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The "Rogue Juror" Has Been Doxxed and "Visited" At His Home by Angry Lindsay Clancy Baby-Killer Cultists

This was always the plan:

F Post
@AFpost

Sep 13

The lone Black male juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial, who refused to acquit Clancy despite pressure from the media and the 11 other jurors, has been doxxed, had his home visited by hostile Clancy supporters, had his family contacted, and had past allegations against him dug up.

Follow: @AFpost

Alpha Karen One admitted that the jury vote was a political act, not an evaluation of the actual evidence, stating that she intends for Lindsay Clancy's acquittal to improve the lives of other women, and of course women who murder their children:

"We knew that this was a turning point, and this would be something that could change something to make it better for other women..."

Katie Pavlich
@KatiePavlich

This woman needs to stop
doing media. How embarrassing and offensive to women and men who don't believe murdering your kids should be acceptable. Not to mention a bastardization of what a jury is supposed to do, which is not to engage in activism.

Alpha Karen One was very "impressed" by a shrink's explanation that there is such a thing as "altruistic filicide," which means murdering your children, but exalted as a good thing.

Now, she is talking about Lindsay Clancy believing this but as we've seen, there are a lot of women who believe it's a good thing to kill your children, and Alpha Karen One has already copped to voting to acquit the literal triple child killer to make things better for women.


Viva Frei
@thevivafrei

I don't use this word flippantly, but this truly is SICKENING.

They have given it a name: "altruistic filicide".

Altruistic: selfless concern for others.

Filicide: the killing of one's children.

They have pathologized what would otherwise be brutal murder as "the selfless killing of one's children".

We are even beyond "suicidal empathy". We have literally entered the realm of "homicidal empathy". Pathologized as "altruistic filicide"

And listen to the mind virus of "virtue signaling" according to this juror (whose last name happens to be Devlin - my goodness the simulation has a sick sense of humor).

Lindsay Clancy was a good mom (despite "viciously killing" her three children - literally the terms used by another juror who also would have found not guilty), because she had a big sign in her house that said "it's a wonderful life".

This is their actual thought process.

In their own words.

Sickening.

The Karens are melting down that the "Rogue Juror" was not a (spit) white man but a black one.

First up is an ugly woman, who describes herself as a "non-practicing white" -- because whites, as you know, subscribe to a religion of white supremacy.

They are proud of their anti-white racism and proud of their extreme, hateful tribalism. Everyone in "the tribe" is always right and good, everyone outside the tribe is an enemy to be attacked.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:23 PM




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1 You weave your spell, your eyes they beckon me.
Your lips they speak, lies and misery.
I know it's wrong, but I can't turn away.
The flames draw near, they're telling me to stay.

Into the fire, I'm falling
Into the fire, I'm falling

Your love burns bright, and yet the flames are cold.
This time I fear, you won't be back no more.
When will it end, your love consumes my soul.
Into the fire, I'm being tempted once more ...

THIS TIME, TO ANOTHER FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

2 Nd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 01:23 PM (qZb7K)

3 But he's actin' like a white man...--some Libbie probably

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 01:24 PM (l3cgK)

4 They're going to literally lynch this man and then blame white conservatives.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 01:24 PM (gLYp7)

5 This is....really not helping the case for keeping the 19th Amendment.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 14, 2026 01:24 PM (EynyL)

6 Nooded.

Posted by: Irving at September 14, 2026 01:25 PM (NcvvS)

7 It would be funny if some white AWFL breaks into the black hero's home with the intent to kill him, he fights back and kills HER (strangling would be best), and then goes to trail and CLAIMS THE INSANITY DEFENSE.

Please let it happen.

Posted by: zombie at September 14, 2026 01:25 PM (Av6i5)

8 >>>Alpha Karen One admitted that the jury vote was a political act, not an evaluation of the actual evidence, stating that she intends for Lindsay Clancy's acquittal to improve the lives of other women, and of course women who murder their children:

And now we're at DefCunt 1.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 01:26 PM (pcKW+)

9 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

They need to find out who leaked/published this information and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. This is juror intimidation, just after the fact (which is also illegal, I believe)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at September 14, 2026 01:26 PM (SRRAx)

10 Did he greet them with a weapon in hand? I hope he did.

Posted by: huerfano at September 14, 2026 01:26 PM (2Xqig)

11 Juror Number Hero has been doxxed to the point where raging Karens are at his house, but his name hasn't been leaked yet?

Call me skeptical. I still think this smells like an op. And the more this loathsome toad Paula Devlin makes the media tour like a wannabe celebrity, the more it smells bad to me.

There's no way they wouldn't have this guy's name and picture by now. No way.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

12 "altruistic infanticide" meaning that it's better for a child to die than to grow up with one of these psycho Karen's as a mother?

Posted by: 29Victor at September 14, 2026 01:26 PM (0MjtC)

13 Collusion between the Masshole govt, the media, and activist groups. This guy fucked it up for them.

And now he has to pay.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 01:27 PM (qZb7K)

14 They have pathologized what would otherwise be brutal murder as "the selfless killing of one's children".
----
What exactly was anyone expecting of the end result of "I wouldn't want my daughter punished with a baby"* and the normalization that, if you don't think you can "afford" a baby, it's better to abort the baby than for it to grow up poor.

* and all these same monstrous, demonic women cooed in agreement when the JEF made that horrendous remark, that a baby is only a burden--never a blessing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 14, 2026 01:27 PM (3cUTc)

15 Alpha Karen One was very "impressed" by a shrink's explanation that there is such a thing as "altruistic filicide," which means murdering your children, but exalted as a good thing
---------

aka human sacrifice. It's officially here. Prepare.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:27 PM (AANQ+)

16 so was the holdout a "non-practicing black"?

None of this makes any sense to me. I just think they are all fucking nuts. We need a purge.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 14, 2026 01:27 PM (L5iA9)

17 NBC Boston investigated the holdout juror and only him, and broadcast their results, in an effort to intimidate him, to incite Karens against him, and all in direct violation of statute.

Prosecute them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 01:28 PM (mn/mw)

18 This is not about the lone juror. They don't really even care if they destroy him. They won't mind it happening but its not about him.

Its about making sure in the future everyone is too intimidated to even attempt doing what he did. This is about destroying him so badly that future men rethink or are afraid of resisting the chosen narrative in court.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 01:28 PM (K32Fz)

19 15 Alpha Karen One was very "impressed" by a shrink's explanation that there is such a thing as "altruistic filicide," which means murdering your children, but exalted as a good thing
---------

aka human sacrifice. It's officially here. Prepare.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:27 PM (AANQ+)

I'm pleased!

Posted by: Moloch at September 14, 2026 01:28 PM (l3cgK)

20 >>>Alpha Karen One was very "impressed" by a shrink's explanation that there is such a thing as "altruistic filicide," which means murdering your children, but exalted as a good thing.

In her defense, she knew the kids' mom.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 01:28 PM (pcKW+)

21 'Non-practicing white'? Uh...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 01:28 PM (XeU6L)

22 We are literally surrounded by f***** lunatics.

We cannot put up with these batsh*t crazy f***s any longer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2026 01:28 PM (XV/Pl)

23 Out: "White privilege" is an in-born attribute, that you can NOT ever escape from,no matter how hard you try or want to: You will always have an :"invisible backpack" of privilege, which makes you inherently a bad person. Forever. You cannot escape it or deny it.

In: I am a "non-practicing white person," which gives me Magic Automatic Immunity to the label of White Privilege. Poof! All I gotta say is "non-practicing white person" and I don[t have White Privilege. So easy!

Posted by: zombie at September 14, 2026 01:29 PM (Av6i5)

24 I'm a non-practicing vegan.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 14, 2026 01:29 PM (XvL8K)

25 "Alpha Karen One was very 'impressed' by a shrink's explanation that there is such a thing as 'altruistic filicide,' which means murdering your children, but exalted as a good thing."

"Yea? So what? Hater!"

-- Magda Goebbels

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

26 Dokken

Posted by: steevy at September 14, 2026 01:29 PM (YwEeS)

27 The whole thing feels more and more rigged with each passing day.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:29 PM (AANQ+)

28 anyone who believes altruistic filicide needs an altruistic straight jacket for life. Even just using that fucking term is disgusting.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 14, 2026 01:29 PM (L5iA9)

29 Zombie Benjamin Franklin has been quoted as saying *snort*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 01:30 PM (guGkK)

30 Desantis has offered him asylum in Florida. Not joking.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 01:30 PM (4NO2D)

31 Is the exposing of his identity -- following a concerted effort to malign him and foment rage against him -- anything legally actionable? If so, I hope he gets a hanging judge. I would bring popcorn to see a Boston "journalist" get roasted for this perfidy.

Posted by: red speck at September 14, 2026 01:30 PM (Ve/HL)

32
Tell me. If a juror, after the fact of a verdict convicting a defendant, spouted off that the conviction was essentially a political act, something not related to the evidence, I think that would allow for the defense to move for a new trial. I think.

But going the other way, acquitting a defendant would not. Double jeopardy or something, I think. But is there any way a juror could be held on something if they admit to blatant politics or other irrelevant factors?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 01:30 PM (w6EFb)

33 Did he greet them with a weapon in hand? I hope he did.

Posted by: huerfano at September 14, 2026 01:26 PM (2Xqig)

He should hang water bottles in the trees outside hus home to ward off evil AWFL spirits.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 01:30 PM (pcKW+)

34 Starting to understand the appeal of Islam's approach towards women.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (rx4MS)

35 Truly sickening.

All of it!

Did you see that the defense lawyer’s wife was on X ginning up the mob against the lone holdout juror?
wtf??

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (4KUe5)

36 @24

>>I'm a non-practicing vegan.

I'd like to think of myself as an passive vegetarian.

I eat cow, but cow eats grass, and I eat the cow, so really, If you think about it, I'm eating grass too.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (XV/Pl)

37 22 We are literally surrounded by f***** lunatics.

We cannot put up with these batsh*t crazy f***s any longer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2026 01:28 PM (XV/Pl)

The thing is, the internet and sites like Tik-Tok amplify what is probably a very, very small group of crazies.
Like the real KKK is so small, it'd fit in a very small stadium.
I can't believe the majority of women want the "right" to kill children beyond the age of birth, or even at or near birth.
Unfortunately, the crazies are in control of the political aparatus.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)

38 People need to be in jail for this.

So very many people have no idea the reckoning they are building up for themselves.

Civilization is somewhat robust, but we're now testing just how much of the foundation we can remove before it collapses.

Testing to failure is not a good idea when YOU are the test subject.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (zjgNU)

39 What exactly was anyone expecting of the end result of "I wouldn't want my daughter punished with a baby"* and the normalization that, if you don't think you can "afford" a baby, it's better to abort the baby than for it to grow up poor.

* and all these same monstrous, demonic women cooed in agreement when the JEF made that horrendous remark, that a baby is only a burden--never a blessing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 14, 2026 01:27 PM (3cUTc)

Sanctifying abortion is exactly like that Churchill joke about the woman being a whore.

We've already determined what you are madame. Now we're merely negotiating the price.

Once you say it's okay to kill a child, the 'when' of it stops being relevant.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (gLYp7)

40 I think the jurors ending up comprised like they were was an op in and of itself.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)

41 Runaway jury...expect the black guy.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (J4Dwc)

42 I eat cow, but cow eats grass, and I eat the cow, so really, If you think about it, I'm eating grass too.

So a Vegan by Proxy then

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (guGkK)

43 When I saw video clips from the trial, I thought the the defense lawyer was an incompetent buffoon, making the most idiotic arguments imaginable, with zero charisma or persuasiveness.

And then...he convinced 11 out of 12 jurors.

We are fucked as a society.

Posted by: zombie at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (Av6i5)

44 Some other woman just killed her 3 kids, but since she looks like a yokel, I seriously doubt any of thse jurors would be jonesing for her acquittal.

And some other woman hung her child. I think she is black, though, so no mercy for her.

Clancy went back to the booby hatch, right? Not quite the same thing as regular jail....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (SRRAx)

45
Ad homs work both ways. Behold your hero:

• Wife beater
• Restraining order
• Child abuser
• Declared “evil” by his own mother
• Squatter

The lone holdout juror is truly a courageous man of conscience.

Posted by: Carolus at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (axvb1)

46 No double jeopardy after a mistrial the case can be brought again. Jury selection might be impossible unless they make it all male ...

Posted by: steevy at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)

47 It's long been obvious to me anyway that the spook agencies figured out multiple ways to generally make people hysterical and insane. This is starting to pay huge dividends in a really big way. It was all very depressing to realize this way back when, and very sad to watch.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (MeEtv)

48 See, if people wanted to deprive malignant narcissists of their voting rights, I wouldn't object at all.

A parent (of either sex)'s job is to keep their kids alive and fed and healthy if possible and teach them to be competent adults.

It doesn't matter if you think they kids would be better off dead, that's not your job.

......

Even people in the past who routinely disposed of children just took them out into the woods and left them there alive, where there was a chance of rescue by someone else, and the parents could say "They didn't die by our hand."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (vJrRc)

49 Is Paula Devlin wearing a wig?

Posted by: Clueless guy at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

50 This is all just a distraction from the epstien files!!

Posted by: Reforger at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (JZWhT)

51 Massachusetts lesbian governor just held a signing ceremony in her office celebrating infanticide. Expanding the time limit to the Clancy standard, fiver years old, is no great leap. Hell, going as far as the North Carolina nutjob wants to go (full adulthood if the victim is a Republican) is probably not far off.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (mn/mw)

52 >>They have given it a name: "altruistic filicide"

The Left evilly excels at coining nice sounding terms for ghastly acts and behaviors that sicken normal people.

Sure, ask a GenZ, or a Karen or AWFL, what filicide means. Riding a filly? Filling boxes with canned food to donate at the homeless shelter?

They don't know and don't care. If a Democrat, especially a woman, says it's good, they're all-in.

We're doomed.

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (5rh/l)

53 Again we need laws that prevent this from happening to jurors after the trial as well as during. Its blatant what they are trying to do.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (K32Fz)

54 LOL another troll

Posted by: steevy at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (YwEeS)

55 Like the real KKK is so small, it'd fit in a very small stadium.
------

At last check, SPLC has 1 million fb followers so no

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (AANQ+)

56 And it was a MAGA conservative who doxed the holdout.

Posted by: Carolus at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (axvb1)

57 Isnt it funny the Alpha Karens have zero fear of someone from "our side" doxxing or threatning them?

Maybe that needs to change?

The Left does a lot of things knowing our side is very passive.

Posted by: Leupold at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (XZ1kS)

58 “Altruistic filicide?”???


This is evil.
All we’ve heard about is the mom’s issues, so how is it altruistic to punish her kids to make her better?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (4KUe5)

59 When can we start altruistic bitchocide?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (g8Ew8)

60 27 The whole thing feels more and more rigged with each passing day.
Posted by: ...
++++

If it was, the Deep State f*cked up. Badly. The trick is always to hide your murderous intent with platitudes like Believe Every Woman. Altruistic filicide is not that nor is doxxing jurors. The puppet masters of the left keep doubling down on stupidity because they too got their jobs by DEI subservience. They didn't earn it either.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (E4rtv)

61 24 I'm a non-practicing vegan.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 14, 2026 01:29 PM (XvL8K)

There's this cartoon where the man says he's a vegetarian, and puts a leaf of lettuce on his beef hamburger...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (l3cgK)

62 I am a "non-practicing white person,"

What a stupid, worthless scrunt silly bint. She should put herself out of our misery.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (3Ope8)

63 They have given it a name: "altruistic filicide"

That one is not gonna work, its too long and has too many syllables. Plus nobody understands what it means

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (K32Fz)

64 Its about making sure in the future everyone is too intimidated to even attempt doing what he did.

Speaking only for myself, this will make me even more recalcitrant as a juror.

Posted by: Halfhand at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (nSaqA)

65 Know who else thought murdering children was a good thing?

Posted by: Shifty eyes at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (2Ez/1)

66 62 I am a "non-practicing white person,"

What a stupid, worthless scrunt silly bint. She should put herself out of our misery.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (3Ope

Is there a southern expression a bit more biting than "Bless her heart"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

67 Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (MeEtv)

They accelerated it with the covid op and I'm pretty sure they're using AI to assist now.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (AANQ+)

68 I think the jurors ending up comprised like they were was an op in and of itself.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)

Absolutely. The prosecution clearly threw the case. They had the misfortune to get an honest judge, and one honest juror.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (1z8ji)

69 I've seen there is a GiveSendGo fund started for that juror, with a goal of $100k, and it was already over that yesterday. So now they raised it to $150k and it is at $127k.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (vbXSk)

70 • Wife beater
• Restraining order
• Child abuser
• Declared “evil” by his own mother
• Squatter

Posted by: Carolus at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (axvb1)


And yet he's still more moral than an average woman.

Posted by: It is What It Is at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (VGOAu)

71 Her full name is Paula Devlin-Cider

Posted by: Pug Mahon at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (PSEDc)

72 You'd be surprised how many jury verdicts are essentially "political acts" based more on tribal affiliations than actual facts or law.

Chances of convicting a gang-banger in the ghetto? Low. You will never be able to empanel a jury without at least one juror who is very sympathetic to gangbangers -- if not one himself or herself -- and/or hates The Man prosecuting the defendant.

Chances of a ghetto jury not awarding yuge damages in an accident case? Also low. It ain't their money. As far as they're concerned, they're just taking money from rich people and giving it to one of their own.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)

73 I'm terrified that my cousin, married with two kids who lives in Boston and has a degree as a social worker, is a Lindsay Clancy sympathizer. If she is and is dumb enough to post it on Facebook, I hope the rest of my family gives her hell.

Posted by: pookysgirl, moderating kitten fights at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (Wt5PA)

74 Like the real KKK is so small, it'd fit in a very small stadium.

I think the non-Government wing of the KKK is so small it's fit in a very small bus stop in a rural part of the country.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (gLYp7)

75 stating that she intends for Lindsay Clancy's acquittal to improve the lives of other women

What a liar. She doesn't care about other women's benefit a all.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (vJrRc)

76 "non-practicing white"

People said I looked green around the gills. That's when I knew I had skipped too much white practice.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

77 The Left to the next potential jury pool: Agree with us, or else.

We've ruined everything else, why not the jury system as well?

As a society, WASTF.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (bFu5X)

78 Its about making sure in the future everyone is too intimidated to even attempt doing what he did.

Speaking only for myself, this will make me even more recalcitrant as a juror.
Posted by: Halfhand

===

I just got a jury summons, I'm sort of hoping now I get chosen.

Posted by: Leupold at September 14, 2026 01:35 PM (XZ1kS)

79 People showing up at your home in this manner is an act of aggression and intimidation. It should be treated accordingly with OO buck. Then we can give it a fancy new name, like stupidacide.

Posted by: That Guy at September 14, 2026 01:35 PM (NGqBA)

80 When can we start altruistic bitchocide?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (g8Ew

Altruistic Karenectomies should be a thing.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 01:35 PM (pcKW+)

81 Joe Manchin has endorsed Susan Collins

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 14, 2026 01:35 PM (/OKHJ)

82 I'd like to think of myself as an passive vegetarian.

I eat cow, but cow eats grass, and I eat the cow, so really, If you think about it, I'm eating grass too.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2026 01:31 PM

Trace it all the way back and you're solar powered.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 01:35 PM (4NO2D)

83 Those kids should be thanking me.

Posted by: Lindsay Clancy at September 14, 2026 01:35 PM (AANQ+)

84 Someone pointed out, they were attacking him for "not following the law."
But, it turns out, these 11 were the only ones not following the law--because they swore an oath to fairly and impartially weigh the evidence without prejudice or bias.
Then they went and decided she was innocent of the murder, and thus, innocent of everything else--when her guilt was already admitted!!

He was the only one that saw the evidence of how premeditated and coldly calculated her murder spree was and said, "she knew damned good and well what she was doing."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 14, 2026 01:36 PM (3cUTc)

85 Well, I know you want a lover, let me tell you, brother
She's been sleeping in the Devil's bed
And there's some rumors going 'round, someone's underground
She can rock you in the nighttime 'til your skin turns red
Woo-hoo, witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woo-hoo, witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)

86 The Left to the next potential jury pool: Agree with us, or else.

We've ruined everything else, why not the jury system as well?

As a society, WASTF.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (bFu5X)

White Anglo-Saxon T*t Fans?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 01:36 PM (pcKW+)

87
The unasked question:

"How can an act be both altruistic and induced by psychosis?"

