, claiming he was responding to an armed bank robbery when he had actually been responding to someone attempting to cash a bad check
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Coulda been lost in translation. Literally. That isn't an excuse, but it *is* a potential explanation.

Unreal.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:13 AM (avHHk)

2 Without those add-ons, he’s withholding support of a bill that was teed up to pass easily — and that even he otherwise supported.
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If it depends on one vote, it isn't "teed up to pass easily," it's a squeaker.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:14 AM (avHHk)

3 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2025 07:14 AM (gbOdA)

4 Top 5! yAy!

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:15 AM (lXoJ5)

5 Just wait until we have "Free" healthcare here and free housing, education and food like every other "civilized nation" such as Cuba does
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It'll be great living in a slave state, comrade!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:15 AM (avHHk)

6 I don't understand building a bunch of battleships. It is possible that aircraft carriers are obsolete in a world of highly-effective long-range munitions (missiles) on one side and increasingly effective short-range swarm weapons (drones) on the other, but if that's the case then how are battleships not?

Or are these actually battleships in the traditional sense? Or are they more like missile carriers or ultra-heavy cruisers? I have no idea. But it does strike me as odd to the point that I wonder if people are using words differently.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:17 AM (avHHk)

7 Whoa. I got a first AND it was on-topic?

I have the vapors. I need to go lie down.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:17 AM (avHHk)

8 That an illiterate unassimilated foreigner was elected to public office by an equally alien electorate in our country is among if not its greatest failings in its history.

One of my mom's dearest friends moved to CA from Peru with her husband and children with little more than the clothes on their backs. They learned English through immersion and she was a nurse. She went off on one patient who asked for a translator and had been living in the country for 25 years.

Absolutely no excuse for this behavior.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:18 AM (lXoJ5)

9 Absolutely no excuse for this behavior.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:18 AM (lXoJ5)
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There is an excuse. The behavior was not only tolerated, it was encouraged and rewarded.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:19 AM (avHHk)

10 The behavior was not only tolerated, it was encouraged and rewarded.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

And of course, I am cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonial for insisting on a level of English fluency in our legal immigrants.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:20 AM (lXoJ5)

11 And of course, I am cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonial for insisting on a level of English fluency in our legal immigrants.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:20 AM (lXoJ5)
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Oh yes. Quite sinister.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:20 AM (avHHk)

12 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 07:20 AM (NwnyJ)

13
*stomps in*

Well! How long has this party been going on?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2025 07:21 AM (tgvbd)

14 The Great White Fleet 2:Cruise Missile Boogaloo...

The new BB's will be loaded with cruise missiles, EW gear and SEAL/Marine Raider types so if one is parked off shore of some tin horn dictator or New York City, some shitheads are gonna die. Sends a message to the fuzzy wuzzies to behave or else.

I like it.

Posted by: Zombie Admiral Robley Evans at December 23, 2025 07:23 AM (m8zKa)

15 Well! How long has this party been going on?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

0710 according to JJ.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:23 AM (lXoJ5)

16 The troll comment modification is on point.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:23 AM (avHHk)

17
And of course, I am cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonial for insisting on a level of English fluency in our legal immigrants.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:20 AM (lXoJ5)

Eh, I had a grandmother who could only speak heavily-accented and rather broken English to the end of her life.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2025 07:24 AM (tgvbd)

18 "Wow, it looks as if the 2020 election was indeed stolen. I'm sure you're all shocked!!! I know I am."

I'll be even more shocked if something happens.

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at December 23, 2025 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

19 Eh, I had a grandmother who could only speak heavily-accented and rather broken English to the end of her life.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And she still tried. I'm also willing to bet that she could read and write as well even if it wasn't that high level.

But no; my ire is directed at the people who come here and demand we give them everything in their language. No other country in the world is so accommodating.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:26 AM (lXoJ5)

20 Eh, I had a grandmother who could only speak heavily-accented and rather broken English to the end of her life.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2025 07:24 AM (tgvbd)
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Sure. It happened all the time. Language is hard, and English is particularly hard. It's amazing that *anyone* can speak it. Some There have always been immigrants who couldn't make the transition.

But they also didn't run for - or get elected to - office or have that condition act as a ticket to special treatment.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:27 AM (avHHk)

21 Brown University custodian says he reported gunman to officials over a DOZEN times prior to the deadly mass shooting

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2025 07:27 AM (GITLP)

22 A recent investigation by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) found that Milwaukee County’s “Equity Index” is mostly based on a tool promoted by the Trump administration. The tool is called the “Social Vulnerability Index,” or SVI, run by the Centers for Disease Control.

The watchdog's got rabies, the foreman's got the fleas
Everyone's concerned about industrial disease
There's panic on the switchboard, tongues in knots
Some come out in sympathy, some come out in spots
Some blame the management, some the employees
And everybody knows it's the industrial disease

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2025 07:27 AM (gbOdA)

23 The mayor of an American town cannot even speak English.

DePena certainly can speak English. I know this, as Lawrence is my home town.

He chose not to, in order to show solidarity with the majority-Hispanic Lawrence population. The number of whites left there is miniscule to non-existent.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 07:27 AM (ufSfZ)

24 There's something to be said for a floating 16" (or whatever) artillery platform. Missiles have some disadvantages after all.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 07:27 AM (vHpoE)

25 The US GDP, when accounting for inflation, was actually higher in 1964 than it is today, and the population then was under 200 million, as opposed to 325 million today. That means the produce per person is down markedly since 1964.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 23, 2025 07:28 AM (Da7Vv)

26 POLITICO
@politico
·
Dec 21
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation. http://dlvr.it/TPxcHc

… There was an article somewhere that said the failed polygraph test was a fake and that a number of CISA employees were trying to make the director look bad.

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2025 07:28 AM (GITLP)

27 DePena certainly can speak English. I know this, as Lawrence is my home town.

He chose not to, in order to show solidarity with the majority-Hispanic Lawrence population. The number of whites left there is miniscule to non-existent.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 07:27 AM (ufSfZ)
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Which is worse? A mayor who can't speak English, or a mayor who *pretends* not to as a publicity stunt that will play to his core constituencies or people who can't speak English and hive-mind leftists who will get warm fuzzies over how "diverse" the whole affair is?

I actually don't know. I'm thinking about it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:30 AM (avHHk)

28 This is INSANE 🚨 Mike Benz does through Jeffrey Epstein documents

“Jeffrey Epstein negotiated the f*cking contract to move the CIA’s proprietary airliner, Southern Air Transport, which was busted running drugs and guns during Iran-Contra”

“He (Epstein) personally was the authorized signatory on the deal with Southern Air Transport to move it to a military base in Columbus, Ohio, to service the Limited

Hey, any of you guys got any bright ideas about how you would go about in 1994, convincing the Central Intelligence Agency to move its proprietary CIA airline used for covert operations, based in Miami, to f*cking up and move its entire operation to f*cking Columbus, Ohio, just to service your personal company instead of the CIA?

What do you think he cold called the CIA? You think he just schmoozed the CIA? Or is it because he was handling Khashoggi’s money during Iran-Contra that purchased the guns that Southern Air Transport a decade earlier was moving?

Adnan Khashoggi is the notorious Saudi Arabian billionaire arms dealer and international middleman. He was one of the world’s most prominent arms brokers in the 1970s and 1980s, facilitating massive deals.

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2025 07:30 AM (GITLP)

29 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

30 I have met a few people that spoke heavily accented English but were born here. The family spoke the old country exclusively around the house, and the neighborhood was about the same.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2025 07:30 AM (gm9Sb)

31 How Trump Can Turn the Midterms Around

Arrests.

Prosecutions.

Jail.

Without those, Trump can horse-fuck, as far as I am concerned. I want revenge.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 07:30 AM (ufSfZ)

32 The "mayor" is full of refried beans. If he had a winning Powerball ticket and needed to speak Spanglish to collect he would.

Just another 3rd world bullshit artist.

Posted by: A Taco Is A Taco Until It Aint at December 23, 2025 07:31 AM (m8zKa)

33 "We support LGBTQ rights fully. This has nothing to do with identity,” Dustin Bailey told the Court. ”Providing powerful hormones to a person in a psychiatric crisis without proper psychiatric safeguards is not affirming care. It is reckless. In this case, it acted as an accelerant, intensifying instability, impairing judgment, and compounding risk.”

Uhhh, d'oh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 07:31 AM (PFs9e)

34 🎤 MIC DROP in the Senate.

Chris Briggs didn’t hold back:

“This is my first time ever sitting in front of the Senate. So let me ask something simple. If Obamacare has never hurt anyone and it’s supposedly such an amazing plan… why aren’t you all enrolled in it?”

Silence.

Classic Washington move.
Rules for the public.
Exemptions for themselves.

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2025 07:31 AM (GITLP)

35 I suspect the “Trump Class Battleship” is designed to be resistant to swarms of lightweight drones, rather than resistant to a big Soviet torpedo under the keel?

My first thought was a great quote from the movie “Southern Comfort”, said in a heavy Cajun accent: “We live here; don’t f—k with us! “

Posted by: Fenderbender at December 23, 2025 07:31 AM (1FEc1)

36 BREAKING 🅱️

Hunter Biden reveals that he’s $15 MILLION in debt…

Snorted it all.

… of course, we all knew

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2025 07:32 AM (GITLP)

37 "After five years, people are starting to learn the truth about Georgia’s 2020 election."

It worked, didn't it?

Posted by: Brian Kemp at December 23, 2025 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

38 "Or are these actually battleships in the traditional sense? Or are they more like missile carriers or ultra-heavy cruisers? I have no idea. But it does strike me as odd to the point that I wonder if people are using words differently.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:17 AM"

Actually they're repurposed Coast Guard vessels.
But forget it... he's rolling.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2025 07:33 AM (2Ez/1)

39 > President Donald J. Trump has revealed plans for the U.S. Navy to develop a new line of “Trump-class” battleships, starting with the construction of two vessels.
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Two thoughts on this:
1. It's ego. He'll never have a carrier named for him, or any other warship. It'll take a decade just to get the design formalized before any steel is cut. There will be no steel cut for a "Trump" class "battleship. Bet on it.

2. There is actually a case to be made for what the Navy has referred to as an "Arsenal Ship." A battleship-like vessel loaded with drones, missiles of every kind, advanced electronic counter measures, etc. It would be extremely useful in high threat environments like China/Taiwan, the Middle East and so on.

For reference on shipbuilding; the Navy's been hemming and hawing over a new Frigate, canceled it and then decided to use a Coast Guard design for it. For a decade.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 07:33 AM (NwnyJ)

40 28 Which is worse? A mayor who can't speak English, or a mayor who *pretends* not to as a publicity stunt that will play to his core constituencies or people who can't speak English and hive-mind leftists who will get warm fuzzies over how "diverse" the whole affair is?

I actually don't know. I'm thinking about it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:30 AM (avHHk)

Publicity Stunt? Or a show of conquest?

Posted by: XTC at December 23, 2025 07:33 AM (6Uni8)

41 🚨🚨 BREAKING: The Trump administration is in talks with former intelligence analyst Edward Snowden for a TOTAL AND COMPLETE PARDON as well as Snowden’s return to The United States. These talks are reportedly being led by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, a long time advocate and supporter of clemency for Snowden, who EXPOSED the fact that the NSA has been secretly spying on the communications of American citizens WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE FOR DECADES after the passage of The Patriot Act in the post 9/11 era. Edward Snowden is not a traitor… He is an American hero and a patriot who revealed the treasonous activity that our government has been engaging in against us in blatant violation of our 4th Amendment rights. Tens of millions of us are totally in support of this… This would be perhaps President Trump’s greatest act of clemency of all-time. PARDON SNOWDEN AND BRING HIM HOME NOW!

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2025 07:34 AM (GITLP)

42 I recommend a news category for any Somali related news.

'I want them the hell out of here. NOW!'

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 23, 2025 07:34 AM (fd80v)

43 Bernie Sanders is blocking cancer treatment for kids for his own selfish reasons

If the GOP weren't composed of a bunch of ass-kissing nickelfuckers, they would be blasting out Sanders' office and (multiple) home telephone numbers, telling parents who have cancer-stricken kids to burn up his phone lines and drive the bastard to suicide.

But that's not who we are.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 07:34 AM (ufSfZ)

44 31 I have met a few people that spoke heavily accented English but were born here. The family spoke the old country exclusively around the house, and the neighborhood was about the same.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2025 07:30 AM (gm9Sb)

Speak whatever language you want in your home or in a conversation to a fellow countryman, but live and think as an American if you came here and are a citizen.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2025 07:34 AM (x0n13)

45 Maybe they should make the Brown custodian the President instead of the leftist woman dope they have now. He sounds like he would be an improvement over her. He sees things, doesn't ignore them and says speaks up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 07:34 AM (PFs9e)

46 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2025 07:34 AM (RMWOZ)

47 Why Southern States Are Outperforming Others in Education

Department of Education was seen seething over this. I'm sure that they will say that maintaining order in a classroom is a form of child abuse.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:35 AM (lXoJ5)

48 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 07:35 AM (CA6zO)

49 Sorry President Trump, the day of the battleship ended Dec 7, 1941, when the Japanese proved how vulnerable they were to air attack. What is next? Marching our troops out in Phalanx formation to fight our enemy's drone swarms, while we are using spears and armor? Hey, spears don't have to be reloaded.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 23, 2025 07:35 AM (Da7Vv)

50 Whoa. I got a first AND it was on-topic?

I have the vapors. I need to go lie down.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:17 AM (avHHk)
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This sort of thing just isn't done around here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 07:36 AM (CA6zO)

51 I'm fast and I'm lean and gosh darn it all I'm smart too!

Not a big clusterfuck like everyone says, but flexible.

Posted by: Littoral Combat Ship at December 23, 2025 07:36 AM (m8zKa)

52 USS Defiant? Uh Oh.
In WWII, the Brits tried a (sort-of) fighter plane named the defiant. It was loaded down with a ball turret with machine guns, and was a miserable failure.

Posted by: Fenderbender at December 23, 2025 07:36 AM (1FEc1)

53 The only Democrat in the Minnesota House of Representatives that voted against giving free healthcare to illegals was murdered afterwards.

Weird.

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2025 07:36 AM (GITLP)

54 Department of Education was seen seething over this. I'm sure that they will say that maintaining order in a classroom is a form of child abuse.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:35 AM (lXoJ5)
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I am sure. I am sure that Mississippi telling "educators" to drop the official party line crap and grind on phonics the old-fashioned way or else - and the resultant skyrocketing literacy rate - is having the same effect.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:38 AM (avHHk)

55 Somali ‘Medicaid Mogul’ Accused of Fraud, Family Allegedly Put Bounty on Reporter.

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I don't watch any news and haven't for decades. Is it safe to assume none of this massive fraud is being reported on by the nat'l networks, and or state news reporters in MN?

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 23, 2025 07:38 AM (qBdHI)

56 50 Sorry President Trump, the day of the battleship ended Dec 7, 1941, when the Japanese proved how vulnerable they were to air attack. What is next? Marching our troops out in Phalanx formation to fight our enemy's drone swarms, while we are using spears and armor? Hey, spears don't have to be reloaded.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 23, 2025 07:35 AM (Da7Vv)


Though not a battleship, I was thinking USS Cole.


And those Argentinian Exorcist missiles from the Falklands. And the Chi-Coms are developing all sorts of hypersonic ones now.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2025 07:39 AM (x0n13)

57 Former CIA Director John Brennan's lawyers have taken the extraordinary step of confirming their client is a "target" of a criminal grand jury investigation in Florida and are asking the chief federal judge in Miami to stop the proceedings on the grounds that the Justice Department is "judge shopping."

Wainstein and Davis revealed they have been informed by U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quinones in Miami that the grand jury is investigating Brennan's role in the 2016-27 Russia collusion probe that has since been discredited, including a CIA assessment that Russian president Vladimir Putin tried to help Trump win the 2016 election.

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2025 07:40 AM (GITLP)

58 I am sure that Mississippi telling "educators" to drop the official party line crap and grind on phonics the old-fashioned way or else - and the resultant skyrocketing literacy rate - is having the same effect.

Did you happen to see the John Stossel video on this? There was a clip of a child trying to sound a word out and the teacher said "Stop it! Why are you doing that?"

I really wanted to hit that teacher until candy came out.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:40 AM (lXoJ5)

59 Video proof that DePena can speak English if he wants to:

https://tinyurl.com/4j3vby2s

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 07:40 AM (ufSfZ)

60 53 USS Defiant? Uh Oh.
In WWII, the Brits tried a (sort-of) fighter plane named the defiant. It was loaded down with a ball turret with machine guns, and was a miserable failure.
Posted by: Fenderbender at December 23, 2025 07:36 AM (1FEc1)


"PFFT!!!"


Star Fleet Commodore Matt Decker and the planet killer!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2025 07:41 AM (x0n13)

61 If anybody has commenting privileges at Daily Wire, you might want to forward that video to them.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 07:42 AM (ufSfZ)

62 Trump's romance with early 20th century weapons of war is quaint, amusing and complete bullshit.

But its Excessmass and the MIC needs some promises of fat bonuses and vectors for grift.

If the US isn't going to pissing away trillions around the globe in kinetic "nation-building" where the elites can easily plunder the US treasury and four generations beyond, then it has to be through this massive industrialization Renaissance where the vast majority of the population is too lazy, stupid, drug addled and entitled to actually push away from the liquor cabinet and game console, slip into work boots and pick up a welding torch.

Maybe Trump had his first egg nog. Who knows?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 07:42 AM (a4flb)

63 Departments don't seethe.
People do.
Next question.

Posted by: In the spirit of Donald Rumsfeld at December 23, 2025 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

64 And those Argentinian Exorcist missiles from the Falklands. And the Chi-Coms are developing all sorts of hypersonic ones now.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2025 07:39 AM (x0n13)
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Exocet missiles

An Exorcist missile is after Linda Blair eats Taco Bell.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 07:44 AM (CA6zO)

65 57 The Navy should just do what it does best, submarines. Looking back at WW2, if you know who would have scrapped the idea of big surface stuff (Bismarck, Tirpitz, Graf Spee, Graf Zeppelin) and devoted that material and manpower to U boats, Doenitz might have continued the "Happy Days" with bad results for the allies.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2025 07:44 AM (gm9Sb)

66 Did you happen to see the John Stossel video on this? There was a clip of a child trying to sound a word out and the teacher said "Stop it! Why are you doing that?"

I really wanted to hit that teacher until candy came out.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:40 AM (lXoJ5)
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"identify it as a 'sight word' and you'll just know what it is!"

That's a short-cut. Some kids can learn that way. Many cannot. Almost everyone will get there eventually, and learning phonics doesn't preclude it - but can enable it.

There's a reason why a slightly tarted up 19th-century teaching methodology was able to make major cash in the 90s courtesy of desperate parents who's kids were failing to learn to read in school - and things were *much* better then.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:44 AM (avHHk)

67 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Here is a mellow introduction to the day.
This is the Stranglers Golden Brown with A/I use of David Brubeck's Take Five video and no funky harpsichord. https://youtu.be/2Qs1J612nZs

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

68 An Exorcist missile is after Linda Blair eats Taco Bell.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 07:44 AM (CA6zO)
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What a visual.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:45 AM (avHHk)

69 One of my mom's dearest friends moved to CA from Peru with her husband and children with little more than the clothes on their backs. They learned English through immersion and she was a nurse. She went off on one patient who asked for a translator and had been living in the country for 25 years.

Absolutely no excuse for this behavior.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:18 AM


It is extremely common though. Last year a tornado went through the DFW metroplex and they had a witness on the TV for an interview. She had been in the US for over 30 years and still spoke zero english. We have dozens of illegals commit DUI's in our area every year and without fail the majority of them require a translator in court.


We as a society enable these people and their laziness.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 23, 2025 07:46 AM (0N4FZ)

70 That's a short-cut. Some kids can learn that way.

That's the problem. The Powers That Be™ get it in their head that there is only one true path and any deviation from it has to be punished.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:46 AM (lXoJ5)

71 65 And those Argentinian Exorcist missiles from the Falklands. And the Chi-Coms are developing all sorts of hypersonic ones now.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2025 07:39 AM (x0n13)
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Exocet missiles

An Exorcist missile is after Linda Blair eats Taco Bell.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 07:44 AM (CA6zO)


Yes, I know. But that's what I called them. A Linda Blair Missile looks like a Broomstick like from the film where she was in a girl's reformatory, IYKWIM.


The Exorcist Missile spits pea soup

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2025 07:46 AM (x0n13)

72 Jeez talk about visuals.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 07:47 AM (CA6zO)

73 Checking out of our rental this morning. St. Croix has been amazing. On our way to the airport we are going to stop at the beach where the final scene of Shawshank Redemption was shot.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 23, 2025 07:48 AM (O6icp)

74 68 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Here is a mellow introduction to the day.
This is the Stranglers Golden Brown with A/I use of David Brubeck's Take Five video and no funky harpsichord. https://youtu.be/2Qs1J612nZs
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 07:44 AM (u82oZ)


Big fan of Brubeck. Saw him twice, about two years before he passed. And saw the Stranglers when they first came to the States around 1978. I like that harpsichord!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2025 07:49 AM (x0n13)

75 I really wanted to hit that teacher until candy came out.

I really like that metaphor, but we need to update them to meet the culture of today. It beats "....rented mule" and "...red headed step child".

a couple examples:

• Beat that teacher like a Muslim wife.
• Beat that teacher like I was a crack-head on a bus

I tjhink more people would understand the imagery.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 07:49 AM (a4flb)

76 I myself was fooled by posting one of the VDH deepfake videos here in the comments.

Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson

As many of you know, in the last few weeks a multitude of AI-fake videos of me have appeared on the Internet. Many of them express  views that are not mine and often in slightly speeded-up fashion with different vocal intonations.

https://tinyurl.com/pm87bt6f

I asked Grok for some additional info:

https://tinyurl.com/4trbjvjr

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2025 07:49 AM (KgVf3)

77 That's the problem. The Powers That Be™ get it in their head that there is only one true path and any deviation from it has to be punished.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:46 AM (lXoJ5)
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And much if it is based on false empiricism or misplaced causality, but then there is no room to make changes because the Word is the Law as soon as it is uttered.

Bright kids - defined in this case as "kids who are good at reading" - pick up "whole word" reading fairly early. So then the false causality creeps in through the conclusion that if bright kids read whole words rather than letter sounds, then teaching whole words rather than letter sounds will close the gap and improve achievement by using the winning method observed in nature.

That is, essentially, the premise behind whole word instruction methods. Except that it is a false premise. The brighter the kid, the faster he gets there on his own from the common basis of phonics (with the possible exception of spontaneous readers who require no instruction at all). You can't short-cut it. But no amount of failure will make a bureaucracy change course. The masters of the universe in charge must never be wrong about anything.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:51 AM (avHHk)

78 Powerball is at $1.7 billion. Yowsa, that's some serious cash.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 23, 2025 07:51 AM (qBdHI)

79 Powerball is at $1.7 billion. Yowsa, that's some serious cash.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 23, 2025 07:51 AM (qBdHI)
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I'd take the annuity and retire immediately.

But I don't play. The odds of winning round comfortably to zero. I'm not above some fantasy, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:52 AM (avHHk)

80 Happy Festivus!

Posted by: For the rest of us at December 23, 2025 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

81 If you have cancer, how do you have health for which to care?

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 23, 2025 07:54 AM (Wv0GD)

82
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 23, 2025 07:54 AM (tljrc)

83 That's a short-cut. Some kids can learn that way. Many cannot. Almost everyone will get there eventually, and learning phonics doesn't preclude it - but can enable it.

Didn't you make a comment or article at one time where the education cartel, desperate, looked at successful children and decided to mimic their patterns and that is where "look say" came in?

That is, the cartels looked at a finished product and didn't care to see how that student got to the point of being able to use short-cuts for the majority of words?

Still phonics is critical when encountering new words and languages.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 07:54 AM (a4flb)

84 You can't lose if you don't play.

Posted by: Stuff your grandfather says at December 23, 2025 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)

85 After five years, people are starting to learn the truth about Georgia’s 2020 election. Who knows where this will end? Perhaps Pennsylvania will someday admit that it had 121,000 more 2020 ballots than voters.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2025 07:55 AM (gbOdA)

86 Looks like I'm picking up a few lottery tickets.

Disclaimer: I only play when it gets that high. And it's all for fun.

I tjhink more people would understand the imagery.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

I think our Latinx brothers and sisters recognize the pinata metaphor though. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:56 AM (lXoJ5)

87 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at December 23, 2025 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

88 A cheerful good morning to all. Late start at the gym today, due to laziness

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2025 07:56 AM (M4ySl)

89 If you have cancer, how do you have health for which to care?
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 23, 2025 07:54 AM (Wv0GD)
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Snark aside, this *is* one of my pet peeves in modern nomenclature. There is no "health care" or "health insurance." The latter is actually impossible.

There is medicine, and medical insurance to pay for it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:56 AM (avHHk)

90 Mornin’, All. Happy Christmas Eve Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 07:57 AM (77rzZ)

91 I have a real problem with the goings on in Lawrence, MA. See, my mother’s first language was German. So when she went to school she entered a bilingual education program—

Oh, I’m just kidding, the school told her “that’s really too bad, go learn English” and she had to learn it through full brutal immersion.

I can’t imagine wanting to come here and not wanting to learn the customs, language and traditions of this country if you intend to remain here as a legal immigrant. But many Americans ache for America to have its own little Quebec, only in Spanish, not French.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 23, 2025 07:57 AM (Wv0GD)

92 What does a Powerball ticket cost these days? Around $5 or so. I think my wife plays (buys a ticket) when it's up around $1B until someone wins.

Bet it's some asshole in CA.

It's always some asshole there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 07:57 AM (NwnyJ)

93 Hadrian the Seventh

I liked your Roman Emperor entrance to a thread. But it reminded me of Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and the Fractured Fairy Tales intro.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

94 Chris Briggs didn’t hold back:

“This is my first time ever sitting in front of the Senate. So let me ask something simple. If Obamacare has never hurt anyone and it’s supposedly such an amazing plan… why aren’t you all enrolled in it?”
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Ok. He is not going to be invited back.

Posted by: clarence at December 23, 2025 07:58 AM (FVUBu)

95 The lead vessel in the class will bear the name USS Defiant.


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This is how I imagine the scene in Star Trek: First Contact would go:


Trump: "The defiant, is she safe?"

Picard: "She's the biggest ship ever. No ship is more big and more beautiful!"

Trump: "Come now, Captain Picard, surely you're exaggerating."

Picard: "No, it's true! She so big and so beautiful, not even the Borg want to go against her!"

Trump: "Wow, that's amazing. Thank you for that, Captain Picard. You are the greatest captain in Starfleet, I've always said that."

Posted by: Cray Cray at December 23, 2025 07:59 AM (EES2L)

96 San Franpsycho

How long was your power out?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

97 ... That is, the cartels looked at a finished product and didn't care to see how that student got to the point of being able to use short-cuts for the majority of words?

Still phonics is critical when encountering new words and languages.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 07:54 AM (a4flb)
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Ace did, IIRC. But it's been obvious for a long time. The people who come up with the curricula are pretty clear about it. "The brightest kids read whole words, so we'll teach whole words and short-cut boring and tedious instruction and improve results" or "the brightest kids do ten-centric mental arithmetic and come up with accurate results very quickly, so we'll ignore the arithmetic drills and explaining commutative properties and jump right to the end save a bunch of boring and tedious instruction and improve results."

They are very clear about being cargo-cultists, and then their rules become permanent because they're expert public servants who are by definition infallible.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:59 AM (avHHk)

98 It seems no one won? I may now need to invest.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2025 08:00 AM (M4ySl)

99 Bet it's some asshole in CA.

It's always some asshole there.

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Ha, I say the same thing to Mr. Black. It's always someone in CA who wins these mega pots.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 23, 2025 08:00 AM (qBdHI)

100 JJ, why are you questioning the new battleships? Sounds like a good thing to me.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 08:00 AM (77rzZ)

101 Heritage Foundation Scholars Jump to Mike Pence’s Group in ‘Reorganization of the Conservative Movement’

Translation:
We found better grift.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2025 08:00 AM (gbOdA)

102 The mass defection comes in the wake of Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts’s video defense of Tucker Carlson
Heritage Foundation Scholars Jump to Mike Pence’s Group in ‘Reorganization of the Conservative Movement’

Doesn't sound like a smart move to me. Jumping from one idiot to another.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2025 08:00 AM (uQesX)

103 Regarding Bernie Sanders deliberately blocking that bill:

More proof that communists aren't people.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 08:02 AM (lXoJ5)

104 Zohran Mamdani to Be Sworn In by Bernie Sanders, NY AG Letitia James

So an Arab, a Jew, and a

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2025 08:02 AM (gbOdA)

105 Mike Pence is part of a "movement" to reorganize conservatism. Bless his heart. I think his ship has sailed. We're done with Bush-style GOPe types.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 23, 2025 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

106 After five years, people are starting to learn the truth about Georgia’s 2020 election. Who knows where this will end? Perhaps Pennsylvania will someday admit that it had 121,000 more 2020 ballots than voters.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2025 07:55 AM (gbOdA)
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Despite the Georgia admission of fraud and the obvious fraud in Pennsylvania, Democrats will continue to stubbornly claim there was no fraud at all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2025 08:03 AM (M4ySl)

107 Speak whatever language you want in your home or in a conversation to a fellow countryman, but live and think as an American if you came here and are a citizen.

Do you also see a connection in language and thinking?

It isn't just word substitutions and arranging subjects and verbs, and a bit more than idioms, but language has culture and thought patterns built in.

Like they say that the Greeks didn't "see" blue because they didn't have an English word equivalent. What is correct to say is that instead of focusing on hue categories they saw lightness, darkness, texture and emotional qualities.

So Homer would characterize the skies as "of bronze" not because of its hue category, but because it appeared dazzling, bright and polished like a shining shield.

Our language does effect how we think and vice versa.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 08:03 AM (a4flb)

108 I found out yesterday that Ed Meese is still alive. He’s got an org that is taking some of the Heritage folks.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 08:04 AM (77rzZ)

109 Powerball is at $1.7 billion. Yowsa, that's some serious cash.

I would actually underwrite the cost of a Moron Meet-Up if I won.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 08:04 AM (ufSfZ)

110 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 08:04 AM (lEejK)

111 Good morning Horde. Thx JJ, hope you are well
The district where Conway, Schlossberg and Kasky amongst others according to Cook Report is the most Dem district bin the country at D+33. Combine that with Democrat Socialist Brad Lander taking on incumbent Dan Goldman in his district leads me to believe their isn't enough popcorn in the world to eat whole watching these horror shows

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2025 08:04 AM (MoRvC)

112 Good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 23, 2025 08:05 AM (Uajlr)

113 Funny, but Hunter Biden isn't on any executive boards anymore.

Posted by: Didja notice? at December 23, 2025 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

114 I have a real problem with the goings on in Lawrence, MA. See, my mother’s first language was German. So when she went to school she entered a bilingual education program—

Lawrence actually used to have a German school to help immigrant children acclimate to America.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 08:05 AM (ufSfZ)

115 "one" generation? AYFKM?

the first time I was turned down for a job because I was a white male was in fucking 1977.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 23, 2025 08:06 AM (Cjt/F)

116 I don't understand building a bunch of battleships. It is possible that aircraft carriers are obsolete in a world of highly-effective long-range munitions (missiles) on one side and increasingly effective short-range swarm weapons (drones) on the other, but if that's the case then how are battleships not?

Or are these actually battleships in the traditional sense? Or are they more like missile carriers or ultra-heavy cruisers? I have no idea. But it does strike me as odd to the point that I wonder if people are using words differently.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:17 AM (avHHk)

Most modern warships are very lightly armored. This allows attacking them with smaller munitions. A more heavily armored ship would have - some - protection from that.

It's also the case that an artillery shore bombardment is both cheaper, and safer (from the standpoint of our personnel) than air assault into unreduced defenses.

Do they make sense? Possibly not, but I don't think the idea is as crazy as people think from the start.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

117 According to OECD data, the U.K. has 49 dentists per 100,000 inhabitants — the lowest rate among G7 countries.

hahahaha

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2025 08:07 AM (gbOdA)

118 The Stooges happened to be working in the office of Dr I. B. Yankum when a desperate patient came in the office in pain. They proceeded to "help" the patient.

Posted by: Dentally Retarded at December 23, 2025 08:08 AM (oftw2)

119 I found out yesterday that Ed Meese is still alive. He’s got an org that is taking some of the Heritage folks.
Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 08:04 AM (77rzZ)

Wow… a member of Reagan’s first cabinet still with us. I didn’t know that…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 23, 2025 08:08 AM (YobFY)

120 "Funny, but Hunter Biden isn't on any executive boards anymore.
Posted by: Didja notice?"

He says his family has no "generational wealth". I don't know what his threshold is for theat. His pop has plenty of money and property. Anybody want to take bets on whether Hunter lives long enough to inherit any of it?

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 08:08 AM (vFG9F)

121 Absolutely no excuse for this behavior.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:18 AM (lXoJ5)
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There is an excuse. The behavior was not only tolerated, it was encouraged and rewarded.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:19 AM (avHHk)

They do not consider themselves to be Americans and have no desire to become one. They want the money. They may be willing to work but they'll happily take whatever we're stupid enough to just hand them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

122 Am I the only one that doesn't think Trump ever intends the Battleships to be built? I think he fabricated a point for concession in a later negotiation. Whether it's Xi or a budget deal, He'll trade that for something down the road.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 23, 2025 08:09 AM (pIfcn)

123 After Bernie swears in Mandani he can go to Crown Heights and explain why pogroms are actually good for the great communist future

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2025 08:09 AM (MoRvC)

124 >POTUS Unveils Plans for ‘Golden Fleet’ of ‘Trump-Class’ Battleships.
----

He does like to put his name on things

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2025 08:09 AM (ZxPkt)

125 ... Our language does effect how we think and vice versa.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 08:03 AM (a4flb)
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Orwell understood that. For as great and illustrative as "1984" was, the most valuable part of the book was tacked on to the end. After the main story, there is an appendix called "The Principles of Newspeak."

The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible. It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought -- that is, a thought diverging from the principles of Ingsoc -- should be literally unthinkable, at least so far as thought is dependent on words. ... Quite apart from the suppression of definitely heretical words, reduction of vocabulary was regarded as an end in itself, and no word that could be dispensed with was allowed to survive. Newspeak was designed not to extend but to diminish the range of thought, and this purpose was indirectly assisted by cutting the choice of words down to a minimum.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:10 AM (avHHk)

126 You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Universal truth at December 23, 2025 08:10 AM (2Ez/1)

127 There was a clip of a child trying to sound a word out and the teacher said "Stop it! Why are you doing that?"

I really wanted to hit that teacher until candy came out.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:40 AM (lXoJ5)
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"identify it as a 'sight word' and you'll just know what it is!"

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Don't kids learn both ways?

Sight words are important.

So is learning to sound things out.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 23, 2025 08:10 AM (sX1BW)

128 Lefties are all atwitter over the 60 Minutes story Bari Weiss criticized as poorly done. Suddenly, they are worried about "censorship!", and its all they are talking about.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2025 08:11 AM (du1Vq)

129 Another crazy animal slams their car into people at a Christmas gathering. This time in the Netherlands. Notice the AP's reporting. "A car" did the ramming. Of course, no details on the car rammer.

https://shorturl.at/OuydS

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 23, 2025 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

130 Language is hard, and English is particularly hard. It's amazing that *anyone* can speak it. Some There have always been immigrants who couldn't make the transition.

We have entire school districts dedicated to the promise of native born children never learning English.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

131 120 He says his family has no "generational wealth". I don't know what his threshold is for theat. His pop has plenty of money and property. Anybody want to take bets on whether Hunter lives long enough to inherit any of it?
Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 08:08 AM

This doesn’t speak well for his family. They don’t have the generational wealth of the Clintons or the Obamas. Why is that? They grifted just as hard, and in an even dirtier, slimier way. Where is the money? Is it because his dad is nothing more than a charecature of a used car salesman and couldn’t even grift right despite getting to be president?

Posted by: Piper at December 23, 2025 08:11 AM (OoFl2)

132 31 How Trump Can Turn the Midterms Around

Arrests.
Prosecutions.
Jail.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 07:30 AM (ufSfZ)

True. I'm not sure he understands this.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 08:11 AM (WHfpM)

133 Am I the only one that doesn't think Trump ever intends the Battleships to be built? I think he fabricated a point for concession in a later negotiation. Whether it's Xi or a budget deal, He'll trade that for something down the road.

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I look at it this way. At least we are talking about building ships.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 23, 2025 08:11 AM (sX1BW)

134 Ed Meese was born in 1931. So he’s 94.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 08:12 AM (77rzZ)

135 I can totally believe you were fished in by the battleship comments. Very on brand.

After all it was Sun Tzu who said: Let you enemies know what your plans are.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 23, 2025 08:12 AM (cS1cw)

136 Mommy, will I be getting a present from daddy or PopPop this year?

Posted by: Navy Joan Biden at December 23, 2025 08:12 AM (2Ez/1)

137 Don't kids learn both ways?

Sight words are important.

So is learning to sound things out.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 23, 2025 08:10 AM (sX1BW)
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Some do. Everyone can learn phonics. The kids who figure out "sight words" more quickly do away with phonics - absent a completely new word, or figuring out a foreign word - more quickly. But the education system has demonstrated for decades that skipping phonics does not work as well.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:12 AM (avHHk)

138 >>Wow, it looks as if the 2020 election was indeed stolen. I'm sure you're all shocked!!! I know I am.

You don't say.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:13 AM (viF8m)

139 What does a Powerball ticket cost these days? Around $5 or so. I think my wife plays (buys a ticket) when it's up around $1B until someone wins.

Bet it's some asshole in CA.

It's always some asshole there.

Just remember, for every Powerball winner, there are over 150,000 new cancer cases diagnosed, or 1000 people die in a vehicle crash.

That is, you are 150,000 times more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than win a single lottery, or 1000 times more likely to die in a car crash on the same day they pull a winning powerball.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 08:13 AM (a4flb)

140
Don't kids learn both ways?

Sight words are important.

So is learning to sound things out.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 23, 2025 08:10 AM (sX1BW)

Depends on the kid. But Mississippi jumped up in school ratings by returning to phonics.

Posted by: Piper at December 23, 2025 08:13 AM (OoFl2)

141 The "Trump" warship is an other chance for the US Navy ship-building force to screw up.

That inner coterie of "experts" (the Engineering Duty Officers) could not even build a frigate with a proven Italian design.

FWIW, calling a warship a Battleship is a noob mistake.

Next, the US lacks the industrial ability to make and build a ship with the armor that was the defining characteristic of true Battleships and Heavy Cruisers of the WWI to WWII era.

A large ship filled with missiles, the Arsenal design, has been studied for decades. Manning that ship is a problem.

There is some utility with a large ship, which makes any drone hit less of an issue. But in an era of autonomous drones and keel-busting torpedoes, a number of smaller ships, like the O.H. Perry design of frigates, or the unbuilt Constitution class frigate, Japaneses AIP designed submarines, or versions of Israeli patrol boats would make more sense.

The inner US Navy culture is for larger ships. In a world filled with ocean, larger ships have more range.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 08:13 AM (u82oZ)

142 Also, USS Defiant is odd

what are we defying?

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2025 08:14 AM (ZxPkt)

143 It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought -- that is, a thought diverging from the principles of Ingsoc -- should be literally unthinkable, at least so far as thought is dependent on words. ...

I forget where I read it - it was in an analysis of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Orwell's writing of it - but one author has speculated that Orwell's use of the past tense when talking about Newspeak in the appendix was a subtle hint to the reader that, after all, the Party was defeated in the end.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 08:14 AM (ufSfZ)

144 "They grifted just as hard, and in an even dirtier, slimier way. Where is the money?"



Look up here.

Posted by: Hunter's nose at December 23, 2025 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)

145 7 Whoa. I got a first AND it was on-topic?

I have the vapors. I need to go lie down.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Stop making us look bad.

Posted by: Off-Topic Otto at December 23, 2025 08:14 AM (oftw2)

146 128 Lefties are all atwitter over the 60 Minutes story Bari Weiss criticized as poorly done. Suddenly, they are worried about "censorship!", and its all they are talking about.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2025 08:11 AM (du1Vq)

She needs to say it's a sloppily written hit piece that fails the most basic standard of professional journalism and the surpassing responsibility of a major network. She won't.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 08:14 AM (WHfpM)

147 119 Wow… a member of Reagan’s first cabinet still with us. I didn’t know that…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 23, 2025 08:08 AM (YobFY)



Old Yeller Mark Levin is still around. Not a cabinet-level guy but was a Meese underling.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2025 08:15 AM (x0n13)

148 I'd take the annuity and retire immediately.

But I don't play. The odds of winning round comfortably to zero. I'm not above some fantasy, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:52 AM (avHHk)

Came across a YT vid yesterday that claimed you lose money taking a yearly payout, best to take lump sum. But, it takes math to figure it out, so....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2025 08:16 AM (uQesX)

149 "Funny, but Hunter Biden isn't on any executive boards anymore.
Posted by: Didja notice?"

He says his family has no "generational wealth". I don't know what his threshold is for theat. His pop has plenty of money and property. Anybody want to take bets on whether Hunter lives long enough to inherit any of it?
Posted by: fd



Steal billions. Get dementia. Forget where you put it.

Bwahahahahahahaha!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 08:16 AM (lEejK)

150 J.J. Sefton

Thank you so much for all you do. And Happy Birthday.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 08:17 AM (u82oZ)

151 I’m in favor of more naval power. Is Trump’s “golden fleet” the right approach I have no idea…. But naval superiority is a must-have for the US

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 23, 2025 08:17 AM (YobFY)

152 Late-Night Hosts Go Silent on Massive Minnesota Fraud

Well duh!
Pakis fuck thousands of little girls in England because... they can.
Same with Simoleans and their fraud.
The Hispanics probably do 5X more fraud in California.

And DEI is built into every system to cover all of this over with

Diversity.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2025 08:17 AM (gbOdA)

153 *Steal billions. Get dementia. Forget where you put it.*


I'm an old man. I was confused.

Posted by: Uncle Leo at December 23, 2025 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

154 He says his family has no "generational wealth".

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Why should his family have any generational wealth? They have been "public servants" their entire lives. They have built and created nothing.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 23, 2025 08:17 AM (sX1BW)

155 Came across a YT vid yesterday that claimed you lose money taking a yearly payout, best to take lump sum. But, it takes math to figure it out, so....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2025 08:16 AM (uQesX)
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I thought it was the opposite. Total annuity value is usually much greater than lump-sum, though it does depend on how long you live. Maybe tax implications have changed or Powerball works differently from state lotteries.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:18 AM (avHHk)

156 I suspect the “Trump Class Battleship” is designed to be resistant to swarms of lightweight drones, rather than resistant to a big Soviet torpedo under the keel?

My first thought was a great quote from the movie “Southern Comfort”, said in a heavy Cajun accent: “We live here; don’t f—k with us! “
Posted by: Fenderbender at December 23, 2025 07:31 AM (1FEc1)

Carriers aren't resistant to torpedoes under the keel but no one blinks an eye at building them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

157 Came across a YT vid yesterday that claimed you lose money taking a yearly payout, best to take lump sum. But, it takes math to figure it out, so....
Posted by: OrangeEnt


Taking the annuity is the ultimate trust in government.

Sorry. I'm not that trustworthy.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 08:18 AM (lEejK)

158 81 If you have cancer, how do you have health for which to care?
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 23, 2025 07:54 AM (Wv0GD)

I've got brain cancer. Diagnosed and treated 2 years this February. Still kicking.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2025 08:18 AM (x0n13)

159 Today Is Officially Festivus,

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

160 Holiday party this week, everyone was so proud that they are boycotting the (Trump) Kennedy Center now. Meanwhile the artists and musicians are suffering due to loss in revenues - not Trump. Liberals really are incapable of comprehending cause and effect.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 23, 2025 08:19 AM (Hpgos)

161 >>Next, the US lacks the industrial ability to make and build a ship with the armor that was the defining characteristic of true Battleships and Heavy Cruisers of the WWI to WWII era.

I think that's one of the big reasons Trump is doing this. He wants to get our industrial ability back online. Hard to be the most powerful country in the world when you are outsourcing everything.

Trump has said many times that our steel industry is a matter of national defense. So is the ability to do things with the steel we produce.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:19 AM (viF8m)

162 rhennigantx

We have about 1.7 million years of evolution to make our DNA unique. Most of the progress was in the last 50,000 years.

Diversity is completely antithetical to our evolutionary path.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 08:19 AM (u82oZ)

163 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2025 08:18 AM (x0n13)

Have you heard of Dr. Peter Sulak? If you haven't, maybe worth checking out.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 08:20 AM (WHfpM)

164 159 Today Is Officially Festivus,
Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 08:18 AM


I've got some real problems with you people...

Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 23, 2025 08:20 AM (2Ez/1)

165 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at December 23, 2025 08:20 AM (53oGX)

166 what are we defying?

What you got?

Posted by: Rebel Without A Clue at December 23, 2025 08:21 AM (m8zKa)

167 Why should his family have any generational wealth? They have been "public servants" their entire lives. They have built and created nothing.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 23, 2025 08:17 AM (sX1BW)
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Astounding numbers of better-managed, less reckless and less stupid Washington crime families have achieved it. It's downright normal, but it depends on not being reckless, stupid and wasteful. "Generational wealth" is a wide band. It can be anything from "the kids will have houses and the grandkids will be comfortably through school and adults before there's a meaningful risk of it running out" to "the next 12 generations can do all of the blow they want in however many mansions they choose to own."

What's Hunter's definition? Because he and his dad lived like the latter, but the former is much more attainable.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:21 AM (avHHk)

168 I'd be willing to bet the Biden clan isn't doing well economically. They stole millions but lived large. Now there access to power to grift off of is gone. Perfect evidence is that no one wants to fund the Biden Presidential Library. The Bidens are yesterday's news and largely toxic. I'm devastated and crushed

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2025 08:21 AM (MoRvC)

169 One of my earliest memories is walking through a department store with my father and seeing a bright point-of-purchase placard for something 'FREE!' and tugging at his sleeve. He guided me past it as he said "Nothing is free."

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 08:22 AM (WHfpM)

170 >The Bidens are yesterday's news and largely toxic. I'm devastated and crushed.


But I'm a DOCTOR!!

Posted by: Jill at December 23, 2025 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

171 JackStraw

Good point.

I can see that, but there needs to be a revolution in the industrial C-suite world to carry it off. We have no Andrew Carnegie of steel to make it happen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

172 'couldn’t even grift right despite getting to be president?
Posted by: Piper "

Well, yeah. He 's an idiot. Hunter blew all his money and is counting on getting whatever is left of the Joe Biden estate, but Jill will hang on much longer and use that up.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 08:23 AM (vFG9F)

173 I'd be willing to bet the Biden clan isn't doing well economically. They stole millions but lived large. Now there access to power to grift off of is gone. Perfect evidence is that no one wants to fund the Biden Presidential Library. The Bidens are yesterday's news and largely toxic. I'm devastated and crushed
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2025 08:21 AM (MoRvC)
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Yup. Failing to whip Hunter into shape and put some cash aside for the future is entirely on Joe and Jill, and I shed not a single tear. They stole many, many millions and raked off huge sums selling influence and American interest. If they couldn't be bothered to protect their filthy lucre and not fritter it away on drugs, whores and various other trash, that's on them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:23 AM (avHHk)

174 He says his family has no "generational wealth". I don't know what his threshold is for theat. His pop has plenty of money and property. Anybody want to take bets on whether Hunter lives long enough to inherit any of it?
Posted by: fd

And working public service, you're not suppose to.

The original"deal" was along the lines of enough paycheck to raise you're family, good benefits and damn bear invincible job security. Somewhere along the way it became " we got to pay them market rate, lavish benefits and pension or they'll leave.

The decision should have been: let them.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 23, 2025 08:24 AM (ItWcy)

175 More thoughts on Trump's "battleship"...

This is fictional, but has been modeled in some wargames; an Arsenal Ship that is just a modified cargo/container ship. Automated. No crew. Loaded up with 500-1000 or so cruise missiles, drones, etc. Blends in with other commercial traffic, gets close to its intended target, then... releases the weapons.

Variations, small iterations of this concept have been used periodically with mixed results. Mostly because integrating fire control systems, and all that goes with that is difficult to do with a ship not designed for weapons.

But if one was....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 08:24 AM (NwnyJ)

176 - @128 Huck

Story at top of yahoo home page (didn't click on it) says that 60 Minutes piece got aired on some Canadian network unedited.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 23, 2025 08:25 AM (T08Hw)

177 One of my earliest memories is walking through a department store with my father and seeing a bright point-of-purchase placard for something 'FREE!' and tugging at his sleeve. He guided me past it as he said "Nothing is free."
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 08:22 AM (WHfpM)
++++
TANSTAAFL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:25 AM (avHHk)

178 I think the battleship thing is the usual Trump bluster that makes our enemies fear he is just crazy enough to do it.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 08:25 AM (vFG9F)

179 I think that's one of the big reasons Trump is doing this. He wants to get our industrial ability back online. Hard to be the most powerful country in the world when you are outsourcing everything.

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The projection of power is not just in the number of aircraft carriers floating in the seas. Its your enemies understanding that you can build more quickly.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 23, 2025 08:25 AM (sX1BW)

180 “ Come and see what God has done, his awesome deeds for mankind!”

Psalm 66:5

Posted by: Marcus T at December 23, 2025 08:26 AM (z0cWr)

181 If you are the only winner of the next Powerball and take the cash payout you will receive $781.3m. Of course you have a better chance of seeing God

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2025 08:27 AM (MoRvC)

182 I thought it was the opposite. Total annuity value is usually much greater than lump-sum, though it does depend on how long you live. Maybe tax implications have changed or Powerball works differently from state lotteries.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:18 AM (avHHk)

As usual, the vid doesn't show up again. The guy used a Canadian lotto winner as an example - they don't tax winnings. Used something called "present value of money" to show how lump sum gets you more money. Also had a section about taxed, but I dozed off. It seems annuity is best, but he did make a case for lump. Someone more into finance could probably give an explanation of it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2025 08:27 AM (uQesX)

183 It's also...
National Pfeffernusse Day

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 08:27 AM (NpAcC)

184 UK Dentists refuse to provide free dental care ...

************

London bridges falling down....

Posted by: muldoon at December 23, 2025 08:27 AM (/iMjX)

185 Sorry President Trump, the day of the battleship ended Dec 7, 1941, when the Japanese proved how vulnerable they were to air attack. What is next? Marching our troops out in Phalanx formation to fight our enemy's drone swarms, while we are using spears and armor? Hey, spears don't have to be reloaded.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 23, 2025 07:35 AM (Da7Vv)

How many carriers were sunk at Midway by an air attack?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

186 "Story at top of yahoo home page (didn't click on it) says that 60 Minutes piece got aired on some Canadian network unedited.
Posted by: TeeJ"

Oopsie.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

187 Another crazy animal slams their car into people at a Christmas gathering. This time in the Netherlands. Notice the AP's reporting. "A car" did the ramming. Of course, no details on the car rammer.


Its just yet another grim case of a woman unable to parallel park her car.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 08:28 AM (a4flb)

188 Ad Astra Per Aspera

But as cultural American, we can overcome difficulties. Look at Elon Musk and the Space Industry.

Trump as President makes good things possible.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 08:28 AM (u82oZ)

189 As usual, the vid doesn't show up again. The guy used a Canadian lotto winner as an example - they don't tax winnings. Used something called "present value of money" to show how lump sum gets you more money. Also had a section about taxed, but I dozed off. It seems annuity is best, but he did make a case for lump. Someone more into finance could probably give an explanation of it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2025 08:27 AM (uQesX)
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I don't know of a country other than the US with audacity to tax lottery winnings. There probably are some, but that doesn't make it any less absurd. You buy your ticket with post-tax money out of normal earnings and the state takes half the pot upfront, and *then* the state continues to tax it. Preposterous structure.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:28 AM (avHHk)

190 Be that swan gliding serenely though choppy water. Never let them see the feet moving fast.
Now GTG.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 08:29 AM (u82oZ)

191 Our problem now is no one can agree on what ships to build, so we do nothing. Maybe it is better to do something and just start building ships - even if they are the wrong ships. Because once you have the shipbuilding capability going, you can pivot when the times dictate the exact ship to build.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 23, 2025 08:29 AM (sX1BW)

192 UK Dentists refuse to provide free dental care ...

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Socialized medicine leads to undentured servitude...

Posted by: muldoon at December 23, 2025 08:29 AM (/iMjX)

193 "I spent a lot of money on booze, babes, blow and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."

Posted by: H. Biden at December 23, 2025 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

194 Color me skeptical on the "Golden Fleet". If Trump and Hegseth don't fix the Navy's procurement fiascos first it will become the Golden Fleece. The LCS, the Ford, cost overruns on the subs and that cancelled frigate show the incompetence of procurement.
Not impressed with the ship either. The pic on the website https://www.goldenfleet.navy.mil/ shows some info. Gas turbine and diesel power which worked so well on LCS. A railgun that hasn't been made to work after 15 years, 12 hypersonic CPS missiles that are in development. Only 28 VLS cells? That may get you through one attack by anti-ship missiles. Seems like a weak punch for a large ship. Maybe call it "Prince of Wales and Repulse" after the Brit ships sunk by the Japanese. I'd rather see more Arleigh Burke hulls which have 96 VLS cells in the current version.

Posted by: George V at December 23, 2025 08:30 AM (HUbHH)

195 The mayor of an American town cannot even speak English.

Lawrence? The place is a foreign country. The state of the roads goes to hell when you cross the North Andover/Lawrence town line.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 23, 2025 08:30 AM (Wnv9h)

196 Hey, I ain't no Alfred Thayer Mahan but in the immortal words of Isoroku Yamamoto via Toshiro Mifune "R-U-F-K-M?! don't bogart the wasabi, Nagumo!"

The US generally has had a pretty good track record of identifying strategic global threats and adjusting Defense policy in response. We've evolved from the European large scale combat operation (LSCO) model, to a counterinsurgency Middle Eastern posture, and for the last few years have been moving BACK to LSCO, but now in the Pacific. That has meant substantial realignment to air and naval power, with the Navy in particular lagging behind for the last few decades.

Whether it's Taiwan, Japan, Korea, or something else entirely, there is major preparation for a large ground war with China, and that will include massive naval operations to block Chinese trade and protect all the troops and equipment our side needs to ship to the theater.

Posted by: Military Moron at December 23, 2025 08:30 AM (ycI94)

197 The Navy should just do what it does best, submarines. Looking back at WW2, if you know who would have scrapped the idea of big surface stuff (Bismarck, Tirpitz, Graf Spee, Graf Zeppelin) and devoted that material and manpower to U boats, Doenitz might have continued the "Happy Days" with bad results for the allies.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2025 07:44 AM (gm9Sb)

I recall watching an interview with a Japanese admiral after the war and he said that our carriers destroyed their navy but our submarines destroyed their country. They couldn't transport anything by sea.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

198 "The allegations highlight concerns over the misuse of taxpayer funds in the Somali community, and raise questions about oversight in Maine’s Medicaid and welfare systems."

What a complete joke. Migrants ripping off taxpayers all across the U.S.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

199 >>I can see that, but there needs to be a revolution in the industrial C-suite world to carry it off. We have no Andrew Carnegie of steel to make it happen.

I don't know if you heard Trump's speech yesterday, Salty, but he spent a fair amount of time chastising the makers of our jets and ships to get their asses moving and stop doing things like stock buy backs and paying huge executive salaries and build factories. Shockingly, Trump claims to be the best weapons salesman on the planet and everywhere he goes he sells jets, helicopters and hopefully now ships.

Trump sees himself as the jobs president and he is on a mission to get American industry back online after decades of politicians selling us out. In October a deal was made with a South Korean ship building company to reopen a shipyard in Philly. Jobs.

>>David Kim, the Hanwha Defense USA executive who orchestrated the deal and now serves as CEO of Hanwha Philly Shipyard, said that the company plans to expand by “pushing the boundaries of shipbuilding” to fulfill orders for both commercial and government buyers.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:32 AM (viF8m)

200 Trump denies disaster aid requests for Colorado flooding, wildfires

While a president can tap additional federal assistance with a major disaster under the Stafford Act, the Trump administration has recently denied some states' requests for aid as it works to downsize the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The White House said Monday, "there is no politicization to the president's decisions on disaster relief." White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson explained Trump's decision, adding that the administration sent two firefighting planes to Colorado to help fight the fires.

"The president responds to each request for federal assistance under the Stafford Act with great care and consideration," Jackson said, "ensuring American tax dollars are used appropriately and efficiently by the states to supplement -- not substitute, their obligation to respond to and recover from disasters."

https://tinyurl.com/47xzjdew

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 08:32 AM (lEejK)

201
The military wins the battle.
The economy wins the war.

Posted by: Pentagon bathroom stall #3, D Ring at December 23, 2025 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

202 I think that's one of the big reasons Trump is doing this. He wants to get our industrial ability back online. Hard to be the most powerful country in the world when you are outsourcing everything.

That is a heavy, if not impossible lift.

Key components missing or severely deprecated:

• workforce
• dispatchable energy and water
• transportation infrastructure (rail, highway, etc.)
• pro industry tax and regulation structure
• pro growth society (instead, we have NIMBY. BANANA, neo-luddites)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 08:33 AM (a4flb)

203 Happy Holidays JJ and the Horde. CBS employees all bark, TV news industry news jobs are scarce these days. They will not quit

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2025 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

204 I'd take the annuity and retire immediately.

But I don't play. The odds of winning round comfortably to zero. I'm not above some fantasy, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 07:52 AM (avHHk)

I'd take the lump sum and have better gains over the annuity period. Give some to each of my kids. Maybe a bit to other family members. Bump my retirement account by a bit. And give the rest away. Maybe Samaritan's Purse or Cajun Navy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

205 I'd take the lump sum and have better gains over the annuity period. Give some to each of my kids. Maybe a bit to other family members. Bump my retirement account by a bit. And give the rest away. Maybe Samaritan's Purse or Cajun Navy.

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If Illinois is financing the payment, definitely take the lump sum.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 23, 2025 08:35 AM (sX1BW)

206 What "fleet" exactly will oppose the US Navy? Red China? Please, cant even feed their sailors. Russia? With their tire burning aircraft carrier which sails around scaring people with the toxic black smoke? Euro Navy? They don't have one. The Japs? Japs got nothing. Who then? India? Rust buckets.

Posted by: Jane's Fighting Ships at December 23, 2025 08:35 AM (m8zKa)

207 UK ‘Free Health Care’ Leads to People Pulling Out Their Own Teeth (

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"Ironically, Brits turn to yanks in difficult times..."

Posted by: muldoon at December 23, 2025 08:38 AM (/iMjX)

208 Socialized medicine leads to undentured servitude..."

Sounds like their rules have teeth...

Posted by: man at December 23, 2025 08:38 AM (XuXeR)

209 If you can't afford 23&Me DNA Family Tree service, just publicly announce you won the lottery. You'll find all of your relatives.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 08:39 AM (lEejK)

210 The record time for building a Liberty ship during WWII was 11 days, start to finish.

Posted by: Henry J. Kaiser at December 23, 2025 08:39 AM (oftw2)

211 UK ‘Free Health Care’ Leads to People Pulling Out Their Own Teeth (

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"Ironically, Brits turn to yanks in difficult times..."

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Jake Paul has found a more lucrative way to remove teeth.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 23, 2025 08:39 AM (sX1BW)

212 I don't know of a country other than the US with audacity to tax lottery winnings.

There is a reason why they call it The Stupid Tax

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 08:40 AM (a4flb)

213 Last Thursday my fridge died for the 3rd time. That was enough money out the door for a piece of crap refrigerator so I had to get a new one. Wasn't part of my plan but I'm over it and I like the new so all good.

On Sunday morning I came downstairs and it felt cold. That's because it was cold. My downstairs furnace was not working. I've got a good plumber and he came out Sunday afternoon ... to tell me my furnace was pinning for the fiords. That was definitely not in my plans.

So tomorrow while you are dancing around with visions of sugar plums I will be getting a new furnace I didn't plan on buying but at least I won't be freezing my ass off in my house.

Merry frigging Christmas to me.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:40 AM (viF8m)

214 The last successful Navy warship design was the Arleigh Burke class, since then it has been a litany of multi-billion dollar foul ups: Zumwalt, Freedom, Independence, Ford, and finally the Constitution class because BuShips kept adding or changing things to make a functional design expensive and non-functional.

BuShips needs to be fumigated first.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 23, 2025 08:40 AM (2GVsD)

215 >>Dentists refuse to provide free dental care creating a major dentist shortage.


A sentence I never thought I's see in America.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2025 08:40 AM (NuV6c)

216 Technically, the person helping the mayor in the courtroom would been acting as an interpreter, not a translator. Interpretation deals with spoken language, translation with written language.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

217 I think we all know how a man that doesn't speak English gets elected mayor in Lawrence, MA.

Per census data, Lawrence, Massachusetts, is over 82% Hispanic

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 08:41 AM (NpAcC)

218 Not an expert but as I recall one of the Navy's latest class of ships was the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) . They came to be known as Little Crappy Ships. A completely idiotic idea that was pushed by the ship builders and Naval designers as something revolutionary

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2025 08:41 AM (MoRvC)

219 We are slightly miffed that the President didn't announce the Battleships a few months ago to boost Christmas/Chanukah sales of our popular board game.

Posted by: Milton Bradley Co. at December 23, 2025 08:41 AM (oftw2)

220 that is where "look say" came in?"

Hey, it works for music, man!

Posted by: man at December 23, 2025 08:41 AM (XuXeR)

221 JackStraw, sending you warm hugs

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 23, 2025 08:42 AM (tcsrY)

222 210 The record time for building a Liberty ship during WWII was 11 days, start to finish.
Posted by: Henry J. Kaiser at December 23, 2025 08:39 AM


What type of engine was under the hood?

Posted by: Hyman G. Rickover at December 23, 2025 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)

223 I like Sanders. He's a huge grifter, as bad as anyone in ConInc., even Lindsey Graham. And he runs his grift by forever manipulating the credulous base voters with double fistfuls of hopium. He never makes good on any of their Left wing agenda items he promotes, and he takes big bribes from his Party machine to screw them over when needed.

It's like looking at the Democrat version of a Republican, and it's nice to be reminded that they at least have a few of these guys.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 23, 2025 08:43 AM (BI5O2)

224 This doesn’t speak well for his family. They don’t have the generational wealth of the Clintons or the Obamas. Why is that? They grifted just as hard, and in an even dirtier, slimier way. Where is the money?

They got millions. If they don't have "generational wealth", that's on them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

225 Just heard from the wife. Two guests have arrived, bringing up the total dog count to five and one more to be dropped off tomorrow.

What is the strategy for dealing with so many dogs? Babysit lazy ones like greyhounds and have dog beds in every room of the house.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 08:44 AM (lXoJ5)

226 Interesting, if true:
@WallStreetApes
Bank account records show Senator Lindsey Graham is laundering money from the Ukraine war back into his personal bank accounts

CIA Officer says it’s “significant amounts of money” being laundered back to Senator Lindsey Graham

“Let me say something about Senator Graham. There will be news coming out in the next couple of months about how he has profited financially off of money that came out of Ukraine, laundered through Latvia and made it way into his bank account. And now we're talking significant amounts of money. Department of justice is looking at it.

Those are serious allegations leveled by CIA officer, former CIA officer Larry Johnson.“

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2025 08:44 AM (NuV6c)

227 Shipbuilding is almost a lost art here in the US. During WWII shipyards were churning out an escort class warship every month and transports ("liberty ships") every couple weeks. And there were a lot of yards doing this.

Today... not so much. And the design stage is a huge clusterfuck for not only warships, but any weapons system.

Sad to think that the likely catalyst to change that would be a serious threat to the nation's survival. And I'm not sure even that would have the desired effect.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 08:44 AM (NwnyJ)

228 Thank you vmom. I'm considering investing in another dog. I can only rob just so much heat from Elvis.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:44 AM (viF8m)

229 215 >>Dentists refuse to provide free dental care creating a major dentist shortage.

A sentence I never thought I's see in America.
Posted by: Lizzy

Never change, Commies. Workers should own the fruits of their labor! Businesses paying a wage for the labor to make a profit is theft! But the government taking all of your labor for free is just good sharing, Comrade! Government is all of us, working together!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 23, 2025 08:44 AM (ycI94)

230 So tomorrow while you are dancing around with visions of sugar plums I will be getting a new furnace I didn't plan on buying but at least I won't be freezing my ass off in my house.

Merry frigging Christmas to me.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:40 AM (viF8m)

Sorry for the fridge and furnace issues. At least you'll have new ones to enjoy for the new year...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 23, 2025 08:45 AM (tOcjL)

231 DePena can't even speak English after how many decades?

Wow, give me that Chicom spy Alice Guo who is now serving life in a Philippine jail for human trafficking. At least she learned to speak Tagalog and English to fake being a local before getting elected mayor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 23, 2025 08:45 AM (2GVsD)

232 Our problem now is no one can agree on what ships to build

There is your problem. No strategy, no philosophical understanding of the role of the surface fleet.

So now you have a ship. How do you incorporate that into whatever the Hell the country feels it needs a ship of that category to accomplish.

How do you train a recruit and train a crew and incorporate that into a grand strategery?

Its why I'm not impressed when China says they are going to build an air craft carrier, unless the US has given them generations of Naval warfare know-how and China can leap-frog all of the missteps and errors and jump to the last scene sequence of Ground Hog Day, having a hull that is supposed to do something is not a threat.

Dittos with Trump's Back To Early 20th Century Naval Warfare Strategery - here is the ship, now what do we do with it?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 08:45 AM (a4flb)

233 Navy: Listening to Navy experts and it makes sense that I think the move is to drawing down the Army resources and rebuilding our Navy in support of the Monroe Doctrine. Not sure, yet, where battleships fit, but Trump and Hegseth are not dummies.

Posted by: Danimal28 at December 23, 2025 08:45 AM (mNOhh)

234 You want to increase outward migration from the USA?
Identify every illegal who fraudulently received money and have the IRS tax the crap out of them. That's how the government fir Capone

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2025 08:46 AM (MoRvC)

235 > Bank account records show Senator Lindsey Graham is laundering money from the Ukraine war back into his personal bank accounts
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He's not the only one.

He's apparently one of the careless ones. Not that it will matter in the long run.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 08:46 AM (NwnyJ)

236 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Somali girI in Minnesota: "We should not be illegal. This is stolen land."

https://tinyurl.com/3ty2tesz

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

237 Sanders is an inveterate bum. He bounced around Vermont in a beat-up VW into his 40s promoting socialist pamphlets, never held a serious job. And then he found politics. Now he has three homes. The American Dream.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 08:46 AM (WHfpM)

238 Bank account records show Senator Lindsey Graham is laundering money from the Ukraine war back into his personal bank accounts.


Well! I never! (Sashays away)

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, closeted homosexual at December 23, 2025 08:46 AM (m8zKa)

239 I'm not sure he understands this.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 08:11 AM (WHfpM)

I suspect that that issue is that a lot of people, particularly here, do not comprehend how difficult it is for him to get the most corrupt federal agency to act against members of the deep state, particularly in the knowledge that a DC grand jury is unlikely to indict or a DC jury convict a member of the deep state.

It's like having every member of the panel of judges at Nuremburg being an original member of the Nazi party.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

240 I think we all know how a man that doesn't speak English gets elected mayor in Lawrence, MA.

Per census data, Lawrence, Massachusetts, is over 82% Hispanic
Posted by: redridinghood


Lawrencio, MA?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 08:47 AM (lEejK)

241 "Bank account records show Senator Lindsey Graham is laundering money from the Ukraine war back into his personal bank accounts."


Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at December 23, 2025 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

242 Bank account records show Senator Lindsey Graham is laundering money from the Ukraine war back into his personal bank accounts

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Of course. That was obvious from the jump. That twisted old fruit stops just short ofblicking his lips and snuffling like a pig whenever the subject of the war comes up.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 23, 2025 08:47 AM (BI5O2)

243 move is to drawing down the Army resources"

Capt'n Bearclaw says "nooooo" in Ukranian/whatever

Posted by: man at December 23, 2025 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

244 UK ‘Free Health Care’ Leads to People Pulling Out Their Own Teeth

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The case is being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for litigation...

Posted by: muldoon at December 23, 2025 08:47 AM (/iMjX)

245 203 Happy Holidays JJ and the Horde. CBS employees all bark, TV news industry news jobs are scarce these days. They will not quit
Posted by: Jonah

That's true, but it won't stop the flood of hatchet-faced feminists being gradiated from Journalism skools. We will never run out of Margarets.

Posted by: Who Watches Them? at December 23, 2025 08:47 AM (oftw2)

246 You know, Trump ain't stoopid. Something tells me his battleship won't be the battleship proved obsolete in WW2.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 23, 2025 08:47 AM (pohLc)

247 Big ships are stupid, expensive monuments to the past. Give me the same amount of money to build drone motherships and I will win every time.

Posted by: p-squared at December 23, 2025 08:47 AM (0prFs)

248 UK ‘Free Health Care’ Leads to People Pulling Out Their Own Teeth

********

I can't decide which side to root for...

Posted by: muldoon at December 23, 2025 08:48 AM (/iMjX)

249 Somali girI in Minnesota: "We should not be illegal. This is stolen land."

*white woman teacher "I'm so proud of her"*

Posted by: man at December 23, 2025 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

250 231 DePena can't even speak English after how many decades?

Wow, give me that Chicom spy Alice Guo who is now serving life in a Philippine jail for human trafficking. At least she learned to speak Tagalog and English to fake being a local before getting elected mayor.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 23, 2025 08:45 AM (2GVsD)


My Niece is married to a Hispanic Man whose Mother has been here over 30 years and she doesn't speak English... In California you don't have to...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2025 08:48 AM (VE6XX)

251 Those are serious allegations leveled by CIA officer, former CIA officer Larry Johnson.“
Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2025 08:44 AM (NuV6c)

Don't care for Graham, but until every f'in D is charged for the same blinkin' thing.... Leave Lindsay Alone!!!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (uQesX)

252 The case is being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for litigation..."

*groans*

Posted by: man at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (XuXeR)

253 The 3 politicians most involved with the Maidan coup are Joe Biden, John McCain and Lindsey Graham.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (viF8m)

254 - JackStraw

Maybe put some of that optimism to work and be thankful you have the ability to replace the fridge and furnace?
And the roof over your head?
And the food in the fridge?
And....

Posted by: TeeJ at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (T08Hw)

255 I'm taking the rest of the week off. Yea!
Today, errands and gaming.
Tomorrow, baking and gaming.
Thursday, eating and gifting.
Friday, gaming and whatever.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (f0sNM)

256 One fun historical tidbit, one day in 1944 a US shipyard commissioned four Fleet submarines. In one day.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (2GVsD)

257 What is the strategy for dealing with so many dogs? Babysit lazy ones like greyhounds and have dog beds in every room of the house.
Posted by: NR Pax

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Good luck!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (tcsrY)

258 That Lawrence mayor must be functionally retarded not to have learned English after all these years.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (77rzZ)

259 I think we all know how a man that doesn't speak English gets elected mayor in Lawrence, MA.

Per census data, Lawrence, Massachusetts, is over 82% Hispanic
Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 08:41 AM (NpAcC)

Check out my post at #59. DePena can speak English. He deliberately chose not to.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (ufSfZ)

260 I suspect that that issue is that a lot of people, particularly here, do not comprehend how difficult it is for him to get the most corrupt federal agency to act against members of the deep state, particularly in the knowledge that a DC grand jury is unlikely to indict or a DC jury convict a member of the deep state.

It's like having every member of the panel of judges at Nuremburg being an original member of the Nazi party.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic



Proof positive that Trump isn't a dictator or a king.

Because Stalin or Rocket Man wouldn't hesitate to publicly execute the head of the department and keep going until they started doing their job.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 08:50 AM (lEejK)

261 I thought it was the opposite. Total annuity value is usually much greater than lump-sum, though it does depend on how long you live. Maybe tax implications have changed or Powerball works differently from state lotteries.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:18 AM (avHHk)

IIRC... the annuity pays ~2x the lump sum but it's over 25 years. So, to beat that you only need to average ~3% returns.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

262
It takes years to build an Army.
It takes decades to build a Navy.

Posted by: The next Pentagon bathroom stall over at December 23, 2025 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

263 I can't decide which side to root for..."

It's an amalgam of bad puns...

Posted by: man at December 23, 2025 08:50 AM (XuXeR)

264 >>James will be giving the “oath of office” to Mamdani — a Democratic Socialist — at midnight on New Year’s Day, while Sanders will be giving the oath of office “at Mamdani’s public swearing-in ceremony”


Because Bernie Sanders is the godfather of the Justice Democrats. It was started by Bernie bros. He's getting his Socialist dreams completed via this next generation.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2025 08:50 AM (NuV6c)

265 Looks like Jack Straw will be back on the Nebraska Ditch Weed for a while.

Posted by: Rat In A Drain Ditch at December 23, 2025 08:50 AM (oftw2)

266 Sad to think that the likely catalyst to change that would be a serious threat to the nation's survival. And I'm not sure even that would have the desired effect.

Putin and Xi don't strike fear in me. Its the 535 Total Piles of Shit we call Congress and the 500 or so Demonic District Judges, and the 200 million communist parasites and the generations of directed destruction of our language, borders, culture, traditions and heritage that make for the greatest threat to the nation's survival.

First, I posit, the US is not a Nation, since a Nation is more of a people with shared language, traditions, culture and identity. The US, like much of the West is not nations. We are barely a country because of the failure of our judicial and monetary functions.

The US is basically a sick and diseased Economic Opportunity Zone.

It doesn't need a military, that is for nations. What the US needs is an enema.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 08:50 AM (a4flb)

267 257 What is the strategy for dealing with so many dogs? Babysit lazy ones like greyhounds and have dog beds in every room of the house.
Posted by: NR Pax

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Good luck!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (tcsrY)

Live somewhere warm and dry in the winter, so they can all enjoy your fenced in backyard and outdoor dog houses?

Posted by: Nova Local at December 23, 2025 08:50 AM (tOcjL)

268 I can't decide which side to root for...
Posted by: muldoon at December 23, 2025 08:48 AM (/iMjX)

Whichever one still has its wisdom.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 08:50 AM (WHfpM)

269 Hey leave Miss Lindsay alone. He has a lot of rent boys to support

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2025 08:51 AM (MoRvC)

270 Navy: Listening to Navy experts and it makes sense that I think the move is to drawing down the Army resources and rebuilding our Navy in support of the Monroe Doctrine. Not sure, yet, where battleships fit, but Trump and Hegseth are not dummies.
Posted by: Danimal28 at December 23, 2025 08:45 AM (mNOhh)

Taking funds from one branch to give to another is the way to victory!!

Posted by: IJN and IJA at December 23, 2025 08:51 AM (uQesX)

271 Somali girI in Minnesota: "We should not be illegal. This is stolen land."

I am starting to have even more contempt for these people and I didn't know that was possible.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 08:51 AM (lXoJ5)

272 Another thought on "Trump's battleship" is that it might be a ruse to get one or more of our adversaries to invest time and money into their own battleship design.

China has copied damn near every weapons system we've got. And in some cases exceeded our own designs.

Whether those Chinese weapons systems will perform is debatable. But making them take the time, effort and money to do so might be worthwhile while we get up to speed on hypersonics and directed energy weapons.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 08:52 AM (NwnyJ)

273 Trump declares NYT a "Threat to National Security" and "True Enemy of the People"; calls for "Unhinged Behavior" of the press to be "dealt with and stopped"

It feels like forever ago, but there was a time when trump wasn’t allowed on social media because of shit spewing…and the country decided we needed 600% more of it.

Every accusation is a confession with these people. Regardless of what reddit will tell you, it's okay to punch despots. It's so, so overdue.

There goes the first amendment. Damn, they won without a fight. I never want to hear another republican, talk about constitutional originalism again

”Their Radical Left, Unhinged Behavior, writing FAKE Articles and Opinions in a never ending way, must be dealt with and stopped,” Trump wrote. How do have a fake opinion?

See the weaponization of double standard hypocrisy by conservatives? They demand tolerance from liberals, but seek Bolshevik-style state media when they get the chance.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 23, 2025 08:52 AM (ycI94)

274 Department of justice is looking at it.

Which is all they will ever do.

Otherwise known as, "How To Lose The Midterms In One Easy Step."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 08:53 AM (ufSfZ)

275 Yup. Failing to whip Hunter into shape and put some cash aside for the future is entirely on Joe and Jill, and I shed not a single tear. They stole many, many millions and raked off huge sums selling influence and American interest. If they couldn't be bothered to protect their filthy lucre and not fritter it away on drugs, whores and various other trash, that's on them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:23 AM (avHHk)

I always said he'd come to no good in the end, your honour
If they'd let me have my way, I could have flayed him into shape
But my hands were tied, the bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder, let me hammer him today -- Joe Biden on Hunter

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

276 It may be useful to consider that industrial building capacity can be repurposed, once the staffing and machinery are in place.

Which is to say, it may not be ships Trump intends to build ...

All Terrain Armored Transports, AT-AT, for short, if you will ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 23, 2025 08:53 AM (HXT0k)

277 So tomorrow while you are dancing around with visions of sugar plums I will be getting a new furnace I didn't plan on buying but at least I won't be freezing my ass off in my house.

Merry frigging Christmas to me.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:40 AM (viF8m)
++++
On the plus side, you can buy the furnace and get it installed at the last minute. That's very expensive, unexpected, terribly timed and overall bad - especially at this time of year - but it can be remedied. So at least there is that.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:53 AM (avHHk)

278 Oh I'm optimistic enough, Teej. Cold but optimistic.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:54 AM (viF8m)

279 Good Lord. There is a reason my wife and I refer to reddit as a sewer.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 08:54 AM (lXoJ5)

280 >>Video proof that DePena can speak English if he wants to:

https://tinyurl.com/4j3vby2s



So why the translator?
Is it that he isn't confident enough in a legal proceeding, or is this just a game for him, all "no habla inglise" dumb act to get out of responsibility?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2025 08:54 AM (NuV6c)

281 This "stolen land" bullshit is gaslighting for the brain dead. This is conquered land, paid for in blood and suffering, just like every other fucking square inch in the world.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 23, 2025 08:55 AM (pohLc)

282 253 The 3 politicians most involved with the Maidan coup are Joe Biden, John McCain and Lindsey Graham.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:49 AM (viF8m)


Code Name: Larry, Moe, and Curly.

Posted by: davidt at December 23, 2025 08:55 AM (Q+gd/)

283 "It's an amalgam of bad puns..."


A bridge too far.

Posted by: The next Pentagon bathroom stall over at December 23, 2025 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

284 Merry frigging Christmas to me.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:40 AM (viF8m)

Sorry about that Jack. But the way you expressed it made me chuckle

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 23, 2025 08:55 AM (YobFY)

285 The Golden Fleet is all bluff and bluster. He is trying to do a Reagan and get China and Russia to spend money they don't have. He may build one or two vessels, but no more.

Posted by: Gary at December 23, 2025 08:55 AM (j3Fsw)

286 President Autopen, 4 years ago.

"We are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated – for themselves, their families and the hospitals they’ll soon overwhelm."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 23, 2025 08:55 AM (f0sNM)

287 >>On the plus side, you can buy the furnace and get it installed at the last minute. That's very expensive, unexpected, terribly timed and overall bad - especially at this time of year - but it can be remedied. So at least there is that.

I was surprised they could do it so soon. I was making plans to decamp temporarily for the holidays so this was a stroke of good luck.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:55 AM (viF8m)

288 Bridge too far...

Posted by: Oops sock fail at December 23, 2025 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

289 So why the translator?
Is it that he isn't confident enough in a legal proceeding, or is this just a game for him, all "no habla inglise" dumb act to get out of responsibility?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2025 08:54 AM (NuV6c)

The former is possible - just about every Lawrence mayor since I was a child was an out-and-out crook - but I think it's more signaling to his base that he's still one of the homies.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 08:56 AM (ufSfZ)

290 ... It feels like forever ago, but there was a time when trump wasn’t allowed on social media because of shit spewing…and the country decided we needed 600% more of it. ...
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 23, 2025 08:52 AM (ycI94)
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These people are hopeless idiots.

"600% more?" What the hell does that even mean? How do you even quantify it? I never once thought about it like that. I just want leftists sobbing and panicked as the gnash their teeth over the unfairness of it all.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:56 AM (avHHk)

291 275 Yup. Failing to whip Hunter into shape and put some cash aside for the future is entirely on Joe and Jill, and I shed not a single tear. They stole many, many millions and raked off huge sums selling influence and American interest. If they couldn't be bothered to protect their filthy lucre and not fritter it away on drugs, whores and various other trash, that's on them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:23 AM (avHHk)

I always said he'd come to no good in the end, your honour
If they'd let me have my way, I could have flayed him into shape
But my hands were tied, the bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder, let me hammer him today -- Joe Biden on Hunter
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

Wait, I thought he was an accomplished painter with a bright future.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 23, 2025 08:57 AM (i0Hi3)

292 San Franpsycho

How long was your power out?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 07:59 AM (u82oZ)
=====

About 40 hours. Came on again about 7:30 am yesterday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 08:57 AM (7nrYO)

293 It's getting close!

Posted by: runner at December 23, 2025 08:57 AM (g47mK)

294 I am starting to have even more contempt for these people and I didn't know that was possible.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 08:51 AM (lXoJ5)
******
Yeah, I am so sick of these ungrateful people ripping off the US while insisting that we bow down to them and conform to their culture of the country they escaped from.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

295 I was surprised they could do it so soon. I was making plans to decamp temporarily for the holidays so this was a stroke of good luck.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 08:55 AM (viF8m)
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Yeah, amazing. Someone with the unit in stock and a free day right before Christmas.

Or he was planning to take the day off, and you found a price that got him to forgo his Christmas Eve plans. Either way, a stroke of luck.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:58 AM (avHHk)

296 So why the translator?
Is it that he isn't confident enough in a legal proceeding, or is this just a game for him, all "no habla inglise" dumb act to get out of responsibility?
Posted by: Lizzy

If convicted he can claim he didn't understand/ bad interpreter. And Hispanic backing.

See, I'm just like you. Vote for me.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 23, 2025 08:58 AM (ItWcy)

297 292 San Franpsycho

How long was your power out?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2025 07:59 AM (u82oZ)
=====

About 40 hours. Came on again about 7:30 am yesterday.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 08:57 AM (7nrYO)

Bummer.. We're 60 miles from SF and when it goes out here, and it does, we are lucky enough to have a generator.... Bet that's not an option in SF..

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2025 08:58 AM (VE6XX)

298 Lawrence Welk was born and raised in North Dakota, went to German language schools there, went to German language stores, church, lodge, etc. Never learned English until his 20s. Spoke such heavily accented English that it sounded like he was raised in the Alps. I never attended an English church service until I was about 10, only Norwegian language. This was in Brooklyn.

Posted by: Accent-u-ate The Positive at December 23, 2025 08:59 AM (oftw2)

299 all "no habla inglise" dumb act to get out of responsibility?

Had an acquaintance that used to be a security guard at Target. He was Vietnamese and he loved it when those kids tried the "I no speak English!" defense. Broke them pretty quickly when he changed languages.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 08:59 AM (lXoJ5)

300 UK ‘Free Health Care’ Leads to People Pulling Out Their Own Teeth (

***********

♫ ♪ ♫

Fillings
Whoa whoa whoa fillings
Whoa whoa whoa fillings
Again in my flat

Posted by: muldoon at December 23, 2025 09:00 AM (/iMjX)

301 >So tomorrow while you are dancing around with visions of sugar plums I will be getting a new furnace I didn't plan on buying
----

been there, mon frere. Except for me it was AC. The old unit just couldn't be repaired any more. I said, 'screw it, gimme all new stuff'. $21K later I was cool as a cucumber. Had to be done. No choice. Colorado summer is not to be endured.

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2025 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)

302 I have met a few people that spoke heavily accented English but were born here. The family spoke the old country exclusively around the house, and the neighborhood was about the same.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2025 07:30 AM (gm9Sb)

My parents were both 1st generation Americans, mom's side being Hungarian, Dad's side Slovak. They and their siblings spoke perfect English. Their parents immigrated here from around 1901 to 1907. My grandparents spoke broken English, but learned English from their kids. The neighborhoods were Hungarian and Slovak, but only English was taught in the schools back then. No bilingual nonsense. They were forced to learn English to survive. No one catered to them.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 23, 2025 09:00 AM (5xuJ/)

303 Just saw this, the Delaware Supreme Court has split the baby in the worst way possible.

Remember the DE tyrant in black who stripped Elon Musk of his shareholder approved compensation package?

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Elon on the package but is going to leave standing the actual ruling.

Delaware will remain radioactive to corporations because their judiciary has decided just one irate shareholder can hold an entire company hostage.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 23, 2025 09:00 AM (2GVsD)

304 Having worked and administrated in several FQHC organizations in the past, and watching one very big one locally go bankrupt (due to poor financial planning and a very distant geographically and philosophically CEO and Board) I can both support the concept and note that the execution and Federal Oversight is spotty at best. If we’re going to hold back on the funding bill for them, I’d suggest some rewriting of current rules and regulations to minimize creation and support of huge non-profit organizations geographically distant from the communities they serve, and make them locally administered and controlled, at least at the county level, with a minimum but essential support and oversight from the Federal level.

Posted by: epador at December 23, 2025 09:00 AM (TRnzq)

305 The Trump Class could possibly work, if the ships were built with proven and relatively affordable technologies. But that's not what the MIC does. They will want to stuff them with the latest AI targeting systems, stealth hull plating, secure BLOS quantum encrypted communications, photon torpedoes ... it's the obsession with bleeding edge technology that makes our military both hyperexpensive and not very effective. That bleeding technology takes forever to develop, breaks down frequently, and costs a fortune to maintain. F-35s cost a fortune to fly and spend more time in maintenance than in the air.

Cheaper weapons systems based on proven technology would make the military stronger at less cost.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 23, 2025 09:00 AM (f0sNM)

306 Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2025 08:44 AM (NuV6c)

While I have no doubt that Lindsey Graham is a war profiteering piece of shit, I hesitate to take the word of "former CIA officer".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

307
While I have no doubt that Lindsey Graham is a war profiteering piece of shit, I hesitate to take the word of "former CIA officer".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 09:01 AM (ExV1e)


I'm with you.. And I'm no Graham fan

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2025 09:02 AM (VE6XX)

308 Shipbuilding is almost a lost art here in the US. During WWII shipyards were churning out an escort class warship every month and transports ("liberty ships") every couple weeks. And there were a lot of yards doing this.

Today... not so much. And the design stage is a huge clusterfuck for not only warships, but any weapons system.

Sad to think that the likely catalyst to change that would be a serious threat to the nation's survival. And I'm not sure even that would have the desired effect.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 08:44 AM (NwnyJ)

AI will solve this issue. Trust us. -- Tech CEOs

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 09:02 AM (ExV1e)

309 ALL THE CRAZY 2020 ELECTION CONSPIRACIES ARE TWUE!

That includes the existence of the secret Dominion data center in Belgrade:

https://tinyurl.com/2ykcyd8m

Also note this:

@DNIGabbard is being prevented from publishing her completed official report on this matter

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2025 09:02 AM (KgVf3)

310 161
'Trump has said many times that our steel industry is a matter of national defense. So is the ability to do things with the steel we produce.'

Yeah. But he should beef up steel production in a way that makes sense.
Building a fleet of Maus tanks would take a bunch of steel but does it help national defense?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 23, 2025 09:03 AM (fd80v)

311 As far as language goes, my Dad’s family were from “the hills” and had to learn how to speak city English. They did and they prospered. If they hadn’t, they wouldn’t have.

Posted by: epador at December 23, 2025 09:03 AM (TRnzq)

312 Our ANOTHER Movie Channel buddy has released more ranking and ranting on Youtube. Please Like and Subscribe!

Posted by: Hollywood Babylon at December 23, 2025 09:03 AM (oftw2)

313 I smile when I think of all the new military tech coming out, and I know there will still be a Ma deuce mounted on anything big enough to carry it.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 23, 2025 09:03 AM (pohLc)

314 A district judge in California I think just gave a summary judgment on parental consent laws barring schools from keeping secrets from kid’s parents. This will probably be important news. Judgment was written yesterday.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 23, 2025 09:04 AM (3uBP9)

315 You'll know the Biden clan is dead broke when they start writing tell all books about each other. Circular firing squads.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2025 09:05 AM (MoRvC)

316 Yeah. But he should beef up steel production

Wish we would beef up steer production... I had to pay $124.00 for a 16 pound standing rib roast for Christmas .. And that was on sale..

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2025 09:05 AM (VE6XX)

317 >>Yeah, amazing. Someone with the unit in stock and a free day right before Christmas.

I bought this place from the builder when I moved here so everything was new. But it was also builders special quality in some areas including the furnaces and inline (hate) water heater. So I had never needed a plumber or electrician. Until the lockdowns when my inline water heater died.

I called at least a half dozen plumbers and they all said they weren't taking new customers or didn't even bother to return the call. Until I found this company that has both a plumbing and electrical department.

They came out the next day and determined the unit was dead and out of warranty by a few months. The lead tech said watch this. He called the manufacturer and just abused them until they agreed to give me a new unit and all I got charged for was labor. Best tradesmen I've ever found.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 09:05 AM (viF8m)

318 m8zKa)

52 USS Defiant? Uh Oh.
In WWII, the Brits tried a (sort-of) fighter plane named the defiant. It was loaded down with a ball turret with machine guns, and was a miserable failure.
Posted by: Fenderbender at December 23, 2025 07:36 AM (1FEc1)

Oh come on! The Defiant laid waste to a Jem Hadar fleet! And kicked a lot of Cardassian ass too!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 23, 2025 09:06 AM (pLSjm)

319 Today Is Officially Festivus

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 08:18 AM

I've got some real problems with you people...

Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 23, 2025 08:20 AM

Kruger, you couldn't smooth a silk sheet if you had a hot date with a babe... I lost my train of thought...

YouTube: https://bit.ly/44DkMge

Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 23, 2025 09:07 AM (P5BPp)

320 Seriously though. It's not like the British were world-renowned for quality dental work before the dentists strike.

Posted by: muldoon at December 23, 2025 09:07 AM (/iMjX)

321 Here is more on the parental consent ruling if you want to read:

x.com/ThomasMoreSoc/status/
2003262592945373216

Posted by: banana Dream at December 23, 2025 09:07 AM (3uBP9)

322 Wish we would beef up steer production... I had to pay $124.00 for a 16 pound standing rib roast for Christmas .. And that was on sale..
Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2025 09:05 AM (VE6XX)
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I'd kill for that price in my area. This year, I am not doing a rib roast for Christmas. I could pay for it, but I can't rationalize it and my family agreed and so we're doing something else.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 09:07 AM (avHHk)

323 Or he was planning to take the day off, and you found a price that got him to forgo his Christmas Eve plans. Either way, a stroke of luck.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 08:58 AM (avHHk)

That sounds suspiciously like a free-market economy! I wonder if that would work for Canada's and the UK's medical system?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 23, 2025 09:08 AM (xG1o0)

324 When I began my career in the defense industry in the mid-1990s, there was a huge push toward "joint interoperability," i.e. getting all the military systems out there to be able to communicate with each other and work together through common communication interfaces.

I am now counting the days toward the end of my career in the defense industry, and the military is still working on getting all the military systems out there to be able to communicate with each other and work together through common communication interfaces.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 23, 2025 09:08 AM (f0sNM)

325 Human beings have been stealing land from one another since shortly after walking upright. It's what we do.

Hey Og, looks better over there
Yeah, Kag, but there are already some semi-erect proto-humans living there,
Fuck that shit. Everybody! grab a lemur femur and let's go steal us some land.
Hey-oh!

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2025 09:08 AM (ZxPkt)

326 That sounds suspiciously like a free-market economy! I wonder if that would work for Canada's and the UK's medical system?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 23, 2025 09:08 AM (xG1o0)
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That's soooooo unfair. That means the "haves" get care at the expense of the "have nots!" It's literally murder!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 09:08 AM (avHHk)

327 She needs to say it's a sloppily written hit piece that fails the most basic standard of professional journalism and the surpassing responsibility of a major network. She won't.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 08:14 AM (WHfpM)
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I think she said almost exactly that, maybe formulated a little differently.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2025 09:09 AM (M4ySl)

328 I'm upset for locals, but happy Target is effing up. The pick up order computers at mid Hudson Target's crashed wiping out all the orders. Hire more IT, less DEI you lug nuts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2025 09:09 AM (MoRvC)

329 These people are hopeless idiots.

"600% more?" What the hell does that even mean? How do you even quantify it? I never once thought about it like that. I just want leftists sobbing and panicked as the gnash their teeth over the unfairness of it all.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

As Ace has noted, the Left "loves science sexually", so if you deny their made-up statistics, you're oppressing their identity and reality, or something. It's hard to argue reality with people perpetually living in delusion.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 23, 2025 09:09 AM (ycI94)

330 I am now counting the days toward the end of my career in the defense industry, and the military is still working on getting all the military systems out there to be able to communicate with each other and work together through common communication interfaces.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 23, 2025 09:08 AM (f0sNM)
++++
"The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many from which to choose!"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 09:09 AM (avHHk)

331 I am now counting the days toward the end of my career in the defense industry, and the military is still working on getting all the military systems out there to be able to communicate with each other and work together through common communication interfaces.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 23, 2025 09:08 AM (f0sNM)
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Bad plan.

Posted by: Human attempting to hide from a scanning Cylon eye at December 23, 2025 09:09 AM (avHHk)

332 Our Christmas Dinner is going to be all-you-can eat Oriental food at the local Hibachi restaurant. (Yeah, I said Oriental, in the pan-Asian sense. And I meant it.)

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 23, 2025 09:09 AM (f0sNM)

333 Every accusation is a confession with these people. Regardless of what reddit will tell you, it's okay to punch despots. It's so, so overdue.



I'm your fucking huckleberry.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 09:10 AM (lEejK)

334 Came across a YT vid yesterday that claimed you lose money taking a yearly payout, best to take lump sum. But, it takes math to figure it out, so....
Posted by: OrangeEnt



Ask the winners of the publisher's clearing house who took the annuity, which stopped when they went bankrupt.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 23, 2025 09:10 AM (0U5gm)

335 322 Joe Mannix, you’re Jewish, right? So no Chinese restaurants?

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

336 The British knew how to name ships. These were the ships present at the Battle Of Trafalgar.

https://shorturl.at/7woio

goes to wiki

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2025 09:12 AM (ZxPkt)

337 Uh oh, they got Trump now!

Headline: Trump Flew on Epstein Jet "Many More Times" than Previously Disclosed.

Repeated each paragraph: Trump flew on Epstein's jet many more times than previously known/disclosed.

Seriously, it's repeated every paragraph; the "many more times."

Until you get to around 10 or 12 ....
Then they reveal it's between 4 and 6 flights in the years of 1993 to 1996.
FFS

You don't hate Thomas Massie and his media whores enough.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 23, 2025 09:12 AM (HXT0k)

338 322 Joe Mannix, you’re Jewish, right? So no Chinese restaurants?
Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2025 09:10 AM (77rzZ)
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LOL. Yes, I am. The wider family is interfaith, though and we observe Christmas. I usually handle Christmas Eve dinner.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 09:13 AM (avHHk)

339 USS Gettysburg was in charge of Truman's air defense but that night was poorly briefed, ship was not tied into the task force data network, had IFF problems, and watch officers had been pencil-whipped by the Captain as qualified.

But the Captain was allowed to simply move on though his ship shot down one Super Bug, almost bagged two more and a helicopter.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 23, 2025 09:13 AM (2GVsD)

340 Those ships should be gold.
As in 24k gold.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 23, 2025 09:13 AM (En0c1)

341 Here is more on the parental consent ruling if you want to read:

x.com/ThomasMoreSoc/status/
2003262592945373216

Posted by: banana Dream at December 23, 2025 09:07 AM (3uBP9)

That is awesome. Thanks.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 23, 2025 09:13 AM (dK+Kv)

342 Ask the winners of the publisher's clearing house who took the annuity, which stopped when they went bankrupt.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

I leave the front porch light on in case Ed McMahon shows up with balloons and a GIANT check.

Posted by: Keep Hope Alive! at December 23, 2025 09:13 AM (oftw2)

343 Time and again, in battles of the past, communication and coordination made the difference in crushing the opposition, and getting your ass kicked. Fine example, Kasserine pass, El Guettar, 1943.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 23, 2025 09:13 AM (pohLc)

344 > @DNIGabbard is being prevented from publishing her completed official report on this matter
-----------
Who's preventing this? Her own office? She's the Director of National Intelligence for God's sake.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 09:13 AM (NwnyJ)

345 I am also the only early riser in a houseful of layabouts. I've been up and about since 6:30

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 23, 2025 09:13 AM (f0sNM)

346 "How Trump Can Turn the Midterms Around"

It doesn't help AT ALL that the republican party is openly opposed to those that put them in office. They got rid of the Tea Party and are simply waiting Trump out.

Many will get paid to 'retire' just like 30+ did in 2018 at a time when incumbents won 93% of the time.

I am optimistic and will do anything I can to help because establishment republicans are feckless. Look what they helped foment over Tuca and TPUSA.

Posted by: Danimal28 at December 23, 2025 09:14 AM (mNOhh)

347 I am also the only early riser in a houseful of layabouts. I've been up and about since 6:30
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 23, 2025 09:13 AM (f0sNM)
++++
Enjoy your peaceful hours!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2025 09:14 AM (avHHk)

348 Came across a YT vid yesterday that claimed you lose money taking a yearly payout, best to take lump sum. But, it takes math to figure it out, so....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2025 08:16 AM (uQesX)
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Depends on your state tax situation and your perception of the discount rate they use to figure out the present (cash) value. Some states do not tax lottery winnings, and other states do. Some people think they can earn more than the discount rate. I would take the annuity myself.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2025 09:15 AM (c/v/O)

349 You been heah four hour! You go now!!

Posted by: The Oriental man in charge at December 23, 2025 09:15 AM (2Ez/1)

350 Another crazy animal slams their car into people at a Christmas gathering. This time in the Netherlands. Notice the AP's reporting. "A car" did the ramming. Of course, no details on the car rammer.


Its just yet another grim case of a woman unable to parallel park her car.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2025 08:28 AM (a4flb)

And remember that there are countries that drive on the wrong side of the road.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 23, 2025 09:16 AM (g8Ew8)

351 Who's preventing this? Her own office? She's the Director of National Intelligence for God's sake.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2025 09:13 AM (NwnyJ)
-

I would look higher.

Possibility of keeping the details private until...

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2025 09:16 AM (KgVf3)

352 LOL @ cover pic

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2025 09:16 AM (KgVf3)

353 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

354 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
BREAKING: Blue states including Colorado stand to lose tens of MILLIONS of federal dollars because they are not cooperating with purging illegals from CDLs

SEC. DUFFY: "I can PULL THEIR MONEY."

"I guarantee you, the taxpayer will NOT fund their roads and bridges and systems when they put illegals on the roads!"

"If you can't speak English...you should NOT be behind the wheel of a big rig. These are 80,000 POUNDS!"

https://tinyurl.com/ub24eeb2

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2025 09:16 AM (NpAcC)

355 The hostesses as the Hibachi Place are Chinese, but the servers are Filipino. It's helpful to know a bit of Mandarin and some Spanish.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 23, 2025 09:17 AM (f0sNM)

356 Chinee Restaurant give extra MSG to all Jewish patrons on Christmas Day!

Posted by: Fa-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra!! at December 23, 2025 09:17 AM (oftw2)

357 More info on the proposed "battleship":

https://www.goldenfleet.navy.mil/

Posted by: McLurkerson at December 23, 2025 09:17 AM (AZDyS)

358 Ok to be serious - the ship building is because the Arleigh Burke Destoyer class, an incredibly successful design, has reached the end of its useful life. The platform is just too small to carry much of the new developments foreseen. Also the Zumwalt class, which was supposed to be the ship of the future, turned out to be a failure and has been canceled. So all our warships are aging out, with no planned replacement.

What Trump is talking about is really a super Destroyer, or what used to be called a cruiser with the ability to mount a lot of new tech and maybe even a VTOL F-35 or two, as well as helicopters.
It will be nothing like the old battleships, but they are ships, and they might do battle, and Trump likes the word a lot, so what the heck let’s call them battleships.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 23, 2025 09:17 AM (pLSjm)

359 Hey Og, looks better over there
Yeah, Kag, but there are already some semi-erect proto-humans living there,
Fuck that shit.

------

A lot of that, sure.

But, remember, we're humans, so there's a lot of this, too.

OG: look at that place. What a dump. And the women are ugly, and the water will make you sick.

KAG: so what, homo? Hey fellas, look at fancy Og over here, he's TOO GOOD to steal this armpit of a valley with the rest of us troglodytes!

OG: ok, you're right, you're right... I'll get my club.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 23, 2025 09:18 AM (BI5O2)

360 FINALLY!!! We're getting battleships again!! Yayayay! Our Navy won two world wars and countless other skirmishes with BATTLESHIPS!! Not Carriers, not trifling pitiful little LCS, Nay! I say, NAY! We used battleships! Battleships with big fucking guns! They could reach out and touch some motherfucker from far, far away!!


BRING ON THE MODERN BATTLESHIPS!!!!! Tell the whole damn world "fuck with us and we will rain hell down on you from a big beautiful BATTLESHIP!!!"

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 23, 2025 09:20 AM (2J/Lj)

361 Great. Here comes the snow.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 09:21 AM (viF8m)

362 I'm upset for locals, but happy Target is effing up. The pick up order computers at mid Hudson Target's crashed wiping out all the orders. Hire more IT, less DEI you lug nuts
Posted by: Smell the Glove


Sounds like the DEI IT is working out real well.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 09:22 AM (lEejK)

363 SEC. DUFFY: "I can PULL THEIR MONEY."

Okay, do it. This sanctuary lawlessness has been going on with total abandon way too long Allowing this crime is a crime itself.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 09:22 AM (WHfpM)

364 Cali tried a bunch of horrid things in that parental consent case. They tried, “well our lgbtqwerty programs are just too big to remove now without risking total annihilation” and the court answered, “that’s a you problem”. Then they tried the Moot Gambit, “hee hee we switched it off yesterday, it’s off now, so your whole case is MOOOOOOT!!!”, but the defendants showed it was all clearly in the upcoming teacher training. Moot is bullshit, almost always used to help the left.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 23, 2025 09:22 AM (3uBP9)

365 Speaking of Target, I don't believe their commercials could get any more queer.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 23, 2025 09:23 AM (pohLc)

366 Happy Christmas Adam, everyone!!

(Adam preceded Eve, so...)

Posted by: windbag at December 23, 2025 09:23 AM (M/xXM)

367 Hey, we've been around since 2008. But we're roughly the size of a frigate. If you want to paint us gray, put a bunch of weapons onboard and call us battleships, fine.
Whatever.

Posted by: The Legend class Coast Guard cutter at December 23, 2025 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)

368 I just hope that the new battleships aren’t to the old battleships what the Mustang II was to the original Mustang.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 23, 2025 09:24 AM (pLSjm)

369 And away we go. I don't claim t be an expert on defense issues, but this move on the part of President Trump just makes no sense to me.


Trump likes attention. He loves America. China has been building up their military by leaps and bounds over the US. Is their construction capabilities better than ours? Likely not. But Trump is reminding the world we can still build shit bigger and better than anyone else. This is just another cog in his 'peace through strength' mantra.

I'm fine with it.

We SHOULD be the biggest and baddest EVERYTHING on the block.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

370 I forget where I read it - it was in an analysis of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Orwell's writing of it - but one author has speculated that Orwell's use of the past tense when talking about Newspeak in the appendix was a subtle hint to the reader that, after all, the Party was defeated in the end.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 08:14 AM (ufSfZ)

More likely the name was changed and they pretended it never existed.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2025 09:25 AM (oHAzj)

371 >>@EricLDaugh
·

>>🚨 BREAKING: US GDP just DESTROYED expectations, surging +4.3% in Q3

>>"That is a NICE jump! This would be the strongest going back to Q3 2023. THIS IS STRONG!" 🔥🔥

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2025 09:25 AM (viF8m)

372 BRING ON THE MODERN BATTLESHIPS!!!!! Tell the whole damn world "fuck with us and we will rain hell down on you from a big beautiful BATTLESHIP!!!"
Posted by: Madamemayhem
________

What? When did this happen? So are we talking 16 or 18 inch guns, or is this just our version of the Kirov class?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 23, 2025 09:25 AM (XvL8K)

373 He called the manufacturer and just abused them until they agreed to give me a new unit and all I got charged for was labor.

That's hilarious. Great to have someone who can get a company to find it in their heart to help out.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 09:26 AM (lXoJ5)

374 BRING ON THE MODERN BATTLESHIPS!!!!! Tell the whole damn world "fuck with us and we will rain hell down on you from a big beautiful BATTLESHIP!!!"

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 23, 2025 09:20 AM (2J/Lj)

Pooky was USAF but I agree!

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at December 23, 2025 09:26 AM (Wt5PA)

375 Meanwhile in the all American town of Lawrence, Massachusetts:


But, the blue states are the SAFEST states in the country, as ASS keeps reminding us.

Nothing to see here, please disperse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

376 Silver over $70! I'm rich! Might go out to buy my own Battleship.

Posted by: Landlubber Lenny at December 23, 2025 09:26 AM (oftw2)

377 Happy Christmas Adam, everyone!!

(Adam preceded Eve, so...)

Posted by: windbag at December 23, 2025 09:23 AM (M/xXM)

Why did this make me chuckle?

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2025 09:27 AM (oHAzj)

378 But, the blue states are the SAFEST states in the country, as ASS keeps reminding us.

Nothing to see here, please disperse.

===

never listen to ASS

Posted by: runner at December 23, 2025 09:27 AM (g47mK)

379 SEC. DUFFY: "I can PULL THEIR MONEY."

Okay, do it. This sanctuary lawlessness has been going on with total abandon way too long Allowing this crime is a crime itself.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 09:22 AM (WHfpM)


In before the "nothing will happen" guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

380 Silver over $70! I'm rich! Might go out to buy my own Battleship.

==

Commodity price goes up, everyone runs to sell to realize gains, price fall....

Posted by: runner at December 23, 2025 09:28 AM (g47mK)

381 never listen to ASS

Posted by: runner at December 23, 2025 09:27 AM (g47mK)

Can't help hearing him, he keeps farting all over the place.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at December 23, 2025 09:29 AM (Wt5PA)

382 I'm upset for locals, but happy Target is effing up. The pick up order computers at mid Hudson Target's crashed wiping out all the orders. Hire more IT, less DEI you lug nuts
Posted by: Smell the Glove


Target? Men can use the Ladies room, so you need to shut up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:29 AM (Zz0t1)

383 368 I just hope that the new battleships aren’t to the old battleships what the Mustang II was to the original Mustang.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Mustang II-Boredom Zero!

Posted by: Ford Has A Better Idea! at December 23, 2025 09:29 AM (oftw2)

384 I gotta admit that the idea of a battleship in the modern world is pretty silly when we've been treated to nothing but stories in the past week of Ukrainian underwater autonomous drones taking out Russia subs.

But yeah it'll be f'in cool to see. I wonder where they'll make it. The render kind of looked like a Zumwalt on steroids so I wonder if it will be built here in Maine. Bath Iron Works probably isn't big enough to build it.

Posted by: Defenestratus at December 23, 2025 09:29 AM (2ftGe)

385 Likely not. But Trump is reminding the world we can still build shit bigger and better than anyone else.

Think of the steel industry we'll need, and energy, and trades, and engineering, and transport. I like it.

Posted by: t-bird at December 23, 2025 09:29 AM (6LzyB)

386 Pooky was USAF but I agree!
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard
-----------

Wishing you and all the pooky's a Merry and healthy Christmas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 09:29 AM (Mis34)

387 Witholding highway funds is a proven winner.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 23, 2025 09:30 AM (cS1cw)

388 We have way more adversaries than just the CCP . Battleships are just ocean artillery. I don’t think anyone is recommending getting rid of land artillery.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 23, 2025 09:30 AM (KDPiq)

389 Wishing you and all the pooky's a Merry and healthy Christmas.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 09:29 AM (Mis34)

You too!

First ultrasound for Lil Pookette today, I'm excited!

Posted by: pookysgirl wants to see that tiny heart beating at December 23, 2025 09:32 AM (Wt5PA)

390 Witholding highway funds is a proven winner.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 23, 2025 09:30 AM (cS1cw)


Because the $787bn "American Reinvestment and Recovery Act" was such a f*cking boondoggle of win and growth in American greatness.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

391 First ultrasound for Lil Pookette today, I'm excited!

Posted by: pookysgirl wants to see that tiny heart beating at December 23, 2025 09:32 AM (Wt5PA)


This is perfect.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

392 I just hope that the new battleships aren’t to the old battleships what the Mustang II was to the original Mustang.
Posted by: Tom Servo



The Mustang II front suspension is still the go to for classic car and truck upgrades and restoration.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2025 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

393 Art thread is up.

Posted by: PabloD at December 23, 2025 09:35 AM (Epuwl)

394 >>>Or are these actually battleships in the traditional sense? Or are they more like missile carriers or ultra-heavy cruisers? I have no idea. But it does strike me as odd to the point that I wonder if people are using words differently.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
---

Among other things the ship will be able to project a magnetic holographic image of itself to incoming thus destracting it from the actual ship to the image where it will be neutralized.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 09:37 AM (Mis34)

395 This is totally not newsworthy on any larger scale, but I just wanted to share that spouse got a $25.00 ShopRite gift card from his work for having never missed a day last year! Yay! It's good to celebrate little things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 09:38 AM (IeCgc)

396 "Bring out your art!"

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at December 23, 2025 09:40 AM (WQDw6)

397 388 We have way more adversaries than just the CCP . Battleships are just ocean artillery. I don’t think anyone is recommending getting rid of land artillery.
Posted by: Opinion
---------

Are missiles and rockets with more than a 700 mile range considered modern artillery?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 09:40 AM (Mis34)

398 Sanders is an inveterate bum. He bounced around Vermont in a beat-up VW into his 40s promoting socialist pamphlets, never held a serious job. And then he found politics. Now he has three homes. The American Dream.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2025 08:46 AM (WHfpM)

An American Thinker essay on Sanders that I bookmarked in 2016.

https://tinyurl.com/mta3wwdn

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 23, 2025 09:42 AM (5xuJ/)

399 395 This is totally not newsworthy on any larger scale, but I just wanted to share that spouse got a $25.00 ShopRite gift card from his work for having never missed a day last year! Yay! It's good to celebrate little things.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Piece bonus! I worked in a shop that paided like minimum but had a page litteraly a whole page of bonuses available to any employee. They added up.

One was an extra week of paid vacation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 09:43 AM (Mis34)

400 Amy Mek @AmyMek

TEXAS BETRAYED (AGAIN): ISLAMIZATION RAGES ON...

$25M+ Muslim Brotherhood Fortress Rising at UT Austin — EPIC City 2.0: The Stealth Blueprint for Sharia Takeover of America’s Campuses

While your leaders grandstand about designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terror org, a full-blown Islamic stronghold - seeded with Saudi cash, rooted in Brotherhood networks, and openly designed to enforce Sharia - is being built RIGHT NEXT TO UT Austin and the Texas Capitol.

This isn’t just a “mosque.”

It’s a 74,000 sq ft vertical Islamic ecosystem:

• Massive prayer hall for 600+
• Seminary indoctrinating hundreds of students
• Gender-segregated housing (96 beds) where “Islamic etiquette” is MANDATORY — even for non-Muslims who somehow get in
• Dawah center to recruit & radicalize on campus
• Sharia-compliant financing + zakat pipelines citing jihad-justifying clerics like Qaradawi

X: https://bit.ly/3MO5Rtr

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 23, 2025 09:48 AM (P5BPp)

401 Bad enough when some idiot junior reporterette says "battleship" instead of "warship", but please tell me the POTUS didn't do that.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 23, 2025 09:54 AM (FpP3s)

402 Ahahahahahaha in another exciteding edition of "The Blew Wave" we have another narrative set to "take down Trump" only to expose their own crimes. Weinstein was out to "take down the NRA" and become exposed as a serial rapist, Avanetti set out to take down Kavanaugh only to be exposed as a thief and now Bill Clinton himself is exposed as a serial pedophile. Ahahahahahaha Charlie Brown didn't struggle this much against a football!

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at December 23, 2025 10:08 AM (LOZbR)

Daily Tech News 23 December 2025

Top Story



Tech News




Musical Interlude




Disclaimer: What if the truth isn't out there?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM




Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2025 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:00 AM (O7YUW)

3 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2025 04:01 AM (KgVf3)

4 Out for pre-noon hour walk.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2025 04:01 AM (KgVf3)

5 w00t

Posted by: m at December 23, 2025 04:01 AM (RuTUS)

6 Why am I up this early on a day off work? I could be sleeping.

Says the body: "Nope."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:02 AM (O7YUW)

7 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 23, 2025 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

8 Sounds serious, if you rely on an accurate reference time.

{ insert several words that could scorch wallpaper and blister the paint }

Well now I know what I can do with being up early. *goes to pull up the master list of NIST time servers and to fiddle with the firewall and router configs*

(Thanks for the warning, Pixy.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:05 AM (O7YUW)

9 Visa says AI will start shopping and paying for you in 2026. (Nerds)
...........................................
No. Just no.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2025 04:06 AM (sAmhv)

10 >>>Visa says AI will start shopping and paying for you in 2026. (Nerds)

I momentarily misread that as "shopping and praying for you."

Posted by: m at December 23, 2025 04:06 AM (RuTUS)

11 All of this spending on AI needs to be justified. That must be a huge part of the motivation to find uses for it

So what if it doesn't work that well!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 23, 2025 04:07 AM (xG1o0)

12 Time server update:
https://tinyurl.com/22bzryj2

Final update on Dec. 19 incident at Boulder site

jeff.s...@nist.gov's profile photo
jeff.s...@nist.gov
unread,
Dec 22, 2025, 9:06:40 PM (7 hours ago)
to Internet-time-service
Dear colleagues,

By 22:24 UTC (3:24 pm MST) on Sunday, Dec 21, NIST staff brought the offset of UTC(NIST) from UTC to the level of a few nanoseconds (billionths of a second), which is well within the normal range of precision for this system. This re-alignment was achieved using a backup time scale system at NIST Boulder. Assessment and other service repairs continue, but UTC(NIST) as furnished to the Boulder Internet Time Service is now providing accurate time.

We have determined that during the backup-power outage, the UTC(NIST) signal provided to the Boulder Internet Time Service did not deviate by more than 5 microseconds (five millionths of one second). As the typical uncertainty of time transfer over the public Internet is on the order of one millisecond (1/1000th of a second), we can say in retrospect that the accuracy of the Internet Time Service was not compromised and that users were not impacted by the time deviation.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:09 AM (O7YUW)

13 Okay so I don't have to mess with my configs.

For anyone who wants it though, this is the complete list of NIST's time servers:
https://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:11 AM (O7YUW)

14 And back in April, NIST installed a brand new atomic clock. There's a couple of very cool videos here (if you really want to geek out, and of course you do, this is the Tech News!)

https://tinyurl.com/h6fsj52y

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:18 AM (O7YUW)

15 https://legalinsurrection.com/waymo robotaxis stall and snarl san-francisco traffic after massive blackout

Somehow find this amusing

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2025 04:18 AM (Ia/+0)

16 So what if it doesn't work that well!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 23, 2025 04:07 AM (xG1o0)

Define “that well” in the context of a company notorious for products that don’t work that well. The end users will beta test/ guinea pig their way through it. At that point MS DOS will be 50 years old.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 23, 2025 04:21 AM (T8Fgi)

17 "Visa says AI will start shopping and paying for you in 2026."

Congratulations. You are now the owner of 500,000 shares of Fireflies Incorporated.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:22 AM (O7YUW)

18 yuck

Hunter Biden – One of the Most Controversial Figures in America | SRS #264

Shawn Ryan Show

https://youtu.be/K4D4MqYS11k

Posted by: m at December 23, 2025 04:28 AM (RuTUS)

19 @15/Skip:
https://youtu.be/rCUYMM6pABw?t=17

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:35 AM (O7YUW)

20 Disclaimer: What if the truth isn't out there?

But what if it is?

Posted by: m at December 23, 2025 04:36 AM (RuTUS)

21 @Pixy: "Translating a hundred million lines of code from one language to another and expecting the result to be more reliable than the original is insanity."

Another make-work project that will likely be abandoned after wasting a ton of money.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:37 AM (O7YUW)

22 Where is Fluffy Nuggets, Jr?

Posted by: m at December 23, 2025 04:38 AM (RuTUS)

23 @22/m: His clock is probably 5 microseconds out of whack!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:41 AM (O7YUW)

24 Good morning.

I want to believe.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 23, 2025 04:41 AM (nOXs4)

25 Now that's timing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:42 AM (O7YUW)

26 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 25 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a 'wintry mix' predicted and snow supposed to start around 6pm, which gives me (I hope) time to do the errands I put off yesterday.

My writing partner - who is daily having more and more good things happen to her - forced me to sit and write yesterday, which was a good thing. Didn't stop me from being incredibly depressed after I left her, though. I have to say that I do wish I weren't so cynical, because I have yet to find a self-help book or advice column that I haven't immediately dismissed with a sneer.

Probably a couple of hours' work ahead of me right now. Christmas is an odd time in the medical field; people either put their visits off until after the holiday or go in now in order to have time to recover. I hope today and tomorrow are easy days.

Will post more later. Aren't you excited?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 04:43 AM (ufSfZ)

27 @26/MP4: As excited as cesium atoms are in the NIST-4 atomic clock. :-)

Good to see you this morning.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:47 AM (O7YUW)

28 Translating a hundred million lines of code from one language to another and expecting the result to be more reliable than the original is insanity.

But it will be a valuable learning experience all around.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 23, 2025 04:47 AM (6ydKt)

29 18 yuck

Hunter Biden – One of the Most Controversial Figures in America | SRS #264

Shawn Ryan Show

https://youtu.be/K4D4MqYS11k
Posted by: m at December 23, 2025 04:28 AM (RuTUS)

Who listens to that degenerate?

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 23, 2025 04:47 AM (6Bc88)

30 @28/SpeakingOf: Microsoft never learns the lessons they need to learn.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:48 AM (O7YUW)

31 @18/m: Look at that video man, that thing is huge!

Musical retort:
https://youtu.be/bFEoMO0pc7k?t=10

Posted by: Tiny Elvis at December 23, 2025 04:52 AM (O7YUW)

32 John 1:1-14

Man writes on the promise of light in this devotional. It is followed by a thought for the day and a prayer:

https://tinyurl.com/77hfvytm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 04:59 AM (7RYym)

33 "Due to this, their NTP service drifted out of sync by five microseconds."

OMG! It's Y2K all over again!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 23, 2025 04:59 AM (gLikB)

34 MPPPP ,

I hate Wintry Mix on the weather app. What happened to sleet?


Posted by: Pete Bog at December 23, 2025 05:00 AM (T8Fgi)

35 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2025 05:01 AM (dAOkg)

36 They cancelled their Christmas party to help their beloved cook and his wife adopt a baby:

https://tinyurl.com/ypz5fvzd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 05:02 AM (7RYym)

37 Blueberry pancakes and sausages, I am stuffed

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2025 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)

38 Indiana State trooper sings powerful version of the National Anthem. Faithpot site.
The man has such a powerful voice that he must has down singing either professionally or at a lot of Amateur events .

https://tinyurl.com/3umsrunj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 05:06 AM (7RYym)

39 Sleet is freezing rain, winter mix is their all go to because here a few miles might be rain/ wet snow mix or just snow.

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2025 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)

40
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 23, 2025 05:11 AM (tljrc)

41 Pete Bog, good morning. I enjoyed your contribution to the the blog the other day

Posted by: Ben Had at December 23, 2025 05:11 AM (sDNVV)

42 OMG! It's Y2K all over again!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel

Oh my God, Y2K, I remember that the company I worked for spent lots of money sending technicians around to make sure and do something to my desk computer to fix something. I worried if my car would start the next morning, I worried if ...........

Posted by: colin at December 23, 2025 05:14 AM (wlQdF)

43 That external dock for the Beelink (and Minisforum) is a little less elegant solution for expandability similar to the Khadas Mind:

https://www.khadas.com/mind

I like the idea behind them, but Khadas is quite pricey with their models, and you can only get one GPU - 4060 Ti.

Pricing comes out to $1599 for just the PC component, $799 for a 16GB 4060 Ti, and $179 for the dock component.

That's with 64GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD, though, so there's that at least.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 23, 2025 05:14 AM (6ydKt)

44 Whoops, Khadas GPU component is $959.20 for the 16GB, $799.20 for 8 GB version.

That's the worst part of the equation.

You can nearly buy a RTX 5080 for that 4060 Ti 16GB price.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 23, 2025 05:16 AM (6ydKt)

45 MPPPP ,

I hate Wintry Mix on the weather app. What happened to sleet?

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 23, 2025 05:00 AM (T8Fgi)

Oh, who knows? It's the go-to of "it's not rain and it's not sleet and not snow, but maybe some or all or none." I've never wanted to be a meteorologist, but when I was a child, I had one of those small weather guides that explain what 'weather' is and how people predict it. If I can remember what it was, I'll try to post a link; it would be a good book for young kids.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 05:16 AM (ufSfZ)

46 Happy Christmas Eve Eve!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 23, 2025 05:17 AM (PzBTm)

47 Here, Philadelphia weather has to cover from Lancaster to Jersy shore, Dover Delaware to Allentown.
Hardly any of those places will it be the same

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2025 05:18 AM (Ia/+0)

48 Ah, here it is on Etsy. I really liked this book. It's good for kids and adults:

https://tinyurl.com/mus6v788

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 05:19 AM (ufSfZ)

49 Microsoft plans to replace all of its C/C++ code with Rust by 2030...Using AI.

Coming attractions for Windows 13: I identify as a Mac Dave and I've locked you out of your computer.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 23, 2025 05:20 AM (HTCU3)

50 25 Now that's timing.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:42 AM (O7YUW)

hahahaha

Posted by: m at December 23, 2025 05:24 AM (RuTUS)

51 Actually above freezing a little
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2025 05:27 AM (Ia/+0)

52 Spouse and I are reading Psalm 18. It has a wonderful phrase for verse 28- " For thou wilt light my candle , the Lord will enlighten my darkness." Some other translations use "lamp."

May everyone of good will who is darkness today receive light.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 05:33 AM (ix8EF)

53 One moment in my life I will always remember is my mother and I (dad had passed) watching the Pope do the midnight mass on TV. Not being Catholic I found the ceremony a great way for the future. One of those holidays you remember when your a kid and living day by day not knowing what your future will be like. (except what was under the Christmas tree for me)

Posted by: colin at December 23, 2025 05:40 AM (wlQdF)

54 The nut of what Microsoft is doing.

Our North Star is ‘1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.’ To accomplish this previously unimaginable task, we’ve built a powerful code processing infrastructure. Our algorithmic infrastructure creates a scalable graph over source code at scale. Our AI processing infrastructure then enables us to apply AI agents, guided by algorithms, to make code modifications at scale. The core of this infrastructure is already operating at scale on problems such as code understanding. The core of this infrastructure is already operating at scale on problems such as code understanding.

And just like that function pointers are dead. So too are comments sprinkled about code that read "Don't touch this, Nobody understands what's going on here," and will be replaced replaced with one comment that reads "Don't touch this, Nobody understands what's going on here,

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 23, 2025 05:40 AM (HTCU3)

55 Ben Had

Good morning. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas.

Thanks for your kind words. That started as a rumination on the rapid progression of flight technology but it turned a different direction.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 23, 2025 05:43 AM (T8Fgi)

56 Posted by: colin at December 23, 2025 05:40 AM (wlQdF

Nice thoughts. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 05:50 AM (Nx5jP)

57 Congratulations. You are now the owner of 500,000 shares of Fireflies Incorporated.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:22 AM (O7YUW)
---
I'm still trying to sell off my shares in a spoo ranch.

Posted by: Londo Mollari at December 23, 2025 05:52 AM (ESVrU)

58 It's now begun sleeting. The schools here have a half day. Nasty weather for the bus drivers to be driving in.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 05:54 AM (Nx5jP)

59 Evening and morning, holiday week toilers and all-around early birds! Christmas Eve Eve, hey?

"Wintry mix" . . . how I wish I could see some of it now and then. Not have to drive in it, not among idiots, but just to see it once in a while. Or have temps conducive to it.

Next year . . .!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

60 Anyway! I am up, coffee to start, and the furry thugs prowling around waiting for their chow. So? What's doing on the AoSHQ front?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

61 @54/Alteria Pilgram:

I can imagine a conversation between two employees trying to diagnose why in an old version of Excel everything works, while in the new development version, the values in the cells on the spreadsheet change with each refresh. It ends up with them selling their company stock and getting very, very drunk.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 05:59 AM (O7YUW)

62 "A 5-microsecond time difference in GPS signals is a significant error that, if uncorrected, would result in a positional error of approximately 1.5 kilometers."

Or so google's AI tells me when I enter "gps 5 microsecond difference". The GPS satellites take current time very seriously.

You might be able to argue that the satellite times have to be in sync within the GPS constellation itself versus any external time, but I haven't thought that through and probably won't. For most human day-to-day needs, a 5 microsecond clock drift is meaningless.

Keeping clocks in sync is more complicated than you might believe, unless you are a engineer/compsci human.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 05:59 AM (vHpoE)

63 Did the NIST cock-up get fixed? I go to time.gov several times a week to reset my watches.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

64 "The core of this infrastructure is already operating at scale on problems such as code understanding."

Then why are you using an LLM to do the work?

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 06:03 AM (vHpoE)

65 "Did the NIST cock-up get fixed? I go to time.gov several times a week to reset my watches."

It'll be close enough for humans.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 06:04 AM (vHpoE)

66 @57/"Perfessor" Squirrel:

Thanks for getting the reference and playing along. ;-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 06:05 AM (O7YUW)

67 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 23, 2025 06:05 AM (AN2gy)

68 Disclaimer: What if the truth isn't out there?

...

Then I want to leave.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2025 06:05 AM (06Hmj)

69 42 OMG! It's Y2K all over again!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel

Oh my God, Y2K, I remember that the company I worked for spent lots of money sending technicians around to make sure and do something to my desk computer to fix something. I worried if my car would start the next morning, I worried if ...........

Posted by: colin


Heh! I remember getting online right at midnight, in defiance against something. Never did figure out the something. Anyway, nothing happened. The internet kept ticking along and I wound up playing Grand Prix Legends for a couple of hours (not online). The best thing Y2K did was get me hired as a Beltway Bandit, which I still am today. Why did they hire me? I had a security clearance and a pulse. I figured out the job as I went along.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2025 06:06 AM (sAmhv)

70 "Did the NIST cock-up get fixed? I go to time.gov several times a week to reset my watches."
*
It'll be close enough for humans.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025

***
That's what I figured. I'm not likely to be piloting any spacecraft, trying to match speeds with an asteroid, any time soon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

71 @63/Wolfus: "Did the NIST cock-up get fixed?"

See my #12. Short answer: Yes.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

73 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 23, 2025 06:06 AM (2Ez/1)

74 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 23, 2025 06:08 AM (bQ4nt)

75 @72/Wolfus: I see you put the /B, /I, and /S tags after your name. Good on you. There's one more: /U

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 06:09 AM (O7YUW)

76 "Wintry mix" . . . how I wish I could see some of it now and then. Not have to drive in it, not among idiots, but just to see it once in a while. Or have temps conducive to it.

Next year . . .!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

As someone who's lived with the stuff all his life, I can tell you the experience gets old really fast.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025 06:09 AM (ufSfZ)

77 Temp here is 60 F., high humidity but no real wind. We had fog yesterday morning, and we're supposed to have it again 12/24 and 12/25.

That's okay. I can work out in fog.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

78 Wolfus: I see you put the /B, /I, and /S tags after your name. Good on you. There's one more: /U
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025

***
I don't recall the last time I underlined anything here. But that would not be a bad idea.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

79 mornin yall

The criminal son of President Fimblefamble described America as being 'addicted to the problem' of immigration rather than having an actual desire to solve the problem.

He went on to say that "white men in America are 45 more times likely to commit a violent crime than an immigrant", like Donald Trump, who keeps blowing up his drug boats.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 06:12 AM (vFG9F)

80 Visa says AI will start shopping and paying for you in 2026. (Nerds)
----------------

I'll pass.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 23, 2025 06:14 AM (bQ4nt)

81 "What time is it right now?"

"You mean *right* now? Or when you started asking 'What time is it right now'?"

"When I finished asking 'What time is it right now'."

"Oh, ok. Well how long did it take us to say 'You mean *right* now...' etc etc"

"Uh......"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2025 06:14 AM (06Hmj)

82 "Wintry mix" . . . how I wish I could see some of it now and then. Not have to drive in it, not among idiots, but just to see it once in a while. Or have temps conducive to it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025
*
As someone who's lived with the stuff all his life, I can tell you the experience gets old really fast.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 23, 2025

***
Well, you know, just now and then. A change from the endless hot jaundice-yellow sunlight and sticky dispiriting humidity like yesterday's. It was not fun when it happened in Denver when I had to go to work or the grocery, no.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

83 The criminal son of President Fimblefamble should intake a fatal dose of his drug of choice.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 06:16 AM (vHpoE)

84 Mrs fd says she want to go somewhere with snow next month for her birthday. It looks like so far though there is not any significant amount within a day's driving distance, and I am not about to get on a plane to go somewhere cold and miserable.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 06:16 AM (vFG9F)

85 83 The criminal son of President Fimblefamble should intake a fatal dose of his drug of choice.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 06:16 AM (vHpoE)

If you could die from inhaling dicks, half of our civil service would be dead.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2025 06:16 AM (06Hmj)

86 @78/Wolfus: "I don't recall the last time I underlined anything here. But that would not be a bad idea."

I know I'll screw it up at some point. Therefore, it's in there.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 06:16 AM (O7YUW)

87 "If you could die from inhaling dicks, half of our civil service would be dead."

Goddamn it! Now, I have to wipe my screens.

Umm, very well done!

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 06:18 AM (vHpoE)

88 @81/Warai-otoko:

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime? Doubly so.

Posted by: Ford Prefect at December 23, 2025 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

89 How do you accidentally air a TV show? Liars.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 06:21 AM (vFG9F)

90 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: What is truth?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 23, 2025 06:22 AM (qbLEp)

91 "Mrs fd says she want to go somewhere with snow next month for her birthday. It looks like so far though there is not any significant amount within a day's driving distance, and I am not about to get on a plane to go somewhere cold and miserable."

Dunno where you live, but going someplace cold with snow could be going someplace with Northern Lights at this time of year. That's kinda worth the trip, if you've never seen it in the flesh. My wife and I flew to Alaska in March this year to try to see the Northern Lights. It was worth doing once, if you don't live there already.

Alaska is expensive, BTW. At least if you don't live in CA or NY.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 06:24 AM (vHpoE)

92 "60 Minutes segment on Trump deportations explodes online after accidentally airing on Canadian TV"

60 Minutes has less credibility than a crack whore living in a dumpster.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 06:25 AM (vFG9F)

93 "60 Minutes segment on Trump deportations explodes online after accidentally airing on Canadian TV"
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Explodes like an F-150?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 23, 2025 06:26 AM (qbLEp)

94 I was reading the articles at Daily Kos and I came across a comment that had a URL the 60 minutes El Salvador prison segment could be seen. Apparently it aired in Canada. My first impression is it was a breathless bit of Orange Man Bad propaganda masquerading at serious journalism.

https://is.gd/nl3dXy

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 23, 2025 06:26 AM (HTCU3)

95 "What is truth?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea"

Twenty bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: 60 Minutes at December 23, 2025 06:27 AM (vFG9F)

96 So did Shawn Ryan push crack head for answers or did he just let the big dummy ramble on?

Posted by: fluffy at December 23, 2025 06:29 AM (AN2gy)

97 Good morning morons

I'm just here for the twirling.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 06:32 AM (m6HS6)

98 Hunter Biden could quadruple his net worth if he started a podcast called "What Are You Smoking", and just had on guests of general scumbaggy notoriety, and talked for three hours a week about their preferences in illicit brain altering chemicals and other modes of general scumbaggery.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2025 06:32 AM (06Hmj)

99 ... I guess "37 minutes with commercials" didn't focus group well as a title.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2025 06:36 AM (06Hmj)

100 "WAYS #23 - Barack Obama"

"WAYS #42 - Diddy"

"WAYS #14 - The Feet Episode"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2025 06:37 AM (06Hmj)

101 Hunter is 15 million in debt, his "friends" are tapped out, and he claims the Bidens have no "generational wealth". I don't know where he is living but how does he carry on? He must be getting money from somewhere still.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 06:38 AM (vFG9F)

102
Keeping clocks in sync is more complicated than you might believe, unless you are a engineer/compsci human.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 05:59 AM (vHpoE)

That's why we should switch to year-round Standard Time. Changing all those clocks? Oy!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2025 06:40 AM (tgvbd)

103 101 Hunter is 15 million in debt, his "friends" are tapped out, and he claims the Bidens have no "generational wealth". I don't know where he is living but how does he carry on? He must be getting money from somewhere still.

Posted by: fd


Sell some paintings. Worked before.

I mean, what's changed? /s

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2025 06:41 AM (sAmhv)

104 Sounds serious, if you rely on an accurate reference time.

Network authentication protocols rely on this, apparently.

I survived my trip to Virginia. Youngest child is officially graduated from college and my only remaining expense is to pay for 5-6 months of an apartment they no longer live in because everything is a scam.

Although numerous drivers made serious attempts to kill me over the trip there and back, none succeeded. Happy to be back home with the horde.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 06:42 AM (ExV1e)

105 He must be getting money from somewhere still.
Posted by: fd at December 23, 2025 06:38 AM (vFG9F)

There's an entire character type trope in Victorian lit about the dissipated wastrel born of a connected but not necessarily Apex family, who lives like a king with no visible means of income solely on the rapacious credit of others.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2025 06:43 AM (06Hmj)

106 Does anybody really know what time it is?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2025 06:44 AM (2Ez/1)

107 I can imagine a conversation between two employees trying to diagnose why in an old version of Excel everything works, while in the new development version, the values in the cells on the spreadsheet change with each refresh. It ends up with them selling their company stock and getting very, very drunk.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Taking off my snark hat regarding what Microsoft's up to. If Microsoft can pull off what they're attempting to do; this is probably one of the most significant things in computing since what Alan Turing and his crew did during World War II. My mind is locked in in the '80s '90s 2000s time frame of computing; that is my blind spot here. What is being done, it seems, is a complete overhaul of computer science and software development. It's audacious, ambitious and full of risks. Those kinds of traits are exactly what moves the needle in advancing technology. They also can have wildly unexpected consequences. The key skill mentioned in that article is software engineers effectively have to be compiler experts. Software engineering will not be about writing application, rather it will be about writing the architecture to automate code writing.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 23, 2025 06:45 AM (HTCU3)

108 106 Does anybody really know what time it is?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2025 06:44 AM (2Ez/1)

I know what it is in Chicago!

Posted by: Warai-otoko, sitting cross-legged on the floor at December 23, 2025 06:45 AM (06Hmj)

109
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2025 06:44 AM (2Ez/1)

Time is, like, a social construct, man.

*takes another bong hit*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2025 06:46 AM (tgvbd)

110 Does anybody really know what time it is?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2025 06:44 AM (2Ez/1)
-

John Cameron Swayze.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2025 06:47 AM (KgVf3)

111 Visa says AI will start shopping and paying for you in 2026.

Gonna be fun for them when they start getting flooded with "I didn't order this, I don't want this (or I didn't receive this), I'm not paying for this" and some attorney decides that all these unhappy customers constitute an aggrieved class and, sure, they'd like to make a billion dollars in legal fees.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)

112 Does anybody really know what time it is?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2025 06:44 AM (2Ez/1)
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Does anybody really care?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 23, 2025 06:47 AM (qbLEp)

113
Men: Time is a god who must be respected.

Women: Time is an annoyance which can always be ignored.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2025 06:49 AM (tgvbd)

114 Why am I up this early on a day off work? I could be sleeping.

Says the body: "Nope."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:02 AM (O7YUW)

I have made a successful first day's start on my first post-retirement project titled "Don't Get Up At 3am". Today I awoke at 5. Still have some work to do but it's a good start.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2025 06:50 AM (ExV1e)

115 Greetings and good morning, everyone! It's the end of the work week for me courtesy of the EO that makes tomorrow a holiday.

I wasn't planning on spending that much PTO but I can manage.

As for good news. Shortly after losing Kroger, we heard from a couple whose dog we have babysat several times. Sweet boy, very malleable and lazy. They are returning him to the adoption group because they are expecting a child and they'd asked if we would take him.

Honestly, we were going to wait a while longer but life had other plans for us. But we did tell the relevant folks that we're not moving on this until January since we have a lot of guests coming in for the holiday week.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 06:52 AM (lXoJ5)

116 "I was reading the articles at Daily Kos..."

Ok, I think I've found your problem.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2025 06:53 AM (2Ez/1)

117 Translating a hundred million lines of code from one language to another and expecting the result to be more reliable than the original is insanity.

But the POWER OF H1B shall make this work! Get with the times, old man!

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 06:53 AM (lXoJ5)

118 I have made a successful first day's start on my first post-retirement project titled "Don't Get Up At 3am". Today I awoke at 5. Still have some work to do but it's a good start.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The good news is you can go back to bed anytime you want which I did yesterday from 11:00 a.m. till 2:00 pm. Plus it's Trash Day Eve today; I'm excited.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 23, 2025 06:54 AM (HTCU3)

119 I think it's 25 or 26 minutes until four o'clock.

Posted by: The drummer for the band Chicago at December 23, 2025 06:56 AM (2Ez/1)

120 Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 06:52 AM (lXoJ5

I'm sure that we be wonderful for the dog and you will enjoy him too, but I'm glad you get a break before the new addition.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 06:56 AM (PFs9e)

121 "I was reading the articles at Daily Kos..."

Ok, I think I've found your problem.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

It's an instructive exercise at a minimum. Or going to a non-Intersecting universe seems to make sense here too.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 23, 2025 06:57 AM (HTCU3)

122 It's snowing,
Who authorized this?!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 23, 2025 07:00 AM (eZ5tL)

123 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 23, 2025 07:00 AM (WPL6O)

124 Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thanks. He's familiar with the routine and he gets along with my girl. But with my wife's babysitting service getting a lot of demands over the next few weeks, this will be a bit crazy.

And I am trying to avoid ranting about surrendering an animal because of pregnancy. But this is because I've been around dogs since I was born.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:01 AM (lXoJ5)

125 "My mind is locked in in the '80s '90s 2000s time frame of computing; that is my blind spot here."

I violently agree with that statement.

"The key skill mentioned in that article is software engineers effectively have to be compiler experts. Software engineering will not be about writing application, rather it will be about writing the architecture to automate code writing."

Well, it used to be "train your replacement human [H1B local Indian/remote Indian/remote (insert cheaper source of labor)] to do what you do". Now it's "train your company's LLM (which is a robotic slave that requires nothing more than what it takes to keep it functioning) to do what you do".

I don't see a good ending to this for most of humanity but I'm old and cynical. And a tech weasel.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 07:01 AM (vHpoE)

126 G'mornin' everyone!

"expecting the result to be more reliable" LOL.
assumes that that is the intent.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 23, 2025 07:02 AM (Cjt/F)

127 Dopey Mayor in SC misunderstands "separation of church and state" and orders nativity scene removed. Town Council ignores her . Good!

https://tinyurl.com/ccxa7vxm

" Not the Bee" site.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 07:03 AM (PFs9e)

128
It's forecast to be about 80 degrees today at Schloss Hadrian. After the sun comes up and everything dries off, I guess I'll give the lawn a last mowing for the season.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2025 07:03 AM (tgvbd)

129 youtu.be/DDt3u2Ev1cI

Chris Rea- Driving Home for Christmas

He died today. Cancer, I think. He was 74

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2025 07:05 AM (sAmhv)

130 It's forecast to be about 80 degrees today at Schloss Hadrian. After the sun comes up and everything dries off, I guess I'll give the lawn a last mowing for the season.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

How's Finn doing?

Posted by: Tuna at December 23, 2025 07:05 AM (lJ0H4)

131 Nothing says Christmas like the smell of fresh cut grass.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2025 07:05 AM (2Ez/1)

132 Good Morning everyone!

and Good Morning to you Beckoning, nice to see you this morning, usually only see you on the ONT.

Posted by: Pony Tail at December 23, 2025 07:07 AM (HcbZb)

133 Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:01 AM

It does seem like an overreaction on her part, but maybe best not to bring that up? You probably won't change her mind. As far as being "crazy" you've had to deal with that before in fostering, with lots of people coming and going right.? You'll make it through🙂

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2025 07:08 AM (PFs9e)

134 Anna's archive, which I never heard of until today, scraped 300 TB of data from Spotify. This translates to about 37% of the music catalog is waiting to be downloaded which is apparently more significant than it seems at first glance as it eliminates music that never gets played.

The Spotify lawyers are going to be busy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 23, 2025 07:11 AM (HTCU3)

135 They had the sushi guy around the corner on TV yesterday blasting PG&E for sending messages every two hours that the power was coming back on "in two hours" that was really 40 hours. He lost all his inventory because he could have but didn't move his supplies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2025 07:11 AM (S3X3q)

136 Got a roast and a variety of veggies and potatoes in the crockpot. That's the Christmas feast for Wed-Sat. I work right through Christmas. So, will finish the Christmas cooking today. I won't starve anyway. I always make A LOT, even though I'm just cooking for me.

Well off to bed I go. Later daywalkers. Probably be up in 3 hours anyway. Have not slept well the last couple of months.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2025 07:11 AM (sAmhv)

137
How's Finn doing?
Posted by: Tuna at December 23, 2025 07:05 AM (lJ0H4)

Thank you for asking. It's a bit hard to say. He's no longer hacking up blood, which is good, of course, but he's still coughing. He's fat, phlegmatic 10-year-old, so adjudging his general mood is a bit difficult. He's gone off his feed the last couple of days, which always worries me since I'm half Italian.

Finn will remain a house dog for another week until his antibiotics are finished. I don't think there's any reason for immediate concern, but he's also 10, which is a good age for a Borzoi boy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2025 07:12 AM (tgvbd)

138 It does seem like an overreaction on her part, but maybe best not to bring that up?

Oh no, that never gets brought up. The only thing our group focuses on is getting the dog rehomed. We recognize that this is never an easy choice to make.

As far as being "crazy" you've had to deal with that before in fostering, with lots of people coming and going right.?

Not as much as you'd think. When we fostered, we would typically get visitors on a weekend. Unfortunately, we live in the boonies as opposed to the DC Metro area so that narrowed down the number of visitors.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:14 AM (lXoJ5)

139 darn it

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2025 07:14 AM (lXoJ5)

140 Going to spend Christmas alone.... Usually I go to a friends house and with countless others have a big meal. Now the family spent a week in Disney World and are back with little time to cook, Good! Must be nice to have the money to spend a week with the mouse. The parents and several little ones probably ate a lot of food. I believe they had a week deal with Disney or something.

Posted by: colin at December 23, 2025 07:15 AM (wlQdF)

141 Happy Kwanzaa!

Posted by: White female overeducated elementary school teachers everywhere at December 23, 2025 07:16 AM (2Ez/1)

142 Chris Rea. "Road to Hell (pt 2)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcW-BSEB3ng

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 07:16 AM (vHpoE)

143 The company I work for decided to go full Dell.

Never go full Dell.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 23, 2025 07:17 AM (WPL6O)

144 Dude, you've been Delled!

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 23, 2025 07:17 AM (vHpoE)

145
JJ

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2025 07:20 AM (tgvbd)

146 Vince Zampella, video game developer behind ‘Call of Duty,' killed in Ferrari crash

Vince Zampella, former CEO of video game developer Infinity Ward and current head of EA-owned Respawn Entertainment, was killed in a crash on Angeles Crest Highway north of Los Angeles.

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2025 07:22 AM (GITLP)

147 Departments don't seeth.
People do.
Next question.

Posted by: In the spirit of Donald Rumsfeld at December 23, 2025 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)

148 Noodus JJS

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2025 07:48 AM (wzUl9)

149 The NIST story made me smile. "Back in the day" when I started with AT&T, the cold war was still a thing. One central office I worked in had 100,000 gallons of diesel in the basement to fuel generators for extended outages.

Posted by: madmike at December 23, 2025 08:13 AM (n6BMs)

150 >>>Translating existing code from one language to another is a valid use for AI.

Final death of Microsoft by AI is also a valid use of AI.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 23, 2025 08:56 AM (dK+Kv)

Monday Overnight Open Thread (12/22/25)

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The Quotes of The Day


Quote I

"Unfortunately, it sounds like this is what that bear has potentially found under the homeowner's house in the crawlspace. It's unfortunate. We want to see the bears in the woods, not in people's homes." Cort Klopping, with CDFW.


Quote II

“We support LGBTQ rights fully. This has nothing to do with identity. Providing powerful hormones to a person in a psychiatric crisis without proper psychiatric safeguards is not affirming care. It is reckless. In this case, it acted as an accelerant, intensifying instability, impairing judgment, and compounding risk.”Dustin Bailey

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The real reason for the season.....



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Lately you Morons have been an unhappy lot. Too much fun! Too much seriousness! Not enough of this...... Moar of that..... Less of this........


Here's hoping that the Horde Herd is happy tonight...............

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The ONT Musical Interlude & The Fabulous's Fruit Cake Emporium



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It's bad enough to be called a Masshole. Insult to injury, Masshole Genius Award Winners!

A Rescue Report from New Hampshire Tees Off on Two Lost Hikers
A recent report published by the state’s Fish and Game Department pulls no punches in its assessment of two hikers who got stuck on a mountain and required lifesaving

The report of the mission passes more than a little judgment on the two hikers at the center of the ordeal. Here are a few highlights

They lost their composure and would not listen to any advice being given to them.
The two were ill-equipped for a hike of this magnitude and had departed for a nearly 9-mile loop at 1:00 p.m.
They lacked appropriate clothing for a hike in the weather conditions they encountered and were navigating with a phone when they lost the trail.
Chris McKee, a conservation officer with the Fish and Game Department, shared a few more details about the hikers in a story with New Hampshire Public Radio. McKee said the two were wearing work boots, not hiking boots, and lacked the gear you might take on a night hike in winter, such as crampons, snowshoes, or functional lights.

“These individuals just didn’t have the proper gear or experience to be out there hiking in this,” he said.



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Even Santa Claus gets it! And a Mystery Click?

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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Repurposed Christmas Trees.

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Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire & AceCorp, LLC. The Fabulous, yours truly & our K9s wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas.

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1 Hola!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 22, 2025 09:59 PM (kpS4V)

2 ONT!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:00 PM (YubK1)

3
*processes in, followed by train bearers*
*trumpets sound*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 10:01 PM (tgvbd)

4 Happy-ish Monday Evening, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 10:01 PM (3ZUWJ)

5 No way...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 22, 2025 10:02 PM (nbLIj)

6 Hello, Mis Hum.

Good to see you.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2025 10:02 PM (gKDq2)

7 Oh Holy Night. One of my favorites.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 10:02 PM (2WIwB)

8 Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 10:01 PM (tgvbd)

Nobody waving fans made from peacock feathers ???

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 10:02 PM (3ZUWJ)

9 MisHum!
Yay! It's awesome to see you. I hope all is well with you and family 😃!
Merry Christmas and thanks for ONT!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 22, 2025 10:02 PM (dIJjD)

10 Repurposed Christmas Trees? Anything shaped like that works. I'm surprised I haven't seen one of those poop emojis colored green with a star on top.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 10:03 PM (uQesX)

11
Willowed

I bet!
Did you say yes on the saber?
Posted by: Diogenes

I 100% said hell yes. He let me handle it at the 2025 Army birthday dinner. Sweet friggen saber. Nice dude too.

Posted by: BifBewalski

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 10:03 PM (QVmho)

12
Nobody waving fans made from peacock feathers ???

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 10:02 PM (3ZUWJ)

_________

Flabillifers are a given

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 10:03 PM (tgvbd)

13 🎶
Jack Frost roasting on an open fire
Chestnuts nipping at your toes
Although it's been said many times many ways
Happy ONT to you
🧑‍🎄
Click the nic link for my Christmas Commercials Collection. The good, the bad, and the merry.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's THAT time of year, eh? at December 22, 2025 10:04 PM (WB0Mb)

14 It's "peace on earth to men of goodwill" not "peace on earth, goodwill to men."

The KJV is wrong. The Douay-Rheims is right.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 10:04 PM (qFwJc)

15 Herding cats, or herding teen girls at an boys swim meet so they go where they are supposed to instead of drooling? Which is harder?

Not that the second scenario is one I have had a lot of experience recently with.... grr....

Posted by: SimoHayek at December 22, 2025 10:05 PM (/ZkOF)

16 Oh! and THANKS for FZ🤪!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 22, 2025 10:06 PM (dIJjD)

17 Brown University is facing questions

----

As a hyperpatriotic Amero-Qatari expatriate, I love questions erotically.

Like, where is Brown University? Is it anywhere?

And as a hyper faithful Christo-Muslim whatsit, I'm frankly offended by this obvious scheme. Rhode Island doesn't even exist, but these hummus eaters expect me to believe this fake state has a college in it?

I mean, really HAHAHAHAHA?!?!

Posted by: T. Carlson at December 22, 2025 10:07 PM (BI5O2)

18 Herding cats, or herding teen girls at an boys swim meet so they go where they are supposed to instead of drooling? Which is harder?

Not that the second scenario is one I have had a lot of experience recently with.... grr....
Posted by: SimoHayek at December 22, 2025 10:05 PM (/ZkOF)

The boys are harder.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 10:07 PM (uQesX)

19 The Zappa is most appreciated, MisHum.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 22, 2025 10:08 PM (kpS4V)

20 George Duke on keyboards between the bass player and Zappa.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:09 PM (imZqa)

21 The boys are harder.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 10:07 PM (uQesX)

Not after hormone therapy, they aren't.

Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Tranny at December 22, 2025 10:09 PM (TR4+2)

22 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 10:09 PM (cYBz/)

23 Well, you know who the MEANIST Reindeer was!

Yep, Olive.... says so right in the song...

Olive, the other Reindeer, used to laugh and call him names!

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 10:10 PM (mP0Kj)

24 Olive, the other Reindeer, used to laugh and call him names!
Posted by: Romeo13

So be careful when you serve tapenade at Christmas dinner, because ... you know.

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 10:13 PM (3ZUWJ)

25 Was driving deep in the country today - some father had welded a few bale rings together in a goofy configuration for his kids to play on. I sat there for a time just watching the kids climb all over it.

I have grown old. . . . . *snif*

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 10:14 PM (cYBz/)

26 Evening Horde, thx MisHum.
CBS wanted Schultz to cut Linus speech, too religious. Schultz fought back and it stayed in. Classic

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 10:14 PM (MoRvC)

27 Random thought:

What do we know about the first 100 airborne divisions?

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 10:15 PM (ZxPkt)

28 The KJV is wrong. The Douay-Rheims is right.
——

Funny you mention that, I heard the correct quote quoted on an old time radio show just the other day, Johnny Dollar or something like that. It immediately rang true, and decided “now that actually makes a lot of sense!”

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 10:15 PM (74/ii)

29 The Bismarck, Yamato and Tirpitz would like to offer you some pointers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 10:15 PM (nljXp)

30 In my misspent yute I did an Outward Bound type thing, a week camping in northern NH in January. Don't go winter camping in NH unless you are really prepared. Not hard to die in the NH woods in winter.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 10:15 PM (viF8m)

31 Good evening morons и спасибо mh

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 10:15 PM (IC093)

32 Taj & Maria - that was pretty good, especially Maria: sultry! Thanks, MisHum (and for the whole Monday ONT.)

However, I had to pull out the classic with Khan and the swimming champion.

https://youtu.be/7MFJ7ie_yGU

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's THAT time of year, eh? at December 22, 2025 10:16 PM (WB0Mb)

33 Wonderful Apostrophe! And such a good recording. I love the Ruth and Duke years.

Posted by: Zappa Month Reprise at December 22, 2025 10:16 PM (oftw2)

34 Silver Spot at $69.98 per oz. If it breaks $70 expect all Hell to cut loose in the market tomorrow, as the Silver Shorts scramble to contain their losses. J.P. Morgan Calls at $70 become active and they have to sell physical silver at that price. Yeouch.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 10:16 PM (Da7Vv)

35 Evening, MisHum. Thank you for the ONT!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 10:16 PM (npFr7)

36 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 22, 2025 10:16 PM (sAmhv)

37 I have grown old. . . . . *snif*
Posted by: Tonypete

not much to add ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 10:16 PM (3ZUWJ)

38 Thanks for the ONT, MisHum!

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:17 PM (z0fsG)

39 8 Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 10:01 PM (tgvbd)

Nobody waving fans made from peacock feathers ???
Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic

Waving peacock feathers, nope he needs virgins tossing rose petals.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 22, 2025 10:17 PM (0Htd1)

40 The Revised Standard Version has the angel say:
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!”.
The ESV has it right too. Best is to read it in the original Koine Greek, but not everyone can.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 10:18 PM (E0Kkk)

41 "Unfortunately, it sounds like this is what that bear has potentially found under the homeowner's house in the crawlspace.
------

We have had several instances of this in the neighborhood. Bears have clawed off less-than-robust crawlspace doors, and made themselves at home.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2025 10:18 PM (XeU6L)

42 Waving peacock feathers, nope he needs virgins tossing rose petals.


Where will we find those? (Select your own "those".)

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:18 PM (z0fsG)

43 Thanks for the ONT, MisHum!

And FZ! It's almost like the olden times...

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

44 What do we know about the first 100 airborne divisions?
Posted by: Don Black

You won't believe how long it took to come up with "GERONIMO~!"

"KICKAPOO!" just didn't have the right note.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 10:19 PM (mlg/3)

45 What do we know about the first 100 airborne divisions?
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 10:15 PM (ZxPkt)

Fun fact: During WWII, the War Department had Walt Disney Company crank out designs for shoulder patches for numerous non-existent Divisions, just to mess with Axis intelligence gather.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 22, 2025 10:19 PM (TR4+2)

46 Hunter Biden with Shawn Ryan for 5 1/2 hours. Truly fascinating.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at December 22, 2025 10:19 PM (AkkXw)

47 Monday Overnight Open Thread (12/22/25)

That looks a tad steep!

Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2025 10:20 PM (1zcQ9)

48 It's unfortunate. We want to see the bears in the woods, not in people's homes." Cort Klopping, with CDFW(/i]

Yes, ideally, ‘Cort’, this is what we strive for in our current civilization where we’re eons past living in caves.

Tell me again, exactly what is it you do here?

What kind of name is ‘Cort’ anyway?
Sounds like a made-up John Wayne character name like ‘Taw’ or ‘Quirt’.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 10:20 PM (6ydKt)

49 We have had several instances of this in the neighborhood. Bears have clawed off less-than-robust crawlspace doors, and made themselves at home.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2025 10:18 PM (XeU6L)

Well, that's a couple hundred watts of free heat under the floor...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 10:20 PM (npFr7)

50 Shouldn’t his fans be waving the feathers?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 10:20 PM (E0Kkk)

51 I have grown old. . . . . *snif*
Posted by: Tonypete

Do you wear the bottoms of your trousers rolled?

Posted by: J. Alfred Prufrock at December 22, 2025 10:20 PM (rbvCR)

52 Good evening Horde. Thanks MisHum!

Posted by: TRex -feliz navi dino at December 22, 2025 10:20 PM (cCn4/)

53 I have 300 silver ounce coins. It's so tempting to sell some. Have only 1 ounce gold coin.

Posted by: Silver Dollar City at December 22, 2025 10:20 PM (oftw2)

54 Where will we find those? (Select your own "those".)
Posted by: LRob in OK

Incels in Pasadena on Jan 1st ???

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 10:21 PM (3ZUWJ)

55 And FZ! It's almost like the olden times...
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

Yep. Olden Times. Back when men were men and women had their own spaces/sports.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2025 10:21 PM (gKDq2)

56 Posted by: T. Carlson
---

Can't be both or split down the middle. Go Christian or go.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:21 PM (imZqa)

57 “We support LGBTQ rights fully“

What does that even mean? I think if you incorporate leftist euphemisms and vague rorschach word salads, you’ve already conceded.

If fully grown adults want to bugger each other and get AIDS that is their choice. Anything else is just groomers and kiddie-fvckers perving on youth and corrupting their innocence and continuing the cycle of abuse.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 10:21 PM (74/ii)

58 McKee said the two were wearing work boots, not hiking boots, and lacked the gear you might take on a night hike in winter, such as crampons, snowshoes, or functional lights.

You said crampons, I thought you said tampons, and I said I didn't need any more...

Posted by: Tampon Timmy at December 22, 2025 10:22 PM (ynpvh)

59 Rare thing, and good.

@DeAngelisCorey 1h
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that parental exclusion policies are unconstitutional.

California can't force teachers to keep secrets from parents.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 10:22 PM (mlg/3)

60 an old time radio show just the other day, Johnny Dollar
-------

When I was a kid, Johnny Dollar was my favorite radio show. I would lie in bed with the lights out, and the radio (inherited from my grandmother) turned low so that my parents couldn't hear it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2025 10:22 PM (XeU6L)

61 gather = gathering

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 22, 2025 10:22 PM (TR4+2)

62 "KICKAPOO!" just didn't have the right note.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 10:19 PM (mlg/3)

MEeeeeee...

Posted by: Geronimo, baling out of airplane at December 22, 2025 10:22 PM (npFr7)

63 Sold all my gold at twice what I paid for it.
I mean 2K's gotta' be the top. Right?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:23 PM (imZqa)

64 Frank Zappa?

During Zappa Month?

I shannot believe it I simply shannot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 10:23 PM (CA6zO)

65 Probably.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:24 PM (GmKGk)

66 Silver spot just went to $70.01 - expect chaos and a jump up in the spot price as the banks start buying to cover their shorts. All that buying will drive the spot even higher. Much of that buying is automatic and can't be stopped. Ruh Rho. Silver Tuesday has arrived.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 10:24 PM (Da7Vv)

67 >>>"KICKAPOO!" just didn't have the right note.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 10:19 PM (mlg/3)

MEeeeeee...

Posted by: Geronimo, baling out of airplane

>The Arapaho never had a chance near a frontier settlement.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 10:25 PM (nljXp)

68 The boys are harder.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 10:07 PM (uQesX)

Which is quite awkward in a Speedo.

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at December 22, 2025 10:25 PM (zdQuL)

69 Silver dimes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:25 PM (GmKGk)

70 I have two outdoor cats that have an apartment in my crawlspace with sleeping bags and heating pads. They wouldn't like it if a bear tried to get in on their grift. I've also sliced the main heating duct, so they get some of my house heat. It's quite cozy under there. Neither like to come in the house, though one will for an hour or so.

Posted by: Feline Pushover at December 22, 2025 10:26 PM (oftw2)

71 Evening all. Watching Die Hard after some fun Christmas shopping and crazy traffic due to accident on PA turnpike….

Posted by: Mick at December 22, 2025 10:26 PM (HFx9z)

72 EDS was started by H. Ross Perot.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 22, 2025 10:26 PM (0CU3H)

73 Random thought:

What do we know about the first 100 airborne divisions?
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 10:15 PM (ZxPkt)

The 82nd was famously deployed in Western Europe.

But what do we *really* know about those other 99 missing divisions?

And how do we *really* know who died in those gas chambers? Maybe it was the 99 divisions? Maybe not? Who knows? But I think the patriotic thing is to at least ask.

And, how do we know those were actually German gas chambers that killed 99 divisions worth of brave American soldiers?

I'm here to welcome Thaddeus Magillicuddy, the world's foremost expert on phantom paratroopers, to answer some pressing questions about just why it is that every historical account places so many Jews in these notorious camps.

Posted by: T. Carlson at December 22, 2025 10:26 PM (BI5O2)

74 Howdy Mis Hum! Howdy Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at December 22, 2025 10:26 PM (QMAsf)

75
I have grown old. . . . . *snif*
Posted by: Tonypete
---------

Sorry, you'll have to take a number and wait your turn.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2025 10:26 PM (XeU6L)

76 The Koine in Luke says peace to people of delight, which can mean people who delight God or perhaps people who take delight in the birth of the Savior, but agreed, it is not peace to all men.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 10:27 PM (E0Kkk)

77 72 EDS was started by H. Ross Perot.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 22, 2025 10:26 PM (0CU3H)

Erectile Dysfunction Syndrome?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 10:27 PM (ynpvh)

78
The boys are harder.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at

My son was on a traveling soccer team.They were playing in Iceland with girls' teams playing adjacent. For some reason the girls' team needed to change shirts, which they did on the field. The boys' game stopped completely until the girls had changed.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 10:27 PM (igoLh)

79 The boys are harder.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 10:07 PM (uQesX)

Which is quite awkward in a Speedo.
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at December 22, 2025 10:25 PM (zdQuL)

But makes it easier to steer.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 10:28 PM (uQesX)

80 Silver spot just went to $70.01 - expect chaos and a jump up in the spot price as the banks start buying to cover their shorts. All that buying will drive the spot even higher. Much of that buying is automatic and can't be stopped. Ruh Rho. Silver Tuesday has arrived.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 10:24 PM (Da7Vv)

Don't worry, we've got this.

Posted by: The Hunt Brothers at December 22, 2025 10:28 PM (TR4+2)

81 The KJV is wrong. The Douay-Rheims is right.
Posted by: no one

Heh. This is known.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 10:29 PM (cYBz/)

82 And as a hyper faithful Christo-Muslim whatsit, I'm frankly offended by this obvious scheme. Rhode Island doesn't even exist, but these hummus eaters expect me to believe this fake state has a college in it?

I mean, really HAHAHAHAHA?!?!
Posted by: T. Carlson at December 22, 2025 10:07 PM (BI5O2)


yeah is smack talking somebody's faith here the smart move, not sure that's the smart move. guess you're trying to find out huh?

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:29 PM (jWNhz)

83 What a crappy week. Lily beagle gets pancreatitis and than loses the use of her back legs suddenly. She been at 2 separate vet offices 6 times in a week, with one overnight stay. Today our vet decides to take a chest X-ray and finds a small mass which may be resting on a nerve which might be causing the leg issue. CT scan next to see what the mass is and if it’s treatable. I have a really bad feeling about this.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 22, 2025 10:30 PM (2NHgQ)

84 Don't worry, we've got this.
Posted by: The Hunt Brothers


geez, how old do yo uhave to be to know this, are you using the hq teletype ?

smile face

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:31 PM (jWNhz)

85 ...a contingent of angels appeared, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests” (NIV; δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις θεῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας.

Grammatically speaking, the subject of the first clause is δόξα (“Glory” and the subject of the second clause is εἰρήνη (“peace”. The contrasting locations are ἐν ὑψίστοις (“in the highest” and ἐπὶ γῆς (“on earth”, and the respective recipients θεῷ (“God” and ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας (“those [lit., the men/people] on whom his favor rests”.

Most modern English translations render the noun εὐδοκίας (literally, “of good pleasure” as denoting an attribute of the recipients of peace rather than as a second subject on par with “peace.”

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:31 PM (imZqa)

86 Herding cats, or herding teen girls at an boys swim meet so they go where they are supposed to instead of drooling? Which is harder?

Not that the second scenario is one I have had a lot of experience recently with.... grr....
Posted by: SimoHayek

More logical behavior: housecats or teenage girls?

Not gonna go there.

I think the original "herding cats," like in the commercial, refers to managing engineers. Or maybe programmers.

Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 10:31 PM (nhCoE)

87 Thank you, MisHum! What a day. My poor kiddo sliced the heck out of her finger, right on the joint. The cut wasn’t long, but it was really deep. 3 stitches and a finger brace later, it was not the Christmas surprise we were thinking about. It’s in a brace because of the joint, she is not supposed to move it because of joint damage.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 10:31 PM (OoFl2)

88 Sounds like I should have bought silver at $11.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 10:32 PM (6ydKt)

89 Bears are asshoe. I was onetime 4W drive in camping at 10k feet + and decided it would be easier to leave the portable generator at the end of the 100’ contractor cord.

One morning I go to look at the generator and see that it isn’t where I had placed it. I had an extended run fuel tank and hose connected too, everything was thrown around like discarded toys. The bear had chewed on the fuel hose, and nearly severed the extension cord. Turned out to be what I call a “teen” bear, not fully grown, though pretty good sized, not a cub or anything like that. Looked kind of ratty and disheveled with a little straw or grass in fur, wondered if it had been hibernating recently.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 10:32 PM (74/ii)

90 I was thinking that having some retard socking qdpsteve would maybe bring MisHum out of retirement to chain the guy to the radiator in his basement out of an abundance of caution

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:32 PM (jWNhz)

91 At $70.01 an average condition silver dime has $5.00 worth of silver in it. For those who didn't see it, I talked about the silver market in several posts on the Pixy thread.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 10:33 PM (Da7Vv)

92 My poor kiddo sliced the heck out of her finger, right on the joint.


So, given the age, tequila shots are out, right?

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:33 PM (z0fsG)

93 Judge Beezlebubzberg has been busy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:34 PM (GmKGk)

94 Do you wear the bottoms of your trousers rolled?
Posted by: J. Alfred Prufrock

And another thing, what is up with that love song of yours?

In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.

Really? This stream of consciousness stuff is just to much. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 10:34 PM (cYBz/)

95 That mystery click is freaky.

Funny but freaky.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 10:34 PM (6ydKt)

96 “We support LGBTQ rights fully“

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I don't. Back in the closet please, we don't need or want such perversion in our society. I am tolerant no longer. And it's not transphobia, it's righteous abhorrence of evil.

Not trying to start an argument, just not going to be silent anymore.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 10:34 PM (igoLh)

97 Piper, today I found a numb spot on a finger and I was running a mental tally of the cuts, slices, scars and old burns that I have on my hands. I have not been kind to my hands which is why they get stiff when the weather changes.

The newest one I think is just a burn, the oldest one was due to an experiment with a paring knife when I was 4.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 10:35 PM (rbvCR)

98 I see Boasberg has decided he can override SCOTUS. He's ordered the Trump Administration to either return the TdA/MS-13 gang members currently at CECOT either returned to the US or given hearings as to why they were deported 'with little or no notice'. He also certified them as a class action when he was specifically told he couldn't. He has been told that he lacked jurisdiction by SCOTUS.

His Eminence has decided otherwise.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 22, 2025 10:35 PM (b9CCz)

99 It is immediately identifiable when a thread is an originawl MisHum.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:35 PM (jWNhz)

100 EDS, that company that herds cats, is now DXC Technology's, after a merger with CSC. I was curious, so I looked it up. Part of Hewlett-Packard. Got this info from the internet so it's probably wrong. Anyway, Cat herding company is no more.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 22, 2025 10:36 PM (sAmhv)

101 Poor Lily beagle

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 10:36 PM (iK7NX)

102
So, given the age, tequila shots are out, right?

Posted by: LRob in OK

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You've been a responsible parent, and I'm assuming you're of age. Pour yourself a double.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 22, 2025 10:36 PM (8AONa)

103 83 What a crappy week. Lily beagle gets pancreatitis and than loses the use of her back legs suddenly. She been at 2 separate vet offices 6 times in a week, with one overnight stay. Today our vet decides to take a chest X-ray and finds a small mass which may be resting on a nerve which might be causing the leg issue. CT scan next to see what the mass is and if it’s treatable. I have a really bad feeling about this.
Posted

Oh no, poor Lily! I am so sorry.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 10:37 PM (OoFl2)

104 For thoae of you who actually are 29, silver went to $h!t in the days of yore. Industrial Metal. If the world economy falls apart, silver could plummet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:37 PM (GmKGk)

105 the hq needs to have a bodycam thread

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:37 PM (jWNhz)

106 The Douay-Reims has its faults too, as does any translation. Best to consult the original Koine Greek, for the New Testament anyway.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 10:37 PM (E0Kkk)

107 Today our vet decides to take a chest X-ray and finds a small mass which may be resting on a nerve which might be causing the leg issue. CT scan next to see what the mass is and if it’s treatable. I have a really bad feeling about this.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

Sorry to hear this, hope it turns out better than you are thinking.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 10:37 PM (igoLh)

108 30 In my misspent yute I did an Outward Bound type thing, a week camping in northern NH in January. Don't go winter camping in NH unless you are really prepared. Not hard to die in the NH woods in winter.
Posted by: JackStraw
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My coldest overnight camp experience was 18 degrees, freezing rain/sleet, whiskey and a Coleman lantern in a canvass tent. Can't imagine doing an over night in NH unprepared.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:37 PM (imZqa)

109 the hq needs to have a bodycam thread
Posted by: n

What ever could go wrong?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 10:37 PM (cYBz/)

110 Massholes hiking in in New Hampshire in the winter....Darwin Award runners up.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 22, 2025 10:37 PM (Wnv9h)

111 My poor kiddo sliced the heck out of her finger, right on the joint.


So, given the age, tequila shots are out, right?
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:33 PM (z0fsG)
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Hot iron.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)

112 Pour yourself a double.

I have heard mature, intelligent men speak in tongues whilst under the influence of tequila. Should be registered as a hallucinogen!

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:38 PM (z0fsG)

113 My poor kiddo sliced the heck out of her finger, right on the joint. The cut wasn’t long, but it was really deep. 3 stitches and a finger brace later, it was not the Christmas surprise we were thinking about. It’s in a brace because of the joint, she is not supposed to move it because of joint damage.
Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 10:31 PM (OoFl2)
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A prayer for complete and speedy healing.

It's horrible when your kids is hurt.

I usually preferred the fleshy parts when inserting knives into my hands.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 10:38 PM (iK7NX)

114 92 My poor kiddo sliced the heck out of her finger, right on the joint.


So, given the age, tequila shots are out, right?
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:33 PM (z0fsG)

It might help to take the edge off.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 10:38 PM (6ydKt)

115
yeah is smack talking somebody's faith here the smart move, not sure that's the smart move. guess you're trying to find out huh?
Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:29 PM (jWNhz)

Who is smack talking anyone's faith? Is it you? Because it seems like it's you... I'm not the one besmirching the proud faith traditions of Christoislam around here.

I have some questions about that.

Posted by: T. Carlson at December 22, 2025 10:38 PM (BI5O2)

116 I don't know anything about Silver Shorts but I do have a Silver Sneakers card.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 10:38 PM (pkeXY)

117 the hq needs to have a bodycam thread
Posted by: n

What ever could go wrong?
Posted by: Tonyp


endless merriment, tax payer funded, drive traffic though the roof

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:38 PM (jWNhz)

118 Most modern English translations render the noun εὐδοκίας (literally, “of good pleasure” as denoting an attribute of the recipients of peace rather than as a second subject on par with “peace.”
Posted by: Braenyard

Impressive, Braenyard, that is quite a talent you have been hiding.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 10:39 PM (igoLh)

119 Those two Massachusetts hikers turned out to be 18 year old kids. One of them, when found, was very drunk. So, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest the hike began, and ended with stupid decisions found in a bottle.

Moral of the story: When drinking with friends and one's face lights up just before saying, "Hey, you know what we should do?" What follows should probably be disregarded in its entirety.

Posted by: Orson at December 22, 2025 10:39 PM (dIske)

120 77 72 EDS was started by H. Ross Perot.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 22, 2025 10:26 PM (0CU3H)

Erectile Dysfunction Syndrome?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 10:27 PM (ynpvh)

Well, he wasn't a big man.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 22, 2025 10:39 PM (0CU3H)

121 106 The Douay-Reims has its faults too, as does any translation. Best to consult the original Koine Greek, for the New Testament anyway.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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VDH said his brother learned Hebrew and Aramaic in order to read it in the original.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:39 PM (imZqa)

122 Prayers all 'round-- for the Horde, their children and their pets!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 10:39 PM (rdVOm)

123 Who is smack talking anyone's faith? Is it you? Because it seems like it's you... I'm not the one besmirching the proud faith traditions of Christoislam around here.

I have some questions about that.
Posted by: T. Carls



have fun with that , not many ways you starting that goes the way you want

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:40 PM (jWNhz)

124 It might help to take the edge off.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 10:38 PM (6ydKt)

You know what takes the edge off? Rice pudding.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2025 10:40 PM (gKDq2)

125 The Hunt brothers did all of their work with the paper market only. This is different. There is an actual physical shortage of Silver driving the prices upward. Changing the paper commodity rules can't stop the price increases currently occurring.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 10:41 PM (Da7Vv)

126 About that bear:
"and so far, he's not motivated to leave."

Well, then, how about you SHOOT HIM. Shoot him, then throw a rope around him and drag his carcass out. The homeowner can make a rug out of him. And eat a bunch of stew for the next 2 years. Probably give some to the local Indian tribe to make up for living on their stolen land or some such BS.

