1
Hello

2 What th...?

Another hobo geezer down by the river in T-town. Why won't the city clean up these degenerates?

https://youtu.be/GSM2W5W14kQ

3 Glorious pic up top ...

4 Good evening good people.

Have our leftist friends smartened up any today?

Didn't think so. . . .

5 Doof! Great to see you again this past weekend in Corsicana.

Now off to read the content...

6 I might've been first but for that momentary fluctuation in my Internet connection.

I blame the talk of lightning strikes in the last thread.

7 Doof! Great to see you again this past weekend in Corsicana.

Now off to read the content...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 23, 2025 10:00 PM (v23vE)

Thanks - You too!

8 4 Good evening good people.

Have our leftist friends smartened up any today?

Didn't think so. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2025 10:00 PM (cYBz/)

Sadly, no improvements in either IQ or political savvy on the port side of the spectrum have been either observed or are expected. Hope all is well with you, sir!

9 When Obama renovated the WH there wasn't even any Republican outrage. Nobody cared. And this is when people were dogging Obama for some of the dumbest shit, often raised by the Obama campaign itself to make the Right look bad.
I didn't even know there was a renovation under Obama.

10 Greetings to all the members of the Horde. You're all wonderful. Had the greatest privilege to meet some of you last year.

11 Has everyone started preparing chocolate-covered Brussels sprouts for the teenaged trick-or-treaters?

12
Had my annual wellness exam today. I'm getting old, but I'm a well-maintained old.

13 Helpful friends lol.

14 Evenin'

15 Tonight's ONT brought to you by "helpful" friends

First thought was that this was some North Korea propaganda viddy

16 What if you staged a mock funeral and nobody came?

I would just die.

17 Purty pitcher

18 Owl-a-gar-i-kick

19 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Weird Al was one of my Bucket List items this year. Oh, my gosh - that concert was THE BEST!!!! We had so much fun 😊

Puddles Pity Party was the opening act, and he was great, too.

If you ever have a chance to see Weird Al in concert, GO!!!!

20 Howdy, Mr. Doof, fellow 'rons, 'ettes, and assorted hooligans!

21
What if you staged a mock funeral and nobody came?

__________

I would not be surprised.

22 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Outstanding content!

23 Doesn't get much better than this!

Yup, I think that one's his best.

24 What if you staged a mock funeral and nobody came?

I would just die.
Posted by: mindful webworker - lonely man theme at October 23, 2025 10:03 PM (A//+n)

Saves time to already be in the coffin.

25 Soft Cell were not a one hit wonder. "Bedsitter" made it to the radio too. "Memorabilia" also got some airplay iirc, and the less radio friendly "Sex Dwarf" was awesome.
"Entertain Me" is a banger.

26 A fantaxtic ONT! Masturbatin' Pete....I know that guy...no one one should know THAT guy....
Hiya Horde!😛

27 >>>Paul McCartney didn't give permission for Wings' "Live and Let Die" to be parodied because the altered version would have been "Chicken Pot Pie," which would have gone against McCartney's vegetarianism.

He's not just a humorless twat. He's a lyin' humorless twat.

28 Helpful friends lol.
Posted by: Berserker

It would have been more convincing if the wrench fit the nut. 0:28 is the most obvious.

Still funny, though.

29 Had my annual wellness exam today"

Celebrating multiple years of blowing off Mediscare "required" exams...

It's breezy (waiting for rain) and enjoying a fine James Gin (and tonic).

Y'all have a nice evening...

30
When movie exec Harry Cohn died, just about everyone in Hollywood attended his funeral. Red Skelton commented, "It proves what Harry always said: Give the public what they want and they'll come out for it."

31 I think the issue with "Tainted Love" (which isn't even a SC original) is that the thing got played on the radio after 1983. Like, all the time. The other stuff got played but not replayed.

32 Hola, friends!

33 Tonight's ONT brought to you by "helpful" friends

First thought was that this was some North Korea propaganda viddy

Posted by: gKWVE at October 23, 2025 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

The wrench wasn't even the right size. lol

34 Under the "fair use" provision of U.S. copyright law, Yankovic and other parodists don't need permission from original artists to satirize their work, as long as royalties are paid.

Doesn't work that way in the UK. Ask Neil Innes.*




* Or course, you can't. He dead.

35 Awwwh Lee Gaahh Ky

36 Evening Horde,

How's it hanging? (Apologies to the ETTES.)

37 Husband Forced to Compensate Ex-Wife for Saving Her Number as ‘Chubby’ in His Phone

After the ruling, he changed the name to "Humorless Bitch-Queen."

38 Evening all.

I hope you are all having a great evening.

39 It would have been more convincing if the wrench fit the nut. 0:28 is the most obvious.

Still funny, though.

Posted by: mikeski at October 23, 2025 10:07 PM (nhCoE)

I saw that. lol This is why you need a zoomer (milwaukee electric ratchet). Just hold the wrench on the bolt, zoomer on the nut, pull the trigger and your heart rate don't change.

40 Doof! Great to see you again this past weekend in Corsicana.

Now off to read the content...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 23, 2025 10:00 PM (v23vE)

Wait. You weren't in Walberswick??

41 Wait! We're now letting hooligans in? Have we no standards?

Nice ONT, Doof!

42 Soft Cell were not a one hit wonder. "Bedsitter" made it to the radio too. "Memorabilia" also got some airplay iirc, and the less radio friendly "Sex Dwarf" was awesome.
"Entertain Me" is a banger.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 23, 2025 10:06 PM (gKWVE)

Tainted Love reached #8 in the US. They had no other songs hit the Billboard Top 100. Doesn't get much more "one hit wonder" than that.

43 Sorry I'm late, I was on the phone with the hot tub manufacturer discussing the limits of the warranty.

44 Bucking rivets was a two man job I've taken part in. The bucking part. A great way to lose all feeling in you hands for about an hour.

45 Well, I guess he's got us over a barrel.

CBS News@CBSNews
A Cuban deported by the U.S. to the tiny African nation of Eswatini is on hunger strike and his "life is on the line," his lawyer says.

46 Great ONT! Thanks, Doof!

Must have been about 20 years ago - my husband and I took our daughters (in elementary school at the time) to a Weird Al concert - we were in the 4th or 5th row. It was quite fun! I read up about him and apparently he is a talented musician (when I think of him as just clever for his lyrics). Sadly, his parents died on the same day due to a gas leak at their house.

47 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Outstanding content!
Posted by: TRex - chubby dino at October 23, 2025 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

Howdy, Dino!

48 Wait! We're now letting hooligans in? Have we no standards?
Nice ONT, Doof!
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic

We have lots of standards. I just scrolled through the list until I found one low enough to allow me in.

49 What if you staged a mock funeral and nobody came?

__________

I would not be surprised.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2025 10:05 PM (tgvbd)

Not even the dogs?

50 $376 million White House renovation during the Obama Administration.


That is a lot for one k-mart hoop a rooftop voodoo hut for his Mother in Law.

51 Hola, friends!
Posted by: Piper at October 23, 2025 10:08 PM (p4NUW)

Howdy!

52 Sorry I'm late, I was on the phone with the hot tub manufacturer discussing the limits of the warranty.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 23, 2025 10:12 PM (J3orf)

Does it cover the damage from two bears getting it on in it?

53 McCartney's vegetarianism.

He's not just a humorless twat. He's a lyin' humorless twat.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

See the link at my #2.

54 Sorry I'm late, I was on the phone with the hot tub manufacturer discussing the limits of the warranty.
Posted by: tankdemon

A two-parter. Nice.

55 Howdy!"

What are you, an Aggie? Yikes.

56 The wrench wasn't even the right size. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 23, 2025 10:08 PM (snZF9)

I can hear my grandfather yelling at me

57 CBS News@CBSNews
A Cuban deported by the U.S. to the tiny African nation of Eswatini is on hunger strike and his "life is on the line," his lawyer says.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 23, 2025 10:13 PM (L/fGl)

So the Bobby Sands diet is as popular as ever.

58 >>A Cuban deported by the U.S. to the tiny African nation of Eswatini is on hunger strike and his "life is on the line," his lawyer says.
---------

Gee, that's too bad. Maybe the lawyer can send him some food.

My give-a-damn is broken and I can't find any parts!

59 Even a broken clock finds a blind squirrel twice a day.

BERNIE [Sanders]: “If you don’t have any borders, you don’t have a nation.”
“Trump did a better job. I don’t like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain’t that hard to do. Biden didn't do it.”

60 New nic.

61 @sentdefender . 6h
-
Breanna Morello of Infowars, the far-right conspiracy theory website created by Alex Jones, will be joining Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “New Pentagon Press Corps” as an independent journalist, alongside other right-wing personalities and media outlets such as Tim Pool, Jack Posobiec, LindellTV, and Red State
---

A pic to help you identify the far right-winger

https://tinyurl.com/ycxc8r2k

62 "Bedsitter" hit #4 in the UK so I dunno.

63 Nice change to the nic, Teresa!

64 I am wondering if you changed how I am listed in your phone! lol

65 Always go to funerals. If you don't go to theirs, they won't come to yours.

66 I had to look up "Eswatini". = Swaziland for us 29 year olds

67 So we sent the Cuban to Africa. He chooses to not eat. How, again, is his well-being directly affected by the US?

68 Breanna Morello of Infowars, the far-right conspiracy theory website created by Alex Jones,

—

Bet she has a Nazi tattoo or something. Right?

69 I am wondering if you changed how I am listed in your phone! lol
Posted by: Piper at October 23, 2025 10:17 PM (p4NUW)

Haha - took me a minute to get what you meant!

70 Nice new nic, Teresa!

71 I once attended a Weird Al concert. It was a while ago. But I remember it being funny.

72 Piper! Joyenz!
The wom×n! (?) Is that how the retards say it?!
Howdy anyway girlfriends 🤪!

73 New Orleans has one of those web cams on Bourbon Street and Saint Peter intersection. I watch it sometimes. It's best to watch it around midnight. Drunks everywhere, bums rooting around in garbage cans, working girls doing their thing. Trash everywhere. In the early morning garbage trucks are everywhere. The city has water trucks that go up and down the streets spraying lemon scented water to get rid of the smell of booze, vomit, and garbage. They clean the streets before the next days business.I have seen fights, drug pushers, and police being called. And rats the size of cats running across the roads. Bums sleeping in doorways until morning. If you want real reality TV this is it.

74 44 Bucking rivets was a two man job I've taken part in. The bucking part. A great way to lose all feeling in you hands for about an hour.
Posted by: banana Dream

Moe Howard and his brother Jerome were experts at that.

75 A pic to help you identify the far right-winger"

Ah... wowsers.
FLBP...

76 Bet she has a Nazi tattoo or something. Right?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Black Sun artfully accentuates the starfish.

77 I had to look up "Eswatini". = Swaziland for us 29 year olds
Posted by: gKWVE

If you had asked me "African Nation or Hipster Cocktail," I would have been incorrect.

78
Is nurse in semi-permanent mourning over the (once again) title loss by the Marooners?

79 Soft Cell were not a one hit wonder. …
Posted by: gKWVE

May be, but "Tainted Love" lasted 'til the end of the world.

https://youtu.be/9Pr88nKuQlw

80 Posted by: Case at October 23, 2025 10:22 PM (9HFDU)

Link?