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:36 PM (AANQ+)

88 79 People showing up at your home in this manner is an act of aggression and intimidation. It should be treated accordingly with OO buck. Then we can give it a fancy new name, like stupidacide.
Posted by: That Guy at September 14, 2026 01:35 PM (NGqBA)

Altruistic Homicide

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 14, 2026 01:36 PM (xcxpd)

89 63 They have given it a name: "altruistic filicide"

That one is not gonna work, its too long and has too many syllables. Plus nobody understands what it means

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (K32Fz)

They'll conscript "Mercy Killing"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 01:36 PM (l3cgK)

90 Someone tell the Coven to sit down and STFU or they have to explain why all their dildos are circumcised and why that isn't bigoted.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 14, 2026 01:36 PM (r7+Q7)

91 Willowed:

James Howard Kunstler is speculating that Joe DeGenova left because he wanted to indict Obama and Blanche kiboshed it.
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 01:37 PM (77rzZ)

92 Again we need laws that prevent this from happening to jurors after the trial as well as during. Its blatant what they are trying to do.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (K32Fz)
==========================
Already in law. I'll try to find the statute language, but these actions to intimidate and punish the holdout juror are all against Massachusetts law.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 01:37 PM (mn/mw)

93 86 The Left to the next potential jury pool: Agree with us, or else.

We've ruined everything else, why not the jury system as well?

As a society, WASTF.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 01:34 PM (bFu5X)

White Anglo-Saxon T*t Fans?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 01:36 PM (pcKW+)

Well I'm Norwegian but otherwise, I'd like to join

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 14, 2026 01:37 PM (xcxpd)

94 When is someone associated Roth the MA courts going to speak out against the behavior of these jurors and the media?

By allowing this they are tacitly approving of a subversion of their court system for activism.
I know, it’s crazy MA, but still - not desire to even pretend they want fair trials?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 01:37 PM (4KUe5)

95 Even people in the past who routinely disposed of children just took them out into the woods and left them there alive, where there was a chance of rescue by someone else, and the parents could say "They didn't die by our hand."
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (vJrRc)

For as evil as "Exposure" is, it's less evil than actively killing your child.

Pretty sure the pagan Romans (no great defenders of life) would be aghast at how many children we murder.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 14, 2026 01:37 PM (zjgNU)

96
Build more asylums.

Posted by: Auspex at September 14, 2026 01:37 PM (Y8DZL)

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullins: We Know Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother to Defraud the Immigration System. We're Investigating Her Now.

Happy Monday!

Some good news to start the week off.


Trump's top immigration official claims an internal investigation found that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar 'married her brother' and could be facing deportation.

'We know that she married her brother to try to bring him into the United States,' Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said of the Minnesota Democrat. 'We know he lives now in London.'

He was speaking about the second man Omar married, who the Daily Mail has previously reported is Ahmed Elmi. Both are originally from Somalia.

She allegedly was still married to her first husband, Ahmed Hirsi, at the time of the second marriage, the congresswoman has told friends who relayed the account to the Daily Mail.

Omar has long denied the allegations. She has since remarried a third time and is wed to political consultant Tim Mynett.

Mullin told conservative pundit Benny Johnson that Omar's actions amounted to 'possible illegal activity' and the investigation is 'ongoing,' breaking a standard where officials typically do not discuss active investigations.

'We're investigating,' he said before threatening to deport her should the investigation warrant such a dramatic action.

'There's no expiration to that,' he said of the potential charges. 'If we can prove it that, maybe you shouldn't have been here in the first place, we'll deport you.'


Mullin appeared to be alluding to potential immigration documents being falsified, which would be a deportable offense. That plan could face difficulty given Omar became a naturalized US citizen in 2000, when she was 17.

...

Abdihakim Osman, a past friend of Omar, told the Mail in 2020 that Omar said she wanted to get her brother papers so he could stay in the United States, at a time when she was married to her first husband Ahmed Hirsi.

But hardly anyone realized that meant marrying him.

'No one knew there had been a wedding until the media turned up the marriage certificate years later,' Osman exclusively told Daily Mail at the time.

Omar married her first husband, Hirsi, in 2002 in a Muslim ceremony that, like many in the immigrant community, was not registered with the state.

The first report that Omar and her husband were siblings appeared on the website Somalispot in 2016.

It said of Elmi: 'As soon as Ilhan Omar married him he started university at her alma mater North Dakota State University where he graduated in 2012.'
...


'When we move forward,' Mullin said as if the case against Omar is imminent, 'it's not political.'

The Department of Homeland Security office did not deny Mullin's claims that Omar did indeed marry her brother.

Tom Homan confirms it, too:


Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich

Border Czar Tom Homan says Dem Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under criminal investigation by HSI for possible immigration/naturalization fraud. In his answer, he also implies that it could become a denaturalization case.

I asked Homan on @SundayBriefFNC about DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin asserting this week "We know that [Rep. Omar] married her brother to try to bring him to the United States" :

HOMAN: I'm not going to comment on an ongoing criminal investigation. I know things are going on. But I can't get specifics of what's happening. But we'll see. I mean, if someone committed immigration violation and someone committed marriage fraud or anything like that, regardless if they're a congresswoman or not, no one's above the law, so I'll leave it at that. We'll let, HSI, Homeland Security Investigations, continue the investigation.

HEINRICH: Okay. So you're confirming that there is an investigation into Congresswoman Omar.

HOMAN: I'm confirming that ICE is - yeah. Look, I said months ago, that is something that's been reported and it needs to be looked at.

...

HEINRICH: Okay... She is, though, a naturalized U.S. citizen.... I guess what I'm asking is, is there a naturalization case that is being brought against her?

HOMAN: Look, you know, I've been around 40 years and we've done de-nats cases. We have denaturalized citizens based on fraud, based on lying on their applications or lying through the process, misrepresenting themselves, or maybe misrepresenting organizations they belong to or beliefs they have. But denaturalization is a process. It's a very serious process. So if someone lies through that process to becoming a citizen, and we can prove they in fact lied or misrepresented themselves, we can absolutely denaturalize them. We've done it before many times over the last 40 years I've been around. So it's a process.

HEINRICH: And then just knowing how this is going to be received, you know what what would you say to the Democrat critics who are just going to make the argument that this is a politically motivated, pursuit?

HOMAN: There's nothing political about it. ICE is enforcing law that Congress wrote. I mean, these are all laws that are in statute.

Hello! How are you all? Did you have a relaxing weekend?

I did, actually. The shoulder was semi-okay over the weekend.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:17 PM




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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (bFu5X)

2 THE BLADE TO THE RESCUE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

3 I want so desperately for something to happen...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (gLYp7)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (X0axn)

5 Bold strategy, Ace.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (bFu5X)

6 oneth

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (5rh/l)

7 bold.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (X0axn)

8 Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (X0axn)

9 sixeth!

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (5rh/l)

10 And the week begins!

I wonder if anything stupid will happen this week.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (Sco7b)

11 Boldly nooded.

Posted by: Irving at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (NcvvS)

12 also nineth!

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (5rh/l)

13 In before the Nothing will Happen guy…

Posted by: Hawkpilot at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (g9+4z)

14 We will see if anything happens.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (zjgNU)

15 What did you do to your shoulder?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (viF8m)

16 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (Y75Ef)

17 DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullins: We Know Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother to Defraud the Immigration System. We're Investigating Her Now.


Stop f*cking teasing us with this shit and MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN already.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (X0axn)

18 Mullen appeared to be alluding to potential immigration documents being falsified, which would be a deportable offense. That plan could face difficulty given Omar became a naturalized US citizen in 2000, when she was 17.


Fraud trumps naturalization.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (AXBJa)

19 Good. Kick her ass out of the country, and anyone that she frauded in.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (77rzZ)

20 lol

BroFo moniker legitimized by official U.S. Government statement.

Suck it, rancid hoor.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (dK+Kv)

21 Dating’s probably uncomplicated when siblings romance.

Posted by: Eromero at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (wvQoP)

22 15 What did you do to your shoulder?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (viF8m)

Probably got older. It's amazing how much that fucks things up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (Y/06r)

23 Dolores O'Riordan. She at least deserves to have her name spelled correctly.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (BrjrD)

24 I read an article this morning which asserted that the $30M Omar has accrued since joining Congress will NOT be the basis of charges. There was no explanation. Does anyone else know why this might be?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

25 Even is she is found to have done illegal shit no judge or jury in DC or MN will convict her.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (8m4AW)

26 21 Dating’s probably uncomplicated when siblings romance.
Posted by: Eromero at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (wvQoP)

You know her history.

Posted by: State of Kentucky at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (Y/06r)

27 HOMAN: There's nothing political about it. ICE is enforcing law that Congress wrote. I mean, these are all laws that are in statute.

Yes, this is the way. Enforce all those laws that Congress passed, starting with enforcing them on Congress.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (vJrRc)

28 And just like that, Lindsay Clancy will disappear from the headlines.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (MDua2)

29 21 Dating’s probably uncomplicated when siblings romance.
Posted by: Eromero at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (wvQoP)

Especially since the brother/husband is gay...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (+gK6I)

30 22 15 What did you do to your shoulder?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (viF8m)

Probably got older. It's amazing how much that fucks things up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (Y/06r)

Common mistake

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (okun6)

31 He already knows it?
No investigation needed !

I believe in what I want to believe
I am MAGA

Posted by: Paul at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (YFN1a)

32 24 I read an article this morning which asserted that the $30M Omar has accrued since joining Congress will NOT be the basis of charges. There was no explanation. Does anyone else know why this might be?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

Isn't her dad a brutal warlord back in Somalia?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (Y/06r)

33 You know what's going to happen? NOTHING!

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (MWfyi)

34 15 What did you do to your shoulder?

A shelf fell on him is my guess

Posted by: one hour sober at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (J4Dwc)

35 Stop f*cking teasing us with this shit and MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN already.


It's tough to wait, but as has been pointed out here many times, sometimes the process is the punishment. I imagine she's more than a little worried right now.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

36 It's not incest if you're from Somalia...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (l3cgK)

37 meh

red meat for the rubes

at WORST they will deport the brother

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (j+aD2)

38 NOBODY--least of all Congrescritters--believe that the laws Congress passes will ever be enforced.

They just pass them as a sop to their constituents so that they can stay elected to loot the Treasury.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (FZ29D)

39 5 What did you do to your shoulder?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (viF8m)

Probably got older. It's amazing how much that fucks things up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (Y/06r)

Common mistake

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (okun6)

Beats the alternative, though.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (gLYp7)

40 Jerk that smoke wagon and see what happens. The breeder goatraper has to go.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:22 PM (qZb7K)

41 DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullins: We Know Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother to Defraud the Immigration System. We're Investigating Her Now.

Sexy.
On many levels.

MSNow - Trump continues to go after his political enemies.

While advocating and having people on who want to go after Republicans if they get power. Leftists - got to love them.

Preferably with chainsaws.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 14, 2026 12:22 PM (Sco7b)

42 21 Dating’s probably uncomplicated when siblings romance.

Posted by: Eromero at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (wvQoP)

Sister: "Brother, you're better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:22 PM (l3cgK)

43 A DNA match turns a rumor into a laboratory result. If Minnesota investigators have tied Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to Ilhan Omar as a sibling, the marriage license on the table stops being a curiosity. It becomes the document that was used to invent a spouse and walk him through a gate that siblings do not get to use that way.

Immigration marriage is a sworn statement. Sworn statements that hide a blood relationship are the definition of material fraud. Material fraud is how status is stolen. Stolen status is how a House career gets built on a form that would sink a nobody in a field office.

The next step is not a panel on cable. It is a case file: the license, the genetic report, the applications, the dates. If those pages line up, the statute already knows what to do. Charge the lie. Let a court decide whether the oath was real. Membership in Congress is not a mutation that makes DNA optional.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 12:22 PM (AXBJa)

44 HOMAN: There's nothing political about it. ICE is enforcing law that Congress wrote. I mean, these are all laws that are in statute.

Yes, this is the way. Enforce all those laws that Congress passed, starting with enforcing them on Congress.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (vJrRc)

Deporting terrorists is just another name for something we choose to do together.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 12:22 PM (dK+Kv)

45 at WORST they will deport the brother

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (j+aD2)

Which I would consider a partial victory - better than a total defeat.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:22 PM (gLYp7)

46 If you KNOW that she did it, doesn't that indicate the investigation is pretty much complete and it's time for her to face the consequences?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 14, 2026 12:22 PM (PMi3m)

47 She was out of her head at the time. Give her a break.

Posted by: fd at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (MWfyi)

48 Isn't her dad a brutal warlord back in Somalia?

Yes, but IIRC, the problem is that she didn't report her unexplained wealth on her taxes until someone published her returns.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

49 45 at WORST they will deport the brother

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (j+aD2)


I believe the brother/husband is in England

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (+gK6I)

50 I bet Ace fired one of those bazooka-like AR guns. It tore my shoulder up!

Posted by: Gersh Kuntzman at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (BrjrD)

51 Dating’s probably uncomplicated when siblings romance.

Posted by: Eromero at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (wvQoP)

Sister: "Brother, you're better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


I could get real tasteless, so I won't. But there IS one joke loaded in the chanber.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (AXBJa)

52
Hello! How are you all? Did you have a relaxing weekend?

I did, actually. The shoulder was semi-okay over the weekend.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:17 PM



We had a showing of our house Saturday morning. Only 2 showed up, which was disappointing. We have 2 offers, but one is too low and the other is close, but we'd like to see a little higher numbers.

Spent that afternoon in the ER with the First Lady whom actually passed her kidney stone causing her all the pain while we were there, so it was a short visit.

Yesterday was rest...........didn't even drink anything but water.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (X0axn)

53 I'm still not going to remember the chick from the Cranberries name lol

ACE! your shoulder!

DMSO (use a rollon version already cut with aloe, so like 10 percent DMSO in the nice aloe lotion). do it as many times a day as you remember over the painful area.

also once it's better you need to lift in a targeted way. shoulders are fixable! exercise works once it is healed enough (and DMSO moves that along)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (j+aD2)

54 Father is a genocidal warlord. It's probably nothing.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (AANQ+)

55 Interesting - Scott Johnson @ Powerlineblog has been on Omar's case for years. More than the MN media, of course. This morning he revealed he had been interviewed by federal agents:


https://tinyurl.com/mwffcyhf

Posted by: beckster at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (kX27y)

56 About this time last year my left shoulder started acting up. I assumed it was a result of an old injury. Started physical therapy and it wasn't improving after a couple months they started doing tests on my spine.

Yeppppp.

It turns out my dad was wrong. Rubbing dirt on it did not help.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (viF8m)

57 49 45 at WORST they will deport the brother

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (j+aD2)


I believe the brother/husband is in England

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (+gK6I)

that was her husbro...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (l3cgK)

58 How did Omar get here? Did she lie in her own application or is the investigation just focusing on her subsequent lies to get her brother here?

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (KC5Lt)

59 I could get real tasteless, so I won't. But there IS one joke loaded in the chanber.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (AXBJa)

That's what she said.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (Y/06r)

60 but as has been pointed out here many times, sometimes the process is the punishment. I imagine she's more than a little worried right now.
Posted by: Archimedes

The punishment is a some money spent on lawyers. Given how much money she’s stolen from American tax payers it’s just a cost of doing business. It won’t hurt politically at all. If anything it’ll make her even more popular on the left.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (8m4AW)

61 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (2Ez/1)

62 also once it's better you need to lift in a targeted way. shoulders are fixable! exercise works once it is healed enough (and DMSO moves that along)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (j+aD2)

Just don't leave the exercise bands laying around.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (AANQ+)

63 Posted by: Paul at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (YFN1a)


Hey there, Paul. Question for you.

When you take a dump, how much white stuff comes out before you get to the brown?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (X0axn)

64 I believe the brother/husband is in England


well then!

she isn't getting deported

I guess she will be fined/charged whatever

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (j+aD2)

65 Something is happening.

Posted by: 13times at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (6iKlf)

66 She was out of her head at the time. Give her a break.

Posted by: fd at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (MWfyi)

I saw a meme recently - probably here - of a little girl firing an AR with the caption: "Practicing for when mommy gets sad," or something like that.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (gLYp7)

67 >>It's tough to wait, but as has been pointed out here many times, sometimes the process is the punishment. I imagine she's more than a little worried right now.
__
I doubt it. My guess is that she is loving this. She knows she'll never be convicted or deported. It will only strengthen her support in her district. And she will get to be the center of attention as mean old Trump tries to kick a sitting BLACK FEMALE REPRESENTATIVE out of the country.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (bNf8H)

68 I'd love this gastropod's head on the wall. But it ain't never gonna happen. And no, I'm not the "nothing will happen" guy. I'm generally optimistic.

But come on with this bullshit. If DHS has something, then charge this filthy pig and be done with it. Even if the case ain't that strong, charge her and let the process be the punishment. They would do that to us in a heartbeat.

But the endless grandstanding and "we're looking into it" leaks and drops is boring and counterproductive. It only serves to get our side's hopes up. It also gives this gastropod a nice fat cause celeb to claim victimhood and for fundraising. That's a lose-lose.

Shit or get off the pot, please.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

69 Don't do shoulder surgery, Ace. Are you doing your "walk the wall" exercises on that side?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (XvL8K)

70 If we don't know exactly the shoulder injury we won't know to advise ice pack, hot iron or a 5th of Bourbon

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (Y75Ef)

71 turns out my dad was wrong. Rubbing dirt on it did not help.
Posted by: JackStraw

Did you try Robitussin?
- Chris Rock’s grandfather

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (8m4AW)

72 58 How did Omar get here? Did she lie in her own application or is the investigation just focusing on her subsequent lies to get her brother here?
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (KC5Lt)

From what I have heard she didn't use her real name because her Father was a warlord

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (+gK6I)

73 I'm sure the argument will be how rednecks mate with their relatives all the time and this is no big deal.

That being said, I like the notion of Omar returning to Wakanda to live out her life free from systemic raysisms.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM (BpO1e)

74 In before Nothing Will Happen guy!

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM (4NO2D)

75 Now do Barack Obama!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM (ndZc7)

76 45 at WORST they will deport the brother

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (j+aD2)



You pulled a Sponge and didn't read the content, didn't you........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM (X0axn)

77 The left now has to balance the equation of "this is a political witch hunt" vs "nobody is above the law"

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM (sW/xx)

78 I saw a meme recently - probably here - of a little girl firing an AR with the caption: "Practicing for when mommy gets sad," or something like that.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (gLYp7)

Probably knife work would be more useful at that age.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM (Y/06r)

79 51 Dating’s probably uncomplicated when siblings romance.

Posted by: Eromero at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (wvQoP)

Sister: "Brother, you're better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


I could get real tasteless, so I won't. But there IS one joke loaded in the chanber.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (AXBJa)

Is it about the Alabaman who brought his fiance (who was a virgin) to meet his parents?
"If she ain't good enough for her family, she ain't good enough for us"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM (l3cgK)

80 Hey there, Paul. Question for you.

When you take a dump, how much white stuff comes out before you get to the brown?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Around a quart.

Posted by: Paul's mom at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM (qZb7K)

81 And here's Ilhan with Don Lemon hating on Charlie Kirk:


https://tinyurl.com/3yfzvxks

Posted by: beckster at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM (kX27y)

82 First look at the new WH ballroom. It's beautiful.

https://tinyurl.com/2vvspdpd
Posted by: Archimedes

Looks like Versailles and you know what happened to Louis XVI.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (ndZc7)

83 I think we need an amendment that you have to be a naturalized citizen for 15 years before you can run for political office.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (KC5Lt)

84 I know there's a lot of "breaking" and "huge" on this but ... didn't we know this already?

I hate to be a pessimist but, why do these officials even comment when they know, and we know, and they know we know that nothing is going to happen?

"We're investigating" is a long, long f'ing way from actually doing something.

I'm "investigating" it too, for that matter, and it carries just as much weight as his comments, given all that has been DONE.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (3cUTc)

85 I doubt both Mullins and Homan would be talking about it publicly unless they intended to do something.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (viF8m)

86 Ilhan BroFo better get her affairs in order. Mogadishu beckons.

Posted by: Joe Mama at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (TezPK)

87 I’m all for political retaliation. I don’t give a shit what democrats think. They have no problems doing it themselves.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (A5IXv)

88 Omar might be denaturalized... Be still my heart.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (NnhvP)

89 And here's Ilhan with Don Lemon hating on Charlie Kirk:


https://tinyurl.com/3yfzvxks
Posted by: beckster at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM (kX27y)


Denaturalize and deport them both.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (X0axn)

90 I haven't read all the comments but, has anyone noted that nothing will happen yet?

Posted by: that guy that hasn't read all the comments at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (3XNks)

91 Even IF we're able to deport Ilhan Omar out of the country, her native constituents will just find someone else without the baggage to replace her.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (FZ29D)

92 Have we heard from Mr. "nothing will happen" yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (X0axn)

93 The left now has to balance the equation of "this is a political witch hunt" vs "nobody is above the law"
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM

Super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

- The Left

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (bFu5X)

94 How did Omar get here? Did she lie in her own application or is the investigation just focusing on her subsequent lies to get her brother here?
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (KC5Lt)

From what I have heard she didn't use her real name because her Father was a warlord
Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (+gK6I)
_______

Yea, that's the real crime and a real basis for getting rid of her. She pretended to be part of another family that -- somehow -- already got asylum.

How? Because they claimed to be persecuted and hunted by a Somali warlord. The same warlord her fucking father was deep in bed with.