Posted by: GWB at December 22, 2025 10:41 PM (D3HHy)

127 Impressive, Braenyard, that is quite a talent you have been hiding.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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Thank you but the talent is in the internet.
Hope all is well for you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:42 PM (imZqa)

128 Piper, you know I was kidding about the tequila, yes?

I hate it when children are injured. We saw all kinds of emergency room trips with 5 kids. Broken bones, cuts. No fun. I hope she does OK.

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:42 PM (z0fsG)

129 Bench grinders will take the edge off if you get the angle wrong.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:42 PM (GmKGk)

130 Well, then, how about you SHOOT HIM. Shoot him, then throw a rope around him and drag his carcass out. The homeowner can make a rug out of him. And eat a bunch of stew for the next 2 years. Probably give some to the local Indian tribe to make up for living on their stolen land or some such BS.
Posted by: GWB


why it's a great story, maybe the most exciting to ever happen to the homeowner.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:42 PM (jWNhz)

131 The last time I went winter camping we listened to the SNL album on cassette on someone's boombox. That and a bunch of Dead tapes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 10:43 PM (WGeqj)

132 Prayers for complete and rapid healing for your daughter Piper.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 10:43 PM (igoLh)

133 The Hunt brothers didn't break the law they took advantage of it. The law doesn't like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:43 PM (imZqa)

134 88

I bought at $17. Lots of junk silver as well...
However, as has been said, you can't eat silver or gold.
It's pretty to look at though 😳..

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 22, 2025 10:43 PM (dIJjD)

135 California can't force teachers to keep secrets from parents

What’s interesting is how quickly The Narrative from the left can change. A new set of directives is issued, and the old ways are discarded, like they Never Happened.

All of the grooming faggotry was right on the heels of the “Stranger Danger” and “Mandatory Reporting” legislation. Pornography of any type is illegal for minors, but (somehow) is peachy keen for even toddlers if distributed in public schools?

I grew up in a fairly working class mixed ethnicity suburban neighborhood, mostly Democrat probably. There were disagreements about politics for sure, but one thing in common is if the school teachers tried that shit back then the parents would have roasted them over a spit on a bonfire.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 10:43 PM (0cASp)

136 "We support LGBTQ rights fully. This has nothing to do with identity. Providing powerful hormones to a person in a psychiatric crisis without proper psychiatric safeguards is not affirming care. It is reckless."

Yes. I support "gender affirming care".

So if a male child (is convinced to) believes he is a female trapped in a male's body, he needs (psychiatric) gender affirming care, to persuade/show him ...

"No, you are a male in a male's body. Your "gender dysphoria" is due either to confusion as you go THROUGH puberty, and/or someone has been mind flucking you (flucking groomers) to make you believe you are actually a woman."

Posted by: illiniwek at December 22, 2025 10:43 PM (vbXSk)

137 in the spirit of "not enough of this...moar of that"

From one of my favorite cartoons the kids liked when they were young:

https://tinyurl.com/2rxjub66

Posted by: barbarausa at December 22, 2025 10:44 PM (enw9G)

138 92 My poor kiddo sliced the heck out of her finger, right on the joint.


So, given the age, tequila shots are out, right?
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:33 PM (z0fsG)

Y’all would have been so proud of me. She said she thought she needed a bandaid, I looked at it and saw just how deep it was. I didn’t panic, I just calmly told her we need to get it looked at even though I really wanted the throw up.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 10:44 PM (OoFl2)

139 I don't know anything about Silver Shorts but I do have a Silver Sneakers card.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 10:38 PM (pkeXY)



Made in Nashville?

https://youtu.be/I7onqDAwemQ

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 10:45 PM (npFr7)

140 it is canada's gov funded suicide and organ harvesting business that is the most disturbing thing in north America now.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:45 PM (uFL4l)

141 However, as has been said, you can't eat silver or gold.
——-

Compared to what? Pieces of paper with dead presidents?

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 10:45 PM (0cASp)

142 Thank you but the talent is in the internet.

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Oh, too bad, I trust your knowledge over the Internet! 😊

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 10:45 PM (igoLh)

143 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 10:46 PM (zZu0s)

144 All of the grooming faggotry was right on the heels of the “Stranger Danger” and “Mandatory Reporting” legislation. Pornography of any type is illegal for minors, but (somehow) is peachy keen for even toddlers if distributed in public schools?

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 10:43 PM (0cASp)
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The pervs took over the Democrat party. Look at how many public school teachers commit sex crimes. That's now their main constituency.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 10:46 PM (ZOv7s)

145 You can eat tins of corned beef.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:46 PM (GmKGk)

146 98 I see Boasberg has decided he can override SCOTUS. He's ordered the Trump Administration to either return the TdA/MS-13 gang members currently at CECOT either returned to the US or given hearings as to why they were deported 'with little or no notice'. He also certified them as a class action when he was specifically told he couldn't. He has been told that he lacked jurisdiction by SCOTUS.

His Eminence has decided otherwise.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 22, 2025 10:35 PM (b9CCz)

Maybe he should be arrested for impersonating a judge...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 10:46 PM (ynpvh)

147 and in the spirit of the season, giving thanks for this blog and all the cobs and commenters.

Another year survived, thanks in part to this place

Posted by: barbarausa at December 22, 2025 10:46 PM (enw9G)

148 You can eat tins of corned beef.
Posted by: Boss


you have to get it out of the tin

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:47 PM (uFL4l)

149 97 Piper, today I found a numb spot on a finger and I was running a mental tally of the cuts, slices, scars and old burns that I have on my hands. I have not been kind to my hands which is why they get stiff when the weather changes.

The newest one I think is just a burn, the oldest one was due to an experiment with a paring knife when I was 4.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 10:35 PM (rbvCR)

That is my toes. I can’t tell you how many broken toes I have had thanks to my obsession with my ponies.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 10:47 PM (OoFl2)

150 Braenyard -

Good job! You actually quote the Koine. Pixy Missa’s Minx puts a lot of smileys in your Greek quotes however.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 10:47 PM (E0Kkk)

151 There is a key for that.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:47 PM (GmKGk)

152 Seems like a couple of weeks ago, some House members were calling for Boasberg to testify in Congress, with impeachment the likely outcome. I lost track of the situation.

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:47 PM (z0fsG)

153 I see Boasberg has decided he can override SCOTUS. He's ordered the Trump Administration to either return the TdA/MS-13 gang members currently at CECOT either returned to the US or given hearings as to why they were deported 'with little or no notice'. He also certified them as a class action when he was specifically told he couldn't. He has been told that he lacked jurisdiction by SCOTUS.

His Eminence has decided otherwise.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert

+++++

Sounds insurrectiony

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 10:47 PM (/lPRQ)

154 132 Prayers for complete and rapid healing for your daughter Piper.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December

Thank you.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 10:48 PM (OoFl2)

155 You can eat tins of corned beef.
Posted by: Boss


you have to get it out of the tin

Unless you’re a Billy goat!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 10:48 PM (E0Kkk)

156 Thank you, MisHum! What a day. My poor kiddo sliced the heck out of her finger, right on the joint. The cut wasn’t long, but it was really deep. 3 stitches and a finger brace later, it was not the Christmas surprise we were thinking about. It’s in a brace because of the joint, she is not supposed to move it because of joint damage.
Posted by: Piper
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I did that sort of thing once. 2 dissolving stiches on the muscle and 7 to close it up, fortunately not across a joint, but right down where bone was visible. That was... ummmm... *uses fingers to count* ... 48 years ago, and the scar, though faint, is still visible.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 22, 2025 10:49 PM (TevVe)

157 Y’all would have been so proud of me. She said she thought she needed a bandaid, I looked at it and saw just how deep it was. I didn’t panic, I just calmly told her we need to get it looked at even though I really wanted the throw up.
Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 10:44 PM (OoFl2)
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One of the grandkids fell in some strange way, and cut his scalp. Everyone was going crazy, so Grandpa was summoned and I quickly identified the wound, improvised a bandage, put direct pressure and ice on it, and stopped the bleeding.

The panic subsided and my daughter said: "So now what? Does he need stiches?"

I said: "I have no idea. The military taught me to apply a dressing. What comes next is someone else's problem."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 10:49 PM (ZOv7s)

158 I almost miss black diamonds.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 10:50 PM (zZu0s)

159
Best wishes for Lily.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 10:50 PM (tgvbd)

160 I got a pretty deep hack on my forefinger while slicing watermelon. It healed fine. Scar still there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:50 PM (GmKGk)

161 "I bought at $17. Lots of junk silver as well...
However, as has been said, you can't eat silver or gold."

But if you bought at $17, you can buy three times as much food with the silver as you could have if you just held your dollars (including interest on those dollars).

I bought some around $17, not nearly enough. My miners have done well lately, but will probably have to sell those as well, maybe when silver almost hits $100.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 22, 2025 10:50 PM (vbXSk)

162 I almost miss black diamonds.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 10:50 PM (zZu0s)

We're still around.

Posted by: The Other Side of the Slope at December 22, 2025 10:51 PM (uQesX)

163 140 it is canada's gov funded suicide and organ harvesting business that is the most disturbing thing in north America now.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:45 PM (uFL4l)

So competing with China? They'll lose.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 10:51 PM (ynpvh)

164 Evening all,

If you're traveling for Christmas, I hope you safely reach the destination.

Posted by: Joyenz at December 22, 2025 10:51 PM (2F0/Y)

165 What good is a diamond that only works three days a week?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:52 PM (GmKGk)

166 140 it is canada's gov funded suicide and organ harvesting business that is the most disturbing thing in north America now.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:45 PM (uFL4l)

So competing with China? They'll lose.


canada is more evil so

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:52 PM (uFL4l)

167 However, as has been said, you can't eat silver or gold.
——-

Compared to what? Pieces of paper with dead presidents?

At $5 for a silver dime, you can barter those for food pretty easily.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 10:52 PM (Da7Vv)

168 About 45 years ago, I ran from second to home in a softball game and decided to look toward left field for the closeness of the play at home. He was dogging it. I tripped over nothing at all and slammed my left hand on the edge of home plate. Middle finger, right on the joint, clear into the joint. Lots of dirt. The local AF emer room wouldn't stitch it and it got rinsed out daily. No infection. The remaining scar is significant.

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:52 PM (z0fsG)

169
I said: "I have no idea. The military taught me to apply a dressing. What comes next is someone else's problem."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December

Ha! Those head wounds can bleed, too. Even the not so bad ones!

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 10:53 PM (OoFl2)

170 At $5 for a silver dime, you can barter those for food pretty easily.
Posted by: An Obse


not for food or ammo

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:53 PM (uFL4l)

171 166 140 it is canada's gov funded suicide and organ harvesting business that is the most disturbing thing in north America now.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:45 PM (uFL4l)

So competing with China? They'll lose.


canada is more evil so

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:52 PM (uFL4l)

Only if they lock up those opposed to a liberal gov't, force suicide, and take their organs...then multiply this 1000x.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 10:54 PM (ynpvh)

172 >>>My miners have done well lately, but will probably have to sell those as well, maybe when silver almost hits $100.
Posted by: illiniwek
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My miners are in the middle of mudslides, fires, cave-ins and international disputes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:54 PM (imZqa)

173 Tourniquet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:54 PM (GmKGk)

174 169
I said: "I have no idea. The military taught me to apply a dressing. What comes next is someone else's problem."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December

Ha! Those head wounds can bleed, too. Even the not so bad ones!

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 10:53 PM (OoFl2) ]

Tourniquets don't work well on neck, head, chest, or abdominal wounds...or maybe they do...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 10:55 PM (ynpvh)

175 I was so proud of America when I heard JD Vance' speech. “President Trump did not build the greatest coalition in politics by running his supporters through endless self-defeating purity tests,” he said, but like you suggest he did seem to suggest that America hating Tucker should be cancelled because he says things that gets sand in neocon vagina.

Pity about Tucker. Maybe Mark Levin can fill that hole in Trump's media backers, and then we can get back to no longer having Trump's executive order specifically supporting Qatar.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 10:55 PM (rbvCR)

176 Only if they lock up those opposed to a liberal gov't, force suicide, and take their organs...then multiply this 1000x.
Posted by: jim


it is not the act so much as how it came to be

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:55 PM (uFL4l)

177 Middle finger, right on the joint, clear into the joint. Lots of dirt. The local AF emer room wouldn't stitch it and it got rinsed out daily. No infection. The remaining scar is significant.

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That hurts just to think about.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 10:55 PM (igoLh)

178 Watching Nerdrotic's 10-year anniversary review of The Force Awakens. I had forgotten what an utter piece of shit that movie was.

And Kathleen Kennedy still has a job.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 10:56 PM (JkO4W)

179 7 Oh Holy Night. One of my favorites.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 10:02 PM (2WIwB)

Take a look it this guys version. Powerful


https://youtu.be/EWPr3-njNSY

Posted by: javems at December 22, 2025 10:56 PM (8I4hW)

180 I knew The Force Awakens sucked ten years ago.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:57 PM (GmKGk)

181 yeah if we did not need an xo saying do not bomb our allies, things would be easier

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 10:57 PM (uFL4l)

182 That hurts just to think about.

A few days later, my squadron commander heard about it. I showed him the affected finger in the middle of a staff meeting. Everyone, including him, laughed!

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:57 PM (z0fsG)

183 The Force Awakens was fine when I saw it, but it was a few hours later that you start going: what did I just watch?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 10:57 PM (zZu0s)

184 You can eat tins of corned beef.
Posted by: Boss

you have to get it out of the tin
Posted by: n

And it'll be empty if anyone genocided cows since it was tinned.

Posted by: mikeski the tourist at December 22, 2025 10:57 PM (nhCoE)

185 I cut down to the bone on my left forefinger trimming 5/8" sheetrock with a utility knife. 3"long all the way to end of finger and sliced off the very end of the middle finger. Should have had close to ten stitches, but I super glued the skin, wrapped the fingers together with tape, put on a glove and went back to work. Amazing what one will do for money.

Posted by: Absolutely No Scar at December 22, 2025 10:58 PM (oftw2)

186 Well that is certainly a new piece of data about the Battle of Midway.

Cmdr. Dick Best off Enterprise in a 1999 interview mentions the dive bombers were dealing with a 35mph wind at 20,000ft that was affecting their flight paths. And only because McClusky decided to circle back did they find the Japanese fleet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 10:58 PM (2GVsD)

187 No blah blah blah

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 22, 2025 10:58 PM (qnGrS)

188 Watching Nerdrotic's 10-year anniversary review of The Force Awakens. I had forgotten what an utter piece of shit that movie was.

And Kathleen Kennedy still has a job.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 10:56 PM (JkO4W)
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I set a record for checking the time on my watch during that film. My kids were somewhat in awe of how much I visibly hated it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 10:59 PM (ZOv7s)

189 114 92 My poor kiddo sliced the heck out of her finger, right on the joint.


So, given the age, tequila shots are out, right?
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 10:33 PM (z0fsG)

It might help to take the edge off.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 10:38 PM (6ydKt)

That would have been helpful before knife met finger...

Posted by: Dull can be dangerous too at December 22, 2025 11:00 PM (TbWk/)

190 The Japanese Carriers only needed about one dive bomb to sink.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:00 PM (GmKGk)

191 So is it true chapelle closed his new special with "I stand with Israel"

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 11:00 PM (uFL4l)

192 That is my toes. I can’t tell you how many broken toes I have had thanks to my obsession with my ponies.
Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 10:47 PM (OoFl2)

I always thought the joke was that an obsession with the ponies led to the bookies breaking your fingers, then your knees?

-- I haven't ridden a horse since I was 16 and I suspect both the horses and I are better off because of it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 11:00 PM (rbvCR)

193 ...America hating Tucker should be cancelled because he says things that gets sand in neocon vagina.
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With all due respect that completely minimizes and simplifies what Tucker has said.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 11:00 PM (WGeqj)

194 180 I knew The Force Awakens sucked ten years ago.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 10:57 PM (GmKGk)

I knew it was going to suck about 15 minutes in when Rey kept on telling Fin to stop holding her hand.

I’ve been preached to in movies, one way or another, ever since

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 11:01 PM (6ydKt)

195 The Japanese Carriers only needed about one dive bomb to sink.
Posted by: Boss


it is surprising they could even get airborne

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 11:01 PM (uFL4l)

196 "My miners are in the middle of mudslides, fires, cave-ins and international disputes." Posted by: Braenyard

I don't really analyze mine closely, but read Bill Fleckenstein so own AEM, PAAS, WDOFF, AGI. They all are pretty solid. Sold Newmont too early, but with big gains. There are always risks ... I'm only 15% in equities cuz I'm old and (too?) cautious, but comfortable. heh.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 22, 2025 11:01 PM (vbXSk)

197 When I saw that retarded bastard wearing Han Solo clothes I was done.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:01 PM (GmKGk)

198 And eat a bunch of stew for the next 2 years.
Posted by: GWB
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Yahbut...
Every case of Trichinosis occurring in the US in the last 50 years or so has been a result of eating bear meat.
The pigs are innocent.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 22, 2025 11:01 PM (TevVe)

199 190 The Japanese Carriers only needed about one dive bomb to sink.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:00 PM (GmKGk)

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Not Shinano. It had an armor-plated flight deck.

So one torpedo from the Archerfish sent it down.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:02 PM (JkO4W)

200 Braenyard - Hebrew and Aramaic for the OT, Koine Greek for the NT, but you knew this.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 11:02 PM (E0Kkk)

201 Armor plating wasn't on most of them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:03 PM (GmKGk)

202 Dick Best and four other SBDs put Akagi under the waves.

He also says just before Midway he took a nine ship of SBDs to the Molokai range to practice bombing. He says of his bomb run, two of the practice bombs were within 15ft and the other two withing 25ft of the bullseye.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:03 PM (2GVsD)

203 “….given hearings as to why they were deported”

Because they are illegal aliens. That’s why, fuckface.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 11:03 PM (z1t++)

204 javems, that was an excellent version! That man has a serious voice.

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 11:03 PM (z0fsG)

205 With all due respect that completely minimizes and simplifies what Tucker has said.
Posted by: San


if it is about another country who cares?

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 11:04 PM (uFL4l)

206
190 The Japanese Carriers only needed about one dive bomb to sink.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:00 PM (GmKGk)

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Both Japanese and American WW2 carriers had wooden flight decks.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 11:04 PM (azNOR)

207 Shinano never had a proper testing of all the seals and hatches that were supposed to make the ship watertight. So when she got holed by Archerfish, oh boy they found the leaks in a hurry.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:05 PM (2GVsD)

208 The two Japanese carriers with armored flight decks came out in 1944.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:06 PM (GmKGk)

209 195 The Japanese Carriers only needed about one dive bomb to sink.
Posted by: Boss


it is surprising they could even get airborne

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 11:01 PM (uFL4l)

Indeed. Carriers are quite heavy...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:07 PM (ynpvh)

210 It gets me that much of the New Testament is in the Aorist tense which English doesn’t have naturally. Translation always loses something.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 11:07 PM (E0Kkk)

211 Unryu got sunk by a US submarine as it was trying to run Ohkas and pilots to the Philippines.

The other finished Unryu class carrier survived the war but was not a factor in the war.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:08 PM (2GVsD)

212 Off to bed. Hopefully tomorrow is less eventful! Night!

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 11:08 PM (OoFl2)

213 They did have armored hangar decks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:08 PM (GmKGk)

214 198 And eat a bunch of stew for the next 2 years.
Posted by: GWB
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Yahbut...
Every case of Trichinosis occurring in the US in the last 50 years or so has been a result of eating bear meat.
The pigs are innocent.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 22, 2025 11:01 PM (TevVe)

Not even the feral ones?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:09 PM (ynpvh)

215 *Looks at time*

Okay, who in the Horde just won the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:09 PM (2GVsD)

216 Goodnight Horde! Continuing travel tomorrow.

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 11:09 PM (z0fsG)

217 Night Piper.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:09 PM (2GVsD)

218 I forgot to buy a ticket.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:10 PM (GmKGk)

219 The two Japanese carriers with armored flight decks came out in 1944.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:06 PM (GmKGk)
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Imperial Japan was a mass of contradictions. On the one hand, the Arisaka rifle was the ultimate incarnation of the Mauser action, with post-war testing showing it to be crazy robust.

And yet...Nambu pistols. WTF.

The "Zero" was pretty damn good, but also fragile and an evolutionary dead end. Also: it's wartime, why are you still hazing your pilot trainees?

Have you considered an actual medical corps, or is your entire military based on the idea that no one gets sick or wounded?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:10 PM (ZOv7s)

220 215 *Looks at time*

Okay, who in the Horde just won the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:09 PM (2GVsD)

I knew I was forgetting something...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:10 PM (ynpvh)

221 " Braenyard - Hebrew and Aramaic for the OT, Koine Greek for the NT, but you knew this." Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

There are some that think the NT was originally in Aramaic, kinda considered more the "language of the commoners", while Greek was more legal/official. So it is kinda nice to think JC gave the Sermon on the Mount in Aramaic.

There are interlinears of the NT in Aramaic, but the Greek became more dominant in the translations.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 22, 2025 11:10 PM (vbXSk)

222 Scalp wounds are notorious for producing lots and lots of blood. That’s not to say “don’t worry about it” but don’t freak out, either.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 11:10 PM (z1t++)

223 Apparently we need more hot irons....

Posted by: blaster at December 22, 2025 11:10 PM (NlEaG)

224 The Japanese sucked at damage control. Hiryu, Soryu, Kaga and Akagi went down because bombs pierced the flight deck and set off a chain of secondary explosions in the hangar deck.

Then there was the Taiho...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:11 PM (JkO4W)

225 Apparently we need more hot irons....
Posted by: blas


you have a bunch of wrinkled clothes?

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 11:11 PM (uFL4l)

226 Night Piper and thanks again for the photos.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 22, 2025 11:12 PM (VCgbV)

227 Taiho suffered the fate of Lexington, turned into a giant fuel-air bomb.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:12 PM (2GVsD)

228 The Japanese sucked at damage control. Hiryu, Soryu, Kaga and Akagi went down because bombs pierced the flight deck and set off a chain of secondary explosions in the hangar deck.

Then there was the Taiho...
Posted by: Cicer


it is a bitch to have running flaming fuel going through holes in your decks into the engineering spaces

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 11:12 PM (uFL4l)

229 Every now and then I catch a glimpse of how connected the things Trump does really are. For instance the heavy praise of Qatar, and of the Saudis as well - at first glance, it seems bizarre. But now both countries are pushing OPEC to produce as much oil as possible, dropping oil prices. Why?

Maybe, just maybe because Trump asked them to, because the oil surplus allows Trump to take Venezuela’s production offline and crush Maduro’s government without the oil price spike that should have happened, and thus without any domestic political repercussions for Trump. And he gets to take down Cuba as well, a nice two for. Amazing how it all comes together.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 11:13 PM (pLSjm)

230 Piper...did they put her on an antibiotic due to the joint injury?

Hope she's better soon!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 11:13 PM (WONhk)

231 Trump is also selling to Saudi Arabia the F-35 as a carrot for them to sign the Abraham Accords.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:13 PM (2GVsD)

232 Alot of origami below decks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:13 PM (GmKGk)

233 Scalp wounds are notorious for producing lots and lots of blood. That’s not to say “don’t worry about it” but don’t freak out, either.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 11:10 PM (z1t++)
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Yep. But trying to explain to a room full of women how shaving cuts can bleed but not be arterial is an uphill climb.

We've had each grandkid get a scalp cut, and both were scary due to blood, but did not need stitches.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:13 PM (ZOv7s)

234 With all due respect that completely minimizes and simplifies what Tucker has said.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 11:00 PM (WGeqj)

Pretty much everything Tucker has said shades into what Trump and Vance have said. You are pissed because he contradicts what you think is essential to justify what you believe. You are ranting on, not because you disagree with Tucker but because you are afraid someone will listen to him and stop believing what you believe.

Let me say something: no one listens to Tucker because they care what he says. No one listens to Joe Rogan because they care what he says, either. People listen to them to hear what the people they interview have to say.
You are as pissed about Tucker "platforming" points of view that are contrary to yours. fine. Go listen to people who agree with you, your blood pressure will be lower.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 11:14 PM (rbvCR)

235 "King James Bible
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

I'm told those KJV foreign words are Aramaic, but it's been 45 years since I learned that, or maybe I remember incorrectly .... ha.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 22, 2025 11:14 PM (vbXSk)

236 I guess I better snooze now💤💤
Lots to do early tomorrow.

Have a wonderful evening all, and thanks MH.

"The tree may lean and the cookies may burn, but if we are together, it is perfect.”

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 22, 2025 11:14 PM (dIJjD)

237 222 Scalp wounds are notorious for producing lots and lots of blood. That’s not to say “don’t worry about it” but don’t freak out, either.
Posted by: Common Tater

Once was common in pro wrestling to slice forehead/scalp to create a bloody head/face. Generally heals quickly.

Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassie at December 22, 2025 11:15 PM (oftw2)

238 Maybe, just maybe because Trump asked them to, because the oil surplus allows Trump to take Venezuela’s production offline and crush Maduro’s government without the oil price spike that should have happened, and thus without any domestic political repercussions for Trump. And he gets to take down Cuba as well, a nice two for. Amazing how it all comes together.
Posted by: Tom Se

it is not good for American producers to have Saudis or anybody else producing more, besides, you should assume the venezuelans have the same doomsday strategy of blowing the wells the Saudis have.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 11:15 PM (uFL4l)

239 It's Greek to me.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:15 PM (GmKGk)

240 I worked for Walden books in the late 80s, early 90s (which is where I learned how NOT to run a bookstore). I was frequently asked if we sold Bibles. On a day when I was feeling super ornery, I would look the customer right in the eye, smile sweetly, and ask "Which one? What translation?". And the person would get that deer in the headlights look on their face. 99 times out of 100, they wanted the King James.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 22, 2025 11:15 PM (DK5Sh)

241 Maybe, just maybe because Trump asked them to, because the oil surplus allows Trump to take Venezuela’s production offline and crush Maduro’s government without the oil price spike that should have happened, and thus without any domestic political repercussions for Trump. And he gets to take down Cuba as well, a nice two for. Amazing how it all comes together.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 11:13 PM (pLSjm)
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It also squeezes Russia, who he wants to come to terms. They got most of what they wanted in terms of Russian-language populations, and the Crimea, and he feels that's enough. I think he also wants to sort out the stupid enclaves once and for all.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:15 PM (ZOv7s)

242 Pretty much everything Tucker has said shades into what Trump and Vance have said. You are pissed because he contradicts what you think is essential to justify what you believe. You are ranting on, not because you disagree with Tucker but because you are afraid someone will listen to him and stop believing what you believe.

Let me say something: no one listens to Tucker because they care what he says. No one listens to Joe Rogan because they care what he says, either. People listen to them to hear what the people they interview have to say.
You are as pissed about Tucker "platforming" points of view that are contrary to yours. fine. Go listen to people who agree with you, your blood pressure will be lower.
Posted by: Kin




shocked face emoji

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 11:16 PM (uFL4l)

243 Or you ask them if they want the Bible with or without the Book of Tobit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:16 PM (2GVsD)

244 I always thought it was criminal, some of those World War Two battleships had decks made of Teak wood. They were thought important enough to preserve, and they were, so steps should have been taken to conserve the decks. Teak is practically extinct now, or near enough.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 11:16 PM (rFLpo)

245 "King James Bible
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

I also learned those words do not mean "why hast thou forsaken me", but more like "for this purpose was I spared". God did not forsake His son, but he did sacrifice him for us.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 22, 2025 11:17 PM (vbXSk)

246 204 javems, that was an excellent version! That man has a serious voice.

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 22, 2025 11:03 PM (z0fsG)

Yes. I just discovered him a little while ago. I'll have to search for some more of his works.

Posted by: javems at December 22, 2025 11:17 PM (8I4hW)

247 Not even the feral ones?
Posted by: jim
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Nope. I think.because everyone is very aware of pigs/trichinosis, so feral pig is cooked to a fare thee well. The fact that bears carry the parasite is not that high in public consciousness, so they get undercooked.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 22, 2025 11:17 PM (TevVe)

248 192 That is my toes. I can’t tell you how many broken toes I have had thanks to my obsession with my ponies.
Posted by: Piper
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At about six years of age I'm standing barefoot next to a horse and she steps on my toe. She doesn't know that she's standing on my toe. Mom is there but doesn't know what to do. The men across the yard are yelling instructions but she's unsuccessful.

Finally, they come over and get her to pick up her hoof. It was a most unpleasant experience.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:17 PM (imZqa)

249 247 Not even the feral ones?
Posted by: jim
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Nope. I think.because everyone is very aware of pigs/trichinosis, so feral pig is cooked to a fare thee well. The fact that bears carry the parasite is not that high in public consciousness, so they get undercooked.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 22, 2025 11:17 PM (TevVe)

Yeah, any critter that eats flesh, and I guess folks forget that pigs will eat flesh...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:18 PM (ynpvh)

250 When I was aboard USS Missouri in 2010 they were talking of sourcing new deck planking from ... *drum roll* China.

Not sure if they did.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:19 PM (2GVsD)

251 Or you ask them if they want the Bible with or without the Book of Tobit.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:16 PM (2GVsD)
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Maccabees. Kind of important, particularly this time of year.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:19 PM (ZOv7s)

252 I believe pigs would even eat small stones.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:19 PM (GmKGk)

253 248 192 That is my toes. I can’t tell you how many broken toes I have had thanks to my obsession with my ponies.
Posted by: Piper
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At about six years of age I'm standing barefoot next to a horse and she steps on my toe. She doesn't know that she's standing on my toe. Mom is there but doesn't know what to do. The men across the yard are yelling instructions but she's unsuccessful.

Finally, they come over and get her to pick up her hoof. It was a most unpleasant experience.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:17 PM (imZqa)

BIL closed a car window on my fingers before I could get them out of the way...I was banging on the window with the OTHER hand saying, "Put it down! Put it down!"...seconds are a long time in those situations...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:20 PM (ynpvh)

254 251 Or you ask them if they want the Bible with or without the Book of Tobit.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:16 PM (2GVsD)
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Maccabees. Kind of important, particularly this time of year.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:19 PM (ZOv7s)

First or Second? Oh, you want both?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:21 PM (ynpvh)

255 When I was aboard USS Missouri in 2010 they were talking of sourcing new deck planking from ... *drum roll* China.

Not sure if they did.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:19 PM (2GVsD)
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Chicoms are now claiming we allied with Japan in WW II. Because of course.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:21 PM (ZOv7s)

256 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 10:31 PM (imZqa)

HMMM I'll bet you won the Bible category on jeopardy.

Posted by: Derak at December 22, 2025 11:21 PM (JUYGW)

257 I saw a video on Tobit last night. They were talking about a binding and healing angel I never heard of.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:21 PM (GmKGk)

258 illiniwek -

But we don’t have the NT in Aramaic but in Koine Greek. Certainly you can make a case that some of the Greek looks like the author was thinking in Aramaic and then writing it down in Koine. Also I think there were a lot of amanuenses who helped write down the text who may have had better mastery of Koine than the person dictating the text. The extent of their influence may explain why certain authors had better Greek in some of their writings than elsewhere. Of course Paul was well tutored and wrote good Greek.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 11:21 PM (E0Kkk)

259 My last bookstore location was two doors down from a coin shop. I don't think the guy kept real good records. One of my customers bought an ungodly number of gold coins -- not the tenth ounce coins, but the ounce coins. He stuffed them in his bank box so his daughter could retrieve them tax free after his death. His aim was to die with no bank savings.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 22, 2025 11:22 PM (DK5Sh)

260 Posted by: mindful webworker - it's THAT time of year, eh? at December 22, 2025 10:04 PM (WB0Mb)

I just cried. Those are GREAT commercials. Thanks!

Posted by: Derak at December 22, 2025 11:22 PM (JUYGW)

261 Or you ask them if they want the Bible with or without the Book of Tobit.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:16 PM (2GVsD)
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Maccabees. Kind of important, particularly this time of year.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:19 PM (ZOv7s)

First or Second? Oh, you want both?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

And that officer, is when the fight broke out.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:22 PM (2GVsD)

262 First or Second? Oh, you want both?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:21 PM (ynpvh)
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Is there a volume discount?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:22 PM (ZOv7s)

263 257 I saw a video on Tobit last night. They were talking about a binding and healing angel I never heard of.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:21 PM (GmKGk)

I have one Bible with the apocryphal books...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:22 PM (ynpvh)

264 >>>Let me say something: no one listens to Tucker because they care what he says. No one listens to Joe Rogan because they care what he says, either. People listen to them to hear what the people they interview have to say.
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So many things to choose from:

Tucker does not bring the best nor the brightest; they are obtuse, elliptical, fringe thinkers that package their thoughts in intellectual appearing expression.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:23 PM (imZqa)

265 262 First or Second? Oh, you want both?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:21 PM (ynpvh)
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Is there a volume discount?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:22 PM (ZOv7s)

Indeed! Two for the price of one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:23 PM (ynpvh)

266 257 I saw a video on Tobit last night. They were talking about a binding and healing angel I never heard of.

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There were a lot of third tier angels in the enlisted ranks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:24 PM (JkO4W)

267 265 262 First or Second? Oh, you want both?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:21 PM (ynpvh)
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Is there a volume discount?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:22 PM (ZOv7s)

Indeed! Two for the price of one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:23 PM (ynpvh)

Buy one Bible with 1Maccabees, get 2nd Maccabees free!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:24 PM (ynpvh)

268 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️🎄

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 22, 2025 11:24 PM (93VjR)

269 I saw a video on Tobit last night. They were talking about a binding and healing angel I never heard of.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:21 PM (GmKGk)
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Tobit is one of the more amusing books of the Bible. Chick keeps getting her husband whacked because of demons, but fish parts for the win!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:24 PM (ZOv7s)

270 So. Winter camping.

My future ex husband and I took a backpacking trip up to Rampart Ridge in late spring. By the time we reached the ridge it was blizzard conditions and fog. Visibility was zip. We found a tree and pitched our tent for shelter.

Cooked some food, drank some Irish and listened to a Red Sox Mariners double header on the radio.

Saved us.

Woke the next morning early and could not see our footprints. Took put the topo map and the compass and headed downhill. Got kinda off the trail, but figured it out.

It was nice to get back to the truck and the heater and safely. Fun trip though. Will never forget.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 22, 2025 11:24 PM (syJGz)

271 US allied with Japan?

Guess the last Chinese who remember the Flying Tigers or Flying Dragons have died off.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:25 PM (2GVsD)

272 So many things to choose from:

Tucker does not bring the best nor the brightest; they are obtuse, elliptical, fringe thinkers that package their thoughts in intellectual appearing expression.

Posted by: Braen


Yeah he never gets the deep thinkers such as mark levin.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 11:25 PM (uFL4l)

273 It was an arch angel. TMNT Raphel I think.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:25 PM (GmKGk)

274 Indeed! Two for the price of one.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:23 PM (ynpvh)
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It's why Jews practice circumcision. They demand 10 percent off *everything.*

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:26 PM (ZOv7s)

275 Fish Gaul cured old guys 4 years of blindness.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:27 PM (GmKGk)

276 They're not all A-listers like Gamaliels and Gabriels.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:27 PM (JkO4W)

277 Guess the last Chinese who remember the Flying Tigers or Flying Dragons have died off.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:25 PM (2GVsD)
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Chicoms did nothing to fight Japan. KMT shouldered that load. So they pretend that the US was a non-factor. Did you see their big celebration in September, where they pretended the CCP defeated Japan? Total joke.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)

278 Huh, USS New Jersey just emerged from a $10 million facelift.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:28 PM (2GVsD)

279 Huh, USS New Jersey just emerged from a $10 million facelift.
Posted by: Ann


I would seem more appropriate to have a BBlift ,

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 11:29 PM (uFL4l)

280 BIL closed a car window on my fingers before I could get them out of the way...I was banging on the window with the OTHER hand saying, "Put it down! Put it down!"...seconds are a long time in those situations...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:20 PM (ynpvh)

[to Inga from behind the bookcase] Put... the candle... back!

Posted by: Fr. Frederick Frankenstein at December 22, 2025 11:29 PM (wVcYX)

281 Huh, USS New Jersey just emerged from a $10 million facelift.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:28 PM (2GVsD)
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I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille. Also a salvo.

Posted by: USS New Jersey at December 22, 2025 11:29 PM (ZOv7s)

282 I tend to ignore Chinese propaganda.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:29 PM (2GVsD)

283 277 Guess the last Chinese who remember the Flying Tigers or Flying Dragons have died off.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:25 PM (2GVsD)
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Chicoms did nothing to fight Japan. KMT shouldered that load. So they pretend that the US was a non-factor. Did you see their big celebration in September, where they pretended the CCP defeated Japan? Total joke.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)

Mao made sure all veterans under him during the Great March were massacred in various places, including Korea. Leave no witnesses.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)

284 Raphael and Uriel are only named in the Deuterocanonical texts.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 11:29 PM (E0Kkk)

285 282 I tend to ignore Chinese propaganda.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:29 PM (2GVsD)

Good to know you ignore most MSM.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)

286 Fish Gaul cured old guys 4 years of blindness.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:27 PM (GmKGk)

There's a "blind lesbian in a seafood store" joke to be in there, someplace.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 11:30 PM (npFr7)

287 There's a "blind lesbian in a seafood store" joke to be in there, someplace.

You haddock go there...

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:30 PM (2GVsD)

288 286 Fish Gaul cured old guys 4 years of blindness.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:27 PM (GmKGk)

There's a "blind lesbian in a seafood store" joke to be in there, someplace.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 11:30 PM (npFr7)

"The Illiad" has Lesbians in it; King Agamemnon even offered some of his best to Achiles...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:31 PM (ynpvh)

289 I tend to ignore Chinese propaganda.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:29 PM (2GVsD)
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It's useful to know which lies they are telling.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:31 PM (ZOv7s)

290 The Greeks have an Island named Lesbos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:31 PM (GmKGk)

291 Agamemnon was a pimp. He could never have outfought Ajax (the Greater)

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:32 PM (JkO4W)

292 Raphael and Uriel are only named in the Deuterocanonical texts.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 11:29 PM (E0Kkk)
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Milton made up a bunch of angels. Also went full Arianism.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:33 PM (ZOv7s)

293 291 Agamemnon was a pimp. He could never have outfought Ajax (the Greater)

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:32 PM (JkO4W)

Ajax was a great cleaner, let me tell ya.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:33 PM (ynpvh)

294 Okay, I'm done. Night all.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:34 PM (ynpvh)

295 The Greeks have an Island named Lesbos.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:31 PM (GmKGk)
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Natives of which are termed "Lesbosians" for obvious reasons.

In the early days of the internet, "Isle of Lesbos" probably saw heavy traffic, not the least by an ewok with an interest in Busty Lesbian Porn.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:34 PM (ZOv7s)

296 I miss winter camping. My boys and I would set up camp in Rocky Mountain National Park, build a big fire and watch the snow fly. The elk were all around us. The tent was small, but we had so many sleeping bags and blankets that we were toasty. Getting up to pee in the middle of the night was an adventure.

next morning, the elk were gathered around the minivan, licking the mag-chloride, which is, I guess, a kind of salt. I think one of them flicked a cigarette butt at us. Punks.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 22, 2025 11:34 PM (0aYVJ)

297 Maccabees. Kind of important, particularly this time of year.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

First or Second? Oh, you want both?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

What about third and fourth Maccabees?

Posted by: Pippin and/or Josephus at December 22, 2025 11:36 PM (nhCoE)

298 One thing that impressed me about Judas Maccabeus - and it seems somewhat relevant concerning the infighting we’ve been talking about lately - is that as soon as he got his rebellion going, the first thing that he did, even before attacking the Seleucids, was to raid and wipe out almost all of the Hellenized Jews.

He didn’t put up with any dissension on his own side.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 11:36 PM (pLSjm)

299 What about third and fourth Maccabees?
Posted by: Pippin and/or Josephus at December 22, 2025 11:36 PM (nhCoE)
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What are you, Russian?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:36 PM (ZOv7s)

300 278 Huh, USS New Jersey just emerged from a $10 million facelift.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Now, rip out that old propulsion system and put in a nuclear one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:37 PM (imZqa)

301 That’s awesome , Pug.

Love those memories.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 22, 2025 11:37 PM (InAgz)

302 I think New Jersey got credit for sinking an island once.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:38 PM (GmKGk)

303 He didn’t put up with any dissension on his own side.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 11:36 PM (pLSjm)
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Yeah, but did he kill all the firstborn males? That's a real power move.

Posted by: King Herod the so-called Great at December 22, 2025 11:38 PM (ZOv7s)

304 298 One thing that impressed me about Judas Maccabeus - and it seems somewhat relevant concerning the infighting we’ve been talking about lately - is that as soon as he got his rebellion going, the first thing that he did, even before attacking the Seleucids, was to raid and wipe out almost all of the Hellenized Jews.

He didn’t put up with any dissension on his own side.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Shadow of Moses coming back from the mount.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:38 PM (imZqa)

305 302 I think New Jersey got credit for sinking an island once.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:38 PM (GmKGk)

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Guam was always a sitting duck. I'm surprised the Japanese didn't send it to the bottom.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:39 PM (JkO4W)

306 The Greeks have an Island named Lesbos.

And you know who lived on that island in classical times, right? Sappho the poet?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 11:40 PM (E0Kkk)

307 299 What about third and fourth Maccabees?
Posted by: Pippin and/or Josephus at December 22, 2025 11:36 PM (nhCoE)
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What are you, Russian?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Makes one wonder what the Bible would be if Constantine hadn't been in a rush.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:40 PM (imZqa)

308 Last night, Piper posted a bunch of pictures of Christmas trees - thought I would post a picture of what the TiFW girls refer to as "The Ornament Rack".

It's not a traditional Christmas tree, but honestly, all I want to see on a tree is the ornaments, and with most trees in homes, about 3/4 of the tree is not viewable because they are usually set in a corner.

So years ago, I saw this in a catalog, and I Had.To.Have.It.

I still love it! Didn't put it up this year because of impending surgery, but we do try to put it up most years. We even ordered a taller one last year, but it didn't get to our house in time to put up, so we will have to wait until next year to see what it looks like 🎄🎄🎄

https://tinyurl.com/TheOrnamentRack

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 22, 2025 11:41 PM (9WXu1)

309 Guam was always a sitting duck. I'm surprised the Japanese didn't send it to the bottom.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:39 PM (JkO4W)

Guam had native divers equipped with thousands of yards of Flex Tape.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 11:41 PM (npFr7)

310 Jim Beam is shutting down production for a year.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:43 PM (GmKGk)

311 So many things to choose from:
Tucker does not bring the best nor the brightest; they are obtuse, elliptical, fringe thinkers that package their thoughts in intellectual appearing expression.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:23 PM (imZqa)

So you don't listen to the podcast and yet you know why he is bad.

You have unique skills, sir. I am amazed.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 11:43 PM (rbvCR)

312 Kindltot knows a lot about me that just isn't so.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 11:43 PM (9ipOP)

313 Posted by: javems at December 22, 2025 10:56 PM (8I4hW)

Simply outstanding.

Posted by: Derak at December 22, 2025 11:44 PM (JUYGW)

314 293 291 Agamemnon was a pimp. He could never have outfought Ajax (the Greater)

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:32 PM (JkO4W)

Ajax was a great cleaner, let me tell ya.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 11:33 PM (ynpvh)

And he was a very, very good boy. Best dog i could have asked for.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 11:45 PM (zZu0s)

315 https://tinyurl.com/TheOrnamentRack
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 22, 2025 11:41 PM (9WXu1)

I'm not going to make any jokes about ornamental racks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 11:45 PM (npFr7)

316 312 Kindltot knows a lot about me that just isn't so.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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zzz zzzz zzzzz channeling Franpycho's brain zzz zzzz zzzzz

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:45 PM (imZqa)

317 Maccabees is informative for why so many of the Jews of Judea expected a military Messiah. They had succeeded in throwing off one empire, the Seleucids, and thought they could do it again with the Romans. This was not God’s plan, but helps explain so many expectations that the Jews of Jerusalem had.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 11:46 PM (E0Kkk)

318
So you don't listen to the podcast and yet you know why he is bad.

You have unique skills, sir. I am amazed.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Of course you are.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:47 PM (imZqa)

319
I'm not going to make any jokes about ornamental racks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Channeling the Horde's brain.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:48 PM (imZqa)

320 Kindltot knows a lot about me that just isn't so.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 11:43 PM (9ipOP)

I know nothing about you, only what you say.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 11:48 PM (rbvCR)

321 Good night grey box friends

Peace

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 11:49 PM (igoLh)

322 310 Jim Beam is shutting down production for a year.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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This sounds like a real world tragedy. Extrapolate, please.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 11:49 PM (imZqa)

323 Night AK.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 11:49 PM (zZu0s)

324 321 Good night grey box friends

Peace

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Huh. Duuuude.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:50 PM (JkO4W)

325 Amazing amount of digital ink we spill over Tucker. Committing the electric sin of Onan to stay in our Bible theme.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 11:50 PM (zZu0s)

326 I'm knee deep in putting my desk back together, all the monitors are on new arms, the laptops have their arms, all of the things have their spot now instead of haphazardly placed, but more importantly all of the various connecting cables are now appropriately sized, where I had a 10ft long hdmi, a more appropriate 3ft hdmi has been subbed in, and so on.

Just waiting for the k/m switch, video multiviewer and ram mount pieces tomorrow and everything will be pulled together.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 11:50 PM (XV/Pl)

327 The good brands of Bourbon are still producing.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:50 PM (GmKGk)

328 327 The good brands of Bourbon are still producing.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:50 PM (GmKGk)

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You couldn't stop Ten High even if they ran out of corn.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:51 PM (JkO4W)

329 Buffalo Trace is still unobtainium here.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:51 PM (GmKGk)

330
Tim can fix it!!

What Tim fails to see is that he is Wreck It Walz

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 22, 2025 11:52 PM (xG4kz)

331 Teresa in Fort Worth-
I am having trouble opening your link:

https://tinyurl.com/TheOrnamentRack

Is the problem on my end?

Also, continuing to pray for you.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 11:53 PM (E0Kkk)

332 You know how we were all taught that oil was "fossil fuel", somehow came from all the dead dinosaurs and whatnot? And now the idea is gaining traction that it is constantly generated by processes in the Earth's core? It seems that the dino theory was at least promoted if not invented by...John Rockefeller who controlled most of the US oil in the days when it was first becoming useful. The idea that there was a limited amount of it was good for keeping the prices up. The scam has always been.

Posted by: Azjaeger at December 22, 2025 11:55 PM (3/XaG)

333 What Tim fails to see is that he is Wreck It Walz
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 22, 2025 11:52 PM (xG4kz)

Walz of the Foulers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 11:55 PM (npFr7)

334
https://tinyurl.com/TheOrnamentRack
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn

That's one of them balsams, isn't it?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 22, 2025 11:57 PM (xG4kz)

335 But we don’t have the NT in Aramaic but in Koine Greek." NemoMe

I have a Lamsa Bible ... somewhere. from wiki

"Some places in Lamsa's translation differ from the Greek texts used as the basis of other English-language Bibles.

Matthew 27:46
An example is found in Matthew Matthew 27:46, where Lamsa has "My God, my God, for this I was spared!" where the Greek text has "My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me?"

And about the ninth hour
Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
that is to say,
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

This is rendered in Lamsa's translation:

And about the ninth hour,
Jesus cried out with a loud voice and said,
Eli, Eli lemana shabakthan!
My God, my God, for this I was spared!"

Posted by: illiniwek at December 22, 2025 11:58 PM (vbXSk)

336
The idea that there was a limited amount of it was good for keeping the prices up. The scam has always been.
Posted by: Azjaeger

Hey! Shaddup, you!

-- DeBeers

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 22, 2025 11:58 PM (xG4kz)

337 The idea that there was a limited amount of it was good for keeping the prices up. The scam has always been.
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 22, 2025 11:55 PM (3/XaG)

If you want to drill a well, or a hundred wells, to test abiotic oil theory, nobody is stopping you, if you can raise the money to do it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 23, 2025 12:00 AM (npFr7)

338 Teresa in Fort Worth -

The link worked this time! Very pretty!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 23, 2025 12:00 AM (E0Kkk)

339 Kentucky is pretty good for finding all sorts of whiskey/bourbon. I was in rhe liquor store on Saturday and found this new to me brand that had... like 50s sci fi and superhero labels. They were very cool looking. Like 5 different varieties. I almost wanted to buy them for the bottles alone. Wish I could post a picture I took of thr bottles.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 23, 2025 12:00 AM (zZu0s)

340 My last bookstore location was two doors down from a coin shop. I don't think the guy kept real good records. One of my customers bought an ungodly number of gold coins -- not the tenth ounce coins, but the ounce coins. He stuffed them in his bank box so his daughter could retrieve them tax free after his death. His aim was to die with no bank savings.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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Maybe in his state, but I doubt it. My attorney that set up.the family trust advised me to get a good safe (or a big.piece of property to bury stuff) and give up.my safety deposit box. If you have a box in AZ, the estate must go through probate, with a probate court order required to open the box, with a neutral observer of the inventory,.said inventory submitted to.the court. Ain't gonna dodge no revenooers there.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 23, 2025 12:00 AM (TevVe)

341 It seems that the dino theory was at least promoted if not invented by...John Rockefeller who controlled most of the US oil in the days when it was first becoming useful. The idea that there was a limited amount of it was good for keeping the prices up. The scam has always been.
Posted by: Azjaeger


Dino Juice was a marketing ploy to make petro more acceptable to luddites married to burning Whale Squeezenes.
More sophisticated than coal or lamp gas.

.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 23, 2025 12:01 AM (/lPRQ)

342 'Whale squeezins' I like that. Ill steal if it I ever have a chance to use it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 23, 2025 12:03 AM (zZu0s)

343 "The Ornament Rack"

TiFW--- I *love* it!

Hoping you're well and feeling fine. Merry Christmas!

Posted by: JQ at December 23, 2025 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

344 I'm knee deep in putting my desk back together, all the monitors are on new arms, the laptops have their arms, all of the things have their spot now instead of haphazardly placed, but more importantly all of the various connecting cables are now appropriately sized, where I had a 10ft long hdmi, a more appropriate 3ft hdmi has been subbed in, and so on.

Just waiting for the k/m switch, video multiviewer and ram mount pieces tomorrow and everything will be pulled together.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Ask Ace for a consult.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 23, 2025 12:04 AM (TevVe)

345 The Greeks have an Island named Lesbos.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 11:31 PM (GmKGk)

You don't say!

Posted by: Sappho The Poetess at December 23, 2025 12:06 AM (TR4+2)

346 Tonight's Powerball numbers are:

03, 18, 36, 41, 54, and the PB is 07.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 23, 2025 12:07 AM (2GVsD)

347 Oil has been found in marine formations as old as late Proterozoic, long before animals of any kind walked upon the land.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 23, 2025 12:08 AM (npFr7)

348 I've lost a trail before hiking, in NH too...

Of course it was a shorter trail and without much elevation gain and it was the summer so I didn't have to worry about snow or cold.

But it is easy to do. In my case there was a river in the area that I knew I could focus on if all else failed.

When I realized I was lost I just kept heading to the river, then followed it to pick up the trail again.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2025 12:09 AM (sKqQm)

349 I knew a guy from Lesbos.

Kidded him about it many, many times.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2025 12:10 AM (sKqQm)

350

Ajax aka The White Tornado

https://youtu.be/OcDhBxFBxwI

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 23, 2025 12:10 AM (pkeXY)

351 Powerball Christmas Eve $1.7 Billion.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 23, 2025 12:11 AM (GmKGk)

352 Thomas Gold was wrong about the Steady State hypothesis, wrong about Moon dust, was arguably right about the Space Shuttle, and probably right about at least some oil being abiogenic in origin. Whether you can get to it, and bring it up to the surface in an economic fashion is another question.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 23, 2025 12:12 AM (E0Kkk)

353 I knew a guy from Lesbos.

Kidded him about it many, many times.
Posted by: 18-1


Not even half a limerick.
First line was a great start though

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 23, 2025 12:14 AM (/lPRQ)

354 If you want to drill a well, or a hundred wells, to test abiotic oil theory, nobody is stopping you, if you can raise the money to do it.

I wonder if some percentage of our oil is abiotic with most biotic in origin - I know there has been unexpected seepage back into some wells when the expected reserves in the area were exhausted and of course we've found hydrocarbons outside of the earth in the solar system that are likely abiotic but...to your point no one has made a real strike based on the abiotic theory yet

Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2025 12:14 AM (sKqQm)

355 osted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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Maybe ... there.
Posted by: buddhaha
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Banks are not your friend. They are not on your side.
What goes on is not their business nor the govts.
In ancient times, before computers and cross referenced book keeping along with sloppy govt work.
Families did not record deeds or such transactions.
They would be generationally passed on. Only concerned parties, buyer and seller, involved.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 12:14 AM (imZqa)

356 Need to buy some PB tickets!

$1.7B, after it's chewed up by taxation.. just might be enough to cruise through the rest of my life. Maybe.

Posted by: JQ at December 23, 2025 12:15 AM (rdVOm)

357 346 Tonight's Powerball numbers are:

03, 18, 36, 41, 54, and the PB is 07.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Hoping you won something. Maybe a tenth.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 12:15 AM (imZqa)

358 I vaguely recall helping Mom take groceries out of the back seat of her car. I dropped a 6-pack of 7-UP bottles on her big toe, she was wearing sandals I guess. I remember it bled quite a lot.

The wind up was, I never had to help carry groceries again (sorry Mom!!!)

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 12:16 AM (fS43b)

359 Beam will still be making bourbon but it'll just be at their second location about five miles down the road

Posted by: NCKate at December 23, 2025 12:19 AM (uQzkA)

360 Thomas Gold was wrong about the Steady State hypothesis, wrong about Moon dust, was arguably right about the Space Shuttle, and probably right about at least some oil being abiogenic in origin. Whether you can get to it, and bring it up to the surface in an economic fashion is another question.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 23, 2025 12:12 AM (E0Kkk)

The big problem with abiogenic oil is where to put it. I don't doubt that at some great depths in the earth's mantle the physical and chemical conditions are ripe for elemental carbon to combine with the hydrogen in water to form hydrocarbons. Problem is, at those great depths, all rocks are somewhat plastic, like modeling clay, and the crystal grains deform or regrow to fill all available pore space. No pore space = no place to put the oil. So the carbon+water>hydrocarbon reaction wheezes to a halt, because chemical reactions stop when there is no more room for the products to escape.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 23, 2025 12:19 AM (npFr7)

361 Now that I think about it, a class action lawsuit (for every male over a certain age) against YKK or whoever made those &@$@ing brass-toothed metallic zippers we all had on our jeans. A very critical component of the anatomy was prone to getting caught in them things.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 12:20 AM (fS43b)

362 You can't really have an all encompassing theory of oil without taking into account the lizard people, who love it so. They put it there long ago, when their race first came to our world, to terraform it to a warmer climate better suited to their existence.

Posted by: a word to the wise at December 23, 2025 12:21 AM (iu6Qe)

363 Problem is, at those great depths, all rocks are somewhat plastic, like modeling clay, and the crystal grains deform or regrow to fill all available pore space

I was wondering the other day...how common are caves beneath regular soil? If I went and dug down 1000 yards under my house what are the odds I'd hit a natural cave? 1/1000? Less?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2025 12:23 AM (sKqQm)

364 A very critical component of the anatomy was prone to getting caught in them things.
Posted by: Common Tater
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2 words for you: Under. wear.

Posted by: JQ at December 23, 2025 12:24 AM (rdVOm)

365 Oil is created by friction between the bottom of the flat earth and the back of the Great Turtle that the world is balanced on.

Posted by: The Guy Who Always Talks About Turtles at December 23, 2025 12:26 AM (TR4+2)

366 Now that I think about it, a class action lawsuit (for every male over a certain age) against YKK or whoever made those &@$@ing brass-toothed metallic zippers we all had on our jeans. A very critical component of the anatomy was prone to getting caught in them things.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 12:20 AM (fS43b)

I wonder if you could 3D print a pair of pants from some sort of soft flexible polymer like rayon? Legs, pockets, zipper, belt loops, everything. All one piece, no seams at all, no thread. When they are worn out, throw them in a special recycling bin at the store, and they are melted down, and formed into new filament for the printers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 23, 2025 12:26 AM (npFr7)

367 Coal formations have fossilized plants contained therein though, no? Ferns and such?

I like some of the numerous apparently well documented tales of strange items found deep underground in coal mines. Brass kettles and other artifacts, Not sure what to think of that.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 12:27 AM (fS43b)

368 348 I've lost a trail before hiking, in NH too...
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Posted by: 18-1
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Ex and I, hiking the piney woods, following a designated trail, little tin triangles. We are about an hour in and, and there are markers N, S, E, & W.
Some clown fixed it. OK, there's the sun. You know after a while all pine trees look alike.

Another hour, it's hot, the oranges are gone, more, there's got to be...wait I know this place, I feel it, it's like deja vu, Against the sun, the deliberate course and her objections, we go this way. Yes this is where we had out keggers. I know where I am.

Fifteen minutes later we're on a farm road, ten minutes later in the bed of a pickup being taxied to my ride. whew.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 12:27 AM (imZqa)

369 I wonder if you could 3D print a pair of pants from some sort of soft flexible polymer like rayon? Legs, pockets, zipper, belt loops, everything. All one piece, no seams at all, no thread.

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You could include built-in Crocs at the bottom to complete the humiliation.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 23, 2025 12:28 AM (nWPIJ)

370 Frank and beans!

Posted by: PabloD at December 23, 2025 12:28 AM (Epuwl)

371 I feel like I know that tree.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 23, 2025 12:29 AM (dK+Kv)

372 Coal formations have fossilized plants contained therein though, no? Ferns and such?

I like some of the numerous apparently well documented tales of strange items found deep underground in coal mines. Brass kettles and other artifacts, Not sure what to think of that.
Posted by: Common Tater


The crystal skills, not quite human, are puzzling.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 23, 2025 12:30 AM (/lPRQ)

373 I like some of the numerous apparently well documented tales of strange items found deep underground in coal mines. Brass kettles and other artifacts, Not sure what to think of that.

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Send enough tornados through enough junkyards and eventually you'll wind up with a Boeing 747.

Posted by: Charles Darwin at December 23, 2025 12:30 AM (nWPIJ)

374 The crystal SKULLS...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 23, 2025 12:31 AM (/lPRQ)

375 >>>No pore space = no place to put the oil. So the carbon+water>hydrocarbon reaction wheezes to a halt, because chemical reactions stop when there is no more room for the products to escape.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Except it oozes up to levels where our pipes can get bits of it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 12:32 AM (imZqa)

376 I knew a guy from Lesbos.
Kidded him about it many, many times.
Posted by: 18-

Not even half a limerick.
First line was a great start though
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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I once knew a guy from Lesbos
Who worked for a guy named Jeff Bezos
They loved Amazon(s)
Had no.use for us 'rons
Sorta like Ozzies and Abos
*silence*
Bring on the next contestant.....

Posted by: buddhaha at December 23, 2025 12:33 AM (TevVe)

377
Art Bell used to have a guy on who was big on such anomalous artifacts found in impossibly old formations. Something about anatomically modern human footprints found in impossibly old places, and other modern machine like stuff, a threaded screw or something like that.

I forget his name.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 23, 2025 12:34 AM (w6EFb)

378 -----------

Send enough tornados through enough junkyards and eventually you'll wind up with a Boeing 747.
Posted by: Charles Darwin
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What about those brand new P-38s packed in ice?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 12:34 AM (imZqa)

379 I was wondering the other day...how common are caves beneath regular soil? If I went and dug down 1000 yards under my house what are the odds I'd hit a natural cave? 1/1000? Less?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2025 12:23 AM (sKqQm)

Aside from lava caves, which are near-surface, mostly, caves are found in limestone formations which have been above the water table at some time, and caverns formed by rainwater with a little dissolved CO2 (making it slightly acid) dissolving away limestone as it percolates through cracks. Those cavernous formations can later be deeply buried. There places in Alberta where Cretaceous shales and sands sit unconformably on Mississipian limestone which is riddled with caves and holes. Drill into that, and your well "takes a drink" as all the mud in the well rushes into voids in the limestone. On the other hand, if you hit a local high in the Mississipian, you might get a bonanza oil well.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 23, 2025 12:35 AM (npFr7)

380 325 Amazing amount of digital ink we spill over Tucker. Committing the electric sin of Onan to stay in our Bible theme.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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Well, not too long ago, he seemed reasonable. Then, he wasn't. The cynic in me thinks his source of funding changed, so he changed. The same for a lot of these 'influencers'. Follow the money.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2025 12:35 AM (sAmhv)

381 And going back to the biblical theme, what about
Matthew 17:21?
Inconsistencies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 12:35 AM (imZqa)

382 Gold’s theory about deep layers of dust on the lunar surface didn’t have many adherents. Him, and …. Well, him, I think. It was a consideration of course, but the Surveyor lander safely put any such fears to rest well before Apollo had to risk it.

Some of the sites had considerably more dust than others, enough blown around by the descent engine making visibility effectively zero, and the landing difficult. I think a couple Apollo commanders basically agreed compared with making night carrier landings on a heaving deck, the lunar module was a piece of cake. I think NASA was kind of spring loaded for selection of the Navy pilots for the program for a reason

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 12:38 AM (MsRtR)

383
Heh: OOPAs, Out of place artifacts.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 23, 2025 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

384 Except it oozes up to levels where our pipes can get bits of it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 12:32 AM (imZqa)

Possibly, over eons, reservoirs could be refilled that way. Porosity is the fraction of the rock that is open space. Permeability is the connectivity between the open spaces. Source shales can have pretty high porosity, but the permeability is near-zero. That is where massive fracking can turn non-viable reservoir rocks into pay.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 23, 2025 12:40 AM (npFr7)

385 .........................................
Well, not too long ago, he seemed reasonable. Then, he wasn't. The cynic in me thinks his source of funding changed, so he changed. The same for a lot of these 'influencers'. Follow the money.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up
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Yeah, he was a shining star, I was very enthusiastic and then it was gone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 12:40 AM (imZqa)

386 I once knew a guy from Lesbos
Who dove into a p^ssy headmost
She tossed him a line
But he would not climb
Now he's a notch on her bedpost

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 23, 2025 12:40 AM (TR4+2)

387 I like some of the numerous apparently well documented tales of strange items found deep underground in coal mines. Brass kettles and other artifacts, Not sure what to think of that.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 12:27 AM (fS43b)
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I was just reading about that Oklahoma Iron pot the other day for no particular reason. They found it embedded in a large lump of coal in the early 1900's. Recent testing on the cup...AND how it was found within the coal suggested the age was in excess of 300 Million years. Which promptly caused all the archeologists to suggest the description of the find was false, and the testing on the pot was unreliable.

I tend to think that archeologists are some of the most close minded in the science field. If it goes against their theories...then it must be a mistake by the other guy.

Posted by: Orson at December 23, 2025 12:43 AM (dIske)

388
If we get to Mars, I'd love to start drilling and see just what the cores turn up. Might be some surprises.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 23, 2025 12:46 AM (w6EFb)

389 Eh, the crystal skulls have been “debunked”, they are very modern creations, probably made in Germany as novelty items in the 19th century.

Most of the “anomalous artifacts” have been determined to be hoaxes or misconceptions. The “coso artifact” is very obviously a Model T spark plug, encrusted with some sort of accretion. I haven’t read of anything particularly compelling.

The coal seam stuff seems genuinely weird, and made the local newspapers, and usually had sworn statements from the foreman, things like that. “I, John T Breckinridge hereby attest that the aforementioned was found at a level of 1270 feet below ground in an unbroken seam and witnessed by 3 other blah blah blah”

A couple instances of people finding odd objects in lump coal purchased for stoves. Newspapers were full of stories of giant skeletons found in caves as well. The Injuns had quite a few tales about them. I’m not a “believer” but it is weird.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 12:48 AM (MsRtR)

390 I wonder if you could 3D print a pair of pants from some sort of soft flexible polymer like rayon? Legs, pockets, zipper, belt loops, everything. All one piece, no seams at all, no thread. When they are worn out, throw them in a special recycling bin at the store, and they are melted down, and formed into new filament for the printers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I'm convinced that the EEOC has ruined mens pants. To many damned women designers, with no personal experience to inform those designs.
The bottom of the zippers on waaay to many mens pants end above the top of the plumbing. Female clothing zippers just have to be long enough that the pant top opens sufficiently to get over the hips, so female designers don't consider other uses. I have a couple of pairs where I have to unbutton as well as pulling the zipper in order to lower the entire pant. Otherwise its like trying to siphon with a hose draped over the windowsill.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 23, 2025 12:50 AM (TevVe)

391 I'm convinced that the EEOC has ruined mens pants. To many damned women designers, with no personal experience to inform those designs...
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Heh. Maybe they're getting back at the men what designed high heels? (torture devices!)

Posted by: JQ at December 23, 2025 12:56 AM (rdVOm)

392
Apollo managed to drill 292 cm (9.7') into the lunar surface. That's the deepest hole yet drilled I think. Chicom rovers drilled, but I don't think they managed to go that deep.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 23, 2025 12:57 AM (w6EFb)

393 I once knew a guy from Lesbos
Who dove into a p^ssy headmost
She tossed him a line
But he would not climb
Now he's a notch on her bedpost
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Much better, but, in my defense, I are a Injuneer, not an English major.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 23, 2025 12:57 AM (TevVe)

394 Guess the last Chinese who remember the Flying Tigers or Flying Dragons have died off.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 11:25 PM (2GVsD)
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Chicoms did nothing to fight Japan. KMT shouldered that load. So they pretend that the US was a non-factor. Did you see their big celebration in September, where they pretended the CCP defeated Japan? Total joke.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 22, 2025 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)

Yeah the communists were pretty much jerkoffs. I used to collect a lot of stuff from the CBI region from that period. 14th AF tiger patches, blood chits, CBI patches, etc. AVG stuff is like hen's teeth and priced like it too. Nobody really talks about that region much, but damn that was a rough area. The communists sat on their ass. Worthless pieces of shit that they are.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 23, 2025 12:58 AM (snZF9)

395 Pimp>>>Glenn Greenwald>>>Tucker Carlson

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 23, 2025 12:58 AM (nljXp)

396 Zippers? What about pockets that you can barely put your hand in and that are sewed as part of the pant?
Back pockets too high and not deep enough for your bill fold.

No, buddhaha, it wasn't women what did us in, this time, it was MBA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 01:03 AM (imZqa)

397 Much better, but, in my defense, I are a Injuneer, not an English major.
Posted by: buddhaha at December 23, 2025 12:57 AM (TevVe)

Me, too. But I wasn't really good at it. I only took it up because I enjoy eating regularly and wearing shoes that don't have holes in the soles.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 23, 2025 01:04 AM (TR4+2)

398 Wanted to mention about pants the other day.
Looking for a pair at Wally's, there are good sales out there, they had good, well made, inexpensive pants but the pockets were obscenely small.

Bought a pair of Wrangler work pants not the color I wanted, but on sale, with real pockets. Pockets that a man can easily put his hand in and deep enough to put things in. Back pockets big and deep enough to hold the fattest bill fold. joy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 01:07 AM (imZqa)

399 Flying over the “hump” the Himalaya was insane. They even had to fly in high octane aviation gas, which is also crazy. Took 7 gallons to transport 1 gallon, something like that. No place to land. Nice!

They promised the Chinese that B-29s were on the way. They built runways and airfields for them. Completely by hand, they would conscript whole towns to pick up rocks, not a single piece of earth moving equipment to be had.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 01:09 AM (Snw0w)

400 Flying over the “hump” the Himalaya was insane. They even had to fly in high octane aviation gas, which is also crazy. Took 7 gallons to transport 1 gallon, something like that. No place to land. Nice!

They promised the Chinese that B-29s were on the way. They built runways and airfields for them. Completely by hand, they would conscript whole towns to pick up rocks, not a single piece of earth moving equipment to be had.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 01:09 AM (Snw0w)

I have the dress uniform of 14th AF flying tiger turned hump pilot. Its nice, has the fancier bullion patches. Yeah, the hump,otherwise known as the aluminum trail. Many crashes because the planes couldn't carry the pilot's huge asteroid size balls.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 23, 2025 01:13 AM (snZF9)

401 A very critical component of the anatomy was prone to getting caught in them things.
Posted by: Common Tater

2 words for you: Under. wear.
Posted by: JQ

Semper Ubi Sub Ubi!

Posted by: mikeski at December 23, 2025 01:13 AM (nhCoE)

402 "I still love it! Didn't put it up this year because of impending surgery, but we do try to put it up most years"

Hey you. Im in Dallas if you need help.

Msg me.

Fenrisulven6@gmail.com

Posted by: Fen at December 23, 2025 01:22 AM (5fCiA)

403 I once knew a guy from Lesbos
Who dove into a p^ssy headmost
She tossed him a line
But he would not climb
Now he's a notch on her bedpost
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

There once was a man from Lesbos
whose claim to fame, most grandiose:
His eleven-inch tongue!
The girls called him "well-hung,"
since he left them almost comatose.

Posted by: mikeski at December 23, 2025 01:23 AM (nhCoE)

404 Me, too. But I wasn't really good at it. I only took it up because I enjoy eating regularly and wearing shoes that don't have holes in the soles.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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I was decent enough. I have (had? They're all expired) 4 patents with my name on them. Should be 6, but one was DoD program (classified) and the other was "stolen" by manager. Funny thing is, my verbal SATs were 40 points above my math.
In a land of milk and honey, I would have been a musician, but, like you, I'm addicted to food.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 23, 2025 01:31 AM (TevVe)

405 I noticed Tibetts was allowed to hand pick his crews for the B-29, so he chose the guys he had flown with the most, a navigator he trusted, the best guy on the Norden, and the best crew chief mechanic, etc. I can see why, because one bum out of the whole crew can get you in trouble real quick.

I always figured that lead-acid battery technology was tested to the limit on the Diesel boats. Exide had their theories and testing, but out in the Pacific, getting replacements had to be a problem.

How low can you deplete a battery? For how long? How fast can you charge them safely? When the life of the boat depends on the battery, and the battery tenders, people are dropping depth charges, all of the published specs are going to be looked at very critically.

At some point, they simply had to surface, and crank up those diesels and charge. Big problem. Dad said they could connect the battery bank in different ways (parallel/series) to get more speed, or get more endurance.

I always thought a Diesel boat would be great to have. A full load of fuel gives it a 10k mile range or something insane like that. Electrically, it could power a small town. If anybody gives you shit…

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 01:31 AM (v9Y2Y)

406 Sweet dreams, Horde, I just can't keep my eyes open any longer tonight.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 23, 2025 01:45 AM (0nHVk)

407 Sweet dreams, Horde, I just can't keep my eyes open any longer tonight.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 23, 2025 01:45 AM (0nHVk)

Yep. Same for me. Time to call it a night. Later, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 23, 2025 01:48 AM (npFr7)

408 407 Sweet dreams, Horde, I just can't keep my eyes open any longer tonight.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 23, 2025 01:45 AM (0nHVk)

Yep. Same for me. Time to call it a night. Later, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 23, 2025 01:48 AM (npFr7)

I think we all know BIG DINO calls the shots on AOP's bedtime.

Posted by: I've removed my fillings at December 23, 2025 01:51 AM (/jlFo)

409 Patents are worth shit if you make a NDA with the devil. Maybe a Benny Hill pat on the head.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 23, 2025 01:52 AM (nljXp)

410 To a hard left turn.
There's been another black on white highschool murder in Texas. Black guy accused white guy of taking his vape pen.
Stabbed him in the neck with scissors.

They said it wasn't racialist, yeah, he would have stabbed anyone he thought took his vape pen.
Oh, yeah, he had a rap sheet and there are questions why he was permitted there in the first place.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 01:53 AM (imZqa)

411 Gotta quit lurking and head for horizontality.

I am much amused tonight by the variety of topics, threads interwoven randomly of course, praise Pixyism.

One can learn about the stars, the wars, biology, history, and just about anything else, by hanging around the Horde. Some of it is even valid!😶

We have a couple of Guest Doggies staying with us for the week, while Daughter & her hub The Scientist are visiting his family in New York for Christmas. So, just Son for Christmas dinner, if he gets off work in the afternoon. Three of us and five dogs, presuming Son brings his. Should be a pandemonious celebration.

Click the nic for my Christmas Commercials Collection. A few awful, some surprisingly touching.

Here's another one I just ran across.
https://youtu.be/RUSfOss6ymk

Sweet dreams, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's THAT time of year, eh? at December 23, 2025 02:04 AM (WB0Mb)

412 Goodnight, mindeful, JQ, and all you late lurkers.
Sleep tight. He's coming.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 23, 2025 02:09 AM (imZqa)

413 and there are questions why he was permitted there in the first place.
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Federal $$$ for every ass in a classroom seat. Nobody gets suspended or expelled, because reasons, and the $$& for every ass in the seat.

It’s just little more than a huge extortion racket now.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2025 02:14 AM (PQwzA)

414 Hour to go

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2025 02:49 AM (Ia/+0)

415 https://youtu.be/dSQ40d8uoOI

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2025 03:15 AM (KgVf3)

416 The AI ram thing is kind of fascinating.

I guess they better hope the 'AI' is not a bubble.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 23, 2025 03:19 AM (zZu0s)

417 415 https://youtu.be/dSQ40d8uoOI
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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LoL!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2025 03:35 AM (sAmhv)

418 Thanks for the ONT, MisHum.

And now it's time for the Tech News.

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2025 04:00 AM (O7YUW)

419 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2025 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

Monday Cafe

ruinedabbey.jpg

Ruined abbey (no further details given)

Time to make the biscuits.

Video of the actual inner workings of the blog.

Surprise entrant into a Russian beauty contest.

"Let's roll down the beach and **** them all!" (Old joke, usually about an old bull and a young bull.)

ICYMI: Waiting for your slower friend to arrive for dinner.

Shadowpouncing.

Couch potatoes.

Christmas pics.


This better not be AI.

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1 hola

Posted by: alpine_beer at December 22, 2025 07:43 PM (van9r)

2 Ruined abbey (no further details given)

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I told her to keep her mouth shut, if she knew what was good for her.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:44 PM (e+Yrg)

3 Aby ruined..... or Aby Normal?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 07:44 PM (mP0Kj)

4 Ruined abbey normal

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 07:44 PM (pkeXY)

5
A Muppets Family Christmas 1987 TV Special

https://is.gd/W2Fiyl

I cued it up to Swedish Chef's entrance.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:46 PM (CWez5)

6 Abby Shapiro is ruined?

Posted by: Count de Monet, misunderstanding at December 22, 2025 07:47 PM (wVcYX)

7 In a weird way, the above image is reminiscent of the missions in San Antonio.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 07:48 PM (4786I)

8 Video of the actual inner workings of the blog.
---
Wait...So it's NOT powered by hamsters?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 07:48 PM (ESVrU)

9 Different Abby ...
***iykyk***

Definitely not safe ...
https://shorturl.at/RbHDd

Posted by: browndog laughing like Muttly at December 22, 2025 07:48 PM (3sXRv)

10
I'm so out of it. I saw Monday Cafe and thought, no, it's Wednesday, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:49 PM (3ek7K)

11 The Beatles ruined Abbey Road. .

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 22, 2025 07:49 PM (u73oe)

12 Cafe time already?

Golly gee!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 07:49 PM (zZu0s)

13 Experiment completed. Tearing the plastic wrap from left to right give a clean cut all the way through and no wadding up.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 07:49 PM (sDNVV)

14 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 07:49 PM (cYBz/)

15 Ruined abbey (no further details given)

After The Paolo, Abbey she will never-a be, how you say, satisfied.

Posted by: The Paolo at December 22, 2025 07:50 PM (TbWk/)

16 Abby Shapiro is ruined?
Posted by: Count de Monet, misunderstanding at December 22, 2025 07:47 PM (wVcYX)

Well, her brother posted pictures of her wearing maternity clothes...

There ain't nothing wrong with 'her'. Damn fine spec-i-mines.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 07:50 PM (zZu0s)

17
Ben Had,

That's good to know. We haven't bought plastic wrap for years cause it's a pain in the ass.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:51 PM (3ek7K)

18 Ruined Abbey

Her boyfriend bought Ms. Shapiro the wrong-sized bra?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 07:51 PM (77rzZ)

19 Hiya Duke!

How are you doing these days? Are you putting some weight back on? Feeling chipperer?

Still holding you in prayer, sir. Know you are loved.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 22, 2025 07:52 PM (dataO)

20 That's good to know. We haven't bought plastic wrap for years cause it's a pain in the ass.

Posted by: fourseasons

Same here. I buy that self sealing stuff.

Posted by: Tuna at December 22, 2025 07:52 PM (lJ0H4)

21 Experiment completed. Tearing the plastic wrap from left to right give a clean cut all the way through and no wadding up.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 07:49 PM (sDNVV)

Being a southpaw, that might explain why I hate plastic wrap so much.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 22, 2025 07:53 PM (0aYVJ)

22 A Muppets Family Christmas 1987 TV Special

https://is.gd/W2Fiyl

I cued it up to Swedish Chef's entrance.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:46 PM (CWez5)

LOL +1

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 07:53 PM (wVcYX)

23 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

24
Tuna, I'll try that. I figured it would be the same as the plastic wrap.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:54 PM (3ek7K)

25 Villers Abbey in Belgium.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 07:54 PM (3uBP9)

26 Wow, Abby Shapiro obviously resides rent-free in the Horde Mind.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 07:54 PM (77rzZ)

27 Thanks, Nurse! Getting better and gaining weight. I no longer look like a POW.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 22, 2025 07:54 PM (u73oe)

28 No idea why this didn't come up.on my phone 9 minutes ago

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

29 Leopard seals don't get nearly the credit they deserve.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 22, 2025 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

30 Left to right? How are you all holding the roll of Saran wrap?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 07:55 PM (zZu0s)

31 Nail them to the f'ing wall

@Breaking911 5m
BREAKING: Trump admin. says it will investigate security failures at Brown University after deadly mass shooting

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 07:55 PM (mlg/3)

32 It's 3 days before Christmas in west metro Denver, 6 pm in the evening, and the temp outside is 68F.

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:55 PM (ZxPkt)

33 Left to right? How are you all holding the roll of Saran wrap?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I hold it in my left and rip upwards right to left. I suck at it nonetheless.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 07:56 PM (mlg/3)

34
It was 55 degrees here in Wyoming this morning. It's very unusual.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:57 PM (3ek7K)

35 29 Big Penguin sees to that.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 07:57 PM (77rzZ)

36 Y’all don’t cut your plastic wrap with a switchblade?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 22, 2025 07:57 PM (u73oe)

37 Nail them to the f'ing wall

@Breaking911 5m
BREAKING: Trump admin. says it will investigate security failures at Brown University after deadly mass shooting
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 07:55 PM (mlg/3)

Like turning off the security cameras for the Palestinean activists to harrass Jews without being filmed.

The Poison Ivy League.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2025 07:58 PM (gKDq2)

38 Aetius, box in left hand, normally tearing with right hand to the left. Now zI roll out the amount and tear left to right. Clean as a whistle every time.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 07:58 PM (sDNVV)

39 Master Carpenter Norm and I will be taking a look at updating the foyer with Italian tile and refinishing the balustrade to be good as new!

Posted by: Bob Vila, This Old Monastery at December 22, 2025 07:58 PM (jibVG)

40
Remember, the ragheads have rights we citizens don't have.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:59 PM (3ek7K)

41 One of the Brown custodians warned officials days before about the shooter. They dismissed his concerns.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 07:59 PM (KDPiq)

42 Good videos, wonder how long it took to trai the fast frenz?
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

43 I stink at tearing off Saran Wrap.

That shit is Satan-adjacent.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 08:00 PM (77rzZ)

44 Monks must have been terrible at housekeeping and maintenance, there are ruined abbeys all over the world.

Posted by: Could Have Called Grainger at December 22, 2025 08:00 PM (oftw2)

45 I cut the cling wrap with a pair of sharp scissors. No bunching up.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 08:00 PM (wVcYX)

46 Love the kitty fighting his shadow.

I have a funny video of our then 15mo old first granddaughter who tried to catch her shadow. There had not been a lot of sun for weeks and it was the perfect time for her to discover her shadow. The sun was streaming through the doors to the deck.

I kept telling her to catch it! She tries and at one point said she did. She was very articulate from a very young age and still super cute and funny two years later.

Her new baby sister may be the smartest of them all, as they compete with big brother in all things.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 08:00 PM (WONhk)

47 What? Sharks don't drown if they stop moving? I feel so lied to!

.... this is probably Disney's fault, somehow.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 22, 2025 08:01 PM (a+4eV)

48 It's 3 days before Christmas in west metro Denver, 6 pm in the evening, and the temp outside is 68F.
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:55 PM (ZxPkt)

When younger son was a toddler, we took a road trip from Montana to Fort Collins. It was 70 and sunny on December 3. A big reason why we moved there. Also, at the time it was a great place to get a good job.

Didn't take long for it all to go to shit.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 22, 2025 08:02 PM (0aYVJ)

49 Ruined abbey (no further details given)


Looks like some of the ancient churches I saw in Turkey. Perhaps in better shape though.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 08:02 PM (2WIwB)

50 I saw that Odyssey trailer. It tells the viewer almost nothing about what the story is. Would it kill them to give me just a glimpse of the Sirens, or maybe a cyclops?
Also I don't like it when characters from antiquity use contemporary parts of speech, such as 'can't ' for 'cannot'.

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 08:02 PM (ZxPkt)

51 I never use clingwrap. I will always use a container or a zip bag instead. I am tired of being mauled by a stupid box.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 08:02 PM (3uBP9)

52 >>What? Sharks don't drown if they stop moving? I feel so lied to!


Some will. Great Whites can't stop swimming a number of other species. But some can sleep on the bottom as long as water if flowing over their gills.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 08:03 PM (viF8m)

53 47 Disney faked the whole “lemmings going over a cliff” thing. Who knows how many rodents died in that scene.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 08:04 PM (77rzZ)

54 37 Nail them to the f'ing wall

@Breaking911 5m
BREAKING: Trump admin. says it will investigate security failures at Brown University after deadly mass shooting
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 07:55 PM (mlg/3)
---------------

Investigate their billion dollar trust fund and impound it into the national debt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 08:04 PM (YubK1)

55 Abigail Shapiro doesn't wrap her cookies in Saran Wrap. She uses Tupperware to keep them fresh and moist.

Posted by: Remember to "Burp" at December 22, 2025 08:04 PM (oftw2)

56 I should like to have a ruined abbey.

Would be an enchanting place for a secret garden.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 22, 2025 08:04 PM (zYpTz)

57 Wonder how many cell phones get dropped on a given day?
Bet it's a lot. They need to make them where they bounce.

Posted by: Case at December 22, 2025 08:04 PM (G1OIb)

58 Remember, the ragheads have rights we citizens don't have.

Posted by: fourseasons

The City of Columbus (Ohio) has posted on their website that the police will not help ICE in any way.

You know, we love everyone, even illegals, kumbaya blah blah blah.

Sure would be a shame if the Feds pulled all federal grants and $$ from the city.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 08:04 PM (cYBz/)

59 If I had a kitchen big enough, I'd get one of those commercial plastic wrap stands. Those seem to work for the short order cooks.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 08:05 PM (mlg/3)

60 Some will. Great Whites can't stop swimming a number of other species. But some can sleep on the bottom as long as water if flowing over their gills.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 08:03 PM (viF8m)

And they pick the spot where the underwater current does it best.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 08:05 PM (KDPiq)

61 Ruined abbey (no further details given)


Odd that there is an intact font(?) right smack in the middle.

Local kids must bring out little generators, fill it up with "punch", and have raves.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 08:06 PM (/lPRQ)

62 I saw that Odyssey trailer. It tells the viewer almost nothing about what the story is. Would it kill them to give me just a glimpse of the Sirens, or maybe a cyclops?
Also I don't like it when characters from antiquity use contemporary parts of speech, such as 'can't ' for 'cannot'.
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 08:02 PM (ZxPkt)


The Sirens better have bewbs or I'm out.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 08:06 PM (2WIwB)

63 Maybe the clingwrap has abandonment issues. Kindness is Everything.

Posted by: Your Kid's MSW at School at December 22, 2025 08:07 PM (jibVG)

64
Tonypete,

That's what needs to happen. It's a pipedream though.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 08:08 PM (3ek7K)

65 All that abbey needs is Zoot.

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 08:08 PM (LHPAg)

66 25 Villers Abbey in Belgium.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 07:54 PM
***
Yep. Beautiful place. A little cognitive dissonance to see a "ruin" so well taken care of. Hidden gem.

Orval in Belgium is another worthy visit. Good beer there too.

Posted by: TRex - ruined dino at December 22, 2025 08:09 PM (cCn4/)

67 Experiment completed. Tearing the plastic wrap from left to right give a clean cut all the way through and no wadding up.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 07:49 PM (sDNVV)

Being a southpaw, that might explain why I hate plastic wrap so much.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 22, 2025 07:53 PM (0aYVJ)

Depends on what hemisphere you are in.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 08:09 PM (dK+Kv)

68 I like the cling wrap door prank.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 08:09 PM (KDPiq)

69 It's 3 days before Christmas in west metro Denver, 6 pm in the evening, and the temp outside is 68F.
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:55 PM (ZxPkt)

40 in central Montana. Was 48 this afternoon. Had 12 inches on of snow on the ground ago.

Posted by: free tibet at December 22, 2025 08:09 PM (iNp3L)

70 Heh. You don't see any kids taking a piece of clingwrap and using it to sit on on the slide.
Wax paper rocks!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 08:10 PM (2WIwB)

71 I like the cling wrap door prank.
Posted by: Opinion fact

We don't discuss the toilet bowl prank.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 08:10 PM (mlg/3)

72 >>Orval in Belgium is another worthy visit. Good beer there too.

The ruins of the Church of St Paul in Macao is pretty cool. Sits on top of a hill in a small park and there are series of steps up to the front wall of the church. That's all thats left.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 08:11 PM (viF8m)

73 54 37 Nail them to the f'ing wall

@Breaking911 5m
BREAKING: Trump admin. says it will investigate security failures at Brown University after deadly mass shooting
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 07:55 PM (mlg/3)
---------------

Investigate their billion dollar trust fund and impound it into the national debt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 08:04 PM (YubK1)

Good! I read that the administration turned off the cameras after pressure from pro-Hamas groups. Only 4 were functioning out of 1200.

The liberal womman president admitted there were NONE in the lecture hall or outside due to it "being an older part of the building" & opening directly to a residential area.

Again, it was residential cameras like RING who identified him. Clearer video from Alamo.

I would think Brown attny's were freaking out anytime she stepped up with her eye twitch to the mic.

It was something to see live. The press gave them pure hell, and, for once I enjoyed it. The press questioned the security nimrod on why no one checked warnings and he mumobojumboed until the Governor of RI inserted himself (he did this a lot, the guvnuh).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 08:11 PM (WONhk)

74 13 Experiment completed. Tearing the plastic wrap from left to right give a clean cut all the way through and no wadding up.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 07:49 PM (sDNVV)

I have long since given up on that plastic wrap tear strip nonsense. Stretch the wrap over the dish, press it down, and cut that b**tch clean with scissors.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 22, 2025 08:12 PM (zYpTz)

75 I cut the cling wrap with a pair of sharp scissors. No bunching up.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 08:00 PM (wVcYX)

Buy Costco plastic wrap with the included sliding razor cutter. Cheaper and no fuss.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 08:12 PM (dK+Kv)

76 Steady rain most of the night and much of the day here. Temperatures varied from 40 to 50. Bogus Basin is still waiting for it to cool off enough to make snow. Late for them, apparently. It' my first winter here. Weird seeing wild roses blooming in December.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 22, 2025 08:13 PM (0aYVJ)

77 "The Sirens better have bewbs or I'm out.
Posted by: Diogenes"

You'll be lucky if they don't have dicks.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 08:14 PM (vFG9F)

78 One of my first world problem pet-peeves (I’ve many… is how many products today are thoughtfully provided with zip-lock style closures, though crucially without genuine Zip-Lock materials or construction. I’m looking at you, Soft Tortilla people, among others.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 08:15 PM (H4laq)

79 The plastic wrap I buy has a little sliding cutter. You draw out a length of wrap, slide the cutter across, and Bob's your uncle.

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 08:16 PM (ZxPkt)

80 Wasn't elliot/Ellen page supposed to be the cyclops?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 08:16 PM (zZu0s)

81
Looks like we'll have a White Christmas Eve with gusty wind. Nice, right?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 08:16 PM (CWez5)

82 You people know a lot about plastic wrap.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 08:16 PM (viF8m)

83 German tourist tries to go thru French Customs.
French Customs Official: Name?
German Tourist: Franz Gephardt
French Customs Official: Nationality?
German Tourist: German
French Customs Official: Occupation?
German Tourist: No, not this time. Just visiting.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:17 PM (dAOkg)

84 >>>Video of the actual inner workings of the blog.

At least the blog doesn't play that awful music.

Well, you know, except for the Zappa.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 22, 2025 08:17 PM (syz1S)

85 Democrats in a Prairie Dog Cafe:

Alcohol is killing the children, let's raise taxes:
- Tax revenue is down, this is hurting the economy!

Tobacco is killing the children, let's raise taxes:
- Tax revenue is down, this is hurting the economy!

Gasoline is killing the children and the environment, let's make them buy EVs:
- Tax revenue is down, this is killing the economy and is unsustainable!

Abortion is good, - open borders is better!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 08:17 PM (nljXp)

86 Whoo! I can open a casino!

Trump signs Lumbee recognition into law, capping tribe’s decades-long effort

https://tinyurl.com/2ekawwsk

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:18 PM (jc0TO)

87
My 24 yr old Navigator passed State inspection, today. And Rib Eye Roast @ $8.99/lb. A good day.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 08:18 PM (CWez5)

88 The City of Columbus (Ohio) has posted on their website that the police will not help ICE in any way.

You know, we love everyone, even illegals, kumbaya blah blah blah.

Sure would be a shame if the Feds pulled all federal grants and $$ from the city.
Posted by: Tonypete


That's the only way to get their attention.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:18 PM (dAOkg)

89 69 It's 3 days before Christmas in west metro Denver, 6 pm in the evening, and the temp outside is 68F.
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:55 PM (ZxPkt)


It's three days before Christmas in bucolic Puyallup. Mrs D just said another big storm is rolling in on Christmas Eve. It's 45 out now and dropping, raining hard.
I got cigars. I got whiskey. Just finished the cookies. Generator is set. Mrs D said we may have to open a gift (French Press coffee maker early)
Oh shit!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 08:18 PM (2WIwB)

90 One of my first world problem pet-peeves (I’ve many… is how many products today are thoughtfully provided with zip-lock style closures, though crucially without genuine Zip-Lock materials or construction. I’m looking at you, Soft Tortilla people, among others.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 08:15 PM (H4laq)

Those tortilla packages will seal. You just have to be really, really slow about it. I buy them for my burritos.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2025 08:19 PM (gKDq2)

91 Yes, I have. But we didn’t land.

Posted by: Just The Punchline at December 22, 2025 08:19 PM (H4laq)

92
Whoo! I can open a casino!

Posted by: toby928

Are you of the Fakawi tribe, also?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 08:19 PM (CWez5)

93 Supposed to just keep getting warmer leading up to and on Christmas.

I am good with that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 08:20 PM (zZu0s)

94 My 24 yr old Navigator passed State inspection, today. And Rib Eye Roast @ $8.99/lb. A good day.

Posted by: Soothsayer



Move to Texas. Don't live in one of the mega plexes. No inspection.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:20 PM (dAOkg)

95
I get the Costco house brand plastic wrap and install the sliding cutter provided. Works fine.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 08:20 PM (azNOR)

96 Those tortilla packages will seal. You just have to be really, really slow about it.
——-

Well yes, but that’s … why I’m complaining. Don’t ruin my misery!

Posted by: Just The Punchline at December 22, 2025 08:21 PM (H4laq)

97 Family lore gives us Lumbee blood, and adds the spice of some African as well.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:21 PM (jc0TO)

98 One of my first world problem pet-peeves (I’ve many… is how many products today are thoughtfully provided with zip-lock style closures, though crucially without genuine Zip-Lock materials or construction. I’m looking at you, Soft Tortilla people, among others.
Posted by: Common Tater

I use Ziploc Freezer bags for everything. Except for the vacuum sealer stuff.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:21 PM (dAOkg)

99 The City of Columbus (Ohio) has posted on their website that the police will not help ICE in any way.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 08:04 PM (cYBz/)

I think, though I'm not 100% certain, that the Columbus police then said they will cooperate with other law enforcement agencies, including ICE.

Can't find it, now.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 22, 2025 08:21 PM (zYpTz)

100 West African

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:21 PM (jc0TO)

101 without genuine Zip-Lock materials or construction. I’m looking at you, Soft Tortilla people, among others.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 08:15 PM (H4laq)

Those tortilla packages will seal. You just have to be really, really slow about it. I buy them for my burritos.
Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2025 08:19 PM (gKDq2)

I keep a drawer full of binder clips, because I have very little patience with so-called zip locks. The best ones I ever saw were the ones that were more like velcro. I wonder why that technology is not more prevalent.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 22, 2025 08:22 PM (0aYVJ)

102 Family lore gives us Lumbee blood, and adds the spice of some African as well.
Posted by: toby928(c)


High cheekbones?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:22 PM (dAOkg)

103 The noise of anti-Penguin fanaticism frequently drowns out the facts – not to be confused with the mere propaganda that is “Penguin Facts” - of the evil of world-wide Spheniscidacide. Pro-Penguin groups such as the Penguin Anti-Communist Organization and Penguin Aid Charities Online struggle daily to penetrate the curtain of towering mendacity that impedes the dissemination of truth.

Thus it is good to see the true facts manifest themselves through the publication of news articles in the media. We have underscored the influence of left-wing billionaire Geetus L. Mazuma in reducing, if not eliminating, the international penguin population in pursuit of his goal of cornering the market on anchovies. Behold, the evidence, as published by SciTech Daily: “African Penguins Face Growing Danger As Fishing Fleets Move In”.

African penguin numbers have dropped by nearly 80% over the last thirty years. One contributing factor has been competition with local fisheries that harvest sardines and anchovies, which are a crucial food source for the penguins.

https://tinyurl.com/47mny9ru

Posted by: Paco at December 22, 2025 08:24 PM (2L+MU)

104 I keep a drawer full of binder clips, because I have very little patience with so-called zip locks. The best ones I ever saw were the ones that were more like velcro.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 22, 2025 08:22 PM (0aYVJ)

Those velcro types don't work very well if they get stuff in them, like spices or powdery debris from the snack inside.

Nothing beats binder clips.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 22, 2025 08:24 PM (zYpTz)

105
What The Fuuuuu???

I just watched the very end of the Muppet Christmas Special I linked above, and heard this:

https://is.gd/zd7hMg

During the end-credits, some ABC asswipe comes on to announce a segment on the next dumb "Nightline" episode. And it's a "keeping doomed babies alive for the organs."

Unbelievable.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 08:25 PM (CWez5)

106 I like to re-use empty zip-lock style equipped bags as well. Ex. Dividing ground beef into 1 pound packs for freezing. Another defect with the ersatz zip-lock is they will separate, foiling my re-cycling strategy. Speaking of, I like aluminium foil better than Saran wrap, which is a cheap trick played on consumers by the plastics industry

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 08:26 PM (H4laq)

107 High cheekbones?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:22 PM

and high color. Like apples.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:26 PM (jc0TO)

108 Binder clips are far better than anything for holding potato chip bags closed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 08:27 PM (zZu0s)

109 I knew a ruined Abby when I was in college. She had a quite an apse on her.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 22, 2025 08:27 PM (pIfcn)

110 Family lore gives us Lumbee blood, and adds the spice of some African as well.
Posted by: toby928(c)


High cheekbones?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:22 PM (dAOkg)

***

Best way to get tribal recognition in thus state requires an envelop stuffed with cash.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 08:27 PM (2WIwB)

111 Speaking of, I like aluminium foil better than Saran wrap, which is a cheap trick played on consumers by the plastics industry
Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 08:26 PM (H4laq)

You and Weird Al.

Look up 'Foil' on ewetub.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 08:27 PM (zZu0s)

112 So my local rag just ran a story about the new Trump class battleships the navy is building. Got to say, 1) is this true? and 2) why is this Smart Military Blog getting scooped by my local rag?

Link (remove spaces) https://www.deseret.com /politics/2025/12/22/ trump-announces-golden-fleet- navy-battleships-venezuela/

Posted by: SimoHayek at December 22, 2025 08:28 PM (/ZkOF)

113 We talked about battleships like the first ace thread today!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 08:29 PM (zZu0s)

114
Yes we did

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 08:30 PM (3ek7K)

115 And to link this altogether, I wish someone would invent an edible “velcro” for soft Tortilla. My taco bending skills are OK, but some sort of closure on a Tortilla would be nice.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 08:30 PM (H4laq)

116 Colts' O-line is all Caucasians. Don't think I've seen that in a long time.

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 08:30 PM (ZxPkt)

117 Hottest selling game this year: You Sunk My Cartel Boat!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 08:31 PM (2WIwB)

118 And to link this altogether, I wish someone would invent an edible “velcro” for soft Tortilla. My taco bending skills are OK, but some sort of closure on a Tortilla would be nice.
Posted by: Common Tater

Nuke them in the micro for like 30 sec, then wet the edge with warm water. Press to close. Kinda sorta works.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 08:31 PM (mlg/3)

119 And to link this altogether, I wish someone would invent an edible “velcro” for soft Tortilla. My taco bending skills are OK, but some sort of closure on a Tortilla would be nice.
Posted by: Common Tater


Refried beans, black.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 08:32 PM (/lPRQ)

120 We are all born to die – the difference is the intensity with which we choose to live
— Gina Lollabrigida

Posted by: SMOD at December 22, 2025 08:32 PM (GITLP)

121 they are not battleships big destroyers

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 08:32 PM (i4e1s)

122 Binder clips are far better than anything for holding potato chip bags closed.
——

Wait. Once opened, why would anyone want to close a potato chip bag? This makes no sense

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 08:33 PM (H4laq)

123 I hope he gets jail time

@PeterBernegger 3h
An FEC complaint has been filed against US Senator Mark Kelly for Smurfing. Totaling a stunning $41,300,637.00

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 08:33 PM (mlg/3)

124 And to link this altogether, I wish someone would invent an edible “velcro” for soft Tortilla. My taco bending skills are OK, but some sort of closure on a Tortilla would be nice.
Posted by: Com


cheese

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 08:34 PM (i4e1s)

125 And to link this altogether, I wish someone would invent an edible “velcro” for soft Tortilla. My taco bending skills are OK, but some sort of closure on a Tortilla would be nice.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 08:30 PM (H4laq)

Refried beans on top. Makes a great glue.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2025 08:34 PM (gKDq2)

126 2) why is this Smart Military Blog getting scooped by my local rag?


Because no one here grew up wanting to play Navy.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 08:35 PM (2WIwB)

127 116 Colts' O-line is all Caucasians. Don't think I've seen that in a long time.
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 08:30 PM (ZxPkt)
I thought all whypipa was forced out of sportsball leagues?

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 08:35 PM (LHPAg)

128 >>> 58 Remember, the ragheads have rights we citizens don't have.

Posted by: fourseasons

The City of Columbus (Ohio) has posted on their website that the police will not help ICE in any way.

You know, we love everyone, even illegals, kumbaya blah blah blah.

Sure would be a shame if the Feds pulled all federal grants and $$ from the city.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 08:04 PM (cYBz/)

Yeah, saw a clip that was said to be a bunch of klantifags blasting car stereos in a Columbus hotel parking lot at 2am because they thought some ICE agents were staying there.

Arrest the entire fucking department starting with the DEItard* chief. At 3am, with flashbangs and tear gas, and teewee crews.



*I don't know this but what odds would you give?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 22, 2025 08:36 PM (ULPxl)

129 what is 'smurfing'

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 08:39 PM (ZxPkt)

130 from what I have gleened from popular culture, the YMCA is where Navy guys stay when ashore, when the fleet is in town those thing are stuffed, overflowing with seamen

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 08:39 PM (i4e1s)

131 Posted by: SimoHayek at December 22, 2025 08:28 PM

Dude. We daywalked that topic thoroughly.

Posted by: Blonde Mortician on another device at December 22, 2025 08:40 PM (4LEHh)

132 Cigar of this evening

Man O' War Puro Authentico
Bellicoso 4.5 x 50. But I'd say closer to a 45.

Full bodied. Ligero. Very well constructed. This one is the Maduro wrapper, so maybe a were less punch than the habano.
Good cigar for beginners ( Just kidding )

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 08:40 PM (/lPRQ)

133 what is 'smurfing'


painting your girlfriend blue

or

dividing finance transactions into smaller bits to avoid regulatory limits

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 08:40 PM (i4e1s)

134 don't let me down

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 08:40 PM (ZxPkt)

135 Villers Abbey in Belgium.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 07:54 PM (3uBP9)

Hasn't been turned into a mosque, because too much like work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 08:42 PM (npFr7)

136
Hell man, we had running commentary on the Big Beautiful Battleships with frickin' lasers on top as Donnie Two Scoops was talking live.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 08:42 PM (w6EFb)

137 Searched a bit and found the top image is of Villers Abbey in Belgium. The French wrecked it when they were in their revolutionary phase.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 08:42 PM (pLSjm)

138 what is 'smurfing'
Posted by: Don Black

A specific type of money laundering that politicians engage in.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 08:43 PM (/lPRQ)

139 >>> 123 I hope he gets jail time

@PeterBernegger 3h
An FEC complaint has been filed against US Senator Mark Kelly for Smurfing. Totaling a stunning $41,300,637.00
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 08:33 PM (mlg/3)

Who did it for him? I don't believe that timwalz could do it himself.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 22, 2025 08:43 PM (ULPxl)

140 Taking a large sum.of money and using a bunch of little people (smurfs) to make deposits in multiple accounts at levels below reporting thresholds.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 08:43 PM (2WIwB)

141 >>An FEC complaint has been filed against US Senator Mark Kelly for Smurfing. Totaling a stunning $41,300,637.00


That's a LOT of Smurfing.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 08:43 PM (W23D2)

142
You know that song that goes whoa oh oh it's magic?

I cued it up to the la-la-la-la-la part:

https://is.gd/n0ixHk

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 08:43 PM (CWez5)

143 Dinesh D'Souza sucks, and one thing he famously sucked at was smurfing. He tried to get around New York's campaign finance laws by getting frens to support his candidate Wendy Long. He paid them, they donated to his girl. In 2018 Trump pardoned D'Souza.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 22, 2025 08:44 PM (sDWtc)

144
Because no one here grew up wanting to play Navy.
Posted by: Diogenes

Ouch.

Our head count for St. Barb is now up to 440. We have six or seven GOs registered, with MG Gibson as the guest speaker. 65 honorable, 12 ancients. 27 corporate sponsorships at $1500/table. The local FA association is going to have 12 honorable and 3 ancients.

I never expected it to get this big.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 08:46 PM (QVmho)

145 >>> 140 Taking a large sum.of money and using a bunch of little people (smurfs) to make deposits in multiple accounts at levels below reporting thresholds.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 08:43 PM (2WIwB)

Oh THAT kind of smurfing. I went right to the ddos type...

...so, what about the JEF?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 22, 2025 08:46 PM (ULPxl)

146 140
'Taking a large sum.of money and using a bunch of little people (smurfs) to make deposits in multiple accounts at levels below reporting thresholds.'

Someone had to give all the little people that money. Someone had to tell them where to deposit it.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 08:49 PM (fd80v)

147 cheese
Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 08:34 PM (i4e1s)

A hot glue gun you could load with string cheese would be useful for assembling all sorts of yummy snacks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 08:51 PM (npFr7)

148 I never expected it to get this big.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 08:46 PM (QVmho)


Bif! That's awesome!!!
Just make damned sure the kitchen, bar, and wait staff are up to task. It's going to be great!!! I can taste the punch now!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 08:51 PM (2WIwB)

149 Why the hate for Dinesh? What he was convicted for was for doing one tenth of one percent of what every congressman who’s run for office in the last 50 years has done.

I suppose the topic is a pet peeve of mine; I looked into the details of campaign finance closely a few years back. What I found is that laws are written with all kinds of hidden pitfalls along with loopholes so that the *only* way to keep from breaking the law is to hire a full time campaign consultant and an experienced attorney.

And that’s the only point of the rules, to make sure that anyone who tries to do it in their own is guaranteed to break the law.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 08:51 PM (pLSjm)

150 >>> 146 140
'Taking a large sum.of money and using a bunch of little people (smurfs) to make deposits in multiple accounts at levels below reporting thresholds.'

Someone had to give all the little people that money. Someone had to tell them where to deposit it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 08:49 PM (fd80v)

Wouldn't it be easier to set up a zillion bogus accounts controlled by the funder?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 22, 2025 08:52 PM (ULPxl)

151 Fwiw, two F-117 airframes were spotted running around CA near Mt. Whitney a few days ago. Not a surprise that they a few are still flying but pretty amazing to see them flying at low altitude in daylight (which they never would have done when in service).

Posted by: TRex - stealth dino at December 22, 2025 08:53 PM (cCn4/)

152
Ruined abbey (no further details given)

----

I told her to keep her mouth shut, if she knew what was good for her.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:44 PM (e+Yrg)

___________

"Ruined? Put the boots to her last night and she worked fine!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 08:53 PM (tgvbd)

153 I never expected it to get this big.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 08:46 PM


She exclaimed..

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:53 PM (jc0TO)

154 Between the hammer of DEI and the anvil of H-1B, Dinesh chose to be the anvil.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 22, 2025 08:54 PM (sDWtc)

155 Penny Hofstadter

https://x.com/Leg453/status/
2002808768216916232

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 08:54 PM (ZxPkt)

156 115 And to link this altogether, I wish someone would invent an edible “velcro” for soft Tortilla. My taco bending skills are OK, but some sort of closure on a Tortilla would be nice.

Gotcha covered:
https://tinyurl.com/msshy323
From 2022: Johns Hopkins students invent edible 'Tastee Tape' to keep burritos together

Posted by: MD_Mike at December 22, 2025 08:54 PM (A5TIN)

157 ULPxl)

146 140
'Taking a large sum.of money and using a bunch of little people (smurfs) to make deposits in multiple accounts at levels below reporting thresholds.'

Someone had to give all the little people that money. Someone had to tell them where to deposit it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 08:49 PM (fd80v)

ActBlue, the Democrats main fundraising organization , did this for over a Billion dollars worth of campaign financing. And still no one has been arrested, no one has been charged.

Dinesh got charged for a few thousand, political chump change.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 08:54 PM (pLSjm)

158 Just got home. Had to stop and see my fishmonger and order some troll
Caught Alaskan king salmon for Christmas
Eve dinner.

Also got some dungeoness crab cakes for breakfast Christmas morning.

Things are coming together!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 22, 2025 08:54 PM (3uMpI)

159 Trump announced that we would begin construction of new BATTLESHIPS
To be called Trump Class.
The biggest ever built

This is not a joke or AI

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 22, 2025 08:55 PM (Mi0Ar)

160 Shut up, dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:56 PM (jc0TO)

161
Reddit Fuckface thinks that's an own.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 08:56 PM (CWez5)

162 A hot glue gun you could load with string cheese would be useful for assembling all sorts of yummy snacks.
Posted by: Alber


cheezwhiz!

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 08:56 PM (aQs8R)

163 >>Posted by: nurse ratched at December 22, 2025 08:54 PM (3uMpI)


I would have got some Ling Cod.

Hope you are doing well and that you (and your boys) have a Merry Christmas!

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 08:56 PM (W23D2)

164
Hasn't been turned into a mosque, because too much like work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 08:42 PM (npFr7)

___________

Import some Philippine slaves. Problem solved.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 08:56 PM (tgvbd)

165 Taking a large sum.of money and using a bunch of little people (smurfs) to make deposits in multiple accounts at levels below reporting thresholds.'

Someone had to give all the little people that money. Someone had to tell them where to deposit it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 08:49 PM (fd80v)

Wouldn't it be easier to set up a zillion bogus accounts controlled by the funder?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket


This what AI is made for.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 08:57 PM (/lPRQ)

166 try

https://tinyurl.com/yc5ny73h

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 08:57 PM (ZxPkt)

167 Winred just steals your money and gives it to who they want, not who you gave it for.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:57 PM (jc0TO)

168 150
'Wouldn't it be easier to set up a zillion bogus accounts controlled by the funder?'

There are probably several easy ways to do it.
But the more efficient they are the more it looks like acrime.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 08:58 PM (fd80v)

169 >>Trump announced that we would begin construction of new BATTLESHIPS
To be called Trump Class.


Obviously he has been playing Azur Lane while watching the Gorilla Channel.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 08:58 PM (W23D2)

170 obama smurfed by turning of credit card verifications

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 08:58 PM (nZ8Vq)

171 Import some Philippine slaves. Problem solved.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 08:56 PM

We still talking about smurfing?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:58 PM (jc0TO)

172 A chemist froze himself at -273.15°C, everyone said he was crazy but he was 0K.

Posted by: pawn at December 22, 2025 08:58 PM (EMg+d)

173 Battleships are a WW1 tech. unless we can get them into space like I'm assured they did for the Yamato

Posted by: gKWVE at December 22, 2025 08:59 PM (sDWtc)

174 A hot glue gun you could load with string cheese would be useful for assembling all sorts of yummy snacks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 08:51 PM (npFr7)

I was trying to think of what foodstuffs could be used to make edible rivets.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 22, 2025 09:00 PM (zYpTz)

175 157
' And still no one has been arrested, no one has been charged.'

Charge in a red state. Shoot for maximum punishment.
I don't know what's holding them back.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 09:01 PM (fd80v)

176 Also got some dungeoness crab cakes for breakfast Christmas morning.

Things are coming together!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 22, 2025 08:54 PM (3uMpI)


Buddy of mine has a kayak and scored some crabs for a Christmas casserole. He got them off Camano.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 09:01 PM (2WIwB)

177 I would have got some Ling Cod.

Hope you are doing well and that you (and your boys) have a Merry Christmas!
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 08:56 PM (W23D2)

(sings)
Ling Ting Cod, he would never get scrod, ai somoka boom ai ay, ai somoka boom

https://youtu.be/zbdAWc4bY_Y

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 09:01 PM (npFr7)

178 The more range your sensors have, the more speed your weapons have the less you need BBs

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 09:01 PM (CfiRx)

179 Space Battleship Yamato is a silly movie full of inconsistencies with a bad and nearly inexplicable ending.


Fight me!

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:01 PM (jc0TO)

180 Things are coming together!
Posted by: nur


everybody is happier that way, in the end

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 09:02 PM (SGZ8k)

181 The Trump Class ships will be the largest, most luxurious ships in the fleet- really spectacular

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 09:02 PM (ZxPkt)

182
146 140
'Taking a large sum.of money and using a bunch of little people (smurfs) to make deposits in multiple accounts at levels below reporting thresholds.'

Someone had to give all the little people that money. Someone had to tell them where to deposit it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 08:49 PM

------

The Democrat organization ActBlue was found to be using thousands of peoples' names to make small donations without the peoples' knowledge or permission.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 09:02 PM (azNOR)

183 I think the deal with the ships is that the Arleigh Burke class has come to the end of its design life, and the Naval designers realize that they’re going to need a bigger basic platform to carry everything they want to put on it. So the new model is really gonna be a really big destroyer, or what a Cruiser used to be. But Trump likes the name Battleship so that’s what they’re going to be called.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 09:03 PM (pLSjm)

184 Imagine a heavily armed nuclear powered pycrete island base a couple of miles long. Sure, it might only move at 3 knots, but that just increases the horror as it slowly creeps toward our enemies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:46 PM

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at December 22, 2025 09:04 PM (jc0TO)

185 The Trump Class ships will be the largest, most luxurious ships in the fleet- really spectacular
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 09:02 PM (ZxPkt)

Near as I can tell, they won't be actual battleships, more like guided missile cruisers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 09:04 PM (npFr7)

186
Space Battleship Yamato is a silly movie full of inconsistencies with a bad and nearly inexplicable ending.


Fight me!
Posted by: toby928

Never saw it.
Recommend?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 09:04 PM (CWez5)

187 The Democrat organization ActBlue was found to be using thousands of peoples' names to make small donations without the peoples' knowledge or permission.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 09:02 PM (azNOR)


And don't you dare complain if they used your name, if you know what's good for you.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 09:05 PM (2WIwB)

188 If AI can be used to construct videos that look authentic, campaign donations ought to be child’s play. Or even the ballots and elections, then they don’t even need the $$$.

Those stupid “voters” aren’t casting their ballots the correct way, so active measures must be taken. Democracy is far too important to be decided by voters, if you stop and think about it

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 09:05 PM (vlJl4)

189 Recommend?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 09:04 PM

Space Battleship Yamato is a silly movie full of inconsistencies with a bad and nearly inexplicable ending.

So, yeah. Sure.

At least you can say that you watched it.

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at December 22, 2025 09:06 PM (jc0TO)

190 Imagine a heavily armed nuclear powered pycrete island base a couple of miles long. Sure, it might only move at 3 knots, but that just increases the horror as it slowly creeps toward our enemies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:46 PM
Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at December 22, 2025 09:04 PM (jc0TO)

If the hull shape is correct, it doesn't have to be slow, regardless of size.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 09:06 PM (npFr7)

191 169 >>Trump announced that we would begin construction of new BATTLESHIPS
To be called Trump Class.
---

As long as we have manned ships on the sea

Refurbish a New Jersey class, nuclear powered, bristling with modern electronic and kinetics but keeping its profile. - It could be the admiral's command ship.

Flag officers belong with their men not cloistered at the pentagon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 09:07 PM (YubK1)

192 I do love Ling cod. Used to catch them in Quartermaster Harbor on Vashon.

Halibut also looked good.

Even though the salmon has been frozen, it will be wonderful. I will bake it and serve with a lemon raspberry sauce.

I get crabs off my sup (stand up paddle board) in the summertime. Fun stuff!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 22, 2025 09:07 PM (r36Mc)

193 Never saw it.
Recommend?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 09:04 PM (CWez5)

well the concept is to do outer space warfare they use the BB Yamato as a base. So if that's too silly...

Posted by: Oldcat at December 22, 2025 09:07 PM (8avO+)

194 If the hull shape is correct, it doesn't have to be slow, regardless of size.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 09:06 PM

If you could get it over 6 knots I would be impressed. A half a cubic mile of ice would weigh a bunch.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:07 PM (jc0TO)

195 179 Space Battleship Yamato is a silly movie full of inconsistencies with a bad and nearly inexplicable ending.

Fight me!
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:01 PM (jc0TO)

That concept had a lot in common with Godzilla - modern Japanese trying to come to terms with the psychological baggage of losing WW2.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 09:08 PM (pLSjm)

196 Isn't there supposed to be a Godzilla -1 coming out?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:10 PM (jc0TO)

197 n!


You magnificent bastard.
Ypungest was here with wife for Thanksgiving. They will be with her folks for Christmas. They are working on grandbabies! Prayers for their success!


Squeeeee!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 22, 2025 09:10 PM (r36Mc)

198 If you could get it over 6 knots I would be impressed. A half a cubic mile of ice would weigh a bunch.
Posted by: toby92


momentum, inertia, hump speed, it is not getting it moving fast it is stopping thats the thing

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 09:10 PM (SGZ8k)

199 A magnetic holographic projection that fools incoming seeking missiles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 09:10 PM (YubK1)

200 n!


You magnificent bastard.
Ypungest was here with wife for Thanksgiving. They will be with her folks for Christmas. They are working on grandbabies! Prayers for their success!


Squeeeee!
Posted by: nur


smiley face

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 09:11 PM (SGZ8k)

201 momentum, inertia, hump speed, it is not getting it moving fast it is stopping thats the thing
Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 09:10 PM (SGZ8k)

The Paolo has never worried abut hump speed.

Posted by: The Paolo at December 22, 2025 09:12 PM (npFr7)

202
Isn't there supposed to be a Godzilla -1 coming out?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Again?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 09:13 PM (CWez5)

203 "Call of Duty" video game creator Vincent Zampella has died in a car crash near Los Angeles.

STORY: https://buff.ly/NBXusHO

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:14 PM (dAOkg)

204 Tom Servo, D'nesh made a movie about Obama that was not complimentary. JEF had a stiffy for people who made him look bad. He was as touchy as a whore in that area.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 09:15 PM (rbvCR)

205
What it is is Big Don likes the term "battleship". So they're going to call them battleships. They are not traditional battleships.

I mean, you've got a Navy. You're gonna do battle. With ships. So, battleships. Makes perfect sense to me.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 09:16 PM (w6EFb)

206 Isn't there supposed to be a Godzilla -1 coming out?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Again?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 09:13 PM

A prequel to Godzilla Zero. The rampaging of the giant lizard before he became atomic.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:16 PM (jc0TO)

207 Someone had to give all the little people that money. Someone had to tell them where to deposit it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 08:49 PM (fd80v)


Used to be, but that is what Act Blue does now. They just use names of doners that donated in the past, and assign a portion to each name. It is hard to spot.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 09:16 PM (rbvCR)

208 I liked G0 so I would watch a prequel.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:17 PM (jc0TO)

209 Used to be, but that is what Act Blue does now. They just use names of doners that donated in the past, and assign a portion to each name. It is hard to spot.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 09:16 PM

But easy to prove and yet, no one in prison.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:17 PM (jc0TO)

210 Flag officers belong with their men not cloistered at the pentagon.
——-

One of the few if not the only Generals in modern times to lead men in combat was Curtis LeMay. He flew flight lead, in the plane the enemy was most likely to try and hit.

One of the more remarkable individuals during a war that produced quite a few. Upon his death cunts like Peter Jennings (with the pseudo-intellectual affected speech patterns) had nothing good to say. That’s how you can tell he was good shit, even if you knew nothing about the man.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 09:18 PM (DSQyT)

211 pass on the ice boat

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 09:19 PM (YubK1)

212
But that's Godzilla Minus 1.

btw, I think it's supposed "dash" 1, but people call it "minus." Makes no sense.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 09:19 PM (CWez5)

213 We still talking about smurfing?
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:58 PM (jc0TO)

Of course. Schtroumpfing is far to Belgian to talk about here.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 09:19 PM (rbvCR)

214 pass on the ice boat
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 09:19 PM

It never really got a good trial. I think it could be like a Death Star.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:19 PM (jc0TO)

215 But that's Godzilla Minus 1.

Okay fine, Minus 2.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:20 PM (jc0TO)

216 I figured the one with Raymond Burr was 1.0.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:21 PM (jc0TO)

217 I was trying to think of what foodstuffs could be used to make edible rivets.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 22, 2025 09:00 PM (zYpTz)

Isomalt. If you are worried about ductability and strength, mix it will finely ground bran before extruding into shape.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 09:21 PM (rbvCR)

218 But easy to prove and yet, no one in prison.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Bondi's giving us rice n beans while calling it steak.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 09:21 PM (YubK1)

219 Godzilla 0.8 beta

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:22 PM (jc0TO)

220
Just looked, they're gonna call it Godzilla minus 0.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 09:23 PM (CWez5)

221 My wife is Christmas cooking.

I'm hiding.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:23 PM (jc0TO)

222 Gen’l Buck Turgidson was a pretty irreverent caricature of Curtis LeMay.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 09:23 PM (pLSjm)

223 It never really got a good trial. I think it could be like a Death Star.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:19 PM (jc0TO)

It got hashed over here a lot a year or two ago. I think the design had some potentially fatal defect that just got handwaved away by the proponents.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 09:24 PM (npFr7)

224 222 Gen’l Buck Turgidson was a pretty irreverent caricature of Curtis LeMay.
Posted by: Tom Servo
-----------

Producer, Director and Cast were so disappointed that the public was not shocked but enjoyed the film.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 09:26 PM (YubK1)

225
Some more Epstein photos are out. These show Epstein holding and cuddling very young girls. Tweens and younger looks like.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 09:27 PM (w6EFb)

226 It got hashed over here a lot a year or two ago. I think the design had some potentially fatal defect that just got handwaved away by the proponents.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 09:24 PM (npFr7)

If we had a new ice age you could put giant sails on it and go around the world. Hmm, come up with some characters, talk Kevin Costner into financing IceWorld!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 09:27 PM (pLSjm)

227 --- some potentially fatal defect

ice melts?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 09:28 PM (YubK1)

228 I like the idea of seizing all the endowments and assets of the Ivy League toward our federal deficit. The Dissolution of the Liberal Monasteries, as it were.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:30 PM (jc0TO)

229
Democrat Madrassas

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 09:31 PM (CWez5)

230 Epstein, Clinton are shiny things distracting from the twelve remaining days on major felons statute of limitations.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 09:31 PM (YubK1)

231 Build your mega-super battleship out of air-entrained concrete with a net specific gravity of 0.8 or 0.9, similar to ice, but needing no refrigeration. Embed tubes in the structure, stem to stern, at intervals, and pass cables through the tubes, and then tension up the cables once the concrete has cured. Puts the entire structure under compression, and greatly enhances the strength. Hull mostly solid, relatively few cavities, mainly the engine room.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 09:32 PM (npFr7)

232 My wife is Christmas cooking.

I'm hiding.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:23 PM (jc0TO)


Good move.
So far today I have done nothing right, including not rolling the cooking in the sprinkles properly. I'm saying Eff It and staying in my den.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 09:32 PM (2WIwB)

233 An elephant? I'd wrap him up in celophant.

Posted by: The Cowardly Lion at December 22, 2025 09:36 PM (Q+gd/)

234 So my local rag just ran a story about the new Trump class battleships the navy is building. Got to say, 1) is this true? and 2) why is this Smart Military Blog getting scooped by my local rag?

The US is $40T in debt, and they want to spend billions to fight WW2.

A question should be asked: Exactly what scenario these days includes a battleship as its solution?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:36 PM (a4flb)

235 So, just Godzilla.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 09:37 PM (zZu0s)

236 It never really got a good trial.

You know what did get a good trial?

Posted by: Nuremberger Helper at December 22, 2025 09:38 PM (HduMd)

237
Trump announced that we would begin construction of new BATTLESHIPS
To be called Trump Class.

____________

USS Joseph McCarthy
USS John Wayne
USS Whittaker Chambers
USS Pat McCarran
USS Robert Taft

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 09:38 PM (tgvbd)

238 >>A question should be asked: Exactly what scenario these days includes a battleship as its solution?

Maybe a situation exactly like what is playing out in the Gulf of America right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 09:40 PM (viF8m)

239 some potentially fatal defect

ice melts?

Posted by: Braen



nope

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 09:40 PM (uVPc1)

240 USS Joseph McCarthy
USS John Wayne
USS Whittaker Chambers
USS Pat McCarran
USS Robert Taft
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 09:38 PM (tgvbd)

USS Charlie Kirk

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 09:41 PM (npFr7)

241 A question should be asked: Exactly what scenario these days includes a battleship as its solution?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:36 PM


You have to read the fine print. They are at best light cruisers. Big destroyers more like.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:41 PM (jc0TO)

242 Maybe a situation exactly like what is playing out in the Gulf of America right now.

They seem to be able to board with just helicopters. I fail to see why one needs to bring a battleship (or cruiser) to a confrontation with a potential epic oil spill.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:44 PM (a4flb)

243 I'm sure Anna Puma knew all this off the top. At 30,000 tons these ships, if built, would be roughly the size of the Alaska class large cruisers from WW II. Given the tech available now I doubt they would be used for anything but missile platforms that can move around pretty fast. Also, at this size, I'd expect several helicopters and possible some F-35's aboard.

That said, this may well just be a Trump Christmas troll to distract from other operations.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at December 22, 2025 09:45 PM (I1a0i)

244 Gen’l Buck Turgidson was a pretty irreverent caricature of Curtis LeMay.
——-

Well, naturally. Of course. The left is very, very adept at character assassination, as well as the other kind.

You might not like the guy’s politics, but if you have to go to war, or your children, your husband, etc and sometimes that happens, he’s the type of guy you want in charge, leading. No way around this.

Patton was an asshole at times, but the war in Europe would have ended 6 months earlier had he been allowed to take Berlin. Politicians were sucking up to “Uncle Joe” and let the Iron Curtain trap millions. Inexcusable. It’s not well known, but approximately 20k Americans and a similar figure for Brits and other allies were POWs held by the Soviets and never made it home.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 09:46 PM (bFwPh)

245 Movie thread! I'm watching "Snow Beast". It's "Jaws" on ice!

Comet shows nothing but prestige pictures.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 22, 2025 09:47 PM (kpS4V)

246 @njhochman
·
Dec 20
Here's the Premier of New South Wales:

"We don't have the same freedom of speech laws that they have in the U.S., and the reason for that is that we want to hold together a multicultural community."

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 09:47 PM (ZxPkt)

247 Build your mega-super battleship out of air-entrained concrete with a net specific gravity of 0.8 or 0.9, similar to ice, but needing no refrigeration.

I kind of prefer the Chinese solution: a large platform that can deploy thousands of drones. Who know how many submersible drones could also be released.

Naval drones did a bang-up job on Nordstream pipeline

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:47 PM (a4flb)

248 In addition to announcing new ships Trump doubled down on Greenland today. He also appointed LA Gov Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland.

He's dead serious about his arctic plans and enforcing his version of the Monroe Doctrine. That means a lotta coastline to protect.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 09:47 PM (viF8m)

249 Link (remove spaces) https://www.deseret.com /politics/2025/12/22/ trump-announces-golden-fleet- navy-battleships-venezuela/

Posted by: SimoHayek at December 22, 2025 08:28 PM (/ZkOF)

How bout you remove the spaces and whatnot and make the link useable?

Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at December 22, 2025 09:47 PM (G+z4C)

250 I wonder if we still have any stock of 8 inch tubes and shells.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 09:48 PM (jc0TO)

251 That said, this may well just be a Trump Christmas troll to distract from other operations.

Anything that floats can be sunk, just admire the Iranian Navy†


† you will need a glass bottom boat to do so though.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:49 PM (a4flb)

252 Drone Carriers.

Posted by: davidt at December 22, 2025 09:49 PM (Q+gd/)

253 That ICE Santa video is nice...
But I bet Mannheim Steamroller or that other Christmasy orchestra yells about their music being used.

Posted by: GWB at December 22, 2025 09:49 PM (D3HHy)

254
Just make damned sure the kitchen, bar, and wait staff are up to task. It's going to be great!!! I can taste the punch now!
Posted by: Diogenes

I wwent with the beest venue i could get in town. They're waiving their venu fee because of the headcount, and advised me to secure five of the portable bars as well as the main pub for the size of the crowd. I asked them to put one bar in the hallway where the photographer will set up in a 'free' room they are giving us.

Jeebus, this is worse than deploying to SWA. I got five of my own damned vice presidents showing up. The former deputy under sec of the Army stopped me in Publix yesterday and asked if I wanted him to bring his vintage civil war sabre for the cake cutting ceremony.

I need whiskey.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 09:51 PM (QVmho)

255 >>Drone Carriers.

Nice big launching area on the aft deck.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 09:51 PM (viF8m)

256 They seem to be able to board with just helicopters. I fail to see why one needs to bring a battleship (or cruiser) to a confrontation with a potential epic oil spill.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:44 PM (a4flb)

Helicopters don't loiter for days, and don't carry big tubes. Apparently during the Missouri's trip to Lebanon and adjacent area, the thing that really got everyone's attention was making giant craters with the main guns.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 09:52 PM (rbvCR)

257 You missed one: USS Elizabeth Bentley
——

We don't have the same freedom of speech laws that they have in the U.S., and the reason for that is that we want to hold together a multicultural community

Good Lord. Some ideas are so stupid, only an intellectual could believe them.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 09:52 PM (74/ii)

258 What the heck does the Governor of Louisiana know about Greenland?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 09:52 PM (pLSjm)

259 Anything that floats can be sunk, just admire the Iranian Navy†


† you will need a glass bottom boat to do so though.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:49 PM (a4flb)

Brilliant.

This is like saying no one should spend money on airpower because anything that can fly can be shot down.

Posted by: derp patrol at December 22, 2025 09:52 PM (qSgoZ)

260 'Taking a large sum.of money and using a bunch of little people (smurfs) to make deposits in multiple accounts at levels below reporting thresholds.'


Now you know why every damned political fundraising solicitation comes with a "whatever you can contribute will be matched 300%"

They will make accounting tricks so your $20 is now $80 on the books.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:53 PM (a4flb)

261 That was the USS IOWA that rearranged the landscape in Lebanon, no? Could be wrong, often am.

They worked on trying to modernize the analog mechanical “computers” and tables used for the big guns, and decided they worked well enough, and left well enough alone.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 09:55 PM (74/ii)

262 @magills_ 1h
Ladies, some advice for wrapping your husbands Xmas gifts. Put them in a new 5 gallon bucket from the hardware store.
3 reasons:

1. Time Saver
2. Inexpensive
3. No man has ever said “I have too many 5 gallon buckets.

It’s two gifts in one. You’re welcome.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 09:55 PM (mlg/3)

263 What the heck does the Governor of Louisiana know about Greenland?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 09:52 PM (pLSjm)

That the Cajun Navy could most likely sink it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 09:55 PM (npFr7)

264 This is like saying no one should spend money on airpower because anything that can fly can be shot down.

Which would make bigger news, shooting down a one-seater F16 or sinking the Gerald R Ford and why?

How long did the country mourn when one of the Thunderbirds crashed?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:56 PM (a4flb)

265 What the heck does the Governor of Louisiana know about Greenland?
Posted by: Tom Servo

The birthplace of Fezzig?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 09:57 PM (mlg/3)

266 What the heck does the Governor of Louisiana know about Greenland?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 09:52 PM (pLSjm)

I was wondering about that, and I came to the conclusion that the Gov of LA knows a lot about being a completely different type of legal code and governmental order integrating into the larger US common law system.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 09:57 PM (rbvCR)

267 >>What the heck does the Governor of Louisiana know about Greenland?

Kinda curious about that myself.

But the real issue isn't Greenland. It's the Arctic Ocean. For the first time Russia has sent every one of their icebreakers, and they have a lot more than we do, to the Arctic at the same time to clear the shipping lanes.

The arctic shipping lanes could be a game changer for international shipping and military and Greenland site right on the edge of it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 09:58 PM (viF8m)

268
Pykrete! We'll make them from pyrite!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 09:58 PM (tgvbd)

269 I need whiskey.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 09:51 PM (QVmho)


I bet!
Did you say yes on the saber?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 09:58 PM (2WIwB)

270 256 They seem to be able to board with just helicopters. I fail to see why one needs to bring a battleship (or cruiser) to a confrontation with a potential epic oil spill.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:44 PM (a4flb)

Helicopters don't loiter for days, and don't carry big tubes. Apparently during the Missouri's trip to Lebanon and adjacent area, the thing that really got everyone's attention was making giant craters with the main guns.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 09:52 PM (rbvCR)

Landing Hot onto a ship is not an easy thing.... and the Helo you would need to use would only carry about half a boarding Team... which is why the Navy uses boats.

Much more controlled... and... as I can personally attest after having done this for a living while in the Navy... it also allows you the ability to RETREAT, because the Body Armor we used had inflatable life vests built in...

So if things go to shit? You go over the side and get picked up by the boat.

Also, if you do find contraband, you have to put aboard a prize crew large enough to control the crew... and who is knowledgeable enough to make sure the crew is not up to something.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 09:59 PM (mP0Kj)

271 arctic ocean is way overrated

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 09:59 PM (cx+NO)

272 Helicopters don't loiter for days, and don't carry big tubes. Apparently during the Missouri's trip to Lebanon and adjacent area, the thing that really got everyone's attention was making giant craters with the main guns.

Helicopters is literally what they are using in the Caribbean (not the Gulf of America) Right Now.

Actually, spotting a periscope from the deck of a Tanker is a bit more intimidating than a battleship on the horizon

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:59 PM (a4flb)

273 Anything that floats can be sunk, just admire the Iranian Navy†


† you will need a glass bottom boat to do so though.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 09:49 PM (a4flb)

Brilliant.

This is like saying no one should spend money on airpower because anything that can fly can be shot down.
Posted by: derp patrol at December 22, 2025 09:52 PM (qSgoZ)

****

Exactly. A F-35 does not look like a P-51. Why should a 21st century battleship look like the Missouri?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 10:00 PM (2WIwB)

274 >>> That was the USS IOWA that rearranged the landscape in Lebanon, no? Could be wrong, often am.

You are probably right, I just know it made really large craters where there used to be installations that were not behaving civilly and most likely never would have.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 10:01 PM (rbvCR)

275

I bet!
Did you say yes on the saber?
Posted by: Diogenes

I 100% said hell yes. He let me handle it at the 2025 Army birthday dinner. Sweet friggen saber. Nice dude too.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 10:02 PM (QVmho)

276 261 That was the USS IOWA that rearranged the landscape in Lebanon, no? Could be wrong, often am.

They worked on trying to modernize the analog mechanical “computers” and tables used for the big guns, and decided they worked well enough, and left well enough alone.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 09:55 PM (74/ii)

The USS New Jersey was there in late 83... Part of the same MARG 2-83 as my ship, the USS Iwo Jima.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 10:02 PM (mP0Kj)

277 i think half of cling wrap profits are people trying to cut it and it by the time you’re going to cover something it turns into a big wad of sticky plastic and then repeat that process until eventually you throw the entire roll away and invest in ZipLoc bags, tin foil, and Tupperware.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 10:03 PM (6ydKt)

278 The arctic shipping lanes could be a game changer for international shipping and military and Greenland site right on the edge of it.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 09:58 PM (viF8m)

Canals. Dig a canal from Lake Superior to James Bay. Another canal from the mouth of the North Saskatchewan River on Hudson Bay to Lake Athabaska. Upgrade the channel of the Mackenzie River to handle ocean-going ships. Most of the land involved is pretty low-lying. You'd need some locks, for sure. Site nuclear power plants along the canals, use canal water for cooling, keeps the canal unfrozen.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 10:04 PM (npFr7)

279 noob

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 10:05 PM (rbvCR)

Brown Custodian: I Warned Security About the Sketch Guy "Casing" the School Who Would Ultimately Shoot It Up

Is this something? I don't know. There are often dropped balls in cases like this. I don't know if this is just a normal dropped ball or an ideologically-dictated dropped ball.

I think it might the latter. After all, apparently Brown knew all about the homeless man illegally squatting in the basement of the building where the killer struck. (Yes, I know that homeless man turned out to be one of the few heroes in this story, but obviously Brown didn't know that when they chose to allow him to live in their basement.)


In yet another case of "authorities" dropping the ball, someone saw something, someone said something, and the "authorities" did nothing.


A Brown University custodian just dropped a bombshell by claiming he flagged the man who murdered two students to the authorities multiple times before the deadly shooting occurred.

Derek Lisi has worked at Brown University in Rhode Island for 15 years, and if he is telling the truth, the horrible and tragic shooting that cost the lives of two young students and injured multiple others could have been avoided. Lisi said in comments that The Boston Globe published that he saw a man walking through the hallways, looking into classrooms, and trying to avoid being seen by suddenly darting into a bathroom -- all weeks before the shooting. Lisi saw the suspicious man at least 10 times and notified the campus security at least twice, but it appears that nobody took the behavior seriously.

...

"I knew there was something off with him," Lisi recalled of the man whom he saw casing the university building and whom he later recognized in photos of the accused shooter. "He'd been casing that place for weeks."

Brown seems to believe that fake Social Justice "safety" is more important than the actual physical safety of the deluded marks paying $100,000 per year to be miseducated there.

They had already been questioned about their failure to warn the campus about the shooter, and then, later, told everyone that there was no further danger, despite having no idea if there was a continuing threat or not.

Brown University is facing questions over its security policies after its emergency sirens never sounded in response to Saturday's shooting, while taking nearly 20 minutes to send an alert out to students. The scrutiny comes after campus cops passed no-confidence votes against their police chief and questioned the school's emergency response capabilities.

Rodney Chatman, the university's director of public safety and emergency management, blamed the lack of sirens on the hectic nature of the crisis. He said police became aware of the incident when an officer saw students fleeing the scene.

...

From there, Brown issued and retracted a series of alerts. It sent one at 4:51 saying a suspect was in custody, then another 20 minutes later walking back that claim. A 5:27 alert warned that there was another shooting, but a 6:10 message said that was actually "unfounded."

As you know, 34 "human rights" organizations, which I assume are all funded by George Soros, sent a letter demanding that Brown disable its security cameras so that criminal leftist agitators, some in the employ of foreign governments or terrorist organizations, couldn't be photographed committing their crimes.


As originally reported in August 2025, a group of far-left human rights advocates sent a letter to 150 U.S. colleges and universities asking them to disable the CCTV systems to protect "free expression and academic freedom across the country," because "the Trump administration has launched an aggressive campaign against US academic institutions."

The motive for the request to disable CCTV systems as stated: "Right now these tools are facilitating the identification and punishment of student protesters, undermining activists' right to anonymity----a right the Supreme Court has affirmed as vital to free expression and political participation."

The letter from 'Fight For The Future' (August 2025) came after an earlier campaign by the same group seeking to stop the use of facial recognition cameras on college campuses.

The Brown University President and school officials have been giving ridiculous answers to questions about the 800 cameras on the campus and the fact that no current footage exists of the shooter walking around inside the campus or inside the buildings therein.

Brown refuses to say if they disabled the cameras or not. I think we all know this is an admission.

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1 FOIST

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 06:46 PM (WONhk)

2
FOIST
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Real cute...

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:47 PM (CWez5)

3
A dyke, a fag, and Senor Wences walk into a bar...

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:48 PM (CWez5)

4 Good lord in heaven, the President of Brown is an idiot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 06:48 PM (XP28L)

5 What cameras?

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 06:49 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Thirst!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 06:49 PM (Kt19C)

7
Drat, foist with my own petard.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 06:49 PM (w6EFb)

8 What can Brown do for you?

Eh. I am certain this joke has already been made numerous times on this venue, but I am tired and hungry, and am off to bake a tray of pizza rolls.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 22, 2025 06:49 PM (0aYVJ)

9
Ace added that video clip on account of the boobs. Be honest.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:49 PM (CWez5)

10 the homeless man illegally squatting in the basement of the building

Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:49 PM (jc0TO)

11 >>>Brown University officials . . . did nothing.

CYA. They did try CYA, poorly.

Get on the cart.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 06:49 PM (dK+Kv)

12 Can you imagine thinking condescension is an appropriate PR tool?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 06:50 PM (XP28L)

13 Sarah Guarnelli's got some righteous headlights.

Posted by: Brenda Lee Wants Some Fucken Pie at December 22, 2025 06:50 PM (xNHSX)

14 what self respecting intellectual would pay the least attention to anything a minion or menial had to say?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 22, 2025 06:51 PM (Cjt/F)

15 They can wait it out.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 06:51 PM (pkeXY)

16 Can you imagine thinking condescension is an appropriate PR tool?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 06:50 PM

It's all wet.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:51 PM (jc0TO)

17 The Super Genius Homeless Guy and the janitor are the only heroes in this mess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 06:51 PM (XP28L)

18 Everything about this is f'd up. And this idiot made 3 million dollars a year? Where did I go wrong?

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (vFG9F)

19 They knew from the first shot that they were cooked. I am surprised they didn’t send out the university’s lawyer to answer questions

Posted by: Accomack at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (8jVAy)

20 A PD composed of all Chief Wiggums clones.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (pDt9x)

21 Can you imagine thinking condescension is an appropriate PR tool?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 06:50 PM (XP28L)

It worked before, you rubes.

Posted by: Your Betters at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (uQesX)

22 I have followed this and know everything! Well, except for where this weirdo was between 2017 and 2025. He returned to Portugal (where he knew MIT guy) after he dropped out of Brown after a few horror semesters of him whining about bad fish. He was in Portugal from 2003 to 2017 when he returned & got his green card from Barky. So, yes, we can blame Obungo.

It is unknown if he is ghey, ever had a girlfriend, his politics or religion. He did know the MIT professor her murdered and the reason for all of this. The MIT prof won a WH award in January of this year from Biden. In Feb the murder guy had the first of 3 visits to Boston to stake it out.

He rented a car in Boston in November and tooled around Brown some, in and out of the lecture hall that apparently had bad memories of something. Then barked like a dog and murdered innocent kids. Later went to Boston to murder the former Portugal classmate he was jealous of.

BECAUSE! He was one of those "I am the smartest in the room" ugly creatures. I have met two who have not (yet) resorted to murder of me or anyone else. So far. They do carry grudges for 20+ years. I know this personally by a narcissist I have not spoken to since 2007.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (WONhk)

23
I'd like to talk about meat.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (CWez5)

24 18 Everything about this is f'd up. And this idiot made 3 million dollars a year? Where did I go wrong?
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (vFG9F)

You fucked up! You trusted us!

Posted by: People who told you smarts and hard work garner success at December 22, 2025 06:53 PM (TbWk/)

25 “Activist’s right to anonymity?” WTF is that bullshit? And how would it apply to foreigners?

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 22, 2025 06:54 PM (6Bc88)

26 Lemme go check. I guess I could have a homeless bum in my basement, too.

Posted by: Watch On The Rhine at December 22, 2025 06:54 PM (oftw2)

27 Is it surprising that the head of the Board of Trustees is Brian Moynihan, the CEO of Bank of America, the bank that rushed to volunteer customer location data to the Fibbies after Jan 6 despite never receiving a warrant? BofA still has its DEI flag waving proudly, btw.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 06:54 PM (XP28L)

28 I mean, I'm not particularly dumb. How come I don't make 3 million dollars a year? Maybe I'm dumber than I thought.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:54 PM (vFG9F)

29 "and school officials have been giving ridiculous answers to questions about the 800 cameras..."

That's why they call it brown...

Posted by: Boswell at December 22, 2025 06:55 PM (BGfwC)

30 First Brown University needed the willpower to actually protect its students instead of chasing the mob.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 06:55 PM (2GVsD)

31 Lemme go check. I guess I could have a homeless bum in my basement, too.
Posted by: Watch On The Rhine at December 22, 2025 06:54 PM

Only if you are nose blind.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:55 PM (jc0TO)

32 I don't wanna go down to the basement.

(There's something down there).

Posted by: Joey Ramone at December 22, 2025 06:55 PM (oftw2)

33 The US Attorney in Boston did a great job in her press conference. For one thing she didn't try to turn it into a game show by having a half dozen speakers. She just stated facts and answered questions with no BS.

Complete opposite of the clown car crowd at Brown.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 06:55 PM (viF8m)

34
I have followed this and know everything!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Any Online presence?

Shirley his phone/PC has his Internet history.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:56 PM (CWez5)

35 I'd like to talk about meat.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (CWez5)

Sweater meat?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 06:56 PM (dK+Kv)

36 The gunman is directly under the earth's sun...now!

- Chief Piggum

Posted by: Brenda Lee Wants Some Fucken Pie at December 22, 2025 06:56 PM (xNHSX)

37

I'm trying to think of words to describe the Brown U administration.

Pieces of shit, scum?

You all are more creative with words than me.



Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 06:56 PM (3ek7K)

38 These are people so totally wrapped in their bubble that they can’t conceive of the idea that anything could possibly go wrong.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 06:56 PM (trsuh)

39 23
I'd like to talk about meat.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (CWez5

Yours, or someone else’s?

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 22, 2025 06:57 PM (6Bc88)

40 You know who else dropped a ball?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 22, 2025 06:57 PM (0sNs1)

41 Soothsayer is Arby's?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 06:57 PM (2GVsD)

42 The cameras were not turned off for free speech. They were turned off to allow First degree murder.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:57 PM (qFwJc)

43 Staff and kids complained of no security to the building. At one time there were 1200 cameras on campus. At the time of the murders there were 4 operational to the lazy campus police, who ignored complaints by the homeless guy and others (resident basement living homeless guy, not the janitor).So, in a 71k/yr tuition and $8billion endowment university, in 2025, there was no ID card or pass code to the door of the murder building that he knew from recently and decades ago. Those kids were collateral damage.

If not for the homeless guy and RING residential cameras they'd have NOTHING. Homeless guy ID'd the rental car and Alamo had film.

The day before the liberal president woman said there were no cameras in the lecture hall due to it "being in the older part of the bldg and opening right out into a residental area." Ok! She's a nitwit who had a nervous tic for most of the news conference.

I also enjoyed the Governor jumping in to save the day as the press were brutal.

He came to Boston to kill the guy he competed with in Portugal and won awards at MIT. The Brown kids were simply anger/hatred at Brown. I don't know why he barked like a dog.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 06:58 PM (WONhk)

44 Sue the damn university.

The discovery alone will make it worthwhile. Put these cretins under oath and under pressure.

Posted by: Random PJ at December 22, 2025 06:58 PM (RRCAT)

45
Did MEAT prices drop drastically?

Rib Eye steaks at my local supermarket are at, like, 2018 prices, this week. $8.99/lb for bone-in rib eyes.


Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:58 PM (CWez5)

46 2
FOIST
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Real cute...
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:47 PM (CWez5)

It was for you, my love.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 06:58 PM (WONhk)

47 You know who else dropped a ball?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 22, 2025 06:57 PM (0sNs1)

Times Square?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (uQesX)

48 I would bet they never own up to having any video of the murderer

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (Ia/+0)

49 9 Ace added that video clip on account of the boobs. Be honest.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:49 PM (CWez5)

Maybe that's why I'm strangely attracted to Sara there.
It's not the semi-bags under her eyes.
Or that she's almost doing the bird hands thing.
Her voice is kinda nasally.

It's gotta be the boobs.
And her eyes, maybe.


---
I wonder how long Derek the Custodian is going to have a job at Brown. His actions of telling the truth and being ignored seem excommunicateable.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (6ydKt)

50 "I'm trying to think of words to describe the Brown U administration."

"Retards" is coming back into vouge.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (vFG9F)

51 But why Ella Cook?

He did not know her.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (qFwJc)

52
Bone-in Rib Eye Roast also $8.99/lb.

This is Boston suburbs.

I'm going to attempt Prime Rib via Instant Pot.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (CWez5)

53 The Critical Drinker just described the new Avatar movie as a $400m screen saver.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 07:00 PM (MoRvC)

54 A PD composed of all Chief Wiggums clones.
Posted by: tubal

No...sorry, you have the wrong number, this is 9-1-2.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at December 22, 2025 07:00 PM (fryM6)

55 32 I don't wanna go down to the basement.

(There's something down there).

Posted by: Joey Ramone at December 22, 2025 06:55 PM (oftw2)


It's the KKK, about to take your girl away.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

56 >>Bone-in Rib Eye Roast also $8.99/lb.

Roast of what?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 07:01 PM (viF8m)

57 "Roast of what?
Posted by: JackStraw"

May Contain Penguin

Posted by: The fine print at December 22, 2025 07:02 PM (vFG9F)

58
Roast of what?
Posted by: JackStraw

I dunno.

Who are you, Chef Boyardee?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:03 PM (CWez5)

59 #55 It's the KKK, about to take your girl away.

They're Gonna Kill That Girl

Posted by: Brenda Lee Wants Some Fucken Pie at December 22, 2025 07:03 PM (xNHSX)

60 Bone-in Rib Eye Roast also $8.99/lb.

Roast of what?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 07:01 PM


Hobo?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 07:03 PM (0N4FZ)

61
How many schools have deactivated their security cameras?

Anyone who has kids in college needs to investigate that possibility.

Of course they will probably lie.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:03 PM (3ek7K)

62 Not to worry, the ham and eggers will bury this one into the deep state for much later, to flank the Orangeman bad.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 07:03 PM (nljXp)

63 52
Bone-in Rib Eye Roast also $8.99/lb.

This is Boston suburbs.

I'm going to attempt Prime Rib via Instant Pot.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (CWez5)

reverse sear.... 225 for a few hours, depending on how large the rib roast is, internal temp 125... then increase temp to 450 for a few minutes to sear a nice crust on it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 07:04 PM (mP0Kj)

64 Food Lion has a sale this time of year. Bone-in, USDA Choice Rib roast (of beef). I got one last year and was disappointed with all the fat.

The one I got this is is really nice.

$8.99 / lb.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 07:04 PM (qFwJc)

65 Credentialed Cretins - aptly covers the Brown U admin in copious quantities of bovine fecal matter

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 07:04 PM (2GVsD)

66 I just plunked down significantly more for my Christmas roast. I haven't seen $8.99/pound for rib roast in a long time.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 07:05 PM (viF8m)

67 45
Did MEAT prices drop drastically?

Rib Eye steaks at my local supermarket are at, like, 2018 prices, this week. $8.99/lb for bone-in rib eyes.


Posted by: Soothsayer

It's become tradition to serve standing rib at Christmas/ New Years. So the supermarkets get you in the store with a sale, so you will buy $100 worth of potato chips. A loss leader like corned beef for St. Pats and .29 turkeys at Thanksgiving. I paid $7.99 for standing rib today at Food Lion, an 8 pounder.

Posted by: Savvy Consumer at December 22, 2025 07:05 PM (oftw2)

68
Shirley his phone/PC has his Internet history.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:56 PM (CWez5)

The Feds found him but he was using an European SIM card and hard to track. Kept changing car tags, as well.

He was super ugly and weird but not totally stupid, like your basic insane schizo narcissist. He planned this out all year. Rented the NH storage unit weeks ago.

I truly believe the only person he intended to kill was the MIT professor. But he was seething about his failure at Brown, when they should have known he was the smartest person alive.

I know the conservative and pretty girl from Birmingham, Alabama was killed. But I honestly don't think he knew she was one of the rare pretty and conservative girls on campus. IF he turns out to be ghey or a new trans, that may lead to thinking he hated girls. Otherwise how many times she was shot is rumor from what I can tell.

Brown is fixin' to be sued off the planet. The $3million dollar prez is going to be fired along with the useless security people. I know it and they know it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 07:05 PM (WONhk)

69 There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin...

Posted by: You wanna an earworm? at December 22, 2025 07:05 PM (jibVG)

70 May the red hot poker of discovery be shoved up the Brown administrator's asses.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 07:05 PM (sDNVV)

71 >>> You know who else dropped a ball?

Posted by: Duncanthrax

>Kelce, Mahomo and the Chiefs?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 07:05 PM (nljXp)

72
hahaha, yeah, package says: "Large End Bone In Rib Roast"

I asked the butcher at the Supermarket, "Can I make prime rib with this?"

He just looked at me like it was stupid. Then he said, "Yes."

Then he explained it's a "four rib roast" and said he's probably going to buy the two-rib roast for he & his wife.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:06 PM (CWez5)

73 Lisi is not long for that job.
He's not a mathematical savant either...
He will be black balled. Homeless. Frozen on the sidewalk by spring...

Posted by: torabora at December 22, 2025 07:06 PM (w6sjj)

74
I just plunked down significantly more for my Christmas roast. I haven't seen $8.99/pound for rib roast in a long time.
Posted by: JackStraw

I went to my local Hannafords.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:07 PM (CWez5)

75 If the custodian had only said he suspected the guy was some whacked-out MAGA type, something might have been done...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:07 PM (ynpvh)

76 May the red hot poker of discovery be shoved up the Brown administrator's asses.
Posted by: Ben Had

3/4" rebar.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 22, 2025 07:08 PM (N/gmR)

77
The "angus" version at Hannafords were $9.99/lb.

But I think "angus" is a scam.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:08 PM (CWez5)

78 reverse sear.... 225 for a few hours, depending on how large the rib roast is, internal temp 125... then increase temp to 450 for a few minutes to sear a nice crust on it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 07:04 PM (mP0Kj)

My favorite screen chef recommends taking it out the oven and letting it rest a half hour or more before putting it back in for the sear (redistributes the juices or some such).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 07:08 PM (6ydKt)

79 Have you or your family lost a loved one in a violent school shooting due to the incompetence of the leftist homosexual administrators in charge of protecting them and their lives?

Well, call me! I want to get you money!

Posted by: Alexander Shunnarah, Billboard King And Ambulamps Chaser at December 22, 2025 07:08 PM (R/m4+)

80
“Activist’s right to anonymity?” WTF is that bullshit? And how would it apply to foreigners?
Posted by: tcn in AK

They should have the same (non-existent) right to anonymity us normies had during covid when we tried to avoid the damned jab.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 07:09 PM (QVmho)

81 Lisi saw the suspicious man at least 10 times and notified the campus security at least twice, but it appears that nobody took the behavior seriously.

----------

"Noticing is racist ... and acting upon such racist information is fascist, h8rs!"

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 07:09 PM (21Usy)

82 77
The "angus" version at Hannafords were $9.99/lb.

But I think "angus" is a scam.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:08 PM (CWez5)

One year the light went out on one of the letters of the local Black Angus sign...it read, "Stuart Anderson's Black Anus"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:10 PM (ynpvh)

83 Bone In Meat May Contain STDs

Posted by: The fine print at December 22, 2025 07:10 PM (vFG9F)

84 One year the light went out on one of the letters of the local Black Angus sign...it read, "Stuart Anderson's Black Anus"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:10 PM (ynpvh)

Bad memories...

Posted by: Josh Brolin at December 22, 2025 07:10 PM (jibVG)

85 77
The "angus" version at Hannafords were $9.99/lb.

But I think "angus" is a scam.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:08 PM (CWez5)

Next you'll say most Wagyu in stores is not the real deal...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:11 PM (ynpvh)

86 75 If the custodian had only said he suspected the guy was some whacked-out MAGA type, something might have been done...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:07 PM (ynpvh)

If he'd worn a red hat they'd have busted him before he got past the front gate.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 07:11 PM (6ydKt)

87 73 Lisi is not long for that job.
He's not a mathematical savant either...
He will be black balled. Homeless. Frozen on the sidewalk by spring...
Posted by: torabora at December 22, 2025 07:06 PM (w6sjj)
Who did he think he was, and Olympic Security Officer?

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 07:11 PM (LHPAg)

88 83 Bone In Meat May Contain STDs

Posted by: The fine print at December 22, 2025 07:10 PM (vFG9F)

But enough about Bill Clinton...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:12 PM (ynpvh)

89 One year the light went out on one of the letters of the local Black Angus sign...it read, "Stuart Anderson's Black Anus"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:10 PM (ynpvh)

Barky and Spartacus just did the meerkat look.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 22, 2025 07:12 PM (0aYVJ)

90 All the administrators will not only be fired but imprisoned for many years.

Nah j/k. Nothing will happen to any of them of course.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 07:12 PM (UJWr0)

91 Some people did(n't do) something.

Posted by: pookysgirl, quoting America's sweetheart at December 22, 2025 07:12 PM (Wt5PA)

92 Leftists in power always lead to death.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2025 07:12 PM (snZF9)

93 re: The Ramones, I was last week years old when I realized they gave a lyrical shout-out to their Queens homegirls The Shangri-Las. And I know the Shangs' song well, from their own version and The New York Dolls' gender-reversed cover. Don't know how I never made the connection:

"When I see him in the street
My heart takes a leap and skips a beat."

The Shangri-Las "Give Him a Great Big Kiss"

"When I saw her walking down the street
My heart stood still and skipped a beat."

The Ramones "You're Gonna Kill That Girl"

Posted by: Brenda Lee Wants Some Fucken Pie at December 22, 2025 07:12 PM (xNHSX)

94 Gettin' tired of this shit

@kyledcheney
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg has ordered the Trump administration to provide a hearing and due process for the 137 Venezuelans shuttled out of the country without due process in March after Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 07:12 PM (mlg/3)

95 🚨 DISGRACEFUL: Brown University President Christina Paxson, smiling: “I don’t think a lack of cameras in that building had anything to do with what happened.”

Just days later, the same shooter — Manuel Neves-Valente — murdered MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro.

-------------

Old & Busted: "You will be made to care."
New Hotness: "You will be made to die."

"All within the Death Cult Party, nothing outside the Death Cult Party, nothing against the Death Cult Party."

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 07:12 PM (21Usy)

96 I see that there is a custodian looking for a job.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 07:13 PM (/lPRQ)

97 'As you know, 34 "human rights" organizations...'

It'd be a real shame if someone found the addresses of these organizations and you know, burned them to the ground.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:13 PM (fd80v)

98 It looks like the canadian 60 minutes outlet "Global TV" aired Sharyn's propaganda unedited online. According to Tater.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 07:14 PM (3uBP9)

99
Lol Dr. Claw

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:14 PM (3ek7K)

100 94 Gettin' tired of this shit

@kyledcheney
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg has ordered the Trump administration to provide a hearing and due process for the 137 Venezuelans shuttled out of the country without due process in March after Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 07:12 PM (mlg/3)

Judge Boasberg was deeply involved in setting up Trump. Judge Boasberg should be tied to a glacier in Antarctica for the Penguins to have fun with.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:14 PM (ynpvh)

101 I like that Brown gives its worthless graduates free room and board in the basements of its academic buildings. That's very generous.

They keep referring to this guy as a custodian. Were they using him as a custodian in exchange for room and board? In a different time that might be considered charitable but now it's just straight up slavery, right? Especially since he's a person of color? Multimillion dollar salary white President of Brown, indentured servant POC custodial staff of Brown.

Sounds about right.

Posted by: blaster at December 22, 2025 07:14 PM (NlEaG)

102 You don't need due process for enemy aliens.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:14 PM (vFG9F)

103 97 'As you know, 34 "human rights" organizations...'

It'd be a real shame if someone found the addresses of these organizations and you know, burned them to the ground.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:13 PM (fd80v)

They're all lefts...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:15 PM (ynpvh)

104 There is something still off about this. They are way too protective and paranoid and secretive on this one (the brown staff.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 07:15 PM (zZu0s)

105 Judge Boasberg was deeply involved in setting up Trump. Judge Boasberg should be tied to a glacier in Antarctica for the Penguins to have fun with.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:14 PM (ynpvh)


Use gutter spikes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2025 07:15 PM (snZF9)

106 That's my president!

White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement

-
Take your funny hats and cram them where the sun don't shine!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 07:16 PM (L/fGl)

107 I'd like to talk about meat.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM

Prime rib is typically cut from the 6th to the 12th ribs of the cow, and it can be divided into two main sections: the small end (also known as the first cut or loin end) and the large end (often referred to as the second cut or chuck end). Each end has its own set of characteristics that can significantly impact the dining experience.

The small end, coming from the rear section of the rib, is leaner and more tender. It is characterized by a more uniform shape and a finer texture, making it easier to slice into thin, even pieces. This end is often preferred by those who like their prime rib on the leaner side, with less fat and connective tissue. The small end is also known for its milder flavor, which some find more appealing, especially when looking for a prime rib that will absorb the flavors of seasonings and sauces well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 22, 2025 07:16 PM (0sNs1)

108 The large end, cut from the front section of the rib, is fattier and has a more marbled appearance. This increased marbling contributes to a more robust flavor and a tender, fall-apart texture when cooked properly. The large end is often the choice of those who prefer a heartier, more traditional prime rib experience, with the fat adding unctuousness and flavor to each bite.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 22, 2025 07:16 PM (0sNs1)

109 51 But why Ella Cook?

He did not know her.
Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (qFwJc)

2 killed and 11 wounded or something like that.

It was a study group for finals in economics, not a class. He had physics classes in that room and maybe someone messed with him there. He was familiar with that building and lecture hall. I know lecture halls like this can hold 100, as I have been one of the few females in them (and no one asked me out in chemistry and physics, which was a total bummer. No I did not have BO. Yes I looked really good, so a mystery).

It sounds like half of the kids there (I think 28?) were shot with 40 rounds from a pistol. Maybe it's pistole in Portuguese?

Regardless, she got initial attention, being both pretty and president of the very rare conservative group. The killing of the MIT Portuguese professor sort of points to him (to me, time will tell) as the main reason for this guy going berserk.

If he turns out to be gay or trans, maybe he hated women and she stood out. I mean, it's Brown. I'd stand out as well even being as old as dirt.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 07:16 PM (WONhk)

110 106 That's my president!

White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement

-
Take your funny hats and cram them where the sun don't shine!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 07:16 PM (L/fGl)

I'm waiting for unfettered immigration to the Vatican.
C'mon guys, lead by example! Take in some of those Muzzies you tell us are good people!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:16 PM (ynpvh)

111
But I think "angus" is a scam.
Posted by: Soothsayer

It's a long way to the top.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 07:17 PM (pkeXY)

112 I'm hankerin' for a mastodon roast but they only come available every several thousand years and you have to be at the glacier when it melts.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at December 22, 2025 07:17 PM (UslNH)

113 There is something still off about this. They are way too protective and paranoid and secretive on this one (the brown staff.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 07:15 PM (zZu0s)

There has been a rumor that Brown was hiding or concealing students with visa overstays or without valid visas, which could get their funding yanked.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

114 Aetius, something like the shooter was set up to take the fall?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 07:17 PM (sDNVV)

115 As you know, 34 "human rights" organizations...

The first human right is not to have to belong to any "organization".

Posted by: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at December 22, 2025 07:18 PM (R/m4+)

116 So is conventional wisdom leaning toward the assumption that Ella Cook was random victim?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 07:18 PM (Dv3i1)

117 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 07:16 PM (WONhk)

You were to smaaht for them and they were intimidated? I liked smart; my wife was.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:18 PM (ynpvh)

118 I got mine with extra unctuousness.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 07:18 PM (viF8m)

119
Jim,

Wish in one hand, shit in the other hand.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:18 PM (3ek7K)

120 As far as I'm concerned, you can give Rhode Island right back to the Indians, no questions asked.

Posted by: Paco at December 22, 2025 07:19 PM (2L+MU)

121 115 As you know, 34 "human rights" organizations...

The first human right is not to have to belong to any "organization".

Posted by: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at December 22, 2025 07:18 PM (R/m4+)

Sovereign Citizen?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:19 PM (ynpvh)

122
I'm impressed, Duncanthrax.

You know more about meats than most people.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:19 PM (CWez5)

123
Great episode of King Of The Hill when Bobby joins the meat team, or whatever it's called.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:20 PM (CWez5)

124 Frist you chum the water to attract sharks, then Boasburg needs to be put a metal cage and dipped in the ocean.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 07:20 PM (2GVsD)

125 In yet another case of "authorities" dropping the ball, someone saw something, someone said something, and the "authorities" did nothing.
====

The "authorities" are complicit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 07:21 PM (8o16y)

126 104 There is something still off about this. They are way too protective and paranoid and secretive on this one (the brown staff.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 07:15 PM (zZu0s)

Because hellfire is fixin' to rain down on them for lack of security, lack of paying attention to warnings, and turning off cameras. As well as not having cameras in this lecture hall and a door that opened directly to a residential neighborhood.

It may wait til after the holidays, as finals and classes were cancelled. Parents are paying attention and contacting attorneys. Or I would be raising all sorts of hell if my kid was there and unprotected on this DEI campus.

The chief of campus security was fired from either one or two other university jobs for being a dummy. That did not stop Brown from hiring his worthless self.

I saw the press conference two days. The one prior to the storage unit suicide they were cocky. The one of the day they found nitwit dead, they were not doing well at all. I mean, the liberal woman was having all but Tourette's on the sidelines. Her eye was twitching like mad. I note weird stuff, mate.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 07:21 PM (WONhk)

127 BREAKING - Brown University officials are now facing mass calls to step down

A simple 'step down' would indeed do it, if they felt shame, but these are administrators.

Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2025 07:21 PM (rJjpq)

128
As you know, 34 "human rights" organizations...

51 intelligence experts...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 07:21 PM (pkeXY)

129
Is Duncan a "funny man?"

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:21 PM (3ek7K)

130 She is right. The cameras can't do anything, in and of themselves. She is admitting that campus security is a totally incompetent and ineffective entity, no matter what the security infrastructure situation is.

Posted by: goatexchange at December 22, 2025 07:22 PM (hyS0X)

131 103
'They're all lefts...'

You mean everyone in the story? Yeah. I know.

But something about these Antifa front organizations pressuring anybody and everybody just so they can be allowed to terrorize just set my teeth on edge. I really want to watch them pay a price.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:22 PM (fd80v)

132 106 That's my president!

White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement

-
Take your funny hats and cram them where the sun don't shine!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 07:16 PM (L/fGl)

On Christmas Eve, ICE should cross the frozen Delaware River in the night, in open rowboats, to sneak up upon violent illegal criminals reposing at their homes to capture and deport them.

It's the American Way!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 07:22 PM (wVcYX)

133
The premier of New South Wales, responding to those calling for free speech, says that "we don't have the same freedom of speech laws they have in the U.S, and the reason for that is we want to hold together a multicultural community":
https://is.gd/S9xBz5

So, there you go, an admission that freedom and multiculturalism are not compatible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 07:22 PM (w6EFb)

134 All the female engineering students I talked to at the Uni were married, had a boyfriend, or weren't looking...at least that's what they told me.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:23 PM (ynpvh)

135 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 07:23 PM (cYBz/)

136 106

'White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement'

Screw them. I want an all year pause in Catholic bishops' sedition attempts.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:24 PM (fd80v)

137 What can Brown do for you?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:24 PM (AtFJ+)

138 Frist you chum the water to attract sharks, then Boasburg needs to be put a metal cage and dipped in the ocean.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 07:20 PM (2GVsD)


Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark.

Posted by: Quint (1975) at December 22, 2025 07:24 PM (wVcYX)

139 Screw them. I want an all year pause in Catholic bishops' sedition attempts.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:24 PM (fd80v)

I'd settle for them just to stop diddling altar boys.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:25 PM (AtFJ+)

140 Ooh, I do love me some 'large end'...

Posted by: Sweet Dick Honeycum at December 22, 2025 07:25 PM (vbdXu)

141 Sharks won't eat lawyers. Professional courtesy.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:25 PM (vFG9F)

142 139 Screw them. I want an all year pause in Catholic bishops' sedition attempts.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:24 PM (fd80v)

I'd settle for them just to stop diddling altar boys.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:25 PM (AtFJ+)

I didn't see Diddled Altar Boys front for Pederast Priests at the Vatican in '05...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:26 PM (ynpvh)

143 117 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 07:16 PM (WONhk)

You were to smaaht for them and they were intimidated? I liked smart; my wife was.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:18 PM (ynpvh)

I now like to tell myself this. I was not happy about it at age 20yrs, that was for sure. Things picked up when I started nursing school at the hospital where I met my guy.

I had a gang of friends who were male and I should have asked them at the time. I was too busy living, studying, partying and generally spaced out to fret about it long. I did think it odd. The TA's did pay attention to me. I was in my bubble or had an aura that my parents prayed for to keep me safe from serial killers and those with bad intent.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 07:26 PM (WONhk)

144 There's a terrible stomach flu going around. I had to stop eating around Thursday evening. Everything shot through me like a waterpark slide. Cramps and nausea. Today was better and the first meal I had since then. Think of the hydrodynamic process they use to extract oil from tar sands, but instead your bowels. I lost 11 lbs in 3 days. And it really hit me at night, 10pm-10am and went without sleep since Wednesday. I'm at the barely able to walk and do house work for more than 30 min energy level. Stomach is still messed up but I started taking probiotics. I'm hoping I'll get to sleep tonight. I'm on the mend now. Thank the Lord!

So be on the watch for this. Nasty stuff.

Posted by: banana Dream - status of my bowels at December 22, 2025 07:26 PM (3uBP9)

145 You know more about meats than most people.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:19 PM

Not all meats, but some. And I'm always learning; every brisket teaches something.

Pro Tip: The brisket from the left side of the cow is more tender than the one from the right.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 22, 2025 07:26 PM (0sNs1)

146 The best beef you will ever have will come from a Jersey steer.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 07:27 PM (sDNVV)

147 111 But I think "angus" is a scam.
Posted by: Soothsayer

It's a long way to the top.

you know where else it's also a long way to?

Posted by: tipperary at December 22, 2025 07:27 PM (v3pYe)

148 @kyledcheney
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg has ordered the Trump administration to provide a hearing and due process for the 137 Venezuelans shuttled out of the country without due process in March after Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

If Trump were 1% the tyrant that Boasberg frames him to be Boasberg knows he would be disappeared long ago -> the frame-up continues.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 07:27 PM (/lPRQ)

149 There is something still off about this. They are way too protective and paranoid and secretive on this one (the brown staff.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 07:15 PM (zZu0s)

There has been a rumor that Brown was hiding or concealing students with visa overstays or without valid visas, which could get their funding yanked.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

What happened to the thing about one of the students being targeted because she was Jewish?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:27 PM (AtFJ+)

150 >>>As far as I'm concerned, you can give Rhode Island right back to the Indians, no questions asked.

Posted by: Paco

>Yes, give that land back to the Cherokee. Pocahontas Warren can rule it with an iron-hand Communist fist.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 07:28 PM (nljXp)

151 "So be on the watch for this. Nasty stuff.
Posted by: banana Dream"

*puts tape over USB ports and backs away*

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:28 PM (vFG9F)

152 Moar

@libsoftiktok 45m
BREAKING: The University of Oklahoma announced that it has ruled in FAVOR of the student who was discriminated against for quoting the Bible in an assignment to justify traditional gender roles.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 07:28 PM (mlg/3)

153 The Atlantic Shark Institute is a few miles from me. They track sharks all over but focus a lot on Rhode Island waters.

Thy put out a claim the other day that we are going to have a huge population growth in Great Whites around here. Let the games begin.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 07:29 PM (viF8m)

154 The chief of campus security was fired from either one or two other university jobs for being a dummy. That did not stop Brown from hiring his worthless self.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

I find this surprising.

Not that Brown would hire an ignoramus as chief of security, but that they would deign to hire a male for that position.

Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 07:29 PM (nhCoE)

155 116 So is conventional wisdom leaning toward the assumption that Ella Cook was random victim?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 07:18 PM (Dv3i1)

117 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 07:16 PM (WONhk)

This is what I think now. It could change. The MIT was his main guy he wanted murdered. I wonder if he barked at him as well?

I need to figure out if MIT professor was married or ghey. That might be a clue.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 07:29 PM (WONhk)

156 Screw them. I want an all year pause in Catholic bishops' sedition attempts.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Amen to that. Our Bishop posted an article in our diocesan newspaper strewn with all the bullshit about The Holy Family being immigrants, etc.

What a load.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 07:29 PM (cYBz/)

157 Well, I'm off for a bit...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 07:30 PM (ynpvh)

158 There's a terrible stomach flu going around.

Posted by: banana Dream - status of my bowels at December 22, 2025 07:26 PM (3uBP9)

Be well. I have heard of such illness, locally. Fortunately, we've only had more mild bugs in our house.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 07:30 PM (dK+Kv)

159
Not that Brown would hire an ignoramus as chief of security, but that they would deign to hire a male for that position.
Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 07:29 PM (nhCoE)

He's black, does that count?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 07:30 PM (WONhk)

160 152
'The University of Oklahoma announced that it has ruled in FAVOR of the student...'

That's damn big of them to tolerate someone else's first amendment rights.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:30 PM (fd80v)

161 How can a "university" be so stupid? I hope they get sued enough till it hurts. But I doubt they they really care, well they might care about the money.

Posted by: Case at December 22, 2025 07:30 PM (G1OIb)

162 Clown judge Bonerburger clarification:
He is ordering due process rights for people no longer under the jurisdiction of the United States.

That is, he's ordering the Legislature to fund and the Executive to set up, an auxiliary courtroom for the Judiciary to use in Salvador.
Where then, the Executive is ordered to abduct these persons from the legal custody of Salvador and present them to the court--under threat of war by the United States against Salvador.

A single, unelected man, has the power to bend the entire government to his whims.

But Trump is the dictator ....

It's hilarious, (if it wasn't so deadly) watching the entire Judiciary sit by and let this dumb bitch shit all over their reputations.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 07:30 PM (HXT0k)

163 "So be on the watch for this. Nasty stuff.
Posted by: banana Dream"

*puts tape over USB ports and backs away*

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:28 PM (vFG9F)

*proffers hot iron*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 07:31 PM (dK+Kv)

164
Oddly enough, one of the Rib Eye steaks I bought today had a sticker on it "End Cut."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:31 PM (CWez5)

165 brown gets to do whatever somebody need to teach the students caveat emptor, and that includes the ideology you subscribe to

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:31 PM (9+gVx)

166 109 51 But why Ella Cook?

He did not know her.
Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (qFwJc)

Because this is a spiritual war, not just a civil or social one, and this is one those instances where stan shows us his teeth and laughs in our faces openly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 07:32 PM (trsuh)

167 JUST IN: Judge Boasberg has ordered the Trump administration to provide a hearing and due process for the 137 Venezuelans shuttled out of the country without due process in March after Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act.