81 Well, I guess he's got us over a barrel.

CBS News@CBSNews
A Cuban deported by the U.S. to the tiny African nation of Eswatini is on hunger strike and his "life is on the line," his lawyer says.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 23, 2025 10:13 PM (L/fGl)

Don't blame him. I wouldn't eat a damn thing there either.

82 55 Howdy!"

What are you, an Aggie? Yikes.
Posted by: man at October 23, 2025 10:15 PM (tubbA)

***waves hands in the air***

I'm an Aggie! Whoop! 👍👍👍

***adds a hearty "Hullabaloo!" just because***

83 43 Sorry I'm late, I was on the phone with the hot tub manufacturer discussing the limits of the warranty.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 23, 2025 10:12 PM
***
Bet you're glad now that you paid up for the extra pudding protection.

84 Is nurse in semi-permanent mourning over the (once again) title loss by the Marooners?
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 23, 2025 10:23 PM (47diA)

Does that make the players a bunch of maroons (in best Bugs Bunny voice)?

85 so i got the first cell phone- needed it for access for my meter reading job around early 2000s. so my contact name for the wife and two kids at home was "them." her identical twin sister (who has her kidney) is still "other."
later, when the kids had their own fones, she became "scam likely." after 30yrs, sadly she is gone...bad seizure last year.

86 I keep estranged brother's # in my phone (blocked), under "Narcissist Bro".

If something's important, he can still leave a vmail.

87 Just looked up Eswatini diet on the webs and it appears their main dishes are sorghum and maize with occasional goat. I might be turning to the Cubans side . . . . . . . .

88 Cats are stupid and evil. Ask me how I know and I'll give you a list. Number seven will surprise you!!

89 Nice pic up top and mystery click. I do miss fall colors, and rain.

90 Better Dr Who clip, more context, less Tainted Love.

91 My give-a-damn is broken and I can't find any parts!
Posted by: JQ
*************
This has to be a comment of the week!

92 Does that make the players a bunch of maroons (in best Bugs Bunny voice)?

Nah. Just looking to jangle nurse a little!

A JOKE, nurse!

93 72 Piper! Joyenz!
The wom×n! (?) Is that how the retards say it?!
Howdy anyway girlfriends 🤪!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October

Hi! Is the table wobbling?

94 Just looked up Eswatini diet on the webs and it appears their main dishes are sorghum and maize with occasional goat. I might be turning to the Cubans side . . . . . . . .
Posted by: LRob

But the only difference from the Cuban diet is it has more goat.....

95 Well, that was weird....

96
Don't blame him. I wouldn't eat a damn thing there either.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 23, 2025 10:24 PM (snZF9)

________

Her Majesty and I ate at a Nigerian restaurant after her physical therapy session. It was not an experience we are likely to repeat.

97 Howdy anyway girlfriends 🤪!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 23, 2025 10:21 PM (mAdag)

Big waves Heyo!

98 What's wrong with maize?

99 So people are finally catching on that pro sports are rigged?

100 Nice pic up top and mystery click. I do miss fall colors, and rain.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 23, 2025 10:27 PM (F2xQR)

Thanks, not-so-scary Mary!

101 Nothing I know of.

102 Paul McCartney didn't give permission for Wings' "Live and Let Die" to be parodied because the altered version would have been "Chicken Pot Pie,"


Man, what a loss for the music world. I mean, I can hear it in my head.

103 test

104 Let us be very clear from the White House: if the Democrats continue to keep the government closed up until Thanksgiving, we fear there will be significant flight delays, disruptions, and cancellations in major airports across the country.
_Karoline Leavitt
---

Senator Kennedy (LA), said, he thought the Dems would carry the shutdown through Thanksgiving.

105 web cams on Bourbon Street and Saint Peter intersection"

It's amazing to me - I'm old and fat (well, at least to me), but am in far better shape than so many folks wandering about these days.
It's amazing.

I'm an Aggie! Whoop!"

Oh, another one... (lunching tomorrow w/a former Aggie football player... dude is... over 29, but still freak'n huge (OL). Went to a game at Kyle field w/him once, and the reverence by which he was treated was... wow.

106 Nice pic up top and mystery click. I do miss fall colors, and rain.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 23, 2025 10:27 PM (F2xQR)

I saw some great colors going through PA on the way home from texas. The sun was hitting the sides of the mountains and they were glowing red and orange in some areas. I took some pictures.

107 ...after 30yrs, sadly she is gone...bad seizure last year.
Posted by: cmeat at October 23, 2025 10:25 PM (R11M+)

{{{hugs}}} So very sorry for your loss

108 Bernie is nothing more than a self serving commie bastard. Fu*k him!

109 test
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 23, 2025 10:30 PM (47diA)

You scored a C minus

110 Anyway....

111 What's wrong with maize?
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Can't find your way out.

112 the players a bunch of maroons"

That'll get the Aggies fired up...

113 You scored a C minus

Thanks. Within tolerance.

114 What's wrong with maize?"

We call it corn...

and make it into bourbon.

115 Indian Man Fakes Death to See Who Would Attend His Funeral

Look up Timothy Dexter. From Wiki:
"Dexter faked his own death to see how people would react, and about 3,000 people attended Dexter's mock wake. When Dexter did not see his wife cry, he revealed the hoax and after the ceremony beat her with his cane for not sufficiently mourning his death."

116 108 Bernie is nothing more than a self serving commie bastard. Fu*k him!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 23, 2025 10:31 PM (2WIwB)

Aren't all commies self-serving?

117 @80 Link Just go to Google and search for New Orleans live web cam.

118 Aren't all commies self-serving?"

Aren't we all?

/Horn and Hardart

119 Doof, the top pic is gorgeous!

Not getting the bright reds and oranges here, yet. The neighbor's birch tree is a brilliant yellow now-- just *glows* in the sun!

120 111 What's wrong with maize?
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Can't find your way out.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 23, 2025 10:31 PM (L/fGl)

The cattle graze,
On ground up maize,
Deep in feed lots of Nebraska...

121 In farm country here in the non-north, we grow a grain called maize and it certainly isn't corn. Looked up African maize and it IS corn. Also called cattle food.

122 Look up Timothy Dexter. From Wiki:
"Dexter faked his own death to see how people would react, and about 3,000 people attended Dexter's mock wake. When Dexter did not see his wife cry, he revealed the hoax and after the ceremony beat her with his cane for not sufficiently mourning his death."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Strange that she'd be so deficient in sorrow after apparently losing such a fine specimen of a husband.

123 We had another cat / Shiba breakthrough today! All 3 of them were chasing each other up and down the hall. I don’t let Saijo chase kitties, but they were doing it to each other. And the cats started it. I hope he understands the difference.

124 Link Just go to Google and search for New Orleans live web cam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHW8srS0ylo

125 118 Aren't all commies self-serving?"

Aren't we all?

/Horn and Hardart

Posted by: man at October 23, 2025 10:34 PM (tubbA)

No.

126 Senator Kennedy (LA), said, he thought the Dems would carry the shutdown through Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

BREAKING: In an incredible gesture, President Trump reveals the anonymous billionaire who is paying the troops during the shutdown has OFFICIALLY sent a check for $130M. WOW!
"Today he sent us a check for $130 million."
REPORTER: Who?
TRUMP: "He doesn't want the the recognition! But he gave us a check for $130M. It's gonna go to the military!"
"That's what I call a PATRIOT."

I wonder who it is

127 I saw some great colors going through PA on the way home from texas. The sun was hitting the sides of the mountains and they were glowing red and orange in some areas. I took some pictures.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

-----
Nice!

128 So we sent the Cuban to Africa. He chooses to not eat. How, again, is his well-being directly affected by the US?
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 23, 2025 10:20 PM (47diA)

Chances are his life is in danger because there are Angolans with long memories.

129 Just keep watching the NFL. They don't hate you, they just hire people who hate you.

https://tinyurl.com/4r8edjyy

130 Doof, the top pic is gorgeous!

Not getting the bright reds and oranges here, yet. The neighbor's birch tree is a brilliant yellow now-- just *glows* in the sun!
Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2025 10:35 PM (rdVOm)

We have some great colors here in the mid-Atlantic. Coming into Maryland near Harper's Ferry on Tuesday was especially beautiful.

131 122 Look up Timothy Dexter. From Wiki:
"Dexter faked his own death to see how people would react, and about 3,000 people attended Dexter's mock wake. When Dexter did not see his wife cry, he revealed the hoax and after the ceremony beat her with his cane for not sufficiently mourning his death."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Strange that she'd be so deficient in sorrow after apparently losing such a fine specimen of a husband.

Posted by: mikeski at October 23, 2025 10:36 PM (nhCoE)

He was generally disliked, but somehow, even when scammed, ended up making huge profits. There was an old joke about selling coal to Manchester (England, a major coal producer). He was told by upper crust that he could make money that way, so he loaded up a ship with coal and headed there. It just so happened that when the ship arrived, a strike had caused a shortage of coal, and he made boo koo bucks.

132 Husband Forced to Compensate Ex-Wife for Saving Her Number as ‘Chubby’ in His Phone


I listed Fanni as 'Gorilla Grip'. Made public in court proceedings. Seemed like a lighthearted idea at the time.

133 "Today he sent us a check for $130 million."
REPORTER: Who?
TRUMP: "He doesn't want the the recognition! But he gave us a check for $130M. It's gonna go to the military!"
"That's what I call a PATRIOT."

I wonder who it is
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 23, 2025 10:36 PM (L/fGl)

Heck. I'll take credit for it, if he doesn't want to.

134 I wonder who it is

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 23, 2025 10:36 PM (L/fGl)

Certainly not bear claw.

135 Heck. I'll take credit for it, if he doesn't want to.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2025 10:40 PM

You are a great American.

136 No.
Posted by: Oregon Gas Stations"

Heh.

137 You are a great American.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 23, 2025 10:40 PM (ox3Df)

And a patriot.

138 93

The table wobbles everytime I trip over it...damn feet anyway 😫
Yikes!

139 132 Husband Forced to Compensate Ex-Wife for Saving Her Number as ‘Chubby’ in His Phone


I listed Fanni as 'Gorilla Grip'. Made public in court proceedings. Seemed like a lighthearted idea at the time.

Posted by: Nathan Wade at October 23, 2025 10:39 PM (wVcYX)

I don't...but for my sister, a pic comes up of Peppa Pig...

140
I wonder who it is
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

=============

Bill Ackman?

141 I'll bet that helpful friend came close to eating chrome vanadium off camera...

142 Off to bed! Another crazy day in paradise tomorrow, I have the usual teaching stuff, and then the kidlette has a Halloween party with her GS troop. And then we have a Halloween party Saturday. So much socializing. Lol.

143 Indian Man Fakes Death to See Who Would Attend His Funeral

Look up Timothy Dexter. From Wiki:
"Dexter faked his own death to see how people would react, and about 3,000 people attended Dexter's mock wake. When Dexter did not see his wife cry, he revealed the hoax and after the ceremony beat her with his cane for not sufficiently mourning his death."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


Dexter Morgan faked his own death too.