Fuck all these people. How we let a single one of these roaches into the country is beyond me.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)

95 think we need an amendment that you have to be a naturalized citizen for 15 years before you can run for political office.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (KC5Lt)

Will not stop Democrats from finding the worst traitors around and compelling them into office. It's whack a mole when 40% of the electorate hates America.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (AANQ+)

96 Looks like Versailles and you know what happened to Louis XVI.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (ndZc7)

So the ballroom is to become the most famous museum in the world? Keep I M Pei away from it!

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (KC5Lt)

97 90 I haven't read all the comments but, has anyone noted that nothing will happen yet?
Posted by: that guy that hasn't read all the comments at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (3XNks)

At least three times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (Y/06r)

98 We’re investigating followed by a task force that will put out a report and then we’ll take those recommendation and follow up on our investigation.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (8m4AW)

99 I doubt both Mullins and Homan would be talking about it publicly unless they intended to do something.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (viF8m)


Because we all know that NEVER happens......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (X0axn)

100 Ilhan BroFo better get her affairs in order. Mogadishu beckons.

Posted by: Joe Mama at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (TezPK)

I'm willing to meet them halfway. In the Atlantic.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (dK+Kv)

101 "I doubt both Mullins and Homan would be talking about it publicly unless they intended to do something.
Posted by: JackStraw "

That's all we ever get, talk.

Posted by: fd at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (MWfyi)

102 That being said, I like the notion of Omar returning to Wakanda to live out her life free from systemic raysisms.

It's also worth noting that the Somalian unrest she claimed to be fleeing was caused by her family being in charge. So she could genuinely be in danger if returned, which makes returning her even funnier.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (2ocoG)

103 The left now has to balance the equation of "this is a political witch hunt" vs "nobody is above the law"
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM

Do they?

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (AANQ+)

104 82 First look at the new WH ballroom. It's beautiful.

https://tinyurl.com/2vvspdpd
Posted by: Archimedes

Some Dem Congressman said if he were to be elected president he would have it torn down.. The name escapes me

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (+gK6I)

105 My only problem with ballrooms is the dancing part.

I am no dancer.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (77rzZ)

106 Afternoon Ace.
Glad to see them at least looking at it. I would like to see Omar found to have committed immigration fraud. The penalty is that all Somali are thrown out.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (N2HNb)

107 I'm old enough to remember "lock her up" meant something was supposed to happen to Hillary.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (X0axn)

108 She has since remarried a third time and is wed to political consultant Tim Mynett.

You divorced your own brother?! There's an uncomfortable Thanksgiving.

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2026 12:30 PM (x+6zT)

109 turns out my dad was wrong. Rubbing dirt on it did not help.
Posted by: JackStraw

Did you try Robitussin?
- Chris Rock’s grandfather
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (8m4AW)

Windex for external applications. -- Gus Portokalos

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 12:30 PM (ExV1e)

110 Since they know she did it, investigating must mean investigating the political ramifications of deporting her.

Posted by: TimothyJP at September 14, 2026 12:30 PM (ZhvP2)

111 98 We’re investigating followed by a task force that will put out a report and then we’ll take those recommendation and follow up on our investigation.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (8m4AW)


Watch out if Jim Jordan rolls up his sleeves...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 12:30 PM (+gK6I)

112 So, what?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 14, 2026 12:30 PM (2Ez/1)

113 >>@InsiderWire

>>#BREAKING: 5 million people have lost SNAP benefits since the One Big Beautiful Bill passed.

Incredible how corrupt our government was. Still a long way to go but making progress.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (viF8m)

114 The left now has to balance the equation of "this is a political witch hunt" vs "nobody is above the law"

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 14, 2026 12:26 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
- The media

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (gLYp7)

115 108 She has since remarried a third time and is wed to political consultant Tim Mynett.

You divorced your own brother?! There's an uncomfortable Thanksgiving.
Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2026 12:30 PM (x+6zT)

WILL NO ONE THINK OF HER NEPHEW-SON!?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (Y/06r)

116 My weekend starts on a Sunday, so today is 'Saturday'. Wash clothes, get a cheesesteak somewhere, take a walk. Maybe go golf, but might wait till next week where I'm taking an extra day off. Beautiful day here in Babylon DC. Was hoping to sleep through most of it but alas, got about 3 hours and that's that. Guess I'll be productive, or something.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (sAmhv)

117 Some Dem Congressman said if he were to be elected president he would have it torn down.. The name escapes me

That's a required statement that the Dem/Antifa base enforces, along with making 9/10 a holiday to celebrate their victory over Charlie Kirk.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (2ocoG)

118 Omar will never be deported to Somalia. Best case, she ends up in London or Paris, but I don't care as long as it's not hear.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (4NO2D)

119 Outrage is erupting in Seattle after a 21-year-old who was SH0T 3 TIMES trying to STOP A ROBBERY walked 2 blocks BLEEDING TO DE*TH, begging for help...

...and a 7-Eleven LOCKED THE DOORS on him and people stood around FILMING him instead of helping.

https://tinyurl.com/4w3w4acr

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

What?!!! They killed him before a judge could release him?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (ndZc7)

120 Even IF we're able to deport Ilhan Omar out of the country, her native constituents will just find someone else without the baggage to replace her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (FZ29D)
_______

True. But it would be orgasmically satisfying to get rid of this particularly gruesome pig.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (iFTx/)

121
WILL NO ONE THINK OF HER NEPHEW-SON!?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (Y/06r)



Sonphew......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (X0axn)

122 How we let a single one of these roaches into the country is beyond me.

Wait, I thought they were gastropods?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

123 Deporting her will take G-d only knows how long. The Dems will force it all the way to SCOTUS. Chief Justice Roberts will take his sweet time working to get 5 or more votes to stop deportation.

Trump should cut all the legal and political crap off ASAP. Give her a pardon for this one. Then Trump and every Republican politician can remind everyone, when needed, that BroFo is only in the US because Trump showed mercy to her. Trump will come-up with a wicked nickname for her, reminding everyone she's an immigration criminal who married her brother and was pardoned by Trump. My two-cents worth.

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (5rh/l)

124 Rolling up my sleeves here, boss

Posted by: Rep. Jim Jordan at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (J4Dwc)

125 I think we need an amendment that you have to be a naturalized citizen for 15 years before you can run for political office.
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (KC5Lt)

I can't think of a naturalized citizen who held elected office that I'd want to fight for. Why not just make it natural born, like President?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (ExV1e)

126 Sonphew......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (X0axn)

Nephon?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (Y/06r)

127 She's her own grandma.

Posted by: Ray Stevens at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (2Ez/1)

128 Even is she is found to have done illegal shit no judge or jury in DC or MN will convict her.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (8m4AW)

I will say this again, this is a 20-80% issue that involves an immigrant who clearly despises the US, hates her constituents who are not Somali, and is almost certainly involved with massive scams , and no-one wants to touch it because it is political. She is too dirty to hug and too corrupt to enable, but neither Congress, not the Supremes, or even the MFM, no one wants to touch it.

However, as an election period issue it is a winner because it is almost a sure way to get points and wonderful example of two elements of agitprop and street theater

1) Design your action so that your target is forced to make a decision, and all their available options play to you advantage

2)When taking on a big and well-known target, it is often the target's reaction to your action that is the key to success. Therefore, anticipate your target's reaction and write that into your script

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (rbvCR)

129 How we let a single one of these roaches into the country is beyond me.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

So, is Omar a roach or a gastropod?


Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (77rzZ)

130 As I said in last thread, the Left hate that the taxpayers didn't have to pay for that beautiful ballroom.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (KC5Lt)

131 As for Ilhan Omar or whatever this little parasite's name is, she isn't going anywhere. Guess I'm in the 'nothing is going to happen' camp.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (sAmhv)

132 If the parties were reversed Omar would be on a plane to Shitholistan right now. But our side will investigate instead.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (8m4AW)

133 >>BREAKING: 5 million people have lost SNAP benefits since the One Big Beautiful Bill passed.


Notice that says People and not US Citizens.

Posted by: garrett at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (zRd05)

134 To put it another "nothing will happen" way:

There's no one in the Trump admin, maybe not even Trump himself, who could withstand the nuclear fire the Dems (and their GOPe enablers) would bring to bear if charges were ever filed.*

Hell, jackasses like Cornyn and McConnell will be setting up "Pitchfork and Torch" concessions on the Washington Mall.

* Yes from these very same assholes who cheered and mocked "no one is above the law" when they themselves were charging Trump with made-up crimes.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (3cUTc)

135 Since they know she did it, investigating must mean investigating the political ramifications of deporting her.
Posted by: TimothyJP

Goatraper riots for starters.

Posted by: Paul's mom at September 14, 2026 12:33 PM (qZb7K)

136 This would be HILARIOUS if it happened. Could you imagine the howling screamer monkeys? Until the next outrage reaches their limited attenti

Oh, that's right. Snowflake's in the house.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 14, 2026 12:33 PM (Sco7b)

137 THE ARISTOCRATS!

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 12:33 PM (4NO2D)

138 >>#BREAKING: 5 million people have lost SNAP benefits since the One Big Beautiful Bill passed.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (viF8m)

Which I'm sure has absolutely no bearing on the number of self-deportations...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:33 PM (gLYp7)

139 Off sock

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:33 PM (qZb7K)

140
What?!!! They killed him before a judge could release him?!!!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (ndZc7)


I believe he was shot for trying to STOP a robbery. For which he was likely to actually go to prison anyway.

But because everyone sucks now, he received no help, only became internet fodder.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:33 PM (X0axn)

141 As I said in last thread, the Left hate that the taxpayers didn't have to pay for that beautiful ballroom.

Also Barack Obama supported building a ballroom before Trump actually did it.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 12:33 PM (2ocoG)

142 127 She's her own grandma.

Okay, but at what time did she leave St. Louis going East at 60 mph?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

143 >>Notice that says People and not US Citizens.

Turn off the tap and watch how many go home.

Not exactly rocket science.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:34 PM (viF8m)

144 turns out my dad was wrong. Rubbing dirt on it did not help.
Posted by: JackStraw

Did you try Robitussin?
- Chris Rock’s grandfather
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (8m4AW)

You might try Windex.

Posted by: Old Guy From My Big Fat Greek Wedding at September 14, 2026 12:34 PM (PSEDc)

145 I can't think of a naturalized citizen who held elected office that I'd want to fight for. Why not just make it natural born, like President?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Carl Schurz was pretty good in the 19th century.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:34 PM (77rzZ)

146 How we let a single one of these roaches into the country is beyond me.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

So, is Omar a roach or a gastropod?


Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (77rzZ)
_______

She's a mutant combinant of slug and roach. Sloach? If Hollywood is looking for a good slimy monster for the next B-Grade horror movie, I'll sell them the rights to this. Cheap.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)

147 I'm old enough to remember "lock her up" meant something was supposed to happen to Hillary.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (X0axn)

He was subordinating her in the minds of the public so that the targeted "woman woman woman" progaganda against him would be less successful and he would have a chance to beat a media machine that otherwise tended to slaughter all comers. It worked.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:34 PM (AANQ+)

148 105 My only problem with ballrooms is the dancing part.

I am no dancer.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (77rzZ)

You may be a lover.

Posted by: Helter Skelter at September 14, 2026 12:34 PM (PMi3m)

149 Sonphew......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (X0axn)

Nephon?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (Y/06r)


I guess we'll have to settle for 'inbred retard.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:34 PM (X0axn)

150 First they came for the Somalis and I didn't say anything because I was helping fuel the helicopters.

Posted by: Knee Mauler at September 14, 2026 12:35 PM (2Ez/1)

151 In before the "nothing will happen" explainer.

Posted by: 13times at September 14, 2026 12:35 PM (6iKlf)

152 Whatever resources are looking into this I’d rather them be out arresting criminal aliens and deporting them. This is failure theater type stuff. There are only so many days that Trump has to deport as many people as possible. Stay focused on the big picture and don’t get bogged down into these go nowhere “investigations”.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:35 PM (8m4AW)

153 Okay, but at what time did she leave St. Louis going East at 60 mph?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 12:33 PM

That's a fargin' trick question!!!

Posted by: Roman Moroni at September 14, 2026 12:36 PM (bFu5X)

154 We have enough homegrown enemies we have no need for foreign ones.

Posted by: steevy at September 14, 2026 12:36 PM (YwEeS)

155 151 In before the "nothing will happen" explainer.
Posted by: 13times at September 14, 2026 12:35 PM (6iKlf)

Too late.

Posted by: Chorus at September 14, 2026 12:36 PM (Y/06r)

156 I'm old enough to remember "lock her up" meant something was supposed to happen to Hillary.......

I still think that having to deteriorate in the same house as Bill while knowing she'll never be President is arguably better than prison for someone as nakedly ambitious as her, but I get the symbolic value of tossing her in supermax.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 12:36 PM (2ocoG)

157 > 5 million people have lost SNAP benefits since the One Big Beautiful Bill passed.
+++

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 14, 2026 12:36 PM (2Ez/1)

158 147 I'm old enough to remember "lock her up" meant something was supposed to happen to Hillary.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (X0axn)

He was subordinating her in the minds of the public so that the targeted "woman woman woman" progaganda against him would be less successful and he would have a chance to beat a media machine that otherwise tended to slaughter all comers. It worked.
Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:34 PM (AANQ+)

There's also the fact that Comey had already turned thebFBI into an accomplice after the fact by destroying all the evidence.

Posted by: Helter Skelter at September 14, 2026 12:36 PM (PMi3m)

159 Don't look now but something might be happening.

>>@EricLDaugh
·
9m
>>🚨 BREAKING: Disgraced Obama CIA Director John Brennan has hereby been SUBPOENAED to testify in a criminal grand conspiracy investigation — AP

>>The best part? THE GRAND JURY IS IN FLORIDA 🔥🔥

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (viF8m)

160 I had a football coach that would say to rub some female genitalia on your injury. Seems like the girls were determined to keep this miracle cure all to themselves, though. Pretty selfish if you ask me.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (A5IXv)

161 her native constituents will just find someone else without the baggage to replace her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

There is no muzzie without the baggage of their pedophile founder.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (NnhvP)

162 How did Omar get here? Did she lie in her own application or is the investigation just focusing on her subsequent lies to get her brother here?
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (KC5Lt)

He real family name is Nur. She immigrated under the false name Omar, to hide her relationship to her warlord father.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (1z8ji)

163 First they came for the Somalis and I didn't say anything because I was helping fuel the helicopters.
Posted by: Knee Mauler

Possible thread winner here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (qZb7K)

164 Trump should cut all the legal and political crap off ASAP. Give her a pardon for this one. Then Trump and every Republican politician can remind everyone, when needed, that BroFo is only in the US because Trump showed mercy to her.

...........

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (5rh/l)

Nah. Keep her on defense. Keep them running. Keep them screaming. Keep them crying. Bathe in their lamentations.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (AANQ+)

165 #BREAKING: 5 million people have lost SNAP benefits since the One Big Beautiful Bill passed.

Posted by: JackStraw

I'm putting the number of self- and other deportations at, ummm, 5 million. Just a wild guess!

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (x+6zT)

166 So she could genuinely be in danger if returned, which makes returning her even funnier.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 12:29 PM (2ocoG)[/io]

Fine, send her to Sierra Leon

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (rbvCR)

167 HOMAN: There's nothing political about it. ICE is enforcing law that Congress wrote. I mean, these are all laws that are in statute."


He can say that it's not political but everyone knows that it is. One of the problems with any government, including ours, is that there are so many laws on the books that if you fall out of favor, someone can look at you carefully enough to find you've run afoul of some law.
Personally, I have no problem with getting rid of her as I see her as essentially anti-American, but let's not forget that this type of thing is a two-edged sword and eventually that same blade will cut us and ours too.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 14, 2026 12:38 PM (zafwz)

168 5 million people have lost SNAP benefits since the One Big Beautiful Bill passed.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:31 PM (viF8m)

How will we control the pet population?
- Zombie Bob Barker

Posted by: Doof at September 14, 2026 12:38 PM (c2vsb)

169 @90- "has anyone noticed that nothing will happen yet?"

Sometimes it takes a while to judge shop. Left wing judges have been really busy these days.

Posted by: Case at September 14, 2026 12:38 PM (xJpuh)

170 >>The best part? THE GRAND JURY IS IN FLORIDA 🔥🔥
Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM

*steeples fingers*

Eeeexcellent.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 12:38 PM (bFu5X)

171 >> BREAKING: 5 million people have lost SNAP benefits since the One Big Beautiful Bill passed.

Still not enough. Walk around a grocery store in NY state. And BTW they haven’t even gotten to the ultra Orthodox Jews who are one of the biggest scam groups in NY.

Posted by: That Guy at September 14, 2026 12:38 PM (bmP3s)

172 There's also the fact that Comey had already turned thebFBI into an accomplice after the fact by destroying all the evidence.

Posted by: Helter Skelter at September 14, 2026 12:36 PM (PMi3m)

Imagine taking all the political flak of prosecuting her and "dividing" the country, and then having her get off anyway because it's fixed. Lose lose lose.

But using it to win the election was fucking chef kiss.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:38 PM (AANQ+)

173 her native constituents will just find someone else without the baggage to replace her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

There is no muzzie without the baggage of their pedophile founder.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (NnhvP)
---
It will be a difficult challenge for them to overcome...Which is why they'll find some old white dude to take her place.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 12:39 PM (FZ29D)

174 163 First they came for the Somalis and I didn't say anything because I was helping fuel the helicopters.
Posted by: Knee Mauler

Possible thread winner here.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (qZb7K)

It is good. Makes you think.

'Daddy, what did you do in the Pinochet regime?'

'I was just in Helicopter maintenance.'

Posted by: Chorus at September 14, 2026 12:39 PM (Y/06r)

175 LoL if this happened it would be easy to prove and she would be in jail under the Trump Administration. They're dying to prosecute Democrats for crimes, even ones they haven't committed.

No official court records, DNA evidence, or documented proof have ever established Ilhan Omar married her brother. It's all racist BS.

While this accusation is almost for sure politically motivated nonsense; this is actually a thing that happens. Somali immigrants have illegally lied and married relatives to gain them citizenship in the US. It’s not incestuous, just a manipulation of the system.

It’s not incest, I doubt they consummated it. It was just immigration fraud.

I heard you married your mother. Did you? Idk what to believe. Why does Reddit seem to have so many stupid questions today??? Why is my algo so bad today?

There's more evidence that she did it compared to Trump being a pedophile.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 14, 2026 12:39 PM (t19vo)

176 🚨 BREAKING: Disgraced Obama CIA Director John Brennan has hereby been SUBPOENAED to testify in a criminal grand conspiracy investigation — AP

The best part? THE GRAND JURY IS IN FLORIDA

The good news, John, is that you'll already be dressed for Guantanamo.

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2026 12:39 PM (x+6zT)

177 wouldn't it be cool if they deported her and just made the announcement afterwards

you know, surprise us for once

Posted by: DanMan at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (8uzBS)

178 Ilhan's sister is also in on fraud, it appears:

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https://tinyurl.com/4v85j2p5

One of the largest fraud scandals in Minnesota may involve the family of Ilhan Omar.
The far-left congresswoman’s sister used the address of a woman who was business partners with several major convicts in the “Feeding Our Future” scandal, a Daily Wire investigation found.

Posted by: beckster at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (kX27y)

179 The best part? THE GRAND JURY IS IN FLORIDA 🔥🔥

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (viF8m)

Is this the case from which Joe DiGenniva just resigned?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (gLYp7)

180 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (2Ez/1)

181 can say that it's not political but everyone knows that it is. One of the problems with any government, including ours, is that there are so many laws on the books that if you fall out of favor, someone can look at you carefully enough to find you've run afoul of some law.

—

Stalin said show me the man and I’ll show you the crime. We’re in the same place here. On any given day everyone breaks some law without even knowing it.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (8m4AW)

182 I doubt it. My guess is that she is loving this. She knows she'll never be convicted or deported. It will only strengthen her support in her district. And she will get to be the center of attention as mean old Trump tries to kick a sitting BLACK FEMALE REPRESENTATIVE out of the country.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (bNf8H)

Send cops to arrest her, and bring her in for questioning. She gets violent, resists arrest, gets shot in the head. Problem solved.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (1z8ji)

183 If Ilhan Omar is ever arrested, I will eat my hat.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (RIvkX)

184 I believe in science!

Planned Parenthood Says People Of "All Genders" Need Abortions

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (ndZc7)

185 124 Rolling up my sleeves here, boss
Posted by: Rep. Jim Jordan at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (J4Dwc)

Sleeves will roll

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (0CU3H)

186
I wonder why Mullin is so casual about alluding to an investigation that could lead to denaturalization if the DHS says we don't talk about ongoing investigations or potential future actions.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (mmrXZ)

187 I was just in Helicopter maintenance.'
Posted by: Chorus

Ejection Specialist.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (qZb7K)

188 "The shoulder was semi-okay over the weekend."