What additional process are Alien Enemies due? A month in Greenland? A trip home seems more than generous.

Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2025 07:32 PM (1zcQ9)

168 156
'Our Bishop posted an article in our diocesan newspaper strewn with all the bullshit about The Holy Family being immigrants, etc.'

I feel for you having to put up with that.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:33 PM (fd80v)

169 Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 07:33 PM (pkeXY)

170 BREAKING - Brown University officials are now facing mass calls to step down

—

Narrator: they won’t.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 07:34 PM (UJWr0)

171 Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 07:33 PM (pkeXY)

I kinda like their music.

Posted by: Three Dog Night at December 22, 2025 07:34 PM (wVcYX)

172 Gettin' tired of this shit

@kyledcheney
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg has ordered the Trump administration to provide a hearing and due process for the 137 Venezuelans shuttled out of the country without due process in March after Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 07:12 PM (mlg/3)

----------

That assclown needs to be disappeared a la Jimmy Hoffa -- or at least "discovered" in bed with a live boy and a dead girl ... pour encourager les autres.

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 07:35 PM (21Usy)

173 How can we keep our coffers filled if you keep deporting our sheep?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 07:35 PM (sDNVV)

174 Amen to that. Our Bishop posted an article in our diocesan newspaper strewn with all the bullshit about The Holy Family being immigrants, etc.

What a load.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 07:29 PM (cYBz/)

Among all the other troubles of this world, the scourge of credentialism is one of the worst.

Bishops, perfessers, lawyers, cops, judges... all the self-anointed people who lord over the rest of us, because their fruity little guilds tell them they should.

Pikes... heads. Some assembly required.

Well, some disassembly first.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:35 PM (AtFJ+)

175 Just going back to the Odyssey thread. There was some kind of consensus with some people that this movie would not have supernatural elements. Watch it on a full screen, there is this giant homunculus entering a cave at some point and some sort of entity raised from a grave later in the trailer. I'm still not sold on this movie though, not sure why Nolan felt obligated to cast "Elliot" Paige.

Posted by: MaxPower at December 22, 2025 07:35 PM (q+LBI)

176 HAHAHAH!!
"Man Driving Electric Car Blasting Nicki Minaj Clearly Right-Wing"

https://tinyurl.com/mr3anskn

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 07:35 PM (g47mK)

177 Why doesnt anyone ever ask why are you smiling and mugging for the cameras?

Is this a clown show? Does tragedy amuse you?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at December 22, 2025 07:36 PM (wBaIH)

178 The biggest threat I had as an undergraduate was from Lyndon Larouche.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 07:36 PM (8o16y)

179 Tara Palmeri
@tarapalmeri
What will leave the bigger stain on their legacy: the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, or the misguided targeting of drug boats in the Caribbean?

-
Ooooooo! I know! I know! [waves hand]

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (L/fGl)

180
Our Bishop posted an article in our diocesan newspaper strewn with all the bullshit about The Holy Family being immigrants, etc.

Posted by: Tonypete

They do this gaslighting bullshit every year.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (CWez5)

181 All the female engineering students I talked to at the Uni were married, had a boyfriend, or weren't looking...at least that's what they told me.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I knew one who told me, in so many words, that she was only there to get her M.R.S. degree.

And all of them that I knew were either engaged or married by graduation.

Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (nhCoE)

182 Brown just put the head of public safety on leave.

Always making the black guy a scapegoat.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (viF8m)

183 That assclown needs to be disappeared a la Jimmy Hoffa -- or at least "discovered" in bed with a live boy and a dead girl ... pour encourager les autres.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It



That bed thing?
Credible!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (/lPRQ)

184 BREAKING - Brown University officials are now facing mass calls to step down

-------------

The only thing that can save Brown now is ... can you say "President?" ... Claudine "DEI Plagiarist Galore and Anti-Semite on Steroids" Gay.

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (21Usy)

185
Tara Palmeri
@tarapalmeri
What will leave the bigger stain on their legacy: the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, or the misguided targeting of drug boats in the Caribbean?

Oh this fucking dunce, again?

She is one of the biggest lolcows on the Internet. A fake "influencer" who beclowns herself on the daily.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:39 PM (CWez5)

186
Geez, now there will be race riots.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:39 PM (3ek7K)

187 Wait why are they doing that? Didn't they just spend an entire press conference Perkins each other off and saying what great people they were?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 07:39 PM (zZu0s)

188 I'm still not sold on this movie though, not sure why Nolan felt obligated to cast "Elliot" Paige.
Posted by: MaxPower at December 22, 2025 07:35 PM (q+LBI)
--
If Nolan wants this movie to even be considered for an Oscar, he has to meet the Hollywood diversity requirements.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 07:39 PM (ESVrU)

189 How can a "university" be so stupid? I hope they get sued enough till it hurts. But I doubt they they really care, well they might care about the money.
Posted by: Case at December 22, 2025 07:30 PM (G1OIb)

As I understand it, it takes a Faculty Senate and assorted Deans, Provosts, Chancellors, Directors, and Department Heads working in concert to plumb the depths of stupid.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 07:39 PM (wVcYX)

190 166 109 51 But why Ella Cook?

He did not know her.
Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (qFwJc)

Two possibilities: A. He wasn't the shooter, and 2. Whoever set him loose did know her.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:39 PM (AtFJ+)

191 All the female engineering students I talked to at the Uni were married, had a boyfriend, or weren't looking...at least that's what they told me.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I knew one who told me, in so many words, that she was only there to get her M.R.S. degree.

And all of them that I knew were either engaged or married by graduation.

Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (nhCoE)

There was one who made no bones about want to sleep her way to a job and promotion, whereas the brighter ones were lesbo, taken, or too driven to bother with dudes at the time.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 07:39 PM (dK+Kv)

192 Tonypete didn't the Holy Family come from Nazareth to Bethlehem? How is that allegorical to illegal immigration?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 07:40 PM (8o16y)

193 The only thing that can save Brown now is ... can you say "President?" ... Claudine "DEI Plagiarist Galore and Anti-Semite on Steroids" Gay.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (21Usy)

I hear Larry Summers is looking for a job.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:40 PM (AtFJ+)

194 The only thing that can save Brown now is ... can you say "President?" ... Claudine "DEI Plagiarist Galore and Anti-Semite on Steroids" Gay.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (21Usy)

I hear Larry Summers is looking for a job.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:40 PM (AtFJ+)

195 Just gonna place this out there...

https://meatartisan.com/

Your welcome.

Posted by: Meathead at December 22, 2025 07:40 PM (R/m4+)

196 But why Ella Cook?

He did not know her.
Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (qFwJc)

Two possibilities: A. He wasn't the shooter, and 2. Whoever set him loose did know her.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:39 PM (AtFJ+)

3. Rando
4. Lookalike spurned him, so she drew the misplaced ire.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 07:41 PM (dK+Kv)

197 Tonypete didn't the Holy Family come from Nazareth to Bethlehem? How is that allegorical to illegal immigration?
Posted by: San


Indeed, were ordered there by the Romans to be counted for the census.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:41 PM (Htf7a)

198 Brown just put the head of public safety on leave.

Always making the black guy a scapegoat.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (viF8m)

*Golly!*

Posted by: First Jive Dude at December 22, 2025 07:41 PM (wVcYX)

199 Sure the staff is all Diversity hire, who needs to have any job experience?

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

200 Brown is what it is because that's what the Board wants.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:42 PM (Htf7a)

201 Brown just put the head of public safety on leave.



What difference does it make?

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:42 PM (Htf7a)

202 So is conventional wisdom leaning toward the assumption that Ella Cook was random victim?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 07:18 PM (Dv3i1)

If he was hanging about campus he could have overheard chatter about the evil right wing girl from students or administrators and decided to take action for it.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 22, 2025 07:42 PM (8avO+)

203 179
' the misguided targeting of drug boats in the Caribbean?'

From what I've seen our targeting of drug boats has been well and correctly guided.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:43 PM (fd80v)

204 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 07:43 PM (8o16y)

205 3. Rando
4. Lookalike spurned him, so she drew the misplaced ire.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 07:41 PM (dK+Kv)

Yeah, I'm just spitballing. Tossing it out there, as it were.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:43 PM (AtFJ+)

206 Brown just put the head of public safety on leave.



What difference does it make?
Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:42 PM (Htf7a)

if you call your police "public safety" you are sick in the head. That name has been expired since the French Revolution.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 22, 2025 07:43 PM (8avO+)

207 If Nolan wants this movie to even be considered for an Oscar, he has to meet the Hollywood diversity requirements.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 07:39 PM (ESVrU)

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Maybe somebody can start a viral hashtag:

#OscarsSoTrans

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 07:44 PM (21Usy)

208 Brown just put the head of public safety on leave.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 07:37 PM (viF8m)

What about the rest of him?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 07:44 PM (wVcYX)

209 Tonypete didn't the Holy Family come from Nazareth to Bethlehem? How is that allegorical to illegal immigration?
Posted by: San
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Indeed, were ordered there by the Romans to be counted for the census.
Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:41 PM (Htf7a)

Go to your home city to be counted for a census. Hmm. Has potential.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2025 07:44 PM (gKDq2)

210 Tonypete didn't the Holy Family come from Nazareth to Bethlehem? How is that allegorical to illegal immigration?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 07:40 PM (8o16y)

They later fled to Egypt to escape Herod. However, most of the idiots don't even know that much.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 07:45 PM (rbvCR)

211 Brown is what it is because that's what the Board wants.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:42 PM (Htf7a)

POSIWID. Purpose Of System Is What It Does.

Graft, DEI, and demonization of whitey, males, Christians, Jews.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 07:45 PM (dK+Kv)

212
Lmao Count

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 07:45 PM (3ek7K)

213 Tonypete didn't the Holy Family come from Nazareth to Bethlehem? How is that allegorical to illegal immigration?
Posted by: San


Indeed, were ordered there by the Romans to be counted for the census.
Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:41 PM (Htf7a)

The tribes went to their ancestral 'capitol' to be counted and Joseph was of the house of David so he went to Bethlehem.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 22, 2025 07:45 PM (8avO+)

214 The 500F degree method works very good for a standing rib roast. I used it the past two Christmases and it came out perfect each time. Actually the best prime rib we've ever had.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 22, 2025 07:45 PM (Vh9CX)

215 190
'But why Ella Cook?

He did not know her.

Two possibilities: A. He wasn't the shooter, and 2. Whoever set him loose did know her.'

Did anyone get ahold of this guy's social media history?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:45 PM (fd80v)

216 Yeah, I'm just spitballing. Tossing it out there, as it were.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 07:43 PM (AtFJ+)

Ah, OK. I misread that as ONLY two possibilities.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 07:46 PM (dK+Kv)

217 Because this is a spiritual war, not just a civil or social one, and this is one those instances where stan shows us his teeth and laughs in our faces openly.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 07:32 PM (trsuh)
This is rated 100% correct.

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 07:47 PM (LHPAg)

218 Tara Palmeri
@tarapalmeri
What will leave the bigger stain on their legacy: the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, or the misguided targeting of drug boats in the Caribbean?

Oh this fucking dunce, again?

She is one of the biggest lolcows on the Internet. A fake "influencer" who beclowns herself on the daily.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 07:39 PM (CWez5)

Well the first was Biden, not Trump. Or is Biden blowing up the boats now?

Posted by: Oldcat at December 22, 2025 07:47 PM (8avO+)

219 Because this is a spiritual war, not just a civil or social one, and this is one those instances where stan shows us his teeth and laughs in our faces openly.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 07:32 PM (trsuh)
This is rated 100% correct.
Posted by: Erome



who is stan?

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:48 PM (Htf7a)

220 If he was hanging about campus he could have overheard chatter about the evil right wing girl from students or administrators and decided to take action for it.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 22, 2025 07:42 PM (8avO+)

I get it. Until he murdered the MIT professor he knew from Portugal and people said he was a weirdo who whined. An uber intelligent person who was po'd that no one but mostly him recognized this.

Maybe he hates women? I simply doubt that poor lovely girl was the reason. And I'd be the first to say so. That was the thought until the MIT murder.

I doubt she was the target...the MIT professor was, and he was mad at either being kicked out of Brown or their not recognizing his genius.

I have met two people like this in my life. Both not good looking and clung to their vast IQ. Both were told from a young age how brilliant they were, etc.

In life he was a loser. He could not, according to a former Brown classmate, mingle at all with others. Maybe someone mocked him in that lecture hall he sprayed bullets. We may know or may never know.

I do know that Governor DeSantis will not withhold information from Miami, where he was living in a $900k apartment or townhouse.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 07:48 PM (WONhk)

221 The 500F degree method works very good for a standing rib roast. I used it the past two Christmases and it came out perfect each time. Actually the best prime rib we've ever had.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 22, 2025 07:45 PM (Vh9CX)

It's kind of hard to mess up, except by overcooking it. Smoked, rock salt covered, sous vide and broil, etc. It's all good. And now I want prime rib. Thanks for the reminder. I need to take ours out of the freezer.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 07:49 PM (dK+Kv)

222 who is stan?

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:48 PM (Htf7a)

Not today, stan.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 07:50 PM (dK+Kv)

223 "Brown University President Christina Paxson, smiling: 'I don't think a lack of cameras in that building had anything to do with what happened.'"

That's actually a true statement. If one disables the cameras that are already installed, it doesn't matter how many there were: any value of X cameras disabled is equal to zero cameras.

So it's absurd to say the cameras don't matter and prevented nothing since that contradicts the school's proactive financing and installation of an extremely high number of them. It's not absurd to say cameras didn't affect anything if no cameras were ever operational or were disabled for whatever reason.

In any case, there's a lot of bureaucrats who should be fired if not prosecuted for dereliction and perhaps illegal behavior at Brown. It has been putting its paying clientele at risk, perhaps intentionally, due to outside pressure.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 22, 2025 07:51 PM (gLikB)

224 106

'White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement'

Screw them. I want an all year pause in Catholic bishops' sedition attempts.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:24 PM (fd80v)

Trump said to them "Render unto Caesar things that are Caesar's." And nobody can argue that Illegal Criminals are God's

Posted by: Oldcat at December 22, 2025 07:52 PM (8avO+)

225 They later fled to Egypt to escape Herod. However, most of the idiots don't even know that much.

OK, so they were legitimate political refugees. And when the threat was over, they WENT HOME.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 22, 2025 07:52 PM (3nLb4)

226 In any case, there's a lot of bureaucrats who should be fired if not prosecuted for dereliction and perhaps illegal behavior at Brown. It has been putting its paying clientele at risk, perhaps intentionally, due to outside pressure.


how is a private institution doing what it wants illegal in any way?

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:53 PM (Htf7a)

227 They later fled to Egypt to escape Herod. However, most of the idiots don't even know that much.

OK, so they were legitimate political refugees. And when the threat was over, they WENT HOME.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 22, 2025 07:52 PM (3nLb4)

and by the UN rules for refugees, they went to the adjacent country, stayed there and did no crimes, and then went home when Herod died.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 22, 2025 07:54 PM (8avO+)

228 In any case, there's a lot of bureaucrats who should be fired if not prosecuted for dereliction and perhaps illegal behavior at Brown. It has been putting its paying clientele at risk, perhaps intentionally, due to outside pressure.


how is a private institution doing what it wants illegal in any way?
Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 07:53 PM (Htf7a)

There probably are dozens of regulations requiring surveillance and safety that were violated.

I remember once at Wash U someone got into a dorm suite and robbed a couple of students. The entire student campus was rekeyed in 48 hours

Posted by: Oldcat at December 22, 2025 07:56 PM (8avO+)

229 MIT professor was married and had 3 children.

His wiki mentions that the murderer graduated top in their undergrad class in Portugal.

He was tops, you see. But had nothing much but his past to brag about.

I want to know what he's been doing since his return in 2017 and green card.

His parents in Portugal are said to be "well off." They also said he did not contact them for 20yrs, even once he returned in 2003. I find that a bit hard to believe and figure they are protecting their own assets.

He had to be doing SOMETHING as his townhouse or apt in Miami is worth $900k.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 08:05 PM (WONhk)

230 n: "how is a private institution doing what it wants illegal in any way?"

The way I would approach this is as a deception. A trade practices act. The campus is presented as a safe haven for the customers. The students will be protected while on campus. If steps were taken to proactively endanger these students, the school becomes culpable for harm that comes to them. I'd suggest that proactively disabling security (i.e. cameras and ignoring warnings) after installing hundreds of them is a deception and this one resulted in a mass deadly assault.

There's civic liability and criminal liability. I'm almost certain civic liability will come into play. Criminal liability is a harder nut, but, to me, not inconceivable. If, of course, the disabling of security cameras and apparatus was done to protect illegal activity (not this particular murderer but other violent campus hostility in general).

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 22, 2025 08:17 PM (gLikB)

231 OK, so they were legitimate political refugees. And when the threat was over, they WENT HOME.

Egypt was part of the Roman Empire, it would be as if fleeing from IL to seek refuge in IN

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 08:36 PM (a4flb)

232 n: "how is a private institution doing what it wants illegal in any way?"

So they can institute slavery on campus?

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 22, 2025 09:28 PM (rlXCY)

233 Why is there supposedly a "right to anonymity" for protesters and activists? There's a right to free speech, but it says nothing about your free speech not being identified as yours. I mean, an anonymous opinion is pointless...

Posted by: EddieS at December 23, 2025 12:17 AM (wi25e)

234 Lisi saw the suspicious man at least 10 times and notified the campus security at least twice, but it appears that nobody took the behavior seriously.

The campus police chief was probably busy polishing his cap.

Posted by: Sergeant Major at December 23, 2025 07:14 AM (st9l0)

Surprise: The "Reporter" Who Leaked and Whined That Her Hit-Piece Got Held Up Turns Out to Have a History of Batty Leftwing Propaganda Pieces

Chuck Ross for the Free Beacon:


'60 Minutes' Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, Who Cried Foul Over Delayed Immigration Piece, Was Behind 'Intentionally False' Hit Piece on Ron DeSantis That Even Democrats Said Was Wrong


Alfonsi's immigration piece needed additional reporting, Editor in Chief Bari Weiss told CBS staff


A 60 Minutes correspondent is up in arms after CBS management delayed a story decrying the deportation of illegal aliens from the United States to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, accusing CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss of caving to political pressure and betraying sacred journalistic principles. The correspondent, Sharyn Alfonsi, was behind an embarrassing 2021 flub at 60 Minutes in which she falsely reported that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R., Fla.) gave preferential treatment to a campaign donor to distribute coronavirus vaccines.

...

In her leaked email to her colleagues, Alfonsi accused CBS News and Weiss of engaging in "corporate censorship" and of "betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism." Reporters at CBS News are threatening to quit over the Weiss decision, CNN's Brian Stelter reported (it's unlikely that anyone will actually quit due to the fast-shrinking job market for television reporters).

LOL.

...

There's precedent warranting additional legwork on Alfonsi's segments. Alfonsi was the lead correspondent on a debunked story in 2021 that DeSantis gave preferential treatment to the supermarket chain Publix to distribute coronavirus vaccines because the company donated $100,000 to DeSantis's campaign.

"How is that not pay-to-play?" Alfonsi asked DeSantis when she confronted him after one of the governor's press conferences.

Several Florida officials, including Democrats, blasted the 60 Minutes report, saying that DeSantis's office was not involved in awarding contracts to Publix.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D., Fla.), who oversaw Florida's emergency management division in 2021 and is known for tangling with the GOP, said that the division recommended Publix for the contract because other pharmacies were not equipped to distribute vaccines.

"No one from the Governor's office suggested Publix. It's just absolute malarkey," he said.

Then-Palm Beach County mayor Dave Kerner (D.) called the story "intentionally false." Publix said the story was "absolutely false and offensive." And DeSantis said the story provides an example of "why nobody trusts corporate media."

"They are a disaster in what they are doing," the governor said. "They knew what they were doing was a lie."

Poynter, a media watchdog group funded largely by liberal charities, called the report a "sloppy moment" that "misses the mark." The Publix donations to DeSantis's campaign were "neither illegal nor unusual," according to Poynter.

CBS did not correct or apologize for the segment, only issuing a narrow statement defending why it edited down DeSantis's comments to Alfonsi and pointing out that DeSantis declined 60 Minutes' offer for a full sit-down interview.

...


Alfonsi never weighed in on her faulty DeSantis report beyond the narrow statement issued by CBS. 60 Minutes rarely apologizes for or corrects its reporting unless confronted with widespread public opprobrium and overwhelming evidence that its reporting was false.

In more propaganda news: NPR is warning its reporters from continuing to cite a "law professor" named Carl Tobias, who is apparently on dozens and dozens of reporters' cell phones as someone willing to give them whatever quote they need to sell the main political point they're trying to make.

Apparently he's almost always cited as "an expert," and an expert in many different fields. Whatever you need an "expert" to comment on, Carl Tobias is your one-stop shop.

NPR's "media reporter" David Folkenflik -- only barely less egregious a partisan than Brian Stelter -- just quoted this All-Purpose Expert.

I know what you're thinking: this self-declared media-friendly "expert" in all matters that the media is obsessing about in Current Day must be a conservative.

Duh, you're so dumb sometimes. He's a reliable "expert" willing to offer every leftwing propagandist an "expert quote" on whatever political op the Democrats are running today.

In 2016, for example, he was offering Politico quotes about Trump's list of possible Supreme Court picks being "known for political activism," despite none actually having any such history.

University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias is quoted in Politico characterizing Donald Trump's list of putative Supreme Court "candidates" as "fairly notable people but more for their active politics than maybe their jurisprudence." Tobias is not quoted as providing any evidence for this claim.

It's not worth a great deal of time debating the makeup of Trump's list. Like most of Trump's policy statements, it won't bind Trump should he ever be in a position to nominate a Supreme Court justice. It's more of an olive branch to conservatives worried about the future of the court than a real short list for a vacancy. Trump's actual list may be completely different if the opportunity ever presented itself.

This is from National Review, thus the intense anti-Trump animus. And also, the intense being-wrong-about-everything-ness.

I do think, however, that Professor Tobias's statement does a great disservice to those judges who -- through no fault, wish or desire of their own -- ended up on Trump's list. The overwhelming majority of the eleven judges on the list have had little to no involvement in elected politics (of the non-judicial election sort). Many are names that 99.9 percent of Americans have never heard of -- jurists who have had distinguished careers in academia, public service and the judiciary

Take, for instance, the federal judges on the list. Steve Colloton, Tom Hardiman, Diane Sykes, Ray Kethledge, and Raymond Gruender were all appointed to the bench by George W. Bush after careers in private practice (Kethledge and Hardiman), as United States Attorneys (Colloton and Gruender) or as state court judges (Sykes). Bill Pryor, now on the Eleventh Circuit, served as the Attorney General of Alabama before he was recess appointed by President Bush after being filibustered by Senate Democrats. (He was later confirmed by the Senate). But Judge Pryor has hardly been a political activist from the bench. In fact, he was appointed by President Obama to serve on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, which you might think would not have happened if he were a conservative political activist.

Posted by: Ace at 05:48 PM




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1 Dull edge for the win

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 05:49 PM (mlg/3)

2 Where’s my shocked face?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 22, 2025 05:49 PM (u73oe)

3 At this point I would fire her for cause. I mean bitching just because your boss pulls your one sided hit piece that you refused to even run by the administration to get their side of the story and then you complain and blame the Jews for it? It's time for her/he/it to go.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 05:52 PM (0N4FZ)

4 In before the hand wringers

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 05:52 PM (uQzkA)

5 My sloppy moment missed the mark.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 05:53 PM (pkeXY)

6 We should definitely trust our political mouthpiece betters.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 05:55 PM (NwnyJ)

7 They buried the lede. NPR has a Standards Chief.

Posted by: the dandy at December 22, 2025 05:55 PM (8l8nW)

8
boy, do I feel dumb

here I am in the lower thread discussing this very topic

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:56 PM (CWez5)

9 The SPLC was like this back in early 2000s, according to Rush. He called it "one guy with a fax machine" that would put a racist spin on *any* story, and that's how the SPLC would get quoted constantly.

Posted by: pookysgirl, Rush Baby Forever at December 22, 2025 05:56 PM (Wt5PA)

10 Apparently he's almost always cited as "an expert," and an expert in many different fields. Whatever you need an "expert" to comment on, Carl Tobias is your one-stop shop.

His nipples simply do not measure up.

Posted by: Tom Nichols at December 22, 2025 05:56 PM (TbWk/)

11
CBS fake "news" tried to NBC-Ford-Pinto the Trump Admin.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:57 PM (CWez5)

12 I'm so old, I remember that there were people who called themselves reporters reporting the news. They weren't any better or more honest than journalists.

Posted by: huerfano at December 22, 2025 05:57 PM (98kQX)

13 In more propaganda news: NPR is warning its reporters from continuing to cite a "law professor" named Carl Tobias, who is apparently on dozens and dozens of reporters' cell phones as someone willing to give them whatever quote they need to sell the main political point they're trying to make.
_______________________

The guy is a real life "Mr. Know it All" from the Bullwinkle cartoons.

How to be a beatnik:

https://tinyurl.com/5n7xkw4n

Posted by: Orson at December 22, 2025 05:57 PM (dIske)

14 To think that I once had a subscription to National Review.

Dear William F. Buckley, Sorry about what happened to your brother, I am not going to ask you to cancel my subscription. I am simply not going to renew it.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 05:58 PM (qFwJc)

15 Sharyn Alfonsi's expressed beef with Bari's decision was that alfonsi had worked soooo3 hard, and the piece was like in the can and all. And then Bari had to barge in with something about editorial standards!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 22, 2025 05:58 PM (pS434)

16 Alfonsi was top of her class at the Kent Brockman School of Journalism.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 22, 2025 05:58 PM (5yDGQ)

17 Tobias has a student review from earlier this year that indicates he is still wearing a mask while teaching. So that tells you something about what kind of guy he is. His picture also looks like an anthropomorphized penis with worm eyes.

Posted by: DPICM at December 22, 2025 05:58 PM (zweKz)

18 It's time for her/he/it to go.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 05:52 PM (0N4FZ)

s/he/it

FIFY

Posted by: pookysgirl, Rush Baby Forever at December 22, 2025 05:58 PM (Wt5PA)

19 I'm also an expert in sex. You could ask me about all the acrobatic escapades me and my girl from Canada did, but a gentleman never tells.

Posted by: Carl Tobias at December 22, 2025 05:59 PM (sDWtc)

20 Carl Tobias is full of sh*t.

You can quote me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 05:59 PM (9ipOP)

21 I'd hit it.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 22, 2025 05:59 PM (abIsI)

22 'You need to do more of your job on this one.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 06:00 PM (zZu0s)

23 Sharyn should go undercover at the El Salvador prison.

Never to heard from again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 06:00 PM (2GVsD)

24 >>>CNN's Brian Stelter reported (it's unlikely that anyone will actually quit due to the fast-shrinking job market for television reporters)

I am uncomfortable in a world where Stelter is the voice of reason about a situation.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 06:00 PM (dK+Kv)

25 > Reporters at CBS News are threatening to quit over the Weiss decision, CNN's Brian Stelter reported

Cool. That means I won't have to pay for unemployment.

Yeah, sport: there are 20 equally-talentless communist hacks just waiting in line to replace your lefty ass.


Posted by: Bari Weiss at December 22, 2025 06:01 PM (IG3/x)

26 The reporter should be fired for her e-mail.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 06:01 PM (KDPiq)

27 Reporters at CBS News are threatening to quit over the Weiss decision, CNN's Brian Stelter reported (it's unlikely that anyone will actually quit due to the fast-shrinking job market for television reporters).
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If that actually happens, I might actually be impressed.

But it won't happen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 06:01 PM (9ipOP)

28
President: "You don't have a stupid president, anymore."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:02 PM (CWez5)

29 I see folks donning a mask. LOL. I am too kind to say "You look like a fool. Mosquito trying to get through a chain-link fence."

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:02 PM (qFwJc)

30 Sharyn is kind of attractive. I thought she'd be a feminazi of indeterminate sex. She's an arrogant putz however

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 06:02 PM (MoRvC)

31 Alfonsi was top of her class at the Kent Brockman School of Journalism.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 22, 2025 05:58 PM (5yDGQ)

Alfonsi jumped the sharked.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 06:02 PM (dK+Kv)

32 There's dozens of us!

Posted by: Tobias at December 22, 2025 06:03 PM (rkTTp)

33 I don't care what anyone says, Bari Atric looks like Lena Dunham's less attractive sister.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 06:03 PM (dGCAG)

34 We should definitely trust our political mouthpiece betters.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 05:55 PM (NwnyJ)

Why not? They have the inside scoop on things, sometimes from the very individuals they moved heaven and earth to install within campaigns and agencies.
There is nothin an establishment media hates worse than a closed campaign that doesn't leak or employ staff that can be used to influence policy.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 06:03 PM (rbvCR)

35 I believe Bari Weiss is in an interesting position as editor in chief; or whatever she’s being called. She has the confidence of the top guy in charge of the corporation; but she’s parallel to, not over or under the head of CBS.
It looks to me like she does *not* have the power to hire or fire, but she does have the power to spike anything they do if she doesn’t like it. Which when I think about it must really piss them off more than anything else possibly could.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 06:03 PM (trsuh)

36 Quote:

"This guy is full of shit."

Posted by: Expert analyst Ace of Spades at December 22, 2025 06:03 PM (1wjle)

37 Ita all fucking lies, all the time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 22, 2025 06:03 PM (N/gmR)

38 Lying liars whom lie are upset that we point out they are liars?

Am I understanding this properly?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 06:04 PM (cYBz/)

39 Okay okay, twist my ARM! we totally did it.

Posted by: Carl Tobias at December 22, 2025 06:04 PM (sDWtc)

40 >>>It looks to me like she does *not* have the power to hire or fire, but she does have the power to spike anything they do if she doesn’t like it.

well there were some firings, if I remember right. I don't know if she fired them on her own authority.

Posted by: Expert analyst Ace of Spades at December 22, 2025 06:04 PM (1wjle)

41 >>> Sharyn is kind of attractive. I thought she'd be a feminazi of indeterminate sex. She's an arrogant putz however
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 06:02 PM (MoRvC)



Not beating the male prison population rap.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 06:05 PM (3uBP9)

42 Sharyn is kind of attractive. I thought she'd be a feminazi of indeterminate sex. She's an arrogant putz however
Posted by: Smell the Glove

==============

She's 53 to Weiss's 41, so there may be some whippersnapper resentment as well as cattiness.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 22, 2025 06:05 PM (pS434)

43 I see folks donning a mask. LOL. I am too kind to say "You look like a fool. Mosquito trying to get through a chain-link fence."
Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:02 PM (qFwJc)
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I am too kind to say, "your mask is soiled and spreading disease."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 06:05 PM (9ipOP)

44 Custodian at Brown University warned security several times about Brown University gunman. Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/mzmaeukh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 06:05 PM (ix8EF)

45 > 9 The SPLC was like this back in early 2000s, according to Rush. He called it "one guy with a fax machine" that would put a racist spin on *any* story, and that's how the SPLC would get quoted constantly.
Posted by: pookysgirl, Rush Baby Forever at December 22, 2025 05:56 PM (Wt5PA)

Lots of organizations like that. The "Center for Science in the Public Interest" was one dude with a postage meter. He was trained in microbiology, but has absolutely no expertise in human nutrition.

This is the yutz who issued dire warnings about how unhealthy movie popcorn was (among many other idiocies). Who the hell thought movie popcorn was healthy in the first place, and how much movie popcorn does an average person eat in a year? One bag? Maybe?

Posted by: Bari Weiss at December 22, 2025 06:06 PM (IG3/x)

46 George Tobias was more believable.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 06:06 PM (pkeXY)

47 Please remind me. Who did Trump sue and get a $20 million settlement?

Barri Weise is trying to avoid that happening to CBS News.

I like the cut of her jib.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:06 PM (qFwJc)

48
I don't know if any of You have noticed, but the Press Secretary has mixed in a healthy dose of "journalists" who aren't Democrat party Fake News into the press pool, so the President now gets asked reasonable questions. Sometimes these "journalists" are bit too pro-Trump, but they are a refreshing counter to the nasty Fake News fake "reporters" nasty fake "questions."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:07 PM (CWez5)

49 Now, good people, let's not rush to judgement about this person. After all, he is an academic, and as such, has a highly-trained intellect, and furthermore, he may be very sensitive to criticism. We should, above all, maintain our sense of fair play and decorum!

Posted by: Senator Mitt Romney at December 22, 2025 06:07 PM (jibVG)

50 NPR's "media reporter" David Folkenflik -- only barely less egregious a partisan than Brian Stelter -- just quoted this All-Purpose Expert.


Folkenflik sounds like a cheap German sound system.

Posted by: Cheri at December 22, 2025 06:07 PM (oiNtH)

51 I always wondered if reporters had some database they could go to in order to get somebody, anybody, to give them the quote they need to shape the narrative.

Apparently, for most stories they just find some random professor who likes seeing their name in print.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 06:07 PM (6ydKt)

52 Tobias on Arrested Development has more credibility than Prof Tobias

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 06:07 PM (MoRvC)

53 The parents of Ella Cook are probably not poor. With a good lawyer, they will have Brown's endowment.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:08 PM (qFwJc)

54 I like the cut of her jib.
Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:06 PM (qFwJc)

I don't think her jib is cut.

More like a rounded, marshmallow texture.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 06:08 PM (dGCAG)

55 Folkenflik sounds like the proper German language term for female self pleasure.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 06:08 PM (3uBP9)

56 Intentionally False Hit Piece? That really sucks. I would know. What's the ethical standard here? Bitch retracts and apologizes?

Posted by: Fen at December 22, 2025 06:08 PM (WI7ox)

57 In May 2013, Alfonsi gave the commencement address at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi. Her speech was named by NPR as one of "The Best Commencement Speeches Ever". Ever!!!

Posted by: Cheri at December 22, 2025 06:09 PM (oiNtH)

58 > 52 Tobias on Arrested Development has more credibility than Prof Tobias
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 06:07 PM (MoRvC)

I'd sooner trust Tobias Gregson.

Posted by: Sherlock Holmes at December 22, 2025 06:09 PM (IG3/x)

59 When does the left wing drive by media ever not do a "hit piece"? It's all they know which is why no one watches their crap anymore except oldsters and shut ins.

Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows The Mystery at December 22, 2025 06:09 PM (R/m4+)

60 Folkenflik sounds like a cheap German sound system film streaming service.

FIFY

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:09 PM (qFwJc)

61 Because who would listen to a ventriloquist journalist without a dummy?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 06:10 PM (guGkK)

62 I miss Tobias in his daisy dukes

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 06:10 PM (uQzkA)

63 Why wouldn’t Florida use Publix to distribute stuff?

It’s the largest supermarket chain in Florida.
There is one in every town.

When you cross the state line the sign reads:
Welcome To Florida, The Sunshine State - brought to you by Disney and Publix

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 06:10 PM (6ydKt)

64 Tobias on Arrested Development was an effing retard.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:10 PM (qFwJc)

65
Yes, Rush spotted the Great Circle-Jerk these fake "journalists" partake in, often time with Government officials.

That's how they spearheaded the Russia Hoax -- Fake News used a Deep State Shit as a fake "source," and Deep State used Fake News as a fake "source," and this was their fake "evidence" for grounds to begin a fake "investigation." Of course, a fake "judge" is totally aware of the Shuck & Jive game going on and goes along with it.

Yes, it is truly a Conspiracy.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:10 PM (CWez5)

66 Sharyn should go undercover at the El Salvador prison.

Never to heard from again.
Posted by: Anna Puma
......

best sex of her life.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 06:11 PM (v0R5T)

67 On what planet do these psychos reside? In order for this to be a thing, you have to believe Bari Weiss is a Trumpian wingnut.

I am at risk of losing my sense of decorum with these festering fuckwits.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 22, 2025 06:11 PM (pIfcn)

68 "...It's just absolute malarkey," he said.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 06:11 PM (YubK1)

69 I'd sooner trust Tobias Gregson.
Posted by: Sherlock Holmes

You sound tobiased.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 06:11 PM (mlg/3)

70 > When you cross the state line the sign reads:
Welcome To Florida, The Sunshine State - brought to you by Disney and Publix
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 06:10 PM (6ydKt)

I've often wondered if devout Muslims (and Jews, for that matter) avoid shopping at Piggly Wiggly.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 06:12 PM (IG3/x)

71
Another example is the ukraine phone call Hoax for the fake impeachment.

Literally a Conspiracy transpired.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:12 PM (CWez5)

72 Sharyn 'Hatchetface' Alfonsi

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 06:12 PM (v0R5T)

73 >>>In her leaked email to her colleagues, Alfonsi accused CBS News and Weiss of engaging in "corporate censorship" and of "betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism."

She should be fired for this.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:12 PM (RuTUS)

74 Tobias : I tried out for the Blue Man Group
Michael: did someone paint you blue?
Tobias : no Michael I blue myself
Michael : there has to be a better way to say that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 06:13 PM (MoRvC)

75 NPR is learning there is a relatively small market for uniparty news without government funding.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 06:13 PM (viF8m)

76 The richest guy at my 20 yr HS reunion was a metallurgist who made his living by testifying in court to whatever the lawyer paid him to say.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:13 PM (jc0TO)

77 Tobias Smollett > Jussie Smollett

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 22, 2025 06:13 PM (jibVG)

78 I mean bitching just because your boss pulls your one sided hit piece that you refused to even run by the administration to get their side of the story and then you complain and blame the Jews for it?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 05:52 PM (0N4FZ)

Whoa! That's unexpected.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 06:13 PM (uQesX)

79 I am uncomfortable in a world where Stelter is the voice of reason about a situation.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Consider it a stopped clock (analog) right twice per day.

Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 06:13 PM (WDjG6)

80 well there were some firings, if I remember right. I don't know if she fired them on her own authority.
Posted by: Expert analyst Ace of Spades at December 22, 2025 06:04 PM (1wjle)

If memory serves there were cutbacks, layoffs, and at least a couple flounces, but like you I’m not sure if she was involved or was just the instigator.

It’s not a stable situation for the company, of course - it must really chap the actual head of CBS to have the Big Bosses darling breathing down his neck and giving thumbs up or thumbs down to everything he does.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 06:14 PM (trsuh)

81 Is Alfonsi the broad who went to the Syrian prison and interviewed the guy who had supposedly been tortured and starved?

Even though he was well groomed, and a bit on the chubby side?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 06:14 PM (dGCAG)

82 44 Custodian at Brown University warned security several times about Brown University gunman. Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/mzmaeukh
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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A custodian talking up to his betters should know to keep his place.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 06:15 PM (YubK1)

83 I've often wondered if devout Muslims (and Jews, for that matter) avoid shopping at Piggly Wiggly.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 06:12 PM (IG3/x)

The larger the family, the more the need for Costco.

(or BJs, but that presents an entirely different problem)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 06:16 PM (6ydKt)

84
For Christmas, I want to see Brown Univ foisted.

I also want Conan OBrien foisted.

In case you're unawares, rumors have it that Conan OBrian personally poo-poo'd the idea to his other guests of calling 911 to intervene between Meathead & his angry son.

So, Conan OBryan, whom I hate, is partly responsible for Meathead & Mrs Meathead getting butchered by their own son.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:16 PM (CWez5)

85 Is Alfonsi the broad who went to the Syrian prison and interviewed the guy who had supposedly been tortured and starved?

Even though he was well groomed, and a bit on the chubby side?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 06:14 PM (dGCAG)

Looked it up, that was Clarissa Ward.

Widely believed to be CIA.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 06:16 PM (dGCAG)

86 SanFranpsycho, are you seeing reporting about a possible Israeli/ US conflagration with Iran in the next few days?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 06:17 PM (sDNVV)

87 Burt, did Bari turn you down for the senior prom? Make fun of your dick?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 06:17 PM (zZu0s)

88 Tobias on Arrested Development was an effing retard.
Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:10 PM (qFwJc)

And gay. But that was t he point of the character, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 06:18 PM (zZu0s)

89 60 Minutes rarely apologizes for or corrects its reporting unless confronted with widespread public opprobrium and overwhelming evidence that its reporting was false.


Which is why nobody should believe a thing 60 Minutes reports. The most surprised people when 60 Minutes is called on for false reporting are the 60 Minutes reporters.

I openly laugh at anyone who cites anything 60 Minutes reports as fact. Alex Jones is more truthful, by far.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 22, 2025 06:18 PM (4nEGa)

90 Burt, did Bari turn you down for the senior prom? Make fun of your dick?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 06:17 PM (zZu0s)

She's an idiot, and a leftist, but she's pro-Israel, so people think she's something.

She's not.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 06:18 PM (dGCAG)

91 Is Alfonsi the broad who went to the Syrian prison and interviewed the guy who had supposedly been tortured and starved?

Even though he was well groomed, and a bit on the chubby side?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 06:14 PM (dGCAG)

Looked it up, that was Clarissa Ward.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 06:16 PM (dGCAG)

Didn't she explain it to you?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 06:18 PM (uQesX)

92 Carl Spackler > Carl Tobias.
I'm all right, don't have to worry about me.

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 06:19 PM (LHPAg)

93 Left Coast Dawg, How are ya?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 06:19 PM (sDNVV)

94 60 Minutes seems like a TV show from some golden age of television back in the 1960s. Like Saturday Night Live.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:19 PM (jc0TO)

95 The richest guy at my 20 yr HS reunion was a metallurgist who made his living by testifying in court to whatever the lawyer paid him to say.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:13 PM (jc0TO)

Heh. Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 06:19 PM (zZu0s)

96 Heh. Nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 06:19 PM

He owned a Rolls Royce back when that was a thing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:21 PM (jc0TO)

97 84
For Christmas, I want to see Brown Univ foisted.

I also want Conan OBrien foisted.
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Posted by: Soothsayer
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I think you mis-spelled hoisted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 06:21 PM (YubK1)

98 It's crazy that the media still thinks the "experts say" works.

Sure, on deranged Boomers who consume 14 hours of programming a day.

Here's what "experts say" really means:
1) If they're not named, they're 80% fake; 30% rent-a-quote (110% false)
2) if they are named, 100% of the time, their partisan background is hidden.
Exception: if they are a RINO from an alleged conservative institution attacking conservatives, then the background is up front.
3) 0% of their "legal" experts have been right about any of the pending cases against Trump when they reach the SCOTUS. Yet never are their prior prognostications disclosed.
Seems like an ought-fer W/L record would be relevant to their "expert" status.

But for real, the media has had a roladex of go-to experts to give them a quote on what ever they want them to say for decades.
How bad must he be to put this in writing?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 06:21 PM (HXT0k)

99 One of Thomas Sowell's best quotes:

For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. But for every fact, there is not an equal and opposite fact.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 06:22 PM (HXT0k)

100
new toon!

Grinch Inadvertently Makes America Great Again

https://is.gd/9Vnuum

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:23 PM (CWez5)

101 Are these people seriously not speaking in tongues? Because this mealy-mouthed, gobbledygook is totally deceptive, you guys!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 06:23 PM (nljXp)

102 Experts. You find them on Ancient Aliens. Experts.

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 06:24 PM (LHPAg)

103 Like I said, Ella Cook's parents are going to make hay.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:24 PM (qFwJc)

104 92 Carl Spackler > Carl Tobias.
I'm all right, don't have to worry about me.
Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 06:19 PM (LHPAg)

I remember that looper.

Posted by: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama at December 22, 2025 06:24 PM (jibVG)

105 87 Burt, did Bari turn you down for the senior prom? Make fun of your dick?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 06:17 PM (zZu0s)

He hates absolutely everybody. Why he crawls out from under his rock I’ll never understand.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 06:25 PM (4786I)

106 But for real, the media has had a roladex of go-to experts to give them a quote on what ever they want them to say for decades.
How bad must he be to put this in writing?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Roladex? I think they use Slack, or Stick, or Dick or something now.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 06:25 PM (mlg/3)

107 But for real, the media has had a roladex of go-to experts to give them a quote on what ever they want them to say for decades.
How bad must he be to put this in writing?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 06:21 PM (HXT0k)

The best ones are those who go into court to testify.

Who is paying you? That's who you side with. But they spend half an hour reciting their resume, and then when the other side brings up their expert, they do the same thing.

In the end, juries side with the expert they like more.

Awesome system we got.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 06:25 PM (dGCAG)

108 Folks don't sue doctors for malpractice if he/she is nice.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:28 PM (qFwJc)

109 'Intentionally False' Hit Piece on Ron DeSantis That Even Democrats Said Was Wrong

That's like Hillary getting booted from the Watergate hit squad for being too dirty. It takes some work to disgust your fellow Democrats!

Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2025 06:28 PM (rJjpq)

110
Brown University needs to be sued into oblivion. They should be shut down because they will not change anything.

No amount of money can compensate for the loss of a child.


Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 06:29 PM (3ek7K)

111 In the end, juries side with the expert they like more.
Awesome system we got.
Posted by: BurtTC

I was on a murder trial jury once. The defense had an 'expert' testify that the sound on a home security camera was faulty or something, and tried to prove it with some audio software. Unforts for him, one of the jurists was an audio engineer. He didn't say anything until the case was over, but he ripped the expert testimony to the judge. Was the funniest part of a stupid trial.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 06:29 PM (mlg/3)

112 99 One of Thomas Sowell's best quotes:

For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. But for every fact, there is not an equal and opposite fact.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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He should take that to heart when he strays away from economics.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 06:30 PM (YubK1)

113 Whenever you have a seemingly bias reporter you always need to look at his/her producer.

The producer that works most with this reporter is Oriana Zill de Granados. That's a real name...and you won't be shocked by the stories she is associated with. Including the DeSantis one, and the CETOS one.

Posted by: Orson at December 22, 2025 06:30 PM (dIske)

114 Thomas Sowell should have been our first black president.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:32 PM (jc0TO)

115 Of the Boston Zill de Granados?

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:32 PM (qFwJc)

116 110
Brown University needs to be sued into oblivion. They should be shut down because they will not change anything.

No amount of money can compensate for the loss of a child.


Posted by: fourseasons
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But their billion dollar trust fund could help pay off the national debt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 06:33 PM (YubK1)

117 As a fellow Tobias, I suggest Carl Tobias seek counseling.

Posted by: Tobias Funke, M.D. Analrapist at December 22, 2025 06:33 PM (wVcYX)

118
We should appreciate & utilize Thomas Sowell while he's still alive, instead of waiting until he's mort, which will be soon.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:34 PM (CWez5)

119 But their billion dollar trust fund could help pay off the national debt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 06:33 PM

The Dissolution of the Monasteries for our age.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:35 PM (jc0TO)

120 One of my law school professors, a real hardass who I got along with had a great line
"An expert is a guy from out of town with a briefcase"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 06:35 PM (MoRvC)

121 >>>Folks don't sue doctors for malpractice if he/she is nice has nice tits.

Posted by: no one

>FIFY

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 06:35 PM (nljXp)

122 a History of Batty Leftwing Propaganda Pieces

That it says "batty" instead of "penguinny" is proof that convincing people we don't exist is our biggest triumph!

* wing flaps in unison *

Posted by: Big Penguin at December 22, 2025 06:35 PM (hEpeQ)

123 SanFranpsycho, are you seeing reporting about a possible Israeli/ US conflagration with Iran in the next few days?
Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 06:17 PM (sDNVV)
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I did see a blip about it but I am predisposed to disbelieve reports like that. The Iranians are more likely to murder a professor at MIT then attempt to laundh another massive attack. They have other priorities right now.

Then again, I'm always wrong.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 06:35 PM (9ipOP)

124 Then again, I'm always wrong.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 06:35 PM (9ipOP)

No, you're not.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 06:36 PM (dK+Kv)

125 Well, lead balloon and all.

@Reuters 26m
Instacart ends AI-driven price experiments after criticism http://reut.rs/3KWhJZR http://reut.rs/3KWhJZR

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 06:37 PM (mlg/3)

126 For Christmas, I want to see Brown Univ foisted.

I also want Conan OBrien foisted.
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Posted by: Soothsayer
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I think you mis-spelled hoisted.
Posted by: Braenyard

Don't be a petard.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2025 06:37 PM (cYBz/)

127
Then again, I'm always wrong.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 06:35 PM (9ipOP)

No, you're not.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Yes I am.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:37 PM (CWez5)

128
I mean yes he is.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:38 PM (CWez5)

129 The Iranians water shortage is front and center right now. The government might collapse because of it. Hopefully

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 06:38 PM (MoRvC)

130 Like the water supply to Teheran?

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:38 PM (qFwJc)

131 Shoot. Scrolling up I now see that all possible Arrested Development Tobias jokes/comments have been made already.

Posted by: Tobias Funke, M.D. Analrapist at December 22, 2025 06:38 PM (wVcYX)

132
Heh. I was just reading. Trump's Big Beautiful Battleships aren't gonna be traditional battleships. They're going to be beefed up destroyers, really.

Donnie Two Scoops just likes the term "battleship", so that's what we're gonna call them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 06:39 PM (w6EFb)

133 Water shortage is awesome. Only regime people get water. The rest die in a week. Easy peasy

Posted by: Accomack at December 22, 2025 06:39 PM (8jVAy)

134 Like the water supply to Teheran?
Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:38 PM (qFwJc)

They have any reservoirs?

Posted by: The Dambusters at December 22, 2025 06:39 PM (uQesX)

135 Tobias? No relation.

Golly!

Posted by: Toby from Roots at December 22, 2025 06:40 PM (wVcYX)

136 I was just reading. Trump's Big Beautiful Battleships aren't gonna be traditional battleships. They're going to be beefed up destroyers, really.

Donnie Two Scoops just likes the term "battleship", so that's what we're gonna call them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 06:39 PM (w6EFb)

lol

Which is what was surmised last thread on this here smart milblog.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 06:40 PM (dK+Kv)

137 133 Water shortage is awesome. Only regime people get water. The rest die in a week. Easy peasy
Posted by: Accomack at December 22, 2025 06:39 PM (8jVAy)
Water's for closers.

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 06:41 PM (LHPAg)

138 429 I think that we gave up on the idea of pykrete aircraft carriers the size of islands way too soon.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:17 PM

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at December 22, 2025 06:41 PM (jc0TO)

139 They have any reservoirs?
Posted by: The Dambusters at December 22, 2025 06:39 PM (uQesX)

Tehran's water supply has been managed in a manner similar to LA's. Apparently there were greater needs for the last 40 years than ensuring drinking water for the country's capitol.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 06:41 PM (rbvCR)

140 @135 Toby , Kunta, Toby, , KUNTA, you are Toby

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 06:42 PM (MoRvC)

141 Thomas Sowell should have been our first black president.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:32 PM (jc0TO)
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*swoons*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 06:42 PM (9ipOP)

142 Government collapse is wishful thinking. Both Cuba and Iran will supply the rulers with electricity and water. The people will suffer. How can they or the UK overthrow Herr Starmer without guns?

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:42 PM (qFwJc)

143 I have been more of a supporter of Netanyahu than most; but my impression of that story was that Bibi was trying to pump up the idea of an attack for his own political purposes, rather than there being much of a threat of one actually happening.

By the way the Iranians talk crap all the time, they’ve been doing it every day for 40 years. So it doesn’t mean much to say “well look what the Iranians said.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 06:43 PM (trsuh)

144 We have a bone to pick with President Trump. Had he made the "Battleship" announcement a month ago, it could have boosted sales of our board game immensely for Christmas/ Chanukah.

Posted by: Milton Bradley at December 22, 2025 06:43 PM (oftw2)

145 Brown is obviously an extremely liberal shithole. They are also in a long running legal battle with the Narragansett indian tribe that claims Brown was built on land that was stolen from them.

Turns out they are only liberal with other people's stuff.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 06:43 PM (viF8m)

146 I don't care for legal Experts. I'm put off by the heavy makeup and the miniskirts with net stockings as they promise to say anything, absolutely anything for a price.

Posted by: Hal Dall at December 22, 2025 06:43 PM (TYS4f)

147 Death cults don’t save for a rainy day

Posted by: Accomack at December 22, 2025 06:43 PM (8jVAy)

148 Reporters at CBS News are threatening to quit over the Weiss decision, CNN's Brian Stelter reported

Their terms are acceptable.

Posted by: Brenda Lee Wants Some Fucken Pie at December 22, 2025 06:43 PM (xNHSX)

149 I mean yes he is.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:38 PM (CWez5)
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Okay. Sometimes I'm wrong.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 06:43 PM (9ipOP)

150 126 For Christmas, I want to see Brown Univ foisted.

I also want Conan OBrien foisted.
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Posted by: Soothsayer

A Happy Foistivus to you!

Thanks, Ace! I keep reading your posts between wrapping gifts that I have had for months. Martha Stewart told me years ago this was not good and I still don't listen to her!Winning!

Someone, please send me snow! I am begging now for snow and ice. Please.

I could blame the lack of snow on my falalala being so late. I could.I probably will!

Tomorrow I am baking all day and probably drinking as well. ***those are snowflakes that I need***

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 06:44 PM (WONhk)

151 @142 the elites of any society and government vare always a small minority. In Iran a couple of million starving, thirsty people could make a serious revolution.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 06:44 PM (MoRvC)

152 Deeply unhappy Karen complains bitterly about being dissatisfied.

Who could have seen that coming?

Posted by: Spoiler Alert at December 22, 2025 06:44 PM (YrUlT)

153 Every Indian tribe lost. They were lucky not to be put to the sword.

Posted by: Accomack at December 22, 2025 06:44 PM (8jVAy)

154 Surprise: The "Reporter" Who Leaked and Whined That Her Hit-Piece Got Held Up Turns Out to Have a History of Batty Leftwing Propaganda Pieces

Sharyn



You can tell just by the way she spells her name.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 06:44 PM (dAOkg)

155 I was voluntold to become the elevator SME (subject matter expert) in the office. All that meant was I had all the current manufactures manuals and knew what needed fire rating and what did not, and I understood the comically complex formula to determine speed and size of said elevators. Any fool could look all that up on his own. After all, that’s all I did.

Expert.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 22, 2025 06:45 PM (6Bc88)

156 30
'Sharyn is kind of attractive. I thought she'd be a feminazi of indeterminate sex.'

(Opens story and looks at picture.)

Really?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 06:45 PM (fd80v)

157
This is all about Chyna. The Chicoms are getting ahead of us in shipbuilding capacity. Trump is not going to let us get behind China in ruling the seas. The era of American decline is over as far Trump is concerned.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 06:45 PM (w6EFb)

158
Foist is not a word??

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:46 PM (CWez5)

159 Tomorrow I am baking all day and probably drinking as well. ***those are snowflakes that I need***
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat


Lucky you. I have to work. I do have Wed & Thursday off.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 06:46 PM (dAOkg)

160
I thought it was a word.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:46 PM (CWez5)

161 Imagine a heavily armed nuclear powered pycrete island base a couple of miles long. Sure, it might only move at 3 knots, but that just increases the horror as it slowly creeps toward our enemies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:46 PM (jc0TO)

162 "Expert.
Posted by: tcn in AK"

Talk about a job with ups and downs.

Posted by: Micky Ninja at December 22, 2025 06:46 PM (vFG9F)

163
NOOOOD


nood

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 06:46 PM (CWez5)

164 Tomorrow I am baking all day and probably drinking as well. ***those are snowflakes that I need***
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Careful burning cookies in your state may be a felony.

Posted by: Cookie Puss at December 22, 2025 06:47 PM (oftw2)

165 Foist is not a word??
Posted by: Soothsayer


Curly said it was, but Moe said no.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 06:47 PM (dAOkg)

166 Government collapse is wishful thinking. Both Cuba and Iran will supply the rulers with electricity and water. The people will suffer. How can they or the UK overthrow Herr Starmer without guns?

They sacrificed hundreds, just to draw us out in the open. And then they came, and they came. We drained four of our phasers, and they still came. We killed thousands and they still came.

Posted by: Captain Tracey at December 22, 2025 06:47 PM (R/m4+)

167 Brown is obviously an extremely liberal shithole. They are also in a long running legal battle with the Narragansett indian tribe that claims Brown was built on land that was stolen from them.

Turns out they are only liberal with other people's stuff.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 06:43 PM (viF8m)

Had a professor from Brown. So good looking. Good thing there were rules about student teacher fraternization back in the old days. Eh, she was married, too, so....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 06:47 PM (uQesX)

168 Okay. Sometimes I'm wrong.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 06:43 PM


Don't sell yourself short.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:47 PM (jc0TO)

169 146 I don't care for legal Experts. I'm put off by the heavy makeup and the miniskirts with net stockings as they promise to say anything, absolutely anything for a price.
Posted by: Hal Dall at December 22, 2025 06:43 PM (TYS4f)

As soon as you said miniskirts and net stockings no morons cared what came out of the expert’s mouth unless it belonged to said moron.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 22, 2025 06:48 PM (6Bc88)

170 This is all about Chyna. The Chicoms are getting ahead of us in shipbuilding capacity. Trump is not going to let us get behind China in ruling the seas. The era of American decline is over as far Trump is concerned.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 06:45 PM (w6EFb)

Chinese marine rated steel, and Chinese laminated armor plate, both would make me nervous. Their quality control is such that every time one of those ships goes into salt water it turns into a giant battery and starts eroding.
It might last long enough, or it might turn out like those submarines. Depends.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 06:48 PM (rbvCR)

171 Milton Bradley, Battleship is owned by Hasbro now.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:49 PM (qFwJc)

172 72
' Sharyn 'Hatchetface' Alfonsi'

She's a truck stop parking lot 5.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 06:49 PM (fd80v)

173 Chyna imports the good steal and exports Chinesium.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:50 PM (qFwJc)

174 84
'In case you're unawares, rumors have it that Conan OBrian personally poo-poo'd the idea to his other guests of calling 911 to intervene between Meathead & his angry son.'

Oh. Shit.
"No. Calling the police would be blowing it out of proportion. They'll be all right in the morning."

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (fd80v)

175 166 Government collapse is wishful thinking. Both Cuba and Iran will supply the rulers with electricity and water. The people will suffer. How can they or the UK overthrow Herr Starmer without guns.

You don’t understand how bad Cuba’s situation is. No one is going to overthrow it; what’s going to happen is that all of the electricity for the island is goin to fail, and go down, and no one will be able to turn it back on again, no matter how many people they shoot.

And yes I can see a wave of starvation that might kill half the people there, and the other half will be eating their corpses just to stay alive.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (trsuh)

176 I have an old affinity to mini-skirts and fishnet hosiery. Not that I was ever...

But I do remember very good looking gals wearing that combo.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:52 PM (qFwJc)

177 So, tomorrow's rosary will be for the Cuban and Persian people.

You know, anybody can perform baptism. It doesn't have to be a priest.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:54 PM (qFwJc)

178 Conan OBrian?

The red-headed bastard?

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 06:55 PM (qFwJc)

179 155 I was voluntold to become the elevator SME (subject matter expert) in the office. All that meant was I had all the current manufactures manuals and knew what needed fire rating and what did not, and I understood the comically complex formula to determine speed and size of said elevators. Any fool could look all that up on his own. After all, that’s all I did.

Expert.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 22, 2025 06:45 PM
I'd this group of kids the elevator next to us was pretty safe, but the one we were on was kinda shaky.

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 06:55 PM (LHPAg)

180 Wasn't Red China salvaging old WW2 shipwrecks, which is illegal, and stealing the good steel from the 1920s and 30s and 40s?

Posted by: Prince Of Wales and Repulse at December 22, 2025 06:59 PM (R/m4+)

181 60 Minutes should have been buried years ago. I haven't watch it in decades. Television is crap these days and hardly worth watching.

Posted by: Case at December 22, 2025 07:00 PM (G1OIb)

182
50

Folkenflik sounds like a cheap German sound system.
Posted by: Cheri at December 22, 2025 06:07 PM

------

It's a German term describing the pleasure of driving an unreliable car made of thin metal.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 07:07 PM (VWtfl)

183 Um, nood about 20 minutes ago.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 07:07 PM (qFwJc)

184 The good professor looks like a Woodrow Wilson clone.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 22, 2025 08:49 PM (rlXCY)

Is This Something?

The first trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, due in theaters next July.

Matt Damon looks too stupid to be Shrewd Odysseus, and Nolan is doing the Industry Standard race-swapping, but... I do like most Nolan movies, and hope this is good.

How about some superhero slop? Some people are knocking the Supergirl trailer because the character is apparently a nihilist party-girl. I don't think that's necessarily a bad move because, 1, who cares about Supergirl, and 2, you need to differentiate your heroes from each other. If Superman is a golly-gee optimistic boy scout, it isn't a bad call to make a being with his exact same powers and nearly his exact same costume the opposite of Superman.

Ethan Van Sciver also justifies the take, reasoning that, unlike Superman, Supergirl actually lived through the destruction of Krypton and thus is scarred by the episode. Superman, on the other hand, was sent to earth as a baby and didn't know of the destruction of Krytpon until he was told about it as an adult. (I should note that Supergirl was born before Superman, but, due to time dilation shenanigans over the long trip to earth, arrived later than he did and is now younger than he is.)

Here's my take: I don't care if it's a good take or a bad take. I'm so over this.

But now here's some more Slop Superhero Content: Wonder Man. They did a race swap on Wonder Man which I don't care about because, get this, literally no one cares about Wonder Man. The character was invented for purely cynical reasons -- it was practice back then to steal another company's IP by just flipping the gender of a character. Thus, Marvel created Wonder Man just because DC was making some money with Wonder Woman. (And Stan Lee created She-Hulk because he knew that someone, likely DC, would create a female Hulk if he didn't do so first.)

If you never heard of Wonder Man, don't sweat it. He's a D-list team member on whichever Avengers team needed a spare body in the 80s. He was one of those characters I would actively avoid by not buying a comic if he was on the cover or if I knew he was on the team. Like Captain Mar-Vell or Quasar or a dozen other generic Superman-derivatives.

Wonder Man also seems to be yet another attempt to make a superhero show for bored women. It seems to be a workplace comedy set in Hollywood where all the jokes deliberately undermine the conceit of superheroes. This is all silly stuff, ha ha, do you get it?

I mean, yes, I get it, and that's a fine thing for nerds to joke about amongst themselves, but it's a bad idea to make mockery of the concept of the superhero a central theme of actual superhero medium. The suspension of disbelief is like a soap bubble. It takes very little to burst it.

I've said this before: I've hated this trope since they did it to death during Roger Moore's run as James Bond. It's hard to enjoy the fantasy of the superhero spy when the makers of the movies keep screaming at you "This is all stupid and you're stupid for liking this."

I think they put this crap into movies to appeal to Filthy Casuals, who went into the theater agreeing it was all stupid nonsense, and enjoy seeing the movie itself confirm that it's all stupid nonsense. These Filthy Casuals might even be in the theater under protest, dragged to the show by their boyfriends or husbands. The problem is, that only barely appeases the Filthy Casuals, whose business you don't need and wouldn't get if not for the social obligation to go out with one's male partner, and it actively alienates the actual fans who business you actually do need.

Anyway, I also do not care about this. I care less about Wonder Man than I do about Supergirl. At least Supergirl is an older character which, to my conservative mind, makes her more of a cultural artifact worthy of some limited respect.

I finally saw Weapons over the Thanksgiving weekend. It's pretty good. The first half is a grounded and realistic movie about what would really happen if a bizarre tragedy -- an entire class of 11 year old students, save one, running out into the night for no reason to disappear completely -- struck a town. Angry and desolate parents lash out looking for answers and scapegoats.

And this isn't even done in a heavy Message type way, about Us being the Real Villains After All -- it's just what would really happen. You can hardly blame the bereft parents.

I was kind of dreading the second half because I knew there would be a monster and the monster part would ruin the weird-but-realistic tension and mystery of the first half. But it's pretty good. Instead of giving you a plausible explanation, which they probably realized was impossible, they go in the other direction and hit you right in the WTF? button, and it's a pretty square hit.

If you're not a horror fan, I would skip it. The first half is a tense and well-done weird drama without any gore -- just dread -- but the second half does get bloody and disturbing.


Seen anything worth recommending?

Posted by: Ace at 04:40 PM




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1 The first trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, due in theaters next July.

Matt Damon looks too stupid to be Shrewd Odysseus, and Nolan is doing the Industry Standard race-swapping, but... I do like most Nolan movies, and hope this is good.

criticism i saw a while ago, based on photos leaked from the shoot, is that the armor looks like they just dug it out of the ground instead of looking shiny and new.

Posted by: anachronda at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (v3pYe)

2 Rookie mistake, read the content

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 22, 2025 04:42 PM (/6GbT)

3 Critical Drinker practically slits his wrists in reviewing the new Avatar" Tired and Ass movie. I don't think Hollywood is capable of self-reformation at this point. It's going to take a Dresden-level firestorm to burn out the rats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HQghy9ZtY4

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 04:43 PM (Riz8t)

4 Ray Harryhausen to the white courtesy tlelephone, please.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (oraVG)

5 I never heard of Wonder Man. Don’t guess I’ve missed anything.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (E0Kkk)

6 Still wating for a statement on who was redeemed by the martyrdom of Rob Reiner. Is Nick going to walk?

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 22, 2025 04:45 PM (YlWIZ)

7 Who's doing the voice-over in the trailer, Batman?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

8 I think the general take on Supergirl is she's a softer version of Superman. I'm thinking mostly of the Injustice take where Superman is willing to do ANYTHING to implement law and order but Supergirl wants to get him to tone it down and be more merciful.

Of course the whole Injustice thing failed, honestly, because it is a superhero thing and didn't go deeper. Make Superman less over the top and the whole thing plays better on the classic topic of the limitations of power to actually make things better.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

9 Nolan is doing the Industry Standard race-swapping

At this point, it's a Tourette's Syndrome affliction.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 04:46 PM (Riz8t)

10 These Filthy Casuals might even be in the theater under protest, dragged to the show by their boyfriends or husbands.


Merry Christmas ya Filthy Casuals.

Posted by: Hollywood at December 22, 2025 04:47 PM (fryM6)

11 So far in theb last week I've seen FOUR different "Worst Movie Flops of 2025" vides on YouTube by four different reviewers, and...

-- None of the overlapped, and
-- I hadn't even HEARD of most of the film, much less seen them.

It seems 2025 had a bumper crop of complete box-office catastrophes that were such bombs that no one even mocked them because they didn't even know they had been released. That's how bad 2025 was.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 04:47 PM (oraVG)

12 The armor should have a good ten years of wear on it, at least. I doubt they’re using boars teeth helmets in any case.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 04:47 PM (E0Kkk)

13 Merry Christmas, you Filthy Casuals!!!

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 22, 2025 04:48 PM (5yDGQ)

14 Ralph Fiennes did a pretty good take on Odysseus in The Return - I suspect he would have been good in this.

He is a MUCH better actor then Damon.

I suspect this movie will play out like Tom Cruise's Valkyrie where the movie was good but its obvious weakness was the lead actor.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 04:48 PM (sKqQm)

15 >>>Seen anything worth recommending?

Seussical the Musical. Kids just finished their winter show, in the round, and I have to say it is my favorite. It's not Phantom or Le Miserable, but it was fun, the kids put in a lot of work, and they put in some amazing performances.

You're obviously not going to see our version. But if it is in your area, it is worth a look.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:48 PM (dK+Kv)

16 It seems 2025 had a bumper crop of complete box-office catastrophes that were such bombs that no one even mocked them because they didn't even know they had been released. That's how bad 2025 was.

There are still a few days in 2025. Let's see what new depths they can plumb.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

17 "Weapons" was one of two movies I watched this year that were released this year, and aside from the gay image of an AR-15 in a dream? sequence it was fine.
"Drop" was the other one. Excellent suspense.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 22, 2025 04:48 PM (sDWtc)

18 Matt Damon as Odysseus? Sure. Which Kardasian is Penelope?

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 04:48 PM (vFG9F)

19
Damned ancient Greek homos.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:49 PM (w6EFb)

20 Hmm, the Odyssey without gods and magic ?

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:49 PM (g47mK)

21 I saw Weapons and Nobody 2. That's it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 22, 2025 04:50 PM (cxFcK)

22 Merry Christmas, you Filthy Casuals!!!

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 22, 2025 04:48 PM (5yDGQ)

Is it Festivus, yet?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:50 PM (dK+Kv)

23 Fuck Matt Damon.
I wouldn't pee on him if he was on fire.
Same with Colbert & DeNiro.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at December 22, 2025 04:50 PM (MNCvZ)

24 >>>I suspect this movie will play out like Tom Cruise's Valkyrie where the movie was good but its obvious weakness was the lead actor.

i thought he was good. The real problem is the director!

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 04:50 PM (1wjle)

25 Weapons was everything Longlegs should have been: good.

Posted by: Max Power at December 22, 2025 04:50 PM (q+LBI)

26 >>> Hmm, the Odyssey without gods and magic ?

I liked Troy. They also did the No Gods, No Magic thing.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 04:50 PM (1wjle)

27 I finally saw Weapons over the Thanksgiving weekend. It's pretty good. The first half is a grounded and realistic movie about what would really happen if a bizarre tragedy --

I agree and it reminds me a bit of Sunshine where the first half of the movie is an interesting SF movie of people trying to deal with a solar system level catastrophe and the second half is a bad monster movie.

Weapons's second half is better then that but not as good as its own first half.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

28 Odysseus is my favorite character in the whole Trojan War saga.

The only one who really seemed to have a good head on his shoulders. The opposite of that lunkheaded crybaby Achilles.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 04:51 PM (77rzZ)

29 Doubt I would go see it

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 04:51 PM (Ia/+0)

30 Saw another interesting video last night claiming that features films are currently transition in real time from being mainstream entertainment to being nothing more than "zombie art forms" like ballet and opera -- technically the formats of ballet and opera still exist, but they merely stumble forward like zombies, propped up by a few die-hard aficionados, and always lose money -- only wealthy donors keep the formats alive.

I'd say that was accurate -- within a couple years, "going to the cinema" will be as esoteric and rare as "going to the opera" is today.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 04:51 PM (oraVG)

31 No one can top Wishbone's Odysseus, IMO.

"I am Poseidon, RULER OF THE SEAS!"

"I am Odysseus, floating on this raft."

Posted by: pookysgirl grew up on PBS at December 22, 2025 04:51 PM (Wt5PA)

32 I toured Troy a month ago. It's pretty underwhelming. Go to Ephesus instead.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 04:51 PM (Riz8t)

33 Fuck Matt Damon.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy

Again?

Posted by: Ben Affleck at December 22, 2025 04:51 PM (fryM6)

34 I thought someone had goof spoofed parodied Nolan.

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 04:52 PM (uQzkA)

35 I think Damon is a good actor in the right role but I think he's been miscast multiple times. I hated him as Jason Bourne. He was great in Mr Rippley.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:52 PM (KDPiq)

36 ODYSSEUS!

Posted by: ODYSSEUS at December 22, 2025 04:52 PM (dK+Kv)

37 >>>Weapons's second half is better then that but not as good as its own first half.

I give them credit because they wrote themselves into a corner but then just brave-faced their way out of it through WTF audacity. No, not as good as the first half, but it's a horror movie, no one is going to accept dread and unanswered questions. Well, I might. 90% of the audience would feel cheated.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 04:52 PM (1wjle)

38 We all float down here.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 04:52 PM (viF8m)

39 Saw another interesting video last night claiming that features films are currently transition in real time from being mainstream entertainment to being nothing more than "zombie art forms" like ballet and opera -- technically the formats of ballet and opera still exist, but they merely stumble forward like zombies, propped up by a few die-hard aficionados, and always lose money -- only wealthy donors keep the formats alive.

I'd say that was accurate -- within a couple years, "going to the cinema" will be as esoteric and rare as "going to the opera" is today.

Interesting - and probably true.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 04:52 PM (Riz8t)

40 Most recent cinema giggle: Now You See Me. Woody Harrelson, "The gummies must have kicked in."

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 22, 2025 04:52 PM (YlWIZ)

41 Fuck Matt Damon.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy

Again?
Posted by: Ben Affleck

I would have socked that as "the Bear."

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 04:52 PM (77rzZ)

42 "Weapons" was one of two movies I watched this year that were released this year, and aside from the gay image of an AR-15 in a dream? sequence it was fine.
"Drop" was the other one. Excellent suspense.

If you recall it had 217 on it. The best explanation I've seen is that the point of the image is to argue the witch has 2 adults and 17 children as weapons.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 04:53 PM (sKqQm)

43 No movies to comment upon but

Finally ended up watching season 1 of Brokenwood Mysteries. Fairly dark and grim at times but realistic portrayals of ordinary people.

Different vibe than the boring repeated locked room mysteries that became overload on the Paradise series and spinoffs. Jonathan Creek, although with a very clever premise, eventually overloaded on that as well. Being clever rather than good acting.

Since Benedict Cumberbunch probably has little interest in extending the Sherlock! series, if such has to be rebooted, Alan Davies might make a good Sherlock.

Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 04:53 PM (WDjG6)

44 I would have socked that as "the Bear."

I thought that was Leonardo DeCaprio.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

45 Yes that is something. Fo sure

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 22, 2025 04:53 PM (qPv0v)

46 They made a mistake not casting Sydney Sweeney and calling it Supermammaries.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 04:53 PM (nljXp)

47 >>>I'd say that was accurate -- within a couple years, "going to the cinema" will be as esoteric and rare as "going to the opera" is today.

yup

Theaters will become a high-end but niche thing. Alamo Drafthouse is probably a good model going forward.

I can't stress how much I didn't mind paying $18.50 per ticket for a movie (Wake Up Dead Man) that I kind of hated. the experience was still good.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 04:53 PM (1wjle)

48 >Seen anything worth recommending?

"Die My Love" was unspeakably bad.

Posted by: mr tmz at December 22, 2025 04:54 PM (rJ48h)

49 I liked Troy with Brad Pitt. I think he's an underrated actor because of being a pretty boy.

I always thought he should have gotten an Oscar for Kalifornia.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:54 PM (KDPiq)

50 I think Damon is a good actor in the right role but I think he's been miscast multiple times. I hated him as Jason Bourne. He was great in Mr Rippley.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:52 PM (KDPiq)

I loved what happened to him in Interstellar.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:54 PM (dK+Kv)

51 I thought that was Leonardo DeCaprio.
Posted by: Archimedes

Eh, maybe. I can't keep these whippersnapper actors straight.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 04:54 PM (77rzZ)

52 Matt Damon can be ok as a secondary character but he usually sucks as a lead.

Also he plays a surprisingly good sneaky asshole as seen in Interstellar.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 04:55 PM (sKqQm)

53 >>>42 "Weapons" was one of two movies I watched this year that were released this year, and aside from the gay image of an AR-15 in a dream? sequence it was fine.

i totally didn't even see that. TBH, I was a bad movie watcher and mostly listened through the part with Julia Garner. The first half hour was "screen friendly" for me.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 04:55 PM (1wjle)

54
I heard somebody a while back quip that Brad Pitt was a character actor trapped in the body of a leading man.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:55 PM (w6EFb)

55 I'm waiting for Sheep Detective to show up next May. But I'll wait for the DVD.

Theaters set the volume too high.

Nothing personal to all us Filthy Casuals ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 04:55 PM (3ZUWJ)

56 Dune 2 was the last movie I even *considered* going to a theater to see.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 04:55 PM (Riz8t)

57 MATT. DAAAMON.

Posted by: MATT DAAAMON at December 22, 2025 04:56 PM (mlg/3)

58 Wonder Bread Man

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 04:56 PM (pkeXY)

59 Re movie related, on Insty,

"The Warner Bros. board of directors has rejected Paramount’s bid multiple times, opting instead to go with an offer from Netflix, which WBD says is more valuable. The board also said Paramount has misrepresented itself to WBD shareholders, calling into question the legitimacy of the deal’s “illusory” proposed financing.

To counteract that critique, Paramount said Oracle founder Larry Ellison – the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison – will guarantee all $40.4 billion of the equity he’s putting up to finance the $78 billion deal. That’s a big guarantee, putting Larry Ellison on the hook for about a sixth of his roughly $250 billion net worth if something falls through."

Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 04:56 PM (WDjG6)

60 They can't try complex meta level introspection about super heros like Alan Moore f'd up and did because we might get the wrong idea and come to different interpretations and that isn't allowed.

So, it all has to be trite on the nose destruction of the myth and hero concept that they fire directly into our stupid male brains.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 04:56 PM (3uBP9)

61 Odysseus at the beach, addressing his crew:
"And now men, I call on you to join me as we begin our great odyssey. "
Sailor raises hand: "Excuse me, what's an Odyssey?"
Odysseus: "It is a long and difficult journey, so full of dangers that only the leader will survive."
Sailor: "Oh Okay thanks. Wait what???"

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:56 PM (uWKK8)

62 I am waiting on Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die with Sam Rockwell. It should be out in February

The perils of going back in time to change the future

https://youtu.be/xY48IkB9oIQ

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 04:56 PM (rbvCR)

63 >>>I liked Troy with Brad Pitt.

the duel with Hector was great. Effective and really showed what a combat monster Achilles was.

I don't remember having seen a spear-fight before. As Schola Gladitoria always reminds everyone, before firearms, most battle deaths were caused by the spear.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 04:56 PM (1wjle)

64 I liked weapons also, but (spoiler alter) the climax scene with the kids at the end was just absurd and sort of took me out of it.

Half the theater was belly laughing when I saw it.

I still feel it’s worth seeing

Posted by: Maroon at December 22, 2025 04:57 PM (wP3Cr)

65 well most battle deaths were caused by infection but you get what I mean

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 04:57 PM (1wjle)

66 Better choices for starring role here I think:

Christian Bale (irrespective of him being a world class asshole)
Colin Farrell
Gerard Butler

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 04:57 PM (sKqQm)

67 My recommendation is an older movie but with AI being one of the biggest news stories today, I think
Her is perfect to be watched today.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:57 PM (KDPiq)

68 >>>Odysseus at the beach, addressing his crew:
"And now men, I call on you to join me as we begin our great odyssey. "
Sailor raises hand: "Excuse me, what's an Odyssey?"
Odysseus: "It is a long and difficult journey, so full of dangers that only the leader will survive."
Sailor: "Oh Okay thanks. Wait what???"

"The captain's naming things after himself now?"

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (1wjle)

69 32 I toured Troy a month ago. It's pretty underwhelming. Go to Ephesus instead.
Posted by: Archimedes

Schliemann oversold it, for glory.

"I FOUND TROY!!!"

Except it was just a random rather small Bronze Age provincial town. Not the center of a vast civilization. Hundreds of other archaeological sites are bigger, more impressive and had better artifacts.

To this day, it's not even clear which civilization or culture "Troy" was part of. Kind of an outlier village.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (oraVG)

70 I thought that was Leonardo DeCaprio.

I always figured they were the same person double-dipping like Kurt Russell and Jeff Bridges or Frank Zappa and Leon Redbone.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (3nLb4)

71
How do we like The Carpenters' Christmas songs?

The one that goes merry Christmas is frequently played.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (CWez5)

72 To counteract that critique, Paramount said Oracle founder Larry Ellison – the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison – will guarantee all $40.4 billion of the equity he’s putting up to finance the $78 billion deal. That’s a big guarantee, putting Larry Ellison on the hook for about a sixth of his roughly $250 billion net worth if something falls through."

Could be worse. Could be the Graham family, who refused to see WaPo for about $4B, then ended up selling it to Bezos for, IIRC, something like $250M.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (Riz8t)

73 Theaters set the volume too high.

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 04:55 PM (3ZUWJ)

Seriously! I saw the Lord of the Rings trilogy when it was re-released to theaters last summer. The volume was deafening! Fortunately they turned it down for the second film. My ears are bad enough as it is.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (k9OZB)

74 Bad take, Ace. Wonder Man is an Avenger in the 70s.

He was co-created by Jack Kirby and his first appearance is in 1964.

Posted by: Axeman at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (krQz2)

75 didn't Colin Farrell pay Achilles ? were there 2 Troy movies ?

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (g47mK)

76 I don't remember having seen a spear-fight before. As Schola Gladitoria always reminds everyone, before firearms, most battle deaths were caused by the spear.
Posted by: ace

Pisses me off to no end that the douchebags in Walking Dead didn't figure to use spears until the last seasons.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (mlg/3)

77 I've heard Die Hard is a pretty good Christmas movie.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (0sNs1)

78 Wonder Bread

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (v0R5T)

79 *play not pay..

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (g47mK)

80 Brad Pitt at some pointed learned to act even though he mostly got by on his looks in his earlier movies, kind of like Leo D.

He was still getting there in Troy but did better then I would have thought he could of at the time.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (sKqQm)

81 Gerard Butler was awesome as Leonidas in "300".
Colin Farrell isn't as physical.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (MNCvZ)

82 They should work on the lighting in the trailer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (MoRvC)

83 You know what's something?

Ernst Lubitsch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wnBxEUMERQ

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (GBKbO)

84 Is Wonder Man also an Amazon?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (jc0TO)

85 > I think Damon is a good actor in the right role but I think he's been miscast multiple times. I hated him as Jason Bourne.

What was wrong with his Jason Bourne? In the books he's supposed to look ordinary. The only think I can think of is he doesn't really seem, "haunted."

Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (Yp6az)

86 Pointy sticks are an effective weapon. and don't require much training.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (vFG9F)

87 "The captain's naming things after himself now?"
Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (1wjle)

—————

Well, I’m the only one who survives so I kinda get to do what I want.

Posted by: Odysseus at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (u73oe)

88 didn't Colin Farrell pay Achilles ? were there 2 Troy movies ?

I think he played Alexander the Great.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (Riz8t)

89
I watched Extraction last night. Kinda good. Kinda recommend if you're in the mood for action.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (CWez5)

90 Critical Drinker praised the new David movie, based on the Bible history of David.

Of course it has the part where he uses a sling to take down Goliath, but it also shows him getting older and becoming a king.

Basically he said "it's pretty darn good even if you aren't religious". Not the highest praise he has ever given a movie, but good enough I want to see this in a theater if I can.

Posted by: mr_jack at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (LNPSJ)

91 >>>4 Bad take, Ace. Wonder Man is an Avenger in the 70s.
He was co-created by Jack Kirby and his first appearance is in 1964.

I remember him looking like a dope on Avengers covers (and West Coat Avengers covers, and Great Lakes Avengers covers) in the 80s. there were so many lame avengers, like Tigra. or captain marvel.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (1wjle)

92 I am waiting on Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die with Sam Rockwell. It should be out in February

The perils of going back in time to change the future

https://youtu.be/xY48IkB9oIQ
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 04:56 PM (r

Rockwell has become a favorite.

Seven Psychopaths was great and also Mr Right.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (KDPiq)

93 The one that goes merry Christmas is frequently played.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (CWez5)
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Yes, the only song in history that goes "Merry Christmas".

Posted by: Axeman at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (krQz2)

94 Even before I knew his leftwing politics, I’ve always thought Matt Damon had a very punchable face

Posted by: Maroon at December 22, 2025 05:01 PM (wP3Cr)

95 Pointy sticks are an effective weapon. and don't require much training.
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (vFG9F)

So is a tiger.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at December 22, 2025 05:01 PM (k9OZB)

96 I liked Matt Damon in The Martian. Good movie. Not scientifically perfect but fun

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:01 PM (MoRvC)

97 A good MATT DAMON movie is any where he dies horrifically and extraneously early on in the run time.

"Yeah, it doesn't really drive the plot but we thought you'd all like to see matt die again, so, enjoy"

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 05:01 PM (3uBP9)

98 Schliemann oversold it, for glory.

"I FOUND TROY!!!"

Except it was just a random rather small Bronze Age provincial town. Not the center of a vast civilization. Hundreds of other archaeological sites are bigger, more impressive and had better artifacts.

To this day, it's not even clear which civilization or culture "Troy" was part of. Kind of an outlier village.

There are three versions of the Trojan Horse in the area. Two are pretty basic an crappy. The best one by far is in the nearby town/port. It's...the one from the movie, which the makers donated.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 05:01 PM (Riz8t)

99 The story of the Odyssey and the Iliad are kind of interesting.

They don't present the Greeks as pure awesome heros that go destroy the enemy with honor because of their inherent awesomeness but quite a range of personalities and leave open the question of whether the war was worth fighting at all.

And here Odysseys is the most interesting character because as "wisest of the Greeks" he didn't even want to go and tried his best to avoid it

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:01 PM (sKqQm)

100 92 I am waiting on Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die with Sam Rockwell. It should be out in February

The perils of going back in time to change the future

https://youtu.be/xY48IkB9oIQ
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 04:56 PM (r

Rockwell has become a favorite.

Seven Psychopaths was great and also Mr Right.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (KDPiq)

======

It is the return of Gore Verbinski, the director of the gothic horror masterpiece The Cure for Wellness.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:02 PM (GBKbO)

101 I think Damon is a good actor in the right role but I think he's been miscast multiple times. I hated him as Jason Bourne. He was great in Mr Rippley.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:52 PM (KDPiq)

Not sure I believe that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 05:02 PM (uQesX)

102 I've heard Die Hard is a pretty good Christmas movie.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Also the first Lethal Weapon movie.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at December 22, 2025 05:02 PM (fryM6)

103 I imagine banging someone with a super vagina would be an unforgettable experience.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 22, 2025 05:02 PM (8CIFn)

104
matt damon fucking sucks

What's wrong with you people?

damon has only one emotion: I am a big dink.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:03 PM (CWez5)

105 Troy is one of the few movies where Sean Bean doesn’t die.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 22, 2025 05:03 PM (u73oe)

106 >> Is This Something?

I don’t see any young cooter, so no.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at December 22, 2025 05:03 PM (f4tQo)

107 favorite exchange in Troy. Bear in mind, Odysseus is played by the great Sean Bean.

Odysseus is telling the other kings that they should probably go home because king Menelachus (?) was killed.

Sean Bean: We came here to get Menelachs's wife... we won't need her any longer.

Agamemnon: How dare you insult my brother's memory!

Sean Bean: it is no insult to say a dead man... is dead.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:04 PM (1wjle)

108 I thought that Nobody 2 was pretty bad.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:04 PM (jc0TO)

109 >>>105 Troy is one of the few movies where Sean Bean doesn’t die.

oh yeah....

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:04 PM (1wjle)

110 Given zombie's recent revelatory comments about the Romans and their definition of mammary protuberance volume, I believe that it's fair to say that Russ Meyer had way more depth as an auteur than almost all others.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 22, 2025 05:04 PM (0sNs1)

111 I'm Matt Damon!

Posted by: Matt Damon at December 22, 2025 05:04 PM (9ipOP)

112 109 >>>105 Troy is one of the few movies where Sean Bean doesn’t die.

oh yeah....

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:04 PM (1wjle)

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Silent Hill has entered the chat.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:04 PM (GBKbO)

113 liked Matt Damon in The Martian. Good movie. Not scientifically perfect but fun
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:01 PM (MoRvC)

That's the biggest in your face DEI movie for me.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:05 PM (KDPiq)

114 The only thing worse than Matt Damon, would be Ben Affleck. He must have blown someone to get The Accountant roles. Good script, terrible casting.

Posted by: Bill Clintons Wiener at December 22, 2025 05:05 PM (f4tQo)

115 Anything Korean is better than anything Hollywood.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 05:05 PM (/lPRQ)

116 Troy is one of the few movies where Sean Bean doesn’t die.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

REPENT HERETICS

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 05:05 PM (3ZUWJ)

117 I looked up Wonder Man which is a miniseries. One of the stars is Olivia Thirlby who's kind of cute. Bio says she's bisexual and was involved with Ellen Page before Ellen had an adadicktomy. I'm so confused

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (MoRvC)

118 I think he played Alexander the Great.


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Right!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (g47mK)

119 Saving Private Ryan. Damon and Hanks. Worst cast ever.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (nljXp)

120
Carpenters at Christmas 1977 Complete TV Special

https://is.gd/2fbN1V

Harvey Korman is a guest star, if that excites you.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (CWez5)

121
Is Wonder Man also an Amazon?
Posted by: toby928(c)

He delivers for Amazon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (pkeXY)

122 I liked Matt Damon in The Martian. Good movie. Not scientifically perfect but fun
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:01 PM

Michael Pena gets all the good lines.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (jc0TO)

123 Christopher Nolan is a hack.

Slightly better than Roland Emmerich and M. Night Shamalamadingdong.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (dGCAG)

124 >>Seen anything worth recommending?

Not a movie, but a series on Prime -- Deadloch.

Thought I wouldn't like it based upon the write-up, but it's great. And hilarious at times, especially the jokes about lesbians.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (Y1sOo)

125 I think Sean Bean must put the "kill" clause in his contract!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 05:07 PM (g47mK)

126 Troy is one of the few movies where Sean Bean doesn’t die.
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Probably cut for time.

Posted by: Axeman at December 22, 2025 05:07 PM (krQz2)

127 Brad Pitt at some pointed learned to act even though he mostly got by on his looks in his earlier movies, kind of like Leo D.

He was still getting there in Troy but did better then I would have thought he could of at the time.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 04:59 PM (sKqQm)
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I'm ready for another close-up!

Posted by: Brad Pitt in Troy at December 22, 2025 05:07 PM (9ipOP)

128


I heard there's a new superhero out of Hollywood.

Gay Man.

His anus opens up so wide that he can attack with it and kill other bad superheros and young cabana boys.

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at December 22, 2025 05:07 PM (och2J)

129 > Troy is one of the few movies where Sean Bean doesn’t die.

Some more movies in which Bean's character doesn't die: National Treasure, Flightplan, Silent Hill, Percy Jackson Lighting Thief, The Martian, Possessor

Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 05:07 PM (Yp6az)

130 I was wanting Menelaus to take out that simp Paris

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 05:07 PM (sDNVV)

131 No color everything is grey, Asian's as Greek's, African's as Greek's, Athena a Blond Blue eye God is now black, it's so dumb and retarded. I love the old Technocolor movies where they try and get it right.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 22, 2025 05:07 PM (FCrpy)

132 The only thing worse than Matt Damon, would be Ben Affleck. He must have blown someone to get The Accountant roles. Good script, terrible casting.
Posted by: Bill Clintons Wiener at December 22, 2025 05:05 PM (f4tQo)

He's a better director than actor but his brother is a very very good actor imo.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:07 PM (KDPiq)

133 Well, Taskmaster's Champion of Champions just dropped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rx_uGQ2PSQ

Champions of seasons 16-20 facing off! For wackiness!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:08 PM (GBKbO)

134 I like some of Nolan's stuff , but his Dunkirk annoyed me

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:08 PM (MoRvC)

135 I thought that Nobody 2 was pretty bad.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:04 PM (jc0TO)

Odenkirk is gonna kick your ass for saying that.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:08 PM (dGCAG)

136
Bookmark this if you need Christmas music:

Carpenters 1978 Christmas Portrait

https://is.gd/Aqa8GQ

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:08 PM (CWez5)

137 #91 ace

There was a time when the Avengers swelled up to a dozen or 20 members. They weren't all A-listers. Saying "he was once in the Avengers" is not strong praise.

There was in in-universe event where they assembled all the Avengers and said "we have to downsize the team, this is too crazy". I have that comic somewhere, probably.

I totally agree that Wonder Man is a D-lister. I looked up his Wiki page and his history is moderately interesting, more than I expected, but still he had zero impact on the fans let alone pop culture.

No little kid ever took lunch to school in a Wonder Man lunchbox.

Posted by: mr_jack at December 22, 2025 05:08 PM (LNPSJ)

138 Harvey Korman is a guest star, if that excites you.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (CWez5)
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Does Harvey Korman excite you?

Does explosive diarrhea excite you?

Posted by: zombie Don Rickles at December 22, 2025 05:09 PM (9ipOP)

139 that simp Paris
Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 05:07 PM


He's ... not very sympathetic.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:09 PM (jc0TO)

140
Nobody I was bad, too. It went from kinda good to fucking stupid.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:09 PM (CWez5)

141 I never heard of Wonder Man. Don’t guess I’ve missed anything.

Wonder Man was a sort of Booster Gold before there was a Booster Gold. In the sense of being about PR, not in the sense of being a rich time traveler. Or what Spider-Man would have been had he stayed in show business.

It’s the perfect superhero movie for Hollywood, as it literally could take place on movie sets or television sets.

It’s also guaranteed to suck for anyone not in Hollywood.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 22, 2025 05:09 PM (EXyHK)

142 Even though I like Odysseus, I've never been able to make it all the way through the Odyssey. A little too unfocused for me. Jumps around too much in time and space.

The Iliad is a much more compact work, with the whole thing being set in the environs of Troy, and in a much shorter timeframe.

I was able to do the Classic Comics version of the Odyssey when I was a kid, however.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:09 PM (77rzZ)

143 That's the biggest in your face DEI movie for me.
Posted by: Opinion fact

That and the complete ball-washing of the CCP.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 05:09 PM (mlg/3)

144 Good basic breakdown of "Weapons". It's one of the better horror movies this year. "Good Boy" and "Presence" are lower key which is both good and bad for horror.

"The Tale of Silyan" is a barely disguised docudrama about a white stork and the Macedonian farmer that loves him. Solid low-key recommendation.

I've not seen any good "bombastic" movies in a while. Lotsa luck with documentaries: Blum (about the guy who ran Yugoslavia's biggest industry); Rebel with a Clause (a woman goes around setting up a "grammar helpdesk" on city streets across the country); Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost (Ben Stiller's documentary about his parents, surprisingly sensitive); Donn of Tiki (blast of a movie about the guy who invented the Tiki aesthetic/ethos).

A little hard up for interesting narrative films but HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is back in theaters for limited runs!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:09 PM (asXVI)

145 "The captain's naming things after himself now?"
Posted by: ace

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Meanwhile, in Troy...

"I dunno, it could be a Trojan horse."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 22, 2025 05:10 PM (pS434)

146 138 Harvey Korman is a guest star, if that excites you.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (CWez5)
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Does Harvey Korman excite you?

Does explosive diarrhea excite you?

Posted by: zombie Don Rickles at December 22, 2025 05:09 PM (9ipOP)

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Well, he was one of the best parts of the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:10 PM (GBKbO)

147 oh and to answer the question: No, Wonder Man isn't an Amazon. They just stole the name, not the backstory. I think he's some kind of android or something. But with a twist, like he has an alien soul inside him or something else Gaytarded.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:10 PM (1wjle)

148


Hey, this might be an improvement. You can actually hear people speak in the trailer.

Wonder if in the movie theatre you can make out what the main characters are saying in every scene.

Would be great.

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at December 22, 2025 05:10 PM (och2J)

149 There is a Hittite tablet we've recovered that mentions one Piyama-Radu who is an adventurer that is causing the Hittites trouble - so the Great King of the Hittites married his daughter to a Greek king to get them to go to war against Piyama-Radu.

Since his activities were in Wilusa (Troy) among other places, this could be the same conflict described in the Iliad.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:10 PM (sKqQm)

150 DogeDesigner@cb_doge

https://tinyurl.com/yjz9h9a4

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 05:10 PM (YubK1)

151 Welp, I would like to think that I could make better movies than the wot rot that is currently out there. But as no one has yet trusted me with billions of dollars and the director's chair, we will just never know.

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 05:11 PM (3ZUWJ)

152 Troy is one of the few movies where Sean Bean doesn’t die.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Also Ronin.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at December 22, 2025 05:11 PM (fryM6)

153 Most interesting film I saw in 2025 was Amanita Pestilens, a bizarre 1963 Canadian film, and only the second Canadian film ever made in color. It was thought to be a lost film until just a couple months ago when a pristine high-res version cropped up online without explanation.

The colors and set design are really eye-caching, but the plot is trivial to the point of absurdity: A guy who's proud of his suburban lawn goes nuts when invasive mushrooms start sprouting up all over it.

But the reason to watch it is that this film was the debut performance by a 19-year-old Geneviève Bujold, and she is SCORCHING during her brief times on screen. You never saw anybody so cute/sexy in your life. And it was a very early example of the "manic pixie dreamgirl" trope

Another bizarre aspect mof the film is that every scene was filmed twice -- first with dialogue in French, and then with the same actors reading their lines in English. Two versions o the film were released, but so far only the French version has been re-discovered. (Thank god for auto-translated subtitltes.)

Anyway: semi-recommended.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 05:11 PM (oraVG)

154 >>>There was in in-universe event where they assembled all the Avengers and said "we have to downsize the team, this is too crazy". I have that comic somewhere, probably.

then in the 2000s they made it even bigger but added everyone, including A-listers like Spider-Man and Wolverine and solid B-listers like Daredevil and Beast. the whole marvel universe were avengers.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:11 PM (1wjle)

155 Since this is a mainstream post, I'm gonna repeat what I said over the weekend:

"Honey Don't" contains the best gay scene of the year.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:12 PM (dGCAG)

156 Meanwhile, in Troy...

"I dunno, it could be a Trojan horse."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 22, 2025 05:10 PM (pS434)

—————

Nominated for thread winner.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 22, 2025 05:12 PM (u73oe)

157 Why do they have to make all of these movies so dark? Is that all they have left to try?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 05:12 PM (0N4FZ)

158 29 > Troy is one of the few movies where Sean Bean doesn’t die.

Some more movies in which Bean's character doesn't die: National Treasure, Flightplan, Silent Hill, Percy Jackson Lighting Thief, The Martian, Possessor
Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 05:07 PM (Yp6az)

The Sharpe movies which is a Highly underrated series or Movies. They were shot as movies. He was Richard Sharpe even the Writer of the Novels stated it.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 22, 2025 05:12 PM (FCrpy)

159 Trump approves construction of battleships.

Posted by: Bert G at December 22, 2025 05:12 PM (VARTN)

160 Romcom recommendations

Going the Distance
She's Out of My League

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:12 PM (KDPiq)

161
***President Livestream***

https://is.gd/Jc7iOv

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:12 PM (CWez5)

162 But with a twist, like he has an alien soul inside him or something else Gaytarded.

He is filled with power. Literally. Poke him and he explodes.

Seriously. It’s difficult to poke a hole in him because he’s powerful, but if you manage it, he is going to die and take out a city with him. Fighting supervillains is not a good career choice.

Note: this is all remembered from comics read decades ago, that I can’t be bothered to look up.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (EXyHK)

163 >>2 Troy is one of the few movies where Sean Bean doesn’t die.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Also Ronin.
Posted by: Stu Podaso

but he suffered a fate worse than death, cucked by that greasy retard Robert DeNiro

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (1wjle)

164 The only thing worse than Matt Damon, would be Ben Affleck. He must have blown someone to get The Accountant roles. Good script, terrible casting.

Ben Affleck did surprisingly fine as Batman in the recent movies.

The script sucked but that wasn't his fault.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (sKqQm)

165 >>>Seriously. It’s difficult to poke a hole in him because he’s powerful, but if you manage it, he is going to die and take out a city with him. Fighting supervillains is not a good career choice.

like Captain Atom?

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (1wjle)

166 A movie based on the most prolific Allied (US) submarine, USS Thresher SS-200 (not the nuke boat from the 60's) would be interesting.

To me.

Laid down in '39 by Electric Boat in Groton, CT (home of 1 of 2 nuke boat bases in the US) she got 15 battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation.

An American version of Das Boot which I first saw in it's native German. With hot chick to translate for me.

Her adventures obviously were not "Midway" level action. But still...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (NwnyJ)

167 "Honey Don't" contains the best gay scene of the year.
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"Drive-Away Dykes" killed all future Coen Bros movies for me, maybe.

I feel like "Honey Don't" would make me burn my collection of past movies.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (asXVI)

168
I just tuned into the President just in time to hear him say, "...nobody's seen anything like it."

He needs to stop saying that.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (CWez5)

169 Those other two tar ships we've seized out in the Gulf.

Are we sending them to Houston?
Are they going to contribute to our oil reserve?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (YubK1)

170 that simp Paris
Posted by: Ben Had

Hey, if you had the hottest chick in the world, you'd be p***y-whipped, too.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (77rzZ)

171
I was able to do the Classic Comics version of the Odyssey when I was a kid, however.
Posted by: Bulg

I saw the Kirk Douglas version.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (pkeXY)

172 Trump says the new "battleships" will have 100x the firepower of any battleship ever built. Picture on the podium next to Trump is labeled Trump Class USS Defiant. Ship depicted has hull number 1.

Posted by: Bert G at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (VARTN)

173 Weapons is memorable

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (znREB)

174 165 like Captain Atom?

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (1wjle)

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Up and at them?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (GBKbO)

175 Also Ronin.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at December 22, 2025 05:11 PM (fryM6)

My vote for best car chase scene movie.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (KDPiq)

176 >>.The Sharpe movies which is a Highly underrated series or Movies. They were shot as movies. He was Richard Sharpe even the Writer of the Novels stated it.

i tried to get into those but I think I was expecting something like Flashman. Sharpe's kind of boring!

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (1wjle)

177 Unpopular opinion:

Is the Odyssey going to be as boring as the original? Because the original is a big bore.

If it's 3 hours, it'll feel like 6.

Also, in keeping with Nolan's proclivities, I hope it's filmed in Mumblevision. Not hearing the dialogue clearly is part of the fun.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (L8SXF)

178
Livestream for our new Warmonger President:

https://is.gd/Jc7iOv

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (CWez5)

179 THE CROSSING, about Washington crossing the Delaware to kill some Hessian's at Christmas, good movie it's on youtube, it's a tv movie but well done

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (FCrpy)

180 167 "Drive-Away Dykes" killed all future Coen Bros movies for me, maybe.

I feel like "Honey Don't" would make me burn my collection of past movies.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (asXVI)

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Well, it's just Joel. Ethan has nothing to do with the recent lesbian caper films.

It seems like...Joel may be the dumb one.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (GBKbO)

181

Trump announces Trump Class battleships.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (pkeXY)

182 #84 toby928(c)

> Is Wonder Man also an Amazon?

Nope, totally different origin and backstory. A lab infused him with "ion-based" powers. Later his brain scan was used to help create the Vision, plus he got blown up. Scarlet Witch kind of resurrected him but he was different and his powers were a bit different, then later still he became closer to his original human form and that's where he is now.

Also, in-universe he works as a stuntman. He can just do dangerous things without safety gear since he's invulnerable. If The Boys ever does a character based on him he'll probably be like Stuntman Mike from Death Proof.

Posted by: mr_jack at December 22, 2025 05:15 PM (LNPSJ)

183 Back in the day, Iron Man was strictly B team. I started reading the comic back in the 80s because he was one of Dad's favorites. He thought his way out of problems. Slept with hot women. Etc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 05:15 PM (7yt4l)

184 Good basic breakdown of "Weapons". It's one of the better horror movies this year. "Good Boy" and "Presence" are lower key which is both good and bad for horror.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:09 PM (asXVI)

Have you seen "Bring Her Back"?

It was sorta paired with "Weapons," I guess for somewhat obvious reasons. It's an Aussie film.

Might be better than "Weapons," I'm not sure whether I think so or not.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:15 PM (dGCAG)

185
Donnie Two Scoops: We're gonna build battleships again. Biggest battleships ever, like nothing you've even seen before. YUGE. Luxuriously lethal.

Also, even bigger carriers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:15 PM (w6EFb)

186 Any of you seen Rhinoceros ( 1974) with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel?

A boozing young man in love with his co-worker finds that everyone around him, even his pompous and condescending best friend, is changing into a rhinoceros.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:15 PM (jc0TO)

187 Not a movie, but a series on Prime -- Deadloch.

Thought I wouldn't like it based upon the write-up, but it's great. And hilarious at times, especially the jokes about lesbians.
Posted by: one hour sober

I watched that several months ago and thought it was quite amusing in places.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at December 22, 2025 05:15 PM (fryM6)

188 that simp Paris
Posted by: Ben Had

Hey, if you had the hottest chick in the world, you'd be p***y-whipped, too.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (77rzZ)

Little known fact. Her sister only rated 500 ships.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:15 PM (KDPiq)

189 Hey, if you had the hottest chick in the world, you'd be p***y-whipped, too.
Posted by: Bulg

I mean, if you were a guy, Ben Had.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:15 PM (77rzZ)

190 >>>"Honey Don't" contains the best gay scene of the year.
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"Drive-Away Dykes" killed all future Coen Bros movies for me, maybe.

I feel like "Honey Don't" would make me burn my collection of past movies.

...

right but these aren't coen brothers movies, just one of the brothers. They split up. Someone said that one brother had a lurid b-movie sensibility, and the other one was more arthouse, and they needed each other to make good movies. Now the one guy is just making trash movies. (or so I heard, I haven't seen these two movies.)

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:16 PM (1wjle)

191 like Captain Atom?

If you mean the DC Captain Atom, I don’t remember him much except for the jokey Justice League that was funny for a few years and then well outlived itself. Giffen? Whatever it was, I don’t remember that Captain Atom being a barely-contained balloon of power. I think he actually ran some version of the League for a while? JLI?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 22, 2025 05:16 PM (EXyHK)

192 The BBC did a take on the fall of Troy recently. And yes they went totally DEI all over it with a black Zeus and Achilles. Though the most apart is Frances O'Connor as a hot Hecuba outshining Bella Dayne's Helen...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:16 PM (sKqQm)

193
Enough with the military shit.
Where are the Infrastructure Bills?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:16 PM (CWez5)

194 Trump announcing we are going to build new battleships. Cue leftist shrieking in 3,2, 1

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:16 PM (MoRvC)

195 "Nolan is doing the Industry Standard race-swapping, but... I do like most Nolan movies, and hope this is good."

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I think Nolan is my favorite director. I liked Following and most everything he's done. Speaking of race-swapping though, my dark horse favorite of his is Tenet. Which I originally didn't wanna see cuz it was coming out in COVID / wake of St. George of Floyd, and I totally thought it was Nolan doing DEI. Then watching it, thought it was awesome and John David Washington is a real good actor (thanks to his dad probly; and still think it's Robert Pattison's best work). Watched it again last night and, hearing the urban / rap track for it, started thinking maybe this is Nolan DEI, but Nolan's so good that even his DEI work is quality...

Anyway, Matt Damon's annoying. Oppenheimer was ok but as much as Nolan's Odyssey sounds awesome, Damon as Odysseus for 2.5-3 hours feels intolerable...

Posted by: bearski at December 22, 2025 05:16 PM (Bhsk7)

196 I feel like "Honey Don't" would make me burn my collection of past movies.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (asXVI)

*nods knowingly* No "Barton Fink" feeling.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 22, 2025 05:16 PM (jibVG)

197
Is the captain of the USS Defiant gonna be named Sisko?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:16 PM (w6EFb)

198 Saw David. Thought it was great. Animation, 2 great songs. Recommend it for family outing.

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at December 22, 2025 05:17 PM (TD894)

199 >>Nope, totally different origin and backstory. A lab infused him with "ion-based" powers. Later his brain scan was used to help create the Vision, plus he got blown up.

Ohhhhh... that's why I misremembered HIM being an android. Right, his brain was used to make the android Vision.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:17 PM (1wjle)

200 > Matt Damon looks too stupid to be Shrewd Odysseus

"Sacker of Cities"?

More like "Sipper of Penises".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 05:17 PM (IG3/x)

201 However hot Helen might or might not have been any kids you had with her would have had a claim on the throne of Sparta (before Sparta went all Lycurgus-y)

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (sKqQm)

202 "Drive-Away Dykes" killed all future Coen Bros movies for me, maybe.

I feel like "Honey Don't" would make me burn my collection of past movies.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM (asXVI)

I haven't seen "Drive-Away Dykes." Not sure now whether I should.

"Honey Don't" is pretty good. It borders on trying to be noir. Sort of. It's a decent Whodoneit.

And I just don't know how anyone could turn down a lesbo scene with Margaret Qualley and Aubrey Plaza.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (dGCAG)

203
Our Big beautiful Battleships are gonna have rail guns and lasers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (w6EFb)

204 >>Trump approves construction of battleships

Does he know I'm right here.

Posted by: USS Alabama floating in Mobile Bay at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (Y1sOo)

205 26 >>> Hmm, the Odyssey without gods and magic ?

I liked Troy. They also did the No Gods, No Magic thing.
Posted by: ace

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Would totally rather Brad Pitt do Odysseus instead of Damon...

Posted by: bearski at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (Bhsk7)

206 Matt Damon was quite the traveller back in the day.

First he was fighting at the Great Wall in China, now he’s paddling around the ocean for decades during the Trojan Wars.

I’m not convinced of his Greekness.
Always took him for a Gaul.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (6ydKt)

207 Best lesbian movie by far is Bound.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (KDPiq)

208 Something I ran across while reading about the translations from the Hittite tablets; one set of tablets was correspondence with an outpost western coastal city of theirs. The local governor had written saying he was having a bad time with some sea raiders, and asked for more troops to help him fight them off. The central government in Hattusha said we're sorry, got too many enemies off to the east right now, all our troops are going there, hope things work out for you. Last letter was from the governor saying things were getting really bad, could they please reconsider? That was the end.
In Hittite, the name of the city was Wilios.
The old name of Troy, reason for Homer's story being called the Iliad, was Ilios.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (uWKK8)

209 President could put a link at his White House website to his public addresses. Instead of having his followers chase links.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (YubK1)

210 NBC tried that "superhero-adjacent workplace comedy" back when superhero movies were generally well-received and failed bigly. I can't imagine Wonder Man will do much better.

Also, have we hit the point where it's taken longer than Matt Damon's lifetime for him to be rescued/get home in the combined movies he's been in?

Posted by: Octochicken at December 22, 2025 05:19 PM (oCS0o)

211 thanks to his dad probly; and still think it's Robert Pattison's best work

I'd argue Pattison's best work is The Rover. Turns out he can act when he isn't in Twillight...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:19 PM (sKqQm)

212 205 26 >>> Hmm, the Odyssey without gods and magic ?

I liked Troy. They also did the No Gods, No Magic thing.
Posted by: ace

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I've read that there's definitely gods and magic in Nolan's movie.

Charlize Theron let is slip that she was playing a witch (can't remember who). I think there are cast lists that indicate people playing gods (Zendaya is one, I think).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:19 PM (GBKbO)

213 >>>, I don’t remember that Captain Atom being a barely-contained balloon of power.

yeah that's what he is, he's a containment suit holding near-infinite nuclear power inside. I think it's a plot hook used from time to time where his suit gets breached and he has to get to a very desolate area to blow up without killing people

(he gets better)

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:19 PM (1wjle)

214 Wonder Man seems like a role Tim Walz was born to play...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 22, 2025 05:19 PM (jibVG)

215 Battleships? Dems might get on board if you name one the USS George Floyd. It will go down, but it will take you with it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 05:19 PM (Dv3i1)

216 >>>
Charlize Theron let is slip that she was playing a witch (can't remember who). I think there are cast lists that indicate people playing gods (Zendaya is one, I think).

oh that's right

zendaya is Aphrodite. whatev's. (or maybe athena. also whatev's)

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:20 PM (1wjle)

217 Now the one guy is just making trash movies. (or so I heard, I haven't seen these two movies.)
Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:16 PM (1wjle)

I thought you LIKED lesbo pron.

Freakin' prudes.....

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:20 PM (dGCAG)

218 Well, it's just Joel. Ethan has nothing to do with the recent lesbian caper films.

It seems like...Joel may be the dumb one.
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Yeeeeeeah. It's funny but it may be that the, uh, "earthier" aspect of their movies may be entirely due to Joel whose overarchingly poor taste is kept in check by Ethan's loftier visions.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:21 PM (asXVI)

219 207 Best lesbian movie by far is Bound.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (KDPiq)

isn't that on some pay per view website?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 05:21 PM (uWKK8)

220 Our Big beautiful Battleships are gonna have rail guns and lasers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM

Wave-Motion Gun?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:21 PM (jc0TO)

221 Trump: "I'll be involved in the design (of our new Golden Fleet) because I am a very aesthetic person."

LOL

This f'ing guy.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 05:21 PM (HXT0k)

222 218 Yeeeeeeah. It's funny but it may be that the, uh, "earthier" aspect of their movies may be entirely due to Joel whose overarchingly poor taste is kept in check by Ethan's loftier visions.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:21 PM (asXVI)

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Joel should have reconnected with Sam Raimi and gone full nonsense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:21 PM (GBKbO)

223 Wonder Man seems like a role Tim Walz was born to play...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Derek Hunter used a great nickname for him today: "Fraudie Murphie."

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:21 PM (77rzZ)

224 > However hot Helen might or might not have been
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (sKqQm)

She was probably lucky she didn't come out looking like a bird.

I hear she did get the brain, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 05:21 PM (IG3/x)

225
Donnie: Everywhere I go, I sell a hundred planes. And we can't make 'em fast enough. These companies need to stop this stupid stock buybacks and dividends, and invest in production facilities.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:22 PM (w6EFb)

226 Of interest only to me but the pawn shop has quit carrying DVDs. Those buck apiece prices were great

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 05:22 PM (sDNVV)

227
I'm in a place where I can't play audio. Which shipyard is building the Trump Class battleships? Or will it be south Korea?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 22, 2025 05:22 PM (pS434)

228 How did nobody in the room in 1964 sit back and say, "You know, Wonder Man sounds gay AF"

Posted by: the dandy at December 22, 2025 05:22 PM (8l8nW)

229 214 Wonder Man seems like a role Tim Walz was born to play...
____

Tim should be called Wonder Man. You look at him and, man, do you wonder,

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 05:22 PM (Dv3i1)

230 STOP TRYING TO MAKE ZENDAYA AND/OR JENNA ORTEGA A THING!!!!

There, I said it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:22 PM (dGCAG)

231 >>>Derek Hunter used a great nickname for him today: "Fraudie Murphie."

lol

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:22 PM (1wjle)

232 The Coen Brothers could spice things up by, you know, you know.

Posted by: Lana and Lilly Wachowski at December 22, 2025 05:23 PM (jibVG)

233 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:19 PM (GBKbO)

You made me go on a tangent but I thought Furiosa was better than Fury Road.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:23 PM (KDPiq)

234 > Zendaya is Aphrodite. whatev's.
Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:20 PM (1wjle)

I don't get the whole Zendaya thing, myself.

There are plenty of good-looking black/mixed race women.

She isn't one of them.

Aphrodite? YeahNo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 05:23 PM (IG3/x)

235 If you mean the DC Captain Atom, I don’t remember him much except for the jokey Justice League that was funny for a few years and then well outlived itself. Giffen? Whatever it was, I don’t remember that Captain Atom being a barely-contained balloon of power. I think he actually ran some version of the League for a while? JLI?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 22, 2025 05:16 PM (EXyHK)

THE ATOM was apart of the Justice Society and Captain Adam was with JLI and yes it was really funny and yes if Captain Adam's skin was pierced he could explode like an atom bomb

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 22, 2025 05:23 PM (FCrpy)

236 230 STOP TRYING TO MAKE ZENDAYA AND/OR JENNA ORTEGA A THING!!!!

There, I said it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:22 PM (dGCAG)

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Ortega's actually kind of interesting. She has, like, actual opinions about movies.

She went viral slightly (and my blog did as well for a hot moment) because she name-dropped Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.

She's also hitched herself almost fully to Tim Burton, which is interesting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:23 PM (GBKbO)

237 Laid down in '39 by Electric Boat in Groton, CT (home of 1 of 2 nuke boat bases in the US)

Also, the native habitat of the native-to-North-America Grotopotomus.

An American version of Das Boot which I first saw in it's native German. With hot chick to translate for me.

Her adventures obviously were not "Midway" level action. But still...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 05:13 PM

So did you meet the German hot chick's advances midway?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 22, 2025 05:24 PM (0sNs1)

238 Nolan's movies are all bloated. I think the last one I saw that wasn't too long for its own good was "Batman Begins" 20 years ago.

Posted by: the lower depths at December 22, 2025 05:24 PM (UdiE9)

239 233 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:19 PM (GBKbO)

You made me go on a tangent but I thought Furiosa was better than Fury Road.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:23 PM (KDPiq)

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I prefer Fury Road, but they're just very different films. Love 'em both.

Maybe someone will want to lose $200 million in a fire and hand it to George Miller to make The Wasteland.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:24 PM (GBKbO)

240 I found out on my way home this afternoon that Ed Meese is still alive.

Apparently, the Heritage Foundation is having some kind of meltdown and a lot of its folks are leaving, including some part of it affiliated with Meese.

He released a statement today that he's setting up shop somewhere else for the organization.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:24 PM (77rzZ)

241 >> Which shipyard is building the Trump Class battleships?

We're gonna build new yards to build all the ships, and planes, and submarines.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:24 PM (w6EFb)

242 Have you seen "Bring Her Back"?
...
Might be better than "Weapons," I'm not sure whether I think so or not.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:15 PM (dGCAG)
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Well, "Weapons" is meant to be scary and wild and the second half, as noted, is trying for a big payoff (and hence splits the audience).

"Bring Her Back" is more in the mournful subgenre (see all the horror movies about orphanages and dead children, e.g.) so it doesn't have that severe a tone shift. It's definitely a more even film.

But of all the things that come down to taste and mood, horror and comedies do so more and harder than any other genres.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:24 PM (asXVI)

243
Who?

I couldn't pick jenna tortuga out of a lineup.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:24 PM (CWez5)

244 I think it's a plot hook used from time to time where his suit gets breached and he has to get to a very desolate area to blow up without killing people.

Heh. Just seems like superheroing is not your best career choice if that’s your weakness.

Was there ever a supervillain whose power was, if you hurt him he blows up and takes out the entire city?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM (EXyHK)

245 She's also hitched herself almost fully to Tim Burton, which is interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:23 PM (GBKbO)

Is it?

Tim Burton was interesting about 25 years ago.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM (dGCAG)

246 DJ Jazzy Crocket and Candy Cane Owens would have an awesome podcast together.

Did you know Trump tried to kill Biden with the help of the Jews and Macron? No really he did. Here’s the proof.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM (UJWr0)

247 "Battleships"

Because our Navy doesn't have the reach with their existing, or on drawing board, weapons to counter the PLAN.

And the aircraft built during Bush-Obama-Trump I can't reach targets unless the carriers move into ASBM range and get pulverized.

*But mostly because there will never be an aircraft carrier named after him. And that's a shame.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM (NwnyJ)

248 Was there ever a supervillain whose power was, if you hurt him he blows up and takes out the entire city?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM

Explosive Vest Man.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM (jc0TO)

249 Best lesbian movie by far is Bound.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (KDPiq)

isn't that on some pay per view website?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 05:21 PM (uWKK

1996 movie with Gina Gershon and JenniferTilly.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM (KDPiq)

250
Donnie said something about "super-duper subs".

Big Beautiful Battleships. Yuge Carriers and Super Duper Submarines.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM (w6EFb)

251 245 She's also hitched herself almost fully to Tim Burton, which is interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:23 PM (GBKbO)

Is it?

Tim Burton was interesting about 25 years ago.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM (dGCAG)

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Burton's movies are kind of meh these days, but her working almost exclusively with this guy who suddenly is getting all the money in the world to make weird things on huge scales is interesting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM (GBKbO)

252
Wonder Man seems like a role Tim Walz was born to play...

Captain Nice

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (pkeXY)

253 230 STOP TRYING TO MAKE ZENDAYA AND/OR JENNA ORTEGA A THING!!!!

There, I said it.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:22 PM (dGCAG)

She's not even FUGLY just STOP with her she can only do resting Bitch face and she ruined the Dune sequel.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (FCrpy)

254 15 new subs. My buddy who works for Electric Boat is getting a nice Christmas present.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (viF8m)

255 Who?

I couldn't pick jenna tortuga out of a lineup.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:24 PM (CWez5)

You wouldn't unless you put a bag on her head. What a sour puss.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (dK+Kv)

256 Building Battleships is a great idea and what America needs right now to help employ Indians via our great H1B visa program!

Posted by: Vivek R. at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (Dv3i1)

257 Would totally rather Brad Pitt do Odysseus instead of Damon...
Posted by: bearski at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (Bhsk7)

Ain't nobody wanna see that!

NTTAWWT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (7yt4l)

258
The Trump Admin should award 1 new nuclear power plant to each State (that want one). That would be great for the Tradesman and good for Jobs.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (CWez5)

259 Trump approves construction of battleships

The future is drones; air, land and sea.

That, and cyber attacks, GoF chimera, purchased politicians and judges and drugs.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (kHd4y)

260 Would totally rather Brad Pitt do Odysseus instead of Damon...
Posted by: bearski

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The extra hell of it is, Angelina Jolie would make an awesome Penelope.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (pS434)

261
i tried to get into those but I think I was expecting something like Flashman. Sharpe's kind of boring!
Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (1wjle)

Speaking of a series that absolutely needs to be filmed, but never will...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (y9nCu)

262 Our Big beautiful Battleships are gonna have rail guns and lasers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

The first country to effectively deploy sat-based energy weapons will dominate. ( also, I don't think we sail any battleships anymore, no? )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (mlg/3)

263 that simp Paris
Posted by: Ben Had

Hey, if you had the hottest chick in the world, you'd be p***y-whipped, too.

Really? I heard he was tired of her s***.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (Riz8t)

264 Well, "Weapons" is meant to be scary and wild and the second half, as noted, is trying for a big payoff (and hence splits the audience).

"Bring Her Back" is more in the mournful subgenre (see all the horror movies about orphanages and dead children, e.g.) so it doesn't have that severe a tone shift. It's definitely a more even film.

But of all the things that come down to taste and mood, horror and comedies do so more and harder than any other genres.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:24 PM (asXVI)

I was cheering the climax in Weapons.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (dGCAG)

265 Best lesbian movie by far is Bound.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (KDPiq)

I’ll see your bound and raise you a desert hearts.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 05:27 PM (UJWr0)

266 18 Matt Damon as Odysseus? Sure. Which Kardasian is Penelope?
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 04:48 PM (vFG9F)

I kinda want to see what Dan Crenshaw does with the role of Polyphemus.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 22, 2025 05:27 PM (pIfcn)

267
Is jenna ortaga the same person as that audrey plaza?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:27 PM (CWez5)

268
We're gonna hit $22 Trillion in investment for all this ship building.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:27 PM (w6EFb)

269 Trump approves construction of battleships

The future is drones; air, land and sea.

That, and cyber attacks, GoF chimera, purchased politicians and judges and drugs.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (kHd4y)

Someone knows their warfare.

But don't forget lawyers, guns, and money.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:28 PM (dK+Kv)

270 I couldn't pick jenna tortuga out of a lineup.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Her cooter is very dry.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:28 PM (77rzZ)

271 Battleships? Dems might get on board if you name one the USS George Floyd. It will go down, but it will take you with it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

No ventilation system.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at December 22, 2025 05:28 PM (fryM6)

272
DOnnie Two Scoops is saying the era of American decline is over.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:28 PM (w6EFb)

273 Bulg, Biden's Dog had a link to that the other morning. Sorry I don't remember the details.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 05:28 PM (sDNVV)

274 You know who else tried to build up a navy with battleships..

Posted by: Guy who notices at December 22, 2025 05:28 PM (Dv3i1)

275 Explosive Vest Man.

Good point. Given the propensity for anyone to build anything in superhero universes, there must be some guy who can make explosive vests using self-adhesive micro-nukes.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 22, 2025 05:28 PM (EXyHK)

276 Best lesbian movie by far is Bound.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (KDPiq)

I’ll see your bound and raise you a desert hearts.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 05:27 PM

Caged Heat.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:28 PM (jc0TO)

277 I'd like to see a movie adaption of E-Man. The comics have 2 or 3 good story lines.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 22, 2025 05:28 PM (Vh9CX)

278 Tho, the submersible unmanned ships will be a thing for a while. Think what a flotilla of AUSVs could do to a battle-group.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 05:28 PM (mlg/3)

279 The only thing I know about Jenna Ortega is from "X", where she plays the girlfriend of the cameramen who keeps talking about what a legitimate art for pornography is, and talks her into it, much to his dismay.

She has nice hips.

https://tinyurl.com/3h64k8mp

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (asXVI)

280 Really? I heard he was tired of her s***.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (Riz8t)
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That happened with Amber Heard, too.

Posted by: Axeman at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (krQz2)

281 Burton's movies are kind of meh these days, but her working almost exclusively with this guy who suddenly is getting all the money in the world to make weird things on huge scales is interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:25 PM (GBKbO)

Maybe he could do a remake of GWTW.

Cast Timothy Shamanama as Rhett.

"Frankly, my dear Jenna, I don't give a heck."

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (dGCAG)

282 DVD's available for a couple three $ at goodwill industries.
Im happy to chip in to keep people employed especially in $16 hrs minimum wage Commiefornia.

Posted by: torabora at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (w6sjj)

283
Best lesbian movie by far is Bound.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:18 PM (KDPiq)

I’ll see your bound and raise you a desert hearts.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 05:27 PM

Caged Heat.
Posted by: toby928

Schindler's List.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (CWez5)

284 Caged Heat.

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Do not know this one. I shall have to investigate.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (UJWr0)

285
This reminds me of this:

https://is.gd/4Xr6bd

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (w6EFb)

286 Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is a pretty good comic-book adjacent lesbian/bisexual movie.

"Based on fact".

How much so, I don't know, but William Marston (creator of Wonder Woman) definitely lived in a menage a trois with his wife and one of his students and definitely had children by both women (also, the women continued to live together for the rest of their lives after his death).

Pretty good film, IMO, but then I have a thing for Bella Heathcote.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 05:30 PM (IG3/x)

287 Don't we have our own in-house reviewer for movies featuring zaftig inhabitants from the Isle of Sapphos?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 22, 2025 05:30 PM (0sNs1)

288 Speaking of...

@RichSementa 1m
NEW - Trump: New Battleships Will Inspire Fear In Our Enemies

"They'll help maintain American military supremacy... and inspire fear in America's enemies all over the world... Ultimately we think it's going to be anywhere from 20-25 of these [built]."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 05:30 PM (mlg/3)

289 zendaya is Aphrodite. whatev's. (or maybe athena. also whatev's)

She must be really good on the casting couch because they keep trying to make her a thing. She can't act, and unlike a young Jennifer Connelly or Amanda Seyfried she doesn't have the looks to get these kind of roles.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:30 PM (sKqQm)

290 The extra hell of it is, Angelina Jolie would make an awesome Penelope.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

Not with her breasts cut off.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:30 PM (77rzZ)

291 WTH would we build battleships? The consensus is that smaller, stealthier, more numerous, and autonomous is the only way to survivability. And don't get me started on rail guns. We'd pretty much given up on them.

What's next, zeppelins?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 05:30 PM (Riz8t)

292 The only thing I know about Jenna Ortega is from "X", where she plays the girlfriend of the cameramen who keeps talking about what a legitimate art for pornography is, and talks her into it, much to his dismay.

She has nice hips.

https://tinyurl.com/3h64k8mp
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (asXVI)

I didn't know that was her!

Time for a rewatch.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:31 PM (dGCAG)

293 What's next, zeppelins?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 05:30 PM

Armored Zeppelins.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:31 PM (jc0TO)

294 I saw KB TWBA, go see it only if you are a completist or nihilist, during the intermission you will contemplate whether to bail or not, you will have to sublimate that urge.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 05:31 PM (XV/Pl)

295 Ultimately we think it's going to be anywhere from 20-25 of these [built]."
____

Greenland won't stand a chance!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 05:31 PM (Dv3i1)

296 Trade schools are going to be cranking out welders.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 05:31 PM (sDNVV)

297 Battleships aren't a terrible idea as mobile artillery platforms but will we actually use them as such?

For example the Yemen pirates could be handled by going up and down their coast destroying every sea side village...

But even Trump won't go there and actually solve the problem

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:32 PM (sKqQm)

298 So The judge extended the Maryland mans TRO so he can stay longer.. We're never getting rid of that POS are we ....

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 05:32 PM (VE6XX)

299 Not with her breasts cut off.
Posted by: Bulg at

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Reconstructed and looking fabulous

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 22, 2025 05:32 PM (pS434)

300 Trade schools are going to be cranking out welders.
Posted by: Ben Had

Couldn't you just pay them a wage instead?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 05:32 PM (mlg/3)

301 zendaya is Aphrodite. whatev's. (or maybe athena. also whatev's)

She must be really good on the casting couch because they keep trying to make her a thing. She can't act, and unlike a young Jennifer Connelly or Amanda Seyfried she doesn't have the looks to get these kind of roles.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:30 PM (sKqQm)


Best Aphrodite is Xena Aphrodite.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 05:32 PM (3uBP9)

302 Do not know this one. I shall have to investigate.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (UJWr0)

Pretty sure it's standard 70s era sexploitation, drive-in fare.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:32 PM (dGCAG)

303 302 Do not know this one. I shall have to investigate.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (UJWr0)

Pretty sure it's standard 70s era sexploitation, drive-in fare.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:32 PM (dGCAG)

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Pearl is better.

Still haven't seen MaXXXine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:33 PM (GBKbO)

304 Zendaya and Ortega look like girls and not women.

They will never rise above that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 05:33 PM (XV/Pl)

305 Caged Heat.

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Do not know this one. I shall have to investigate.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (UJWr0

What? Really? That is like one of the most ubiquitous and OG Horde and indeed pop culture references.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 05:33 PM (zZu0s)

306 Best Aphrodite is Xena Aphrodite.

I liked Uma Thurman as Aphrodite in Baron Munchausen.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:33 PM (sKqQm)

307 Do not know this one. I shall have to investigate.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 05:29 PM (UJWr0)

Pretty sure it's standard 70s era sexploitation, drive-in fare.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:32 PM (dGCAG)

Someone just dated themselves, or came out of the closet.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:33 PM (dK+Kv)

308 A savvy investor would be looking at any/all anti-drone technologies and investing.

They are (for now) fairly unsophisticated flying, boating or whatever devices pre-programmed or GPS enabled to go from point A to point B (maybe by some circuitous route) and blow shit up.

Fry its brain and it's dead. We're looking into that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (NwnyJ)

309 Odysseus' pride was the cause of his problems; if he'd just kept his mouth shut while he was leaving the Cyclops' Island instead of telling his true name. What a maroon.

Posted by: Gary Puckett at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (ynpvh)

310 Bound is just a great movie and not just a good lesbian movie that's why imo it makes it the best lesbian movie .

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (KDPiq)

311 Can anyone even make Class A face-hardened armor anymore?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (jc0TO)

312 off sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (ynpvh)

313 Pearl is better.

Still haven't seen MaXXXine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 22, 2025 05:33 PM (GBKbO)

Same

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (dGCAG)

314 Seen anything worth recommending?

Nope.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (Kt19C)

315 weft, welding jobs will probably start at $ 60 an hour.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (sDNVV)

316 Zendaya and Ortega look like girls and not women.

They will never rise above that.

I think Ortega can be quite pretty when she isn't being weird.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (sKqQm)

317 Odyssey trailer looks like steaming pretentious dogshit

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (TEgX5)

318 317 Odyssey trailer looks like steaming pretentious dogshit
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 22, 2025 05:34 PM (TEgX5)

Don't hold back

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (VE6XX)

319 Saw title but didn't watch a video on YouTube
Why there won't be another Battleship again

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (Ia/+0)

320 "It was Penelope all along"

You know they'll butcher it for Teh Message

Posted by: Fen at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (WI7ox)

321 Someone just dated themselves, or came out of the closet.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:33 PM (dK+Kv)

By the time I was old enough to go to drive-ins, they were almost all gone.

I am familiar with the genre though.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (dGCAG)

322 Now that's funny.

>>@RiseOfAlberta
·
3m
>>🚨 BREAKING 🚨

>>Elections Alberta has approved the citizen initiative petition on Alberta independence.

>>This means the official process moves forward and signature collection can begin January 2.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (viF8m)

323 Caged Heat.
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Early Jonathan Demme, when Corman lit upon "women behind bars!" and the Philippines as a cheap shooting location with VERY low regulation and safety requirements!

It under-delivers, of course, but it has its moments.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (asXVI)

324 >>> Best Aphrodite is Xena Aphrodite.

I liked Uma Thurman as Aphrodite in Baron Munchausen.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 05:33 PM (sKqQm)


Not voluptuous enough

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (3uBP9)

325 Greenland won't stand a chance!
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Next Mardigras will be held in Nuuk!
-- Trump's special envoy to Greenland

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (77rzZ)

326 >> 310 Bound is just a great movie and not just a good lesbian movie that's why imo it makes it the best lesbian movie .


Ralphie from Sopranos plays another fine role as douchey gangster.

Posted by: the dandy at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (8l8nW)

327 > Best Aphrodite is Xena Aphrodite.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 05:32 PM (3uBP9)

I'd go with Ursula Andress in the original Clash of the Titans.

Mmmm.... Ursula.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 05:36 PM (IG3/x)

328 Big Beautiful Battleships. Yuge Carriers and Super Duper Submarines.

We are going to refight WW2?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 05:36 PM (PVBkQ)

329 By the time I was old enough to go to drive-ins, they were almost all gone.

I am familiar with the genre though.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (dGCAG)

We have one around here, and I still need to take the kids.

But on the genre, I have taken to searching out old 60-70s monster, sci-fi, and other movies, and those exploitation movies always show up in my search results or recommendations, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:37 PM (dK+Kv)

330 It under-delivers, of course, but it has its moments.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM

It's no Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:37 PM (jc0TO)

331
When will Hollywood remake "The Bodyguard" and make it about a tough dyke loner who protects a small tranny fake "boy?"

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:37 PM (CWez5)

332 I'll watch murder and mayhem all day long but I'm not going to watch a bunch of perverse trash.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 05:38 PM (sDNVV)

333 It's no Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens.
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Screenplay by Roger Ebert!

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When will Hollywood remake "The Bodyguard" and make it about a tough dyke loner who protects a small tranny fake "boy?"
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It's almost in the works now. The currently-being-shot remake has a female bodyguard and a male ward.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:39 PM (asXVI)

334 I liked Uma Thurman as Aphrodite in Baron Munchausen.
Posted by: 18-1

A woman whose looks are truly overrated. Like Cameron Diaz.

One of them was in The Truth About Cats and Dogs with Jeanine Garofalo. I thought that Garofalo was the far cuter one.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:39 PM (77rzZ)

335 Speaking of a series that absolutely needs to be filmed, but never will...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2025 05:26 PM (y9nCu)

It was filmed, Malcom McDowell played Flashman. It was pretty bad. Royal Flash.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 05:39 PM (rbvCR)

336 Margaret Qualley is a better actress than her mother, Andie McDowell. Then again so's roadkill

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:39 PM (MoRvC)

337 332 I'll watch murder and mayhem all day long but I'm not going to watch a bunch of perverse trash.
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Only Wholesome Murder and Mayhem For Me, Thanks!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (asXVI)

338 >>297 Battleships aren't a terrible idea as mobile artillery platforms but will we actually use them as such
............
I first thought battleships? But then thought big ships with missles, drones, nuclear capability, marines, and artillery.

Posted by: Cosda at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (gP5NO)

339
Two Scoops: We've had different kind of presidents before me. They didn't mind getting ripped off. Didn't mind drugs pouring in our country and killing millions of Americans. I do mind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (w6EFb)

340 I'll watch murder and mayhem all day long but I'm not going to watch a bunch of perverse trash.
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Only Wholesome Murder and Mayhem For Me, Thanks!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (asXVI)

Perversity is in the eye of the beholder.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (dK+Kv)

341 Review: Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens

https://tinyurl.com/2wknx98b

"The thing has a plot, but to summarize it would be to miss the point. It’s rather like what you would expect if a Henry Miller character had rewritten Our Town for serialization in Playboy or Penthouse."

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (jc0TO)

342 Wonder why drive ins went away
Loved to go as a kid

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (Ia/+0)

343 But on the genre, I have taken to searching out old 60-70s monster, sci-fi, and other movies, and those exploitation movies always show up in my search results or recommendations, too.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:37 PM (dK+Kv)

I much prefer 80s action and/or cheap teen sex romps.

Fast Times and Porky's are the first of the latter type I saw in theaters.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (dGCAG)

344 There's no Caged Heat on Rifftrax but they do have Fugitive Rage which is in a similar ball park. Pretty funny, not constant T&A, but a dumb movie that is good for riffing.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (3uBP9)

345 I hope Damon does the same stupid shit he did just as his movie "The Green Zone" was released, and subsequently turned into a box office bomb.

Damon can't help himself from making pseudo-intellectual political statements whenever he has a microphone in front of him to promote a new project. That's what happened with "The Green Zone." I'm hoping it happens with this one too. You'd think he'd be smart enough to realize that Hollywood films are a popularity contest. But, it seems his need to portray himself as smarter than the rest of the room always comes into play.

In case you were wondering. I don't like the guy.

Posted by: Orson at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (dIske)

346 Just the opening scene from that trailer to Nolan's film tells me to skip it.

Troy is better and I hated that slop.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (2GVsD)

347 >>>The currently-being-shot remake has a female bodyguard and a male ward.

A role I was born to play.

Posted by: USSS Special Agent FUPA at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (Y1sOo)

348 336 Margaret Qualley is a better actress than her mother, Andie McDowell. Then again so's roadkill
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But she's nowhere near as good looking as Demi Moore (whom she plays the younger version of in "The Substance").

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:41 PM (asXVI)

349 Margaret Qualley is a better actress than her mother, Andie McDowell. Then again so's roadkill
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:39 PM (MoRvC)

Better actress, world class dancing skills, and substantially better looking than her mom ever was.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:41 PM (dGCAG)

350 Best lesbian movie by far is Prometheus.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 05:42 PM (Kt19C)

351 >> But then thought big ships with missles, drones, nuclear capability, marines, and artillery.

And frickin' lasers. Don't forget the lasers.


Seriously, it is all of the above. Nookular capable Big Beautiful Battleships, 100 times more powerful than the Iowa. If you see that topping over the horizon coming at you, you're toast, he says.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:42 PM (w6EFb)

352 @348 moviegique, haven't seen The Substance. Is it worth my time?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:42 PM (MoRvC)

353 Just imagine if the US Navy had built just one of the Montana class.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 05:43 PM (2GVsD)

354 Battleships aren't a terrible idea as mobile artillery platforms but will we actually use them as such

Yeah, and all they have to do is get within artillery range and stay there despite the missiles, air, and drones.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 05:43 PM (Riz8t)

355 >>>There's no Caged Heat on Rifftrax

Try searching for Renegade Girls. Same movie.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 05:43 PM (Y1sOo)

356 I first thought battleships? But then thought big ships with missles, drones, nuclear capability, marines, and artillery.

Posted by: Cosda at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (gP5NO)

You'd have to. Of course we're not talking 16 inch gun boats.

There's gotta be drones, energy weapons, and drone countermeasures including the new UUVs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:43 PM (dK+Kv)

357
Fake News fake "reporter": What are we (he did say we) going to do with the oil you seized on December 10th, the 1.9M bbls?

President: "Keep it. We're keeping the ship, too."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:43 PM (CWez5)

358 Trump should announce Corelian Class Star Destroyers. Just to eff with the left

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:43 PM (MoRvC)

359 "I dunno, it could be a Trojan horse."

We're not getting the full story on that.

We're just going to wheel it in and ignore the horse's abnormally huge ass?

Posted by: Fen at December 22, 2025 05:43 PM (WI7ox)

360 MATT. DAMON.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 22, 2025 05:44 PM (25LyA)

361 It's been my opinion that Hollywood last 50 years has intentionally picked non traditional looking women to be their sex symbols . They rarely pushed classical beauties to be their it actress.Charlize Theron is last one I can think of.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:44 PM (KDPiq)

362 329 By the time I was old enough to go to drive-ins, they were almost all gone.

I am familiar with the genre though.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:35 PM (dGCAG)
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Up until about five years ago we had a drive-in around my neck of the woods. Thing is, it only showed adult films. Growing up, there'd always be about 50 high school kids camping out in the corn field behind the drive-in. No sound, but you make do with what ya got.

Posted by: Orson at December 22, 2025 05:44 PM (dIske)

363 Troy is better and I hated that slop.
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I'm with you on that one, Anna Puma. It was fine (I guess) to remove the Gods as actual players, but to remove religion completely was to be just the dorky kid smashing action figures together.

I'm glad people enjoy Nolan, but I haven't really liked one of his movies since "Insomnia", so I was out almost from the get-go anyway. (I recognize his ability but, like Scorsese or Mann, I just can't get into his films.)

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:44 PM (asXVI)

364 Time to rewatch “Fatman”

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 05:44 PM (Hkcdp)

365 A woman whose looks are truly overrated. Like Cameron Diaz.

One of them was in The Truth About Cats and Dogs with Jeanine Garofalo. I thought that Garofalo was the far cuter one.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 05:39 PM (77rzZ)

I think Thurman was 19 when she was in Dangerous Liaisons.

From the neck down, on a scale of 1-10, she was an 11.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:44 PM (dGCAG)

366 Battleships...hoo boy. Any explanation for the doctrinal shift undoing 80+ years of naval focus? Because it seems a bit odd.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 05:44 PM (OUMaO)

367 No, not a Trojan Horse but a Trans Horse... it will be fabulous

-- Hollywood

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 05:44 PM (2GVsD)

368 "What if I can't?" Doesn't sound like Odysseus to me.

I think Nolan is the most overrated director of our time, but I'll watch it because I love the story.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 22, 2025 05:45 PM (WHfpM)

369 Comrade Flounder, I was trying to lesd crude than saying carpet munchers and fudge packers

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 05:45 PM (sDNVV)

370 Margaret Qualley stole my mouth.

Posted by: a horse at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (Y1sOo)

371
The Substance get points for being original, I'll give it that.

The Substance also pounds the shit out of the points it's trying to make.

Enough, already. You made your point, move on with the story.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (CWez5)

372 Battleships are too expensive a target
At least a aircraft carrier can keep opponents away much farther.

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

373 They could cast Kathrine Winnick, from Vikings, as the female bodyguard. Apparently, she’s done that in real life.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (Hkcdp)

374 Up until about five years ago we had a drive-in around my neck of the woods. Thing is, it only showed adult films. Growing up, there'd always be about 50 high school kids camping out in the corn field behind the drive-in. No sound, but you make do with what ya got.

Local Farmer: WTH!!! I have a field covered in kleenex again!

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (Riz8t)

375 Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke lives up in Woodstock about 15 m from me. She's tall and attractive in an odd way

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (MoRvC)

376 I much prefer 80s action and/or cheap teen sex romps.

Fast Times and Porky's are the first of the latter type I saw in theaters.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:40 PM (dGCAG)

Those are good, too.

It's just that I was a bit too young to appreciate some of the earlier works, and I am looking to explore some of those, especially given the similarities in zeitgeist with current times.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (dK+Kv)

377 Up until about five years ago we had a drive-in around my neck of the woods. Thing is, it only showed adult films. Growing up, there'd always be about 50 high school kids camping out in the corn field behind the drive-in. No sound, but you make do with what ya got.
Posted by: Orson at December 22, 2025 05:44 PM (dIske)

When I was a kid we'd drive past the drive-in, and I was under the impression they always showed naughty films.

So I'd be in the back of the car, gawking as we drove past, trying to catch a glimpse of... something. I'm not even sure I would have known what I was seeing if I saw it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:47 PM (dGCAG)

378 I thought the Armand Assante Odysseus was pretty good.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 22, 2025 05:47 PM (jibVG)

379 352 @348 moviegique, haven't seen The Substance. Is it worth my time?

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How squeamish are you? We're talking Cronenberg-plus levels of body-horror, that goes from horror into comedy. The last 20 minute sequence is the most deliriously excessive body horror I've seen in decades—maybe ever.

So if you can keep your lunch down, and this sort of thing is your bag, you get a lot of naked Moore and Qualley. (And Moore@60! looks amazing.)

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:47 PM (asXVI)

380 Battleships are too expensive a target
At least a aircraft carrier can keep opponents away much farther.

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

That's probably a sober assessment. We could get away with similar capacity with a fleet of destroyers.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:47 PM (dK+Kv)

381 Lived, not lives

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:48 PM (MoRvC)

382 Fuggin chain saw Mexican been told not to lop off tree which shades my place in summer, but Nooooo habla just cutty.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 05:48 PM (Kt19C)

383 >>> I'd go with Ursula Andress in the original Clash of the Titans.

Mmmm.... Ursula.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 05:36 PM (IG3/x)


Clash of the Titays was the first on screen boobs I ever saw. I think it was on regular broadcast, 85ish, watching some stupid boring movie on tv, and all of a sudden boobs!

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 05:48 PM (3uBP9)

384 Margaret Qualley stole my mouth.
Posted by: a horse at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (Y1sOo)

Anyone who doesn't think Qualley is a smokeshow is by definition, teh ghey.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:48 PM (dGCAG)

385 Odessey trailer looks cheap and fake, the gold standard is Gladiator, and it doesn't meet that standard at all, hell it's doesn't even look like 300 level.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 05:48 PM (XV/Pl)

386 Thanks, moviegique- sounds like The Substance is not for me.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 05:49 PM (Hkcdp)

387 Battleships weren't all that useful against, say, the Soviet Union (or some other enemy with aircraft carriers and subs).

Against shithole villages full of third-world pirates?

Well, there's something to be said for hitting Habib's goat pen with a full ton of high explosive from 25 miles away.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 05:49 PM (IG3/x)

388 Two Scoops: We've had different kind of presidents before me. They didn't mind getting ripped off. Didn't mind drugs pouring in our country and killing millions of Americans. I do mind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Sadly, half the country wants our country to get ripped off and doesn't mind drugs flowing in. And illegal alien criminals to rape and kill their neighbors. If that's what it takes to Make America Respectable Again!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 05:49 PM (Dv3i1)

389 The FBI has just discovered Epstein video showing him trying to commit suicide in his cell with a bed sheet.

Amazing discoveries abound at the DOJ. Just amazing.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 22, 2025 05:49 PM (abIsI)

390 When I was as thirty and working 60hrs a week, I would go to the drive in with my 21 year old girlfriend on the weekends. I was a sleep within 15 minutes after the movie started. Never went over very well.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 05:50 PM (KDPiq)

391 @379 thx, I like Cronenberg type stuff so I'll check it out

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:50 PM (MoRvC)

392 Well, there's something to be said for hitting Habib's goat pen with a full ton of high explosive from 25 miles away.
___

Ach! My harem! Ululululuulululu!

Posted by: Habib at December 22, 2025 05:50 PM (Dv3i1)

393 Is the sea wine dark? Is there a dog that recognizes Odysseus when he returns home?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 22, 2025 05:50 PM (8CIFn)

394 How squeamish are you? We're talking Cronenberg-plus levels of body-horror, that goes from horror into comedy. The last 20 minute sequence is the most deliriously excessive body horror I've seen in decades—maybe ever.

So if you can keep your lunch down, and this sort of thing is your bag, you get a lot of naked Moore and Qualley. (And Moore@60! looks amazing.)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:47 PM (asXVI)

Ever seen "American Mary"?

Yeah.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (dGCAG)

395 Lots of prisoners posting ITT

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (Y1sOo)

396 Battleships are too expensive a target

Posted by: Skip

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Too expensive for whom? The attacker or the battleship?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (pS434)

397 Margaret Qualley stole my mouth.
Posted by: a horse at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (Y1sOo)

Anyone who doesn't think Qualley is a smokeshow is by definition, teh ghey.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:48 PM (dGCAG)

Nice teeth.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (dK+Kv)

398 Battleships weren't all that useful against, say, the Soviet Union (or some other enemy with aircraft carriers and subs).

Against shithole villages full of third-world pirates?

Well, there's something to be said for hitting Habib's goat pen with a full ton of high explosive from 25 miles away.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Will it be useful against China? Venezuela? India, if it comes to it?

Seriously, I'm honestly baffled. We need flexibility and affordability, not a Great White Elephant Fleet.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (OUMaO)

399 The helmets are way too advanced.

They should have boar's tusk helmets

Posted by: coba at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (IuIym)

400 Iirc, it was beyond the valley of the dolls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (zZu0s)

401 389 The FBI has just discovered Epstein video showing him trying to commit suicide in his cell with a bed sheet.

Amazing discoveries abound at the DOJ. Just amazing.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

I was wrong, it's a re-creation video. WTF?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (abIsI)

402 Is the sea wine dark? Is there a dog that recognizes Odysseus when he returns home?

That's the sequel where Circe beguiles our hero while performing porcine surgeries on his crew.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (2GVsD)

403 Enough, already. You made your point, move on with the story.
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Nah. I mean, you're not wrong if you're talking a traditional film, but this is a balls-to-the-wall horror satire. Going halfway would not have worked. Yes, it's alienating to a lot of the audience but it wasn't the time for moderation.

The director is a Parisian girl (Coralie Fargeat) who did a revenge picture called "Revenge" where the lead girl prances around half-naked (and her lover is dong out half the time)--I mean, it's the sort of exploitation that nobody does any more and I thinks he gets away with it because, well, woman. It's empowering or something.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (asXVI)

404
Is Bari Weiss stupid? I she in over her head?

Yes.

Just say the 60 Minutes fake "story" was BAD. Don't be coy. Don't be respectful. Be honest and throw them all under the bus where they belong.

60 Minutes tried NBC Ford Pinto the Trump Admin and Bari Weiss beats around the bush about it. Just say it was Shit fake journalism.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:52 PM (CWez5)

405 Margaret Qualley's sister Rainey is better looking

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:52 PM (MoRvC)

406 MATT DAMON!!!

Posted by: Cynical Stoic at December 22, 2025 05:52 PM (U6BqK)

407 Nice teeth.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (dK+Kv)

Legs a mile long.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:52 PM (dGCAG)

408 I love battleships... but this does strike me as giant boondoggle/target.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 05:52 PM (zZu0s)

409
btw, Barry Weiss should FIRE whoever leaked it and made it a "news" "story" that she shelved the 60 Minutes hoax-story.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:53 PM (CWez5)

410
During the Q&A, Trump said somebody, some country I missed, has "three big cocaine factories", and we know where they are. He better shut those down right now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:53 PM (w6EFb)

411 Compared to a Ford class carrier and its air group of Super Bugs and Fat Amys, a battleship surface action group is cheap power projection.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 05:53 PM (2GVsD)

412 Designers talked about can "arsenal ship". That could be the template for new battlewagons

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 05:53 PM (MoRvC)

413 386 Thanks, moviegique- sounds like The Substance is not for me.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 05:49 PM (Hkcdp)
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It's in the HUGE catalogue of movies over the past five years where I said, "Well, that was aMAzing and I can't think of a person to recommend it to." (Except Eris.)

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383 >>> I'd go with Ursula Andress in the original Clash of the Titans.
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"The Sensuous Nurse". I mean, if you like Ursula boobs (et al).

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:54 PM (asXVI)

414
Donnie Dreadnought?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:55 PM (w6EFb)

415 The key to using battleships effectively is to outfit them with wave motion engines and cannon and blast your enemies from space. Also, cute anime chicks dig space battleship fighter pilots. Fact.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 05:55 PM (3uBP9)

416 > Will it be useful against China? Venezuela? India, if it comes to it?

Seriously, I'm honestly baffled. We need flexibility and affordability, not a Great White Elephant Fleet.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 05:51 PM (OUMaO)

Venezuela, probably.

The thing is we haven't been fighting China, or Russia, or India for the last 40 years.

We've been fighting Libya, and Somalia, and Pockyston, and Sudan, and Iraq, and Iran, and Grenada, and Panama, and...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 05:56 PM (IG3/x)

417 The key to using battleships effectively is to outfit them with wave motion engines and cannon and blast your enemies from space. Also, cute anime chicks dig space battleship fighter pilots. Fact.

And the gunsight for the Wave Motion Cannon is a surplus Luftwaffe Revi 16B.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 05:57 PM (2GVsD)

418 I think the new Trump Class carrier should have a a big busted woman figurehead at the bow of the ship. In gold leaf of course.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 22, 2025 05:57 PM (abIsI)

419 And F-14s that turn into giant robots.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 05:58 PM (zZu0s)

420
nood

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 05:58 PM (CWez5)

421 nood


reporter

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 05:58 PM (3uBP9)

422 400 Iirc, it was beyond the valley of the dolls.
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Different film! (Though also co-written by Ebert, IIRC.)


"Valley of the Dolls" is based on the execrable Jacqueline Suzann novel. She hated Russ Meyer's sequel and threatened to sue, to "Beyond" had to have a disclaimer that it had no relation to the book.

Then Russ went off on his whole "Vixen," "Ultra-Vixen" and "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixen" thing.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 22, 2025 05:59 PM (asXVI)

423 VF-14Ds, VF-0S, VF-1S...

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 05:59 PM (2GVsD)

424 "Our Big beautiful Battleships are gonna have rail guns and lasers."

No, by the time they get rail guns installed they'll need to be refitted with Ion Pulse Cannons. And by the time they catch up to THAT Neutron Blasters will be the thing.

Did no one else play MOO2? Be patient, take the risk and let your shipyard skip a generation of tech. Or you'll be facing a fleet of Black Hole Generators with Plasma Torps

Posted by: Fen at December 22, 2025 05:59 PM (WI7ox)

425 “They did a race swap on Wonder Man which I don't care about because, get this, literally no one cares about Wonder Man.”

Let me just say as an eighties comic book collector I do care about Wonder Man. Except for the name I don’t know about the gender swap thing. It’s not like he came from some mystical island or has a silly assed rope or an invisible jet.

That said they will 100% screw this up.

Posted by: Clay at December 22, 2025 06:00 PM (acuyW)

426 384 Margaret Qualley stole my mouth.
Posted by: a horse at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (Y1sOo)

Anyone who doesn't think Qualley is a smokeshow is by definition, teh ghey.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 05:48 PM (dGCAG)

She definitely caught my attention wearing those shorts in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

From what I gather her personality with that character is basically what she’s like offscreen, too.

She seems fun, but exhausting.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 06:00 PM (6ydKt)

427 410
During the Q&A, Trump said somebody, some country I missed, has "three big cocaine factories", and we know where they are. He better shut those down right now.
____

It wouldn't surprise me if this information was known as far back as Clinton, but him and success presidents figured it was better if the American people didn't know about these so the the administrations wouldn't be forced to 'do something' about them.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 06:02 PM (Dv3i1)

428 185
Donnie Two Scoops: We're gonna build battleships again. Biggest battleships ever, like nothing you've even seen before. YUGE. Luxuriously lethal.

Also, even bigger carriers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 05:15 PM (w6EFb)

Bring back the Iowa class, this time nuclear powered.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 06:10 PM (4786I)

429 I think that we gave up on the idea of pykrete aircraft carriers the size of islands way too soon.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 06:17 PM (jc0TO)

430 There's a YouTube video of a young French woman evaluating the fluency of Hollywood stars who speak French. She was delightfully surprised that Jodie Foster is "almost perfect" linguistically.

Foster recently made a French picture, A Private Life. She plays an American psychiatrist in Paris. One of her patients commits suicide, and the patient's husband blames the shrink. But then,
Foster finds stuff to suggest that maybe it wasn't suicide. Maybe, it was MURDER!!

That's about the only new movie I want to watch.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 22, 2025 06:36 PM (p9rFX)

431 I actually care, a little bit, about Wonder Man. I have always found the 'failure' nature of his character interesting.

I heard about the TV show, which I had heard was starring Eddie Murphy. Guess that fell through.

But, Wonder Man is supposed to be about a superhero (with actual powers) who wants to be an actor. That does not seem to be the story they are using. This looks like a The Franchise all over again.

Posted by: doug at December 22, 2025 07:00 PM (6tMnc)

432 Movies I've seen and recommend; Hamnet, though at times I wished I had a button to turn on closed captions. Cast were pretty unknown.

Movies I saw and didn't hate; Naked Gun and Mission Impossible. MI was a slight disappointment.
Interesting thing about Naked Gun was that I found it amusing, but the twenty-somethings seated above went nuts for it. I think it's because the movie resurrected so many old sight gags and prat falls that I was so familiar with, but it was all new to them.

I saw Superman... I have regrets.

Posted by: John the River at December 22, 2025 07:04 PM (Li1E5)

Communist Cuba "On Edge of Collapse" Due to Trump's Oil Embargo of Cuba's Key Ally Venezuela

Late last week, Trump seized a second Venezuelan tanker.

Now he's tracking a third tanker from the "dark fleet."

The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing a sanctioned oil tanker near Venezuela as President Donald Trump intensifies his pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro with a sweeping blockade targeting illicit oil shipments.

"The United States Coast Guard is in active pursuit of a sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela's illegal sanctions evasion," a U.S. official said in a statement to Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson. "It is flying a false flag and under a judicial seizure order."

Reuters reported that another official noted the tanker was operating under sanctions and that it had not been boarded thus far. The official also said interceptions could be taken by flying or sailing near vessels of concern.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the officials did not provide the name of the vessel or where it was operating while being pursued.

The pursuit comes days after Trump announced a "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

..

A second tanker was seized by U.S. forces on Saturday, again, off the coast of Venezuela.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on X that the U.S. Coast Guard, with assistance from the Department of War, apprehended the oil tanker during the early morning hours. The ship had last been docked in Venezuela.

This may result in Maduro's downfall.

It might also result in the downfall of the Castroist regime in Cuba. Venezuela has been sending its communist ally Cuba shipments of very subsidized oil for decades, and now those shipments are less than one-third of what they had been.


Cubans are going hungry, suffering from spreading disease and sleeping outdoors with no electricity to power fans through the sweltering nights. A quarter of the population has fled during the island's most prolonged economic crisis.
And it's about to get worse.

The U.S. is ratcheting up pressure on Havana's key benefactor, Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro's regime, which has kept the Communist-ruled nation afloat with cheap oil. Now Venezuelan oil exports are at risk thanks to a partial blockade targeting sanctioned tankers--the kind that carry about 70% of the country's crude.

One tanker that the U.S. has already seized was en route with almost two million barrels of Venezuelan oil.

The blockade adds to a U.S. pressure campaign on Maduro that also includes a major military buildup in the Caribbean, airstrikes on boats allegedly connected to Venezuelan drug trafficking and threats of bombing the country itself.

Were Venezuela's oil shipments to stop, or sharply decline, the Cubans know it would be devastating.

"It would be the collapse of the Cuban economy, no question about it," said Jorge Piñón, a Cuban exile who tracks the island's energy ties to Venezuela at the University of Texas at Austin.

Venezuela has been vital for Cuba's economy since 1999, when then-President Hugo Chávez described the two countries as bound together "in a sea of happiness." Cuba deployed sports trainers, doctors and counterintelligence agents to Venezuela, the latter to root out traitors who might overthrow Chávez.

Venezuela responded with 100,000 barrels of oil shipped to Cuba daily.

The heavily subsidized oil shipments have fallen to 30,000 barrels a day. Agents from Cuba's vaunted intelligence service remain in Venezuela, where they have worked to purge disloyal military officers and government officials, helping ensure Maduro remains ensconced in power.

Cuba's deep reliance on Venezuela means Cuba's Communist government is doing all it can to prevent Maduro--who trained in Cuba as a young man--from being forced from office in his greatest challenge after nearly 13 years in office. That means ensuring he is always surrounded by security and loyal aides, with no one carrying cellphones or other electronic devices.

"They are taking very good care of Nicolás Maduro and his immediate successors," said Thomas A. Shannon Jr., a former high-ranking U.S. diplomat who engaged frequently with the Venezuelan regime. "The Cubans are not going to go quietly into the dark night."

Is this good or bad? I'll reserve judgement until Tucker Carlson explains to me how communists are really just Friends We Haven't Met Yet.

Posted by: Ace at 03:32 PM




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1 So many problems can be solved if we only had the will to solve them.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 22, 2025 03:33 PM (cuae1)

2 Oh, hey. First

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 22, 2025 03:33 PM (cuae1)

3 This also makes it very clear that the "STRONG CONSERVATIVE" Republican presidents never really wanted to solve the Cuba problem.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (cuae1)

4 expect the world court to demand trump be arrested for crimes against humidity

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (CWTWj)

5 Guess I should nood.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (cuae1)

6 About 80 years too late but I'll take the W.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (XV/Pl)

7 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:36 PM (Zz0t1)

8 "Were Venezuela's oil shipments to stop, or sharply decline, the Cubans know it would be devastating."

How is Cuba paying for the oil?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:36 PM (iFTx/)

9 Seems like Cuba has been on the verge of downfall for my entire lifetime.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 03:36 PM (7yt4l)

10 But, Cuba has the best healthcare system on the planet!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:36 PM (Zz0t1)

11 >>>communists are really just Friends We Haven't Met Yet

drug-toting communists, especially

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 03:36 PM (RuTUS)

12 oh I'm loving this news!

maybe someday Mexico can stop being corruptocrat-commie too

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 22, 2025 03:36 PM (emBoF)

13 9 Seems like Cuba has been on the verge of downfall for my entire lifetime.


very very true

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (emBoF)

14 So many problems can be solved if we only had the will to solve them.

But then we'd have lots of unemployed academics who could no longer tell us why all the problems are our fault and insoluble, and we should just give up and accept our fate.

Posted by: Stacy's Mom at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (Riz8t)

15 correction

Posted by: Archimedes = Stacy's Mom at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (Riz8t)

16 We need a modern day Homestead Act - opening up places like Cuba, Greenland, and Venezuala.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (sX1BW)

17 real calvinism has never been tried (hobbes)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (CWTWj)

18 Tucker "Tim Walz" Carlson.

Yep, I would like to see both the Venezuelan and Cuban governments to change to something more friendly to their people.

Posted by: BillB at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (TQxb9)

19 Cuba is awesome and everyone should go there and smoke cigars!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)

20 Posted by: Stacy's Mom at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (Riz8t)

Listen to her- she's got it goin' on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 03:38 PM (7yt4l)

21 "Seems like Cuba has been on the verge of downfall for my entire lifetime.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 03:36 PM (7yt4l)
___________

Walls are closing in!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:38 PM (iFTx/)

22 A lot of countries seem on the verge of collapse--Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Ukraine--yet they seem to be taking their sweet time to finally topple...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 03:38 PM (ESVrU)

23 They process sugar cane with ancient machineery.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 03:38 PM (kT/XV)

24 If they run low on oil, thay can just use all the lard from the Bay of Pigs.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 03:38 PM (oraVG)

25 *dons Che Guevara shirt*

Viva la Cuba!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)

26 I voted for this. More than this, actually. This will do until the lamentations of their women can be heard from my front door...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 22, 2025 03:39 PM (nbLIj)

27 Cuba has been on the verge of collapse for over 50 years.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 22, 2025 03:39 PM (pJizs)

28 ¡Ay, caramba!

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 22, 2025 03:39 PM (rkTTp)

29 In before the Guy Who Always Says Nothing Will Happen?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at December 22, 2025 03:39 PM (2uFUy)

30 The good news for Cuba is if it does collapse nobody will know the difference.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:40 PM (viF8m)

31 Like I said yesterday, Cuba has already collapsed, at least by western standards. For it to get worse we would have to be looking at cannibal island.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 03:40 PM (jc0TO)

32 Every member of the Congressional Black Caucus would prefer Castro or Madura to Reagan.

Posted by: mr tmz at December 22, 2025 03:40 PM (rJ48h)

33 Are those 1950s cars in Cuba?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 03:40 PM (kT/XV)

34 Cuber

Posted by: JFK at December 22, 2025 03:41 PM (rQwsY)

35 >>For it to get worse we would have to be looking at cannibal island.

So Haiti it is.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:41 PM (viF8m)

36 >> How is Cuba paying for the oil?

They don't pay for it. It's a barter system. In exchange for the oil, Cuber renders services to Maduro, like secret police goons and such.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 03:41 PM (w6EFb)

37 It's amazing to me that we went from overthrowing Arbenz in Guatemala because United Fruit didn't like their tax bill to mounting an incompetent [im]plausible deniability invasion of Cuba in just seven years. I think Kennedy's inability to police our hemisphere (even after Khrushchev policed his bloc in Hungary in 1956) might be the first example of "this is not who we are" self-defeating behavior in our government, at least since Wilson was at Versailles.

Posted by: the lower depths at December 22, 2025 03:41 PM (UdiE9)

38 Lets not forget the Cubans that collaborated with the North Vietnamese and tortured our soldiers in the Hanoi Hilton.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 22, 2025 03:41 PM (+mUZM)

39 we can only allow cuba to collapse if it means a flood of refugees who hate us.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 22, 2025 03:41 PM (CWTWj)

40 33 Are those 1950s cars in Cuba?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 03:40 PM (kT/XV)

Occasionally you will see them on the Florida Strait.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 03:41 PM (rQwsY)

41 My boss is from Cuba. His parents migrated LEGALLY in the 60's. He's grateful to them and is proud to be an American.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

42 This also makes it very clear that the "STRONG CONSERVATIVE" Republican presidents never really wanted to solve the Cuba problem.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM


What have you heard?!

Posted by: George HW Bush at December 22, 2025 03:42 PM (jc0TO)

43 BOGO regime change. That's good business.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 22, 2025 03:42 PM (CwhoI)

44 Cuba loans out Doctors.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 03:42 PM (kT/XV)

45 Cuba is in the most fragile state they’ve been in for the last 50 years. The entire country is slowly collapsing and they rely on the financial support of nations like Russia, Venezuela, Iran and other enemies of our country. It’s the only thing that keeps them afloat, and the sanctions plus offensive action are sinking it. At some point it will be over for the Castro line.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 22, 2025 03:42 PM (SWd7w)

46 AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers most upset.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 03:42 PM (rQwsY)

47 Democrats -*Don't hurt the cartels! Not until we get our cut!

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 03:42 PM (2fdLC)

48 Oh, and just because it came across the playlist........almost seems fitting.


https://youtu.be/GHeWnGGScP0

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

49 > Cubans are going hungry, suffering from spreading disease and sleeping outdoors with no electricity to power fans through the sweltering nights.
----------
It's late December. How sweltering can Cuba possibly be in late December?

I've been in southern Florida, 90 miles away from Cuba, in March and it was fucking cold, man.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 03:43 PM (NwnyJ)

50 You know what would solve this problem?
Cuban windfarms, Cuban solar panels and Cuban High Speed Rail.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 03:43 PM (v0R5T)

51 Between Cuba and Venezuela, which is dominant and which is the simp? The linked article makes it seem like Cuba has power over Vene. But I thought it was Vene that was by far the more powerful of the two, owning mainly to its powerful allies overseas (Iran, China, etc).

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:43 PM (iFTx/)

52 Commie Cuba has been a boil on our ass for far too long. Trump can fix that without shooting a single bullet. Make it so.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 22, 2025 03:43 PM (6Bc88)

53 Oh dear, does reduced oil shipments mean it will be harder for Cuba to maintain their Canadian tourist industry? Figures that even for tourism on a tropical island the commies can't function without someone propping them up.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 22, 2025 03:44 PM (hhkIi)

54 "The heavily subsidized oil shipments have fallen to 30,000 barrels a day. Agents from Cuba's vaunted intelligence service remain in Venezuela, where they have worked to purge disloyal military officers and government officials, helping ensure Maduro remains ensconced in power."
=====

So, how much do those "vaunted" guys ... cost? Would they accept bananas? Coconuts? AMEX pre-paid cards? If they are overseas, I suppose the Cuban government probably keeps a close eye on the immediate family members, but, sheesh, we could buy the minders, too.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 03:44 PM (rj6Yv)

55 27: try 35, since the end of the Cold War. Go read your history.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 03:44 PM (rQwsY)

56 4 expect the world court to demand trump be arrested for crimes against humidity
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (CWTWj)

Oh, he's absolutely going to get the Rodrigo Duterte treatment come 2029.

There's no way they don't try.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 03:44 PM (UnA8+)

57 I understand American journalists are on standby to flock to Havana to report how bad it would be if 'quaint' Cuba was corrupted by capitalist America.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 22, 2025 03:44 PM (CwhoI)

58 Cuban cigars kinda suck after decades of communism. All the decent tobacco farmers and cigar makers went to the Dominican Republic when they could.

Posted by: Ryan Frank at December 22, 2025 03:44 PM (fgmuN)

59 As long as the very small % of armed guards protecting the elite are taken care of in these latin american communist dictatorships, nothing will happen. It probably is a great advantage if a bunch of your people starve and die. You have less people you have to shove around, and you can graft on the inflow of bleeding heart charity. win-win really

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 03:44 PM (3uBP9)

60 How bad must this piss Owebama off........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)

61 It’s the only thing that keeps them afloat, and the sanctions plus offensive action are sinking it. At some point it will be over for the Castro line.

You don't want that. Trust me on this.

Posted by: Zombie Ceaucescu at December 22, 2025 03:44 PM (Riz8t)

62 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 22, 2025 03:39 PM (pJizs)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)

63 ¡Cuba Libre!

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (YlWIZ)

64 I'd say Cuba is the E-girl and Venezuela is the whale going into debt to send money so he gets some feet pics.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (7yt4l)

65 Lets not forget the Cubans that collaborated with the North Vietnamese and tortured our soldiers in the Hanoi Hilton.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 22, 2025 03:41 PM (+mUZM)
_______

"Cocksuckers also helped Russia invade the USA, twice!"

-- Chuck Norris
-- Patrick Swayze

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

66 Are those 1950s cars in Cuba?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 03:40 PM (kT/XV)

Well, what's left of them. They are mostly made of russian tractor engines and Bondo these days.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (npFr7)

67 52 Commie Cuba has been a boil on our ass for far too long. Trump can fix that without shooting a single bullet. Make it so.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 22, 2025 03:43 PM (6Bc8

WE DON’T WANNA BE THE WORLD’S POLICEMAN!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!

Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (rQwsY)

68
Venezuela has been a hub of anti-American subversion for years. DataRepublican had series of X posts on that a while back. Even our domestic subversives like Antifa the commies are tied into that.

Some of their defectors have spilled a lot of the beans on this, including that flooding us with drugs is a deliberate destabilization plot to mess us up domestically. Chicoms are big on this, as well as Iran/Islamofacists and the Rooskies.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (w6EFb)

69 Like I said yesterday, Cuba has already collapsed, at least by western standards. For it to get worse we would have to be looking at cannibal island.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 03:40 PM (jc0TO)
---
Hi!

*waves at Cuba*

Posted by: Haiti at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (ESVrU)

70 Cuban: sell nice 55 Chevy to American, and retire. Maybe.

Cuba could have been a contender instead of a bum, which is what it is.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (cS1cw)

71 Are they building a new wing in CECOT?

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 22, 2025 03:46 PM (YlWIZ)

72 I miss TJM.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)

73 Between Cuba and Venezuela, which is dominant and which is the simp? The linked article makes it seem like Cuba has power over Vene. But I thought it was Vene that was by far the more powerful of the two, owning mainly to its powerful allies overseas (Iran, China, etc).

They're like the combination of Sears and K-Mart; two failing companies which when combined, by some miracle of capitalism will suddenly become profitable.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 03:46 PM (Riz8t)

74 Great, Cuba falls... where are those furry adjacent transgender weirdos going to get their "training" now that the Cuban spec ops can't be counted on?

See - Armed Queers Salt Lake City

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 03:46 PM (NwnyJ)

75 As long as I don't hear any happy talk about Cubans and Venezuelans Who Are Our Frontline Migrant Heros getting to emigrate here, I'm good.

But, of course that's what will happen.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 03:47 PM (BI5O2)

76 I certainly am a lot more isolationist than I was 25 fucking years ago and glad to be so.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 03:47 PM (7yt4l)

77 Tucker gonna walk into his kitchen one day and find his bunny boiling as Ace slips out the back

Posted by: TITP at December 22, 2025 03:47 PM (OUE/9)

78 That Tucker sure is smart! Sarcasm heavily heavy sarcasm. Heavy

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 22, 2025 03:47 PM (pyeGn)

79 Well, what's left of them. They are mostly made of russian tractor engines and Bondo these days.

I guess they ran out of welding rods.

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 22, 2025 03:47 PM (YlWIZ)

80 Walz are closing in. Again.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 03:47 PM (pkeXY)

81 10 But, Cuba has the best healthcare system on the planet!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
..................................................
#2 Weeks

#Soon

Etc .

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 22, 2025 03:47 PM (sAmhv)

82 This must be the walls are closing in situation. Cuba has been about ready to fail for 50 years. If they do fail, can we vacate south Florida back and let them rebuild?

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 03:48 PM (uQzkA)

83 When I was living in PR there quite a few Cuban refugees on the island. Most Puerto Ricans weren't to fond of them but they were some of the most ant-communist people I've ever met.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:48 PM (viF8m)

84
Those defectors have also said that a lot of CIA and State Dept officials are on Venezuela's payroll. They've supposedly named names.

Trump has said enough of this shit. This is the Donroe Doctrine. No more big foreign powers messing around in our hemisphere to subvert us.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 03:48 PM (w6EFb)

85 Oops. Copy and paste fail. I'll go stand in the corner.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 22, 2025 03:48 PM (sAmhv)

86 Commie Cuba has been a boil on our ass for far too long. Trump can fix that without shooting a single bullet. Make it so.
Posted by: tcn in AK


WE DON’T WANNA BE THE WORLD’S POLICEMAN!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!
Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers



Sucks to be Ukraine.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 03:49 PM (dAOkg)

87 There's a good Hard Case Crime paperback by Mickey Spillane called, The Consummata. It centers around cuba and the cold war.

A little bit of horniness but mostly a lot of commie killin'

I highly recommend it.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 03:49 PM (3uBP9)

88 If we can get two of the worst regimes in the western hemisphere to fall with the only American casualties being cases of sunburn on the blockading ships...