144 Confucius say: Wrong-sized tool for job lead to dissatisfaction and rounded-off nuts.

145 102 Paul McCartney didn't give permission for Wings' "Live and Let Die" to be parodied because the altered version would have been "Chicken Pot Pie,"


Man, what a loss for the music world. I mean, I can hear it in my head.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 23, 2025 10:30 PM (ox3Df)

with the accordian riff...LOL

146 143 Indian Man Fakes Death to See Who Would Attend His Funeral

Look up Timothy Dexter. From Wiki:
"Dexter faked his own death to see how people would react, and about 3,000 people attended Dexter's mock wake. When Dexter did not see his wife cry, he revealed the hoax and after the ceremony beat her with his cane for not sufficiently mourning his death."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


Dexter Morgan faked his own death too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 23, 2025 10:48 PM (/lPRQ)

Maybe he's a descendant...

147 Wait. You weren't in Walberswick??
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2025 10:11 PM (uQesX)

Having just read this weeks' Bleats, I would absolutely love to visit there with James some day. But today is not that day...

148 You all know that the President going out to that Aircraft Carrier with the missus was to send a message to Putin.

He is the right President, at the right time.

149
You all know that the President going out to that Aircraft Carrier with the missus was to send a message to Putin.

Posted by: Nightwatch

=============

Didn't he already send that message with the flyover in Alaska?

150 Oh, nice ONT DOOF.

151 When Chuckles Bit The Dust, the memorial service was a somber affair, until I started my remarks.

152 108 Bernie is nothing more than a self serving commie bastard. Fu*k him!
Posted by: Diogenes

And his accent is annoying. I couldn't bear to listen to all those "oligarchy" clips.

153 Mohan Lal is quite fortunate no one lit the funeral pyre before he gave up the ruse. Well-toasted and dumped in the Ganges can ruin your whole day.

154 Funeral?

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

155 Just ran across a clip of AoC saying, "No doesn't mean no. It means try harder"

How did this not get more airplay when the airhead said it?

156 149

He is a fan of "Bulk" messaging. Like, "Hey Vald, just in case I was not clear with the first part."

"Call me."

157 Just gonna say it. Bernie is a fucking asshole.

158 The cattle graze,
On ground up maize,
Deep in feed lots of Nebraska...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2025 10:35 PM (ynpvh)

Having grown up in that state, I can attest that the smell of feedlots along the roadways is likely the reason why the "RECIRC" button for car climate controls was invented. IYKYK.

159 I keep estranged brother's # in my phone (blocked), under "Narcissist Bro".

If something's important, he can still leave a vmail.
Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2025 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

For a long time, the ex was simply X. At some point, Little requested I change it. Her entry now reads, Boo!

Haven't gotten a call from her in a number of years, and I suspect she has a different phone. I should delete the entry...

160 Can't find your way out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 23, 2025 10:31 PM (L/fGl)

Silly. That's a corn maize.

161 Chicken pot pieeee

162 Just ran across a clip of AoC saying, "No doesn't mean no. It means try harder"

How did this not get more airplay when the airhead said it?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 23, 2025 10:54 PM (sKqQm)

Tell that to the dudes sitting in prison who touched a chick the wrong way. Gee your honor, no meant I needed to try harder.

163 The more this shutdown goes on,
The more desperate (and espousing violence) the Democrat party will become.

Lock & Load.

164 One of my favorite mini-playlists:

1. "Tainted Love," original
2. "Tainted Love," SC
3. "S.O.S."

165 I've finally had it and am "retiring" at the ripe old age of 62.

These soft, easily triggered baby adults I work with now have forced my hand.

And I really don't want to start again somewhere else pretty much these are the people you have to work with every where now.

You raise your voice and off to HR they go and then you have to deal with an emotionalles robot hr drone who has zero clue of the industry you work in nor the demands of the job.

166 None of my contacts have silly nicknames

167 The real reason the Dems are upset at the $130M gift is that PDJT didn't take the customary vig as they all do.

This is something they just can't fathom.

168 Has Paul been vegetarian since the Linda/Wings years? That's more than 50 years.

169 For an alternate view of the new embargo on Russian oil:


Lord Bebo
@MyLordBebo
14h
🇷🇺🇬🇧 SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN OIL EXPLAINED!

But what do US-EU-UK sanctions on Russian oil actually do?

I’ll explain:

1) Sanctioned products cannot be transported by ships anymore with western insurance and by western shipping companies.

2) Eastern shipping companies take over, like the fleet of Chinese ships that now transport Russian oil.

3) These ships now use another insurance, from China or from Russia. (Which was not existent before, or were not widely used)

4) Now the same amount of oil is transported, but without being insured in England and by BRICS ships. That is what they called “shadow fleet”.

-> England lost its shipping insurance monopoly, which is very bad for the UK.

Starmer celebrates essentially the handover of a British traditional market to BRICS.

170 I should delete the entry...

I literally have people from forty years ago in my phone. It comes from knowing how to dump databases and reimport them. And being too lazy to clean said data.

Though I would be pretty damned surprised if I saw someone calling from Rick Beato’s old number in Ithaca (I took lessons from him, or someone with that name, for several months in 1987 or 1988.)

171
A pic to help you identify the far right-winger

https://tinyurl.com/ycxc8r2k
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2025 10:17 PM (Ffc+

Well, if she's gonna dress like that and hang out in front of the Correctional Center, I'm going to assume she's a good sport with an excellent sense of humor and a gun.

172 As much as Obama effed up healthcare prices; separating healthcare from employment is a goid idea and so is having a marketplace.
I mean there are probably better ways of implementing it, but what we had before was not good.

173 Just ran across a clip of AoC saying, "No doesn't mean no. It means try harder"

How did this not get more airplay when the airhead said it?
Posted by: 18-1

Don't!

Stop!

Don't stop..... don't stop.....

174 If you ever have a chance to see Weird Al in concert, GO!!!!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 23, 2025 10:04 PM (SRRAx)

+1. Weird Al puts on an amazing show. He and the band did costume changes for every song at the show I went to. He apparently still has the 'I'm Fat' suit.

175 Having just read this weeks' Bleats, I would absolutely love to visit there with James some day. But today is not that day...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 23, 2025 10:49 PM (v23vE)

I read the England posts for the pictures of the city and the places he goes, but it seems a little creepy that he wormed his way into that woman's family.

176 172 As much as Obama effed up healthcare prices; separating healthcare from employment is a goid idea and so is having a marketplace.
I mean there are probably better ways of implementing it, but what we had before was not good.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 23, 2025 11:03 PM (gDlxJ)

^^This whole Obamacare subsidies ending and the LIV pain it will cause - makes me think it's just another problem (Healthcare) for Trump to solve.

177 Though I would be pretty damned surprised if I saw someone calling from Rick Beato’s old number in Ithaca (I took lessons from him, or someone with that name, for several months in 1987 or 1988.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 23, 2025 11:02 PM (EXyHK)

There is likely a good story behind this -- or maybe a better story to come. Anyway, pleasure to see you again last weekend!

178 As much as Obama effed up healthcare prices; separating healthcare from employment is a goid idea and so is having a marketplace.
I mean there are probably better ways of implementing it, but what we had before was not good.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 23, 2025 11:03 PM (gDlxJ)

The good news is I'm now covered for abortion, gyno exams and the like.

Pay for insurance you will never need. Brilliant! Only a Dem mind could come up with a 'solution' that.

179 'm going to assume she's a good sport with an excellent sense of humor and a gun.

“So I'm looking for a girl with a gun and a job. And a house… with cable. Don't you know where you are?”

180 I'm having trouble getting insurance on my drug-running boat of late. Only Lloyd's of Lubbock would give me a quote. Insurance with a handshake, they say, no paperwork.

181 172 As much as Obama effed up healthcare prices; separating healthcare from employment is a good idea and so is having a marketplace.
I mean there are probably better ways of implementing it, but what we had before was not good.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 23, 2025 11:03 PM (gDlxJ)

+1000 on this proposal. Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to implement it without a universal requirement to have insurance coverage, and SCOTUS frowned upon that (although spitRoberts didn't shoot it down entirely).

Freedom of commerce also means freedom not to engage in said commerce, IMHO.

182 Soft Cell's version of Tainted Love is my favorite:

https://youtu.be/ACPaWsdqCjA?t=76

183 Well, if she's gonna dress like that and hang out in front of the Correctional Center, I'm going to assume she's a good sport with an excellent sense of humor and a gun.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 23, 2025 11:03 PM (pIfcn)

She's got a pair of .45s for sure.

184 @178

>>The good news is I'm now covered for abortion, gyno exams and the like.

Well one day you might identify as a women and as everyone knows, once you identify as a woman, you biologically become a woman.

185 Schnorflepuppy, ask me next year… in Corsicana! Good to see you, too.

186 Kind of ironic that Led Zeppelin said no to someone copying their song.

187 I read the England posts for the pictures of the city and the places he goes, but it seems a little creepy that he wormed his way into that woman's family.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2025 11:06 PM (uQesX)

If memory serves, Peg's daughter invited him over the first time; can't remember if that was before or after Peg's passing. But they do seem to like him...

188 Pay for insurance you will never need. Brilliant! Only a Dem mind could come up with a 'solution' that.
Posted by: RickZ

Yeah, the fiats are dumb and expensive, but prior to that, unless you had insurance through your employer, you were pretty much SOL.
If Pres Trump or Pres Vance can reform the marketplace it would be a lot better.
But with most ppl not having decent benefits anymore, just doing gigs or combining several part time jobs, it needs to stay.

189 Doof!

190 Home again!

191 If memory serves, Peg's daughter invited him over the first time; can't remember if that was before or after Peg's passing. But they do seem to like him...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 23, 2025 11:11 PM (v23vE)

He sure name drops when he's there: "Michael Palin and I had...."

192 Aren't all commies self-serving?"

Aren't we all?

/Horn and Hardart

Posted by: man at October 23, 2025 10:34 PM (tubbA)

No.
Posted by: Oregon Gas Stations at October 23, 2025 10:36 PM (ynpvh)

***

Ha!
Took me a second.

193 He sure name drops when he's there: "Michael Palin and I had...."
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2025 11:13 PM (uQesX)

I mean, wouldn't you, if the occasion arose? It's Monty Frickin' Python, after all ...

194 Wish I could buy *only* hospital insurance. Like I could before ZeroCare.

But nooooo....gotta have children's dental & a bunch of other unnecessary crap.

(Yeah, like I'm gonna have kids at my age, and after a hysterectomy!)

195 Man, what a loss for the music world. I mean, I can hear it in my head.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 23, 2025 10:30 PM (ox3Df)

with the accordian riff...LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2025 10:48 PM (ynpvh)

Lemme help..

http://tiny.cc/qn6u001

196
^^This whole Obamacare subsidies ending and the LIV pain it will cause - makes me think it's just another problem (Healthcare) for Trump to solve.
Posted by: Iris

===============

That's what I'm hoping. People will start to notice that awful scheme and demand to know why we have to put up with it. Answer: We don't!!