Did you injure your shoulder or is it just wearing out? My left shoulder is worn out. No more cartilage so it's cortisone shots and eventually replacement.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (lJ0H4)

189 I have no problem with getting rid of her as I see her as essentially anti-American, but let's not forget that this type of thing is a two-edged sword and eventually that same blade will cut us and ours too.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 14, 2026 12:38 PM (zafwz)

They literally invented a new law to prosecute Trump.

Using the laws we already have is the absolute least we could do in response.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (gLYp7)

190 183 If Ilhan Omar is ever arrested, I will eat my hat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (RIvkX)

Do you own a hat?

Posted by: Chorus at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (Y/06r)

191 187 I was just in Helicopter maintenance.'
Posted by: Chorus

Ejection Specialist.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (qZb7K)

'Off boarding Specialist'.

Posted by: Chorus at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (Y/06r)

192 It seems that clenching and saying "I got your finger!" during a prostate exam is considered "inappropriate" these days. I'm sorry, I thought this was America.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (V362x)

193 her native constituents will just find someone else without the baggage to replace her.
---
Related:
long set of tweets linked at Insty on how white liberals of both sexes and all ages are the only race/politics that does not view their own race warmly.

And it's not even close to any other race, politics, sex or age combination.

They are basically voting themselves out of existence.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (3cUTc)

194 /off CLUE sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (Y/06r)

195 All that talk about ballroom made me wonder how Scrotum Guy is...

Before I get back to work, CBC headline...

Carney is seeking $1 trillion in investments. What will it take to land major deals at this week's summit?

I would think an amazing trade relationship with the United States would be a kick-ass selling point. And I'm seeing more and more theory that Carney is doing this solely to hurt Trump in the midterms.

I wouldn't put it past the asshole.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (Sco7b)

196 First move to make by DOJ is present this to congress, and congress then expels her. Seriously, its way past time for this.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (K32Fz)

197 Interesting news item from over the weekend: Bill Clinton said the CIA told him not to kill bin Laden so he didn't. I'm torn between "the Clintons are liars" and "I don't doubt the CIA was involved in fuckery".

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)

198 It’s not incest, I doubt they consummated it. It was just immigration fraud.

—

Oh? Then I guess it’s all good. Charges dropped you’re free to go congresswoman.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (8m4AW)

199 192 It seems that clenching and saying "I got your finger!" during a prostate exam is considered "inappropriate" these days. I'm sorry, I thought this was America.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (V362x)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:43 PM (Y/06r)

200 I think we need an amendment that you have to be a naturalized citizen for 15 years before you can run for political office.
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (KC5Lt)

How about "never"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 12:43 PM (1z8ji)

201 But using it to win the election was fucking chef kiss.
Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:38 PM (AANQ+)

Imagine going through all that trouble to keep her out of jail only to have the Hildebeast blame you for her loss because you actlually said something honest about her about two weeks before the election.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 14, 2026 12:43 PM (PMi3m)

202 I wouldn't put it past the asshole.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (Sco7b)

It seems that clenching and saying "I got your finger!" during a prostate exam is considered "inappropriate" these days. I'm sorry, I thought this was America.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (V362x)

Horde counterpoint.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:43 PM (Y/06r)

203 Is this the case from which Joe DiGenniva just resigned?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (gLYp7)


I'm wondering that too... His "beef" seemed to be they were rushing him on cases..... Wonder if he recommended to not go ahead and they decided to ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 12:44 PM (+gK6I)

204 They are basically voting themselves out of existence.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (3cUTc)

And being replaced by 3rd worlders.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:44 PM (8m4AW)

205 He real family name is Nur. She immigrated under the false name Omar, to hide her relationship to her warlord father.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (1z8ji)
=====

Her son was living in an apartment where an illegal arsenal was kept and he walked. The weapons weren't his, comrade, they were his roommate's.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 12:44 PM (RIvkX)

206 It’s not incest, I doubt they consummated it. It was just immigration fraud.

-
That's a load off my mind!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:44 PM (ndZc7)

207 Isn’t she currently married to a US citizen? That would complicate removal. She did commit fraud. But the question will be more of what punishment could they invoke, and perhaps how is that complicated by her ex post facto status.

Posted by: That Guy at September 14, 2026 12:45 PM (DL7nW)

208 203 Is this the case from which Joe DiGenniva just resigned?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung
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No. The case has to do with the Brennan-Obama-Clapper-Jack Smith and more Obama officials conspiring over Russia Russia.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)

209 I'm more concerned with her family using fake names and the kids pretending they belonged to someone else to get in the door when her father who worked for the Somalian war lord in charge at the time was deposed. They are terrorists and criminals and should have never had a right to come here.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 14, 2026 12:46 PM (2noDb)

210 Send the skank back. And her husband/brother

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 14, 2026 12:46 PM (jRVrw)

211 Personally, I have no problem with getting rid of her as I see her as essentially anti-American, but let's not forget that this type of thing is a two-edged sword and eventually that same blade will cut us and ours too.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 14, 2026 12:38 PM (zafwz)

I think the difference between Omar and, say, Rosa Luxemburg, is that Omar seems to have done non-political acts that are crimes.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 12:46 PM (rbvCR)

212 Isn’t she currently married to a US citizen? That would complicate removal. She did commit fraud. But the question will be more of what punishment could they invoke, and perhaps how is that complicated by her ex post facto status.

Posted by: That Guy at September 14, 2026 12:45 PM (DL7nW)

Fair point.

I'll accept imprisonment for no less than fifteen years in lieu of denaturalization.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:46 PM (gLYp7)

213 Brother-rapers and father-stabbers are welcome over here.

Posted by: Group W Benchwarmer at September 14, 2026 12:46 PM (Fn+3X)

214 207 Isn’t she currently married to a US citizen? That would complicate removal. She did commit fraud. But the question will be more of what punishment could they invoke, and perhaps how is that complicated by her ex post facto status.
Posted by: That Guy
=======
Ex post facto does not apply to civil law including being deported and denaturalized. And no, despite being married to a US citizen, a spouse can and has been deported for being here illegally or lying on immigration and naturalization papers.

Just like having US kids does not prevent a parent from being deported as illegally present.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)

215 So, is Omar a roach or a gastropod?


Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:32 PM (77rzZ)

A hybrid. Cockleroach

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 12:47 PM (1z8ji)

216 It’s not incest, I doubt they consummated it. It was just immigration fraud.

I mean, they are Somalis, so its not off the table.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 12:47 PM (K32Fz)

217 A murder of crows serving their master with no weekend updates. We're not getting the full picture here.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 14, 2026 12:48 PM (5C90x)

218 I could get real tasteless, so I won't. But there IS one joke loaded in the chanber.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 12:23 PM (AXBJa)

----
Oh, I forgot. You're brother is using the car tonight.

-just the punchline--

Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 14, 2026 12:48 PM (zafwz)

219 Immigration fraud doesn’t exist

It exists a little bit no big deal

It exists a lot but shut up racist

It’s good that immigration fraud exists

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:48 PM (8m4AW)

220 How did Omar get here? Did she lie in her own application or is the investigation just focusing on her subsequent lies to get her brother here?
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (KC5Lt)

He real family name is Nur. She immigrated under the false name Omar, to hide her relationship to her warlord father.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 12:37 PM (1z8ji)
_______

Yea, although I'm not sure the father was the warlord. IIRC, he was a big player in the WL's government, but not the WL himself.

But it was fraud nonetheless. "I need asylum because I'm being terrorized in Somalia by my father!"

The Nur family was in on the murderous WL action too. Both families are total scum.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:49 PM (iFTx/)

221 Personally, I have no problem with getting rid of her as I see her as essentially anti-American, but let's not forget that this type of thing is a two-edged sword and eventually that same blade will cut us and ours too.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
======
Not too much. The fact is that the left is the one relying in migrants illegal and legal to take over the US, not heritage Americans. Scotus pretty much ended ability to deport heritage US citizens under its birth ruling. This is one matter where a slippery slope does not exist. Although I would get a kick out of Democrats deporting ole Rupert Murdoch from the US.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 12:49 PM (E4rtv)

222
91 Even IF we're able to deport Ilhan Omar out of the country, her native constituents will just find someone else without the baggage to replace her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM

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Her district is full of white people of scandinavian descent. Electing her is their suicidal virtue signal.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 14, 2026 12:49 PM (mS8PE)

223 Do you own a hat?
Posted by: Chorus at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (Y/06r)
====

Yeah Mrs. F. has been complaining lately it's too nasty to wear.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 12:49 PM (RIvkX)

224 It’s not incest, I doubt they consummated it. It was just immigration fraud.

I've been assured that Muslim men are so horny that seeing a woman's ankle will make them bust. Are we sure he didn't take her for a test drive once it was legally sanctioned?

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 12:49 PM (2ocoG)

225 I was just in Helicopter maintenance.'
Posted by: Chorus

Ejection Specialist.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (qZb7K)

Payload distribution, not sure of the MOS

Posted by: Pug Mahon at September 14, 2026 12:49 PM (PSEDc)

226 Omar's deportation could trigger a bunch of others. Do it

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:50 PM (qZb7K)

227 Yeah Mrs. F. has been complaining lately it's too nasty to wear.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 12:49 PM (RIvkX)

Seasoning.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:50 PM (Y/06r)

228 209 I'm more concerned with her family using fake names and the kids pretending they belonged to someone else to get in the door when her father who worked for the Somalian war lord in charge at the time was deposed. They are terrorists and criminals and should have never had a right to come here.
Posted by: Jaimo

I think it is fair to say a number of Somalians over here are in fact war criminals. Look up what Siad Barre and his successors in Somali did up in Puntland. Genocidal levels. But I think a lot of them got into the US under dear old Deep State George HW Bush because they helped out the CIA a time or two.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 12:51 PM (E4rtv)

229 Congress shouldn’t even allow these socialist creeps to be seated. If some districts elect them, too bad try again.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 14, 2026 12:52 PM (A5IXv)

230 Seasoning.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:50 PM (Y/06r)
=====

I have to wear a nice hat so the hobos on the muni aren't offended.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 12:52 PM (RIvkX)

231 I've been assured that Muslim men are so horny that seeing a woman's ankle will make them bust. Are we sure he didn't take her for a test drive once it was legally sanctioned?
Posted by: Ian S.
=======
I think reports are that the bro is gay and currently living the Gay Ole Life in UK. Maybe seeing Omar naked was enough to scare the shit out of him and scare him gay.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

232 "Isn't her dad a brutal warlord back in Somalia? --
Yes, but IIRC, the problem is that she didn't report her unexplained wealth on her taxes until someone published her returns." Posted by: Archimedes

So the IRS should also go after her. And there are multiple reason to deport this daughter of a warlord (who changed her name to hide that fact).

Posted by: illiniwek at September 14, 2026 12:53 PM (vbXSk)

233 Yeah Mrs. F. has been complaining lately it's too nasty to wear.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 12:49 PM (RIvkX)

Get yourself a new hat, dude.
It will cheer you up.

www.bon-clic-bon-genre.us/hat_x2.html#filtres

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 12:53 PM (rbvCR)

234 216 It’s not incest, I doubt they consummated it. It was just immigration fraud.

I mean, they are Somalis, so its not off the table.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 12:47 PM (K32Fz

She was 17.

And you'd probably want to avoid such easy immigration question traps as "Didn't his false leg bother you?'

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 14, 2026 12:53 PM (Sco7b)

235 Sacré Bleu!

French President Macron’s Popularity Plunges to Record Low 16 Percent

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)

236 Interesting news item from over the weekend: Bill Clinton said the CIA told him not to kill bin Laden so he didn't. I'm torn between "the Clintons are liars" and "I don't doubt the CIA was involved in fuckery".

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)

When in doubt, doubt a Clinton.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:54 PM (AANQ+)

237 I've been assured that Muslim men are so horny that seeing a woman's ankle will make them bust. Are we sure he didn't take her for a test drive once it was legally sanctioned?
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Muslim logic is literally, "it's not your sister once you're married--it's your wife and property."

I guarantee they consummated it.
They F goats and all sorts of animals.
They F kids of all ages.
They rape, they torture, they kill--all blessed as holy duty by their pedo prophet.

They consummated the marriage.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 14, 2026 12:54 PM (3cUTc)

238 229 Congress shouldn’t even allow these socialist creeps to be seated. If some districts elect them, too bad try again.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
========
They can expel them but not refuse to seat them. See Powell v. McCormick. Expulsion takes 2/3rds of the House or Senate. Yet another crappy decision from Scotus interfering with legislative branches. Adam Clayton Powell was in fact a corrupt piece of shit and Democrat Speaker McCormick was right in refusing to seat him while ethics and criminal violations were swirling around him.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)

239 I've been assured that Muslim men are so horny that seeing a woman's ankle will make them bust

So insanely horny that even little girls must be covered head to toe or the men are helplessly overtaken with raging lust.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 12:55 PM (K32Fz)

240 Is this the case from which Joe DiGenniva just resigned?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (gLYp7)


I'm wondering that too... His "beef" seemed to be they were rushing him on cases..... Wonder if he recommended to not go ahead and they decided to ?
Posted by: It's me donna

I never trusted DeGenova. One of those guys who could talk a mean game (like Bongino) but bails when the rubber hits the road.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:55 PM (77rzZ)

241 Sacré Bleu!

French President Macron’s Popularity Plunges to Record Low 16 Percent
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)

It doesn't matter if the Paris street supports him.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 12:55 PM (rbvCR)

242 Put her in a cell with Lindsay Clancy and tell her it's a long lost daughter.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:55 PM (AANQ+)

243 This sounds serious. That means there will be consequences, right?

Right!?!?

Posted by: blaster at September 14, 2026 12:57 PM (NlEaG)

244 I guess one comfort to the "nothing will happen" is:

The devil never goes after his own.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 14, 2026 12:57 PM (3cUTc)

245 Yeah Mrs. F. has been complaining lately it's too nasty to wear.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

My current hat is getting there. Got a big-ol' sweat stain on it. I should probably get a new one.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:57 PM (77rzZ)

246 Get yourself a new hat, dude.
It will cheer you up.

www.bon-clic-bon-genre.us/hat_x2.html#filtres
Posted by: Kindltot
___________
Alfonso D'EsteDiamond-9
Made in Italy
100% Linen
$ 140.00

Buy that hat and you get a free bowl of soup.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 14, 2026 12:57 PM (XvL8K)

247 I'm wondering that too... His "beef" seemed to be they were rushing him on cases..... Wonder if he recommended to not go ahead and they decided to ?
Posted by: It's me donna

DiGenova is eighty some odd years old. He wanted to broaden cases rather than starting trial with those that he already had bang to rights and then leveraging convictions to get them to talk. He might have also been a bit daunted by actually trying cases as these are in fact cases of the century that make Watergate look like a walk in the park.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)

248 With the goatrapers, women are for breeding and kids are for pleasure.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:58 PM (qZb7K)

249 Don't buy a Susquehanna Hat under any circumstances. They chain little girls with little curls to the sewing machines until they reach their quota!

Posted by: Shame of Flugel Street at September 14, 2026 12:58 PM (Fn+3X)

250 88 Omar might be denaturalized... Be still my heart.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (NnhvP)

Like a protein?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:58 PM (l3cgK)

251 "Knock knock," and "why did the chicken cross the road," etc...

Some joke setups are just so hackneyed that all you can do is roll your eyes, and wait for the inevitably stupid, unfunny punchline.

"Nobody is above the law" has joined this pantheon of pure cheese.

The bitch is a black female Democrat legislator. There are no laws for her.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 14, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)

252 >>Is this the case from which Joe DiGenniva just resigned?

Yep.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:59 PM (viF8m)

253 > You know what's going to happen? NOTHING!

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right

-----

🎵 Hello darkness, my old friend...

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2026 01:00 PM (ZxPkt)

254 I wouldn't put it past these animals to be fornicating like feral alley cats every night.

A few more planned parenthood clinics in Minnesota would be called for.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 14, 2026 01:00 PM (5C90x)

255 Damn those f*ck ups!

Hunter Biden Says a “F--k Up” Crushed Investors in Meme Coin Meltdown

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 01:01 PM (ndZc7)

256 244 I guess one comfort to the "nothing will happen" is:

The devil never goes after his own.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Not true. He breaks his tools when he is finished with them. Look at Nanzi Pelosi and her family life for example. Drunkards and pretty much despised by a lot of the country. Look at Killary and Bill, ditto. Soros is gaga and apparently stuck in a room now waiting for his body to catch up with his dead brain. Living death with perhaps just a tiny glimmer of sanity now and again before darkness descends again. Epstein dead whether by his own hands or not.

The list goes on. It is because Stan hates his minions too and wants them to live in fear, despair, and misery for all eternity too by refusing to repent.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)

257
But the endless grandstanding and "we're looking into it" leaks and drops is boring and counterproductive. It only serves to get our side's hopes up. It also gives this gastropod a nice fat cause celeb to claim victimhood and for fundraising. That's a lose-lose.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

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

100%. And when the whole investigation duds out, that smirk of hers will be unbearable. And all her supporters will tout the story for years as the Republicans' desperate racist, xenophobic, islamophobic, misogynist attempt to remove a popular black leader. She'll have any office she wants thereafter except president, although a packed court might let her have that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 01:02 PM (mmrXZ)

258 183 If Ilhan Omar is ever arrested, I will eat my hat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I used to watch a cartoon called Word Girl with my kids. The prison warden was always promising to eat his hat...and sometimes a little too eager to follow through.

https://tinyurl.com/299jmu7y

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 14, 2026 01:02 PM (t19vo)

259 Tom Homan said his best HSI investigator was looking into this and would have his findings BACK IN DECEMBER 2025.
Nothing bad ever happens to Democrats even when caught red-handed breaking the law. Democrats are the only ones who have balls to punish their political enemies. For the right, it's not really personal. The left would throw your family in prison if you disagree with them.

Posted by: Rdubs at September 14, 2026 01:03 PM (6hWXf)

260 You know what's going to happen? NOTHING!
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right.

The Guy is the mole.

Posted by: 13times at September 14, 2026 01:04 PM (6iKlf)

261 252 >>Is this the case from which Joe DiGenniva just resigned?

Yep.
Posted by: JackStraw

Jack, I don't think this matter was not under the purview of DiGenova who was investigating Russia Russia. He was in South Florida and this is being run by main justice out of DC along with the civil side by DHS, not DiGenova.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)

262 Powerline guys: Welcome to the party, pal!

Posted by: pookysgirl, zookeeper at September 14, 2026 01:04 PM (Wt5PA)

263 If the entire Dem apparatus went to the mat for Abrego Garcia, image what they'll pull for Omar.

Posted by: Halfhand at September 14, 2026 01:04 PM (nSaqA)

264 News

FoxNews - AI
MSNow - VP Vance in deep red Kansas. Good question - why?
CNN - AI

Thanks again for the article. Archimedes I think. Sorry if not.

CBC - global investors in Toronto.
Target there please.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 14, 2026 01:05 PM (Sco7b)

265 190 183 If Ilhan Omar is ever arrested, I will eat my hat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 12:40 PM (RIvkX)

Do you own a hat?
Posted by: Chorus

Wait a minute...that's not a yamake, that's just a cleverly disguised tortilla!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 14, 2026 01:05 PM (t19vo)

266 Nothing bad ever happens to Democrats even when caught red-handed breaking the law.

Almost nothing ever happens to someone in power no matter what party they are, but even more rarely to a Democrat, and even more rarely to a woman, and even more rarely to a black woman Democrat. To the point of being nearly impossible, and never in my memory.

And black women Democrats seem to understand this because they are so openly, blatantly, and gleefully corrupt and lawbreaking right in our faces.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 01:05 PM (K32Fz)

267 Hunter Biden Says a “F--k Up” Crushed Investors in Meme Coin Meltdown

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 01:01 PM (ndZc7)

Spoiler: He's the fuckup

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:06 PM (AANQ+)

268 The bitch is a black female Democrat legislator. There are no laws for her.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Denaturalization is a civil process, not criminal. You can file criminal charges but don't have too. And she is in the midst of the Somalian fraud charges going down in Minnesota now for Learing Centers, etc.

Not everything is going to be charged criminally when simply being deported back to Somalia with people that hate her living guts there might be enough.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)

269 >>Jack, I don't think this matter was not under the purview of DiGenova who was investigating Russia Russia. He was in South Florida and this is being run by main justice out of DC along with the civil side by DHS, not DiGenova.

I believe it's all part of the same conspiracy case.

Supposedly, DiGenova was brought in to help organize the various investigations but they are all under the same umbrella.

Brennan is being subpoenaed by a Florida grand jury.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 01:06 PM (viF8m)

270 Is there another country where the residents have actual light bulb heads like Somalis? You'd think a sub-basement IQ population would more tend to look like Pinheads.