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 22, 2025 03:50 PM (CwhoI)

89 The youknowwhos must steal to make ends meet.

This how they meet girls. Sad World.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 22, 2025 03:50 PM (EyfuW)

90 They can just reach out to Michael Moore and get a bailout, right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:50 PM (Zz0t1)

91 Isn't this all just attributable to America's relationship with Israel?

Posted by: DBH at December 22, 2025 03:51 PM (eMT6A)

92 The youknowwhos must steal to make ends meet.

This how they meet girls. Sad World.
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 22, 2025 03:50 PM (EyfuW)

Jews?
-you never know around here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 03:51 PM (7yt4l)

93 Cuban: sell nice 55 Chevy to American, and retire. Maybe.

Cuba could have been a contender instead of a bum, which is what it is.
Posted by: connected and litigious at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (cS1cw)

Having spoken to Canadians who went there, you don't want them. Those cars are 20-footers, at best. They maintain them for the tourist trade. There are probably some real fine cars in Fidel's personal collection, whoever has custody of that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:51 PM (npFr7)

94 If they run low on oil, thay can just use all the lard from the Bay of Pigs.
Posted by: zombie

If they run low on oil, they can burn doctors, sports trainers and counter intelligence agents.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 22, 2025 03:51 PM (cxFcK)

95 Wait, what are *we* supposed to think about the eventual demise of Cuba's communist government?

Posted by: All Those Young People Its Go Time Donald Claims Look to Nick Fuentes for Leadership at December 22, 2025 03:52 PM (TN0g+)

96 When I was living in PR there quite a few Cuban refugees on the island. Most Puerto Ricans weren't to fond of them but they were some of the most ant-communist people I've ever met.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:48 PM (viF8m)
____

PR had a MAGA-ish conservative governor, Ricardo Rossello, who was doing good things on the Island. So of course he had to be destroyed. And he was, in 2019, in the "Rickyleaks" scandal. He was ousted for inflammatory (private texts) where he and his friends shat on their political enemies. Nothing they said wasn't 100% true, but it was enough to get rid of him.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:52 PM (iFTx/)

97 When Cuba collapses, we can finally run cruise ships there — especially the new Weight Loss Cruises, renamed during their Havana stopovers as Pilates of the Caribbean.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 03:52 PM (oraVG)

98 A quarter of the population has fled during the island's most prolonged economic crisis.

Fled to where? I thought Cuba was a prison island and that only a raft made up of flotsam bound together or the Grim Reaper was the only way out.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 03:53 PM (9s47C)

99 Kill two Commies with one stone
Now thats shooting

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 03:53 PM (Ia/+0)

100 >>> Cuban: sell nice 55 Chevy to American, and retire. Maybe.

Cuba could have been a contender instead of a bum, which is what it is.
Posted by: connected and litigious at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (cS1cw)


I think those are all mostly 55 Chevy of Theseus by now. Maybe not much value.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 03:53 PM (3uBP9)

101 >>Fled to where? I thought Cuba was a prison island and that only a raft made up of flotsam bound together or the Grim Reaper was the only way out.

You can find quite a few in Florida.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:54 PM (viF8m)

102 How long till they attack Gitmo for oil?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

103 Im going to die laughing if Trump solves the Cuba problem. All these bright strategists who got nowhere and then comes Trump.

A lot of things are ending with that. ... THEN CAME TRUMP

Posted by: Fen at December 22, 2025 03:54 PM (WI7ox)

104 WE DON’T WANNA BE THE WORLD’S POLICEMAN!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!

Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (rQwsY)

You sending your kids first, right? Right?

Posted by: Goose at December 22, 2025 03:55 PM (dK+Kv)

105 I have no moral or political problems with overthrowing both the Cuban and Venezuelan regimes.

They're close (in our hemisphere) and therefore pertinent to our security.
They're hostile, show no signs of being open to negotiation. Indeed, they're looking for ways to cause us more trouble.

I just want the coups to succeed and not leave us saddled with basket cases that we have to occupy and keep on life support.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 03:55 PM (fd80v)

106 Now can I get my casinos back?

Posted by: Ray Patriarca at December 22, 2025 03:55 PM (wBaIH)

107 "Communist Cuba "On Edge of Collapse" Due to Trump's Oil Embargo of Cuba's Key Ally Venezuela "


I said this the other day but it bears repeating...I was stationed at GITMO from 93-95 and even back then cuba was "weeks" away from collapse. I grant this time might actually be different but cuba has been on the verge of collapse dozens of times in the decades since I was stationed there and it hasn't happened yet.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 03:55 PM (0N4FZ)

108 You know what would solve this problem?
Cuban windfarms, Cuban solar panels and Cuban High Speed Rail.
Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 03:43 PM (v0R5T)

Thread winner...I'm putting that on my Linked In profile, in fact...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 22, 2025 03:55 PM (nbLIj)

109 Can we give Cuba to Muslim Commie Mondami to run ... into the ground?

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 03:56 PM (9JDJW)

110 How long till the Cuban government starts murdering their own people in a strong arm attempt to force Trump to release the Venezuelan oil tankers?

"TRUMP HATES BROWN PEOPLE!!!!"

"HE'S LETTING THEM DIE!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:56 PM (Zz0t1)

111 Wait, what are *we* supposed to think about the eventual demise of Cuba's communist government?

Posted by: All Those Young People Its Go Time Donald Claims Look to Nick Fuentes for Leadership at December 22, 2025 03:52 PM (TN0g+)

lol

Posted by: Goose at December 22, 2025 03:56 PM (dK+Kv)

112 >>> 84
Those defectors have also said that a lot of CIA and State Dept officials are on Venezuela's payroll. They've supposedly named names.

Trump has said enough of this shit. This is the Donroe Doctrine. No more big foreign powers messing around in our hemisphere to subvert us.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 03:48 PM (w6EFb)

Donny Two Scoops won't put up with any trash in his neighborhood.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 22, 2025 03:56 PM (ULPxl)

113 is doing all it can to prevent Mayor Bass--who trained in Cuba as a young woman--from being forced from office

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 03:57 PM (Kt19C)

114
Cuba has suffered from the US embargo. Because we can't tolerate a successful socialist country. That's what I've been told at least.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 03:57 PM (tgvbd)

115 is doing all it can to prevent Mayor Bass--who trained in Cuba as a young woman--from being forced from office
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 03:57 PM (Kt19C)


So, you're saying Cuba just needs to be lit on fire?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)

116 When Cuba collapses, we can finally run cruise ships there — especially the new Weight Loss Cruises, renamed during their Havana stopovers as Pilates of the Caribbean.

If it does eventually collapse, it will turn in to a state-run Epstein enterprise.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 03:58 PM (Riz8t)

117 Cuba has suffered from the US embargo. Because we can't tolerate a successful socialist country. That's what I've been told at least.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 03:57 PM (tgvbd)


I'm curious as to their definition of 'success.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)

118 Please send Spam

Posted by: Cooba at December 22, 2025 03:59 PM (v0R5T)

119
Johnny Ola knows Cuba like the back of his hand.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 03:59 PM (tgvbd)

120 Two words, Casinos!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 03:59 PM (g47mK)

121 Now can I get my casinos back?
Posted by: Ray Patriarca at December 22, 2025 03:55 PM (wBaIH)
==========

Put AI to work. Transform every Cuban beach into a casino-resort-remote workplace paradise using AI for the transformation. Put that sh*t on the internet. I know the average Cuban's means of communication is a taut string between two coconut shells, but the people who count will see it.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 03:59 PM (rj6Yv)

122 How is Cuba paying for the oil?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Watered-down Mojitos.

Posted by: Limey Larry at December 22, 2025 04:00 PM (oftw2)

123 You know what would solve this problem?
Cuban windfarms, Cuban solar panels and Cuban High Speed Rail.
Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 03:43 PM (v0R5T)

Thread winner...I'm putting that on my Linked In profile, in fact...
Posted by: Joe Kidd


CHSI

Cubano High Speed Internet.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 04:00 PM (dAOkg)

124 Cuba is a shithole filled with shitheads.

Do me a favor and keep their smelly asses locked down under socialismo.

Posted by: Babalu at December 22, 2025 04:00 PM (m8zKa)

125 Cubans are going hungry, suffering from spreading disease and sleeping outdoors with no electricity to power fans through the sweltering nights.

So it's an average Monday, then.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 22, 2025 04:00 PM (MZ+PY)

126 72
' I miss TJM.'

Where did he go?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 04:00 PM (fd80v)

127 Fair Play for Cuba!

Posted by: zombie lee harvey oswald at December 22, 2025 04:01 PM (rJ48h)

128 When Cuba collapses, we can finally run cruise ships there — especially the new Weight Loss Cruises, renamed during their Havana stopovers as Pilates of the Caribbean.



Carnival Section 8 Cruises 🚢

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 04:01 PM (dAOkg)

129 Maybe he got a job?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:01 PM (kT/XV)

130 Trump has been tap dancing around the legalities of America First. The man has been a regular Fred Astaire in this first year and has not really been taken to task. I understand the need for immediate gratification, but let this play out.

Posted by: kactus at December 22, 2025 04:02 PM (twS2i)

131 ...Is this good or bad? I'll reserve judgement until Tucker Carlson explains to me how communists are really just Friends We Haven't Met Yet.

Been there, done that, Trump needs to cut off the Narco-funded LIBs, and their minion NEPOlibs left of launch before NY/MANDMANI espouses the inevitable: "FREE GAZA" chorus.

Every time you hear "FREE GAZA" know what it really means.

"They are coming. Atom by atom, they will coil around us and take all that we are. There is one way to confront this threat.... remain Klingon! That is why we light our beacon this day. To assemble our people. To lock arms against those whose fatal greeting is... WE COME IN PEACE"

Cry Havoc, and LET LOOSE the waves of LIBnepo's on NY. MADMANI even looks like a 1960's Klingon.

Meanwhile in the real world, Bill Clinton DEMANDS more of his guy-time on Jeffmass Island be revealed. Isn't that what the world needs now? more pictures of him in the blue dress pointing his finger at us?

No, not Remain Klingon -- FREE CUBA without firing a shot. Make Cuba the 51st state and there will be weath beyond dreams of avarice which will sweep across the Gulf of America and propel Rubio to be Prez...


Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 22, 2025 04:02 PM (vUKOt)

132 Maybe along with Greenland we can buy Cuba? I do like the old cars in photos.

Cucker seems to be really going batsh*t and speeding his insanity up daily. I would find it entertaining if I bothered to watch him, which I don't.

Thanks, Ace, for watching for me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 04:02 PM (WONhk)

133
Where did he go?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 04:00 PM (fd80v)


I don't know, but he's not here to take are of ASS and his inane comments.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 04:02 PM (Zz0t1)

134 The Average overnight temps in Cuber for December is 68-70 degrees. Perfect sleeping weather according to the SCIENCE!
Good job WSJ.

Posted by: DBCooper at December 22, 2025 04:02 PM (+daAW)

135 Every subject is not a platform for your pet argument

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 04:02 PM (2fdLC)

136 Prolly humid.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:02 PM (kT/XV)

137 I like that James Bond (Die Another Day) with North Korean villains going to Cuba to get their DNA mangled, to turn themselves into white German guys! Maggie Smith's son played the white version of the main villain. I liked it !

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:03 PM (g47mK)

138 I'll reserve judgement until Tucker Carlson explains to me how communists are really just Friends We Haven't Met Yet.

---------------

Maybe Tucker can broker a deal for Qatar to buy Venezuela.

/Who doesn't need and couldn't use "natural" American "allies" like an Islamunist Caliphate in South America?

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:03 PM (TZcsC)

139 *hope that was not a spoiler for those who haven't seen it yet

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:03 PM (g47mK)

140 Cool, I guess I'm an AoS Isolationatist, then.

I don't care about the foreigners, or their shitty wars. And I don't want my predatory government using them as an excuse for endless graft, especially when my kids could well be swept up in it - it's not as if they'll benefit from the scam under any circumstances, and they could certainly suffer for it.

I don't care about the foreigners and their gay ass, fucked up economies. I don't want us absorbing these foreigners simply *because* they have no motivation and want to take something instead of make something.

I don't care about these foreigners and their petty tribal loyalties, or their religious commitments, or their insistence on their own questionable values.

Their food isn't good enough to justify all that stupid bullshit, and 2am Thai food isn't a real big motivator for me or my family.

If you care about these foreigners and their foreign bullshit so much, then go live in one of their foreign countries, & improve their foreign lives, and stop bothering me about it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 04:03 PM (BI5O2)

141 During the Obama reign of terror USAID tried to set up a social media platform like Twitter in Cooba. The plan was to get young people hooked on it and then start feeding anti-communist stuff to influence the youngins.

Didn't work nearly as well there as it did when Obama controlled social media in the US.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 04:04 PM (viF8m)

142 Maybe Tucker can broker a deal for Qatar to buy Venezuela.



Then, Tucker can get property closer to the US!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 04:04 PM (Zz0t1)

143 I just want the coups to succeed and not leave us saddled with basket cases that we have to occupy and keep on life support.

Nah, we will use the same old formula the US has been using for generations:

• Go invade and tear apart and destabilize some country most people couldn't find on a map.
• Give them endless stream of tens or hundreds of billions of dollars to "rebuild"
• watch as Our Betters mysteriously fall into new found generational wealth

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 04:04 PM (c3sdc)

144 Cool, I guess I'm an AoS Isolationatist, then.

I don't care about the foreigners, or their shitty wars. And I don't want my predatory government using them as an excuse for endless graft, especially when my kids could well be swept up in it - it's not as if they'll benefit from the scam under any circumstances, and they could certainly suffer for it.

I don't care about the foreigners and their gay ass, fucked up economies. I don't want us absorbing these foreigners simply *because* they have no motivation and want to take something instead of make something.

I don't care about these foreigners and their petty tribal loyalties, or their religious commitments, or their insistence on their own questionable values.

Their food isn't good enough to justify all that stupid bullshit, and 2am Thai food isn't a real big motivator for me or my family.

If you care about these foreigners and their foreign bullshit so much, then go live in one of their foreign countries, & improve their foreign lives, and stop bothering me about it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 04:03 PM (BI5O2)

X2

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:05 PM (dK+Kv)

145 WE DON’T WANNA BE THE WORLD’S POLICEMAN!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!

Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at December 22, 2025 03:45 PM (rQwsY)

You sending your kids first, right? Right?
Posted by: Goose at December 22, 2025 03:55 PM

Somewhat related, a mom from Turkey was at the window next to mine. Her 18 yr-old son was getting his learners permit. DMV employee informed him that he'd have to sign up for Selective Service. Once they explained to mom what that was, she freaked right out. After a while I intervened with a brief history of the draft, with a particular focus on which President ended it, and which one brought back the registration requirement. She wasn't entirely convinced, but I think the kid was able to get his permit...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 22, 2025 04:05 PM (nbLIj)

146 Poor Tucker Carlson. Where will he go in the Emirates when he gets the urge to do a little trout fishing in the Rockies?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 04:05 PM (nljXp)

147 Why hasn't an activist judge blocked these actions against Venezuelan oil tankers?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 22, 2025 04:06 PM (PWcY+)

148 Every subject is not a platform for your pet argument

I'm going to need more detail...

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 04:06 PM (Riz8t)

149 The SS Morro Castle plied the waters NY-Havana in the early 30s. Caught fire and beached in NJ. Loss of 137 lives. Many people made the trip to see the hulk until it was hauled off for scrap.

Posted by: Vacation Getaway at December 22, 2025 04:06 PM (oftw2)

150
Rubio has a lot to do with this stragerizing. Little Marco grew up to be one hell of a wartime consigliere.

What you're seeing here with Trump 2.0, Trump unleashed, is using American power, military and economic to actually further American power and interests. As opposed to pissing away our blood and treasure on neocon type nation building shit and "for the good of all the world" shit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:06 PM (w6EFb)

151 Maybe Tucker can broker a deal for Qatar to buy Venezuela.

/Who doesn't need and couldn't use "natural" American "allies" like an Islamunist Caliphate in South America?
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:03 PM (TZcsC)

Latest survey came out (Blake Neff of TPUSA posted it) - and according to Americans the greatest threat facing American is ...Radical Islam. Cucker is in danger of being unfriended by Qatar's royal family!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:07 PM (g47mK)

152 128 When Cuba collapses, we can finally run cruise ships there...

Think of all the new Amazon/Prime and Netflix subscribers exports of the cigars alone would produce the first round of infrastructure repair and build out, and then the serious growth would being -- once they overcome that laziness that has tolerated such diminishing returns and dismal state: A WORLD SAFE FOR SOCIALISM!

forWAR'd:MADMANI Futile entreaty: Remain Klingon!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 22, 2025 04:07 PM (HDvbH)

153 Which district is the Carribbean in?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:07 PM (kT/XV)

154 This is all Israel's fault.

Posted by: Qatucker Carlson at December 22, 2025 04:07 PM (eRBFZ)

155 Socialism/Marxism came in close second.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:07 PM (g47mK)

156 I care when they hurtle three hijacked airliners into office towers and a government building packed with people who did them no harm.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 04:08 PM (rj6Yv)

157 Every subject is not a platform for your pet argument

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 04:02 PM (2fdLC)

Are you saying that we CAN'T "hang them all?"

*stomps off in protest*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:08 PM (dK+Kv)

158 Every subject is not a platform for your pet argument

I'm going to need more detail...
Posted by: Archimedes


Moar bewbs

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 04:08 PM (dAOkg)

159 > Why hasn't an activist judge blocked these actions against Venezuelan oil tankers?
------------
It's only Monday. Holiday week too. They'll come around to it soon.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 04:09 PM (NwnyJ)

160 From Google AI:

"Curing Cuba's energy problem requires a multi-pronged approach: immediate stabilization through plant repairs and securing fuel (oil from allies like Mexico/Russia), accelerated renewable deployment (solar, wind, hydro) with international backing, and long-term economic reform, as deep systemic issues hinder investment and fuel self-sufficiency, ultimately transitioning from aging thermal plants to a diversified, green energy mix with foreign help."

There. I note, no mention of political reform.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2025 04:09 PM (XeU6L)

161 The cruise ships will only stop at Cuba to dump their waste tanks.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 04:09 PM (v0R5T)

162 What does post collapse collapse look like?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:09 PM (kT/XV)

163 This term, we settle all family business.

Posted by: Il Donaldo at December 22, 2025 04:09 PM (eRBFZ)

164 Maybe Tucker can broker a deal for Qatar to buy Venezuela.

/Who doesn't need and couldn't use "natural" American "allies" like an Islamunist Caliphate in South America?
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:03 PM (TZcsC)

Latest survey came out (Blake Neff of TPUSA posted it) - and according to Americans the greatest threat facing American is ...Radical Islam. Cucker is in danger of being unfriended by Qatar's royal family!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:07 PM (g47mK)

Good news is that once his Islamic brothers chop his head off, he won't go blabbing to the police about it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:10 PM (dK+Kv)

165 Anyone else with yahoo mail getting the "could not load mail, try again later" alert?

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 04:10 PM (Y1sOo)

166 The cruise ships will only stop at Cuba to dump their waste tanks.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 04:09 PM (v0R5T)

Flies gotta eat, same as Cubans.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:10 PM (dK+Kv)

167 Arrest that orange man!

Posted by: President James Boasberg at December 22, 2025 04:10 PM (eRBFZ)

168 Another upsetting piece of news to Cucker, only 13% do not view Israel as an ally, the rest *does math - 87% view Israel as either top or one of.

(Blake is posting TPUSA poll attendees)

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:11 PM (g47mK)

169 With this embargo going on, soon the Venezuelans are going to start running out of food and all of their zoos are already out of meat from the last time communism failed to provide for the people.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 22, 2025 04:11 PM (PWcY+)

170 2 for the price of one! I've been watching this one for a while, the key to Cuba's survival - and they haven't gotten any.

Cuba should have collapsed when the Soviet Union collapsed, but they've always found someone to prop them up. First it was the Euro's, who knows why, then Chavez and Maduro took over being their sugar daddies.

Fatal weakness - their entire energy grid depends on the oil shipped in from Venezuela, because they've got ancient, decaying oil powered electricity generators and nothing else. If they go down (and they crashed 4 times just this last year) then the grid for the entire island goes down, and stays down.
And when that happens food production and distribution goes to zero, and they people won't have anything left to eat except each other. And that's really much of an exagerration.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (uWKK8)

171 >>> 154 This is all Israel's fault.
Posted by: Qatucker Carlson at December 22, 2025 04:07 PM (eRBFZ)

Right! It was the Jooz! All of it!!!

Posted by: see eye ay at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (ULPxl)

172 Which district is the Carribbean in?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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I can answer that.

Posted by: James Monroe at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (XeU6L)

173 >>Anyone else with yahoo mail getting the "could not load mail, try again later" alert?

Yahoo email? Ok boomer.

Yea, mine's down too.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (viF8m)

174 What's nuts is we've now got a contiguous alliance of anticommie governments crossing the southern part of the Americas: Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay.
Peru is a wild card, last I looked the presnitrice of that dunghole was elected as a Leftist, and since then has just ruled as a crook in cahoots with a nonLeft parliament. So her opposition might end up being Shining Path tiers of angry.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (sDWtc)

175 What does post collapse collapse look like?
Posted by: Boss Moss

As bad as Cuber is now or will be after the final collapse, it's still better than Somalia. And Detroit.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (cxFcK)

176 How do you figure they wrap up Pluribus in one more episode?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (kT/XV)

177 >>The cruise ships will only stop at Cuba to dump their waste tanks.


That would ruin Haiti's Economy.

Cruise Ship Waste Tanks are their biggest Import.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (W23D2)

178 With this embargo going on, soon the Venezuelans are going to start running out of food and all of their zoos are already out of meat from the last time communism failed to provide for the people.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 22, 2025 04:11 PM (PWcY+)


REAL communism to the rescue!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (dK+Kv)

179 Why hasn't an activist judge blocked these actions against Venezuelan oil tankers?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 22, 2025 04:06 PM


I have been waiting for that as well. The only thing I can come up with is there isn't a single person in the US that has even remote standing to sue. Granted that hasn't stopped people from suing Trump in the past but to sue him for actually enforcing international law is a reach for even an activist judge.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (0N4FZ)

180 Moar bewbs

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 04:08 PM (dAOkg)

This guy gets it.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 04:13 PM (2fdLC)

181 Back to Cuba, better piece of real estate than fkng Gaza.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:13 PM (g47mK)

182 How about we invite the Soros family to move to Cuba and take over from the Castro-ites, and they can let everyone out of jail there, instead of here.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 04:13 PM (eRBFZ)

183 What does post collapse collapse look like?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Haiti, since the French pulled out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2025 04:13 PM (XeU6L)

184 There. I note, no mention of political reform.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2025 04:09 PM (XeU6L)

One or two nuclear plants could meet Cuba's modest needs. Google conveniently ignored that. And I doubt Russia is much of an "ally" to Cuba anymore.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (npFr7)

185 Thanks, Jack.

Posted by: one hour sober boomer at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (Y1sOo)

186 >>> 179 Why hasn't an activist judge blocked these actions against Venezuelan oil tankers?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 22, 2025 04:06 PM


I have been waiting for that as well. The only thing I can come up with is there isn't a single person in the US that has even remote standing to sue. Granted that hasn't stopped people from suing Trump in the past but to sue him for actually enforcing international law is a reach for even an activist judge.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (0N4FZ)

Wanna bet?

Posted by: JUDGE Boasburg at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (ULPxl)

187 Now do the UK.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (OUMaO)

188 "With this embargo going on, soon the Venezuelans are going to start running out of food and all of their zoos are already out of meat from the last time communism failed to provide for the people.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks "

The last ones to go are always the penguins.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (vFG9F)

189 8 "Were Venezuela's oil shipments to stop, or sharply decline, the Cubans know it would be devastating."

How is Cuba paying for the oil?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:36 PM (iFTx/)

By sending secret police and thugs to Venezuela to help Maduro keep the local population beaten into submission. Not kidding - Cuba is absolutely broke, they have no foreign exchange at all. Their sugar production is now the lowest its been in 100 years, since they can't afford fertilizer or diesel to run any tractors.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (uWKK8)

190 Wouldn't Russia come to Cuba's rescue to poke a finger in our eye for giving Ukraine billions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (KDPiq)

191 It's worse than just that. The CCP is building ports through out the Caribbean. Which is leading to possible CCP naval intrusion with dual-purpose vessels. The Monroe Doctrine needs to be enforced to a T.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 04:15 PM (mlg/3)

192 I rather secure Cuba's security than Ukraine.

Drop a nice nuclear power plant next to Gitmo.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 22, 2025 04:15 PM (cS1cw)

193 One or two nuclear plants could meet Cuba's modest needs. Google conveniently ignored that. And I doubt Russia is much of an "ally" to Cuba anymore.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (npFr7)

Russia doesn't have nearly as much money to throw around as they used to. Certainly not the kind it would take to build a couple of free nukes to give to Cuba.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:15 PM (uWKK8)

194
One or two nuclear plants could meet Cuba's modest needs. Google conveniently ignored that. And I doubt Russia is much of an "ally" to Cuba anymore.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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AI is the land of green tea-sipping lotus eaters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2025 04:16 PM (XeU6L)

195 My anti-communism boner is a-throbbin'.

Posted by: Suck it, Guevarans and Castroites at December 22, 2025 04:16 PM (TbWk/)

196 I read somewhere recently that the nephew of Raul and Fidel Castro is about to become Cuba's leader. I hope he's in charge when the government collapses. Eff that family in particular

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 04:16 PM (MoRvC)

197 The phrase "Comiendo al pinguino" (eating the penguin) is a Latin-American expression for the ultimate outcome of Socialism.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 22, 2025 04:17 PM (vFG9F)

198 Russia's only interest in Cuba is/was the proximity to the U.S.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2025 04:17 PM (XeU6L)

199 I am not carrying water for Maduro or Venezuela. Bad things happen to bad people and I am okay with that.

But James Comey did more damage to our precious democracy than Venezuela. And he's living it up and laughing at us.

He will be back to piss in our Cheerios again.

Posted by: blaster at December 22, 2025 04:17 PM (NlEaG)

200 191 It's worse than just that. The CCP is building ports through out the Caribbean. Which is leading to possible CCP naval intrusion with dual-purpose vessels. The Monroe Doctrine needs to be enforced to a T.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 04:15 PM (mlg/3)

Exactly! Which is why THIS is the time to sink both Venezuelan and Cuban governments now; with the political changes going on in the rest of SA, that could kick the Chinese out of the entire western hemisphere for a generation or more.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:17 PM (uWKK8)

201 >>> 187 Now do the UK.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (OUMaO)

Not our hemisphere.

... otoh, maybe whoever follows OrangeManBad can invade them and make them a colony of ours.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 22, 2025 04:17 PM (ULPxl)

202 Tucker was en fuego during Amfest when he responded to Binny Shatpicodick, so i couldnt understand why everyone was on his ass

Then he went off on a tangent in some crazy spiel about how poor muslims are treated

...oh

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Patiently Awaiting My Pre-Ordered AI Powered Fembot at December 22, 2025 04:17 PM (HYKHz)

203 >>It's worse than just that. The CCP is building ports through out the Caribbean. Which is leading to possible CCP naval intrusion with dual-purpose vessels. The Monroe Doctrine needs to be enforced to a T.

China is by far Venezuela's biggest customer for oil. The secondary affects of taking down Maduro are huge.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 04:17 PM (viF8m)

204 I read somewhere recently that the nephew of Raul and Fidel Castro is about to become Cuba's leader. I hope he's in charge when the government collapses. Eff that family in particular
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Do you mean Trudeau?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 22, 2025 04:18 PM (cxFcK)

205 Make Cuba Great Again

CUBA LIBRE !!!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:18 PM (YubK1)

206 Another upsetting piece of news to Cucker, only 13% do not view Israel as an ally, the rest *does math - 87% view Israel as either top or one of.


Interestingly, that is about the same ratio of people (87%) who rely on discovering their desires from someone else.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 04:18 PM (xE0sV)

207 190 Wouldn't Russia come to Cuba's rescue to poke a finger in our eye for giving Ukraine billions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (KDPiq)

---

Putin is bold, but not stupid.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 22, 2025 04:18 PM (PWcY+)

208 An end to Scandi Agression in our time.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:18 PM (kT/XV)

209 >>> 204 I read somewhere recently that the nephew of Raul and Fidel Castro is about to become Cuba's leader. I hope he's in charge when the government collapses. Eff that family in particular
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Do you mean Trudeau?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 22, 2025 04:18 PM (cxFcK)

Can we offer Justin $3k USD to move to Havana?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 22, 2025 04:19 PM (ULPxl)

210

Where was Marco Rubio when Cuba collapsed??

Posted by: Tomorrow's Headlines Today at December 22, 2025 04:19 PM (g47mK)

211 190 Wouldn't Russia come to Cuba's rescue to poke a finger in our eye for giving Ukraine billions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (KDPiq)
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With what Navy?

Lmfao good luck hoss.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 04:19 PM (5aZAZ)

212 Yes, China is the biggest one using Venezuela to subvert us, and get strongholds in our hemisphere. Trump is not going to allow that to happen. This is asserting our control of our hemisphere.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:19 PM (w6EFb)

213
1. Trump ruins Cuba
2. Cuba becomes a US Territory
3. Democrats take Congress
4. Democrats make Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Washington DC 4 new States.
5. 8 More Democrat Senators and at least 4 more Democrats in the House.
6. Trump Impeached.
7. Vance Impeached.
8. Johnson switches parties to Democrat, and Resigns.
9. Hakeem Jeffries Sworn in as President of the United States.
10. Jeffries DOJ indicts, prosecutes, and convicts Donald Trump.
11. Trump dies in Prison.

Posted by: bill cuck kristol at December 22, 2025 04:20 PM (CWez5)

214 Little Marco for Shogun of Cuba.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 04:20 PM (jc0TO)

215 Yea right.......

Cuba has been on the brink since 1959....

Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 04:20 PM (J9q9v)

216 nterestingly, that is about the same ratio of people (87%) who rely on discovering their desires from someone else.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 04:18 PM (xE0sV)

HUH?? that was TPUSA poll, what are you raging about, boomer ?

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:20 PM (g47mK)

217
You remember early on that business with the Panama Canal. And Marco went down with an offer they couldn't refuse? That was all about stopping Chicom control of the Panama Canal, which they were gaining.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:21 PM (w6EFb)

218
How'd I do?

Did I capture the spirit of Cuck Kristol idiotic pipe-dream fantasy list-of-events?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 04:21 PM (CWez5)

219 Poopdeck Bill.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:21 PM (kT/XV)

220 China has become one of Cuba’s largest trading partners and benefactors. They have been using Cuba as a military surveillance point.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 22, 2025 04:21 PM (cn09p)

221 Do you mean Trudeau?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 22, 2025 04:18 PM (cxFcK)



He's only a nephew to Raul.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 04:21 PM (npFr7)

222 Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Patiently Awaiting My Pre-Ordered AI Powered Fembot at December 22, 2025 04:17 PM (HYKHz)

The analogy that he would assist his murdering brother escape capture and smuggle him out of the country didn't bother you too?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:22 PM (KDPiq)

223 Is this good or bad? I'll reserve judgement until Tucker Carlson explains to me how communists are really just Friends We Haven't Met Yet.

I confess I'm beginning to like the cut of this Carlson fellows jib. And his choice in neckwear is on point.

Posted by: George Will at December 22, 2025 04:22 PM (kgG3s)

224 Maybe the Cubans will pull a Che and shoot their leaders in the back. One can dream.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at December 22, 2025 04:22 PM (P7vXf)

225 207 190 Wouldn't Russia come to Cuba's rescue to poke a finger in our eye for giving Ukraine billions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (KDPiq)
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Putin is bold, but not stupid.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 22, 2025 04:18 PM (PWcY+)

Not to mention that the Ukrainians have managed to sink most of his boats.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:22 PM (uWKK8)

226 Ice axe?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:23 PM (kT/XV)

227 In December, it is 80 degrees in Havana.

Hardly sweltering.

Posted by: Ib1netmon at December 22, 2025 04:23 PM (vTTFR)

228 Boy, am I glad that Janet Reno got me back here!

Posted by: Elián González at December 22, 2025 04:24 PM (XeU6L)

229 >>In December, it is 80 degrees in Havana.

In August the entire area is hotter than Satan's ball sack.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 04:24 PM (viF8m)

230 Hegseth and Trump are scheduled to make some kind of an announcement. Cuba LIbre ??

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:24 PM (g47mK)

231 A Coca Cola goes a long way in Cuba.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:24 PM (kT/XV)

232 HUH?? that was TPUSA poll, what are you raging about, boomer ?

Mimetic Theory posits that the vast majority of people obtain their desires from external sources (eg. propaganda, influencers, culture, etc.)

Come to your conclusions.

BTW, "boomer" is also a propaganda tool used by politicians to blame anyone but the actual cause of problems: Politicians.

Sad to see that you are part of the 87% who don't know why they desire what they desire. Try to be more independent.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 04:25 PM (U4c/V)

233 Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 04:19 PM (5aZAZ

We aren't blockading Cuba. A navy is not required to ship a tanker of oil to Cuba from any country other than Venezuela.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:25 PM (KDPiq)

234 >>>China is by far Venezuela's biggest customer for oil. The secondary affects of taking down Maduro are huge.
Posted by: JackStraw
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All west coast South American countries, excepting Colombia have voted socialists out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:25 PM (YubK1)

235 The analogy that he would assist his murdering brother escape capture and smuggle him out of the country didn't bother you too?

*************

Missed that one, he says so much crazy stuff its hard to keep up

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Patiently Awaiting My Pre-Ordered AI Powered Fembot at December 22, 2025 04:26 PM (HYKHz)

236 Well, I guess this answers the question as to why Rubio all of a sudden became so diligent and "dependable" after being a little bit of a git for a number of years.

Posted by: Orson at December 22, 2025 04:26 PM (dIske)

237
Fake News found out the name of a Venezuelan tanker currently being harrassed by Trump -- the "Bella I"

It's very, very, very important you know the name of the tanker. Fake News thinks it will "humanize" the brown-skinned tanker, I suppose.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 22, 2025 04:26 PM (CWez5)

238 Travis Kelce is pregnant!

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 04:26 PM (vFG9F)

239 156 I care when they hurtle three hijacked airliners into office towers and a government building packed with people who did them no harm.

Had Bill Clinton done back in '92 in Mogadishu (viz BlackhawkDown) what Somalia accomplished in a week nearly a decade later -- there factually would have been no OBL, NO 911, NO FOREVER WAR.

Why? because on that day the coms were receiving Arabic, not not local dialect, nor the local warlord -- CLINTON KNEW.

Same with the Rwandan Genocide, so many bodies were dumped into the bodies satellite photos showed the course of rivers change -- CLINTON NEW.

What the world needs now, according to Clinton, more Epstein disclosure -- what did him in that Blue Dress pointing a finger at us really mean? doesn't it deserve the same attention as Mona Lisa's smile? -- CLINTON KNOWS.

Palestinians elected Hamas because they promised to make the buses run on time -- Bill Clinton'06

it would be wrong to cut off contact with the terror group just because they may have killed people "in a way that we hate." -- Bill Clinton'06

" I Wish There Could Be A National System To Alert Us "We Have Solved" The Problem That Is Trump" -- ctHILLARY, 2025

Deplorable Who?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 22, 2025 04:27 PM (Vs2Bx)

240 Sad to see that you are part of the 87% who don't know why they desire what they desire. Try to be more independent.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 04:25 PM (U4c/V)

so you are in the 13%; ok, just say so, no need to pretend you have some kind of special knowledge

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:27 PM (g47mK)

241 The Herd of Independent Thinkers.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 04:27 PM (jc0TO)

242 >>>BTW, "boomer" is also a propaganda tool used by politicians to blame anyone but the actual cause of problems: Politicians.

Sad to see that you are part of the 87% who don't know why they desire what they desire. Try to be more independent.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Last night the kids were talking about how wonderful the 80s were. They didn't build that Boomers did.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:28 PM (YubK1)

243 Id be good with Trudeau going to Cuba as long as he takes Katy Perry with him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 04:28 PM (MoRvC)

244 so you are in the 13%; ok, just say so, no need to pretend you have some kind of special knowledge

Posted by: runner

Hitting the bottle rather early today, eh?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 04:28 PM (U4c/V)

245 186 >>> 179 Why hasn't an activist judge blocked these actions against Venezuelan oil tankers?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 22, 2025 04:06 PM


I have been waiting for that as well. The only thing I can come up with is there isn't a single person in the US that has even remote standing to sue. Granted that hasn't stopped people from suing Trump in the past but to sue him for actually enforcing international law is a reach for even an activist judge.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 04:12 PM (0N4FZ)

Wanna bet?
Posted by: JUDGE Boasburg
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Can't. Collateral estoppel. If you read carefully, each of the tankers seized have judicial seizure warrants issued for prior violations of international law. So you can't judge shop to prevent it as it has already been adjudicated.

From above, "The United States Coast Guard is in active pursuit of a sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela's illegal sanctions evasion," a U.S. official said in a statement to Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson. "It is flying a false flag and under a judicial seizure order."

Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 04:28 PM (WDjG6)

246
We aren't blockading Cuba. A navy is not required to ship a tanker of oil to Cuba from any country other than Venezuela.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:25 PM (KDPiq)
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How is Vlad Putin going to "come to the rescue" of Cuba with essentially no ocean-going navy? Please show your work.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 04:28 PM (5aZAZ)

247 The original article mentioned that Cuba has lost a quarter of its population over the last several years, some to the US, most to SA and the Caribbean nations.

What they don't say is the demographics of this movement - it's not children or old people or the sick or the unfit who are leaving - they don't have the ability. Those leaving have been the majority of working age adults who would be expected to keep the country running on a day to day basis. Even the ambitious criminal class has left, because there's nothing to steal there anymore.
Cuba today is a dying island populated mainly by the elderly, the chronically sick, and the mentally infirm. The ones who couldn't leave.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:29 PM (uWKK8)

248 Hitting the bottle rather early today, eh?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 04:28 PM (U4c/V)

not everyone live your life, boomer

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:29 PM (g47mK)

249 And no, Russia is not going to start floating oil tankers to Cuba. It's not economical and it's also comically retarded.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 04:29 PM (5aZAZ)

250 >>All west coast South American countries, excepting Colombia have voted socialists out.

I'm a big fan of South America. Beautiful area and if they can get some good government it could be boomtown. Place is packed with minerals and other goodies.

Chile is a very cool country. I could hang there.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 04:29 PM (viF8m)

251 Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 04:28 PM (5aZAZ)

Are you saying we are blockading Cuba?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:29 PM (KDPiq)

252 Id be good with Trudeau going to Cuba as long as he takes Katy Perry with him

The Brit fella who used to be married to her said she farted. A lot.

Nasty bitch.

Posted by: Fat Titties Though at December 22, 2025 04:30 PM (m8zKa)

253 We've set Cuba free 2xs. This time we keep it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:30 PM (YubK1)

254 Vegetarian?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:31 PM (kT/XV)

255 That is a solution! Trudeau-Castro runs for president of Cuba!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:31 PM (g47mK)

256 Are you saying we are blockading Cuba?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:29 PM (KDPiq)
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No, I'm not.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 04:31 PM (5aZAZ)

257 Maggie Smith's son played the white version of the main villain. I liked it !

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:03 PM (g47mK)

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We really liked the TV series Black Sails and Toby Stephenson was good in that; of course, they had to eventually make his character be gay.

The great Ray Stevenson -- who played Titus Pullo in Rome -- was in that as well. IIRC, he played Blackbeard.

Another great actor killed prematurely by the clot shot like the great -- and extremely fit -- Lance Reddick (known for The Wire and Fringe).

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:31 PM (FH6GK)

258
Things getting sport in LA. A mother chases down and rams the vehicle of a gang of thieves that tried to break in her house while her children were playing inside:

https://is.gd/MBxDvX

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:32 PM (w6EFb)

259 We keep Cuba but we keep Democrat politicians out.
They are the one's that 'help' Puerto Rico.
Cubans don't need that help.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:32 PM (YubK1)

260 Watching the left lose their marbles on steroids because Cuba's communist government collapsed would be a chefs kiss for the first year of Trump's second term. Trump going to Cuba and yelling " Cuba Libre" would be epic

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 04:32 PM (MoRvC)

261 246 How is Vlad Putin going to "come to the rescue" of Cuba with essentially no ocean-going navy? Please show your work.

submarines.

*touches side of nose*

Posted by: anachronda at December 22, 2025 04:32 PM (v3pYe)

262 168 "the rest *does math"

TWEEEEET!
On the defense, #168 Math, Encroachment.
15 yard penalty. Automatic 1st down

Posted by: Fen at December 22, 2025 04:32 PM (WI7ox)

263 I saw Cucker Tarlson repeatedly tormented by the Jews of Barsoom in John Carter of Mars in '81.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 04:32 PM (nljXp)

264 How is Vlad Putin going to "come to the rescue" of Cuba with essentially no ocean-going navy? Please show your work.
Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 04:28 PM (5aZAZ)

I'm sure the only real obstacle to Russia's sending assistance to Cuba is Putin's complete lack of interest in getting involved there. Why piss off the American Eagle, and spur it to attack the Bear in the Ukraine?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (npFr7)

265 Cuba today is a dying island populated mainly by the elderly, the chronically sick, and the mentally infirm. The ones who couldn't leave.

So it's like New York City.

Posted by: 53rd and 3rd at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (m8zKa)

266 246 How is Vlad Putin going to "come to the rescue" of Cuba with essentially no ocean-going navy? Please show your work.

submarines.

*touches side of nose*
Posted by: anachronda at December 22, 2025 04:32 PM

Milchkuh

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (jc0TO)

267 Mimetic Theory posits that the vast majority of people obtain their desires from external sources (eg. propaganda, influencers, culture, etc.)

Come to your conclusions.

BTW, "boomer" is also a propaganda tool used by politicians to blame anyone but the actual cause of problems: Politicians.

Sad to see that you are part of the 87% who don't know why they desire what they desire. Try to be more independent.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Yes and no. Initial preferences can be set as such but real world personal experiences trump whatever blather is out there over time. Same reason that massive control over society and propaganda couldn't save the Soviet Union--too many people knew of all the regime failures.

The idea of image and news control is alluring to shitheads on powertrips but it doesn't produce lasting effects on most of the population over time. Experiences do. Former pollster, a guy named Yanklelovich, calls this coming to public judgment and it is true for all societies in the long run.

Leaders can't outspin reality for long periods of time, it always ends up destroying their credibility and right to rule when rectification occurs.

Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (WDjG6)

268 The saddest thing is that by any objective measure, Cuba today is in worse shape than it was before Columbus discovered it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (uWKK8)

269 We really liked the TV series Black Sails and Toby Stephenson was good in that; of course, they had to eventually make his character be gay.

The great Ray Stevenson -- who played Titus Pullo in Rome -- was in that as well. IIRC, he played Blackbeard.

Another great actor killed prematurely by the clot shot like the great -- and extremely fit -- Lance Reddick (known for The Wire and Fringe).
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:31 PM (FH6GK)

agree, it started well, then everyone became ghey. Lance Reddick dies of heart problems, heart disease.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (g47mK)

270 250 Chile is a very cool country. I could hang there.

lots of carrots in chile. better than those in richese.

Posted by: third stage guild navigator at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (v3pYe)

271 We've set Cuba free 2xs. This time we keep it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:30 PM (YubK1)

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Make it a Floridian Island.

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:34 PM (FH6GK)

272 Good news on Peru: they impeached their turd of a president and on 10 October they got a new one. Jose Jeri, who is center-right.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 22, 2025 04:34 PM (sDWtc)

273 Wouldn't Russia come to Cuba's rescue to poke a finger in our eye for giving Ukraine billions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:14 PM (KDPiq)
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With what Navy?


Really? Yet another Cuban Missile Crisis? To what end?

Its much easier and effective to continue to fund the internal destruction of the US and Europe through purchased politicians, cyber attacks against infrastructure, and a myriad of other asymmetric warfare that has been going on.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 04:35 PM (U4c/V)

274 258
Things getting sport in LA. A mother chases down and rams the vehicle of a gang of thieves that tried to break in her house while her children were playing inside:

https://is.gd/MBxDvX
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Reason 999 to drive a beefy vehicle.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:35 PM (YubK1)

275 232 HUH?? that was TPUSA poll, what are you raging about, boomer ?
...
Mimetic Theory... Come to your conclusions.

It has become a full operational Hyperstition, a strategic political science (and in this case, the very cause of LIB Strategic Insanity) -- an engineered self fulfilling fiction -- why the LIBs ceaseless quest for the unearned remains forever Ceaseless: because the value illicitly retains no value.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell
There will be no peace as long as Kirk (charlie) lives -- or even if he dies, or even remember,ed or forever whatever....

forWAR'd !!!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 22, 2025 04:35 PM (KDKen)

276
Andes mountains are also near ideal spots for observatories. Our current biggest and best telescopes are down there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:35 PM (w6EFb)

277 OT: Washington St. Cougars are beating up the Aggies of Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. I had to post this very important information. You're Welcome! There are some WSU fans around here, though they post later.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 22, 2025 04:36 PM (sAmhv)

278 265 Cuba today is a dying island populated mainly by the elderly, the chronically sick, and the mentally infirm. The ones who couldn't leave.

So it's like New York City.
Posted by: 53rd and 3rd at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (m8zKa)

_________________________

I'm sorry, but you guys are woefully misinformed. Paul Krugman and the NYT's assures me that Cuba has the best healthcare system on the planet.

Posted by: Orson at December 22, 2025 04:36 PM (dIske)

279 I forgot about Ray Stevenson ! His last role was in Ahsoka, played Baylan Skoll. Did a good job with it. They had to look for a replacement.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:36 PM (g47mK)

280 238 Travis Kelce is pregnant!
Posted by: for

DAMN IT! How the hell are we supposed to rig the Super Bowl now!?!??! They're already eliminated from the playoffs! Guess we'll just have to "eliminate" another team to slide them in...

Posted by: Roger Goodell at December 22, 2025 04:36 PM (8yrSp)

281 Rescue Plan for Cuba: Government collapses, don't have the American government spend a penny on it. Instead, give the entire island to Donald Trump and his family as their personal property, to do with as they wish.

Within 10 years that place will be the Glory of the Caribbean!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:36 PM (uWKK8)

282
The mother is smart. She says she didn't intend to ram the vehicle, she was just running on adrenaline. They may or may not be true, but it's smart thing to say, especially in CA.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:37 PM (w6EFb)

283 I'm sure the only real obstacle to Russia's sending assistance to Cuba is Putin's complete lack of interest in getting involved there. Why piss off the American Eagle, and spur it to attack the Bear in the Ukraine?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (npFr7)
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That and the fact that Cuba is 90 miles from a US Naval base and if anyone really wanted to test it we'd smoke check anyone that F'd around in about five minute, but mostly also that.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 04:37 PM (5aZAZ)

284 276
Andes mountains are also near ideal spots for observatories. Our current biggest and best telescopes are down there.
Posted by: publius

Issue there is that Southern Hemisphere covers only their half of the sky. Northern Hemisphere has stars too. Hawaiian grifters don't want us looking at them.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 22, 2025 04:37 PM (sDWtc)

285 So now Candace Owens is blaming Jews for the Atlantic slave trade.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 04:38 PM (77rzZ)

286 There are some WSU fans around here, though they post later.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 22, 2025 04:36 PM (sAmhv)

That's because they are slow and went to a cow college.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:38 PM (dK+Kv)

287 The saddest thing is that by any objective measure, Cuba today is in worse shape than it was before Columbus discovered it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (uWKK

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"The Anti Industrial Left: Return of The Primitive."

Is there nothing collectivism can't destroy? /rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:38 PM (FH6GK)

288 Andes mountains are also near ideal spots for observatories. Our current biggest and best telescopes are down there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:35 PM (w6EFb)

Mt. McKinley ought to be a good spot for an observatory. Drive a tunnel into the mountain at the base, then make a vertical shaft all the way to the peak. Who knows, you might hit some valuable minerals on the way there, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 04:38 PM (npFr7)

289 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:32 PM (w6EFb)

Brave mom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 04:39 PM (Nx5jP)

290 The Kansas City Chiefs are MOVING! Across the river to KC, Kansas. That should put a smile on their faggy billionaire owner.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 22, 2025 04:39 PM (cxFcK)

291 213 1. Trump ruins Cuba
2. Cuba becomes a US Territory
3. Democrats take Congress
4. Democrats make Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Washington DC 4 new States.
5. 8 More Democrat Senators and at least 4 more Democrats in the House.
6. Trump Impeached.
7. Vance Impeached.
8. Johnson switches parties to Democrat, and Resigns.
9. Hakeem Jeffries Sworn in as President of the United States.
10. Jeffries DOJ indicts, prosecutes, and convicts Donald Trump.
11. Trump dies in Prison.

you forgot the step where hillary becomes president

Posted by: anachronda at December 22, 2025 04:39 PM (v3pYe)

292 268 The saddest thing is that by any objective measure, Cuba today is in worse shape than it was before Columbus discovered it.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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As Maggie Thatcher said about socialism, "Sooner or later you run out of other people's money to spend."

Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 04:39 PM (WDjG6)

293 72 I miss TJM.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)

Where is he?

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:39 PM (RuTUS)

294 I'm sorry, but you guys are woefully misinformed. Paul Krugman and the NYT's assures me that Cuba has the best healthcare system on the planet.
___

Well, he was right about the internet being just a fad.

Posted by: Parker at December 22, 2025 04:39 PM (qUkBO)

295 >>Andes mountains are also near ideal spots for observatories. Our current biggest and best telescopes are down there.

I took a flight from Rio to Santiago. They made us sign a release in the event of an unscheduled landing on the Andes.

It was not a confidence inspiring moment but what a view.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 04:40 PM (viF8m)

296 268 The saddest thing is that by any objective measure, Cuba today is in worse shape than it was before Columbus discovered it.

Posted by: Tom Servo


Second look at the French?

Posted by: Haiti at December 22, 2025 04:40 PM (sAmhv)

297 277 OT: Washington St. Cougars are beating up the Aggies of Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

well, it wouldn't be aggie football if they didn't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Posted by: anachronda, usu class of '86 at December 22, 2025 04:40 PM (v3pYe)

298 290 The Kansas City Chiefs are MOVING! Across the river to KC, Kansas. That should put a smile on their faggy billionaire owner.
Posted by: Blutarski
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All sportsball franchises can be summarized as the Search for Mo Money. Preferably sweet taxpayer subsidies and loans.

Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 04:40 PM (WDjG6)

299 I miss TJM.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)

Where is he?
Posted by: m

Probably at a festive Yuletide Prometheus convention.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (77rzZ)

300 300

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (RuTUS)

301 Yes and no. Initial preferences can be set as such but real world personal experiences trump whatever blather is out there over time. Same reason that massive control over society and propaganda couldn't save the Soviet Union--too many people knew of all the regime failures.

I'm not addressing those things that fall under Mass Formation Psychosis.

For example, where did this quest for bling come from? How does one form of music seem to connect to some cultures different than others?

From a theological perspective, Mimetic Theory provides the vocabulary to understand the interaction of spiritual influence beyond the Western materialistic way of justifying Free Will and temptation and Following God's Will.

in terms of the infatuation with Israel, Mimetic Theory play a strong role in manipulating Evangelicals into an irrational practical worship of the state of Israel.

From one who has studied propaganda and Mimetic Theory, the spike in ham fisted propaganda and emotional blackmail is so obvious to me but has blinded the sychophants to either a strong pro or strong anti Israel.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (U4c/V)

302 >>> That's because they are slow and went to a cow college.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:38 PM (dK+Kv)


There are cows in the Pacific North West? Ok, I see they do @ 1.29% US.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (3uBP9)

303 suffering from spreading disease
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Yeah, but its a good thing they have better medical care than the US.

Posted by: Axeman at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (krQz2)

304 I took a flight from Rio to Santiago. They made us sign a release in the event of an unscheduled landing on the Andes.

It was not a confidence inspiring moment but what a view.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 04:40 PM (viF8m)

Did they hand out little airline bottles of hot sauce, in case you crash-landed and had to resort to cannibalism?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (npFr7)

305 293 72 I miss TJM.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)

Where is he?
Posted by: m
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Busy guy right now with his own YT channel, highly recommended if you like movies, job search, and kiddies around Christmas family events.

Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (WDjG6)

306 Newest staunch defender of Maduro ? Take a guess. Go ahead.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (g47mK)

307 296 268 The saddest thing is that by any objective measure, Cuba today is in worse shape than it was before Columbus discovered it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Second look at the French?
Posted by: Haiti at December 22, 2025 04:40 PM (sAmhv)

"No French."

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (RuTUS)

308 The Paolo, he knows, how you say, about tunnels and shafts.

Posted by: Paolo at December 22, 2025 04:42 PM (CDDVV)

309 So now Candace Owens is blaming Jews for the Atlantic slave trade.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 04:38 PM (77rzZ)

---------------

Zombie Sammy Davis, Jr. hardest hit ...

"I don't care what da white man say ...
Santa Claus was a Black Jew slave trader."

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:42 PM (FH6GK)

310 Newest staunch defender of Maduro ? Take a guess. Go ahead.
Posted by: runner

Candy O?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 04:42 PM (77rzZ)

311 >>That and the fact that Cuba is 90 miles from a US Naval base

Cuba is also 0 miles from a US Naval base

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 04:42 PM (Y1sOo)

312 There are cows in the Pacific North West? Ok, I see they do @ 1.29% US.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (3uBP9)

Quite a few, the more east you go, where WSU is located.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 04:43 PM (dK+Kv)

313 That is right.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 04:43 PM (kT/XV)

314 Candy O?
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 04:42 PM (77rzZ)

not yet....

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:43 PM (g47mK)

315 I would assume most know that Russia is still a big trading partner with Cuba. Is our navy Russian freighters out of the Caribbean?

There was also an agreement with Russia in 2023 to provide oil annually . Shipments were made but have now been sporadic for a number of reasons.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:43 PM (KDPiq)

316 And I don't much care about intellectual theories about how societies work, or how people think, or any of that high-flown nonsense.

What is going to increase the quality of life in America? How are America's interests served by this trade deal or military alliance?

That's it. That's the only question that matters, and it's not meant for Aztecs, or Qataris, or anyone else.

It's about us, and nobody else.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 04:43 PM (BI5O2)

317
For example, where did this quest for bling come from? How does one form of music seem to connect to some cultures different than others?

From a theological perspective, Mimetic Theory provides the vocabulary to understand the interaction of spiritual influence beyond the Western materialistic way of justifying Free Will and temptation and Following God's Will.

Does mimetic theory explain those people who Just Got Dat Boogie Rythm?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:43 PM (uWKK8)

318 The Kansas City Chiefs are MOVING! Across the river to KC, Kansas. That should put a smile on their faggy billionaire owner.
Posted by: Blutarski
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All sportsball franchises can be summarized as the Search for Mo Money. Preferably sweet taxpayer subsidies and loans.
Posted by: whig

Yup. And I, for one, am glad to have their hands out of my pocket.

Posted by: MkY at December 22, 2025 04:43 PM (q6tQZ)

319
Hey! I are a proud gradU8 of Clempson Cow Collidge. Don't be dissin' cow collidges.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (w6EFb)

320 Newest staunch defender of Maduro ? Take a guess. Go ahead.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (g47mK)

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Tucker?

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (FH6GK)

321 nood something

Posted by: anachronda at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (v3pYe)

322
Mt. McKinley ought to be a good spot for an observatory. Drive a tunnel into the mountain at the base, then make a vertical shaft all the way to the peak. Who knows, you might hit some valuable minerals on the way there, too.

Which would be cheaper and more effective?

Giving Elon Musk the contract to dig your Mt McKinley observatory or to launch one into space?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (PVBkQ)

323 >>>All sportsball franchises can be summarized as the Search for Mo Money. Preferably sweet taxpayer subsidies and loans.

Posted by: whig

>The Chicago Bears have entered the chat.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (nljXp)

324 Cuba is also 0 miles from a US Naval base
Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 04:42 PM (Y1sOo)

"I can't gitmo naval action."

Posted by: Fidel Jagger at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (npFr7)

325 Would Cubans want to be a US territory?

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (RuTUS)

326 We keep Cuba but we keep Democrat politicians out.
They are the one's that 'help' Puerto Rico.
Cubans don't need that help.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
......

Make it part of Florida.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (v0R5T)

327 >>Did they hand out little airline bottles of hot sauce, in case you crash-landed and had to resort to cannibalism?

No, but I did make a point of checking out my fellow passengers to see which ones might make a tasty snack.

Proper Planning and all that.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (viF8m)

328 in terms of the infatuation with Israel, Mimetic Theory play a strong role in manipulating Evangelicals into an irrational practical worship of the state of Israel.

From one who has studied propaganda and Mimetic Theory, the spike in ham fisted propaganda and emotional blackmail is so obvious to me but has blinded the sychophants to either a strong pro or strong anti Israel.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Eh, I think Muzzie past actions and their behavior over here have as much impact over time thinking Israel is a friend. Terrorist assholes tend to get a bad rep over time along with a religion that encourages such across the globe. In comparison, Jews haven't done such in Western societies and been far more likelty to be victims than abuser.

Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 04:45 PM (WDjG6)

329 Tucker?
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (FH6GK)

no, another female

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 04:45 PM (g47mK)

330 >> Hawaiian grifters don't want us looking at them.

What is that controversy about some sacred ground or some shit?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:45 PM (w6EFb)

331 305 293 72 I miss TJM.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)

Where is he?
Posted by: m
=======
Busy guy right now with his own YT channel, highly recommended if you like movies, job search, and kiddies around Christmas family events.
Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 04:41 PM (WDjG6)

Maybe he'll stop by to say hello.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:45 PM (RuTUS)

332 319
Hey! I are a proud gradU8 of Clempson Cow Collidge. Don't be dissin' cow collidges.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (w6EFb)
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Is this serious? Cool if so. I also have an elite degree from Cow Collidge in upstate SC.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 04:45 PM (5aZAZ)

333 321 nood something
Posted by: anachronda at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (v3pYe)

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:45 PM (RuTUS)

334 I took a flight from Rio to Santiago. They made us sign a release in the event of an unscheduled landing on the Andes.

It was not a confidence inspiring moment but what a view.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 04:40 PM (viF8m)

A promise not to eat fellow passengers?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 04:46 PM (KDPiq)

335 Lance Reddick (known for The Wire and Fringe).

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 04:31 PM (FH6GK)
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And Bosch.

Posted by: Axeman at December 22, 2025 04:46 PM (krQz2)

336 Make it part of Florida.
Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 04:44 PM (v0R5T)
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Key South

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 04:46 PM (5aZAZ)

337 All sportsball franchises can be summarized as the Search for Mo Money. Preferably sweet taxpayer subsidies and loans.

Posted by: whig at December 22, 2025 04:40 PM (WDjG6)

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This is especially true for college sports.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 22, 2025 04:47 PM (PWcY+)

338 Odysseus at the beach, addressing his crew:
"And now men, I call on you to join me as we begin our great odyssey. "
Sailor raises hand: "Excuse me, what's an Odyssey?"
Odysseus: "It is a long and difficult journey, so full of dangers that only the leader will survive."
Sailor: "Oh Okay thanks. Wait what???"

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 04:53 PM (uWKK8)

339 My son went to Cuba, among the 40 nations that he visited. Said Cuba was the creepiest. And he's been to Syria.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 22, 2025 04:54 PM (wBaIH)

340 285 So now Candace Owens is blaming Jews for the Atlantic slave trade.
Posted by: Bulg
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To be fair. If there were no Atlantic there would have been no Atlantic slave trade. Think of the poor sharks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:57 PM (YubK1)

341 I would assume most know that Russia is still a big trading partner with Cuba.

It's not working out.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 04:57 PM (jc0TO)

342 We seem to have lost the value of "stability" in foreign policy. IOW, Cuba may be a communist shithole, but I don't want to make it our, post-communist shithole to rebuild, police, feed, etc etc

We should support the locals diplomatically, morally, etc. but I don't want to start "color revolutions" (or worse) in a way that Uncle Suger is going to be pressured to pick up the pieces. Enough with the post WWII Pax Americana Empire crap already.

Posted by: Zek at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (5FPX4)

343 341 I would assume most know that Russia is still a big trading partner with Cuba.

It's not working out.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 04:57 PM (jc0TO)

what's killed that is that Cuba has nothing left to trade. They destroyed the sugar plantations, even the slave trade is down to the toothless ones with rickets.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 05:00 PM (uWKK8)

344 So now Candace Owens is blaming Jews for the Atlantic slave trade.
Posted by: Bulg


There is an African slave farm in there somewhere too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 05:01 PM (/lPRQ)

345 We should support the locals diplomatically, morally, etc. but I don't want to start "color revolutions" (or worse) in a way that Uncle Suger is going to be pressured to pick up the pieces. Enough with the post WWII Pax Americana Empire crap already.
Posted by: Zek at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (5FPX4)

There's a worse fate than revolution or civil war - and that is when a country lets itself grind so far down that it just collapses, and it's not worth it to anyone to come in and try to take it over because it's nothing but a money pit. This is how cities, once vibrant, just sink back into the jungles that were there before.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 05:04 PM (uWKK8)

346 what's killed that is that Cuba has nothing left to trade. They destroyed the sugar plantations, even the slave trade is down to the toothless ones with rickets.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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What's killed Cuba is communism.
Cuba has natural resources and the Holiday
tourist potential surpasses Hawaii.

Viva Cuba

CUBA LIBRE!!!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 05:06 PM (YubK1)

347 "in terms of the infatuation with Israel, Mimetic Theory play a strong role in manipulating Evangelicals into an irrational practical worship of the state of Israel."

Take your jew hating shit somewhere else

Posted by: Fen at December 22, 2025 05:09 PM (WI7ox)

348 CUBA LIBRE!!!
____

What's rhe best rum for a rum and coke?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (Dv3i1)

349
Per Candace Owens...

I bet there were a few Jews you could find working as financial backers for the Atlantic flesh trade. It's a profitable business, it'll attract capital, and some will be Jews. But most of the peddlers in the Americas were Brits and Spaniards.

And of course, all the supply was provided by blacks and Arabs, many of whom grew fabulously rich from the trade.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 05:14 PM (BI5O2)

350 Cuba could collapse too?

Yay.

Hardest hit? Karen Bass.

Posted by: Random PJ at December 22, 2025 05:46 PM (RRCAT)

351 #31 — see: Manhattan Island...

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at December 22, 2025 05:50 PM (/RQ+2)

352 #34[9 the Atlantic slave trade was largely uphold by the upperclassmen of British society. They financed anonymous "foreign" ships even up to and beyond, well beyond, "legitimate" Trade...

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at December 22, 2025 05:57 PM (/RQ+2)

353 At least Tuca brings on folks that the establishment hates. I will always listen and then judge.

Posted by: Danimal28 at December 22, 2025 06:26 PM (mNOhh)

354 Your constant whinging about TC is really getting old.

Posted by: Mav at December 22, 2025 07:19 PM (FmhTN)

355 Muh Israel!!

Posted by: Mav at December 22, 2025 07:21 PM (FmhTN)

356 It was Castro who introduced Chavez to Voting Machine Fraud, which was then spread worldwide by the CIA. including America.

Especially America.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 22, 2025 08:18 PM (NaCHI)

357 354 Your constant whinging about TC is really getting old.
Posted by: Mav at December 22, 2025 07:19 PM (FmhTN)

He can’t say much with your tongue so far down his throat.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 09:16 PM (4786I)

358 We should support the locals diplomatically, morally, etc. but I don't want to start "color revolutions" (or worse) in a way that Uncle Suger is going to be pressured to pick up the pieces. Enough with the post WWII Pax Americana Empire crap already.
Posted by: Zek at December 22, 2025 04:58 PM (5FPX4)

Supporter number eight million on AoS of a whiny, toothless America.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 09:17 PM (4786I)

359 About that guy quoted...In 2020, Shannon, along with over 130 other former Republican national security officials, signed a statement that asserted that President Trump was unfit to serve another term, and "To that end, we are firmly convinced that it is in the best interest of our nation that Vice President Joe Biden be elected as the next President of the United States, and we will vote for him."

Posted by: birddog at December 23, 2025 09:56 AM (s5LY2)

Epstein Files Reveal Bill Clinton Cavorting With Very Young Women on Pedo Island; Democrat Flacks and Leftwing Media -- But I Repeat Myself-- Claim Trump Is "Curating" the Photos to Make Slick Willy Look Bad

Plus a rousing chorus of "But Trump!!!"


Donald Trump's Department of Justice on Friday released more than 300,000 pages of photos and evidence connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The vast trove includes images showing the disgraced financier and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell socializing with high-profile figures, including former president Bill Clinton and Michael Jackson.

One photograph appears to show Clinton in a swimming pool alongside Maxwell and several unidentified, partially clothed women.

Clinton broke his silence on Friday to turn the tables on Trump, releasing a statement that declared: 'The White House hasn't been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton. This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they'll try and hide forever.'

Uh-huh. Should he have released them this morning instead, Slick?

Isn't he on some kind of Congress-imposed deadline?


Britain's disgraced former royal, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, also appears in the material, along with his former wife, Sarah Ferguson. References to Trump are limited in the documents, and he has never been accused of wrongdoing in connection with the case.


Meanwhile, a recent NY Times hit piece failed to connect Trump to Epstein's crimes.

Byron York
@ByronYork

4h

The New York Times makes another big effort to connect Trump to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. Fails again. "The Times interviewed more than 30 former Epstein employees, victims of his abuse and others who crossed paths with the two men over the years. The Times also obtained new documents that illuminate their relationship and scoured court documents and other public records...An examination of their history by The New York Times has found no evidence implicating Mr. Trump in Mr. Epstein's abuse and trafficking of minors."

Here's a slideshow of some of the many photos of Clinton touching women on Pedo Island.

I don't know if this girl is 18, but if she is 18, she's just barely 18.

The walls are really closing in on Trump now. Stay tuned for the exciting next episodes of Jake Tapper and Rachel Maddow.

CNN offers the spin: As usual with Bill Clinton's sexual crimes, "no one cares about Bill Clinton."

In other words, only Trump's alleged misdeeds matter.


I'm having nostalgia flashbacks to the foreign grifter and gold-digger Arianna Huffington appearing on every single TV show that had a guest cancel on them in 1997, screaming about "Beeel Cleeenton" seventeen bazillion times.

Before she changed her grift and became Leftist Entrepreneur.

Posted by: Ace at 02:32 PM




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1 FIRSTEST AGAIN WITH THE BLADE

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:32 PM (iFTx/)

2 /plants flag

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 02:32 PM (OUMaO)

3 hurrauy

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 22, 2025 02:32 PM (CWTWj)

4 The Blade, he is too fast...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 02:32 PM (OUMaO)

5
Blade is fast?

Lmao

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 02:33 PM (3ek7K)

6 Fine, at least I nooded fer ya.

It was a stomach turning nooding, but still.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 02:34 PM (OUMaO)

7 the current argument seems to be that clinton isn't president so none of the stuff about him matters, but trump? we must must must keep digging

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 22, 2025 02:36 PM (CWTWj)

8 That blonde definitely does not look 18.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:36 PM (77rzZ)

9 Here's a slideshow of some of the many photos of Clinton touching women on Pedo Island.

Gotta be fake...Michael Jackson shows up in one of the pics, and we know he was only into boys...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:36 PM (ynpvh)

10 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)

11 5
Blade is fast?

Lmao

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 02:33 PM (3ek7K)

Is that what his GFs say?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:36 PM (ynpvh)

12
Jim,

Lol

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 02:37 PM (3ek7K)

13 EVERYONE knew this was WAY worse for D's than it was R's.

EVERYTHING would've come out during the Biden administration if it even REMOTELY hurt the R party.


They released nothing.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:37 PM (Zz0t1)

14 Not gonna lie, I wouldn't mind taking a peek at the unredacted photo of Ghislaine Maxwell sitting in the sports car wearing only a white robe.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 02:37 PM (Y1sOo)

15 If you set aside the extremely repulsive grossness happening in the pool, the pool itself is something else. I aspire to have a pool that tacky one day.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 02:37 PM (BI5O2)

16 EPS-who-stein?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:38 PM (UJWr0)

17 Hahahaha!So what? I have raped and molested my way from Hot Springs to the White House and you dummies still voted for me over and over again.

Hell, I may be old but remember just because I can't cut the mustard anymore don't mean I can't lick the jar!

Posted by: Billy Jeff, Violent rapist and pervert at December 22, 2025 02:38 PM (m8zKa)

18 "I don't know if this girl is 18, but if she is 18, she's just barely 18."

Well, this was in the United States Virgin Islands, ya know ....

More seriously, surely we can discover who this girl is an her age at the time.

But NOBODY CARES and never did. The Democraps only discovered Epstein was a bad guy when they thought they could tie him to Trump.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

19
I pity the people who had to clean the pool and hot ub.

t

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 02:39 PM (3ek7K)

20 If you set aside the extremely repulsive grossness happening in the pool, the pool itself is something else. I aspire to have a pool that tacky one day.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 02:37 PM (BI5O2)

You should. You paid for it, likely.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 02:39 PM (dK+Kv)

21 Blade is fast?
Posted by: fourseasons
...In bed

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 02:39 PM (mlg/3)

22 I'm somewhat shocked that Slick Willie never had the FBI remove all references to him from them.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 02:39 PM (UnA8+)

23 BOOM! SCOTT JENNINGS IS SPOT ON!

“The reason Bill Clinton’s picture is in the Epstein files is because this has ALWAYS been a story about Bill Clinton and NOT Donald Trump. We should call it the CLINTON FILES, not the Epstein files.”
_____

It just needs the proper journalistic treatment -

"This is about Trump. It always has been about Trump. You are misremembering if you think anything different."
*jedi hand wave*
"Clinton is not the pedo you are looking for."

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 02:39 PM (Dv3i1)

24 Biden curated his daughter's shower.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 02:40 PM (2fdLC)

25 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:36 PM (ynpvh)


Hey, welcome back!

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:40 PM (77rzZ)

26 Willowed: the most interesting story here is the Silence of Hillary. Must be making a hit list and checking it twice

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 02:40 PM (MoRvC)

27 I’m surprised Clinton and all the rest were dumb enough to pose for photos with young girls like that. That’s not some hidden camera or anything.
It’s someone going hey Bill let’s get a shot with you and this 16 year old girl you’re gonna rape in an hour.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:40 PM (UJWr0)

28 this just in, trump and epstein both lived in manhattan. what else is kristy noem trying to hide?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 22, 2025 02:40 PM (CWTWj)

29 Not gonna lie, I wouldn't mind taking a peek at the unredacted photo of Ghislaine Maxwell sitting in the sports car wearing only a white robe.
Posted by: one hour sober


She has a great rack.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:40 PM (77rzZ)

30 Meanwhile, Hillary was servicing the pool boy...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2025 02:41 PM (wtvvX)

31 Meanwhile, Hillary was servicing the pool boy...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2025 02:41 PM (wtvvX)

She was eating at the Y same as the others.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (dK+Kv)

32 Meanwhile, Hillary was servicing the pool boy...
Posted by: Tex Lovera


Web Hubbell was a pool boy?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (77rzZ)

33 "Epstein survivor" has to be the cringiest phrase I've heard in years. These aren't 11 year olds. So all that these barely 18 year olds survived was being a bought and paid for whore. And where did you tell your parents you were?

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (uQzkA)

34 If these are the pictures that still exist imagine the stuff that the FBI destroyed after they searched Epstein Island

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (MoRvC)

35 re 27: maybe by then clinton realized he could inevitably get away with this stuff, even if it meant a punch in the nose from his lovely wife butch

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (CWTWj)

36 Meanwhile, Hillary was servicing the pool boy...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2025 02:41 PM (wtvvX)

Boy?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (UJWr0)

37 25 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:36 PM (ynpvh)


Hey, welcome back!

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:40 PM (77rzZ)

Well, thanks! Got back home from last Monday's surgery on Friday. I now have TWO belly buttons!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (ynpvh)

38 1) The girl in the white shirt on Willie's lap isn't 18 in that photo. If she is I'll eat my hat.

2) I'm not much of a "hurr durr 4d intergalactic space chess" kind of guy when it comes to Trump, but this whole thing gives me the feeling that he has been slow-playing this hand of poker for years when he has been holding pocket Aces the entire time, trolling the left into over-committing to the pot before the flop. I dunno.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 02:43 PM (5aZAZ)

39 22 I'm somewhat shocked that Slick Willie never had the FBI remove all references to him from them.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 02:39 PM (UnA8+)

Do you honestly think the FBI ever gets rid of anything except that which could hurt the FBI?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2025 02:43 PM (wtvvX)

40 "Epstein survivor" has to be the cringiest phrase I've heard in years. These aren't 11 year olds. So all that these barely 18 year olds survived was being a bought and paid for whore. And where did you tell your parents you were?

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (uQzkA)

And I though I had a hardened heart.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 02:43 PM (dK+Kv)

41
NCKate,

Most of the parents probably didn't care.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 02:44 PM (3ek7K)

42 Bubba is pedo

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 22, 2025 02:44 PM (ZLHME)

43 18? Bullshit I put her at 14 at best.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 02:44 PM (sDNVV)

44
They blame Trump for all crimes, even ones committed before his birth.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 22, 2025 02:44 PM (IifOV)

45 42 Bubba is pedo

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 22, 2025 02:44 PM (ZLHME)

So is a great swath of DC politicos.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:44 PM (ynpvh)

46 Epstein survivor" has to be the cringiest phrase I've heard in years. These aren't 11 year olds. So all that these barely 18 year olds survived was being a bought and paid for whore. And where did you tell your parents you were?

Posted by: NCKat

You really think they were there voluntarily without anyone having told them lies or coerced them?

Come on.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:45 PM (UJWr0)

47 That last image of Clinton in the hot tub. There's a lot of skin color under the water there.

He's getting a blow.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:45 PM (Zz0t1)

48 Well, thanks! Got back home from last Monday's surgery on Friday. I now have TWO belly buttons!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Don't sneeze.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 02:45 PM (mlg/3)

49 Did anyone not expect Bill Clinton to be deep into the Epstein world.

This is a guy who was credibly accused of rape unlike Trump, whipped his dick out to Paula Jones, diddled an intern with a cigar in the Oval Office and many other perverted sexual forays.

But Trump !!!

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 02:45 PM (f+KrF)

50 I now have TWO belly buttons!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


But you're back to normal pooping, right?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:45 PM (77rzZ)

51 I saw that picture of the girl on Clinton's lap earlier today but her face was redacted. Now I see why.

No way in hell that girl is 18+.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at December 22, 2025 02:45 PM (k9OZB)

52 33 "Epstein survivor" has to be the cringiest phrase I've heard in years. These aren't 11 year olds. So all that these barely 18 year olds survived was being a bought and paid for whore. And where did you tell your parents you were?
Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (uQzkA)
---
That's pretty awful to say, honestly. This was grown-ass adults finding young, vulnerable, impressionable young women to take advantage of. Young people in general make poor decisions, especially when someone starts waving money, yachts, private islands and private jets around them. I'd be really, really pissed off if you said that about one of my daughters.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 02:46 PM (5aZAZ)

53 48 Well, thanks! Got back home from last Monday's surgery on Friday. I now have TWO belly buttons!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Don't sneeze.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 02:45 PM (mlg/3)

or cough...
or laugh...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:46 PM (ynpvh)

54 2) I'm not much of a "hurr durr 4d intergalactic space chess" kind of guy when it comes to Trump, but this whole thing gives me the feeling that he has been slow-playing this hand of poker for years when he has been holding pocket Aces the entire time, trolling the left into over-committing to the pot before the flop. I dunno.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 02:43 PM (5aZAZ)

The info that came out about Bannon palling around with Epstein - at least in emails - post Trump admin makes me believe somewhat Trump's earlier remarks about protecting innocent people. Sure, it looks bad associating with a known pedo, but it is not in the same ballpark as what Clinton, et. al, were up to.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 02:46 PM (dK+Kv)

55 Bullshit I put her at 14 at best.
Posted by: Ben Had

Yeah, that was my estimate, too.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:46 PM (77rzZ)

56 49 Did anyone not expect Bill Clinton to be deep into the Epstein world.

This is a guy who was credibly accused of rape unlike Trump, whipped his dick out to Paula Jones, diddled an intern with a cigar in the Oval Office and many other perverted sexual forays.

—

But all those women were well over age of consent. It was a given he was a lecherous fuck. But fucking 14/15 year olds is a whole different ball game of sleaze.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:46 PM (UJWr0)

57 50 I now have TWO belly buttons!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


But you're back to normal pooping, right?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:45 PM (77rzZ)

I'm now the man with ONE asshole.
as for normal...yes, for some definitions of normal.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:47 PM (ynpvh)

58 Non-Story...........

Just because Bill Clinton was with underage girls on a known sex island proves nothing. He was schooling young girls to remain a virgin until they are married so they can turn out to be like Hillary.

We must find pictures of Trump because we all know Trump is HITLER because Comey found some rocks on the beach that said TRUMP -- 88.... HH or Heil Hitler

Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 02:47 PM (J9q9v)

59 Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:46 PM (UJWr0)

Who were the 14 year old victims? Epstein had of age young girls in his stable too.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 02:48 PM (f+KrF)

60 If these are the pictures that still exist imagine the stuff that the FBI destroyed after they searched Epstein Island
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (MoRvC)

Well, they also probably set fire to it as well. But I think that was just to destroy physical evidence on-site.

I'd expect that anything incriminating they had, they probably had before that raid, and any coincidentally valuable stuff got scooped up before the fire.

And that is all being held close to the vest, because it's still valuable, but it doesn't implicate PDT.

The Clintons are untouchable in this world, and they won't be in it much longer. They're right - nobody cares about Clintons in 2025.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 02:49 PM (BI5O2)

61 58 Non-Story...........

Just because Bill Clinton was with underage girls on a known sex island proves nothing. He was schooling young girls to remain a virgin until they are married so they can turn out to be like Hillary.

We must find pictures of Trump because we all know Trump is HITLER because Comey found some rocks on the beach that said TRUMP -- 88.... HH or Heil Hitler

Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 02:47 PM (J9q9v)

Comey's "pessoi.", the stones the Greeks used for wiping their asses...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:49 PM (ynpvh)

62 Who were the 14 year old victims? Epstein had of age young girls in his stable too.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 02:48 PM (f+KrF)

The girl I the pic above can’t bemuch older than 14.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:49 PM (UJWr0)

63 Who else is shocked that Bubba is still above ground in late 2025?

Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2025 02:50 PM (YwEeS)

64 "But there are pictures of Donald Trump with Epstein!"
Yeah, and there is a picture of the great John Paul II with Epstein and he's not in a hot tub.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 02:50 PM (NpAcC)

65 26 Willowed: the most interesting story here is the Silence of Hillary. Must be making a hit list and checking it twice
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 02:40 PM (MoRvC)

She was also noticeably absent throughout all of the 2024 campaign. I think that she's not in good health at all, and has to put a lot of effort into working up to any public appearance.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 02:50 PM (uWKK8)

66 Remember:
Everyone now saying they want justice for Epstein's victims, have hundreds and maybe even thousands of posts between 2020 and 2024 saying the same thing back then.

All of them have been demanding this since he was arrested.

Especially Tom Massie--he's always been seeking justice for the victims; he's never swayed or delayed from his righteous mission.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 02:50 PM (HXT0k)

67 An examination of their history by The New York Times has found no evidence implicating Mr. Trump in Mr. Epstein's abuse and trafficking of minors.

As the saying goes, "what an odd thing to say."

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (bufu1)

68 63 Who else is shocked that Bubba is still above ground in late 2025?

Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2025 02:50 PM (YwEeS)

After all the STIs he's contracted, I am.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (ynpvh)

69 Damning for Clinton? No one of the left cares and no one on the right is surprised.

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (WTSkN)

70
Byron York
@ByronYork
4h

The New York Times makes another big effort to connect Trump to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. Fails again.

---------------

Just auto-post this weekly for the next three years, and you should be good Byron -- likely more accurate even than America's "paper of record," the Babylon Bee.

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (RW1OD)

71 That's pretty awful to say, honestly. This was grown-ass adults finding young, vulnerable, impressionable young women to take advantage of. Young people in general make poor decisions, especially when someone starts waving money, yachts, private islands and private jets around them. I'd be really, really pissed off if you said that about one of my daughters.
Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 02:46 PM (5aZAZ)

Right? I am sitting here staring at my 14 year old in a doctor’s office about to get stitches because she cut her finger on Saran Wrap. She is just a kid.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (wD03y)

72 What did Trump know about Clinton diddling girls and when did he know it!!!

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (2fdLC)

73 Seeing pics of Kevin Spacey -- looks like. Huh? Is there another island?

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (mkm0l)

74 She was also noticeably absent throughout all of the 2024 campaign. I think that she's not in good health at all, and has to put a lot of effort into working up to any public appearance.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 02:50 PM (uWKK
----
Selling your soul to satan tends to have, er, detrimental effects.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (5aZAZ)

75 "Who else is shocked that Bubba is still above ground in late 2025?"

Just Satan's way of earning interest.

Posted by: Zek at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (5FPX4)

76 Who else is shocked that Bubba is still above ground in late 2025?
Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2025 02:50 PM (YwEeS)

Even hell doesn't want anything to do with him. Ick.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at December 22, 2025 02:52 PM (k9OZB)

77 She was also noticeably absent throughout all of the 2024 campaign. I think that she's not in good health at all, and has to put a lot of effort into working up to any public appearance.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 02:50 PM


Planned Parenthoods are shutting down all over the place. She's running out of sources for her fetal blood and tissue treatments.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:52 PM (Zz0t1)

78 This is pretty damning for Bill Clinton.

-------------

In before the nothing will happen crowd ... and nothing will happen.

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 02:52 PM (RW1OD)

79 Trump and Epstein both have the letter t in the name.

Need I say more?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:52 PM (UJWr0)

80
Right? I am sitting here staring at my 14 year old in a doctor’s office about to get stitches because she cut her finger on Saran Wrap. She is just a kid.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (wD03y)

Saran wrap, or the cutting edge of the Saran wrap box?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:52 PM (ynpvh)

81 O/T but...
Merry Christmas, Fröhliche Weihnachten! from Germany !

https://tinyurl.com/43nanvu6

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 02:53 PM (g47mK)

82 An examination of their history by The New York Times has found no evidence implicating Mr. Trump in Mr. Epstein's abuse and trafficking of minors.

As the saying goes, "what an odd thing to say."

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (bufu1)

Sounds like it was written by Trump's lawyers, it was handed to NYT's lawyers, and it was passed to NYT editors for print.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 02:53 PM (dK+Kv)

83 79 Trump and Epstein both have the letter t in the name.

Need I say more?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:52 PM (UJWr0)

So does ClinTon...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:53 PM (ynpvh)

84 He looked like one of those shrunken ghouls from life force

But he got better

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 22, 2025 02:53 PM (bXbFr)

85 76 Even hell doesn't want anything to do with him. Ick.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at December 22, 2025 02:52 PM (k9OZB)

Even the Drill-dick Demons are afraid of getting raped by Bill Clinton.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 02:53 PM (UnA8+)

86 Bill Clinton found with gunshot wounds to the head which terminated his life.

Hillary although in the room at the same time claims it was suicide just like Epstein.

How coincidental she said....

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at December 22, 2025 02:53 PM (J9q9v)

87 The big story today was there was a photo of Trump on Epstein's desk ! There wasn't any young girls in it but Trump was in a picture !

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 02:53 PM (VE6XX)

88 "Who else is shocked that Bubba is still above ground in late 2025?"


Damn you, modern medicine! But you kids should have seen me in my prime!

Posted by: Syphilis at December 22, 2025 02:54 PM (65cLN)

89 Well a little better

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 22, 2025 02:54 PM (bXbFr)

90 Even hell doesn't want anything to do with him. Ick.
Posted by: hobbitopoly

He'll like that guy that had to wander the earth for ever, carrying a lantern to warn of his approach, because neither heaven nor hell wanted him.

Dick O'Lantern.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:54 PM (77rzZ)

91
"An examination of their history by The New York Times has found no evidence implicating Mr. Trump in Mr. Epstein's abuse and trafficking of minors."

___________

This is proof of Trump's guilt!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 02:54 PM (tgvbd)

92 Where's the outrage from the left around Bill Clinton on Epstein's jet with underage girls?

------------

Make #MeToo Movements Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 02:54 PM (RW1OD)

93 This is just a local USVI story guy.
- msm

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:55 PM (UJWr0)

94 52
'That's pretty awful to say, honestly. This was grown-ass adults finding young, vulnerable, impressionable young women to take advantage of. '

On the other hand, society judges 18 year old women as being adult enough to vote among other things. When do their decisions become their decisions?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 02:55 PM (fd80v)

95 Or mark middleton the clinto aide

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 22, 2025 02:55 PM (bXbFr)

96 92 Where's the outrage from the left around Bill Clinton on Epstein's jet with underage girls?

------------

Make #MeToo Movements Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 02:54 PM (RW1OD)

PoundMeToo! Why sure!

Posted by: BJ Bill Clinton at December 22, 2025 02:55 PM (ynpvh)

97 We need commonsense Saran-Wrap control.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:56 PM (77rzZ)

98 On the other hand, society judges 18 year old women as being adult enough to vote among other things. When do their decisions become their decisions?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 02:55 PM (fd80v)

The girl in this photo is nowhere near 18.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:56 PM (UJWr0)

99 Saw downstairs article
These Fkin Leftists Judges should have to pay for the criminals they let out and cause injuries and damages

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 02:56 PM (Ia/+0)

100 Saran wrap, or the cutting edge of the Saran wrap box?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:52 PM (ynpvh)

The cutting edge on the box. She had pushed the doohickey in to hold the tube in the box but somehow it still slipped out, she tried to catch it and somehow sliced her entire finger open on the process. It’s pretty gross.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 02:56 PM (wD03y)

101 94 52
'That's pretty awful to say, honestly. This was grown-ass adults finding young, vulnerable, impressionable young women to take advantage of. '

On the other hand, society judges 18 year old women as being adult enough to vote among other things. When do their decisions become their decisions?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 02:55 PM (fd80v)

And some want to drop the age to 14-16...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:56 PM (ynpvh)

102 33 "Epstein survivor" has to be the cringiest phrase I've heard in years. These aren't 11 year olds. So all that these barely 18 year olds survived was being a bought and paid for whore. And where did you tell your parents you were?
Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (uQzkA)

I think the victims were vulnerable and from homes with problems or runaways and poorer backgrounds just like the victims of the rape gangs in the UK.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (bLA4G)

103 I thought Bill liked them zaftig.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (jc0TO)

104 Wonder where Billy Clinton's sleeping for the next couple months.

It sure ain't near Hillary.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (NwnyJ)

105 It all depends on what "IT IS" means when it comes to Epstein Files......

Just ask Monica....

Posted by: Bill Clinton at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (J9q9v)

106 "Epstein survivor" has to be the cringiest phrase I've heard in years. These aren't 11 year olds. So all that these barely 18 year olds survived was being a bought and paid for whore. And where did you tell your parents you were?
---
This keeps bugging me as well.

1) What are the actual ages of these girls at the time?
2) What was the age of consent?
3) Is there a single one that did not voluntarily return--multiple times--to the island?

Also: 100% of those calling these girls victims on the left, also believe every one of these girls were old enough--without informing their parents:
1) to have an abortion
2) to change their gender, including drugs and surgery

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (HXT0k)

107 The response I'm seeing from leftwing circles is posting pictures of Trump at the Miss America pageant.

Seriously.

That's the best they've got.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (sKqQm)

108 These Fkin Leftists Judges should have to pay for the criminals they let out and cause injuries and damages
Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 02:56 PM (Ia/+0)


The Clinton's, the Owebama's, the Biden's........a majority of Americans are CLAMORING for SOMEONE to be held accountable for their corruption, graft and overall destruction of this once great and beautiful country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)

109 "On the other hand, society judges 18 year old women as being adult enough to vote among other things. When do their decisions become their decisions?"

What an 18 year old does with a 19 year old is her decision. What an 18 year old does with a 50 year old should be a matter for Mr. Axe Handle to decide.

Posted by: Zek at December 22, 2025 02:58 PM (5FPX4)

110 The reason more of these pedo bastards haven't ended up dead is because Epstein targeted girls with no fathers around.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 02:58 PM (1Nv0l)

111 Bill Clinton was with underaged girls
The left: well their of age now. Like duh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 02:58 PM (MoRvC)

112
This is all old news, time to MOVE ON!

Except it's not news until the MSM reports it, and until then it's just propaganda, fascists.

Posted by: Auspex at December 22, 2025 02:58 PM (YAFrp)

113 Wonder where Billy Clinton's sleeping for the next couple months.

It sure ain't near Hillary.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (NwnyJ)

So just like the last 50 years then?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:58 PM (UJWr0)

114 81 O/T but...
Merry Christmas, Fröhliche Weihnachten! from Germany !

https://tinyurl.com/43nanvu6
Posted by: runner

I was shocked to see German police attacking a crowd of pro-Palis. Until I saw most of the crowd looked were blond women of the not actual Pali cousin marriage persuasion. They were pro-Pali for reasons I can't fathom. But at least it makes sense to me why the police felt it was ok to throw punches.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 02:58 PM (Dv3i1)

115 104 Wonder where Billy Clinton's sleeping for the next couple months.

It sure ain't near Hillary.

Probably been like that since he left office....

Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 02:58 PM (TghYn)

116 The response I'm seeing from leftwing circles is posting pictures of Trump at the Miss America pageant.

Seriously.

That's the best they've got.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (sKqQm)


There's the one that has all the ladies faces blacked out, all while that image was released YEARS ago and it was Trump with the qualifiers for the Hawaiian Tropic beauty contest.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:59 PM (Zz0t1)

117
There are a pictures of Walter Kronkite in there with Epstein too, I saw on the Daily Mail. None with any girls, mind you, just him yucking it up with Epstein.

Also Mick Jagger is in there, Michael Jackson, and even Diana Ross.

There's pictures of David Copperfield and Ghislaine frolicking around in matching bath robes, too.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 02:59 PM (w6EFb)

118 "Who else is shocked that Bubba is still above ground in late 2025?"

Bill is animated solely by his STDs, like a T-virus zombie.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 02:59 PM (jc0TO)

119
Yeah, Trump pleaded with the Dems to not throw him in the Epstein briar patch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 02:59 PM (w6EFb)

120 The cutting edge on the box. She had pushed the doohickey in to hold the tube in the box but somehow it still slipped out, she tried to catch it and somehow sliced her entire finger open on the process. It’s pretty gross.
Posted by: Piper

I hate Saran Wrap with the heat of a thousand suns. I can never get a clean tear, and the half-sheet I do manage to tear off immediately sticks to itself. And then, yes, there are those metal shark teeth that you have to avoid.

Nasty stuff.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:59 PM (77rzZ)

121 They're still trying to win the 2024 election.

Dudes, it's over.

Sex scandals don;'t work anymore, anyway.

Bill Clinton fucked and raped his way from Arkansas to the Oval Office, and everyone knew it -- and yet he was elected twice, and remained president the whole time, despite being caught red-dicked handed.

So even if the Left's fantasy came true and they unearthed some evidence of Trump banging some chick in 1987, NO ONE WILL CARE, and he will remain president.

But of course that won't even happen, because if there was evidence, they would have released by now a hundred times over.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 02:59 PM (oraVG)

122 In before the nothing will happen crowd ... and nothing will happen.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 02:52 PM (RW1OD)

Legally? No, of course not. Ruling class folks aren't touchable. Not like that.

But I think any hope Clinton had of sweeping his past misdeeds under the rug and riding off into the glorious sunset of a 47-week funeral hagiography are done for.

He'll just be remembered as an old hillbilly pedophile with a kill-crazy psycho wife, like a latter-day Macbeth, but without the honor to sacrifice.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 02:59 PM (BI5O2)

123 unstrikthru.

Ugh.

Shame.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 03:00 PM (oraVG)

124 Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 02:59 PM (oraVG)



Ooooh......tag fail.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)

125
He'll just be remembered as an old hillbilly pedophile with a kill-crazy psycho wife, like a latter-day Macbeth, but without the honor to sacrifice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 02:59 PM (BI5O2)


By you and I, sure. If the dems take power, they'll dig that f*ck up and lay him in state for 6 months.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:01 PM (Zz0t1)

126 I also find it curious that the left will think that a heterosexual man ogling adult, female models at a Miss American pageant is disqualifying, yet heaven forfend we make a face at the idea of adult men rogering each other in the bum.

Posted by: Zek at December 22, 2025 03:01 PM (5FPX4)

127 "Epstein survivor" has to be the cringiest phrase I've heard in years. These aren't 11 year olds. So all that these barely 18 year olds survived was being a bought and paid for whore. And where did you tell your parents you were?
Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (uQzkA)

I think the victims were vulnerable and from homes with problems or runaways and poorer backgrounds just like the victims of the rape gangs in the UK.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (bLA4G)
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Some were. Some were from privileged families going to expensive private schools. The lure of the jet-set lifestyle knows no specific demographic. There were lotsa girls with money or rich parents lining up for Diddy's "freak out" parties too.

As I mentioned above, the girl in the pic with Bill Clinton surely can be identified, and her age at the time and background known.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

128 1) What are the actual ages of these girls at the time?
2) What was the age of consent?
3) Is there a single one that did not voluntarily return--multiple times--to the island?

This is the core thing here. Virginia Guiffree said their were girls there younger then her at 17. She said Bill Clinton was one she saw with the underage girls.

Who specifically were abusing those girls?

Now, I assume Epstein also had older girls working there voluntarily...yacht girls. That's not illegal, but I want every one of these clients of these released as well, both to embarrass the left and because I assume that's how he started on clients before getting them having sex with younger girls.

Also...shouldn't this lead to a charge against Bill Clinton? I don't know what the age of consent is in the USVI nor what their laws are around limitations, but let's get this one on the books.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 03:01 PM (sKqQm)

129 "Epstein survivor" has to be the cringiest phrase I've heard in years. These aren't 11 year olds. So all that these barely 18 year olds survived was being a bought and paid for whore. And where did you tell your parents you were?
Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:42 PM (uQzkA)

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And if they felt even slightly uneasy about the goings on all they had to do is not go there, say no. So spare me playing the victim now.

Posted by: Decaf at December 22, 2025 03:01 PM (QpWpd)

130 I think the victims were vulnerable and from homes with problems or runaways and poorer backgrounds just like the victims of the rape gangs in the UK.
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Biden "lost" 350,000 children.

Many known to have been sold into sex work.

The left doesn't have a problem with child sex slaves.

They have a problem when they can't get them regularly, cheaply and quietly.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 03:01 PM (HXT0k)

131 I understand, Mr Clinton, that you claim you have the right to molest my 18yo old daughter.

Likewise, I reserve the right to beat the living shit out of you.

Not legal you say? See you in court. If you're still breathing.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 03:01 PM (1Nv0l)

132 99
'These Fkin Leftists Judges should have to pay for the criminals they let out and cause injuries and damages'

Like you I missed the lower thread. It is past time to find out where judicial ends in these states and start filing some charges against them.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 03:02 PM (fd80v)

133 A photo of anyone with Epstein in a public gathering at a party or whatever is meaningless. He was a guy who knew everyone in certain circles and attended a ton of charity events, art gallery openings, and shit like that.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 03:02 PM (UJWr0)

134 There's pictures of David Copperfield and Ghislaine frolicking around in matching bath robes, too.
Posted by: publius

Mister Claudia Schiffer?? He was fooling around on Claudia Schiffer???

That right there should be a death-penalty offense.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 03:02 PM (77rzZ)

135 Ooooh......tag fail.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Let's not bicker and argue about 'oo tagged 'oo.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 03:02 PM (mlg/3)

136 He'll just be remembered as an old hillbilly pedophile.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Don't slander hillbillies with his name.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 03:02 PM (oraVG)

137 Hey don't tie me to that scumbag! I have standards!

Posted by: Epstein at December 22, 2025 03:02 PM (2fdLC)

138 134 There's pictures of David Copperfield and Ghislaine frolicking around in matching bath robes, too.
Posted by: publius

Mister Claudia Schiffer?? He was fooling around on Claudia Schiffer???

That right there should be a death-penalty offense.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 03:02 PM (77rzZ)

So he's David "Cop-a-feel"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 03:03 PM (ynpvh)

139 Also: 100% of those calling these girls victims on the left, also believe every one of these girls were old enough--without informing their parents:
1) to have an abortion
2) to change their gender, including drugs and surgery
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (HXT0k)

Sex trafficking is illegal regardless of age. If I recall these girls were 16 and 17, if they were telling the truth about their age, and were told they were going to learn to become message therapists.

That said, there were settlements and payments made with nondisclosures, etc. etc. This isn’t about victims- and victims they were. It’s about seeing who is a disgusting creature. This won’t heal any emotional damage caused to the girls.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 03:03 PM (wD03y)

140
This is the core thing here. Virginia Guiffree said their were girls there younger then her at 17. She said Bill Clinton was one she saw with the underage girls.



Didn't she also say she NEVER saw Trump do anything to anyone, much less underage girls?

Therefore her testimony is deemed inadmissible as she's and unreliable witness!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

141 And if they felt even slightly uneasy about the goings on all they had to do is not go there, say no. So spare me playing the victim now.
Posted by: Decaf at December 22, 2025 03:01 PM (QpWpd)

Oh I didn’t realize all a sex trafficked girl has to do is say no and she’ll be let out of it.

Thanks for the education.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 03:03 PM (UJWr0)

142 And if they felt even slightly uneasy about the goings on all they had to do is not go there, say no. So spare me playing the victim now.
Posted by: Decaf

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Riiight, because barely 18s know exactly what they're doing and can't be manipulated at all.

Go fuck yourself. Hard.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 03:04 PM (1Nv0l)

143 Bill Clinton was with underaged girls
The left: well their of age now. Like duh
Posted by: Smell the Glove

It's a private matter haters!

Posted by: Cheri at December 22, 2025 03:04 PM (oiNtH)

144 Does the Congressional Order of disclosure extend to the CIA-Mossad-Five-Eyes Honeypot operations?

Posted by: Zek at December 22, 2025 03:04 PM (5FPX4)

145 There's pictures of David Copperfield and Ghislaine frolicking around in matching bath robes, too.
Posted by: publius

Yeah David Copperfield was making the sausage disappear and reappear.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 22, 2025 03:04 PM (IifOV)

146 Well at least I didn't boink the Skinny Blonde selling Jacuzzi Bathrooms on TV...

Posted by: Bill Clinton at December 22, 2025 03:05 PM (J9q9v)

147 A photo of anyone with Epstein in a public gathering at a party or whatever is meaningless. He was a guy who knew everyone in certain circles and attended a ton of charity events, art gallery openings, and shit like that.

I saw a picture of Chomsky with Epstein on an airplane.

Now the problem is that doesn't prove anything. But...where were they flying to? And it would be could to get everyone under oath. "He offered me a flight from NY to FL to try and get me to invest with him" is perfectly legal. But then...Chomsky's net worth is only a couple of million...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 03:05 PM (sKqQm)

148 I can’t believe some of the “well they wanted to be there so what’s the big deal” comments here.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 03:05 PM (UJWr0)

149 >>FIRSTEST AGAIN WITH THE BLADE


Bill Clinton might have already been there, bro.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 03:05 PM (W23D2)

150 146 Well at least I didn't boink the Skinny Blonde selling Jacuzzi Bathrooms on TV...

Posted by: Bill Clinton at December 22, 2025 03:05 PM (J9q9v)

probably only a lack of opportunity...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 03:05 PM (ynpvh)

151 And if they felt even slightly uneasy about the goings on all they had to do is not go there, say no. So spare me playing the victim now.
Posted by: Decaf at December 22, 2025 03:01 PM (QpWpd)



Yeah, because Ghislaine and Jeffery were stand up people that would release a girl IMMEDIATELY and put them on a plane home if they had even the slightest reprehension.

FFS.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)

152 Didn't she also say she NEVER saw Trump do anything to anyone, much less underage girls?


Yes.

And note she was almost killed around the time Trump was elected and has died since then....

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 03:06 PM (sKqQm)

153 Several Bill Gates photos turned up too. That guy always gave off creepville vibes.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 03:06 PM (1Nv0l)

154 Divorce, Luggage Style

https://is.gd/IWqDpk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 03:06 PM (L/fGl)

155 I have the proof that Trump was there was underage girls. I have the pictures on my Cell Phone.

I never lie about anything, and you can trust me....

Posted by: Senator Adam Schiff at December 22, 2025 03:06 PM (J9q9v)

156 The walls are truly closing in...

@GuntherEagleman 5h
🚨 JUST ANNOUNCED: SHOCK poll finds President Trump's approval rating at +9 nationwide, up +14 points from a month ago!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 03:06 PM (mlg/3)

157 "Several Bill Gates photos turned up too. That guy always gave off creepville vibes."

Like Mr. Rogers with a poodle in the basement.

Posted by: Zek at December 22, 2025 03:07 PM (5FPX4)

158 That's pretty awful to say, honestly. This was grown-ass adults finding young, vulnerable, impressionable young women to take advantage of. Young people in general make poor decisions, especially when someone starts waving money, yachts, private islands and private jets around them. I'd be really, really pissed off if you said that about one of my daughters.
Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 02:46 PM (5aZAZ)

One would assume your daughters are well brought up, and would turn such a proposal down flat. There are plenty out there with more "flexible" moral standards. Seems like a lot of the recruitment was on a peer-to-peer basis. The gals who use their snizz as a bank card know other gals who do the same thing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:07 PM (npFr7)

159 Do we know where the alleged crimes took place?

In Israel the age of consent is 16, so Bill Clinton may have been innocent of any wrongdoing,

Posted by: One-Eyed Willy at December 22, 2025 03:08 PM (KrBFV)

160 Also: 100% of those calling these girls victims on the left, also believe every one of these girls were old enough--without informing their parents:
1) to have an abortion
2) to change their gender, including drugs and surgery
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 02:57 PM (HXT0k)
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This is me not giving a rat's ass about the non-existent "standards" of the left.

A girl at 17 fooling around with her 18 year old boyfriend is one thing. A girl at 17 being sex-trafficked to a private island so that 50+ year old men can take advantage of her is a matter for a wood chipper to handle.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 03:08 PM (5aZAZ)

161 I always figured Gates was a guy that diddled little boys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)

162 They're still trying to win the 2024 election.
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No. They are trying to make "pedo" or "Epstein" the first thing anyone thinks of or any lefty says when Trump's name is mentioned from here to eternity. That is an effort to tar us as much as him.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 03:09 PM (2fdLC)

163 "Claim Trump Is "Curating" the Photos to Make Slick Willy Look Bad"


I had to look that word up. Ace is pushing the vocabulary bounds today.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 03:09 PM (0N4FZ)

164 One would assume your daughters are well brought up, and would turn such a proposal down flat. There are plenty out there with more "flexible" moral standards. Seems like a lot of the recruitment was on a peer-to-peer basis. The gals who use their snizz as a bank card know other gals who do the same thing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:07 PM (npFr7)

Groupies and fans of certain music groups/musicians...
Like Don Henley...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 03:09 PM (ynpvh)

165 137 Hey don't tie me to that scumbag! I have standards!
Posted by: Epstein

THAT'S NOT FUNNY!

Posted by: Late Night TV 'Comedians' at December 22, 2025 03:09 PM (Dv3i1)

166 I always thought Bill liked them big.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 03:09 PM (pLaQB)

167 Democrat Flacks and Leftwing Media -- But I Repeat Myself-- Claim Trump Is "Curating" the Photos to Make Slick Willy Look Bad

Must be part of the humiliation deal that Bill made. You don't release the evidence before a trial, do you? He must have sung like a bird.

Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2025 03:10 PM (c9rBD)

168 Clinton could literally be photographed getting his hood shined by a 13yo and the media would cover for him.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 03:10 PM (1Nv0l)

169 Bill Clinton may have been innocent of any wrongdoing,
Posted by: One-Eyed Willy

Like Hillary.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 03:10 PM (L/fGl)

170 >> I always thought Bill liked them big.


Bill Clinton is what professionals refer to as an Omni-Sexual.
I doubt it takes more than a knothole in a fencepost to get him going.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 03:10 PM (W23D2)

171 And it cannot be said enough:

The girls at the island were not the purpose, they were a perk. A very small perk.

No one wants to talk about what was really going on there, while they wave the distraction of "Epstein victims" around.

Everyone that went there was rich enough and powerful enough to get as much underage ass (of either sex) as they wanted anywhere in the world.

It's like how there are banks you don't even know exist, where minimum deposits are in the millions.

So why they have us fretting about the sale of a bit of young vag, the people there were really there to buy and sell millions of lives, casually trading cities, states and even nations.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 03:11 PM (HXT0k)

172 168 Clinton could literally be photographed getting his hood shined by a 13yo and the media would cover for him.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 03:10 PM (1Nv0l)

Hunter Biden was also with underaged girls...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 03:11 PM (ynpvh)

173
Meanwhile, Hillary was servicing the pool boy...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2025 02:41 PM (wtvvX)



No way. Frau Gruppencankles looks like a born gap-lapper to me.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2025 03:11 PM (y9nCu)

174 So for Epstein clients we have stronger confirmation around Clinton.

Gates is probably the next one we'll see drop.

But...is Bondi going to charge them?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 03:11 PM (sKqQm)

175 166 I always thought Bill liked them big.
Posted by: Pudinhead
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AFAICT, Bill's only requirement is that they are female and sufficiently stationary for him to do his business.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 03:11 PM (1Nv0l)

176 One would assume your daughters are well brought up, and would turn such a proposal down flat. There are plenty out there with more "flexible" moral standards. Seems like a lot of the recruitment was on a peer-to-peer basis. The gals who use their snizz as a bank card know other gals who do the same thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:07 PM (npFr7)
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My wife and I do our best, but even the best-raised kids make poor decisions, and who knows what happens when a person "in the business" starts actually grooming them into the lifestyle and flashing a lot of money and powerful people around. You'd hope they turn it down flat and come tell me so I can [redacted] to the people trying it, but one can never be sure. Then to have some anonymous person just call them dumb whores who should know better rubs me the wrong way.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 03:11 PM (5aZAZ)

177
Groupies and fans of certain music groups/musicians...
Like Don Henley...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 03:09 PM (ynpvh)

I would be willing to bet those kids had terrible childhoods and something bad happened to them prior to them sneaking out of the house to hook up with rock stars. Absent father at the minimum.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 22, 2025 03:11 PM (bLA4G)

178 >>Clinton could literally be photographed getting his hood shined by a 13yo and the media would cover for him.


A lot of the Media would knock that 13 year old over to get a chance to slobber on Bill's crooked knob.

Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon, for example.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 03:12 PM (W23D2)

179 That's pretty awful to say, honestly. This was grown-ass adults finding young, vulnerable, impressionable young women to take advantage of. Young people in general make poor decisions, especially when someone starts waving money, yachts, private islands and private jets around them. I'd be really, really pissed off if you said that about one of my daughters.
Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 02:46 PM (5aZAZ)

One would assume your daughters are well brought up, and would turn such a proposal down flat. There are plenty out there with more "flexible" moral standards. Seems like a lot of the recruitment was on a peer-to-peer basis. The gals who use their snizz as a bank card know other gals who do the same thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:07 PM (npFr7)
______

That is what happened. Epstein was running the operation like a multi-level marketing scheme. He would pay girls to "recruit" other girls into the fold. That's what helped doom the original Miami investigation and prosecution. The girls all took money, and returned to Epstein's parties again and again. It's hard if not impossible to get a conviction under those circumstances.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

180 THAT'S NOT FUNNY!

Posted by: Late Night TV 'Comedians' at December 22, 2025 03:09 PM (Dv3i1)

I really enjoyed doing that one.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 03:12 PM (2fdLC)

181 I always thought Bill liked them big.
Posted by: Pudinhead


When they were too old for Biden, that's when Clinton took over.

F'n sick fucks.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 03:12 PM (dAOkg)

182 The gals who use their snizz as a bank card know other gals who do the same thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:07 PM (npFr7)

Seems messy

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 03:13 PM (2fdLC)

183 Epstein's and Clinton's pedo stuff is disgusting but I really hope people don't get so focused on it they overlook what Epstein and crowd were really doing. It's even worse.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:13 PM (viF8m)

184 And if they felt even slightly uneasy about the goings on all they had to do is not go there, say no.
------

What color is the sky in your world?

Posted by: Crusader at December 22, 2025 03:13 PM (TN0g+)

185 The left loves to spout about shit that never happened while completely ignoring reality.

That's been their strategy and the retarded base buys it

Posted by: melodicmetal at December 22, 2025 03:13 PM (61TgR)

186 I'm old enough to remember Milky Glutes on an anti Clinton crusade in The New Republic. He hated him worse than Republicans at the time.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 22, 2025 03:13 PM (sDWtc)

187 No. They are trying to make "pedo" or "Epstein" the first thing anyone thinks of or any lefty says when Trump's name is mentioned from here to eternity. That is an effort to tar us as much as him.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 03:09 PM


They tried the language thing in their gun control lawsuits as well. They tried for the longest time to get the courts to recognize "weapons of war" as a legitimate description from AR-15's, etc in their litigation.


The federal courts shot down that attempt.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2025 03:13 PM (0N4FZ)

188 A girl at 17 fooling around with her 18 year old boyfriend is one thing. A girl at 17 being sex-trafficked to a private island so that 50+ year old men can take advantage of her is a matter for a wood chipper to handle.

I remember when CA was debated legalizing child prosecution the guy who came up with the law argued what guy hasn't paid a 17 year old boy for a beejeer.

The left is on another planet and one I don't want to share with them.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 03:13 PM (sKqQm)

189 >> Bill Clinton is what professionals refer to as an Omni-Sexual.
I doubt it takes more than a knothole in a fencepost to get him going.

Which is why it’s been reported that his wiener is crooked. One too many trips around the corner.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 22, 2025 03:14 PM (VnVVA)

190
The funeral oration will focus on his charisma, which,through no fault of his own, is irresistible to 14 year old girls.

Jimmy Kimmel will deliver it.

Posted by: Auspex at December 22, 2025 03:14 PM (YAFrp)

191 Wait until people hear about what Clinton did in the Oval Office with a young intern.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 03:15 PM (sX1BW)

192 182 The gals who use their snizz as a bank card know other gals who do the same thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:07 PM (npFr7)

Seems messy

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Posted by: Oh noes at December 22, 2025 03:15 PM (HcoTw)

193 I have the proof that Trump was there was underage girls. I have the pictures on my Cell Phone.

I never lie about anything, and you can trust me....

Posted by: Senator Adam Schiff

I also have...proof, yeah, proof, that's what I have. But I left it with my wife, Morgan Fairchild...

Posted by: Tommy Flanagan at December 22, 2025 03:15 PM (Riz8t)

194
Jimmy Kimmel will deliver it.
Posted by: Auspex at December 22, 2025 03:14 PM (YAFrp)


Speaking of a matter for a woodchipper to handle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

195 VIDEO - Jasmine Crockett: Republicans Are Scared of My Authenticity

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OK

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 03:15 PM (L/fGl)

196 188 A girl at 17 fooling around with her 18 year old boyfriend is one thing. A girl at 17 being sex-trafficked to a private island so that 50+ year old men can take advantage of her is a matter for a wood chipper to handle.

I remember when CA was debated legalizing child prosecution the guy who came up with the law argued what guy hasn't paid a 17 year old boy for a beejeer.

The left is on another planet and one I don't want to share with them.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 03:13 PM (sKqQm)

That statement reminds me of this:
https://youtu.be/wpjX4q5ZWQc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 03:16 PM (ynpvh)

197 My favorite snack is "RED SNAPPER".....

Posted by: Hillary C. at December 22, 2025 03:16 PM (J9q9v)

198 Which is why it’s been reported that his wiener is crooked. One too many trips around the corner.
Posted by: Vengeance

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Probably Peyronie's.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 03:16 PM (1Nv0l)

199 I think the tag "Epstein survivor" is cringy inasmuch as nobody was murdered, AFAIK.


Except Epstein himself.

Posted by: Tom Masshole at December 22, 2025 03:16 PM (vqA1l)

200
If we wanted to do a deep dive into the psychology of the men I think we would find out why the men were into very young girls.

My opinion, for what it is worth, is most of the degenerate men were not popular with the girls they went to school with.

When the men achieved money and power they realized they could have sex with women who reminded them of the girls who rebuffed them when they were growing up.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 03:16 PM (3ek7K)

201 >>Jasmine Crockett: Republicans Are Scared of My Authenticity


She should probably shave it, then.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 03:16 PM (W23D2)

202 I really hope people don't get so focused on it they overlook what Epstein and crowd were really doing. It's even worse.

I wonder how many money launderers were at Epstein's level? There's no way they'd trust it all to one guy.

Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2025 03:16 PM (c9rBD)

203 Back when it came out Clinton hadn't just sexually harassed a woman while having sex with an intern but had actually raped another woman the left's response was "its worth letting him have his way with (other) women to keep abortion legal"

I suspect that if they see an opportunity to get Trump though they'll throw Clinton under the bus now.

The problem for them though is the actual Epstein clients are a list of lefty pols and celebrities...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (sKqQm)

204 The gals who use their snizz as a bank card know other gals who do the same thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:07 PM (npFr7)

Seems messy
Posted by: ...


It was hard to keep the card reader clean.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (dAOkg)

205 hat is what happened. Epstein was running the operation like a multi-level marketing scheme. He would pay girls to "recruit" other girls into the fold. That's what helped doom the original Miami investigation and prosecution. The girls all took money, and returned to Epstein's parties again and again. It's hard if not impossible to get a conviction under those circumstances.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:12 PM (

However you cut it, it's a flat-out prostitution racket, it involved underage girls, and if anyone outside this rotten ruling class was running it, he'd be a priority organized crime target for law enforcement in Miami and NYC.

But he was protected.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (BI5O2)

206 VIDEO - Jasmine Crockett: Republicans Are Scared of My Authenticity
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You can tell the authentic people because they never stop talking about their authenticity.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (2fdLC)

207 This isn’t about victims- and victims they were. It’s about seeing who is a disgusting creature. This won’t heal any emotional damage caused to the girls.
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There is an "Epstein island" in every major city.

There is a group in TX that tracks thousands of under age "back page" posting for sex work in Houston, SAT/Austin and DFW every month.

They are keeping up the focus on Epstein to distract from what is going on everywhere and to demoralize.
They know nothing will happen; you (deep down) know nothing will happen.
And, by keeping in the news, that ensures nothing will happen. To them doing it now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (HXT0k)

208 VIDEO - Jasmine Crockett: Republicans Are Scared of My Authenticity

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OK
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 03:15 PM (L/fGl)


Gaslighting. It's what's for dinner.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (Zz0t1)

209 So for Epstein clients we have stronger confirmation around Clinton.

Gates is probably the next one we'll see drop.


I'd exonerate him if he'd get rid of Windows 11.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (Riz8t)

210 I just read an article on how Democrats were using public money, a lot laundered through NGO’s to keep slaughtering Christians in Nigeria by getting Muslims who supported it elected to office. Also how that money train is now being filled by Islamist interests with the goal a complete Islamist takeover of Nigeria through the genocide of Christians.

Now, given that- do you think there is anything Democrats won’t do? I don’t.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (VnVVA)

211 Oh I didn’t realize all a sex trafficked girl has to do is say no and she’ll be let out of it.

Thanks for the education.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 03:03 PM (UJWr0)

He wasn't kidnapping choir girls off the street. His agents, usually already-compromised young prostitutes, were inveigling their peers to come join them in the fun and games. They had a chance to say "no", then and there. If they said "yes', they got sucked in. Kind of like islam, really.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:18 PM (npFr7)

212 >>>I don't know if this girl is 18, but if she is 18, she's just barely 18.

FYI, that photo appears to be an AI add of Virginia Giuffre's face to a blacked-out image, which appears to be the only one officially released. There are other versions out there that add different faces to that image.

For her part, Virginia Giuffre, said she never saw Clinton at pedo island until after his Presidency, which would be 1997+, which would put her at 13-14+.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 03:18 PM (dK+Kv)

213 > Several Bill Gates photos turned up too. That guy always gave off creepville vibes.

Gates has a loooooong history of going to strip clubs with other Microsoft guys and bringing back strippers to their houses for private parties, starting way back in the 80s. James Wallace included this information in his books about Gates, written in the 90s.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 03:18 PM (Yp6az)

214 The more she spoke of her authenticity the faster we counted her blaccents.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 03:18 PM (2fdLC)

215 >>If we wanted to do a deep dive into the psychology of the men I think we would find out why the men were into very young girls.


Fecundity.
Finished.
What else would you like to do a deep dive into?

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 03:18 PM (W23D2)

216 195
'VIDEO - Jasmine Crockett: Republicans Are Scared of My Authenticity

OK'

I'm definitely afraid of her racist shit-brain.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 03:18 PM (fd80v)

217
I'd exonerate him if he'd get rid of Windows 11.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (Riz8t)


He's no longer a part of Microsoft, but he should've been strung up by his balls and launched into space for Winblows ME.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:19 PM (Zz0t1)

218 204 The gals who use their snizz as a bank card know other gals who do the same thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 03:07 PM (npFr7)

Seems messy
Posted by: ...


It was hard to keep the card reader clean.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (dAOkg)

No, no, no. It's swipe the credit card into the snizz.

Posted by: Cardi B at December 22, 2025 03:19 PM (ynpvh)

219 Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 03:16 PM (3ek7K)

I'd not be surprised if they wanted to degrade those kids too as a result. The revulsion is going to be part of the kink.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 22, 2025 03:19 PM (sDWtc)

220 Come on people we have more important news then Clinton.

We must continue to make up stories to hurt Trump and America....

MAMA..... Make America Minneapolis Again...

Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 03:20 PM (J9q9v)

221 My opinion, for what it is worth, is most of the degenerate men were not popular with the girls they went to school with.

When the men achieved money and power they realized they could have sex with women who reminded them of the girls who rebuffed them when they were growing up.

Posted by: fourseasons
-----

I think there's two kinds. Geniune pedos. Epstein was in that category, although he was pedo-adjacent: preferring them pubescent but underage.

Then there's the kind you describe. But I don't think it's so much about the rebuffal. I think it's about not being challenged in the least. That's my guess anyway.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 03:20 PM (1Nv0l)

222
Bill Clinton is the most high-profile name in the document release. This is initially overshadowing all the other names in there. The media is reporting on the cadaverous, not-long-for-this-world Clinton. He's yesterday's news, and his proclivities are long-established. Maybe he's a diversion from all the other names in there.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 03:20 PM (Ijbq0)

223 217
I'd exonerate him if he'd get rid of Windows 11.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 03:17 PM (Riz8t)


He's no longer a part of Microsoft, but he should've been strung up by his balls and launched into space for Winblows ME.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:19 PM (Zz0t1)

Old joke:
On Bill Gate's wedding night, his wife exclaimed, "Oh! Now I know why you called your company MicroSoft..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 03:20 PM (ynpvh)

224
gKWVE,

Bingo.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 03:20 PM (3ek7K)

225
63 Who else is shocked that Bubba is still above ground in late 2025?

Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2025 02:50 PM (YwEeS)



Me, for one. I fully expected him to "die of natural causes" in Oct 2016, with his widow winning the Presidency over Trump in no small part due to the election taking place during his mourning period. Hillary totes wouldn't be involved in his death. Totes.

Shows just how arrogant Die Frau was in the latter part of the campaign. Like how she ignored Bill's advice on where to campaign in the last couple of weeks, costing her the election.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2025 03:20 PM (y9nCu)

226 If we wanted to do a deep dive into the psychology of the men I think we would find out why the men were into very young girls.

My opinion, for what it is worth, is most of the degenerate men were not popular with the girls they went to school with.

When the men achieved money and power they realized they could have sex with women who reminded them of the girls who rebuffed them when they were growing up.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 03:16 PM (3ek7K)
_________

The entire modelling and entertainment industry is built around barely-legal girls. Society has always sexualized girls and made their purity and innocence something sexually attractive. Hell, up until a few decades ago, there were dozens of songs by grown men about romancing 16-year-old girls -- many of them were big hits, too.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

227 Does she look 18 to you? No? Me either. The silence from the left is deafening.

Too old to sniff, Jack!

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 22, 2025 03:21 PM (kgG3s)

228 zerohedge
@zerohedge
Denmark Furious After Trump Names Special Envoy To Greenland

-
They mean Special Envoy To Greenland Trump Island.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (L/fGl)

229 The entire modelling and entertainment industry is built around barely-legal girls. Society has always sexualized girls and made their purity and innocence something sexually attractive. Hell, up until a few decades ago, there were dozens of songs by grown men about romancing 16-year-old girls -- many of them were big hits, too

Glad we never stooped to that level

Posted by: Kiss at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (HcoTw)

230 Hell, up until a few decades ago, there were dozens of songs by grown men about romancing 16-year-old girls -- many of them were big hits, too.

--------------

She was just 17 - not 16.

- Paul McCartney

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (sX1BW)

231
It's been mentioned before -- the girls may not have been the main event in Epstein's operation. Laundering money was.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (Ijbq0)

232 Amusingly I was in a form where someone had taken a picture of a luxury SUV from someone in CT and people were making fun of their conflicting leftwing bumper stickers.

EG: No war and free Palestine, Ban guns and an anti-fa logo with an AK-47 and so on

But one that sticks in my mind here is there they also had a "sex work is real work" bumper sticker.

The left has gotten itself into a very odd place with their claims about sex now. Hell, their big complaint against the movie "Sound of Freedom" is apparently some of the girls that were freed in the island raid were supposedly their voluntarily...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 03:23 PM (sKqQm)

233
The entire modelling and entertainment industry is built around barely-legal girls. Society has always sexualized girls and made their purity and innocence something sexually attractive. Hell, up until a few decades ago, there were dozens of songs by grown men about romancing 16-year-old girls -- many of them were big hits, too.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

"Young Girl"...
"This Girl Is a Woman Now"...

What's wrong with my songs?

Posted by: Gary Puckett at December 22, 2025 03:23 PM (ynpvh)

234 >>The entire modelling and entertainment industry is built around barely-legal girls. Society has always sexualized girls and made their purity and innocence something sexually attractive. Hell, up until a few decades ago, there were dozens of songs by grown men about romancing 16-year-old girls -- many of them were big hits, too.


It is Biology.

The rest is simply how we as humans deal with it.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 03:23 PM (W23D2)

235 The entire modelling and entertainment industry is built around barely-legal girls. Society has always sexualized girls and made their purity and innocence something sexually attractive. Hell, up until a few decades ago, there were dozens of songs by grown men about romancing 16-year-old girls -- many of them were big hits, too

Glad we never stooped to that level
Posted by: Kiss at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (HcoTw)
________

"Hey, at least 17 is legal in many states!"

-- Winger

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:23 PM (iFTx/)

236 It’s about seeing who is a disgusting creature.

I didn't need the Epstein Papers to know.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 03:23 PM (a3CJ+)

237 Society has always sexualized girls and made their purity and innocence something sexually attractive. Hell, up until a few decades ago, there were dozens of songs by grown men about romancing 16-year-old girls -- many of them were big hits, too.
------

Finally, somebody understands!

Posted by: Benny Mardones at December 22, 2025 03:23 PM (TN0g+)

238 No, no, no. It's swipe the credit card into the snizz.
Posted by: Cardi B

Should just tap dat ass.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 03:24 PM (L/fGl)

239 My opinion, for what it is worth, is most of the degenerate men were not popular with the girls they went to school with.

-----

No. People with this much wealth and influence can get those chicks anytime they want - even if it's a weird-ass cosplay + artificial insemination scenario like Elon Musk. With that kind of long green, you can have practically any unmarried adult woman.

These guys are doing *because* it's so very criminal.

I always say that if pedophilia was socially acceptable, but gerontophilia was considered an unforgivable crime, people like Bill Clinton would be prowling around nursing homes with a bottle of XTC and a big floppy dildo.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 03:24 PM (BI5O2)

240 Glad we never stooped to that level
Posted by: Kiss at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (HcoTw)
________

"Hey, at least 17 is legal in many states!"

-- Winger
-------

There's just something about a felony in tight blue jeans...

Posted by: Don Dokken at December 22, 2025 03:24 PM (TN0g+)

241 Denmark Furious
-------

Denmark. Furious.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 03:25 PM (2fdLC)

242 It must bother BJ a little that nobody cares--a little.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 22, 2025 03:25 PM (8CIFn)

243 Mike Benz had a good 20 minute video tying the entire Epstein story to Iran Contra.

Kinda crazy...but this started with the CIA and really got out of control around Iran Contra.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 03:25 PM (W23D2)

244 I hesitate to comment until hILLRY o O weighs in.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 03:25 PM (v0R5T)

245 236
'Glad we never stooped to that level
Posted by: Kiss at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (HcoTw)

"Hey, at least 17 is legal in many states!"

-- Winger'

"She's just 16 years old. Leave her alone they said"

Posted by: Benny Mardones at December 22, 2025 03:25 PM (fd80v)

246 >>Maybe he's a diversion from all the other names in there.

He's a diversion from what Epstein was really doing.

I'd once again encourage any of you on X to follow Mike Benz if you aren't already and read his stuff and listen to his videos. Epstein was at the center of a lot of the CIAs off the books stuff for years.

There's a reason he was protected and the reason isn't Bill Clinton.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:26 PM (viF8m)

247 Let's just remember that it can go the other way.

Posted by: Stacy's Mom at December 22, 2025 03:26 PM (Riz8t)

248 Read that Bondi has 13 days remaining before the statue of limitations lapses. Article said they all go Scott Free if she doesn't file.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 03:26 PM (YubK1)

249 Glad we never stooped to that level
Posted by: Kiss at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (HcoTw)
________

"Hey, at least 17 is legal in many states!"

-- Winger
-------

There's just something about a felony in tight blue jeans...
Posted by: Don Dokken at December 22, 2025 03:24 PM (TN0g+)
_______

"Inorite?"

-- Fresh Prince

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

250 Bill probably has a few places to shack up, they have numerous homes

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 03:26 PM (Ia/+0)

251 247 Let's just remember that it can go the other way

Niiiiiccceeee

Posted by: Every dude at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (HcoTw)

252 Who else is shocked that Bubba is still above ground in late 2025?
Posted by: steevy
___________

I'm even more shocked that Biden is still around.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (XvL8K)

253 Let's just remember that it can go the other way.
Posted by: Stacy's Mom at December 22, 2025 03:26 PM (Riz8t)
________

"Inorite?"

-- Stella

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

254 Society has always sexualized girls and made their purity and innocence something sexually attractive. Hell, up until a few decades ago, there were dozens of songs by grown men about romancing 16-year-old girls -- many of them were big hits, too.

Anyone remember JonBenét Patricia Ramsey, the six year old American child beauty queen who was murdered the day after Christmas 1996?

There was a lot of conversation about "prostitots" then

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (a3CJ+)

255 >>Mike Benz had a good 20 minute video tying the entire Epstein story to Iran Contra.

And more.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (viF8m)

256 the parody I liked was "Stacy's Mom Should Put Some Clothes On"

Posted by: gKWVE at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (sDWtc)

257 'Glad we never stooped to that level
Posted by: Kiss at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (HcoTw)

"Hey, at least 17 is legal in many states!"

-- Winger'

"She's just 16 years old. Leave her alone they said"
-----

I was way more interested in na-na-na-nineteen...

Posted by: Paul Hardcastle at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (TN0g+)

258 Bill Richardson has never been happier to be dead, I am sure.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (W23D2)

259 Didn't one of the Bidens, brother or something, have a nearby island to Epstein?

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (3uBP9)

260 All together now, Progressives, "and besides, ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 22, 2025 03:28 PM (YlWIZ)

261 Nothing makes Bill Clinton look bad more than Hillary.

Monica Lewinsky was a giant leap up and she was plump with baby fat and barely legal.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 03:29 PM (nljXp)

262 I’ve seen more slash than Jack the Ripper.

Posted by: Bill Clintons Wiener at December 22, 2025 03:29 PM (VnVVA)

263 Epstein was at the center of a lot of the CIAs off the books stuff for years.
............................
Not just the CIA. He was a useful tool for a variety of international IC types.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 22, 2025 03:29 PM (sAmhv)

264 >>Didn't one of the Bidens, brother or something, have a nearby island to Epstein?

There was some talk that Jim Biden had some property on a neighboring island.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:30 PM (viF8m)

265 243
'Mike Benz had a good 20 minute video tying the entire Epstein story to Iran Contra.'

And how does he tie those together?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 03:30 PM (fd80v)

266 247 lmao

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 03:30 PM (1Nv0l)

267
Glad we never stooped to that level
Posted by: Kiss at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (HcoTw)


*fistbump*

- - - Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Outfield

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:30 PM (Zz0t1)

268 You should totally believe a guy who porked a woman young enough to be his daughter in The Oval Office and stuck a cigar in her no-no place.

Posted by: Bill Clintons Wiener at December 22, 2025 03:30 PM (VnVVA)

269 >> Epstein was at the center of a lot of the CIAs off the books stuff for years.

When what you're doing is so dirty, so unspeakable, you can't have any possibility of using actual US govt funds to do it. You can compromised financial movers and shakers who you can squeeze for all the truly black money you need.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 03:30 PM (w6EFb)

270 Let's just remember that it can go the other way

Niiiiiccceeee
Posted by: Every dude at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (HcoTw)
____

When I was 15 working my first job, one of the bosses was a lady about early 30s. She was as lecherous as Bill Clinton. She was sleeping with all the good-looking guys in the place, some of them also underage like me. She tried to put the moves on me several times. I never did it, not because of morals, but because she was only moderately attractive (great rack, tho!) and I was into hunting trophy game.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

271 Grody old men going through the pictures making sure that they are properly redacted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 03:30 PM (YubK1)

272
Glad we never stooped to that level
Posted by: Kiss at December 22, 2025 03:22 PM (HcoTw)
________

"Hey, at least 17 is legal in many states!"

-- Winger
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:23 PM (iFTx/)

...Soon

Posted by: Neil Diamond at December 22, 2025 03:31 PM (y9nCu)

273 Unprecedented: ex president co-funerals. Probably a Constitutional crisis or something.

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 22, 2025 03:31 PM (YlWIZ)

274 >>And how does he tie those together?


CIA Banking via Bear Stearns...he even uses NYT reporting to twist the knife.

You should check it out.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 03:31 PM (W23D2)

275 261 Nothing makes Bill Clinton look bad more than Hillary.

Monica Lewinsky was a giant leap up and she was plump with baby fat and barely legal

And thicker than prison glass

Posted by: Randall at December 22, 2025 03:32 PM (HcoTw)

276 >>Not just the CIA. He was a useful tool for a variety of international IC types.

Yep. The Safari Club.

I think it's going to come as a shock to a lot of people when they realize a lot of these spy agencies work together regardless of what elected officials say of do. A shadow government.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:32 PM (viF8m)

277 Regardless of the girls age, Democrats don't seem to care that Bubba was married at the time.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 03:32 PM (v0R5T)

278 Men are hardwired to see younger women and think "She's still got most of her eggs" and react accordingly.

Ages of consent and majority are how we've evolved our system to deal with it. The line has to be drawn somewhere, and we've pretty much settled where we draw it. Making excuses around it is a pretty gross topic.

Like I said before, teenagers fooling around and making poor decisions with each other about what they're doing with their no-no bits is one thing, young women who, let's face it, aren't exactly known for making informed, rational decisions being sex-trafficked by adults who know damn well what they're doing is an entirely different thing.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 03:32 PM (5aZAZ)

279 The entire modelling and entertainment industry is built around barely-legal girls. Society has always sexualized girls and made their purity and innocence something sexually attractive. Hell, up until a few decades ago, there were dozens of songs by grown men about romancing 16-year-old girls -- many of them were big hits, too.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

We watched the movie, Snow Day, last night, a Christmas movie directed at kids, to which we relented.

My God, is there really a need to show a purported high school girl in a swimsuit with erect nips?

They mercifully cropped out low angle potential swimsuit cameltoe. But Jebus? Why would I want my kids to watch anything put in the last two decades sight unseen?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 03:32 PM (dK+Kv)

280 It all depends on what the definition of 18 is.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at December 22, 2025 03:32 PM (1Nv0l)

281 >>> - - - Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Outfield
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:30 PM (Zz0t1)


Which Outfield song? I only know the one album that has the "josie's on a vacation far away...".

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 03:33 PM (3uBP9)

282 Trump made him.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 03:33 PM (kT/XV)

283 You expect us to question Mr. Greatthings? A man who did nothing but GREAT THINGS the entirety of his time in office???

Posted by: U.S. Media at December 22, 2025 03:33 PM (rQwsY)

284 > Nothing makes Bill Clinton look bad more than Hillary.
----------
The word "evil" gets thrown around here a lot. IMO it's overused. Like "racist." But... in Hillary's case I'll make an exception. There's no way that thing is remotely human.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 03:33 PM (NwnyJ)

285 There are some days that ya just get sick of it all and easily breathe out the feeling: fuck liberals. mightily. A pox be upon them, upon their houses and upon theirs who "curate" them and defend them.

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & lunatic pundits at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (5FaDg)

286
Which Outfield song? I only know the one album that has the "josie's on a vacation far away...".
Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 03:33 PM (3uBP9)


"You know I like my girls a little bit older, but I just wanna use your love tonight."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (Zz0t1)

287 Again, people who were on a death mission to destroy Trump had control of everything related to Epstein for over a decade, if there was even a centile of incriminating information, it would have been released long ago.

As has been noted, Trumps only vice is banging hot adult women who he then marries.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (XV/Pl)

288
The beauty pageants for young girls is disgusting.

The parents, usually the mothers, are sexualizng their young daughters.

It is disgusting.

How many young boy beauty pageants do we see.

Leave the children alone. You are using them to fulfill some sick desire of your own.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (3ek7K)

289 Anyone remember the Bank of Commerce and Credit, BCCI? The most corrupt "bank" in the world. Home to drug cartels, gun runners other assorted criminals and not a few politicians.

Epstein was involved with that too.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (viF8m)

290 They killed Epstein, Clinton is so old he's virtually useless.

Christopher Wray, the 51 who signed the Russia document - There are more important fish that need frying, now.

But no. Bill Clinton has become the shiny thing to distract from active agents against the Republic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (YubK1)

291 Bill Clinton, the guy who left Task Force Ranger in Somalia with no armor or air support because of “appearances” and got all those men killed in The Battle of Mogadishu.

It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, Bill. Maybe your dick will fall off into Hillary’s drink next.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (Py+sj)

292 Yeah, Arianna was an obvious grifter.

Hmmm. More obvious perhaps that Tucker. I am still nkt completely sold on Tucker being a grifter yet. I think he has gone the 'mind so open it falls out of the skull' route.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (7yt4l)

293 264 >>Didn't one of the Bidens, brother or something, have a nearby island to Epstein?

There was some talk that Jim Biden had some property on a neighboring island.
Posted by: JackStraw

There's a whole string of islands in the Caribbean -- locals call it the Pervert Archipelago. Epstein's island is just one of them. They are, in order:

Pedophile Island
Butt-Sex Island
Foot-Fetish Island
Ilsa's Nazi Dungeon Island
Smegma Island
Futanari Island
Chubby Chaser Island
GILF Island

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (oraVG)

294 Nood Cuba

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (cuae1)

295 27 I’m surprised Clinton and all the rest were dumb enough to pose for photos with young girls like that. That’s not some hidden camera or anything.
It’s someone going hey Bill let’s get a shot with you and this 16 year old girl you’re gonna rape in an hour.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:40 PM (UJWr0)
______________________________

Yeah, what's up with that? Three people in a pool. One of them, married. Two others women to whom he is not married. And, he's perfectly OK with some other person showing up and taking pictures?

I have a theory as to why this was acceptable to all parties, but it's a little bit of a conspiracy theory that goes back to Epstein's first arrest in 2008. And, everyone knows that none of our conspiracy theories comes true.

BTW, along those lines. Some Congressman with marbles should put Rene Alexander Acosta on the "under oath" hotseat, and you'll find out what Epstein was really doing, and how the process operated.

Posted by: Orson at December 22, 2025 03:35 PM (dIske)

296 Sure you can read the statute, but I bet a Morgan silver dollar that it omits mention of video, adultery or FCC violation material. Just a wild, salacious guess.

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 22, 2025 03:35 PM (YlWIZ)

297 Remember, liberal women volunteered to "don the presidential kneepads" and blow billy themselves...

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 03:35 PM (1Nv0l)

298 276 >>Not just the CIA. He was a useful tool for a variety of international IC types.

Yep. The Safari Club.

I think it's going to come as a shock to a lot of people when they realize a lot of these spy agencies work together regardless of what elected officials say of do. A shadow government.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 03:32 PM (viF8m)

The same government that is so incompetent that its functionaries cannot find their way out of a phone booth are at the exact same time the most hyper competent clandestine organization on earth with the uncanny ability to keep secrets.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 03:36 PM (rQwsY)

299 It doesn't matter. It's all legalistic horse shit. I'm sure Clinton has fucked kids. It seems pretty darn obvious by now.

People will try to rationalize it, but everybody knows.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 03:36 PM (BI5O2)

300 A big difference is that Clinton stopped all conte ct with Epstein after he was convicted.
Trump remained good friends with Epstein gorcst least 2 years after he was convicted
Dems would never have elected him if he was a pedo friend of Epstein
GOP elected him AFTER. Trump was known to have been his child sex enablers for DECADES

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (pJizs)

301 There was another one -- Amputee Island -- but it mercifully sank beneath the waves after a volcanic eruption.

Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (oraVG)

302 I've always leaned in the opposite direction. Older women. Even in high school.

Example: It wasn't the cheerleaders, it was the coach of the cheerleaders. Must've been about mid-30s. Yowza.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (Y1sOo)

303 >>> "You know I like my girls a little bit older, but I just wanna use your love tonight."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (Zz0t1)


Ah,... ya know I actually never listened to the song lyrics. So his actual girlfriend is on vacay, so there's this young thing and he wants to use her love. Yeah it's pretty f'ed up.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (3uBP9)

304 I was way more interested in na-na-na-nineteen...
Posted by: Paul Hardcastle at December 22, 2025 03:27 PM (TN0g+)

That song was a hit (gulp) 40 years ago.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (rQwsY)

305 They need to destroy Trump's legacy. That's most of what this is about.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 03:39 PM (2fdLC)

306
Example: It wasn't the cheerleaders, it was the coach of the cheerleaders. Must've been about mid-30s. Yowza.
Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 03:37 PM (Y1sOo)

The English teacher I had a huge thing for in summer school was actually not an English teacher at all, but rather a business teacher and dance teacher. I believe the cheerleaders fell under her direction.

28. So bloody hot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 03:39 PM (rQwsY)

307 Men are hardwired to see younger women and think "She's still got most of her eggs" and react accordingly.

Ages of consent and majority are how we've evolved our system to deal with it. The line has to be drawn somewhere, and we've pretty much settled where we draw it.


9 yrs old.
Posted by: Mohammed

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 03:39 PM (dAOkg)

308 . I think he has gone the 'mind so open it falls out of the skull' route.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (7yt4l)

I can save you some time. Genuinely. No.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 03:41 PM (2fdLC)

309 289 Anyone remember the Bank of Commerce and Credit, BCCI? The most corrupt "bank" in the world. Home to drug cartels, gun runners other assorted criminals and not a few politicians.

Epstein was involved with that too.
Posted by: JackStraw
---------

Was that Bush the elder's bank for the CIA?\\

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 03:41 PM (YubK1)

310 Never forget, Trump blew the lid off the whole Clinton-Epstein connection. Trump told the media and the FBI back before he decided to run for president "you gotta look into this Epstein guy"

Then he dumped the democrats as a big donor and ran against Hillary as a Republican.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 22, 2025 03:49 PM (PWcY+)

311 Right? I am sitting here staring at my 14 year old in a doctor’s office about to get stitches because she cut her finger on Saran Wrap. She is just a kid.
Posted by: Piper

Super Glue Gel, let it dry, wrap the finger and put her back to work.

Posted by: Self-Starter at December 22, 2025 03:50 PM (oftw2)

312 There probably isn't hardly a trace of Obama at Pedo-Island in the Epstein Dossier. Too young and vulnerable for his appetite.

Barry seems to be more of a Chicago bathhouse boy, where the big, strong bears, like Big Mike, tossed him around, with a technical proficiency and a seasoned familiarity.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 03:50 PM (nljXp)

313 The girl in his lap looks 14yrs to possibly 16yrs. Not a day older.

Bill was having the time of his life without that hag he married.

I read a story about him from way back in Arkansas. It was said by a friend that people were shocked when he came home one weekend with Hag Hillary. She had BO, dirty hair and was snarling and not friendly. Doesn't sound as if she's changed much.

Put some ice on it, Bill.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 03:57 PM (WONhk)

314 But no. Bill Clinton has become the shiny thing to distract from active agents against the Republic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 03:34 PM (YubK1)

This. Bill has hit his expiration date as a useful political animal. Now his value is as a piñata.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 22, 2025 03:58 PM (MZ+PY)

315 Mike Benz just cracked the Epstein saga, I believe:

https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/2002450017647301084?s=20

Posted by: Danimal28 at December 22, 2025 06:48 PM (mNOhh)

AGAIN: Violent Deranged Homeless Man, Set Free By Leftwing Judges Over and Over Again, Randomly Slashes and Permanently Blinds a 75 Year Old Woman

thefaceofleftwingjustice.jpg


Below the fold, a cop says that this homeless criminal is "notorious" for randomly attacking people.

Yet he was allowed to roam the streets, menacing and attacking citizens.

Oh and they said "he usually just punches people" I guess that is okay...

Posted by: steevy

Tuck's News
@tucksnews

HORROR: 75-Year-Old Seattle Woman Loses Her Eye After 'Serial Assaulter' Known to Cops Hits Her Face at Full Force with Wooden Board with Screw (VIDEO)

Meanwhile, in the Democrat hellhole of Seattle...

A 75-year-old woman lost her eye after she was brutally attacked by a serial assaulter who has a history of punching and stabbing people.

42-year-old Fale Vaigalepa Pea hit Jeanette Marken in the face with a wooden club with a screw through the end of the plank as she was standing on a street corner in downtown Seattle after picking up a food order earlier this month.

Surveillance footage shows Pea approached Marken and swung the wooden club with full force at her face.

Bystanders rushed to Marken after she hit the ground. She was rushed to a nearby hospital and treated for her facial injuries.

Family members told KOMO News that Marken lost eyesight in the damaged eye.

Kevin Kijewski
@KevinKijewski

This shocking Seattle video exposes the failure of soft-on-crime policies under Democrat prosecutors like King County's Leesa Manion, a recipient of George Soros funding. Repeat offender Fale Vaigalepa Pea - arrested eight times in 2025 alone for assaults, drugs, indecent exposure, and more - brutally attacked a 75-year-old woman with a spiked board, leaving her permanently blind in one eye and requiring facial reconstruction.

George Soros has backed over 100 similar prosecutors nationwide to socially reengineer our communities, including potential Michigan Democrat Attorney General nominees Karen McDonald and Eli Savit. We also can't ignore the mental health crisis fueling this violence - too many cycle through arrests without treatment, endangering innocent people.

As Michigan's next Attorney General, we'll fully prosecute violent offenders, support law enforcement, and pursue real solutions to protect families and address the mental health crisis endangering our communities. It's time to make Michigan safe, normal, and red again in 2026.


Update: I had to go to the UK to get a media story about this.

An elderly woman was savagely attacked in broad daylight by a man wielding a wooden board with nails in it.

Jeanette Marken, 75, was left permanently blinded in her right eye after being hit in the face with the makeshift weapon in Seattle, allegedly at the hands of repeat offender Fale Vaigalepa Pea, 42.

Family members told KOMO that a screw sticking out of the board gouged out Marken's eye, and after several surgeries she was told she will not recover her eyesight in the eye.

Marken's son Andrius Dyrikis told the outlet that the random attack has left the family stunned, saying: 'To take a wood club with nails and hit her at full force in the face? I don't understand it.'

...

Police said Pea was 'notorious' for attacking random victims on Third Avenue in Seattle.

The bodycam footage showed a paramedic question the officer after he recognized Pea, asking: 'Who is this guy?'

'He's a regular. He usually punches,' the officer responds.

'I guess today he decided to escalate from his usual.'

According to KOMO, Pea's string of offenses dates back to 2011, when he stabbed two people at a party.

One of the victims in that attack was stabbed eight times, yet despite a jury finding Pea guilty of the savage attack, he received a sentence of just 18-months community custody.

Pea continued racking up criminal offenses over the years, including one in 2020, four in 2023, and one in 2024.

This year, the King County jail reported that Pea has been booked into custody a staggering eight times, for offenses including assault, indecent exposure, drug offenses, and property destruction.


However, KOMO reported Seattle Municipal Court and King County Superior Court records show none of his arrests this year resulted in charges - until the alleged attack on Marken.

Pea is now charged with assault in the first degree, and will remain in custody until he has a competency hearing later this month.

Prosecutors cited Pea's lengthy rap sheet in a charging document for the assault on Marken, saying that his 'egregious actions in this case, as well as his prior assaultive criminal history, demonstrate that he is a substantial danger to the community and is likely to commit a violent offense.'

Dyrikis said he felt let down by the justice system for allowing the repeat offender to roam freely on the streets despite his history.

'He's a usual? A usual what? Attacking people? Civilians? What the hell is wrong with your system?' he questioned.

'I want someone to at least say to my mom, 'Hey, we're working on this, we're fixing it... I want them to say, 'we notice, hey, we're working on it.''

Oh and he's also a transgender. Whether he's a "real" transgender (I use that term with reservations) or just another thug who has a Courtroom Gender Epiphany, I don't know.

Content warning:

Also content warning for images of the victim Jeanette Marken bloodied and bandaged in the hospital.


By the way: I just heard this story so I tried to google it.

Google has completely embargoed the perp's name, "Fale Pea." It pretends you meant to google "fake pee." And no, that's not a joke.

Posted by: Ace at 01:26 PM




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1 This is one of the reasons why when I go into NYC, I go door to door, I do not walk the streets and I don't go anywhere near public transportation if I can help it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 01:27 PM (XV/Pl)

2 Jeez.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 01:27 PM (wzUl9)

3 What did this animal hope to do? Rob her of her change purse? Or was it simple white people hate?

Answer points to "Yes."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 01:28 PM (wzUl9)

4 Oh and they said " he usually just punches people" I guess that is okay...

Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2025 01:29 PM (YwEeS)

5 The way those cops so non-chalantly say, the dude usually punches people, I guess this time he used a twoberfour, oh well, what are you going to do.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 01:29 PM (XV/Pl)

6 Below the fold, a random civilian living in the neighborhood says that this homeless criminal is "notorious" for randomly attacking people.

Yet he was allowed to roam the streets, menacing and attacking citizens.

-------------

Where have all the real men gone?

This asshole's body should have been disappeared long ago ...*spit*

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (2XN3U)

7 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

8 The way those cops so non-chalantly say, the dude usually punches people, I guess this time he used a twoberfour, oh well, what are you going to do.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025

***
How about "Shoot him repeatedly"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (wzUl9)

9 The left wants you to vote Dem or they will kill you by any means necessary.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

10 But hees poor
It’s white peoples fault!
Pahvity causes cwime

Posted by: Avi at December 22, 2025 01:31 PM (ODW6Y)

11 This shocking Seattle video exposes the failure of soft-on-crime policies under Democrat prosecutors like King County's Leesa Manion, a recipient of George Soros funding. Repeat offender Fale Vaigalepa Pea - arrested eight times in 2025 alone for assaults, drugs, indecent exposure, and more - brutally attacked a 75-year-old woman with a spiked board, leaving her permanently blind in one eye and requiring facial reconstruction.
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This is *not* "soft-on-crime" policy. Just no. There is no reason to call it that. This is *pro-crime* policy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:31 PM (avHHk)

12 IIRC It wasn't that long ago that court house was closed because it was "too dangerous" for the employees to come to work.

Looks like this is one time the federal bureaucracy was not lying to get out of doing work...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

13 Internet working at your place again, Ace?

Posted by: Blanco at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (MHpW9)

14 More money for counselors!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (pkeXY)

15 Judges kept releasing him to terrorize others.

This must stop! pic.twitter.com/vBFJu8BdWu

— C3 (@C_3C_3) December 22, 2025


The ONLY WAY you stop this is by removing these judges from oxygen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (Zz0t1)

16 Oh and he's also a transgender. Whether he's a "real" transgender (I use that term advisedly) or just another thug who has a Courtroom Gender Epiphany, I don't know.
++++
:: shrugs ::

There's no daylight to be found between them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (avHHk)

17 I saw Fake Pee open for.....

Yeah, not finishing that joke.

Posted by: pookysgirl has been here too long at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (Wt5PA)

18
Where have all the real men gone?

This asshole's body should have been disappeared long ago ...*spit*
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025

***
A small group of dedicated men, disguised from public cameras, could have done something about the creature. Knees are vulnerable to two-by-fours, for example.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (wzUl9)

19 But she has all the societal power, remember, so this isn't racist.

Posted by: brak at December 22, 2025 01:33 PM (jGJov)

20 >>>There's no daylight to be found between them.

yeah, I know... I said I use that term "advisedly," which I think means "with reservations"

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 01:33 PM (1wjle)

21 Fale Vaigalepa Pea? Those fucking Irish ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:33 PM (iFTx/)

22 We've run those this experiment before.

We used to look people up for violent crime in the 50s and before (or just execute them). Then in the 60/70s we decided to reduce putting people in prison and crime exploded.

Then we went back to more prison time in the late 80s/90s and again crime went down.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

23 0 AP stories on Jeanette Marken
0 PBS stories on Jeanette Marken
0 NYT stories on Jeanette Marken
0 NPR stories on Jeanette Marken
0 WSJ stories on Jeanette Marken
0 BBC stories on Jeanette Marken
0 CNN stories on Jeanette Marken
0 WAPO stories on� pic.twitter.com/KogLaTWrWd

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 21, 2025


Tell me again how the CIA doesn't operate on US soil.

Project Mockingbird is ALIVE AND THRIVING.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

24 This kind of thing would stop if guys like this just started showing up dead with a note pinned to them saying "if you want these people safe, lock them up and don't let them out."

Laws protect them from us, not the other way around.

Posted by: DPICM at December 22, 2025 01:33 PM (zweKz)

25 actually "advisedly" means "after consideration and with deliberateness"

my mistake!

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 01:33 PM (1wjle)

26 Where have all the real men gone?


They saw that court case in NY where a guy stopped a previous iteration of Fale Vaigalepa Pea and was arrested for it.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

27 Well, at least it's a Tongan this time.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:34 PM (UnA8+)

28 Cut off his junk with a potato peeler.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 22, 2025 01:34 PM (CxkMj)

29 There is video. Trump should open up every presser going forward with this video, give the rap sheet and the Judges that continually release this menace to society to continue his brutality against Americans.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:35 PM (Zz0t1)

30 Diversity really is our strength.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 22, 2025 01:35 PM (RVftD)

31 >>>27 Well, at least it's a Tongan this time.

oh is he a Cultural Enricher?

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 01:35 PM (1wjle)

32 Transgender, eh? Maybe we ought to ask Justice Jumangi what a woman is.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:36 PM (L/fGl)

33 >>>homeless criminal is "notorious" for randomly attacking people

so you're saying he was just getting his life back together, possibly an aspiring rapper, on his way to grandma's house?

Posted by: NYT at December 22, 2025 01:36 PM (jGJov)

34 Let me suggest we build onsite housing in court houses right next to the judge's chambers.

Anyone released for a violent crime with no prison time served spends 3 months living in this housing no exceptions.

If the person is no threat then judges have nothing to fear right?

And if the person is a threat they shouldn't be allowed to go free...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 01:36 PM (sKqQm)

35 42-year-old Fale Vaigalepa Pea
......

What a dummy. He's had plenty of time to change his name.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 01:36 PM (v0R5T)

36 If the criminal had been targeting a multi-national oil worker in a foreign country, Pete Hegseth would be tweeting out how the United States would hunt you down and find you and the American military would spare no expense eliminating you.

But if you maim or murder an American here in the good old USA, the government doesn't lift a finger.

Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 01:36 PM (KrBFV)

37 Judges kept releasing him to terrorize others.

---------------

Arrest, Prosecute, Convict, and Imprison -- in Feral PMITA Prison gen pop -- every anarcho-terrorist Rogue Clown Judge for Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Conspiracy Against Rights & Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law.

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 01:36 PM (2XN3U)

38 Trump should open up every presser going forward with this video, give the rap sheet and the Judges that continually release this menace to society to continue his brutality against Americans.

Trump should find out where these judges live, and then open halfway houses next door. I'm sure this guy would be an excellent neighbor.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 01:36 PM (Riz8t)

39 *types*

*deletes*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 01:36 PM (dK+Kv)

40 27 Well, at least it's a Tongan this time.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:34 PM

Tongans eat horse.

Watch your pastures.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 22, 2025 01:36 PM (IifOV)

41 Google has completely embargoed the perp's name, "Fale Pea." It pretends you meant to google "fake pee." And no, that's not a joke.
++++
Of course. And since Google no longer (and hasn't for a long time) honors search filters in the query - quotation marks, boolean operators, etc. - there is no way to bypass it. There is a reason they removed that functionality.

You *can* still get to that, but you must go to "Advanced Search" and force the issue, and then insist that you meant what you wrote by navigating beyond "fake pee."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:37 PM (avHHk)

42 31 oh is he a Cultural Enricher?
Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 01:35 PM (1wjle)

There's no way that name is anything _but_ Tongan.

Though usually Tongans go to New Zealand, not the US.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:37 PM (UnA8+)

43 Can we please stop with this "soft on crime" shit. They're not soft on crime. They are criminal lovers. At best.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:37 PM (2fdLC)

44 Trump should find out where these judges live, and then open halfway houses next door. I'm sure this guy would be an excellent neighbor.

Ah, I see 18-1 beat me to it at #34.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

45 But if you maim or murder an American here in the good old USA, the government doesn't lift a finger.

In fairness to Hegseth he's very legally limited here...but Bondi and Patel are much less so...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

46 "I now want Musk to give me a billion dollars.

I will move to an excluded island somewhere and start the hit list. I will pay for the people that need to be eviscerated to become liquid."


I saw it in a movie on the internet, so it must be true, right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:38 PM (Zz0t1)

47 the joy of it is, this is not just Seattle, it is also Portland, Salem and Eugene.
Sarah Hoyt talked about the feral homeless in 2012, and the problem has become worse every year since. "no room" "no carcerial culture" "no judgement" is what those who supposedly are paid to protect society shout while they do nothing.

No downtown businesses either, and roaming individuals who beat on people for imagined slights. What do you do when your husband has been hit in the head with an aluminum baseball bat by a feral homeless man who thought he was disprespected by not getting money when he begged, and left with a massive skull fracture and brain bleed and an ICU bill? What do you do when your shop window has been broken 20 times by the same homeless man and the insurance company is going to "adjust your coverage" due the expense?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:38 PM (rbvCR)

48
Transgender.

They are sick mfers. No other way to describe them.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 01:38 PM (3ek7K)

49 Every time a judge releases a violent felon out on the street, and the violent felon commits another violent felony, the judge should go to prison, too, and serve the combined sentence of all the felonies that the violent felon committed.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:38 PM (77rzZ)

50 Is this Fale Vaigalepa Pea cockroach a citizen or an illegal? The reporting conspicuously avoids mentioning any background details on his origin. He looks Polynesian to me. With a name like that, what are the odds he's an illegal?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

51
Diversity really is our strength.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Only if it's VIBRANT diversity.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 01:38 PM (pkeXY)

52 It's a "vibrant" neighborhood.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:39 PM (2fdLC)

53 If a bartender lets a drunk person leave the bar, they face repercussions.

If a parent lets a child gain access to firearms, they face repercussions.

If a janitor fails to put up a wet floor sign after mopping and someone slips, they face repercussions.

If a judge sets a killer free to kill again, they get a COLA pay raise and a golden parachute retirement.

Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 01:39 PM (KrBFV)

54 Well, at least it's a Tongan this time.
Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:34 PM (UnA8+)


Shouldn't he be playing football for a college on the west coast?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:39 PM (Zz0t1)

55 The 2nd is our strength.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:39 PM (2fdLC)

56 They're eating the horses.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 01:39 PM (v0R5T)

57 >>>the joy of it is, this is not just Seattle, it is also Portland, Salem and Eugene.

it's pretty much every major city, and even many not so major ones, nationwide. 2 near me with roughly 150k population both have major violent homeless problems

Is there any urban area left that doesn't have a homeless issue?

Posted by: brak at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (jGJov)

58 If we took 500 scumbags from each city and disappeared them all, what would our crime rates look like?

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (uQzkA)

59 I hate to think this but what are the odds that this nice old lady has voted Democrat her entire life. Not that she deserved this, but voting Dem makes this entirely foreseeable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (MoRvC)

60 Judges repeatedly let him out to terrorize.
________
I think the correct term isn't "judges" but "accomplices".

Why do we even have judges? Seriously, we simply need to remove all sentencing power from them.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (s0JqF)

61 50 Is this Fale Vaigalepa Pea cockroach a citizen or an illegal? The reporting conspicuously avoids mentioning any background details on his origin. He looks Polynesian to me. With a name like that, what are the odds he's an illegal?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

Definitely Polynesian. "Fale" is typically a Tongan name, and the other parts of his name are extremely Polynesian, too.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (UnA8+)

62 Google has completely embargoed the perp's name, "Fale Pea." It pretends you meant to google "fake pee." And no, that's not a joke.
++++
Of course. And since Google no longer (and hasn't for a long time) honors search filters in the query - quotation marks, boolean operators, etc. - there is no way to bypass it. There is a reason they removed that functionality.

You *can* still get to that, but you must go to "Advanced Search" and force the issue, and then insist that you meant what you wrote by navigating beyond "fake pee."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:37 PM (avHHk)
_______

I just googled his name and tons of reporting came up on the attack

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

63 Internet working at your place again, Ace?

Posted by: Blanco at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (MHpW9)

We definitely need an update.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (dK+Kv)

64 Every time a judge releases a violent felon out on the street, and the violent felon commits another violent felony, the judge should go to prison, too, and serve the combined sentence of all the felonies that the violent felon committed.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:38 PM (77rzZ)


You misspelled 'subjected to the felonies the violent felon committed.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

65 Willowed:

Arabs are Semites too. Why can't people say anti-Jewish?
Posted by: fd

I've been saying this for awhile. The term "Semitic" has no meaning outside of linguistics. Use "anti-Jewish," "Jew-hating," or "Judaeophobic" instead.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (77rzZ)

66 54 Shouldn't he be playing football for a college on the west coast?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:39 PM (Zz0t1)

Or Wrestling in Japan after being trained in New Zealand.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:41 PM (UnA8+)

67 >>>Google has completely embargoed the perp's name, "Fale Pea." It pretends you meant to google "fake pee." And no, that's not a joke.

In times like this, you may want to search with Yandex Qwant or hit "Did you mean: fake pee" in Google

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:41 PM (rbvCR)

68 the joy of it is, this is not just Seattle, it is also Portland, Salem and Eugene.
Sarah Hoyt talked about the feral homeless in 2012, and the problem has become worse every year since. "no room" "no carcerial culture" "no judgement" is what those who supposedly are paid to protect society shout while they do nothing.

No downtown businesses either, and roaming individuals who beat on people for imagined slights. ...
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:38 PM (rbvCR)
++++
When a place allows vagrant camps to pop up outside of the traditional detente zone (every city has one) and then doesn't clear them, or lets street people roam after dark, or doesn't enforce the traditional bum-tolerance rules (don't threaten, nag or menace the citizens - panhandle peacefully and get back to the overpass by nightfall), the place is in a death spiral and you're flirting with violence every time you step outside.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:41 PM (avHHk)

69 "He's a regular. He usually punches. I guess today he decided to escalate things way worse than his usual."

He stabbed someone 8 times at a party.

And they try, so hard, to convince us that conservatives are Nazis. The city officials in Seattle, their counterparts in Olympia, are monsters. They hate us. They want us on our backs, lying on the pavement, concussed and blind.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 01:41 PM (rj6Yv)

70 His real name is Elemeno Pea.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 01:41 PM (pkeXY)

71 just googled his name and tons of reporting came up on the attack

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

That's because google knows that when you want to search for fake pee you just do it

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:41 PM (2fdLC)

72 Good people are by definition good, but still surprised sometimes there isn't more vigilantism. But the social contract is broken down. The govt won't protect society.

Imagine living in the UK where just pointing out this story will get you thrown in jail.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2025 01:42 PM (n5tGW)

73 Google has completely embargoed the perp's name, "Fale Pea." It pretends you meant to google "fake pee." And no, that's not a joke.
++++


I don't use google for anything I can avoid. not the browser and DAMN SURE not their 'search' engine.

Google is the Devil and will lie with impunity. As mentioned in a thread last week, they erased their old motto: "Do no evil."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:42 PM (Zz0t1)

74 Is this Fale Vaigalepa Pea cockroach a citizen or an illegal? The reporting conspicuously avoids mentioning any background details on his origin. He looks Polynesian to me. With a name like that, what are the odds he's an illegal?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

Definitely Polynesian. "Fale" is typically a Tongan name, and the other parts of his name are extremely Polynesian, too.
Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (UnA8+)
_________

[Crying]

-- Moana

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:42 PM (iFTx/)

75 >>>Every time a judge releases a violent felon out on the street

an angel gets his wings

Posted by: It's a Democrat Life at December 22, 2025 01:42 PM (jGJov)

76
0 AP stories on Jeanette Marken
0 PBS stories on Jeanette Marken
0 NYT stories on Jeanette Marken
0 NPR stories on Jeanette Marken
0 WSJ stories on Jeanette Marken
0 BBC stories on Jeanette Marken
0 CNN stories on Jeanette Marken
0 WAPO stories on Jeanette Marken
0 Reuters stories on Jeanette Marken
0 MSNBC stories on Jeanette Marken

----------------

"An Inconvenient Truth?"

Who was it that first called the MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia Sycophantic Islamunist Whores "Narrative Engineers?"

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 01:42 PM (2XN3U)

77 Could we get Bukele to take some of these judges off our hands?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 22, 2025 01:42 PM (s0JqF)

78 We definitely need an update.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (dK+Kv)

I'm not entirely certain we do.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:43 PM (2fdLC)

79
I've been saying this for awhile. The term "Semitic" has no meaning outside of linguistics. Use "anti-Jewish," "Jew-hating," or "Judaeophobic" instead.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (77rzZ)


You'll use the language they WANT you to use and LIKE IT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:43 PM (Zz0t1)

80 I've been following a story out of MA, where the governor got a law passed that lets the state override local regulations to let connected developers build tenements for "newcomers" wherever they want.

And its funny to observe the sheer number of people demanding someone should do something to stop this who voted for that governor and a full slate of Democrats in the legislature

But the funniest part is of course the MA governor wants to share the same sort of diversity the cities have out to the burbs which is something these same Massholes would tell you is a positive thing until of course it comes to THEIR neighborhood.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

81
There needs to be a Star Chamber for failed judges.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (IifOV)

82 73 Google has completely embargoed the perp's name, "Fale Pea." It pretends you meant to google "fake pee." And no, that's not a joke.
++++


I don't use google for anything I can avoid. not the browser and DAMN SURE not their 'search' engine.

Google is the Devil and will lie with impunity. As mentioned in a thread last week, they erased their old motto: "Do no evil."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:42 PM (Zz0t1)
_______
Are you sure they didn't just erase the word "no"?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (s0JqF)

83 Seattle is a third world shithole.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (dGCAG)

84 The poor guy is suffering because Trump's Economy is so bad.

Obviously, Trump screwed up Biden's Mach 2 Economy.

We need to Impeach Trump over this incident....

Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (J9q9v)

85 Who else should be wearing body cams? Legislators, judges, probationers, parolees. Expand CSPAN for categories. They turned it loose on everyone else, let them archive their stunts too.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (YlWIZ)

86 Are you sure they didn't just erase the word "no"?
Posted by: Eeyore at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (s0JqF)


It's written backwards in invisible ink on every paycheck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (Zz0t1)

87 Will she continue voting Democrat?

Posted by: breaking bogey at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (69oK7)

88 Easy way to stop this is to make the judge responsible for the behavior of these lunatics.

If they are released and continue to cause trouble, lock the judge up.

Of course that will never happen.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 01:45 PM (ESVrU)

89 But the funniest part is of course the MA governor wants to share the same sort of diversity the cities have out to the burbs which is something these same Massholes would tell you is a positive thing until of course it comes to THEIR neighborhood.

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Residents of Martha's Vineyard, who just LUUUVVVVV them some illegals at December 22, 2025 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

90 What did the Western Pea say to the other?

Howdy podner.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 01:45 PM (v0R5T)

91 STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 01:45 PM (Kt19C)

92 You'll use the language they WANT you to use and LIKE IT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:43 PM (Zz0t1)

The problem is if you cede the emotionally loaded and inflammatory terms to them they will take advantage, and you won't convince many.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:45 PM (2fdLC)

93 Seattle is a third world shithole.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (dGCAG)

This is correct.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 01:45 PM (dK+Kv)

94 69 And they try, so hard, to convince us that conservatives are Nazis. The city officials in Seattle, their counterparts in Olympia, are monsters. They hate us. They want us on our backs, lying on the pavement, concussed and blind.
Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 01:41 PM (rj6Yv)

They won't even do anything about fat trantifa blob Vincent Haskins-Delici ("Isabel Rosa Araujo"), and he'd be the easiest arrest in the world to make.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:45 PM (UnA8+)

95 what else is this, other than a nationwide campaign of terrorism against normal citizens?
needs to be prosecuted as such; judges, prosecutors, cops, the whole chain of command.
operating a terrorist organization + deprivation of rights under color of law.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (Cjt/F)

96 May have to change their name from the Stealers to the Assailants.

WATCH: Steelers player throws punch at Detroit fan

https://is.gd/tIEPd6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (L/fGl)

97 The sad thing is, if the woman had defended herself in any way, she'd be facing charges.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (2WIwB)

98 Is there any urban area left that doesn't have a homeless issue?
Posted by: brak at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (jGJov)
++++
There never has been. Every city with more than about 50k people has bums somewhere. It's all about how it's managed. The traditional rules are pretty simple:

1. Don't try to spend the night outside the tolerance zone (usually a specific overpass, near a railyard, etc.). Be outside the tolerance zone after dark, and you get hickory shampoo and a night in the box.
2. Don't menace the normals. Do your panhandling peaceably during daylight hours. If you menace the normals, you get hickory shampoo and a night in the box.
3. Don't settle your family business in view of the normals. If you have beef with another bum, duke it out on your own turf or get hickory shampoo and a night in the box.
4. Don't engage in illegal activity in view of the normals. If you want to dope up, you do it in the tolerance zone or you get hickory shampoo and a night in the box.

Keep violating and you get run out of town or locked up for a meaningful period.

That's it. These are the old rules and there are still cities - usually small or medium cities - that have them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (avHHk)

99 There needs to be a Star Chamber for failed judges.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (IifOV)


I'd settle for a free trip on an Oceangate submarine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (Zz0t1)

100 There needs to be a Star Chamber for failed judges.

You misspelled Sarlacc.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (Riz8t)

101 Seattle is a third world shithole.
Posted by: BurtTC

Don't look at me. The place was beautiful before you palefaces showed up.
-- Chief Seattle

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (77rzZ)

102 The ONLY WAY you stop this is by removing these judges from oxygen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (Zz0t1)

I've come to the conclusion that the judiciary is a terrorist organization determined to destroy the US as we know it. There is no other explanation for their actions except malice.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (b9CCz)

103
Update: I had to go to the UK to get a media story about this.

Look, look! For, upon my soul, it is curious. To learn something that happens here, we need the UK media and for those in the UK to learn something that happens there, they need the US media.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (tgvbd)

104 Repeatedly releasing violent criminals is an oligarchy OP. Not Bernie's oligarchy of men who earned their wealth, the real one.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (wBaIH)

105 I just googled his name and tons of reporting came up on the attack
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (iFTx/)
++++
I got nothing. I had to use "advanced search" before I could get it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (avHHk)

106 In better news, there was a Big Tit Sisters appearance on B&B today.

Much jiggling.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (Wf0ti)

107 Will she continue voting Democrat?
Posted by: breaking bogey at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (69oK7)

8-ball says Y-E-S.

As will 80% of Seattle.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (UJWr0)

108 Will she continue voting Democrat?
Posted by: breaking bogey at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM (69oK7)

Not necessarily. She lived.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (dGCAG)

109 I'm not sure why folks even bother with Google these days. Bing, OTOH, brings multiple links up on the story.

As for our criminal polynesian, no need to get fancy. Just do to him what he did to Jeanette Marken.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (/HDaX)

110 Try that in FL, and you'll never do it again. ~ Sheriff Grady Judd (I imagine).

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (TezPK)

111 Funniest thing about Seattle is when Seattle Pedo-Mayor Greg Nichols "discovered" that Seattle had a homeless problem when it was discovered/released that he was likely boinking a minor boy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (dK+Kv)

112
Bystanders rushed to Marken after she hit the ground. She was rushed to a nearby hospital and treated for her facial injuries.

----

Would have been nice if they surrounded her attacker and kicked the shit out of him, too.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (t1fZA)

113 Oh, so this wild-eyed Samoan maniac usually just punched people? That's very reassuring.

I've played ball against Samoans. You don't want them "just punching you."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (BI5O2)

114
WATCH: Steelers player throws punch at Detroit fan

https://is.gd/tIEPd6
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (L/fGl)


Buying a ticket to a game doesn't give you carte blanche. It doesn't even look like contact was made, but if the fan is being a belligerent asshole earning a punch in the face, so be it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (Zz0t1)

115 Seattle has a median home price of 850000 dollars. If people did not want to live there it would lower

USA averages 50 homicides per day only a much smaller age picked up by any national media.

Aggravated assaults run more that 1000 per year

Mass media has only 1 agenda. Profits. .

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (pJizs)

116 In better news, there was a Big Tit Sisters appearance on B&B today.

Much jiggling.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (Wf0ti)

But no link.

Sigh.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (/HDaX)

117 His real name is Elemeno Pea.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 01:41 PM (pkeXY)

----------------

Coming #Soon to #Woke Toy Stores & Departments Near You -- and just in time for Christmas:

The Tranny "Tickle Me Elemeno" Doll!

/With optional Assault 2x4 Attachment ...

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (2XN3U)

118 In better news, there was a Big Tit Sisters appearance on B&B today.

Much jiggling.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop

Hey, good to see your nic here. It's been awhile, no?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (77rzZ)

119 Not necessarily. She lived.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (dGCAG)

LOL

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (2fdLC)

120 You'll use the language they WANT you to use and LIKE IT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:43 PM (Zz0t1)

The problem is if you cede the emotionally loaded and inflammatory terms to them they will take advantage, and you won't convince many.

Yeah, no. Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent.

https://is.gd/7xJMoq

Posted by: J.D. Vance and his flammenworder at December 22, 2025 01:49 PM (Riz8t)

121 May have to change their name from the Stealers to the Assailants.

WATCH: Steelers player throws punch at Detroit fan

https://is.gd/tIEPd6
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (L/fGl)

Apparently it wasn't a punch, and the two have a "history."

The fan had been thrown out of the stadium before, at the player's request.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 01:49 PM (dGCAG)

122 Will she continue voting Democrat?
Posted by: breaking bogey at December 22, 2025 01:44 PM

Even more reliably if she dies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 01:49 PM (jc0TO)

123 114
WATCH: Steelers player throws punch at Detroit fan

https://is.gd/tIEPd6
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (L/fGl)


Buying a ticket to a game doesn't give you carte blanche. It doesn't even look like contact was made, but if the fan is being a belligerent asshole earning a punch in the face, so be it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (Zz0t1)

The fan actually wasn't. The player is a known hothead, and I'd probably suspend him for the last 2 regular season games. I mean, if he hit the ref, another person with no helmet, it would be a full season. You only get to hit fellow helmeted players for 1 game.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 01:49 PM (tOcjL)

124 In better news, there was a Big Tit Sisters appearance on B&B today.

Much jiggling.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (Wf0ti)


You asked for it.......


https://is.gd/dSqQcB

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:49 PM (Zz0t1)

125 How come the 75 year old woman didn't unload on this tard like a super hero chick? I don't get it.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 01:50 PM (pLaQB)

126 Scott Adams proven right again for the 100 millionth time.

Look, if you choose to live in an urban “diverse” shithole like Seattle, this is going to happen. It’s not if but when. It’s unfortunate but at some point people need to make a decision. Do they want safety or do they want the proverbial 3am Thai food? Choice is yours.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:50 PM (UJWr0)

127 I'm not sure Google's deliberately censoring it. Their search has been dumbed down so far to try be usable by 40 IQ Somalians (and sell ads, but mostly sell ads) that things with odd words are difficult to search.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2025 01:50 PM (QZThv)

128 Our coprophile appears.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 01:50 PM (jc0TO)

129 Doesn’t sound like a “heritage American “ - is he “undocumented “ in addition to being unsafe, unwell, and gender confused??