197 194 Wish I could buy *only* hospital insurance. Like I could before ZeroCare.

But nooooo....gotta have children's dental & a bunch of other unnecessary crap.

(Yeah, like I'm gonna have kids at my age, and after a hysterectomy!)
Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2025 11:17 PM (rdVOm)

I'm told WeirdDave can help you with that...

198 Oh, hay, Stellantis is investing 13 million in moving production from Ontario to Illinois, and may go as far as 600 million.

I expect the Green jobs will stay in Canada, so that's good.

199 As a native of Lubbock, let me assure you there is no Lloyd’s of Lubbock!

200 The other problem with healthcare us illustrated by what's happened to veterinary care fairly recently.

Vet costs are through the roof. Yeah care is better but the main reason is that small single vet clinics get bought by big investment groups.
The Black Rock shitification of everything.

201 Man, I hate when that happens.

@bayraktar_1love Oct 22
The Mi-8 helicopter carrying the Indian president got stuck in concrete that was poured just hours before landing.

202 As a native of Lubbock, let me assure you there is no Lloyd’s of Lubbock!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 23, 2025 11:19 PM (ZVgZ4)

They are a subsidiary to Tricolor, and to tell you the truth, they want three years of premiums up front

203 The health care system is collapsing? Oh what a shame. But I have no health for which to care. The Canadians would be desperate to kill me.

By the way, I got a text this morning. “You have an appointment with your provider…”. I still have no clue what I am being provided. Such a stupid word.

204 I'm pissed at GWB also-- he enriched Big Pharma with Part D. Rx prices skyrocketed immediately after it kicked in! My employer-plan did not cover Rx at that time, so I noticed. Bigly!

205 Indian Man Fakes Death to See Who Would Attend His Funeral

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Imma gonna do this at a future Texas MoMe where there'll be a ceremony to bury my heart.

Thanks for the ONT, Doof -- and a great pleasure to meet, chat, & hang out with you last weekend.

Although I was expecting you to have a bro 'fro ... I am disappoint!

206 They are a subsidiary to Tricolor, and to tell you the truth, they want three years of premiums up front
Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2025 11:22 PM (rbvCR)

I passed a Tricolor warehouse south of Dallas the other day. Their collapse makes me smile.

207 Checking out for tonight. I do a live show on current events and other shit M/W/F (most non-TXMoMe weeks) at the link in my bio; next show tomorrow night at 6:00pm EDT | 3:00pm PDT.

208 The Mi-8 helicopter carrying the Indian president got stuck in concrete that was poured just hours before landing.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

And instead of just taking off....they freaking manhandled it.

209 Doof - More Rush shows available! I’m pulling for you man!

But damnit, NOW they add the San Antonio date…

210 I do love Weird Al

211 A pic to help you identify the far right-winger

https://tinyurl.com/ycxc8r2k
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2025 10:17 PM (Ffc+

and once again I can hear my grandfather "mama mia she gottem some-a nice-a melonies

212 I'm told WeirdDave can help you with that...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
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Don't believe WD can help with Idaho insurance.

213 Any city that has stockyards knows what they smell like if the wind is blowing the wrong way!

214 192 Aren't all commies self-serving?"

Aren't we all?

/Horn and Hardart

Posted by: man at October 23, 2025 10:34 PM (tubbA)

No.
Posted by: Oregon Gas Stations at October 23, 2025 10:36 PM (ynpvh)

***

Ha!
Took me a second.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 23, 2025 11:13 PM (2WIwB)

Apparently, as of 2023, there is now self-serve gas in Oregon...

215 Yeah, the fiats are dumb and expensive, but prior to that, unless you had insurance through your employer, you were pretty much SOL.
If Pres Trump or Pres Vance can reform the marketplace it would be a lot better.
But with most ppl not having decent benefits anymore, just doing gigs or combining several part time jobs, it needs to stay.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 23, 2025 11:12 PM (gDlxJ)

I don’t go through my employer for auto insurance. Why do I need to go through one for medical? I should just be able to buy a damned policy.

216 I'm pissed at GWB also-- he enriched Big Pharma with Part D. Rx prices skyrocketed immediately after it kicked in! My employer-plan did not cover Rx at that time, so I noticed. Bigly!

Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2025 11:22 PM (rdVOm)

-------------

Well, at least he didn't give us the "Patriot Act" (already written and stored in Congressional file cabinets for years awaiting for the opportunity to abuse it and spy on Americans) and FISA Warrants and Courts.

Oh, wait ... [although in an odd, some might say Manifest Destiny kind of way, he and the DogEater gave us TRUMP -- so we've got that going for us.]

217 NJ is the only state now that doesn't allow self-serve gas...

218 Healthcare that gubmint does need to step in somehow- asylums for the crazies on the street

219 Having grown up in that state, I can attest that the smell of feedlots along the roadways is likely the reason why the "RECIRC" button for car climate controls was invented. IYKYK.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 23, 2025 10:56 PM (v23vE)

Some asshat a few months ago kept assuring me there was absolutely no cattle in NE. Which is about the time I stopped listening to him though he kept running his mouth.

220 I don’t go through my employer for auto insurance. Why do I need to go through one for medical? I should just be able to buy a damned policy.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 23, 2025 11:27 PM (vwL3N)

See Roosevelt, Franklin Delano and his wage and price controls during WWII. Since employers couldn't offer higher salaries to attract workers, they had to offer incentives (think, health insurance).

Democrats ruin everything...

221 NJ is the only state now that doesn't allow self-serve gas...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2025 11:27 PM (ynpvh)

We're not giving up our servants. Let them stand in the cold. lol

They don't touch the motorcycles though. Riders pump their own, for it is written.

222 What is the weirdest nic you have in your phone (AOSHQ person or otherwise)?

My wife was listed as "Sugarbritches" once upon a time.

223 Some asshat a few months ago kept assuring me there was absolutely no cattle in NE. Which is about the time I stopped listening to him though he kept running his mouth.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 23, 2025 11:30 PM (vwL3N)

Good move. There are, in fact, cattle -- especially in the Sandhills, where nothing else is going to grow.

224 So the Bobby Sands diet is as popular as ever.
Posted by: RickZ at October 23, 2025 10:15 PM (gKDq2)

Is he smearing his prison cell walls with shit too?

225 See Roosevelt, Franklin Delano and his wage and price controls during WWII. Since employers couldn't offer higher salaries to attract workers, they had to offer incentives (think, health insurance).

Democrats ruin everything...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless)


Created a whole new very profitable industry.

226 222 What is the weirdest nic you have in your phone (AOSHQ person or otherwise)?

My wife was listed as "Sugarbritches" once upon a time.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 23, 2025 11:31 PM (TdYBy)

I worked with a guy who had different ringtones for different people...when his wife would call the phone would say, in a miltary voice "INCOMING!"...

227 Lloyd’s of Lubbock is a firm of masonry and concrete work. So they do exist but do not insure anything (except maybe their work)! I haven’t lived in Lubbock for many decades, so I didn’t even know about the business.

228 Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 23, 2025 11:32 PM (v23vE)

So, you think he'll sell and move to England?

229 See Roosevelt, Franklin Delano and his wage and price controls during WWII. Since employers couldn't offer higher salaries to attract workers, they had to offer incentives (think, health insurance).

Democrats ruin everything...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 23, 2025 11:30 PM (v23vE)

I do know this history. But…

Last I checked (as I always mused when I got red flagged on my security clearance paperwork when I indicated my mother was born in Germany), WWII ended. 80 years ago. We don’t have to do things like that anymore.

Why not buy medical insurance from whoever you damn well please?

230 So, you think he'll sell and move to England?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2025 11:33 PM (uQesX)

It's not impossible. Depends on what the spousal unit decides to do with regard to retirement, I suppose.

OK, really leaving for the night.

231 NJ is the only state now that doesn't allow self-serve gas...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

What was the other state, Oregon? What was the story there?

232
Why not buy medical insurance from whoever you damn well please?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 23, 2025 11:35 PM (vwL3N)

But that would cause competition and lower prices! We can't let you do that! We need to be deeply involved to get OUR cut!

233 OK, really leaving for the night.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 23, 2025 11:35 PM (v23vE)

Just in case you haven't....

If she says sell, he'll sell. But she doesn't seem to go on those England trips.

234 231 NJ is the only state now that doesn't allow self-serve gas...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

What was the other state, Oregon? What was the story there?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 23, 2025 11:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

They passed a law in 2023, apparently, that allowed for self-serving gas. Depending on what city/county, your mileage may vary...

235 Anyone up to some Israeli satire about Greta?

https://tinyurl.com/56d7aca7

236 What I *really hate* about my shitty "health insurance" policy is: everything out of state is also Out-Of-Network. And the nearest in-state hospital is so very shitty. Another hospital, across state line, is FAR SUPERIOR in every way. But $$$$$$ if I go there.

Pray every day, that I don't need hospitalization until I can get on Medicare. If it's still around by then.

237 But that would cause competition and lower prices! We can't let you do that! We need to be deeply involved to get OUR cut!
Posted by: Politicians at October 23, 2025 11:37 PM (ynpvh)

And because you guys want power and if we could do those things and drive down medical costs ourselves, y’all have less to do.

238 Just in case you haven't....

If she says sell, he'll sell. But she doesn't seem to go on those England trips.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2025 11:37 PM (uQesX)

Dagnabit, you caught me ...

I am behind on my Bleatage, but I thought they were kinda committed to quitting MPLS earlier this month. Haven't heard one way or the other, though, on the Ricochet podcast or Duane Patterson's podcast (https://duaneworld.com). Based on the carjacking and his proximity to the spicy part of town, the smart play would be to sell, but I'm not James so I can't say.

(for those who have no idea what we're talking about, https://lileks.com/bleats is a good starting point)

239 “At first, I just tried this trick. I couldn’t stop after reaping the rewards of my fraud,” Higashimoto told police after his capture, earlier this month.

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Try this One Weird Trick and eat free for life!

240 What this country needs is term health insurance and cash-value, dividend paying, whole life health insurance.

241 I tend to go to the local station and get my gas pumped when I pay cash. That place gives a discount for cash payments.
If I go to Arco, then I pump my own.

242 Some asshat a few months ago kept assuring me there was absolutely no cattle in NE. Which is about the time I stopped listening to him though he kept running his mouth.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Seriously. Who argues cow facts with a Cow Demon?

243 Having grown up in that state, I can attest that the smell of feedlots along the roadways is likely the reason why the "RECIRC" button for car climate controls was invented. IYKYK.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 23, 2025 10:56 PM (v23vE)


(driving through iowa in august going to sturgis in 1999)

Oh give me a home, where no farm creatures roam
and your face isn't melted away
where seldom is heard, what left that big turd
and it don't smell like cow shit all day

244 Just remember Children,

It was OBAMA who completely TRASHED HEALTHCARE in the United States during his two terms by design.

💩"You can KEEP your doctor!!"💩

245 Ex-philippine president duterte on trial in hague for killing alledged drug dealers. Dump next?

246 >>>If Pres Trump or Pres Vance can reform the marketplace it would be a lot better.
But with most ppl not having decent benefits anymore, just doing gigs or combining several part time jobs, it needs to stay.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport .
------------------

It's not the marketplace it's the insurance companies.
They have the control. Their tentacles weave through congress, big pharma and major health centers like Capt. Nemo's squid.