Posted by: Gabba, Gabba, Hey! at September 14, 2026 01:06 PM (Fn+3X)

271 If the entire Dem apparatus went to the mat for Abrego Garcia, image what they'll pull for Omar.
Posted by: Halfhand at September 14, 2026 01:04 PM (nSaqA)

I have no idea if Abrego Garcia was a CIA contractor or if he was just involved in human trafficking for the Bidens, but he was something serious because he was never treated like he was just some MS-13 gangbanger

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)

272 The left would throw your family in prison if you disagree with them.

Posted by: Rdubs at September 14, 2026 01:03 PM (6hWXf)

Yeah yeah... prison

Posted by: Pol Pot at September 14, 2026 01:07 PM (AANQ+)

273 83 I think we need an amendment that you have to be a naturalized citizen for 15 years before you can run for political office.
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:27 PM (KC5Lt)

I think that legislators and judges should all have to be natural-born citizens too, just like POTUS. Heck, call it elected and Senate-confirmed offices, so it includes Cabinet members. The naturalized citizens can be happy with having a vote.

We have seen over and over how immigrants do not really grok American culture and social norms, attempting to impose those from the shithole that they fled like it's just common sense. Even 2nd-gen immigrants can be very sketchy on basic Bill of Rights matters where they should really know better, but it wouldn't be practical to restrict offices that far.

Posted by: SciVo at September 14, 2026 01:07 PM (ke3zm)

274
Brennan is being subpoenaed by a Florida grand jury.
Posted by: JackStraw

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Can we give them a wood chipper?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 14, 2026 01:08 PM (NGG5z)

275 And being replaced by 3rd worlders.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:44 PM (8m4AW)
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One example: Robbinsdale MN is a first ring suburb of MPLS. In Omar's district. In 1970, the white population was north of 98%. Today it's around 67%. Hispanic, Somali, and Indians have moved into the area, along with an increased number of blacks. Majority of school kids in the district are now immigrants.

Posted by: beckster at September 14, 2026 01:09 PM (kX27y)

276 Anyone ever ask what the money changers are getting in return for their many "gifts" to the Somalis

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:09 PM (AANQ+)

277 Geoffrey Ingersoll: There’s A Straight Line Between ‘Religion Of Peace’ And Transgenderism

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"Straight"?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 01:09 PM (ndZc7)

278
it was fraud nonetheless. "I need asylum because I'm being terrorized in Somalia by my father!"

The Nur family was in on the murderous WL action too. Both families are total scum.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Does it make a difference if the lie was actually written by her father and she got included by being only 17 at the time? She was naturalized thanks to a fraudulent claim, but she herself didn't make the claim.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 01:09 PM (mmrXZ)

279 176 🚨 BREAKING: Disgraced Obama CIA Director John Brennan has hereby been SUBPOENAED to testify in a criminal grand conspiracy investigation — AP

The best part? THE GRAND JURY IS IN FLORIDA

The good news, John, is that you'll already be dressed for Guantanamo.

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2026 12:39 PM (x+6zT)

♫Jump Back, What's That Sound,
John Brennan is on the ground,
Orange suit, burning down the cell block,
Evil Citizen, zero discipline,

Don't you know he's going to cell block Three,
He lost his way helping Hilary,

Guantanamo!
Guantanamo!
Guantanamo!
Guantanamo-o!
♪

Posted by: Lesser Known Van Halen Song at September 14, 2026 01:10 PM (l3cgK)

280 It only serves to get our side's hopes up. It also gives this gastropod a nice fat cause celeb to claim victimhood and for fundraising. That's a lose-lose.

Yeah if they won't pull the lanyard on these, they should just never even start them up.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 01:10 PM (K32Fz)

281 MSNow - VP Vance in deep red Kansas. Good question - why?

Posted by: Stateless
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Normal for VP to show the flag and raise money (and collect allies for a possible presidential run) by appearing as a surrogate for legislative races. Not like they have much else to do other than attend foreign funerals. Task force on fraud is running with professionals while he is mainly the figurehead that gets to take credit. They just announced last week barring 800k individuals from any new government loans and are in the process of trying to claw back 39 billion that was apparently fraud from these people. Zeldin at EPA got back billions too and that was announced last week.

Lots of stuff going on that unless you have the right feed and timeline on X, you don't get news of it from regular sources or even Ace.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)

282 184 I believe in science!

Planned Parenthood Says People Of "All Genders" Need Abortions

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (ndZc7)

They do impacted colons?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 01:11 PM (l3cgK)

283 it was fraud nonetheless. "I need asylum because I'm being terrorized in Somalia by my father!"

The Nur family was in on the murderous WL action too. Both families are total scum.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Does it make a difference if the lie was actually written by her father and she got included by being only 17 at the time? She was naturalized thanks to a fraudulent claim, but she herself didn't make the claim.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 01:09 PM (mmrXZ)
_________

Not sure. But if you get asylum through fraud, then it shouldn't matter who committed the fraud. Plus, she as 17 (supposedly), not 3. Surely she knew her last name on her immigration papers was the name of some other family, not hers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

284 he was something serious because he was never treated like he was just some MS-13 gangbanger

Yeah that is something special. The story is long dead, people have moved on and the entire leftist system is STILL working hard to protect him. He has to know something or have been critical in something for them to spend this much money, energy, and political capital for some gang banging child trafficker

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 01:13 PM (K32Fz)

285
she is in the midst of the Somalian fraud charges going down in Minnesota now for Learing Centers, etc.

Posted by: whig

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I don't think she is. I think she can credibly claim that she was hoodwinked, too.

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

286 BREAKING: Disgraced Obama CIA Director John Brennan has hereby been SUBPOENAED to testify in a criminal grand conspiracy investigation — AP
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"Mr. Brennan, did you engage in a criminal conspiracy?"

Brennan: "I don't recall"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 01:13 PM (XeU6L)

287 184 I believe in science!

Planned Parenthood Says People Of "All Genders" Need Abortions

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:41 PM (ndZc7)

Now explain when life begins. According to science.

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

288 Does it make a difference if the lie was actually written by her father and she got included by being only 17 at the time? She was naturalized thanks to a fraudulent claim, but she herself didn't make the claim.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 01:09 PM (mmrXZ)

She was a party to the fraud. She could have spoken up, and didn't.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 01:14 PM (1z8ji)

289 Socialism, is there anything it can't do?

Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Reduce Workweek to 32 Hours

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 01:14 PM (ndZc7)

290 Lots of stuff going on that unless you have the right feed and timeline on X, you don't get news of it from regular sources or even Ace.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 01:11 PM

Okay, thank you. I'd think Vance is a pretty popular guy, I've seen him on the shows.

I'd think he'd be better elsewhere but a lot of time until the elections. MSNow is wishcasting the great blue wave crushing Trump crap.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 14, 2026 01:14 PM (Sco7b)

291 Brennan: "I don't recall"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 01:13 PM (XeU6L)

Wrong answer. Into the woodchipper.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 01:14 PM (pcKW+)

292
Surely she knew her last name on her immigration papers was the name of some other family, not hers.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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At 17, does she even file the papers? Could they be filed without her ever even seeing them? Three and 17 are the same if they're under one big legal designation of "a minor."

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

293 Yeah if they won't pull the lanyard on these, they should just never even start them up.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 01:10 PM

The unfortunate reality is headlines matter my dude.

Otherwise we are forever on the defensive, running from whatever bs they spin up each day.

This also has the effect of shutting up one of their mouthpieces. It's how this works and thankfully Trump gets it. Hell, he's been on the receiving end of it.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:15 PM (AANQ+)

294 wake me when she's screaming as they close the airplane doors

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at September 14, 2026 01:15 PM (BQ0Bc)

295 Having a funny name should also be a bar to public office

that would weed out a buncha MFers

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2026 01:15 PM (ZxPkt)

296 I'd think he'd be better elsewhere but a lot of time until the elections. MSNow is wishcasting the great blue wave crushing Trump crap.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 14, 2026 01:14 PM

Don't look now, but Real Clear Politics has moved the TX Senate race into the (R) camp.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 01:15 PM (gLYp7)

297 "How are you all?"

Fiddle-fit and rain-right.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 01:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

298 Socialism, is there anything it can't do?

Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Reduce Workweek to 32 Hours
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 01:14 PM (ndZc7)

Remember when we were telling young'uns that they spent too much on burritos and they could get ahead by working more hours?

So, anyway, that might be off the table.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 01:15 PM (rbvCR)

299 They've been "investigating" this issue for 10 years now.

You'll excuse me if I think this is all just more bullshit.

Posted by: It is What It Is at September 14, 2026 01:16 PM (VGOAu)

300 Aren't federal officials vetted officially, even/especially elected ones? What about consequences for those responsible for giving her a security pass?

Posted by: SamIam at September 14, 2026 01:16 PM (wlfXV)

301 At 17, does she even file the papers? Could they be filed without her ever even seeing them? Three and 17 are the same if they're under one big legal designation of "a minor."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 01:14 PM (mmrXZ)

I think she also lied about her age.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 01:16 PM (rbvCR)

302 I believe it's all part of the same conspiracy case.

Supposedly, DiGenova was brought in to help organize the various investigations but they are all under the same umbrella.

Brennan is being subpoenaed by a Florida grand jury.
Posted by: JackStraw

I beg to differ as I have never seen news that DiGenova was targeting Omar. Omar had little to do with Russia Russia and it could be that DiGenova was trying to expand the scope, he was complaining about needing a lot more resources and I think Main Justice told him to shut it and produce first before getting more.

Omar's problems were always centered on whatever DHS could dig up on immigration and whatever other agencies could dig up on links to financial fraud.

One could say that the Democrat party is a criminal conspiracy against the entire Constitution but you have to make specific cases of either pleas or convictions where you can before expanding a scope of investigation.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 01:16 PM (E4rtv)

303 239 I've been assured that Muslim men are so horny that seeing a woman's ankle will make them bust

So insanely horny that even little girls must be covered head to toe or the men are helplessly overtaken with raging lust.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 12:55 PM (K32Fz)

I worked on a endoscope project once...we had a model asshole for testing it (small size)...it wouldn't be safe around some groups of people...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 01:16 PM (l3cgK)

304 I don't think she is. I think she can credibly claim that she was hoodwinked, too.

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

She was after all once hoodwinked by Roman numerals.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:17 PM (AANQ+)

305 Does it make a difference if the lie was actually written by her father and she got included by being only 17 at the time? She was naturalized thanks to a fraudulent claim, but she herself didn't make the claim.

Look, some people did something... let's move on.

Posted by: Ilan Omar at September 14, 2026 01:18 PM (XeU6L)

306
She was a party to the fraud. She could have spoken up, and didn't.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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I'm sure she actually was, but if your parent fills out the forms and files them for you, are you still responsible? I bet her signature isn't even on a form. Like income tax, you could claim a grown kid who's long been independent but they're not responsible for your tax fraud.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 01:18 PM (mmrXZ)

307 Slutmali.

Posted by: wth at September 14, 2026 01:18 PM (UjdFS)

308 I don't think she is. I think she can credibly claim that she was hoodwinked, too.

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

Well.

Her family probably cut her original hood off, so...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 01:18 PM (gLYp7)

309 Looking at the situation objectively, Omar represents her constituency perfectly. If you are going to represent a "Gypsy" band of parasitical fraud perpatrators, you'll want a parasitical fraud perpatrator in Congress as your stand-in.

I'd have a hard time finding another Congressman or woman who represents their precinct to completely.

Posted by: Orson at September 14, 2026 01:18 PM (dIske)

310 Not celebrating until they actually DO SOMETHING about this.

She’s already been cleared over her “oopsie” declaration of $30 million in assets being readjusted to $18k.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 01:18 PM (4KUe5)

311 He's as honest as Bill Clinton!

Tucker Carlson Says Abdul El-Sayed “Obviously Right” About American Acts Post-9/11

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 01:19 PM (ndZc7)

312 Dating’s probably uncomplicated when siblings romance.

"How would you like to come over to my place"

"Sure. I can say hi to mom."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 01:19 PM (guGkK)

313 If a now-adult says, "Yeah, my dad went to prison for multiple bank robberies and made sure I got a ton of money before he was imprisoned, but I never asked where the money came from," would that adult be getting the same pass as Ilhan Whatever-Her-Last-Name-Is by the MSM?

Posted by: pookysgirl keeps coming back to the bank robber analogy at September 14, 2026 01:19 PM (Wt5PA)

314
This is a cultural misunderstanding.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 14, 2026 01:20 PM (OkYzo)

315 Other sources say Omar Brother enrolled at N.Dakota state but did not graduate, and now lives in South Africa.

If he finished a degree, you have to wonder what it was in. "International Relations," maybe? Sounds like a natural for him.

Is there a significant Somali presence at NDSU?
The by-zens just joined the Mountain West conference.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 14, 2026 01:20 PM (zdLoL)

316 280 It only serves to get our side's hopes up. It also gives this gastropod a nice fat cause celeb to claim victimhood and for fundraising. That's a lose-lose.
_-_
It seems the purpose is to burn off energy from the right so that we sincerely believe things are happenning...where is Mitch McConnell?

Posted by: Hope isn't making it happen. at September 14, 2026 01:20 PM (UB+/1)

317 "But I had no idea he was my brother."

Posted by: 11han Omar at September 14, 2026 01:20 PM (guGkK)

318 Dating’s probably uncomplicated when siblings romance.

"How would you like to come over to my place"

"Sure. I can say hi to mom."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 01:19 PM (guGkK)

"Make sure you have her home by 10 pm." So Dad can have his turn, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 01:21 PM (pcKW+)

319 >I don't think she is. I think she can credibly claim that she was hoodwinked, too.
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hoodwinked > hornswoggled > bamboozled > buffalo'd > shanghaied

misinformed

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2026 01:21 PM (ZxPkt)

320 Having a funny name should also be a bar to public office

that would weed out a buncha MFers
Posted by: Don Black
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Depends on your constituency

Posted by: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow at September 14, 2026 01:21 PM (XeU6L)

321
Don't look now, but Real Clear Politics has moved the TX Senate race into the (R) camp.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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And voila, Trump's prezzie approval on Rasmussen has hit 46.88 and moving up.

Most of the media is outright fraudulent in their election coverage as an outright wing of the Democrat party and pollsters are part of media now. This makes the whole polling/prediction shuffle obviously dubious as every damn election year, you see the same patterns of overstating Democrat strength and underplaying GOP.

Tired of it and simply ignore that shit nowadays. Simply put, we will know more by the end of September than we do now, and even more the last week or so before November. And that is discounting whether Trump does anything on election security, or criminal cases drop, Iran surrenders, etc.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 01:21 PM (E4rtv)

322
I think she also lied about her age.
Posted by: Kindltot

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Oh, good point.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 01:21 PM (mmrXZ)

323 Tucker Carlson Says Nothing That Comes After Those Three Words Matters

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:21 PM (AANQ+)

324 If he finished a degree, you have to wonder what it was in. "International Relations," maybe? Sounds like a natural for him.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 14, 2026 01:20 PM (zdLoL)

Domestic Affairs was his major.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 01:22 PM (pcKW+)

325 What about consequences for those responsible for giving her a security pass?
Posted by: SamIam at September 14, 2026 01:16 PM
++++

Hahaha hahaha hahaha.

Posted by: Bureaucrats with a pension at September 14, 2026 01:22 PM (2Ez/1)

326 311 He's as honest as Bill Clinton!
_-_
Depends on what you mean by as...

Posted by: Hope isn't making it happen. at September 14, 2026 01:22 PM (UB+/1)

327 Blond Morticia, she was 18 when she emigrated — a legal adult. What other 18 year old can claim “oops, my parents filled out the form wrong!”?

And she’s since changed her age to one year to claim she was 17, a minor when she emigrated.

Every thing she does is fraud, every claim is a lie.
Don’t allow reasonable explanations by looking at each lie/fraud individually. Look at the trend: she is a fraud machine.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 01:22 PM (4KUe5)

328 Tucker Carlson Says Abdul El-Sayed “Obviously Right” About American Acts Post-9/11
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 01:19 PM (ndZc7)

Thank God we have permission to hate Tucker.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 01:22 PM (rbvCR)

329 Maybe this is a precursor to encouraging Somali self-deportation ... ahead of rounding them up on criminal charges.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 14, 2026 01:23 PM (GD2xa)

330 I think she also lied about her age.
Posted by: Kindltot

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Oh, good point.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 01:21 PM (mmrXZ)

She will say that when she was 11 she thought she was 2 and started counting from there.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:24 PM (AANQ+)

331 Nood juror getting doxed and building to an attempted lynching.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 01:24 PM (gLYp7)

332 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 01:24 PM (qZb7K)

333
Blond Morticia, she was 18 when she emigrated — a legal adult. What other 18 year old can claim “oops, my parents filled out the form wrong!”?

And she’s since changed her age to one year to claim she was 17, a minor when she emigrated.

Posted by: Lizzy

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Yeah, lying about her age does change things. I hope there are reliable witnesses or birth records.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 01:24 PM (mmrXZ)

334 where is Mitch McConnell?
Posted by: Hope isn't making it happen

Who gives a shit. I don't see that you gave one with Dead Ruth Ginsberg voting on cases that she obviously never heard. And she was one of nine, not one of one hundred. And it amuses me that Beshear was all dressed up to make a fake and gay appointment in contravention of KY law for a senator and the non announcement of Mitch's brain or physical death is preventing that circus. He probably thought it would raise his Dem Resistance profile and that the KY courts would save his ass like the MO and IN Supreme Courts did by shitting on GOP and Trump in both states.

Move on.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 01:24 PM (E4rtv)

335 What was their education before entering university?
I was in Somalia in 93 and I don't think I saw a single school. Lots of starving kids running around in rags but no schools.
Which brings me to... I don't believe a word about Ilhan Omar's claims of living in a refuge camp.

Posted by: Reforger at September 14, 2026 01:24 PM (JZWhT)

336 Nood.

Posted by: Irving at September 14, 2026 01:25 PM (NcvvS)

337 Thank God we have permission to hate Tucker.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 01:22 PM (rbvCR)

The next time I give a shit about permission to have an opinion will be the first.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 01:25 PM (AANQ+)

338 She was posting pictures of him on social media as her brother when married to him.
The Powerline blog has been documenting the details of her fraud for years. They had proof, including documentation and witnesses.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 01:25 PM (4KUe5)

339 James Howard Kunstler is speculating that Joe DeGenova left because he wanted to indict Obama and Blanche kiboshed it.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 01:26 PM (77rzZ)

340 Our Solar System’s Smallest Planet Is Getting Even Smaller — And Is Contracting 30% Faster than Astronomers Thought

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I assume Whoopi is eating it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 01:27 PM (ndZc7)

341 /off Mosquitoes sock!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 14, 2026 01:29 PM (NcvvS)

342 Brennan: "I don't recall"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 01:13 PM (XeU6L)

Wrong answer. Into the woodchipper.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

====

That seems way too complicated. Why not just start with the wood chipper?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 14, 2026 01:33 PM (NGG5z)

THE MORNING RANT: In Defiance of the Climate Cult’s Apocalyptic Prophecies, there Have Been Zero Hurricanes in the Atlantic so far this Year

Seven Day Hurricane Map.png

We are now past the peak of hurricane season, and this has been a very quiet year in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of America. In fact, we are in unchartered territory due to the complete and total absence of any hurricanes this year in the Atlantic basin. There has never been a year in recorded history without a hurricane this far into September. To be clear, this is not a discussion of hurricane landfalls, this is about the complete and total absence of hurricane formation.

There are no hurricanes on the horizon, either. There have not even been any tropical storms with sustained winds exceeding 60 mph. (74 mph is the threshold for hurricane classification.)

According to the childishly simple logic of the Church of Climate, because more hurricanes are proof of global warning, then an absence of hurricanes is proof of “global cooling.” It would be preposterous, of course, to use this year’s hurricane season as proof of global cooling, but it is just as preposterous to make the counterclaim in years that are tropically active.

“The Atlantic Reaches a Milestone for the Latest Date Without a Hurricane; And according to the National Hurricane Center, no hurricanes are on the horizon.” [Washington Post – 9/11/2026]

Hurricane season will reach its approximate peak on Friday — but this year, not a single hurricane has yet formed in the Atlantic Ocean, setting a new record for a lack of storms. This is the latest into the Atlantic season without a hurricane forming since weather satellites were first launched in the 1960s.

Climate cultists and their propaganda arm in the legacy media have been prophesying “stronger and more frequent” hurricanes for decades now. This is part of their “global warming” scare campaign, for which their solution is banning carbon fuels and imposing command and control over all economic activity. In other words, only communism will please their angry climate God.

An important facet of the climate hoax has been to report any “above normal” weather of any sort as proof of climate change. This is an example of statistical and numerical ignorance, of course, because “normal” is being used as a synonym for median or average, but by definition 50% of all inputs are necessarily above the median.

Back in 2020 and 2021, there was above average tropical storm development in the Atlantic. The scientifically ignorant media, relying on the scientifically dishonest “climate experts,” matter-of-factly reported that increase in tropical activity as being due to a warming planet: “How Tropical Storms and Hurricanes Have Hit U.S. Shores with unparalleled Frequency; A record 18 storms and hurricanes have made landfall in the past two years”

Unrelenting and unprecedented, back-to-back Atlantic hurricane seasons have punished the Gulf and East coasts of the United States. An unsurpassed 49 named storms have formed over the warming Atlantic waters since the start of the 2020 season, with a record-setting 18 striking the Lower 48 states, including seven hurricanes.