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 01:50 PM (Hkcdp)

130 The fan actually wasn't. The player is a known hothead, and I'd probably suspend him for the last 2 regular season games. I mean, if he hit the ref, another person with no helmet, it would be a full season. You only get to hit fellow helmeted players for 1 game.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 01:49 PM (tOcjL)


It didn't really look like contact was made, but whatever.

Society sucks balls and everyone knows the assholes win, so......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)

131 https://is.gd/dSqQcB
Posted by: Sponge

Oh wow. You, Sir, are a great American.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (77rzZ)

132 You asked for it.......

https://is.gd/dSqQcB
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:49 PM (Zz0t1)

Golly!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (/HDaX)

133 It's a sparkling wiggle! (look it up; do your own research)

It's always a sparkling wiggle because they are "oppressed" or misrepresented, or some other random Leftist DemoNcrat bullshit.

But. . . . . . white privilege. . . . . .

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & lunatic pundits at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (+uala)

134 Execute the judges, problem solved.

Posted by: Dave's not here at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (kp5iD)

135
That's it. These are the old rules and there are still cities - usually small or medium cities - that have them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (avHHk)

And thus it has always been and the mind of man runneth not to the contrary that bums and riff-raff have been in cities, not liked, but tolerated so long as they kept themselves in a finite area and caused no trouble to normals.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (tgvbd)

136 How come the 75 year old woman didn't unload on this tard like a super hero chick? I don't get it.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 01:50 PM (pLaQB)

75 year old women aren't necessarily the best fighters.

Nonetheless, she just signed to be Jake Paul's next opponent.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (dGCAG)

137 I've played ball against Samoans. You don't want them "just punching you."

They are just pacific negroes.

Big f*cking fairies once they meet their match.

There is a reason the fat-ass, lazy SPAM eaters don't fair well in combat sports.

Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (KrBFV)

138 Trump should find out where these judges live, and then open halfway houses next door. I'm sure this guy would be an excellent neighbor.

Ah, I see 18-1 beat me to it at #34.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

***

Some judges need to discover the joys of diving in Puget.Sound.
At night.
Without tanks.
And extra weights.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (2WIwB)

139
This was black on white crime. motivated by racial hatred. And also systematic training of a class of offenders to expect that there will be no consequences.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (t1fZA)

140 Don't look at me. The place was beautiful before you palefaces showed up.
-- Chief Seattle
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:46 PM (77rzZ)

I am reading Ezra Meek's memoir about being a pioneer on Puget Sound in the 1850's.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

141 Chilly or not, there's a reason this roadside blonde prefers being outside of urban areas:
http://tiny.cc/69rw001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:52 PM (avHHk)

142 I keep wondering, isn't there some federal anti-KKK laws that can be used to go after these jurisdictions?

There has to be some law on the books that let's the feds go after the local officials if they refuse to enforce laws.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 01:52 PM (HXT0k)

143
Google is the Devil and will lie with impunity. As mentioned in a thread last week, they erased their old motto: "Do no evil."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:42 PM (Zz0t1)

Old slogan: Don't be evil.

New slogan: Don't. Be evil.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 01:53 PM (tgvbd)

144 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (pJizs)



You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at December 22, 2025 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)

145 137 There is a reason the fat-ass, lazy SPAM eaters don't fair well in combat sports.
Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (KrBFV)

They dominated Sumo until the Mongolians showed up.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:53 PM (UnA8+)

146 I'm liking the babeage here today.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:53 PM (77rzZ)

147 When a place allows vagrant camps to pop up outside of the traditional detente zone (every city has one) and then doesn't clear them, or lets street people roam after dark, or doesn't enforce the traditional bum-tolerance rules (don't threaten, nag or menace the citizens - panhandle peacefully and get back to the overpass by nightfall), the place is in a death spiral and you're flirting with violence every time you step outside.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:41 PM (avHHk)

Every locale that allows this is eventually going to require a Bukele to clean them up. In fact he's probably the nicer version of the strongmen who will turn up, as he actually puts those he arrests into prison. Much easier and cheaper to just dig a big pit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 01:53 PM (uWKK8)

148 Our judiciary's primary purpose is 'restorative justice'. I don't have the official definition handy. Based on observation though, this means releasing criminals who, because they are just like St. George Floyd, will be released to apply the Wooden Board of Justice to unsuspecting people who are not like St. George Floyd. This 'restores' justice in a way that consequences are applied equally between the guilty and innocent, just like the blindfolded lady holding the balanced scales intended.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 01:54 PM (8QsiA)

149 139
This was black on white crime. motivated by racial hatred. And also systematic training of a class of offenders to expect that there will be no consequences.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (t1fZA)

Not black this time. Pacific Islander.

But they probably deserve the blame anyway.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:54 PM (UnA8+)

150 Google has completely embargoed the perp's name, "Fale Pea." It pretends you meant to google "fake pee." And no, that's not a joke.

Brave browser brings it up

Posted by: FireFly at December 22, 2025 01:54 PM (53oGX)

151 141 Chilly or not, there's a reason this roadside blonde prefers being outside of urban areas:
http://tiny.cc/69rw001
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This chick wants me in the worst kind of way.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 01:54 PM (pLaQB)

152 There is a reason the fat-ass, lazy SPAM eaters don't fair well in combat sports.
Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (KrBFV)

They don't have off-switches.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:55 PM (rbvCR)

153 Crime rates are highest in red states.
The homicide rate in Mississippi is about 20 per 100000 people
In Seattle it is 6.8. About 1/3' that of Red after Mississippi

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 22, 2025 01:55 PM (pJizs)

154 Leftist vermin love this shit. Remember in DC they were upset when the NG made the city safe for 5 minutes. Living in a cesspool turns them on. They’ll never vote to clean up their cities.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:55 PM (UJWr0)

155 Don't look at me. The place was beautiful before you palefaces showed up.
-- Chief Seattle

In the clan based structure you found in the PNW, the way something like this would be handled is the old woman's clan would go kill a few of Pea's clan and vice versa until the two sides got tired of it.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

156 ------------------
This chick wants me in the worst kind of way.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 01:54 PM (pLaQB)


Usually all photos of women do.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:55 PM (Zz0t1)

157 ...just like the blindfolded lady holding the balanced scales intended.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 01:54 PM (8QsiA)

Oh, now I get it.

He was blinding the lady.

With the board of Restorative Justice.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (dGCAG)

158 Chilly or not, there's a reason this roadside blonde prefers being outside of urban areas:
http://tiny.cc/69rw001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:52 PM (avHHk)
____

Odds that chick lives in an urban area? High!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (iFTx/)

159 You asked for it.......
https://is.gd/dSqQcB
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:49 PM (Zz0t1)


Man hands!

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (0bjKf)

160 But there are more gun deaths* in red states per capita!!
/s/ the Left

* which stat includes suicides

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (HXT0k)

161 Its Go Time Donald makes every thread an un-fun thread.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (rbvCR)

162 Point /Counterpoint.

Noem Offers $3K "Bonus" to Illegal Aliens if They Self-Deport by Dec. 31

Dem Officials In California Urge Illegals to Sign Up for Medicaid by Dec 31

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (L/fGl)

163 off underappreciated series canceled too early sock...

Posted by: Inogame at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (53oGX)

164 I have been reliably informed that Seattle is populated with hand-holding otters.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (pkeXY)

165 145 137 There is a reason the fat-ass, lazy SPAM eaters don't fair well in combat sports.
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My dad hated Spam. He ate it everyday from Bougainville, Guam and Iwo. Me, I like Spam.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (pLaQB)

166 Google works fine if you give the full name "Fale Vaigalepa Pea" by the way.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2025 01:57 PM (QZThv)

167 Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (Wf0ti)

But no link.

Sigh.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (/HDaX)

Bold and the Beautiful, CBS from 1:30p-2p

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 22, 2025 01:57 PM (Wf0ti)

168 I was a bit mistaken. . ... it's a coco-sparkling wiggle

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & lunatic pundits at December 22, 2025 01:57 PM (+uala)

169 Chilly or not, there's a reason this roadside blonde prefers being outside of urban areas:
http://tiny.cc/69rw001
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This chick wants me in the worst kind of way.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 01:54 PM (pLaQB)
______

She followed me around the city once, all day. She stayed right ahead of me the entire time!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

170 I have been reliably informed that Seattle is populated with hand-holding otters.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Only the same-sex otters hold hands in Seattle.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:57 PM (77rzZ)

171 --------------
My dad hated Spam. He ate it everyday from Bougainville, Guam and Iwo. Me, I like Spam.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (pLaQB)


I cut up some Spam and put it in the spicy asian noodles I just cooked and ate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (Zz0t1)

172 She followed me around the city once, all day. She stayed right ahead of me the entire time!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:57 PM (iFTx/)
++++
Uncanny!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (avHHk)

173 163 off underappreciated series canceled too early sock...
Posted by: Inogame at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (53oGX)

The Hero of Canton...

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (UnA8+)

174 The homicide rate in Mississippi is about 20 per 100000 people
In Seattle it is 6.8. About 1/3' that of Red after Mississippi


Imagine not understanding where in Mississippi the crime is lol. Hint: it’s not in Republican parts of the state.

But you know this. You’re just a liar like everyone on the left.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (UJWr0)

175 Oh look, it's our resident shit-eater citing a false stat, right on que.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (HXT0k)

176 Every locale that allows this is eventually going to require a Bukele to clean them up. In fact he's probably the nicer version of the strongmen who will turn up, as he actually puts those he arrests into prison. Much easier and cheaper to just dig a big pit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 01:53 PM (uWKK

This is in relatively stable and prosperous times.

Imagine this hellhole if power was out for a sustained period, or if EBT funds ran dry. What a nightmare scenario. Target rich, but nightmare.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (dK+Kv)

177 Noem Offers $3K "Bonus" to Illegal Aliens if They Self-Deport by Dec. 31


No creative thinking there.

Offer them $100k, then just arrest them when they show up to get their money.

Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (KrBFV)

178 Chilly or not, there's a reason this roadside blonde prefers being outside of urban areas

She's shaved dolphin smooth.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (jc0TO)

179
But there are more gun deaths* in red states per capita!!
/s/ the Left

* which stat includes suicides
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (HXT0k)

To which I would reply: the crime data are granular enough to determine where gun deaths occur most. Please to determine the demographics of these places.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (tgvbd)

180 **types**deletes**types**deletes**

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (5xuJ/)

181 This chick wants me in the worst kind of way.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 01:54 PM (pLaQB)

Why? You have penicillin?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 01:59 PM (dK+Kv)

182 Lies are all the left have. Nothing they believe is truth, factual or remotely accurate.

The lie. For a living. Each and Every Day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:59 PM (Zz0t1)

183 No creative thinking there.

Offer them $100k, then just arrest them when they show up to get their money.
Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (KrBFV)
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Eh, disagree. Honey and vinegar. If this scheme works, let it ride. Maybe do another round at $2k for the month of January. Encourage good behavior.

Now the fake "you are owed a refund by the city, some come down to city hall to claim it" letters sent to illegals followed by arrest? That's outside-the-box thinking.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 02:00 PM (avHHk)

184 Take out “diverse” murders and the US is something like 160th on the list of murders per capita in the world. Safer than Iceland.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:00 PM (UJWr0)

185 Imagine how fast these problems would go away if the right people were hunted like this?

If this were some dumb slut from CNN, we'd be seeing stories about how awful this is.

But it isn't the right people getting the brunt repercussions of demonstrable failure.

What if this dude decided to torch a news building?

That's when shot will change. When it affects the right people. Since it's only the normie, it's a ok.

I hate the news media with a passion

Posted by: melodicmetal at December 22, 2025 02:00 PM (dmQ3d)

186 I have been reliably informed that Seattle is populated with hand-holding otters.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 01:56 PM (pkeXY)

Gay hand-holding otters.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

187 If you could eliminate gun ownership among Democrats and their clients, we would have the gun violence rate of Lichtenstein.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 02:00 PM (jc0TO)

188 Hey, good to see your nic here. It's been awhile, no?
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (77rzZ

Medical adventures, changes in schedules have somewhat limited my blathering here, sadly.

But probably a good thing for you morons, lol.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 22, 2025 02:00 PM (Wf0ti)

189 Chilly or not, there's a reason this roadside blonde prefers being outside of urban areas:

That is a long, tall glass of water.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 22, 2025 02:01 PM (Riz8t)

190
She followed me around the city once, all day. She stayed right ahead of me the entire time!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

============

You should see her on the inside. An Nvidia GPU with 24GB of VRAM and a fast SSD. Your choice of voices on ElevenLabs.

There, I'm even more un-fun than It's Go Time Donald.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 22, 2025 02:01 PM (n7rxJ)

191 Before I retired, we were thinking of moving to the Olympic Peninsula. The arrival of grandchildren ended that idea. They do not know it, but we owe our grandchildren a lot, keeping us from moving to a hostile foreign country.

Subotai Bahaduir

Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at December 22, 2025 02:01 PM (QtvhG)

192 Man hands!
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell

They have hands???

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:01 PM (77rzZ)

193 I just started a date with Jasmine.

Yes, of course I am talking about tea.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 02:01 PM (avHHk)

194 I dated a hot Polynesian girl once. The rest of her family were all yuge fat slobs and her mother looked like a tranny. It was a casual thing, so I didn't care what she might look like in 20 years, but if I was serious about her that would raise red flags.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

195 No creative thinking there.

Offer them $100k, then just arrest them when they show up to get their money.
Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 01:58 PM (KrBFV)
++++
Eh, disagree. Honey and vinegar. If this scheme works, let it ride. Maybe do another round at $2k for the month of January. Encourage good behavior.

Now the fake "you are owed a refund by the city, some come down to city hall to claim it" letters sent to illegals followed by arrest? That's outside-the-box thinking.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 02:00 PM

Bounties would be nice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 02:01 PM (jc0TO)

196 Take out “diverse” murders and the US is something like 160th on the list of murders per capita in the world. Safer than Iceland.

The odds of being murdered by Bjork are low, but not zero.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2025 02:01 PM (QZThv)

197 @153 homicide rates are highest in red states because of blue cities. Jackson Mississippi a couple of years ago had a murder rate of 100 per 100000. Do better troll

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 02:02 PM (MoRvC)

198 If a person gets murdered, who are the first people the police investigate?

Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 02:02 PM (KrBFV)

199 194 I dated a hot Polynesian girl once. The rest of her family were all yuge fat slobs and her mother looked like a tranny. It was a casual thing, so I didn't care what she might look like in 20 years, but if I was serious about her that would raise red flags.
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Poi. Hawaiian chicks are stunning at 17. By 25 you're buying them a circus tent for clothing.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 02:03 PM (pLaQB)

200

These attacks occur more often then we know.

The local government hides most news of these attacks along with the evil media.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 02:03 PM (3ek7K)

201 You should see her on the inside. An Nvidia GPU with 24GB of VRAM and a fast SSD.

I mean, for techies that's pretty hot too.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2025 02:03 PM (QZThv)

202 We are going to have to kick the anti-semites out of the party.
AGAIN.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 22, 2025 02:03 PM (j81Ny)

203 The only thing more ridiculous and false than including suicides in the "gun homicide" stat is how they include prison violence in the "white supremacist" stats.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 02:04 PM (HXT0k)

204 Highest murder rates in Mississippi:

Amory
Cleveland
Batesville
Laurel
Vicksburg
Picayune
Brookhaven
Horn Lake
Kosciusko
Corinth

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:04 PM (Zz0t1)

205 Below the fold, a random civilian living in the neighborhood says that this homeless criminal is "notorious" for randomly attacking people.

Yet he was allowed to roam the streets, menacing and attacking citizens.

Anarcho-tyranny. As an aside, he'd make a good cop. Got the smashing old ladies' faces in part down cold.

Posted by: At this point they're just driving donuts on the lawn at December 22, 2025 02:04 PM (TbWk/)

206 The odds of being murdered by Bjork are low, but not zero.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2025 02:01 PM (QZThv)

Weird looking women. They all dress like hippies.

Probably smell of funk.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:04 PM (dGCAG)

207 The odds of being murdered by Bjork are low, but not zero.
Posted by: Ian S.

Don't stand at the edge of a volcano with her.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:04 PM (77rzZ)

208
If a person gets murdered, who are the first people the police investigate?
Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 02:02 PM (KrBFV)

White, Christian, male, heterosexual oil executives. Because they're the culprits according to every movie and TV show.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 02:05 PM (tgvbd)

209 You should see her on the inside. An Nvidia GPU with 24GB of VRAM and a fast SSD.

I mean, for techies that's pretty hot too.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2025 02:03 PM (QZThv)

And she can be programmed to make sammiches.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 02:05 PM (dK+Kv)

210 In better news, there was a Big Tit Sisters appearance on B&B today.

Much jiggling.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM

I'm more of a Bertha and the Butt Sisters man.

Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at December 22, 2025 02:05 PM (0sNs1)

211 Poi. Hawaiian chicks are stunning at 17. By 25 you're buying them a circus tent for clothing.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 02:03 PM (pLaQB)
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They invented the muumuu for a reason.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 22, 2025 02:05 PM (qbLEp)

212 I'm surprised judges that release habitially violent people haven't been offed by greiving family members.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 22, 2025 02:05 PM (pA1Hr)

213 Crime in red states is generally in the blue areas in those states.

In the case of Mississippi the worst place is the city of Jackson.

Kamala won there 68-30 in 2024

Mayor John A. Horhn is a Democrat who didn't even face a Republican candidate in the general election.

Horhn replaced a guy named Chokwe Antar Lumumba because he was sent to prison for corruption.
Lumumba campaigned on making Jackson "the most radical city on the planet", is a self described progressive and socialist, and endorsed Bernie Sanders for president.

Previously his father Chokwe Lumumba also served as mayor of Jackson. The senior Lumumba changed his last name to that of the famous African communist leader and was a leader of the "Republic of New Afrika" movement

So, looks like the residents of Jackson are getting what they voted for

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

214 I seriously doubt that this sort of thing would get any better under Democrat rule. Trump's administration is trying (for whatever definition of "trying" you wish) to get these thugs off the streets. But the black robed savants keep blocking those efforts.

Imagine the administration, Congress and the judiciary all on the same side. It was pretty close under *biden's reign.

Yea, that'll be fun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 02:06 PM (NwnyJ)

215 We are going to have to kick the anti-semites out of the party.
AGAIN.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 22, 2025 02:03 PM (j81Ny)

Those two guys are back again?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 02:06 PM (dK+Kv)

216 You should see her on the inside. An Nvidia GPU with 24GB of VRAM and a fast SSD.

I mean, for techies that's pretty hot too.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2025 02:03 PM (QZThv)
_____

"I'd fuck her"

-- Techies

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:06 PM (iFTx/)

217 207 The odds of being murdered by Bjork are low, but not zero.
Posted by: Ian S.

Don't stand at the edge of a volcano with her.

hmmm.... *scribbles note* buy more orange soda

Posted by: anachronda at December 22, 2025 02:06 PM (v3pYe)

218 208
If a person gets murdered, who are the first people the police investigate?
Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 02:02 PM (KrBFV)

White, Christian, male, heterosexual oil executives. Because they're the culprits according to every movie and TV show.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 02:05 PM (tgvbd)

Don't forget white Christian male heterosexual pastors. And homeschoolers.

Posted by: It's all left-wing copaganda at December 22, 2025 02:07 PM (TbWk/)

219 Crime in red states is generally in the blue areas large pockets of blacks and Latinos in those states.

FIFY

Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 02:08 PM (KrBFV)

220 Crime in red states is generally in the blue areas in those states.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

It's also important to note, crime stats are NOT the same as incidents of crime.

Even if their politicians were NOT faking the numbers, crimes are routinely unreported in areas where it's more rampant.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:08 PM (dGCAG)

221 The left was mad at Bjork for a while.

The manic pixie girl thing she has going on as her public persona pissed off the left because it contrasts with bitter bitch too starkly.

Also horde favorite Zooey Deschanel got crap for it as well

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 02:08 PM (sKqQm)

222 188 Medical adventures, changes in schedules have somewhat limited my blathering here, sadly.

the sun never sets on the moron empire

Posted by: anachronda at December 22, 2025 02:09 PM (v3pYe)

223 I was visiting Vicksburg Battlefield a few years ago, and had a map that showed a few monuments down close to the Mississippi River that weren't inside the park boundaries, and I thought about trying to find some. I knew someone local and asked about the area, and when I mentioned one particular road he said "oh, if you're white, don't you even THINK about trying to drive down that one! You won't make it back."

A lot of little corners in Mississippi and Alabama like that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 02:09 PM (uWKK8)

224 It's important to include the middle name "Valgalepa" so as not to confuse this guy with some other "Fale Pea".

Posted by: John Frederick Gacy at December 22, 2025 02:10 PM (dIske)

225 203 The only thing more ridiculous and false than including suicides in the "gun homicide" stat is how they include prison violence in the "white supremacist" stats.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 02:04 PM (HXT0k)

Totally fake. And gay. The SPLC and ADL include pretty much everything from the local boy scouts troop to the PTA to the American Family Association as right-wing radical extremist white supremacists, which is where the progtard faggots were cribbing all their information.

Posted by: All bullshit all the time at December 22, 2025 02:10 PM (TbWk/)

226 Eyeballs and cheekbones are reparations, yo

Posted by: 496 at December 22, 2025 02:10 PM (8M2Lv)

227 Even if their politicians were NOT faking the numbers, crimes are routinely unreported in areas where it's more rampant.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:08 PM (dGCAG)
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Yup. Go to one of those "crime stats by zip code" (or census tract, or precinct) websites and use your own city. Put in a ZIP code you know is good through your own experience, and one you know is bad. The odds are very good that the good part of town has worse rates for property and sex crime, and it comes down entirely to reporting.

In the better part of town, people have an expectation - misplaced or not - that the cops can and will do something about it. People in the better part of town probably have insurance, and insurance will demand a police report for property crimes. They are much more likely to report across the board, for a variety of reasons. In the 'hood, there's little point in reporting crime and few people do. Except corpses (which are hard to hide), reporting is way lower.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 02:11 PM (avHHk)

228 Brave gets it:

search.brave.com/
search?q=Fale+Pea

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 02:11 PM (3uBP9)

229 When I met my bride-to-be's parents for the first time (we were both 30, so it wasn't a huge deal), her mother and father were both great, Mom looked great for her age, etc. Never thought about it much. A few years later, my wife told me that future husbands often look at potential m-i-l's to determine what their future wife would look like. So on our first meeting future m-i-l dolled herself up and even had pictures/photos of herself in her college years, etc. around the house som I could see she was never an uggo. Sweet lady, I'm still her favorite s-i-l.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2025 02:11 PM (O6icp)

230 The mayor and alderman of Vicksburg, MS.

https://is.gd/hCw9RR

Democrats.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)

231 So has Nick Reiner been canonized for hhacking his parents to death after all that rehab? I mean what did Rob Reiner die for? Corrupt judges?

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 22, 2025 02:12 PM (YlWIZ)

232 201 You should see her on the inside. An Nvidia GPU with 24GB of VRAM and a fast SSD.

I mean, for techies that's pretty hot too.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2025 02:03 PM

I misread techies as testes.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 22, 2025 02:12 PM (bLA4G)

233 I saw Shaved Dolphin Smooth open for Katie Ledecky in the 4×200 freestyle around 2013

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 02:13 PM (2XN3U)

234
A lot of little corners in Mississippi and Alabama like that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 02:09 PM (uWKK

Read a Substack a while ago about Murder Valley, a number of counties along the Mississippi with unusually high homicide rates despite being rather rural. I made note of the counties and had a look at the demographics in a selection of them. It confirmed my suspicions.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 02:13 PM (tgvbd)

235 Can't wait until the govt. takes down that POS Soros. Probably never happen in our lifetime.

As for Google, not sure if it is a ban, try "Fale Pea attack crime".

Posted by: Trip at December 22, 2025 02:13 PM (npAJo)

236 If a 100lb, 5'4" Icelandic senior citizen of the distaff persuasion manages to murder you, you really blew it. They're not even allowed to have guns.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 02:13 PM (BI5O2)

237 The Blade is going to Hawaii in May, so he'll report on the Hotness Level of the polynesian girls there

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:13 PM (iFTx/)

238
65 Willowed:

Arabs are Semites too. Why can't people say anti-Jewish?
Posted by: fd

I've been saying this for awhile. The term "Semitic" has no meaning outside of linguistics. Use "anti-Jewish," "Jew-hating," or "Judaeophobic" instead.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM

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The term was coined by a German in the 19th century so he could name his organization the Anti-Semite Society. They wanted to deport Jews.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 22, 2025 02:13 PM (iTNuP)

239 He must have mental health issues. No one who looks like that would claim to be a woman unless he had serious mental health issues.

No, wait...That's not what I meant.

Posted by: Liberal Rationalizer at December 22, 2025 02:13 PM (1DwxX)

240 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 02:11 PM (avHHk)

You really don't sound like you're not a cop.

I suspect you're not being totally honest with us about that.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:13 PM (77rzZ)

241 177 Noem Offers $3K "Bonus" to Illegal Aliens if They Self-Deport by Dec. 31


No creative thinking there.

Offer them $100k, then just arrest them when they show up to get their money.
_____

$100k? That is nothing compared to what the doughy white patsies of Minnesota offer. No deal.

Posted by: Proud Somalian Pirate at December 22, 2025 02:13 PM (Dv3i1)

242 Clown Judge Bonerburger continues to push ahead with his Judge Dredd prosecution of the DOJ.

LOL

That tard is so drunk on sniffing his own shit, he can't see that he's been given--forcefully and specifically--multiple opportunities to stop his mad quest for the Orange Whale.

Watching him tear down the judiciary in his quest amuses me.

I mean, ffs, he's demanding breach of attorney-client privilege to find contempt for not following an order the Supreme Court already said was vague and unenforceable.
His "you will respect the majesty of my office!!" is amazing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 02:14 PM (HXT0k)

243 In the 'hood, there's little point in reporting crime and few people do. Except corpses (which are hard to hide), reporting is way lower.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 02:11 PM (avHHk)

I'm also wondering, if the perp (even for murder) is a juvie, does it get reported as a "crime?"

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:14 PM (dGCAG)

244 More people need a cap busted in there ass than not.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 02:14 PM (dAOkg)

245 226 Eyeballs and cheekbones are reparations, yo

Posted by: 496 at December 22, 2025 02:10 PM (8M2Lv)

Is he a person of choler?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:14 PM (ynpvh)

246 244 More people need a cap busted in there ass than not.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 02:14 PM (dAOkg)

That'd be a brain-shot for them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:15 PM (ynpvh)

247
I mean, ffs, he's demanding breach of attorney-client privilege to find contempt for not following an order the Supreme Court already said was vague and unenforceable.
His "you will respect the majesty of my office!!" is amazing.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 02:14 PM (HXT0k)


And yet, nothing has happened and he's continually allowed to do it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

248 I mean, ffs, he's demanding breach of attorney-client privilege to find contempt for not following an order the Supreme Court already said was vague and unenforceable.
His "you will respect the majesty of my office!!" is amazing.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice


Until someone stops him, he will continue.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 02:15 PM (dAOkg)

249 I mean what did Rob Reiner die for?

-------------

So his son could get his CIA pension?

/Leftist "Altruism" FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 02:16 PM (2XN3U)

250 237 The Blade is going to Hawaii in May, so he'll report on the Hotness Level of the polynesian girls there

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:13 PM (iFTx/)

Poly= many
Nesian = of the islands

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:16 PM (ynpvh)

251 If a 100lb, 5'4" Icelandic senior citizen of the distaff persuasion manages to murder you, you really blew it. They're not even allowed to have guns.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

But they have plenty of hot springs and volcanoes.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:16 PM (77rzZ)

252 I dated a hot Polynesian girl once. The rest of her family were all yuge fat slobs and her mother looked like a tranny. It was a casual thing, so I didn't care what she might look like in 20 years, but if I was serious about her that would raise red flags.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

Every teenage boy needs to be told to look at the mom of any prospective woman he wants to marry.

I think most guys know? But a lot don’t.

It’s about the most accurate prediction of will she or won’t she balloon in 20 years.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:17 PM (UJWr0)

253 "I mean what did Rob Reiner die for?"

That story disappeared pretty damn quick, no? "Rob who?"

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

254 248 I mean, ffs, he's demanding breach of attorney-client privilege to find contempt for not following an order the Supreme Court already said was vague and unenforceable.
His "you will respect the majesty of my office!!" is amazing.


The guy acts like the laws don't apply to him, like he was chosen by birthright as some special person that is above all others.

Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 02:17 PM (KrBFV)

255 The Blade is going to Hawaii in May, so he'll report on the Hotness Level of the polynesian girls there
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

None of the girls in Hawaii ever did anything for me.
-- Barack Hussein Obama

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:18 PM (77rzZ)

256 "I mean what did Rob Reiner die for?"

That story disappeared pretty damn quick, no? "Rob who?"
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:17 PM (iFTx/)


They don't want you finding out how poorly Rob treated and ignored his son, providing him tools to develop his drug habits, but doing nothing to prevent it in the first place.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)

257 None of the girls in Hawaii ever did anything for me.
-- Barack Hussein Obama
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:18 PM (77rzZ)


I'm betting he was an incel and went homo because of that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)

258 I wonder if things like this are going to lead to vigilance committees or possibly a mafia resurgence. Something tells me a "made man" could do very well for himself approaching the victims families and suggesting the situation could be handled for a modest fee.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 02:19 PM (Yp6az)

259
Bulg,

I bet the guys did appeal to him.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 02:19 PM (3ek7K)

260 The Blade is going to Hawaii in May, so he'll report on the Hotness Level of the polynesian girls there

—

Much like Latinas.
Under 25 can be very hot. Post 25 the wall comes fast.

Also Hawaiian population is only like 10% native Hawaiian. It is weird how you’re in Hawaii but Hawaiians are almost non existent.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:19 PM (UJWr0)

261 That story disappeared pretty damn quick, no? "Rob who?"
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

There are hints and whispers coming out, about how his dad may very well have been Of The Cult.

Which cult is that?

Pedo, of course.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:19 PM (dGCAG)

262 It's time to get the names of all these judges that presided over these guys and everytime it happens to blast their names out far and wide.

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at December 22, 2025 02:20 PM (ilHZO)

263 Also Hawaiian population is only like 10% native Hawaiian. It is weird how you’re in Hawaii but Hawaiians are almost non existent.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Except on Niihau, but haoles aren't allowed there.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:20 PM (77rzZ)

264 This is what happens when you vote democrat. Why any person would live in Seattle is a matter for serious discussion given the history of the place in recent years.

Posted by: Hope and Change at December 22, 2025 02:20 PM (m8zKa)

265 >>>including potential Michigan Democrat Attorney General nominees Karen McDonald and Eli Savit.

Just for fun, do an internet search for Eli Savit Mazi Smith gun charges reduced.

Now try speeding at 50 mph down a residential street in Ann Arbor posted at 25 mph with a loaded Glock and three full magazine without having a state-issued CCW and see if Eli Savit lets you plead down to a misdemeanor and no jail time.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 02:20 PM (Y1sOo)

266
They don't want you finding out how poorly Rob treated and ignored his son, providing him tools to develop his drug habits, but doing nothing to prevent it in the first place.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)

Not to mention the wholesome Hollywood environment that the family swam around in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (tgvbd)

267 They don't want you finding out how poorly Rob treated and ignored his son, providing him tools to develop his drug habits, but doing nothing to prevent it in the first place.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)

Allegedly, there's a dungeon in Rob's basement.

Allegedly.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (dGCAG)

268 That story disappeared pretty damn quick, no? "Rob who?"
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

"He is totally a legend who had some silly movies and stuff from 50 years ago, but you likely remember him from his Trump-hating on Twitter and now Trump is hating on him on Twitter and you should care about this very much because blah blah" probably wasn't the best angle.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (BI5O2)

269 The Blade is going to Hawaii in May, so he'll report on the Hotness Level of the polynesian girls there
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

None of the girls in Hawaii ever did anything for me.
-- Barack Hussein Obama
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:18 PM (77rzZ)
_____

"But those keiki kane were hot!"

-- Barack Hussein Obama

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

270 The Hawaiin girls never did much for me, but the Polynesian boys did call me Chin Ho. And it wasn't a Hawaii 5-0 reference, if you know what i mean.

Posted by: Barack Obama at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (1DwxX)

271 Much like Latinas.
Under 25 can be very hot. Post 25 the wall comes fast.

Russian women, too.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (77rzZ)

272 I hate to think this but what are the odds that this nice old lady has voted Democrat her entire life. Not that she deserved this, but voting Dem makes this entirely foreseeable
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (MoRvC)

Every time I see something like this in the news I eventually think about this. We say a city will get it good and hard by electing dem scumbags -- well, they're getting it good and hard. I'm finding that I have less and less compassion for victims as time goes on.

And if one didn't vote dem, we've been telling everyone to get out of those shitholes for a long time.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (g8Ew8)

273 Most morons would date an exotic chick. I'd bet most ettes would not ever date an exotic dude. Wonder what the difference is?

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (uQzkA)

274 Google has completely embargoed the perp's name, "Fale Pea." It pretends you meant to google "fake pee." And no, that's not a joke.

I Duckducked his full name and got lots of hits...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (ynpvh)

275 Bring back public hanging.

Posted by: iowaan at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (gMOlG)

276 > And yet, nothing has happened and he's continually allowed to do it.

Exactly. He has no reason to stop. When the next Democrat wins POTUS, he'll be handsomely rewarded.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (Yp6az)

277 258 I wonder if things like this are going to lead to vigilance committees or possibly a mafia resurgence. Something tells me a "made man" could do very well for himself approaching the victims families and suggesting the situation could be handled for a modest fee.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 02:19 PM (Yp6az)

>>>

Star Chamber. Time for their comeback.

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & lunatic pundits at December 22, 2025 02:22 PM (+uala)

278 Rob Reiner bought his house from.....

Henry Fonda.

Who also has messed up kids.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:22 PM (dGCAG)

279 Double date with Bjork and Zooey that ends up in the bedroom. Dream... or Nightmare?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 02:22 PM (Dv3i1)

280 I mean what did Rob Reiner die for?"

That story disappeared pretty damn quick, no? "Rob who?"
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:17 PM (iFTx/)


They don't want you finding out how poorly Rob treated and ignored his son, providing him tools to develop his drug habits, but doing nothing to prevent it in the first place.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)
_____

That, plus this seems another instance of more red flags flying than in Red Square, this seems like it could have been prevented

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

281 Rob Reiner grabbed Mary Tyler Moore's ass as a young teen while on set with his father.

He was high fived by daddy for his efforts.

Reiner has a boatload of skeletons in his closet that won't see the light of day, I'm quite sure.

Learning that you can get away with things like that unscathed at an early age rarely leads to restraint and respect.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:23 PM (Zz0t1)

282 257 None of the girls in Hawaii ever did anything for me.
-- Barack Hussein Obama
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:18 PM (77rzZ)


I'm betting he was an incel and went homo because of that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)

He always liked a good toke.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:23 PM (ynpvh)

283 278 Rob Reiner bought his house from.....

Henry Fonda.

Who also has messed up kids.
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First rule of fathering, never bring up kids in a beach community.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 02:23 PM (pLaQB)

284 Most morons would date an exotic chick. I'd bet most ettes would not ever date an exotic dude. Wonder what the difference is?
Posted by: NCKate

guys are going to fuck whoever, if she's cute.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 02:23 PM (9+gVx)

285 Henry Fonda.

Who also has messed up kids.
Posted by: BurtTC

And ol' Henry had a lot to do with that.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:23 PM (77rzZ)

286 Most morons would date an exotic chick. I'd bet most ettes would not ever date an exotic dude. Wonder what the difference is?

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (uQzkA)

Penii?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 02:24 PM (dK+Kv)

287 The safest states are almost always blue states.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 22, 2025 02:24 PM (pJizs)

288
n,

So true.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 02:24 PM (3ek7K)

289 258 I wonder if things like this are going to lead to vigilance committees or possibly a mafia resurgence. Something tells me a "made man" could do very well for himself approaching the victims families and suggesting the situation could be handled for a modest fee.
Posted by: bonhomme

The 'Equalizer'. This would make a good TV show.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 02:24 PM (Dv3i1)

290 The Blade is going to Hawaii in May, so he'll report on the Hotness Level of the polynesian girls there

—

Much like Latinas.
Under 25 can be very hot. Post 25 the wall comes fast.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:19 PM (UJWr0)
_______

"Fuck you, racist hater!"

-- AOC

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

291 The most interesting news of late is the Silence of Hillary. Must be making a hit list and checking it twice

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 02:24 PM (MoRvC)

292 Double date with Bjork and Zooey that ends up in the bedroom. Dream... or Nightmare?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 02:22 PM (Dv3i1)

Who's the other dude on the double date? I mean, I wouldn't call it a dream if it was David French, but you can just lock him in the closet. But Cthulhu? That's a nightmare.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 02:25 PM (BI5O2)

293 First rule of fathering, never bring up kids in a beach community.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 02:23 PM (pLaQB)

I don't think the beach was the problem.

Of course, his daughter is as big a beach as there is.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:25 PM (dGCAG)

294 278 Rob Reiner bought his house from.....

Henry Fonda.

Who also has messed up kids.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:22 PM (dGCAG)

wasn't he married to Lucille Ball when he was in the Navy?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 02:25 PM (uWKK8)

295 > I'd bet most ettes would not ever date an exotic dude.

Really? The ladies wouldn't date a tall, dark, suave Italian guy or Spaniard?

Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 02:25 PM (Yp6az)

296 First rule of fathering, never bring up kids in a beach community.
Posted by: Pudinhead

My wife grew up in Virginia Beach. She turned out fine.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:25 PM (77rzZ)

297 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 22, 2025 02:24 PM (pJizs)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at December 22, 2025 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)

298 And ol' Henry had a lot to do with that.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:23 PM (77rzZ)

Hollywood's evil rot is not new.

It was there from the start.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:26 PM (dGCAG)

299 If a 100lb, 5'4" Icelandic senior citizen of the distaff persuasion manages to murder you, you really blew it. They're not even allowed to have guns.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

But they have plenty of hot springs and volcanoes.
Posted by: Bulg


So they'll sous vide you.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 02:26 PM (dAOkg)

300 Tall dark suave but in reality a five foot tall Aztec with a bowl cut

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:27 PM (uQzkA)

301 wasn't he married to Lucille Ball when he was in the Navy?
Posted by: Tom Servo

He was KIA in the South Pacific, and Ensign Pulver moved in on her.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:27 PM (77rzZ)

302 Most morons would date an exotic chick. I'd bet most ettes would not ever date an exotic dude. Wonder what the difference is?
Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:21 PM (uQzkA)
______

I date almost exclusively exotic girls, in part because the demographics where I live for single, looking-for-fun girls is ... not white.

I can't speak for the ladies on what they find attractive, but I'll bet there's some secret exotic swarthy dudes in a lot of their histories ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

303 296 First rule of fathering, never bring up kids in a beach community.
Posted by: Pudinhead

My wife grew up in Virginia Beach. She turned out fine.
--------------------
I know it well. Beach communities encourage crazy.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 02:27 PM (pLaQB)

304 229 When I met my bride-to-be's parents for the first time (we were both 30, so it wasn't a huge deal), her mother and father were both great, Mom looked great for her age, etc.
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2025 02:11 PM (O6icp)
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I ended a sorta serious relationship when I met her family and they were all either obese or just objectively unattractive as they aged. Just not a genetic line I am interested in furthering myself. She was fun though, had a certain "zest for living" if you will.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 02:27 PM (5aZAZ)

305 Henry Fonda.
Who also has messed up kids.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:22 PM (dGCAG)

I was A#1 in the screwy kid department. So I beat them with a 5 iron now and then big deal! Fore! Oh boy Gary thats gonna leave a mark.

Posted by: Zombie Bing Crosby at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (m8zKa)

306 295 > I'd bet most ettes would not ever date an exotic dude.

Really? The ladies wouldn't date a tall, dark, suave Italian guy or Spaniard?
Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 02:25 PM (Yp6az)

face it most guys would date a wookie if they drank enough.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (uWKK8)

307 Bless you Ace for your blockade-running on the media's attempts to embargo stories like this.

Posted by: Paco at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (2L+MU)

308 I'm surprised judges that release habitially violent people haven't been offed by greiving family members.
---
The rule of law that replaced the law of feud and vigilante, that these judges are so desperate to do away with, included judges and police as legitimate targets.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (HXT0k)

309 Blue states are safest for government corruption. But big test for the people of Minnesomalia coming up. Are the poor downtrodden immigrants of color going to take the fall for the white man's crimes? Or will Justice also take down the effeminate doughy white nerd who facilitated the fraud? Tune in to find out.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (Dv3i1)

310 9 The left wants you to vote Dem or they will kill you by any means necessary.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

The Left wants you to vote Dem AND they do not care if you are killed by any means.

This is Seattle, they are reliably dem. They are not protecting their ardent supporters, they do not give a shit. It is part of what is so fucking insane about this shit. Their supporters are literally signing up to see themselves and their families brutally assaulted/raped/murdered.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (bss/y)

311
That tard is so drunk on sniffing his own shit, he can't see that he's been given--forcefully and specifically--multiple opportunities to stop his mad quest for the Orange Whale.

Watching him tear down the judiciary in his quest amuses me.

------------

"Boasberg the Clown Turd" w/apologies to Ray Stevens

He wore a big ol' Judge robe wrapped around his head
And a ED Pump by his side
And, every evenin', about midnight
He'd hump on his camel named Clyde, and ride

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (nXRBt)

312 wasn't he married to Lucille Ball when he was in the Navy?
Posted by: Tom Servo

He was KIA in the South Pacific, and Ensign Pulver moved in on her.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 02:27 PM (77rzZ)

Did she wash that man right out of her hair?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (dGCAG)

313
Every teenage boy needs to be told to look at the mom of any prospective woman he wants to marry.

I think most guys know? But a lot don’t.

It’s about the most accurate prediction of will she or won’t she balloon in 20 years.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:17 PM (UJWr0)

Young men generally seem to get either no advice or terrible advice about such matters.

Posted by: Unfortunate but true at December 22, 2025 02:29 PM (TbWk/)

314 > I'd bet most ettes would not ever date an exotic dude.

Really? The ladies wouldn't date a tall, dark, suave Italian guy or Spaniard?
Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 02:25 PM (Yp6az)
____

The Paolo, he has not a problem with the lighter ladies, he'll have you know ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

315 306 295 > I'd bet most ettes would not ever date an exotic dude.

Really? The ladies wouldn't date a tall, dark, suave Italian guy or Spaniard?
Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 02:25 PM (Yp6az)

face it most guys would date a wookie if they drank enough.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (uWKK

There's some reason we have Neandertal and Denisoven DNA in the genes of our species...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:29 PM (ynpvh)

316 > face it most guys would date a wookie if they drank enough.

Thank goodness I never touch the stuff. My judgment is already suspect.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 02:29 PM (Yp6az)

317 295 > I'd bet most ettes would not ever date an exotic dude.

Really? The ladies wouldn't date a tall, dark, suave Italian guy or Spaniard?
Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 02:25 PM (Yp6az)

I made friends with a male exotic dancer when I worked as a cocktail waitress and I wouldn't have dated any of them, they were gay. They were handsome but I always found it kind of gross and women were terrible. We had a ladies night and these dancers come in and the ladies were terrible and I kind of felt sorry for the guys.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 22, 2025 02:29 PM (bLA4G)

318 ASS is the typical leftist who thinks “red state” also means red cities.

Nope. Cities in red states are blue shitholes.

Take those out of the equation and Mississippi has the crime rate of Iceland.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:30 PM (UJWr0)

319
This is Seattle, they are reliably dem. They are not protecting their ardent supporters, they do not give a shit. It is part of what is so fucking insane about this shit. Their supporters are literally signing up to see themselves and their families brutally assaulted/raped/murdered.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (bss/y)


The message there is, you're voting D as required, however, your white skin makes you disposable. Win / Win for them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:30 PM (Zz0t1)

320 >>>“Trump DOJ Undoes Clinton Sabotage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law,” declared the Center for Immigration Studies. “A quarter-century after PRWORA’s enactment — 52.5 percent of households headed by legal immigrants who had not naturalized… received welfare benefits, as compared to 35.9 percent for households headed by the native-born.”

- Breitbart

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 02:31 PM (dK+Kv)

321 If that was my family member that would be the last time anyone saw that motherfucker again.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 02:31 PM (sDNVV)

322 316 > face it most guys would date a wookie if they drank enough.

Thank goodness I never touch the stuff. My judgment is already suspect.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 22, 2025 02:29 PM (Yp6az)

I did.

Posted by: Barry O at December 22, 2025 02:31 PM (ynpvh)

323 face it most guys would date a wookie if they drank enough.
___

Date a hairy Greek and Italian women? If the mustache is bleached enough and the eyebrows don't meet in the middle, I would thing most guys would date them sober.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 02:31 PM (Dv3i1)

324 Exotic dude means from a 3rd world country. Men don’t treat women very well in those societies. Hence American women don’t really want to get involved.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:31 PM (UJWr0)

325 300 Tall dark suave but in reality a five foot tall Aztec with a bowl cut
Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 02:27 PM (uQzkA)

They call that "The Edgar", now.

The weird bowl cut that Cholo Thugs get to make themselves look less threatening.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 02:31 PM (UnA8+)

326 Bless you Ace for your blockade-running on the media's attempts to embargo stories like this.

Posted by: Paco at December 22, 2025 02:28 PM (2L+MU)

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Ace is a benevolent kind of pirate!

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 02:31 PM (zV8MF)

327 Can we please stop with this "soft on crime" shit. They're not soft on crime. They are criminal lovers. At best.

Satan doesn't cast out Satan.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 02:32 PM (WCaCG)

328 But women NEVER f*ck a questionable dude. NEVER. They're above reproach, right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)

329 321 If that was my family member that would be the last time anyone saw that motherfucker again.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 02:31 PM (sDNVV)

In my youth the cops would have given him an extrajudicial punishment too.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 22, 2025 02:32 PM (bLA4G)

330 323 face it most guys would date a wookie if they drank enough or smoked enough weed.

Obama did .................

Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 02:33 PM (J9q9v)

331 NOOD Clinton on Epstein Isle

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 02:33 PM (OUMaO)

332 327 Can we please stop with this "soft on crime" shit. They're not soft on crime. They are criminal lovers. At best.

Satan doesn't cast out Satan.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 02:32 PM (WCaCG)

to "encourage les autres"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 02:33 PM (ynpvh)

333 Take those out of the equation and Mississippi has the crime rate of Iceland.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 02:30 PM (UJWr0)

I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around,
Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson,
Look out Jackson town....

Posted by: Violent democrat goblins at December 22, 2025 02:33 PM (m8zKa)

334 These judges should be made to pay out of their own pockets for a 24 hour caring for the poor victim and be booted out of the court.

Posted by: a Call for Honesty at December 22, 2025 02:35 PM (gfsyf)

335 Ace, I googled "Fale Vaigalepa Pea" to see what would happen.

The only pertinent results Google gave me were from The Daily Mail and The New York Post.

Furthermore, it prefaced them with the question:

"Did you mean: Fake Vaigalepa Pea"

You cannot hate either Google or the media enough.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2025 02:36 PM (wtvvX)

336 I have noticed lately that Google's search results are more curated. They only show what they want you to see.

Posted by: PG at December 22, 2025 02:37 PM (pk5S4)

337 ... when I worked as a cocktail waitress ...

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Tell me you worked at Caesars Palace in the '70s and wore one of those cute Roman mini-skirt & toga outfits.

/I had a little league baseball friend whose mom was a knockout and did that -- and she made over six figures in tips, even back then ...

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 02:39 PM (RW1OD)

338 The guy [Boasberg] acts like the laws don't apply to him, like he was chosen by birthright as some special person that is above all others.

Tucker Carlson, is that you?

Or just another commenter from Zero Hedge?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 02:47 PM (pawvM)

339
Oh, so this wild-eyed Samoan maniac usually just punched people? That's very reassuring.

I've played ball against Samoans. You don't want them "just punching you."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 01:48 PM (BI5O2)



The one and only time I ever played rugby was when my XO lassoed several of us grunts out of the barracks to bring his short-handed team up so that he didn't have to forfeit the game to the team of Samoans he was scheduled to play. There's something special about being flattened by a 280 lb meat locomotive in the guise of "having fun on the weekend".

Great bunch of guys when the game was over though..

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2025 02:49 PM (y9nCu)

340
"Yours Mine and Ours" was the Navy guy / Lucy reference here and they were both bad people. Especially Hank.

Posted by: Auspex at December 22, 2025 02:51 PM (YAFrp)

341 A lot of little corners in Mississippi and Alabama like that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 02:09 PM (uWKK

In more urban environments, it's always 'MLK, Jr Blvd' that's deadly to whites.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2025 02:58 PM (gKDq2)

342 wasn't he married to Lucille Ball when he was in the Navy?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 02:25 PM (uWKK

Nope. Lucy married Desi in November 1940. They eloped.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 22, 2025 03:00 PM (5xuJ/)

343 Horrible. Feel badly for this poor lady.

They need to call in exterminators for this barbarian.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 03:52 PM (WONhk)

344 343 Horrible. Feel badly for this poor lady.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 22, 2025 03:52 PM (WONhk)
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I don't. White female boomer in deep blue city? Dollars to donuts she voted for the soft-on-crime policies that led to this. She's getting exactly what she voted for. And if she didn't vote for it, she didn't take it seriously enough to leave.

I have no more sympathy for blue state victims. Let it burn.

Posted by: Caiwyn at December 22, 2025 03:57 PM (yHxqC)

345 Bystanders rushed to Marken

And, since it's Seattle, nobody shot the guy, and nobody pursued and tackled him, it appears.

Also, this is EXACTLY WHY we passed mandatory sentencing in the 80s, along with 3-strikes laws.

Lastly,
"and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions."

Posted by: GWB at December 22, 2025 04:33 PM (nbgdO)

346 Hold those Judges liable and responsible send them to Prisons a Accomplice and give them both Life in Prison and pay for the victims injures these Judges and Not Immune from Prosecution and their Not Above the Law

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 22, 2025 04:36 PM (wGqjj)

347 This shit will continue to happen as long as libtards keep electing Dems to run their towns.

Posted by: sfcmac at December 22, 2025 04:49 PM (rtA3B)

348 It's only a matter of time before people take matters into their own hands.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at December 22, 2025 07:52 PM (pE12i)

Bari Weiss Halts "60 Minutes" Hit Piece on Trump Over Sending Criminal Illegals to El Salvador, Saying Further Reporting and Context is Required; The Left Freaks Out

It's the same kind of entitlement that the hard-left progressives and communists infesting the federal bureaucracy have: It doesn't matter who the president is, it doesn't matter what his policies are, it doesn't matter if America voted for those policies -- they're the ones in charge. They own the place. Leftists are appointed by Nature to rule over all other men.

And the staffers, employees, and underlings at CBS "news" don't care that their leftwing agitprop business model has failed so badly that their corporations are being sold out from under them at a deep discount. Bari Weiss's position as Editor in Chief doesn't matter -- they are entitled to run the show.

CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss defended her decision to pull a controversial "60 Minutes" segment on an El Salvador prison, telling staff Monday the piece "wasn't ready" and needed more reporting -- pushing back on accusations that the last-minute move was politically motivated.

Weiss addressed the backlash during a network-wide editorial call, saying she held the segment because "we simply need to do more," according to a recording reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.

"I held a '60 Minutes' story and I held that story because it wasn't ready," Weiss told CBS News staffers on Monday. When reached by The Post, CBS News confirmed the accuracy of the Journal's reporting.

Weiss said the story "has already been reported on by places like the [New York] Times, the public knows that Venezuelans have been subjected to horrific treatment in this prison. So to run a story on this subject, two months later, we simply need to do more."

She said the only newsroom she wants to run is one where editors can have "contentious disagreements" while assuming "the best intent" of colleagues -- an implicit criticism of "60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.

"The only newsroom that I'm interested in running is one where we are able to have contentious disagreements about the thorniest editorial matters and do so with respect and crucially where we assume the best intent of our colleagues," Weiss said on the editorial call on Monday.

Alfonsi blasted the decision in a Sunday email to top correspondents, writing that she learned just a day earlier that Weiss had "spiked our story" and arguing the move was political, not editorial.

That's a laugh. Every story 60 Minutes runs -- or chooses not to run -- is political. They did no stories on Biden's mental decline, for example, nor any negative stories on Obama, Biden, or Hillary Clinton.

But they choose to run hit-piece after hit-piece on Trump.

These are choices, and they're animated by political animus. But they insist that they have access to an Objective Holy Standard of Newsworthiness that you wouldn't understand -- and neither would professional journalist Bari Weiss.

Your facts are opinions, their opinions are facts.

Just like your speech is violence, and their violence is speech.

...

"Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices," Alfonsi wrote, according to the Times.

As someone at Hot Air pointed out, the RatherGate forgeries passed your attorneys, too.

All it takes to avoid a defamation suit when making allegations about a public figure is no provable malice.

Note that CBS "news" staffers take the position that a story doesn't have to be true and accurate to run. It merely has to not be provably defamatory.

By the way, 60 Minutes has already done this story. And they'll do it a dozen times more unless they're told they are supposed to be "journalists," not DNC staffers.


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Weiss rejected Alfonsi's characterization during the morning call on Monday, saying the prison conditions had already been reported by the Times and others and that airing a similar story months later required additional reporting, including making "every effort" to get key principals on the record and on camera.

"To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else," Weiss said on Monday.

"That is my North Star and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom."

It's not. They're political actors with a political agenda.

Note that that last report claims that CECOT is back in the news because "interest in CECOT is spiking." This is a typical media lie. Interest -- meaning public interest, general interest -- isn't "spiking." The passive verb is deliberately chosen to obscure the actual actor -- the left-wing Democrat media is pushing the story again. "Interest" is not organically "spiking." Left-wing propagandists are pushing the story again, with nothing new to add to the story, to inflame the public as part of a political op.


Hello! How are you?! I missed you over the past three days.

The computer is connecting to wifi now. But I disconnected from the internet for most of the weekend. I'm seeing pictures of Bill Clinton in a pool. What's the context? Is Bill Clinton just getting into shape and encouraging Americans to swim?

I see him getting massages too. Is he raising awareness about rotator cuff health and maintenance?

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1 BLADE IS PRIMUM

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 12:28 PM (iFTx/)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:29 PM (Zz0t1)

3 Welcome back Ace!

The hamsters didn't die, so that's a plus. Might want to refill the kibble feeder though.

Posted by: SimoHayek at December 22, 2025 12:29 PM (/ZkOF)

4 BLADE IS A NO-NOODER.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:30 PM (77rzZ)

5 Bari Weiss Halts "60 Minutes" Hit Piece on Trump Over Sending Criminal Illegals to El Salvador, Saying Further Reporting and Context is Required; The Left Freaks Out


She's reading the room. And by room, I mean the internet where 60 Minutes is getting absolutely DRAGGED for making gang member thugs as poor pitiful family men dragged from their children and thrown in a turkish prison.

F*CK the media. HAAARRRDDDD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)

6 Just to clarify, I am NOT a journalist.

Posted by: Diseased subway rats at December 22, 2025 12:30 PM (u73oe)

7 I missed you over the past three days.


What'd you bring us?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:31 PM (77rzZ)

8 Oh and as to the content: Weiss is engaged in "basic journalism."

The left freaks out. Because it's not propaganda.

And why, exactly, should we care again how El Salvador treats Venezuelan prisoners? Outside of any sort of abstract approval or not? Of what concern is it of ours?

Besides maybe "let's take some detailed notes" that is.

Posted by: SimoHayek at December 22, 2025 12:31 PM (/ZkOF)

9 Hey CBS that's why they call them prisons not Spas...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 12:31 PM (VE6XX)

10 What kind of an idiot still watches "60 Minutes"?

Posted by: Estekl at December 22, 2025 12:31 PM (m8zKa)

11 They own the place. Leftists are appointed by Nature to rule over all other men.

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"It's right there in The Nation's Founding Document -- The Communist Womanifesto, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:32 PM (agLqO)

12 10 What kind of an idiot still watches "60 Minutes"?
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Old folks that died in their recliner and nobody looks in.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:32 PM (pLaQB)

13 Wow. Would I watch a 60 minutes episode after 30 some years of not? I still don't know, but good to see there might be a quantum of fairness.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2025 12:32 PM (n5tGW)

14 I keep hearing over and over the CIA isn't supposed to function within the US borders.

Project Mockingbird is a CIA op and is STILL alive and well and THRIVING in the US.

Disband the CIA. Put the leaders on trial for attempting to overthrow the US government and when found guilty, public f*cking hangings on pay-per-view.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:33 PM (Zz0t1)

15 Read the content. DOH!
Coulda been Sponged

Posted by: Heirloominati at December 22, 2025 12:33 PM (euPbd)

16 No one can afford to disconnect from the internet for three days. The AI cat videos tend to pile up.

Posted by: Savvy Viewer at December 22, 2025 12:33 PM (oftw2)

17 What kind of an idiot still watches "60 Minutes"?

Posted by: Estekl at December 22, 2025 12:31 PM (m8zKa)

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That one dude who beat the shit out of Mike Wallace decades ago?

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:33 PM (agLqO)

18 Hahaha!

Oh, and grab this opportunity to make Sharyn Alfonsi a podcaster.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 12:33 PM (rX9hT)

19 60 minutes gets extra coverage by the rest of the "media" when they run these anti-Trump hit pieces... Same goes for SNL and South Park...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 12:33 PM (VE6XX)

20 Tattoos on your face like that?
SHOOT ON SIGHT

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 12:33 PM (Kt19C)

21 Breaking: Prisons are supposed to be awesome.

Posted by: 60 Minutes at December 22, 2025 12:34 PM (pIvtC)

22 What kind of an idiot still watches "60 Minutes"?
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Old folks that died in their recliner and nobody looks in.
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Actually, that sounds better than what I got...

Posted by: Zombie Gene Hackman at December 22, 2025 12:34 PM (TN0g+)

23 I always wanted to smash that infernal stopwatch!

Posted by: Bang! Ding! Ow! at December 22, 2025 12:34 PM (oftw2)

24 What kind of an idiot still watches "60 Minutes"?
Posted by: Estekl

According to my wife, my late father-in-law would watch it and get mad over its liberal nonsense, and start yelling at the TV.

My mother-in-law would ask him why he watched it if it made him so angry. I don't think she ever got a good answer to that question.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:35 PM (77rzZ)

25 ...the public knows that Venezuelans have been subjected to horrific treatment in this prison

Yeah...so?

*yawns*

Now...perhaps another Joe Mannix picture?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 12:35 PM (2WIwB)

26 The Left Freaks Out

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Not just the left. Greenwald and groyper fans too! Oh wait, You Are Correct - THE LEFT.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 12:35 PM (g47mK)

27 If, like me, you can remember when 60 Minutes was factual and a lot of times entertaining, raise your hand. Yep, that's what I thought. Are your affairs in order?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 22, 2025 12:35 PM (gm9Sb)

28 >>>Not just the left. Greenwald and groyper fans too! Oh wait, You Are Correct - THE LEFT.

yup.

Did you know you're an Islamophobe? Tucker Carlson just said so.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 12:35 PM (1wjle)

29 That's a laugh. Every story 60 Minutes runs -- or chooses not to run -- is political. They did no stories on Biden's mental decline, for example, nor any negative stories on Obama, Biden, or Hillary Clinton.


Tee hee!

Posted by: Lesley Stahl at December 22, 2025 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)

30 What kind of an idiot still watches "60 Minutes"?
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Old folks that died in their recliner and nobody looks in.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:32 PM (pLaQB)

***

so...democrat voters.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 12:36 PM (2WIwB)

31 Bari Weiss's position as Editor in Chief doesn't matter -- they are entitled to run the show.
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Perhaps, but I suspect not. They are probably fine with not running it - so long as *she* isn't. Bring in some other "real journalist" insider with the same pedigree as the rest of the organization and who will run things the "right way" (that is, with perfect orthodoxy), and they'll be just fine taking order from the top.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 12:36 PM (avHHk)

32 So the story that Weiss shitcanned was another boo-hooing cryfest that illegal alien criminals in the USA were getting deported and sent to a not-very-nice El Salvador prison?

If anything, had 60M run that story, it would have helped Trump. Nobody but the most pathological TDS sufferers gives a diseased rat's dick about illegal alien criminals any more. Normal people want them out of the USA. They don't care where they are sent. Back to Honduras, El Salvador prison, Hell, Sarlacc, etc.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 12:36 PM (iFTx/)

33 >>>Tee hee!
Posted by: Lesley Stahl

my memory fails me -- what was the story that Stahl told Trump it was HIS job to report?

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 12:37 PM (1wjle)

34 Same goes for SNL

Saw a rerun with cast wearing "black lives matter" t shirts during finals...
SNL IS DEAD TO ME

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 12:37 PM (Kt19C)

35 Billy Jeff was the first black president

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 12:37 PM (yPhso)

36 Not just the Rathergate fiasco, Ace, but the more recent interview video that got them sued (by Trump).

Posted by: GWB at December 22, 2025 12:37 PM (+IpR1)

37 I like the photo of the guy with a road map on his face.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 12:37 PM (pkeXY)

38 Not just the left. Greenwald and groyper fans too! Oh wait, You Are Correct - THE LEFT.

yup.

Did you know you're an Islamophobe? Tucker Carlson just said so.
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I'd pay money to watch James Woods dismantle Tucker.

Posted by: Crusader at December 22, 2025 12:37 PM (TN0g+)

39 Why do people get tattoos? Never really asked a tattooed person that question. The face tattoos are especially incomprehensible.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 12:37 PM (pDt9x)

40 Your facts are opinions, their opinions are facts.

Just like your speech is violence, and their violence is speech.

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Just like your ideas are domestic terrorism, and their domestic terrorism are merely "ideas."

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:37 PM (agLqO)

41 These are choices, and they're animated by political animus. But they insist that they have access to an Objective Holy Standard of Newsworthiness that you wouldn't understand -- and neither would professional journalist Bari Weiss.
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If only it were political animus. It isn't. Political animus can be dealt with, compensated for, adjusted out. That isn't what this is. This is pure ideological animus. These people are much closer to jihadists than political hatchet-men.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 12:38 PM (avHHk)

42 So by not running the story, the story becomes the news.

Gawd I hate the media.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 12:38 PM (2WIwB)

43 Hello! How are you?! I missed you over the past three days.

==

We missed you too!

Posted by: We the people at December 22, 2025 12:38 PM (g47mK)

44 Good to be offline, sometimes.

And 'An Absence of Malice' should be on my watchlist, I think.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 22, 2025 12:38 PM (xcxpd)

45 30 Old gal in my apartment complex watches CBS because of Walter Cronkite. Betcha she's a huge 60 Minutes fan.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 22, 2025 12:38 PM (gm9Sb)

46 Note that CBS "news" staffers take the position that a story doesn't have to be true and accurate to run. It merely has to not be provably defamatory.
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Even that seems to not matter any more.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 12:38 PM (avHHk)

47 How can 60 Minutes stay on the air for nigh unto 60 years when "Hey, Landlord!" lasted only one season.

Posted by: Equity Now! at December 22, 2025 12:38 PM (oftw2)

48 As someone at Hot Air pointed out, the RatherGate forgeries passed your attorneys, too.


Arbitrary statements like this from Hot Air takes away from their vibrant Art Thread.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:39 PM (Zz0t1)

49 Half the overnight arrests in Charlotte have face tats.

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 12:39 PM (uQzkA)

50 I'd pay money to watch James Woods dismantle Tucker.

==

I am going with Sun Tzu on this...

Posted by: We the people at December 22, 2025 12:39 PM (g47mK)

51 ha!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 12:39 PM (g47mK)

52 If 60 minutes does a story on Bill Clinton and the underaged sex slaves, I'll watch.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2025 12:39 PM (n5tGW)

53 This is a typical media lie. Interest -- meaning public interest, general interest -- isn't "spiking." The passive verb is deliberately chosen to obscure the actual actor -- the left-wing Democrat media is pushing the story again.
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Same as it ever was.

The most powerful form of so-called "bias" is not in coverage within a story, but in story selection itself.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 12:39 PM (avHHk)

54 I'd pay money to watch James Woods dismantle Tucker.

==

I am going with Sun Tzu on this...
Posted by: We the people at December 22, 2025 12:39 PM (g47mK)

***

I put my money o Tyrus.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 12:40 PM (2WIwB)

55 Remember Point-Counterpoint? That was fun. Then they replaced it with Andy Rooney. Not so fun.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:40 PM (77rzZ)

56 How can 60 Minutes stay on the air for nigh unto 60 years when "Hey, Landlord!" lasted only one season.
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"The Unit" lasted only 4 seasons. Of course, it was a damn near perfect 4 seasons, but that is the type of show that could have lasted a decade or more with proper handling (including rotating some new characters thru and occasionally rotating some out...but the original cast was amazing).

Posted by: Crusader at December 22, 2025 12:40 PM (TN0g+)

57 Read the content. DOH!
Coulda been Sponged

Posted by: Heirloominati at December 22, 2025 12:33 PM

You are not sponge-worthy.

Posted by: Elaine Benes at December 22, 2025 12:41 PM (P5BPp)

58 "Left-wing propagandists are pushing the story again, with nothing new to add to the story, to inflame the public as part of a political op."

This is about trying to get Democrats elected in the midterms.

This is what they do and have been doing for far too long.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 12:41 PM (NpAcC)

59 Raising awareness? Bill Clinton's awareness is being raised, if that's what you want to call it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 12:41 PM (Dv3i1)

60 Ever wonder why...

Our staff loses it's shit whenever they can't lie to the American public?

Posted by: Andy Rooney's Eyebrows at December 22, 2025 12:41 PM (yAQog)

61 Weiss probably did this to hype up interest in the story

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 12:41 PM (VE6XX)

62 f anything, had 60M run that story, it would have helped Trump.

==

I don't know about that.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 12:42 PM (g47mK)

63 >>>Remember Point-Counterpoint? That was fun. Then they replaced it with Andy Rooney. Not so fun.

Did you ever notice it's impossible to pee straight with morning wood? Why is that? Who made the design choice to make your dick hard as teak at the time of maximum pee-urgency?

Posted by: Andy Rooney After Dark at December 22, 2025 12:42 PM (1wjle)

64 Remember Point-Counterpoint? That was fun. Then they replaced it with Andy Rooney. Not so fun.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:40 PM (77rzZ)


Rooney could play the charming curmudgeon and his stuff was fun when he was non-political. But otherwise, he was an ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 12:42 PM (2WIwB)

65 There is no interest, most people think it is good that criminal scum is locked away where they can't hurt normal people.

Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2025 12:42 PM (YwEeS)

66 Afternoon Ace.
Reading this post and the last post it's quite evident that the legacy propaganda ministries and "entertainment" companies can't become extinct quick enough

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 12:43 PM (MoRvC)

67 Woke right! Woke right! Brraaaak!

Posted by: Lames Jindsay at December 22, 2025 12:43 PM (vqA1l)

68 Raising awareness? Bill Clinton's awareness is being raised, if that's what you want to call it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

The Paolo's awareness is, how you say, perpetually raised.

Posted by: The Paolo at December 22, 2025 12:43 PM (77rzZ)

69 49 Half the overnight arrests in Charlotte have face tats.
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We must protect these poor little face tatted children from Trump's jackbooted thugs.
- Local NC Democrats

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 12:43 PM (Dv3i1)

70 The left always uses "But muh context!" when something that makes them look bad comes out. You'd think they'd be fine with this.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 12:43 PM (OPGS/)

71 "Interest" is not organically "spiking." Left-wing propagandists are pushing the story again, with nothing new to add to the story, to inflame the public as part of a political op.

has ever been so, since American "journos" created a fervor to get us into the Spanish-American war

Posted by: kallisto at December 22, 2025 12:44 PM (dCxaZ)

72 >>>Woke right! Woke right! Brraaaak!
Posted by: Lames Jindsay

I mean, Tucker Carlson is now calling us Islamophobes so "woke right" doesn't seem as stupid as it did six months ago.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 12:44 PM (1wjle)

73 Yo.

There's still a 100+ foot Ponderosa Pine hanging over the Garage.
There is a snowball's chance that I can get a Sawyer over here tomorrow...luckily, I was able to get it limbed up to about 70 feet this weekend.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 12:44 PM (W23D2)

74 One of the funniest and entertaining episodes of 60 Minutes had to do with the popularity of the Tango in Finland (especially in my family). Opened with a bunch of Finns on a bus looking pissed off at the world, and the voice over saying it's not a national day of mourning. And then it got into fun facts like when dancing the Tango in Finland it's bad manners and too much vodka to vomit on your partner's shoes.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 22, 2025 12:44 PM (gm9Sb)

75 Face tats...helps you pick out the first targets.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 12:44 PM (2WIwB)

76 The left always uses "But muh context!" when something that makes them look bad comes out. You'd think they'd be fine with this.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 12:43 PM (OPGS/)
++++
Only if you expect honesty.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 12:44 PM (avHHk)

77 Raising awareness? Bill Clinton's awareness is being raised, if that's what you want to call it.
==
*bites lip*
After muh open heart surgery, the Clenis was a bit lazy. Needed some extra spice to get going.

Posted by: Slick Willie at December 22, 2025 12:45 PM (1s0+g)

78 I mean, Tucker Carlson is now calling us Islamophobes
------------

Perfect.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 12:45 PM (2fdLC)

79 >>Remember Point-Counterpoint?


Not the Aldous Huxley book, I hope?
That is the single most boring book I have ever attempted to read.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 12:45 PM (W23D2)

80 Saw a neat interview on YouTube this weekend talking about how 90% of the on-air media is on the CIA's payroll.

Like literally, getting paid to put out whatever story or to kill whatever story the IC wants.

If a man doesn't watch the news, he's uninformed. If he does, he's mis-informed.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 22, 2025 12:46 PM (xcxpd)

81 Not the Aldous Huxley book, I hope?
Posted by: garrett

No, the 60 Minutes feature.

"Jane, you ignorant slut."

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:47 PM (77rzZ)

82 79 >>Remember Point-Counterpoint?


Not the Aldous Huxley book, I hope?
That is the single most boring book I have ever attempted to read.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 12:45 PM (W23D2)

He was no Marcel Proust.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 12:47 PM (pDt9x)

83 72 >>>Woke right! Woke right! Brraaaak!
Posted by: Lames Jindsay

I mean, Tucker Carlson is now calling us Islamophobes so "woke right" doesn't seem as stupid as it did six months ago.
Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 12:44 PM (1wjle)

And he's saying it like it's a bad thing

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 22, 2025 12:47 PM (xcxpd)

84 I mean, Tucker Carlson is now calling us Islamophobes so "woke right" doesn't seem as stupid as it did six months ago.
Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 12:44 PM (1wjle)


Tucker seems to not understand.
Phobias indicate a fear of something.
I, and many like me, do not fear Islam. We understand who the enemy is. That isn't fear, it is acknowledgement.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 12:47 PM (2WIwB)

85 "That is my North Star and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom."

----------------

A North Star AKA Polaris is a social construct tool of the white cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonial oppressor!

You can't spell white supremacy relying on polar regions!

Bari Weiss: The Semitic Face of White Supremacy.

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:47 PM (agLqO)

86 I miss The McLaughlin Report.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 12:48 PM (W23D2)

87 Has 60 minutes done any episodes about Americans who have been killed , rapped etc by their beloved "immigrants" ?

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 12:48 PM (VE6XX)

88 >>>Saw a neat interview on YouTube this weekend talking about how 90% of the on-air media is on the CIA's payroll.

I just saw one showing that "abstract expressionism" -- Jackson Pollack, Mark Rothco -- was a CIA-funded and promoted op. They wanted to counter Soviet art.

Also, the CIA was constantly funding and promoting left-wing liberal magazines as a counter, they claimed, to actual communism. The CIA preached left liberalism for 60 years just so lefties had an alternative to communism.

They wound up making the country ready to vote for communism by 2025. Whoops! Whoopsie!

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 12:49 PM (1wjle)

89 If a man doesn't watch the news, he's uninformed. If he does, he's mis-informed.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 22, 2025 12:46 PM (xcxpd)
++++
I hate that expression.

"Misinformed" implies incorrectness. An honest error can be "misinformation." That is not what happens in the American press. There is no honest mistake possible, because there are no honest operators. They are not wrong, they are lying. 100% of the time. The press is not "misinforming" anyone. They are deceiving.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 12:49 PM (avHHk)

90 Here's a thought: Islam isn't the real enemy.
The real enemy is Tucker and the people running him.

I am at the point where I think I have more in common with devout muslims than I do with the rich elites of the West.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 22, 2025 12:49 PM (xcxpd)

91 I miss The McLaughlin Report.
Posted by: garrett

"Eleonore, I think you're swell-inore."

Could be very funny sometimes.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:49 PM (77rzZ)

92 I'm surprised that only 90 percent are getting paid. Tucker candy Fuentes loomer shapiro. They're all getting paid to PR all of us.

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 12:49 PM (uQzkA)

93 Late morning or early afternoon to you, wherever you be!

I'm back from the blood draw at the doctor's office -- it went very quickly and easily. I washed the car, hit Walmart for some stuff, and Office Depot trying to find a decent notepad that I can use for grocery lists. They had very little in that way, but I found one with little images of various dog breeds all around the margins.

So! Bari Weiss is actually attempting to be a journalist in the old sense, as in "Report the story wherever it leads and without fear or favor"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 12:49 PM (wzUl9)

94 I mean, Tucker Carlson is now calling us Islamophobes
____

Tucker is re-uniting with the shrinking, GW Bush wing of the party. His audience is 70+ yo neo-cons that want to send your kids off to war. Someone ought to let him know.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 12:50 PM (Dv3i1)

95 Bill Kristol's father, Irving Kristol, ran one of the CIA-funded left-liberal magazines.

Irving Kristol eventually turned all the way from the left. Bill Kristol, of course, turned all the way back to the left.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 12:50 PM (1wjle)

96 America's Untold Stories has covered Operation Paperclip.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 12:50 PM (W23D2)

97
Remember Point-Counterpoint? That was fun.

I say let 'em crash

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 12:50 PM (pkeXY)

98 Bari thinks the viewers come first. She's right, but she's wrong. The hacks in the newsroom think they are catering to their viewers by cranking out this kind of content. Bari just has a different idea about the viewers, and she is probably mistaken.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 22, 2025 12:50 PM (MZ+PY)

99 90 Here's a thought: Islam isn't the real enemy.
The real enemy is Tucker and the people running him.

I am at the point where I think I have more in common with devout muslims than I do with the rich elites of the West.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 22, 2025 12:49 PM (xcxpd)


Since my commonality with either is zero, can’t agree.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 12:50 PM (pDt9x)

100 The CIA preached left liberalism for 60 years just so lefties had an alternative to communism.

They wound up making the country ready to vote for communism by 2025. Whoops! Whoopsie!

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 12:49 PM (1wjle)

Where did the KGB land, post cold war.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 12:51 PM (2fdLC)

101 Journalism isn't and shouldn't be opinion.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 12:51 PM (sDNVV)

102 >>I am at the point where I think I have more in common with devout muslims than I do with the rich elites of the West.


Doubtful.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 12:51 PM (W23D2)

103 >>>"Jane, you ignorant slut."

Shana, not Jane. Jane was the SNL bit.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 12:51 PM (Y1sOo)

104 I am at the point where I think I have more in common with devout muslims
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Hey, there, Big Boy.
-- Sexy goat

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:52 PM (77rzZ)

105 Since my commonality with either is zero, can’t agree.
Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 12:50 PM (pDt9x)

I suspect you have the same views they do on tranny kids, the war on faith and the importance of family. It may not be much, but it's more than you have in common with George Soros.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 22, 2025 12:52 PM (xcxpd)

106 Journalism isn't and shouldn't be opinion.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 12:51 PM (sDNVV)
++++
Oh, yes it is. That is exactly what "journalism" is.

*Reporting* should be straight facts, but there's a reason these people hate the concept of being a "reporter" and refuse to call themselves that.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 12:52 PM (avHHk)

107 Remember Point-Counterpoint?


Not the Aldous Huxley book, I hope?
That is the single most boring book I have ever attempted to read.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 12:45 PM (W23D2)

If you think that's bad, you should try Arthur Machen's "Far Off Things".

Coma inducing.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 22, 2025 12:52 PM (/HDaX)

108 Have nothing in common with a religion that worships the demonic, based on the delusions of a lunatic.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 12:52 PM (pDt9x)

109 Shana, not Jane. Jane was the SNL bit.
Posted by: one hour sober

Yes, I know. I just wanted to incorporate a reference to the SNL skit.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:53 PM (77rzZ)

110 The South Star shall rise again!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 12:53 PM (pkeXY)

111 I am at the point where I think I have more in common with devout muslims than I do with the rich elites of the West.
_____

Islam is right about women.

j/k, but it is always fun to watch the sparks fly from the intersectionality chips programmed into leftist NPC brains.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 12:54 PM (Dv3i1)

112 Joe Mannix, I stand corrected. Words do mean something

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 12:54 PM (sDNVV)

113
"Misinformed" implies incorrectness. An honest error can be "misinformation." That is not what happens in the American press. There is no honest mistake possible, because there are no honest operators. They are not wrong, they are lying. 100% of the time. The press is not "misinforming" anyone. They are deceiving.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025

***
Those who watch the "news" are being disinformed, then?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 12:54 PM (wzUl9)

114 James Lindsay is odd - some things he’s good on, some things (like how he thinks JD Vance is woke right or something) are just crackers

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 12:54 PM (trsuh)

115
Tucker seems to not understand.
Phobias indicate a fear of something.
I, and many like me, do not fear Islam. We understand who the enemy is. That isn't fear, it is acknowledgement.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 12:47 PM (2WIwB)


I am. I'm afraid the mutherf*cker yelling allahu ackbar in my vacinity might get shot, multiple times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:55 PM (Zz0t1)

116 Sportsmen's Lodge closed to the public in early 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 12:55 PM (Kt19C)

117 Gotcha, Bulg.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 12:55 PM (Y1sOo)

118 Journalism isn't and shouldn't be opinion.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 12:51 PM (sDNVV)

The people attracted to journalism by and large want to "change" the world. If it wasn't opinion, they wouldnt labor over every word choice like they were encoding the secrets of the universe. But they do. Because they fear one lax choice might make someone somewhere think the wrong thing, and that to them is the most dangerous notion of all.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 12:55 PM (2fdLC)

119 I suspect you have the same views they do on tranny kids, the war on faith and the importance of family.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

The muzzies love the war on faith -- on any faith that's not muzziness.

And about the importance of family -- yes, have as many kids as you can so that you can kill and injure them and blame it on the Jews.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:56 PM (77rzZ)

120 Remember Point-Counterpoint? That was fun.



They BOUGHT their tickets. They KNEW what they were getting in to.

I say LET 'em crash.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:56 PM (Zz0t1)

121 I'm seeing pictures of Bill Clinton in a pool. What's the context? Is Bill Clinton just getting into shape and encouraging Americans to swim?

I see him getting massages too. Is he raising awareness about rotator cuff health and maintenance?
---
If your computer is spontaneously showing you these pictures, you don't need the Geek Squad.

You need an exorcist.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 12:58 PM (ESVrU)

122 Remember Point-Counterpoint? That was fun.



They BOUGHT their tickets. They KNEW what they were getting in to.

I say LET 'em crash.....
Posted by: Sponge

Huh? Don't quite follow what you're trying to say here, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:58 PM (77rzZ)

123 Those who watch the "news" are being disinformed, then?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 12:54 PM (wzUl9)

No I think their term is malinformed

Disinformation is the use of facts in a way the Left doesn't approve of.

Malinformation is their word for lying. But they don't like flat admitting that it's information dealing in straight up lies because it's a bit too close to the bone. Malinformation sounds alien enough to be the domain of "other" people such as the Right.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 12:58 PM (2fdLC)

124 *Reporting* should be straight facts, but there's a reason these people hate the concept of being a "reporter" and refuse to call themselves that.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Any old high school graduate can report the who, what, when, where of a story. Only a credentialed journalism degree from a prestigious school can impart the knowledge needed to shape a carefully cultivated narrative.

Bonus if the journalist also spends some time in 'public service' in an NGO, congressional staff, lobbying firm or in the deep recesses of the executive branch where the real policy is made and executed, away from the prying eyes of the public.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 12:58 PM (Dv3i1)

125 Oh no gang bangers are inconvenienced.

Anyway…

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 12:59 PM (UJWr0)

126 I could be wrong though - I think they change the definitions of their made up words at any time to suit themselves anyway.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 12:59 PM (2fdLC)

127
Huh? Don't quite follow what you're trying to say here, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:58 PM (77rzZ)



https://youtu.be/Pn0WdJx-Wkw

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:59 PM (Zz0t1)

128 CECOT looks like a fun place, free tattoos and wrist and ankle jewelry.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 12:59 PM (v0R5T)

129 "The Left Freaks Out"


Rinse and repeat. Doesn't matter what it is, the left is always freaking out. It has to be exhausting to live that way.

Posted by: Ann at December 22, 2025 01:00 PM (w9jrX)

130 CECOT looks like a fun place, free tattoos and wrist and ankle jewelry.
Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 12:59 PM (v0R5T)
______

Free hot sex too!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:01 PM (iFTx/)

131 Journalists are by and large miserable people because they spend their whole careers on the outside looking in at the deeds and accomplishments of others, having to write and talk about what That Guy Over There just did, rather than their own deeds.

Because of this, they make themselves the heroes of their own stories and insert themselves into the reportage.

They're also mostly gay retards.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 01:01 PM (5aZAZ)

132 You'll lean more AND feel better spending 60 seconds taking a whiz.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2025 01:01 PM (wtvvX)

133 Sure, we should colonize Mars. If nothing else, to build the cryoprison to store these f*cks like in Demolition Man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:02 PM (Zz0t1)

134 An example of the difference between the left and the right:

When there was news of j6 prisoners being abused and the jail conditions being horrid this was not hidden. In fact the left crowed about it. Because they wanted everyone to know that the citizenry, all of us peasants, are their bitch and they can capture, imprison, torture, and kill us whenever at their discretion.

But I guarantee you that the Rs will fall over backwards to disavow any connection to making those poor criminal murderous invaders have hurt feewings. awwww poor widdle guys!

The only answer should be "I don't care Margret." and maybe GFY

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 01:02 PM (3uBP9)

135 Tucker is re-uniting with the shrinking, GW Bush wing of the party. His audience is 70+ yo neo-cons that want to send your kids off to war. Someone ought to let him know.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 12:50 PM (Dv3i1)

lol what?

He was 1000% against the Iran bombing and is also against the Venezuela happenings.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:02 PM (UJWr0)

136 They BOUGHT their tickets. They KNEW what they were getting in to.

I say LET 'em crash.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:56 PM (Zz0t1)

If you liked William Tregoe as Jack Kirkpatrick in "Airplane", check him out as John Fitzsimmons in "Kentucky Fried Movie".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 22, 2025 01:03 PM (/HDaX)

137 Tucker's audience is Qatar.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2025 01:03 PM (wtvvX)

138 "Journalism," is how we impose our will.

Posted by: Journalista at December 22, 2025 01:03 PM (Q+gd/)

139 "Misinformed" implies incorrectness. An honest error can be "misinformation." That is not what happens in the American press. There is no honest mistake possible, because there are no honest operators. They are not wrong, they are lying. 100% of the time. The press is not "misinforming" anyone. They are deceiving.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025

I had a book when I was a kid called "The Dictionary of Misinformation" that corrected various misconceptions that people commonly have (e.g., that the blood in veins is blue instead of red). It was a fun book to dip into from time to time.

The older I get, the more I discover, to my amazement, how little we actually know compared to what we think we know.

That's why I've developed an increasing skepticism of "experts."

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:03 PM (77rzZ)

140 Journalists are by and large miserable people because they spend their whole careers on the outside looking in at the deeds and accomplishments of others, having to write and talk about what That Guy Over There just did, rather than their own deeds.

Because of this, they make themselves the heroes of their own stories and insert themselves into the reportage.

They're also mostly gay retards.
Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 01:01 PM (5aZAZ)
++++
And mostly retards. The first part of this is the reason for "journalists are totally heroes, you guyz!!!!!!!" stories, but most of the problem is the second part - the part where they're abjectly stupid ideologues directed by irredeemably evil ideologues.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (avHHk)

141 I'm guessing self-deportations go into overdrive once illegals see what the prisons are like in El Salvador.

Maybe a good thing this story has legs?

Posted by: Leupold at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (eIzlH)

142 And let's not lose sight of the perpetual circle jerk that underlies all the reporting on CERCOT:

Leftie group makes allegations of torture and abuse -> other leftie group repeats it -> another leftie group repeats it with a new set of "clients" and also cites the other leftie groups -> leftie group makes allegations of torture and abuse.
Repeat.

Not found? Proof. Evidence. Facts.

No actual details on what is the "torture" and what is the "abuse."
Not one single, independent, unbiased, eye witness.
Zero documentations.
Zero pictures.
Zero on-site interviews.
And absolutely not one single "witness" that isn't a low-life criminal who sees a ticket to freedom if he lies for them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (HXT0k)

143 I saw Store the Fucks in a Cryoprison open up for No Seriously Build the Cryoprisons Now and Ask Questions Later at the Felt Forum back in 1978.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (2fdLC)

144 If anything, had 60M run that story, it would have helped Trump. Nobody but the most pathological TDS sufferers gives a diseased rat's dick about illegal alien criminals any more. Normal people want them out of the USA. They don't care where they are sent. Back to Honduras, El Salvador prison, Hell, Sarlacc, etc.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 12:36 PM (iFTx/

If you strolled into the country without checking in with CBP at a port of entry with a valid passport, the only thing you deserve is deportation.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (rQwsY)

145 >>>They're also mostly gay retards.
Posted by: ballistic

accurate.

Posted by: ace at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (1wjle)

146 I was willing to give Tucker the benefit of the doubt about his odd turn, being owed to trying to make amends for being an unrepentant war monger and war booster for 25 years, but now him sucking up to the Qatari's and flacking for PissLam is beyond the pale.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (XV/Pl)

147 79 >>Remember Point-Counterpoint?

I've got a gun in my hand, but that gun won't cock
My finger's on the trigger, but that trigger seems locked
I can't stop staring at the tick-tock clock
And even if I could, I would never give up
With a vest on my chest, a bullet in my lung
I can't believe I'm dying with my song unsung
If and when I die, won't you bury me alone?
'Cause I'll never get to heaven if I'm singing this song

Posted by: Streetlight Manifesto at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (TbWk/)

148 Tucker's audience is Qatar.

Putin also played Carlson like a fiddle

Posted by: Halfhand at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (jNK17)

149 Bill Clinton was just helping the poor young lady when her Bikini Top came loose.

What a Guy .............

Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 01:07 PM (J9q9v)

150 Don't discount that a prospective audience for this 60 Minutes garbage is the Federal judiciary.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at December 22, 2025 01:07 PM (ssz2a)

151 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:
http://tiny.cc/f7rw001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:07 PM (avHHk)

152
Putin also played Carlson like a fiddle
Posted by: Halfhand at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (jNK17)


But Russia is AWESOME because their McDonald's are BETTER!!!!

Down with 'Murica!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)

153 But I guarantee you that the Rs will fall over backwards to disavow any connection to making those poor criminal murderous invaders have hurt feewings. awwww poor widdle guys!

---

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: Tom Masshole at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (vqA1l)

154 74 One of the funniest and entertaining episodes of 60 Minutes had to do with the popularity of the Tango in Finland (especially in my family). Opened with a bunch of Finns on a bus looking pissed off at the world, and the voice over saying it's not a national day of mourning. And then it got into fun facts like when dancing the Tango in Finland it's bad manners and too much vodka to vomit on your partner's shoes.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 22, 2025 12:44 PM (gm9Sb)

Dude, I remember that one! That was a good segment.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (rQwsY)

155 >>They're also mostly gay retards.

I am not gay.

Posted by: Jake Tapper at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (Y1sOo)

156 So does Tucker believe that Kirk was killed by the Jews ?

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (VE6XX)

157 I saw The Ghey Retards open for Third Eye Bling at MSG in '02

Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (Bo9Yf)

158 Tucker was named “Anti Semite of the year”. By some group. Lol.

Not a Hamas member. Not the Bondi shooter. Not Nope, a guy who has a conversation with another guy on a podcast.

Like seriously guys? This is your play? Wow.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (UJWr0)

159 Remember:

The same left boo-hooing and shedding tears over the poor life-time criminals going to jail ....

Are the same left that love to make prison rape jokes anytime a conservative is accused of a crime.

Fuk the left; choke on a bag of rotten dicks and die in a fire, alone and unwanted like you deserve.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (HXT0k)

160 151 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:
http://tiny.cc/f7rw001
------------------
Nice. Long legs, too.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (pLaQB)

161 I loathe the fake news media with a homicidal passion.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (1Nv0l)

162 130 CECOT looks like a fun place, free tattoos and wrist and ankle jewelry.
Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 12:59 PM (v0R5T)
______

Free hot sex too!

so... cecot > epcot?

Posted by: anachronda at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (v3pYe)

163 I saw Store the Fucks in a Cryoprison open up for No Seriously Build the Cryoprisons Now and Ask Questions Later at the Felt Forum back in 1978.
Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (2fdLC)


This is a stretch, but I'll allow it.

LMFAO.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:09 PM (Zz0t1)

164 Club GITMO looks lots more fun....

Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 01:09 PM (J9q9v)

165 158 Tucker was named “Anti Semite of the year”. By some group. Lol.

Not a Hamas member. Not the Bondi shooter. Not Nope, a guy who has a conversation with another guy on a podcast.

Like seriously guys? This is your play? Wow.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:08 PM (UJWr0)

I can’t understand why you love him and the Nick Fuentes troll so passionately.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:09 PM (rQwsY)

166 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:
http://tiny.cc/f7rw001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:07 PM (avHHk)
_______

I dunno, something seems "off" about "her." TBWNB.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:10 PM (iFTx/)

167 151 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:
http://tiny.cc/f7rw001

---

She looks like she may need my help guiding her homeward.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 01:10 PM (1Nv0l)

168 146 I was willing to give Tucker the benefit of the doubt about his odd turn, being owed to trying to make amends for being an unrepentant war monger and war booster for 25 years, but now him sucking up to the Qatari's and flacking for PissLam is beyond the pale.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 01:04 PM (XV/Pl)

Be more specific. I’m a warmonger just because I advocate for peace through strength, deterrence, power projection, and the use of DIME.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:11 PM (rQwsY)

169 I can’t understand why you love him and the Nick Fuentes troll so passionately.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:09 PM (rQwsY)

I don't love any media personality. They all have an agenda,mostly to make money. Doesn’t matter if it’s Tucker or Megyn or Little Ben. They’re all actors at the end of the day reading a script.

But I absolutely fucking hate the woke right trying to cancel people because they have opinions. That’s what the left does.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:11 PM (UJWr0)

170 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:
http://tiny.cc/f7rw001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Boy, you are bringing it today, Mannix.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:12 PM (77rzZ)

171 133 Sure, we should colonize Mars. If nothing else, to build the cryoprison to store these f*cks like in Demolition Man.

i approve this message

Posted by: yo quiero taco bell at December 22, 2025 01:12 PM (v3pYe)

172 Don't discount that a prospective audience for this 60 Minutes garbage is the Federal judiciary.
---
Yup.
I've lost count of the number of clown judge opinions that rely on "news reports" as absolute, unbiased and true to justify their illegal injunctions.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 01:12 PM (HXT0k)

173 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:

http://tiny.cc/f7rw001

---------------

Nice bangs!

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (agLqO)

174 lol what?

He was 1000% against the Iran bombing and is also against the Venezuela happenings.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:02 PM (UJWr0)

So, like many here, he wants a whiny, toothless America?

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (rQwsY)

175 Who farted?

@Breaking911 6m
BREAKING: The Trump administration says it is pausing all major offshore wind construction projects

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (mlg/3)

176
Who throws the bigger fit over this tonight, Colbert or Kimmel?

Their combined audience of 200k is dying to find out.

Posted by: Auspex at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (YAFrp)

177 Tucker was named “Anti Semite of the year”. By some group. Lol.

Not a Hamas member. Not the Bondi shooter. Not Nope, a guy who has a conversation with another guy on a podcast.

Like seriously guys? This is your play? Wow.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
---

Yeah, because we expect those other guys to be antisemites. Ain't no-one changing their minds.

Tucker encourages the low IQ losers ostensibly on our side of the political fence to blame Jews for their own shortcomings. In that way he is more corrosive.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (1Nv0l)

178 The Left's obsession with turning scum (Floyd, Abrego-Garcia) into Saints is...

...well, it's something.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (UnA8+)

179 But I absolutely fucking hate the woke right trying to cancel people because they have opinions. That’s what the left does.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:11 PM (UJWr0)

So Tucker Carlson cannot be criticized for his views. Got it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:14 PM (rQwsY)

180 The Left's obsession with turning scum (Floyd, Abrego-Garcia) into Saints is...

...well, it's something.
Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (UnA8+)


They want you voting Dem or dead, by any means necessary.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:14 PM (Zz0t1)

181 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:

http://tiny.cc/f7rw001

====

The face looks AI/Photoshopped

Posted by: davidt at December 22, 2025 01:14 PM (Q+gd/)

182 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:

http://tiny.cc/f7rw001

---------------

Nice bangs!
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (agLqO)

^**

She bangs...

Posted by: William Hung at December 22, 2025 01:15 PM (Bo9Yf)

183 Maybe Weiss didn't want to get sued...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 01:15 PM (VE6XX)

184 175 Who farted?

@Breaking911 6m
BREAKING: The Trump administration says it is pausing all major offshore wind construction projects
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (mlg/3)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at December 22, 2025 01:15 PM (rQwsY)

185 I used to feel bad bitching about Tucker back when he was more liked. The fact that he kept taking a paycheck from FNC told one all they needed to know.

Not that you'll probably ever go wrong waiting for some fuck on our side to turn on us for cash. So it's not like I was taking a risky position.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:15 PM (2fdLC)

186
Weiss better get bullet proof glass and food tasters pronto.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 22, 2025 01:15 PM (IifOV)

187 If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
------------------
Wet farts as well?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 01:15 PM (pLaQB)

188 ====

The face looks AI/Photoshopped
Posted by: davidt at December 22, 2025 01:14 PM (Q+gd/)


That settles it. AI has ruined the internet for everyone and must be banished to Hell whence it came.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:15 PM (Zz0t1)

189 He was 1000% against the Iran bombing and is also against the Venezuela happenings.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:02 PM (UJWr0)

So, like many here, he wants a whiny, toothless America?
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (rQwsY)

Lemme guess if we don’t bomb them there they’ll bomb us here? Where have I heard that before.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:16 PM (UJWr0)

190 Somehow I doubt Carlson will have a Colonel Nicholson moment where he says "my God what have I done?*

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 01:16 PM (MoRvC)

191
She bangs...
Posted by: William Hung at December 22, 2025 01:15 PM (Bo9Yf)


Isn't that a song by Cindi Lauper?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:16 PM (Zz0t1)

192 The Left's obsession with turning scum (Floyd, Abrego-Garcia) into Saints is...

...well, it's something.
Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:13 PM (UnA8+)
_____

And real Saints (as in religious ones) into scum ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:16 PM (iFTx/)

193 Bukele has cut the homicide rate in El Salvador to near-zero. The Left hates that. They hate Bukele. They hate his friendship with Trump.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 22, 2025 01:17 PM (WHfpM)

194 The face looks AI/Photoshopped
Posted by: davidt

*fistbump*

That's what that Camilla lady told me!
-- Joe Biden

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:17 PM (77rzZ)

195 Propaganda ministries
Trump Administration Breaks Wind

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 01:17 PM (MoRvC)

196 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:

http://tiny.cc/f7rw001

***
I saw a girl who looked like her (though not as intriguingly dressed) at the coffee shop this morning. She stood out like a sunflower in a field of wilting weeds and deformed mushrooms.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 01:17 PM (wzUl9)

197 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:

http://tiny.cc/f7rw001

Nice. Very nice.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 22, 2025 01:17 PM (/HDaX)

198 Somehow I doubt Carlson will have a Colonel Nicholson moment where he says "my God what have I done?*
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 01:16 PM (MoRvC)


He'll be on a beach earning 20%...........

He gives no shits......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:17 PM (Zz0t1)

199 @Breaking911 6m
BREAKING: The Trump administration says it is pausing all major offshore wind construction projects
---
There was recently, IIRC, another clown judge illegal injunction, that said Trump couldn't stop these. Administrative Procedures Act, blah, blah, blah.

From what I've read, the basis of this new suspension, that basically re-cancels the projects, is that they affect national security.

LOL, LOL, LOL.

1) begging the clown judge to issue another, even more illegal, injunction
2) mocking the clown judge, "I can do this shit all day, bitch."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 01:17 PM (HXT0k)

200

We all want to strut our stuff
And you really want to show your scars
Forget all about that macho shit
And learn how to play Qatar

Posted by: Tucker Melloncamp at December 22, 2025 01:17 PM (pkeXY)

201 As a society, can the pretense that "Journalism" is not a profession?

Gathering and presenting facts is not hard, at all.

Anyone can supply who, what, where, when, and why.

We don't need "Sharyn problem glasses" to insist what she does is on anyway difficult.

They could do a story on the fraud in Minnesota. That has "spiked" in public interest.

Fuck these clown whores

Posted by: melodicmetal at December 22, 2025 01:18 PM (61TgR)

202 Why Bari Weiss killed the story.

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Imagine spending your life in journalism only to have some person float in to dictate what you can and can't report -- even though she's never broken a story or even reported -- and whose sole qualification is she is as devoted to Israel as the new family that just bought CBS

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:18 PM (L/fGl)

203 I saw Wilting Weeds and Deformed Mushrooms open for...

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:19 PM (77rzZ)

204 Her short shorts look nice and all, which a man could not wear, but I always kind of wonder if those are uncomfortable all up in her business.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2025 01:19 PM (n5tGW)

205 Their side is getting paid. Our side is getting paid. All sides are getting paid. Everyone is open for criticism. It's ok. You can criticize all of them.

Posted by: NCKate at December 22, 2025 01:19 PM (uQzkA)

206 Speaking of farting...

@Breaking911
HOLY CRINGE! Let's check in on Eric Swalwell's run for California Governor
x.com/Breaking911/status/2002837375077208362

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 01:19 PM (mlg/3)

207
Lemme guess if we don’t bomb them there they’ll bomb us here? Where have I heard that before.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:16 PM (UJWr0)


Because Iran has never nor will ever sponsor terrorists or terrorist attacks against the United States or her allies so we all should just sing kumbaya and live in blind happiness.

A nuclear Iran is a good start to world peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:20 PM (Zz0t1)

208 Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Imagine spending your life in journalism only to have some person float in to dictate what you can and can't report -- even though she's never broken a story or even reported -- and whose sole qualification is she is as devoted to Israel as the new family that just bought CBS
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:18 PM (L/fGl)
++++
"Imagine being an employee and having to do what your boss says."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:20 PM (avHHk)

209 But I absolutely fucking hate the woke right trying to cancel people because they have opinions. That’s what the left does.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:11 PM (UJWr0)

So Tucker Carlson cannot be criticized for his views. Got it.

Posted by: Cow Demon

I think IGT Donald is only criticizing cancel culture, not criticism per se.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (77rzZ)

210 There was recently, IIRC, another clown judge illegal injunction, that said Trump couldn't stop these. Administrative Procedures Act, blah, blah, blah.

==

What's funny is it can take like a decade to do anything on a project like this, but when Trump cancels something the Left likes, suddenly the court system can move insanely fast.

But a pipeline that gets slowed down over some bullshit claim of an endangered species or Indian burial ground, years and years to figure out.

Posted by: Leupold at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (eIzlH)

211 Right Angle News Network
@Rightanglenews

BREAKING - An immigrant Lyft driver has gone viral after harassing her passengers upon discovering they were at AmericaFest, claiming Republicans are “slaughtering people,” before dumping them onto the highway.

“If America is so terrible, why are you here?”
Deport immediately.

https://tinyurl.com/yvxr8m9s

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (NpAcC)

212 >>> This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:
http://tiny.cc/f7rw001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:07 PM (avHHk)


A bridle would be a little over the top. A pair of equestrian riding boots and a crop is more than adequate.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (3uBP9)

213 Is the media reporting on the media metamedia?

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (vFG9F)

214 Lemme guess if we don’t bomb them there they’ll bomb us here? Where have I heard that before.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:16 PM (UJWr0)

Iran can’t threaten anybody now and has to figure out how to get water to their people. They were bombing people as far away as Buenos Aires.

As for Venezuela, you might be shocked: I don’t advocate going in there. That’s more of a hindrance than a help. But enforcing sanctions? Sure. Maybe you are overjoyed at them sending drugs up here so they can prop up their evil regime. I’m not.

You think America is best when it is as whiny and toothless as possible like too many other isolationists and Code Pinkers here. That is far from the case. Peace through strength. Deterrence (you cannot deter anyone if you are a whiny bitch country like you so badly want us to be). Power projection. Implementing DIME. Why is that so hard?

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (rQwsY)

215 By stopping the airing of this Weiss got more publicity than if she ran it...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (VE6XX)

216
@Breaking911
HOLY CRINGE! Let's check in on Eric Swalwell's run for California Governor
x.com/Breaking911/status/2002837375077208362
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 01:19 PM (mlg/3)


Leave it to the Democrats to take one of the worst songs ever recorded and make it worse..........

Also, how can Swalwell run for governor in a state he DOESN'T LIVE IN?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (Zz0t1)

217 BREAKING: The Trump administration says it is pausing all major offshore wind construction projects
___

Not so fast!
- Judge with no jurisdiction, but plenty of ambition

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (Dv3i1)

218 Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Imagine spending your life in journalism only to have some person float in to dictate what you can and can't report -- even though she's never broken a story or even reported -- and whose sole qualification is she is as devoted to Israel as the new family that just bought CBS
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:18 PM (L/fGl)
++++
"Imagine being an employee and having to do what your boss says."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:20 PM (avHHk)
______

Methinks Glenn is jealous and butthurt over the pay package that Bari got. This is a gay guy Mean-Girling a lezzie.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

219 >>>I see him getting massages too. Is he raising awareness about rotator cuff health and maintenance?

Rotor, spinner, whatever.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:22 PM (rbvCR)

220 NYC gets a new head of the archdiocese next month, Ronald Hicks. Cardinal Dolan is retiring. I'm not religious or Catholic, but my read on this Hicks guy is he's a clone of Pope Leo. Lotsa coded "social justice" clues in his statements. Not looking good, IMO.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

221 202 Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Imagine spending your life in journalism only to have some person float in to dictate what you can and can't report -- even though she's never broken a story or even reported -- and whose sole qualification is she is as devoted to Israel as the new family that just bought CBS
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:18 PM (L/fGl)

As opposed to being devoted to Islamic Gulf Petrostates for... reasons?

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:22 PM (UnA8+)

222 You may notice that there are no pictures of Trump in the pool with Maxwell.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 01:23 PM (vFG9F)

223 But I absolutely fucking hate the woke right trying to cancel people because they have opinions. That’s what the left does.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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LOL
No one is getting cancelled.
No one is spamming his socials with anti-Tucker comments.
No one is getting fired.
No one is going after Tucker's employer, advertisers or his sponsors.
No one is demanding he be charged with or investigated for crimes.

That's what "cancelling" on the left is; all that and worse.

So it's pretty fucking disingenuous for Tucker et al. to whine they are being "cancelled."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 01:23 PM (HXT0k)

224 Glad you got your computer fixed, Ace. It's a DULL DAY without you reporting.

Posted by: Kurtz at December 22, 2025 01:23 PM (KuiAG)

225 Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Imagine spending your life in journalism only to have some person float in to dictate what you can and can't report -- even though she's never broken a story or even reported -- and whose sole qualification is she is as devoted to Israel as the new family that just bought CBS
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:18 PM (L/fGl)


I mean, I think Israel has a LOT to answer for over the years, but what is this sudden all out blitz on everyone and everything relating to Israel?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:23 PM (Zz0t1)

226 Absolutely, this is a non-story. I don't think there is a groundswell of support for illegal immigrants or for criminals.

Posted by: PG at December 22, 2025 01:24 PM (pk5S4)

227
I think IGT Donald is only criticizing cancel culture, not criticism per se.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (77rzZ)

To me, he was unclear.

I’m in agreement with that. Do I want to see Mr. Carlson feel the heat he so richly deserves? Sure. Do I want to see him get canceled? No.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:24 PM (rQwsY)

228 @Breaking911
HOLY CRINGE! Let's check in on Eric Swalwell's run for California Governor
x.com/Breaking911/status/2002837375077208362
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 01:19 PM (mlg/3)


Leave it to the Democrats to take one of the worst songs ever recorded and make it worse..........

Also, how can Swalwell run for governor in a state he DOESN'T LIVE IN?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (Zz0t1)
_____

That dude is gotta be gay. 100%. Methinks Fang-Fang was pegging him up the arsehole.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:24 PM (iFTx/)

229 In my experience, fighting with the editor in chief is a good way to find a new job at Starbucks, or working a new career in data entry and telemarketing.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

230 Bari Weiss nixed the story of a prison in El Salvador because she's pro-Israel?

Glenn Greenwald, Jewophobe.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 22, 2025 01:24 PM (WHfpM)

231 A 60 Minutes story on the horrible conditions illegal immigrants face when deported from America needs to be broadcast.....in Venezuela, Honduras, Mexico, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and other places I'm not thinking of at the moment.

Really play up the American deportation and torturous prison conditions angles. No nuance needed.

And make sure every person in those countries have access to the story. Put it out for free on YouTube, social media, Al Jazeera and every other possible foreign network.

And run it over and over.

Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (KrBFV)

232 I absolutely fucking hate the woke right trying to cancel people because they have opinions. That’s what the left does.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:11 PM (UJWr0)

So Tucker Carlson cannot be criticized for his views. Got it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:14 PM (rQwsY)

Criticize all you want.
But calling him an anTi sEmiTe is the same shit the left does when everyone’s a rayciiiist. It falls on deaf ears. Nobody gives a fuck.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (UJWr0)

233 This is nothing compared to my outrage at Old Grandad selling 80 proof "bourbon"

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (wBaIH)

234 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:
http://tiny.cc/f7rw001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
.......

I like what's left of her jeans.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (v0R5T)

235 But I absolutely fucking hate the woke right trying to cancel people because they have opinions. That’s what the left does.
------

Yeah, and you can shove the "woke right" stuff up your ass. Its not "woke right" to call out *pretenders* on "our" side who openly side with nazis and moslems while vilifying the Jews. "Woke right" is an op, pure and simple. It was *never* part of the right to embrace antisemitism, and the made-up tag of "woke right" is an attempt to pretend that there ever was a different version of that topic.

Posted by: Crusader at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (TN0g+)

236 I’m in agreement with that. Do I want to see Mr. Carlson feel the heat he so richly deserves? Sure. Do I want to see him get canceled? No.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:24 PM (rQwsY)

But we are in agreement that we don't want him to have influence over JD Vance should he win the Presidency next?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (rbvCR)

237 If the FNM treated child sexual mutilation like it treats illegals we would have banned it years ago.

And this is the benefit the left still gets from the FNM. While it isn't the only way to get traction for a news story it is a major one.

Though, amusingly, I suspect the FNM freak out about illegals getting unhappy outcomes is partly what is driving self deportation.

The Trump admin tells illegals they'll have some long term consequences in not being able to come back if they don't leave while the FNM is telling them ICE will murder them in front of their children BEFORE sending them to ECOT to be serially raped by xenomorphs.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 01:26 PM (sKqQm)

238 Remember Point-Counterpoint?

-
Jane, you ignorant slut!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:26 PM (L/fGl)

239 Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Imagine spending your life in journalism only to have some person float in to dictate what you can and can't report -- even though she's never broken a story or even reported -- and whose sole qualification is she is as devoted to Israel as the new family that just bought CBS
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 01:18 PM (L/fGl)


I mean, I think Israel has a LOT to answer for over the years, but what is this sudden all out blitz on everyone and everything relating to Israel?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:23 PM (Zz0t1)
_________

Well, Putin and RUSSA RUSSIA RUSSIA is yesterday's news, so there's be an update to the NPC coding. But as I commented above, I think Greenwald (who is Jewish himself) is just jealous over Bari's pay package.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

240 My greatest hope for Cali is that in the gubernatorial debate Katie Porter dumps a pot of steaming mashed potatoes on Swalwell's head

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 01:27 PM (MoRvC)

241 BREAKING: The Trump administration says it is pausing all major offshore wind construction projects
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Not so fast!
- Judge with no jurisdiction, but plenty of ambition
Posted by: Chuck Martel

KILL THE WHALES

Posted by: Judge Kalikimaka at December 22, 2025 01:27 PM (v0R5T)

242 You think America is best when it is as whiny and toothless as possible like too many other isolationists and Code Pinkers here. That is far from the case. Peace through strength. Deterrence (you cannot deter anyone if you are a whiny bitch country like you so badly want us to be). Power projection. Implementing DIME. Why is that so hard?
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (rQwsY)


We’ve done this worlld’s policeman thing for 75 years. And we’re 40 trillion in debt.

No more.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:28 PM (UJWr0)

243
But we are in agreement that we don't want him to have influence over JD Vance should he win the Presidency next?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (rbvCR)


I must have faith that my next candidate for President will have more knowledge, sense and global understanding on his own than to listen to and be influenced by some egotistical blowhard JOURNALIST asshole.

Carlson was an MSNBC anchor before he became this 'warrior for the right' person.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:28 PM (Zz0t1)

244 I think IGT Donald is only criticizing cancel culture, not criticism per se.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 01:21 PM (77rzZ)
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I wish it were "only" that. He's part of or embracer of an "op" to divide the right so that they left can pretend that hatred of Israel is part of "our" policy position. He stays mostly silent when Ace is active, but races in on Saturday's open threads so that he can go to bat for Nick Fuentes and Tucker without confronting Ace.

Posted by: Crusader at December 22, 2025 01:28 PM (TN0g+)

245 The left used cancellation to remove people that were saying things well within the political mainstream - hell you could be cancelled in 2020 for saying things that Barack Obama said during his 2012 re-election campaign.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 01:28 PM (sKqQm)

246 Criticize all you want.
But calling him an anTi sEmiTe is the same shit the left does when everyone’s a rayciiiist. It falls on deaf ears. Nobody gives a fuck.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (UJWr0)

He won’t shut up about how horrible Israel is. What am I to conclude? Oh, he’s “just asking questions.” Sure.

You are conflating legit criticism with canceling. I want that idiot Carlson and your crush, Nick Fuentes, to have as much airtime as possible to so what a bunch of blithering fucking idiots they are. But I get to criticize them for their views. So do others. Why is that so hard to understand?

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:28 PM (rQwsY)

247 151 This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:
http://tiny.cc/f7rw001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 01:07 PM (avHHk)

I saw Lakeside Brunette open for Concrete Blonde at St. Andrew's Hall in '91.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2025 01:28 PM (wtvvX)

248 The face looks AI/Photoshopped
Posted by: davidt at December 22, 2025 01:14 PM (Q+gd/)

Face looks real to me: good looking. Correct number of fingers on each hand. Pass!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 01:29 PM (E0Kkk)

249 Criticize all you want.
But calling him an anTi sEmiTe is the same shit the left does when everyone’s a rayciiiist. It falls on deaf ears. Nobody gives a fuck.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (UJWr0)

He's calling righties islamophobes. Which makes him what exactly.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:29 PM (2fdLC)

250 239 Well, Putin and RUSSA RUSSIA RUSSIA is yesterday's news, so there's be an update to the NPC coding. But as I commented above, I think Greenwald (who is Jewish himself) is just jealous over Bari's pay package.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

There seems to be a subsect of non-practicing Jews that think that the Muslims would leave them alone if it wasn't for Israel.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:29 PM (UnA8+)

251 The meltdown from the leftists on X is pathetic.
You would think they lost their cheating partner.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 01:29 PM (NpAcC)

252 I think Greenwald (who is Jewish himself) is just jealous over Bari's pay package.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 01:27 PM (iFTx/)


He's jealous of Michelle's package because the world knows SHE can helicopter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)

253 Noodus horrifica et depressibus

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 01:29 PM (wzUl9)

254 The meltdown from the leftists on X is pathetic.
You would think they lost their cheating partner.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 01:29 PM (NpAcC)


They got Jimmy Kimmel back on the air, so they're feeling quite invincible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

255 It's Dem Boomers vs Gen XI Maoist Red Guards. Another day, another Dem skirmish in the Central Highlands.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (rj6Yv)

256 Arabs are Semites too. Why can't people say anti-Jewish?

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (vFG9F)

257 He won’t shut up about how horrible Israel is. What am I to conclude? Oh, he’s “just asking questions.” Sure.

You are conflating legit criticism with canceling. I want that idiot Carlson and your crush, Nick Fuentes, to have as much airtime as possible to so what a bunch of blithering fucking idiots they are. But I get to criticize them for their views. So do others. Why is that so hard to understand?
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:28 PM (rQwsY)

He doest like Israel. That’s not a crime.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (UJWr0)

258 HOLY CRINGE! Let's check in on Eric Swalwell's run for California Governor
x.com/Breaking911/status/2002837375077208362
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Good grief.

Posted by: wth at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (v0R5T)

259 Nah. Cancel everyone who disagrees with me until cancelations are over. When they're over, I'll reconsider. Any other position is suicide.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 01:31 PM (2fdLC)

260 246 Criticize all you want.
But calling him an anTi sEmiTe is the same shit the left does when everyone’s a rayciiiist. It falls on deaf ears. Nobody gives a fuck.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (UJWr0)Q

The only thing missing is the purple hair and septum piercings.

Other than that, the behavior is indistinguishable.

Posted by: One Man's Opinion at December 22, 2025 01:31 PM (KrBFV)

261 We’ve done this worlld’s policeman thing for 75 years. And we’re 40 trillion in debt.

No more.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:28 PM (UJWr0)

So you DO want a whiny America, you ARE an isolationist, and you want a pussy country. Sorry. That $40 trillion in debt didn’t come from the military. And if we stopped funding a military that takes out…$800 billion.

Shift your blame elsewhere, defense is a legitimate function of government, maybe bitch about The Great Society instead.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:31 PM (rQwsY)

262 Yeah, and you can shove the "woke right" stuff up your ass. Its not "woke right" to call out *pretenders* on "our" side who openly side with nazis and moslems while vilifying the Jews. "Woke right" is an op, pure and simple. It was *never* part of the right to embrace antisemitism, and the made-up tag of "woke right" is an attempt to pretend that there ever was a different version of that topic.
Posted by: Crusader at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (TN0g+)

Woke right is "The Left is winning because they have messaging and understand Alinsky's Rules, we must adopt them for our purposes because we must not lose"

It means you fall prey to the same excesses and internal purges the Left has. Have fun storming your own motte and bailey!

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

263 But calling him an anTi sEmiTe is the same shit the left does when everyone’s a rayciiiist. It falls on deaf ears. Nobody gives a fuck.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:25 PM (UJWr0)

No, it's not the same thing. The Left calls anybody they don't like or wish to speak a "racist" with no evidence whatsoever. Some are calling out Tucker for a demonstrable pattern of anti-Israel commentary. And who exactly has called him an "anti-Semite"?

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (WHfpM)

264 He doest like Israel. That’s not a crime.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (UJWr0)

No but I can call him and you out for it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (rQwsY)

265 Its Go Time Donald makes every thread unfun.

D'you think this is on purpose?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (rbvCR)

266 231 And make sure every person in those countries have access to the story. Put it out for free on YouTube, social media, Al Jazeera and every other possible foreign network.

it's the 21st century. use lasers to project it onto the moon.

Posted by: anachronda at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (v3pYe)

267 Sorry but the Cold War boomer
Mentality is over. Young people don’t want to police the world anymore. We’re done sending 18 year old boys to be blown up in the name of democracy or whatever bullshit we’re supposed to be fighting for.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:33 PM (UJWr0)

268 264 He doest like Israel. That’s not a crime.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:30 PM (UJWr0)

No but I can call him and you out for it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 22, 2025 01:32 PM (rQwsY)

Great. Have at it. See unlike you I don’t try to silence you.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:34 PM (UJWr0)

269
This lakeside brunette has unbridled contempt for everyone involved in any part of the press complex, which is why she enjoys the outdoors instead:

http://tiny.cc/f7rw001

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The face looks AI/Photoshopped
Posted by: davidt

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At some point, they'll all be. Why hire a model and a photographer and pay a licensing fee or an outright purchase when you can get it from any number of AIs with a simple prompt for free?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 22, 2025 01:34 PM (n7rxJ)

270 Great. Have at it. See unlike you I don’t try to silence you.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 01:34 PM (UJWr0)

No one is trying to silence Tucker. The the idea is silly anyway. He owns one of the largest independent platforms in existence. But if people don't him to blather his apodictic anti-Israel BS at their events, that's their right, and I hope they exercise it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 22, 2025 01:37 PM (WHfpM)

271 I'd pay money to watch James Woods dismantle Tucker.
Posted by: Crusader at December 22, 2025 12:37 PM

I'd pay double if it was with a tire iron.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 01:37 PM (jc0TO)

272 I'd pay money to watch James Woods dismantle Tucker.
Posted by: Crusader at December 22, 2025 12:37 PM

Notice how he never interviews anybody who can do that. At least Piers Morgan invites capable adversaries on his show.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 22, 2025 01:39 PM (WHfpM)

273 >>> At some point, they'll all be. Why hire a model and a photographer and pay a licensing fee or an outright purchase when you can get it from any number of AIs with a simple prompt for free?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 22, 2025 01:34 PM (n7rxJ)


I guess I always figured that one of the compelling reasons to go around photographing attractive women is that you get to meet a lot of attractive women. But when one costs, something, and the other costs nothing then the nothing will devour all the attractive woman economy. There's an economic principle about this but I forget the name.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 01:40 PM (3uBP9)

274 No one is trying to silence Tucker. The the idea is silly anyway. He owns one of the largest independent platforms in existence. But if people don't him to blather his apodictic anti-Israel BS at their events, that's their right, and I hope they exercise it.
Posted by: Ordinary

besides guys such as shapiro, levin, who are openly saying they want him deplatformed, those guys? Teh guys that said not to invite him to tpusa, said Kirk should not invite, those guys.

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 01:41 PM (KvQc5)

275 No, it's not the same thing. The Left calls anybody they don't like or wish to speak a "racist" with no evidence whatsoever. Some are calling out Tucker for a demonstrable pattern of anti-Israel commentary. And who exactly has called him an "anti-Semite"?
Posted by: Ordinar


everybody in hq management agrees that anti zionism is antisemetic, where you been big guy?

Posted by: n at December 22, 2025 01:43 PM (KvQc5)

276 >> Sorry but the Cold War boomer
Mentality is over. Young people don’t want to police the world anymore.


Young people don't want to do anything but Goon online and have somebody else pay their way.

We don't listen to young people because they are retarded.

Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (W23D2)

277 276 Young people don't want to do anything but Goon online and have somebody else pay their way.

We don't listen to young people because they are retarded.
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2025 01:47 PM (W23D2)

And once they Goon too much, they want to Troon Out.

But they will Never be the Anime Girls they desperately wish they were.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 01:51 PM (UnA8+)

278 56 How can 60 Minutes stay on the air for nigh unto 60 years when "Hey, Landlord!" lasted only one season.
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"The Unit" lasted only 4 seasons. Of course, it was a damn near perfect 4 seasons, but that is the type of show that could have lasted a decade or more with proper handling (including rotating some new characters thru and occasionally rotating some out...but the original cast was amazing).
Posted by: Crusader at December 22, 2025 12:40 PM (TN0g+)

4 seasons!

Posted by: FireFly at December 22, 2025 01:52 PM (53oGX)

279 Of course it would be a hit piece. And they would never show the pics of Maryland Dad enjoying fishing, chess, BP checks, etc. at CECOT.

Posted by: Random PJ at December 22, 2025 02:03 PM (RRCAT)

280 I dunno, they used to do some real journalisms

https://youtu.be/wgaNmGydB5Y?si=rMdSCiqstnPfWGdl

Posted by: Coach Howard Schnebrllenegr at December 22, 2025 02:36 PM (YZhRl)

281 Why are people longing for a past that never existed.

Journalism has always been biased and soft propaganda.

People call it "The Truth" when it aligns with their views.

People are just this way. How many people have you managed to alter their views based on what you have told or shown them?

Posted by: pawn at December 22, 2025 03:14 PM (EMg+d)

282 Someone just broke their Stopwatch way too bad See B.S. M News the same to Sunday Morning and Eye on America two of See B.S. other Fake News Shows

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 22, 2025 04:39 PM (wGqjj)

THE MORNING RANT: As Warner Bros Discovery circles the drain, CEO David Zaslav extracts generational wealth for himself

Warner Bros Discovery logo.png

A subject that I frequently re-visit is corporations that are mismanaged into financial and operational crises while leadership lavishly rewards itself.

While I have kept an eye on the headlines regarding the takeover bids for Warner Bros Discovery, I hadn’t bothered to read much deeper, because the entertainment / media industry is a bit of a mystery to me, and because it is controlled by my political adversaries. But perhaps in part for those same reasons, I have become friends with the pseudonymous “George MF Washington,” who is a closeted conservative working with the movers and shakers in Hollywood. Mr. GMF Washington kindly suggested to me that I add David Zaslav’s personally rewarding destruction of Warner Bros Discovery (“WBD” to my “bad business tally.” Mr. Washington wrote:

To add to your bad business tally… WB’s David Zaslav did such a bad job his distressed studio is about to functionally disappear… there will be hundreds if not thousands of layoffs, many from the very divisions that created the value Netflix now wants to own. And despite this abysmal record, Zaslav is going to walk away from this deal with the reward of generational wealth for his failure.

It doesn’t take much digging to see what a mess Zaslav has made, and how obscenely he has rewarded himself despite (or because of ?) the destruction he has wrought.

Some quick background - David Zaslav was a successful executive at NBC before taking the helm at Discovery Communications. Meanwhile, AT&T had bought Time Warner Media in 2018. By 2022, AT&T decided to unload that same entity, which it had renamed Warner Media.

Mr. Zaslav and Discovery took on about $40 billion in debt to buy Warner Media, plus it assumed Warner’s existing debt, leaving the post-acquisition company (named Warner Bros Discovery) choking on about $50 billion in debt. The cost of digesting the merger, along with a variety of operational reasons, caused WBD to start losing money, which was really inconvenient since it needed to service all that debt.

Over the following three years, Warner Bros Discovery lost over $21 billion.

These tremendous losses necessitated severe austerity measures, including several rounds of layoffs putting thousands of employees out of work. Those laid off employees weren’t actors. They were everyday people behind the scenes in sales, accounting, production, etc.

The actual owners of the company, its stockholders, also took a financial drumming thanks to Zaslav’s stewardship of the company. A decade ago, Discovery stock was trading at about $40 per share, and it hit $50 per share shortly before the Warner Brothers acquisition. But as WBD bled red ink and focused on cost cutting, its top line revenue started decreasing too. Losses combined with negative revenue growth are a toxic combination to investors, resulting in the stock price dropping about 80% to less than $10 per share.

Despite the rolling financial catastrophe at Warner Bros Discovery, Mr. Zaslav continued to be richly compensated. Over the past three full years, his total compensation exceeded $140 million. In 2024 alone, a year that WBD suffered an $11 billion loss on declining revenue, Mr. Zaslav was rewarded with total compensation of $52 million.

Despite WBD’s persistent losses and its doubtful ability to service its debt, it houses a valuable film library, and it still owns some desirable properties such as HBO and Warner Bros Studios. Netflix and Paramount are both making bids to purchase WBD at about $30 per share, which doesn’t recoup all the money investors have lost, but it is much better for stockholders than the bankruptcy that seems imminent if WBD remains independent.

Unfortunately for WBD’s employees, its acquisition will result in thousands more jobs being eliminated by the acquiring entity.

But where does that leave Mr. Zaslav and his executive team? Don’t worry, they’ll be fine.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, upon the sale of Warner Bros Discovery, Mr. Zaslav will receive $30 million in cash plus another $537 million in equity, for a total golden parachute of $567 million. Several of Zaslav’s top lieutenants will also receive golden parachutes worth in excess of $100 million. That is impressive compensation for destroying a company. Think of how much they’d be worth if they were running a profitable company with revenue growth.

I am a free market capitalist. I don’t write these types of articles because I’m seeking government action to regulate away the behavior of people such as Zaslav. Just the opposite. To keep the socialists at bay, there is an obligation for us free marketeers to police those who are accessing levers of power to extract wealth rather than create wealth. If corporate boards don’t start putting some controls on parasitic executive behavior, people will start voting for politicians who will.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM




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1 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

2 I have summoned the others.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 11:01 AM (O7YUW)

3 Thank goodness for the new thread.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

4 greedy corporatist pigs feeding at the trough

Posted by: kallisto at December 22, 2025 11:02 AM (dCxaZ)

5 Must be nice.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 11:02 AM (Kt19C)

6 So David Zaslav is a greedy asshole now? It wasn't long ago that he was getting praised here for trying to turn around a failing woke enterprise. I stayed out of that discussion because I know these guys are all the same. And who can blame them? The money is there for the taking. Of course Zaslav is gonna take it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:03 AM (iFTx/)

7 The King of grift??

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 11:04 AM (/9IVT)

8 Of course that would not buyGates' yacht.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 11:05 AM (/9IVT)

9 It's probably just a money laundering scheme for the CIA.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:06 AM (dGCAG)

10 So ... The Brown and MIT shooter(s) is gonna be like the Las Vegas shooter, right? We are gonna be told nothing but lies and never know the truth. Right?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:06 AM (iFTx/)

11 More trannies, assorted whack jobs, and psychotic, dystopian hellscape movies will turn things around

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 11:06 AM (gu2bt)

12 >> According to The Hollywood Reporter, upon the sale of Warner Bros Discovery, Mr. Zaslav will receive $30 million in cash plus another $537 million in equity, for a total golden parachute of $567 million

This makes zero sense. It seems like shareholders could sue the board for negligence… because even someone like me who knows nothing about running a corporation knows that’s ridiculous mismanagement… know it at a glance. It goes beyond incompetence to sabotage/theft

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 11:06 AM (xT8gx)

13 If these corporate boards are dumb enough to sign these contracts they get exactly what they deserve. Fuck em all.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 11:07 AM (5aZAZ)

14 George MF Washington should start commenting here.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

15 ... there will be hundreds if not thousands of layoffs, many from the very divisions that created the value Netflix now wants to own. And despite this abysmal record, Zaslav is going to walk away from this deal with the reward of generational wealth for his failure.
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Was it a failure?

WB was a failed enterprise. Zaslav bought it at a discount to extract everything that could be extracted. That's done now. He cut out as much money-losing stuff as he could, and is selling off the remainder to someone who will finish strip-mining it.

Take Zaslav out of the equation. Where would WB be today, had Discovery not picked it up? Probably the same place it is now: gone.

Hollywood is finished. It sure looks like Zaslav strip-mined it and laughed all the way to the bank, but that is also probably all WB was good for. It was a dead letter, and what happened to WB is what is going to happen to the rest of Hollywood. Hollywood is down to asset value now, and people with money are going to extract those assets and throw the rest on the bonfire. The industry is dead, and the vultures will pick over the carcass.

Strip-mining is much more harmful when it takes out a going concern.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:07 AM (avHHk)

16 So David Zaslav is a greedy asshole now"

Well, depends on one's point of view, I guess.

Businesses, like all other human organizations, come and go...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 11:07 AM (XuXeR)

17 Corporate boards are pretty spineless.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

18 So ... The Brown and MIT shooter(s) is gonna be like the Las Vegas shooter, right? We are gonna be told nothing but lies and never know the truth. Right?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:06 AM (iFTx/)

That's how it works. That's how all of this works.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:08 AM (dGCAG)

19 The actual owners of the company, its stockholders, also took a financial drumming thanks to Zaslav’s stewardship of the company.
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WB was a terrible acquisition, akin to AOL-TimeWarner in the realm of bad ideas. And its shareholders approved it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:08 AM (avHHk)

20 I'm all for media dying. It's not the media I was hoping would die off first, however.

That would have been the MSM.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 11:08 AM (NwnyJ)

21 So ... The Brown and MIT shooter(s) is gonna be like the Las Vegas shooter, right? We are gonna be told nothing but lies and never know the truth. Right?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Separated at birth?

https://is.gd/QOjuYq

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 11:08 AM (L/fGl)

22 Maybe JMS can buy back the distribution rights to B5 if things go to "fire sale" prices.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 11:09 AM (O7YUW)

23 Like you, I do not wish to see more intrusive government controls, since those would only turn out badly. BUT there is a huge flaw in our current corporate ownership and corporate governance systems, in which it appears to be relatively easy for a group of insiders to take over a successful business and loot it for their own benefit, with no observable repercussions to themselves. In fact, with great personal profit to themselves.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 11:09 AM (uWKK8)

24 That's all, folks!

Posted by: David Zaslav at December 22, 2025 11:09 AM (vFG9F)

25 According to The Hollywood Reporter, upon the sale of Warner Bros Discovery, Mr. Zaslav will receive $30 million in cash plus another $537 million in equity, for a total golden parachute of $567 million. Several of Zaslav’s top lieutenants will also receive golden parachutes worth in excess of $100 million. That is impressive compensation for destroying a company. Think how much they’d be worth if they were running a profitable company with revenue growth.
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Time will tell on that. They certainly destroyed the remnants of WB. It remains to be seen whether they destroyed Discovery. They may well not have.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:09 AM (avHHk)

26 Hollywood is finished. It sure looks like Zaslav strip-mined it and laughed all the way to the bank, but that is also probably all WB was good for. It was a dead letter, and what happened to WB is what is going to happen to the rest of Hollywood. Hollywood is down to asset value now, and people with money are going to extract those assets and throw the rest on the bonfire. The industry is dead, and the vultures will pick over the carcass.

Strip-mining is much more harmful when it takes out a going concern.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:07 AM (avHHk)

I for one welcome the AI movie industry.

Fewer child rapes.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:10 AM (dGCAG)

27 is selling off the remainder to someone who will finish strip-mining it."

And at a higher value than not long ago... IIRC, it was around $10/ share, and the offers are at what, $30?

*cries all the way to the bank*

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 11:10 AM (XuXeR)

28 17 Corporate boards are pretty spineless.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
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I'm not sure if it's spineless or if it's all collusory at this point.

Corporate board-sitting is a literal circle-jerk of lefty cucks that all trade each other the favors of being on each others' boards, and it's little surprise to me when they hire a CEO from within their own Club and then pay that person an insane amount of money to fuck everything up.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 11:11 AM (5aZAZ)

29 temu-chemjeff in the house! are all people from missouri like this ?

Posted by: alpine_beer at December 22, 2025 11:11 AM (van9r)

30 28 Corporate board-sitting is a literal circle-jerk of lefty cucks that all trade each other the favors of being on each others' boards, and it's little surprise to me when they hire a CEO from within their own Club and then pay that person an insane amount of money to fuck everything up.
Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 11:11 AM (5aZAZ)

Weirdly, Lefties think that Zaslav is a right-winger.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 11:12 AM (UnA8+)

31 If corporate boards don’t start putting some controls on parasitic executive behavior, people will start voting for politicians who will.
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The Boards won't. Shareholder elections are controlled by a handful of investment banks and retirement portfolio managers. The "public" who votes for socialism won't get it, either - they'll get even more cronyism. Too much money to raked off.

Accountability is the secret, and that is why no law will ever be passed - or observed - to increase it. Pass-through voting would be a good start. Shares owned by proxy (for example, in your retirement portfolio) should be voted by the owners of the underlying asset, not the fund manager. Pass through and tabulate fractional votes. If the person doesn't vote his interest, the vote is not cast.

Might be a way to start.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:12 AM (avHHk)

32 So ... The Brown and MIT shooter(s) is gonna be like the Las Vegas shooter, right? We are gonna be told nothing but lies and never know the truth. Right?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:06 AM

Yep. Get used to disappointment.

Posted by: Dread Pirate Westley at December 22, 2025 11:12 AM (P5BPp)

33 A subject that I frequently re-visit is corporations that are mismanaged into financial and operational crises while leadership lavishly rewards itself.


The BoD allows it.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 11:12 AM (dAOkg)

34 One of the things that hampered Discovery was the Summer of St. Floyd. They had a runaway smash hit with Live PD. It was the biggest show on cable and it just ended because Marxists suck.

That'll throw a wrench into the operation.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 22, 2025 11:12 AM (pIfcn)

35 Not all government is useless.

Nigerian Govt Frees 130 Kidnapped Catholic Children

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 11:12 AM (L/fGl)

36 > According to The Hollywood Reporter, upon the sale of Warner Bros Discovery, Mr. Zaslav will receive $30 million in cash plus another $537 million in equity, for a total golden parachute of $567 million. Several of Zaslav’s top lieutenants will also receive golden parachutes worth in excess of $100 million
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Makes some of the Disney horseshit seem... timid.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 11:13 AM (NwnyJ)

37 A subject that I frequently re-visit is corporations that are mismanaged into financial and operational crises while leadership lavishly rewards itself.

The BoD allows it.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 11:12 AM (dAOkg)
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They demand it. The boards of directors are serving different interests.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:13 AM (avHHk)

38 Corporate board-sitting is a literal circle-jerk of lefty cucks that all trade each other the favors of being on each others' boards, and it's little surprise to me when they hire a CEO from within their own Club and then pay that person an insane amount of money to fuck everything up.
Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 11:11 AM (5aZAZ)

Vampires have higher ethical standards.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:13 AM (dGCAG)

39 corporations that are mismanaged into financial and operational crises while leadership lavishly rewards itself."

So, Gerald Levin...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 11:13 AM (XuXeR)

40 Corporate board-sitting is a literal circle-jerk of lefty cucks that all trade each other the favors of being on each others' boards, and it's little surprise to me when they hire a CEO from within their own Club and then pay that person an insane amount of money to fuck everything up.
Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 11:11 AM (5aZAZ)
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Look at overlapping membership for an eye-opener. Steve Jobs was on the boards of Apple, Disney and several other major firms simultaneously. Who's interests was he representing?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:14 AM (avHHk)

41 The shareholders approved the original acquisition and will have to approve any sale to NF (or whoever). Don't cry for them. They got what they voted for.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:14 AM (iFTx/)

42 This isn't a class warfare statement, but I do think we need to be attacking those 'above us' like crooked tech bros and corporate honchos more than we need to be attacking pink haired tranny freakshows.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 22, 2025 11:14 AM (xcxpd)

43 Insomnia if your a midshift person means your awake during the day. So, I'm here. Awake. Need to take the car to the tire place anyway. Slow leak. Ran over something Saturday morning. Not sure what. It was dark. Whatever it was, it made a loud pop followed by shattered glass sound. Few minutes later, the TPMS let me know my tire pressure was a problem. The perils of city living I guess.

Didn't WB have a problem with there older DVDs due to being cheaply made and rotting in a few years. I've run into that myself. Can't remember if it was WB, Paramount, or some other company.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 22, 2025 11:15 AM (sAmhv)

44 According to The Hollywood Reporter, upon the sale of Warner Bros Discovery, Mr. Zaslav will receive $30 million in cash plus another $537 million in equity, for a total golden parachute of $567 million

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Nice work if you can get it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 11:15 AM (+HNx/)

45 ...in which it appears to be relatively easy for a group of insiders to take over a successful business and loot it for their own benefit, with no observable repercussions to themselves. In fact, with great personal profit to themselves.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 11:09 AM

I resemble that remark.

Posted by: Carlos Taveras at December 22, 2025 11:15 AM (P5BPp)

46 And, not to defend Zaslav, but the previous Warner Brother's heads were worse. Not only greedy but also ideologically corrosive.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 22, 2025 11:15 AM (xcxpd)

47 To keep the socialists at bay, there is an obligation for us free marketeers to police those who are accessing levers of power to extract wealth rather than create wealth.

It's not clear to me what I can do to "police" corporate shenanigans except to not give them my money. But I can certainly do that.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 22, 2025 11:17 AM (3nLb4)

48 Unfortunately this sort of behavior might be encouraged by Normies using mutual funds for their investments. They are good things, don't get me wrong. Day trading is a good way to have an early heart attack. But it basically gives your money to other people to play with. As long as the basket of companies your mutual fund invests in turns a profit this quarter, you are unlikely to look hard at who they are investing in and what they are demanding (ESG) in return for their investment.

Posted by: the lower depths at December 22, 2025 11:17 AM (UdiE9)

49 Didn't WB have a problem with there older DVDs due to being cheaply made and rotting in a few years."

Yeah. Disc rot

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 11:17 AM (XuXeR)

50 This isn't a class warfare statement, but I do think we need to be attacking those 'above us' like crooked tech bros and corporate honchos more than we need to be attacking pink haired tranny freakshows.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 22, 2025 11:14 AM (xcxpd)

Corporatism is absolutely not a "conservative" principle, but for too long people who would otherwise understand that greed and screwing over "the little guy" are not positions that are morally defensible, had a kneejerk reaction to anything that was critical of business.

It's been more of a Yes, And situation for quite some time now. Idiot labor leaders killed industries in this country. And so did greedy bastard immoral business leaders.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:18 AM (dGCAG)

51 The Brown and MIT shooter(s) is gonna be like the Las Vegas shooter, right? We are gonna be told nothing but lies and never know the truth. Right?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

See also: The Butler shooter.

I'm so sick of this shit.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:18 AM (77rzZ)

52 ot: Catching a frisbee with the back of your head equals instant sainthood.

Posted by: DaveA at December 22, 2025 11:18 AM (FhXTo)

53 If I was as bad at my job as Zavlas was at his I’d have been unceremoniously canned long ago. There is collusion with the board (either planned or just look the other way). Hard to believe shareholders would vote for this if shareholder voting made sense… I suspect it doesn’t

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 11:18 AM (xT8gx)

54 >>>To keep the socialists at bay, there is an obligation for us free marketeers to police those who are accessing levers of power to extract wealth rather than create wealth. If corporate boards don’t start putting some controls on parasitic executive behavior, people will start voting for politicians who will.

I am having trouble motivating any Fs to give themselves on behalf of a big player in an industry trying to groom my kids or have them trans themselves.

There was an FTC story in the tech thread about regulatory capture, and it does not matter if people will vote for pols that want some controls on parasitic executive behavior.

They, too, will get their grift, the regulators will become captured, and the bigs like WB will receive protection and regulatory and statutory carve outs, while the small players will dutifully surrender their scalps for the benefit of their grandstanding pols.

Sorry for the early Monday morning black pills, but it is what it is.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 11:18 AM (dK+Kv)

55 It is interesting, stock has evolved in a way for stock ownership to be way, way more common. I think 50% or so of the population owns stock, at least in a 401K. And this is made a ton of money for those people - averaging around 10% a year in returns.

But I think it has also made it easier for mismanagement and corruption to grown in public companies since the institutional investors through which much of this stock is held don't really care.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:19 AM (sKqQm)

56 To keep the socialists at bay, there is an obligation for us free marketeers to police those who are accessing levers of power to extract wealth rather than create wealth. If corporate boards don’t start putting some controls on parasitic executive behavior, people will start voting for politicians who will

The problem with that statement is most of those people on boards seem to be aligned with those socialists...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

57 I'm fine with people, who are motivated (not necessarily greedy) making a shit ton of money with shrewd investments and talented employees producing a product that is desirable.

I would invest thusly.

But this is sadly not the case.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 11:20 AM (NwnyJ)

58 A subject that I frequently re-visit is corporations that are mismanaged into financial and operational crises while leadership lavishly rewards itself.
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I often jump in to discussions to correct people who blame things on Boomers. Usually they are using something which really predated us, and which we bought uncritically, as the sheep we are.

But, oddly enough, this is not often enough blamed on us. The Rip-off Generation continued to hold to its All About (and for) ME attitude. We were the scum that added that to the standard of business practice. Previously, while that sort of thing did happen, it was disapproved of. It was in the late 70s or 80s that this sort of grasping attitude started being preached by management. (For some reason they didn't approve of a lack of loyalty by employees, and didn't see why that happened.)

Anyway, I will insist, this is the real damage the Baby Boom has done to us.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 22, 2025 11:21 AM (s0JqF)

59 Instead of "creative destruction" this is "destruction of creative".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 11:21 AM (f9NFV)

60 But where does that leave Mr. Zaslav and his executive team? Don’t worry, they’ll be fine.


Given money like that, and that number of layoffs, I'm sure they can afford excellent security. They many need it.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 11:22 AM (2WIwB)

61 Mr. Zaslav will receive $30 million in cash plus another $537 million in equity, for a total golden parachute of $567 million

Get into a position of trust, make the laws, make the rules, follow them to a 't'. THAT is how you do crime, folks.

Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2025 11:22 AM (yurXG)

62 Over the following three years, Warner Bros Discovery lost over $21 billion.

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"Pikers!"

-- Ford Motor Company

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 11:22 AM (wIAtt)

63 The problem with that statement is most of those people on boards seem to be aligned with those socialists...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

I don't believe these people are socialists, in the sense that they have beliefs and values that align with socialism.

I think they stuck their fingers in the air, and misinterpreted the past decade or so, in thinking the country was moving leftward.

It will be interesting to see if they figure out that tranny love and other assorted nonsense doesn't sell.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:22 AM (dGCAG)

64 What happened to "It's a write off Jerry. They just write it off."?

Posted by: Case at December 22, 2025 11:22 AM (G1OIb)

65 A couple basic corporate reforms I would like to see:

1) People who hold shares indirectly still get to vote at corporate elections (eg Joe Smith not Fidelity)

2) You can be on only one board at a time and you cannot be a C level official at another company at the same time

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:23 AM (sKqQm)

66 I often jump in to discussions to correct people who blame things on Boomers. Usually they are using something which really predated us, and which we bought uncritically, as the sheep we are.
Posted by: Eeyore

The Boomers are responsible for the Black Death!

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:23 AM (77rzZ)

67 I find it interesting all these lefty execs always act like the caricature capitalists Leftists rail about.

Projection ain't just how the movie gets on the big screen. (Or how it used to. I figure cinema multiplexes have less than a decade, tops.)

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 11:24 AM (OUMaO)

68 According to The Hollywood Reporter, upon the sale of Warner Bros Discovery, Mr. Zaslav will receive $30 million in cash plus another $537 million in equity, for a total golden parachute of $567 million

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Yeah? Well . . .

Musk Becomes First Person Worth $700 Billion After Court Restores Tesla Pay Package

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 11:24 AM (L/fGl)

69 What happened to "It's a write off Jerry. They just write it off."?
Posted by: Case at December 22, 2025 11:22 AM (G1OIb)

In this case, it's true.

It should only get posted when it's not.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:24 AM (dGCAG)

70 I don't believe these people are socialists, in the sense that they have beliefs and values that align with socialism.

I think they stuck their fingers in the air, and misinterpreted the past decade or so, in thinking the country was moving leftward.

In this case it doesn't matter why they are allied with the left, just that they are. And, TBH, I think very few leftists elites believe in any of the crap they spew anyway - its all a way to get money and power.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:25 AM (sKqQm)

71 It will be interesting to see if they figure out that tranny love and other assorted nonsense doesn't sell.

Posted by: BurtTC

Given all the parasitic hiring of the past decade, I wonder how much influence executives actually have anymore at such places...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 11:26 AM (OUMaO)

72 If I was as bad at my job as Zavlas was at his I’d have been unceremoniously canned long ago. There is collusion with the board (either planned or just look the other way). Hard to believe shareholders would vote for this if shareholder voting made sense… I suspect it doesn’t
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 11:18 AM (xT8gx)
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The jury is out on that. Assuming that the deal actually happens, WBD is selling the former WB to Netflix for around $83 billion. Discovery bought Warner Brothers for $43 billion plus a bunch of debt. I didn't find a breakout of that, but based on before-and-after debt loads, it was probably in the neighborhood of $30 billion. So call it $80 billion total, which is probably pessimistic.

$3 billion in profit on that investment over four years, after shutting off most of the bleeding at a failing enterprise and selling the remains. That is not a stupendous return - the acquisition was probably, in retrospect, a bad idea - but it doesn't appear to be a disaster (except for WB, of course, but WB was failing in the first place, which is why AT&T stripped it out and sold it in the first place, to throw much-needed capital at its own stupendous debt)

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:26 AM (avHHk)

73 In this case it doesn't matter why they are allied with the left, just that they are. And, TBH, I think very few leftists elites believe in any of the crap they spew anyway - its all a way to get money and power.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:25 AM (sKqQm)

Agreed. I just wonder if they will take their fingers out of their own arseholes, put them in the air, notice the wind direction change, and change with it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:27 AM (dGCAG)

74 So David Zaslav is a greedy asshole now? It wasn't long ago that he was getting praised here for trying to turn around a failing woke enterprise. I stayed out of that discussion because I know these guys are all the same.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Who praised Zaslav?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 11:27 AM (mlg/3)

75 FWIW, WBD stock price is highest since 2022, so...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 11:28 AM (XuXeR)

76 Why would anyone want to buy WB. Let your competition die and go in and pick up the pieces for cheap. I think it's financially reckless to pay this much money for WB.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 11:28 AM (KDPiq)

77 A friend of mine works for a company involved in this bidding and suggests also adding up the investment banking fees paid by WBD during the Zaslov era. He bets it totals over a half billion.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 11:28 AM (e87dM)

78 I find it interesting all these lefty execs always act like the caricature capitalists Leftists rail about.


The idea you shouldn't abuse your position for money, power and sex is an explicitly rightwing idea.

As our elites have moved left they've also become more corrupt. With no God, and traditional morality something they see as a joke, why wouldn't they?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:28 AM (sKqQm)

79 Given all the parasitic hiring of the past decade, I wonder how much influence executives actually have anymore at such places...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 22, 2025 11:26 AM (OUMaO)

I believe we live in a caste society. I would imagine lots of big company execs are not top tier.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:28 AM (dGCAG)

80 Who praised Zaslav?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 11:27 AM (mlg/3)
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I did. he came in and made much-needed cuts and major changes to try to turn Warner around. He was not entirely unsuccessful, and got rid of a lot of abject shit in WB's pipeline. He failed with CNN. The entire acquisition didn't work out, so he's unloading it to someone else who can strip it more effectively in a deal that is unlikely to make the final balance negative for Discovery. Not a good investment, not a disaster. I had hope that he would turn WB around. He either couldn't or didn't, but this is not going to be a tremendous loss for Discovery and the whole exercise may balance out to a modest profit.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:30 AM (avHHk)

81 Look at overlapping membership for an eye-opener. Steve Jobs was on the boards of Apple, Disney and several other major firms simultaneously. Who's interests was he representing?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:14 AM (avHHk)
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Exactly! Corporate boards nowadays are less independent groups of industry or financial experts that are tasked with growing a company and safeguarding shareholder value than they are a hot tub full of swingers who swap back and forth all the time without regard for whose interests they're serving.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 11:30 AM (5aZAZ)

82 Why would anyone want to buy WB. Let your competition die and go in and pick up the pieces for cheap. I think it's financially reckless to pay this much money for WB.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 11:28 AM (KDPiq)

If I had all the money in the world, I would buy the Looney Toons libarry, then all their classic films.

Then I'd hide them away for about a decade or so.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:30 AM (dGCAG)

83 If corporate boards don’t start putting some controls on parasitic executive behavior, people will start voting for politicians who will.

==

It's a conundrum. I mean, Mamdani, AOC, Warren, Sanders are the result of voting for those who ran on such issues.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:31 AM (g47mK)

84 Didn't the Board approve the compensation?

They seem to escape opprobrium.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 11:31 AM (A0sqA)

85 Honest question: Were any of the movie studios of the Golden Age of Hollywood publicly traded, or were they privately owned? What was the first studio to be publicly traded, and when?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:31 AM (77rzZ)

86 The Principal-Agent problem in corporate America has steadily been getting worse and no one is addressing it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 22, 2025 11:31 AM (cuae1)

87 "Zaslav will receive $30 million in cash plus another $537 million in equity"

I believe the equity part is based on sale to NF (or whoever) of the stock in WBD he owns or has options to.

This isn't NF just handing him over $500M. If you own stock (or have access to options) in a company that gets sold, your shares -- like all stockholders' shares -- get sold at whatever price the sale is valued at.

I'm not defending this guy. They're all creeps. I'm just saying that what's going on here is not unusual or nefarious at all.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:31 AM (iFTx/)

88 Agreed. I just wonder if they will take their fingers out of their own arseholes, put them in the air, notice the wind direction change, and change with it.

Have the winds changed yet though? Ignoring moral questions if you were a VP at a globocorp right now does the path forward look easier if you still go with the generally leftwing corporate line or buck it?

Because TBH it looks to me like the former is still true...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:31 AM (sKqQm)

89 Exactly! Corporate boards nowadays are less independent groups of industry or financial experts that are tasked with growing a company and safeguarding shareholder value than they are a hot tub full of swingers who swap back and forth all the time without regard for whose interests they're serving.
Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 11:30 AM (5aZAZ)

Literally and figuratively.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:32 AM (dGCAG)

90 How much has Musk lost for overpaying for Twitter? Thank god it wasn't a financial decision for him.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 11:32 AM (KDPiq)

91 🚀 Ten years ago today, SpaceX changed the future of spaceflight. For the first time in history, an orbital-class rocket booster—the first stage of a Falcon 9—successfully returned to Earth and landed upright at Cape Canaveral after delivering its payload to space.

Until then, every rocket used to reach orbit had been single-use—discarded into the ocean or burned up in the atmosphere. But with this feat, SpaceX proved that rockets could be reused, dramatically reducing the cost of space access and bringing humanity a step closer to routine, sustainable space travel.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 11:32 AM (dAOkg)

92 If I had all the money in the world, I would buy the Looney Toons library
Posted by: BurtTC

Doesn't Disney own those now?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:32 AM (77rzZ)

93 Shareholders rejected the comp. But it was non-binding , apparently. The Board's Executive Compensation Committee thanked them, and then ignored them.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:33 AM (g47mK)

94 Have the winds changed yet though? Ignoring moral questions if you were a VP at a globocorp right now does the path forward look easier if you still go with the generally leftwing corporate line or buck it?

Because TBH it looks to me like the former is still true...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:31 AM (sKqQm)

I don't know. I want to think it has.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:33 AM (dGCAG)

95 Steve Jobs was on the boards of Apple, Disney and several other major firms simultaneously. Who's interests was he representing?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:14 AM (avHHk)

Steve Jobs

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 11:33 AM (2fdLC)

96 Doesn't Disney own those now?
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:32 AM (77rzZ)

I don't think so? But I don't know.

The Borg is ever hungry.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:34 AM (dGCAG)

97 did ace fix his computer ???

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:34 AM (g47mK)

98 How much has Musk lost for overpaying for Twitter? Thank god it wasn't a financial decision for him.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 11:32 AM (KDPiq)
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No way to know. It isn't traded any more, and its books aren't public as a result. Some information can be inferred through Musk's other enterprises, but nothing concrete.

At least some, possibly a lot. But Musk, as you point out, wasn't making a purely financial decision. Vengeance was involved, as was his sometimes crazy-sounding future plans. If he succeeds in making X the "everything app" at the center of a lot of other things, it could end up being profitable many years down the line. But that's all hand-wavy future stuff.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:34 AM (avHHk)

99 The Principal-Agent problem in corporate America has steadily been getting worse and no one is addressing it.

I think the problem is collectively we tried something - moving significant C-level compensation to stock and tied to stock price performance.

But this just focuses those C-level people on stock value, not real corporate value, and they are then only focused on whatever time period they will be at that company.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:34 AM (sKqQm)

100 I worked for a company that went into Receivership about a year after the former CEO got a big golden parachute after running the company into the ground looking for short term profits.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 11:35 AM (KDPiq)

101 This brunette on a boat has heard of Warner Brothers:
http://tiny.cc/74rw001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:36 AM (avHHk)

102 > I find it interesting all these lefty execs always act like the caricature capitalists Leftists rail about.
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Probably should point this out periodically. This is exactly how the left operates.

Everything they touch turns to shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 11:36 AM (NwnyJ)

103 Despite the rolling financial catastrophe at Warner Bros Discovery, Mr. Zaslav continued to be richly compensated. Over the past three full years, his total compensation exceeded $140 million. In 2024 alone, a year that WBD suffered an $11 billion loss on declining revenue, Mr. Zaslav was rewarded with total compensation of $52 million.

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Well, he's no Nanzi Pelosi!

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 11:36 AM (yQuiz)

104 I worked for a company that went into Receivership about a year after the former CEO got a big golden parachute after running the company into the ground looking for short term profits.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 11:35 AM (KDPiq)

Tommy Boy was a documentary.

Until the end, when he saved the company and got the girl.

That was pure fantasy.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:37 AM (dGCAG)

105 I was looking at my ETF that trades based on Nazi Pelosi's trades.

It only beat the market by 5% this year.

The old bird is apparently getting worse at picking stocks, or you, lost some of the political power that made her stock picks work...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:38 AM (sKqQm)

106 This brunette on a boat has heard of Warner Brothers:
http://tiny.cc/74rw001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:36 AM (avHHk)
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That girl was never on that boat (that seems an obvious superimpose) but ... TBWB

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:38 AM (iFTx/)

107
Exactly! Corporate boards nowadays are less independent groups of industry or financial experts that are tasked with growing a company and safeguarding shareholder value than they are a hot tub full of swingers who swap back and forth all the time without regard for whose interests they're serving.
Posted by: ballistic

Just checked my own MIC company. 7 of the 10 are on other boards, even though our own bylaws limit that to no more than 4 in other boards. At least none of them are on other MIC company BoDs.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 11:38 AM (QVmho)

108 If a Warner brother went on a drug induced murder spree, would the other smuggle him out of the country?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 11:38 AM (L/fGl)

109 You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
Posted by: BurtTC


On Saturday I attended a memorial service for our neighbor who died just before Thanksgiving. She was a big fan of classic rock, and apparently one of her and her husband's favorite songs was "Imagine."

Very weird to be at a memorial service presided over by a minister who had just spoken about our neighbor being in Heaven and then hearing "Imagine there's no Heaven."

But her husband started tearing up as it was playing, so it must have had some special significance for them both. Maybe it was "their song."

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:39 AM (77rzZ)

110 Look at overlapping membership for an eye-opener. Steve Jobs was on the boards of Apple, Disney and several other major firms simultaneously. Who's interests was he representing?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:14 AM (avHHk)
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Since he was the largest individual investor in both Disney and Apple, his own.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 11:39 AM (Ki5ky)

111 Another part in all this, one of the big things the left has done over the years is removed the idea of consequences from failures by the elites.

Lose a war? Bankrupt your company? Kill a group of peaceful dissidents in Texas....all while you were the leader? Well...it still isn't your fault. Obviously. You did all the things that a good leftwinger would do, so if it didn't work out it was just bad luck!

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

112 This brunette on a boat has heard of Warner Brothers:
http://tiny.cc/74rw001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:36 AM (avHHk)
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That girl was never on that boat (that seems an obvious superimpose) but ... TBWB
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

SWB (So would Bulg.)

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:40 AM (77rzZ)

113 This brunette on a boat has heard of Warner Brothers:
http://tiny.cc/74rw001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:36 AM (avHHk)


Wrap her in a red ribbon and put her under my tree.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 11:41 AM (2WIwB)

114 🚀 Ten years ago today, SpaceX changed the future of spaceflight. For the first time in history, an orbital-class rocket booster—the first stage of a Falcon 9—successfully returned to Earth and landed upright at Cape Canaveral after delivering its payload to space.

Until then, every rocket used to reach orbit had been single-use—discarded into the ocean or burned up in the atmosphere. But with this feat, SpaceX proved that rockets could be reused, dramatically reducing the cost of space access and bringing humanity a step closer to routine, sustainable space travel.
Posted by: rickb223


The real trick is controlling and safely landing something with aerodynamics and terminal velocity of a brick.

I assume they piggy-backed on control tech for something like the F-22.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 11:41 AM (/lPRQ)

115 Wrap her in a red ribbon and put her under my tree.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 11:41 AM (2WIwB)
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Never! Orange ribbons only!

Posted by: Contrarian at December 22, 2025 11:42 AM (avHHk)

116 I was looking at my ETF that trades based on Nazi Pelosi's trades.

It only beat the market by 5% this year.

The old bird is apparently getting worse at picking stocks, or you, lost some of the political power that made her stock picks work...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:38 AM (sKqQm)
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5% in the sense that the ETF returned Market Average + 5%, so if MA was 10% the ETF returned 15% (10+5)?

Or 5% in the sense that the ETF returned 5% of the total MA return, so if MA was 10% then the ETF returned 10.5 (10 + (10 x .5))?

If it's the former, that's a YUGE increase over MA. It's 50% more! Investors would kill for that.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:42 AM (iFTx/)

117 Vaudeville is poised for it's big comeback!

Posted by: Pantages Theatre Circuit at December 22, 2025 11:42 AM (oftw2)

118 The transfer of wealth from WB to Zaslav is inspiring.

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Has anybody written a "Grift For Dummies" book yet?

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 11:43 AM (yol/s)

119 Wrap her in a red ribbon and put her under my tree.
Posted by: Diogenes

And ONLY in a red ribbon.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

120 Why won't Bari Weiss let 60 Minutes run their anti-Trump propaganda?


Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Imagine spending your life in journalism only to have some person float in to dictate what you can and can't report -- even though she's never broken a story or even reported -- and whose sole qualification is she is as devoted to Israel as the new family that just bought CBS:

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 11:43 AM (L/fGl)

121 On Saturday I attended a memorial service for our neighbor who died just before Thanksgiving. She was a big fan of classic rock, and apparently one of her and her husband's favorite songs was "Imagine."

Very weird to be at a memorial service presided over by a minister who had just spoken about our neighbor being in Heaven and then hearing "Imagine there's no Heaven."

But her husband started tearing up as it was playing, so it must have had some special significance for them both. Maybe it was "their song."

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:39 AM (77rzZ)

I don't put any stock in song lyrics. Most songwriters, like Lenin... oops, I mean Lennon, were stupid lefty douchebags, but like so many, he was a great artist.

It's a great song. Even though the lyrics are shite.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:44 AM (dGCAG)

122 If it's the former, that's a YUGE increase over MA. It's 50% more! Investors would kill for that.

Her trades in past year where beating the market by many times more.

But yes, I think this ETF is a create choice and my third best pick of all time.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:44 AM (sKqQm)

123 I find it interesting all these lefty execs always act like the caricature capitalists Leftists rail about.
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All their complaints are projection.

They know what they would do if they got the chance so they rail against everyone else for that. It's projection AND justification.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 11:45 AM (2fdLC)

124 This brunette on a boat has heard of Warner Brothers:
http://tiny.cc/74rw001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:36 AM (avHHk)

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Pontoons.

/Nice teeth!

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 11:46 AM (yol/s)

125 Another part in all this, one of the big things the left has done over the years is removed the idea of consequences from failures by the elites.

==

Good observation. And not just for elites. They forced removal of any kind of standard (SAT, ACT) from college admissions for example. (Obviously employing SAT as a standard for college admission was an example of deplatforming and and assault on freedom of expression ! ) They also ruined many cities by removing any kind of consequence for bad behavior, plus removed cash bail. Obviously they tried to silence a freedom to express yourself by taking a few things at Louis Vuitton without paying for it.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:46 AM (g47mK)

126 Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Imagine spending your life in journalism only to have some person float in to dictate what you can and can't report -- even though she's never broken a story or even reported -- and whose sole qualification is she is as devoted to Israel as the new family that just bought CBS:
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 11:43 AM (L/fGl)

Greenwald actually does some decent journalism.

Sometimes.

But he's still a silly stupid lefty. I wonder if he's truly perplexed at Bari Weiss having an agenda at CBS Nooz.

As if CBS was some bastion of journalistic principles before.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:46 AM (dGCAG)

127 That girl was never on that boat

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:38 AM (iFTx/)

What boat

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 11:47 AM (2fdLC)

128 Also something tells me this girl doesn't need a boat to float

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 11:47 AM (2fdLC)

129 Greenwald is reverting back to his complete idiot larval stage.
"imagine spending your life in journalism only to find out that you have to listen to your boss."

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 11:48 AM (uWKK8)

130 Oh, that thing with Weiss is precious. They had a hit piece on Trump's deportation ready to go, and she looked at it and said, no, you will get Trump people to respond. You will have a balance reporting on my watch. You will not call a criminal a migrant (she also objected to that) The reaction? Predictrable! "Whiiiiiine, it's all about Ishraeeeel" Whiiiiiiine".

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:49 AM (g47mK)

131 Imagine spending your life in journalism only to have some person float in to dictate what you can and can't report...

Well yeah, that's kind of what it means to work for an organization. If you want to make those kind of decisions for yourself, work for yourself.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 22, 2025 11:49 AM (3nLb4)

132 All their complaints are projection.

They know what they would do if they got the chance so they rail against everyone else for that. It's projection AND justification.

Posted by: ... at December 22, 2025 11:45 AM (2fdLC)

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AND delusion.

They haven't been self-identifying as mentally ill for decades now for no reason.

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 11:49 AM (yol/s)

133 "imagine spending your life in journalism only to find out that you have to listen to your boss."

The tears over Bari's management style nourish my soul.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 11:50 AM (OPGS/)

134 Greenwald is reverting back to his complete idiot larval stage.
"imagine spending your life in journalism only to find out that you have to listen to your boss."
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 11:48 AM (uWKK

His objection (other than the Israel stuff) is that Bari Weiss is a stupid idiot, who's never done "real journalism."

People like Gleen do seem to live in a fantasy world of belief that corporate media is supposed to do journalism.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:50 AM (dGCAG)

135 Well yeah, that's kind of what it means to work for an organization. If you want to make those kind of decisions for yourself, work for yourself./i]

This is a really good point.

At my job I regularly implement decisions I disagree with that come from above. And honestly some times those decisions are the right ones and I didn't have the full picture. And I assume this is normal for most people in any large organizations.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

136 Doesn't WBD own Bugs Bunny? I mean, this is totes oppression, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 11:52 AM (pLaQB)

137 And I assume this is normal for most people in any large organizations.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

Like nazzie Germany!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:53 AM (dGCAG)

138 "imagine spending your life in journalism only to find out that you have to listen to your boss."
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"journalism". Heh, yeah sure. Good one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 11:53 AM (/VF+8)

139 129 Greenwald is reverting back to his complete idiot larval stage.
"imagine spending your life in journalism only to find out that you have to listen to your boss."
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The guy sips penis. Jeebus. You would looking for deep thoughts?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 11:53 AM (pLaQB)

140 His objection (other than the Israel stuff) is that Bari Weiss is a stupid idiot, who's never done "real journalism."

People like Gleen do seem to live in a fantasy world of belief that corporate media is supposed to do journalism.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:50 AM (dGCAG)
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Or that "real journalism" is some kind of good thing. Is it?

Anyone talking about "real" subjective professions - "real journalist" or "real historian" or "real political analyst" or the like - actually means "orthodox," which means "trained the same way I was, by the same people, in the same environment."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:54 AM (avHHk)

141 Doesn't WBD own Bugs Bunny? I mean, this is totes oppression, rite?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 11:52 AM (pLaQB)

I would think they do, but yeah, if Dinsey owns them, that's because the Entertainment Industrial Complex is like a solar system, where everything that is not hammered down in a regular orbit will eventually get sucked into the fires.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:54 AM (dGCAG)

142 I mean you really have to be as ghey as Greenwald, to link in your fevered brain Weiss putting a cabash on a hit piece from CBS on Trump to IShraeeeel.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:55 AM (g47mK)

143 Or that "real journalism" is some kind of good thing. Is it?

Anyone talking about "real" subjective professions - "real journalist" or "real historian" or "real political analyst" or the like - actually means "orthodox," which means "trained the same way I was, by the same people, in the same environment."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:54 AM (avHHk)

Like so many things in this world, I believe "real journalism" is mostly myth.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:55 AM (dGCAG)

144 Doesn't WBD own Bugs Bunny? I mean, this is totes oppression, rite?
Posted by: Pudinhead

I thought that Looney Tunes had been bought by Disney, but I was wrong. Still owned by Warner Bros.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:56 AM (77rzZ)

145 His objection (other than the Israel stuff) is that Bari Weiss is a stupid idiot, who's never done "real journalism."

People like Gleen do seem to live in a fantasy world of belief that corporate media is supposed to do journalism.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:50 AM (dGCAG)
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Or that "real journalism" is some kind of good thing. Is it?

Anyone talking about "real" subjective professions - "real journalist" or "real historian" or "real political analyst" or the like - actually means "orthodox," which means "trained the same way I was, by the same people, in the same environment."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:54 AM (avHHk)
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I hold "journalists" in less regard than I do hookers, OF THOTs, and diseased subway rats

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:56 AM (iFTx/)

146 I mean you really have to be as ghey as Greenwald, to link in your fevered brain Weiss putting a cabash on a hit piece from CBS on Trump to IShraeeeel.
Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:55 AM (g47mK)
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Who you calling gay?!?!

Posted by: Qatucker Carlson at December 22, 2025 11:56 AM (/VF+8)

147 I hold "journalists" in less regard than I do hookers, OF THOTs, and diseased subway rats
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:56 AM (iFTx/)

Well sure. You can't put a condom on to protect you from journalists.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:57 AM (dGCAG)

148 Like so many things in this world, I believe "real journalism" is mostly myth.
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Media/journalism is a Protection - Extortion Racket. Always has been. Always will be. One in a while the blind squirrel finds an acorn. It happens cuz magic and hungry squirrel.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 11:57 AM (pLaQB)

149 Unless of course, you want Trump to fail, you want Trump to have more "Maryland Dads" lawsuits mushroom and stop his successful deportations. WHich is exactly what they were planning.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:57 AM (g47mK)

150 Do NOT compare us to journalists!

Posted by: Diseased subway rats at December 22, 2025 11:57 AM (u73oe)

151 I did. he came in and made much-needed cuts and major changes to try to turn Warner around. He was not entirely unsuccessful, and got rid of a lot of abject shit in WB's pipeline. He failed with CNN.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

So nothing about woke shit, right?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 11:58 AM (mlg/3)

152 I forget the sum they paid for Weiss, but it was stupendous.

And I bet she'll be out of there pretty quickly. These people aren't going to work for anyone even slightly outside their bubble.

Lotta $$$ down the drain.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 11:58 AM (BI5O2)

153 CBS has been Propaganda for so long it's actors have no earthly idea what "news" is or how to report it to a discerning audience.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 11:59 AM (/VF+8)

154 I hold "journalists" in less regard than I do hookers, OF THOTs, and diseased subway rats
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 11:56 AM (iFTx/)
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You're generous.

The hookers at least provide an actual exchange of services for cash.
Even subway rats eat some of the trash.

OF THOTs are closer. Mediated prostitution-by-proxy is more akin to journalism.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 11:59 AM (avHHk)

155 Media/journalism is a Protection - Extortion Racket. Always has been. Always will be. One in a while the blind squirrel finds an acorn. It happens cuz magic and hungry squirrel.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 11:57 AM (pLaQB)

There are people making a living these days as "independent journalists."

I'm sure most of them are still preening assholes, but some of them actually report things that are useful to know.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 12:00 PM (dGCAG)

156 I mean you really have to be as ghey as Greenwald, to link in your fevered brain Weiss putting a cabash on a hit piece from CBS on Trump to IShraeeeel.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:55 AM (g47mK)

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Will Trump still be blamed for everything wrong with the universe in 3000 years?

If so, maybe Israel will finally get cut some slack ...

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:00 PM (yol/s)

157 Amusingly "real journalism" in this context is not only something people won't pay for but explicitly something that "challenges their beliefs"

Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2025 12:00 PM (sKqQm)

158 I'm sure most of them are still preening assholes, but some of them actually report things that are useful to know.
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Hungry blind squirrel and magic - an acorn appears.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:01 PM (pLaQB)

159 I hold "journalists" in less regard than I do hookers, OF THOTs, and diseased subway rats
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Had a discussion a while back with my dad regarding journalists. A cousin of mine has been in the media for a long time. I told him this: "I love her dearly since she's family. But the very instant, I had to deal with her in a professional setting that trust is gone. I would have three recording devices ready to go and I would upload the entire interview to counter her or her boss editing what I say."

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 12:01 PM (OPGS/)

160 I forget the sum they paid for Weiss, but it was stupendous.

And I bet she'll be out of there pretty quickly. These people aren't going to work for anyone even slightly outside their bubble.

Lotta $$$ down the drain.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 11:58 AM (BI5O2)

It seems like an odd choice, but I have no doubt she's more than willing to whore herself to the powers that be.

Her problem is she's a nitwit. She'll do something to piss them off, then they'll get rid of her.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 12:02 PM (dGCAG)

161 forget the sum they paid for Weiss, but it was stupendous.

And I bet she'll be out of there pretty quickly. These people aren't going to work for anyone even slightly outside their bubble.

Lotta $$$ down the drain.
===
Look, nobody put a gun to their stupid heads.

Posted by: Brian Kelly at December 22, 2025 12:02 PM (1s0+g)

162 Imagine walking into CBS and saying "you can't just outright slander the President every day and give him no hearing."

It's like walking into a steel mill and telling everyone they're going to make dresses now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 12:02 PM (BI5O2)

163 "Trump is a Nazi" versus "Trump Does Jewish Bidding".....

The Democrat conundrum

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 12:02 PM (/VF+8)

164 Imagine walking into CBS and saying "you can't just outright slander the President every day and give him no hearing."

It's like walking into a steel mill and telling everyone they're going to make dresses now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 12:02 PM (BI5O2)
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LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 12:02 PM (avHHk)

165
RSBN 🇺🇸
@RSBNetwork

President Trump names Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as U.S. special envoy to Greenland

https://is.gd/9YYyR8

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:03 PM (yol/s)

166 Warner Brothers Discovery owns Looney Tunes: Warner Brothers made them.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 12:03 PM (E0Kkk)

167 It is rather bizarre to see that Greenwalds mind operates in a similar fashion to a Zero Hedge comment section.

1. Issue
2. Ruminate
3. JEWWWWWWSSSSS

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:04 PM (XV/Pl)

168 I still am trying to figure out what killed the shareholder lawsuits.

3-4 decades ago, you'd hear about them all the time.
And it seemed it was a good check on insider greed.

Now, they're all gone; not even a toothless threat, a non-existent threat.

The only recent one was beyond stupid, and completely ignored all law, the one by a few lefties to try and drive Musk out of his own company by over-turning his compensation package.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 12:04 PM (HXT0k)

169 President Trump names Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as U.S. special envoy to Greenland

https://is.gd/9YYyR8
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:03 PM (yol/s)

So who's going to coach the Cowboys???

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 12:04 PM (dGCAG)

170 Will Trump still be blamed for everything wrong with the universe in 3000 years?

If so, maybe Israel will finally get cut some slack ...

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:00 PM (yol/s)

There is a 90s (?) clip of Trump on some TV show with Marla Maples ( yeah that old) , in some scene a teenager yells at him that it's all his fault! and he says eh, people blame me for everything anyway ! 🤣

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 12:04 PM (g47mK)

171 Her problem is she's a nitwit. She'll do something to piss them off, then they'll get rid of her.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 12:02 PM (

They're all retards. It's no impediment in the news biz. They'll just get rid of her for doing stuff like this. They're allergic to accountability. Even tiny amounts send them into shock.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 12:04 PM (BI5O2)

172 163 "Trump is a Nazi" versus "Trump Does Jewish Bidding".....

The Democrat conundrum
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He only does Jewish Bidding cuz they have the weather machine. Once he conquers them he will move onto the Puerto Ricans. They have fiestas!

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:05 PM (pLaQB)

173 So who's going to coach the Cowboys???
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Maybe the Chargers?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:05 PM (pLaQB)

174 President Trump names Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as U.S. special envoy to Greenland

https://is.gd/9YYyR8
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:03 PM (yol/s)

I saw that and it seemed pretty bizarre. What does the Governor of Louisiana have to do with Greenland?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 12:06 PM (uWKK8)

175 New song: "Been at CBS so very damn long, that it looks like 'news' to me"

Posted by: Jim Morrison and Richard Farina at December 22, 2025 12:06 PM (/VF+8)

176 172 163 "Trump is a Nazi" versus "Trump Does Jewish Bidding".....

The Democrat conundrum
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He only does Jewish Bidding cuz they have the weather machine. Once he conquers them he will move onto the Puerto Ricans. They have fiestas!
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:05 PM (pLaQB)

Nah, they'll just say Jews are the 21st century Nazis...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 12:06 PM (tOcjL)

177 As Ive stated in many posts here, the studios, execs and "talent" are all paid by investors before any content is released to bomb in the real world.