247 That place gives a discount for cash payments.
If I go to Arco, then I pump my own.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2025 11:48 PM (rbvCR)

-------

Word is that at the Obama Library and Gay Bathhouse you'll have the option of pumping yourself or they'll pump for you.

248 (for those who have no idea what we're talking about, https://lileks.com/bleats is a good starting point)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 23, 2025 11:44 PM (v23vE)

His wife demanded everything be cleaned up, and someone had come to appraise the house. Then, he said "No, I'm not selling." But as I've said before, I think his wife is making the decision whether they move or not.

I'll let you go to bed now.

249 I suggest you go over to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and make a run at Trump yourself, retardo.

250 The Hague is going to send its mincing ponces to arrest Trump? Really?

*snort*

Hilarity will ensue.

251 We can pump our own gas here in Mass. but a local ordinance prevents me from doing so in the town where I reside.

252 My favorite Weird Al songs are Word Crimes and White and Nerdy.

I just had to share that.

253 The president of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, arrested by the Hague and in jail for five years, now.

254 242 Some asshat a few months ago kept assuring me there was absolutely no cattle in NE. Which is about the time I stopped listening to him though he kept running his mouth.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Seriously. Who argues cow facts with a Cow Demon?
Posted by: mikeski


NE? Nebraska?

255 @244 Obama and dems passed republican heritage foundation plan instead of single payer. We on the left opposed drug co. sponsored bill telling Obama try and execute rethugliKKKans for murder when any american dies because of no healthcare. Obama went with his donors to get $$$.

256 Big slaughter house in Omaha.

257 The Hague is going to send its mincing ponces to arrest Trump? Really?

*snort*

Hilarity will ensue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 23, 2025 11:57 PM (0RiMX)

Right? lol

258 251 We can pump our own gas here in Mass. but a local ordinance prevents me from doing so in the town where I reside.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

What about the next town over?

259 255: hilarious.

260 Maybe the Grand Duchy of Fenwick should dispatch some fags to arrest Putin.

261 If young and healthy, I would forego medical insurance. Fk 'em.

Not in terrible shape now but with my luck, would break a leg the next calendar month after cancelling. Argh!

262 Troll bot needs an update. Gibberish is more incomprehensible than usual tonight.

263 What about the next town over?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 24, 2025 12:02 AM (ZVgZ4)

Massachusetts, the birthplace of the revolution. Gone Tory.

264 NE? Nebraska?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 23, 2025 11:59 PM (rRMBj)

Postal abbreviation for Nebraska. I do postal abbreviations because I am lazy.

265 I was reading New England for NE. Nebraska is cattle country!

266 Nemo, the next town over is fine, I go there often.

267 Seriously. Who argues cow facts with a Cow Demon?
Posted by: mikeski at October 23, 2025 11:51 PM (nhCoE)

We do. We will sweep away all cow demons and snake spirits. Death to the Four Olds!!!

268 Omaha Steaks for the win!

269 264: Cow Demon

I know, I was stationed there a million years ago. I was just wondering how somebody could believe that there are no cows in Nebraska. I mean, there are world famous slaughterhouses right in Omaha.

270 What this country needs is term health insurance and cash-value, dividend paying, whole life health insurance.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 23, 2025 11:47 PM (wVcYX)

And a good five cent cigar!

271 POTUS: "I don't think we're going to necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We're going to kill them. You know? They're going to be, like dead."

272 Mmm. Omaha Steaks...

Can't afford that anymore, darn it!

273 Big slaughter house in Omaha.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2025 12:00 AM (Ffc+

I've had steaks from Omaha. Delivered frozen in a container with dry ice.

Saying there are no cows in Nebraska is like saying there are no idiots in Congress.

274 ObamaCare quadrupled our premiums and forced a 20% cut in work hours at my part time job. I have not had health insurance since that debacle made coverage out of reach (twice our mortgage payment!)

Ever since then, I've been on a healthcare bill sharing plan, which is much cheaper because we all just pay each other's bills and very little, if any, of this money ends up in the pockets of connected people. I haven't needed to make a claim, but a family member has and reported that it worked very well.

275 What this country needs is affordable health CARE, not some fking insurance run-around.

276 269 264: Cow Demon

I know, I was stationed there a million years ago. I was just wondering how somebody could believe that there are no cows in Nebraska. I mean, there are world famous slaughterhouses right in Omaha.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 24, 2025 12:05 AM (rRMBj)

I’m not making this up. I mentioned the flooding in NE some time back caused a spike in cattle prices and thus beef prices. The dude I was talking to said “There is no cattle in NE. None. I have driven all through the state. There are no cows there.” Again, this is when I stopped listening to him. I figure NE is a pretty damn big state so it has to have at least ONE cow. (And I have been there as well.)

277 272 Mmm. Omaha Steaks...

Can't afford that anymore, darn it!
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

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Arby's now has steak bites, or so I've heard.

278 Greetings Everyone!

Late arrival. My wife wanted to go to dinner at Marie Callender's. She had the open face sandwich, I had the Turkey club. We had the 2 for $45 special which with tax and tips came to just under $60 since we both just had water. Then when we got home I watched Gutfeld on DVR.

Now I'm off to read content and scroll thru the other posts which usually takes an hour or two.

Hope everyone is well and life is getting back to normal after the Mo-Me shenanigans.

279 That Feeling When: Your long awaited dental surgery gets postponed for yet another month, but a big bag of your favorite honey roasted peanuts gets delivered that same day.

280 We will send dump and his dumpster family to trial (hague?) when he leaves office. It took ahile to get eichmann ;but they got him same with sadaam.

281 279 That Feeling When: Your long awaited dental surgery gets postponed for yet another month, but a big bag of your favorite honey roasted peanuts gets delivered that same day.

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Taffy?

*slides over bag*

282 I might open up a bag of beef jerky, too.

283 Awww. Raimondo is trying to recite history from his tiny pea-brain.

284 Late arrival. My wife wanted to go to dinner at Marie Callender's. She had the open face sandwich, I had the Turkey club. We had the 2 for $45 special which with tax and tips came to just under $60 since we both just had water.

$60 out the door for two sandwiches? What the hell?

285 280

And your exit strategy for leaving the United States is...?

286 I can make bite-size steak at home. Better and cheaper than Arby's. Plus! I know *for sure* that cook and server washed her hands after using the restroom.

287 286 I can make bite-size steak at home. Better and cheaper than Arby's. Plus! I know *for sure* that cook and server washed her hands after using the restroom.

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So no "secret sauce" on your steak then?

288 $60 would buy my groceries for a whole week.

289 So no "secret sauce" on your steak then?
Posted by: Cicero
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LOL! Absolutely not.

290 yo

291 Wait. Is that the Real Garrett or some rebel scum socking him?

292 What this country needs is affordable health CARE, not some fking insurance run-around.

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

Never going to get affordable health care while there are lawyers suing doctors because they couldn't keep somebody's 104 year old grandfather alive.

293 155 Just ran across a clip of AoC saying, "No doesn't mean no. It means try harder"

How did this not get more airplay when the airhead said it?

I am still a little stuck on "Drinkable Air".
My theory is two people on her staff have a $1.00 "Duke Brothers" bet on who can get her to say the stupidest thing to the press.

294 No doesn't mean no. It means try harder

Inorite?

295 294 No doesn't mean no. It means try harder

Inorite?
Posted by: Ian Watkins (in hell) at October 24, 2025 12:24 AM (gKWVE)

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Or increase your dosage.

*fistbump*

296 283 Awww. Raimondo is trying to recite history from his tiny pea-brain.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 24, 2025 12:13 AM (0RiMX)

History via human centipede...

297 My friend had a volunteer pumpkin vine this year. She got 30 little pumpkins!

She gave me seven and I'll just toast the seeds-- their flesh is pretty stringy and not likely to make good pies.

298 284 Late arrival. My wife wanted to go to dinner at Marie Callender's. She had the open face sandwich, I had the Turkey club. We had the 2 for $45 special which with tax and tips came to just under $60 since we both just had water.

$60 out the door for two sandwiches? What the hell?

Posted by: Inflation is insane at October 24, 2025 12:14 AM (TbWk/)

I sometimes feel like my Dad did when he telling us little ones how back when he was a kid chocolate was 10¢/lb, and his first car was $500. Like when I tell my kids you could by a new car in the late 1970's for under $5K...

299 Just stopping by to poke my head into the ont.

300 >>>Never going to get affordable health care while there are lawyers suing doctors because they couldn't keep somebody's 104 year old grandfather alive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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And that's liberal judges allowing frivolous lawsuits to go forward instead of shaming the lawyer who brought it before the court.

301 Never going to get affordable health care while there are lawyers suing doctors because they couldn't keep somebody's 104 year old grandfather alive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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This is part of what I mean, when I say that "insurance is the problem, not the solution."

Liability insurance, anyone?

Liability lottery, bleh.

302 That Feeling When: Your long awaited dental surgery gets postponed for yet another month, but a big bag of your favorite honey roasted peanuts gets delivered that same day.

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Taffy?

*slides over bag*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 24, 2025 12:12 AM (0RiMX)

***

Buc-EEs Beaver nuggets

303 297 My friend had a volunteer pumpkin vine this year. She got 30 little pumpkins!

She gave me seven and I'll just toast the seeds-- their flesh is pretty stringy and not likely to make good pies.

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 12:26 AM (rdVOm)

Had voluntary cherry tomatoes one year...half were round red, the other pear-shaped orange. They cross-polinated and the following year were mixes of shapes and colors. The third year was the last. Oh well, it was a good run.

304 I can make bite-size steak at home. Better and cheaper than Arby's. Plus! I know *for sure* that cook and server washed her hands after using the restroom.
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

Wait. You're supposd to wash you hands at home, too?

{Checks notes in rulebook}

305 301 Never going to get affordable health care while there are lawyers suing doctors because they couldn't keep somebody's 104 year old grandfather alive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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This is part of what I mean, when I say that "insurance is the problem, not the solution."

Liability insurance, anyone?

Liability lottery, bleh.

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 12:29 AM (rdVOm)

I have uninsured motorist coverage because Kalifornia. So many illegals driving without licenses and insurance here.

306 Are the green tomotoes any good? High in nicotine they are.

307 304 I can make bite-size steak at home. Better and cheaper than Arby's. Plus! I know *for sure* that cook and server washed her hands after using the restroom.
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

Wait. You're supposd to wash you hands at home, too?

{Checks notes in rulebook}

Posted by: RickZ at October 24, 2025 12:30 AM (gKDq2)

If you're not the only one eating the food...

308 So many illegals driving without licenses and insurance here.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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It's not just in automotive... "malpractice insurance" drives up healthcare costs. A LOT.

309 306 Are the green tomotoes any good? High in nicotine they are.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 24, 2025 12:32 AM (UoKhB)

They have solanine like the leaves of tomatoes (and the flowers and green parts of potatoes). I *believe* cooking tomatoes reduces it.