Scientists say this record-setting stretch of storminess is connected to a period of heightened hurricane activity that began in 2017 but may become increasingly common as the planet warms.

A warming planet had nothing to do with the record number of storms in 2020 and 2021. There were two main reasons:

1) Aggressive naming of storms: In decades past, to be classified as a “tropical storm” there had to be a circular rotation and sustained winds of at least 39 mph. Nowadays, to pump up the number of storms, pretty much any offshore thunderstorm that registers a 39 mph gust gets classified as a tropical storm. In addition, until satellites were employed in the mid-1960s, storms in the mid-Atlantic were not named at all.

2) La Nina: 2020 and 2021 were years with La Ninas in the eastern Pacific Ocean. La Ninas are periods when cool water rises to the surface of the equatorial Pacific (due to strong trade winds pushing the surface water westward.) This predictably results in more Atlantic hurricanes due to how it lessens wind shear over the Atlantic.

By contrast, there is a strong El Nino right now. The westerly trade winds have lessened, as is their cyclical norm, and warm water is pooling in the eastern Pacific. This has the effect of increasing wind shear in the Atlantic, suppressing hurricane development. There is also a lot of dry, dusty air moving west from the Sahara Desert into the Atlantic, also helping to suppress tropical activity.

The real-world reality is that there is neither man-made global warming nor global cooling. It is sinister how weather has been politicized by the left to try to deny people freedom and economic liberty. But since the beginning of time, it has been the practice of high priests and political leaders to blame bad weather on the “sinful” behavior of ordinary citizens as a means of increasing the leaders’ power and control.

The climate community has made the case that hurricanes are fueled by carbon usage, and that the only trajectory would be stronger and more frequent hurricanes unless fossil fuels are banned. This year’s lack of hurricanes disproves their crackpot theory. The climate community – and their pagan religion – deserve abundant mockery in this year without a hurricane.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

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1 1st?

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

2 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 11:01 AM (qZb7K)

3 Hiya!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 11:01 AM (rOKnE)

4 Yesss! I'll alert the otters.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

5 Slackers.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 14, 2026 11:02 AM (VidnJ)

6 Otters alerted.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

7 I was supposed to be a victim of climate change years ago. Bastards.

And I survived overpopulation too.

I'm on a apocalyptic doom ride BUT rolling 7's.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)

8 >>The real-world reality is that there is neither man-made global warming nor global cooling. It is sinister how weather has been politicized by the left to try to deny people freedom and economic liberty.


And yet the new methods of controlling the weather to make it rain, or Bill Gates' Bond villain plans to blot out the sun, are never discussed in the media. No, mentioning that makes you a nutty conspiracy theorist!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 11:03 AM (rOKnE)

9 Yea, but what about Hawaii?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 11:04 AM (Cqx++)

10
No matter what happens, Globull Warmuning will to be blame. No hurricanes in the Atlantic yet, Global warmuning. And it's bad.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 11:05 AM (w6EFb)

11 Trump is personally responsible for the decline in energy produced by windmills! -- DNC

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 11:05 AM (ExV1e)

12 Global warming has always been a hoax. El Nino, on the other hand, is very real.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 11:05 AM (viF8m)

13 No hurricanes in Rehoboth Beach yet this year, but there's a mudslide in my pants!

Posted by: President Emeritus (Senile, Stage Nine) at September 14, 2026 11:06 AM (Fn+3X)

14 It's all because of the Joos.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:06 AM (g8Ew8)

15 " this is about the complete and total absence of hurricane formation."

Well of course. The climate changed.

Posted by: fd at September 14, 2026 11:07 AM (MWfyi)

16 Yeah but but but but shut up hater and burn your suv!!!

Posted by: Reddit at September 14, 2026 11:07 AM (8m4AW)

17
1) Aggressive naming of storms:

I thought you meant agressive names like Spike or Butch or Chopper.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 11:07 AM (Cqx++)

18 I watched Pressure this last weekend.
Not bad if a bit overly dramatic.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 14, 2026 11:07 AM (2WIwB)

19 Because boating goes with hurricane season, my willowed post is still on topic. Also, I am an insufferable twit:

277 STARBOARD!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (/QciJ)
*
Sorry, Nurse. The sailboat is definitely on Port Tack.
Posted by: RI Red at September 14, 2026

***
It's heeling to starboard, looks to me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)

Nautical Lesson Approaching. Give way.

If the wind is first coming over the port side of the boat, it is on port tack. When sailing straight down wind, whichever side the boom is not on is considered the side over which the wind is coming. Thus, one could change tack without changing direction, merely by bringing the boom and sail across to the other side - technically a jibe, since the bow is not passing through the direction of the wind.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: RI Red at September 14, 2026 10:59 AM (Edxq2)

Posted by: RI Red at September 14, 2026 11:08 AM (8d6Vf)

20 So you are saying the Experts and full of squit?

Posted by: fd at September 14, 2026 11:08 AM (MWfyi)

21 are

Posted by: fd at September 14, 2026 11:09 AM (MWfyi)

22 In the past, heavy La Niña events mean lots of snow in the ski areas in the PNW.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 11:09 AM (rbvCR)

23 7 I was supposed to be a victim of climate change years ago. Bastards.

And I survived overpopulation too.

I'm on a apocalyptic doom ride BUT rolling 7's.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)

Don't forget acid rain. It was supposed to burn the meat right off our bones.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:09 AM (g8Ew8)

24 The climate change scam is slowly waning.

It’s why AI is the new thing to scare people with.

The end goal is the same. A weaker America / West and a stronger China. It’s the same propaganda cut and pasted by the CCP.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:09 AM (8m4AW)

25 No major storms hit the US Mainland last year either. Both in 25 and so far in 26, Sahara Dust was a major factor in the early part of summer hindering tropical storm formation.

Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man at September 14, 2026 11:10 AM (Fn+3X)

26 Is this ALSO the fault of the Ford F-950 Earthfucker?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 11:10 AM (gLYp7)

27 Don't forget acid rain. It was supposed to burn the meat right off our bones.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:09 AM (g8Ew
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That's so 1980s, dude!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 11:10 AM (FZ29D)

28 Thx Buck.
It's like the Climate Change ™ people are and have been full of crap. No wait, they are full of crap

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 14, 2026 11:11 AM (N2HNb)

29 Y2K and Covid already killed me. No to mention tax cuts and net neutrality. What’s a little global warming gonna do to me?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:11 AM (8m4AW)

30 n fact, we are in unchartered territory due to the complete and total absence of any hurricanes this year in the Atlantic basin. There has never been a year in recorded history without a hurricane this far into September. To be clear, this is not a discussion of hurricane landfalls, this is about the complete and total absence of hurricane formation.

Do I need to say it? Okay, I'll say it. It's the JOOOOOS and their weather machine.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

31 Hurricane Trump > regular hurricanes

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)

32 Look at the tornado season this year. The normal tornado alley shifted eastward, giving Illinois and Indiana record levels, with other states much lower than normal. Part of the El Nino, but I'm sure will be turned into Climate Cult just the same.

Anything to pick out a statistical anomaly to blame it on something to gin up more government solutions (cough) that just cause other problems.

Posted by: DropAndGiveMe20 at September 14, 2026 11:11 AM (NtRnw)

33 No hurricanes made US landfall last year. No hurricane formation so far this year.

My homeowner and flood insurance premiums should go down, right?

RIGHT?

Posted by: one hour sober at September 14, 2026 11:11 AM (J4Dwc)

34 How many waves came off the African continent this year?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:11 AM (2GVsD)

35 1) Aggressive naming of storms: In decades past, to be classified as a “tropical storm” there had to be a circular rotation and sustained winds of at least 39 mph. Nowadays, to pump up the number of storms, pretty much any offshore thunderstorm that registers a 39 mph gust gets classified as a tropical storm. In addition, until satellites were employed in the mid-1960s, storms in the mid-Atlantic were not named at all.


That's very interesting. Objectively looking at reality and making a hypothesis would be easier than wanting something to be true and find ways to make reality appear to fit that unicorn dream.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 11:11 AM (Sco7b)

36
Don't forget acid rain. It was supposed to burn the meat right off our bones.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

It was neutralized by base rain.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 11:11 AM (Cqx++)

37 Global warming has always been a hoax. El Nino, on the other hand, is very real.

"El Nino is bad, because it's a man" - Clancy jurors

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:12 AM (2ocoG)

38 1) Aggressive naming of storms:

I thought you meant agressive names like Spike or Butch or Chopper.

Big blows were expected from Hurricane Liberace, but it was a disappointment.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

39 Remember, the ManBearPig AlGore called for Global Cooling.

So he's 'right' again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:12 AM (2GVsD)

40 Good news, everyone! It couldn't happen here! Jon Stewart says so!

https://tinyurl.com/5fn39vrc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 11:12 AM (ndZc7)

41 I'm just wait___ for the climate doomsayers to start saying it's a bad thing there were no hurricanes this year, and how global warming is responsible somehow.

Posted by: Martbell at September 14, 2026 11:13 AM (as6X5)

42 Should we worry about purple rain?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:13 AM (2GVsD)

43 My homeowner and flood insurance premiums should go down, right?

RIGHT?

Posted by: one hour sober at September 14, 2026 11:11 AM (J4Dwc)

[and yet they are building billion dollar AI Datacenters on floodplains and insuring them - and premiums mysteriously went up]

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 11:13 AM (rbvCR)

44 Should we worry about purple rain?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:13 AM (2GVsD)

It won't discolor your raspberry beret at least.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 11:13 AM (rbvCR)

45 Good news, everyone! It couldn't happen here! Jon Stewart says so!

https://tinyurl.com/5fn39vrc

I watched that clip. That dude is in love with the smell of his own farts. "I can't even conjure". Oh, blow it out your ass. Read the room. You're not cool anymore.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

46 27 Don't forget acid rain. It was supposed to burn the meat right off our bones.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:09 AM (g8Ew
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That's so 1980s, dude!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 11:10 AM (FZ29D)

And Y2K. ANd Covid as also pointed out by Sandy Cocazio Ortez.

Now AI. The doomists from the tech companies should just be told to shut THEIRS down. And if Obama is also warning about AI something is up.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 11:14 AM (Sco7b)

47
Latest (9/12) Erf images from EPICSCOVR at L1:

https://t.ly/26t7q

You can clearly see that African dust blowing over the Atlantic and over South America. Go back a few days and see all the hurricanes in the Pacific. Big El Nino = warm pacific = not-so pacified Pacific.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 11:14 AM (w6EFb)

48 "n fact, we are in unchartered territory due to the complete and total absence of any hurricanes this year in the Atlantic basin."

Yea so what? This is obviously due to CLIMATE CHANGE. Duh.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 11:14 AM (iFTx/)

49 The core temperature is 1000 degrees and rising! Earth is in the lurch and we must ban fossil fuels to save ourselves before it's too late! If we don't, by 2012 the rise of the oceans will swamp us all! What...wait...oh.

Never mind. Release my chakra!

Posted by: Al Gore, democrat rapist at September 14, 2026 11:15 AM (P4iUb)

50 "In addition, until satellites were employed in the mid-1960s, storms in the mid-Atlantic were not named at all."

***
Buck, by that you mean *tropical* storms, not including hurricanes? They started naming hurricanes much earlier than 1965. I remember my mother putting a big sheet of wood over our dining room window when I was in second grade, 1961, for Carla. And Betsy hit us in '65, and it was certainly not new for hurricanes to be named by then.

Wiki sez they were naming tropical storms (most of which became hurricanes) in the Fifties, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 11:16 AM (wzUl9)

51 Yea, but what about Hawaii?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. a

There was a hurricane headed for Hawaii last week. Just heard one story about it, so I don't know what came of it. But, of course, that's the Pacific, not the Atlantic.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)

52 The derecho pushed the hurricanes away!

Posted by: DaveA at September 14, 2026 11:17 AM (FhXTo)

53 I saw Saharan Dust open for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at the Electrolux Theatre in Dyson, Georgia in 1975.

Posted by: They Both Sucked Wind at September 14, 2026 11:17 AM (Fn+3X)

54 The Reverend Talarico's parable.

Talarico: "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom? Because at the end of the day, aren't we all just really big kindergartners?"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)

55 Then there is the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation that sees a temperature fluctuation of 0.6C over a 60-80 year period in the Atlantic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:17 AM (2GVsD)

56 >>I watched that clip. That dude is in love with the smell of his own farts. "I can't even conjure". Oh, blow it out your ass. Read the room. You're not cool a

Operation Mockingbird was not only real it's still going on.

It's not like it's a secret. Not anymore.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 11:18 AM (viF8m)

57 To be honest, no hurricane formation concerns me. It's far from the norm which means something else is happening. Hopefully whatever it is doesn't cause other problems.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:18 AM (KC5Lt)

58 That's so 1980s, dude!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 11:10 AM (FZ29D)

The acid rain didn't get us because we were already did from the melanoma caused by solar UV getting in through the Ozone Hole.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 11:18 AM (1z8ji)

59
Talarico: "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom?

Do we get naptime and cookies?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 11:18 AM (Cqx++)

60
In Defiance of the Climate Cult’s Apocalyptic Prophecies, there Have Been Zero Hurricanes in the Atlantic so far this Year


This is because the Pacific Ocean is hogging all of the Atlantic's Hurricane Mojo to create multiple Typhoons.

Jeepers, don't none of you people know any of the Science of Climate Voodoo?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 14, 2026 11:19 AM (iJfKG)

61 Talerico just wants to eat his meat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:19 AM (2GVsD)

62 Meh. The weather people (both local and national) simply persist on other fronts. I just saw an article that proclaimed August 2026 as THE HOTTEST MONTH EVAH!!!!

They announce EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at September 14, 2026 11:19 AM (neLON)

63 Wiki sez they were naming tropical storms (most of which became hurricanes) in the Fifties, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 11:16 AM (wzUl9

Indeed.

But now we're naming 'super storms' like Sandy, as well as snow storms and 'bomb cyclones.'

They're adding things to name in order to juice the number of named storms whilst then screaming about the increase in the number of named storms.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 11:19 AM (gLYp7)

64 Talarico: "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom? Because at the end of the day, aren't we all just really big kindergartners?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)

I imagine you run the class searching for potential victims.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:20 AM (KC5Lt)

65 Talarico: "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom?

Do we get naptime and cookies?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026

***
What's the difference between a university faculty meeting and a kindergarten class?

Naps!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 11:20 AM (wzUl9)

66 er.....yeah

They announce EXTREME HEAL WARNINGS at 85 degrees F, and FLOOD WARNINGS every time it drizzles.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at September 14, 2026 11:20 AM (neLON)

67 The kid in kindergarten isn't tens of thousands of dollars in debt either for that degree in Crayon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:20 AM (2GVsD)

68 Climate Change/ Global Warming-Cooling. The first Luxury Belief?

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:21 AM (Gqar8)

69 To be honest, no hurricane formation concerns me. It's far from the norm which means something else is happening. Hopefully whatever it is doesn't cause other problems.

Something abnormal in one area is typically balanced by that thing going the other way somewhere else. There are no Atlantic hurricanes this year, but it's been a big year for the Pacific. Hawaii got hit by one, grazed by a second, and a third is now lining up.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:21 AM (2ocoG)

70
Talarico: "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom?

Do we get naptime and cookies?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 11:18 AM (Cqx++)

Would that mean that Suzie Robins is still peeing her pants?

That seems unfair or maybe unlikely.

Maybe both.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 14, 2026 11:21 AM (iJfKG)

71 They're adding things to name in order to juice the number of named storms whilst then screaming about the increase in the number of named storms.

Derecho Fang Fang

Posted by: DropAndGiveMe20 at September 14, 2026 11:21 AM (NtRnw)

72 You don't have to worry much until the jungle drums stop.

Posted by: Bingo, Bango, Bongo at September 14, 2026 11:21 AM (Fn+3X)

73 Has that towering intellect of the Senate Maisie Hirono said anything about the storms hitting Hawai'i?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:22 AM (2GVsD)

74 Also whenever tomorrow's temperature is going to be higher, instead of saying "temperatures are expected to be higher" like normal people always did, the weather pages now say

WARMING continues over the next few days

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 11:22 AM (AANQ+)

75 >> To be honest, no hurricane formation concerns me. It's far from the norm which means something else is happening.

The norm only goes back to about 1950. Since then there've been 7 years with no hurricanes in August. The last record latest before now was Sept. 11.

El Nino and African dust are tamping the Atlantic down.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 11:22 AM (w6EFb)

76 Talerico just wants to eat his meat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:19 AM (2GVsD)
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It's the only way he can have his pudding.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 11:22 AM (FZ29D)

77 We should have renamed it Gulf of America long ago.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 11:22 AM (BpO1e)

78 Microplastics was a thing for a minute or two. It was killing us all according to CCP propaganda. But it it didn’t catch on and people didn’t immediately go burn their plastics.

And now weirdly it’s no longer killing us.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:23 AM (8m4AW)

79 The core temperature is 1000 degrees and rising!

-
Lately I've been seeing reverse wind chill temperatures being reported. "88° but feels like 95°." Wind chill I can understand (kind of) but da fuq?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 11:23 AM (ndZc7)

80 Talarico: "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom?

Do we get naptime and cookies?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 11:18 AM (Cqx++)

Would that mean that Suzie Robins is still peeing her pants?


Suzie Robins, you say?

Posted by: Sleepy Joe at September 14, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

81 Talarico: "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom?

Do we get naptime and cookies?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.


Talerico just wants to eat his meat.
Posted by: Anna Puma


Talerico just wants to diddle little children.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 11:23 AM (AXBJa)

82 Where I live we have had a wet spring followed by a dry summer. Obviously the End Times, or Climate Apocalypse. People, some, are like a herd of fainting goats.

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:23 AM (Gqar8)

83 The Pacific, off L.A. and Baja, is according to some reports, the warmest it's ever been.

Well, warmest since records were kept.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 14, 2026 11:23 AM (2Cry5)

84 El Nino is Spanish for The Nino.

/obligatory Chris Farley reference.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 14, 2026 11:24 AM (J4Dwc)

85 i] The Pacific, off L.A. and Baja, is according to some reports, the warmest it's ever been.

Godzilla is coming.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:24 AM (2GVsD)

86 "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom?"

If the only way your ideas will work is if we play pretend, your ideas suck.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 11:24 AM (BpO1e)

87 And the Oboma's and Bidens beachfront homes havent been swept out to sea.

Posted by: LASue at September 14, 2026 11:24 AM (yV8c7)

88 I watched Pressure this last weekend.
Not bad if a bit overly dramatic.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 14, 2026 11:07 AM (2WIwB)

Pleasant movie, but the portrayal of Eisenhower as a bit of an hysteric was ridiculous!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 14, 2026 11:24 AM (k5CNB)

89 Microplastics was a thing for a minute or two. It was killing us all according to CCP propaganda. But it it didn’t catch on and people didn’t immediately go burn their plastics.

And now weirdly it’s no longer killing us.

That went away not because they're good for you but because most of them originate from trash dumping in Asia, including China.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:25 AM (2ocoG)

90 >>ou don't have to worry much until the jungle drums stop.
Posted by: Bingo, Bango, Bongo at September 14, 2026 11:21 AM (Fn+3X)

Then comes the bass solo.

Posted by: Irving at September 14, 2026 11:25 AM (NcvvS)

91 Climate Alarmists blow.

Posted by: Joe Mama at September 14, 2026 11:25 AM (TezPK)

92 Has anyone recently got a public statement from Mitch McConnell about hurricane season?

Posted by: I'll be the one to ask at September 14, 2026 11:25 AM (2Ez/1)

93 >>Good news, everyone! It couldn't happen here! Jon Stewart says so!

https://tinyurl.com/5fn39vrc



I have no idea who that gal is, but she is clearly suppressing a giggle. No doubt thinking, "OK, boomer! You keep pretending that would never happen here, lol!"

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 11:26 AM (rOKnE)

94 Has anyone recently got a public statement from Mitch McConnell about hurricane season?

He's been silent on the matter.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

95 Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:21 AM (2ocoG

I understand that. But no formations at all have never been recorded this far into September. It's a little beyond just a balancing act. Again the cause could be a nothinburger but I think just dismissing it because I hate climate alarmists is not right either. I just would like to understand more of why it is occurring.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:26 AM (KC5Lt)

96 ou don't have to worry much until the jungle drums stop.
Posted by: Bingo, Bango, Bongo at September 14, 2026 11:21 AM (Fn+3X)

Then comes the bass solo.
Posted by: Irving at September 14, 2026 11:25 AM (NcvvS)

Which is the low point of every rock concert?

The Drum Solo

Or

The Bass Sole?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (iJfKG)

97 The most doomsday climate change scenarios say the erf will warm up 15 degrees. Which is of course going to have huge impacts.