This is how Hollywood is so rich with so little successful product.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 22, 2025 12:07 PM (wBaIH)

178 They're all retards. It's no impediment in the news biz. They'll just get rid of her for doing stuff like this. They're allergic to accountability. Even tiny amounts send them into shock.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 12:04 PM (BI5O2)

Sure, the people in FRONT of the camera, but I figure there are people behind the camera who aren't idiots.

Plenty of them are, sure, but not all of them. Whoever they are though, they will be expected to do the bidding of the Oligarchy. Following orders isn't always hard. Especially when you have no principles.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 12:07 PM (dGCAG)

179
And I bet she'll be out of there pretty quickly. These people aren't going to work for anyone even slightly outside their bubble.

Lotta $$$ down the drain.
===
Look, nobody put a gun to their stupid heads.
Posted by: Brian Kelly
==
A fool and his money, ya know what i mean?

Posted by: Lane Kiffin at December 22, 2025 12:08 PM (1s0+g)

180 President Trump names Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as U.S. special envoy to Greenland

https://is.gd/9YYyR8
Posted by: ShainS


Well, Louisiana and Greenland are very much alike, so I'm sure he'll fit right in there.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:08 PM (77rzZ)

181 Imagine walking into CBS and saying "you can't just outright slander the President every day and give him no hearing."

It's like walking into a steel mill and telling everyone they're going to make dresses now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 12:02 PM (BI5O2)

***

What kind of dresses?

Posted by: Rosie the Riveter at December 22, 2025 12:08 PM (2WIwB)

182 This is how Hollywood is so rich with so little successful product.
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Mmm, could be that Hollywood is in the Money Laundering Business? Making movies is the cover.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:09 PM (pLaQB)

183 3 Thank goodness for the new thread.
Posted by: Bulg

Just got here. Didn't read the last thread, but feel confident in saying that the shit-stirring Putz was giving others his "treatment.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 22, 2025 12:09 PM (Y1sOo)

184 1. Issue
2. Ruminate
3. JEWWWWWWSSSSS
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Wait. I thought it was j000000s! Did I miss a memo?

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 12:09 PM (OPGS/)

185 Journalists


You misspelled Scum-sucking Siberian Snow Pimps.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 12:09 PM (2WIwB)

186 The only recent one was beyond stupid, and completely ignored all law, the one by a few lefties to try and drive Musk out of his own company by over-turning his compensation package.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 12:04 PM (HXT0k)

in the Energy biz, leftists were always using them to try to make oil companies stop drilling for oil. They were always just a stupid, sometimes expensive annoyance, and I'm sure that corporate management finally figured out some tactics to kill them altogether.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 12:09 PM (uWKK8)

187 You misspelled Scum-sucking Siberian Snow Pimps.
Posted by: Diogenes

Our attorneys will be in touch.
-- Amalgamated Union of Scum-Sucking Siberian Snow Pimps.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:11 PM (77rzZ)

188 I still am trying to figure out what killed the shareholder lawsuits.

3-4 decades ago, you'd hear about them all the time.
And it seemed it was a good check on insider greed.

Now, they're all gone; not even a toothless threat, a non-existent threat.

The only recent one was beyond stupid, and completely ignored all law, the one by a few lefties to try and drive Musk out of his own company by over-turning his compensation package.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 12:04 PM (HXT0k)
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"Strike suits" killed a lot of the investor shareholder litigation. Courts took an increasing dim view of what they saw as attorney-fee driven lawsuits with little recovery for the shareholders. So they tightened the requirements for shareholder suits, especially at the pleading stage, and gave the "business judgment rule" more weight.

It didn't help that a lot of the top plaintiffs-side lawyers turned out to be total creeps and crooks.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 12:12 PM (iFTx/)

189 Sure, the people in FRONT of the camera, but I figure there are people behind the camera who aren't idiots.

Plenty of them are, sure, but not all of them. Whoever they are though, they will be expected to do the bidding of the Oligarchy. Following orders isn't always hard. Especially when you have no principles.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 12:07 PM (dGCAG)
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Behind the camera, too, most of them are retards. The tiny minority who aren't abjectly stupid are actively evil and most of the stupid ones are evil, too. There is no good to be found anywhere in American journalism.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 12:12 PM (avHHk)

190 Did Ace get his Windows 95 issues addressed yet?

Posted by: illiniwek at December 22, 2025 12:13 PM (vbXSk)

191 There is no good to be found anywhere in American journalism.
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That's cuz there are no Fishing Magazines anymore.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:13 PM (pLaQB)

192 Another Marxist screed from Buck. Gone full Commie. This IS free market capitalism! Probably has a Luigi Mangione T-shirt...

Posted by: Tongue firmly in cheek at December 22, 2025 12:13 PM (TbWk/)

193 Good for Zaslav! The sooner those poors are thrown outta work the sooner they can work for me at one of my Arby's for minimum wage...I am even paying a $5 bonus for anyone who signs on over the holidays!

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Zombie Dick Cheney, Mastermind on Viagra at December 22, 2025 12:13 PM (m8zKa)

194 On the topic of journalism..

This story came through the transom..

Kentucky Distiller Suspends Production due to uncertainty over tariffs.

When you click on the story, the reasons have literally nothing to do with tariffs, in fact the distiller never even mentions tariffs, that was an entirely made up reason by the author of the story.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:13 PM (XV/Pl)

195 Reinstate the ban on stock buy-backs, and a lot of this goes away.

Require private equity to have the same disclosure requirements of the public companies they own and a whole lot more of this goes away.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 12:14 PM (HXT0k)

196 On the topic of journalism..

This story came through the transom..

Kentucky Distiller Suspends Production due to uncertainty over tariffs.

When you click on the story, the reasons have literally nothing to do with tariffs, in fact the distiller never even mentions tariffs, that was an entirely made up reason by the author of the story.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:13 PM (XV/Pl)
__________

They'll still be blaming tariffs for every economic woe for decades after Trump leaves office ....

As was discussed this morning, the booze industry (and especially bourbon) is in trouble because of massive over-production during the boom years. The distillers were making yuge bank during those years. Now ... the tide has turned. Don't cry for the distillers.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

197 Reinstate the ban on stock buy-backs, and a lot of this goes away.
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What "ban on buy backs"?

Such horse pucky.

Companies have every right to reduce their equity base, if management and the board think its a good investment.

Posted by: Jim Morrison and Richard Farina at December 22, 2025 12:17 PM (/VF+8)

198 When you click on the story, the reasons have literally nothing to do with tariffs, in fact the distiller never even mentions tariffs, that was an entirely made up reason by the author of the story.
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My guess the story is that the high end Bourbon market is over saturated with high end Bourbon. I was in the ABC store this weekend and saw Larceny selling at $55 a fifth. Two years ago you could buy it for $20. That's a lot of pricing that has to come down. Hell, Old Grand Dad is a bottom shelf Bourbon these days. WTF?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:17 PM (pLaQB)

199
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A. I was told by an accounting professor from Israel many years ago that in her country, 'treasury stock is a no-no'. Why not prohibit the holding of treasury stock except in companies which have an employee shareholder plan, where you buy your shares from the treasury when you pass your probation and sell them to the treasury when you leave?
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B. Why not permit boards to order stock splits and reverse splits, but prohibit share re-purchases?
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C. Why not reduce the share types to two: preferred with a guaranteed dividend but no voting rights and common with voting rights but no guarantees?
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D. Why not provide for the voting rights on common stock to fall into abeyance if the stock is purchased by parties with particular properties (e.g. governments, intermediaries for governments, financial sector enterprises other than stand-alone funds and private equity firms, and any kind of corporate body if the firm in question is a financial-sector enterprise)?
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E. Why not require annual shareholder meetings to occur in the county where company HQ is located or in the county wherein the charter was issued, and to take place in the same fortnight every year?
==

Posted by: Art Deco at December 22, 2025 12:17 PM (2TXH9)

200 Sock change

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 12:18 PM (/VF+8)

201 This is how Hollywood is so rich with so little successful product.
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Mmm, could be that Hollywood is in the Money Laundering Business? Making movies is the cover.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:09 PM (pLaQB)

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Next you'll be telling me that Meathead Reiner was a CIA Asset if not a Spook.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:18 PM (agLqO)

202 Next you'll be telling me that Meathead Reiner was a CIA Asset if not a Spook.

Wait, wut?
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I think you are describing Ben Hecht.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:19 PM (pLaQB)

203 @198

>>My guess the story is that the high end Bourbon market is over saturated with high end Bourbon.

The reason for the halt is they are upgrading all of their facilities and production and have enough product to ship during the upgrade.

But a reporter cum propagandist saw an opportunity.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:20 PM (XV/Pl)

204 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)

205 See if we can get a little willow action going on here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:21 PM (Zz0t1)

206 We'll be lucky to get an OPen Thread and glad of it.

Posted by: Jubilant Delinquent at December 22, 2025 12:21 PM (oftw2)

207 Its Hollyweird. They destroyed the movies and tv. They are a close second to State and the FBI for corruption and stupidity.

Posted by: TJ Jackson at December 22, 2025 12:21 PM (bXvrr)

208 Did we get confirmation he got his PC repaired and back last week?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:21 PM (Zz0t1)

209 206 We'll be lucky to get an OPen Thread and glad of it.
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Has the CBD Coup been lifted?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:21 PM (pLaQB)

210 Qatar, a tiny country of 350,000 people, has the most financial influence in western nations with the purpose of destroying western civilization. We're 50 years into the 100-year plan.

X video: https://bit.ly/4qhEhmB

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 22, 2025 12:22 PM (P5BPp)

211 But a reporter cum propagandist saw an opportunity.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I don't need propaganda to appreciate cum.
-- Kamala

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:22 PM (77rzZ)

212 They'll still be blaming tariffs for every economic woe for decades after Trump leaves office ....

As was discussed this morning, the booze industry (and especially bourbon) is in trouble because of massive over-production during the boom years. The distillers were making yuge bank during those years. Now ... the tide has turned. Don't cry for the distillers.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

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I blame "The General" and "Tulsa King," Stye Stallone ...

/

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 12:22 PM (agLqO)

213 I tried some "high end bourbon" (Holidays, don't judge me!) from Kentucky recently. It gave me a headache! They put additives in there ! Sulfites, man!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 12:22 PM (g47mK)

214 Jerry Jones coaches the Cowboys. All Cowboy fans know that. Let's put it this way, he calls the shots. Coaches be damn.

Posted by: Case at December 22, 2025 12:23 PM (G1OIb)

215 NRA: the chocolate ration has been increased from 15 grams to 9!
Enjoy the new digital only American Rifleman ! And maybe 4 printed issues a year!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 12:23 PM (Kt19C)

216 So, FiL's RO was happy with his blood work and said everything looked great. PSA numbers are 'unmeasureable' and should be able to stop taking the testosterone blocker medications soon. He's scheduled for 2 more shots over the next few months, but the pills he's almost out of don't need to be refilled.

He said any appointments to see him are on an 'as needed' basis.

Overall, good news.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)

217 Also, alcohol consumption in the US is declining, so that will really start effecting brewers and distillers.

I for one am doing my bit to keep brewers and distillers in the black.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:24 PM (XV/Pl)

218 Jerry Jones coaches the Cowboys. All Cowboy fans know that. Let's put it this way, he calls the shots. Coaches be damn.
Posted by: Case at December 22, 2025 12:23 PM (G1OIb)


He doesn't need to. Today's egotistical millennial blowhard coaches going off ESPN analytics for every play call f*cks the game up all on it's own without any requirement from Jerruh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)

219 Pigs. Four legs.

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 12:25 PM (yPhso)

220 Strong headwinds are facing the Chief as he mopeds his way back from the 'puter shop. Please be patient.

Posted by: PSA at December 22, 2025 12:25 PM (oftw2)

221 Also, alcohol consumption in the US is declining, so that will really start effecting brewers and distillers.

I for one am doing my bit to keep brewers and distillers in the black.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:24 PM (XV/Pl)


More for me. Keep going, America!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)

222 F. Why not limit boards to between 4 and 20 members, continent on the number of shareholders?
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G. Why not requiring that all prospective board members be nominated from the floor at the annual shareholders meeting?
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H. Why not limit the franchise to act as a proxy to individual persons who are actual shareholders?
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I. Why not, in re publicly-traded firms, debar anyone who has been employed by the firm in the last twelve months or employed by law firms and consultancies the firm has had on retainer in the last twelve months from acting as proxies or being elected to the board?
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J. Why not require deferred compensation (including 'golden parachutes') be financed out of with-holdings from an executive's paycheck?
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K. Why not have an upper limit on executive compensation which is determined by a formula specified in a statute which has employee-compensation-per-worker in the economy at large and the number of employees a company has (FTE) as arguments?
==
L. Why not limit the modes of compensation to a standard benefits package (including medical insurance), cash salary, deferred compensation, miscellaneous perquisites, and a bonus which is a function of revenues?

Posted by: Art Deco at December 22, 2025 12:27 PM (2TXH9)

223 They'll still be blaming tariffs for every economic woe for decades after Trump leaves office ....



But they won't repeal them, will increase the tax burden on taxpayers and will pocket even MORE billions.

Destroying Democrats is the ONLY way forward for this country. Period.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:27 PM (Zz0t1)

224 If corporate boards don’t start putting some controls on parasitic executive behavior, people will start voting for politicians who will.

What was it that Obama said when talking to Wall Street? "I'm the one standing between you and the pitchforks"?

Posted by: pookysgirl needs a nap at December 22, 2025 12:28 PM (Wt5PA)

225 Also, alcohol consumption in the US is declining, so that will really start effecting brewers and distillers.

I for one am doing my bit to keep brewers and distillers in the black.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:24 PM (XV/Pl)


More for me. Keep going, America!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)
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The "declining consumption" metric is based on self-reporting polls. While people surely say they're drinking less booze, I don't know if that is really true. These kinds of polls are notoriously fickle, depending on which direction the cultural winds are blowing.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 12:28 PM (iFTx/)

226 More for me. Keep going, America!!!
Posted by: Sponge

Sponge, how is the First Lady doing?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:28 PM (77rzZ)

227 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:29 PM (77rzZ)

228 THe Constitution imagined the Feds could be supported simply on tariffs. Guess what, they can but a shit ton for Feds horning in on State functions will be looking for a job. We can't have that!

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 12:29 PM (pLaQB)

229
Sponge, how is the First Lady doing?
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:28 PM (77rzZ)


Still asleep. I'm just trying to keep her dad from waking her up to "check on her."

You weren't a dad for the first 50 years, why start now?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 12:29 PM (Zz0t1)

230 Nude Bari Weiss

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

231 In 1980, the most handsomely compensated executive in the United States was a man named Robert Charpie, who was President of an energy concern called the Cabot Corporation. IIRC, his package was $3.3 million. Given the change in nominal employee compensation per worker since that time, a contextually similar sum today would be about $23.4 million.
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You recall the open letter Robert Samuelson published to Michael Eisner in 1998? The occasion was the enormous settlement given Michael Ovitz when he resigned from Disney after eighteen months there employed. Mr. Ovitz was given $90 million to resign from the company. RJS thought that a scandal which discredits corporate America.
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Actually, $200,000 a year plus benefits is the mode for your average corporate CEO. You see these gargantuan sums in a modest number of large firms. They used to be more embarrassed by the obvious looting of shareholders than they are today.

Posted by: Art Deco at December 22, 2025 12:35 PM (2TXH9)

232 And this is one of my reasons the younger generation has a positive opinion of socialism.

Posted by: Spiff580 at December 22, 2025 01:03 PM (5S8x0)

233 "parasitic executive behavior"

Now let's do airline CEOs. After suffering on a recent United flight I noted the CEO makes $33 million a year.

Posted by: Random PJ at December 22, 2025 02:09 PM (RRCAT)

234 "Now let's do airline CEOs. After suffering on a recent United flight I noted the CEO makes $33 million a year."
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The scandal there is that the airline business has the lowest profit margins of any sector of note bar retail groceries. That's a much bigger chunk out of the hide of people waiting for a dividend that it would be in an ordinary industry.

Posted by: Art Deco at December 22, 2025 03:04 PM (2TXH9)

235 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BN9cyQvk0s

Posted by: Art Deco at December 22, 2025 03:06 PM (2TXH9)

236 Buck Throckmorton sounds like groyptard Tucker Carlson. Or Bernie Sanders. "Transfer of wealth"? No, moron, it's called getting paid by the company that hired you. And he got paid more because he's the CEO. So crazy how that works. Not saying Zaslan did a good job, but don't be dumbass about it.

Posted by: Oakeshott at December 22, 2025 06:50 PM (7NzYL)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Master St Anthony.jpg

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness
Osservanza Master

This is wild! If you had told me that this work was from the Magic Realism school and was painted in the 1930s, I would have bought it!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 art

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (dAOkg)

3 Fist

Posted by: Otto Pen at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (sJHOI)

4 That looks like a desert.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (sX1BW)

5 Jet fighters?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (kT/XV)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

7 *holds back Lou Costello impression*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (06Hmj)

8 It's a bit weird innit.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (WPL6O)

9 Looks like a cartoon skit from Monty Python.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

10 would not hang

Magic Realism?

more like 'Tragic Fakeism'

Posted by: Otto Pen at December 22, 2025 09:32 AM (sJHOI)

11 The MET

Title:
Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness
Artist:
Osservanza Master (Italian, Siena, active second quarter 15th century)
Date:
ca. 1435
Medium:
Tempera and gold on wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/4 × 13 5/8 in. (47.6 × 34.6 cm)

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

12 The section where the boat is doesn't look like water.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 09:32 AM (kT/XV)

13 This panel is part of a cycle of scenes depicting the life of the hermit Saint Anthony Abbot. The painter's penchant for original and descriptive narrative detail appears in the treatment of the desert landscape and its fauna (symbols of the saint's temptations) beneath the luminous sky at dusk. A pot of gold in the lower left corner (which has been scraped away) symbolized the seductive worldly goods that the stalwart saint resists. The series of eight panels were likely arranged vertically, surrounding a central painted or sculpted image of Saint Anthony.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

14 "So I was walking along, and this chinchilla just jumped out at me outta nowhere! Totally made me forget where I was even going!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:33 AM (06Hmj)

15 Wilderness? There's a church right over there. ->

Posted by: huerfano at December 22, 2025 09:34 AM (98kQX)

16 mofo hates trees

Posted by: Otto Pen at December 22, 2025 09:34 AM (sJHOI)

17 12 The section where the boat is doesn't look like water.
Posted by: Boss Moss

I figured this was Moses after the flood, explaining the boat and muddy, barren landscape.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 22, 2025 09:34 AM (JCZqz)

18 This seems very flat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 09:34 AM (2GVsD)

19 That looks like a desert.
Posted by: SH



A bourbon desert.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:34 AM (dAOkg)

20 I spotted the killer rabbit.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 09:34 AM (vFG9F)

21 Wilderness because Tom Bodet forgot to light the candle.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (2GVsD)

22 Sombrero?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (kT/XV)

23 Hey, Abbot!

Posted by: Louis Cristillo at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (oftw2)

24 That is striking- from the sky, to the light on the church, to the trees and St. Anthony's halo. St Anthony was the father of Christian monasticism
And here's some about his life:

https://tinyurl.com/5n7z5y8r

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (ix8EF)

25 Very sparse. I see it was painted in 1435 so I'd hang just for the historical value.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (MoRvC)

26 Saint Anthony the Abbot looks like he was cut out of a magazine and pasted on the painting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (NwnyJ)

27 points, I guess, for adding chupacabra

Posted by: Otto Pen at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (sJHOI)

28 Killer wabbit?

St. Elmer of Fudd?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (2GVsD)

29 The painting "Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness" by the Osservanza Master depicts Saint Anthony resisting temptation, symbolized by a pot of gold that has been scraped away. It illustrates his struggle against worldly desires and highlights his faith as he finds solace in the church in the background, representing spiritual wealth over materialism.

The painting is characterized by its use of tempera and gold on panel, typical of 15th-century Italian art. The figures are small in relation to the canvas, emphasizing their narrative importance. The flatness of the composition and the winding path create a sense of depth, guiding the viewer's eye through the scene.


covenantarthistory.blogspot.com

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

30 That road needs widening.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (kT/XV)

31 "One day, they'll make little statues of me and put me on their dashboards...."

"What in the crap is a dashboard?"

"You know, in a car?"

"You're weird, bro. No wonder they make you stay out in the wilderness."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (06Hmj)

32 The Pterodactyls were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

33 The trees on the islands appear to be an afterthought. Like the artist didn't know when to quit, or maybe his kid came along later and added them.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (vFG9F)

34 The little trees are not happy, CBD.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (pDt9x)

35 Those trees in the foreground don't look very happy, do they friends?

Posted by: Bob Ross at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (JCZqz)

36 It’s got a dog !

Is that a dog?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (KDPiq)

37 The wilderness after a fire ripped through it the week before. Is this in California?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

38 Is that a dog following him?

If so…Art!

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

39 Withered and stunted trees, either Hollywood or Chernobyl

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 09:37 AM (2GVsD)

40 Also, there is a boat in the meadow. Strange place to keep your sailboat.

Posted by: huerfano at December 22, 2025 09:37 AM (98kQX)

41 Is that a giant rabbit in the background?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:37 AM (KDPiq)

42 I think the Saint was photoshopped in at a later date.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:38 AM (pDt9x)

43 He's gonna brain that rabbit with his stick and make Hassenpfeffer for dinner.

Posted by: PabloD at December 22, 2025 09:38 AM (Epuwl)

44 It could be California. No evidence of electricity.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 09:38 AM (kT/XV)

45
I don't care if it rains or freezes
Long as I've got my plastic Jesus
Sittin' on the dashboard of my car...

Posted by: He's phosphorescent at December 22, 2025 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

46
Is that a dog?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (KDPiq)


Seems deer'ish.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

47 The perspective seems askew.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:38 AM (pDt9x)

48 It could be California. No evidence of electricity.

The sweet smell of calicas gave it away

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 09:38 AM (2GVsD)

49 And a rabbit in the foreground. What is that symbolism?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:39 AM (KDPiq)

50 Not a rabbit, albino groundhog.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:39 AM (pDt9x)

51 He's gonna brain that rabbit with his stick and make Hassenpfeffer for dinner.
Posted by: PabloD at December 22, 2025 09:38 AM (Epuwl)


For the king......


https://youtu.be/m4UWdlfH86s

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

52 You can see the scrambled eggs and pea soup in his beard from last week!

Posted by: Trim That Mess! at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (oftw2)

53 "Research in 2010 by Maria Falcone in Siena has revealed the name of the Master to be Sano di Pietro. Falcone found a document about an altarpiece by the “Master of Osservanza” for a church in Asciano, just outside Siena, which was actually under the bishopric of Arezzo. The priest of the church in Asciano did not pay the painter and therefore the city government of Siena had to make an appeal to the bishop in Arezzo to force the priest from his district to pay the artist. The artist's name was included on the document as Sano di Pietro."

Posted by: Tuna at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (lJ0H4)

54 26 Saint Anthony the Abbot looks like he was cut out of a magazine and pasted on the painting.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Long ago, in the before-time, Christian children had books with felt or vinyl cutouts of characters from Biblical stories they could place on the pages, which were scenes from Biblical stories...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (JCZqz)

55 I spotted the killer rabbit.
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 09:34 AM (vFG9F)
----
Once you spot it, it's already too late for you....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (ESVrU)

56 What bothers me is how much detail and care was put into rendering St. Tony, but everything else looks very amateur. Suppose it's better than a detailed background and phoned-in saint.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (ftFVW)

57 Is that a dog?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (KDPiq)


Seems deer'ish.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

Now that I see the buck I believe your correct.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (KDPiq)

58 Looks like he's taking a marmot to enjoy the scenery?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (NuV6c)

59 Magical Realism?

Like 100 Years of Solitude?

I love that book. Quirky, magical, funny, poignant.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (yycSj)

60 And a rabbit in the foreground. What is that symbolism?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:39 AM (KDPiq)
-

"RUN AWAAAAYYY!!!!!!!"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (E+OH8)

61 Alternative Title: "Hey Abbott!"

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (b8koU)

62 The real story in this painting is the two birds about to collide.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (vFG9F)

63 the goldblatt's mom had a st. anthony medallion in her '67 4dr cutlass.

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 09:41 AM (R11M+)

64 It could be California. No evidence of electricity.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 09:38 AM (kT/XV)


Or water.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

65 Is that a giant rabbit in the background?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:37 AM (KDPiq)
*****
Capybara.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 09:41 AM (NpAcC)

66 Looking for St Costello.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 22, 2025 09:41 AM (Kt19C)

67 What bothers me is how much detail and care was put into rendering St. Tony, but everything else looks very amateur. Suppose it's better than a detailed background and phoned-in saint.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 22, 2025 09:40 AM (ftFVW)


It was an entry level painting until the St. was photoshopped in for extra credit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

68 That “rabbit” looks more like a hyrax to me.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

69 Looking at the artist's other work. He certainly had a very distinctive style. Almost modern to my eyes.

Posted by: Tuna at December 22, 2025 09:42 AM (lJ0H4)

70 Just saying 'halo' to my little friend. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 09:42 AM (NuV6c)

71 "Oh, *you're* scared, bub? I was just sitting here eating clover when this giant skyscraper of a mammal with no feet and a glowing head and a huge stick just sneaks up on me like that's a normal thing to have happen!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:42 AM (06Hmj)

72 It’s really not very good, is it?

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:43 AM (pDt9x)

73 Reminds me of me in my bathrobe on the back porch. The wife finds this behavior unseemly.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 22, 2025 09:44 AM (pLaQB)

74 It’s really not very good, is it?
Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:43 AM (pDt9x)


To the modern eye, no.

But to the 1435 guy?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

75 temptation of the fauna? he doesn't look that swarthy.

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 09:44 AM (R11M+)

76 And a rabbit in the foreground. What is that symbolism?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:39 AM (KDPiq)
*******
Be fruitful and multiply.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

77 Bambi has the sadz.

Posted by: Where are the leaves? at December 22, 2025 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

78 And a rabbit in the foreground. What is that symbolism?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:39 AM (KDPiq)

----------------

Patron Saint of Fertility?

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 09:44 AM (b8koU)

79 The Osservanza Master is a few possible artists that scholars have debated over. I don’t think any of the artists want credit for this one.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:45 AM (KDPiq)

80 I don't see where the pot of gold was scraped away. Did somebody think it was real gold. or maybe it was?

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 09:45 AM (vFG9F)

81 >>That “rabbit” looks more like a hyrax to me.

A rabbit? A hyrax?
Take-a your pika!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 09:45 AM (NuV6c)

82 Surroundings say Gavin Newsom has been a governor for a LONG time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

83 74 It’s really not very good, is it?
Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:43 AM (pDt9x)


To the modern eye, no.

But to the 1435 guy?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

Oh I suppose so. Maybe he painted with a chewed stick.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:45 AM (pDt9x)

84 bird's eye view through a fish eye lens.

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 09:45 AM (R11M+)

85 And a rabbit in the foreground. What is that symbolism?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:39 AM

+++
Don't get too close.

Posted by: The ghost of Jimmy Carter at December 22, 2025 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

86 For some reason, the rabbit sitting under a tree amuses me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 09:46 AM (ix8EF)

87 Seems deer'ish.
Posted by: Sponge

********

While walking in the wilderness one day
Saint Anthony heard a fellow traveler say,
"Hey!I spotted a. fawn!"
Holy Tony said, "G'wan!
Don't be silly, they all come that way!"

Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 09:46 AM (/iMjX)

88


There is no doubt that he has a garter belt and stockings on under the robes. The only real question is, what color?

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 22, 2025 09:46 AM (4SjnF)

89 >> And a rabbit in the foreground. What is that symbolism?



Greed - he's after the gold carrot halo!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 09:46 AM (NuV6c)

90 There's a deer and another rabbit back there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 09:46 AM (kT/XV)

91 Is that a dog?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (KDPiq)


Seems deer'ish.
Posted by: Sponge


It's got spots. Fawn.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:47 AM (dAOkg)

92 >>It's got spots. Fawn.

D'oh, a deer!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 09:48 AM (NuV6c)

93 82 Surroundings say Gavin Newsom has been a governor for a LONG time.
Posted by: Sponge

A herd of elephants going through the area would devour everything and leave the earth barren and trampled.

Or one Governor Pritzker.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 22, 2025 09:48 AM (JCZqz)

94 Your robe dragging in the dirt seems less than hygienic. Didn't they have tailors back then?

Posted by: Mr. Guy of Hollywood at December 22, 2025 09:48 AM (oftw2)

95 And a rabbit in the foreground. What is that symbolism?

Posted by: Opinion fact


The rabbit of Caerbannog - the early years

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:49 AM (dAOkg)

96 If you had told me that this work was from the Magic Realism school and was painted in the 1930s, I would have bought it!

I was still buying it until I found a commenter saying...1435?! I wonder how it was received back then. Everything but the saint himself looks surreal.

Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2025 09:49 AM (yurXG)

97 I'm shocked this painting is from the 1400s. The style of the landscape makes me think of mid-20th century: minimalist and rather abstract. Then you get to the figure of Saint Anthony. The faces isn't wooden as I've seen in other art from that period. It shows emotion, contemplation. His posture reinforces that sense. Everything is still and stark except for his figure. The only points of brilliant color are the halo and his staff making a frame for his face and hands. Knowing the story of Anthony's temptation, which the viewers likely did, would make the image even more effective.

Posted by: JTB at December 22, 2025 09:49 AM (yTvNw)

98 D'oh, a deer!
Posted by: Lizzy


A female deer 🎵

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:50 AM (dAOkg)

99 Let us not get obsessed
by a medieval palimpsest,
for regardless of gold,
this painting's so old,
there's plenty of fodder for jests.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:50 AM (06Hmj)

100 100

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:50 AM (gbOdA)

101 a dozen kruezen way back, one still robed.

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 09:50 AM (R11M+)

102

100 100
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:50 AM (gbOdA)


m hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

103 It's got spots. Fawn"

Liebowitz?

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:50 AM (XuXeR)

104 a silly millimeter longer.

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 09:50 AM (R11M+)

105 I was still buying it until I found a commenter saying...1435?! I wonder how it was received back then. Everything but the saint himself looks surreal.
Posted by: t-bird

Another victim of ergot-induced medieval delusions.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 22, 2025 09:51 AM (JCZqz)

106 I see a Dog-Deer, or Deer for short.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 22, 2025 09:51 AM (36PRH)

107 This looks like a clip from one of the segues in MP's The Holy Grail. Anthony is about to hurl the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch any moment.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 22, 2025 09:51 AM (XLQLg)

108 First Lady is having dizzy spells this morning, so she's down for the count.

I'll be taking the FiL to his follow up with the R oncologist this morning.


The hits just keep on comin'........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

109 I was still buying it until I found a commenter saying...1435?! I wonder how it was received back then. Everything but the saint himself looks surreal.
Posted by: t-bird

Another victim of ergot-induced medieval delusions.
Posted by: Moron Analyst


Don't lick the brown wormwood.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:52 AM (dAOkg)

110 So they ate Sir Robin’s minstrels but he didn’t get any?

Sad.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at December 22, 2025 09:52 AM (p0/TZ)

111 My brethren, I have been vouchsafed a vision from a future saint, known as Saint Sam Kinision, who spake thusly unto me: "The desert sucks, Tony. You should move to Miami."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 09:52 AM (IG3/x)

112 Greg "The Hammer" Valentine had a robe that was priced at $10,000 in 1980 money.

Posted by: Suck It, Tony! at December 22, 2025 09:52 AM (oftw2)

113 First Lady is having dizzy spells this morning, so she's down for the count.

I'll be taking the FiL to his follow up with the R oncologist this morning.


The hits just keep on comin'........
Posted by: Sponge


Prayers everything is ok.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:52 AM (dAOkg)

114 Dear Abbey...

Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 09:53 AM (/iMjX)

115 Dear Abbey,

Brother Anthony and I are opening a Fish and Chips Shoppe but we can't decide whether to name it "The Fish Friar" or "The Chip Monk. Can you help us decide?

/Brother Arthur Treacher

Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 09:53 AM (/iMjX)

116 The hits just keep on comin'........"

Yep. MD Anderson later today, and then a full battery of tests next Wednesday (all for Mrs)

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:53 AM (XuXeR)

117 To the modern eye, no.

But to the 1435 guy?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

------------

Just got a great idea for a Disney reality TV show reboot:

"Modern Queer Eye For The 1435 Guy."

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 09:53 AM (/UI17)

118
Prayers everything is ok.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:52 AM (dAOkg)


Thanks.

I share for the prayer, but do worry about people starting to think I'm going to the well once too often and begging for attention.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

119 Imagine being the first person to stick some animal fur in small bone , look at some mashed up color source and think " I could produce a picture with this."

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 09:53 AM (sDNVV)

120 Dear Abbey,

Brother Anthony and I are opening a Fish and Chips Shoppe but we can't decide whether to name it "The Fish Friar" or "The Chip Monk. Can you help us decide?

/Brother Arthur Treacher
Posted by: muldoon


*snort!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:54 AM (dAOkg)

121 Hey Abbott!

Posted by: Brother Costello

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:54 AM (dAOkg)

122 The pigments and media that fix them in place can deteriorate over time, especially in hot, humid conditions. Six centuries is a long time and I suspect that a section of a painting that was once blue can turn to mud if the work is exposed to the elements.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 09:55 AM (rj6Yv)

123 Thanks.

I share for the prayer, but do worry about people starting to think I'm going to the well once too often and begging for attention.
Posted by: Sponge


Been there. Know you aren't.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:55 AM (dAOkg)

124 Much ado abbott nothing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 09:55 AM (IG3/x)

125 Weird how artistic perspective evolved . It seemed to follow how our brains have evolved with complex , theoretical thinking.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:55 AM (KDPiq)

126 I've been waiting to break 100 to discuss this critical post from last thread:

416 My daughter got the gene test (because of an already diagnosed disorder). They have the regular one, and regular + a special Ashkenazi panel.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

The "ask a Nazi' panel?!?! It's not even a dog-whistle anymore, but right out in the open!

Posted by: Tucker Carlson, Zoran Mamdani, or AOC? Is there a difference? at December 22, 2025 09:56 AM (JCZqz)

127 Very nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 22, 2025 09:56 AM (bss/y)

128 Imagine being the first person to stick some animal fur in small bone , look at some mashed up color source and think " I could produce a picture with this."
Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 09:53 AM (sDNVV)

I love that whoever it was, their first instinct was apparently to draw a hand outline on the cave wall.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:57 AM (06Hmj)

129
The "ask a Nazi' panel?!?! It's not even a dog-whistle anymore, but right out in the open!
Posted by: Tucker Carlson, Zoran Mamdani, or AOC? Is there a difference? at December 22, 2025 09:56 AM (JCZqz)


*fistbump*

Fam.......

Posted by: Nick Fuentes at December 22, 2025 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

130 Tempera in 1435 was usually made from egg yolks, so the yolks are on us.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 09:57 AM (rj6Yv)

131 Note that, despite the temptation, Saint Anthony is not touching his staff. His hands are completely outside his robe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 09:57 AM (IG3/x)

132 Very nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 22, 2025 09:56 AM (bss/y)


Next up.......EVENIK wear!

Posted by: Nick Fuentes at December 22, 2025 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

133 Very interesting!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (g47mK)

134 Well shyte.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

135 Brother Arthur Treacher"

IIRC, the Wendy's "Dave" was involved with founding Treacher's...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (XuXeR)

136 118 prayer helps and you need the distraction.

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (R11M+)

137 > I love that whoever it was, their first instinct was apparently to draw a hand outline on the cave wall.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:57 AM (06Hmj)

Boobs and dead animals made early appearances too. That's how we know that most of the cave artists were guys.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (IG3/x)

138
I love that whoever it was, their first instinct was apparently to draw a hand outline on the cave wall.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:57 AM (06Hmj)


They were just trying to make the kindergarten art turkey.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

139 119 Imagine being the first person to stick some animal fur in small bone , look at some mashed up color source and think " I could produce a picture with this."
Posted by: Ben Had

It's pretty well-known that Dick Blick Art Supply had a medieval component.

Posted by: Ars Pro Multis at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (oftw2)

140 Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:50 AM (06Hmj)

***********

20 bonus points for 'palimpsest'

Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (/iMjX)

141
a silly millimeter longer.

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 09:50 AM

looks more like 40 thousandths

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (tljrc)

142 Note that, despite the temptation, Saint Anthony is not touching his staff. His hands are completely outside his robe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia


"In God We Trust" Everyone else keep your hands where we can see them.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:59 AM (dAOkg)

143 St. George would be helpful for those dragons up there.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 09:59 AM (3uBP9)

144 Osservanza Master

==

They don't even know his name!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:59 AM (g47mK)

145 I’m disappointed that Long John’s Silver has basically disappeared from my area.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:59 AM (KDPiq)

146 prayer helps and you need the distraction.
Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (R11M+)


Absolutely on both counts.

I'm distracting myself a LOT.......New Year needs to bring new focus. Shit has to change. Soon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

147 Pretty sure if you can see a building and you’re standing on a road, you’re not in the wilderness.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 22, 2025 10:00 AM (eqMW0)

148 very willowed, or it would have been had I posted it...

Morning JJ and the Horde. Spot on about the Judges. They all think they are untouchable no matter, federal, State or local.
That is why it is so important to to get the Bush 1 and 2 Judges to retire also, many are no better than Dem appointments
Posted by: Jonah

It isn't just the damned judges, it's the lawyers, and enabling assholes that use them in conjunction with the corrupt judges. Don't watch this video about Heavy D Sparks getting put in jail for contempt when he was doing everything he could to cooperate in a harassment suit from a bunch of eco terrorist using the justice system.
https://youtu.be/TxExBnSg2xI

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 10:00 AM (QVmho)

149 I bet an AI "restoration" of the painting would reveal something quite different to the modern viewer. Similar to the restored Sistine Chapel's impact a few years ago.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 10:00 AM (rj6Yv)

150
Boobs and dead animals made early appearances too. That's how we know that most of the cave artists were guys.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 09:58 AM (IG3/x)


Bobs and vagene!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)

151 131 both hands on the bar, just passin' through...

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 10:01 AM (R11M+)

152 That is why it is so important to to get the Bush 1 and 2 Judges to retire also, many are no better than Dem appointments
Posted by: Jonah

Alito and Thomas should retire immediately. !!!

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 10:01 AM (KDPiq)

153 > That is why it is so important to to get the Bush 1 and 2 Judges to retire also, many are no better than Dem appointments
Posted by: Jonah

Also, any field-grade military officer who made rank under Barky or Dopey Joe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 22, 2025 10:01 AM (IG3/x)

154 Pretty sure if you can see a building and you’re standing on a road, you’re not in the wilderness.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe


Same with cell phone game cameras. If you've got cell service, you're hunting in town.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:01 AM (dAOkg)

155 a silly millimeter longer"

Benson and Hedges laughs...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:01 AM (XuXeR)

156 I think restoration of the painting is needed, and I offer my skilled hand to this endeavor!

Posted by: Cecilia Giménez at December 22, 2025 10:02 AM (g47mK)

157 Same with cell phone game cameras. If you've got cell service, you're hunting in town.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:01 AM (dAOkg)


"T-Mobile service sucks!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

158 Same with cell phone game cameras. If you've got cell service, you're hunting in town.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:01 AM (dAOkg)


"T-Mobile service sucks!"
Posted by: Sponge


AT&T's red coverage map lies worse than a politician.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:03 AM (dAOkg)

159 141 "how many thousandths are on this scale?"
"jeez, must be a million of 'em!"

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 10:03 AM (R11M+)

160 Saint Sam Kinision is one of my favorite saints.

Posted by: And I'm not even Catholic at December 22, 2025 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

161 restoration of the painting is needed, and I offer my skilled hand to this endeavor!
Posted by: Cecilia Gim�nez "

/ heh

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:04 AM (XuXeR)

162 Lord have mercy!

https://is.gd/7l4NYM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 10:05 AM (L/fGl)

163 I’m disappointed that Long John’s Silver has basically disappeared from my area.

I liked Long John's Silver when things got all bound up and needed a little extra oomph to move things out. Fish offal and grease worked everytime.

Posted by: Mr. Colon at December 22, 2025 10:07 AM (m8zKa)

164 155 tareyton was given a shiner.

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 10:07 AM (R11M+)

165 Muldoon, you're a treasure.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, lurking at December 22, 2025 10:07 AM (QnIJ2)

166 Ask your doctor if Palimpsest is right for you.

Posted by: Big Farma's Marketing Department at December 22, 2025 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

167 >>> I’m disappointed that Long John’s Silver has basically disappeared from my area.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:59 AM (KDPiq)

Closest one to me is 20 mi away at stone mountain. Once long ago my wife and I were driving across the country and stopped in some little city along the way with a bunch of fast food. As we were driving down the strip looking for a place my wife suddenly blurted out long johns silvers and I made a very hard right turn because we were right by it. A second later a dump truck ran through a red light and smashed over the cars in my lane. Bad accident. It would have definitely been us. So for good luck whenever we are traveling and see a long john's we stop.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 10:08 AM (3uBP9)

168 Long John Silver was neither.

Posted by: His wife at December 22, 2025 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)

169 I’m disappointed that Long John’s Silver has basically disappeared from my area.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 09:59 AM (KDPiq)

---------------

Same. The one in our small city was crappy (SWIDT?) having been combined with a KFC.

Bur when I get down to North Phoenix, there's a very good one I'll stop by ...

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 10:09 AM (diNR9)

170 167 sudden death compared to slow death.

Posted by: cmeat at December 22, 2025 10:09 AM (R11M+)

171 AT&T's red coverage map lies worse than a politician.
Posted by: rickb223
-- - ----
^^^THIS!!!^^^
I can barely get service at my house, good thing I have good internet. I wonder what I'm paying for...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 22, 2025 10:10 AM (VCgbV)

172 Wilderness? There's a church right over there. ->
Posted by: huerfano at December 22, 2025 09:34 AM (98kQX)
=========

Look closely at the building. It isn't a Christian church. No cross at the top of the steeple. A single, small slit window. The tower has no religious markings.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 10:11 AM (rj6Yv)

173 Just got a great idea for a Disney reality TV show reboot:

"Modern Queer Eye For The 1435 Guy."
Posted by: ShainS

Tim Gunn, Project Runway: ugh, this fur lining looks so dated and frumpy. We're going for modern masculine, not caveman. For the pants, we have.....

https://shorturl.at/PBvV3

Notices bulge, OwO what's this?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 22, 2025 10:12 AM (JCZqz)

174 Jonah

Alito and Thomas should retire immediately. !!!
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 10:01 AM (KDPiq)


I mean yeah they should. Alito is 75 and Thomas is 77. There is a good chance one or both may not make it to 2033. If Vance loses in 2028 do you want to roll the dice on Newsom replacing them?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 10:12 AM (UJWr0)

175 HAHAHAH!

@TheBabylonBee

"Candace Owens Horrified To Learn Christmas Was Started By Birth Of A Jew"

https://tinyurl.com/4xv3cf7h

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:12 AM (g47mK)

176 And a rabbit in the foreground. What is that symbolism?

Sometimes a rabbit is just a rabbit.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 22, 2025 10:13 AM (EXyHK)

177 I saw a comment over the weekend that Ticket Carlson attacked the family of the Furry English Cigarette who murdered Charlie Kirk for turning him in, but I can't find anything about it online. Anybody know what he said?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:38 AM

Via Grok:

Over the December 20-21 weekend, Tucker Carlson spoke at Turning Point USA's (TPUSA) AmericaFest event in Phoenix, Arizona — an organization founded by Kirk. During his speech, Carlson addressed a hypothetical scenario involving a family member committing murder, which many interpreted as an implicit criticism of Robinson's family for turning him in. Here's the key excerpt from his remarks, based on video and eyewitness accounts shared widely on X:

"If my brother went on a drug-induced murder spree, I'd defend him. I'd say, 'That's my brother, I love him.' I wouldn't condemn him. I'd try to get him out of the country if I could. Family loyalty comes first."

The statement drew backlash online for its timing and venue, with commenters noting the insensitivity given that Robinson's father had turned him in just months after Kirk's killing.

Grok full answer: https://bit.ly/3KJ3FTt

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 22, 2025 10:13 AM (P5BPp)

178 145 I’m disappointed that Long John’s Silver has basically disappeared from my area.
Posted by: Opinion

The one in my area is combined with an A&W.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 22, 2025 10:14 AM (JCZqz)

179 Lord have mercy!

https://is.gd/7l4NYM
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
_______

That's funny as shit!

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 22, 2025 10:14 AM (XvL8K)

180 saw a comment over the weekend that Ticket Carlson attacked the family of the Furry English Cigarette who murdered Charlie Kirk for turning him in, but I can't find anything about it online. Anybody know what he said?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:38 AM

The Jews and French and Egyptians killed him. So yeah Tucker is right the family turned in an innocent man.
- Candy Cane Owens

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 10:15 AM (UJWr0)

181 I LOVE this painting!!

the subject is the *other* St. Anthony, not the famous Portuguese-Italian from Padua

Posted by: kallisto at December 22, 2025 10:15 AM (dCxaZ)

182 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I like the art, but that's a real wimpy wilderness.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 10:15 AM (2WIwB)

183 So is Long John Silver’s part of Yum Brands now?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

184 My Viking forbears salute Saint Antnee because without him there wouldn't have been any monasteries to raid and they would have returned to Norway with just a few gingers and some Lucky Charms.

Posted by: Nordic Interiors at December 22, 2025 10:16 AM (oftw2)

185 Last 'work' day of the year. Guess I should probably do something other than spend my day with you reprobates.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 22, 2025 10:16 AM (GTqXr)

186 AT&T's red coverage map lies worse than a politician.
Posted by: rickb223
-- - ----
^^^THIS!!!^^^
I can barely get service at my house, good thing I have good internet. I wonder what I'm paying for...
Posted by: lin-duh


I don't get service. If it wasn't for Starlink...

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:17 AM (dAOkg)

187 when I get down to North Phoenix"

She'll be rising?

/

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:17 AM (XuXeR)

188 Okay, now that I've done a limerick, made a couple lame jokes and read the first 147 comments I guess it's time to...you know..go look at the actual painting.

Hi, CBD! 👋

Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 10:17 AM (/iMjX)

189 Ok, Tucker, now condemn the Unabomber’s brother for identifying him to the police.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 10:17 AM (+GKEt)

190 The lunatic “right” is now convinced Erika Kirk was in on the assassination. Their proof? She said she didn’t date much before she married Charlie. And they found an Instagram post of her and some guy going on a date to learn to paint. So that’s the smoking gun that she’s lying about everything.

And no I’m not exaggerating. That’s the lunacy out there in podcast vile.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 10:18 AM (UJWr0)

191 "If my brother went on a drug-induced murder spree, I'd defend him. I'd say, 'That's my brother, I love him.' I wouldn't condemn him. I'd try to get him out of the country if I could. Family loyalty comes first."
===

A Christian would say "God comes first". And there's a Commandment that forbids that kind of killing.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 10:18 AM (rj6Yv)

192 So is Long John Silver’s part of Yum Brands now?"

Isn't everything?

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:19 AM (XuXeR)

193 "If my brother went on a drug-induced murder spree, I'd defend him. I'd say, 'That's my brother, I love him.' I wouldn't condemn him. I'd try to get him out of the country if I could. Family loyalty comes first."
===

A Christian would say "God comes first". And there's a Commandment that forbids that kind of killing.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 10:18 AM (rj6Yv)

His father did not turn him in months later, he did it same day or nearly same day. And it was facilitated by a family friend who was a religious leader or pastor of some sort.

I get the sentiment, but Tucker is off his rocker here, especially given the venue. Tucker is asshoe.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:20 AM (dK+Kv)

194 192 So is Long John Silver’s part of Yum Brands now?"

Isn't everything?
Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:19 AM (XuXeR)


Yum is a piker.

Roark Capital (a PE firm you’ve probably never heard of) owns everything. They have hundreds of thousands of retail outlets in every conceivable industry under management.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 10:20 AM (UJWr0)

195 Roark Capital (a PE firm you’ve probably never heard of) owns everything. They have hundreds of thousands of retail outlets in every conceivable industry under management.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

And we started with just one little island.

Posted by: Tattoo, Loose On Fantasy Island at December 22, 2025 10:23 AM (oftw2)

196 Over the December 20-21 weekend, Tucker Carlson spoke at Turning Point USA's (TPUSA) AmericaFest event in Phoenix, Arizona — an organization founded by Kirk. During his speech, Carlson addressed a hypothetical scenario involving a family member committing murder, which many interpreted as an implicit criticism of Robinson's family for turning him in. Here's the key excerpt from his remarks, based on video and eyewitness accounts shared widely on X:

"If my brother went on a drug-induced murder spree, I'd defend him. I'd say, 'That's my brother, I love him.' I wouldn't condemn him. I'd try to get him out of the country if I could. Family loyalty comes first."


Voluntarily drug induced? Sorry. I'd smoke him.

Righteous pedo whacking? Yeah. Then I'd hide him.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:23 AM (dAOkg)

197 So is Long John Silver’s part of Yum Brands now?"

Isn't everything?

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:19 AM (XuXeR)

Long John Silver’s is my first recollection of death by beancounter, whereby a trusted brand becomes garbage by reducing quality and service to make a quick buck thereby destroying the brand.

Yeah, it's greasy fast food, but it became greasy fast that was the pinnacle of "would not eat even if you put a gun to my head."

Good riddance.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:23 AM (dK+Kv)

198 Righteous pedo whacking? Yeah. Then I'd hide him.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:23 AM (dAOkg)

Yeah, context matters. Still, Tucker is asshoe here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:24 AM (dK+Kv)

199 I blame the Jews!

Unhinged Jasmine Crockett responds to JD Vance’s remarks at TPUSA:
“The only reason you're the vice president is because the current president tried to have his last president k*lled."

What??

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 10:25 AM (L/fGl)

200 As we were driving down the strip looking for a place my wife suddenly blurted out long johns silvers and I made a very hard right turn because we were right by it. A second later a dump truck ran through a red light and smashed over the cars in my lane.
Posted by: banana Dream

**********

Wow! Just Wow!

It seems like since then you've done some real sole searching!

Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 10:25 AM (/iMjX)

201 Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:23 AM (dAOkg)

spoken like a true asset (Carlson, I mean)

my brother had serious mental issues. When I thought he was dangerous I did everything I could to protect the community and my family, including turning in his firearms and calling the cops.

Posted by: kallisto at December 22, 2025 10:26 AM (dCxaZ)

202 "If my brother went on a drug-induced murder spree, I'd defend him. I'd say, 'That's my brother, I love him.' I wouldn't condemn him. I'd try to get him out of the country if I could. Family loyalty comes first."

Edwin Booth would not allow John Wilkes Booth's name to be spoken in his presence after the latter's assassination of Lincoln.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

203 And no I’m not exaggerating. That’s the lunacy out there in podcast vile.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 10:18 AM (UJWr0)

I am so glad I got kicked out of the Twitter cliques before they lost their ever-loving minds.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:26 AM (dK+Kv)

204 Roark Capital (a PE firm you’ve probably never heard of) owns everything"

Seems to, at times. Their list of brands is...nuts.

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:26 AM (XuXeR)

205 I like symbolist paintings like this one.

Posted by: PG at December 22, 2025 10:26 AM (pk5S4)

206 So is Long John Silver’s part of Yum Brands now?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

----------------

I think Yum Brands is now owned by Madrigal Electromotive GmbH.

/obligatory "Breaking Bad" Universe reference

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 10:28 AM (QCDT5)

207 126 You know WHO ELSE asked a Nazi?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

208 seems like since then you've done some real sole searching!"

Was with his sole mate, so...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:28 AM (XuXeR)

209 Chuck knows who's to blame for lack of trust in the media.

Chuck Todd blames Americans’ cratering trust in the media on “lack of reliable political leadership” and “big tech algorithms."
It could never be the relentless stream of lies and hoaxes perpetrated on Americans by people *like Chuck.*

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 10:31 AM (L/fGl)

210 Unhinged Jasmine Crockett responds to JD Vance’s remarks at TPUSA:
“The only reason you're the vice president is because the current president tried to have his last president k*lled."

What??
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 10:25 AM (L/fGl)

That's some Candace Owens level jackassery there. Looks like the two of them are even more alike than I thought.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 10:33 AM (uWKK8)

211 big tech algorithms"

Scary. Do they have "things that go up"?

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:33 AM (XuXeR)

212 For those who may have missed it, I made several information rich posts on the Pixy thread this morning on why I keep posting the silver spot price, and why silver is so important. Current Silver spot $69.00 per oz.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 10:33 AM (Da7Vv)

213 While walking in the wilderness one day
Saint Anthony heard a fellow traveler say,
"Hey!I spotted a. fawn!"
Holy Tony said, "G'wan!
Don't be silly, they all come that way!"
Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 09:46 AM (/iMjX)


Might of been those birds overhead.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2025 10:35 AM (2WIwB)

214 Reminds me of me in my bathrobe on the back porch. The wife finds this behavior unseemly.
Posted by: Pudinhead


Please tell me that you pee off the porch like a real man. Lie to me if you must.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

215 190 The lunatic “right” is now convinced Erika Kirk was in on the assassination. Their proof? She said she didn’t date much before she married Charlie. And they found an Instagram post of her and some guy going on a date to learn to paint. So that’s the smoking gun that she’s lying about everything.

And no I’m not exaggerating. That’s the lunacy out there in podcast vile.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Exactly! And I was an innocent, inexperienced virgin when I married Akaash! When I said "I get painfully nostalgic for college...I was poppin' my pussy, living my best life in these white boy frat houses...," on my podcast, I just meant I was enjoying freedom and male attention! When I said I had a roster of dudes I was hooking up with, I was so innocent and naive, I didn't realize people thought that meant sex! No, they were just guy friends that I'd see occasionally!

Posted by: Jasleen Singh, wife to Indian comedian Akaash Singh at December 22, 2025 10:35 AM (JCZqz)

216 Current Silver spot $69.00 per oz.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 10:33 AM (Da7Vv)
==

Wow!

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 10:35 AM (rj6Yv)

217 >It could never be the relentless stream of lies and hoaxes perpetrated on Americans by people *like Chuck.*

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 10:31 AM (L/fGl)

Chuckles is searching for relevance. But sure, don't look in the mirror asshat.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 22, 2025 10:35 AM (GTqXr)

218 >>> It seems like since then you've done some real sole searching!
Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 10:25 AM (/iMjX)

We would never carp about where to stop for a meal ever again.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 22, 2025 10:36 AM (3uBP9)

219 And when your brother kills again because you hid him what then?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 10:36 AM (KDPiq)

220 Carlson addressed a hypothetical scenario involving a family member committing murder, which many interpreted as an implicit criticism of Robinson's family for turning him in.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:23 AM (dAOkg)

Which of course is complete nonsense.

He was responding to Ben Shapiro going on a rant about how Megan Kelly was supposed to denounce him and Candace and anyone else who refuses to play along with Ben's desired narrative.

According to Ben, Megan is supposed to de-platform people.

Just like the left does. Which people around here used to condemn.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:37 AM (dGCAG)

221 Your government at work!

https://is.gd/xCMdnS

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

222
I don't get service. If it wasn't for Starlink...
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:17 AM (dAOkg)


There's shockingly a fiber point at the end of the FiL's driveway provided by Spectrum. Installed within the last year.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)

223 Since Ben Shapiro's been mentioned...

...Did you know that his sister has huge boobs?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

224
Edwin Booth would not allow John Wilkes Booth's name to be spoken in his presence after the latter's assassination of Lincoln.
Posted by: Bulg

Prince of Players

www.imdb.com/title/tt0048510

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 10:39 AM (pkeXY)

225 In order to know what Ben Shapiro said, it is easy enough to actually listen to his speech, and not listen to online charlatans, liars, Cucker Tralson apologists and groopies trying to misrepresent what Shapiro actually said. People have ears and brains and they do not interpretations.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:39 AM (g47mK)

226 "So I was walking along, and this chinchilla just jumped out at me outta nowhere! Totally made me forget where I was even going!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:33 AM

Chinchillas, man. Outta fu*kin' nowhere.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 22, 2025 10:39 AM (kgE5c)

227 Roark Capital (a PE firm you’ve probably never heard of) owns everything. They have hundreds of thousands of retail outlets in every conceivable industry under management.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Good for him! I always wondered what Mickey ended up doing after boxing and his later film work started drying up.

Posted by: Confused Moron at December 22, 2025 10:40 AM (JCZqz)

228
"If my brother went on a drug-induced murder spree, I'd defend him. I'd say, 'That's my brother, I love him.' I wouldn't condemn him. I'd try to get him out of the country if I could. Family loyalty comes first."



That makes you a Godless human piece of shit, Tucker.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

229 "If my brother went on a drug-induced murder spree, I'd defend him. I'd say, 'That's my brother, I love him.' I wouldn't condemn him. I'd try to get him out of the country if I could. Family loyalty comes first."



That makes you a Godless human piece of shit, Tucker.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 10:40 AM

This man is not wrong.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 22, 2025 10:41 AM (kgE5c)

230 Taco Bell...Yum Brands

https://youtu.be/XaqjI_7Vorc

Posted by: From Company Man at December 22, 2025 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)

231 We would never carp about where to stop for a meal ever again."

I could get hooked on real fish n chips...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:41 AM (XuXeR)

232 I have a brother, I love him dearly. But I damn sure would never become an accessory after the fact to a murder for anyone, no matter how close they are.
(now the pedo whacking is an exception, but even then I'd have to be sure it was justified)

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 10:41 AM (uWKK8)

233 Ben Shapiro lies. That's all I need to know about him.

I stopped listening to his monotone drone a LONG time ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

234 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 10:33 AM (Da7Vv)

thank you, I will check it out

Posted by: kallisto at December 22, 2025 10:42 AM (dCxaZ)

235 How Christmas is done.

https://is.gd/yDFXQE

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 10:42 AM (L/fGl)

236 I got tired of Tucker's forced, fake laughing. Especially when something wasn't really funny. Then I started wondering what else was Tucker faking. Then I stopped watching him.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 22, 2025 10:42 AM (g8Ew8)

237 Did you know that his sister has huge boobs?"

Great. What's next, Prometheus?

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:43 AM (XuXeR)

238 That makes you a Godless human piece of shit, Tucker.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

It was hyperbole.

One of Tucker's faults is that he gets mad, and then says silly things he later regrets.

But because there are people who hate Tucker for opposing the government of Israel, they use these kinds of silly statements to suggest things he doesn't mean.

So be it. Tucker's a big boy, he can defend himself.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:43 AM (dGCAG)

239 Wow! Just Wow!

It seems like since then you've done some real sole searching!
Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 10:25 AM (/iMjX)

He should get on his knees and thank cod for his deliverance.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 10:43 AM (8DR9B)

240 Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:37 AM (dGCAG)

But it was okay to cancel Kelly when she was a Trump enemy? Or to cancel all the NeverTrumpers? It's the same old story about who butters your bread to decide what position to take even if it's contradictory.

Personally I canceled Tucker long ago

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 10:43 AM (KDPiq)

241 Great. What's next, Prometheus?
Posted by: man

Are there bare boobs in Prometheus?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

242 *We would never carp about where to stop for a meal ever again.*


Off the scale, man...

Posted by: Duuuude at December 22, 2025 10:44 AM (2Ez/1)

243 There's shockingly a fiber point at the end of the FiL's driveway provided by Spectrum. Installed within the last year.
Posted by: Sponge


When they built our house, they didn't even wire it for landline.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:44 AM (dAOkg)

244 Megyn Kelly can't get over CBS picking Bari Weiss and not her to run the news division. Bannon is busted with Epstein - thier pics together splattered all over media, and Cucker...well, we have a special situation with him. But ace covered it well enough.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:45 AM (g47mK)

245 We would never carp about where to stop for a meal ever again."

I could get hooked on real fish n chips...

**********

Anyone care to tackle a few fish puns?

Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 10:45 AM (/iMjX)

246 Personally I canceled Tucker long ago
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 10:43 AM (KDPiq)

Which is your right.

But no, I don't recall anyone "cancelling" Megan over her opposition to Trump. I remember people criticizing her.

That's not the same thing.

The only legitimate response to speech one doesn't like is more speech. Not less.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:46 AM (dGCAG)

247 Are there bare boobs in Prometheus?"

*heads for stack of dvds right over there*

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:46 AM (XuXeR)

248 Anyone care to tackle a few fish puns?
Posted by: muldoon


I'll try to do it on the fly.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

249
Roark Capital (a PE firm you’ve probably never heard of) owns everything.

Roark Capital is a fantasy.

Posted by: Tattoo at December 22, 2025 10:47 AM (pkeXY)

250 Anyone care to tackle a few fish puns?"

Nah. You'll just string us along...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:47 AM (XuXeR)

251 ¡Ay, caramba!

Pennsylvania school bus driver fired ... for telling unruly students to speak English

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 10:47 AM (L/fGl)

252 Anyone care to tackle a few fish puns?
Posted by: muldoon


I'll try to do it on the fly.
Posted by: Bulg


I wonder how many people we can reel in?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:47 AM (dAOkg)

253 Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:46 AM (dGCAG)

You don't remember? That's what I call selective memory.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 10:47 AM (KDPiq)

254 Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:46 AM (dGCAG)

You don't remember? That's what I call selective memory.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 10:47 AM (KDPiq)

No, I don't. Who cancelled her?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:48 AM (dGCAG)

255 Why did the producers of Fantasy Island give Ricardo Montalban such a WASPy last name as Roark?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

256 Roark Capital is a fantasy."

So's life...

/Aldo Nova

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:48 AM (XuXeR)

257 Muldoon's Chipmunks?

https://is.gd/DWgBTl

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 10:48 AM (wIAtt)

258 Roark Capital (a PE firm you’ve probably never heard of) owns everything.

Roark Capital is a fantasy.
Posted by: Tattoo


They are a stand out island in a sea of private equity.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:48 AM (dAOkg)

259 Which of course is complete nonsense.

He was responding to Ben Shapiro going on a rant about how Megan Kelly was supposed to denounce him and Candace and anyone else who refuses to play along with Ben's desired narrative.

According to Ben, Megan is supposed to de-platform people.

Just like the left does. Which people around here used to condemn.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:37 AM (dGCAG)

What an idiotic use of analogy and a stunning lack of awareness (TC's).

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:48 AM (dK+Kv)

260 I got tired of Tucker's forced, fake laughing. Especially when something wasn't really funny.

that screechy oral emanation, it was not attractive...AT ALL!!

*hat tip Ami Kozak*

Posted by: kallisto at December 22, 2025 10:48 AM (dCxaZ)

261 Ben Shapiro has always taken it upon himself to police the right wings speech.

Even if he makes a correct observation sometimes, his shtick is unwelcome. We never asked him for censorship.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 10:49 AM (+GKEt)

262 Kelly, Cuckson and Bannon whine about "cancellation" when they face real , fact based, solid criticism. They are lefty snowflakes that need a safe space and run into "it's all about Israel 11!!" corner any time they have to face the music for the ugly things they do: platforming groypers like Cuckson, being a duplicitous back stabbig bitch (like Kelly), or a pedo friend (like Bannon). they can scoop up a couple of aging fools, and maybe a few young neos, but good luck winning elections with that cadre of "supporters".

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:49 AM (g47mK)

263 And I bet most people criticizing what Shapiro said didn't even watch or read his speech. People have picked their sides.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 10:49 AM (KDPiq)

264 Roark Capital used to a have a focused business strategy. But they've drifted away from that in the past few years.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

265 What an idiotic use of analogy and a stunning lack of awareness (TC's).
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:48 AM (dK+Kv)

Maybe, like I said, I don't have to defend everything Tucker says, but to suggest he was talking about Robinson is just silly.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:49 AM (dGCAG)

266 Why did the producers of Fantasy Island give Ricardo Montalban such a WASPy last name as Roark?

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

---------------

The character was originally written for Gary Cooper?

/

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 10:50 AM (wIAtt)

267 I wonder how many people we can reel in?"

How big is your net?

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:50 AM (XuXeR)

268 256 Roark Capital is a fantasy."

So's life...

/Aldo Nova
Posted by: man

Aldo Nadi > Aldo Nova

And if you disagree, sir, we can meet on the Field of Mars to settle the matter!

Posted by: Aldo Nadi at December 22, 2025 10:50 AM (JCZqz)

269 One of Tucker's faults is that he gets mad, and then says silly things he later regrets."

Saying, in a public speech, that your first choice would be to become an accessory after the fact to murder, if you were friends with the murderer?? That is not a "silly thing", that is a fatal character flaw. Tucker does not have the basic sense of morality or decency or responsibility to those who live around him that I have, or that what I consider to be any decent person has.

Tucker has the ethics of Tony Soprano.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 10:50 AM (uWKK8)

270 And I bet most people criticizing what Shapiro said didn't even watch or read his speech. People have picked their sides.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 10:49 AM (KDPiq)

I saw it.

Shapiro sounds like a leftist.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:50 AM (dGCAG)

271 Ben Shapiro has always taken it upon himself to police the right wings speech.

Even if he makes a correct observation sometimes, his shtick is unwelcome. We never asked him for censorship.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 10:49 AM (+GKEt)

Do you have any values yourself, or should we hug it out with dudes who think the best thing for Jews is to go back to the oven ? No standards ? None ??

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:50 AM (g47mK)

272 Uh oh.

President Trump, War Secretary Hegseth, Navy Secretary Phelan to Make “Major Announcement” Today

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 10:51 AM (L/fGl)

273 Philadelphia's Wanamaker organ gets some love from CBS:

https://tinyurl.com/mt3je7sj

Posted by: kallisto at December 22, 2025 10:51 AM (dCxaZ)

274 Kelly, Cuckson and Bannon whine about "cancellation" when they face real , fact based, solid criticism. They are lefty snowflakes that need a safe space and run into "it's all about Israel 11!!" corner any time they have to face the music for the ugly things they do: platforming groypers like Cuckson, being a duplicitous back stabbig bitch (like Kelly), or a pedo friend (like Bannon). they can scoop up a couple of aging fools, and maybe a few young neos, but good luck winning elections with that cadre of "supporters".

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:49 AM (g47mK)

Cromulent observation. I missed info on Bannon's pedo friend.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:51 AM (dK+Kv)

275 That is not a "silly thing", that is a fatal character flaw. Tucker does not have the basic sense of morality or decency or responsibility to those who live around him that I have, or that what I consider to be any decent person has.

Tucker has the ethics of Tony Soprano.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 10:50 AM (uWKK

You hate him, and it colors your judgment.

Your hate is your problem here, not Tucker's words.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:51 AM (dGCAG)

276 The character was originally written for Gary Cooper?"

Super duper?

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:51 AM (XuXeR)

277 Do you have any values yourself, or should we hug it out with dudes who think the best thing for Jews is to go back to the oven ? No standards ? None ??

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:50 AM (g47mK)

That's out of left field.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:52 AM (dK+Kv)

278 Odd painting in that some elements are highly detailed (the face and the rocks in the road) while others are not.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 22, 2025 10:52 AM (iFTx/)

279 255 Why did the producers of Fantasy Island give Ricardo Montalban such a WASPy last name as Roark?
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

They thought it would sound funny if Heaven was run by ChiChi Rogriguez.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 10:52 AM (uWKK8)

280 Good morning dear horde power came back on here about 20 minutes ago but the city is still pretty chaotic, very dark and stormy, power is spotty, both transit and traffic remain disrupted.

Thank you PG&E for at least not blowing up my house.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 10:52 AM (9ipOP)

281 I'm sorry to hear about Bannon.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

282 we can meet on the Field of Mars"

Cool. Will Dejah be there?

/

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:53 AM (XuXeR)

283
You hate him, and it colors your judgment.

Your hate is your problem here, not Tucker's words.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:51 AM (dGCAG)

What I know, by his own words, is that if Tucker's brother had been a guard at Dachau, Tucker would have covered his shift for him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 10:54 AM (uWKK8)

284 Uh oh.

President Trump, War Secretary Hegseth, Navy Secretary Phelan to Make “Major Announcement” Today
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


"We begin bombing Russia in five minutes".

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 10:54 AM (dAOkg)

285 City Hall and Civic Center also still without power

*thumbs up*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 10:54 AM (9ipOP)

286 Heaven was run by ChiChi Rogriguez"

Pronounced Les Nessman style...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:55 AM (XuXeR)

287 Thank you PG&E for at least not blowing up my house.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

You were the first person I thought about when I heard about the outage. Glad you're OK.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

288 What I know, by his own words, is that if Tucker's brother had been a guard at Dachau, Tucker would have covered his shift for him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 10:54 AM (uWKK

No, you don't know that. You know he made a hyperbolic statement, that is indefensible.

That's all you know.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:55 AM (dGCAG)

289 For some reason, this new right sound the old left - lets accept the unacceptable ?

Old and busted : A woman is now a man, shut up!
New hotness: Jews and Christian Zionist are the root of our problems, shut up !

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:55 AM (g47mK)

290 Maybe, like I said, I don't have to defend everything Tucker says, but to suggest he was talking about Robinson is just silly.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:49 AM (dGCAG)

The implication is obvious, and I'd have seriously discount his intellect to assume it wasn't intentionally inflammatory.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:56 AM (dK+Kv)

291 282 we can meet on the Field of Mars"

Cool. Will Dejah be there?
/
Posted by: man

I don't know him, but William Dejah is free to challenge me as well!

Posted by: Aldo Nadi at December 22, 2025 10:56 AM (JCZqz)

292 Samsung's new solid-state battery requires 5 grams of Silver per cell. A typical 100kWh battery pack (for an EV) might require one (1) kilogram of Silver. Multiply that out for world-wide vehicle consumption. One estimate for 80% adoption comes out to 64,000 metric tons of Silver.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 10:56 AM (rj6Yv)

293 That's out of left field.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:52 AM (dK+Kv)

No, it is exactly where we are.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:56 AM (g47mK)

294 The mother and sister of the pedophile who murdered my father-in-law i 2008 have been providing material assistance and aiding him in his so-far successful (and quite elaborate) efforts to avoid arrest.

I think if family members share the murderer's rationale for self-justification ("He deserved to die!") they will be more likely to become accomplices.

Posted by: muldoon at December 22, 2025 10:56 AM (/iMjX)

295 this new right sound the old left"

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss"

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:57 AM (XuXeR)

296 I watched Ben's speech and thought the same thing I always do when I hear his shrill yammering. That he's a self-important dipshit who needs to talk less.

I think it's important that we all have and are able to express our opinions, and say the things that are on our minds, and I think it's important that I'm able to just tune out the idiots that I don't want to listen to. Ben seems to think it's important that he tells ME what to say and who to listen to or not listen to, and for that he can go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut.

Today's media environment is based on clicks and interactions, and unfortunately ragebait works really well in that regard. Tucker and Candace are most definitely doing that so I just don't participate. Megyn I think is a woman scorned in a bunch of ways so she's flailing about in all directions and I find it unattractive.

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 10:57 AM (5aZAZ)

297 Well, Virginia is for lovers.

Former Virginia Democrat Finance Chair Busted in FBI Child Porn Case

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 10:57 AM (L/fGl)

298 281 I'm sorry to hear about Bannon.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

Bannon was Trump's chief strategist at the beginning of his first term. Then Trump found out that Bannon was constantly leaking stuff to the NYT and promoting himself to the detriment of all around him. And Trump said YOU'RE FIRED!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 10:57 AM (uWKK8)

299 but William Dejah"

Wrong Dejah, barsoom...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:58 AM (XuXeR)

300 Shapiro's criticism of Tucker and Candace, Inc. at AmFest was very measured and reasoned, very factual not propagandistic.

In contrast to Tucker's presentation.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 10:58 AM (9ipOP)

301 Cucker is a coward, he never will go and point a finger the Big Zionist Trump. The one who actually is running the policy he so despises, with the bombing of Iran and all, and giving Jews all kinds of positions.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:58 AM (g47mK)

302 "We begin bombing Russia in five minutes".
Posted by: rickb223

All joking aside, I'm guessing probably Venezuela-related, with a lower chance of Middle-East or domestic/National Guard-ICE announcements. We just had several Iowa National Guardsmen killed and injured in Syria.

Posted by: Military Moron at December 22, 2025 10:59 AM (JCZqz)

303 No, you don't know that. You know he made a hyperbolic statement, that is indefensible.

That's all you know.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 10:55 AM (dGCAG)
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So if you stipulate that it's hyperbolic, ask yourself why he's making such a statement at an event put on by TPUSA a couple months after its founder was assassinated....

Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 10:59 AM (5aZAZ)

304 One estimate for 80% adoption comes out to 64,000 metric tons of Silver."

That's a s**t ton of silver. Call up the Hunt Brothers...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 10:59 AM (XuXeR)

305 Bannon was Trump's chief strategist at the beginning of his first term. Then Trump found out that Bannon was constantly leaking stuff to the NYT and promoting himself to the detriment of all around him. And Trump said YOU'RE FIRED!
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 10:57 AM (uWKK

And then he went after Trump! with some other asshoe. Bannon was always a two faced , backstabbing POS. Just ask those who worked had to suffer his tenure at Breitbart !

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:00 AM (g47mK)

306 Rantus Noodus

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 11:00 AM (O7YUW)

307 The implication is obvious, and I'd have seriously discount his intellect to assume it wasn't intentionally inflammatory.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 10:56 AM (dK+Kv)

Tucker's at war with the Israel lobby.

They're at war with him. Lots of silly things get said on both sides.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:00 AM (dGCAG)

308 Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness
Osservanza Master Italian
ca. 1435

Saint Anthony the Abbot (c. 251–356 AD) was an Egyptian hermit, considered the Father of Monasticism, who went into the desert after hearing hearing Jesus' words in the Gospel about selling possessions to follow Him, dedicating his life to prayer, asceticism, and temptations, becoming a legendary figure in Christian history known for his radical faith and spiritual battles, inspiring countless others into the wilderness.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 956 -
In part, "This panel is the sixth in a series of eight that includes Saint Anthony at Mass (Gemäldegalerie, SMPK, Berlin); Saint Anthony Distributing His Wealth and Saint Anthony Blessed by an Old Hermit (both National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.); Saint Anthony Tempted by the Devil in the Guise of a Woman and Saint Anthony Beaten by Devils (both Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven); and Journey and Meeting of Saint Anthony with Saint Paul the Hermit and Funeral of Saint Anthony (both National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)."
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New testament vs. Old testament art.

Given the life, I thought the rabbit was the gold.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 22, 2025 11:00 AM (NFX2v)

309 You were the first person I thought about when I heard about the outage. Glad you're OK.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 10:55 AM (77rzZ)
====

Thanks quite an experience. First night was fun. Second night not so much.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2025 11:01 AM (9ipOP)

310 NOOD. Thank goodness.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

311 And, Bannon was not Trump's "Chief Strategist". That is a construction that Bannon put on himself.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 11:01 AM (g47mK)

312 No, it is exactly where we are.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 10:56 AM (g47mK)

Is the "we" in the room with us right now?

Or are you reading that specifically from Lizzy's words?

I didn't, which suggests you are bring much of that to the conversations, which is why I classify that as out of left field.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 22, 2025 11:03 AM (dK+Kv)

313 Separated at birth?

https://is.gd/QOjuYq

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 22, 2025 11:03 AM (L/fGl)

314 So if you stipulate that it's hyperbolic, ask yourself why he's making such a statement at an event put on by TPUSA a couple months after its founder was assassinated....
Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 10:59 AM (5aZAZ)

He did it specifically because Ben Shapiro named him, as someone Megan Kelly should denounce and deplatform.

And many people were calling for TPUSA to deplatform him, to not let him speak at the event, even though Charlie Kirk specifically told Tucker to go hard, to not go easy on his critics.

This is a fight between the Israel lobby and Tucker (and Candace).

Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2025 11:03 AM (dGCAG)

315 Did you know that his sister has huge boobs?"

Joi Lansing level rack.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 11:04 AM (Da7Vv)

316 Cucker is a coward, he never will go and point a finger the Big Zionist Trump.

a well trained asset gets his cult members to do that for him.
He is eroding Trump's support, thanks to his propaganda effort

Posted by: kallisto at December 22, 2025 11:05 AM (dCxaZ)

317 Posted by: ballistic at December 22, 2025 10:57 AM (5aZAZ)

Shapiro has a speaking platform just like a lot of talking heads and that's the only difference between them and a blog and blog commentators.

What aggravates me is the undeserved influence all of these talking heads have and the ability to reach useful idiots. I understand that's the way it's been forever though.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 22, 2025 11:06 AM (KDPiq)

318 Just had a lovely experience . Was over at the church with FenSpouse decorating for Christmas . Some foolish person ( raising my hand) forgot the make sure that the door was completely locked and a young couple came in. They are visiting our town for the holiday and were sightseeing They have family or friends here but live in Panama. They sound like the might be free Eastern Europeanoriginally. I think they might be RC since those churches are open for much of the day for Mass and prayer. Anyway, I did invite them back to our carol and candlelight service.

And thanks , God , that nobody broke in overnight to take anything from us.


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 11:06 AM (m6Eem)

319 Apt piece of art. The church is walking a road lined with crucifixions, toward Armageddon city.

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2025 11:16 AM (dtj4g)

320 He’s not wearing a sombrero: it’s glow ball warming.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 11:24 AM (E0Kkk)

321 I like it a lot.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 12:24 PM (RuTUS)

322 It must be Autumn the Trees have no leaves or maybe its Winter either that or the Trees are Dead

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 22, 2025 04:43 PM (wGqjj)

The Morning Report — 12/22/25

TuckShill.jpg

Good morning kids. Let's start off with a couple of positive items that surprisingly come from a judiciary that over the years, and especially during and as a direct result of the dawning of the Donald Trump era has devolved into a direct threat to the very foundations of American government and the stability and security of our society.

The Milwaukee County judge on trial for helping a violent illegal immigrant elude federal law enforcement authorities has been convicted on one of the two charges against her. 

A jury late Thursday found Judge Hannah Dugan guilty of felony obstruction but determined there wasn’t enough evidence to convict her on a misdemeanor charge of concealing an individual from arrest. Her attorney told reporters that Dugan will appeal the conviction, a verdict that should serve as a wake-up call to judges who disregard laws they don’t like in the furtherance of judicial activism.

Well of course she'll appeal, since despite my seeing this as a positive sign, given the nature of who occupies far too many a judge's seat in far too many an American courtroom, she might have a shot at winning an appeal. And yet she lost in a Wisconsin court which as we all know, thanks to Madison and Milwaukee is not the conservative bastion that it seemingly ought to be, especially in the eyes of a NYC transplant like me. But be that as it may, here's hoping this criminal is disbarred, disrobed and never gets within 1000 miles of a judges bench except as a defendant, and ultimately serves a lengthy stretch in a federal lockup.

And, speaking of Wisconsin, this decision came down from that state's highest court, that, given its current far-leftist majority is a pleasant surprise:

Earlier this year, on June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court rendered a major victory for religious freedom in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission.  In a unanimous judgment authored by Justice Sotomayor, the Court reversed an earlier order in favor of Wisconsin.  The justices reasoned that Wisconsin violated Catholic Charities’ First Amendment rights in denying it a tax exemption because it thought the services provided were not primarily religious insofar as its employees “‘do not proselytize or serve only Catholics’ in the course of performing charitable work.”

On remand, Wisconsin officials ignored the Supreme Court, again denying Catholic Charities’ request for an exemption.  However, on December 15, 2025, in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, on appeal, the state’s high court summarily ruled that Catholic Charities is entitled to the requested exemption from unemployment taxation.  As such, this column reviews Catholic Charities’ judicial history before reflecting on its impact on religious freedom. . .

. . . On December 15, 2025, in Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, Wisconsin’s highest court summarily ruled that “[i]n light of the Supreme Court’s holding that this court ‘impose[d] a denominational preference’ that does not survive strict scrutiny…we determine that Catholic Charities [and its sub-entities are] eligible for the religious purposes exemption to [state] unemployment taxation. . .

. . . Catholic Charities is noteworthy because members of the Supreme Court, including separationists Justice Sotomayor, author of its unanimous opinion, with fellow separationist Justice Jackson penning a separate concurrence, put aside their ideological differences in rectifying Wisconsin’s having trammeled Catholic Charities’ First Amendment rights. . . In sum, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court finally applied precedent properly in protecting Catholic Charities’ religious freedom rights.  In so doing, Wisconsin’s judges acknowledged that because secular jurists lack the authority, and expertise, to interpret what qualifies as being at the heart of the Catholic Church’s or any other church’s mission, they must defer to the judgments of religious leaders who define their missions.

So smacking down a rogue justice who interfered with federal law enforcement and actually aided and abetted a cviolent criminal evade apprehension and a decision that upholds religious liberty, we are given a couple of things to keep hope alive.


And yet elsewhere in the world as lurker extraordinaire Prof. Victor Davis Hanson notes it is indeed open season on Jews. For sure the ongoing 1,500-year bloody war of genocide waged by Islam is a war on Jews. But there is also a rhetorical war being waged against The Jews which sadly has its roots in racial/religious bigotry that predates the founding of this nation and even way before Islam.

Just a few years ago, it used to be that anti-Semitism was mostly on the left and repugnantly identifiable and condemnable by most. . . The right used to be a unified corrective to left-wing anti-Semitism. It still polls nearly 70 percent in favor of Israel. For a while longer, it is far more likely to condemn anti-Semitic violence than the left. But recently, its own base, in varying degrees, has come full circle and joined the left in its distaste for Israel and Jews in general. . . One hallmark of the new right-wing furor against Jews and Israel is the strange symbiosis they employ. Formerly edgy podcasters become vicarious hosts of virulent anti-Semites. The partnerships are a way of not directly owning up to their toxicity but just “putting it out there.”
. . .Candace Owens initially championed Kanye West (“I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up, I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE."). Then she graduated to expressing her own old anti-Semitic tropes: “There is just a very small ring of specific people who are using the fact that they are Jewish to shield themselves from any criticism. … All Americans should want answers because this appears to be something that is quite sinister.”

Tucker Carlson hosted critics of the U.S. effort against Hitler in World War II and Israel-behind-it conspiracists before escalating to inviting Nick Fuentes on in a mostly friendly manner—which might be attributed to his interview format, except he has attacked fellow conservatives far more than has odious Fuentes.

I have no idea how Carlson and Owens were brought up or arrived at their beliefs about "Jews" or "The Jews?" I assume that both have either inherited/absorbed the beliefs of their parents and families which have been passed on for generations. It's not the world's oldest hatred for no reason. Or, even worse, maybe they engage in this merely for personal gain.

It's a very short walk from Charlie Kirk and 9/11, to the Deicide trope and even believing that Jews use the blood of Christian children to make Passover matzohs.

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1 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 22, 2025 07:20 AM (Cjt/F)

2 Hope this week brings you joy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 22, 2025 07:20 AM (Cjt/F)

3 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 07:20 AM (dAOkg)

4 And the same to everyone in the Horde!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 22, 2025 07:20 AM (Cjt/F)

5 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 07:21 AM (dAOkg)

6 Greetings and Happy Monday! I only have a two day work week so I'm in a semi decent mood today. Hopefully that sticks around after I read the articles.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 07:22 AM (OPGS/)

7 And yet elsewhere in the world as lurker extraordinaire Prof. Victor Davis Hanson notes it is indeed open season on Jews.
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Wabbi season!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 07:22 AM (E+OH8)

8 And in other news, that RINO prick Massie is out there bragging about building a 'bipartisan coalition' to try and impeach Bondi.

It still breaks my brain idiots think he's 'principled'.

Funny how he never tried to impeach Garland. Where were his 'principles' then.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at December 22, 2025 07:22 AM (lCHt6)

9 Playing by the left's rules is a sucker's game. Saying that "we are better than that" is just a way for losers to lose.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

10 Deck the halls with Commie corpses
Fa la la la la la la la la
'Tis the time to be remorseless
Fa la la la la la la la la
Wield we now are sharp stiletti
Fa la la la la la la la la
Carve the pinks into confetti
Fa la la la la la la la la

Posted by: Eeyore at December 22, 2025 07:22 AM (s0JqF)

11 Happy Monday

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 07:22 AM (gbOdA)

12 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 07:23 AM (NwnyJ)

13 There's probably a real "court of public opinion" angle to consider. What is Justice when it's exactly these sorts of mutants meting it out? Conviction and sentencing isn't our best option to take for a victory condition, mostly because it will never happen. Public opinion is far more important. The big story isn't about one or two scumbags here and there evading justice. The big story is that justice itself is being dispensed by scumbags.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 07:24 AM (06Hmj)

14 Deck the halls with Commie corpses
Fa la la la la la la la la
'Tis the time to be remorseless
Fa la la la la la la la la
Wield we now are sharp stiletti
Fa la la la la la la la la
Carve the pinks into confetti
Fa la la la la la la la la

Posted by: Eeyore



Golf clap

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 07:24 AM (dAOkg)

15 Georgia's State Secretary should have shut up:

https://tinyurl.com/e55u75cb

Here's hoping that he needs to lawyer up at a minimum.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 07:25 AM (E+OH8)

16 "And in other news, that RINO prick Massie is out there bragging about building a 'bipartisan coalition' to try and impeach Bondi."

If she can't figure out how to body slam these assholes then good riddance.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

17 Let’s Return to Election Day
_______
Good idea, but how to get there from here?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 22, 2025 07:28 AM (s0JqF)

18 In so doing, Wisconsin’s judges acknowledged that because secular jurists lack the authority, and expertise, to interpret what qualifies as being at the heart of the Catholic Church’s or any other church’s mission, they must defer to the judgments of religious leaders who define their missions.
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Great. Outsource it to a star chamber of carefully selected "religious leaders" like Al Sharpton and some acolyte of Yassir Arafat. This will not be an improvement, I fear. Time will tell, I suppose.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 07:29 AM (avHHk)

19 "defrocked?"

C'mon JJ, she isn't an ordained minister.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 07:29 AM (qFwJc)

20 eorgia's State Secretary should have shut up:

https://tinyurl.com/e55u75cb

Here's hoping that he needs to lawyer up at a minimum.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 07:25 AM (E+OH
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Some prior history:

https://tinyurl.com/muz3bx4u

And yet 1000s of these criminal politicians across the entire United States are still walking free as a bird out on the streets.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 07:29 AM (E+OH8)

21 Apparently Trump has removed 29 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions. I sense a disturbance to the graft flow.

Posted by: davidt at December 22, 2025 07:30 AM (Q+gd/)

22 We can b!ame Ratshitburger for Trump "losing" in 2020, and we can credit him with Trump getting a more effective second term four years later.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

23 19 "defrocked?"

C'mon JJ, she isn't an ordained minister.
Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 07:29 AM (qFwJc)


I meant her judges robes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 22, 2025 07:31 AM (x0n13)

24 Cornered rat: Venezuela's dictator reportedly offering a 'bounty' to cartels for a hit on President Trump

That's not going to end very well. But I'm sure we have enough people in this country that would aid the cartels in carrying it out.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 07:32 AM (OPGS/)

25

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 22, 2025 07:32 AM (DDJSl)

26 Vermont Drifts Toward a Property-Tax Doom Spiral
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That gives a 404. And searching American Thinker didn't find it. Puzzling.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 22, 2025 07:34 AM (s0JqF)

27 Face it. She's frocked.

Posted by: Frick, frack, frock. at December 22, 2025 07:34 AM (2Ez/1)

28 And even more on Georgia from Rasmussen:

https://tinyurl.com/57899j46

That's the night that the lights went out.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 07:34 AM (E+OH8)

29 Let’s Return to Election Day
_______
Good idea, but how to get there from here?
Posted by: Eeyore


Announce at noon today, "Election day is Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 ONLY. You are adults. You have ten months to figure out how you will be there on time or you will miss voting which will be entirely your fault."

Thank you for adulting.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 07:35 AM (dAOkg)

30 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 07:35 AM (D4Iav)

31 Willowed:

"Obama and Biden could get away with ignoring many of the rules and procedures because Democrats spent the last 30 years recruiting thousands of political judges and political DA’s. Conservatives have never done that and do not have resources like that to call on. The situation sucks but that’s the truth.
Posted by: Tom Servo "

That's another way of saying the GOP is a worthless pile of dog squit.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

32 We can b!ame Ratshitburger for Trump "losing" in 2020, and we can credit him with Trump getting a more effective second term four years later.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:30 AM (vFG9F)
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Don't care. Don't trust his motives either.

If he did the crime, he needs to do the time. All of them.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 07:36 AM (E+OH8)

33 Imagine a Democrat — any Democrat — walking onto a college campus and telling students, “Donald Trump is an existential threat to our democracy. Prove me wrong.”

Walks up to table.

"You're not dead."

Walks away from table.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 07:38 AM (uQesX)

34 "You have ten months to figure out how you will be there on time or you will miss voting which will be entirely your fault."

Thank you for adulting."

###
This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Grossly overweight females walking around Walmart in pajamas and fuzzy slippers at December 22, 2025 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)

35 I enjoyed the lesbian police chief preaching to the low IQ folks in washington dc. They were hopping up and down and cheering like they was at an old tyme Darktown Strutters Ball.

Posted by: Zombie Lou Monte at December 22, 2025 07:39 AM (m8zKa)

36 26 Vermont Drifts Toward a Property-Tax Doom Spiral
--------
That gives a 404. And searching American Thinker didn't find it. Puzzling.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 22, 2025 07:34 AM (s0JqF)



It's in its archives but I also get a 404 note.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 22, 2025 07:39 AM (x0n13)

37 Bill Clinton no longer is seen in public, for fear of getting the Andrew, formerly known as "Prince", treatment. The Epstein photos and docs are the modern age in miniature: salacious, political, banal, and ultimately unjust. No trial will result, no one wins, and so many reputations gone. Good job Massie and Khanna.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 07:39 AM (rPFFq)

38 Imagine a Democrat — any Democrat — walking onto a college campus and telling students, “Donald Trump is an existential threat to our democracy. Prove me wrong.”

Walks up to table.

"You're not dead."

Walks away from table.
Posted by: OrangeEnt


Boom!

And they still wouldn't understand.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 07:40 AM (dAOkg)

39 > Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission
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Never heard of a "Catholic Charities Bureau" before. Is it somehow related to the ubiquitous "Catholic Charities" that has been known to be involved in human trafficking and facilitating the migration of South and Central Americans to the US?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 07:41 AM (NwnyJ)

40 Trump should rethink his support for weed. Increasing the normalization and legalization of pot will only increase our nation’s problems.

Why must I be assaulted daily almost everywhere with the stench of skunk?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 07:41 AM (uQesX)

41 Last week was a horrible week for Trump
SOROS has offered a Christmas week armistice

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 22, 2025 07:36 AM (RC8wk)
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3+ more years.

Hold your breath, Bozo.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 07:42 AM (E+OH8)

42 "Don't care. Don't trust his motives either.

If he did the crime, he needs to do the time. All of them.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,"

His motive was certainly not to get Trump elected again. The best I can tell his motivation is sucking GA GOP dick while letting the Dems have their way with his pooter.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:42 AM (vFG9F)

43 And they still wouldn't understand.
Posted by: rickb223

Exactly. But they will feel good which counts.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 07:42 AM (OPGS/)

44 It takes a village to satisfy my husband.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at December 22, 2025 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

45 C'mon JJ, she isn't an ordained minister.
——

It’s fair, because that’s how a lot of them view themselves, I’d wager. High priests and priestesses of the Church of “Social Justice”.

They are apostate, to take the analogy further? They don’t belong in those positions. Saboteurs for lack of a better term, the way I see it.

Their oath of office is to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution, to uphold our laws, and they set about to subvert it, and pervert it. And they are quite honest about that.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 07:43 AM (7NvEU)

46 Old Joe Biden won Georgia by nearly 12,000 votes, which means that the Georgia state election could have been stolen from Trump with 303,000 to spare. And that’s just Georgia.

Instead of asking to find 12k votes to Raffensberger Trump should have asked him to throw out the 300k fake votes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 07:43 AM (gbOdA)

47 Never heard of a "Catholic Charities Bureau" before. Is it somehow related to the ubiquitous "Catholic Charities" that has been known to be involved in human trafficking and facilitating the migration of South and Central Americans to the US?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 07:41 AM (NwnyJ)

Catholic Charities Bureau comes with matching Night Stand and Chest of Drawers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 07:44 AM (gbOdA)

48 45 It takes a village to satisfy my husband.
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at December 22, 2025 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

Judges would have accepted 8th Grade Girls Volleyball Team.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 07:45 AM (gbOdA)

49 I meant her judges robes.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 22, 2025 07:31 AM (x0n13)
++++
That is "disrobed."

I wish there was a better term for it, but it is what it is.
Clergy are defrocked.
Lawyers are disbarred.
Judges are disrobed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 07:46 AM (avHHk)

50 But there is also a rhetorical war being waged against The Jews which sadly has its roots in racial/religious bigotry that predates the founding of this nation and even way before Islam.
-

Big resignation at Heritage Foundation:

https://t.co/Tn5eNM6Nr9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 07:46 AM (E+OH8)

51 Catholic Charities Bureau comes with matching Night Stand and Chest of Drawers.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 07:44 AM (gbOdA)
++++
Do all of them ship with third-world savages packed in with them?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 07:47 AM (avHHk)

52 "Judges are disrobed."

Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at December 22, 2025 07:47 AM (2Ez/1)

53 I really regret Trump turning on Stephanik. As much as I respect Trump's instincts, she is a young, aggressive, successful politician and his refusal to endorse her stinks. I detest Hochul and Stephanik had a great chance to kick her butt out of Albany.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 07:47 AM (A1VDq)

54 50 I meant her judges robes.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 22, 2025 07:31 AM (x0n13)
++++
That is "disrobed."

I wish there was a better term for it, but it is what it is.
Clergy are defrocked.
Lawyers are disbarred.
Judges are disrobed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 07:46 AM (avHHk)



Thanks!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 22, 2025 07:48 AM (x0n13)

55 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at December 22, 2025 07:48 AM (53oGX)

56 >“So I’m going to the Bible when I say to my haters, [dramatic pause] F you.”
‘To My Haters, F YOU!’: DC Police Chief’s Stunning Resignation Speech (another miserable you-know-what Courveh - jjs)
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District of Columbia government is basically a jobs program for non-whites

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:50 AM (ZxPkt)

57 >> I have no idea how Carlson and Owens were brought up or arrived at their beliefs about "Jews" or "The Jews?"

Thank you JJ. I have no idea myself… having been raised as a Baptist preacher’s kid from my earliest memories I heard the Bible including the Abrahamic Covenant in Genesis 12: I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse.

In my experience, Bible-based Protestants (that’s what I know best) are naturally resistant to antisemitism because we take the Bible very seriously… TuCa and CO just make me shake my head in disbelief.

This notion that the Jews killed God is ludicrous; again from the Scripture (Isaiah 53): Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him (it was the will of God the Father that Jesus die… it was the divine plan)

I’m rambling now. Anyway… Merry Christmas, all

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 07:51 AM (/iXAp)

58 >“So I’m going to the Bible when I say to my haters, [dramatic pause] F you.”
‘To My Haters, F YOU!’: DC Police Chief’s Stunning Resignation Speech

--

Curiously, I can't find "F you" in my Bible.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 22, 2025 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

59 *District of Columbia government is basically a jobs program for non-whites.*


Da bish set me up.

Posted by: Marion Barry at December 22, 2025 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)

60 Linus, very well.put.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 07:54 AM (sDNVV)

61 "Traffic jammed the streets as a result as autonomous vehicles ground to a halt. "

This is how the world ends.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:54 AM (vFG9F)

62 I detest Hochul and Stephanik had a great chance to kick her butt out of Albany.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 07:47 AM (A1VDq)

I know we don't need to believe polls, especially this far from an election, but weren't both Rs trailing the witch?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 07:56 AM (uQesX)

63 > "Traffic jammed the streets as a result as autonomous vehicles ground to a halt."
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I can only think of a few, blue shitholes where a headline like this would even appear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 07:57 AM (NwnyJ)

64 59'“So I’m going to the Bible when I say to my haters, [dramatic pause] F you.”
‘To My Haters, F YOU!’: DC Police Chief’s Stunning Resignation Speech


Curiously, I can't find "F you" in my Bible.'

You won't find "Be incompetent, lying trash" in the Bibe either but she did that too.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 22, 2025 07:57 AM (fd80v)

65 ... Thank you JJ. I have no idea myself… having been raised as a Baptist preacher’s kid from my earliest memories I heard the Bible including the Abrahamic Covenant in Genesis 12: I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse.

In my experience, Bible-based Protestants (that’s what I know best) are naturally resistant to antisemitism because we take the Bible very seriously… TuCa and CO just make me shake my head in disbelief. ...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 07:51 AM (/iXAp)
+++++
In my experience, I have *not* found default anti-Jewish positions among most evangelical Christians, Mormons or Catholics. Historically, the Catholics used to have default - and even very well-developed - anti-Jewish positions, but I came up in John Paul II's world and his influence was titanic. I never have never experienced it as a default operational mode among Catholics.

I have met individual bigots of all stripes, of course, but there *are* groups where I write it off as something I need to potentially worry about.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 07:58 AM (avHHk)

66 “So I’m going to the Bible when I say to my haters, [dramatic pause] F you.”
‘To My Haters, F YOU!’: DC Police Chief’s Stunning Resignation Speech

--

Curiously, I can't find "F you" in my Bible.
Posted by: Lady in Black



It's right next to Sister Bertha BetterThanYou.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 07:58 AM (dAOkg)

67 I’m not a fan of Joe Biden, for many reasons, but I’m quite certain it has absolutely nothing to do with his (purported) Catholicism. Leftists generally like to try and hide behind religious or ethnic identifiers.

Or the classic “You just hate women” as the reason nobody wanted to elect Mrs. Clinton for the presidency.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 07:58 AM (7NvEU)

68 "Traffic jammed the streets as a result as autonomous vehicles ground to a halt. "

This is how the world ends.
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:54 AM (vFG9F)
++++
Which story is that?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 07:58 AM (avHHk)

69 I have met individual bigots of all stripes, of course, but there *are* groups where I write it off as something I need to potentially worry about.
Posted by: Joe Mannix


I.e. Dearborn

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 07:59 AM (dAOkg)

70 Restitution and justice is needed. Many examples. Here's a famous one:

https://tinyurl.com/4x6eusdb

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 07:59 AM (E+OH8)

71 Which story is that?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)"


"Massive San Francisco Power Outage Leaves 130,000 Homes, Businesses in the Dark"

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

72 Or the classic “You just hate women” as the reason nobody wanted to elect Mrs. Clinton for the presidency.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 07:58 AM (7NvEU)
++++
Always loved that one, and its opposite of "I voted for her because she's a woman."

Not at all. She's no more a woman than John McCain was a man. These are sexless creatures of power.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:00 AM (avHHk)

73 "There goes the Robert E. Lee."

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 08:01 AM (qFwJc)

74 "Massive San Francisco Power Outage Leaves 130,000 Homes, Businesses in the Dark"
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:59 AM (vFG9F)
++++
Thanks.

Not so "autonomous," are they? They can't operate in a vacuum. Without the radio, they can't work. Internet outages absent a power failure would have the same effect.

One of many reasons to *always* have some cash on hand. Systems are broadly reliable, but those outages are a bitch and a half. Anyone advocating for total, continuous reliance on them without even short-term (i.e., "a day or two") ability to function during an outage is either a fool or a monster.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:03 AM (avHHk)

75 Which story is that?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 07:58 AM (avHHk)
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Waymos in SF. However:

https://tinyurl.com/3nzmcabj

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:03 AM (E+OH8)

76 When the power goes out, my silver will be priceless.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 08:04 AM (qFwJc)

77 "There goes the Robert E. Lee."
Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 08:01 AM (qFwJc)
++++
It always amused me that one of the greatest modern songs about that war came from Canada.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:04 AM (avHHk)

78 "Was Rob Reiner a Deep State Spook? Roll the Tape..."

Hollywood Meathead of the first order.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 08:05 AM (vFG9F)

79 "Father, what did we use to make light before candles?"

"We had electricity."

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 08:05 AM (qFwJc)

80 Victor Davis Hanson: As leaders equivocate and extremists unite left and right, open season on Jews spreads across the West—unchecked, unnamed, and certain to grow deadlier.

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In her 30-minute speech at TPUSA's AmericaFest, DNI Tulsi Gabbard -- whom the GloboHomo Deep State has been trying to take down (along with Pete Hegseth since their Cabinet appointments) named names, especially the threat of Islamist Death Cult Terrorist Groups like "Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Al-Shabaab Hamas, Boko Haram, and others."

Additionally: "If we don't take action TO IDENTIFY THIS THREAT, TO DEFINE IT, TO CALL IT OUT FOR WHAT IT IS, AND TAKE ACTION TO DEFEAT IT, we'll find ourselves in a place where many European countries -- and countries like Australia -- have found themselves."

\youtube.com/watch?
v=TBQjq1VGuc4&t=73s

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 08:05 AM (21Usy)

81 Waymos in SF. However:

https://tinyurl.com/3nzmcabj
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:03 AM (E+OH
++++
A couple of weeks ago, multiple Waymo vehicles deadlocked and blocked traffic after being unable to resolve a minor collision involving two Waymo vehicles executing multi-point turns to get out of a dead-end street.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:06 AM (avHHk)

82 Not so "autonomous," are they? They can't operate in a vacuum. Without the radio, they can't work. Internet outages absent a power failure would have the same effect.

One of many reasons to *always* have some cash on hand. Systems are broadly reliable, but those outages are a bitch and a half. Anyone advocating for total, continuous reliance on them without even short-term (i.e., "a day or two") ability to function during an outage is either a fool or a monster.
Posted by: Joe Mannix


Stick a mannequin in the street. They can't differentiate between fake and human so they stop.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:07 AM (dAOkg)

83 ... and what Genghis Khan may have done for sexually transmitted diseases.

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"I feel his pain."

/Bubba "BJ" Clinton

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 08:07 AM (21Usy)

84 U.S. to Spend $60B Turning Gaza into ‘High-Tech Metropolis’

Which will be destroyed in the first week, the building materials will be repurposed for weapons and the buildings that remain standing will be Hamas bases.

But hey; we can show that we Did Something to Help because we Care So Hard.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 08:08 AM (OPGS/)

85 San Francisco is the Waymo disaster capitol of the world.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 08:08 AM (NwnyJ)

86 That Waymo traffic jam in SF is hilarious. Imagine if Steve McQueen had to deal with that?

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 08:09 AM (vFG9F)

87 How much new construction is there in the part of San Francisco hit by the power outage? Natural gas is illegal in new construction there, so the new stuff is left with *nothing* when the power goes down. No cooking or hot water.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:09 AM (avHHk)

88 A couple of weeks ago, multiple Waymo vehicles deadlocked and blocked traffic after being unable to resolve a minor collision involving two Waymo vehicles executing multi-point turns to get out of a dead-end street.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:06 AM (avHHk)
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Obligatory movie clip:

https://youtu.be/-TwBaNrk9XE

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:09 AM (E+OH8)

89 I know we don't need to believe polls, especially this far from an election, but weren't both Rs trailing the witch?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 07:56 AM (uQesX)

On polls…. There’s a great series of Peanuts comic strips where Lucy convinces Linus to run for school president (with Charlie Brown as his VP). She’s taking her own personal polls of the student body (by yelling threateningly “who you gonna vote for! Well you better!)… and on the eve of the election she tells Linus “according to my polls you have the election in the bag… you have the whiplash vote, the eyelash, etc etc… as long as you don’t do anything stupid you’re guaranteed to win.

So Linus gives his last speech before the election and talks about… the Great Pumpkin… and gets laughed off the stage and blows the election. Charlie Brown is staring at him. He says: “You’re looking at me like I’m crazy.” Charlie Brown says “No, I’m looking at you like I coulda been VP.”

Never believe polls LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 08:09 AM (/iXAp)

90 Waymos in SF. However:

https://tinyurl.com/3nzmcabj
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey


There was an end of the world movie that mirrored that. Teslas all received the same instructions and then kept piling up on a road.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:11 AM (dAOkg)

91 Morning JJ and the Horde. Spot on about the Judges. They all think they are untouchable no matter, federal, State or local.

That is why it is so important to to get the Bush 1 and 2 Judges to retire also, many are no better than Dem appointments

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:12 AM (YCxFk)

92 U.S. to Spend $60B Turning Gaza into ‘High-Tech Metropolis’

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 08:08 AM (OPGS/)
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FYI, the other day the WH said that claims that the money is coming from the US Gov are fake news.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:12 AM (E+OH8)

93 I submit that islam HAS already conquered western Europe.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 22, 2025 08:12 AM (xvV+O)

94 (Shouldn't she be stripped of her law license before serving a lengthy prison sentence?)

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Can she be stripped of her citizenship and exiled to CECOT in El Salvador?

/Damn 14th Amendment ...

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 08:13 AM (21Usy)

95 Never believe polls LoL
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 08:09 AM (/iXAp)

If Hoc is that hated, any semi-decent R should be able to take her out. Wouldn't just be Stefanik who could do it. Besides, Trump said he liked her and the other potential candidate. Did she drop out because Trump didn't name her as the one? Maybe she quit because of something else?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 08:13 AM (uQesX)

96 If I knew how to do it, I would get AI to do the Bullitt chase scene with Waymo taxis blocking everything.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

97 Which story is that?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 07:58 AM (avHHk)
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"The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster. A classic.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 08:14 AM (ESVrU)

98 What conservative voter answers a unknown number on his cell phone to participate in a poll in the first place?

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:14 AM (YCxFk)

99 Finally, a mention of Judge Dugan's smackdown. I think it's an extremely important story, and I was surprised Ace didn't comment on it much.

And yet she lost in a Wisconsin court which as we all know, thanks to Madison and Milwaukee is not the conservative bastion that it seemingly ought to be...

That's where Trump/Bondi have an edge. These charges are from Federal court, so they pull from a very large area, including lots of very red rural area. You get good jury screening to weed out the far Left Bluesky activists, and you, at worst, might have a jury of LIV normies.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 22, 2025 08:15 AM (ycI94)

100 "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster. A classic.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 08:14 AM (ESVrU)
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Heh, that it is.

"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Bradbury is sort of its opposite - the machine keeps going to the best of its ability absent man's influence.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:15 AM (avHHk)

101 I am completely against the disrobing of Judge Dugan.
She ugly.

Posted by: Arbiter of Beauty And Taste! at December 22, 2025 08:15 AM (oftw2)

102 U.S. to Spend $60B Turning Gaza into ‘High-Tech Metropolis’

Posted by: NR Pax


I wish we'd have spent $60 B turning Gaza into Glowing Land.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:15 AM (dAOkg)

103 I looked for the Sun Unconquered today but it is drizzling.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:15 AM (jc0TO)

104 "I never have never experienced it as a default operational mode among Catholics."

Wait, wut?

Posted by: Duble Neg at December 22, 2025 08:16 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Mornin’ All. Happy Christmas Eve Eve Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 08:16 AM (77rzZ)

106 "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Bradbury is sort of its opposite - the machine keeps going to the best of its ability absent man's influence.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:15 AM (avHHk)
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Possibly one of the most depressing stories ever written.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 08:16 AM (ESVrU)

107 Wisconsin’s judges thought Catholic Charities was not Catholic enough to get a tax exemption. The U.S. Supreme Court weighed in, 9-0.

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Are the Democrat-Communists bleating that six of those Justices identify as Catholics and should have recused themselves?

/When was that last time we had a 3-0 SCOTUS ruling?

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 08:17 AM (21Usy)

108 Conservative catholic blogger one day posted that there are 15 white catholic Dem men in the US Senate, and they all support infanticide or late term abortion.

We did get rid of one of them in Bob Casey last year

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:17 AM (YCxFk)

109 U.S. to Spend $60B Turning Gaza into ‘High-Tech Metropolis’

At this point the politicians and banksters are doing nothing but going from stateroom to stateroom stealing all of the valuables on the Titanic.

Explain why I should continue to pay taxes when the game is plunder and fraud without restriction.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 08:17 AM (nAS9C)

110 Today Is National Date Nut Bread.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

111 If Hoc is that hated, any semi-decent R should be able to take her out. Wouldn't just be Stefanik who could do it. Besides, Trump said he liked her and the other potential candidate. Did she drop out because Trump didn't name her as the one? Maybe she quit because of something else?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 08:13 AM (uQesX)

The only thing I heard is that Trump declined to endorse because the other R in the race is close to Trump and he didn’t want to choose… said something like “they’re both great so it’s difficult for me”…. I speculate Stefanik didn’t want a bruising primary; maybe she’s tired of politics so she dropped out. At least she didn’t pull an MTG and leave Congress immediately. I know nothing about NY state politics but if it’s like CA I’m not optimistic… back in 2021 Gavin Newsom was hated it seemed by all and we got a recall on the ballot and mysteriously he beat it by a landslide. I think cheating with mail-ins…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 08:19 AM (/iXAp)

112 Was it here that someone posted a link to X, where a user over there laid out how Tesla is the "proving ground" for Musk's "AI Robot Revolution."

It was an interesting, speculative post.

TL ; DR - The same self-driving logic that is being developed for Tesla cars is very similar to what is being used in Musk's robots under development. IOW how they'd navigate around a warehouse, factory, hospital, your house, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 08:20 AM (NwnyJ)

113 The thing about the blood libel... it doesn't make sense. It's obviously from someone who has never baked bread. Blood would just be blecch in matza. It persists because of magical thinking.

Also, do you really think the homeless would exist if they were doing that? The streets would be clean in no time.

/eyeroll/ I cannot even....

Posted by: GWB at December 22, 2025 08:20 AM (9Q9Z4)

114 Explain why I should continue to pay taxes when the game is plunder and fraud without restriction.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 08:17 AM (nAS9C)
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Comment 93 and inhale.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:20 AM (E+OH8)

115 Stefanik dropped out, but she got a tough primary opponent, and wanted a clear path and endorsement from Trump.

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:20 AM (YCxFk)

116 Date nut bread? Who’s even heard of that?

Sounds disgusting.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 08:20 AM (77rzZ)

117 Gaza appears to be a massive stalemate, and while Trump succeeded in getting the hostages released, I can’t see any other steps from his plan ever being accomplished. Of course this was easy to predict the moment it was announced; but as I said at least it got the hostages back, as Israel had allowed itself to become paralyzed for fear of hurting them.
So what happens next? Looks like nothing happens next. Hamas continues to consolidate power in the parts of Gaza they still control; Israel consolidates power in the half they control. There will be peacekeeping force because no one will go in to face off with Hamas, and there will be no rebuilding of Gaza. The whole mess will just go on, and on, and on.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 08:21 AM (trsuh)

118 I am completely against the disrobing of Judge Dugan.
She ugly.
Posted by: Arbiter of Beauty And Taste! at December 22, 2025 08:15 AM (oftw2)

Bend them over, they are all the same.

Posted by: Billy Jeff, Rapist and Pervert at December 22, 2025 08:21 AM (m8zKa)

119 Good morning, friends! Thank you all who shared your Christmas tree stories. I loved reading about them. Definitely brought joy!

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 08:21 AM (Wmg4n)

120 Good morning Horde, happy Monday. Thx JJ.
Agree that Scott Adams is an American patriot. Unfortunately he doesn't have long to live. May God protect and keep him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 08:21 AM (MoRvC)

121 So sad to me about Tucker. I was a big fan of him and MTG.

Does everybody in the spotlight have to be a grifter?

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (YCxFk)

122 U.S. to Spend $60B Turning Gaza into ‘High-Tech Metropolis’

Really? and exactly where are they going to find this labor force that can build this "high-tech metropolis"?

$60B doesn't even cover the State Department's vig before the first architectural meeting takes place.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (U4c/V)

123 Also, do you really think the homeless would exist if they were doing that? The streets would be clean in no time.

Posted by: GWB at December 22, 2025 08:20 AM (9Q9Z4)
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THAT'S ALOTTA MATZAH!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (E+OH8)

124
g'mornin' again, rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (tljrc)

125 FYI, the other day the WH said that claims that the money is coming from the US Gov are fake news.

I truly hope so.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (OPGS/)

126 121. Well said Glove

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (YCxFk)

127 I think cheating with mail-ins…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 08:19 AM (/iXAp)

So, Hoc probably wins again no matter who runs. Frauding their way into rule. Vote fraud should be a capital offense.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (uQesX)

128 Today Is National Date Nut Bread.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:17 AM (NpAcC)
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I suppose that's better than National Date Nuts Day, when Rule #1 is no longer in effect.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (ESVrU)

129 It’s a Mississippi case about whether a state may accept mail-in ballots received after election day. The Magnolia State counts ballots that arrive up to five days after the election. (They must be postmarked by election day).

The new USPS system to collect mail locally at smaller stations and then centrally process (postmark) invalidates all forms of mail-in voting.
With there present system the local PO postmarks the mail usually within a day of drop off.
The central system could mean a piece of mail dropped off in Friday may not hit a process center until Tuesday.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

130 Turning Gaza into a high tech metropolis is a fantasy. High tech metropoli can't be populated by murderous nitwits

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 08:23 AM (MoRvC)

131 Levy's Rye Bread also has a secret blood base to it.

Posted by: Mrs. Choate's Marble Rye at December 22, 2025 08:23 AM (oftw2)

132 Possibly one of the most depressing stories ever written.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2025 08:16 AM (ESVrU)
++++
Bradbury was good at bleak. "The Veldt" is bleak AF, too.

There was a good radio dramatization of "There Will Come Soft Rains" back in the 50s. IIRC, it was on "Dimension X," but it could have been "Exploring Tomorrow" or another.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:23 AM (avHHk)

133 "$60B doesn't even cover the State Department's vig before the first architectural meeting takes place."
***

What's a vig?

Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at December 22, 2025 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

134 So what happens next? Looks like nothing happens next. Hamas continues to consolidate power in the parts of Gaza they still control; Israel consolidates power in the half they control. There will be peacekeeping force because no one will go in to face off with Hamas, and there will be no rebuilding of Gaza. The whole mess will just go on, and on, and on.

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Is the end result the slow elimination of Gaza & Hamas. Let's assume you are right about Hamas and Gaza. They are consolidating power in a smaller area. Are we bound to repeat the past few years again and again until one day when Israel has total control over Gaza? Its a problem that no one really wants to deal with because no one wants the Palestinians.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:24 AM (sX1BW)

135 “So I’m going to the Bible when I say to my haters, [dramatic pause] F you.”

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So who translated the Bible into Ebonics?

/Samuel L. Jackson?

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 08:24 AM (21Usy)

136 I was a big fan of him and MTG.

Does everybody in the spotlight have to be a grifter?

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (YCxFk)
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Apparently so:

https://tinyurl.com/pe9mut2p

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:24 AM (E+OH8)

137 I'm curious to see how things go with Carlson, now, since he's reached the point of telling people they should embrace Islam.

Is this the end of his grift? I kinda think "no." I would hope making common cause with the Muslims would be a bridge too far for anyone on the Right, but I'm betting most of his followers will rationalize it.

Something along the lines of "you know, we share a lot of values with these cousin-fucking savages, after all, and they're a damn sight better than the Jews. Their hummus is better, too."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 08:25 AM (BI5O2)

138 @122 Jonah, i think in a lot of cases it's cause and effect. The people who seek the spotlight end up showing their true nature.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 08:25 AM (MoRvC)

139 Rob Schneider Roasts ‘Grifter’ Candace Owens
And it was glorious!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

140 What's a vig?

Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at December 22, 2025 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)
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Same as in town.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:25 AM (E+OH8)

141 What's a vig?

short for "vigorish" - a commission or fee that a bookmaker charges for taking a bet.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 08:26 AM (U4c/V)

142 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

143 Stefanik dropped out, but she got a tough primary opponent, and wanted a clear path and endorsement from Trump.

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Someone closer the situation will have to explain it to me. From afar, it does not look like a good sign at all.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:26 AM (sX1BW)

144 What's a vig?

Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at December 22, 2025 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)


A man who lives to be older than dirt, a.k.a. an Abe Vigoda

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

145 Levy's Rye Bread also has a secret blood base to it.

Posted by: Mrs. Choate's Marble Rye at December 22, 2025 08:23 AM (oftw2)
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Relax. That's only Asian and native American Indian blood.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:27 AM (E+OH8)

146 Efficient rail moves goods faster, cheaper, and with less environmental strain than trucking, freeing up highways and reducing road maintenance costs for taxpayers.

There are thousands of miles of abandoned right of way that the railroads will never get back.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:27 AM (jc0TO)

147 > I'm curious to see how things go with Carlson, now, since he's reached the point of telling people they should embrace Islam.
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If one were to presume Tucker was always a leftist, this begins to make some sort of sense.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 08:27 AM (NwnyJ)

148 When he was doing Deuce Bigelow would anyone have believed that Rob Schneider is a voice of reason and sanity?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 08:27 AM (MoRvC)

149 What's a vig?

Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at December 22, 2025 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)
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Responding on behalf of JJ: A sheitel.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:28 AM (E+OH8)

150 It's also...
Mathematics Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

151 9 Playing by the left's rules is a sucker's game. Saying that "we are better than that" is just a way for losers to lose.
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

The Left doesn't play by any rules.

They just expect YOU too.

Alinsky Rule #4.

EVERY SINGLE THING THE LEFT DOES FLOWS FROM ALINSKY #4.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 08:28 AM (UnA8+)

152 142 What's a vig?

short for "vigorish" - a commission or fee that a bookmaker charges for taking a bet.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 22, 2025 08:26 AM
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Hunh. I did not know that.

Posted by: In my best Johnny Carson voice at December 22, 2025 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

153 So sad to me about Tucker. I was a big fan of him and MTG.

Does everybody in the spotlight have to be a grifter?
Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (YCxFk)

Yes.

You're in America, bruh. Every single important institution has been carefully retrofitted into a filter funnel that ensures no other kind of person makes it down the spout.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 08:29 AM (BI5O2)

154 "When he was doing Deuce Bigelow would anyone have believed that Rob Schneider is a voice of reason and sanity?
Posted by: Smell the Glove "

Nope.

Posted by: Micky Ninja at December 22, 2025 08:29 AM (vFG9F)

155 Bring us a viggy pudding.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 08:29 AM (77rzZ)

156 I would hope making common cause with the Muslims would be a bridge too far for anyone on the Right, but I'm betting most of his followers will rationalize it.

Something along the lines of "you know, we share a lot of values with these cousin-fucking savages, after all, and they're a damn sight better than the Jews. Their hummus is better, too."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 08:25 AM


They are, after all, natural conservatives.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 22, 2025 08:29 AM (jc0TO)

157 National Youth Coordinated Table, which he will chair. The DNC envisions the NYCT as a left-wing version of Turning Point and hopes to emulate its success with young voters.

The NYCT will include “the Young Democrats of America, the College Democrats of America, the High School Democrats of America, and an array of left-leaning organizing groups.”

Hitler Youth was already trademarked.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 08:29 AM (gbOdA)

158 No word on groundbreaking for The Biden Presidential Lieberry?

Posted by: Need A Job at December 22, 2025 08:30 AM (oftw2)

159 It's also...
Mathematics Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:28 AM (NpAcC)
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/insert looping batman slaps robin animated gif

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:30 AM (E+OH8)

160 138 I'm curious to see how things go with Carlson, now, since he's reached the point of telling people they should embrace Islam.

Is this the end of his grift? I kinda think "no." I would hope making common cause with the Muslims would be a bridge too far for anyone on the Right, but I'm betting most of his followers will rationalize it.

Something along the lines of "you know, we share a lot of values with these cousin-fucking savages, after all, and they're a damn sight better than the Jews. Their hummus is better, too."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 08:25 AM (BI5O2)

That's more likely with the Under-25 crowd than any of us would like it to be.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 08:30 AM (UnA8+)

161 Mathematics Day?

Uh-oh.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 08:30 AM (77rzZ)

162 156 Bring us a viggy pudding.
Posted by: Bulg

We won't go until we get some...

Posted by: Bill Cosby, Pudding Spokesmodel at December 22, 2025 08:32 AM (oftw2)

163 Last day in paradise. I think I'll do nothing but sit at the beach.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2025 08:32 AM (O6icp)

164 GA was the key to the 2020 steal.

1) a deep-red state that went for Biden = social "proof" Trump was unpopular with everyone, including Republicans
2) via deep-blue--and very black--Atlanta; extremely eager to commit fraud and they could fall back on racism cries to kill any investigation, if started
3) while dirty and corrupt state-level "Republicans" certify the steal.
4) If GA was "opened" up to honest audit, the fraud--and manner of fraud--there would force and justify a re-open of AZ, WI and MI.
And flip those to Trump.
That's why they went all-out--and are still committing crimes--to cover up the fraud in 2020.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 08:32 AM (HXT0k)

165 Bring us a viggy pudding.
Posted by: Bulg

We won't go until we get some...

Posted by: Bill Cosby, Pudding Spokesmodel at December 22, 2025 08:32 AM (oftw2)
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There's always room for Jailo.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:33 AM (E+OH8)

166 162 Mathematics Day?

Uh-oh.

++++

Twelve. Twenty two. Twenty. Twenty five.
Set. Hut!

Posted by: Omaha at December 22, 2025 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)

167 Twelve. Twenty two. Twenty. Twenty five.
Set. Hut!
Posted by: Omaha at December 22, 2025 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)
++++
LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:34 AM (avHHk)

168 Candace Owens is anti semitic because she’s a Cluster B personality disorder and those people will say anything.

Tucker Carlson is antisemitic because he’s being paid by Arab states.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at December 22, 2025 08:34 AM (jYRYu)

169
159 No word on groundbreaking for The Biden Presidential Lieberry?
Posted by: Need A Job at December 22, 2025 08:30 AM (oftw2)

Looks like it’s gonna be. Bookmobile based in s van parked down by the river.

I think it would be hilarious for Trump to put up one of those My Little Library stands on the White House Lawn with a Biden presidential library sign over it. You can speculate which books should be stocked.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 08:34 AM (trsuh)

170 Even as a kid I’d say to myself “figgy pudding sounds gross!”

But not, I have to say, nearly as gross as disrobing that fat ugly convicted judge… ugh ugh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 08:35 AM (/iXAp)

171 Jim Beam halts production at main distillery for a year.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:35 AM (dAOkg)

172 Jim Beam halts production at main distillery for a year.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:35 AM (dAOkg)
++++
Why?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:36 AM (avHHk)

173
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman

Unhinged Jasmine Crockett responds to JD Vance’s remarks at TPUSA:

“The only reason you're the vice president is because the current president tried to have his last president k*lled."

What??

https://tinyurl.com/mwfvpe9d

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:36 AM (NpAcC)

174
"The Corn Pop Chronicles."

Posted by: The Joe Biden My Little Library at December 22, 2025 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

175 Trump names Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:37 AM (dAOkg)

176 High tech metropoli can't be populated by murderous nitwits
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I have a suggestion to address that problem!

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 08:37 AM (OPGS/)

177 You know you're getting old when you watch an episode of Barney Miller and Abe Vigoda looks young to you.

Similar thing happened yesterday. Was watching a Youtube of a live Hot Tuna performance from 1973 and Papa John Creech looked like a whippersnapper.

Posted by: Old Man Noll at December 22, 2025 08:37 AM (oftw2)

178 162 Mathematics Day?

Uh-oh.

++++

Twelve. Twenty two. Twenty. Twenty five.
Set. Hut!
Posted by: Omaha at December 22, 2025 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)

Three six nine… twelve fifteen eighteen… twenty-one twenty-four twenty-seven… THIRTY! Three, it’s a magic number 🎶

Love schoolhouse rock!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 08:37 AM (/iXAp)

179 I saw a comment over the weekend that Ticket Carlson attacked the family of the Furry English Cigarette who murdered Charlie Kirk for turning him in, but I can't find anything about it online. Anybody know what he said?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:38 AM (JheLn)

180 I wish there was a better term for it, but it is what it is.
Clergy are defrocked.
Lawyers are disbarred.
Judges are disrobed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Cops are unholstered, and truckers
just get a new Peterbilt.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 22, 2025 08:39 AM (zdLoL)

181 Somebody needs to tell the Hags on the view, that MTG still identifies as a Pro Lifer, just like Liz Cheney

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:39 AM (YCxFk)

182 176 Trump names Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland
Posted by: rickb223

All part of the plan.

Posted by: The Merry Marching Penguin Majority at December 22, 2025 08:39 AM (oftw2)

183 Jim Beam halts production at main distillery for a year.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:35 AM (dAOkg)
++++
Why?

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The press' answer is tariffs. That may be part of it, but the long answer is probably more complicated and the tariffs may have just been the proverbial straw. But Jim Beam is now just a brand owned by a big foreign conglomerate.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:39 AM (sX1BW)

184 It always amused me that one of the greatest modern songs about that war came from Canada.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:04 AM (avHHk)
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It may have been written by a Canadian Indian, but he spent his adult life in America. Hard to say the song "came from Canada".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 08:39 AM (e87dM)

185 Trump names Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:37 AM (dAOkg)

I thought he was too busy meddling in the LSU football program but maybe he has time now that Lane Kiffin is onboard

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 08:39 AM (/iXAp)

186 Massie has put more work into the last 6 months to help Democrats than he ever has, in his whole career combined, to help Americans.

Tucker has made a more vigorous defense of Islam in the last few weeks than he's ever made of Christianity.

The people who own the bot farms that were propping up Tucker, Owen, Fuentes, et al., are attempting a soft "re-launch" of them.
As if the X location feature doesn't exist, so we can see who is really supporting them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 08:40 AM (HXT0k)

187 176 Trump names Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland
Posted by: rickb223

All part of the plan.

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May be a bit cold for the Cajun Navy, but they are a resourceful bunch.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:40 AM (sX1BW)

188 Why?
Posted by: Joe Mannix


The distillery will stay closed while the firm takes "the opportunity to invest in site enhancements," it told to the BBC in a statement on Sunday.

Distillers in Kentucky - famous for its bourbon - face uncertainty, in part, due to US President Donald Trump's trade policies.

In October, the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) trade body said the amount of bourbon in warehouses across the state was at a record high of more than 16 million barrels.

According to the association, the barrels of bourbon, which are taxed by the state, have cost distillers "a crushing" $75m (£56m) this year.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:40 AM (dAOkg)

189 > Jim Beam halts production at main distillery for a year.
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Takeaway.... the word "main" in that headline.

They're looking to boost prices by shorting supply of the spirts distilled at Happy Hollow in Clermont, KY.

Bourbon sales to Canada are down 60 percent due to tariffs. A reason given by some distillers around here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 08:40 AM (NwnyJ)

190

Good Morning Morons and Ettes!

Merry Day Before the Day Before the Night Before Christmas!!!


Posted by: naturalfake at December 22, 2025 08:41 AM (iJfKG)

191
“The only reason you're the vice president is because the current president tried to have his last president k*lled."

What??

https://tinyurl.com/mwfvpe9d
Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:36 AM (NpAcC)


The left's bench is loaded with pathological lying flamethrowers.

Gaslighting. It's what's for dinner.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

192 I would like to start off by acknowledging that this land I am on was legitimately taken in war from the Mexicans.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 22, 2025 08:41 AM (0U5gm)

193 In October, the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) trade body said the amount of bourbon in warehouses across the state was at a record high of more than 16 million barrels.

According to the association, the barrels of bourbon, which are taxed by the state, have cost distillers "a crushing" $75m (£56m) this year.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:40 AM (dAOkg)

Maybe people just aren't drinking as much hard liquor as before?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 08:41 AM (uQesX)

194 Anybody know what he said?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:38 AM (JheLn)
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Carlson should go back to worrying about alien invasions; that was more entertaining.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 08:41 AM (e87dM)

195 So where's the green part?

Posted by: Jeff Landry at December 22, 2025 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)

196 The press' answer is tariffs. That may be part of it, but the long answer is probably more complicated and the tariffs may have just been the proverbial straw. But Jim Beam is now just a brand owned by a big foreign conglomerate.
Posted by: SH


The big answer is cannabis. Young adults aren't drinking as much. They are smoking or eating gummies. Bars have completely priced themselves out of a market.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:42 AM (dAOkg)

197 Out West in the Rockies (and I mean the whole region), we are having a Commiefornia Christmas (speaking only of the weather and high temps). Even lawns are slightly greening up again. And the ski corps are losing their crap. Truth is, the Colorado river/basin is in serious trouble and threat status. Is a thing of serious concern, it is.

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & lunatic pundits at December 22, 2025 08:42 AM (HeR4S)

198 165. Agreed, but the early AZ call by the deep state at Fox, started the ball rolling. I got rid of cable the day after the 2020 election, and have not watched FOX news since.

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:42 AM (YCxFk)

199
“The only reason you're the vice president is because the current president tried to have his last president k*lled."

What??

https://tinyurl.com/mwfvpe9d
Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:36 AM (NpAcC)


The only reason Vance is VP is because Trump tried to have Biden killed?

WTF? Do you even know what you're talking about?

TRUMP had 2 assassination attempts. Not Biden. Biden shit his pants. In front of the Pope. No one shot at him. No one plotted to kill him. No one even attempted to "take him behind the gym."

OMG we're such an embarrassment of clusterf*cks......WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICA?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

200 "I have no idea how Carlson and Owens were brought up or arrived at their beliefs about "Jews" or "The Jews?" I assume that both have either inherited/absorbed the beliefs of their parents and families which have been passed on for generations. It's not the world's oldest hatred for no reason. Or, even worse, maybe they engage in this merely for personal gain."

Charlie Kirk was far more important to the movement than I ever realized. He was not only introducing hundreds of thousands of college-aged youth to conservatism, but was almost singlehandedly fending off the grifters that are now trying to atomize MAGA.

The Left probably celebrates Kirk's death every day. It's like their Archduke Ferdinand moment.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 22, 2025 08:43 AM (0CU3H)

201 Maybe people just aren't drinking as much hard liquor as before?
Posted by: OrangeEnt


They aren't.
Bars have priced themselves out of the market & big cannabis swooped in.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:43 AM (dAOkg)

202 Are you at risk of living in a bourbon desert?

Posted by: Whiny media a year from now at December 22, 2025 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)

203 So where's the green part?

Posted by: Jeff Landry at December 22, 2025 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)


This is how you call the big green dildo to a thread.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

204 Bars have completely priced themselves out of a market.

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All true, but bars didn't just price themselves out of the market. The costs for operating a bar have priced themselves out.

I'd say it is cannabis and iphones since people don't need to go out to socialize and connect.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:44 AM (sX1BW)

205 Well local law enforcement and gubmints, upset about Jim Beam. Revenue will go down due to less DUI'S

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:44 AM (YCxFk)

206 > The big answer is cannabis. Young adults aren't drinking as much. They are smoking or eating gummies. Bars have completely priced themselves out of a market.
Posted by: rickb223
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This

None of my kids drink. None of their friends drink. They either vape or consume edibles.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 08:44 AM (NwnyJ)

207 How is it that the R's in congress haven't voted to censure that lying racist twat Crockett?

Put her comments on record for the world to see for eternity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

208 >>Well of course she'll appeal, since despite my seeing this as a positive sign, given the nature of who occupies far too many a judge's seat in far too many an American courtroom, she might have a shot at winning an appeal.

Ya know, it's actually ok to be happy when we get a win.

Monty doesn't live here anymore.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 08:45 AM (viF8m)

209 There were more than twice as many homicides per manufactured firearms traced as there were homicides for privately made firearms (PMF) traced.

Posted by: SMOD at December 22, 2025 08:45 AM (GITLP)

210
Imagination exercise.

- The Palestinians are evacuated from Gaza for 5 years.
- During that time, developed countries transform Gaza with state of the art infrastructure: roads, sanitation, water, electricity, housing, etc. Plus the economic assets to sustain them.
- The Palestinians are moved back into the new, improved Gaza.

10 years after, what does the place look like?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 08:46 AM (tgvbd)

211 This

None of my kids drink. None of their friends drink. They either vape or consume edibles.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 08:44 AM (NwnyJ)


This is not the First Daughter or her boyfriend. They drink, mostly socially, but they don't eat gummies or smoke anything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

212 I haven't watched Fox since 2010, or so. Haven't missed it.

Posted by: MAGA Mutt at December 22, 2025 08:46 AM (oftw2)

213 Does everybody in the spotlight have to be a grifter?

Posted by: Jonah at December 22, 2025 08:22 AM (YCxFk)
-

Apparently so:

https://tinyurl.com/pe9mut2p
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:24 AM (E+OH
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Great idea. Audit them and expose how every one of them made millions. Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar first, please.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 08:46 AM (nyjNu)

214 More cannabis consumption than booze consumption? That cannot be good.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

215 134 "$60B doesn't even cover the State Department's vig before the first architectural meeting takes place."
***

What's a vig?
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at December 22, 2025 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

$20, etc, etc, etc.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 22, 2025 08:46 AM (0CU3H)

216 Bourbon sales to Canada are down 60 percent due to tariffs. "

Oh no! Canucks aren't the top bourbon market, so...

*quietly, so called spoke folk will admit demand has been dropping since end of '23

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

217 How is it that the R's in congress haven't voted to censure that lying racist twat Crockett?
__________________________

Black Democraticum Armor. Protecting corrupt politicians since 1964.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:47 AM (JheLn)

218 10 years after, what does the place look like?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 08:46 AM (tgvbd)

Minneapolis

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 08:47 AM (06Hmj)

219
More cannabis consumption than booze consumption? That cannot be good.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

Pot is the Universal Medicine. Haven't you heard?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2025 08:47 AM (tgvbd)

220 More cannabis consumption than booze consumption? That cannot be good.

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Cannibas and pocket gambling. How did the Libertarians win? Because the small L libertarians did not.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:48 AM (sX1BW)

221 213 I haven't watched Fox since 2010, or so. Haven't missed it.
Posted by: MAGA Mutt


Nobody watches TV anymore.

Posted by: Breaking News at December 22, 2025 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

222 174
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman

Unhinged Jasmine Crockett responds to JD Vance’s remarks at TPUSA:

“The only reason you're the vice president is because the current president tried to have his last president k*lled."

What??

https://tinyurl.com/mwfvpe9d
Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:36 AM (NpAcC)

She means Mike Pence. Because of the "Hang Mike Pence" chants around J6.

But because she has to pretend she can't speak English so Democrats will think she's Black Enough", she said "President" instead of "Vice-President".

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 08:48 AM (UnA8+)

223
All true, but bars didn't just price themselves out of the market. The costs for operating a bar have priced themselves out.

I'd say it is cannabis and iphones since people don't need to go out to socialize and connect.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:44 AM (sX1BW)


Last I heard, at least in the state of Texas, it was $50k for a liquor license. Not sure if that's annually or a one time fee with a renewal fee every year. And that's for hard liquor. Not sure what it is if you only sell beer and wine. But not sure there's many places other than grocery stores that only sell beer and wine. I haven't been to one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

224 218 How is it that the R's in congress haven't voted to censure that lying racist twat Crockett?
__________________________

Black Democraticum Armor. Protecting corrupt politicians since 1964.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:47 AM (JheLn)

Same reason they settled on Somalis to run their fleecing of Minnesota, and not Hungarians or Tibetans.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 08:48 AM (06Hmj)

225 213 I haven't watched Fox since 2010, or so. Haven't missed it.
Posted by: MAGA Mutt at December 22, 2025 08:46 AM (oftw2)

I haven't watched FOX since Bill O'Reilly whiffed on his highly-touted Obama interview during Super Bowl halftime. Probably around the same time that the Mutt stopped watching.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 22, 2025 08:49 AM (0CU3H)

226 Crockett, the more she speaks, is demonstrating that she is a dim bulb. John Kennedy saying "Operation: let the speak" is spot on

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 08:49 AM (MoRvC)

227 > More cannabis consumption than booze consumption? That cannot be good.
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I don't think it's "more." I think more kids today opt for vaping or edibles if they indulge in anything. Those are marketed towards a younger set anyway. Booze is an "old man's" vice.

In their eyes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 08:49 AM (NwnyJ)

228 I've done my best for bourbon distillers this week, as a patriotic duty.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 08:49 AM (nyjNu)

229 >>Pot is the Universal Medicine. Haven't you heard?

Not here. It's bourbon.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 08:49 AM (viF8m)

230 Distillers in Kentucky - famous for its bourbon - face uncertainty, in part, due to US President Donald Trump's trade policies.
...
According to the association, the barrels of bourbon, which are taxed by the state, have cost distillers "a crushing" $75m (£56m) this year.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:40 AM (dAOkg)
++++
Soooooooo which is it? Bourbon is a domestic product. We export it, so are Trump's trade policies in play because foreign countries are imposing tariffs on *us* as a response to those policies? Or is the problem state-level taxes, which have dick-all to do with Trump's trade policies?

Or is the problem demand and production being dislocated, causing an inventory overhang? And if so, what is the cause dislocation? Too much production or too little demand (e.g., market shift)?

Oy, what a mess that quote is.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:49 AM (avHHk)

231 I read a few articles about the Jim Beam thing. Obligatory digs at Trump before acknowledging down turns in the industry which started before he took office again in 2025.

Foreign demand had put a lot of great American whiskey, both bourbon and rye, out of reach for many here in the States. I'm already seeing a lot of stuff more readily available at MSRP or close to it. There was definitely a bourbon boom for quite a while. Beam rode that wave for sure. Like other industries, things are cyclical.

Posted by: Doof at December 22, 2025 08:50 AM (QMAsf)

232 In all honesty, I'm curious as to what effect the Covid shutdowns had on drinking in this country. Short term it increased it, but I wonder if long term it will have a significant negative effect on it.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:50 AM (sX1BW)

233 BREAKING: The Trump administration is now TRIPLING its exit bonus for illegal alien self-deportations, from $1,000 to $3,000, through December 31st

GET OUT!

Take the $3K. Americans don't want you here!

NOEM: "It's home for the holidays season! Not only are we returning kids to their families. We're saying if you voluntarily want to go back, we'll give you $3K through the holidays!"

https://tinyurl.com/34w7625r

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

234 Bourbon sales to Canada are down 60 percent due to tariffs. A reason given by some distillers around here.
____

So now Canadians can only afford Canadian Club, Black Velvet and Crown Royal? Quality of Life has gone down severely. But at least they can use these for varnishing.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 08:50 AM (Dv3i1)

235 https://tinyurl.com/mwfvpe9d
Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:36 AM (NpAcC)

She means Mike Pence. Because of the "Hang Mike Pence" chants around J6.


Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 08:48 AM (UnA8+)


He didn't 'try to have him killed' you stupid c*nt. He wanted him to do the right thing and not certify the stolen election and called for investigation. Trump was NEVER going to bring Pence back after that debacle of a clusterf*ck election in 2020, aided by Pence and his receiving of the corruption coin from Pelosi.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

236 >>I've done my best for bourbon distillers this week, as a patriotic duty.


See?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 08:50 AM (viF8m)

237 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Canadian Mist at December 22, 2025 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)

238 194 In October, the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) trade body said the amount of bourbon in warehouses across the state was at a record high of more than 16 million barrels.

According to the association, the barrels of bourbon, which are taxed by the state, have cost distillers "a crushing" $75m (£56m) this year.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:40 AM (dAOkg)

Maybe people just aren't drinking as much hard liquor as before?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 08:41 AM (uQesX)

That is 100% true of the younger gen...a combo of money and health reasons...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 08:51 AM (tOcjL)

239 This might come as a surprise to some in the industry, but alcohol demands vary over time. So called "brown liquors" were considered a dead category in the 80s and early 90s, as "white liquors " (rum, vodka, etc) ruled the marketplace...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 08:51 AM (XuXeR)

240 236 He didn't 'try to have him killed' you stupid c*nt. He wanted him to do the right thing and not certify the stolen election and called for investigation. Trump was NEVER going to bring Pence back after that debacle of a clusterf*ck election in 2020, aided by Pence and his receiving of the corruption coin from Pelosi.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

I know this.

Democrats don't. And even if they do know it, it's not what they want to hear, so they're going to stick with the BS.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 08:52 AM (UnA8+)

241 Take the $3K. Americans don't want you here!

NOEM: "It's home for the holidays season! Not only are we returning kids to their families. We're saying if you voluntarily want to go back, we'll give you $3K through the holidays!"

https://tinyurl.com/34w7625r
Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:50 AM (NpAcC)


Why is my hard earned, government stolen money being given to assholes that broke my countries laws? Where's MY $3000 for being a law abiding AMERICAN citizen?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

242 >>I've done my best for bourbon distillers this week, as a patriotic duty.


See?

-------------

You can't have eggnog without bourbon.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:52 AM (sX1BW)

243 Chimpy McBushHitler running his mouth again?

Posted by: mr tmz at December 22, 2025 08:53 AM (rJ48h)

244 Bourbon was a thing for a while. So, distillers expanded capacity. Bourbon is no longer a thing, and there is excess capacity. It's just how consumerism works

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:53 AM (JheLn)

245 239 That is 100% true of the younger gen...a combo of money and health reasons...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 08:51 AM (tOcjL)

Appearance reasons.

You read enough message boards or see enough social media, they'll constantly be talking about how Alcohol will prematurely age their face and make their looks fade.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 08:53 AM (UnA8+)

246 > Bourbon sales to Canada are down 60 percent due to tariffs. A reason given by some distillers around here.
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It's a quote from a industry mouthpiece in Louisville. Someone with a case of TDS.

I should have noted that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 08:53 AM (NwnyJ)

247 229 I've done my best for bourbon distillers this week, as a patriotic duty.
Posted by: Huck Follywood


Please give me a little break. You can't shoulder the entire burden alone.

Posted by: Huck's Dessicated Liver at December 22, 2025 08:53 AM (oftw2)

248 Appearance reasons.

------------

Ozempic is definitely decreasing America's drinking appetite.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:54 AM (sX1BW)

249 Trump should sue Crockett for slander.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

250 That is 100% true of the younger gen."

And when the demographic cliff really hits, demand will continue to decline...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 08:54 AM (XuXeR)

251 In October, the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) trade body said the amount of bourbon in warehouses across the state was at a record high of more than 16 million barrels.

According to the association, the barrels of bourbon, which are taxed by the state, have cost distillers "a crushing" $75m (£56m) this year.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:40 AM (dAOkg)

Maybe people just aren't drinking as much hard liquor as before?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 08:41 AM (uQesX)
——

Massive over-production during the booze boom of the last few years. They were printing money for years, jacking up prices, and laughing all the way to the bank. Now the party is over and the industry has a hangover.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 22, 2025 08:54 AM (/v/85)

252 There are thousands of miles of abandoned right of way that the railroads will never get back.

We had a lot of commissions devoted to giving them away, and converting them to bike paths and parks so they could not be re-tracked.

But the biggest loss was sidings that served individual businesses. Big cities had "night rail" networks in the back alleys, on which supply and finished goods cars were shunted when traffic was light -- sometimes with horse power. Trains were made up of all those cars. Now, all that first and last mile transport has to be by truck, and across a different kind of dedicated dock. Once you have loaded a truck, there is a certain economy to leaving your freight on a truck.

Remember "piggy-backs"? That was a photogenic era.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 22, 2025 08:54 AM (zdLoL)

253 BREAKING: The Trump administration is now TRIPLING its exit bonus for illegal alien self-deportations, from $1,000 to $3,000, through December 31st

GET OUT!

Take the $3K. Americans don't want you here!

NOEM: "It's home for the holidays season! Not only are we returning kids to their families. We're saying if you voluntarily want to go back, we'll give you $3K through the holidays!"

https://tinyurl.com/34w7625r

===

They are counting on either 2026 em-peachment, or 2028 Precident AOC. When they can flock back in.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 08:54 AM (g47mK)

254
Ozempic is definitely decreasing America's drinking appetite.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:54 AM (sX1BW)

So instead of "alcohol face" you get Ozempic face

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 08:55 AM (VE6XX)

255 Why is my hard earned, government stolen money being given to assholes that broke my countries laws? Where's MY $3000 for being a law abiding AMERICAN citizen?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

They're a drag on our wallets one way or another. Either we're giving an extra ICE agent $3k a month in salary, or we're bribing the assholes to leave on their own, directly. Doesn't matter how the problem gets solved, it's going to cost us money either way. Probably both ways.

But yeah, it rankles.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 08:55 AM (06Hmj)

256 Bourbon is no longer a thing, and there is excess capacity"

Noooo!

*see video game crash*

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 08:55 AM (XuXeR)

257
Ozempic is definitely decreasing America's drinking appetite.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:54 AM (sX1BW)


It's also killing Americans off at a faster rate, so there's that.

Saw a commercial yesterday that claimed 1 in 3 Americans will have cancer.

ONE in THREE.

Tell me you're causing massive amounts of cancer in the name of greed and profits without telling me you're in the business of causing and treating cancer for profit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

258 Bourbon was a thing for a while. So, distillers expanded capacity. Bourbon is no longer a thing, and there is excess capacity. It's just how consumerism works
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:53 AM (JheLn)
++++
Bourbon is still a thing at my house!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:55 AM (avHHk)

259 251 That is 100% true of the younger gen."

And when the demographic cliff really hits, demand will continue to decline...
Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 08:54 AM (XuXeR)

Unless more studies come out demonizing pot from a health perspective...and thus, it becomes a negative thing. Young people want something they shouldn't have = the entire vice industry is focused on making it their thing...and that does change (anyone remember Zima?)...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 08:56 AM (tOcjL)

260 The Tucker clip some seem to be looking for:

https://tinyurl.com/2d25cp43

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 08:56 AM (E+OH8)

261 "Alcohol use in the U.S. has been in decline since the late 1970s—54% of U.S. adults today say they consume alcohol—the lowest number in nearly 90 years and a 13% drop since just 2022. Fifty-three percent say moderate drinking, or “one or two drinks a day,” is bad for a person’s health; that number is even higher—66%—among young adults ages 18 to 34. "



Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 08:56 AM (g47mK)

262 Ozempic is definitely decreasing America's drinking appetite.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:54 AM (sX1BW)


It's also killing Americans off at a faster rate, so there's that.

----------------

Wait until you see the long term effect of the vaccine + ozempic ... see happy fun ball.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 08:56 AM (sX1BW)

263 "The rate of drinking among young adults has dropped from almost 60% to 50% since 2023, according to Gallup, and the Monitoring the Future survey, an annual national poll tracking substance use, has shown a marked decline in young people’s drinking over the last decade.

“Overall, this [younger] generation seems to be more selective about how, when, and why they drink, and alcohol seems to play a smaller role than it did in previous generations,” "

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 08:56 AM (g47mK)

264 There are also scads of small distillers.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2025 08:57 AM (sDNVV)

265 *see video game crash*

Lots of DDOS attacks on Final Fantasy this weekend.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:57 AM (JheLn)

266 You read enough message boards or see enough social media, they'll constantly be talking about how Alcohol will prematurely age their face and make their looks fade.
Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 08:53 AM (UnA8+)

Unlike those paragons of graceful aging, Tommy Chong and Keith Richards.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 08:57 AM (06Hmj)

267 Massive over-production during the booze boom of the last few years. They were printing money for years, jacking up prices, and laughing all the way to the bank. Now the party is over and the industry has a hangover"

SEE - it's Drumphs fault! Reeeeeeee!

*spokesidiot

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 08:57 AM (XuXeR)

268 All true, but bars didn't just price themselves out of the market. The costs for operating a bar have priced themselves out.

I'd say it is cannabis and iphones since people don't need to go out to socialize and connect.
Posted by: SH



What stopped me from drinking "out & about"?

.08 Possibly two drinks.

I'm not risking my concealed carry license over a mixed drink and possibly faulty breathalyzer test.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:57 AM (dAOkg)

269 >>You can't have eggnog without bourbon.

My dad used to make great eggnog every Christmas. One batch for the adults and one for the kids.

What Santa didn't see didn't hurt anyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 08:57 AM (viF8m)

270 Noem should say "take the $3k by 1/31, or we deputize a million US citizens as bounty hunters to remove you" By any means necessary

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 08:58 AM (MoRvC)

271 That's why they went all-out--and are still committing crimes--to cover up the fraud in 2020.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 08:32 AM (HXT0k)

So that also mean Senator Bishop Holier than Thou Warnock was illegally elected.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 08:58 AM (gbOdA)

272
It's also killing Americans off at a faster rate, so there's that.

Saw a commercial yesterday that claimed 1 in 3 Americans will have cancer.

ONE in THREE.

Tell me you're causing massive amounts of cancer in the name of greed and profits without telling me you're in the business of causing and treating cancer for profit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

The longer you live, the more your cells have a chance to mutate. Add in some of the chemical and environmental effects we oopsied over the last few decades, and if you have a longer life span, of course, you're getting more cancer patients.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 08:58 AM (tOcjL)

273 Massive over-production during the booze boom of the last few years. They were printing money for years, jacking up prices, and laughing all the way to the bank. Now the party is over and the industry has a hangover"

SEE - it's Drumphs fault! Reeeeeeee!

*spokesidiot
Posted by: man



Sitting on 16 million barrels just at Jim Beam will do that.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 08:59 AM (dAOkg)

274 "Alcohol use in the U.S. has been in decline since the late 1970s—54% of U.S. adults today say they consume alcohol—the lowest number in nearly 90 years and a 13% drop since just 2022. Fifty-three percent say moderate drinking, or “one or two drinks a day,” is bad for a person’s health; that number is even higher—66%—among young adults ages 18 to 34. "



Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 08:56 AM (g47mK)


My grandmother used to drink her day drink (vodka and Squirt) and her night cap (Beam and cola) every day for decades.

She died of an infection from a cat bite at 99 years old and was only taking a shot of Flonase in each nostril every morning and just started a Tylenol regimen for arthritis.

F*ck off with your "alcohol is bad for you" bullshit. I've lost all respect for the medical community at large and will eat and drink whatever the f*ck I want for the rest of my days.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

275 Why is my hard earned, government stolen money being given to assholes that broke my countries laws? Where's MY $3000 for being a law abiding AMERICAN citizen?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)
******
It's somewhat of an incentive to leave because it's almost impossible to get rid of the over 15 million illegals that Biden and the Democrat party let in.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

276 Cucker Tarlson: "If my brother went on a drug related murder spree, I wouldn't denounce him because he's my brother."

A very Mohammedan "shame society" attitude

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:59 AM (JheLn)

277 Bourbon is still a thing at my house!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 08:55 AM (avHHk)
-

Was recently gifted with 2 bottles from Wild Turkey:

1. Rare Breed Barrel Proof Bourbon.

2. Rare Breed Barrel Proof Rye.

Not at all enthused by the bourbon. But the rye is superb - and I've been negative about rye in general until now.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 09:00 AM (E+OH8)

278 The longer you live, the more your cells have a chance to mutate. Add in some of the chemical and environmental effects we oopsied over the last few decades, and if you have a longer life span, of course, you're getting more cancer patients.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 08:58 AM (tOcjL)

We've also gotten a lot better at detecting cancers. That "1 in 3" guesstimate may very well have been accurate give-or-take a bit since we were drawing antelopes on the living room wall with charcoal.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:00 AM (06Hmj)

279
The longer you live, the more your cells have a chance to mutate. Add in some of the chemical and environmental effects we oopsied over the last few decades, and if you have a longer life span, of course, you're getting more cancer patients.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 08:58 AM (tOcjL)


Then explain the Amish.

They don't do vaccines. They don't do most medicines. They don't do hospitals in most cases.

Yet they're the most healthy people on the PLANET and don't have such issues.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

280 I really regret Trump turning on Stephanik. As much as I respect Trump's instincts, she is a young, aggressive, successful politician and his refusal to endorse her stinks.
--
She has the stink of quiter on her now regardless.

Idk what it was, but I detect a whiff of "I supported you, you owe me the endorsement (so I can easily win the nomination)" that caused her to quit.
(a la MTG, or, to put it another way "he didn't position them for success")

You can't trust the media, but Trump has always been pretty selective about who he endorses. With a lot being guaranteed wins already.
And he rarely endorses in contested primaries. I can't recall which race, but there was a clown-show recently where both were claiming Trump endorsed them.

Posit:
a) She approached Trump and asked for the UN job; cashed in her favor. He obliged.
b) Trump feels, wrong or right, she burned him, when that blew up.
c) she wanted a do-over favor with his endorsement

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 09:01 AM (HXT0k)

281 ******
It's somewhat of an incentive to leave because it's almost impossible to get rid of the over 15 million illegals that Biden and the Democrat party let in.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

They're digging in like ticks because of the sanctuary cities States...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 09:01 AM (VE6XX)

282 “ In his days Judah will be saved
and Israel will live in safety.
This is the name by which he will be called:
The Lord Our Righteous Savior.”

Jeremiah 23:6

Posted by: Marcus T at December 22, 2025 09:01 AM (zfkPG)

283 Sitting on 16 million barrels"

"Well boys, we've a man's work ahead of us this day*

*what movie

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

284 >>You can't have eggnog without bourbon.

My dad used to make great eggnog every Christmas. One batch for the adults and one for the kids.

What Santa didn't see didn't hurt anyone.
Posted by: JackStraw



Ex m-i-l used to make homemade eggnog with Wild Turkey 101 & heavy whipping cream.
It was damn good. Damn good.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:01 AM (dAOkg)

285 I love eggnog.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2025 09:01 AM (K7yvy)

286 Cucker Tarlson: "If my brother went on a drug related murder spree, I wouldn't denounce him because he's my brother."

A very Mohammedan "shame society" attitude

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:59 AM (JheLn)
-

At least if it was his sister, an honor killing is the way to go.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 09:01 AM (E+OH8)

287 Cucker Tarlson: "If my brother went on a drug related murder spree, I wouldn't denounce him because he's my brother."

A very Mohammedan "shame society" attitude
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:59 AM (JheLn)


Then you're a selfish asshole. My brother goes on a drug fueled murder spree, I'm arresting him myself. I will stand by his side during his trial and help where I can, but f*cking MURDER? Yeah, I'm kinda against that, Biblically.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

288 It's somewhat of an incentive to leave because it's almost impossible to get rid of the over 15 million illegals that Biden and the Democrat party let in.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

They're digging in like ticks because of the sanctuary cities States...
Posted by: It's me donna


Stop the transfer of federal funds. Let Hochul & Pritzker & Newsome pay wetbacks outta their own broke state budgets.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:03 AM (dAOkg)

289 I don't think we've even begun to see the death toll from COVID. The vaccines weren't tested enough and the medical industrial complex is still downplaying the death toll. Vids I watch about China and their increasing population crash is one example

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 09:03 AM (MoRvC)

290 Yeah, buddy. *I'm* the problem one. Sure.

Posted by: Tucker Carlson's Brother at December 22, 2025 09:03 AM (06Hmj)

291 280
The longer you live, the more your cells have a chance to mutate. Add in some of the chemical and environmental effects we oopsied over the last few decades, and if you have a longer life span, of course, you're getting more cancer patients.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 08:58 AM (tOcjL)


Then explain the Amish.

They don't do vaccines. They don't do most medicines. They don't do hospitals in most cases.

Yet they're the most healthy people on the PLANET and don't have such issues.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

Absolute clean diet.
Almost nil for chemical and environmental oopsies.
Amazing physical activity per day.
No looking for mutations, so they just tend to die of them at the same life span we live (they have dropped back to ours).
And most do vaccinate and use health services to help live a longer life - that's not widely known but they use healths services to their advantage.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 09:03 AM (tOcjL)

292 Most commercial nog is garbage. Home made is the way to go...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:03 AM (XuXeR)

293 Not at all enthused by the bourbon. But the rye is superb - and I've been negative about rye in general until now.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 09:00 AM (E+OH


I actually have become a fan of the rye bourbons. Finished a bottle of George Dickel Green Label just last week.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

294 I really regret Trump turning on Stephanik. As much as I respect Trump's instincts, she is a young, aggressive, successful politician and his refusal to endorse her stinks.

==

Whoa! He did not! She probably can have any job in his administration. The candidate that they agreed would have a better chance in getting to the NY gov mansion is the dude he endorsed. And he is right.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:04 AM (g47mK)

295 Stop the transfer of federal funds. Let Hochul & Pritzker & Newsome pay wetbacks outta their own broke state budgets.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:03 AM (dAOkg)

Overruled !

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at December 22, 2025 09:04 AM (VE6XX)

296 Then explain the Amish.

They don't do vaccines. They don't do most medicines. They don't do hospitals in most cases.

Yet they're the most healthy people on the PLANET and don't have such issues.
Posted by: Sponge


They don't do processed foods.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:04 AM (dAOkg)

297 As a Christian, the decision about which other faith I am more comfortable with associating with is easy. The one(s) that do not actively slaughter me. This is not hard to grasp.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:04 AM (pDt9x)

298 Whoa! He did not! She probably can have any job in his administration. The candidate that they agreed would have a better chance in getting to the NY gov mansion is the dude he endorsed. And he is right.
Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:04 AM (g47mK)

I thought he said nice stuff about her it's Greene he said bad stuff...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 09:05 AM (VE6XX)

299 Nothing says love of family like accessory to murder.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

300 As a Christian, the decision about which other faith I am more comfortable with associating with is easy. The one(s) that do not actively slaughter me. This is not hard to grasp.
Posted by: tubal


The ones that don't spontaneously blow up.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:05 AM (dAOkg)

301
They don't do processed foods.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:04 AM (dAOkg)


Soon........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

302 They don't do processed foods.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:04 AM (dAOkg)

And they all grow their own tobacco, too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:06 AM (06Hmj)

303 My grandmother used to drink her day drink (vodka and Squirt) and her night cap (Beam and cola) every day for decades.
Posted by Sponge

Grandma might have been an outlier. I didn't get away with it.

Posted by: Lovely Actress Gail Russell at December 22, 2025 09:06 AM (oftw2)

304 295 I really regret Trump turning on Stephanik. As much as I respect Trump's instincts, she is a young, aggressive, successful politician and his refusal to endorse her stinks.

==

Whoa! He did not! She probably can have any job in his administration. The candidate that they agreed would have a better chance in getting to the NY gov mansion is the dude he endorsed. And he is right.
Posted by: runner at December

Yes, that sounds likely. She did the right thing, and noticeably seems not distraught.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:06 AM (pDt9x)

305 California’s last nuclear plant clears major hurdle to power on

- California’s last nuclear power plant received permission to operate for at least 5 more years in exchange for conserving thousands of acres of land in San Luis Obispo County.
- The agreement between The California Coastal Commission and Pacific Gas & Electric seeks to balance damage to the marine environment going forward.
- Some stakeholders in the region celebrated the deal while others, including a Native tribe, were disappointed.

Posted by: SMOD at December 22, 2025 09:06 AM (GITLP)

306 211 Imagination exercise.
- The Palestinians are evacuated from Gaza for 5 years.
- During that time, developed countries transform Gaza with state of the art infrastructure: roads, sanitation, water, electricity, housing, etc. Plus the economic assets to sustain them.
- The Palestinians are moved back into the new, improved Gaza.
10 years after, what does the place look like?

A: The Klingon Homeworld.
Gaza is NOT Pandora and Palestinians are NOT the Na'vi and James Cameron is sad shadow of his former self, and (gr)Avatar wry 'omage to the LIB's forever war which leads to the 'just' extinction of the human race.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell There will be NO PEACE as long as Charlie Kirk is remembered -- Klingon Ambassador LIBBING Out.

Why?

https://tinyurl.com/EvilsAdvantageOverConscience
the more brazen and relentless one’s acts of brutality, the more likely it is that one will be allowed a second chance, and find even powerful men of conscience coming to one’s door offering to forget, to forgive, and to give forgiveness a bad name.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 22, 2025 09:07 AM (Ujfi+)

307 Ex m-i-l used to make homemade eggnog with Wild Turkey 101 & heavy whipping cream.
It was damn good. Damn good.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:01 AM (dAOkg)

WT101 may be the most underrated bottle out there. $20 for an outstanding cocktail mixer and an above average daily sipper.

Posted by: Doof at December 22, 2025 09:07 AM (QMAsf)

308 Imagination exercise.
- The Palestinians are evacuated from Gaza for 5 years.
- During that time, developed countries transform Gaza with state of the art infrastructure: roads, sanitation, water, electricity, housing, etc. Plus the economic assets to sustain them.
- The Palestinians are moved back into the new, improved Gaza.
10 years after, what does the place look like?

A: The Klingon Homeworld.
Gaza is NOT Pandora and Palestinians are NOT the Na'vi and James Cameron is sad shadow of his former self, and (gr)Avatar wry 'omage to the LIB's forever war which leads to the 'just' extinction of the human race.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell There will be NO PEACE as long as Charlie Kirk is remembered -- Klingon Ambassador LIBBING Out.

Why?




Sub 80 IQ?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:08 AM (dAOkg)

309 290 I don't think we've even begun to see the death toll from COVID. The vaccines weren't tested enough and the medical industrial complex is still downplaying the death toll. Vids I watch about China and their increasing population crash is one example
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 09:03 AM (MoRvC)

I had a relative who suddenly got cancer and died very quickly about a year ago. They got all the covid shots and boosters. Now it’s not like they were young; they were not young. But always healthy and I would’ve thought another 10 years of life at least would be reasonable to expect. But no cancer comes out of the blue and death happened in just 2 weeks after detection. I can’t prove it but it smells like something covid shot related to me

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 22, 2025 09:08 AM (YobFY)

310 234 BREAKING: The Trump administration is now TRIPLING its exit bonus for illegal alien self-deportations, from $1,000 to $3,000, through December 31st
____

Take advantage of the offer now!

*One offer per customer. Cannot be combined with any other offer, coupon or senior citizen discount. ICE reserves the right to modify or cancel this promotion at any time without notice. Valid through 12/31/2025. Use promo code TRUMP47

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 09:08 AM (Dv3i1)

311 - California’s last nuclear power plant received permission to operate for at least 5 more years in exchange for conserving thousands of acres of land in San Luis Obispo County.
- The agreement between The California Coastal Commission and Pacific Gas & Electric seeks to balance damage to the marine environment going forward.
- Some stakeholders in the region celebrated the deal while others, including a Native tribe, were disappointed.

Posted by: SMOD at December 22, 2025 09:06 AM (GITLP)


Diablo Canyon will be online till 2050 and beyond. Cali can't survive without it.

They have no coal or gas burning plants left, so nuke and hydro is all they have. Solar and wind can't maintain 1/4 of their need.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

312 Not at all enthused by the bourbon. But the rye is superb - and I've been negative about rye in general until now.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 09:00 AM (E+OH


I actually have become a fan of the rye bourbons. Finished a bottle of George Dickel Green Label just last week.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)
*******
Thanks for reminding me. I need to get eggnog for Christmas Eve dinner.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

313 It’s things like the LA jury mentioned above, why I gave less than zero fucks about the LA fires. The entire city could burn for a year and I’d shrug.

Fuck you, war.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:08 AM (UJWr0)

314 - Some stakeholders in the region celebrated the deal while others, including a Native tribe, were disappointed."

And of course, all the tribe members think exactly the same way...

/

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:09 AM (XuXeR)

315 A typical illegal gets $50k in benefits yearly. Why would he leave for a one time payment of $3k? It’s silly.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:09 AM (UJWr0)

316 Most of the people I knew who drank egg nog used brandy instead of bourbon.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 09:10 AM (UnA8+)

317 And of course, all the tribe members think exactly the same way...

/
Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:09 AM (XuXeR)

They think how they're told to think after the payola...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 09:10 AM (VE6XX)

318 *One offer per customer. Cannot be combined with any other offer, coupon or senior citizen discount. ICE reserves the right to modify or cancel this promotion at any time without notice. Valid through 12/31/2025. Use promo code TRUMP47
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 09:08 AM (Dv3i1)
******
The first 25 will get a free Trump watch and some Trump cologne.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

319 Most of the people I knew who drank egg nog used brandy instead of bourbon.

--------------

Both are acceptable, and a good host will have both available.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 09:10 AM (sX1BW)

320 316 A typical illegal gets $50k in benefits yearly. Why would he leave for a one time payment of $3k? It’s silly.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:09 AM (UJWr0)

Could he be playing for the Optics?

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:10 AM (pDt9x)

321 NY is a lost cause, they elected Hocul, I don't think a Republican can win that state any longer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 09:10 AM (XV/Pl)

322 > WT101 may be the most underrated bottle out there. $20 for an outstanding cocktail mixer and an above average daily sipper.
--------
I've a bit of an affinity for Old Forester. Almost as many variations as WT.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 09:10 AM (NwnyJ)

323 317 Most of the people I knew who drank egg nog used brandy instead of bourbon.
Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 09:10 AM (UnA8+)

That would be me...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 22, 2025 09:11 AM (VE6XX)

324 The Saudis were prepared to spend nine trillion petrodollars on their scifi dystopia walk city. Let them pay for a high tech Palestinian city-state.

We will kick in for the wall and minefield to keep them inside of it.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 09:11 AM (JheLn)

325 Most of the people I knew who drank egg nog used brandy instead of bourbon.
Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 09:10 AM (UnA8+)
******
We've always had bourbon is brandy better?

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

326 Now I know that Bruce Blakeman's (R candidate and Trump's friend) ex-wife is current Lady McCartney.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:12 AM (g47mK)

327 293 Most commercial nog is garbage. Home made is the way to go...
____

Buffalo Trace makes one that is available at my local grocery store. I forget how it is branded, but the fine print on the label identifies the distiller. Pretty good.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 09:12 AM (Dv3i1)

328 NY is one of the highest taxed states in the nation. 7 of the highest paying property tax counties are in the top ten.
NY has one of the highest energy costs in the nation. It’s the direct result of the governor and legislatures policies. Period.
NY permits abortion right up until birth. They rewrote the law so that could happen for any reason without penalty. They moved abortion into the health law to make sure there would not be an criminal repercussions
NY was one of the worst states during Covid. Not only did the lock down the populace, but the forced the elderly into situations that killed them.
NY’s schools are failing and have some of the lowest graduation rates. National studies are finding grade inflation is rampant and even though kids have “graduated” many cant read or wrote at grade level
NY’s governor and legislature are now going to put assisted suicide on the books.
NY election fraud is rampant and their voter roles and processes are operating in violation of federal law
NY healthcare system is in serious decline. It is being overwhelmed by illegal aliens who are costing the state billions and stealing care from citizens
I could go on…

Posted by: Marcus T at December 22, 2025 09:13 AM (zfkPG)

329 *no one is talking about Glühwein....

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:13 AM (g47mK)

330 They got all the covid shots and boosters"

Sore spot there. And yes, I know...anecdotes not data, but I'm caretaker and only "healthy" one of and entire family cohort who went all in on vacs - dementia, cancer, cardiac problems, more cancers.... now all have one cancer or another. It's beyond bad luck...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:13 AM (XuXeR)

331 Here's the deal: Canadian whisky is dogshit whisky. I'm no purist, either. I prefer bourbon, but Scotch is great, and I'll even drink some Irish, though it's just ok.

Canadian whisky is just nasty, and while I'm sure tariffs would increase its relative demand to some degree, all else being equal, most whisky drinkers would continue paying the markup for a bottle of bourbon. You can't just have the Canadian around. It's the moped of whiskies.

I suspect, if sales of bourbon are down big time in Canada, that's more on Trump than his tariffs. He's engendered a certain amount of ill-will among the Leafs.



Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 09:13 AM (BI5O2)

332 325 The Saudis were prepared to spend nine trillion petrodollars on their scifi dystopia walk city
-

That was all vaporware it was never going to happen .

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:13 AM (UJWr0)

333 Absolute clean diet.
Almost nil for chemical and environmental oopsies.
Amazing physical activity per day.
No looking for mutations, so they just tend to die of them at the same life span we live (they have dropped back to ours).
And most do vaccinate and use health services to help live a longer life - that's not widely known but they use healths services to their advantage.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 09:03 AM (tOcjL)

The Amish eat a shizzle ton of sugar. But they exercise like nobodies business, as you noted. They do see doctors, just not for check ups, etc. mainly because that is viewed as a needless expense. When sick, they do seek medical care. They do get vaccinated, but not on the cdc schedule. When there have been outbreaks like measles, they have gotten vaccinated as a community. They don’t smoke much at all, etc. Their average lifespan is 71 years. Oh, and there is genetic factors in play, too.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 09:14 AM (OoFl2)

334 The Saudis were prepared to spend nine trillion petrodollars on their scifi dystopia walk city. Let them pay for a high tech Palestinian city-state.

We will kick in for the wall and minefield to keep them inside of it.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 09:11 AM (JheLn)


Ah yes. The unmitigated clusterf*ck if excess and corruption known as NEOM. My company went all in on that bullshit and have suddenly stopped talking about it altogether.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

335 @310 Linus , had a lot of similar things with people I know. Had an aunt pass after a battle with cancer . Treatment vnit successful then went quickly. A friends father who was 75 but real healthy was diagnosed and died within a month. Several other folks I know, including people younger than me have gone also

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 09:14 AM (MoRvC)

336 >> Buffalo Trace makes one that is available at my local grocery store.

I hate you. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 22, 2025 09:14 AM (zfkPG)

337 (anyone remember Zima?)...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 22, 2025 08:56 AM (tOcjL)

***

Love love LOVE Zima...

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at December 22, 2025 09:14 AM (Bo9Yf)

338 NY is shithole. As is CA and IL. And people keep voting for more of it. I give zero fucks. You guys want to live in misery, have at it. Why do I care?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:15 AM (UJWr0)

339 236 He didn't 'try to have him killed' you stupid c*nt. He wanted him to do the right thing and not certify the stolen election and called for investigation.
___

Someone has to fill the enormous void in crazy TDS takes now that Reiner is no longer here.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 22, 2025 09:15 AM (Dv3i1)

340 332 Canadian whisky is just nasty, and while I'm sure tariffs would increase its relative demand to some degree, all else being equal, most whisky drinkers would continue paying the markup for a bottle of bourbon. You can't just have the Canadian around. It's the moped of whiskies.

I suspect, if sales of bourbon are down big time in Canada, that's more on Trump than his tariffs. He's engendered a certain amount of ill-will among the Leafs.



Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 09:13 AM (BI5O2)

Ah, but you're forgetting one demographic :

The Terminal Cheapskates.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 09:15 AM (UnA8+)

341 Buffalo Trace makes one that is available at my local grocery store."

Benchmark. Also no HFCS...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:15 AM (XuXeR)

342 The Saudis were prepared to spend nine trillion petrodollars on their scifi dystopia walk city. Let them pay for a high tech Palestinian city-state.

We will kick in for the wall and minefield to keep them inside of it.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 09:11 AM (JheLn)
++++
The Saudi strip city sounds like hell on earth, even in the shiny marketing. Even if it works exactly as promised (it won't, because it can't), it will still be a totalitarian hellscape full of subhuman slaves masquerading in a milieu of ersatz humanity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 09:16 AM (avHHk)

343 A Monday morning booze thread. I love the HQ.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:16 AM (pDt9x)

344 >> Buffalo Trace makes one that is available at my local grocery store.

I hate you. lol.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 22, 2025 09:14 AM (zfkPG)


Ditto.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

345
Whiskey
Sandwiches

Posted by: Sign at that little joint outside Pensacola when I was a kid at December 22, 2025 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)

346 You guys want to live in misery, have at it. Why do I care?

==

you don't, just stop the yammering about how you don't care about XYZ, every time the subject of something that is further than 5 miles form dwelling house comes up

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:16 AM (g47mK)

347 > Someone has to fill the enormous void in crazy TDS takes now that Reiner is no longer here.
====
I'm up for it.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at December 22, 2025 09:17 AM (NwnyJ)

348 Saudi might as well Have announced plans to build a colony on Neptune. It was a realistic as building the line city. I can’t believe anyone seriously believed that shit was feasible.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:17 AM (UJWr0)

349 "A Monday morning booze thread. I love the HQ."



Just in time for the holidays.

Posted by: You're welcome at December 22, 2025 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

350 A Monday morning booze thread. I love the HQ.

==

Economics !

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:18 AM (g47mK)

351 The Saudi strip city sounds like hell on earth, even in the shiny marketing. Even if it works exactly as promised (it won't, because it can't), it will still be a totalitarian hellscape full of subhuman slaves masquerading in a milieu of ersatz humanity.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 09:16 AM (avHHk)

You could have just said "Dubai".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:18 AM (06Hmj)

352 Western Lensman
@WesternLensman

Unhinged Jasmine Crockett responds to JD Vance’s remarks at TPUSA:

“The only reason you're the vice president is because the current president tried to have his last president k*lled."

What??

https://tinyurl.com/mwfvpe9d
Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 08:36 AM (NpAcC)

Vance needs to file a huge lawsuit against that POS. Maybe she needs to be "talked to". Privately.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 22, 2025 09:18 AM (5xuJ/)

353 They don't do processed foods.

This shit again. I have got news for you.
They practically invented processed food.

Time to move the goal posts again.
You all sashay in here and say stuff you'd never get away with in a bar.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 22, 2025 09:18 AM (zdLoL)

354 The Amish have a couple serious genetic conditions unknown to other tribes, as a result of in breeding. Jews also, with Tay Sachs and others. It's why I married outside the family.