310 >>>I have uninsured motorist coverage because Kalifornia. So many illegals driving without licenses and insurance here.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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People who have paying for those who have not. They have nothing so if they fail to pay they walk away. On the other hand if you fail to pay the lawyers will pick your bones.

311 308 So many illegals driving without licenses and insurance here.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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It's not just in automotive... "malpractice insurance" drives up healthcare costs. A LOT.

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 12:34 AM (rdVOm)

True. Remember an article back in the '90s talking about it...for an OBGYN, it was $30K/yr back then. No idea how much it is today.

312 POTUS: "I don't think we're going to necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We're going to kill them. You know? They're going to be, like dead."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others


This is correct in dealing with pirates and smugglers.

If a country wants to claim responsibility for them and demand reparations then we talk formal war with the state sponsor.

313 The hilarious \sad thing about Paul rejecting Weird Al is Paul's seeming idea that if he stops the mention of a meat dish this one time it will work wonders in making everyone a vegetarian. Because nowhere else in society is meat mentioned except a Weird Al song.

314 Fried green tomatoes are tasty. Best to use them when they're at least half-ripe, a white-ish green, than super-hard and very green.

315 312 POTUS: "I don't think we're going to necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We're going to kill them. You know? They're going to be, like dead."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others


This is correct in dealing with pirates and smugglers.

If a country wants to claim responsibility for them and demand reparations then we talk formal war with the state sponsor.


Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 24, 2025 12:37 AM (/lPRQ)

Or letters of Marque?

316 Read the romance story of the wedding about the guy being run over by a car. The driver, not mentioned, backed up & ran over his ankle again.

My husband accused me of three "accidents" I had in different cars & did not confess til he saw the damage. His first car was a rusted out beat up car & who would notice? My brother, who was visiting, & I got some burgers & the take out window drive had a sharp turn. I turned but scraped along a wooden fence a few feet. This resulted in me having to stop so we could laugh. Big deal.

The second time I was worried about our baby son's high fever & quickly ran into Walgreen's for poison Tylenol. Was looking at his feverish face in the rear view mirror & ran over the low bollard in front of the car. I am positive I told him about this.

The 3rd time I was backing out of our garage with our sick dog & the boss of me was out of town. I sneezed violently (due to the dog) & hit the gas & the rising garage door with a jolt. I checked & the garage door could close & went on to the vet. Decided not to tell him out of state and wait. I really did forget. He saw the door one morning and asked wth? How could I forget he wondered? Well, I did.

317 Solanine poisoning is primarily displayed by gastrointestinal and neurological disorders. Symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps, burning of the throat, cardiac dysrhythmia, nightmares, headache, dizziness, itching, eczema, thyroid problems, and inflammation and pain in the joints.

In more severe cases, hallucinations, loss of sensation, paralysis, fever, jaundice, dilated pupils, hypothermia, and death have been reported.[2][3][4]

Ingestion of solanine in moderate amounts can cause death.
One study suggests that doses of 2 to 5 mg/kg of body weight can cause toxic symptoms, and doses of 3 to 6 mg/kg of body weight can be fatal.[5]

318 313 The hilarious \sad thing about Paul rejecting Weird Al is Paul's seeming idea that if he stops the mention of a meat dish this one time it will work wonders in making everyone a vegetarian. Because nowhere else in society is meat mentioned except a Weird Al song.

Posted by: Azjaeger at October 24, 2025 12:38 AM (3/XaG)

Maybe he secretly eats pot pies...

319 317 Solanine poisoning is primarily displayed by gastrointestinal and neurological disorders. Symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps, burning of the throat, cardiac dysrhythmia, nightmares, headache, dizziness, itching, eczema, thyroid problems, and inflammation and pain in the joints.

In more severe cases, hallucinations, loss of sensation, paralysis, fever, jaundice, dilated pupils, hypothermia, and death have been reported.[2][3][4]

Ingestion of solanine in moderate amounts can cause death.
One study suggests that doses of 2 to 5 mg/kg of body weight can cause toxic symptoms, and doses of 3 to 6 mg/kg of body weight can be fatal.[5]

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2025 12:40 AM (Ffc+

Ask your doctor if Solanine is right for you.

320 Solanine doesn't sound good at all. Worse than icenine.

321 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 24, 2025 12:40 AM (6PCLE)

I referred to the second wife of one of my brothers as the SuperCollider...

322 314 Fried green tomatoes are tasty. Best to use them when they're at least half-ripe, a white-ish green, than super-hard and very green.
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

The secret, to fried green tomatoes, is to slice them and put them in ice water for about 15min before batter and frying. Have with some Hoppin' John, cornbread and heaven.

323 >>Ingestion of solanine in moderate amounts can cause death...
Posted by: Braenyard
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YIKES!

Ok, no more fried green tomatoes. They're good, but not *that* good!

324 323 >>Ingestion of solanine in moderate amounts can cause death...
Posted by: Braenyard
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YIKES!

Ok, no more fried green tomatoes. They're good, but not *that* good!

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 12:44 AM (rdVOm)

I believe they're relatively safe to eat when cooked...deep fried probably better

325 Yeah, and don't eat green potatoes.

326 Before I go, know this.

The Democrat Party is REALLY the party of fascism.

We need to shut them down by whatever means necessary.

For our children and Grandchildren.

Lock and load!

Night Horde.

327 Night, NW. I'll probably do off and do something else myself. Night all.

328 Mr. ChristyBlinkyTheGreat's lament:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=95owtLHoMHg

329 Potatoes are fairly new as food for europeans.

330 321 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 24, 2025 12:40 AM (6PCLE)

I referred to the second wife of one of my brothers as the SuperCollider...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2025 12:43 AM (ynpvh)

I can't even remember why he brought it up the other night. I told him about all three "incidents," but not always when they happened. I was not trying to get away with it. He never got mad but does wonder about me, especially the stupid garage door. He unbent it somehow on his own. I think it barely scratched the bumper of my car. It was not that important to me.

It was pre-cell phone photos and I didn't want to worry him on a business trip. Then I just forgot and he noticed the dent in the garage door about 2wks later.

Otherwise I have a splendid driving record since marriage and only one speeding ticket. He and our sons were napping on the long trip from my parent's farm to FL. I always took the straight I-10 drive from Mobile to Jacksonville. I was going to "surprise" him by "making good time" (my father's motto). He was surprised when the Hwy Patrol pulled me over going 83mph.

331 Or letters of Marque?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


Our own private pirates.

I assume historically they would not be publically announced or claimed.

IOW the Letters are advance Pardons.

332 329 Potatoes are fairly new as food for europeans.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 24, 2025 12:48 AM (UoKhB)

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Yep.

Humans used them as draft animals for centuries before they discovered you could eat them.

333 Can we move on to Poke Salat?

334 *crawls up out of rabbit hole, dusts off sleeves & pants*

YouTube sure do have a lotsa stuff. Good and bad. New and old. Serious and silly.

Possibly the most dangerous site on the web.

https://youtu.be/1xGGoTgdads

G'nite, y'all.

335 328 Mr. ChristyBlinkyTheGreat's lament:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=95owtLHoMHg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2025 12:48 AM (Ffc+

We do love Steve Miller...and I do drive him crazy but he says I am never boring. He's stuck with me now. I am basically harmless most of the time...he and my father liked to compare notes.

Seriously, I am shocked my father did not offer him a dowry when they met.

336 Ingestion of solanine in moderate amounts can cause death.
One study suggests that doses of 2 to 5 mg/kg of body weight can cause toxic symptoms, and doses of 3 to 6 mg/kg of body weight can be fatal.[5]

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others


So... not a good buzz?
Might be better than Robitussin though.

337 Potatoes can pull wagons?

338 IOW the Letters are advance Pardons.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Loot and plunder was also part of the deal. There's no goodies with this booty.

339 Evening, Doof and ONT Horde. Back from watching the Viqueens lose badly.

340 Potatoes can pull wagons?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Once domesticated.

341 Having grown up in that state, I can attest that the smell of feedlots along the roadways is likely the reason why the "RECIRC" button for car climate controls was invented. IYKYK.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
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Reminds me -
Years ago, when I5 was first opened, we ran down to the LA area from the sf peninsula to visit family (on both sides) regularly. I5 at that time was pretty desolate. I always knew when it was time to fill up, without even looking at the gauge. Kettleman City, about halfway, and with multiple stations (cheaper) had feed lots lining the freeway coming into town both from north and south.

342 Can we move on to Poke Salat?

Posted by: Mike Hammer

You have to be careful with that stuff. I forget what the prep is for making it safe to eat. I'll stick with collard greens and a hamhock.

343 Haha, Cat has been indoors for a couple hours... came in just before dark, ate some crunchy stuff, headed back to the bed for a nap.

Welcome to JQ's Snack -n- Snooze, Cat! Enjoy your stay...

344 Oxalates givr you kidney stones.

345 333 Can we move on to Poke Salat?

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Easily transported in a tote sack!

346
You have to be careful with that stuff. I forget what the prep is for making it safe to eat. I'll stick with collard greens and a hamhock.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I have plenty around the property, but:

Poisonous ingredients include:

Phytolaccatoxin
Phytolaccigenin

No idea what those are, but I ain't eating it.

347 284.$60 out the door for two sandwiches? What the hell?
Posted by: Inflation is insane at October 24, 2025 12:14 AM (TbWk/)

I should be more clear. The special includes two appetizers and two pie slices. With tax it came to 48$ and I added a generous tip.

348 Ribeyes would be cheaper.

349 A pic to help you identify the far right-winger

https://tinyurl.com/ycxc8r2k
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2025 10:17 PM (Ffc+

She has a couple of outstanding qualifications.

350 I should be more clear. The special includes two appetizers and two pie slices. With tax it came to 48$ and I added a generous tip.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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That's better! Still pricey, but you didn't need to prepare it or wash the dishes. Nice treat for you both!

351 305 I have uninsured motorist coverage because Kalifornia. So many illegals driving without licenses and insurance here.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2025 12:31 AM (ynpvh)

Just look at that horrific crash on the 10 in Ontario yesterday. Sad!

352 Usually the Sheriffs office and the jail aren't in the same building.

353 Uninsured motorist is included in our insurance here.

354 304 Wait. You're supposd to wash you hands at home, too?

{Checks notes in rulebook}
Posted by: RickZ at October 24, 2025 12:30 AM (gKDq2)

I know!

I learn something new every time I come here....which is most nights lately now that I'm an unemployed, good-for-nothing layabout.

That could be a good future nic.....

355 .which is most nights lately now that I'm an unemployed, good-for-nothing layabout.

That could be a good future nic.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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I prefer the descriptor 'affable idler'. I use that here ocassionally.

356 Loot and plunder was also part of the deal. There's no goodies with this booty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others


Put the shit back on the street in Chyna.
Relabel as exotic animal body part boner tea.

357 Sweet dreams, Horde, my son and his lovely wife are due to arrive in the wee hours, I need some sleep.

358 Gentleman of Leisure sounds better.

359 Gentleman of Leisure sounds better.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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My neighbors have mumbled something about 'harmless eccentric'.

360 Paul McCartney didn't give permission for Wings' "Live and Let Die" to be parodied because the altered version would have been "Chicken Pot Pie," which would have gone against McCartney's vegetarianism.