Wait hold on what’s that? Oh my bad it’s 1.5 degrees.

That’s what al this conservation is about at worst a 1.5 degree increase in temps.

And millions upon millions of of people around the country but I to this insanity.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (8m4AW)

98 Something abnormal in one area is typically balanced by that thing going the other way somewhere else. There are no Atlantic hurricanes this year, but it's been a big year for the Pacific. Hawaii got hit by one, grazed by a second, and a third is now lining up.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:21 AM (2ocoG)

OMG! We're all gonna die!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (g8Ew8)

99 The Nino, Pinto, and Santo Mario were three old tubs gifted to Columbo by King Fernando and Queen Isabello.

Posted by: Good Investment! at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (Fn+3X)

100 To be honest, no hurricane formation concerns me. It's far from the norm which means something else is happening. Hopefully whatever it is doesn't cause other problems.
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:18 AM (KC5Lt)

Kaiju. It always happens.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (rbvCR)

101 89 Microplastics was a thing for a minute or two. It was killing us all according to CCP propaganda. But it it didn’t catch on and people didn’t immediately go burn their plastics.

And now weirdly it’s no longer killing us.

That went away not because they're good for you but because most of them originate from trash dumping in Asia, including China.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:25 AM (2ocoG)

Eisenhower as a nervous man - does not comport well with history. But - who cares?? Movie needs to be made!!!

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (Gqar8)

102 And Y2K. ANd Covid as also pointed out by Sandy Cocazio Ortez.

Now AI. The doomists from the tech companies should just be told to shut THEIRS down. And if Obama is also warning about AI something is up.


I highly recommend this article. It's a bit long, but I think it's spot on.

The bottom line is that the AI companies know the clock is ticking, and there's no chance they'll make enough profit to justify their enormous expenditures, so they're trying to establish a government cartel of the big players, which will crush smaller, nimbler competitors before their IPOs. IOW, they're hoping small investors will take the hit when the bubble inevitably pops.

Also, the "solution" the Dem politicians are pushing naturally does not a thing about China's headlong push into AI.

https://tinyurl.com/fhh7ybmb

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

103 Pressure Drop.

Take it away, Toots.

https://tinyurl.com/2xks7vfm

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)

104 Lately I've been seeing reverse wind chill temperatures being reported. "88° but feels like 95°." Wind chill I can understand (kind of) but da fuq?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026

***
That's heat index, currently dumbed down to "feels like."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 11:29 AM (wzUl9)

105 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 11:22 AM (w6EFb)

This is mid September.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:29 AM (KC5Lt)

106 Which is the low point of every rock concert?

The Drum Solo

Or

The Bass Sole?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (iJfKG)

That's when everyone rolls their next joint.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:29 AM (g8Ew8)

107 Should we worry about purple rain?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:13 AM (2GVsD)

Only if the doves cry.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 11:29 AM (ExV1e)

108 “They” want China to control AI, not the Icky United States. Thus endeth the lesson.

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:30 AM (Gqar8)

109 In '74 sometime I was assured by none other than Time Magazine itself that 'Another Ice Age' was soon to be visiting us.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 11:30 AM (ot38T)

110 I switched to Accuweather because I got sick of TWC's global warming preaching. But I'm now finding that Accuweather is even worse, and actually inflates current temperatures by several degrees compared to the National Weather Service.

Is there a weather site anyone can recommend that doesn't buy into this nonsense?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 14, 2026 11:30 AM (XvL8K)

111 Lately I've been seeing reverse wind chill temperatures being reported. "88° but feels like 95°." Wind chill I can understand (kind of) but da fuq?

This is usually associated with a really hawt woman.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

112 "Heat index" is just the warm-weather analogue to wind chill.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ)

113 The bottom line is that the AI companies know the clock is ticking, and there's no chance they'll make enough profit to justify their enormous expenditures, so they're trying to establish a government cartel of the big players, which will crush smaller, nimbler competitors before their IPOs. IOW, they're hoping small investors will take the hit when the bubble inevitably pops.

The good news is that Trump told them to fuck off, and a lot of big names in tech are yelling that it's the world's most obvious regulatory capture attempt, which it is.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:31 AM (2ocoG)

114 Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)

Good song...although I like Jimmy Cliff's version a bit better.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 14, 2026 11:31 AM (k5CNB)

115 Wow.

The United States' government/media apparatus is the most pervasive and pernicious propaganda machine in human history.

Nobody - not the Nazis, not the Soviets, nobody - has ever constructed a more effective means for the dissemination of a State's lies. They can and do orchestrate mass psychosis on a month-to-month basis.

Jon Stewart is such an ignorant jackass.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 14, 2026 11:31 AM (BI5O2)

116 "There has never been a year in recorded history without a hurricane this far into September. "


Just a reminder, "recorded history" isn't that long. We have only been tracking hurricanes since the 1830s.


If we go an entire season without a single hurricane they will blame that on global warming as well.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 14, 2026 11:31 AM (I43vL)

117 >> "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom?"

If the only way your ideas will work is if we play pretend, your ideas suck.
- - - -

Apart from the general creepiness of Talerico, this comment brings to mind how the gender goblins so often revert to childlike dress and behavior. Like, you can't just be a transwoman, you have to put your hair in pigtails, wear toddler-style pastel colored clothes, and sport a cartoonish unicorn-themed backpack.

No, we do not all need to live in a world ruled by crazy teachers who rule with an iron fist while lecturing us in sing-songy, fakey-nice yet obviously condescending manner. We have too much of that crap already (see NC candidate smiling while wishing to send half the country to a concentration camp for voting Trump).

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 11:31 AM (rOKnE)

118 Talerico just wants to eat his meat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 11:19 AM (2GVsD)

Sigh. People misunderstand me. I just think that the most important thing I can do is prevent women, or blacks, from gaining political power. -- Jimmy Talarico

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 11:31 AM (ExV1e)

119 Is there a weather site anyone can recommend that doesn't buy into this nonsense?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 14, 2026 11:30 AM (XvL8K)

I like Ventusky because it has a good interactive map, but it is only good out a couple of days.
Wunderground.com is better for extended forecasts.

Doesn't NOAA have a forecast page?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 11:32 AM (rbvCR)

120 >>Is there a weather site anyone can recommend that doesn't buy into this nonsense?

My back. It always lets me know when it's going to rain.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 11:32 AM (viF8m)

121 If we go an entire season without a single hurricane they will blame that on global warming as well.

It's been ages since Krakatoa and the obliteration of an entire island. I blame global warming.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

122 They're doing the calculations for me now but I always paid attention to the temperature and the humidity percentage. A bad combo can be dangerous.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:33 AM (KC5Lt)

123 7 >> "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom?"

---


That's the Dem/Leftist/"Progressive"/Woke mindset in a nutshell. We're all a bunch of idiot children that must obey our betters, FOR OUR OWN GOOD! You'll get a cookie if you comply!!

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at September 14, 2026 11:34 AM (neLON)

124 I highly recommend this article. It's a bit long, but I think it's spot on.

The bottom line is that the AI companies know the clock is ticking, and there's no chance they'll make enough profit to justify their enormous expenditures, so they're trying to establish a government cartel of the big players, which will crush smaller, nimbler competitors before their IPOs. IOW, they're hoping small investors will take the hit when the bubble inevitably pops.

Also, the "solution" the Dem politicians are pushing naturally does not a thing about China's headlong push into AI.

https://tinyurl.com/fhh7ybmb
Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

AI has only a few more years of being the best thing. It will be be immediately obsolete once quantum computing comes on line.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew8)

125 Regarding the manufactured AI panic, Obama said he has ordered Hakeem Jeffries to start banning AI progress once the Democrats get control back in November.

Jeffries, OTOH, said the priority is impeaching Trump. Again.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:34 AM (2ocoG)

126 You don't have to worry much until the jungle drums stop.
Posted by: Bingo, Bango, Bongo at September 14, 2026 11:21 AM (Fn+3X)
-------------------
Hey, we get a Smoke Break every 45 minutes, look it up it's in the contract.

Posted by: Jungle Drum Line Local #405 at September 14, 2026 11:34 AM (BrjrD)

127 Aggressive naming of storms: In decades past, to be classified as a “tropical storm” there had to be a circular rotation and sustained winds of at least 39 mph. Nowadays, to pump up the number of storms, pretty much any offshore thunderstorm that registers a 39 mph gust gets classified as a tropical storm. In addition, until satellites were employed in the mid-1960s, storms in the mid-Atlantic were not named at all.
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My favorite, 'The Storm of the Century'. Never received a name:
https://shorturl.at/o9Cux

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 11:34 AM (XeU6L)

128 We have too much of that crap already (see NC candidate smiling while wishing to send half the country to a concentration camp for voting Trump).

That was gobsmacking, even for a Democrat. They at least had enough sense to jettison her after the comment became widely known.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

129 When the chill Eastern wind,
replaces Southern breezes,
and the long summer days are remembered no more,
then you'll know how it feels when a woman's love changes,
when at last she has told you she loves you no more.

Posted by: The Chill Eastern Wind at September 14, 2026 11:34 AM (Fn+3X)

130 History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men
Godzilla

BOC

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:35 AM (Gqar8)

131 >>>> "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom?"

Hey James, boys have a penis and girls have a vagina.

Things I learned from kindergarten.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)

132 AI has only a few more years of being the best thing. It will be be immediately obsolete once quantum computing comes on line.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew

Fusion is getting closer too.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 11:35 AM (rbvCR)

133 Doesn't NOAA have a forecast page?
Posted by: Kindltot
___________

It does, but it's wildly inaccurate on the precipitation forecasts. It'll have twelve hour long stretches forecasting the chance of precipitation over 50% when we're just looking a a chance of pop up storms.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 14, 2026 11:36 AM (XvL8K)

134 We have too much of that crap already (see NC candidate smiling while wishing to send half the country to a concentration camp for voting Trump).

Yeah, nobody had "white woman smiling and mugging in front of the ovens at Dachau" on their bingo card. But apparently we should have.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:36 AM (2ocoG)

135 Do Not Summon the Bagagwa!

Posted by: dc at September 14, 2026 11:37 AM (NUOV1)

136 132 AI has only a few more years of being the best thing. It will be be immediately obsolete once quantum computing comes on line.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew

Fusion is getting closer too.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 11:35 AM (rbvCR)

And someday we will have colonies on Mars, and someday we will routinely mine asteroids for precious metals. And someday physics will be optional.

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar8)

137 Is there a weather site anyone can recommend that doesn't buy into this nonsense?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 14, 2026 11:30 AM (XvL8K)

Weather Nation is (or was) pretty good. They eschewed all the doom-speak by not naming winter storms, for example, and simply forecasting the weather. Pretty straightforward.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at September 14, 2026 11:37 AM (PSEDc)

138 101 89 Microplastics was a thing for a minute or two. It was killing us all according to CCP propaganda. But it it didn’t catch on and people didn’t immediately go burn their plastics.

And now weirdly it’s no longer killing us.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:25 AM (2ocoG)

Soon.

No, c'mon, I'm serial.

Posted by: Net Neutrality at September 14, 2026 11:37 AM (r7+Q7)

139 The lack of storms is another nice result from shutting down USAID

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 11:38 AM (iFTx/)

140 Ryan Hall Y'all is my go to for bad weather forecasts.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 11:38 AM (ot38T)

141 Lately I've been seeing reverse wind chill temperatures being reported. "88° but feels like 95°." Wind chill I can understand (kind of) but da fuq?

This is usually associated with a really hawt woman.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

Heat index is the first look at a hawt woman. Wind chill happens when she starts talking.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:38 AM (g8Ew8)

142
There were no reported hurricanes at all in 1907 and 1914. But that was well before the satellite era, and many open ocean storms were likely completely missed. If no ship was there, or it didn't come anywhere close to land, nobody would know it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 11:38 AM (w6EFb)

143 Yeah, nobody had "white woman smiling and mugging in front of the ovens at Dachau" on their bingo card. But apparently we should have.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:36 AM (2ocoG)

Along with 11 jurors wanting to find a woman guilty of premeditated murder of her three children.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:38 AM (KC5Lt)

144 It'll have twelve hour long stretches forecasting the chance of precipitation over 50% when we're just looking a a chance of pop up storms.

That number is the percentage of the forecast area that could see rain in that time. So 50% for pop-up storms sounds about right honestly.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:38 AM (2ocoG)

145 Heat index is the first look at a hawt woman. Wind chill happens when she starts talking.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Heh.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 11:39 AM (77rzZ)

146 Per the NY Post:

Hayden Panettiere died after taking just one pill that is believed to have been oxycodone laced with fentanyl, it was reported Monday as cops are said to be “zeroing in” on her alleged dealer.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 11:39 AM (AXBJa)

147
It does, but it's wildly inaccurate on the precipitation forecasts. It'll have twelve hour long stretches forecasting the chance of precipitation over 50% when we're just looking a a chance of pop up storms.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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My favorite forecast: 'A 50% chance of rain'. Maybe it will...maybe it won't.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 11:40 AM (XeU6L)

148 Heat index is the first look at a hawt woman. Wind chill happens when she starts talking.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons



Heat index is the first look at a hawt woman. Wind chill happens when your wife catches you.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 11:40 AM (AXBJa)

149 When they started naming winter storms I stopped paying all attention to weather news. It’s just porn now.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:40 AM (8m4AW)

150 Along with 11 jurors wanting to find a woman guilty of premeditated murder of her three children.

One of the jurors said that freeing Clancy was important for womens rights. I had no idea that it was gendered oppression to expect women not to murder their kids.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:41 AM (2ocoG)

151
Microplastics was a thing for a minute or two. It was killing us all according to CCP propaganda. But it it didn’t catch on and people didn’t immediately go burn their plastics.

And now weirdly it’s no longer killing us.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

But watch out for Megaplastics.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 11:41 AM (Cqx++)

152 >> It’s just porn now.

Hi-oo!

Posted by: Yanet Garcia at September 14, 2026 11:41 AM (w6EFb)

153 I do like there have weather radar maps on our phone that the local news networks were paying a fortune for in the 80's.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:42 AM (KC5Lt)

154 The left prays to the weather gods for hurricanes to affect the South only.

Posted by: Eromero at September 14, 2026 11:42 AM (1Zpx7)

155 First look at the new WH ballroom. It's beautiful.

https://tinyurl.com/2vvspdpd

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

156 My favorite forecast: 'A 50% chance of rain'. Maybe it will...maybe it won't.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

My Dad had been a weatherman with the Army Air Corps in WWII. He always said that I you gave him two guesses we would tell you if it was going to rain or not.

Also, being a farmer, he was never satisfied with the weather. There was always either too much rain, or not enough.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

157 Every enviro-nut prediction has been wrong and yet here we are...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)

158 The absolute best weatherman was Stu Soroka. He was on teevee in Boston back in the day and he was endlessly entertaining. Mostly because he was stoned all the time.

The original hippy, dippy weatherman.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 11:43 AM (viF8m)

159 The planet is warming so fast it's evaporating the hurricanes before they can form!

Posted by: National Hyperbole Center at September 14, 2026 11:43 AM (MDua2)

160 Talarico: "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom? Because at the end of the day, aren't we all just really big kindergartners?"
___

Wait...did he really say this?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 14, 2026 11:44 AM (Rln0i)

161 5% chance of rain in my AO today

I got a few drops on me and the finest mist on my windshield

So was it wrong because it did right, or right because it barely rained?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 11:44 AM (sKqQm)

162 The Pacific, on the other hand, has been a bit busy this season, with 16 TS, 6 of which became hurricanes, 4 of those major, which is to say, about average or maybe a bit above.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:44 AM (l3cgK)

163 The absolute best weatherman was Stu Soroka. He was on teevee in Boston back in the day and he was endlessly entertaining. Mostly because he was stoned all the time.


Hmmmm. Not a man, but are we forgetting Yanet Garcia?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

164 Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

I like we only had to pay for the basement. The Left hates that more than anything.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:44 AM (KC5Lt)

165 156 My favorite forecast: 'A 50% chance of rain'. Maybe it will...maybe it won't.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

My Dad had been a weatherman with the Army Air Corps in WWII. He always said that I you gave him two guesses we would tell you if it was going to rain or not.

Also, being a farmer, he was never satisfied with the weather. There was always either too much rain, or not enough.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

Heh, farmers. My farming relatives are are the most pessimistic people I know. And yet, they persist.

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar8)

166 Oh, no! Another pop-up Storm-in my pants!

Posted by: Paging Dr. Mommy Jill at September 14, 2026 11:45 AM (Fn+3X)

167
My favorite forecast: 'A 50% chance of rain'. Maybe it will...maybe it won't.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 11:40 AM (XeU6L)

I think all weathermen went prone and thanked God for percentage forecasting. No need to be accurate anymore.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:45 AM (g8Ew8)