Posted by: Strange Brew at December 22, 2025 09:18 AM (oftw2)

355 Saudi might as well Have announced plans to build a colony on Neptune. It was a realistic as building the line city. I can’t believe anyone seriously believed that shit was feasible.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:17 AM (UJWr0)
++++
I still can't quite decide whether or not it was a joke to rook investors. It's the kind of thing the WEF types really believe in and would desperately want, but it's also very obviously insane and stupid.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 09:18 AM (avHHk)

356 all Gulf cities are a mirage in the sand!

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:19 AM (g47mK)

357 you don't, just stop the yammering about how you don't care about XYZ, every time the subject of something that is further than 5 miles form dwelling house comes up
Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:16 AM (g47mK)

Why spend all this energy worrying about what people do that don’t affect you? Nobody in NY gives a fuck about you. Why do you give fucks about them? It’s like a reverse TDS.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:19 AM (UJWr0)

358 "Court Finds Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan Guilty Of Obstructing ICE"

Reader will note that I refrained from commenting on that one.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at December 22, 2025 09:19 AM (vFG9F)

359 I wonder what genetic disorders the Palis have??

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:19 AM (pDt9x)

360 Saw a video yesterday.

Vietnamese guy is violently ill on a passenger train. Waiter comes in and the guy points to the bowl of soup as he gags uncontrollably. The waiter tastes the soup and immediately starts gagging and barfing. A chef comes in and the waiter points to the soup, which he tastes and immediately starts gagging. The waiter apologizes and tells the guy he'll take the soup and get him a new one.

The guy says "No, it's fine. I'm drunk and I threw up in it."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

361 Ah, but you're forgetting one demographic :

The Terminal Cheapskates.
Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025

Oh, certainly. During times I've been broke, I've bought the Canadian stuff. But always with a twinge of shame.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 09:20 AM (BI5O2)

362 > Unhinged Jasmine Crockett responds to JD Vance’s remarks at TPUSA
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Her campaign for Senate is going to be LAF

Something "quotable" every damn day I bet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 09:20 AM (NwnyJ)

363 "Unhinged Jasmine Crockett"

What other kind is there?

Posted by: Zing at December 22, 2025 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)

364 358 Why spend all this energy worrying about what people do that don’t affect you? Nobody in NY gives a fuck about you. Why do you give fucks about them? It’s like a reverse TDS.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:19 AM (UJWr0)

Containment.

Some of us are stuck in neighboring states and don't want NY escapees coming here and trying to make where we are exact copies of NY.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 09:20 AM (UnA8+)

365 If Judge Dugan’s a convicted felon now, is she going to run for president?

This is absurd. I legitimately don't think it's possible for a judge to be "obstructing" in her own court room and if an appeals court doesn't agree it will be the judiciary continuing to undermine itself..

Peiple think the appeals process will be interesting to follow? Yeah I’m on the edge of my seat wondering how the MAGA SCOTUS is gonna rule on this one 🙄

Jury just got played and handed Trump a major win here. Absolutely shameful

Innocent until proven guilty. Someone going through the judicial process should be allowed to do so without needing to worry that doing the right thing and showing up at court will get them deported.

It's absolutely disgusting, and completely against all logic and morality for letting actual justice happen

We need a more universal education in jury nullification. This is a sad day for America and for people who stand against repression.

Leftists try not defending women abusing pieces of shit, challenge impossible.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 22, 2025 09:20 AM (JCZqz)

366 An NPR analysis shows a skyrocketing number of 'no-shows' in immigration court

No shit Sherlock

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (gbOdA)

367 , if sales of bourbon are down big time in Canada"

They're switching to cannabis and seltzers. Liquor and beer sales have been declining since 03. And Canada isn't even a top 5 buyer of bourbon...

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (XuXeR)

368 I live in NYs mid Hudson valley and the leftists who live here and have moved here are as delusional as ever.
I've mentioned previously that the powers that be are proposing a battery storage plant about a mile and a half from me. Any opposition is met with screeching. Well a battery plant just went up in flames in Orange County , just south of here, last night. You'd think that would change people's minds but we'll see

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (MoRvC)

369 Not only are we returning kids to their families. We're saying if you voluntarily want to go back, we'll give you $3K through the holidays!"

That's serious money south of our border

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (OPGS/)

370 I still can't quite decide whether or not it was a joke to rook investors. It's the kind of thing the WEF types really believe in and would desperately want, but it's also very obviously insane and stupid.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 09:18 AM (avHHk)

Classic case of embrace the power of and. 😃

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (UJWr0)

371 Saw a story over the weekend bemoaning some 600 employee trucking company out of Laredo was shutting down.

All the lefties trying to blame Trump's tariffs "see, they can't ship from Mexico anymore!!"
And trying to spin it up as a major warning sign, "if they're failing in Dec, which is a high shipping volume month, bad things are coming."

With a quite aside about how mile rates have fallen over the last few years.

And I'm over here, "maybe if they all hadn't been hiring all the dirka-dirkas and Aladdins illegally, rates wouldn't have cratered."

There has been no bigger theft of good-paying, American jobs than what happened in trucking.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (HXT0k)

372
Vance needs to file a huge lawsuit against that POS. Maybe she needs to be "talked to". Privately.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 22, 2025 09:18 AM (5xuJ/)


She's accusing Trump. Trump should immediately file a $250m lawsuit against her for slander.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

373 , if sales of bourbon are down big time in Canada"

They're switching to cannabis and seltzers. Liquor and beer sales have been declining since 03. And Canada isn't even a top 5 buyer of bourbon...

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Isn't Canada filling up with Muslims?

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 09:22 AM (sX1BW)

374 An NPR analysis shows a skyrocketing number of 'no-shows' in immigration court

No shit Sherlock
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (gbOdA)
++++
Does "no show" without notice (people *do* get sick or stuck in traffic, etc.) result in an immediate deportation order? If not, why not?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 09:22 AM (avHHk)

375 can someone explain to that self centered prick that there are topics other than him and his narrow interests that people want to talk about ? thank you

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:22 AM (g47mK)

376 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2025 09:22 AM (u82oZ)

377 Vance needs to file a huge lawsuit against that POS"

Nah. Let her rant. It's entertaining

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:23 AM (XuXeR)

378 There has been no bigger theft of good-paying, American jobs than what happened in trucking.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (HXT0k)

Once upon a time, "Trucker" was a quintessentially American job. Other places had Hauliers or Drivers. Not us. We had the Trucker.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:23 AM (06Hmj)

379 *That's serious money south of our border.*

Hooch and smokes.

Posted by: Pedro at December 22, 2025 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

380
Peiple think the appeals process will be interesting to follow? Yeah I’m on the edge of my seat wondering how the MAGA SCOTUS is gonna rule on this one 🙄



An appeal of a federal case automatically hits the Supreme Court?

These people really are almost functionally retarded, aren't they.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

381 376 can someone explain to that self centered prick that there are topics other than him and his narrow interests that people want to talk about ? thank you
Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:22 AM (g47mK)

(Dozens of HQ commenters nervously pull their collars)

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 09:23 AM (pDt9x)

382 374 Isn't Canada filling up with Muslims?
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 09:22 AM (sX1BW)

Vancouver is mostly Sikhs, I think.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 09:23 AM (UnA8+)

383 every time some commenter comes up with , "you voted for it, blah , blah , blah"..dude! this is a politics centered blog! people talk about politics of voting for troubling things! geez

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:24 AM (g47mK)

384 We even have our own style of hat.

Posted by: Truckers at December 22, 2025 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)

385 376 can someone explain to that self centered prick that there are topics other than him and his narrow interests that people want to talk about ? thank you
Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:22 AM (g47mK)

(Dozens of HQ commenters nervously pull their collars)

Posted by: tubal

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TJM isn't even on this thread.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 09:24 AM (sX1BW)

386 There has been no bigger theft of good-paying, American jobs than what happened in trucking.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (HXT0k)

Once upon a time, "Trucker" was a quintessentially American job. Other places had Hauliers or Drivers. Not us. We had the Trucker.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:23 AM (06Hmj)


You asked for it.......


https://youtu.be/0U-ermF-tQA

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

387 Does "no show" without notice (people *do* get sick or stuck in traffic, etc.) result in an immediate deportation order? If not, why not?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 09:22 AM (avHHk)

----------------

If a CongressCritter can be wheeled in on a hospital bed to cast a vote ...

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 22, 2025 09:25 AM (b8koU)

388 If Vance replies back to DJ Jazzy Crocket she’s just getting what she wants.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:25 AM (UJWr0)

389
Wait until you see the long term effect of the vaccine + ozempic ... see happy fun ball.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22,

One of my instructors was joking to her husband (a doctor) that she wanted to go on this for a month to get into the inevitable class action lawsuit. He said the award will be like .25 cents a person, but agrees it will happen. The effect on muscle is incredible- and this includes your heart, as well as bone density. I know losing weight is hard first hand. It’s not fun. And everyone, including me, wants an easy way to do it. This diet, that diet, this pill, that shot. Truth is, eating less and better, while exercising is the answer. It’s slow going, but that is how you lose it and keep it off.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 09:25 AM (OoFl2)

390 What do you sikh?

Posted by: People of Vancouver at December 22, 2025 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)

391 Personally, I think the trucking industry was always controlled by the once popular Mafia.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (NwnyJ)

392 https://youtu.be/0U-ermF-tQA
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

Not Waylon?

Respect.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (06Hmj)

393 You could have just said "Dubai".
-------------------

Dubai - the city for people who find Law Vegas too tasteful and restrained.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (j4WDO)

394 Saw a story over the weekend bemoaning some 600 employee trucking company out of Laredo was shutting down."

They're an illegal haven. Supposedly hit with nearly 100 drivers unable to speak English.

Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (XuXeR)

395 JD Vance offers damning message to racist Nick Fuentes for revolting attacks on wife Usha: ‘Eat shit

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (gbOdA)

396 Elections have consequences. NYers have voted left for 50 years. Fuck em.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (UJWr0)

397 The reason you should care about NY, Cali, Ill etc is that the shitholes quickly expand beyond their borders

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (MoRvC)

398 stop talking about Democrats XYZ state voted for !11!! then , what the fk are we going to talk about ? your pet peeves? Taylor Swift ??

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (g47mK)

399 The Amish have a couple serious genetic conditions unknown to other tribes, as a result of in breeding. Jews also, with Tay Sachs and others. It's why I married outside the family.

Posted by: Strange Brew at December 22, 2025 09:18 AM (oftw2)
-

Here in Israel, there's a genetic disease screen exam for engaged couples. Our pups all took it.

Also, we've had such a variety of ingathering from around the world that we've shuffled to gene pool.

We have pups married to spouses who families come from a mix of countries, including Iraq, Iran, Syria, Morocco, Egypt, and a variety of western and eastern European countries.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 09:27 AM (E+OH8)

400 How easy is it to eat six eggs when you've run out of bacon?

Damn easy.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:27 AM (dAOkg)

401 Pennsylvania school bus driver fired over a sign asking students to speak English out of respect for others.

"Out of respect to English-only students, there will be no speaking Spanish on this bus."

https://tinyurl.com/2vdjny3h

Posted by: redridinghood at December 22, 2025 09:27 AM (NpAcC)

402 394 Saw a story over the weekend bemoaning some 600 employee trucking company out of Laredo was shutting down."

They're an illegal haven. Supposedly hit with nearly 100 drivers unable to speak English.
Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (XuXeR)

I hear Cal is just going to reissue the 17k fake licenses.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:27 AM (gbOdA)

403
Not Waylon?

Respect.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (06Hmj)


I figured an 87 mph change up was in order.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

404 Know who else quickly expanded beyond their borders?

Posted by: Obligatory at December 22, 2025 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

405 Here in Israel, there's a genetic disease screen exam for engaged couples. Our pups all took it.

==

That's pretty advanced. PGD ? Is it standard for all couples ?

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:28 AM (g47mK)

406 One of my instructors was joking to her husband (a doctor) that she wanted to go on this for a month to get into the inevitable class action lawsuit. He said the award will be like .25 cents a person, but agrees it will happen.

I signed up to one of those 3M military earplug compensation ads I saw a few years ago. Took probably over a year, but I think i got around $7,000 or so. And I was on the the lower tier of compensation: served and used 3am earplugs during the time period, had self-reported claims of tinnitus or hearing loss, but no documentation.

Posted by: Military Moron at December 22, 2025 09:28 AM (JCZqz)

407 Or, no, PDG is something else.

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:28 AM (g47mK)

408 JD Vance offers damning message to racist Nick Fuentes for revolting attacks on wife Usha: ‘Eat shit

-----------------

This reminds me that I thought Jeb should have walked over and slugged Trump during the debate because of what he said about his brother. People would have respected him a lot more if he had.

JD can say whatever he wants to someone who talks shit about his wife. And if he beats someone senseless for it, he will be tough to beat.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 22, 2025 09:28 AM (sX1BW)

409 PGD ? anyway..good for them

Posted by: runner at December 22, 2025 09:29 AM (g47mK)

410 316 A typical illegal gets $50k in benefits yearly. Why would he leave for a one time payment of $3k? It’s silly.
______

$50k? Haha! Sure, go with that number, stupid yankee.

Posted by: Somalian at December 22, 2025 09:29 AM (Dv3i1)

411 404 Know who else quickly expanded beyond their borders?
Posted by: Obligatory at December 22, 2025 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

The Hittites!

....

No?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:29 AM (06Hmj)

412 Dubai - the city for people who find Law Vegas too tasteful and restrained.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (j4WDO)
-

No drunks, junkies, garbage piles and people who treat you kindly. So people who have visited tell me.

I have no interest personally to visit but Las Vegas it ain't!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 09:29 AM (E+OH8)

413 Happy Monday!

In before the Art thread?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 09:29 AM (NuV6c)

414 395 JD Vance offers damning message to racist Nick Fuentes for revolting attacks on wife Usha: ‘Eat shit
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (gbOdA)

That's all well and good, JD.

Now punch him in his stupid face.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 09:29 AM (UnA8+)

415 Saw a story over the weekend bemoaning some 600 employee trucking company out of Laredo was shutting down."

They're an illegal haven. Supposedly hit with nearly 100 drivers unable to speak English.
Posted by: man at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM (XuXeR)

I hear Cal is just going to reissue the 17k fake licenses.
Posted by: rhennigantx


Sit outside the state lines and pull every truck over. Arrest those that you need to.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 09:30 AM (dAOkg)

416 My daughter got the gene test (because of an already diagnosed disorder). They have the regular one, and regular + a special Ashkenazi panel.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 09:30 AM (BI5O2)

417 Commander Cody and His Lost planet Airmen had the most trucking songs in a typical concert.

Posted by: Took Three Bennies, And My Semi-trick Won't Start at December 22, 2025 09:30 AM (oftw2)

418 395 JD Vance offers damning message to racist Nick Fuentes for revolting attacks on wife Usha: ‘Eat shit
Posted by: rhennigantx

I think this needs to be the standard behavior towards folks like that.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 22, 2025 09:30 AM (OPGS/)

419
No drunks, junkies, garbage piles and people who treat you kindly. So people who have visited tell me.

I have no interest personally to visit but Las Vegas it ain't!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 09:29 AM (E+OH8


And only costs you about 3x anything in Vegas, so you dearly pay for the treatment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

420
A
R
T

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

421 I would never want genetic screening for all couples in the US. Between our laws and our culture, it would immediately become a mass-euthanadia program.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (BI5O2)

422 " Know who else quickly expanded beyond their borders?
Posted by: Obligatory"

Mr Creosote?

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 09:32 AM (vFG9F)

423 No drunks, junkies, garbage piles and people who treat you kindly. So people who have visited tell me.

I have no interest personally to visit but Las Vegas it ain't!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at

The parts you see. It’s really, really a have and have not place. Where the servants live (being nice here) is awful, like a step up from cardboard box. But yes, there is no crime, no junkies, etc. If you break the law, they do NOT play around.

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 09:33 AM (OoFl2)

424 And only costs you about 3x anything in Vegas, so you dearly pay for the treatment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
-

Neither LV nor Dubai interest me. But if I had to choose, LV would be one of the last places I'd choose to go to.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 09:34 AM (E+OH8)

425 It’s a Mississippi case about whether a state may accept mail-in ballots received after election day. The Magnolia State counts ballots that arrive up to five days after the election. (They must be postmarked by election day).

The new USPS system to collect mail locally at smaller stations and then centrally process (postmark) invalidates all forms of mail-in voting.
With there present system the local PO postmarks the mail usually within a day of drop off.
The central system could mean a piece of mail dropped off in Friday may not hit a process center until Tuesday.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

-----

The idea of relying on the USPS to deliver ballots is wrong from the start.

If one can't show a chain of custody, it screws up any potential court case.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 22, 2025 09:34 AM (Vh9CX)

426 She's accusing Trump. Trump should immediately file a $250m lawsuit against her for slander.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

Or, he being a Queens boy, have that "little talk" with the insolent bitch. She needs to live the rest of her miserable existence in fear. Damn....the Magyar in me is rearing its head again. I denounce myself. A little. Maybe.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 22, 2025 09:35 AM (5xuJ/)

427 423 The parts you see. It’s really, really a have and have not place. Where the servants live (being nice here) is awful, like a step up from cardboard box. But yes, there is no crime, no junkies, etc. If you break the law, they do NOT play around.
Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2025 09:33 AM (OoFl2)

They confiscate the passports of the migrant workers (slaves), then threaten to kill their families.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (UnA8+)

428 They confiscate the passports of the migrant workers (slaves), then threaten to kill their families.

Posted by: XTC at December 22, 2025 09:36 AM (UnA8+)
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So I asked Grok. Nah.

https://tinyurl.com/yenxdaz9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 09:39 AM (E+OH8)

429 The Amish eat a shizzle ton of sugar. But they exercise like nobodies business, as you noted.
——-

What? When was the last time you saw a hook & eye out jogging? Or at the Gym? LOL

No, the Amish work like nobody’s business.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 22, 2025 09:39 AM (3hjQC)

430 >>I would never want genetic screening for all couples in the US. Between our laws and our culture, it would immediately become a mass-euthanadia program.


G A T T A C A

Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2025 09:39 AM (NuV6c)

431 397 The reason you should care about NY, Cali, Ill etc is that the shitholes quickly expand beyond their borders

Doesn't the Democratic Socialists (DSA) rise the the level of the NSS? What about their member-NEPOlibs whose moral and physical vandalism allows their parents and families to buy up businesses and properties devalued, corrupted and defiled by their actions?


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

" I Wish There Could Be A National System To Alert Us "We Have Solved" The Problem That Is Trump" ctHILLARY, 2025 -

I tried to represent a better America when I was president. But now I don't have to... -- Bill Clinton'06 while still celebrating with Jeffmas-prime

Who's the real deplorable? and why?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 22, 2025 09:43 AM (qk3lp)

432
Not Waylon?

Respect.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2025 09:26 AM

I figured an 87 mph change up was in order.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 22, 2025 09:27 AM

I done 'splained the whole "truckin' bidness"

youtube.com/watch?v=MjtWaOPTYmU

Posted by: Zombie Merle Haggard at December 22, 2025 09:45 AM (tljrc)

433 Merry Day Before the Day Before the Night Before Christmas!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 22, 2025 08:41 AM

It's Festivus Eve.

It's the day spent writing up lists of grievances to air tomorrow as well as doing last minute workouts to be ready for the feats of strength.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 22, 2025 10:01 AM (P5BPp)

434 I saw a comment over the weekend that Ticket Carlson attacked the family of the Furry English Cigarette who murdered Charlie Kirk for turning him in, but I can't find anything about it online. Anybody know what he said?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 22, 2025 08:38 AM

Via Grok:

Over the December 20-21 weekend, Tucker Carlson spoke at Turning Point USA's (TPUSA) AmericaFest event in Phoenix, Arizona — an organization founded by Kirk. During his speech, Carlson addressed a hypothetical scenario involving a family member committing murder, which many interpreted as an implicit criticism of Robinson's family for turning him in. Here's the key excerpt from his remarks, based on video and eyewitness accounts shared widely on X:

"If my brother went on a drug-induced murder spree, I'd defend him. I'd say, 'That's my brother, I love him.' I wouldn't condemn him. I'd try to get him out of the country if I could. Family loyalty comes first."

The statement drew backlash online for its timing and venue, with commenters noting the insensitivity given that Robinson's father had turned him in just months after Kirk's killing.

Grok full answer: https://bit.ly/3KJ3FTt

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 22, 2025 10:11 AM (P5BPp)

435 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

Candace Owens - Four very young children and a husband, George Farmer, the son of Lord Michael Farmer from the U.K. House of Lords & British-American businessman. It seems Farmer is well known for involved in free speech/anti-censorship advocacy, and also leading right-wing groups like Turning Point UK and tech platforms like Parler, where he was formerly the CEO.

Reportedly Tucker grew up "waspy," attending St. George's School, part of the esteemed "St. Grottlesex" group of New England prep schools. There, he met his wife, married and, much later, some of their (4) children attended.

He sold his ownership stake in the The Daily Caller and departed 2020, joining Fox. He was among the hosts named in the 2021 Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network defamation lawsuit, and in April 2023, Fox News canceled Tucker Carlson Tonight.

Both were always 'wonky' individuals. But when they woke and realize it's no longer a game - they weren't in control - they were going to protect whatever they have the best they can, likely with whatever family help and guidance they're open to. They can't step away yet. They're narcissists.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 22, 2025 10:14 AM (NFX2v)

436 Did the Waymos start honking at each other? Nothing like a Robot trying to annoy another Robot.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 10:18 AM (Da7Vv)

437 I haven't watched Fox since 2010, or so. Haven't missed it.

Posted by: MAGA Mutt at December 22, 2025 08:46 AM

I started watching Fox News Channel on 09/11/2001. I stopped watching during the summer of the 2004 Presidential campaign when Bill O'Reilly planted himself firmly on the fence post during his commentary on the John Kerry Swift Boat Veterans situation. I realized then that no one on TV was principled and everyone was just putting on a show.

At that point, I had been listening to Rush Limbaugh for years, so I kept up with politics listening to his show every day at work. And then that year was when political blogs and military blogs started up. I've been getting my news from blogs (and then Twitter/X) ever since. Have not watched any TV "news" in 20+ years.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 22, 2025 10:29 AM (P5BPp)

438 The German Chemical Industry collapse link via American Thinker didn’t work for me: here’s an alternative source -

https://is.gd/rWmvlX

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 22, 2025 10:52 AM (E0Kkk)

439 56. District of Columbia government is basically a jobs program for non-whites
Posted by: Don Black

Watch the TV advertisement recruiting for Deputy Sheriff positions in Philadelphia.

You Tube, We Are Hiring! Apply online with the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office by Dec. 28th
Philadelphia Sheriff's Office

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 22, 2025 11:09 AM (NFX2v)

440 States Are Denying Cops’ Due-Process Rights

Yes, it's both being abused AND not being used enough. As some may not know, there ARE bad cops with bad supervisors that protect them, and when those bad cops are fired, they end up working for another city and keep doing bad things until they are found out and fired again: rinse and repeat.
If you don't believe me, just look up some of the egregious behavior cataloged by a guy who goes on EweToob as the Civil Rights Lawyer, @thecivilrightslawyer (he does 2nd Amendment stuff too). Guy has a website too: thecivilrightslawyer.com

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 01:11 PM (ynpvh)

441 Notably, according to the DOJ, the only faces that would be redacted would be those of minors, alleged victims, and government officials.

So, that means anyone currently working for Gov?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 22, 2025 01:52 PM (ynpvh)

442 Conservative Collage Professors have the same Freedom of Speech Rights as the Liberal ones do. I suggest the Liberals read to whole U.S. Constitution and they wont find and Racists words in it period

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 22, 2025 05:02 PM (wGqjj)

443 So JFK, Bratty Grandson wants to Fine Sates of their Gun fall into the wrong Hands of New York States Violent thugs?! Why don't this spoiled little twerp start sending Violent Carrer Criminals to Prison and without Parole Plea Bargains, Pardons, Clemency or Early Release

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 22, 2025 05:08 PM (wGqjj)

444 Why do you continually beclown us with your amateur grphfics and vile rhetoric? I can't refer any friends to this site, because you are so juvenile.

Posted by: kraki at December 22, 2025 06:01 PM (cG6Xc)

445 To jjsefton "graphics'

Posted by: kraki at December 22, 2025 06:02 PM (cG6Xc)

Daily Tech News 22 December 2025

Top Story

  • How Pepsi saved the Roomba, and how Lina Khan murdered it. (Tech Crunch)

    I hadn't heard the Pepsi story before:
    The press drove this huge initial demand - 70,000 robots. So next year we're going to do four times that. We made 300,000 robots. We even made a television commercial, but we were a bunch of geek engineers, so it totally failed. After Cyber Monday we were sitting with 250,000 robots in our warehouse like, "Oh my God, the world's going to end."

    Then something good happened. The guy running our website said, "Why did sales quadruple yesterday?" We hadn't done anything. What had happened was Pepsi had started running a TV ad with Dave Chappelle. He walks into this beautiful home, picks up a potato chip, and a Roomba comes out. He's like, "A vacuum cleaner!" He throws down the potato chip, the vacuum eats it, then chases him. His pants are ripped off. He stands up in boxers. A beautiful woman appears, and he says, "Your vacuum cleaner ate my pants." We sold 250,000 robots in two weeks and realized we knew nothing about marketing.
    And now for Lina Khan's FTC, the AntiPepsi:
    The amount of money and time spent was indescribable. I would not be surprised if over 100,000 documents were created and delivered. iRobot invested a significant part of our discretionary earnings against fulfilling the requirements that went along with doing the transaction. Amazon was forced to invest many, many, many times that. There was a whole team, both internal and external employees and lawyers and economists working to try to, in as many different ways as possible - because it seemed like our message was falling on deaf ears - demonstrate that this acquisition was not going to create a monopolistic situation.
    It was never going to create a monopoly. The FTC didn't care. It wanted scalps.
    There was daily activity for 18 months associated with this. Perhaps most telling, when I was testifying as part of being deposed, I had a chance to walk the halls of the FTC. The examiners on their office doors had printouts of deals blocked, like trophies.

Tech News




Roomba Interlude




Musical Interlude




Disclaimer: Babies seem to be born to widdle. I think the instructions got screwed up somehow.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM




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1 w00t

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:01 AM (RuTUS)

2 G'Day

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Poke.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2025 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

4 Morning all!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2025 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

5 Hi, Pixy.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:04 AM (RuTUS)

6 Good morning. Is it secret? Is it safe?

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 22, 2025 04:04 AM (YmxGb)

7 from the Roomba article; invention doesn't get much cooler than this:

We built the PackBot, which was the first robot ever deployed in a combat mission for the US Army, went into caves in Afghanistan, and became the primary methodology for diffusing improvised explosive devices. We would get postcards: “You saved my life today.”

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:07 AM (RuTUS)

8 As said downstairs, short week, think I can handle this

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 04:08 AM (Ia/+0)

9 Howdy!

Posted by: Moonbeam at December 22, 2025 04:10 AM (rbKZ6)

10 Here's Chappelle's Pepsi commercial that features a Roomba:

https://tinyurl.com/2wb9dckt

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:15 AM (RuTUS)

11 The story of the FTC interference is, sadly, too typical of the US deep state. Embedded like a tick on a blue heeler.

Posted by: clarence at December 22, 2025 04:26 AM (JUmo3)

12 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 22, 2025 04:27 AM (sAmhv)

13 If Apple had any wits about them they'd write Nanya a blank cheque and tell them to go for it. Or just buy them outright.
----

If Apple had any sense at all, it likely left the building years ago.

Posted by: clarence at December 22, 2025 04:28 AM (JUmo3)

14 I kinda hate to ask this, but: I have gotten onto a mailing list for really stupid ads. I've directed them into my junk/spam box.

They have an unsubscribe link. Do I click that?

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:38 AM (RuTUS)

15 Probably. If you have the 8GB 9600 XT, turn off ray tracing and you'll be good at 1080p and likely even at 1440p.


I haven't cracked my box open to replace my GPU and PSU yet, as I don't want to risk not having a PC to work with if something goes wrong so it's still got the RX 7600 I originally built it with.

That card only has 8GB and I was running Cyberpunk 2077 at around 60 to 80 fps at 1440p (no Ray-tracing, I'd be lucky to get 15 fps if I turned any of that on).

Also The Outer Worlds, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Red Dead Redemption 2 all were giving me over 60 fps.

I'd run the games at Medium or High settings and tweak specific settings as needed. GotG even has some light Ray-tracing and it ran fine.

I think 8GB is still fine for most games people play.
It may cause some trouble at 1440p with some of the newer games, or specific games on specific game engines might run like crap, but for the most part people can get by on 8GB for a few more years if you don't go crazy with the settings.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 04:40 AM (6ydKt)

16 from the Roomba article:

Amazon’s January 2024 decision to scuttle its $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot

That's some big bucks.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:42 AM (RuTUS)

17 They have an unsubscribe link. Do I click that?

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:38 AM (RuTUS)

I'd say for a reputable company it's probably OK, as they are legit about it being an Unsubscribe list.

Some other fly-by-night or janky spam mail lists are harder to trust as they may just be using an Unsubscribe to confirm a valid address and then they'll just send you more spam.

I generally just send stuff to Junk/Spam folders, and Gmail and Yahoo are pretty good about putting it all there so I never see it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 04:48 AM (6ydKt)

18 17 They have an unsubscribe link. Do I click that?
Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:38 AM (RuTUS)

Some other fly-by-night or janky spam mail lists are harder to trust as they may just be using an Unsubscribe to confirm a valid address and then they'll just send you more spam.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 04:48 AM (6ydKt)

How to know! Thanks.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:53 AM (RuTUS)

19 I was just reminded that SODIMM to DIMM adapters are a thing that exist.

Since I have 256GB of DDR4 SODIMMs, that reminder might come in useful if one of my older laptops decides to stop working - which is likely to happen before the memory drought is resolved.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2025 04:59 AM (BLOW1)

20 Pepsi sucks. Nuke them from orbit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 05:00 AM (kT/XV)

21 Reflection on final words. Matthew 28:18-20

https://tinyurl.com/yffcxa9k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 05:05 AM (Nx5jP)

22 Belated BOING!

Busy coding for a living. Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 05:06 AM (KsL+3)

23 19 I was just reminded that SODIMM to DIMM adapters are a thing that exist.

Since I have 256GB of DDR4 SODIMMs, that reminder might come in useful if one of my older laptops decides to stop working - which is likely to happen before the memory drought is resolved.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2025 04:59 AM (BLOW1)

People are going to get really creative with memory solutions if the prices keep climbing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 05:07 AM (6ydKt)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2025 05:13 AM (tljrc)

25 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2025 05:19 AM (AN2gy)

26 Well below freezing but clear
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 05:25 AM (Ia/+0)

27 @14/m: I kinda hate to ask this, but: I have gotten onto a mailing list for really stupid ads. I've directed them into my junk/spam box.

They have an unsubscribe link. Do I click that?"

What SpeakingOf told you.

Also, identify a piece of their email address from the "From:" line you can use to identify their mail, and create a couple of mail filters using that run when mail is received.

For inbound mail that matches:
- Mark it as read
- Move it to trash

For a while, you can leave out the "Mark it as read" step and check the trash folder manually to ensure that it's only tagging exactly what you want. Eventually though you want this running silently and not bringing your attention to it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

28 One thing that iRobot never seemed to realize about vision-based vacuuming robots is that you can't run the fucking things at night without leaving the lights on, since they couldn't see anything if you didn't. Maybe that was fine pre-COVID, when users probably weren't in the houses during the day, but it's a PITA when you start working from home.

The image of the woman on the toilet when the robot went in the bathroom to vacuum that leaked out on the internet didn't help a lot.

For Telsa's cars using vision, we expect human driven cars to have their lights on to see, so it's not a big deal for the robot cars to do the same.

I was an early iRobot adopter (I've got 2 to cover my house now) and the FTC fucking the goat here pisses me off.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 22, 2025 05:29 AM (rlXCY)

29 It's a little early yet, but here's a lovely version of Nat King Cole singing "O, holy night":

https://tinyurl.com/htcy8dsa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 05:34 AM (ix8EF)

30 27 @14/m: ...

What SpeakingOf told you.

Also, identify a piece of their email address from the "From:" line you can use to identify their mail, and create a couple of mail filters using that run when mail is received.

For inbound mail that matches:
- Mark it as read
- Move it to trash

For a while, you can leave out the "Mark it as read" step and check the trash folder manually to ensure that it's only tagging exactly what you want. Eventually though you want this running silently and not bringing your attention to it.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks! They always go to junk/spam. I check junk/spam daily because some legit stuff goes there. And that's where I am forced to skim the subject line of the stupid ads and that's when I think, make it stop.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 05:41 AM (RuTUS)

31 Why do I talk about Silver prices? Why did President Trump declare Silver a vital National Resource? Same reasons. The Silver Price is not any longer really determined by commodities traders as a speculative price. The real determination is governed by the physical short fall in supplies of the metal, and its widespread industrial uses. Why did J.P. Morgan pay a $920 million fine to the FTC for "spoofing" the silver market? For years the bank has held the silver price low by sending out false sell orders and canceling them just before execution. That was a RICO violation and Bank executives went to prison for doing that. The reason they did that was to amass a huge physical amount of Silver at artificially low prices. Anything High tech requires the low electrical resistance of Silver, and there is no substitute for the metal. For instance: a tomahawk cruise missile uses about 500 oz of Silver and that silver is destroyed into unrecoverable vapor when the missile is used. Hundreds of millions of cell phones also use small amounts of silver which can't be recovered when the cell phone dies, because the cost of recovery is too high. Silver spot is at $69.33 per oz.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 05:44 AM (Da7Vv)

32 So I have a question:
Are there people that do not know Tucker is full of shit?
Seems so obvious.
Same goes for Nick dude. 1 tweet picked up by 20 to 200 bots is not a trend.
Also add in all the people that tell you this or that (D) is preaching Jesus or whatever.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 05:45 AM (gbOdA)

33 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 05:44 AM (Da7Vv)

I read a story year ago about how the DoW needed ATT to build switches for WWII. So they needed several tons of gold to make the contacts.
After war was over they melted down the switches and got with 1% of the gold back.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 05:49 AM (gbOdA)

34 Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 05:45 AM (gbOdA)
tukker and pooentes
The sooner those two bastards disappear from view the better.

That is all.

Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at December 22, 2025 05:51 AM (G+z4C)

35 You can't have high speed data chips without the low resistance of silver. For years silver came out of the ground at a 16 : 1 ratio to gold. But we have exhausted the easily obtained silver, and it is now coming out of the ground at a 7:1 ration with gold. The new Samsung battery which will make electric cars practical - no fire hazard, 9 minute recharge time, 20 year life span, and 600 mile range will use about a kilogram of silver per car. Nobody mines for silver; it is a by product of copper, zinc, and lead mining. Geopolitically Mexico, Peru, and China are the major producers of the metal and there are political problems with all of those sources. A new silver mine takes 5-10 years to come on line and faces major environmental restrictions.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 05:57 AM (Da7Vv)

36 nicely put:

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Peter Cook
@_Peter_Cook
6h

Journalists are widely distrusted by the public, and that is unfortunate, because the writers of the Constitution considered their jobs important enough to warrant government protection.

Journalists have burned all of that trust down over decades, and this is the result.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 05:59 AM (RuTUS)

37 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 22, 2025 06:08 AM (Cjt/F)

38 You are going to hear stories about "Silver Hoarders" but that is just propaganda from the big money silver hoarders to keep the attention off of them. Don't fall for "Windfall taxes" talk or physical confiscation BS for individual "stackers" of silver. The banks like J.P. Morgan have got 99.9% of the actual above ground stocks of silver.

Just thought I'd explain why I talk about Silver prices, and not soybean prices, as the smart ass here asks.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 06:08 AM (Da7Vv)

39 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Born to eat big dinners rune.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 22, 2025 06:09 AM (qbLEp)

40 Journalists have burned all of that trust down over decades, and this is the result.
Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 05:59 AM (RuTUS)

And a fair amount was on purpose.
That is, they were will to risk the loss of trust to sell an idea.
Walter stated that the Tet offensive fail when it fact about 25% of the communist were dead or fallen.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 06:11 AM (gbOdA)

41 21 Reflection on final words. Matthew 28:18-20

https://tinyurl.com/yffcxa9k
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 05:05 AM (Nx5jP)

Food for reflection. At this point in my life I want to go to the end of my time here doing those things that are pleasing to God. My early life was a denial, I want to end in affirmation.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:13 AM (pDt9x)

42 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 22, 2025 06:14 AM (bQ4nt)

43 39 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Born to eat big dinners rune.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 22, 2025 06:09 AM (qbLEp)

Have you considered growing a bergamot orchard?

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:14 AM (pDt9x)

44 I did not wish anything bad on Roomba, but I would not have bought one while the Amazon deal was on the table. I’ll be damned of Jeff Bezos is going to have a map of the interior of my house.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at December 22, 2025 06:17 AM (ewuvP)

45 - An Observation

I finally took my dead Dell apart and did the same for a friend who just wanted theirs out of their garage.
Watched 3 or 4 "how to" vids on utube and other stuff, of course, started popping up.
Some talking about what you're saying about silver.
One stated JP Morgan had sent all their silver desk traders to Singapore(?) Many, many tons shipped overseas also.

Lots of folks hair on fire about the opening this morning. Guess the far east which opened last night is/will be the tell.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 22, 2025 06:18 AM (T08Hw)

46 Have you considered growing a bergamot orchard?
Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:14 AM (pDt9x)
---------
The idea had not occurred.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 22, 2025 06:18 AM (qbLEp)

47 Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:13 AM (pDt9x

That's a very positive attitude to have. God bless you, tubal.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 06:19 AM (rZCVI)

48 43 39 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 22, 2025 06:09 AM (qbLEp)

Have you considered growing a bergamot orchard?
Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:14 AM (pDt9x)

; )

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:19 AM (RuTUS)

49 mornin yall. Some rapper named Micky Ninja is a Trump supporter? Is this going to be one of those Kanye deals where she turns out to be a loon?

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:20 AM (vFG9F)

50 49 Some rapper named Micky Ninja is a Trump supporter?
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:20 AM (vFG9F)

https://nitter.net/nickiminaj

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:23 AM (RuTUS)

51 47 Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:13 AM (pDt9x

That's a very positive attitude to have. God bless you, tubal.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 06:19 AM (rZCVI)

You have always been an encouragement to me, over all these years at the HQ. Also Marcus T. I’ve taken on some new roles at my church that are stretching me, but hopefully they will bear fruit. Leadership classes for young members. They are the future, not me. I pray that my energy and resolve will hold up for the long haul.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:24 AM (pDt9x)

52 Walter stated that the Tet offensive fail when it fact about 25% of the communist were dead or fallen.

After the 1968 Tet offensive the Vietcong were destroyed as a fighting force. Everything from the Communist side after that was North Vietnam Army regulars.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 06:24 AM (Da7Vv)

53
@nickiminaj

Followers
25,626,122

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:25 AM (RuTUS)

54 53
@nickiminaj

Followers
25,626,122
Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:25 AM (RuTUS)

Her support is a big deal, no matter the disapproval of some. She does not need to do what she is doing. It seems her conscience has been stirred up.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:28 AM (pDt9x)

55 If Bondi had any damn sense she would be indicting Democrats left and right, starting with Massie and Khanna and going all the way to Pelosi. She apparently does not realize that this is war.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

56 $70 per oz is a critical price point for silver, because J.P. Morgan has floated out a huge number of "Calls" at that price which require them to sell Silver at that price. The calls expire tomorrow. They also have Calls at $75 and $80 per oz, which expire later.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 06:29 AM (Da7Vv)

57 "Her support is a big deal"

Let's see if she says the same thing in a year. I bet she flakes out like the rest.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

58 verse 18
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
verse 19
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Micah 7: 18-19

Posted by: Kingsman at December 22, 2025 06:30 AM (ehY6c)

59 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 22, 2025 06:32 AM (2Ez/1)

60 57 "Her support is a big deal"

Let's see if she says the same thing in a year. I bet she flakes out like the rest.
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

Well that’s the unknown part. The lunacy of Kanye West did leave us pretty gunshy.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:32 AM (pDt9x)

61 Yeah, I know Massy has an R by his name.

*spit*

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:34 AM (vFG9F)

62 @7 the primary methodology for diffusing improvised explosive devices.

If you are diffusing them you're about to be in a heap of trouble in a heap of rubble. There is nothing more dangerous than a diffused bomb.

You must be a great evangelist, because you just made me say "Jesus Christ Almighty!" right out loud.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 22, 2025 06:44 AM (zdLoL)

63 - @58 Kingsman

I would have to go back and read the entire passage to get the context of those verses but something tells me that the word remnant is very important there.
I do know there are a lot of "day of the LORD" passages in the so called minor prophets.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 22, 2025 06:45 AM (T08Hw)

64 62 @7 the primary methodology for diffusing improvised explosive devices.

If you are diffusing them you're about to be in a heap of trouble in a heap of rubble. There is nothing more dangerous than a diffused bomb.

You must be a great evangelist, because you just made me say "Jesus Christ Almighty!" right out loud.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 22, 2025 06:44 AM (zdLoL)

Smart military blog!
"We would get postcards: 'You saved my life today.'" is nonetheless pretty cool.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:46 AM (RuTUS)

65 Morning everyone.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 22, 2025 06:47 AM (WPL6O)

66 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers! 'Tis Monday, I know; stipulated. But:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 06:49 AM (wzUl9)

67 diffusing improvised explosive devices

de-fusing?

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:49 AM (RuTUS)

68 I'm up late because I went to bed very late, for me. Today I have to run out to the clinic near my old work to have blood drawn, and can't eat or drink coffee. So I wanted to get up as late as I could to avoid sitting around hungry. I'll stretch a bit, get showered, and head out in a little more than an hour.

Then: breakfast and coffee at a diner on my way home!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

69 If Bondi had any damn sense she would be indicting Democrats left and right, starting with Massie and Khanna and going all the way to Pelosi. She apparently does not realize that this is war.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:28 AM (vFG9F)
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Catherine Herridge:

https://tinyurl.com/262b56z3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 06:52 AM (E+OH8)

70 San Francisco electricity status?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 06:54 AM (kT/XV)

71 In 1964 I was playing high school football, I came home from practice one day, and I had 4 quarters and 4 dimes in my pocket. I put those in a "piggy bank", and never spent them. Today I carry those coins around in a plastic tube, and show them to people, pointing out that is one oz of silver and worth $69.33. U.S. money used to be worth something.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 06:54 AM (Da7Vv)

72 Good thing TechCrunch doesn't allow comments. Someone might point out that an unelected, unaccountable bureaucratic deep state decides who succeeds and who doesn't. Wouldn't want red pills, now, would we?

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 22, 2025 06:55 AM (ph+d0)

73 "Catherine Herridge:

https://tinyurl.com/262b56z3"

"Will there be accountability in 2026?"

Oh yeah, sure.

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at December 22, 2025 06:56 AM (vFG9F)

74 Food for reflection. At this point in my life I want to go to the end of my time here doing those things that are pleasing to God. My early life was a denial, I want to end in affirmation.
Posted by: tubal

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Amen amen

Romans 13:12
The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 22, 2025 06:56 AM (tcsrY)

75 Today is a couple seconds more daylight than yesterday. So relax, and be of good cheer.

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:00 AM (ZxPkt)

76 Experts have determined that climate change makes people shorter or taller. Also, climate change makes grass grow faster or slower and cause shoelaces to break.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

77 - just checked KITCO

$68.94 up 1.84 since Friday close

Posted by: TeeJ at December 22, 2025 07:03 AM (T08Hw)

78 Will this be noticeable?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 07:03 AM (kT/XV)

79 Bootlace Status Good.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 07:03 AM (kT/XV)

80 72 TechCrunch doesn't allow comments.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 22, 2025 06:55 AM (ph+d0)

Ha!

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:04 AM (RuTUS)

81 of course not

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:09 AM (ZxPkt)

82 Today is a couple seconds more daylight than yesterday. So relax, and be of good cheer.
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:00 AM (ZxPkt)

I prefer the darkness. Better to see Christmas lights. Get enough sun here already. Next thing you know, it'll be 110 degrees.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 07:11 AM (uQesX)

83 Morning.

Posted by: Mick at December 22, 2025 07:12 AM (HFx9z)

84 Kitco has silver at $69.11. Going to be an interesting day

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 22, 2025 07:12 AM (w3u3d)

85 We all like to blame the DoJ and the AG for doing nothing, but if the charges have to be brought in certain areas controlled by the evildoers, you won't get an indictment. See earlier Comey and James cases. Obviously guilty, but dismissed or refusal to charge.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 07:13 AM (uQesX)

86 If Bondi had any damn sense she would be indicting Democrats left and right, starting with Massie and Khanna and going all the way to Pelosi. She apparently does not realize that this is war.

The democrats had Eric Holder, who ran guns in and out of mexico and killed people all the while being an anti-white racist. Trump has Bondi, who cant be bothered to get her hair mussed while scheduling her next vajayjay waxing.

Posted by: Fight Already at December 22, 2025 07:18 AM (m8zKa)

87 Seems like you might wanna time those indictments so that they have the maximum impact on the midterm elections.
But what do I know? I didn't even sleep at a Holiday inn Express last night.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 22, 2025 07:18 AM (2Ez/1)

88 I suppose Bondi should not even bother to charge people then.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

89 81 of course not
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:09 AM (ZxPkt)

That's evergreen.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:19 AM (RuTUS)

90 - @84
Yep, and yet....
More precious than silver and gold is the gift of salvation through Jesus, our Messiah.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 22, 2025 07:20 AM (T08Hw)

91 JJ is up

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 07:21 AM (dAOkg)

92 Playing by the left's rules is a sucker's game. Saying that "we are better than that" is just a way for losers to lose.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

93 TechCrunch has an 𝕏 site at which harsh comments could be placed.

@TechCrunch

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:22 AM (RuTUS)

94 It was never going to create a monopoly. The FTC didn't care. It wanted scalps.
++++
Sometimes. Arbitrarily.

The FTC wants scalps, but not if it will be politically inconvenient or upset someone's apple cart. iRobot's problem, if it had one in this regard, was not being an apple cart.

It is easy to look at the entire market and see the big monopolies and cartels - especially though not exclusively in high tech and medicine - and say, "where the hell is the FTC?" They're out chasing scalps that won't upset their masters. The bigger, more predatory, more damaging and more obvious scalps are politically protected.

Those scorecards on FTC office doors all need an asterisk. Not "these are the deals we blocked" but rather, "these are the deals where the dealmakers failed to have enough squeeze." I can think of *one* FTC block against major players that actually seems to have been related to its core mission, which was the AT&T/T-Mobile acquisition.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 07:23 AM (avHHk)

95 LOL. I have seen stuff on youtube saying 1 oz. of silver will buy a house.

I think it's hilarious.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 07:26 AM (qFwJc)

96 @67/m: "de-fusing?"

I was gonna ask that too.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 07:29 AM (O7YUW)

97 Laypeople don’t understand the enormous problems in the legal system. There is no point - in fact it would very damaging to us - to have Bondi bring 100 indictments and have all 100 tossed out within 2 weeks for any number of reasons.

Obama and Biden could get away with ignoring many of the rules and procedures because Democrats spent the last 30 years recruiting thousands of political judges and political DA’s. Conservatives have never done that and do not have resources like that to call on. The situation sucks but that’s the truth.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 07:31 AM (trsuh)

98 "If prices jump by 8% it will only be because specs have been sharply reduced."

So the market's going to be flooded by underspecced offerings for a year or two, and buying any hardware is going to be painful for any of a multitude of reasons.

Me, I'll be watching for the inevitable specials in February as hardware manufacturers of devices that either use memory (motherboards) or support things that do (power supplies, fans, cases, cpu coolers, etc...) get desperate to sell to a customer base that has paused purchases due to the memory price nonsense.

I might buy a few select things then. From what I was seeing over at Gamer's Nexus videos, Black Friday was kinda grim for console and other electronic device sales.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 07:33 AM (O7YUW)

99 m, I hope you're out there watching...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 07:34 AM (O7YUW)

100 100

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:38 AM (RuTUS)

101 Thanks for the set-up!

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:38 AM (RuTUS)

102 The author of the TechCrunch Roomba article is not a newbie, but is the Editor in Chief & General Manager, TechCrunch, Connie Loizos.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:42 AM (RuTUS)

103 @101/m: Y'welcome!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 07:44 AM (O7YUW)

104 69 Catherine Herridge
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 06:52 AM (E+OH

pass

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:52 AM (RuTUS)

105 "I’ll be damned of Jeff Bezos is going to have a map of the interior of my house."

ChiComs are better, amirite?

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 22, 2025 08:36 AM (rlXCY)

106 LOL. I have seen stuff on youtube saying 1 oz. of silver will buy a house.

I think it's hilarious.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 07:26 AM (qFwJc)
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Read up on Samsung's new Solid-State battery, friend.

Posted by: mrp at December 22, 2025 10:45 AM (rj6Yv)

107 I bought gold at $32 per oz and silver dollars when they were regular legal tender- still waiting for silver to outpace gold.

As far as spam filters, if you use a * instead of the text on the left side of the @ on the spam mail it defeats the spammers who change that part.

Posted by: epador at December 22, 2025 10:53 AM (TRnzq)

108 107 As far as spam filters, if you use a * instead of the text on the left side of the @ on the spam mail it defeats the spammers who change that part.
Posted by: epador at December 22, 2025 10:53 AM (TRnzq)

Thank you! I will look into this.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 12:00 PM (RuTUS)

Sunday Overnight Open Thread - December 21, 2025 [Doof]

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The Winter Solstice is upon us

Howdy Hordelings! Today is the day with the shortest amount of daylight. Tomorrow starts a cycle of increasing daylight each day. It'll be June 21 before you know it!

Today also begins Christmas week. How are your plans coming along? Working this week, or burning leave? What else is on your mind? Step on in, pretend to check out the content, then share your words of wisom in the gray boxes.

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The 21st Day of the 12th Month

Warmest wishes to my friends who celebrate!

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Click for greatness

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Wanna be like Bill Gates?
Step 1 - buy a 119-meter hydrogen hybrid megayacht for $650 million or thereabouts
Step 2 - spend $435K on one tank of fuel

Canadian hockey player Patrick Dovigi spent $435,000 on one tank of fuel to move Bill Gates’ former superyacht

Canadian billionaire and former National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender, Patrick Dovigi, has officially put Bill Gates’ once-hyped superyacht through its paces.

The 119-meter hydrogen hybrid megayacht, named Breakthrough, recently sailed from Europe to Miami after a massive refuelling stop in Gibraltar.

It was the longest trip that the Canadian hockey player had taken on the yacht, and the fuel he needed to take the trip came with an eye-watering price tag.

That single fuel bill reportedly came in at a staggering $435,000.

Video segment at the link. Go ahead and check it out - you'll totally feel like Bill Gates and the guy who bought his big ass boat are everyday folks like you and me.

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You go four hour! Why you go four hour?

Engineer Sues Former Employer After Being Fired for Taking Extremely Long Bathroom Breaks

The man, surnamed Li, had been working as an engineer for a company in Jiangsu Province for over a decade when he was let go because of his frequent and long bathroom visits during work hours. The case was recently reported by the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions after the engineer took his former employer to court over his termination.

In its defense, the unnamed company submitted surveillance footage showing Li taking14 extremely long bathroom breaks, the longest of which lasted four hours, in a 30-day period between April and May 2024. Its lawyers also presented evidence that management had contacted Li via chat app when noticing his disappearance, but received no replies, mentioning that his position required him to always be available during work hours.

Check out the story at the link to see how everything came out.

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In case you are unfamiliar with the "four hour" bit I was paraphrasing above

John Pinette was a very funny guy. Check out some more of his stuff when you have time.


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Retro Corner

Recently on a morning thread, my buddy Sponge made reference to this commercial

It inspired me to dive into some more classic commercials from a bygone era.

One that jumped to mind was this one that I recall was shown during A Charlie Brown Christmas when I was a kid.

Do you remember the Whistle Pop?

Peter Paul candy also reminded us that sometimes you feel like a nut


Peter Paul was acquired by Hershey in 1988. If you're interested, here is a detailed history of the company

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On the subject of vintage TV and videos, particularly at Christmastime.


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Plenty more videos like this out there, but here is a 42 minute video of 1980s vintage commercials

What other vintage commercials do you still vividly remember?

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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When Fashion Meets My Over-the-Top Christmas Tree

Usually we’re swooning over the latest runway triumphs, the perfect pumps or a statement coat on Melania that left us all breathless. But this week, with the holidays twinkling brighter than a diamond tiara, my fashion obsession has spilled over into something unexpected: Christmas trees. Christmas trees, you ask? Why yes, because down here in the South, we simply don’t do subtle when it comes to our evergreens. We go big, lush, gloriously layered, and unapologetically extra. Plus, couture can make anything better, even a pine tree. So when I spotted what Burberry, Ladurée, and the like have done to hotel lobby trees this season, I knew these sensory masterpieces demanded a spotlight. Let’s step into the magic…

Burberry at Claridge's

One of the most talked-about collaborations this year is Burberry's partnership with London's Claridge's hotel. Chief Creative Officer Daniel Lee designed a 16-foot traditional tree in the lobby, adorned with around 600 hand tied bows crafted from surplus Burberry fabrics, a nod to Victorian symbols of unity. Hanging bells and chess-piece ornaments inspired by Burberry's Equestrian Knight Design add a playful, heritage twist, tying into the label's signature checks and motifs. The overall vibe? Effortless British elegance meets cozy maximalism.

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Ladurée at The St. Regis

For a dose of decadent Parisian indulgence, French patisserie Ladurée teamed up with The St. Regis hotels in New York and Washington, D.C. The 12-foot trees shimmer with sumptuous velvet bows, oversized macarons, dried florals, and colorful baubles, topped by a grand peacock-blue bow. It’s a feast for the senses, aligning with fashion's ongoing love for food-inspired motifs (think Moschino's playful collections). This collab’s vibe is glittery, gold-toned whimsy.

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David Laport at Riggs

Dutch couture darling David Laport dazzles at Riggs Washington D.C. with "Golden Origins"—an 18-foot celestial masterpiece of hand-sculpted gold pleats nodding to the hotel's banking heritage. It’s vibe is bold, architectural, and sensorially explosive.

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Urs Fischer at The Connaught

Spheres filled with AI-generated human faces glow via LED lights on this outdoor marvel. Symbolizing global togetherness, a take that blends tech with fashion's boundary-pushing narratives (think Balenciaga's digital innovations). This vibe is ethereal avant-garde.

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John Derian x The Green Vase at The Dewberry

In Charleston at my beloved Dewberry, John Derian joins forces with Livia Cetti of The Green Vase for a celebration of pure American style and artistry. The central tree stands tall in a miniature mossy forest of smaller evergreens and faux bois, while paper garlands bloom with delicate dewberry flowers, paperwhites, and amaryllis, handcrafted petals so lifelike you can almost feel their velvety softness and catch a faint, fresh floral whisper. The vibe is layered, collected elegance with a whimsical decoupage charm. Utterly divine.

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My own tree? It’s a full-on spectacle: floor-to-ceiling Fraser fir dripping in layers of ribbon, chinoiserie ornaments, velvet bows, polished metals and just enough sparkle for an aesthetic of nostalgic elegance. Tell me about your tree and if you went with a fancy vibe, traditional aesthetic, or something completely different!

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Thanks, Piper!

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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Thursday's theme was a bit challenging. Tonight's is super easy. Difficulty level 1 out of 5



You're not on that list, are you??


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Tonight's ONT brought to you by conspiracy theories from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away

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Your feedback may or may not be very important to Doof Enterprises. Follow Mr. Doof on X @doof2112 or do the email thing – doof2112 at proton dot me. All I want for Christmas are some Rush deep cuts!

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Comments

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1 Yay, Sunday before Christmas ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)

2 Oh!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 21, 2025 10:00 PM (VCgbV)

3 Christmas week! Yay!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 21, 2025 10:01 PM (dIJjD)

4 Shouldn't we have a live feed from Stonehenge or something?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:02 PM (nWPIJ)

5 Meow. Oh ,boy. Trees to climb. 🐈

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 21, 2025 10:03 PM (w3u3d)

6 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper.

Posted by: TRex - charlie brown christmas tree dino at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

7 DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Text on a gift bag for a bourbon bottle:

[_] Naughty
[_] Nice
[X] I Tried!

Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nhCoE)

8 Wanna be like Bill Gates?
Step 1 - buy a 119-meter hydrogen hybrid megayacht for $650 million or thereabouts
Step 2 - spend $435K on one tank of fuel

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PRO TIP: Nuclear power. Refuel once, sail forever.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)

9 That single fuel bill reportedly came in at a staggering $435,000.***
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Saving the planet.
.
Bill Gates just announced he’s spending $1.2B on ‘Polio Vaccines’.

HHS RFK Jr. on the Bill Gates ‘Polio Vaccines’…

“The only Polio you see in Africa…is the Bill Gates Polio…from his ‘vaccines’…”

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:06 PM (1JTFF)

10 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:06 PM (cYBz/)

11 Thanks Doof and Piper for the ONT! That Claridge's tree looks like it was AI-generated -- all the more spectacular if it's real.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 10:06 PM (v23vE)

12 Is that a wormhole?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2025 10:07 PM (pkeXY)

13 The Winter Solstice. I've always druided this day.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (uQesX)

14 Hi! Hope everything’s going well in here!

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (Wmg4n)

15 Naughty Girl might get some more love if she didn't surround herself with supergay dudes.

Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (vSvIl)

16 Shouldn't we have a live feed from Stonehenge or something?

Best I can do is a recent video:

https://youtu.be/Du2vB480sf0

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (lUFok)

17 Naughty, Naughty......

Posted by: Case at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (G1OIb)

18 I was expecting the fashion tree segment to include Piper's cats in the tree, with Saijo looking up at them.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (S/Y4j)

19 Without that ridiculous yacht, Bill Gates has that much more money to spend on blocking out the sun.

The jerk would never consider something conventional to spend his billions on, like having a super-hot girlfriend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:09 PM (nWPIJ)

20

All those trees are beautiful.

The best Christmas trees are the ones that we have that are decorated with things our kids and grandkids made and ornaments we have collected over the years.

It's wonderful to look at the tree and remember when someone made the ornaments, remembering places we traveled.

We love the memories with our mixed up ornaments.


Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:09 PM (3ek7K)

21 Tonight's ONT brought to you by conspiracy theories from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away

They missed one point, from the new movies:

"Oh, and how'd the rebels get the plans for the base? They were smuggled out in a droid. Part of a two-droid team. Guess who built the other droid in that team when he was a kid on Tatooine?"

Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 10:10 PM (nhCoE)

22 HHS RFK Jr. on the Bill Gates ‘Polio Vaccines’…

“The only Polio you see in Africa…is the Bill Gates Polio…from his ‘vaccines’…”

Posted by: Braenyard

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Whoa. I'm hopelessly out of date I guess, but what happened to the Salk vaccine?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 21, 2025 10:11 PM (n7rxJ)

23 11 Thanks Doof and Piper for the ONT! That Claridge's tree looks like it was AI-generated -- all the more spectacular if it's real.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December

It is very, very real. Amazing, isn’t it?

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:11 PM (Wmg4n)

24 PRO TIP: Nuclear power. Refuel once, sail forever.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)

I wouldn’t trust you civilians with my nuc’s

Posted by: zombie Hyman Rickover at December 21, 2025 10:11 PM (TTAGa)

25 Check out the story at the link to see how everything came out.

I haven't looked yet, but since it took place in Red China, I'd say it's likely the employee was put in a gulag and is now providing a kidney, a lung, his liver and various other parts of his body to Party insiders.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:11 PM (uQesX)

26 Samantha Fox wasn't going to get any naughty love from her backup dancers unless she grew a penis.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 10:12 PM (KDPiq)

27 The world you grew up in no longer exists

That 80s mall commercial hit harder than it had any right to.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 10:12 PM (v23vE)

28 Sorry I'm late, there was a "discussion" at choir practice about whether "Baby, It's Cold Outside" was appropriate for the Midnight Mass.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 21, 2025 10:13 PM (gUzGm)

29 I want a picture of piper's tree!!!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 21, 2025 10:14 PM (VCgbV)

30 Taster's Choice commercials, with the slight of hand trickery.

Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 10:14 PM (Q+gd/)

31 I remember the Wendy's TV commerical, but never noticed the portrait of Vlad Lenin in the background. Wow

Posted by: Joemarine at December 21, 2025 10:14 PM (y171U)

32

Shopping at the mall at Christmas was wonderful.

Most people were happy and it was a wonderful time.

We've lost so much with online shopping.

Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:14 PM (3ek7K)

33 I don't want a naughty girl. Unless. Funny thing. I watch these holiday stories and there is so much misunderstanding.

Girl. Show him your tits. He will fall in love with you. It's biological. So many of these Hallmark Christmas stories would already have come to a happy ending if the ladies just...

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:15 PM (W7XSX)

34 20 We love the memories with our mixed up ornaments.


Posted by: four seasons at December 21

This is your perfect tree and I love how the warmth of those memories can be felt just reading your words.

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:15 PM (Wmg4n)

35 The Critical Drinker says the new animated film "David" is pretty decent, which is high praise, coming from him.

https://youtu.be/tCQUUIFDlr8

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 10:16 PM (0vB2I)

36 Text on a gift bag for a bourbon bottle:

[_] Naughty
[_] Nice
[X] I Tried!
Posted by: mikeski
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I have the coffee mug! Bought it for hubby a couple years ago... He was always saying "...but I *tried*..."

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:16 PM (rdVOm)

37 Thanks for the special Sunday Night ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top. So glad the days will now get longer.

Fantastic job by Piper on fashionable trees. Lovely!

John Pinette was an American treasure. Thank God for ewe toob!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 21, 2025 10:16 PM (kB9dk)

38 Plus, couture can make anything better, even a pine tree. So when I spotted what Burberry, Ladurée, and the like have done to hotel lobby trees this season, I knew these sensory masterpieces demanded a spotlight.

First tree fails the test of "can you tell there's a tree inside it, or might it just be a conical pile of ornaments?"

Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (nhCoE)

39 Here's the pitch:

A stressed-out big-city career woman (who hates Christmas because work) gets stranded in a quaint, snow-dusted small town, bumps into a flannel-wearing widower/handyman/baker/prince-in-disguise who loves Christmas, they bicker then bake cookies, almost kiss during a tree-lighting festival, have a dumb misunderstanding, reconcile with hot cocoa, and she dumps her boring fiancé to stay forever because small towns fix everything.

Where do I pick up my check?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (cYBz/)

40

FBI Director Kash Patel
@FBIDirectorKash

Youhuang Xiang, a post-doctoral researcher and J-1 visa holder from China was charged with smuggling Escherichia coli (E. coli) into the U.S. and making false statements about it.

This is yet another example of a researcher from China - given the privilege to work at a U.S. university - who then allegedly chose to take part in a scheme to circumvent U.S. laws and receive biological materials hidden in a package originating from China.

https://t.ly/FR76S

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (pkeXY)

41 Sorry I'm late, there was a "discussion" at choir practice about whether "Baby, It's Cold Outside" was appropriate for the Midnight Mass.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 21, 2025 10:13 PM (gUzGm)

Just read the spoilers for Sweeney's The Housemaid .

A chick power revenge flick. Might as well had been a straight to Lifetime movie.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (KDPiq)

42 Wanna be like Bill Gates?
Step 1 - buy a 119-meter hydrogen hybrid megayacht for $650 million or thereabouts
Step 2 - spend $435K on one tank of fuel

---------

PRO TIP: Nuclear power. Refuel once, sail forever.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)

There's a radio show in Sarasota devoted to investment advice. Host told a story about how he hired a guy to bring his 50-ish foot boat from California to Cabo, or thereabouts. The guy told him what the fuel requirement would be. Apparently, most marinas are cash-only, so he gave the guy something like sixteen grand in a suitcase to cover it. No big deal. Well, the bank closed his account not long afterwards, and he had a hell of a time finding another bank to take his business. The struggle is real, I guess...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (nbLIj)

43 29 I want a picture of piper's tree!!!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December

Are you on X at all? There are a few pictures there before I put the velvet hand tied bows on it.

Doof has seen pictures. He was polite. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (Wmg4n)

44 22 Whoa. I'm hopelessly out of date I guess, but what happened to the Salk vaccine?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 21, 2025 10:11 PM (n7rxJ)

Salk vaccine is no longer used, not for many years, but I forget what replaced it. i think the Salk vaccine had some unhealthy side effects.

Posted by: Joemarine at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (y171U)

45 Tomorrow...a longer day...
Maybe my hens will start laying again 🐓...
I think they are democrats. Free food and stuff with no production....🤔

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (dIJjD)

46 The mall in the 1980s***

You know what we didn't have in the 1980s?

Go to Detroit. Listen to the music.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (1JTFF)

47 Where do I pick up my check?

Miles Finch! How are you?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (EXyHK)

48 16 Shouldn't we have a live feed from Stonehenge or something?

Best I can do is a recent video:

https://youtu.be/Du2vB480sf0
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (lUFok)

--------------------------------------

Not gonna lie... I was kinda expecting a This Is Spinal Tap clip.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (OGOaV)

49 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (Zz0t1)

50 39 Here's the pitch:

A stressed-out big-city career woman (who hates Christmas because work) gets stranded in a quaint, snow-dusted small town, bumps into a flannel-wearing widower/handyman/baker/prince-in-disguise who loves Christmas, they bicker then bake cookies, almost kiss during a tree-lighting festival, have a dumb misunderstanding, reconcile with hot cocoa, and she dumps her boring fiancé to stay forever because small towns fix everything.

Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21,

Oh my gosh this is genius! I cannot believe this has never been done!

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (Wmg4n)

51

A couple of decades ago when we had a big house I would have three trees.

One was all angels, one with all santa ornaments and the main one was all our collected ornaments.

It was fun but we don't have all that room now.

Do what makes you happy.

Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (3ek7K)

52 Without that ridiculous yacht, Bill Gates has that much more money to spend on blocking out the sun.
The jerk would never consider something conventional to spend his billions on, like having a super-hot girlfriend.
Posted by: Cicero
---------

You know how some guys will say "ain't enough whisky" about a fugly girl?

Well, take a look at Mr. Gates, and hear me saying "ain't enough money"

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (rdVOm)

53 "He's making a list, he's checking it twice, gonna find out who's naughty..."

...and put their videos together for the musical theme.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (gUzGm)

54 32

Shopping at the mall at Christmas was wonderful.

Most people were happy and it was a wonderful time.

We've lost so much with online shopping.

Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:14 PM (3ek7K)

That picture hit me hard. The mall of my childhood was torn down 15-20 years ago. The mall nearest me know is slated for renovation for the land but no plan approved yet (fenced up for a year.)

Posted by: Iris at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (bOJ2I)

55 Recently on a morning thread, my buddy Sponge made reference to this commercial


Evenink wear comes with a big ass flashlight.

The best part of that commercial.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (Zz0t1)

56 6 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper.
Posted by: TRex - charlie brown christmas tree dino at December

Ummm….I have seen your tree and it’s the polar opposite of Charlie Brown.

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (Wmg4n)

57
I wouldn’t trust you civilians with my nuc’s
Posted by: zombie Hyman Rickover

Is it because I put salt on my eggs?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (pkeXY)

58 A stressed-out big-city career woman (who hates Christmas because work) gets stranded in a quaint, snow-dusted small town, bumps into a flannel-wearing widower/handyman/baker/prince-in-disguise who loves Christmas, they bicker then bake cookies, almost kiss during a tree-lighting festival, have a dumb misunderstanding, reconcile with hot cocoa, and she dumps her boring fiancé to stay forever because small towns fix everything.

Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21,


My wife has been watching that movie every day for the last 2 weeks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (Zz0t1)

59 Where’s the beef?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 10:21 PM (6ydKt)

60 @FBIDirectorKash

Youhuang Xiang, a post-doctoral researcher and J-1 visa holder from China was charged with smuggling Escherichia coli (E. coli) into the U.S. and making false statements about it.

This is yet another example of a researcher from China - given the privilege to work at a U.S. university - who then allegedly chose to take part in a scheme to circumvent U.S. laws and receive biological materials hidden in a package originating from China.


Block all muslham countries. Block China. Deport what's here.

America is GREAT again within 3 months.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:21 PM (Zz0t1)

61 "Youhuang Xiang, a post-doctoral researcher and J-1 visa holder from China was charged with smuggling Escherichia coli (E. coli) into the U.S. and making false statements about it."

Every person stepping off the plane was carrying E coli into the US - it's the principal bacterium in the human colon. So, unless this was a super-duper E. coli that Xiang was smuggling in, there was no need to smuggle it - it's already here.

Posted by: Nemo at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (4RPgu)

62 A stressed-out big-city career woman (who hates Christmas because work) gets stranded in a quaint, snow-dusted small town, bumps into a flannel-wearing widower/handyman/baker/prince-in-disguise who loves Christmas, they bicker then bake cookies, almost kiss during a tree-lighting festival, have a dumb misunderstanding, reconcile with hot cocoa, and she dumps her boring fiancé to stay forever because small towns fix everything.

Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (cYBz/)

Make the guy a crazed coke fiend cop, played by Nick Cage. Have Werner Herzog direct it. Throw in some GrizzlyCam, WolverineCam, and WolfCam. Add some bewbs.
"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call-Hallmark Village"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (0vB2I)

63 Not gonna lie... I was kinda expecting a This Is Spinal Tap clip.

Too obvious.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (lUFok)

64
Ummm….I have seen your tree and it’s the polar opposite of Charlie Brown.
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (Wmg4n)


What is THAT a euphemism for?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (Zz0t1)

65 Good evening, everyone. Thanks for being here.

I'm with four seasons at #20 on Christmas trees. Hodge podge of memories ornaments. Those foo-foo trees are pretty and I respect the artistry of them, but they're not for me.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (QMAsf)

66 15 Naughty Girl might get some more love if she didn't surround herself with supergay dudes.
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (vSvIl)

I don't even want to guess at what supergay dudes can leap in a single bound.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (gUzGm)

67 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (sAmhv)

68 Man, looking at the mall pics and the Wendy's ad - where did those 40-50 years go?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (cYBz/)

69 Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (cYBz/)

Been done to death.

Posted by: Hallmark Christmas Movies at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (gKDq2)

70 I find it funny that, as a Gen X'er, going to the mall was such a big deal when I was a kid. Now it sounds like hell on earth, assuming you can even find a mall. We still have one here in my mid-sized town, but I suspect it'll go the way of the Dodo in the next few years.

Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:23 PM (Epuwl)

71 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper.
Posted by: TRex - charlie brown christmas tree dino at December

Ummm….I have seen your tree and it’s the polar opposite of Charlie Brown.
Posted by: Piper
***********
Ah, for the record that's my tree...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21, 2025 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

72 Retro commercials I will always remember will be the Kool Aid man crashing through the wall and that goofy little cartoon guy smacking people after asking if they would like a "nice Hawaiian Punch."

Posted by: tankdemon at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (gUzGm)

73 I'm a little disappointed this commercial wasn't included in the list........


https://youtu.be/hqIrzkPDtrk

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (Zz0t1)

74 When award shows could be funny, and winners pranked....

https://youtube.com/shorts/qASJXM0YSx8

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (S/Y4j)

75

I would be skeered to go to a mall now.

You might get shot.

Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (3ek7K)

76 A stressed-out big-city career woman (who hates Christmas because work) gets stranded in a quaint, snow-dusted small town, bumps into a flannel-wearing widower/handyman/baker/prince-in-disguise who loves Christmas, they bicker then bake cookies, almost kiss during a tree-lighting festival, have a dumb misunderstanding, reconcile with hot cocoa, and she dumps her boring fiancé to stay forever because small towns fix everything.

Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (cYBz/)

No check. That story is public domain now.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (uQesX)

77 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️🎄

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (krt76)

78 I'd love to see Russian reactions to that Wendy's commercial.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 21, 2025 10:25 PM (fd80v)

79 Man, looking at the mall pics...
************
and immediately I am with my Daddy trying to do his last minute shopping....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21, 2025 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

80 Hello, TiFW! How are you doing?

Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (Epuwl)

81 Star Wars meme seems legit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (6ydKt)

82 I'm a little disappointed this commercial wasn't included in the list........


https://youtu.be/hqIrzkPDtrk
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (Zz0t1)

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (QMAsf)

83 Burberry at Claridge's
Ladurée at The St. Regis
David Laport at Riggs
Urs Fischer at The Connaught
John Derian x The Green Vase at The Dewberry

All those look like AI-generated pictures to me.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (O7YUW)

84 You missed my comments about Olivia Newton John being an old mother on an old farm? And the mean banker (Gregory Harrison) gets stranded and of course falls in love with her.

lol. She looked old. I would take her in a hearbeat. Funny how an old superstar can get old and look quite ordinary.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (W7XSX)

85 "...company submitted surveillance footage showing Li taking14 extremely long bathroom breaks, ..."

___________________________________

Well, there are two topics that don't belong anywhere near each other (surveillance footage, bathroom)

Posted by: Orson at December 21, 2025 10:27 PM (dIske)

86 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️🎄
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (krt76)



*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:27 PM (Zz0t1)

87
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (QMAsf)


Disappoint.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:27 PM (Zz0t1)

88 The toy at the 1:17 mark in the vintage 80s ads compilation looked like the cooling tower of Three Mile Island. Also, the holiday ad is most remember from my childhood was Santa riding on a Norelco electric razor.

Posted by: Frankie at December 21, 2025 10:27 PM (medbw)

89
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (QMAsf)


Bad thing for me was, good lookin' was never there when I came back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:28 PM (Zz0t1)

90 John Pinette was a great comedian. I always thought he died earlier than he actually did, which meant a nice surprise when I found out about his "Still Hungry" special. It's worth a watch, go search for it.

Unless you hate food jokes. Then you're on your own.

Posted by: Another Anon at December 21, 2025 10:28 PM (4h45B)

91 Denouncing yourself only matters before your execution, comrade.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (W7XSX)

92 Silver Spot at $69.25 per oz. That means the bank's Friday attempt to crash the price by short selling has utterly failed. At this price an average condition "Mercury" dime has $4.95 worth of silver in it.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (Da7Vv)

93 I'm a terrible gift-giver, so wandering around a mall for hours trying to find "the right present" was usually good for nothing other than making me tired. I hate to say it, but it's much easier now that people just put everything on an Amazon list. Click-click-click; the shopping is done, and everybody gets what they want. I'd rather skip presents unless it's for kids, but there's no way I'm talking the wife into that....

Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (Epuwl)

94 On the subject of vintage TV and videos, particularly at Christmastime.

Oh my gosh !! I remember most of these toys!

I (and my younger bros) had the play-doh noodle-extruder thing, Battleship, Simon, and Lite-Brite. And slinkys and Tonka trucks, but not those particular ones.

Neighbor kids had the Don't Break The Ice game.

Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (nhCoE)

95 Once stayed at Claridge's, and had dinner at the Connaught. Tragically, only one night.

No, I wasn't paying.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (U/Byj)

96 Evening all,

Hope you're all doing well.

Posted by: Joyenz at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (2F0/Y)

97 @70/PabloD: "I find it funny that, as a Gen X'er, going to the mall was such a big deal when I was a kid."

I miss arcades - real arcades with a jukebox, a couple of pool tables, a bunch of pinball machines, and stand-up cabinet video games. Defender, Berserk, Galaga, Missile Command, Mr. Do!, Asteroids Deluxe, Venture, Pac-Man, Space Ace, and a bunch of others. *sighs*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (O7YUW)

98 Denouncing yourself only matters before your execution, comrade.
Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (W7XSX)


Next up, funeral procession wear!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:30 PM (Zz0t1)

99 Doof has seen pictures. He was polite. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (Wmg4n)

It is very nice, just not my style. I probably just have no Christmas couth. I'm OK with that.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:30 PM (QMAsf)

100 The world you grew up in no longer exists

That 80s mall commercial hit harder than it had any right to.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 10:12 PM (v23vE)

Yep. Not just the shopping of course but the vibe. It had a life to it, buzzing with not just consumerism but a sense of optimism and enjoyment. It was a wholesome social hub for teenagers, a place to develop your interpersonal skills, navigate current culture and trends, and scope out chicks with your buddies. A true piece of Americana. Instagram and Discord have taken the place of hanging out with friends in real life. Recession and mail order and COVID have devastated brick and mortar retail stores. Inflation has made even the food court and a movie an expensive proposition rather than a cheap outing for broke high school kids. It's a tremendous loss.

Posted by: They have taken so much from us at December 21, 2025 10:30 PM (TbWk/)

101

I don't think Ace is reading this thread.

I do want to wish him the Merriest Christmas and a wonderful year.

We are so blessed we have this place and Ace and the Cobloggers.

There is no other place on the internet like Ace of Spades.

Thank you all who contribute to make this place the absolute best!!

Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:31 PM (3ek7K)

102
I (and my younger bros) had the play-doh noodle-extruder thing, Battleship, Simon, and Lite-Brite. And slinkys and Tonka trucks, but not those particular ones.



I had those as well.

Then I had that wacky thing that you could put the cube in the top and it super heated it where it expanded into a monster, then you could put it back in the crank thing and crush it back to a cube.

That's where we figured out burning spit smelled terrible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:31 PM (Zz0t1)

103 I'm with four seasons at #20 on Christmas trees. Hodge podge of memories ornaments. Those foo-foo trees are pretty and I respect the artistry of them, but they're not for me.
Posted by: Doof
---------

You read my mind! I love a crazy, mixed-up bunch of ornaments too.

Department-store Christmas trees are great-- in a department store.

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

104 Bob's Burgers - The Plight Before Christmas - hits me right in the feels every time.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (f0sNM)

105 Shopping malls died with free city bussing from the hood.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

106 Wanna be like Bill Gates?
Step 1 - buy a 119-meter hydrogen hybrid megayacht for $650 million or thereabouts
Step 2 - spend $435K on one tank of fuel

---------

PRO TIP: Nuclear power. Refuel once, sail forever.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)

***

*glows in dark*
Damn!
Fail to tighten one wrong bolt...

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

107 Evening all, thx Doof.
Pinette was hysterical. The story about him skating in Ottawa was a riot. The last time I saw him he was on Rogan and looked unbelievably skinny. Got heavy again and died. Too young

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (MoRvC)

108 That 80s mall commercial hit harder than it had any right to.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 10:12 PM

I know, right?

*Gen X fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (Wnv9h)

109 I had a Mr Microphone.
Used it until it broke.

It was magic to a kid to hear their voice on the radio.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 10:33 PM (6ydKt)

110 I miss arcades - real arcades with a jukebox, a couple of pool tables, a bunch of pinball machines, and stand-up cabinet video games. Defender, Berserk, Galaga, Missile Command, Mr. Do!, Asteroids Deluxe, Venture, Pac-Man, Space Ace, and a bunch of others. *sighs*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (O7YUW)

*fist bump*

And grabbing a slice of great pizza afterwards

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

111 G and R - that's a good lineup for an arcade, but you forgot Zaxxon. I had the home version (ColecoVision), and I could've probably played it blindfolded. Which, maybe explains my grades.

Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:33 PM (Epuwl)

112 It's hilarious. I kept a silver quarter for my children's slot car track. I would rub it along the tracks. I wonder if they remember that. I still have that quarter.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:33 PM (W7XSX)

113 Next up, funeral procession wear!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:30 PM

Very nice!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (Wnv9h)

114 If we fail to exert sufficient chthonic energy, my fear is that the days may simply get shorter and shorter, until the sun fails to rise at all.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (XeU6L)

115 Joust

Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)

116 97 @70/PabloD: "I find it funny that, as a Gen X'er, going to the mall was such a big deal when I was a kid."

I miss arcades - real arcades with a jukebox, a couple of pool tables, a bunch of pinball machines, and stand-up cabinet video games. Defender, Berserk, Galaga, Missile Command, Mr. Do!, Asteroids Deluxe, Venture, Pac-Man, Space Ace, and a bunch of others. *sighs*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (O7YUW)

------------------------------------

Showbiz Pizza was our go-to for video games. Cheap pizza, animatronic floor show, and video games as far as the eye can see.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (OGOaV)

117 Lin-duh, I emailed pictures. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (OoFl2)

118
Farrah Fawcett for Cougar

https://youtu.be/trqEgZiynXQ

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (ZxPkt)

119 ....go to the mall you might get shot.

Life or death in the big city.
I heard about the shooting at the Dallas mall today.

Posted by: Case at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (G1OIb)

120 I recently came across a theory about Gen X looks younger than their age.

Our parents knocked us into next week enough times that we're younger than our age.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2025 10:35 PM (S/Y4j)

121 The Sugaree up top is an awesome version. Jerry's guitar sounds great, but you can dissect it into pieces-Weir's rhythm, Lesh's bass, Keith's piano-it's all so good. Thanks.

Posted by: Hunter/Garcia Goodness at December 21, 2025 10:35 PM (oftw2)

122 I miss arcades - real arcades with a jukebox, a couple of pool tables, a bunch of pinball machines, and stand-up cabinet video games. Defender, Berserk, Galaga, Missile Command, Mr. Do!, Asteroids Deluxe, Venture, Pac-Man, Space Ace, and a bunch of others. *sighs*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (O7YUW)


My dad worked for a company that designed the monitor chassis for the stand up games. On occasion, he'd get to bring one or two home for a month or so.

I had Gorf, Scramble or Frenzy at the house for a time. Talk about being 8 or 9 years old and experiencing heavy amounts of sleep depravation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:35 PM (Zz0t1)

123 PRO TIP: Nuclear power. Refuel once, sail forever.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)

***

*glows in dark*
Damn!
Fail to tighten one wrong bolt...
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

Old joke:

How do you tell the submariners in a Soviet Sailors' Retirement Home?
.
.
.
They glow in the dark.

Posted by: RickZ at December 21, 2025 10:35 PM (gKDq2)

124
*glows in dark*
Damn!
Fail to tighten one wrong bolt...
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

---------

Yeah, tell us about it, comradeski!

Posted by: The Russian Navy at December 21, 2025 10:35 PM (nWPIJ)

125 Ah, for the record that's my tree...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21

And it is really stunning.

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:36 PM (OoFl2)

126 "Showbiz Pizza was our go-to for video games."

I did a serious double-take when they opened up a Chuck-E-Cheese down the road a few months ago. I thought that chain was dead and buried.

Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:36 PM (Epuwl)

127 And grabbing a slice of great pizza afterwards
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

In an arcade, or a mall? You must mean "passable" pizza.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:36 PM (uQesX)

128 My tree is fake but not gay.

Posted by: Might be an op though at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (TbWk/)

129 Showbiz Pizza was our go-to for video games. Cheap pizza, animatronic floor show, and video games as far as the eye can see.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM

Showbiz?

I'll just leave this here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2uzCYPcE3I

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (Wnv9h)

130 Joust
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)


I loved Qix and Tempest.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (Zz0t1)

131 You read my mind! I love a crazy, mixed-up bunch of ornaments too.

Department-store Christmas trees are great-- in a department store.
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

*pats chair seat*

Come hang out with me in steerage

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (QMAsf)

132 27 The world you grew up in no longer exists

That 80s mall commercial hit harder than it had any right to.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
.......................................
Heh! Me too. I mostly recall that the really nice malls, like those in that video, was no where near my little part of Pennslytucky. Boardman Mall was ok, in Ohio, if you didn't mind the occasional Mafia hit or car bomb (I seem to recall them described as a Youngstown tune up).

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

133 Big Wheel should be on any 70s - 80s toy list.
That was my favorite thing in the world for a few years of my young life.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 10:38 PM (6ydKt)

134 I have a large collection of cookie cutters. One year, I tied curling ribbon onto about a hundred of them, and used them as tree ornaments. Sadly, there are no pictures of it.

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:38 PM (rdVOm)

135 Showbiz Pizza, where a kid can be a kid!

Posted by: Not allowed anymore at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (TbWk/)

136 I miss the 80s. Bring it.

Posted by: msmanners at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (yv+EB)

137 I loved Qix and Tempest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (Zz0t1)

Tempest was one of my favorites. Also Q-bert.

Another that I loved was one I don't hear too many people talk about. Quirky game called Crystal Castles.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

138 >>>Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21,

Oh my gosh this is genius! I cannot believe this has never been done!
Posted by: Piper
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Paging Paul Newman.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (1JTFF)

139 134 I have a large collection of cookie cutters. One year, I tied curling ribbon onto about a hundred of them, and used them as tree ornaments. Sadly, there are no pictures of it.
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:38

That would be so cute in a kitchen.

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:40 PM (OoFl2)

140 Russia has nuclear icebreakers. We don't. We're gonna need a couple when Trump annexes Greenland. We are still on the steady course.

Posted by: Penguin/Greenland Alliance at December 21, 2025 10:41 PM (oftw2)

141 *pats chair seat*
Come hang out with me in steerage
Posted by: Doof
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Sweet deal! Be right there...
*grabs bottle of Wild Turkey*

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:41 PM (rdVOm)

142 I have a large collection of cookie cutters. One year, I tied curling ribbon onto about a hundred of them, and used them as tree ornaments. Sadly, there are no pictures of it.
Posted by: JQ

Somewhere in an unopened box of stuff is a six sided cookie cutter that was my mom's.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:42 PM (cYBz/)

143 Evenink wear comes with a big ass flashlight.

The best part of that commercial.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (Zz0t1)

Svimwear...wife and I were at a Kmart, summer of 2000 I think it was, employee gets on the intercom asking for assistance in svimwear. Damned if she didn't sound like the Soviet chick in that commercial. I can see the wife struggling to hold it together, so I help by intoning, "ees next"...

I had to practically carry her out of there, tears streaming down her face, her hand and mine over her mouth until we made it to the parking lot where we both exploded into gales of laughter...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 10:42 PM (nbLIj)

144 Another that I loved was one I don't hear too many people talk about. Quirky game called Crystal Castles.
Posted by: Doof

There was a band named after that game. They, uh, didn't behave well.
Alice Glass is still around though.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 21, 2025 10:42 PM (sDWtc)

145 Somewhere in an unopened box of stuff is a six sided cookie cutter that was my mom's.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Haha, I have one of those!

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:43 PM (rdVOm)

146 In an arcade, or a mall? You must mean "passable" pizza.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:36 PM (uQesX)

The pizza joint in our mall was really good. There is still a mall where I live now - it's barely hanging on. My favorite pizza place in my town -- in the mall. Old school pizzeria style pizza.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (QMAsf)

147
Another that I loved was one I don't hear too many people talk about. Quirky game called Crystal Castles.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)


Don't remember that one. Q-bert was crazy difficult because of the angles. I just never could keep from jumping off the edge.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (Zz0t1)

148 Denmark may be willing to sell Greenland soon. They are going broke. Dec 30, 2025 is the last day Danish Post will collect, deliver letters. After 400 years of service. All those cute red POST boxes are going away. Danish Post will still deliver parcels, though.

Posted by: Frederik X at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (oftw2)

149 Bellagio in Vegas always has a fantastic Christmas display in the conservatory. A must-see visit every year. See's Candy in nearby Henderson has a public botanical garden next to their facility in Vegas too and they go all-out with the lights throughout. Spectacular, and highly recommended.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (V362x)

150 I had to practically carry her out of there, tears streaming down her face, her hand and mine over her mouth until we made it to the parking lot where we both exploded into gales of laughter...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 10:42 PM (nbLIj)


What a fantastic memory.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:45 PM (Zz0t1)

151 148 Denmark may be willing to sell Greenland soon. They are going broke. Dec 30, 2025 is the last day Danish Post will collect, deliver letters. After 400 years of service. All those cute red POST boxes are going away. Danish Post will still deliver parcels, though.

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Sales of Danish butter cookies have cratered, and it's bringing down the entire economy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:46 PM (nWPIJ)

152 Omni Magazine.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 21, 2025 10:46 PM (EXyHK)

153 I'm out. Gotta get some stuff done before bed. Fortunately I'm only working Mon - Wed and have the rest of the week off. Be well, Hordelings.

Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:47 PM (Epuwl)

154 @CharlieK_news . 10h

Trump just blew the so-called “experts” out of the water by rattling off how hard drug prices are crashing.

Look at this

Blood thinner: $750 → $16
HIV meds: $1,500 → $217
Hep B treatment: $1,400 → $413
Hep C drugs: $25,000 → $2,500

That’s not a tweak. That’s a demolition.

Of course, the fake news won’t touch it

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:47 PM (1JTFF)

155 137 I loved Qix and Tempest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (Zz0t1)

Tempest was one of my favorites. Also Q-bert.

Another that I loved was one I don't hear too many people talk about. Quirky game called Crystal Castles.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

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I remember Crystal Castles. Basically had a track ball instead of a joystick.

Back in the 80s, there was a gameshow called Starcade that had contestants competing playing video games. The only episode of it I remember had a kid whose favorite game was Crystal Castles. It was one of the games contestants could choose. The kid avoided it until the final round, and the kid kicked his oppenent's ass.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 10:47 PM (OGOaV)

156 I have the fake tree I bought when I got divorced and refused to get a real Tree ever again. They make me horribly sick. Something about the molds or pollen or spores or something. I love the smell, but I get really sick.

Ornaments are nothing special. There’s a bunch of kid made ones, those are my favorites. It’s not pretty or symmetric or color coordinated. And it has colored lights.

But it’s just me now, so I do what I like.

Merrry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:48 PM (IhIKR)

157 Geez, so what is the MPG on that stupor-yacht?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (2GVsD)

158 That’s not a tweak. That’s a demolition.

Of course, the fake news won’t touch it
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:47 PM (1JTFF)

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Biden and his handpicked team of top-tier economic experts laid the groundwork for this.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (nWPIJ)

159 Dang! You put 2112 up top and of course I got lost in listening to it again!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (trsuh)

160 Remember when the major fast-food places had special glassware or toys during The Holidays?

My favorite glasses came from Dairy Queen-- they look etched (but it's decal) with a pinecone/pine needles design. Festive!

And then there were the Rodney & Rhonda Reindeer stuffies. Also, Toy Story figures...

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:50 PM (rdVOm)

161 I loved Qix and Tempest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Galaga and Ms Pac Man were my go-to games, but I loved Tempest too.

Qix annoyed me. I liked it, but once it got to the levels where the Qix split in half, so you could get a bonus for drawing a line between them, I'd work so hard at that that I'd draw myself into a corner.

Then the more-complex later-80s games..... I spent way too much on Gauntlet 2 and Rampage. That 'add another quarter to continue' thing was murder on the wallet.

Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 10:50 PM (nhCoE)

162
But it’s just me now, so I do what I like.

Merrry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:48 PM (IhIKR)


You asked for it...........


https://youtu.be/31A6RjOxE74

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:50 PM (Zz0t1)

163 Trump to Greenlanders, do you want a Muslim invasion? Do you want Chinese fentenyl for your children? Choose America, we will stop it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:51 PM (1JTFF)

164 156 I have the fake tree I bought when I got divorced and refused to get a real Tree ever again. They make me horribly sick. Something about the molds or pollen or spores or something. I love the smell, but I get really sick.

Ornaments are nothing special. There’s a bunch of kid made ones, those are my favorites. It’s not pretty or symmetric or color coordinated. And it has colored lights.

But it’s just me now, so I do what I like.

Merrry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:48 PM (IhIKR)

This is awesome and your tree should be exactly what makes you happy. I think I am going to buy a fake tree for next year. They are easier to decorate, the lights are symmetrical, they don’t come with surprise critters. Has that ever really happened to anyone? Seems plausible.

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:51 PM (Wmg4n)

165 Defender, Tempest, Sinistar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-XEINagmaU

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:51 PM (2GVsD)

166 I loved Galaga, and Missile Command, where you had to defend your city from all these incoming nukes.

And which one had the big monster head at the end that you had to fight? It would laugh at you while you shot at it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 10:52 PM (trsuh)

167 The pizza joint in our mall was really good. There is still a mall where I live now - it's barely hanging on. My favorite pizza place in my town -- in the mall. Old school pizzeria style pizza.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (QMAsf)

If it was a real place with outside locations, not just malls like Sbarro and that other one I can't think of, then that's different. In my area the best places were never in the mall.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (uQesX)

168 Geez, so what is the MPG on that stupor-yacht?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (2GVsD)

I suspect about 50 meters per gallon.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (S/Y4j)

169 Sinistar! That was the monster head!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (trsuh)

170 if it's from Tom you know it's good

Tom Homan@HomanNews . 9h

UH-OH

President Trump just referenced Title 18, Chapter 115, Section 2387, drawing attention to serious federal statutes—and directly addressed Commander Kirk Lippold (U.S. Navy).

The law is clear. Violations carry severe criminal penalties.

Trump’s message was unmistakable:
“Follow the law. Do your duty.”

The allegation is explosive—claims of sedition involving Sen. Mark Kelly are now being openly discussed.

This is no longer political chatter.
This is legal scrutiny.

And when the law is invoked at this level, accountability—not rhetoric—comes next.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (1JTFF)

171 Symmetry is overrated!

Posted by: Michelle Fields Farewell To Arms at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (oftw2)

172 First Daughter is home, so FiL now has to sleep in the living room.

"I can't hear the TV."

"Because you took your hearing aids out!"

"huh?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (Zz0t1)

173 My favorite mall growing up was the Northlake Mall in Dallas. The Christmas decorations were huge and amazing. Anchor stores were Neiman Marcus, Lord and Taylor and SFA. BEAUTIFUL. Safe. Happy. Very civilized.

Kids wouldnt know what to do if they ever saw something like that up here in Seattle. So sad.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (IhIKR)

174 Omni Magazine.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Half off when you subscribe to Penthouse.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (/lPRQ)

175 Thanks, Sponge.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (nbLIj)

176 Alright, it’s past bedtime. I will read the rest of the comments in the morning to find more tree stories. They are fun! Good night, and great post, Doof!

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (Wmg4n)

177 See's Candy in nearby Henderson has a public botanical garden next to their facility in Vegas too and they go all-out with the lights throughout. Spectacular, and highly recommended.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (V362x)

Mama Mars is glaring at you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (uQesX)

178
And when the law is invoked at this level, accountability—not rhetoric—comes next.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (1JTFF)


In before the 'nothing will happen' guy........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (Zz0t1)

179 Oh and who can forget Joust! That was awesome!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (trsuh)

180 Night Piper, give Soup a pat for me.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:55 PM (2GVsD)

181 ...they don’t come with surprise critters. Has that ever really happened to anyone? Seems plausible.
Posted by: Piper
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Dad used to cut our trees from a friend's property. We never had surprise critters, but maybe because Dad would hose them off in the yard & let drip-dry in the detached garage before bringing into our house?

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:55 PM (rdVOm)

182 >>>I miss arcades - real arcades with a jukebox, a couple of pool tables, a bunch of pinball machines, and stand-up cabinet video games. Defender, Berserk, Galaga, Missile Command, Mr. Do!, Asteroids Deluxe, Venture, Pac-Man, Space Ace, and a bunch of others. *sighs*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
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The only thing better than an archade is an archade located inside an amusement park.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:55 PM (1JTFF)

183 Greetings from the eternal south wind of the Intermountain West. We are having a not white Christmas along with other mountains. There is a bit but not a lot at resorts nearby. I am bummed but it is Christmas and I will focus on the reason when not feeling whiney.

I don't mind window rattling south winds if snow follows. This woke me at 3am. My husband said our primroses have blooms today, which made me sad.

In the South we always got a cedar tree from our farm. In fact, my most favorite photo of our sons is bringing the tree (or trying to) near my father's lake. I keep intending to paint it for Christmas cards. I keep intending to do a lot of things.They are wicked to decorate due to sharp little needles, but we did.

My current tree is a fake but realistic 10' one with antique ornaments, ornaments collected since our '78 engagement, sterling snowflakes, crystal snowflakes (do you see a trend of what I want for Christmas yet?).

This year I added antique chandelier crystals for sparkle and pretend icicles (that I don't have hanging off the house, either...sometimes gigantic). I am getting more for next year as I like the effect (from etsy).

Love you all. Please send snow.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 21, 2025 10:56 PM (WONhk)

184 There's a place nearby that's an old school arcade, supposedly. $10 all you can play with drinks and food, I believe.

I will need to check it out sometime........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:56 PM (Zz0t1)

185 Ornaments are nothing special. There’s a bunch of kid made ones, those are my favorites. It’s not pretty or symmetric or color coordinated. And it has colored lights.

But it’s just me now, so I do what I like.

Merrry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:48 PM (IhIKR)

I'd say your ornaments are VERY special! They bring Christmas magic to you. I can stare at various ornaments on my tree and be transported back in time. Some of my favorite ornaments have left my house and now hang on my son's tree. They share space with ones from his girlfriend's life and are making new Christmas magic and memories for them. It's wonderful.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:57 PM (QMAsf)

186 I do miss the arcades that were found in malls. The best one I ever went to was at an amusement park (RIP Conneaut Lake). Used to love Missile Command, Centipede, and whatever that tank game was called (Battle Command?). Also, Asteroids.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 10:57 PM (sAmhv)

187 Alright, it’s past bedtime. I will read the rest of the comments in the morning to find more tree stories. They are fun! Good night, and great post, Doof!
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (Wmg4n)

Thanks, and good night!

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:58 PM (QMAsf)

188 Moon Patrol and Missile Command were my two arcade games .

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 10:58 PM (KDPiq)

189 173 My favorite mall growing up was the Northlake Mall in Dallas. The Christmas decorations were huge and amazing. Anchor stores were Neiman Marcus, Lord and Taylor and SFA. BEAUTIFUL. Safe. Happy. Very civilized.

Kids wouldnt know what to do if they ever saw something like that up here in Seattle. So sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (IhIKR)

Northpark

Posted by: We all shot J.R. at December 21, 2025 10:58 PM (RNPmW)

190 184 There's a place nearby that's an old school arcade, supposedly. $10 all you can play with drinks and food, I believe.

I will need to check it out sometime........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:56 PM (Zz0t1)

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We've got one up here in MN. $15 all you can play. Food and drink extra (and their food is meh). Lots of old school games.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 10:58 PM (OGOaV)

191 The 80's were a pretty cool time to be a yute, looking back.

I'd hate to be a kid nowadays. WAY to much pressure with social media and all the bullshit. No wonder all the kids are on pharmaceuticals.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:59 PM (Zz0t1)

192 Hey, hey, ho, ho,
Islam's got to go

Islam in Thirteen Easy Verses

https://tinyurl.com/48y6mrp4

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:59 PM (1JTFF)

193 Moon Patrol and Missile Command were my two arcade games .
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 10:58 PM (KDPiq)


What was that 3-D tank game?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:59 PM (Zz0t1)

194 Dave and Busters?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)

195 I do miss the arcades that were found in malls. The best one I ever went to was at an amusement park (RIP Conneaut Lake). Used to love Missile Command, Centipede, and whatever that tank game was called (Battle Command?). Also, Asteroids.
Posted by: Puddleglum

The 3-D one with the green wireframe tanks everything?

Battlezone.

I still think of that game every time I see a Cybertruck.

Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (nhCoE)

196 102 Then I had that wacky thing that you could put the cube in the top and it super heated it where it expanded into a monster, then you could put it back in the crank thing and crush it back to a cube.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:31 PM (Zz0t1)

Had that, it was the Strange Change - Lost World made by Mattel. Create 'Em, Crush 'Em, Create 'Em!

Posted by: Joemarine at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (y171U)

197 If it was a real place with outside locations, not just malls like Sbarro and that other one I can't think of, then that's different. In my area the best places were never in the mall.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (uQesX)

Definitely not the chain places like Sbarro. Think Perry's from Fast Times.

I know where I'm going for lunch tomorrow.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

198
Islam in Thirteen Easy Verses

https://tinyurl.com/48y6mrp4

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:59 PM (1JTFF)


Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:01 PM (Zz0t1)

199 "Because you took your hearing aids out!"

I had somebody ask me if I needed hearing aids today because I didn't respond when she was trying to get my attention. Would have probably worked better if she had used the right name.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2025 11:01 PM (lUFok)

200 There's a place nearby that's an old school arcade, supposedly. $10 all you can play with drinks and food, I believe.

I will need to check it out sometime........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:56 PM (Zz0t1)

Don't go! It's horrible!

Posted by: It's not Pleasure Island at December 21, 2025 11:02 PM (uQesX)

201
Had that, it was the Strange Change - Lost World made by Mattel. Create 'Em, Crush 'Em, Create 'Em!
Posted by: Joemarine at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (y171U)


That was it!!! Crazy toy for a kid, but in the era of Safety Third! it was perfect.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:02 PM (Zz0t1)

202 Merrry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:48 PM (IhIKR)

My sinus issues always got worse,too, with real spruce trees.I read about pollen and/or mold as well. We'd get one for the foyer that was 16' tall, and every year I'm snorting in videos. So now we have a fake one in the LR instead and sinus infection free for the holidays now.

I hope you have a lovely Christmas. I'm trying, but without our usual snow my normal joy is a bit muted...but present with our grandkids we see every week. We are blessed and have a new surprise girl this year for her first Christmas dazzle.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 21, 2025 11:02 PM (WONhk)

203 Rock Em Sock 'Em Robots

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

204 Then there was Dragon's Lair, do not bump the console hard.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:03 PM (2GVsD)

205 I hope you have a lovely Christmas. I'm trying, but without our usual snow my normal joy is a bit muted...but present with our grandkids we see every week. We are blessed and have a new surprise girl this year for her first Christmas dazzle.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 21, 2025 11:02 PM (WONhk)


It's going to be 79 degrees on Christmas Day in N TX.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:03 PM (Zz0t1)

206 A squirrel came down the chimney and climbed into Eldest D's nicely curated Christmas tree- she does a lovely tree every year.

They had to call a man to come get it out, on a Sunday.
She sent us a video- he reached inside the tree, grabbed the squirrel and tossed it out the open front door.
We felt guilty about laughing- but it was funny.

Posted by: sal at December 21, 2025 11:03 PM (f+FmA)

207 Then there was Dragon's Lair, do not bump the console hard.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:03 PM (2GVsD)


That game was stupid hard and stupid expensive. Never got into it for those reasons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (Zz0t1)

208 204 Then there was Dragon's Lair, do not bump the console hard.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:03 PM (2GVsD)

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Never got into that one, mainly because I always died within the first 10 seconds.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (OGOaV)

209 Michael Walsh@TheAmanuensis
History shows that women will always defect to the enemy if they feel their own men cannot or will not protect them

@HJB_News__
Up to 100,000 converts to Islam are living in the UK, with white women leading the growing number of people embracing the Muslim faith.

The number of converts to Islam have risen from around 60,000 in 2001 to up to 90,000 to 100,000 in 2024, according to estimates in a report for the Faith Matters organisation.
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The British government gives UK women the choice between their colon stretched for simultaneous penetration and gang rape or become a Muslim.

youtube.com/watch?v=8hr3Stnk8_k

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (1JTFF)

210 Squirrel in a Christmas tree?

A Griswold Christmas!

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (2GVsD)

211 You folks and your fancy malls. I grew up in a town with a small srore/gas station. Pop. 500

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (XeU6L)

212 We had arcade games in sub shops and 7-11s where I grew up in northeast Baltimore. Order a sub or a slice of pizza, go play Frogger or Paperboy while you wait. Or get a Slurpee and a pack of Hubba Bubba or Bubbalicious and enjoy them while playing Centipede. Then jump on my Mongoose and ride to wherever with my buddies on their bikes. Seems like both yesterday and an eternity ago.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (QMAsf)

213 Think Perry's from Fast Times.

I know where I'm going for lunch tomorrow.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

(gulp)

Another "classic movie" I haven't seen.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)

214 Northpark
Posted by: We all shot J.R


Yes!

I also remember going to the Galleria in Houston. Holy crap. That was big.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (IhIKR)

215 Denmark may be willing to sell Greenland soon. They are going broke. Posted by: Frederik X

If the Danes hadn't breed out existence their Viking heritage they could solve this in the old fashioned way by invading and looting England. Leaving that task to a bunch of Muzzies allowed to take over England without much of fight is a continental embarrassment.

This got me thinking about famous Danes over the centuries so I asked Microsoft Co-Pilot to name notable Danish strippers. Co-Pilot yelled at me for asking an inappropriate question and then list out a few Copenhagen strip clubs.

Western civilization is doomed.

Posted by: Zombie Harald Bluetooth Gormsson at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (HTCU3)

216 No positive words for Pong?

Bloop

Bloop

Bloop

Bloop

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (nWPIJ)

217 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (1JTFF

The person who headed up the MN Somali fraud was a white woman who was dating a Somali.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:06 PM (KDPiq)

218 195 I do miss the arcades that were found in malls. The best one I ever went to was at an amusement park (RIP Conneaut Lake). Used to love Missile Command, Centipede, and whatever that tank game was called (Battle Command?). Also, Asteroids.
Posted by: Puddleglum

The 3-D one with the green wireframe tanks everything?

Battlezone.

I still think of that game every time I see a Cybertruck.
Posted by: mikeski


Battlezone! Yes, that's the one.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (sAmhv)

219
Doof, AMEN

To me that is what is all about.

Memories.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

220 Got here late, but human faces on a Christmas tree? Creepy!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (E0Kkk)

221 211 You folks and your fancy malls. I grew up in a town with a small srore/gas station. Pop. 500
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (XeU6L)

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My sister and her family live in a very small town. They order pizza from the gas station up the road.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (OGOaV)

222 Squirrel in a Christmas tree?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (2GVsD)

Finally made it out of that church!

Posted by: Mississippi Squirrel at December 21, 2025 11:08 PM (uQesX)

223 Look at this

Blood thinner: $750 → $16
HIV meds: $1,500 → $217
Hep B treatment: $1,400 → $413
Hep C drugs: $25,000 → $2,500

That’s not a tweak. That’s a demolition.

Of course, the fake news won’t touch it
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:47 PM (1JTFF)

Now ban them from advertising prescription drugs to the general public. No different than advertising cigarettes to kids. They aren't legally able to decide for themselves, then you shouldn't be targeting them with ads.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 21, 2025 11:08 PM (pIfcn)

224 We were so poor when I was a kid all I got for Christmas was the previous year's Sears Wish Book.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 21, 2025 11:08 PM (HTCU3)

225 The person who headed up the MN Somali fraud was a white woman who was dating a Somali.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:06 PM (KDPiq)

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A sterling example of how the wondrous tapestry of diversity makes us all better human beings, or something.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:08 PM (nWPIJ)

226 Another "classic movie" I haven't seen.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)

Doesn't hold up when you become over 29 and conservative. Except for Phoebe Cates's boobs.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (KDPiq)

227 My dad has Asteroids. Can't even sit on the toilet some days.

Posted by: Cousin Dale at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (Q+gd/)

228 Think Perry's from Fast Times.

I know where I'm going for lunch tomorrow.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

(gulp)

Another "classic movie" I haven't seen.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)

If you do ever watch it, it probably won't hit you in the same manner it would have if you watched it back in the 80s. One of my favorites and I can quote it all day. Couldn't imagine seeing it for the first time at this age though.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (QMAsf)

229 My sister and her family live in a very small town. They order pizza from the gas station up the road.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (OGOaV)

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How's the sushi?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (nWPIJ)

230 You folks and your fancy malls. I grew up in a town with a small srore/gas station. Pop. 500
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (XeU6L)


Sheesh! A store and gas station. Lucky!
My little town had only the mayor's kid with a lemonade stand and a five gallon gas can.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (2WIwB)

231 Memories.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

Were they coffee colored?

Posted by: Babs at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (uQesX)

232
This got me thinking about famous Danes over the centuries so I asked Microsoft Co-Pilot to name notable Danish strippers. Co-Pilot yelled at me for asking an inappropriate question and then list out a few Copenhagen strip clubs.

Western civilization is doomed.
Posted by: Zombie Harald Bluetooth Gormsson at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (HTCU3)


Denmark used to have this gag thing you could order from certain dive bars called what loosely translated to "dirty beer."

It's where a nasty old broad would climb up onto the bar, insert the tap handle in her vag and pour you a beer.

You can't find one now. They're supposedly the happiest people on earth, but they only really just exist. They've bred any toughness and strength out by being such a strict socialist nation, they don't know anything else and think life is just grand.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (Zz0t1)

233 Phoebe Cates?

The most awkward, sad, and uncomfortable Christmas background story ever - Gremlins.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (2GVsD)

234 Magnificent solar halo, but it doesn’t have anything to do with the winter solstice, particularly.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (E0Kkk)

235
Sales of Danish butter cookies have cratered, and it's bringing down the entire economy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:46 PM (nWPIJ)

Because all the dang tins were really full of sewing notions!!!!

Posted by: moki at December 21, 2025 11:11 PM (wLjpr)

236 229 My sister and her family live in a very small town. They order pizza from the gas station up the road.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (OGOaV)

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How's the sushi?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (nWPIJ)

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Yeah, no amount of small town charm would get me to try that. I will say, though, that the pizza was pretty good!

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:11 PM (OGOaV)

237 Evenin’, All. Happy Christmas Eve Eve Eve Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:11 PM (77rzZ)

238
My sister and her family live in a very small town. They order pizza from the gas station up the road.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (OGOaV)


Hunt Brothers Pizza. It's pretty bland on the other side of cardboard crust. 3 out of 10.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:12 PM (Zz0t1)

239 Doesn't hold up when you become over 29 and conservative. Except for Phoebe Cates's boobs.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (KDPiq)

I have seen that part. Golly, what a doll.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:12 PM (uQesX)

240 Pizza Hut was a bicycle ride away from our house and my mom would make me pick up a pizza when she was in the mood . That and cigarettes.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:12 PM (KDPiq)

241 If you do ever watch it, it probably won't hit you in the same manner it would have if you watched it back in the 80s.

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Definitely true. I caught it on TV a few months ago and was surprised at how dark it was. The subplot with Judge Reinhold's younger sister getting knocked up by the creep who hung around the high school was pretty tragic.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:13 PM (nWPIJ)

242 Phoebe Cates was super cute in the movie Shag. I believe our friend Miklos was an extra in that movie - or something along those lines.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:13 PM (QMAsf)

243 Another Phoebe Cates movie?

Date with an Angel where she plays a she-demon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:13 PM (2GVsD)

244 Best pizza in Dallas was at Campisi’s.

In the late 70s it was quite the joint.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (IhIKR)

245 My favorite mall memory:
Youngest D, who was about three, and I were at Swiss Colony- what happened to them?- buying gift boxes.

The Mall Santa comes in and asks the clerk if he can use their restroom.
S's little eyes were like saucers- SANTA goes to the POTTY?

Posted by: sal at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (f+FmA)

246 Posted by: moki at December 21, 2025 11:11 PM (wLjpr)

How's the reading going?

(debating whether to use a credit card to pay an editor)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (uQesX)

247 I loved having fresh, real trees at Christmas. No allergy issues, thankfully.

They'd smell so good. Each had its own character-- "turn the bare spot to the wall!" or "the branches won't hold up those heavy ones" -- so the ornament choices would vary from year to year.

Had to water frequently. Stoopid tree stands never had a large enough reservoir, so a quart or two, 3-4 times a day at first. Let it go dry *one time* and tree would turn to a crisp within days. Sad.

After removal? UGH!!! Would be vacuuming up the dropped needles for months.

Artificial trees have improved MUCH over the years. I'd still rather put on the lights myself, though. Pre-lit is *too perfect* ya know?

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (rdVOm)

248 Sheesh! A store and gas station. Lucky!
My little town had only the mayor's kid with a lemonade stand and a five gallon gas can.

Was the gas can for the lemonade?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (E0Kkk)

249 Phoebe Cates... The 1982 movie Paradise... You're welcome.

Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Q+gd/)

250 240 Pizza Hut was a bicycle ride away from our house and my mom would make me pick up a pizza when she was in the mood . That and cigarettes.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:12 PM (KDPiq)

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I miss the days when Pizza Hut was a sit-down restaurant.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (OGOaV)

251 226 Another "classic movie" I haven't seen.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)

Doesn't hold up when you become over 29 and conservative. Except for Phoebe Cates's boobs.
Posted by: Opinion fact


Yeah, that's about all I remember about FTaRH.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (sAmhv)

252 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:13 PM (nWPIJ)

Older guy taking her virginity in a dug out. Turning into a slut and banging the ticket guy resulting in a no big deal abortion. Keep in mind these were 15 year old kids.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (KDPiq)

253 Think Perry's from Fast Times.

I know where I'm going for lunch tomorrow.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

(gulp)

Another "classic movie" I haven't seen.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)

If you do ever watch it, it probably won't hit you in the same manner it would have if you watched it back in the 80s. One of my favorites and I can quote it all day. Couldn't imagine seeing it for the first time at this age though.
Posted by: Doof


Watched Fast Times a year or two ago. Nostalgia during mall scenes was about all I got out of it.

Stranger Things mall scenes were more realistic for the set time.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (/lPRQ)

254 Phoebe Cates... The 1982 movie Paradise... You're welcome.
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Q+gd/)


Wasn't that the one that was like Blue Lagoon, only she was naked 3/4 of the time?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Zz0t1)

255 Maybe for the New Year make that the resolution, get back to writing. But first have to pony up money to Scrivener to unlock it again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (2GVsD)

256 Then there was Dragon's Lair, do not bump the console hard.
Posted by: Anna Puma

That game was stupid hard and stupid expensive. Never got into it for those reasons.
Posted by: Sponge

Dragon's Lair, and Space Ace, were the Avatar of video games.

100% visual woo-woo, 0% story/gameplay.

A Japanese visual novel where you made choices by moving the joystick at exactly the right time.

Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 11:17 PM (nhCoE)

257 The Northgate Mall in Seattle, no longer a spot for Christmas shopping, set the record in 1950 for the tallest Christmas tree ever. 212 feet, approx 50 thousand pounds. It was harvested near Mt Rainier. All the branches were cut off for the 50 mile trip and then reattached. Those Douglas Firs grow to be some of the tallest trees in the world.

Posted by: Rex B at December 21, 2025 11:17 PM (C9oTe)

258

Yeah, that's about all I remember about FTaRH.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (sAmhv)


"Listen mister! You can shut up or I'm gonna kick 100% or your ass!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (Zz0t1)

259 You can't find one now. They're supposedly the happiest people on earth, but they only really just exist. They've bred any toughness and strength out by being such a strict socialist nation, they don't know anything else and think life is just grand.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (Zz0t1)

From what I’ve seen it appears that Danish men and women try to have exactly the same pageboy haircuts and all wear the same clothes. No wonder they’re depressed, they’re all boring each other to death.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (trsuh)

260 254 Phoebe Cates... The 1982 movie Paradise... You're welcome.
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Q+gd/)


Wasn't that the one that was like Blue Lagoon, only she was naked 3/4 of the time?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Zz0t1)

correct

Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (Q+gd/)

261 Never had a squirrel in our Mississippi cedar trees, but we once had a birdnest and kept it for years later as an ornament.Probably had mites and all sorts of bird flu and the reason my family is nuts.

The south wind is going to drive me to the guestroom, that has foam toddler rails on the sides of the queen mattress. I reckon I won't be falling out of bed but can escape the wind. My husband is on his own tonight. It rattles the walls in our SE facing upstairs bedroom as well as the windows.

For Doof,my music man, or anyone who likes Kansas and the theme of the south wind. Plus I really love Steve Walsh in gym shorts. My runnin' bf/husband used to wear them.

Rock on, Morons! Keeps you young!

https://tinyurl.com/5e7r7dvm

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (WONhk)

262 Youngest D, who was about three, and I were at Swiss Colony- what happened to them?- buying gift boxes.

Posted by: sal at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (f+FmA)

Online only now, I think. You can still find pop up Hickory Farms stores. Both same company now.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (uQesX)

263 All those video games rock. Haven’t heard marble madness or robotron mentioned. I had a zenith Z-89 and my buddy and I would try to program the games we could. I think our lunar lander and Tron light cycles knock offs were probably the best.

But don’t forget the great pinball tables the came out then too. My kingdom for a working Black Knight.

If you grew up in Denver, Celebrity Sports Center was the greatest place in the world to blow a roll of quarters. Owned by Disney at one point.

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (JsnfW)

264 249 Phoebe Cates... The 1982 movie Paradise... You're welcome.
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Q+gd/)

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I'll see your movie and raise you Jennifer Connelly in Career Opportunities.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (OGOaV)

265 Cicero, was expecting to be in your marina Christmas day for a short sail, but looks like we're actually going to have weather in the form of rain, so probably a no-go. Unless the niece wants to engage in edgy, hardy behavior - i.e., going out when it's not perfect, which it is most of the time.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 11:19 PM (U/Byj)

266 Fast Times is a movie I haven’t seen, and, moreover, is one that I have no desire to see.

Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:19 PM (77rzZ)

267 I miss the days when Pizza Hut was a sit-down restaurant.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (OGOaV)

Carson City has one.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:19 PM (uQesX)

268 I'll see your movie and raise you Jennifer Connelly in Career Opportunities.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (OGOaV)

Jennifer Connelly AND Virginia Madsen in The Hot Spot.

Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:20 PM (Q+gd/)

269 Roller Rinks were fun and also there were a lot more bowling alleys.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:20 PM (KDPiq)

270 "Listen mister! You can shut up or I'm gonna kick 100% or your ass!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (Zz0t1)

Or the edited for TV version - "I'm gonna kick 100% of your FACE!"

They also changed "You DICK!" to "You NERD!"

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:21 PM (QMAsf)

271 Roller Rinks were fun and also there were a lot more bowling alleys.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:20 PM (KDPiq)


If you came off the rink onto the carpet and hit skate first into the coin door of a video game, you could rattle a couple of credits in. Of course, it made a loud noise and attracted attention to the area by bouncers if the music wasn't loud enough.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (Zz0t1)

272 Fast Times didn’t age nearly as well as Caddyshack.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (IhIKR)

273 Merrry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at

Merry Christmas nurse 😊

My tree is a small old artificial tree of my grandma's. It has small wooden ornaments; sled, snowman, etc that came with it. I've added handmade ornaments of angels nestled in seashells.

I also have a nativity set that my grandparents bought for their first Christmas together in 1945. I don't know if the tree is that old

These are treasures to me.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (igoLh)

274 140 Russia has nuclear icebreakers. We don't. We're gonna need a couple when Trump annexes Greenland. We are still on the steady course.
Posted by: Penguin/Greenland Alliance
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Global warming has created so much pain for Penguins and trouble for Russian sea traffic that the increase in thick ice necessitated dispatch of all four nuclear ice breakers to open up sea lanes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (1JTFF)

275 If you came off the rink onto the carpet and hit skate first into the coin door of a video game, you could rattle a couple of credits in. Of course, it made a loud noise and attracted attention to the area by bouncers if the music wasn't loud enough.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (Zz0t1)

1980s life hack!

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (QMAsf)

276
Or the edited for TV version - "I'm gonna kick 100% of your FACE!"

They also changed "You DICK!" to "You NERD!"
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:21 PM (QMAsf)


It's why I really hate watching movies on TV.

"Maverick. You are still dangerous. But you can be my wingman any time!"

"*poor dub* No way. You can be mine."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (Zz0t1)

277 265 Cicero, was expecting to be in your marina Christmas day for a short sail, but looks like we're actually going to have weather in the form of rain, so probably a no-go.

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It looks like this weekend was the last of the decent weather for a while. We used it to move the boat to its new temporary slip yesterday since they're starting the demolition of our longtime home section of the docks in January.

I now have a close-up view of the bridge. Whatever.

and December 28 is the deadline for

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (nWPIJ)

278 Would have probably worked better if she had used the right name.
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Lol, blanco

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (igoLh)

279 Oops. Editing fail.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (nWPIJ)

280 I miss the days when Pizza Hut was a sit-down restaurant.
Posted by: No One of Consequence

All You Can Eat crispy greasy crust with barely there toppings!
Dropped some serious lunkers after after eating there

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (/lPRQ)

281 Happy-ish Winter Solstice, All Y'all ...

Moved the little star lights into the hall & put larger twinkle stars in the breakfast nook window. The little stars didn't have enough little.

Repairing the light + colored glass stars & will hang them next. All the paper stars need re-glued edges, so ...

And AA batteries. Need more batteries.

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (3ZUWJ)

282 I liked going into Spencer’s and looking at all the cool posters under black lights. And then hanging out in B. Daltons. And getting an Orange Julius.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (trsuh)

283 AmericanKestral!

Lovely to see you, my dear. I’m sorry I haven’t checked in on you. Are you well?

Peace be with you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:25 PM (IhIKR)

284 Fast Times was based I think on the experiences of Cameron Crowe while being an "undercover" student at Clairemont High here in San Diego. His mother was the librarian there or something. He looked very young for his age, so fit right in.

Never saw the movie, or read his stuff.

But the unheated pool at NAS Miramar that was our final home pool for water polo senior year was key in defeating Clairemont's team, which was much better than we were. Aside from a friend who's been a teacher there for decades, thus endeth my connection to Clairemont High.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 11:25 PM (U/Byj)

285 Fast Times didn’t age nearly as well as Caddyshack.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (IhIKR)

2 of my all time favorites.

I should start a YT channel to compete with TJM. He does videos about highfalutin directors; I'd do ones about cheesy 80s movies.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:25 PM (QMAsf)

286 I liked going into Spencer’s and looking at all the cool posters under black lights. And then hanging out in B. Daltons. And getting an Orange Julius.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (trsuh)


I think there's still a Spencer's in OKC and maybe Houston. Dairy Queen bought Orange Julius, but I don't know if they're still selling them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:26 PM (Zz0t1)

287
Well, the solstice (sol-stice, sun-still) clocked in for me at ~34.75N degrees latitude at 09:45:25 of daylight. This is 4 seconds longer than the year I was born. The Erf's axial tilt, currently on a decreasing leg of that Milankovich cycle has decreased that much since 1967.

Well, this is the shortest day of the year (for those in the Northern hemisphere), tomorrow will be the longest. What? Today is the shortest in terms of daylight, sunrise to sunset times. However, the apparent solar day, the time between successive high noons, reaches a maximum tomorrow, the 2nd at just under 30 seconds longer than 24 hours. Due to earth's tilt and eccentricity, with perihelion close to the winter solstice, the true sun's longitudinal speed is the greatest tomorrow -- thus is takes the longest for the earth to rotate enough to catch back up with it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 21, 2025 11:26 PM (w6EFb)

288 The malls when I was a kid, that would be the 1980s, had these stores that sold woman's underwear. My pals and I would walk by them really slow and sneak looks inside hoping to catch a glimpse of something forbidden. Never worked out they way we imagined. I guess you could say the secret of what was going on in there is still untold.

Posted by: Teddy Duchamp at December 21, 2025 11:27 PM (HTCU3)

289 It's why I really hate watching movies on TV.

"Maverick. You are still dangerous. But you can be my wingman any time!"

"*poor dub* No way. You can be mine."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (Zz0t1)

Platoon. Charlie Sheen (I think - might have been someone else) spraying machine gun fire yelling "Dance, motherfucker!" -- edited to "Dance, maggot-farmer!"

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (QMAsf)

290 I should start a YT channel to compete with TJM. He does videos about highfalutin directors; I'd do ones about cheesy 80s movies.
Posted by: Doof

Flash Gordon needs to be on there too!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (IhIKR)

291 21/12, oh fuck yeah. It will be 100 years before you can say that again. No matter, in 87 years you'll be able to say 2112.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (snZF9)

292 All the malls in Phoenix and Scottsdale had ice skating rinks, which seemed odd for a desert. But when I was growing up there, everyone’s parents were either from Wisconsin or Minnesota.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (trsuh)

293 Yeesh, following back one person who liked my Tensor stuff. Their images are totes cringe; sexy Animaniacs, Rescue Rangers Gadget, and female game characters. Not getting any likes from me.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (2GVsD)

294 Gold at $4413.20 per oz. Silver at $69.68 per oz. I'll bet you wish you had bought gold at $800 per oz and silver at $8.00 per oz.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (Da7Vv)

295 Cicero my niece's boat is in a slip about halfway in from the entrance, close to that building on the member parking lot. Will have to ask if she's affected.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 11:29 PM (U/Byj)

296 All the sun-lovers getting all het up about the solstice. Bah. Sunshine is overrated. Bring on winter.

Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:29 PM (77rzZ)

297 You folks and your fancy malls. I grew up in a town with a small srore/gas station. Pop. 500
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Dad's mother lived in a tiny town up in north Idaho. "Unincorporated" said the sign. Population 104(? or so). Freight train would come through twice a week-- didn't stop on Saturday nights but would just blow the horn and rumble on through.

The General Store was a short walk from her house, and about a dozen yards from the tracks. Sucked for the stock clerk when deliveries came on a rainy day, because nothing was paved 'in town'. There were 2 pumps $$$ out front of the store. Dad gassed up at grandma's-- she had her own pump by the driveway.

Creek ran past grandma's back yard. She'd set out lines in the morning, so we'd have pan-fried tiny trout for lunch. Game Warden? Nah, bro... never came around.

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 11:29 PM (rdVOm)

298 Book stores were cool.

And then the music stores with thousands of LPs in waist high rack / bins you'd flip through... and the cut-outs for like two bucks each.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)

299 288 The malls when I was a kid, that would be the 1980s, had these stores that sold woman's underwear. My pals and I would walk by them really slow and sneak looks inside hoping to catch a glimpse of something forbidden. Never worked out they way we imagined. I guess you could say the secret of what was going on in there is still untold.
Posted by: Teddy Duchamp at December 21, 2025 11:27 PM (HTCU3)

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Fredericks of Hollywood? They always seemed more risque than Victoria's Secret.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:30 PM (OGOaV)

300 It's a late 60's toy but I loved the slide projector.

It had the cartoon slide strips.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:31 PM (KDPiq)

301 Well, the solstice (sol-stice, sun-still) clocked in for me at ~34.75N degrees latitude at 09:45:25 of daylight. This is 4 seconds longer than the year I was born. The Erf's axial tilt, currently on a decreasing leg of that Milankovich cycle has decreased that much since 1967.

Well, this is the shortest day of the year (for those in the Northern hemisphere), tomorrow will be the longest. What? Today is the shortest in terms of daylight, sunrise to sunset times. However, the apparent solar day, the time between successive high noons, reaches a maximum tomorrow, the 2nd at just under 30 seconds longer than 24 hours. Due to earth's tilt and eccentricity, with perihelion close to the winter solstice, the true sun's longitudinal speed is the greatest tomorrow -- thus is takes the longest for the earth to rotate enough to catch back up with it.
Posted by: publius

You had me at let's go drinking until I our eyes fall out.

Posted by: Paul Blart at December 21, 2025 11:31 PM (HTCU3)

302 285 Fast Times didn’t age nearly as well as Caddyshack.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (IhIKR)

2 of my all time favorites.

I should start a YT channel to compete with TJM. He does videos about highfalutin directors; I'd do ones about cheesy 80s movies.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:25 PM (QMAsf)


Hackers... so bad it's good...

Remember, Spandex, it's a privilege, not a right.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 21, 2025 11:32 PM (mP0Kj)

303 If we fail to exert sufficient chthonic energy, my fear is that the days may simply get shorter and shorter, until the sun fails to rise at all.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

We had plans for a bonfire, but it didn't happen. Maybe we need to bang pots and pans like my grandma would recommend at New Years.

Side note, I asked grok to tell me the story of the Brennan Town musicians. The crow, who was crowing with all his might was trying to bring in a pleasant day so Our Lady would be able to dry the Christ Child's clothes.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:33 PM (igoLh)

304 Last time I had an Orange Julius was at a mall (they still have them) in Dubai, mid-2000s. Place was right in front of you as you went in one door. Can't remember last time I'd seen one. Can't recall which mall, either Mall of the Emirates (one with the skiing area inside) or the other one designed to commemorate 4 great ancient civilizations.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 11:33 PM (U/Byj)

305 214 Northpark
Posted by: We all shot J.R


Yes!

I also remember going to the Galleria in Houston. Holy crap. That was big.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (IhIKR)

When I first moved to Dallas in the early 90s, Northpark had a billboard along 35 featuring Linda Evangelista, then at the height of her supermodel career. Northpark had another one with a big supermodel too. It might have been Naomi Campbell. I can't remember.

Posted by: We all shot J.R. at December 21, 2025 11:33 PM (RNPmW)

306 I am so culturally cooked.

Watching on YouTube a German army band playing some Wagner. I recognize the song and my mind ups the tempo and I instantly visualize the scenes from What's Opera Doc.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:33 PM (2GVsD)

307 All the malls in Phoenix and Scottsdale had ice skating rinks, which seemed odd for a desert. But when I was growing up there, everyone’s parents were either from Wisconsin or Minnesota.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (trsuh)


SNL grew up in Phoenix playing hockey. He was pretty good too.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (2WIwB)

308 I liked going into Spencer’s and looking at all the cool posters under black lights. And then hanging out in B. Daltons. And getting an Orange Julius.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (trsuh)

Spencer's was great. We had that and another store called world imports. There were 5 places that mattered. Spencers, world imports, the record store, and 2 arcades. The other stores were just places parents went to.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (snZF9)

309 Fredericks of Hollywood? They always seemed more risque than Victoria's Secret.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:30 PM (OGOaV)

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I don't believe Frederick's of Hollywood ever sought the corset and garter business of ugly hairy gay male trolls like Victoria's Secret does.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (nWPIJ)

310
I don't believe Frederick's of Hollywood ever sought the corset and garter business of ugly hairy gay male trolls like Victoria's Secret does.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (nWPIJ)


Or 14 year old girls wearing short shorts with "unwrap me" on the ass.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:35 PM (Zz0t1)

311 285 Great. Then we’d have Doof constantly beseeching us to “Like and subscribe.” No thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:36 PM (77rzZ)

312 267 I miss the days when Pizza Hut was a sit-down restaurant.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (OGOaV)

Carson City has one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:19 PM (uQesX)

So does Winslow Ariz. Ate there on a Road trip with me boy a couple years ago.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 21, 2025 11:37 PM (mP0Kj)

313 I instantly visualize the scenes from What's Opera Doc.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:33 PM (2GVsD)
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I attribute my appreciation for classical music to childhood cartoons.

Same with dropping anvils on people from several floors up.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2025 11:37 PM (KsL+3)

314
Here's a cool time lapse from a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, showing a complete cycle of seasons from Sept. 2010 to Sept 2011. Each frame is shot at the same solar time each day, and you can see the terminator rock back and forth over the tropical year.

You can easily how the length of the day changes as the terminator angle changes.

https://is.gd/FXqq1P

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 21, 2025 11:37 PM (w6EFb)

315 The local mall here is still fairly clean.

Has a Victoria's Secret. They still stock for petite women. S, XS...





Unlike Wally's which starts at magnum and up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:37 PM (/lPRQ)

316 I don't believe Frederick's of Hollywood ever sought the corset and garter business of ugly hairy gay male trolls like Victoria's Secret does.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (nWPIJ)


Well now we know Victoria's (aka Vic's) secret.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:38 PM (2WIwB)

317 Orangent, I, like the king and nurse's cat Lucy, am a fink. I've been so caught up with crap at home, I've done nothing - I haven't read or written a word. I even have a book ready to submit, and I cannot bring myself to finish final edits. New pre-new years' resolution - I must actually DO something!!

Posted by: moki at December 21, 2025 11:38 PM (wLjpr)

318 I worked at Tom's Levi's in the Lake Charles Mall. This was at the height of designer jeans. It was funny when I helped girls find their size the size they gave me was obviously a lot smaller than reality.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:38 PM (KDPiq)

319 Should I show this to Weasel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OJkz3ooSTg

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:38 PM (2GVsD)

320 So does Winslow Ariz. Ate there on a Road trip with me boy a couple years ago.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 21, 2025 11:37 PM (mP0Kj)

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I ate at a sit down Pizza Hut in Marrakech once. IIRC, it was in a mall.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:39 PM (nWPIJ)

321 Northpark
Posted by: We all shot J.R

Love Field. You could roller skate the entire concourse, all carpeted, with an ice skating rink and movie theater. Great place to meet girls when you were 12 yes old

Posted by: Fen at December 21, 2025 11:39 PM (Q4Rn4)

322 I attribute my appreciation for classical music to childhood cartoons.

Same with dropping anvils on people from several floors up.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey


Tiny Toons "Anvil Chorus" may be one of the most violent cartoons made for kids. Virtually every beat a anvil comes down and crushes little Daffy.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:40 PM (/lPRQ)

323 313 How about pulling a mallet out of nowhere and braining somebody with it?

Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:40 PM (77rzZ)

324 How about pulling a mallet out of nowhere and braining somebody with it?
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:40 PM (77rzZ)

One lump or two?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:41 PM (KDPiq)

325 Mallet from hyperspace?

Kaori is your go to girl!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hUo5cLgb_c

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:42 PM (2GVsD)

326 And no one mentioned that it's Frank Zappa's birthday today.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 21, 2025 11:42 PM (CHHv1)

327 The Winter Solstice in Las Cruces was alright. 75 degrees. Took the mighty Honda Trail 125 out for an all day ride that consisted of riding 40 miles non-stop from the house through the pecan trees and plowed fields and then bar hopping and noshing all the way back. I managed to get home at sunset and promptly took a nap. I have to admit I am totally excited for the longest solar day thing; I may have trouble sleeping tonight.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM (HTCU3)

328 Fredericks of Hollywood had some nice lingerie. Had to look past all the risque stuff at front of store. Also-- very difficult to find anything for *smaller than D cup* size.. too bad.

Sorry guys. Not all of us are so top-heavy!

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM (rdVOm)

329 295 Cicero my niece's boat is in a slip about halfway in from the entrance, close to that building on the member parking lot. Will have to ask if she's affected.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 11:29 PM (U/Byj)

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Ask her if she's enjoying the big slip rent increases.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM (nWPIJ)

330 Peace be with you.
Posted by: nurse ratched

We had a tragic death in the family, so I am spending some time in MT. In the big picture, all is well.

Peace be with you.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM (igoLh)

331
We had a tragic death in the family, so I am spending some time in MT. In the big picture, all is well.

Peace be with you.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM (igoLh)


Most sincere condolences for your loss.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:44 PM (Zz0t1)

332 Spencer's was great. We had that and another store called world imports. There were 5 places that mattered. Spencers, world imports, the record store, and 2 arcades. The other stores were just places parents went to.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (snZF9)

My local one had a good old fashioned sit down BAR in it.

On one occasion I went shopping for MY Birthday present with Mom and the Wifey (now X)... after 20 minutes buying me a pocket watch (couldn't wear a wrist when working on electronics)... I suddenly found myself holding not one, but TWO purses and a Pile of clothes while the Women disappeared into a changing room... After about 10 minutes, I got the attendant to put the clothes and purses outside the dressing room, and told the attendant I could be found in the bar.

They later decided to 'punish me' with the silent treatment... Dad opined it had made it a much more pleasant evening.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 21, 2025 11:44 PM (mP0Kj)

333 It was funny when I helped girls find their size the size they gave me was obviously a lot smaller than reality.
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Not the girls' fault! You're talking Levi's vs. "designer" brands. And the damned designers f'd up sizes, so the girls could all claim to be 2-3 sizes smaller than they really were.

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 11:46 PM (rdVOm)

334 Well, since two of the themes tonight are boobs and YT movie channels, this popped up on my YT feed today:

https://tinyurl.com/2v6eryyf

The official title is "80's Terminator Rip offs That Are Actually Worth W" but the thumbnail title is "Terminator, with Boobs."

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 21, 2025 11:46 PM (94u4m)

335 Peace be with you, Kestrel.

Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:46 PM (77rzZ)

336 Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM

So very sorry, AK.

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 11:47 PM (rdVOm)

337 Posted by: moki at December 21, 2025 11:38 PM (wLjpr)

I've hit the slows. I have two new stories I'm working on, but not sure which way to take them. Couple of short story ideas, but....

If we ever get the Trump Two grand, I'll probably pay the dev editor and see if I'm good enough to try to sell something.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:48 PM (uQesX)

338 Not exactly Terminator with boobs, more like Robocop with boobs - Lady Battle Cop.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:48 PM (2GVsD)

339 Great Sunday ONT!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 21, 2025 11:48 PM (wVcYX)

340 My local one had a good old fashioned sit down BAR in it.

On one occasion I went shopping for MY Birthday present with Mom and the Wifey (now X)... after 20 minutes buying me a pocket watch (couldn't wear a wrist when working on electronics)... I suddenly found myself holding not one, but TWO purses and a Pile of clothes while the Women disappeared into a changing room... After about 10 minutes, I got the attendant to put the clothes and purses outside the dressing room, and told the attendant I could be found in the bar.

They later decided to 'punish me' with the silent treatment... Dad opined it had made it a much more pleasant evening.
Posted by: Romeo13


Always thought Ala Moana shopping center should have a bunch of small bars strung down the middle of it for the menfolk to sit, drink, wait, outside virtually every store.

That mall should still be going strong. Lot of high end Gucci type stores.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (/lPRQ)

341 Yeesh, following back one person who liked my Tensor stuff. Their images are totes cringe; sexy Animaniacs, Rescue Rangers Gadget, and female game characters. Not getting any likes from me.
Posted by: Anna Puma

I..... the..... how? They're androgynously shapeless black-and white puppy people.

On second thought, I don't wanna know how. Too much SAN loss.

I'll just assume "animaniacs" was shorthand for "Hello Nurse."

Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (nhCoE)

342
Creek ran past grandma's back yard. She'd set out lines in the morning, so we'd have pan-fried tiny trout for lunch. Game Warden? Nah, bro... never came around

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Beautiful image, great memory!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (igoLh)

343 I also remember going to the Galleria in Houston. Holy crap. That was big. Posted by: nurse ratched

I stuck to malls that spelled Town as Towne. They never had a Nordstrom or a Macy's; instead they had odd ball chains that went under years ago. Mostly likely because they were money laundering schemes for cocaine dealers. If you go to those today the open shops are run by illegal immigrants selling stuff they found at a garage sale.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (HTCU3)

344 Lots of bad news in my AO this December. Kind of a sad Christmas.

Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (77rzZ)

345 We had a tragic death in the family, so I am spending some time in MT. In the big picture, all is well.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Prayers.

Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 11:50 PM (nhCoE)

346 Nurse, Minerva, Lola...

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:50 PM (2GVsD)

347 BOOM!

@SA_Defensa . h

@business reports that a 3rd oil tanker, the Bella 1 (IMO: 9230880), has been boarded by U.S. forces off the coast of #Venezuela.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:50 PM (1JTFF)

348 A Chinese company holds title to the oil in the M/T Centuries
#oott bloomberg.com

https://tinyurl.com/5n77vx7

Rough crew to sign on to that rust bucket.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:51 PM (1JTFF)

349 @business reports that a 3rd oil tanker, the Bella 1 (IMO: 9230880), has been boarded by U.S. forces off the coast of #Venezuela.

Posted by: Braenyard


That was probably the false flag one that tried to run for it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:51 PM (/lPRQ)

350 boarding of the M/T Centuries
https://tinyurl.com/y9u45pah

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:52 PM (1JTFF)

351 You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers, AmericanKestrel.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 21, 2025 11:53 PM (94u4m)

352 326 And no one mentioned that it's Frank Zappa's birthday today.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 21, 2025 11:42 PM (CHHv1)


Also the anniversary of the death of General Patton.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:53 PM (2WIwB)

353 Most sincere condolences for your loss.
Posted by: Sponge

Thank you Sponge, Bulg, and JQ. The Horde is good people.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:53 PM (igoLh)

354 Finland President Alexander Stubb Confirms DNI Tulsi Intelligence Assessment

TLDR - Russia ain't going to invade western Europe because we will kick their ass. Like last time...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:55 PM (/lPRQ)

355 39. Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete

Baby boom without the baby, but you did well.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 21, 2025 11:55 PM (NFX2v)

356 Finland wants to continue the Continuation war, just 80 years later.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:56 PM (2GVsD)

357 AmericanKestrel,
Prayers up for you and yours.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:56 PM (2WIwB)

358 352 Patton was offed.

Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

359 Chinese vendors selling single cigarettes to kids.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:57 PM (1JTFF)

360 Lots of bad news in my AO this December. Kind of a sad Christmas.
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (77rzZ)


Hey! You got us!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:57 PM (2WIwB)

361 Thanks to mikeski and Sasquatch as well. I appreciate the condolences, thoughts and prayers.

I will be moving back to MT within the next year or so. I don't have family in AK and it is time to be close to family.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:59 PM (igoLh)

362 Balázs Orbán@BalazsOrban_HU Dec 19

[hungarianconservative.com, . political director to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, ]

...For the first time, EU countries have extended a war loan to a non-EU state that is at war, explicitly to help it win that war.
...
This logic does not lead to peace, but to a deepening of the war. The conflict has entered an entirely new and dangerous phase, and the risk today is greater than ever.
...
If Hungary had a Brussels-aligned government, we would already find ourselves among the countries providing war loans, chasing an Ukrainian military victory. And then would come war taxes, austerity measures, conscription—and who knows what else.

I do not want such a future for Hungary. Next spring, the country will face a major decision

https://tinyurl.com/2fvj6fxb

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:59 PM (1JTFF)

363 How do they get those blue drinks into their mouths? There's no straw. and that grill on the front is not for food stuffs.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 11:59 PM (Cphwz)

364 In the big picture, all is well.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Am sorry for your family's loss.

Grief shared is grief divided.
Joy shared is joy multiplied.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 12:00 AM (wVcYX)

365 360 Thank you, Diog. Everyone here (trolls and glories excepted) is great.

Merry Christmas, All.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:00 AM (77rzZ)

366 359 Chinese vendors selling single cigarettes to kids.

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Roosies?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 12:01 AM (nWPIJ)

367 354 Finland President Alexander Stubb Confirms DNI Tulsi Intelligence Assessment

TLDR - Russia ain't going to invade western Europe because we will kick their ass. Like last time...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:55 PM (/lPRQ)

Whole thing is silly IMO. Russia does not have the population to exploit the resources they already have... why would they want to put themselves in a position where they have to occupy Europe...

When the better play is to just sell to the EU.

Now, conversely, it is entirely in the EUs interest to start a war with Russia, and take the Resources Russia has in abundance, that the EU now needs.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 12:01 AM (mP0Kj)

368 OK, naughty girls need love. But what about those gay dancers? Do they need love? Or are they taken care of?

Wait. That came out all wrong.

Posted by: GWB at December 22, 2025 12:01 AM (Cphwz)

369 It is a good thing we are selling all that armor to Poland, just in case Germany gets the itch to roll east again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 12:02 AM (2GVsD)

370 365 “glowies,” not “glories”

Thanks, Bob at NSA.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:02 AM (77rzZ)

371 Posted by: Diogenes

Thank you.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:03 AM (igoLh)

372 I will be moving back to MT within the next year or so. I don't have family in AK and it is time to be close to family.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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Let me be the first to say: "Welcome home."

Hope you can find some joy this Christmas, in spite of the recent horrible event.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

373 *lightbulb*

Wait a minute! I have a list of naughty girls. I've been going about this all wrong!

Posted by: Mid Life Crises Santa at December 22, 2025 12:04 AM (wVcYX)

374 Well I am heading to bed. Night all.

Hope things get better for you Kestrel and Bulg.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 12:04 AM (2GVsD)

375 When the better play is to just sell to the EU.

Now, conversely, it is entirely in the EUs interest to start a war with Russia, and take the Resources Russia has in abundance, that the EU now needs.
Posted by: Romeo13


Obviously.
Then some asshole blew up the main gas line....

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 12:05 AM (/lPRQ)

376
After about 10 minutes, I got the attendant to put the clothes and purses outside the dressing room, and told the attendant I could be found in the bar.
Posted by: Romeo13

This is the way. Smash has NEVER done that to me. In return, Ive never drug her through a junque yard or a scrap yard just browsing for something interesting to tinker with.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 12:05 AM (QVmho)

377 374 Good night, Anna. Sleep well.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:06 AM (77rzZ)

378 *nudges Bulg*

Sorry you're sad.

Hug! {{{Bulg}}}

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

379 *lightbulb*

Wait a minute! I have a list of naughty girls. I've been going about this all wrong!
Posted by: Mid Life Crises Santa

And here I thought you married Mrs Claus because she was at the top of the "naughty" list.

Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 12:07 AM (nhCoE)

380 Rough crew to sign on to that rust bucket.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:51 PM (1JTFF)

I think the crews to those ghost tankers, like tramp freighters, are mostly Philippinos or Indonesians working for very low wages. The Captain and 4 or 5 officers will be the only ones who actually know anything.
Which makes them extremely easy to capture.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 12:07 AM (trsuh)

381 And thank you, Anna.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:07 AM (77rzZ)

382 If Hungary had a Brussels-aligned government, we would already find ourselves among the countries providing war loans, chasing an Ukrainian military victory. And then would come war taxes, austerity measures, conscription—and who knows what else.
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Hungary is under good leadership right now. Prayers that it continues.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:07 AM (igoLh)

383 >>>Now, conversely, it is entirely in the EUs interest to start a war with Russia, and take the Resources Russia has in abundance, that the EU now needs.
Posted by: Romeo13
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That's what they want but Russia has something western Europe doesn't have - tough people.
Skinny Russian women are tougher than European men.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 12:07 AM (1JTFF)

384 378 {{{JQ}}}

Thank you, JQ.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:09 AM (77rzZ)

385
oil tanker, the Bella 1 (IMO: 9230880), has been boarded by U.S. forces off the coast of #Venezuela.

When are they going to board 3I/Atlas?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 12:10 AM (pkeXY)

386
Grief shared is grief divided.
Joy shared is joy multiplied.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Yes. (And I love how your nic is reflected in these words) 😊

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:10 AM (igoLh)

387 Thanks Anna, and good night.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:11 AM (igoLh)

388 Thank you VERY MUCH, JQ.

*more hugs*

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:11 AM (77rzZ)

389 Evening, ONT Horde! Back from picking up buddy's car trailer at a site near Calgary. Towed just fine behind #3 Suburban, and the newly-installed 7-pole trailer connector and trailer brake controller work as they should.

I am just going to take it easy here, and hit the road for AZ on Friday.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:11 AM (npFr7)

390 Grief shared is grief divided.
Joy shared is joy multiplied.

Posted by: Count de Monet

Now ... is this math or philosophy?

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:12 AM (3ZUWJ)

391 When are they going to board 3I/Atlas?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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You have to ask Publius that question.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 12:12 AM (1JTFF)

392 385
oil tanker, the Bella 1 (IMO: 9230880), has been boarded by U.S. forces off the coast of #Venezuela.

When are they going to board 3I/Atlas?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 12:10 AM (pkeXY)

I'll admit, I've got really mixed feelings about using the US Navy for economic warfare.

It was bad enough when I was boarding Merchant ships looking for embargoed Arms in the Persian Gulf... at least we had some cover form the UN on that...

This is 'you stole from an American company' and we're going to us the US military to do something about it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 12:13 AM (mP0Kj)

393 390 Philosophy, obviously. No math on the blog.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:14 AM (77rzZ)

394 I am just going to take it easy here, and hit the road for AZ on Friday.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Happy Trails !!!

Hope you can get off the road by New Year's Eve.

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:14 AM (3ZUWJ)

395 When are they going to board 3I/Atlas?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 12:10 AM (pkeXY)

Thats what I'm curious about. Probably end up being like the pleasure barge in the 5th element.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2025 12:14 AM (snZF9)

396
tomorrow -- thus is takes the longest for the earth to rotate enough to catch back up with it.
Posted by: publius
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You had me at let's go drinking until I our eyes fall out.
Posted by: Paul Blart

This whole post made me divide by zero and bkue screeen of death. I began reading, skipped down to whom posted, and didn't see publius. Thought off nasty dead sock. Then upon rereading, saw the mall cop commenting on publius' post.

*duh*

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 12:14 AM (QVmho)

397 *more hugs*
Posted by: Bulg
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*hugs you back*

Don't you start cryin' on me, though... darn it...

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:14 AM (rdVOm)

398 Lots of bad news in my AO this December. Kind of a sad Christmas.
Posted by: Bulg

Prayers for you, too.

Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 12:15 AM (nhCoE)

399 Now ... is this math or philosophy?
Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:12 AM (3ZUWJ)

Yes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 12:15 AM (wVcYX)

400
Let me be the first to say: "Welcome home."

Hope you can find some joy this Christmas, in spite of the recent horrible event.
----
Thanks, I may make it over to Spokane while I am here. IIRC, you're in that area? Maybe we could get a coffee. Mark Andrew Edwards has my phone number.

I see my role as support to those more affected as they put their lives back together.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:16 AM (igoLh)

401 AOP, don’t hit the road too hard. You don’t want to crack the asphalt.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:16 AM (77rzZ)

402
3I/ATLAS is moving at ~130,000 mph. Going to need some fast boats to catch that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:16 AM (w6EFb)

403 Philosophy, obviously. No math on the blog.
Posted by: Bulg

Ruling accepted.

Speaking of. I bought a 'modern translation' of Marcus Aurilius (sp?) a few years back & I can't find it. Was thinking it would be time to start a read.

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:17 AM (3ZUWJ)

404 https://youtu.be/TjOvErpQVqs

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

405 398 Thank you, Mikeski.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:18 AM (77rzZ)

406 I remember when there used to be parking at the mall and you didn't have to park a mile away or worry about being mugged in the lot.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 12:18 AM (nljXp)

407 3I/ATLAS is moving at ~130,000 mph. Going to need some fast boats to catch that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:16 AM (w6EFb)

What if they slingshot around the moon, like Armageddon?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 12:19 AM (wVcYX)

408 Thanks, AK, but I'm more than 100 miles from Spokane... would take a raincheck on the coffee for now.

What part of MT? Might be closer?

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:19 AM (rdVOm)

409 3I/ATLAS is moving at ~130,000 mph. Going to need some fast boats to catch that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:16 AM (w6EFb)

Thats pretty frigging quick. Thats almost twice the speed of the earth as it orbits around the sun. Must have a hemi. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2025 12:19 AM (snZF9)

410 397 Bless you, JQ.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:20 AM (77rzZ)

411 I remember when there used to be parking at the mall and you didn't have to park a mile away or worry about being mugged in the lot.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Freezing your balls off in winter, and in the dark just after 4:00, was always fun. Especially on a clear windy night.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 12:20 AM (/lPRQ)

412 406 I remember when there used to be parking at the mall and you didn't have to park a mile away or worry about being mugged in the lot.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 12:18 AM (nljXp)

Our local Mall now is pretty empty... no problems getting close parking at all.

Hell, even the Movie Theatre that shared a parking lot with them closed.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 12:20 AM (mP0Kj)

413 Lots of bad news in my AO this December. Kind of a sad Christmas.
Posted by: Bulg

Prayers for you, too.

----
Agreed, and for all the Horde, especially at this time of year and especially those who are dealing with loss

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:21 AM (igoLh)

414
ANdrew McCarthy (the astrophotographer, not the NRO cuck) got this pretty nice shot of 3I/ATLAS during closest earth approach on the 19th:

https://is.gd/EhK1KF

He's technically an amateur and that's from his backyard in AZ. His image processing acumen is far from amateur.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:22 AM (w6EFb)

415 The great thing about Linux is you can dick around endlessly, the terrible thing about Linux is you can dick around endlessly.

Like there is no end to the dicking around you could do.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:22 AM (XV/Pl)

416 Like, I will die before I run out of things to dick around with.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:23 AM (XV/Pl)

417 What part of MT? Might be closer?
Posted by: JQ at

Outside of Missoula.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:23 AM (igoLh)

418 Wow, last survivor of the USS Arizona just died at 102. Lou Conter.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 12:23 AM (mP0Kj)

419 Outside of Missoula.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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Not much closer, but do-able after winter is over!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:24 AM (rdVOm)

420 Geez, so what is the MPG on that stupor-yacht?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (2GVsD)

Did you notice that all the mega-yachts pictured in that story all basically looked the same? Kind of like elongated layer cakes? Ugly as sin, they are.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:25 AM (npFr7)

421
Speaking of. I bought a 'modern translation' of Marcus Aurilius (sp?) a few years back & I can't find it. Was thinking it would be time to start a read.
----
A wise man, definitely worth reading. MA is a favorite of one of my nephews.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:26 AM (igoLh)

422 I’m going to bed now. Thank you all for being who you are, and for letting me be who I am, on this blog.

I hope and pray for better times to come for all of us.

Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:26 AM (77rzZ)

423 Geez, so what is the MPG on that stupor-yacht?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (2GVsD)

Did you notice that all the mega-yachts pictured in that story all basically looked the same? Kind of like elongated layer cakes? Ugly as sin, they are.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Might be all from the same architect and shipyard
Small market.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 12:27 AM (/lPRQ)

424 I hope and pray for better times to come for all of us.
Posted by: Bulg
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AMEN!

Good night, Bulg. Merry Christmas!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:27 AM (rdVOm)

425 I hope and pray for better times to come for all of us.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:26 AM (77rzZ)

Indeed. Faith, Hope, and Love.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 12:27 AM (wVcYX)

426 @414

>>He's technically an amateur and that's from his backyard in AZ. His image processing acumen is far from amateur.

The only thing that really seperates a professional from an amateur is if they are getting paid to do the work.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:28 AM (XV/Pl)

427
AOP,

Yes, they are ugly. If I was wealthy I would want a unique looking ship.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 12:28 AM (3ek7K)

428 >> Thats pretty frigging quick.

Here's it's orbit info page from InTheSky:
https://is.gd/bNZnLk

Click on the solar system viewer for a full screen where you can shift the view angle around and play the orbit. It came in like a bat out of hell, "hyperbolic excess velocity" of around 60 km/s. That's so fast the sun barely bends it's trajectory. Eccentricity is thus 6.1 (0 for a circle, 1 is a parabola exactly, and >1 is a hyperbola).

This the fastest thing they've ever discovered. Others have probably come in through the centuries, but only now do we have the instruments to detect tiny little interstellar interlopers cruising through.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:29 AM (w6EFb)

429 Well, grey box friends, it's time for me to move on.

Thanks for your kindness. If I missed thanking anyone, I apologize and thank you now.

Good night

Peace

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:29 AM (igoLh)

430 Good night, AK.

Peace to you as well.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

431
This the fastest thing they've ever discovered. Others have probably come in through the centuries, but only now do we have the instruments to detect tiny little interstellar interlopers cruising through.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley


So... Aliens?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 12:31 AM (/lPRQ)

432 Did you notice that all the mega-yachts pictured in that story all basically looked the same? Kind of like elongated layer cakes? Ugly as sin, they are.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:25 AM (npFr7)

US Navy Burke class destroyers... $4 a gallon for fuel... about 1,000 gallons per hour at low cruise speeds if memory serves.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 12:32 AM (mP0Kj)

433 1980s life hack!
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (QMAsf)

I remember a Pong game aboard one of the B.C. Ferries boats that plied the route between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale. You could glitch it into giving free games by quickly unplugging and replugging the power cord a few times.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:39 AM (npFr7)

434 The Winter Solstice is the beginning of "GLOBAL WARMING" in the Northern Hemisphere !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We need AL GORE NOW to save us before we all DIE !!!

Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 12:39 AM (J9q9v)

435
Launching some from earth with a short notice time to catch something like 3I/ATLAS is impossible with current rockets. You'd need something far better. Not an Epstein Drive, but something far more efficient and higher thrust than we've got now.

They do have proposals to preposition some spacecraft, probably around the orbit of Mars or better and just lay in wait for the next interstellar object to come through. There, with enough detection lead time, you could maneuver the craft to be close enough for a good flyby. Not station keeping, just close enough to get some pictures and measurements as it whips by.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:39 AM (w6EFb)

436 >>Yes, they are ugly. If I was wealthy I would want a unique looking ship.

Many of them look like proper ships.

Don't believe everything you see on the internet.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 12:41 AM (viF8m)

437 If the ONT contains a Dead tune…you know it’s going to be a Grate one

Posted by: Jerry Saves at December 22, 2025 12:50 AM (3Qk1t)

438 Thanks to mikeski and Sasquatch as well. I appreciate the condolences, thoughts and prayers.

I will be moving back to MT within the next year or so. I don't have family in AK and it is time to be close to family.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:59 PM (igoLh)

Late to the thread, AK, but condolences from me, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:50 AM (npFr7)

439 those triffids are looking might pretty in their Christmas apparel, Piper.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 12:50 AM (rbvCR)

440 those triffids are looking might pretty in their Christmas apparel, Piper.
Posted by: Kindltot

Well, if Santa Clause can save us from the Martians ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:53 AM (3ZUWJ)

441 >>If the ONT contains a Dead tune…

I'll post it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 12:53 AM (viF8m)

442 AOP,

Yes, they are ugly. If I was wealthy I would want a unique looking ship.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 12:28 AM (3ek7K)

One of the reasons to own a super-yacht is bragging rights. How can you brag on a yacht that looks like every other billionaires yacht?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:57 AM (npFr7)

443 80s Mall Nostalgia v. 30s Snowfall Nostalgia ...

Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwoHnmUihGY

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:57 AM (3ZUWJ)

444 Not even close to time toget up

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 12:57 AM (Ia/+0)

445 Its beginning to look a lot like nazi germany everywhere you go! Happy kwanzaa everyone.

Posted by: raimondo at December 22, 2025 12:59 AM (BZcY0)

446 Posted by: raimondo at December 22, 2025 12:59 AM (BZcY0)

Do you bugger little boys, like your idol Ernst Rohm?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 01:04 AM (npFr7)

447 Happy kwanzaa everyone.
Posted by: raimondo

Surely you mean Festivus, since all you do is show up once a night to air an imaginary grievance.

Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 01:13 AM (nhCoE)

448 @446 I leave that to you repressed homosexuals and closet queens here who project your gay fantasies onto others.

Posted by: raimondo at December 22, 2025 01:14 AM (BZcY0)

449 >>One of the reasons to own a super-yacht is bragging rights. How can you brag on a yacht that looks like every other billionaires yacht?

Because they have to go into the ocean.

Were do you guys live where these ocean going yachts don't look similar?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 01:17 AM (viF8m)

450 Because they have to go into the ocean.

Were do you guys live where these ocean going yachts don't look similar?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 01:17 AM (viF8m)

Having a superstructure that looks like an Italian wedding cake makes them seaworthy? I did not know that. I remember John Wayne's yacht, the Grey Goose. It looked like a ship is supposed to look.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 01:22 AM (npFr7)

451
Speaking of astrophotographers, I just saw that newly sworn in NASA director Isaaman has just hired on John Kraus as "Special communications assistant".

Kraus is just about the best rocket launch photographer there is.

And Andrew McCarthy got credentialed to be on site, up and close, for the Artemis II launch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 01:24 AM (w6EFb)

452 >>Having a superstructure that looks like an Italian wedding cake makes them seaworthy? I did not know that. I remember John Wayne's yacht, the Grey Goose. It looked like a ship is supposed to look.

It's all about the hull.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 01:27 AM (viF8m)

453 It's all about the hull.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 01:27 AM (viF8m)

Which you mostly cannot see in the photos. Talk about hiding your light under a bushel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 01:33 AM (npFr7)

454 Having a superstructure that looks like an Italian wedding cake makes them seaworthy? I did not know that. I remember John Wayne's yacht, the Grey Goose. It looked like a ship is supposed to look.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You can't let another yacht owner look down on you (literally), so you need a lot of decks.

But you also want to look like an Italian supercar and not the cargo ship that brings it to the USA, so every deck is all curvy, and smaller than the one below it.

Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 01:36 AM (nhCoE)

455 Saw Wayne's yacht a few times here as a kid while day sailing with my dad. Wasn't it "Golden Goose"? Think it was a repurposed/modified minesweeper or other small naval craft? Sure looked like as I recall. But might be thinking of another celebrity boat from back in the day.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 22, 2025 01:37 AM (U/Byj)

456 Russians make good looking hulls.

John Wayne's yacht was a USN oiler or tender, I think.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 01:39 AM (1JTFF)

457 You can't let another yacht owner look down on you (literally), so you need a lot of decks.

But you also want to look like an Italian supercar and not the cargo ship that brings it to the USA, so every deck is all curvy, and smaller than the one below it.
Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 01:36 AM (nhCoE)

And they all wind up looking like Temu cruise ships. I'd sooner have have something that looked like a 1/8 scale model of the Titanic, all white paint and brass and teak, with a posse of Hooters girls in scanty sailor suits polishing the brass 24/7.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 01:40 AM (npFr7)

458 John Pinette was a very funny guy. He was obese and often joked about it. John Paul Pinette (March 23, 1964 – April 5, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and Broadway performer who died at 50 years of age. Pinette's personal doctor signed off on his cause of death as pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism is strongly related to obesity. Obesity is a well-established risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

So, funny, but it killed him.

Posted by: docweasel at December 22, 2025 01:40 AM (9HWSy)

459 Back in August checked out one of the sanctioned/seized russki oligarch yachts here in San Diego. Customs guy finally shooed us away (we were in a small power boat). Forget the name. It was going up for auction soon after this.

Layer cake. Not ugly, not beautiful.

Center of buoyancy matters, I would think all these small ships pass the basic naval architecture tests for stability.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 22, 2025 01:40 AM (U/Byj)

460 Saw Wayne's yacht a few times here as a kid while day sailing with my dad. Wasn't it "Golden Goose"? Think it was a repurposed/modified minesweeper or other small naval craft? Sure looked like as I recall. But might be thinking of another celebrity boat from back in the day.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 22, 2025 01:37 AM (U/Byj)

I believe it was a minesweeper. Wooden hull, of course. Classic lines. I believe it still is in service as a charter boat, based maybe in Frisco?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 01:42 AM (npFr7)

461 >>Which you mostly cannot see in the photos. Talk about hiding your light under a bushel.

Most people couldn't tell the difference between a 9mm and a 45 acp but the argument goes on here 365. Endlessly.

There are far more type of boats and reasons why.



Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 01:46 AM (viF8m)

462 Was a busy weekend. I got nothin' to comment.

Here's a Christmas song by an unknown artist from the '90s.
https://youtu.be/8kSU2J_WH64

Hasta Banaña, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sleep, then coffee, not the other way 'round at December 22, 2025 01:49 AM (WB0Mb)

463 There are far more type of boats and reasons why.



Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 01:46 AM (viF8m)

I'd like a panga. Built to launch through surf, and a 90 horse outboard will push it along just fine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 01:50 AM (npFr7)

464 Here's a Christmas song by an unknown artist from the '90s.
https://youtu.be/8kSU2J_WH64

Hasta Banaña, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - sleep, then coffee, not the other way 'round

Get off my penny-farthing, whippersnapper ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 02:00 AM (3ZUWJ)

465 >>I'd like a panga. Built to launch through surf, and a 90 horse outboard will push it along just fine.

But would you take it offshore or around the world?

3/4 of this planet is covered by water. I've never understood why that means we should go to Mars when we have can't even win here.

If the ocean freaks you out maybe space isn't the best alternative.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 02:03 AM (viF8m)

466 Is nice.

Posted by: pawn at December 22, 2025 02:04 AM (EMg+d)

467 Bummed out-- a'zon sent email & says nephew's dino lights might not arrive before Christmas. Boo!

If it's nice out tomorrow, will start trimming on the downed tree at Dad's place. Any work I can do will lessen the cost of removal... sure, the estate will pay, but the estate is low on cash so I must "loan" to pay for it & get it back on house sale later. Ugh.

Some days I just want to crawl under a rock and stay there.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

468 One of the reasons to own a super-yacht is bragging rights. How can you brag on a yacht that looks like every other billionaires yacht?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:57 AM (npFr7)

If'n I was a Bazilionaire? I build a modern clipper ship... Sails, with engines hidden in case of need, but mostly powered by wind.

Full crew... and think of the Greeny Sect Kudos I would get!

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 02:16 AM (mP0Kj)

469 My you have been a chatty bunch tonight, Horde. I am so sorry for those who are sad and lonely during this holiday season, I wish that I could hug the whole bunch of you. For now I shall wish you a peaceful sleep and sweet dreams.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 22, 2025 02:21 AM (0nHVk)

470 468 One of the reasons to own a super-yacht is bragging rights. How can you brag on a yacht that looks like every other billionaires yacht?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:57 AM (npFr7)

If'n I was a Bazilionaire? I build a modern clipper ship... Sails, with engines hidden in case of need, but mostly powered by wind.

Full crew... and think of the Greeny Sect Kudos I would get!
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 02:16 AM (mP0Kj)

I'd build a hunter-killer sub and sink super yachts.

A man has to have a hobby.

Posted by: Fast Attack at December 22, 2025 02:22 AM (iu6Qe)

471 If it's nice out tomorrow, will start trimming on the downed tree at Dad's place. Any work I can do will lessen the cost of removal... sure, the estate will pay, but the estate is low on cash so I must "loan" to pay for it & get it back on house sale later. Ugh.

Some days I just want to crawl under a rock and stay there.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

I cut up my downed tree yesterday. I'm glad it was a tall thin tree. I used the battery powered chain saw and burned right through it. Not sure where my gas one is. I saw it during the move, but poof. Might be in the shed.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2025 02:22 AM (snZF9)

472 Oh, and I have a question...

*When* exactly, is "Festivus"? I'm vaguely aware that it's a Seinfeld thing, but I wasn't a regular viewer (had to work during that time slot) and I only know of the popular references due to reading here LOL.

Because I really need to air some grievances, damnit.

Where's that time machine... gotta get back to the 80s/90s when my life was so much simpler...

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm)

473 >>If'n I was a Bazilionaire? I build a modern clipper ship... Sails, with engines hidden in case of need, but mostly powered by wind.

They build 12 meters now.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 02:24 AM (viF8m)

474 I cut up my downed tree yesterday. I'm glad it was a tall thin tree. I used the battery powered chain saw and burned right through it. Not sure where my gas one is. I saw it during the move, but poof. Might be in the shed.
Posted by: Berserker
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I got a recip saw and pack of "pruning" blades. Only going to try for tip-top and some side branches. Pros can do the trunk!

Oh, and I measured-- it's NOT 3ft diameter, just looked like it, LOL. It's 20 inch dia. and still propped up off the ground by the rootball.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

475 Suzuki 140 pushes a loaded panga at a top speed of 42mph with cruise at 30mph. At another part of the video he said with optimum condiditions 6 to 6.5 gallons per hour fuel consumption.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 02:29 AM (1JTFF)

476 But would you take it offshore or around the world?

3/4 of this planet is covered by water. I've never understood why that means we should go to Mars when we have can't even win here.

If the ocean freaks you out maybe space isn't the best alternative.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 02:03 AM (viF8m)

I wouldn't take a panga around the world. I would take it out of sight of land if I had basic navigation instruments aboard. I'm not a seafarer, but the ocean doesn't freak me out in the least. By the way, the guy, Patrick Dovigi, who bought Gates Hindenyacht, is supposed to be an ex-NHL goalie. Why have I never heard of him? I'm not a super hockey fan, but goalies are important players on a team, and I'd think the name would ring a bell, but it doesn't.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 02:29 AM (npFr7)

477 Using electric chain saw with a pole I find angles to let the weight of the saw do the work. If possible.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 02:32 AM (1JTFF)

478 Anyway, it's 12:30 here, and I need to go to bed. 12 below zero tonight, and the floor in the basement here is cold, despite the fan heater going behind me.

Imma crawl in bed, and turn the electric blanket up to "brunette".

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 02:35 AM (npFr7)

479 The only chainsaw here, is a 24(?) inch Mac-- I can lift it, but that's about it. Not gonna risk cutting myself trying to handle it!

A girl's got to know her limitations.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

480 >>I wouldn't take a panga around the world. I would take it out of sight of land if I had basic navigation instruments aboard. I'm not a seafarer, but the ocean doesn't freak me out in the least.

Ok.

What if you didn't have any basic navigation instruments onboard?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 02:40 AM (viF8m)

481 There's decent wood in the side branches-- 2-4inch dia, will be perfect for the firepit next summer. I'll throw those into my truck & put the greenery into yard waste cans.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 02:45 AM (rdVOm)

482 Watch with a dial, the sun and the stars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 02:49 AM (1JTFF)

483 "battery powered chain saw" Bers?

Please tell me more!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

484 Rush - Only band I ever saw three times in concert.
Bill Gates - Like you and me only he won't have to eat bugs.

Posted by: LKP at December 22, 2025 02:59 AM (ylpKQ)

485
More Classic TV:

“The Fig Newton Dance” (Commercial, 1975)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkmS9tLgjDA

(You know that you needed the cardo)

Posted by: Arbalest at December 22, 2025 02:59 AM (FlRtG)

486 Big Fig! LOL

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

487 Bill Gates - Like you and me only he won't have to eat bugs.
Posted by: LKP
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I won't be eating bugs either-- plenty of quail and pheasant in these parts. And turkeys, rabbits & squirrel.

Fk klaus swabbie.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:04 AM (rdVOm)

488 Saw some little battery chainsaws at Hdepot last week, but never thought much about them...

Worth it? I didn't need one *then*! Probably sold out now, since the big storm.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:09 AM (rdVOm)

489 The only chainsaw here, is a 24(?) inch Mac-- I can lift it, but that's about it. Not gonna risk cutting myself trying to handle it!

A girl's got to know her limitations.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

The way you work on cars I figure you just might have an inner Paul Bunyan. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2025 03:10 AM (snZF9)

490 Naw, Bers-- I don't have the arm strength anymore. The old job kept me in shape, but I'm such a wimp now!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:11 AM (rdVOm)

491 My garbage pickup won't do building material so I take my little Ryobi circle saw to it. In it goes into the trash bag.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 03:12 AM (1JTFF)

492 Where's that time machine... gotta get back to the 80s/90s when my life was so much simpler...
Posted by: JQ

Contact local boy scout troop ...

Present Dugout Canoe Merit Badge proposal.

???

Profit !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 03:12 AM (3ZUWJ)

493 Sht, that old Mac hasn't even been started since (uh, lemme think...) maybe 2010?

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:12 AM (rdVOm)

494 Saw some little battery chainsaws at Hdepot last week, but never thought much about them...

Worth it? I didn't need one *then*! Probably sold out now, since the big storm.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:09 AM (rdVOm)

The one I got is a ryobi, not exactly my fav when it comes to battery tools, but it worked pretty good. It was one of those specials where you buy 2 batteries and a charger and get a free tool. Well I needed the batteries for the other ryobi tools I have that actually work good. Any free tool they offered were things I already have in milwaukee and dewalt, but there was that chainsaw. I think its a 10", and I said hmmm, lets give that a try. It worked great. I had to adjust the chain a few times, which is expected when you're dealing with a new chain, they stretch fast, but the thing worked great. I let it do the work and it never bound up. I had the tree cut it up in under an hour.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2025 03:17 AM (snZF9)

495 My garbage pickup won't do building material so I take my little Ryobi circle saw to it. In it goes into the trash bag.
Posted by: Braenyard
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This is the way.

Scraps of sheetrock? Bag it!
Leftover pieces of tile? Bag it!
Chunks of broken concrete? Bag it!

L oh L!!!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:18 AM (rdVOm)

496 It worked great. I had to adjust the chain a few times, which is expected when you're dealing with a new chain, they stretch fast, but the thing worked great. I let it do the work and it never bound up. I had the tree cut it up in under an hour.
Posted by: Berserker
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Hmm. Will check Hdepot this week & see what's left of the special. Yeah, could use a few extra batteries any time! Bet their lil chainsaw is a lot lighter than the old McCulloch!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:22 AM (rdVOm)

497 Thank you, Piper, for the elegant Christmas trees.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 03:24 AM (RuTUS)

498 can't sleep. clowns under the bed.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 03:25 AM (mlg/3)

499 Construction debris...LOL. When hubby & I re-did the bathrooms & pulled the old toilets-- into a bag with each one... *SMACK* with sledge hammer... fit nicely into trash.

Old fiberglass shower insert? Outside, into the yard, cut into chunks with sawzall. Into a big black bag!

Leftover hunks of wonderboard? Bag it!

Easy peasy! Eff the *garbage police*

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

500 500

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 03:34 AM (RuTUS)

501 567

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 03:39 AM (mlg/3)

502 Wow, so Poland, under their own laws created a Constitutional Tribunal, to look at how things are running, and the EU is saying it is not valid, because it was politically appointed, as Polish law says it needs to be.

So EU now Trumps its member nations Constitutions and Laws.

Good to know.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 03:42 AM (mP0Kj)

503 498 can't sleep. clowns under the bed.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2025 03:25 AM (mlg/3)

We're nice clowns.

Close your eyes ...

Posted by: The Clowns Under The Bed at December 22, 2025 03:47 AM (uBR3V)

504 https://youtu.be/a4JzO_0cBDc

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

505 can't sleep. clowns under the bed.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Daaaaang! I didn't know you knew Joe Biden ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 03:53 AM (3ZUWJ)

506 Hmm. Will check Hdepot this week & see what's left of the special. Yeah, could use a few extra batteries any time! Bet their lil chainsaw is a lot lighter than the old McCulloch!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:22 AM (rdVOm)

Well I got it last year, but they do run a shitload of specials around this time of the year. I haven't really checked whats going on this year, but I need to because I would like a good battery circular saw. The ryobi one I got is pretty much touch and go. Barely enough adjustment to get through the full depth of a 2x4, a bit under powered too. Its not their newer brushless ones though. I have probably 4 corded saws, but thats a pain if you just need to do something quick.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2025 03:54 AM (snZF9)

507 Christmas lights.

Just. plain. lights.