Wow. Vegetarianism.

The man lives and dies by his principles.

361 As a native of Lubbock, let me assure you there is no Lloyd’s of Lubbock!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 23, 2025 11:19 PM (ZVgZ4)

Buddy Holly's plane crash cleaned them out. Dial the number, and...crickets.

362 That's a good one, AOP!!!

363 359 Gentleman of Leisure sounds better.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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My neighbors have mumbled something about 'harmless eccentric'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2025 01:16 AM (XeU6L)

My attitude toward money has shifted also, now that I get free money every month from the government and three of my previous employers...

364 Gadzooks! Look at the time!

Good night all....

365 I just read the story of the dude that got run over twice. I had an ex girlfriend die that way. Beautiful girl, and frankly too nice for me. I drifted away little by little because of the music thing. I just didn't want to involve her in that world. In some ways its a decision that has haunted me ever since. She started dating another guy, and they got hit on his motorcycle. They were on the ground, but ok. The driver went to leave the scene and ran her over. I blamed myself for years after that. Had I kept her in my world even just a while longer that would have never happened. I think the only silver lining was meeting Mrs B, which ultimately led me to a way better place, because she knew when to pull my leash when I got out of hand.

366
My attitude toward money has shifted also, now that I get free money every month from the government and three of my previous employers...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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Lucky guy. I have to periodically knock over a liquor store.

367 Lucky guy. I have to periodically knock over a liquor store.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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I didn't see nuthin.
Will likely need to do the same, soon.

368 Bers, that's heartbreaking. But not your fault!

369
I've heard tales of "pole salat". Pokeweed -- I hate those damned things.

You've got to boil it long enough, and pick only the more tender leaves to neutralize the toxic compounds.

Surprisingly, there a few common vegetables that are toxic in the raw state, and heating is what breaks those down into non-toxic components. Lima/butter beans are an example. Raw, they have some toxic compounds, and if you ate enough of them raw, it would make you sick. Cooking them kills that.

370 Cooking them kills that.
Posted by: publius
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I knew it! I knew it! Damned Lima & Butter beans and their dry, mealy texture... aren't fit for human consumption!

371 Our own private pirates.

I assume historically they would not be publically announced or claimed.

IOW the Letters are advance Pardons.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 24, 2025 12:51 AM (/lPRQ)

You have conjured up a Stan Rogers song. Mike Hammer knows which one, I bet:

https://youtu.be/ZIwzRkjn86w

372 "Tomatoes have historically been regarded as toxic due to their relation to the nightshade family, but it is the unripe, green parts of the plant, including the leaves, stems, and green tomatoes, that are toxic. These parts contain toxic compounds like solanine and tomatine, which are bitter and can cause poisoning symptoms such as fever, abdominal pain, and vomiting. The ripe, red fruit is not poisonous, as the levels of these toxins decrease significantly as the fruit ripens"

I'll add that it wasn't until the 1800's that tomatoes became accepted as a food source.

373 >> I knew it! I knew it

ROFL.

There is a variety dubbed "butter peas" here that I like. The beans are more roundish, pea-like, that regular flat butter bean like.

374 Gentleman of Leisure sounds better.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Ok that made me laugh. One of the harley shops I work out of is owned by a friend of mine. I actually taught him 30-35 years ago, he's 10 years younger than me, but eventually he started working on harleys for a living, just not quite on the scale I do. I do all of his engines because I have the special tooling for balancing and rebuilding heads, etc. Every time I go there to work its a party. One day he looked at me and says yeah, drinking beers, and building harleys, and no bosses, we're gentlemen of leisure. lol

375 Green apples will give ya a bellyache, if you eat too many. But who would want to? They are so sour!

Worst bellyache I ever had, was after drinking a glassful of blended chocolate milk & peyote buttons.

376 I'll add that it wasn't until the 1800's that tomatoes became accepted as a food source.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2025 01:34 AM (XeU6L)

Potatoes and tomatoes are both members of the nightshade family. I wonder if some GMO work could produce a plant that would yieled both edible fruit and edible tubers? And get the toxins out of the greens so they could be used for cattle feed. A three-fer!

377 AOP, you can already buy "pomato" plants. Both tubers and fruit production. Leaves & stems still inedible, I believe.

Full disclosure: I've never tried to grow any.

378 Bers, that's heartbreaking. But not your fault!

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 01:28 AM (rdVOm)

I know. She was only 17 when she died, and I was 18-19. I had seen her a week or so before, we bumped into each other in a local 7-11. The last fucking memory I have was how her eyes lit up. I know it wasn't my fault, but I'll carry it forever.

379 {{Berserker}}

380 I have never understood why anyone would want to be a vegetarian. Of course, I am from Texas, so....

381 Hi, TiFW!

Loved your video! So sweet...

Vegetarians, IMO, do it for one of two reasons:
1-- virtue signal
2-- belief that it's (somehow?) "healthy" for them

382 AOP, you can already buy "pomato" plants. Both tubers and fruit production. Leaves & stems still inedible, I believe.

Full disclosure: I've never tried to grow any.
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

I looked them up. Pomato plants are hand-made by grafting the root of a small potato plant to the stem of a young tomato seedling. Plant the seeds, and tomatos result.

383 Vegetarians, IMO, do it for one of two reasons:
1-- virtue signal
2-- belief that it's (somehow?) "healthy" for them
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 01:54 AM (rdVOm)

If pallid and scrawny is "healthy", LOL.

384 Well, yes, they are grafted together. But still, saves space in the garden. I guess that was the main point of them.

Also: fun novelty for gardeners.

385 If pallid and scrawny is "healthy", LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Well, yes. But they *believe* it's healthier.

Look at the link in post #2! McCartney looks like a frail old woman...

386 You have conjured up a Stan Rogers song. Mike Hammer knows which one, I bet
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An aside re Rogers.
You know, it's rather strange...I first heard 'Mary Ellen Carter' at a pub in Atlanta in the mid 80's, a Canadian group was playing there. I was so impressed with the tune that I talked to the group leader during a break. I admit that the lyric that caught my attention was "...With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go..."

Fast forward 35 years or so, without hearing any Rogers, or knowing who he was, then, AoP mentions 'Mary Ellen Carter' here, I check it, and there 'tis. It's become something of a staple.

As far as 'Barrett's Privateers', I like this vid, bunch of guys sitting around a table with a couple of bottles.
https://tinyurl.com/3yrs93cy

387 Well, yes, they are grafted together. But still, saves space in the garden. I guess that was the main point of them.

Also: fun novelty for gardeners.
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

But the fact that they are hand-made by grafting means they will be expensive. If you could breed or gene-splice a hybrid, it could be propagated from the tubers like potatoes, and could be grown inexpensively. And maybe be frost-tolerant for those of us in northern climes.

388 {{Berserker}}
Posted by: JQ

You two

*Offers soon to expire $100 Best Western Gift Card with Jacuzzi Suite Upgrade*

389 *Offers soon to expire $100 Best Western Gift Card with Jacuzzi Suite Upgrade*
Posted by: Do bot ask how Miklos got that
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LOL, but we're both married, and NOT to each other! (But you know that, haha)

Pretty sure I don't want to face the wrath of Mrs. B.!

390 Yeah, I'm not sure about that whole vegetarian thing. If they can't grow meat flavor tomatoes and lettuce that tastes like french fries I'm out.

391 But the fact that they are hand-made by grafting means they will be expensive. If you could breed or gene-splice a hybrid, it could be propagated from the tubers like potatoes, and could be grown inexpensively. And maybe be frost-tolerant for those of us in northern climes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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It'd be great to have a longer tomato season!

392
If pallid and scrawny is "healthy", LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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KJV, Romans 14:2:
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

393 Pretty sure I don't want to face the wrath of Mrs. B.!

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

Shit, *I* don't want to face her wrath. lol

394 Stan Rogers and "Northwest Passage". I can't decide if it's uplifting or incredibly depressing.

https://youtu.be/lKF2uPx-d50

395 I enjoy salad from time to time, especially if I've got home-grown veggies. The flavors are divine!

Salad is never the main course, of course. I am an omnivore.

396 The world awaits the potmato.

397 I don't think I want to know who would show up for my funeral. Although I do think it would be kinda cool to see if my buddy Sponge showed up and yelled "FIRST!!!"

At about 1/4 of the way through the funeral.

398 Stan Rogers and "Northwest Passage".
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Periodically, searchers turn up some artifact from the Franklin expedition. It is fascinating, but capsulizes the risks of the age of exploration.

"Westward from the Davis Strait
'Tis there 'twas said to lie
The sea route to the Orient
For which so many died
Seeking gold and glory,
Leaving weathered, broken bones
And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones"

399 I patched my roof here in AJ this afternoon. About half the roofing nails did not find purchase in the plywood decking, which is badly delaminated in the affected area. It will have to do for now. I think I have stopped, or at least greatly reduced the leak. When I am down for the Winter, I expect I will replace maybe 4 by 20 feet of decking: from the ridge down to the eave, and from the gable overhang in to the first rafter beyond the North wall. I will go up into the attic tomorrow, and try to get a handle on how far the deck damage extends in from the gable end.

400 Salad is never the main course, of course. I am an omnivore.

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2025 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

Trump Taco Salad is a main course. The finest, healthiest, most luxurious main course you could ever hope to have!

401 When I am down for the Winter,
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Hold it...we're only here on a Texas stopover?

402 Mmm.. Taco bowl..

I'll just have to settle for "chef's salad" at home. All the salad fixin's plus ham, bacon, cheese, sliced hard-boiled egg... basically whatever's in the fridge.

403 Hold it...we're only here on a Texas stopover?
Posted by: The Suburban at October 24, 2025 02:23 AM (XeU6L)

Yup. Arrived here on sunday the 12th, in the wee hours, and in the midst of the torrential rains, which disclosed to me how bad the roof is. Left here for Corsicana on Wednesday, spent the weekend at the MoMee, and departed Corsicana Sunday morning the 19th. Arrived back here on Monday. Was planning to leave tomorrow, but things got in the way, so will leave Saturday AM. Tomorrow I will house-clean, and hoe some weeds outside.

404 DH is driving me into Anchorage tomorrow to pick up my brand new 1961 Ford Falcon sedan at the port. It has arrived at last! Then I get to drive it home, and then find out what it needs to have done. I hope the brakes work. Wish me luck!

Man, am I gonna look good driving that beauty.

405 The upside of not planting a garden this year is that I didn't have to grieve when the first frost came through a couple of days ago.

406 I don't remember the Falcon, but the Fairlane was pretty.

407 406 I don't remember the Falcon, but the Fairlane was pretty.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 24, 2025 02:33 AM (UoKhB)

I learned to drive in a Falcon station wagon, three on a tree. This one is a sedan and automatic, so less work but just as chromed up and curvy. Wing windows FTW.

408 Man, am I gonna look good driving that beauty.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
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Sweet ride! Hope it drives as good as it looks!

409 I kinda feel like I should get cat eye glasses and a beehive hairdo to drive it. At least a big bouffant like Miss Calazy had in first grade.

Or maybe no.

410 I don't remember the Falcon, but the Fairlane was pretty.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Hoping not to affect tcn's affection, here's a pic:
https://tinyurl.com/5d2r8zu9

411 Hoping not to affect tcn's affection, here's a pic:
https://tinyurl.com/5d2r8zu9
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2025 02:41 AM (XeU6L)

Not sure mine is gonna get that kinda air...

412 Not sure mine is gonna get that kinda air...
Posted by: tcn
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Guess it would depend on the height of flood waters.

413 I don't remember the Falcon, but the Fairlane was pretty.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 24, 2025 02:33 AM (UoKhB)

The Falcon was Ford's entry into the then-new "compact car" category. The original Falcons sported a pavement-ripping 144 cubic inch inline six, soon upped to 170, and later to 200.

Competitors were Chevy II, Plymouth Valiant/Dodge Dart, Studebaker Lark, and Rambler American.

The Mustang started out on the Falcon platform.

414 Why were the cars so much nicer back then?

415 Hoping not to affect tcn's affection, here's a pic:
https://tinyurl.com/5d2r8zu9
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2025 02:41 AM (XeU6L)

Somewhere, I have a pic of an AMC Pacer partially-submerged in a pond, looking like a huge turtle.

416 Why were the cars so much nicer back then?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 24, 2025 02:46 AM (UoKhB)

Largely because less Federal regulations. No bumper height laws, no crumple zones, no CAFE rules that forced all cars to look like a used bar of soap.

417
Somewhere, I have a pic of an AMC Pacer partially-submerged in a pond, looking like a huge turtle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yeah, well the caption for the pic was; 'Falcon, resting in a tree'

418 Time to cash it in.
tcn - Here's hoping the Falcon is as you are hoping.

419 Night, Mike! I am going to be sacking out any minute now, too.

420 'Night, horde!

421 I read Karl Marx's Fighting Communism

422 Well, sleep calls me. off to the rack, night, Horde.

423 I am glad it's Friday

424 AZ Intel@AZ_Intel

BREAKING: Law enforcement opened fire at driver backing U-Haul truck into line of police outside U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda, California. Injuries unknown.

425 Don't think these calls for Civil War are not getting answered

426 Like when I tell my kids you could by a new car in the late 1970's for under $5K...

If I remember correctly a 1966 Corvette with a 427 engine was about $5,000.

427 Wanting to make your blood boil? Here's a go-to!

@whstancil

He's getting widely mocked; yay.

428 Pixy's up!

429 Rapidly moving to an oligarchy. 32 years in the making. Priceless

430 I have one nickname in all of the entries in my phone. It is my buddy who, about a year ago, in the middle of some group text string about how certain individuals prefer to be addressed (ahem) stated that IF he chose a name, it would be "Shazam!"

It took me all of 10 seconds to update his record in my address book and now he is "Shazam!" until the day he dies.

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Quick Hits

Senator John Kennedy: Putin invaded Ukraine because he saw Joe Biden was a demented, weak, mentally-incompetent fool who would never have the energy or force of personality to lead a resistance against him.

Former President Joe Biden's cognitive decline was so pronounced that it imperiled US foreign policy by providing an "invitation" to dictators like Russia's Vladimir Putin, Sen. John Kennedy told "Pod Force One."

"I remember when Putin was lined up on the Ukrainian border, thinking of going in, weighing his option, watching President Biden have a short press conference and say, 'Well, if it's a small incursion, it might be OK,'" Kennedy (R-La.) told The Post's Miranda Devine on the latest episode, out Wednesday.

"I'm thinking, Holy Moses, that's an invitation," added the Louisiana Republican, reflecting on the January 2022 press conference, during which Biden went off the rails while responding to criticisms of his agenda raised by the White House press corps.

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"It depends on what [Russia] does," Biden said at the time when asked about Putin's plans. "It's one thing if it's a minor incursion and we end up having to fight about what to do and not do."

Kennedy recalled thinking at the time that the president's rhetoric "was dangerous."

"I think he just started rambling," the senator said, before rattling off other foreign policy flubs. "Afghanistan. [Biden] removed the sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. He removed the sanctions on Iran from selling their oil. Now, President Xi in China is working with Putin and Russia and the Ayatollah in Iran, they see all this.

"They're working together, and they saw the president, who was not clearly in grasp -- didn't have a clean grasp on all of his faculties. They saw the weakness, and they made their move. And that's how Ukraine started," he added.

Kennedy also claimed that he could see the Democrat's "neurodegenerative disease ... got worse" over time.

"I figured his staff was getting maybe four hours, five hours of work out in the day. He couldn't help it," The Republican claimed. "His staff cleverly hid it until they couldn't anymore. He had the debate in front of God and the country and the American people -- and the American people saw it, and they said, 'Look, this man is just, he's like my grandpa, you know, who I just took the car keys from.'"

Trump is now laying sanctions on China and India to get them to stop buying (and reselling) Russian oil. Biden never took this step. Trump is also authorizing Ukraine to use missiles against targets in Russia. Again, Biden never took this step.

But Trump's a foreign agent under the control of Putin, huh?

The unemployed madwoman Rosie O'Donnell demands a "blackout embargo" of the entire US economy.

The former co-host of The View posted on Instagram Wednesday, promising to launch "the largest economic blackout protest in U.S. history."

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In the post, O'Donnell calls for workers to refuse to go to work and stay home instead. She also asks for them not to attend any events and to stay away from restaurants. The message scrawled on the meme reads, "We're not asking. We're shutting it down."

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Hundreds of Instagram users told O'Donnell exactly what they thought of her radical left-wing call to action. And it wasn't pretty.

One user said, "That's so nice of you to pay my rent and car note since my check will be short a week."

Another user, fuming over her assault on restaurants, replied, "What did restaurants do to you? You wrote it 2x. Lots of mom and pop places will go under. Service staff survives on the tips. Many of those workers live pay check to pay check."

"This is great for people that are privileged enough to be able to do this," one commenter noted. "A lot of small biz will suffer with a week of no sales, myself included. Maybe not even be able to pay rent or employees with that much revenue loss."

I've come around to crediting Trump for his many wins. But I cannot forgive the broken promise he made to me in 2006, when he vowed he would send one of his attractive female friends to steal Rosie O'Donnell's lesbian girlfriend away from her.

"I'll send one of my friends to pick up her girlfriend and I think it would be very easy."

Still waiting, Donald. Still waiting.

Glenn Reynolds: "No Kings" isn't a pro-democracy movement. It's an overtly anti-democratic movement, made up of fading, aging former elites who are angry that the public no longer allows them to manage the American decline.

Watching the "No Kings" protests, a friend commented: "Democracy dies when the other side wins. Another rule they wouldn't want to have turned back on them."

That does seem to be the animating spirit not only of the various marches around the country, but of the entire anti-Trump resistance.

President Trump's crime isn't anything he's said, or done, or even believed (which, all too often, anti-Trump protesters can't cogently describe anyway).

It's that he won, and he represents the other team.

As Batya Ungar-Sargon put it: "The 'No Kings' rally isn't protesting Trump but rather the agenda the majority of America voted for. The Left isn't protesting a king but their fellow Americans. They aren't standing up for democracy -- they are protesting against it."

This is entirely correct. Trump isn't a king; he's a popularly elected president who won in something of a landslide, delivering exactly the policies that he promised the electorate.

His actions generally involve invoking various statutes passed into law by Congress over the past several decades.

His enforcement of immigration laws and deportation of criminal aliens is very popular.

His ending of DEI policies is also very popular. So is his slashing of federal payrolls, and his cuts to foreign aid.

Then there are his cuts to federal regulations. And his support for law enforcement.

In fact, Trump is a "king" -- or "dictator," as we're often told -- whose actual program seems to involve shrinking the government he heads. That's not the usual thing for autocrats.

I don't know why Trump insists on allowing the Chicom propaganda operation TikTok persist:

Andrew Cuomo's ad against Mamdani is a pretty compelling message.

Also, it's obvious that without AI this would have been impossible to make with such a fast turnaround. It's not perfect, it's uncanny, but conveys the message. What else would you want?pic.twitter.com/M6IUN68h9U

— Jesús Enrique Rosas - The Body Language Guy (@Knesix) October 23, 2025

Prison:

Just received this doc frm DOJ Proof that Biden Atty General Merrick Garland+ Deputy Atty General Lisa Monaco+ FBI Dir Chris Wray all PERSONALLY APPROVED opening Arctic Frost

This investigation unleashed unchecked govt power at the highest levels My oversight will continue pic.twitter.com/atuRnC8ara

— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) October 23, 2025

ICE raided illegal street vendors in NYC's Chinatown and the left freaked out.

Federal immigration authorities arrested multiple people, including illegal vendors and enraged protesters, on Tuesday afternoon in a targeted operation on Canal Street in Manhattan's Chinatown, authorities and law enforcement sources said.

ICE agents descended on the block between Lafayette and Centre streets, which is typically crowded with merchants selling knockoff designer bags and other items, around 4 p.m., according to the sources.

Some vendors tried to flee, with some seen running and falling as agents closed in, according to WABC.

The operation turned chaotic as protesters shouted obscenities and blocked vehicles, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement to The Post.

At least one "rioter" was arrested for assault on a federal officer during the "targeted, intelligence-driven enforcement operation" that involved multiple federal agencies, the DHS said.

During the arrest of one vendor, bystanders became enraged and yelled in ICE agents' faces, calling them Nazis and fascists, AMNY reported.

ICE agents reportedly began slamming people to the ground, leading other bystanders to join the mob, the outlet said.

Federal officers responded by pulling out batons and riot shields, striking some protesters, according to the report.

The exact number of arrests, including the breakdown of how many vendors and protesters were cuffed, is not yet known.

"I saw this live in real time and real history," said Manhattan resident Kaden Cummings, 23. "They just started grabbing people and putting them into vans."

Edwin Jean, who is from Brooklyn, told The Post he was briefly cuffed by the feds when he refused to hand over his ID.

He then became enraged and began swearing at the agents.

This will shock you: It turns out that the people arrested weren't Darling Babies Who Didn't Do Nuffin', but were in fact -- get this -- illegal aliens with criminal warrants.

🚨ARRESTED🚨

ICE arrested nine criminal illegal aliens on Canal Street yesterday.

Here are some of the aliens that were arrested:

Mamadou Ndoye, a criminal illegal alien from Mali, issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge in 2008 was previously arrested for… pic.twitter.com/IGmcR4OpFG

— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) October 22, 2025

Adam Carolla is always pointing this out: He, as a law-abiding, tax-paying American citizen, has to spend tens of thousands of dollars and wait ten years to get a minor zoning variance to put in a pool, but an illegal alien can open an unregulated, uninspected taco stand on the street without any permits and the government doesn't bother him at all.

Strange country, where the citizens are bullied and the illegal alien criminals are allowed to live like kings.

The Democratic Party wants,

1. A thousand rules, and more every day, micro-detailing how you must live your life or operate your business.

2. "Oh, you're a new arrival / favored group X? Do whatever the heck you want, we don't care."

It cannot last. https://t.co/JUj70TNeoe

— David Shane (@david_shane) October 23, 2025