No fancy show, but the music is weird so maybe turn it off.

https://youtu.be/6d-5x01dRQ8

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 03:57 AM (rdVOm)

508 Monday morning again but thjnk I can handle a short week

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 03:58 AM (Ia/+0)

509 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)

510 >I would like a good battery circular saw. The ryobi one I got is pretty much touch and go. Barely enough adjustment to get through the full depth of a 2x4, a bit under powered too.
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Yep. Got one of those older ones. It's ok for small, light work. Can't push it hard and got to change battery as soon as it bogs even a little.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 04:02 AM (rdVOm)

511 >>>I let it do the work and it never bound up. I had the tree cut it up in under an hour.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Good to know. I always go for the extra tool or extra battery. Somewhere in the Home Depot web site is a Ryobi section, pages and pages. So much the an item will be offered and two pages later the item will be paired with an offer lower than the initial price.

Anyway, it's good to know the chainsaw is worth the money. (actually works) Maybe they make a pole model.

I really like the pole, it's much easier on the back and as you said of the Ryobi - let it do the work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:02 AM (1JTFF)

512 Ha, you said tile. - Hammer, with a hammer, got rid of a toilet that way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:04 AM (1JTFF)

513 Pixy time already?! Uh-oh...

Good night, Horde! Thanks for your input, Bers!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 04:04 AM (rdVOm)

514 Mine is too small to cut a 2x4 on a 45.

They didn't think that through.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 04:05 AM (1JTFF)

515 Right, 45s are no bueno. But for plain, straight cuts... it's great for times when you can't get a power cord to the job!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 04:08 AM (rdVOm)

Gun Thread: Pre-Christmas Edition!

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Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the Pre-Christmas edition?! That must mean Christmas is drawing near. Four days, in fact. Is all of your shopping done? If I don't have a chance to say it later, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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FUNdamentals

Still working on our flinching fundamentals this week. Are you focusing on not doing this?

No flinching discussion is complete without the input of a Navy SEAL.

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Sooper Rare 1911

This would make a nice gift for me.

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Home Invaders vs. Porch Pirates

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Christmas of Yesteryear

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Christmas in Appalachia

Kind of makes you think, huh?

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Christmas Favorite

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Do You Have a Kitty?

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"Best Of" Accidents Involving Nuclear Weapons

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Our Pal Electron Theory and the Diode Tube

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Highway Patrol!

This week's episode: Motel Robbery!

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War of the Colossal Beast!

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Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.

Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World New!

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

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I'm really very seriously not kidding around anymore. Buy Ammo
AmmoSeek - online ammo search tool
GunBot - online ammo search tool
SG Ammo
Palmetto State Armory
Georgia Arms
AmmoMan
Target Sports USA
Bud's Gun Shop
American Elite Ammo
Lucky Gunner Ammo NEW!

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Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. Lurkers are always welcome!

That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

Posted by: Weasel at 07:00 PM




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1 WELCOME!!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:00 PM (JB9kh)

2 fight

Posted by: Eromero at December 21, 2025 07:00 PM (LHPAg)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 07:00 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Same to you and yours, Weasel, and many more!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 21, 2025 07:01 PM (Cjt/F)

5 Hey, y'all.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 07:02 PM (fJecM)

6 Evening all, sorry I missed last week, was celebrating the 1st birthday of my nephews daughter. :-)

No range report. But I have a feeling that I may have one next year!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:02 PM (JB9kh)

7 I'm waiting for Christmas to empty my stocking and to see what new cigars Santa brought me. Cause I've been good this year...damn jt!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:02 PM (2WIwB)

8 Cigarpage had a nice sale a few days ago, where they were selling singles and you got a 10% discount if you bought a minimum of 10 sticks.

I made my own lancero sampler out of it.

It hasn't shipped yet, despite the label having been printed a week ago.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 21, 2025 07:04 PM (C0Nlv)

9 Merry Christmas to all,
And to all a good Zeit!

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 07:05 PM (30Gj0)

10
for 40 years I have been regretting not buying that Union Switch & Signal 1911

maybe not a Singer, but rare enough ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 21, 2025 07:05 PM (Cjt/F)

11 No gun stuff for Christmas, I'm guessing. I didn't buy any for my son. But there will be knife sharpeners and lots of flashlights -EDC, for in the car, and at home. For him and his missus.

And he's cooking this year. I can't wait.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 07:05 PM (fJecM)

12 I remember the Christmas Eves of my callow youth, when I would hang, with great anticipation, a pair of pantyhose on the mantle.

Sadly, not once did I ever awake Christmas Morning with a comely and nubile lass in them. In fact, I never awoke to anyone at all in them. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 21, 2025 07:07 PM (0sNs1)

13 Howdy gub 'ettes and 'rons. Been at the hospital at wife's bedside (details in yesterday's Saturday Coffee Break and Prayer Revival) and thus scarce from these parts for a couple of weeks. Thanks to all who have lifted us up in prayer.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 07:08 PM (v23vE)

14 Never had a Christmas stocking in my youth as there was no fireplace upon which to hang one.

Maybe when I get my own place (with a fireplace) I will hang a stocking hoping Santa fills it with ammo!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:10 PM (JB9kh)

15 Thanks for all you do Weasel! Merry Christmas everyone!

Posted by: DBCooper at December 21, 2025 07:10 PM (+daAW)

16 S'puppy. Continued prayers for the both of you.. It was such a pleasure to meet your wife at the MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 07:10 PM (sDNVV)

17 DBCooper. Merry Christmas and many thanks for your generosity.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 07:12 PM (sDNVV)

18 TOP PIC: Santa has prepared his "Naughty" list...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 21, 2025 07:12 PM (ynpvh)

19 13 Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 07:08 PM

Prayers for your lovely wife Schnor.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:13 PM (JB9kh)

20 Anyone have any special family Christmas traditions you would like to share?

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:13 PM (DJPFk)

21 A little late for stocking stuffers, but I see that Palmetto State Armory has no less than 8 models of 1911s, Tisas brand, for less than $400 (before shipping, tax etc.)

I continue to beat the drum for Turkish 1911 clones. Get them while you can, before world events make them a memory.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 07:13 PM (GjEvj)

22 Maybe when I get my own place (with a fireplace) I will hang a stocking hoping Santa fills it with ammo!!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:10 PM (JB9kh)

Hmmm, those battle packs would fit nicely in the bigger stockings. Just anchor it well so the stocking doesn't fall down. (And no fires in the fireplace until stockings are removed Christmas morn.)

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 07:13 PM (fJecM)

23 Hi Ben Had. Thanks, and Merry Christmas to you.

Posted by: DBCooper at December 21, 2025 07:13 PM (+daAW)

24 Had a long chat with some family members this last week.
As a result I am prompted to asked the Horde, for those who are past 29, how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM (2WIwB)

25 Good evening Horde. Thanks Weasel!

Posted by: TRex - sleigh technician dino at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

26 22 (And no fires in the fireplace until stockings are removed Christmas morn.)

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 07:13 PM

Good advice, only want popcorn popping off in the fire, not ammo.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:15 PM (JB9kh)

27 All I want for Christmas is a Glock 19.

Gen 6 of course : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 07:15 PM (4786I)

28 how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM (2WIwB)

I'm pondering a trust, particularly since I want to add NFA items to my collection.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 07:15 PM (fJecM)

29 20 Anyone have any special family Christmas traditions you would like to share?

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:13 PM (DJPFk)

If the answer is no, maybe because:
1) No special traditions
b) don't wanna share
III) both of the above

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 21, 2025 07:16 PM (ynpvh)

30 A little late for stocking stuffers, but I see that Palmetto State Armory has no less than 8 models of 1911s, Tisas brand, for less than $400 (before shipping, tax etc.)

I continue to beat the drum for Turkish 1911 clones. Get them while you can, before world events make them a memory.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 07:13 PM (GjEvj)


I echo this. I really like mine.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:16 PM (2WIwB)

31 Yay! Gubs!

Weasel, I swear, your EweToob algorithm and mine must be in synch. Half of these videos popped up for me today.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:16 PM (Wnv9h)

32 24 Had a long chat with some family members this last week.
As a result I am prompted to asked the Horde, for those who are past 29, how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM (2WIwB)

A good question. I'm thinking the Sig P226 Tacops and my rifle can be museum pieces given their association with OEF. As for the rest...hmmm, maybe have them sold off with the proceeds going to the estate?

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 07:16 PM (4786I)

33 28 how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM (2WIwB)

I'm pondering a trust, particularly since I want to add NFA items to my collection.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 07:15 PM (fJecM)

In some states it's easier than others...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 21, 2025 07:16 PM (ynpvh)

34 Top 20-adjacent?
Good evening everyone in the GunHorde and Weasel. No shooting for me this week, but the late muzzleloader and general firearms seasons fast approach…

A very merry Christmas to all and a happy Chanukah to those who celebrate that.

Good night all

Posted by: Coelacanth at December 21, 2025 07:16 PM (cIOlQ)

35 When I'm gone my kids can just come get my guns. No gun registration in Texas so no gun transfer required.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 07:17 PM (VCgbV)

36 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 21, 2025 07:16 PM (ynpvh)
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IV) statute of limitations has not passed

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:17 PM (DJPFk)

37

We have three adult children. Our daughter lives in
Boulder, CO, so you all know what she is.

Youngest son isn't interested in guns.

Oldest son and hubby have so many weapons, but oldest son will get them.

Hubby and son have 4 gun safes between them, don't know where oldest son will put them, but he and his wife, who is a great shot will figure it out.

Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 07:17 PM (3ek7K)

38 #1 son got a Vedder holster and heavy leather belt.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 07:17 PM (IhIKR)

39 CigarPage can rarely be beaten on price. They don't always have everything you might be looking for, and I try to spread my $ around to other sources, but they're a go-to.

Just finished a Dumbarton 2025 Holiday limited release. Not bad but not somehow up to the standard of previous Holiday editions, for me. Last year's edition, Holiday 2024, is now a regular production item. Very good. Amazing holiday aroma/flavor profile. These sticks use some pipe tobacco filler to achieve their distinctive profiles.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:18 PM (U/Byj)

40 I want to make attaching rocket engines to the bottom of the tree and launching it a post-Christmas tradition.

For some reason others don't agree. I'd need to move somewhere away from close neighbors, anyway. /sigh/

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 07:18 PM (fJecM)

41 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:16 PM (Wnv9h)
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*fistbump!*

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:18 PM (DJPFk)

42 20 Anyone have any special family Christmas traditions you would like to share?
Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:13 PM (DJPFk)

Waking up just before 0600 on December 25 so that I can cue up Track 1 of the Awake album by Dream Theater, so that when 5:59:15 strikes, I can hit play.

This way at exactly 0600 on December 25 I will hear "Six O'Clock on a Christmas morning! Six O'Clock on a Christmas morning!"

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 07:19 PM (4786I)

43 36 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 21, 2025 07:16 PM (ynpvh)
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IV) statute of limitations has not passed

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:17 PM (DJPFk)

Sinco) Prohibited by TM, copyright, or NDA...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 21, 2025 07:19 PM (ynpvh)

44 for 40 years I have been regretting not buying that Union Switch & Signal 1911
maybe not a Singer, but rare enough ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 21, 2025 07:05 PM (Cjt/F)

I have always had an eye for the odd foreign pistols.
Now then there was the chance to pick up an Argentine made 1911 "sistema colt 11.25 mm MOD. 1927" at a decent price too.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 07:19 PM (rbvCR)

45 24 how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM

I plan on making an appointment with a lawyer to get a will drawn up and maybe a trust. What happens with the firearms will be in there.
Also want to appoint someone with power of attorney and will abide my wishes in case I am incapacitated.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:20 PM (JB9kh)

46 I want to make attaching rocket engines to the bottom of the tree and launching it a post-Christmas tradition.

For some reason others don't agree. I'd need to move somewhere away from close neighbors, anyway. /sigh/
Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 07:18 PM (fJecM)

I worked with a lady who said her son had the habit of taking his tree to the driveway after Christmas was over, and setting it on fire.
I think that family was odd.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 07:21 PM (rbvCR)

47 16 S'puppy. Continued prayers for the both of you.. It was such a pleasure to meet your wife at the MoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 07:10 PM (sDNVV)

Thank you, ma'am. She enjoyed meeting you as well!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 07:21 PM (v23vE)

48 Diogenes, GWB, do a gun trust. Best thing is that the guns do not have to go through probate, nor get listed as a public asset of the estate.
Any NFA items in the trust still need to be transferred through BATFE ( the trust beneficiaries must qualify), however, with the upcoming zero tax changes, it may get easier.

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 07:21 PM (LMRVO)

49 Best wishes Schnorf!

Posted by: TRex - not a doctor dino at December 21, 2025 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

50 Those would be model rocket engines. Like Blue Origin, I'm not going for orbit. I just want a nice, flaming trail into the sky.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 07:22 PM (fJecM)

51 No unusual/peculiar family Christmas traditions come to mind.

A recent one is a short sail in the afternoon before dinner at my sister's (that dinner is a tradition going back .... 30+ years).

Same marina where moron Cicero has his yacht. This year looks like rain, so probably no sail.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:22 PM (U/Byj)

52 Some good advice here.
I'll be talking to an attorney in the new year and will get it set up.
Thanxs Hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:24 PM (2WIwB)

53 I think that family was odd.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 07:21 PM (rbvCR)

NTTIATWWT

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 07:25 PM (Snn3i)

54 Duty day the range this week. Nothing unusual or interesting. As has become a pattern, some nice people show up at absolutely the last second, and I end up keeping the range open past normal closing time. This time one party was a father and son, and son's friend, there for son's 24th b-day.

Dad brought an S&W 500 revolver. Was interesting to hear it - definitely a boom, not a crack, and not all that loud really.

And I tried out 4 brands/types of 22LR in the M&P 22 pistol, which simply wasn't working last time I shot it. Looks like it was indeed the ammo. 3 out of 4 types this time functioned just fine, now 2 kinds are marked "Single Six only".

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:26 PM (U/Byj)

55 Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM

My son and grand sons get most of them. Especially the ones that have been in the family for awhile. Others are earmarked for friends, all of who are much younger than I. Those that don't hold any emotional meaning I'm slowly getting rid of.

The bigger issue is all my reloading equipment and supplies. My freinds who reload and I have made a pact that when one of us passes, the others will clean out the reloading room to save the surviving spouse the headache.

Posted by: Charles Martel at December 21, 2025 07:28 PM (smrxK)

56 Just finished a Dumbarton 2025 Holiday limited release. Not bad but not somehow up to the standard of previous Holiday editions, for me. Last year's edition, Holiday 2024, is now a regular production item. Very good. Amazing holiday aroma/flavor profile. These sticks use some pipe tobacco filler to achieve their distinctive profiles.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:18 PM (U/Byj)


rhomboid, I wish I had one to relate but alas I had to spend some time with the in-laws, some of whom frown on the evils of drink and tobacco. As they were feeding me, I respected their wishes. Next week though!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:29 PM (2WIwB)

57 With Junior’s Merchant Marine schedule, we had to do Christmas last Thursday (and fit in two birthdays and Thanksgiving), so the official holiday is over.
DILIT got high viz sights for her Glock 44. For free shipping, I had to add a stainless steel guide rod and spring for my G 21.
I’ll go shoot on Christmas Day, assuming everyone else will be home!

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 07:31 PM (LMRVO)

58 Diogenes, always the right thing to be polite and defer on such matters. I don't face this issue mostly because my cigar routine is fairly fixed, at home in the afternoon. Some friends indulge on occasion, I know which ones and bring sticks and gear if the opportunity arises.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:32 PM (U/Byj)

59 Weasel, anything burnin' tonight?

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:32 PM (U/Byj)

60 how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM (2WIwB)

I hope to have enough warning that I can hand a bunch of them out as gifts before I pass, and to convert the rest to cash via consignment sales.

I really need to get a will, with a list of guns, together, just in case The Grim Reaper is so impolite as to drop in unexpectedly.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 07:33 PM (GjEvj)

61 Good evening gub threaders and all the ships at sea!

Posted by: blaster at December 21, 2025 07:33 PM (RoO7G)

62 Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:32 PM (U/Byj)
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CAO Brazilia Gol. Really like these!

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:33 PM (cIOlQ)

63 With Junior’s Merchant Marine schedule, we had to do Christmas last Thursday (and fit in two birthdays and Thanksgiving), so the official holiday is over.
DILIT got high viz sights for her Glock 44. For free shipping, I had to add a stainless steel guide rod and spring for my G 21.
I’ll go shoot on Christmas Day, assuming everyone else will be home!
Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 07:31 PM

Huh. I must have missed references to Junior's line of work. Goddaughter The Older's brother is headed to the Mass Maritime Academy next year.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:34 PM (Wnv9h)

64 Santa is about to rescue the President from New York.

Posted by: blaster at December 21, 2025 07:34 PM (RoO7G)

65 how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM (2WIwB)

Don't be like a friend of a friend of mine, who had plenty of warning, but still left a 700 (!) gun collection to be managed by his uninterested heirs.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 07:35 PM (GjEvj)

66 I keep a fairly up to date inventory of my gubs, with approximate current market value. Probably need to formalize some arrangements. The boss will keep a few (S&W Model 60, M1 carbine repro), which she shoots well and enjoys. Want to arrange with the guys on my RSO crew to take what they want (including from ammo stocks and reloading stuff) as a first cut, but most of them are older than I am ..... in any case they'll be able to advise as well as buy anything they way.

Apart from that have advised the boss to go to one local gun store I like and do a sale of the whole lot. Ammo and reloading stuff a bit trickier, especially since the demise of CalGuns.net, which was a fantastic online forum for local private sales.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:37 PM (U/Byj)

67 RMBS, yep, Jr. went to Mass. Maritime and is having a great career. Early on he was doing 3-4 months at a time in the Bering Sea; now he is 30 on/30 off in California on a survey ship. Chief Mate and making good coin.

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 07:37 PM (LMRVO)

68 how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM (2WIwB)

Another thing. No matter what, get an inventory together, and include your best information on current values. There are plenty of snakes out there who dream of giving grieving widows $50 for a Singer .45 Automatic.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 07:39 PM (GjEvj)

69 CAO Brazilia Gol. Really like these!
Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:33 PM

Nice. I like CAO. Good smokes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:40 PM (Wnv9h)

70 CAO Brazilia Gol. Really like these!
Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:33 PM

Nice. I like CAO. Good smokes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:40 PM (Wnv9h)

71 Weasel, isso tudo otimo, as they say no Brasil.

Have only burned one of those but I remember liking it. I'm a big fan of Brazilian leaf, mata fina, aripiraca, and what Eric Espinosa calls "laranja".

Spent a lot of time in the state of Bahia many years ago, before I was into cigars, but today would love to visit the tobacco-growing areas.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:40 PM (U/Byj)

72 how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:14 PM (2WIwB)

And whatever you do, make sure your wife doesn’t sell them for the price you told her that you paid.

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 07:41 PM (LMRVO)

73 🤔 Double post?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:41 PM (Wnv9h)

74 RMBS, yep, Jr. went to Mass. Maritime and is having a great career. Early on he was doing 3-4 months at a time in the Bering Sea; now he is 30 on/30 off in California on a survey ship. Chief Mate and making good coin.
Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 07:37 PM

Very nice. The boy child is looking forward to it. I think it will be good for him.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:42 PM (Wnv9h)

75 73 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:41 PM

We heard you the first time. ;-)

Have you tested out the new scope yet?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:43 PM (JB9kh)

76 Shot a mac 10 once or twice.
HiC and Hiwainan Punch cans beat around a 9 mm into a full auto machine of death
fired from open bolt
So a squeeze of trigger is about 12 to 15 rounds.
Next squeeze open bolt

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2025 07:44 PM (gbOdA)

77 RI Red, a classic joke. Most of mine were acquired prior to the supervisor being on the scene, so no real questions like that. Actually she was with me for my last acquisition, an Uberti Model 1866 in like-new condition I got at a great price.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:45 PM (U/Byj)

78 RMBS, yep, Jr. went to Mass. Maritime and is having a great career. Early on he was doing 3-4 months at a time in the Bering Sea; now he is 30 on/30 off in California on a survey ship. Chief Mate and making good coin.
Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 07:37 PM

St. Nicholas is a patron saint of sailors.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 21, 2025 07:46 PM (0sNs1)

79 And whatever you do, make sure your wife doesn’t sell them for the price you told her that you paid.
Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 07:41 PM (LMRVO)

Ha!
That's just for the ones she knows about, right?
I have a good inventory and a will, but the trust is probably a good idea. Hopefully I will give a few away first.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:46 PM (2WIwB)

80 Have you tested out the new scope yet?
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:43 PM

Not yet. Been a bit chilly. I'm off for the next two weeks, so if we gw5 a mild day, I'll hit the range to zero. I have a new bipod and some scooe caps coming tomorrow.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:46 PM (Wnv9h)

81 St. Nicholas is a patron saint of sailors.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 21, 2025 07:46 PM

Coincidentally, the boy is also a Nicholas.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:47 PM (Wnv9h)

82 Range report for the Single-Six with the 9.5 inch barrel I mentioned in a previous thread. Nothing fancy, just 25 yards off hand. The 22 magnums were spread out, maybe four inch groups, if you consider that a 'group'. But the 22lr made up for that: inch and a half groups centered on the bullseye. I was pleased and surprised. The Single-Six convertible usually does better with magnums than with the 22lr. At least that is the standard write-up. Next time I'll try a different brand of the magnums and hope to continue the good results with the regular 22s.

This was another example of Weasel's admonitions to remember fundamentals. They help every time. One advantage of a single action revolver: there isn't any temptation to try shooting quickly.

Posted by: JTB at December 21, 2025 07:47 PM (yTvNw)

83 It appears Santa's MAC-10 is cerakoted.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 21, 2025 07:49 PM (0sNs1)

84 RI Red, a classic joke

Rhomboid, almost obligatory. Especially at AOS Gub Thread!
Mrs. Red is not hoplophobic, but she may not be aware of the size of the inventory.
That’s why Jr. is the primary Trust beneficiary.

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 07:49 PM (LMRVO)

85 80 so if we gw5 a mild day, I'll hit the range to zero.

Down here in NYC it was a very nice 2 or so days. But up where the range is not so much.

Let me know how it goes if you do get out there.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:50 PM (JB9kh)

86 Howdy!

&

Merry Christmas!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at December 21, 2025 07:50 PM (sAmhv)

87 Santa: Yes, Yukon Cornelius has been a good boy this year... and can use an upgrade...

Posted by: Guy Patterson at December 21, 2025 07:50 PM (mP0Kj)

88 No range time here. For too long. BUT...
Just today decided to retire and take a year off before even thinking about a part time job at Lowes.
So. 365 range days coming soon.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 07:52 PM (/lPRQ)

89 Let me know how it goes if you do get out there.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:50 PM

My club has a good 600 yard range. I'll get out to 100 to zero. So far the Strike Eagle seems like a pretty solid toob.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:53 PM (Wnv9h)

90 Merry Christmas week y'all...traditions this year are greatly modified. Spent today packing: clothes, cosmetics, gifts for 3 people, decorations, food and prep items, etc., as we hit the road tomorrow am to spend Christmas with MamaRex in Pittsburgh - her first in an assisted living. Doing our best to make it as fun as possible. Hoping everyone else has a very blessed Christmas!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21, 2025 07:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

91 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 07:52 PM (/lPRQ)
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Congratulations!

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:54 PM (vt7xw)

92 Had a long chat with some family members this last week.
As a result I am prompted to asked the Horde, for those who are past 29, how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?
Posted by: Diogenes

Have few significant guns.
Two owned by Grandfather, and a
Nice nickel Colt Trooper .357 that dad got for mom.... Light use.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 07:54 PM (/lPRQ)

93 88 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 07:52 PM

Congratulations!!! Jealous of you voluntarily retired folks!!
Hope to join you soon!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:55 PM (JB9kh)

94 88 Just today decided to retire and take a year off before even thinking about a part time job at Lowes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 07:52 PM
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Congrats!

Posted by: TRex - full time dino at December 21, 2025 07:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

95 89 So far the Strike Eagle seems like a pretty solid toob.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 07:53 PM

Toob.. :-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:56 PM (JB9kh)

96 700 guns is quite an inventory. That guy must have a secure storage space, not just safes in the house? Amazing that anybody with that much tied up in a collection didn't have arrangements in place.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:57 PM (U/Byj)

97 Picked up a slightly used Ruger RXM 9mm pistol at a reasonable price. The good news is, I undoubtedly helped fund some down-on-his-luck fellow's Christmas.

I have to wonder though; what kind of inbred trailer trash keeps the factory plastic case the pistol came in, but manages to lose 2/3 of the interior foam padding, the instruction booklet, and the spare magazine?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 07:57 PM (GjEvj)

98 Retiring recently from an accounting/finance career, this is probably the first holiday season in 40 years where I've been able to relax and enjoy it!

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:58 PM (vt7xw)

99 Good evening fellow shootists(is that a word?)
It feels like forever since I've gotten to the range. Hope to be back on a regular schedule after the first of the year. We don;t do adult gifts for Hannukah and Christmas so I'm thinking I need to gift myself a new firearm. Hmmm. So many choices.
Tomorrow I am off to an island off the coast of Venezuela. I've been warned to stay away from high speed boats with large cannisters on board.
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and get something really nice to take out on your next canoe trip.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 07:59 PM (t/2Uw)

100 Evening all,

We have a possible JAXA launch tonight in about 30 minutes.

JAXA Michibiki 5 H3 Launch from Japan

https://youtu.be/BgOowvKVD7U

Posted by: Joyenz at December 21, 2025 08:01 PM (2F0/Y)

101 Going to call it a night.

Thank you and Merry Christmas Weasel!!! Love these Sunday evening get togethers you throw :-)

Everyone have a Merry Merry Christmas!!!

Don't forget the cookies and milk for Santa!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 08:02 PM (JB9kh)

102 Retiring recently from an accounting/finance career, this is probably the first holiday season in 40 years where I've been able to relax and enjoy it!
Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 07:58 PM (vt7xw)


Nice feeling huh?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 08:02 PM (2WIwB)

103 Nite Scoob! Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 08:02 PM (RG+lC)

104 49 Best wishes Schnorf!
Posted by: TRex - not a doctor dino at December 21, 2025 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

Thank you, sir!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 08:03 PM (v23vE)

105 Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 08:02 PM (2WIwB)
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The best!

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 08:03 PM (+OnsA)

106 Toob.. :-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:56 PM

Heh. Say it with me...toob.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 08:03 PM (Wnv9h)

107 19 13 Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 07:08 PM

Prayers for your lovely wife Schnor.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2025 07:13 PM (JB9kh)

Thanks, Scoob, and have a good evening and a Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 08:03 PM (v23vE)

108 Peace out, Scoob.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 08:04 PM (Wnv9h)

109 Weasel, you are a gift that keeps on giving to the Horde. Thank you my dear friend and Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 08:04 PM (sDNVV)

110 99 Good evening fellow shootists(is that a word?)

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 07:59 PM (t/2Uw)

Not only a word, but a GREAT John Wayne movie!

Posted by: Guy Patterson at December 21, 2025 08:04 PM (mP0Kj)

111 Have the Cozy Caves been deployed, Weasel?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 21, 2025 08:06 PM (0sNs1)

112 We have a possible JAXA launch tonight in about 30 minutes.

JAXA Michibiki 5 H3 Launch from Japan

https://youtu.be/BgOowvKVD7U
Posted by: Joyenz at December 21, 2025 08:01 PM (2F0/Y)

***

Teaching Nork Boy not to shoot his mouth off about the "Japanese threat."

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 08:06 PM (2WIwB)

113 700 guns is quite an inventory. That guy must have a secure storage space, not just safes in the house? Amazing that anybody with that much tied up in a collection didn't have arrangements in place.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 07:57 PM

From what I gathered, third hand, Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. He could have started selling a year or two earlier, when he got The Diagnosis.

He successfully passed them on, but he saddled his heirs with the task of disposing of them, without his expert guidance to get maximum prices for them.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 08:06 PM (GjEvj)

114 Schnorflepuppy, please tell me your wife is out of ICU, moved to a general floor.....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21, 2025 08:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

115 Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 21, 2025 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
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Not yet. FSJ and Gertie are struggling by with multiple layers of blankets. Soon though!

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 08:08 PM (+OnsA)

116 Yes, 51st Gub Thread of the year - I don’t know how you do it, Weasel.
But now that you’re retired, it’ll give you something to do when you’re not celebrating 365 shooting days like IAB. Congrats to both!

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 08:09 PM (LMRVO)

117 S'puppy - before I forget, thinking about you and Mrs. S.

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 08:09 PM (+OnsA)

118 Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 08:09 PM (LMRVO)
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Thanks, but you guys and gals really do all the work!

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 08:11 PM (+OnsA)

119 Howdy Weasel, and hey there fellow gun totin' deplorables!

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 08:12 PM (QMAsf)

120 Doof!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 08:14 PM (Wnv9h)

121 Doof! I was telling my son who is a great zac Brown fan about your kareoke rendition of Toes in Texas.Next year Chicken Fried for sure.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 08:17 PM (t/2Uw)

122 Ha ha! Made you flinch!

Another tip for accuracy; stop blinking when you squeeze the trigger. Just don't do it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 08:17 PM (nljXp)

123 Howdy Doof!

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 08:19 PM (DJPFk)

124 Doof!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 08:14 PM (Wnv9h)

121 Doof! I was telling my son who is a great zac Brown fan about your kareoke rendition of Toes in Texas.Next year Chicken Fried for sure.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 08:17 PM (t/2Uw)

RMBS!

Sharon - Chicken Fried is another great one from ZBB. A few years ago, that was the first song I ever sang in a karaoke environment. I was on a cruise and it took 6 margaritas worth of courage to get me on stage.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 08:21 PM (QMAsf)

125 Doof! I was telling my son who is a great zac Brown fan about your kareoke rendition of Toes in Texas.Next year Chicken Fried for sure.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 08:17 PM

Damn...I missed that?! LOL

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 08:24 PM (Wnv9h)

126 I hope to have enough warning that I can hand a bunch of them out as gifts before I pass, and to convert the rest to cash via consignment sales.

I don't know if you are a hoarder or what your inventory looks like, but it would seem that if you took an honest survey of your collection and identified what specimens you no longer planned to shoot, that you can pass them along to someone so that they can enjoy them now.

I'm at that point now, but don't have anyone in mind who I would trust to have them and either use or sell responsibly.

May just have to look at consignment sales.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 21, 2025 08:27 PM (U4c/V)

127 What's the protocol for posting stuff for sale here on the thread?

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2025 08:27 PM (Hw6WF)

128 Oh, I missed the Movie thread because I was watching movies.

LOL, so there is this one I thoroughly enjoyed. Olivia Newton John and Gregory Harrison. He is handsome and she is middle-aged.

It was great. She used to be the one that everyone wanted. It was very nice to see how age turns a former beauty into a homely gal that I would love to meet.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 08:31 PM (W7XSX)

129 What's the protocol for posting stuff for sale here on the thread?

A completely and totally bad idea.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 21, 2025 08:31 PM (U4c/V)

130 Christmas traditions?

We used to make fudge and buy donut holes and have mulled cider on Christmas Eve while we decorated the tree.

And on Christmas, one of our stocking stuffers was a box of whatever cereal we wanted, each of us with our own.

That was the only time we got the sugar bomb cereals, though I do remember asking for - and getting - Raisin Nut Bran for at least one Christmas.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 21, 2025 08:31 PM (C0Nlv)

131 Well, looks like I'm not the only one that has items that they no longer need. My failing heath means I really only want one or two to have around. Plus a bunch of ammo I don't want to go to waste.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2025 08:32 PM (Hw6WF)

132 CBS and Kuralt's Christmas in Appalachia 1964. There were little Appalachias throughout the south in 1964, people on welfare through no fault of their own. There are no more Kuralts as somebody here said lately. But there sure are a bunch of lying 'journalists'.

Posted by: Eromero at December 21, 2025 08:32 PM (LHPAg)

133 I'm at that point now, but don't have anyone in mind who I would trust to have them and either use or sell responsibly.

May just have to look at consignment sales.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 21, 2025 08:27 PM (U4c/V)

UDIP, I’d take them off your hands, but I’ve only got a few years left before they won’t let me take them to the Home.
BTW, interesting discussion at the TxMoMe. Not sure if you remember the subject, but was thinking about it during the recent New England shooting events.

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 08:35 PM (LMRVO)

134 Definitely don't want to see the (sometimes bizarre) gun thread turned into a gun bazaar but what if one were to just post "hey, I have some stuff I need to sell, email me for a list?" Obviously it would be better if said poster were a known regular instead of a "long time lurker."

Posted by: Oddbob at December 21, 2025 08:36 PM (3nLb4)

135 Yes, I definitely want in for the Kareoke next year. Another one that never fails to change my mood is Knee Deep. Just such up music very fitting for Texas.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 08:36 PM (t/2Uw)

136 What's the protocol for posting stuff for sale here on the thread?
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 21, 2025 08:27 PM (Hw6WF)
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Please don't.

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 08:37 PM (cIOlQ)

137 114 Schnorflepuppy, please tell me your wife is out of ICU, moved to a general floor.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21, 2025 08:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

Sadly, still in ICU, ma'am. They keep trying to to get her off of the ventilator, but it's not working.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 08:37 PM (v23vE)

138 Love The Highway Patrol episodes.

I'm so old I remember when white guys on television could actually do stuff.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 21, 2025 08:37 PM (2Ez/1)

139 117 S'puppy - before I forget, thinking about you and Mrs. S.
Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 08:09 PM (+OnsA)

Thank you, Weasel.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 08:37 PM (v23vE)

140 There are no more Kuralts as somebody here said lately. But there sure are a bunch of lying 'journalists'.

That would be Charles "Two Families Who Don't Know About Each Other" Kuralt?

Posted by: Oddbob at December 21, 2025 08:38 PM (3nLb4)

141 Do you have any machine guns? Maybe a few grenades you brought back from 'Nam?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Long Time Lurker at December 21, 2025 08:38 PM (GjEvj)

142 SP, thinking about you and the Missus. Best of luck.

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 08:38 PM (LMRVO)

143 Posted by: Oddbob at December 21, 2025 08:36 PM (3nLb4)
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Sorry. It's not something I'm remotely interested in hosting or managing. I suggest checking for a place to advertise at your local range. Thanks

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 08:39 PM (cIOlQ)

144 Back later gang.
I need another bier.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 08:40 PM (2WIwB)

145 Big prayers up, Schnorf.

From Grateful and Dino.

Posted by: TRex - praying dino at December 21, 2025 08:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

146 {{{S'puppy}}}
I know how hard it is to have to just wait. You are in my thoughts.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 08:40 PM (t/2Uw)

147 As a result I am prompted to asked the Horde, for those who are past 29, how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07

Number one son and I are discussing those matters as we speak. Not just gubs but storage devices as well to consider

Posted by: Javems at December 21, 2025 08:41 PM (8I4hW)

148 For the recent or about-to-be retirees. I keep a range bag packed for unplanned chances to get to the range. Just grab the specific gun(s) and go. In my case, it's for 22lr. Targets, eye and ear protection, ammo, etc. Maybe it's a break in the weather or just an urge to go pew pew, I can be on the way in a few minutes. Beats wasting time looking all over the place to find the gear.

Posted by: JTB at December 21, 2025 08:41 PM (yTvNw)

149 Schnorf,
Prayers continue for you and your wife. Please keep us apprised a time allows.

Posted by: JTB at December 21, 2025 08:43 PM (yTvNw)

150 My sons have more gubs than I so. LOL. Leave them to my daughter?

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 08:45 PM (W7XSX)

151 When I was limping around, I got a cart for my gear. Called a Trolley on Amazon. It is perfect because I can keep all the odds and ends like ear protection and ammo and targets in the bag and just change out the firearms. The range bag was really awkward and heavy and back pack didn;t have enough pockets.This way I don;t forget stuff.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 08:46 PM (t/2Uw)

152 how do you plan to pass along your gubs to others once the good Lord calls us home?

Grandson #1 gets the H&Ks and an AR, everyone else can pick from the rest.

Posted by: KDKong at December 21, 2025 08:47 PM (Bc40B)

153 When I was limping around, I got a cart for my gear. Called a Trolley on Amazon. It is perfect because I can keep all the odds and ends like ear protection and ammo and targets in the bag and just change out the firearms. The range bag was really awkward and heavy and back pack didn;t have enough pockets.This way I don;t forget stuff.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 08:46 PM (t/2Uw)

Sharon, I do that for IDPA. Very handy and makes a good seat. It also has a saddle holster for my carbine that helps with safe transport between stages.

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 08:49 PM (LMRVO)

154 When I was limping around, I got a cart for my gear. Called a Trolley on Amazon. It is perfect because I can keep all the odds and ends like ear protection and ammo and targets in the bag and just change out the firearms. The range bag was really awkward and heavy and back pack didn;t have enough pockets.This way I don;t forget stuff.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)


Seen people step up to the line pulling a big honking cooler with everything in it. Everything.

I think they showing a newbie the wide of handguns of the world.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 08:49 PM (/lPRQ)

155 RI Red. yours sounds even better than mine. What is it called?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 08:51 PM (t/2Uw)

156 Sadly, still in ICU, ma'am. They keep trying to to get her off of the ventilator, but it's not working.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless)
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I am sorry to hear this...prayers up for both of you, this would be tough at any time, but more so at this time of year. If you need anything, or just to talk, you have my phone number...use it. As much as you need to...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21, 2025 08:52 PM (IQ6Gq)

157 154 Gear bags. You can buy bags with pouches for magazines and stuff with a cool name, or you can go to Harbor Freight and look around their tool bags. I have one with all kinds of storage, inside and out that I only paid under $20 for. Ballistic nylon, double stitched, gets the job done.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 21, 2025 08:54 PM (gm9Sb)

158 Although this is a different year, we will keep some traditions...Christmas Eve with just us two and our favorite bottle, opening gifts between the two of us...with Stollen, of course...the rest of the celebrations and gifts will wait til TRex brings his Mama over, so we can all enjoy the food and remaining gifts. And German Christmas carols, of course...and cookies.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21, 2025 08:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

159 Sharon, I had to go look in the garage. It’s a Craftsman Tradestack. Basically a rolling large tool case with extending handles.
Of course, with so much space, I have way too much stuff in there. Do I really need a handheld GPS?

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 08:56 PM (LMRVO)

160 >> JAXA Michibiki 5 H3 Launch from Japan

That was fun, listening to a countdown in Japanese.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 21, 2025 08:57 PM (w6EFb)

161 154 Also, I just remembered a guy that would show up at Ohio gun shows. He would come in with a small dolly carrying three Kennedy machinist tool boxes and set up his display of a couple hundred or so handguns. Guy collected .25s.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 21, 2025 08:57 PM (gm9Sb)

162 Having reread the content, best nuclear accidents?

I'll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/KSS6F0eminM

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 09:03 PM (Wnv9h)

163 My trolley is cloth, has a zippered pocket and two side pockets. It cost under $70. It wouldn't work for someone like Ed L(come to think of it, where is Ed?) but for a few pistols and a rifle, it will work. No seat though.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 09:04 PM (t/2Uw)

164 Quick question for the Gub Group -

What is your opinion of non-lethal armaments (Taser, beanbag, rubber bullets, etc.). Byrna makes personal protection devices and markets them to people who feel conflicted carrying real firearms yet know that mace doesn't quite cut it either.

Looking at a potential business opportunity involving that space, so the unvarnished truth is kindly requested here.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 21, 2025 09:05 PM (0CU3H)

165 162 Having reread the content, best nuclear accidents?

I'll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/KSS6F0eminM
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 09:03 PM (Wnv9h)

What, you read the content?
It’s like I don’t even know you.
BTW, Mrs. Red and I had lunch with the Dildos today.
That sounds weird.

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 09:05 PM (LMRVO)

166 A thought:
Would the same people who think my weapons and ammo is an "arsenal" think my 2 bottles of bourbon, 1 scotch, 1 whiskey, 1 small vodka, 1 small Cointreau, and the 4 bottles of beer in my kitchen make my house a dive bar? Or make me an alcoholic?

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 09:06 PM (/u5H1)

167 fellow shootists(is that a word?)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 07:59 PM (t/2Uw)

It was the name of a John Wayne movie, so it better be, pilgrim.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 09:10 PM (/u5H1)

168 *Looks at art*

"Daddy would have gotten us Uzis."

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 09:10 PM (2GVsD)

169 Here is what mine looks like
https://tinyurl.com/v7c9dxfa
$50

I looked up yours RI Red and I see how it makes a seat, but it wouldn't work for me. I'd have trouble lifting it into t he car. lol

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 09:11 PM (t/2Uw)

170 BTW, Mrs. Red and I had lunch with the Dildos today.
That sounds weird.
Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 09:05 PM

Nice. I'm just chilling here getting over a cold so Christmas isn't a wash. I have to cook, after all.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 09:12 PM (Wnv9h)

171 I remember that John Wayne movie. However remembering that made me feel every bit of my 29 years.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 09:13 PM (t/2Uw)

172 Uzis are sweet.

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 21, 2025 09:13 PM (YlWIZ)

173
Well, the Japs made orbit. This satellite, QZS-5 will start the expansion of their navigation satellite network from augmenting GPS to a fully independent regional system for the Asia Pacific region.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 21, 2025 09:13 PM (w6EFb)

174 Sol Invictus, y'all. Things only get better from here.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 21, 2025 09:14 PM (jc0TO)

175 171 I remember that John Wayne movie. However remembering that made me feel every bit of my 29 years.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 09:13 PM
John Bernard Books chose his way.

Posted by: Eromero at December 21, 2025 09:16 PM (LHPAg)

176 Ok, 9:19 thank you time.

Thank you!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, and hope to see you here next Sunday!

Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 09:19 PM (DJPFk)

177 Do I really need a handheld GPS?
Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 08:56 PM (LMRVO)

With that long range range you've got, you just might.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 09:20 PM (/u5H1)

178 142 SP, thinking about you and the Missus. Best of luck.
Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 08:38 PM (LMRVO)

Thank you, sir.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 09:21 PM (v23vE)

179 146 {{{S'puppy}}}
I know how hard it is to have to just wait. You are in my thoughts.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 08:40 PM (t/2Uw)

Thank you, ma'am. You hit the nail on the head. As a certified male, I just want to Fix Things, and this is not something I can fix.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 09:22 PM (v23vE)

180 145 Big prayers up, Schnorf.

From Grateful and Dino.
Posted by: TRex - praying dino at December 21, 2025 08:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

Thank y'all very much.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 09:23 PM (v23vE)

181
Thanks Weasel. Sunday night my favorite night of the week.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good night.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 09:23 PM (t/2Uw)

182 Just wanted to pop in and wishes Weasel and the Crew a Merry Christmas. And prayers for Missus Scnorflepuppy and the whole family to get a Christmas gift of mercy this year and grace.

Posted by: whig's phone at December 21, 2025 09:24 PM (WDjG6)

183 Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, and hope to see you here next Sunday!
Posted by: Weasel at December 21, 2025 09:19 PM

Thanks for a great Gun Thread, Weasel! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 09:24 PM (Wnv9h)

184 And prayers for Missus Scnorflepuppy and the whole family to get a Christmas gift of mercy this year and grace.
Posted by: whig's phone at December 21, 2025 09:24 PM (WDjG6)

Thank you, sir.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 09:24 PM (v23vE)

185 My very best to Weasel and His Gubbists!
Hope Santa is good to you.
And to all, a good night!

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 09:24 PM (JK1W1)

186 Schnoflepuppy and family prayers up.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 21, 2025 09:27 PM (RoO7G)

187 Took my B&T KH9 to the range friday. Proved not to be as reliable as I'd hoped. The linear hammer would occasionaly not be caught by the sear. And it did not like flat nosed subsonic ammo at all. Then shot the 10/22, which is always enjoyable.

Hoping to get James Earl Jones's high power this week. Really looking forward to it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 21, 2025 09:27 PM (b4o9z)

188 Maybe Santa is bringing me that suppressed Mac 10! That would be pretty cool.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 21, 2025 09:29 PM (RoO7G)

189 188 Maybe Santa is bringing me that suppressed Mac 10! That would be pretty cool.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 21, 2025 09:29 PM (RoO7G)

Fast acting Cordless Hole Puncher!

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 21, 2025 09:33 PM (mP0Kj)

190 I am thinking of turning a closet into a gun room. It's got my cabinet in it now, I think I want to take the cabinet and shelves out and do some slat walls dn reinforce the door.

sra blaster says "I am for anything that makes things neater."


Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 21, 2025 09:33 PM (RoO7G)

191 Merry Christmas to good little Morons everywhere. Thanks for another year of gun threads.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 21, 2025 09:34 PM (3nLb4)

192

McQ used one of those Mac-10s

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2025 09:36 PM (pkeXY)

193 I started with big Gallowtech cabinet for storage. The make quality stuff for gun racks, but they aren't cheap. I started using 3-d printed plastic pieces for things like pistol and mag racks. A lot cheaper than Gallowtech, but also smaller. Got those from hammy3dprints.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 21, 2025 09:40 PM (b4o9z)

194 Merry Christmas, Weasel!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah, Horde!
May God's grace keep you until we meet again.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 09:42 PM (/u5H1)

195 I saw some cool racks for pistols to 3d print. Things is I don't have space to put those racks. I would have to redo the closet anyway.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 21, 2025 09:43 PM (RoO7G)

196 Merry Christmas gubthreaders! Merry and bright!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 21, 2025 09:44 PM (RoO7G)

197 186 Schnoflepuppy and family prayers up.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 21, 2025 09:27 PM (RoO7G)

Thank you, sir

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 09:45 PM (v23vE)

198 Santa brought me a liter of Buffalo Trace.

Not going to open it until Christmas Eve.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 09:47 PM (W7XSX)

199 198 Santa brought me a liter of Buffalo Trace.

Not going to open it until Christmas Eve.
Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 09:47 PM (W7XSX)

Am jealous. Cannot find BT in my state for love nor money.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 09:48 PM (v23vE)

200 In happier news ...

200!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 09:48 PM (v23vE)

201 Merry Christmas Weasel, thanks for the gunthread. I did get some range time and it was awesome. My youngest daughter bought her own Glock at a gun store in the Great State of Missouri and for the first time she shot it at a range in said great state. Passing on something that I love and my father loved was really special (something just blew into my eye, really).
Happy new year to all!!

Posted by: goatlover at December 21, 2025 09:49 PM (sVReF)

202 Okay. you idiot morons, please let me tell you this.

I love you all.

Even aliassmithandsmith. He is an idiot, but if the good Lord forgives your idiocies, I beg of you to forgive mine and his and everyone else who is trying to walk in this life of darkness without His light.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 09:51 PM (W7XSX)

203 Merry Christmas to all the gun thread denizens. I hope we all have a happy holiday time.

Posted by: JTB at December 21, 2025 09:51 PM (yTvNw)

204 My family doesn’t have much in the way of Christmas traditions, but I’ll be wrapping presents on Christmas Eve after flying up to the parents house on Tuesday. Christmas dinner used to be prime rib but that got too expensive, so now it’s ham and Polish sausage.

I also bought myself a Christmas present today, Shadow MR 920. For some reason I thought it had an optics cut on it but when I got home, turns out it doesn’t. Seems to have a very short reset on the trigger. Came in at just under $500 so I didn’t think that was too bad.

Posted by: Arch Stanton at December 21, 2025 09:53 PM (65pGX)

205 Thanxs for all Weasel!
Merry Christmas to the Hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 09:55 PM (2WIwB)

206 The 750 ml bottle was $28.95 last week. Went up to $32.95. I bought a 1 L for 36.95

It's my Christmas present from my dead wife. Dec. 17 was our 48th anniversary. My life began when I met her. I thank the Lord that such a sweetheart lived.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 09:55 PM (W7XSX)

207 Posted by: goatlover at December 21, 2025 09:49 PM (sVReF)

That is marvelous!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 09:57 PM (xG1o0)

208 I am old enough to remember Alias Smith and Jones.

Short-lived comedy.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 09:59 PM (W7XSX)

209 It's my Christmas present from my dead wife. Dec. 17 was our 48th anniversary. My life began when I met her. I thank the Lord that such a sweetheart lived.
Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 09:55 PM

May her memory be eternal.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (Wnv9h)

210 I am thinking of turning a closet into a gun room. It's got my cabinet in it now, I think I want to take the cabinet and shelves out and do some slat walls dn reinforce the door.

sra blaster says "I am for anything that makes things neater."

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat


You put a hurricane impact resistant door to make it harder to bust into. Maybe pull the interior GWB and infill the hollow stud walls with heavy wire mesh and pearlite concrete, the put you slat walls.

Don't forget circuit for lighting and dehumidifier.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (/lPRQ)

211 Merry Christmas, Weasel

Christmas of yesteryear - wow, how the toddler girl and her brother reminded me of my sister and a brother so many years ago. In tears; I miss her. But thank you for a cute memory.


Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 21, 2025 10:12 PM (NFX2v)

212 May her memory be eternal.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (Wnv9h)

May my gratitude be eternal.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:21 PM (W7XSX)

Food Thread: Nice Buns! But Size Does Matter!

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We are rapidly approaching that special week in December that requires festive foods. Seriously, I think it's the law, or at least in the Bible! Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day all require some ridiculous, complicated, overly time-consuming, expensive culinary effort to make them special!

Or you could make Sloppy Joes.

Actually, now that I look at an actual sloppy Joe, it is less appealing than the image I have in my mind's eye from, oh, 40 years ago!

My point though is that festive doesn't have to mean complex. And it certainly doesn't have to mean expensive. Sure, if your tastes run to lobster and foie gras and caviar, and those are your favorite foods, then have at it!

But if your favorite food is a great cheeseburger dripping with your special sauce (ketchup and mayo?), then make that!

I am hosting a New Year's Eve dinner, and I am going to keep it simple. I had to restrain myself, because one of my favorite dishes is a French regional dish called Cassoulet, which is really just beans and meat. But...it is also a three day affair if done from scratch, so while it is absolutely delicious, I'll hold off a bit and make that on some dreary long weekend in March.

How about you?

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I made Paella for a combination Hanukkah/Birthday celebration last week, and while it was successful, I was disappointed by the quality of the Chorizo that I used. My regular purveyor didn't have any, so I bought Boar's Head Chorizo at a good supermarket in my area. It looked...fine. But when I began to cut it into small chunks to be sauteed, I discovered that it was extremely hard (shut up!); far firmer than my go-to stuff. Yes, there are a bunch of different styles of Chorizo, but this stuff was like a dried salami, and not the best choice for Paella. And...the folks over at Boar's Head were quite skimpy with the paprika!

But was even worse was how damned salty it was! Far too salty, even for a dish that can handle a lot of salt. I had to back off on salt for the rest of the dish! Luckily I also bought some Keilbasa, just on a lark, and that worked out extremely well, and will be in my next batch.

One thing this Chorizo crisis reinforced in me was tasting the ingredients. It is a very good idea that cooks know what they are putting into their food. Maybe not the raw chicken, but it is important to know your ingredients, and the best way is to pop a bit into your mouth!

Oh...of course I stirred it! It is vital to stir the rice so that the flavors are distributed evenly, and it begins to cook without the hot and cold spots in the Paella pan affecting the final result. Once most of the liquid has evaporated and the rice no longer moves freely, that's when to stop! But don't listen to that "Pete Bog" curmudgeon.

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Biomedical research is famously inexact, and is filled with weasel-words like suggests and associated and possibly. But I choose to believe this one because...duh!

High- and Low-Fat Dairy Consumption and Long-Term Risk of Dementia

Higher intake of high-fat cheese and high-fat cream was associated with a lower risk of all-cause dementia, whereas low-fat cheese, low-fat cream, and other dairy products showed no significant association. APOE ε4 status modified the association between high-fat cheese and AD. Our study's observational design limits causal inference.

Of course, my interpretation of this is that happiness reduces the risk of dementia, and high-fat cheese makes people happy!
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I grabbed the only hamburger buns on the shelf, and while the burgers were great, with the biblically-mandated Kraft American Cheese (two slices!) on top, the bun was an embarrassment. Clearly it was in the pool!

Now, I am not suggesting that the bun should overlap the burger, and I am not resistant to the idea of a slightly larger burger, but this bun exceeded design limits.

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Well, this is a new one for me! And I am very happy to have stumbled upon it. Brussels Sprouts Gratin sounds like something that I should have had, but I guess I was raised poorly and made some bad decisions in my life.

Sadly, "Dad Cooks Dinner" makes a hugely problematic modification to the recipe he cribbed from (the execrable J. Kenji López-Alt)!

I followed Kenji's basic technique but left out the bacon because some of my guests are vegetarians.

This is madness!
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A friend graciously gave me some genuine grown-in-the-USA garlic, and I tasted one clove and planted the rest, because my pathetic failure last year is an anomaly...right? I hope so, because it's in the ground (actually, a large pot), and it had better work this time!

Send all of your extra antelope to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

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

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Mrs928 has baked our Traditional Christmas Lasagnas to be taken to my son's house.

She made one for us to eat today.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 21, 2025 04:03 PM (jc0TO)

3 Have Brats, will fry up with onions and have on hard rolls

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)

4 I'm debating whether or not I should bake a cake...

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 04:04 PM (4786I)

5 Why have a sloppy joe when you can have a manwich.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 04:04 PM (/lPRQ)

6 For Christmas eve have a 1997 Osborne Port to open. Looked it up and its still available out there to buy now.

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

7 If I am at a store, and I see a food item with the WOMAN OWNED logo, that is a 100% guarantee I will not buy the item.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 04:05 PM (4786I)

8 I really wish Taco Bell would bring back the old Bell Burger but to do that they would actually have to go back to using ground beef instead of the mystery meat they use now.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 04:05 PM (KDPiq)

9 8 I really wish Taco Bell would bring back the old Bell Burger but to do that they would actually have to go back to using ground beef instead of the mystery meat they use now.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 04:05 PM (KDPiq)

The Doritos Locos tacos are still amazing though.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 04:06 PM (4786I)

10 Amazon sold me all beef hot dogs for under $2.75/pack. I had bought pickled onions a few months ago planning to try them on a hot dog. Finally, I'm doing that (yeah, I've been too cheap to buy all beef hot dogs, and I refuse to buy all non-beef hot dogs, so it's been months since the meal).

With my dijon, pickled onion and relish all beef hot dog, I'm making a "use up the fridge" vegetable stuffing, a tzatziki cucumber salad and strawberries.

Kid made homemade eggnog yesterday and failed to listen when I told her to be careful how long to cook it...so we have that pudding for dessert (not the plan, but pudding may have been a better idea than true eggnog for my kids yesterday).

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:07 PM (tOcjL)

11 Paella is that opera with the clown in it, isn't it?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 04:07 PM (8DR9B)

12 It's a cold, rainy Sunday here in Idaho. I am making a crock-pot pork green chili, drinking beer and watching football. It's very nice to not do a lot sometimes.

Next couple of weeks will be hectic, as often happens around Christmas.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 21, 2025 04:08 PM (0aYVJ)

13 Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:07 PM (tOcj

That made me COL. ( chuckle out loud)

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 04:08 PM (KDPiq)

14 CBD. Why are you torturing kittens? Catsouffle is an abomination.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 21, 2025 04:09 PM (4JJSm)

15 Local stores usually have several varieties of chorizo, most raw, some look like gnarly pepperoni stick you could drive nails with.

I suspect chorizo is just another name for spicy sausage with many regional/national varieties.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 04:09 PM (/lPRQ)

16 Yesterday, since we had a hearty meal out, I made my sweet potato pumpkin and black bean chili. Lord, my family and I love it...and there's just something about the combo of taking your chili powder and cumin and adding cayenne, paprika, and cinnamon for the combo chili spice with those main veg. And wine - sauvignon blanc (with use it up chicken broth) in a chili.

Made a huge pot - all was gone. And it's so nice as a hearty wintery dish that involves veg...tomato soup is not hearty...but you can just have a bowl of this and be happy with dinner...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:09 PM (tOcjL)

17 I found a nice chunk of tri-tip in the freezer. It is thawing in the fridge, I will brine it on Tuesday, roast it on Wednesday, and dine on Philly sandwiches while soaking up three football games on Thursday.

Which reminds me that I need to buy some rolls today, before the supermarket descends into anarchy over the next few days.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 04:11 PM (GjEvj)

18 Sloppy Joe's versus Loose Meat Sammich! You decide!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2025 04:13 PM (mlg/3)

19 We were gifted a wild goose. I will be preparing it for Christmas Eve using this recipe.
https://tinyurl.com/3hjdzza5
I will also have a ham if the goose doesn't work out.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 21, 2025 04:15 PM (2NHgQ)

20 I thought brains were very high in Cholesterol so if you had a diet very low to no Cholesterol your brain would shrink.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 04:15 PM (/lPRQ)

21 The turkraken -- can such things be?

Posted by: H.P. Lovecraft at December 21, 2025 04:15 PM (kpS4V)

22 Linquica, calabrese or andouille for paella. US chorizo is nothing at all like the Spanish stuff.

And quit shaking the damn pan

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 21, 2025 04:16 PM (KZIFw)

23 Ran across an interesting holiday-ish snack yesterday while scanning a 1973 Benson, Arizona cookbook. Orange-flavored glazed pecans.

1 cup powdered sugar; ¼ cup orange juice concentrate; 2 cups pecan halves.

Keep the pecans heated; I did 225°. Mix sugar and concentrate and bring to a good boil. Add the pecans and stir “until all are coated” (these are the only instructions; I interpreted “coat” to mean at soft ball, i.e., 234°). Pour onto cookie sheet, cool, and separate.

It’s pretty good and an easy way to make an orange-fudge pecan jar, as long as you enjoy the flavor of orange juice concentrate.

“A change may be made with creme de menthe instead of orange juice, especially at Christmas time.”

From Mary Lou Turner.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 21, 2025 04:16 PM (EXyHK)

24 Pioneer Woman has the best sloppy joe recipe.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 21, 2025 04:16 PM (2NHgQ)

25 I'm trying to figure out what we should have for the family Christmas get-together, which will be Sunday after Christmas.

I really don't want turkey and ham again, with all the trad foods. Thinking about a taco-burrito bar. Something casual that can be returned to for noshing at will. Need to run that by my kids and nephew and see if they're in favor.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 21, 2025 04:16 PM (h7ZuX)

26 Wasn't Boar's Head brand the one that the FDA found absolutely abysmal conditions in the processing plants?

I could be mistaken.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 04:16 PM (GjEvj)

27 Wasn't Boar's Head brand the one that the FDA found absolutely abysmal conditions in the processing plants?

Yes. Apparently only their trucks are clean.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 04:17 PM (8DR9B)

28 7 If I am at a store, and I see a food item with the WOMAN OWNED logo, that is a 100% guarantee I will not buy the item.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 04:05 PM (4786I)

Nah - depends on the product and the price. I rule out no products I can eat with my allergies if it delivers on quality, contents, and price.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:18 PM (tOcjL)

29 Dinner is pierogi with Ploughman's Choice cheese shredded on top, which is flavored by onions sautéed in balsamic vinegar.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 21, 2025 04:20 PM (kpS4V)

30 Baked meatballs yesterday and they been simmering in the sauce every since. So, spags tonight!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:20 PM (cYBz/)

31 I find that these last five years is the least trust I've ever had for food safety regard to restaurant and prepared foods and even packaged food , meats and fresh vegetables.

I don't know if it's my imagination but I feel like there has been more food borne illnesses related to the above than ever before.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 04:20 PM (KDPiq)

32 Linquica, calabrese or andouille for paella.

For many years I lived about three or four blocks from a real German sausage shop in San Diego. “Sausage King” I believe it was called. Everything that had was amazing, and that included the linguica. It was run by a very old German couple. There was no one to take over when they finally stopped, helped, I think, by a fire.

It was a real relic of an older San Diego.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 21, 2025 04:21 PM (EXyHK)

33 I bought what turned out to be 14 thin cut boneless pork loin chops because good price and they looked good, packages them up two to a sandwich bags for freezing, about 4.5oz each "chop".
Gonna fry a a couple for supper tonight, and have on a simple store brand burger bun, maybe some cheese and mustard.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 21, 2025 04:21 PM (sl73Y)

34 Dinner is pierogi with Ploughman's Choice cheese shredded on top, which is flavored by onions sautéed in balsamic vinegar.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

I'm heading over. The ass kicking I'll get when I get back from the lovely Mrs. will be so worth it.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:21 PM (cYBz/)

35 13 Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:07 PM (tOcj

That made me COL. ( chuckle out loud)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 04:08 PM (KDPiq)

I gave her a tiny strainer before she started and warned her to avoid "scrambled eggs" in it...so she didn't take it that far, but she didn't believe the time I told her and went til it felt thick...which of course when it cooled, meany pudding. Apparently, after the straining and cooling, it is pretty great for a 1st try, so there's worse things to screw up than overthickening...and the spouse is considering going half and half on eggnog and alcohol to thin it out for drinking his part...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:21 PM (tOcjL)

36 3 Have Brats, will fry up with onions and have on hard rolls
Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)

Yum. I had some Bockwurst from a jar for lunch; nice mustard.

Posted by: m at December 21, 2025 04:21 PM (RuTUS)

37 meany = meant dang typo

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:22 PM (tOcjL)

38 Yesterday somebody talked about so-called "Danish" cookies in the familiar round blue tin that are actually made in India under very unsanitary conditions (rats!). Check the tin.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 21, 2025 04:22 PM (kpS4V)

39 No Feast of the Seven Fishes for anyone?

One thing I miss about living in NY and my Italian friends.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 04:23 PM (KDPiq)

40 Dinner is pierogi with Ploughman's Choice cheese shredded on top, which is flavored by onions sautéed in balsamic vinegar.
Posted by: All Hail Eris


Sounds fantastic

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 21, 2025 04:23 PM (KZIFw)

41 And quit shaking the damn pan
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Posted by: Pete Bog at December 21, 2025 04:16 PM (KZIFw)

My regular source has excellent quality Spanish chorizo. I learned my lesson!

As for shaking and stirring? It is absolutely no negotiable and creates a better result.

One day you will learn...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 04:24 PM (xG1o0)

42 I bought 50#s of pork from a local hog farm last week. Bacon, sausage and chops. I haven't had a chance to use any of it yet but wow! does it look nice. No artificial anything either.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:24 PM (cYBz/)

43 That's not a sloppy Joe, that is pickles with bread and ground beef.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 04:24 PM (zZu0s)

44 I was considering Chinese takeout but there's only one Chinese restaurant in town. They may not be open.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 04:24 PM (nljXp)

45 I'm heading over. The ass kicking I'll get when I get back from the lovely Mrs. will be so worth it.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:21 PM (cYBz/)
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Bring some back!

SE Michigan is a pierogi-rich environment. These were just from Kroger though. Still goood.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 21, 2025 04:24 PM (kpS4V)

46 30 Baked meatballs yesterday and they been simmering in the sauce every since.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:20 PM (cYBz/)

That wasn't a typo, was it? So PA/OH!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 21, 2025 04:24 PM (h7ZuX)

47 Really, that picture is freaking me out. Who would eat that? If you have the time and ingredients, just make a good cheeseburger.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 04:25 PM (zZu0s)

48 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 21, 2025 04:16 PM (EXyHK)

Glazed nuts in general are wonderful!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 04:25 PM (xG1o0)

49 pickles with bread and ground beef.

I already want one, you didn’t have to sell me on it!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 21, 2025 04:25 PM (EXyHK)

50 I just had a delicious Reuben with Mrs. Red and a lovely couple whose last name rhymes with Fildo!

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 04:26 PM (eXHt3)

51 Wasn't Boar's Head brand the one that the FDA found absolutely abysmal conditions in the processing plants?


*stops chewing lunch*

Damn it!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 04:26 PM (2WIwB)

52 And got stuff needed to make Scotch Eggs for Christmas morning

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:26 PM (Ia/+0)

53 Or you could make Sloppy Joes.

Question: At what point in the process do you put on the cheese?

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at December 21, 2025 04:27 PM (8DR9B)

54 We get Boars Head deli stuff here, ain't died yet

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:27 PM (Ia/+0)

55 While that sammich up top looks mighty good, I have an urge for a good Cuban sandwich. Must be the pickles I see.
Sigh...sadly no good Cuban restaurants within a miles of me.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 04:27 PM (2WIwB)

56 Having Christmas dinner at a friend's and it will be Thanksgiving Round II. I'm fine with it. Haven't had my fill of turkey yet.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 21, 2025 04:28 PM (kpS4V)

57 Glazed nuts in general are wonderful!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 04:25 PM (xG1o0)

*blinks*

Posted by: Mayor Pete at December 21, 2025 04:28 PM (8DR9B)

58 25 I'm trying to figure out what we should have for the family Christmas get-together, which will be Sunday after Christmas.

I really don't want turkey and ham again, with all the trad foods. Thinking about a taco-burrito bar. Something casual that can be returned to for noshing at will. Need to run that by my kids and nephew and see if they're in favor.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 21, 2025 04:16 PM (h7ZuX)

Returning to noshing is rough unless you keep it warm...with that being the case, I'd want something in a crockpot to keep hot with the stuff around it something that can sit 2-6 hours...

Meatball subs, chili and cheese nachos, BBQ, something like that would be the play if you want it to sit hours...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:28 PM (tOcjL)

59 New Year's Eve and New Year's Day all require some ridiculous, complicated, overly time-consuming, expensive culinary effort to make them special!

Not really. Two-pound block of Velveeta, two cans of Ro-Tel, as many corn chips as it will take to eat it all. Slice the Velveeta into reasonable bits, place in glass casserole. Pour both cans of Ro-Tel in. Place in microwave and nuke on medium for several minutes, stirring occasionally. When it's a consistent saucy ... consistency, serve with chips.

Heck, it's just as easy as sloppy joes. (Oh, and if you already got out the hamburger and browned it, that's ok. Just throw that hamburger into the cheese, too. It's now a beefy Ro-Tel-Velveeta dip.)

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 04:29 PM (Esy/h)

60 Nova Local, we are a family rich with CrockPots. No problemo.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 21, 2025 04:29 PM (h7ZuX)

61 Good afternoon all
I thought the tradition for Jewish people was to go out for Chinese food on Christmas. Not that I'd ever do that. Now I usually get to celebrate both holidays but will be some placewhere it is 82 degrees year round on Christmas and I can't wait to get there. Don't know where we will be eating on Christmas. Hmmm. It is a Dutch island. Do the Dutch have a gustatory tradition for Christmas?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 04:30 PM (t/2Uw)

62 Oh, saw the Royal Ballet's "Nutcracker" at the movie theater today. Splendid rendition and worth seeing if it's in your area.

#HotDrosselmeyer

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 21, 2025 04:30 PM (kpS4V)

63 Boars Head had that liverwurst problem a year or so ago where some people got sick.

Their solution was to close the plant and stop selling liverwurst.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

64 No Feast of the Seven Fishes for anyone?

I'll do my version shortly. Baccala, calamari, clam chowder, shrimp, pasta with clam sauce, anchovies and lots of wine. One of the old ladies down the street will stop over and bring whatever strikes her fancy. She claims that long ago she was some mobbed up guys' goomah.

I believe her.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (cYBz/)

65 54 We get Boars Head deli stuff here, ain't died yet
Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:27 PM (Ia/+0)


Not surprising. Their body count was only 10.

https://tinyurl.com/4vcv8s7s

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (8DR9B)

66 I like Big Buns and I cannot lie.

Posted by: Sir Eats-A-Lot at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (/t0DF)

67 Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 04:26 PM (eXHt3)

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (xG1o0)

68 "ageing" scotch by re-using the top shelf bottles as decanters for the bottom shelf rotgut used to be a thing.

It is not something you do for your good friend, unless you want to find that the bottle of Calvados he sets aside for you in the back of the cabinet is actually popskull apple brandy

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 04:32 PM (rbvCR)

69 Thinking about a taco-burrito bar. Something casual that can be returned to for noshing at will. Need to run that by my kids and nephew and see if they're in favor.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 21, 2025 04:16 PM (h7ZuX)
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I had friends who celebrated with Taco Christmas! It was Jammies All Day too. Very laid back.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 21, 2025 04:32 PM (kpS4V)

70 Sharon, nice! Enjoy your tropical Christmas!

I'm not familiar with Dutch holiday food fare.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 21, 2025 04:32 PM (h7ZuX)

71 While we are having hot dogs tonight, I do have a roast beast defrosting in the fridge. Told the spouse I'm gonna break this one down into steaks, then strips for fajitas and stir fry (and the ribs for beef bone broth) b/c it's been a while since we've had anything like true steak, so I'm gonna cut some of those out, and then chop/prep the rest for fast dinners.

Caramelized onions and red wine jus with mashed potatoes...it's like holiday dinner not on the holiday - it will probably be our Tuesday dinner...although maybe Wednesday if the defrost takes forever...it is almost 10lbs of beef rib roast...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:33 PM (tOcjL)

72 That wasn't a typo, was it? So PA/OH!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

HA! And the pretty lady wins a kewpie doll!! LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:33 PM (cYBz/)

73 Do the Dutch have a gustatory tradition for Christmas?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 04:30 PM (t/2Uw)

Bitteballen and beer!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 04:34 PM (xG1o0)

74 I made pot pie yesterday for dinner.
Chopped up turkey, gravy made from some frozen broth from a corned beef, sauteed onions and carrots.
I will add dried mushrooms and more spices next time, but the crust turned out very well since I used lower gluten white wheat flour.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 04:34 PM (rbvCR)

75 Also, that study should have said, "GOOD cheese and cream aids in preventing dementia." Anything made with "low fat" milk (and substituting oil- bleach!) is missing the whole point of the milk. Whether it's making cream cheese, yogurt, butter, or regular cheese, the POINT is the milk fats. (Do NOT get me started on "low-fat buttermilk"!)

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 04:35 PM (Esy/h)

76 My contribution to Christmas dinner is saffron/ chicken liver risotto and the wine

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 04:35 PM (sDNVV)

77 Yesterday was tamale day in my Hispanic wife's family. Last week we ordered 35 lbs of masa to be picked up yesterday morning. Then earlier this week we went to the local Northgate market and bought three types of dried chilis. We spent Thursday evening de-seeding the chilis and soaking them overnight and Friday evening cooking and pureeing them in a blender to make the sauce. Wife's sister spent Thursday and Friday shredding a bunch of pre-cooked pork for the filling.

Saturday was an all-day affair with extended family 90+ y.o. parents and aunts, cousins, siblings and offsprings assembling the entire mess together and cooking the finished tamales.

We left our house at 8:30 AM and didn't get back home until almost 3 this morning. Our older son flew out from the east coast to participate. It was a long, but fun day and a good chance to interact with the nieces and nephews and in some cases their offspring (great-nieces?).

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 21, 2025 04:35 PM (QGaXH)

78 (Do NOT get me started on "low-fat buttermilk"!)

Care to weigh in on fat-free "cheese"?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 04:36 PM (8DR9B)

79 60 Nova Local, we are a family rich with CrockPots. No problemo.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 21, 2025 04:29 PM (h7ZuX)

Then yeah, I'd do the crockpot thing for all the hot stuff and make something fun. Since it's not the day, folks may appreciate the fun meal. I'd do something with beef just b/c it will still be special after this year with beef prices...

Any of my ideas worked with beef. You can tell I have a holiday theme this year. I know someone mentioned the 7 fishes, but this year - nah, it's not special enough...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:36 PM (tOcjL)

80 Nah - depends on the product and the price. I rule out no products I can eat with my allergies if it delivers on quality, contents, and price.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:18 PM (tOcjL)

Well, I have the luxury of not having food allergies. I DESPISE virtue signaling. And to me, that stupid logo is cheap virtue signaling.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 04:37 PM (4786I)

81 ...noshing...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 21, 2025 04:16 PM (h7ZuX)

I love that sort of thing, although I usually overeat!

Keep us posted on the final menu!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 04:37 PM (xG1o0)

82 61 Good afternoon all
I thought the tradition for Jewish people was to go out for Chinese food on Christmas. Not that I'd ever do that. Now I usually get to celebrate both holidays but will be some placewhere it is 82 degrees year round on Christmas and I can't wait to get there. Don't know where we will be eating on Christmas. Hmmm. It is a Dutch island. Do the Dutch have a gustatory tradition for Christmas?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 04:30 PM (t/2Uw)

Nah, it's a tradition for Christmas Story fans, too...ask me how I know...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:37 PM (tOcjL)

83 Love Sloppy Joe's. My go to recipe:

1 pound lean ground beef
¼ cup chopped onion
¼ cup chopped green bell pepper
¾ cup ketchup, or to taste
1 tablespoon brown sugar, or to taste
1 teaspoon yellow mustard, or to taste
½ teaspoon garlic powder
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 21, 2025 04:38 PM (bQ4nt)

84 Happy Hanukkah!

Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 04:38 PM (EbHVJ)

85 4 I'm debating whether or not I should bake a cake...
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 04:04 PM (4786I)

I vote "yes."

Posted by: m at December 21, 2025 04:38 PM (RuTUS)

86 I just had a delicious Reuben with Mrs. Red and a lovely couple whose last name rhymes with Fildo!
Posted by: RI Red at December 21, 2025 04:26 PM (eXHt3)

We were discussing Genesis this morning, and got to the part about Reuben's ... nastiness. He lost his rightful place because of it. Teacher said "All he got was a sandwich."

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 04:38 PM (Esy/h)

87 53 Or you could make Sloppy Joes.

Question: At what point in the process do you put on the cheese?
Posted by: Chuck Schumer at December 21, 2025 04:27 PM (8DR9B

As you are a Communist, of course you would suggest putting cheese on sloppy joes.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 04:39 PM (4786I)

88 We're baking a huge smoked and honey baked spiral cut ham for Christmas. Walmart Purple foil wrapped is best ham.

Honey Baked Ham Store is overpriced and is not as good IMHO.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 21, 2025 04:39 PM (abIsI)

89 My wife just finished making two batches of fudge for Christmas gifts.

Posted by: High tech at December 21, 2025 04:41 PM (37cEZ)

90 I no longer have any desire to eat burgers that are too big for my jaws and drip down to my elbow.

I'm leaning more toward dinner roll size sliders or the classic deluxe cheeseburger. Fresh is always better than big, sloppy and the heat lamp.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 04:42 PM (nljXp)

91 My wife just finished making two batches of fudge for Christmas gifts.
Posted by: High tech

Is she giving you anything else, or is that it?

Posted by: MkY at December 21, 2025 04:42 PM (q6tQZ)

92 As you are a Communist, of course you would suggest putting cheese on sloppy joes.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 04:39 PM (4786I)

Somebody must do it, because that looks like a nice slice of cheddar on that sloppy joe at the top.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 04:42 PM (6ydKt)

93 Cheese on a Sloppy Joe has to be a Communist plot

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:44 PM (Ia/+0)

94 92 As you are a Communist, of course you would suggest putting cheese on sloppy joes.
Posted by: Cow Demon
Cheese? Really?
Sounds more like some pagan ritual activity.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 21, 2025 04:45 PM (abIsI)

95 87 53 Or you could make Sloppy Joes.

Question: At what point in the process do you put on the cheese?
Posted by: Chuck Schumer at December 21, 2025 04:27 PM (8DR9B

As you are a Communist, of course you would suggest putting cheese on sloppy joes.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 04:39 PM (4786I)

I put fried onions on a sloppy joe...gives it crunch and extra onionyness...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:45 PM (tOcjL)

96 Boar's Head squid is much more flavorful than the Boar's Head octopus.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 04:45 PM (nljXp)

97 We’re smoking a 16 pound prime rib for Xmas. Normally $18 a pound. On sale for $12. That’s sirloin pricing. So while beef is generally expensive now, there are excellent deals to be had out there.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:46 PM (FL09G)

98 So while beef is generally expensive now, there are excellent deals to be had out there.

See us.

Posted by: Boars Head at December 21, 2025 04:48 PM (8DR9B)

99 I always liked sloppy joes except for the small problem of all the meat falling out of it by the end and you’re left with a quarter of a bun stained red and as soggy as a sponge.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 04:48 PM (6ydKt)

100 92 As you are a Communist, of course you would suggest putting cheese on sloppy joes.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 04:39 PM (4786I)

Somebody must do it, because that looks like a nice slice of cheddar on that sloppy joe at the top.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 04:42 PM (6ydKt)

It sure does!

Posted by: m at December 21, 2025 04:48 PM (RuTUS)

101 No Feast of the Seven Fishes for anyone?

I'll do my version shortly. Baccala, calamari, clam chowder, shrimp, pasta with clam sauce, anchovies and lots of wine. One of the old ladies down the street will stop over and bring whatever strikes her fancy. She claims that long ago she was some mobbed up guys' goomah.

I believe her.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (cYBz/)

So far I have five of seven on the menu. Anchovies canapes, mussels marinara, some kind of shrimp, angel hair pasta and blue crab, calamari...maybe fry some catfish and do some lox for breakfast....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 04:49 PM (nbLIj)

102 I miss the little neighborhood meat emporium near my digs in MD. Their ground brisket and bacon was to die for.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 21, 2025 04:49 PM (kpS4V)

103 Sloppy Joes are revolting. Sorry. The meat can be very flavorful and worth eating, but the bun-based delivery system destroys texture as is soft over soft, and guarantees a sloppy mess. Stick with a burger or, if you want sloppy beef, scoop it up with a taco shell.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:50 PM (FL09G)

104 65 54 We get Boars Head deli stuff here, ain't died yet
Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:27 PM (Ia/+0)


Not surprising. Their body count was only 10.

https://tinyurl.com/4vcv8s7s
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (8DR9B)

Yikes.
The outbreak, which occurred between May and November 2024, resulted in 61 illnesses and 10 deaths across 19 states....

Posted by: m at December 21, 2025 04:50 PM (RuTUS)

105 I no longer have any desire to eat burgers that are too big for my jaws and drip down to my elbow.

I'm leaning more toward dinner roll size sliders or the classic deluxe cheeseburger. Fresh is always better than big, sloppy and the heat lamp.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
--------------

I switched to Pepperidge Farms slider buns. Perfect size.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 21, 2025 04:50 PM (bQ4nt)

106 I am making my most favorite dinners between now and New Year's Day. Some are more involved than others, but nothing ridiculous.

Garlic Rosemary Pork loin (Today, it was wonderful) with brown rice and asparagus (which was on sale)

Deconstructed Cabbage rolls. I chop the cabbage, cook it, and place it on the bottom of a casserole dish. The meat rice mixture is shaped to fit exactly on top. Then the sauce goes on top of that. Tastes like cabbage rolls without the fuss.

Rib roast

Jambalaya

Festive pork loin (Look it up in Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook.)



Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 04:52 PM (W7XSX)

107 103 Sloppy Joes are revolting. Sorry. The meat can be very flavorful and worth eating, but the bun-based delivery system destroys texture as is soft over soft, and guarantees a sloppy mess. Stick with a burger or, if you want sloppy beef, scoop it up with a taco shell.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:50 PM (FL09G)

Use a different bun and toast it? And then add my fried onions? Be happier!

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:54 PM (tOcjL)

108 Boar's Head squid is much more flavorful than the Boar's Head octopus.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 04:45 PM (nljXp)

I'm a sucker for good squid tentacle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 04:54 PM (8DR9B)

109 >>> I always liked sloppy joes except for the small problem of all the meat falling out of it by the end and you’re left with a quarter of a bun stained red and as soggy as a sponge.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

>I find my experience to be more enjoyable if I wrap my burgers in wax paper, like a burger joint, and that way I can eat it with one hand without the mess.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 04:54 PM (nljXp)

110 97 We’re smoking a 16 pound prime rib for Xmas. Normally $18 a pound. On sale for $12. That’s sirloin pricing. So while beef is generally expensive now, there are excellent deals to be had out there.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:46 PM (FL09G)

Oh yes, indeedy! 4-5 pound prime rib is on the Christmas menu here. I like Chef John's method. Local Amish market is getting 12.99/lb. Their beef never disappoints...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 04:55 PM (nbLIj)

111 64 No Feast of the Seven Fishes for anyone?

I'll do my version shortly. Baccala, calamari, clam chowder, shrimp, pasta with clam sauce, anchovies and lots of wine. One of the old ladies down the street will stop over and bring whatever strikes her fancy. She claims that long ago she was some mobbed up guys' goomah.

I believe her.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (cYBz/)
——

My grandfather from Italy did the F7F every Xmas. I cooked it once for my mom (his daughter) but theres’ only 2 or 3 fish/seafood she’ll eat, so … it was a one-and-done.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:55 PM (FL09G)

112 Sloppy Joes are revolting. Sorry. The meat can be very flavorful and worth eating, but the bun-based delivery system destroys texture as is soft over soft, and guarantees a sloppy mess. Stick with a burger or, if you want sloppy beef, scoop it up with a taco shell.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:50 PM (FL09G)

Use a different bun and toast it? And then add my fried onions? Be happier!
Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:54 PM


The Miracle Whip will protect the bun.


*shifty eyes*

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 21, 2025 04:55 PM (jc0TO)

113 The Miracle Whip will protect the bun.

So will FlexSeal, and it tastes better.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 04:56 PM (8DR9B)

114 Made a killer cookie this week - chocolate espresso - used instant espresso in the mostly sugar-cookie like base and then chopped in both Trader Joe's dark chocolate coffee bars and Aldi's sea salt dark chocolate bars. These were dangerously good (and made dairy and nut free, although they don't have to be- dairy sub was just the fat, and the nuts didn't exist)...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:56 PM (tOcjL)

115 I've made 8 batches of microwave peanut brittle so far.
Easy peasy

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at December 21, 2025 04:56 PM (iZHkp)

116 Our local grocer dropped Boars Head and switched to Dietz and Watson deli meats.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 21, 2025 04:56 PM (bQ4nt)

117 Three minutes to box fudge brownies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 21, 2025 04:56 PM (jc0TO)

118 I like my brownies gooey, like a lava cake in the center.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 21, 2025 04:57 PM (jc0TO)

119 Giant has these Kobe beef sliders. At least they call them Kobe. But they are just the right size for me. Finding the perfect roll though is difficult. I like brioche but most of the time they are too fat. Too much bun. Potato rolls aren't bad. Would never eat what's called hamburger rolls.
Favorite toppings: avocado, carmelized onions, Tomato okay but never ever lettuce.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 04:57 PM (t/2Uw)

120 We’re smoking a 16 pound prime rib for Xmas. Normally $18 a pound. On sale for $12. That’s sirloin pricing. So while beef is generally expensive now, there are excellent deals to be had out there.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:46 PM (FL09G)

Oh yes, indeedy! 4-5 pound prime rib is on the Christmas menu here. I like Chef John's method. Local Amish market is getting 12.99/lb. Their beef never disappoints...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 04:55 PM (nbLIj)
——

[fistbump] [not the gay homo bump, but the manly AoS bump]

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:57 PM (FL09G)

121 >> No Feast of the Seven Fishes for anyone?

Around here, they would shoot you, drag your body through the streets and hang what’s left on a telephone pole if you didn’t have Seven Fishes. Shrimp (done several ways), spaghetti and clam sauce, calamari, scungilli, lobster, crab and anchovies (because a lot of Neanderthals don’t like baccala).

Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2025 04:58 PM (jBtak)

122 So, we did 4 cookies for advent - gingerbread drop, double chocolate chip, chocolate espresso, and pumpkin drop.

Have also made about 4 types of savory Chex mix and 4 types of Muddy Buddies.

Kid has left me 6 egg whites from the egg nog, so we're debating meringue cookies or macaroon cookies for cookie #5 (I want the latter, she wants the former)...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:58 PM (tOcjL)

123 119 Giant has these Kobe beef sliders. At least they call them Kobe. But they are just the right size for me. Finding the perfect roll though is difficult. I like brioche but most of the time they are too fat. Too much bun. Potato rolls aren't bad. Would never eat what's called hamburger rolls.
Favorite toppings: avocado, carmelized onions, Tomato okay but never ever lettuce.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 04:57 PM (t/2Uw)
——

I too don’t like too much roll. I hollow out the rolls or go with pita bread. Remember that?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:59 PM (FL09G)

124 So CBD what are you making for NYE instead of cassoulet?

I've got Xmas Eve and another dinner the coming week for friends, pondering the menu. Probably from-scratch chicken pot pies for the second one.

Right now it's gorgeous sunny low 70s but by Wed. we're suppose to actually have weather - rain. So some hearty holiday dishes will "feel" right.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 04:59 PM (U/Byj)

125 Just made some beautiful roasted beets.

Risotto is next.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:01 PM (Wnv9h)

126 Wife and daughter made meringue cookies this past week. Took me awhile to figure out what the texture reminded me of... airy like a cheetoh.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 21, 2025 05:02 PM (bQ4nt)

127 My father owned a bakery while I was growing up and bulky rolls were by far the best. But the premade rolls at the supermarket are not the same. Anyone try those little Hawaiian slide rolls?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 05:02 PM (t/2Uw)

128 Is US grown garlic more better than ferrin-grown?

Posted by: LASue at December 21, 2025 05:02 PM (YDB6U)

129 125 Just made some beautiful roasted beets.

Risotto is next.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:01 PM (Wnv9h)

Putting the two together for princess risotto or keeping separate?

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 05:02 PM (tOcjL)

130 My father owned a bakery while I was growing up and bulky rolls were by far the best. But the premade rolls at the supermarket are not the same. Anyone try those little Hawaiian slide rolls?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 05:02 PM (t/2Uw)


What a dream! Did you get to work there?

Posted by: LASue at December 21, 2025 05:03 PM (YDB6U)

131 So, I was getting a giant TV installed and the lovely and fashionable Mrs naturalfake and our future DiL decided to go get holiday nails done, and on their way back stopped by Buc-Ees

And got some humongous BBQ Triple Meat sandwiches so now we are going to have a delicious early evening dinner with brewskis.

They also got some fun photos with the Buc-ee's mascot and sparkly fashionable nails.

Mission accomplished for the ladies.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 21, 2025 05:03 PM (iJfKG)

132 So CBD what are you making for NYE instead of cassoulet?

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 04:59 PM (U/Byj)

Shrimp with Ceci Beans and Serrano chiles
Herb-crusted tenderloin roast
Roasted carrots
Salad
Flourless chocolate cake
Chocolate chip cookies with ice cream

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 05:04 PM (xG1o0)

133 Glazed nuts in general are wonderful!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 04:25 PM (xG1o0)

*watches ball comes flying lazily towards the plate*

*checks watch*

*reads War and Peace*

*checks on ball, still flying*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 05:06 PM (zZu0s)

134 61 Good afternoon all
I thought the tradition for Jewish people was to go out for Chinese food on Christmas. Not that I'd ever do that. Now I usually get to celebrate both holidays but will be some placewhere it is 82 degrees year round on Christmas and I can't wait to get there. Don't know where we will be eating on Christmas. Hmmm. It is a Dutch island. Do the Dutch have a gustatory tradition for Christmas?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 04:30 PM (t/2Uw)

Well, in my youth I dated many handsome Jewish young men and yes, from my (LA-based) experience, Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas and then go the the movies.

Posted by: LASue at December 21, 2025 05:06 PM (YDB6U)

135 We also occasionally made some orata alla Barese for some of the people from Puglia. But the way they make it, often with the head of the sea bream, was a little too much for the wimpy people.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2025 05:06 PM (jBtak)

136
104 65 54 We get Boars Head deli stuff here, ain't died yet
Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:27 PM (Ia/+0)


Not surprising. Their body count was only 10.

https://tinyurl.com/4vcv8s7s
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (8DR9B)

Yikes.
The outbreak, which occurred between May and November 2024, resulted in 61 illnesses and 10 deaths across 19 states....
Posted by: m at December 21, 2025 04:50 PM

-------

Decomposing meat in uncleaned machinery.. Illegal immigrant employees who don't believe in germs because they can't see them. Suspicious looking cavities in some meat products that tested positive for STDs. Management reported record profits that year, attributing it to cutting expenses.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 21, 2025 05:06 PM (AWhz/)

137 Posted by: LASue at December 21, 2025 05:02 PM (YDB6U)

Yes, I think so. And US garlic isn't grown in a stew of heavy metals and sewage, like the cheap Chinese stuff that is imported.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 05:06 PM (xG1o0)

138 The key lime cheesecake bar ingredients are waiting.

Posted by: DaveA at December 21, 2025 05:07 PM (FhXTo)

139 103 Sloppy Joes are revolting. Sorry. The meat can be very flavorful and worth eating, but the bun-based delivery system destroys texture as is soft over soft, and guarantees a sloppy mess. Stick with a burger or, if you want sloppy beef, scoop it up with a taco shell.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:50 PM (FL09G)

Use a different bun and toast it? And then add my fried onions? Be happier!

Sloppy Joe is my go-to when I have to use up some ground beef and weather/time considerations eliminate the burger option. Lots of onion, and either bbq or tomato sauce. Never thought to add cheese, but given how deep I am into my Old Fashion, I'll allow it...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 04:54 PM

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 05:07 PM (nbLIj)

140 126 Wife and daughter made meringue cookies this past week. Took me awhile to figure out what the texture reminded me of... airy like a cheetoh.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 21, 2025 05:02 PM (bQ4nt)

That is when they are the best...but they are almost health food, and macaroons feel more substantial (and I'm a sucker for coconut)...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 05:07 PM (tOcjL)

141 Anyone try those little Hawaiian slide rolls?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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One Christmas brunch I tore them apart and put in bread pan, poured French Toast egg wash over them and baked it. It was well received.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 21, 2025 05:09 PM (bQ4nt)

142 Putting the two together for princess risotto or keeping separate?
Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 05:02 PM

Nope. Separate. Risotto is going with seared scallops.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:09 PM (Wnv9h)

143 Of course I worked in the bakery. My grandfather started the first one and my father took it over and an uncle and aunt also did. The bakery had these wonderful brick ovens and on holidays when we were all on call so to speak to put up orders, my grandmother would make a Turkey or a couple of roast chickens and we would all stop around 11 am(would start at 6 am) and grab a warm roll just out of the over for a sandwich.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 05:09 PM (t/2Uw)

144 Suspicious looking cavities in some meat products that tested positive for STDs. Management reported record profits that year, attributing it to cutting expenses.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 21, 2025 05:06 PM (AWhz/)

WTAF....I already had pretty much eliminated deli meats, because additives, but I never even suspected that kind of additive.

*retch

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 21, 2025 05:10 PM (h7ZuX)

145 *watches ball comes flying lazily towards the plate*

*checks watch*

*reads War and Peace*

*checks on ball, still flying*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 05:06 PM

I believe Mayor Pete had something to say upthread.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:11 PM (Wnv9h)

146 One thing we don't lack around here is Portuguese food. Whole lotta local chorizo makers.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2025 05:12 PM (viF8m)

147 Suspicious looking cavities in some meat products that tested positive for STDs. Management reported record profits that year, attributing it to cutting expenses.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 21, 2025 05:06 PM (AWhz/)

I worked in food quality for 15 years. You do not want to know.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 05:12 PM (zZu0s)

148 Ham & bean soup & honey cornbread are ready!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2025 05:12 PM (dAOkg)

149 Yes, I think so. And US garlic isn't grown in a stew of heavy metals and sewage, like the cheap Chinese stuff that is imported.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 05:06 PM (xG1o0)

Just remember that the use of human manure is SOP in much of Asia. (From the PRC I would think heavy metals just might be the LEAST of your worries especially considering the legacies of the recent past.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 05:13 PM (4786I)

150 La Sirene on upper west side has some seriously good cassoulet. In fact, it has seriously good everything. And while it ain’t cheap, their food is on par with — and even better than — most of the more famous places charging 4x the price. Definitely recommended.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 05:14 PM (FL09G)

151 I've been dealing with the price of beef by buying mostly ground and/or checking out the discounted packs at the local grocers. Also, chuck roast is often a good value, in addition to being one of my favorite cuts for roasting. Someday I will again splurge on steak or a fancier cut to roast or grill. God hasn't stopped making cows, so I expect that the shortage will ease.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 21, 2025 05:15 PM (FMtrg)

152 139 103 Sloppy Joes are revolting. Sorry. The meat can be very flavorful and worth eating, but the bun-based delivery system destroys texture as is soft over soft, and guarantees a sloppy mess. Stick with a burger or, if you want sloppy beef, scoop it up with a taco shell.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 04:50 PM (FL09G)

The cure is J-I-T prep. Add the sloppy joe filling to your buns right before consumption.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 05:15 PM (4786I)

153 Western Beef in the Bronx has good chorizo in large parry because most of its clientele is Hispanic.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 05:16 PM (FL09G)

154 We’re smoking a 16 pound prime rib for Xmas. Normally $18 a pound. On sale for $12. That’s sirloin pricing. So while beef is generally expensive now, there are excellent deals to be had out there.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

$10 a pound at Publix.
Picked a smallish but well marbeled one to cut into Ribeyes.
Ribs themselves become... ribs, or soup.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 05:17 PM (/lPRQ)

155 now that my FIL is gone (and much missed), this will be the first year in about 30 that I don't have to do flask-och kalvsylta for Christmas Eve.
Baking more cookies tonight, Christmas cakes tomorrow, and some peppermint bark the next day.
Christmas will be nice and simple, with a ham, cornbread, and colcannon.

Posted by: barbarausa at December 21, 2025 05:18 PM (enw9G)

156
Somebody must do it, because that looks like a nice slice of cheddar on that sloppy joe at the top.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 04:42 PM (6ydKt)

It sure does!
Posted by: m at December 21, 2025 04:48 PM (RuTUS)

Horrifying.

But then, unpopular opinion, cheeseburgers to me are revolting. Though I modified this slightly about 20 years ago: if you MUST add cheese to my burger, make it Swiss. Cheddar is just too sharp for that.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 05:18 PM (4786I)

157 One thing we don't lack around here is Portuguese food. Whole lotta local chorizo makers.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2025 05:12 PM

Portugalia in Fall River. A most cromulent store.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:18 PM (Wnv9h)

158 >>Portugalia in Fall River. A most cromulent store.

Local boat company we used to do business with had a foreman from Fall River. During the summer months he would set up a picnic/bbq lunch that included a bunch of breads and meats from his mother and grandmother, both incredible.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2025 05:22 PM (viF8m)

159 La Sirene on upper west side has some seriously good cassoulet.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 05:14 PM (FL09G)

I used to take my mom there. I recall it is a solid place.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 05:23 PM (xG1o0)

160 Around here, they would shoot you, drag your body through the streets and hang what’s left on a telephone pole if you didn’t have Seven Fishes. Shrimp (done several ways), spaghetti and clam sauce, calamari, scungilli, lobster, crab and anchovies (because a lot of Neanderthals don’t like baccala).
Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2025 04:58 PM

Scungilli! I remember the first one I pulled out of Barnaget Bay. Dad was getting on me about my clam count (he'd consistently pull a dozen to my 4 or 5. When I brought that bad boy to the boat, he stopped bitching. Mom made a sauce and we ate very well that day...

Baccala is also on for the 7 fishes. I make the cold salad. The stew is an acquired taste and is usually made from salt cod steaks. Hard to find, and it smells like death. Very good, though...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 05:26 PM (nbLIj)

161 151 I've been dealing with the price of beef by buying mostly ground and/or checking out the discounted packs at the local grocers.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 21, 2025 05:15 PM (FMtrg)

Me, too - I've bought every week of Safeway's $6.99 lb beef roast with $25 purchase this month - have another in my freezer and want to buy one this week, thus why one is defrosting for meals this week. I finally have the time to deal with it the way I want...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 05:26 PM (tOcjL)

162 I saw something odd in my local grocery store; Chuck Wagon Bacon; Ends and Pieces. I assume it's a jumble of bacon-scraps that aren't clean and neat enough to go into the usual packaging....I'm going to try to fry some up over the Holidays. We'll see how it turns out...

Posted by: Castle Guy at December 21, 2025 05:27 PM (Lhaco)

163 Local boat company we used to do business with had a foreman from Fall River. During the summer months he would set up a picnic/bbq lunch that included a bunch of breads and meats from his mother and grandmother, both incredible.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2025 05:22 PM

The Dad grew up in Faw Reeve. He knew where to get the best chourice. Loved that stuff growing up.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:28 PM (Wnv9h)

164 I've been dealing with the price of beef by buying mostly ground and/or checking out the discounted packs at the local grocers. Also, chuck roast is often a good value, in addition to being one of my favorite cuts for roasting. Someday I will again splurge on steak or a fancier cut to roast or grill. God hasn't stopped making cows, so I expect that the shortage will ease.
Posted by: Emmie


Guga Foods on YouTube. The guy isn't a "trained chef", but he cooks. He sliced an eye round into filet mignon sized steaks and took a pineapple, blended the whole thing and let it cover the cuts.

The steaks came out tender as all get out. He fooled his nephew for a minute. Sam's has eye of round for $5.98 lb. I think I'm going to try that. Save about $11 lb.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2025 05:29 PM (dAOkg)

165 Baked bacon is the best bacon.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 21, 2025 05:29 PM (2Ez/1)

166 I've used the bacon ends and pieces before, because I'm a big colcannon person, and that is an easy way to get a lot of flavor/smoked meat into it without a huge outlay.
Bit of a mess to cook sometimes, but perfectly good!
(wish the store had it more often)

Posted by: barbarausa at December 21, 2025 05:30 PM (enw9G)

167 LaSue, that's exactly right! My sisters kept the tradition but I married a Catholic so we did Hannukah and Christmas.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 05:31 PM (t/2Uw)

168 I saw something odd in my local grocery store; Chuck Wagon Bacon; Ends and Pieces. I assume it's a jumble of bacon-scraps that aren't clean and neat enough to go into the usual packaging....I'm going to try to fry some up over the Holidays. We'll see how it turns out...
Posted by: Castle Guy


That's exactly what it is. Great for going in cooking. You will wind up with a lot more fat than normal.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2025 05:32 PM (dAOkg)

169 >>>I saw something odd in my local grocery store; Chuck Wagon Bacon; Ends and Pieces. I assume it's a jumble of bacon-scraps that aren't clean and neat enough to go into the usual packaging....I'm going to try to fry some up over the Holidays. We'll see how it turns out...

Posted by: Castle Guy

>I got a couple of packages of that when I picked up my half a pig. Pretty good stuff. That doesn't mean they didn't pick that stuff up off of the cutting room floor. Good for mixing in with other dishes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 05:35 PM (nljXp)

170 Good afternoon all
I thought the tradition for Jewish people was to go out for Chinese food on Christmas. Not that I'd ever do that. Now I usually get to celebrate both holidays but will be some placewhere it is 82 degrees year round on Christmas and I can't wait to get there. Don't know where we will be eating on Christmas. Hmmm. It is a Dutch island. Do the Dutch have a gustatory tradition for Christmas?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 21, 2025 04:30 PM (t/2Uw)

Well, in my youth I dated many handsome Jewish young men and yes, from my (LA-based) experience, Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas and then go the the movies.
Posted by: LASue at December 21, 2025 05:06 PM (YDB6U)
——

The “Jews eat Chinese food on Xmas” is a real thing. Old NYC tradition from back when literally every restaurant in NYC was closed on Xmas … except Chinese. That’s not true anymore, but it was tradition and Jews do like tradition. So to this day, many Jewish families have Chinese on Xmas.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 21, 2025 05:36 PM (FL09G)

171 146 ... "One thing we don't lack around here is Portuguese food."

Fall River used to have several small delis for different groups. My grandparents went there weekly to get the fresh pita bread, and similar, hummus, pickled veggies, and other Lebanese stuff they didn't have time to make themselves.

I believe Jesus Savior church on Broadway still makes melassadas just before Lent begins. It was a couple of blocks from our house and I walked there in snow more than once to get a bagful for everyone's breakfast that morning.

Posted by: JTB at December 21, 2025 05:37 PM (yTvNw)

172 Sibs and son and I do finger foods and goodies on Christmas. I am making ham and Swiss sliders on the Hawaiian rolls, which they've loved before. But this time I'm marinating a pork loin, cooking it like pulled pork, and adding it to the sliders with thin dill pickle slices, to make them Cuban. We'll see how they turn out.

Posted by: skywch at December 21, 2025 05:37 PM (uqhmb)

173 I have an order in for a three- to four-bone rib roast to be picked up on the 23rd. The butcher shop happens to be the oldest continuously operating business (est. 1910, still in the family) in my city, and their products are always of superb quality.
It'll probably be just my daughter and grandson for Christmas dinner, as my SIL works nights and the holidays are especially busy so he'll most likely be asleep at dinner time, but we'll pack some up to send back home to him.

Posted by: Fritz at December 21, 2025 05:38 PM (sOqi6)

174 There is no such thing as low fat cheese, butter or cream. The fat is the point.

Posted by: Accomack at December 21, 2025 05:41 PM (Dpv2s)

175 cuban sliders sound delicious

Posted by: barbarausa at December 21, 2025 05:41 PM (enw9G)

176 I am dealing with high beef prices by pulling vacuum sealed packages out of my freezer. Last year I found a local market that cut their own beef and was consistently about 25% less than the chain stores. Once a week I'd bring home extra beef, vacuum seal it, and promptly forget about it in the freezer.

I lack freezer discipline, stuff is just piled in there, so I'm constantly getting surprised by what I dig out.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 05:43 PM (GjEvj)

177 Lemme take a moment to praise AOS sponsor King Harve. I ordered a pound of Kona to surprise roommate Brent, who has waxed poetic about that variety. After a week, I enquired as to the shipment. Turns out UPS lost it. David at King Harve assured me another shipment was going out, and damned if it didn't arrive yesterday. Brent's gonna go nuts when I lay that on him this Christmas. Very impressed with their customer service...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 05:44 PM (nbLIj)

178 You people made me hungry, like this thread usually does.

So I had to cook up some chicken fajitas and now I'm just about to polish off the last few bites.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 05:44 PM (6ydKt)

179 cuban sliders sound delicious

Posted by: barbarausa at December 21, 2025 05:41 PM (enw9G)

They do!

I'll bet they would be great pressed like a classic cubano!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 05:44 PM (xG1o0)

180 A couple of weeks ago I asked for opinions about Drambuie. Decided to try a small bottle. I like the taste but it is just too sweet for me. But cut with a little water the flavor remains and the sweetness is reduced. Nice sipping.

While I drink coffee black no sugar, I use a sweetener in tea, usually honey. Turns out a spoonful of Drambuie in place of the honey works and adds another layer of flavor. I'm sure tea purists would be appalled but I don't drink with them anyway.

Posted by: JTB at December 21, 2025 05:45 PM (yTvNw)

181 Forgot to mention...3.5 quarts of kimchee fermenting away happily on my counter. Life is good.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:45 PM (Wnv9h)

182 But then, unpopular opinion, cheeseburgers to me are revolting. Though I modified this slightly about 20 years ago: if you MUST add cheese to my burger, make it Swiss. Cheddar is just too sharp for that.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 21, 2025 05:18 PM (4786I)

Mushroom and Swiss is a good burger.

I'm not that picky when it comes to cheese on sandwiches.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 05:47 PM (6ydKt)

183 You people with the cheese.
Who told you to put the cheese on?
It never ends.

Posted by: Jackie Chiles at December 21, 2025 05:47 PM (2Ez/1)

184 After much trial and error, my sloppy joe recipe:

Saute 1 1/2 lb 80/20 ground beef until no longer pink. Pour off the fat. Add small amount of canola oil. Chop 1/2 medium onion, 1/2 green pepper, and 3-4 cloves of garlic in food processor. Add to meat in skillet. Continue to cook under low heat until vegs are soft. Add seasoning: basil, oregano, celery seed, and thyme to taste. Add BBQ sauce, ketchup, and worcestershire sauce in proportions to taste and consistency. Stir and continue to cook until warmed through. Serve on open burger buns.

Posted by: clams on the half shell and roller skates, roller skates at December 21, 2025 05:48 PM (kvDvI)

185 181 Forgot to mention...3.5 quarts of kimchee fermenting away happily on my counter. Life is good.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:45 PM (Wnv9h)

I thought you were supposed to bury kimchi in the backyard for a few months before eating it?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 05:49 PM (6ydKt)

186 : JTB at December 21, 2025 05:45 PM

My folks kept Drambuie in their bar. Made a Rusty Nail with it. Never was there a more apt name for a drink. They loved it. Sometimes I wondered about them.....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 05:49 PM (nbLIj)

187 Blue cheese crumbles on hamburger seems to be a thing these days, too.

I've enjoyed the few I've tried that way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 05:50 PM (6ydKt)

188 Have any of you done a salt encrusted prime rib?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 05:50 PM (sDNVV)

189 Feta is betta.

Posted by: Crumbles at December 21, 2025 05:51 PM (2Ez/1)

190 Burgers with gorgazola and basil.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 05:52 PM (sDNVV)

191 Cooked an eye of round yesterday.

Underrated cut, when done right. Up there with prime rib I've had in flavor.
Lean meat, cooked to mid rare, was aiming for rare to mid but this was my first try.
Salt, pepper, garlic and oil, in bag over night.
Bring to room temp.
450 for 15 minutes.
325 for 45 to hour; center to 125. (145 on mine, this time)
Rest for at least 20.

Cutting it in thin slices for a roast beef sandwich tomorrow.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 21, 2025 05:53 PM (5ekxb)

192 RMBS, thank you I think! How am ever going to find enough pheasants to try all those amazing recipes?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 05:55 PM (sDNVV)

193 I thought you were supposed to bury kimchi in the backyard for a few months before eating it?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 05:49 PM

That would be the Oak Island variation.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:55 PM (Wnv9h)

194 I saw something odd in my local grocery store; Chuck Wagon Bacon; Ends and Pieces. I assume it's a jumble of bacon-scraps that aren't clean and neat enough to go into the usual packaging....I'm going to try to fry some up over the Holidays. We'll see how it turns out...
Posted by: Castle Guy at December 21, 2025 05:27 PM (Lhaco

I buy those, and sort them out to "full length" "chunks" and "bits and pieces" in ziplock bags for the freezer. I can decide to grab a bag for breakfast, soups, or fry up for making breakfast potatoes.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 05:55 PM (rbvCR)

195 188 Have any of you done a salt encrusted prime rib?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 05:50 PM (sDNVV)

I did a reverse-sear in the oven last year by watching a French chef on YT - "Chef Jean-Pierre".

He just loads it up with ghee (clarified butter) and Herbs de Provence, and by load it up, I mean a thick crust of it.

It comes out awesome, perfectly medium-rare.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 05:55 PM (6ydKt)

196 Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 05:55 PM

You are very welcome, dear lady. Merry Christmas!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:55 PM (Wnv9h)

197 Bacon ends pieces are the exact same meat as regular bacon slices. Tastes just as good, just irregular size/shaped cuts. They result when the "seam" between one belly and the next goes into the blade of a continuous bacon slicer.

https://youtu.be/wwwtchtTeoE

I sold these slicers in my last job. At 3:00 in the video, you'll see a seam come through for a split second and the result draft is not as clean/pretty. Once it starts on the next belly, it goes back to making pretty drafts.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 21, 2025 05:56 PM (t/66j)

198 That would be the Oak Island variation.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:55 PM (Wnv9h)

Haha...

My mom knew a Korean lady who actually did take her fresh pot of kimchi and bury it in the backyard.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 05:57 PM (6ydKt)

199 38 Yesterday somebody talked about so-called "Danish" cookies in the familiar round blue tin that are actually made in India under very unsanitary conditions (rats!). Check the tin.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 21, 2025 04:22 PM (kpS4V)

Damn! My Christmas afternoon tradition is a tin of Danish cookies, tea and A Christmas Carol (the book).

There was a tin upstairs at the thrift store yesterday and I sampled one or two. I wondered if they were old and a bit stale, but I bet this explains the drop in quality.

I guess it will be Pepperidge Farm, then. But I'll read the package first.

Posted by: sal at December 21, 2025 05:58 PM (f+FmA)

200 Herbs de Provence has become a favorite of mine. The variety I use doesn't overdo the lavender.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 05:58 PM (sDNVV)

201 Have any of you done a salt encrusted prime rib?
Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 05:50 PM

Not a straight salt crust, but I did make a beautiful black pepper and Parm encrusted prime rib. I think it was a Food Wishes recipe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:59 PM (Wnv9h)

202 Forgot to mention...3.5 quarts of kimchee fermenting away happily on my counter. Life is good.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 05:45 PM (Wnv9h)

Did you make it yourself? My wife will buy 2-3 heads of napa cabbage and garlic and make her own. She got done with the last batch which was about 2-1/2 gallons, and said she had about $75 worth of kimchi on the drainboard.

She uses salt, napa, carrots, garlic, gochu(chili) powder, green onion and anchovy powder. Usually. Unless she uses other things instead.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 06:00 PM (rbvCR)

203 Kid is buying me a butter pecan syrup for Christmas. Apparently like apricot pits mimicking almond flavor (love you Disarrano), there is a natural ingredient totally allergen free that mimics butter pecan flavor. I'll believe it when I taste it, but it will be the 1st pecan flavored product I'll have tried in years, so it will be a nice present.

Saving for Dec 26 in case it lied. But it's William Sonoma's and the bottle itself calls out "allergen free" specifically, and I imagine they don't want to be sued to oblivion. So, I will have a special morning coffee that day.

Looking it up, google agrees it exists and a product like it says it's dextrose with natural flavors - that's helpful...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 21, 2025 06:01 PM (tOcjL)

204 Haha...

My mom knew a Korean lady who actually did take her fresh pot of kimchi and bury it in the backyard.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 05:57 PM

I mean, you can, but I use a variation of a recipe given to me by a college roommate's Seoul-raised mother.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 06:01 PM (Wnv9h)

205 >>Blue cheese crumbles on hamburger seems to be a thing these days, too.

>>I've enjoyed the few I've tried that way.

Add bacon.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2025 06:01 PM (viF8m)

206 RMBS, oh my, my drool.meter just pegged out

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:01 PM (sDNVV)

207 I thought you were supposed to bury kimchi in the backyard for a few months before eating it?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 05:49 PM (6ydKt)

During the winter in Korea, it can get down to -20F, and even the salted kimchi will freeze. when they didn't have good insulation burying it was the only way to keep it fermenting and un-frozen.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 06:02 PM (rbvCR)

208 Try mixing the Bleu cheese or gorgonzola in the burger before you cook it.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:02 PM (sDNVV)

209 Blue cheese crumbles.

I feel kind of the same way about that on burgers as I do on steaks... although not quite as hardline/Steak Inquisition on the burger.

Certain things may go on a burger. Good burger. Cheese. Onion. Lettuce. Mayo. Perhaps ketchup and mustard, maybe. That's it for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 06:04 PM (zZu0s)

210 I'm making a big pot roast for dinner. Since the spawn works at HEB, I get 25% off on house brands including meat at Christmas. I'm making Mrs. Pete Bog's potato gratin to go on the side.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:05 PM (VCgbV)

211 lin-duh, the recipe with the jalapeño?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:06 PM (sDNVV)

212 CBD, thanks.

Well that’s hardly mailing it in for a menu.

Prime rib at the sister’s next day, so probably ham or chicken. Used to do a killer coq au vin in a claypot in DC, but don’t have the claypot now.

Long overdue to make my mole poblano, would have noche buena salad with it. But doubt I will be willing to devote most of Tuesday to making it.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 06:06 PM (0/ySy)

213 Hi everyone! Need to scroll up and see what everyone is making tonight. We are having chicken pot pie. To keep it between the beacons, I don’t use a bottom crust and lattice the top. So I guess it’s not really pie, it’s more stew with some crust.

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 06:07 PM (e8mjv)

214 RMBS, oh my, my drool.meter just pegged out
Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:01 PM

Here you go.

https://youtu.be/W4J4tgfuCf0

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 06:08 PM (Wnv9h)

215 No. I forgot about the jalapeño.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:08 PM (VCgbV)

216 lin-duh, both versions were fantastic.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:09 PM (sDNVV)

217 My folks kept Drambuie in their bar. Made a Rusty Nail with it. Never was there a more apt name for a drink. They loved it. Sometimes I wondered about them.....
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 05:49 PM (nbLIj)

Long ago I found out that downing 12 Rusty Nails in an evening was a very bad idea, and that they were called Rusty Nails because that's what they felt like, coming up.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 06:09 PM (GjEvj)

218 It's just the two of us- some of the kids came for Thanksgiving- and we are having our usual dinner- pork loin roast, twice-baked potatoes, green beans and ambrosia for me.
For something new, I'm making a pear cobbler because we were given a lot of gift box pears and he loves cobbler.

Posted by: sal at December 21, 2025 06:09 PM (f+FmA)

219 Lemme take a moment to praise AOS sponsor King Harve. I ordered a pound of Kona to surprise roommate Brent, who has waxed poetic about that variety. After a week, I enquired as to the shipment. Turns out UPS lost it. David at King Harve assured me another shipment was going out, and damned if it didn't arrive yesterday. Brent's gonna go nuts when I lay that on him this Christmas. Very impressed with their customer service...
Posted by: Joe Kidd


Lost it = someone smelled it & kept it.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2025 06:10 PM (dAOkg)

220 Red chile pork tamales, pisole, carna adovada, pinto beans and maybe cheese enchiladas Christmas Eve, and prime rib roast, smashed new red and gold potatoes, maybe some roasted carrots, broccoli and corn casserole, cranberry jello with walnuts with a cream cheese topping. Then leftovers for a week.

Posted by: JML at December 21, 2025 06:10 PM (EtRph)

221 >>>Have any of you done a salt encrusted prime rib?
Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 05:50 PM

Not a straight salt crust, but I did make a beautiful black pepper and Parm encrusted prime rib. I think it was a Food Wishes recipe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState

>In another lifetime when I ran a supperclub (remember those?), all of our prime rib was salt encrusted. But we'd put a ton of pepper on it too. Lotsa white pepper.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 06:12 PM (nljXp)

222 I'm debating what to make for new year. Might do a Chateaubriand since I have a GC the spawn gave me that she got from work. It should cover a great piece of beef with the 25% discount.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:12 PM (VCgbV)

223 I'm making a big pot roast for dinner. Since the spawn works at HEB, I get 25% off on house brands including meat at Christmas. I'm making Mrs. Pete Bog's potato gratin to go on the side.
Posted by: lin-duh


Dayum. Score!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2025 06:12 PM (dAOkg)

224 This yeer foor the Brattleboro childrin Holiday party we be givering all the childrin Presdent Obanama T Shirts. We be knows the chuldrin wills love thim.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at December 21, 2025 06:12 PM (fUSwr)

225 I'm bummed about those Danish cookies in the blue tin and the conditions where they are made. They were really good dunked in coffee. Well, this will serve s a spur to make my own version if I'm in the mood for them. Should make stuff from scratch more often anyway.

Posted by: JTB at December 21, 2025 06:13 PM (yTvNw)

226 >In another lifetime when I ran a supperclub (remember those?), all of our prime rib was salt encrusted. But we'd put a ton of pepper on it too. Lotsa white pepper.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 06:12 PM

The RMBS Dad used to add a lot of ground coriander to that mix. Very tasty.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 06:14 PM (Wnv9h)

227 I'm sure you can find danish cookies not made in India.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:14 PM (VCgbV)

228 224 This yeer foor the Brattleboro childrin Holiday party we be givering all the childrin Presdent Obanama T Shirts. We be knows the chuldrin wills love thim.

Mary,

Wow can I get a Barry Obama Christmas Shirt also ????

Posted by: Jackson at December 21, 2025 06:15 PM (J9q9v)

229 Yes. Apparently only their trucks are clean.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 04:17 PM (8DR9B)

_______________________________

Hey...now wait a minute. Oh, oh my, I misread. "trucks"...not "trunks".

Never mind. How embarrassing. I'll never forget this. I wish I could but...

Posted by: Super Hygienic Elephant at December 21, 2025 06:15 PM (dIske)

230 The ones they sell at Sam's Club say they are a product of Denmark.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:17 PM (VCgbV)

231 220 Red chile pork tamales, pisole, carna adovada, pinto beans and maybe cheese enchiladas Christmas Eve, and prime rib roast, smashed new red and gold potatoes, maybe some roasted carrots, broccoli and corn casserole, cranberry jello with walnuts with a cream cheese topping. Then leftovers for a week.
Posted by: JML at December 21, 2025 06:10 PM (EtRph)

We are exactly opposite! Prime rib Christmas Eve, tamales Christmas Day. Chili for the tamales, obviously. I will do Yorkshire pudding, and I will love every last calorie bomb bite of it. Also, lyonnaise potatoes, roasted Brussels, salad with a pomegranate vinaigrette. Bouche de Noel for dessert.

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 06:17 PM (e8mjv)

232 Supper was very good, I like Brats.
Better on gri but either way is fine

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 06:18 PM (Ia/+0)

233 We talked about possibilities and decided a lasagna would make a nice Christmas dinner with a side salad (using my balsamic dressing), some kalamata olives and some homemade crusty bread.

Posted by: JTB at December 21, 2025 06:20 PM (yTvNw)

234 Last food thread before Christmas so I want to raise a glass to all of you, thank you for your menu inspirations and sharing the best life has to offer

CHEERS!

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:23 PM (sDNVV)

235 200 Herbs de Provence has become a favorite of mine. The variety I use doesn't overdo the lavender.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 05:58 PM (sDNVV)

I forgot to mention, Ben Had, before I had to run and clean the kitchen.

Chef Jean-Pierre recommends that you salt (kosher salt or similar) your prime rib very generously so it will penetrate deep through the meat, and then sit in in a pan on a rack for at least 24 hours before you cook it, and take it out of the fridge a few hours before cooking so it can get to room temp.

So his version is salt-encrusted in a sense but by the time you cook it it's almost all dissolved into the meat.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 06:23 PM (6ydKt)

236 234 Last food thread before Christmas so I want to raise a glass to all of you, thank you for your menu inspirations and sharing the best life has to offer

CHEERS!
Posted by: Ben Had at December

You as well, Ben Had!

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 06:24 PM (e8mjv)

237 Cheers, Ben Had!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 21, 2025 06:25 PM (t/66j)

238 That heavy salting is a dry brine essentially. It does work. The 24 hours is essential and then bringing it to room temp before cooking. All are necessary.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:26 PM (VCgbV)

239 I want everyone to know my cookies are not made in India and no rats are involved! 🤗

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:27 PM (VCgbV)

240 Damn JML, you and Anonymous Rogue are reminding me how much I need to finally return to making select Mexican stuff at home and also to explore the bountiful resources in the area.

The restaurant cost/value proposition started eroding for me even prior to The Great Idiocy, but after that of course, with the mini-hyper-inflation disaster, we just sort of abandoned the restaurant thing. Great to cook at home, but so many Mexican, Vietnamese, and other treasures I can't do myself but readily available locally.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 06:27 PM (U/Byj)

241 lin-duh my uncle did one with the salt and cooked it at a 250 temp for 8 hours.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:28 PM (sDNVV)

242 Last food thread before Christmas so I want to raise a glass to all of you, thank you for your menu inspirations and sharing the best life has to offer

CHEERS!
Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:23 PM

Cheers, Ben Had! Have a wonderful Christmas.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 06:28 PM (Wnv9h)

243 Here's Chef Jean-Pierre's "Perfect Prime Rib" video:

https://youtu.be/_cgtAw21MM4

It's only 14 minutes long, and I followed it and it workd.
Quite easy, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 06:29 PM (6ydKt)

244 Special, I am Special. lin-duh sent me ginger cookies and my house smells so good. Thank you, dear lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:31 PM (sDNVV)

245 RMBS, thank you I think! How am ever going to find enough pheasants to try all those amazing recipes?
Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 05:55 PM

Try the one with the orange butter sauce. I make it with Cornish hen when I can't get pheasant.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 06:32 PM (Wnv9h)

246 I haven't done a prime rib in a while but I prefer the high heat method and it's much quicker. If I were to do slow and low I'd probably Sous vide and then sear.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:33 PM (VCgbV)

247 First time I had Linguiça on pizza was in W.Bridgewater MA. Better than pepperoni.

Posted by: kactus at December 21, 2025 06:33 PM (twS2i)

248 RMBS. I am going to find us pheasants, garunteeed

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:33 PM (sDNVV)

249 You're welcome Ben had.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:34 PM (VCgbV)

250 No Feast of the Seven Fishes for anyone?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (cYBz/)

Next year, for Thanksgiving, I am going to do the different types of animal in creation: fish, fowl, and beast. I might do something with crawfish to get the "things that creep upon the ground" part. I figure if you're giving thanks to God, you ought to recognize ALL His goodness, right?

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 06:34 PM (fJecM)

251 Last food thread before Christmas so I want to raise a glass to all of you, thank you for your menu inspirations and sharing the best life has to offer

CHEERS!
Posted by: Ben Had


Cheers!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2025 06:34 PM (dAOkg)

252 Baked meatballs yesterday and they been simmering in the sauce every since. So, spags tonight!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:20 PM (cYBz/)

Baked? My grandmother would wooden spoon you. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2025 06:34 PM (snZF9)

253 Cheers to Ben Had and the culinary horde. I cook a lot more than most people I know, but just reading a comment thread like this reminds me that in the words of a famous drill instructor I'm worthless and weak, and after doing the 50 pushups, need to up my kitchen game.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 06:37 PM (U/Byj)

254 Don't ever change, Mary.
Don't ever change.

Posted by: Brattleboro Chamber of Commerce at December 21, 2025 06:37 PM (2Ez/1)

255 You southern Italians and your meatballs. Genovese Italians will out cook.you any day!

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:38 PM (sDNVV)

256 I am making chocolate truffles from the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook of I don't know how many years ago. At least 20.

The recipe says to melt the chocolate in a saucepan. I consider this a recipe for disaster, and am using a little steel bowl with built in handles as a double boiler

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 21, 2025 06:38 PM (C0Nlv)

257 Wow Mary, I'm sure those hungry children will appreciate the obummer tshirts!!

Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:39 PM (VCgbV)

258 No Feast of the Seven Fishes for anyone?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 04:31 PM (cYBz/)

Not since my grandmother died. Seven fishes? Noooo, she did the seven frigging seas. If it swam around in the waters of earth with it's mouth open it somehow ended up on her table.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2025 06:40 PM (snZF9)

259 Boar's Head products were linked to a serious multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in 2024, which resulted in numerous hospitalizations and 10 deaths.

Not positive for STDs.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 21, 2025 06:40 PM (NFX2v)

260 rhomboid, I am forever indebted to you for your limoncello recipe that lead me to my white peachello.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:40 PM (sDNVV)

261 Chorizo is the awesome.

Posted by: scampydog at December 21, 2025 06:42 PM (41CYW)

262 No recommendations from The Deplorable Gourmet? Shame on you Horde!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 06:42 PM (nljXp)

263 Feast of 7 fishes I would have to bring hamburgers or starve

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)

264 Ben Had, white peachello sounds amazing. Some day with luck we can do a side/side tasting with the meyer limoncello.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 06:44 PM (U/Byj)

265 scampydog. I have a chorizo queso flameado recipe for you.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:44 PM (sDNVV)

266 Send it my way, Ben Had. Sounds delicious!

Posted by: scampydog at December 21, 2025 06:45 PM (41CYW)

267 rhomboid, let's make it a date

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:45 PM (sDNVV)

268 Feast of 7 fishes I would have to bring hamburgers or starve

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)


You and me both. I don't do seafood, noo nooo. Thank god my grandmother made a billion other things.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2025 06:46 PM (snZF9)

269 scampydog, requires triple sec so you can light it on fire!

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:47 PM (sDNVV)

270 Actually, now that I look at an actual sloppy Joe, it is less appealing than the image I have in my mind's eye

The problem is obvious. You put the cheese on *after* it was cooked.

For more cooking tips, follow me on Instagram.

Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at December 21, 2025 06:47 PM (0sNs1)

271 Wild game weekend of food here. Venison sticks, jerky, and summer sausage. Elk jerky too. Will get a batch (25lbs or so) of smoked venison links back on Tuesday - local guy does it out of his house/back yard.

Posted by: scampydog at December 21, 2025 06:48 PM (41CYW)

272 259 Boar's Head products were linked to a serious multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in 2024, which resulted in numerous hospitalizations and 10 deaths.

Not positive for STDs.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 21, 2025 06:40 PM (NFX2v)


It was only their liverwurst that came out of one plant.
They closed the plant, and stopped selling liverwurst completely.

Something about that specific meat requires extra special handling.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 06:48 PM (6ydKt)

273 requires triple sec so you can light it on fire!
Posted by: Ben Had
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Perfect - added rouch of fire.

Posted by: scampydog at December 21, 2025 06:50 PM (41CYW)

274 >>>Actually, now that I look at an actual sloppy Joe, it is less appealing than the image I have in my mind's eye

The problem is obvious. You put the cheese on *after* it was cooked.

For more cooking tips, follow me on Instagram.

Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY)

>I think they call that a "Raw Chuck."

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 06:50 PM (nljXp)

275 scampydog, have you ever done a smoked venison hindquarter?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:50 PM (sDNVV)

276 Reservations for Christmas dinner this year & will likely order beef or fish entrees. (No more hams and/or turkeys until the New Year.)

Tonight, December 21st, is the Eighth and final night, where you light all eight candles plus the shamash in the nine-branched menorah (hanukkiah), symbolizing the miraculous eight days the oil lasted in the Temple.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 21, 2025 06:50 PM (NFX2v)

277 scampydog, have you ever done a smoked venison hindquarter?
Posted by: Ben Had
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I have not. Had some that was injected and smoked - prepared by another outdoorsy person. Was damned good.

Posted by: scampydog at December 21, 2025 06:53 PM (41CYW)

278 Not worth debating at this point in time.

However, in 2024, a major Listeria outbreak linked to Boar's Head liverwurst from their Jarratt, VA plant led to extensive recalls of liverwurst and other deli meats, resulting in illnesses and deaths, prompting the company to permanently discontinue liverwurst and close the facility. Consumers were warned not to eat recalled products with plant number P-12612, which carried "Boar's Head Strassburger Brand Liverwurst MADE IN VIRGINIA," and should discard any found.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 21, 2025 06:53 PM (NFX2v)

279 Quick ham hand cheese sandwich for me. Just got back from seeing The Nutcracker with my youngest grandson. I'm in the Christmas spirit now.

Posted by: Tuna at December 21, 2025 06:54 PM (lJ0H4)

280 Wow Mary, I'm sure those hungry children will appreciate the obummer tshirts!!
Posted by: lin-duh at December 21, 2025 06:39 PM


I think Mary's heart is blacker than a San Francisco night.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 06:54 PM (2WIwB)

281 I’m having my brother and his family over for Christmas Eve. My #1 son will co host

Salmon with raspberry sauce
Asparagus strudel
Big green salad with glazed nuts, goat cheese and blueberries
Rice spiked with saffron.

My niece is baking a pie and making ice cream.

Not too fancy, but it will be lovely. And we all love king salmon.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 06:55 PM (IhIKR)

282 scampydog, cook chorizo and cube it. Melt Oaxaca cheese , add pico de gallo and chorizo. Pour 1 ounce of triple sec over the mixture and light it . Put the mixture into a butter infused tortilla and enjoy.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 06:56 PM (sDNVV)

283 think they call that a "Raw Chuck."

Up Chuck

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 21, 2025 06:56 PM (Kt19C)

284 Screen shot and saved, Ben Had. Thank you! Oaxaca cheese is very underrated.

Posted by: scampydog at December 21, 2025 06:59 PM (41CYW)

285
I'll pretend that sloppy joe is a Christmas Cookie.

Anyone make Christmas Cookies today?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 06:59 PM (Pl/T1)

286 It's almost cocktail time!

Thanks for reading and commenting...even that weirdo Pete Bog!

Cheers everyone, and Merry Christmas!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2025 06:59 PM (xG1o0)

287 Dang Nurse. That sounds delicious!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 07:00 PM (2WIwB)

288 Thanks for the food thread CBD, a lot of awesome content (except that American cheese part).

Posted by: scampydog at December 21, 2025 07:01 PM (41CYW)

289 If anyone else out there has the traditional Christmas ham. You might consider making a nice Velouté sauce
to go along with it. My personal favorite is a standard Velouté (which is some light chicken stock mixed with a standard roux)...then, add a little high quality white mustard, and a little bit of horseradish. Serve it on the side as a gravy. You won't regret it.

Wonderful stuff.

Posted by: Orson at December 21, 2025 07:01 PM (dIske)

290 Nood gun thread!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 07:03 PM (GjEvj)

291 Wife is making noodles for (starvation soup, my name). It consists of Kraut juice, noodles and mushrooms.

Posted by: Ronster at December 21, 2025 08:02 PM (4GQNV)

292 Christmas dinner in our house is tacos due to a long standing tradition from my wife's family. After the Christmas morning rush of presents and church MiL was too worn out from dealing with 5 kids to do a big fancy meal. So the tradition of tacos was started. We usually keep it fairly simple. When we hosted 1 year we went wild with ground beef, chicken, al pastor, beef and chicken fajitas tacos, home made salsa and pico de gallo, charro and refried beans, chips and queso. No guacamole because we all agree it's disgusting

Posted by: Stacy0311 at December 21, 2025 08:40 PM (Tq4ud)

293 CBD,

Have never denigrated any of your posts; but Boar's Head? How could you even consider them for a serving source?

Posted by: Nazdar at December 21, 2025 08:42 PM (NcvvS)

294 Jim Beam shuttering Kentucky distillery halting production in 2026.

Posted by: Lothar of the Keolu Hill People at December 21, 2025 09:18 PM (0ezwx)

295 I'll be having Christmas carols for Christmas, and looking forward to it! Brown-bagging with a few ladies in a sunny FL garden, followed by chit-chat and singing of the carols!

Posted by: Persnickety at December 22, 2025 11:09 AM (jJdyX)

First World Problems...

movingfail2025.jpg

How did I get the couch down into the basement in the first place? Because bringing it back up was an exercise in spatial recognition and geometry, and I did not do well.

Smacking the switch plate with the edge of the couch hard enough to crack some plaster was not the original plan. Is there some cosmic plan for this sort of stuff, that only the hard edge hits fragile things and the 90% of the couch that is soft and padded just goes its merry way?

I'll probably go to Home Depot, buy a Sawzall, and cut the entire door frame out of the stairwell. That way I won't be constrained by anything in the future.

Or just burn the whole damned thing down to the foundation!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM




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1 Wtf

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 01:59 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Ouches

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 21, 2025 02:00 PM (HTa/G)

3 A little spackle and laint it will be good as new

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

4
Nothing worse than moving furniture with weak men.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:02 PM (4ZzTK)

5 "CBD Smash!"

I am sure there is a Marvel movie somewhere in your future.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 21, 2025 02:02 PM (HlyYF)

6 Is there some cosmic plan for this sort of stuff, that only the hard edge hits fragile things...
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Yup. Same reason the bread always falls butter side down.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 21, 2025 02:02 PM (0yLoC)

7 Or just burn the whole damned thing down to the foundation!

I dunno, those insurance investigators are pretty shrewd.

Posted by: Paco at December 21, 2025 02:03 PM (2L+MU)

8 That'll buff right out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 02:04 PM (XeU6L)

9 Yes. It is a cosmic law of the universe for everyone with a basement. If you have a fridge, a sofa, a gun safe - - hell, anything larger than a breadbox you will bang up the walls and staircase bringing it back up.

Posted by: James at December 21, 2025 02:05 PM (ArpJo)

10
God Bless Texas!

"Houston Officer Shoots Suspect Holding Clerk at Gunpoint"


https://is.gd/cAezcL

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:05 PM (4ZzTK)

11 The switchplate screwheads were not all aligned perfectly vertical. Had they been, the couch would have been dented, not the wall.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 02:05 PM (lLEcp)

12 You should probably just move.

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2025 02:05 PM (ZxPkt)

13
^
That is some real Raylen Givens shit, right there, boy.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:06 PM (4ZzTK)

14 7 Or just burn the whole damned thing down to the foundation!

I dunno, those insurance investigators are pretty shrewd.

Posted by: Paco at December 21, 2025 02:03 PM

Put the accelerant inside the damaged switch receptacle, that way it looks like an electrical fire.***



***Listen to my podcast for more money-saving tips!
(Typical influencer during the current crazy times.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 21, 2025 02:07 PM (HlyYF)

15 Or just burn the whole damned thing down to the foundation!

Hey! You need a house to go with this doorknob.

Posted by: Daffy Duck, Salesman at December 21, 2025 02:07 PM (uQesX)

16 As always with couches take Ross Geller's advice "Pivot"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 21, 2025 02:08 PM (MoRvC)

17 Sawzall will take the couch down to easily portable chunks in no time at all. I only suggest that as an alternative since I have both replaced a couch AND a door frame and I know which one is easier.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 02:08 PM (rbvCR)

18 Stupid criminals win stupid prizes.
In this case, lead.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at December 21, 2025 02:08 PM (MNCvZ)

19
"Why did you shoot me?," he asked. Really.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:09 PM (4ZzTK)

20 Sawzall is to dismantle the couch

Done it

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 02:11 PM (/lPRQ)

21 burn the whole damned thing down to the foundation then SALT it about 2 feet deep.

Posted by: ZooomZooom (R) at December 21, 2025 02:11 PM (8HxBH)

22 Why did you shoot me?," he asked. Really.
Posted by: Soothsayer

I wanted to watch a man die today.

Posted by: Johnny Cash at December 21, 2025 02:11 PM (N/gmR)

23 Just buy an oversized wall plate. Yours looks to be a small one.

Posted by: pawn at December 21, 2025 02:12 PM (EMg+d)

24 > Or just burn the whole damned thing down to the foundation!
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We should have a little chat about your policy.

Posted by: Your Insurance Adjuster at December 21, 2025 02:12 PM (NwnyJ)

25 God Bless Texas!

"Houston Officer Shoots Suspect Holding Clerk at Gunpoint"


https://is.gd/cAezcL
Posted by: Soothsayer

Only if the first shot incapacitated the hoodlum and then Officer Friendly does a mag dump into his legs and gut

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 02:14 PM (/lPRQ)

26 I can't come up with a FWP. Honestly, I'm lucky to have what I have.

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2025 02:14 PM (ZxPkt)

27 Sawzall is to dismantle the couch

Done it
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Piker.

Posted by: WVU fans at December 21, 2025 02:14 PM (N/gmR)

28 If you didn't snore, you wouldn't have had to take the couch down into the basement to begin with.

Let me help you:

https://youtu.be/jEZ5kay0MT4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2025 02:14 PM (Pmfrl)

29 Or just burn the whole damned thing down to the foundation!

Is this that Jewish lightning thing?

Posted by: Way to perpetuate a stereotype! at December 21, 2025 02:14 PM (TbWk/)

30 Or just burn the whole damned thing down to the foundation!

That reminds me, hearing the phrase - "the building was razed to the ground" will one day result in me getting charged with battery.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 02:15 PM (cYBz/)

31 15 Or just burn the whole damned thing down to the foundation!

Hey! You need a house to go with this doorknob.
Posted by: Daffy Duck, Salesman at December 21, 2025 02:07 PM (uQesX)

Nuke it from orbit - it's the only way to be sure....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 21, 2025 02:16 PM (QGaXH)

32 My hunch is Casa CBD has a bit of “patina” given the mayhaps occurring.

Posted by: DanMan at December 21, 2025 02:16 PM (8uzBS)

33 That reminds me, hearing the phrase - "the building was razed to the ground" will one day result in me getting charged with battery.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 02:15 PM (cYBz/)

Lithium-ion or good old-fashioned alkaline?

Posted by: Get charged with battery, battery get charged with cables at December 21, 2025 02:17 PM (TbWk/)

34
Vice President Vance speaking NOW

Am-Fest:

https://is.gd/GiK3Fi

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:17 PM (4ZzTK)

35 That reminds me, hearing the phrase - "the building was razed to the ground" will one day result in me getting charged with battery.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 02:15 PM (cYBz/)

Lithium-ion or good old-fashioned alkaline?
Posted by: Get charged with battery, battery get charged with cables

Nipple clamps or testicles?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 02:18 PM (/lPRQ)

36
Vance: "In the United States of America, you don't have to apologize for being white, anymore."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:19 PM (4ZzTK)

37 Nipple clamps or testicles?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Rectal probe rod.

Posted by: George Michael at December 21, 2025 02:20 PM (N/gmR)

38 Do you ever catch aPauling News? There are a bunch of them. This one is More Crazy Women Videos including a woman who demands $478 of "pre-date and post-date expenses" in addition to, of course, paying for the date.

https://is.gd/nw90i3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 21, 2025 02:20 PM (L/fGl)

39 My FWP is I can't get a wirebrush in the exhaust fan, so I has to do what I could and then rin it until all the loose dust and cobwebs fell all over the bathroom.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 21, 2025 02:20 PM (zjSl+)

40 It's satisfying seeing Les Wexner's name getting dragged through the mud again due to the Epstein pictures and files being released, his possible connections with the CIA's air arm 'Southern Air', the old Rickenbacker AFB and $$ laundering and gun running to Somalia.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 02:21 PM (cYBz/)

41 All doors and hallways should be 5ft wide.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2025 02:21 PM (sDNVV)

42
Vance: We will end left-wing violence in America. We will prosectute BOTH the brick-thrower AND the buyer of those bricks.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:21 PM (4ZzTK)

43 I had to move a couch through the front door, into an L-shaped hallway, and back into the living room. A high school wrestling coach, two husky wrestlers, and a generous amount of pizza money later, it was done.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 02:23 PM (GjEvj)

44 Do you ever catch aPauling News? There are a bunch of them. This one is More Crazy Women Videos including a woman who demands $478 of "pre-date and post-date expenses" in addition to, of course, paying for the date.

https://is.gd/nw90i3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice!


And that is why we will never be a cashless society.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 02:23 PM (/lPRQ)

45 He who suppies the bricks needs to get prosecuted

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 02:26 PM (Ia/+0)

46 Vice President Vance speaking NOW

Am-Fest:

"Thanks everyone for coming tonight! I know you were invited to hear about an exciting opportunity – let's jump right in and learn about the plan that will take you...”

Posted by: pawn at December 21, 2025 02:27 PM (EMg+d)

47 That big of a crack should get taped or mesh, it will crack out if you don't

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 02:27 PM (Ia/+0)

48 He who suppies the bricks needs to get prosecuted
Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 02:26 PM (Ia/+0)

That will destroy the current system.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 02:27 PM (rbvCR)

49 Sheesh. I guess my real FWP is speech-to-text doesn't work well for me.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 21, 2025 02:28 PM (zjSl+)

50 Holy cow! Did half of Texas move to Colorado ? Everyday here in the front range, more and more trucks and suvs with Texas plates.

Posted by: alpine_beer at December 21, 2025 02:28 PM (van9r)

51 I am not a fan of those flat light switches. I have one in the pantry because I need to use my elbow at times since my hands are full, but otherwise I think they are not very aesthetic

I have seen the neatest switch though, the plate has an inset LED that is connected "on" all the time so in the dark there is a night light in each room

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 02:29 PM (rbvCR)

52 When Alex Jones tells you to cool your jets . . .

Alex Jones says he’s worried about Candace Owens and that she’s playing it fast and loose with the facts.

He says he’s coming out with a report to debunk Candace’s latest conspiracy theory around the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which involves — without evidence — a congressman from Nevada, Erika Kirk, a Daily Wire staffer, and Charlie Kirk’s head of security meeting at a U.S. military base the day before Charlie Kirk was assassinated.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 21, 2025 02:30 PM (L/fGl)

53
Probably the leftist queers moving out of Texas and going to blue Colorado.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:30 PM (4ZzTK)

54 We cut the basement couch up when moving out of my first house. Apparently it put on some length or width or something after we got it down there.

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at December 21, 2025 02:30 PM (JsnfW)

55 50 Holy cow! Did half of Texas move to Colorado ? Everyday here in the front range, more and more trucks and suvs with Texas plates.
Posted by: alpine_beer at December 21, 2025 02:28 PM (van9r)
Do you still have energy search or production there? That's why Texans.

Posted by: Eromero at December 21, 2025 02:30 PM (LHPAg)

56 Vance: We will end left-wing violence in America. We will prosectute BOTH the brick-thrower AND the buyer of those bricks.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:21 PM (4ZzTK)

Hee hee. And we'll overturn the verdict.

Posted by: Some Judge at December 21, 2025 02:31 PM (uQesX)

57 Holy cow! Did half of Texas move to Colorado ? Everyday here in the front range, more and more trucks and suvs with Texas plates.
Posted by: alpine_beer at December 21, 2025 02:28 PM (van9r)

I was briefly a New Mexico resident. I had heard tales of boorish Texans flooding the ski areas, but didn't really believe them. Then I found out they were true.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 02:32 PM (GjEvj)

58 Candy Cane Owens is grifting and hey it’s profitable. Can’t blame her.

But who the fuck are the people buying her nonsense? Those are the scary ones.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 21, 2025 02:32 PM (UJWr0)

59 looks serviceable to me.

Posted by: cmeat at December 21, 2025 02:32 PM (R11M+)

60 I suspect your fancy motion/occupancy sensor failed and you crashed into the wall plate in the dark. Don't blame the couch.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 02:33 PM (nljXp)

61 I was briefly a New Mexico resident. I had heard tales of boorish Texans flooding the ski areas, but didn't really believe them. Then I found out they were true.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 02:32 PM (GjEvj)

Texan is the “boomer” of skiing. No matter the problem Texans caused it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 21, 2025 02:33 PM (UJWr0)

62 What's up with those screws pointing every which way?!?

Posted by: Dodd at December 21, 2025 02:33 PM (1hSg1)

63 I got your first world problem. I woke to a broken furnace. Repair guy just left after telling me the patient is terminal. Now I'm waiting for the estimator to come tell me just how deep the pipe is going for a new furnace.

Merry friggin Christmas.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2025 02:35 PM (viF8m)

64 Unlike a woman, the parts that stick out are hard. So a couch is more like a dude.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 02:35 PM (zZu0s)

65 3 homes ago there was a book shelf that was somehow moved into a room. Upon moving out that bookshelf could not come out. The physics would not allow it to fit through the door frame. To this day I don’t know how that happened.

Ended up leaving it there, the new owners said they’d be happy to have it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 21, 2025 02:36 PM (UJWr0)

66 Oh me oh my! C’est tragique! What EVAH shall be done!? Time to git your 'New Switch' on …

Posted by: Dr_No at December 21, 2025 02:37 PM (ayRl+)

67 Buy a frame that goes behind the face plate. Easy Peasy.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 02:38 PM (KDPiq)

68 3 homes ago there was a book shelf that was somehow moved into a room. Upon moving out that bookshelf could not come out. The physics would not allow it to fit through the door frame. To this day I don’t know how that happened.

Ended up leaving it there, the new owners said they’d be happy to have it.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald



Maybe it was assembled in the room.
Was there an Ikea label on it?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 02:39 PM (/lPRQ)

69
Vance: we sent enough $$ to ukraine, America first

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:40 PM (4ZzTK)

70
Is it true we just sent another $800M to zleensky?
And $600M to Netanyahoo?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:40 PM (4ZzTK)

71 Or just burn the whole damned thing down to the foundation!

It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: toby928(c) shrugs at December 21, 2025 02:40 PM (jc0TO)

72 Engine problems.

Strange smell coming from Tennessee man's SUV turns out to be a giant python

https://is.gd/BZOK0Q

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 21, 2025 02:41 PM (L/fGl)

73 Odd that you should have a light switch in the picture. I had to replace one yesterday.
Hmmmmmm ....

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 02:42 PM (2WIwB)

74 My FWP is that I was reheating a vegetable dish in a pot on low and then fell asleep. The smell of burnt vegetable woke me up. Now my stainless steel pot is completely coated with a black crust. I may have to take a wire-wheel to it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 02:42 PM (nljXp)

75 See if you can get the random mesh style fiber tape. It is much easier to use and more forgiving if you sand too much

Posted by: Accomack at December 21, 2025 02:44 PM (+sNap)

76 Stuff some newsprint in the gap and mud over it.

Posted by: toby928(c) shrugs at December 21, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO)

77 Strange smell coming from Tennessee man's SUV turns out to be a giant python
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

We have a shit ton of native sneks down here but pythons ain't one of them.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 02:45 PM (cYBz/)

78 Is there some cosmic plan for this sort of stuff,

Not that I'm aware of.

[drops toast, lands peanut butter side down]

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 21, 2025 02:45 PM (/HDaX)

79 I was briefly a New Mexico resident. I had heard tales of boorish Texans flooding the ski areas, but didn't really believe them. Then I found out they were true.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 02:32 PM (GjEvj)

Every other state is like Europe to Texans. And for those states they look at Texans like Europeans look at Americans. We just ignore the hate .

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 02:45 PM (KDPiq)

80 got your first world problem. I woke to a broken furnace. Repair guy just left after telling me the patient is terminal. Now I'm waiting for the estimator to come tell me just how deep the pipe is going for a new furnace.

Merry friggin Christmas.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2025 02:35 PM

I'm very sorry, JackStraw. Also, check your water heater.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 21, 2025 02:46 PM (zjSl+)

81 @ 74 My FWP is that I was reheating a vegetable dish in a pot on low and then fell asleep. The smell of burnt vegetable woke me up. Now my stainless steel pot is completely coated with a black crust. I may have to take a wire-wheel to it.
___________________________________________

NOOOOOOO! The solution is to put back on the stove, but turn the temp up to HIGH … then walk away for about 2 hrs or so. You'll have lots of lovely carbonized 'stuff' when it's done …

Posted by: Dr_No at December 21, 2025 02:46 PM (ayRl+)

82 "How did I get the couch down into the basement in the first place?"

The question is why was the couch in the basement to begin with?

Posted by: Tuna at December 21, 2025 02:46 PM (lJ0H4)

83 That was a good speech by JD.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 21, 2025 02:47 PM (zjSl+)

84 He could have cut the couch in half and made things easier.... or how ever many pieces you want.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 02:48 PM (zZu0s)

85 As my mom used to say gazing upon the havoc wrought by her brood: "What this house needs is a can of gas & a match!"

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at December 21, 2025 02:48 PM (ydtVv)

86 got your first world problem. I woke to a broken furnace. Repair guy just left after telling me the patient is terminal.

Merry friggin Christmas.
Posted by: JackStraw

What's the problem? Simply wait for the globull warmining to raise your temps to a comfortable range.

Voila!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 02:48 PM (cYBz/)

87 I thought we were supposed to be abandoning Vance because he was not condemning tucker?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 02:49 PM (zZu0s)

88 This is of particular interest to me since we have plaster walls, I need to hang some things (particularly a storage cabinet in my tiny bathroom), and I'm terrified of disturbing the plaster.

What to do. I'd really like to keep an extra set of towels in my bathroom, but there's no floor space to set a linen cabinet.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 21, 2025 02:49 PM (FMtrg)

89 W have a gas furnace for the steam heat in Queens. She got a quote of 2500 for a used installed.

Posted by: Accomack at December 21, 2025 02:50 PM (+sNap)

90 Worst is a hidabed couch. Fuck, those things are heavy. And awkward.

Its like Lena Dunham as furniture.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 02:51 PM (zZu0s)

91 I'd really like to keep an extra set of towels in my bathroom, but there's no floor space to set a linen cabinet.
Posted by: Emmie

More towels? Can't you just wipe your hands, butt, or face on your sleeves?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 02:51 PM (cYBz/)

92 I thought we were supposed to be abandoning Vance because he was not condemning tucker?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 02:49 PM (zZu0s)

No, we are supposed to be condemning Vance until he bows under the pressure and gives Levin's kid a job.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2025 02:51 PM (rbvCR)

93 Wood lath plaster or wire mesh with plaster?

Posted by: Accomack at December 21, 2025 02:51 PM (+sNap)

94 I thought we were supposed to be abandoning Vance because he was not condemning tucker?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 02:49 PM (zZu0s)

You're just asking questions right?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 02:51 PM (KDPiq)

95 >>What's the problem? Simply wait for the globull warmining to raise your temps to a comfortable range.

I assure you my internal temperature is toasty.

I literally had a new refrigerator installed yesterday after the previous piece of crap died for the last time. The joys of homeownership.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2025 02:52 PM (viF8m)

96 I'm adding J&J band aids and Kimberly Clark Kleenex to my first world problem list.
Both adhesives related.
Band aids where one side won't come off backing (most of the box).
Tissues where the plastic dispenser cover comes off the box.

I'm now done with both brands forever. Congratulations you found shaved and shaved costs until you 'premium' brand sucks

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at December 21, 2025 02:52 PM (KaHlS)

97 FWP?

The time goes so quickly now that I've stopped working.

It'll be two years soon and it's gone by in the blink of an eye.

I also had a deadbolt lock fall apart on the door from the kitchen to the garage. Upon disassembly, found that a little 'C' clamp had fallen off. Reassembled it and it works but kinda wonder why it did that.

If I can get off my lazy A I'd take pictures and send them in.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 21, 2025 02:53 PM (QGaXH)

98 Once had movers put an overstuffed chair right through the drywall. I wasn't pleased and no it didn't buff right out.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 21, 2025 02:54 PM (2NHgQ)

99
My REAL SoothsayerWorldProblem today?

Lugging the heavy 3rd Row Seat out of the closet to reinstall in my Navigator so I can get a State Inspection Sticker.

No sticker unless all the "original" OEM is present & functional. Really.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:55 PM (Je/pu)

100 >>>NOOOOOOO! The solution is to put back on the stove, but turn the temp up to HIGH … then walk away for about 2 hrs or so. You'll have lots of lovely carbonized 'stuff' when it's done …

Posted by: Dr_No

>I refilled the pot with water and a splash of vinegar. Most of it all came out, but what's left, I suspect, is carburized. Pan still works, no unpleasant residual flavor.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 02:55 PM (nljXp)

101
Headline (Wall Street Journal):

"US oil blockade of Venezuela pushes Cuba toward collapse"

Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2025 02:57 PM (rj6Yv)

102 Just get an oversized wall plate and call it good....

Posted by: ERF at December 21, 2025 02:58 PM (qqD/x)

103 >>>Once had movers put an overstuffed chair right through the drywall. I wasn't pleased and no it didn't buff right out.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

>Did you rub some dirt on it? Maybe toothpaste?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 21, 2025 02:59 PM (nljXp)

104 "US oil blockade of Venezuela pushes Cuba toward collapse"
Posted by: mrp

I suppose there are downsides also but I can't think of any right off.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 02:59 PM (cYBz/)

105 "US oil blockade of Venezuela pushes Cuba toward collapse"
Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2025 02:57 PM

Cuba is already collapsed. I mean, are we talking cannibalism here?

Posted by: toby928(c) shrugs at December 21, 2025 03:00 PM (jc0TO)

106 78 Is there some cosmic plan for this sort of stuff,

Not that I'm aware of.

[drops toast, lands peanut butter side down]
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 21, 2025 02:45 PM (/HDaX)

God has a sense of humor. But he's also kind of a dick.

Posted by: Cats always land on their feet, so Bastet? at December 21, 2025 03:00 PM (TbWk/)

107 Headline (Wall Street Journal):

"US oil blockade of Venezuela pushes Cuba toward collapse"
Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2025 02:57 PM (rj6Yv)

Canadians hardest hit!!

Posted by: My dream vacation!! at December 21, 2025 03:00 PM (uQesX)

108 You're just asking questions right?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 02:51 PM (KDPiq)

That's me. I literally had a great uncle named Adolph. Northern Italian (Torino.) Born in Italy but came here as a boy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 21, 2025 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

109 "Smacking the switch plate with the edge of the couch hard enough to crack some plaster was not the original plan."
==

It's Ace and shelves and CBD and switch plates.

Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2025 03:02 PM (rj6Yv)

110 Don’t jump!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 21, 2025 03:06 PM (XXGyT)

111 Probably the leftist queers moving out of Texas and going to blue Colorado.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 21, 2025 02:30 PM (4ZzTK)

So now all you have is steers ?

Posted by: alpine_beer at December 21, 2025 03:08 PM (van9r)

112 The entire wall has to go. Consider Burnt GrokButt for the entire house.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2025 03:10 PM (mlg/3)

113 Kansas City Chiefs, right now:

“By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?”

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2025 03:12 PM (ZxPkt)

114 Somebody might be getting a wrecking ball for Christmas!

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at December 21, 2025 03:13 PM (TD894)

115 Strange smell coming from Tennessee man's SUV turns out to be a giant python
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

We have a shit ton of native sneks down here but pythons ain't one of them.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 02:45 PM (cYBz/)


No step on snek!
Sneks bad!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 03:13 PM (2WIwB)

116 When home repairs are in the offing, I find demolition is preferable. Tear/burn it down and keep moving West, like our plucky ancestors.

Posted by: The Westward Ho at December 21, 2025 03:14 PM (oftw2)

117 You cannot change the Laws of Physics and Geometry but can change the laws of man which most of the time....


SUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson at December 21, 2025 03:15 PM (J9q9v)

118 There’s a Law and Order channel on Samsung TV. I’ve been watching hung it old school episodes from the 90s. Different world. There are actually white people in NYC. And not just the evil white supremacist bad guys.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 21, 2025 03:16 PM (UJWr0)

119 When home repairs are in the offing, I find demolition is preferable. Tear/burn it down and keep moving West, like our plucky ancestors.
Posted by: The Westward Ho at December 21, 2025 03:14 PM (oftw2)

Don't I know it.

Posted by: The Mirage at December 21, 2025 03:18 PM (uQesX)

120 My first world problem is that I bought a tiny compressor at a yard sale for $10 (it works great, I tested it before I paid the guy and used to today to put plastic over the window I haven't replaced) and now I have to find some sucker to buy my big compressor so it's not cluttering up my house.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 21, 2025 03:21 PM (C0Nlv)

121 He says he’s coming out with a report to debunk Candace’s latest conspiracy theory around the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which involves — without evidence — a congressman from Nevada, Erika Kirk, a Daily Wire staffer, and Charlie Kirk’s head of security meeting at a U.S. military base the day before Charlie Kirk was assassinated.

I was going to ask whether that wasn't so obviously insane that it needed debunking, but then I remembered the Times In Which We Live

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 21, 2025 03:23 PM (C0Nlv)

122 118 There’s a Law and Order channel on Samsung TV. I’ve been watching hung it old school episodes from the 90s. Different world. There are actually white people in NYC. And not just the evil white supremacist bad guys.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 21, 2025 03:16 PM

I'm watching Fraser on Tubi. I forgot how funny it was.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 21, 2025 03:23 PM (zjSl+)

123 When home repairs are in the offing, I find demolition is preferable. Tear/burn it down and keep moving West, like our plucky ancestors.
Posted by: The Westward Ho at December 21, 2025 03:14 PM

Recover the nails.

Posted by: toby928(c) shrugs at December 21, 2025 03:24 PM (jc0TO)

124 Relax. Just a little spackle or easier still, joint compound and a new faceplate.

C'mon dude. This nothing. Hopefully you got a drop or three of paint that matches.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 03:25 PM (W7XSX)

125 118 There’s a Law and Order channel on Samsung TV. I’ve been watching hung it old school episodes from the 90s. Different world. There are actually white people in NYC. And not just the evil white supremacist bad guys.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 21, 2025 03:16 PM (UJWr0)

When did all the white guys disappear from advertising? We're invisible unless we're being schooled by a smart young female/minority doctor or judge or neighbor...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 21, 2025 03:25 PM (QGaXH)

126
Sneks bad!!!
Posted by: Diogenes
--------

Ojection! You paint with a broad brush, sir!

There is a Southern Black Racer ('Blackie', 6' 2") which lives in the double-wall lattice brickwork of my porch. It seems to have adopted me, and slithers over passively when we are both out there, as if to say 'Hello'.

In the Fall, he left me an intact shed skin, which I have trimmed down into bookmark-sized strips and laminated for just that purpose.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 03:25 PM (XeU6L)

127 My FWP is my 9 hole golf club is going to do a shotgun start for first morning tee time during the winter season . They definitely aren't math majors because that actually gives you a third less tee times available for the day.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 03:25 PM (KDPiq)

128 This could be a blessing in disguise. That "Intermatic" device on the right side of the switchplate is notorious for broadcasting data back to their overlords in Peking. Every word, every keystroke is being recorded. Please remove device and discard. A large blank cover will hide the crater and you will be able to sleep at night.

Posted by: Prudence Dictates at December 21, 2025 03:25 PM (oftw2)

129 Cosmic plan?

Yes. It's called Physics. It takes work to bring order from chaos.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 03:26 PM (W7XSX)

130 How about just layer over another sheet of drywall?

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 03:26 PM (Ia/+0)

131 Frazier is funny. Niles. Lilith. The timing. The Corkmaster hymn.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 21, 2025 03:27 PM (XXGyT)

132 Recover the nails.
Posted by: toby928(c) shrugs at December 21, 2025 03:24 PM (jc0TO)

You are not allowed to do that.

Posted by: The New York Legislature at December 21, 2025 03:27 PM (uQesX)

133 More towels? Can't you just wipe your hands, butt, or face on your sleeves?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 02:51 PM (cYBz/)

I'm much too dainty and refined for that.

(extends pinky)

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 21, 2025 03:27 PM (FMtrg)

134 When did all the white guys disappear from advertising?
--------

They are useful for portraying the inept or clumsy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 03:28 PM (XeU6L)

135 Ojection! You paint with a broad brush, sir!

There is a Southern Black Racer ('Blackie', 6' 2") which lives in the double-wall lattice brickwork of my porch. It seems to have adopted me, and slithers over passively when we are both out there, as if to say 'Hello'.

In the Fall, he left me an intact shed skin, which I have trimmed down into bookmark-sized strips and laminated for just that purpose.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 03:25 PM (XeU6L)
***

*shudders*
Dude! He's just trying to figure out how to eat you.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 03:29 PM (2WIwB)

136 Headline (Wall Street Journal):

"US oil blockade of Venezuela pushes Cuba toward collapse"
Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2025 02:57 PM (rj6Yv)

well I won't take a bow, but I called that the night the first tanker was seized. It's inevitable. Cuba is so far down that no one even covers it anymore, so no one in the US realizes how close to the edge of total collapse it is.
In a way Candace is doing a service to us all by exposing a huge weakness in the way we're all doing things on the net - someone can hop on and make a huge splash by making absolutely wild and crazy claims on the net, and then make a lot of money by getting x million people to look at their site - and when it blows up they don't suffer for it, they just jump to the next insane claim. I don't know what the fix for that is, but it's not healthy for any of us to accept that as a normal state of affairs.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 03:30 PM (uWKK8)

137 They make oversized switchplates for this exact situation.

Posted by: UnkleSteve at December 21, 2025 03:30 PM (cCEo5)

138 CBD, PG&E could use your expertise.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 21, 2025 03:31 PM (ZxYC6)

139 My two favorite DEI commercials are the Heineken beer one with the black Vikings and the Coppertone Sunscreen /Sun Tan lotion where the young black girl is the main focus for using the product.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 03:33 PM (KDPiq)

140 My FWP today is the Bills’ defense.

Posted by: Accomack at December 21, 2025 03:33 PM (Dpv2s)

141 well I won't take a bow, but I called that the night the first tanker was seized. It's inevitable. Cuba is so far down that no one even covers it anymore, so no one in the US realizes how close to the edge of total collapse it is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 03:30 PM (uWKK

Babalu Blog used to cover Cuba, but it disappeared. Never found out why.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 03:34 PM (uQesX)

142 131 Frazier is funny. Niles. Lilith. The timing. The Corkmaster hymn.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 21, 2025 03:27 PM

+++

This one always makes chuckle.

https://youtu.be/gZAUXVw_TW4

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 21, 2025 03:34 PM (2Ez/1)

143 >>My FWP today is the Bills’ defense.

You don't get to complain. You have the only NY team with a QB. And he's really good.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2025 03:36 PM (viF8m)

144 Frasier was Old People Friends
* hides in bunker *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2025 03:36 PM (mlg/3)

145 You have a gas furnace? Sheesh. I wish I had a gas furnace. Heat pumps suck when it get really cold.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 03:38 PM (W7XSX)

146 139 My two favorite DEI commercials are the Heineken beer one with the black Vikings and the Coppertone Sunscreen /Sun Tan lotion where the young black girl is the main focus for using the product.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 03:33 PM (KDPiq)

Then there's the financial service commercial on Fox Biz with a 1800's wagon train and implausible for then couple in the lead wagon....

And do you ever see a car/truck commercial with a white male driving or even riding in the front seat?

And virtually every family commercial where the dad is the caregiver or in the kitchen while mom is at the computer working....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 21, 2025 03:38 PM (QGaXH)

147 What to do. I'd really like to keep an extra set of towels in my bathroom, but there's no floor space to set a linen cabinet.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!

I'm jumping ahead, and dunno if anyone's answered you yet, but plaster is easier than drywall. You have lathe behind it all. Use any anchor you like, and hang anything you like.

Posted by: MkY at December 21, 2025 03:39 PM (q6tQZ)

148 144 Frasier was Old People Friends.
---
Ahem. We'd like a word.

Posted by: The Honeymooners at December 21, 2025 03:40 PM (2Ez/1)

149 We don't even know how to open a car door anymore...

Posted by: White males in commercials at December 21, 2025 03:42 PM (2Ez/1)

150 148 144 Frasier was Old People Friends.
---
Ahem. We'd like a word.
Posted by: The Honeymooners at December 21, 2025 03:40 PM (2Ez/1)

Big Bang Theory - Friends with 'Math'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 21, 2025 03:42 PM (QGaXH)

151 Favorite 'Frazier' segment, restaurant kitchen scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsObReAzbPA

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 03:44 PM (XeU6L)

152 Frasier was Old People Friends.
---
Ahem. We'd like a word.
Posted by: The Honeymooners
---------
I Love Lucy

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 03:45 PM (XeU6L)

153 Every other state is like Europe to Texans. And for those states they look at Texans like Europeans look at Americans. We just ignore the hate .
Posted by: Opinion fact

Never did understand why Texans are so sensitive.
Perfectly fine state.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 03:46 PM (/lPRQ)

154 Big Bang Theory - Friends with 'Math'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan/i]

No, BBT was floppy wristed writers who lived in Pasadena thinking they were just as interesting as those that went to CalTech.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2025 03:47 PM (mlg/3)

155 Never did understand why Texans are so sensitive.
Perfectly fine state.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

All hat. No cattle.

Posted by: MkY at December 21, 2025 03:47 PM (q6tQZ)

156 "US oil blockade of Venezuela pushes Cuba toward collapse"
Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2025 02:57 PM (rj6Yv)

well I won't take a bow, but I called that the night the first tanker was seized. It's inevitable. Cuba is so far down that no one even covers it anymore, so no one in the US realizes how close to the edge of total collapse it is.
In a way Candace is doing a service to us all by exposing a huge weakness in the way we're all doing things on the net - someone can hop on and make a huge splash by making absolutely wild and crazy claims on the net, and then make a lot of money by getting x million people to look at their site - and when it blows up they don't suffer for it, they just jump to the next insane claim. I don't know what the fix for that is, but it's not healthy for any of us to accept that as a normal state of affairs.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 03:30 PM


We were stationed at GITMO from 93-95 and there have been stories on and off over the intervening years since then about the impending collapse of Cuba. I will believe it when I see it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 21, 2025 03:49 PM (0N4FZ)

157 Disney Santa Claus is black now

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/
2002755945236160718

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2025 03:49 PM (ZxPkt)

158 Thinking tea or cognac

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)

159 You can't H8 Disney enough pushing Cultural Marxism

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 03:51 PM (Ia/+0)

160 Teanac would make for a great industrial band name.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2025 03:51 PM (mlg/3)

161 Thinking tea or cognac
Posted by: Skip

How much farther from one to another can you think?
I think I'll have a taco. No, no, what I really need is milk.

Posted by: MkY at December 21, 2025 03:52 PM (q6tQZ)

162 Wood lath is a nightmare. Plain old Sheetrock is a blessing. Use snap toggles or the screw in anchor.

Posted by: Accomack at December 21, 2025 03:52 PM (9H7EW)

163 Good grief

The Chiefs are down 26-9 in the 4th to the 2-12 Titans

3:44 to play

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2025 03:52 PM (ZxPkt)

164 Tho, RaNdom BaCon EvenTs would have a square off with Teanac at the Filter's Metal Shop in Hawaiian Gardens and Teanac would lose in a bang-off.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2025 03:54 PM (mlg/3)

165 Stone Age Christian Cannibals
SDA had a story about the Māori doing the haka in protest of some Sikhs.
Stone Age Christian Cannibals or Sikhs

Posted by: Accomack at December 21, 2025 03:55 PM (9H7EW)

166 That was an ugly win for the Bills. Jeepers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 03:55 PM (IhIKR)

167 Never did understand why Texans are so sensitive.
Perfectly fine state.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 03:46 PM (/lPRQ)

"Never ask a man if he is from Texas. If he is, he will tell you. If he isn't, well, there is no sense in embarrassing him."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 03:55 PM (GjEvj)

168 Wood lath is a nightmare. Plain old Sheetrock is a blessing. Use snap toggles or the screw in anchor.
Posted by: Accomack
My first old house, I learned how to fix plaster walls. Much more resilient than drywall.
Also soundproof. That was lost with drywall.

Posted by: MkY at December 21, 2025 03:56 PM (q6tQZ)

169 We were stationed at GITMO from 93-95 and there have been stories on and off over the intervening years since then about the impending collapse of Cuba. I will believe it when I see it.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 21, 2025 03:49 PM (0N4FZ)

For me, it's their electrical grid that is key. It's already collapsed four times this year, and to make a long story short, without constant oil shipments from Venezuela, the entire electrical grid for the entire island collapses and there is no bringing it back up.
With no grid there's no food for anyone except each other.
You could say it would be easy for any other country to walk in and take over, except they are so far down that no one wants to step in and touch that tar baby.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 03:57 PM (uWKK8)

170 Coppertone Sunscreen /Sun Tan lotion where the young black girl is the main focus for using the product.
Posted by: Opinion fact

To be fair, they do get darker in the sun.
A lot of asian office workers stay out of the lest they get a solid tan and look like a laborer.

It's a class thing.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 03:57 PM (/lPRQ)

171 Also soundproof. That was lost with drywall.
Posted by: MkY at December 21, 2025 03:56 PM (q6tQZ)

Tell me more...

Posted by: Buffalo Bill of Silence of the Lambs at December 21, 2025 03:57 PM (GjEvj)

172 You could say it would be easy for any other country to walk in and take over, except they are so far down that no one wants to step in and touch that tar baby.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 03:57 PM (uWKK

A new homeland for the Gazans!

Posted by: A Guy With A Bright Idea at December 21, 2025 03:59 PM (GjEvj)

173 Also soundproof. That was lost with drywall.
Posted by: MkY

Sheet lead will protect you from sound and radiation. Remember to us lead-headed screws. Nice asbestos draperies can further insulate your happy home.

Posted by: Hints From Heloise at December 21, 2025 04:00 PM (oftw2)

174
We were stationed at GITMO from 93-95 and there have been stories on and off over the intervening years since then about the impending collapse of Cuba. I will believe it when I see it.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Same with China.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2025 04:00 PM (pkeXY)

175 Wood lath is a nightmare. Plain old Sheetrock is a blessing. Use snap toggles or the screw in anchor.
Posted by: Accomack

There is a reason why chairails and picture moulding was a thing when walls were plaster.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 04:00 PM (/lPRQ)

176 Tell me more...
Posted by: Buffalo Bill

As example, we built two guest bedrooms in the basement. How do hotels isolate sound?
They used to depend on plaster and lathe, now, they build a two wall system, with studs offset... or insulate.

Posted by: MkY at December 21, 2025 04:01 PM (q6tQZ)

177 153 Every other state is like Europe to Texans. And for those states they look at Texans like Europeans look at Americans. We just ignore the hate .
Posted by: Opinion fact

Never did understand why Texans are so sensitive.
Perfectly fine state.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 03:46 PM (/lPRQ)

Texas is to the US what France is to Europe; it's the part that knows that it's better than every other part, and doesn't stop letting the rest of them know it too.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 04:01 PM (uWKK8)

178 Get cleaned up and upstairs
FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2025 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

179 Nood!

Posted by: A Guy With A Bright Idea at December 21, 2025 04:01 PM (GjEvj)

180 Also soundproof. That was lost with drywall.
Posted by: MkY at December 21, 2025 03:56 PM (q6tQZ)

I have noticed this. It's such a blessing to not be awakened by things going on in the neighborhood. Previously, I have lived in a modern-built townhome within a mile of train tracks and the train whistle awakened me every couple of hours all night long. Urgh!

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 21, 2025 04:02 PM (FMtrg)

181 PIVOT!

Posted by: Marybel Smiles at December 21, 2025 04:02 PM (cPkJi)

182 137 They make oversized switchplates for this exact situation.
Posted by: UnkleSteve at December 21, 2025 03:30 PM (cCEo5)

Yes! This is what I was going to say, too.

Posted by: m at December 21, 2025 04:05 PM (RuTUS)

183 "... they are so far down that no one wants to step in and touch that tar baby."

Cuba is the Haiti of the 21st Century.

Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 04:10 PM (W7XSX)

184
Cuba is the Haiti of the 21st Century.
Posted by: no one
---------

We can fix this!

Posted by: The Clinton Foundation, rife with grift at December 21, 2025 04:14 PM (XeU6L)

185 A young man and his girlfriend are detained in a lost loss facility in a department store, accused of shoplifting. A cop is called. The kid pulls a gun and tries to shoot the cop but the gun misfires. A employee in white helps the cop disarm the kid, and an employee in black joins in.

Employees are brave. But what matters is the employee in black's t-shirt

https://tinyurl.com/mtdkmaps

Posted by: javems at December 21, 2025 04:40 PM (8I4hW)

186 Wide Awake Media @wideawake_media

Jimmy Dore on the Covid narrative: "What woke me up was that I got vaccine injured."

"I was like, well, if they're lying about this, what else are they lying about? And it turns out... they were lying about everything."

"They lied about masks, they lied about herd immunity, they lied about natural immunity, they lied about lockdowns... There wasn't a thing they didn't lie about."

"And still people don't realise that they were lied to on such a grand scale, because I think it was such a big lie that they can't wrap their minds around it."

"And if people admit that they were lied to as much as they were... then they don't have to admit to themselves that they also acted like monsters."

"So instead... they just ignore it and go, oh, Covid's over, and so they don't have to face it."

X video: https://bit.ly/3L8Hnue

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 21, 2025 04:45 PM (P5BPp)

187 Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal

WAYMO CARS FREEZE ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO AFTER BLACKOUT KILLS TRAFFIC LIGHTS

Dozens of driverless Waymos are just sitting in intersections with no clue what to do.

Lights are out, roads are jammed, and the robots are frozen.

Locals say every direction is blocked.

Some cars are stuck trying to turn, others just sitting in the middle of the road like it's a parking lot.

The chaos started after a massive power outage knocked out signals across the city.

The Waymos weren’t built to handle this. And it shows.

Right now, a Waymo engineer is realizing the cars don’t know what to do without a green light.

X video: https://bit.ly/496rgWb

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 21, 2025 04:48 PM (P5BPp)

188 Why didn't you fix the screws before taking the photo. You had to know we would give you a hard time.

Also, what's the thing on the right-side? Some kind of dimmer or a switch for the margarita machine?

Posted by: DocCreep at December 21, 2025 05:18 PM (J9oiw)

189 Disney Santa Claus is black now

Sambo Claus?

(I denounce myself)

Posted by: Beverly at December 21, 2025 05:22 PM (reMys)

190 70
Is it true we just sent another $800M to zleensky?
And $600M to Netanyahoo?

Perfectly fine with sending $ to Israel. They are whacking the moles so we don't have to. The Z $? Pooty isn't even a serious threat to Europe, if I even cared about Europe (rather have Putin running it than globalists and mooselimbs anyway) and no problem for us

Posted by: Azjaeger at December 21, 2025 05:26 PM (3/XaG)

191 Use an oversized switch cover plate. It will hide the damage.

Posted by: Oops Plate at December 21, 2025 05:44 PM (XeUzE)

192 My plan is to never move again but if I do have to, I'll just drop a match inside as I lock the door.

Posted by: Ib1netmon at December 21, 2025 05:59 PM (vTTFR)

193 Alana Mastrangelo @ARmastrangelo

Nicki Minaj says being at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest is more important than any concert she's ever performed.

“Because this is a direct link between young people and God.”

“People who have a problem with us worshiping God… we absolutely cannot have them power.”

X video: https://bit.ly/496HeQf

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 21, 2025 06:29 PM (P5BPp)

194 Nic update

Posted by: ShainS -- A Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 21, 2025 06:42 PM (21Usy)

195 Nic Update 2

Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 21, 2025 06:45 PM (21Usy)

196 CBD, they make plates that are a bit larger. One of those would hide the damage to the wall.

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at December 21, 2025 06:55 PM (caMfM)

197 As a good friend once told me...

"You ain't really done remodeling until you've taken a chainsaw to a load-bearing wall."

Posted by: DaveK at December 21, 2025 09:14 PM (zAQ/x)

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