168 >>>Is there a weather site anyone can recommend that doesn't buy into this nonsense?
~~~~~

Joe Bastardi
@BigJoeBastardi on X

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 14, 2026 11:45 AM (3ImbR)

169 Putting on the ol' tinfoil hat.... I've noticed that most of the weather apps have taken away the historical records, like "Highest Temp on this day". Or at best, they remove the year.
It was too easy to discount the doom predictions when the records were set in 1932 or whatever.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at September 14, 2026 11:45 AM (neLON)

170 Chance of rain doesn’t say it will rain or not rain. It says in the past when these conditions existed it rained 20% of the time or 80% of the time or whatever.

People however see 80% and think oh it’s going to pour all day long. Or 20% they see it as it won’t rain or it may just rain a little.

When in fact an 80% day could be bright sunshine and a 20% day could be an inch of rain. The percentage doesn’t say how much rain, just the percent of time it has rained in the past. Could be a sprinkle could be deluge. It counts the same.

When something has an 80% chance of happing it does NOT happen 1/5 times. But people in general are really bad at conceptualizing that.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:45 AM (8m4AW)

171 Talarico: "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom? Because at the end of the day, aren't we all just really big kindergartners?"

Out: General Secretary Stalin

In: Mr Joseph

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

172 Yeah, nobody had "white woman smiling and mugging in front of the ovens at Dachau" on their bingo card. But apparently we should have.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:36 AM (2ocoG)

*raises hand*

I did.

I've known too many white women to dismiss the possibility of them perpetrating an enormous democide against their perceived inferiors. In fact - I know it will happen.

When it happens, men will of course be doing the dirty work.

But these policies will be championed and passed by women, and they will be the most enthusiastic snitches and denouncers. Hell, by the time it's all said and done they'll be shipping *each other* to the crematoria over petty greed and envy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 14, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)

173 Now and forever my time, clean energy and good union jobs will be the ideal.

The Left seems to have a grasp on kitchen table politics, especially in or near unban areas.

Insurances "crises," skyrocketing premiums. Construction pushing towards green building and rewriting codes for residence (often that residents can't afford). Neighborhoods being labeled urban heat islands. Almost constant building and then needing to reroute or create new storm water runoffs when neighborhoods are finally suffering or suffering greater.

They give, they take away, it seems. And it's never their fault.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 14, 2026 11:46 AM (NFX2v)

174 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:44 AM (l3cgK)

I think the only thing a little unusual in the Pacific is the location of the storms.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:46 AM (KC5Lt)

175 Hayden Panettiere died after taking just one pill that is believed to have been oxycodone laced with fentanyl, it was reported Monday as cops are said to be “zeroing in” on her alleged dealer.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 11:39 AM (AXBJa)

The Hayden Planetarium was on dope? Who knew?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 11:47 AM (1z8ji)

176 Unrelenting...
Punished the Gulf and East coasts...
Striking the lower 48....

********

Funny how they de-humanize actual humans while endowing weather events with not only human traits, but angry, emotional, disciplinary human traits.

Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 11:47 AM (qgHp7)

177 But these policies will be championed and passed by women, and they will be the most enthusiastic snitches and denouncers. Hell, by the time it's all said and done they'll be shipping *each other* to the crematoria over petty greed and envy.

The Salem Witch trials started off as young women trying to get attention and ended up with them getting everyone they didn't like, including other women, killed

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 11:47 AM (sKqQm)

178 Hawaii being a target so often after some of the islands having drought conditions is unusual.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:47 AM (KC5Lt)

179 Hayden Panettiere died after taking just one pill that is believed to have been oxycodone laced with fentanyl, it was reported Monday as cops are said to be “zeroing in” on her alleged dealer.

Was it Canuckistan where they are not arguing that fent is "the perfect drug"? Nominally because it helps you feel warm if you are on the street, but of course in reality because it kills its users quickly

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

180 The fact is that nobody knows what's really going on. You can pretend your models are taking us to the next level, there is no next level. The earth is a grand place and it will devour us on a regional level anytime it sees fit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 14, 2026 11:48 AM (5C90x)

181 That number is the percentage of the forecast area that could see rain in that time. So 50% for pop-up storms sounds about right honestly.
Posted by: Ian S.


They need to tighten their shit up. Giving them 1,200 miles by 1,200 miles is ridiculous. Stevie Wonder could work with those number and be correct.

DFW Channel 4 Weather Viewing Area Size
KDFW (Fox 4) in Dallas–Fort Worth has a virtual channel 4 and a digital channel 35 transmitter in Cedar Hill, TX, with an ERP (effective radiated power) of 1,000 kW and a HAAT (height above average terrain) of 510 meters (1,673 ft)

For a VHF/UHF station of this power and height, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and broadcast engineering models (such as the FCC’s “coverage area” formulas) indicate that a 1,000 kW transmitter at ~1,673 ft HAAT can typically serve a viewing area of roughly 1,000–1,200 square miles under normal atmospheric conditions

Summary:
KDFW’s weather viewing area is generally about 1,000–1,200 square miles in size, covering much of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and surrounding counties

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 11:48 AM (AXBJa)

182 I think all weathermen went prone and thanked God for percentage forecasting. No need to be accurate anymore.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
-------
It's a pretty good gig. No one expects you to be right, there are no consequences when you are wrong, and if you're uncertain about the forecast, you just flip the weather coin.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 11:48 AM (XeU6L)

183 The Left seems to have a grasp on kitchen table politics, especially in or near unban areas.

Insurances "crises," skyrocketing premiums. Construction pushing towards green building and rewriting codes for residence (often that residents can't afford). Neighborhoods being labeled urban heat islands. Almost constant building and then needing to reroute or create new storm water runoffs when neighborhoods are finally suffering or suffering greater.

They give, they take away, it seems. And it's never their fault.

Every time I open YT, I get a Mark Warner ad inveighing against data centers such as those in Loudon Co. You know, the place controlled by Democrats since 2019. Ole Mark must really be worried to be running to the front of the parade this way.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

184 Hmmmm. Not a man, but are we forgetting Yanet Garcia?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:44 AM

No, we are not. No one can turn left like Yanet Garcia.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 11:48 AM (bFu5X)

185 166 Oh, no! Another pop-up Storm-in my pants!

Posted by: Paging Dr. Mommy Jill at September 14, 2026 11:45 AM (Fn+3X)

Turdnado

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:49 AM (l3cgK)

186 Zero Hurricanes in the Atlantic so far this year IS climate change, climate denier.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 11:49 AM (dK+Kv)

187 Jen Carfagno on The Weather Channel back in the day. Put Stephanie Abrams to shame.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 14, 2026 11:49 AM (XvL8K)

188 Stormy Monday here.

Posted by: And Tuesday's Just As Bad at September 14, 2026 11:49 AM (Fn+3X)

189 Democrats cause pretty much all of the urban problems in America then run on fixing them.

If voters paid more attention Democrats would be a laughing stock but...they don't

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

190 Weather girls usually have to be hot, weathermen funny.

Its an interesting dichotomy

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 11:50 AM (sKqQm)

191 169 Putting on the ol' tinfoil hat.... I've noticed that most of the weather apps have taken away the historical records, like "Highest Temp on this day". Or at best, they remove the year.
It was too easy to discount the doom predictions when the records were set in 1932 or whatever.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at September 14, 2026 11:45 AM (neLON)

Well, they DID lower older temps to make it seem cooler during the 1930's...
When the data doesn't match your theory, change the data to match your theory...SCIENCE!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:50 AM (l3cgK)

192 It didn't take a Tropical Storm to alter the view of the Lake Geneva Shoreline.

Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun at September 14, 2026 11:50 AM (Fn+3X)

193 I think we all know that several reports are coming that state:

1. This proves global warming and global climate change.
2. That hurricanes are actually good for the country and it is terrible there are none so far.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at September 14, 2026 11:50 AM (xvV+O)

194 188 Stormy Monday here.
Posted by: And Tuesday's Just As Bad at September 14, 2026 11:49 AM (Fn+3X)

“ Tuesday's gone with the wind
My baby's gone with the wind again“

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar8)

195
A .pdf of the NWS definition of "PoP", probability of percipitation:

https://t.ly/d5cMS

It's the product of confidence that some precipitation will occur and the expected coverage of that over the forecast area.

So, if they are 80% sure it will rain *somewhere* in the forecast area, but the expected coverage is 50%, that will be a 40% PoP.

Posted by: Yanet Garcia at September 14, 2026 11:51 AM (w6EFb)

196 Also remember the word forecast. It’s a Weather forecast not a weather absolute.

It’s like any forecast be it what the stock market will do. What the next quarter’s corporate results will be what your favorite sports ball team’s record will be.

It’s all an educated guess based on historical outcomes. Weather is no different.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:51 AM (8m4AW)

197 Hayden Panettiere died after taking just one pill that is believed to have been oxycodone laced with fentanyl, it was reported Monday as cops are said to be “zeroing in” on her alleged dealer.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 11:39 AM (AXBJa)

The Hayden Planetarium was on dope? Who knew?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 11:47 AM (1z8ji)
___

Considering that most doctors are shy nowadays when it comes to prescribing certain painkillers, not surprising that even celebs turn to the streets.

There are ton of videos on utoob of people, from kids to middle-aged folks, who bought a pill thinking it was one thing, then end up dead because it was laced with fentanyl.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 14, 2026 11:51 AM (Rln0i)

198 Bunch of asswipe media sites including the WSJ and apparently now NYC are suing the administration over their enforcement of the “public charge” rule, which they’ve updated to comply with the statute. It basically states that if any immigrant is likely to or does use any public benefits they can be denied visas and green cards. This is simply enforcement of INA 212(a)(4), that Congress passed. But every single publication fails to mention that. Like they have an agenda or something. Weird.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 14, 2026 11:51 AM (wn0/z)

199 I can predict the weather as well as any Weatherman. I got a window.

Posted by: Reforger at September 14, 2026 11:51 AM (JZWhT)

200 179 Hayden Panettiere died after taking just one pill that is believed to have been oxycodone laced with fentanyl, it was reported Monday as cops are said to be “zeroing in” on her alleged dealer.

Was it Canuckistan where they are not arguing that fent is "the perfect drug"? Nominally because it helps you feel warm if you are on the street, but of course in reality because it kills its users quickly

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

I'm surprised the Gov't of Canada isn't handing pills out to their MAIDs pills for their customers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:52 AM (l3cgK)

201 Don’t take a Weatherman to know which way the Wind blows

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)

202 Stormy Monday here.
Posted by: And Tuesday's Just As Bad at September 14, 2026 11:49 AM (Fn+3X)

Global warming.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 11:53 AM (g8Ew8)

203 By statistical average since we have about 100 years of weather records every year should have about four "hottest days ever" every single year

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

204 I fully support this lack of Atlantic hurricanes.

Posted by: CapeFear at September 14, 2026 11:53 AM (c9cWv)

205 I haven’t watched local tv in a decade or more as I cut the chord. There was the milfiest of MILfs on one of the channels. And yes it worked I’d watch. Lol.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:53 AM (8m4AW)

206 I did.

I've known too many white women to dismiss the possibility of them perpetrating an enormous democide against their perceived inferiors. In fact - I know it will happen.

When it happens, men will of course be doing the dirty work.

But these policies will be championed and passed by women, and they will be the most enthusiastic snitches and denouncers. Hell, by the time it's all said and done they'll be shipping *each other* to the crematoria over petty greed and envy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 14, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)

You know who else favored perpetrating an enormous democide against their perceived inferiors?

White women. In Germany.

This Karen was simply returning to AWFL hallowed ground.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 11:53 AM (dK+Kv)

207 David Letterman was a weatherman. How hard can it be.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:54 AM (KC5Lt)

208 This is the latest into the Atlantic season without a hurricane forming since weather satellites were first launched in the 1960s.

We have less than 70 years of data, they've been screwing with it for at least 40 years to make it fit their narrative, and they still think it has any predictive power.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 14, 2026 11:54 AM (vJrRc)

209 Also, the "solution" the Dem politicians are pushing naturally does not a thing about China's headlong push into AI.

https://tinyurl.com/fhh7ybmb
Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

Thank you. I'm working with several AIs now.

So many limitations but I'm chatting about that with Gemini while scripts run. Basically, I'm asking what the big companies have that we don't. Not much.

I think your analysis is correct. I am using AI APIs right now for what I'm working on. It's a small project. I'm willing to put in $1000 into getting the data correct. Slightly more if needed.

But it doesn't look like it will come anywhere close to that because I'm constantly refining what I need and how it gets stored and used.

But the emails from SpaceXAI are cool!!!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 11:54 AM (Sco7b)

210 194 188 Stormy Monday here.
Posted by: And Tuesday's Just As Bad at September 14, 2026 11:49 AM (Fn+3X)

“ Tuesday's gone with the wind
My baby's gone with the wind again“

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar

For your listening enjoyment...
https://youtu.be/18Sua_QTDs0

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:54 AM (l3cgK)

211 I think all weathermen went prone and thanked God for percentage forecasting. No need to be accurate anymore.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
-------
It's a pretty good gig. No one expects you to be right, there are no consequences when you are wrong, and if you're uncertain about the forecast, you just flip the weather coin.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.


And in certain markets, all you have to change is the date on the forecast for 3+ months out of the year.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 11:55 AM (AXBJa)

212 I use AI in my daily life both personal and work. I can’t imagine a world without it anymore.

It’s why I don't think the CCP hysteria will work. It’s too entrenched in our lives to pull it back.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:55 AM (8m4AW)

213 NOBODY's mentioned dying from Net Zero?!

It's like I don't know you people anymore...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (gLYp7)

214 EXTREME LIGHT BREEZE RUFFLES LGBTQWERTYUIOP+÷> FLAG CAUSING CONCERNS OF TRANSPHOBIC WEATHER EVENTS

Posted by: The Hew Hork Himes at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (7Q0e+)

215 We had a much needed tropical storm a few weeks ago but it swirled around us giving us minimal rain while just 50 miles away they had up to 20 inches.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (KC5Lt)

216 By statistical average since we have about 100 years of weather records every year should have about four "hottest days ever" every single year

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 11:53 AM


I saw an article some years back where a guy said he ran the numbers and said we should see an average of 24 record temps each year. A dozen on each side of the spectrum, record hot and record cold.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (I43vL)

217 212 I use AI in my daily life both personal and work. I can’t imagine a world without it anymore.

It’s why I don't think the CCP hysteria will work. It’s too entrenched in our lives to pull it back.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:55 AM (8m4AW)

Indeed...I don't know what I'd do without Flock Camera's AI data parsing.

Posted by: Cops Stalking Ex-Girlfriends at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (l3cgK)

218 NOBODY's mentioned dying from Net Zero?!

It's like I don't know you people anymore...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM

We all died from Y2K. There was no one left to mention it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (bFu5X)

219
Also, the threshold for precipitation is 0.01" rain or liquid equivalent for solid.

So, a 80% change of rain means that for any spot in the forecast area, there is an 80% chance that spot will get 0.01" of rain or equivalent over the forecast period.

That does not mean a lot of rain. Just means you've got a high probability of getting some measurable amount.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (w6EFb)

220 210 194 188 Stormy Monday here.
Posted by: And Tuesday's Just As Bad at September 14, 2026 11:49 AM (Fn+3X)

“ Tuesday's gone with the wind
My baby's gone with the wind again“

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar

For your listening enjoyment...
https://youtu.be/18Sua_QTDs0
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:54 AM (l3cgK)

Smooth sound. Thanks jim.

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar8)

221 I can’t imagine a world without it anymore.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:55 AM (8m4AW)

Same with a junkie; the first hit is free.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 11:57 AM (dK+Kv)

222 208 This is the latest into the Atlantic season without a hurricane forming since weather satellites were first launched in the 1960s.

We have less than 70 years of data, they've been screwing with it for at least 40 years to make it fit their narrative, and they still think it has any predictive power.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 14, 2026 11:54 AM (vJrRc)

They have been trying to make an enormous open system of competing equilibria fit their narrative for 50 years. The thing is, they have also screwed data collection. We 'might' be able to understand the system better if we had accurate data, but they have intentionally put english on the data to fit what they want to get out of it. That makes it harder or near impossible for real observation. Actual science of 'I don't know what's going on- let me watch it a while.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 11:57 AM (Y/06r)

223 I liked weatherman Lloyd Lindsay Young on Channel 9 in NYC in the 70s, 80s. "Hello, Dix Hills!"

Also Tex Antoine on WABC-TV in NYC, who was banished for one slip of the tongue.

Posted by: Weather Or Not at September 14, 2026 11:57 AM (Fn+3X)

224 Which one was NetZero?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 11:58 AM (Y/06r)

225 213 NOBODY's mentioned dying from Net Zero?!

It's like I don't know you people anymore...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (gLYp7)

When a volcano erupts, putting ash into the stratosphere, killing people all around with ash, lava, quakes and tsunamis, is that a net positive in the eyes of the Church of the Carbon Apocalypse?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:58 AM (l3cgK)

226 The United States' government/media apparatus is the most pervasive and pernicious propaganda machine in human history.

Nobody - not the Nazis, not the Soviets, nobody - has ever constructed a more effective means for the dissemination of a State's lies. They can and do orchestrate mass psychosis on a month-to-month basis.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Proof positive that capitalism is superior to communism in every single way.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 14, 2026 11:58 AM (vJrRc)

227 224 Which one was NetZero?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 11:58 AM (Y/06r)

Worst superhero eva.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:58 AM (l3cgK)

228 EXTREME LIGHT BREEZE RUFFLES LGBTQWERTYUIOP+÷> FLAG CAUSING CONCERNS OF TRANSPHOBIC WEATHER EVENTS
Posted by: The Hew Hork Himes at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM

The sad thing is that it's a non-zero possibility that the Times would run a hurricane season headline like that

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 11:58 AM (bFu5X)

229 214 EXTREME LIGHT BREEZE RUFFLES LGBTQWERTYUIOP+÷> FLAG CAUSING CONCERNS OF TRANSPHOBIC WEATHER EVENTS

Posted by: The Hew Hork Himes at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (7Q0e+)

Just imaging the sh*tstorm when a bird poops on it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (l3cgK)

230 The AI Deep Fakes are getting better and better. My buddy's wife went to the Texas/Ohio game and he sent me a photo of her taken with Arch Manning and the Texas coach. If I wasn't leery of all photos I could have accepted it as real but of course it was AI.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (KC5Lt)

231 Indeed...I don't know what I'd do without Flock Camera's AI data parsing.
Posted by: Cops Stalking Ex-Girlfriends at September 14, 2026 11:56 AM (l3cgK)

Because some people abuse tech we should not allow that tech to exist? Is that really the argument.

Ok I guess we should ban alcohol because some people drink too much.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (8m4AW)

232 I saw System of Competing Equilibria open for System of the Down at the Gorge in 2018.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (dK+Kv)

233 Per the NY Post:

Hayden Panettiere died after taking just one pill that is believed to have been oxycodone laced with fentanyl, it was reported Monday as cops are said to be “zeroing in” on her alleged dealer.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 11:39 AM (AXBJa)
________

Hobo junkies overdose? Meh, don't be a junkie.

Celebrity junkies overdose? WTF IT MUST BE SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT.

Don't get me wrong, I'd rather she not have ODed, but she was abusing drugs for years. It was only a matter of time.

Ditto Michael Jackson, the guy from Friends, etc.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

234 From bing ai:
NetZero refers to a state where the greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere are balanced by the amount removed, effectively halting further global warming.

Huh. So... normal state? These people are fucking stupid. They do not understand equilibria.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:00 PM (Y/06r)

235 It's the sharks following the Slave Trade routes that steer the hurricanes. This cannot be disproven.

Posted by: Major Owens at September 14, 2026 12:00 PM (Fn+3X)

236 Outrage is erupting in Seattle after a 21-year-old who was SH0T 3 TIMES trying to STOP A ROBBERY walked 2 blocks BLEEDING TO DE*TH, begging for help...

...and a 7-Eleven LOCKED THE DOORS on him and people stood around FILMING him instead of helping.

https://tinyurl.com/4w3w4acr

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 14, 2026 12:00 PM (Rln0i)

237
NOBODY's mentioned dying from Net Zero?!

The FREE internet service?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 12:00 PM (Cqx++)

238 Yup, Asia has been getting hammered with storms.
Just as predicted with the strong El Nino this year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 12:00 PM (6ydKt)

239 I died from Mexican killer bees and the ozone layer.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:00 PM (8m4AW)

240 I'm still waiting to be killed by quicksand and piranhas.

Growing up Gen X, I really thought they'd be much more of a problem.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:01 PM (iFTx/)

241 Outrage is erupting in Seattle after a 21-year-old who was SH0T 3 TIMES trying to STOP A ROBBERY walked 2 blocks BLEEDING TO DE*TH, begging for help...

...and a 7-Eleven LOCKED THE DOORS on him and people stood around FILMING him instead of helping.

https://tinyurl.com/4w3w4acr

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 14, 2026 12:00 PM (Rln0i)

Outrage is erupting in Seattle?

I don't believe it. This is exactly the society they built.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 12:01 PM (dK+Kv)

242 Yeah, nobody had "white woman smiling and mugging in front of the ovens at Dachau" on their bingo card. But apparently we should have.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:36 AM (2ocoG)

I understand why you wouldn't but you definitely need to read me more.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 12:02 PM (AANQ+)

243 Keith Richards gave up heroin in 1978 when he lost access to pharma grade stuff. Knew he would be dead very soon if he had to buy on the street.

Posted by: Smart Guy at September 14, 2026 12:02 PM (Fn+3X)

244 Ditto Michael Jackson, the guy from Friends, etc.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

Prince.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 12:02 PM (dK+Kv)

245 Don't get me wrong, I'd rather she not have ODed, but she was abusing drugs for years. It was only a matter of time.

Ditto Michael Jackson, the guy from Friends, etc.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

You pays your money, you takes your chances.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:02 PM (Y/06r)

246 I'm still waiting to be killed by quicksand and piranhas.

Growing up Gen X, I really thought they'd be much more of a problem.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:01 PM

Don't forget nuclear winter..

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 12:02 PM (bFu5X)

247 I died from Mexican killer bees and the ozone layer.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Just as I had recovered from the Medfly, the murder hornets did me in.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:02 PM (77rzZ)

248
Outrage is erupting in Seattle?
I don't believe it. This is exactly the society they built.

They hold hands while they sleep.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 12:03 PM (Cqx++)

249 When a volcano erupts, putting ash into the stratosphere, killing people all around with ash, lava, quakes and tsunamis, is that a net positive in the eyes of the Church of the Carbon Apocalypse?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 11:58 AM (l3cgK)

The answer depends on which people were killed. Really.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:03 PM (gLYp7)

250 I'm still waiting to be killed by quicksand and piranhas.

Growing up Gen X, I really thought they'd be much more of a problem.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:01 PM

Don't forget nuclear winter..

And there's always some jerk irritating Ba'al. That never ends well.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

251 Celebrities all carry fentanyl test strips for their drugs these days. Panettiere must have just said "fuck it, I don't care if I die, I'm just going to party til it kills me."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 14, 2026 12:04 PM (BI5O2)

252 245 Don't get me wrong, I'd rather she not have ODed, but she was abusing drugs for years. It was only a matter of time.

Ditto Michael Jackson, the guy from Friends, etc.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

You pays your money, you takes your chances.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:02 PM (Y/06r)

They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. *turns to camera* I say: let em crash!

Posted by: The Firing Line guy from Airplane! at September 14, 2026 12:04 PM (Y/06r)

253 I'm still waiting to be killed by quicksand and piranhas.

Growing up Gen X, I really thought they'd be much more of a problem.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:01 PM (iFTx/)

And giant snakes, spiders, aliens, and sharks.

The world was more intriguing then.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 12:04 PM (dK+Kv)

254 Seattle is outraged the the DEI mayor they elected did exactly what she said she would do.

It’s hilarious.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:04 PM (8m4AW)

255 239 I died from Mexican killer bees and the ozone layer.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:00 PM (8m4AW)

Murder hornets killed me. But I'm doing much better now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:04 PM (l3cgK)

256 Ditto Michael Jackson, the guy from Friends, etc.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

Prince.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

Whitney Houston

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:05 PM (qZb7K)

257 Murder Hornets built a hive in my Corvette's engine compartment! Right next to the classified docs!

Posted by: Biden Falls, DE at September 14, 2026 12:05 PM (Fn+3X)

258 All celebrities on the Left are nutz. Not because they're celebrities but because they are Leftists.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:05 PM (KC5Lt)

259 241 Outrage is erupting in Seattle after a 21-year-old who was SH0T 3 TIMES trying to STOP A ROBBERY walked 2 blocks BLEEDING TO DE*TH, begging for help...

...and a 7-Eleven LOCKED THE DOORS on him and people stood around FILMING him instead of helping.

https://tinyurl.com/4w3w4acr

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 14, 2026 12:00 PM (Rln0i)

Outrage is erupting in Seattle?

I don't believe it. This is exactly the society they built.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 12:01 PM (dK+Kv)

It's so hard stopping filming to call 911, I guess...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)

260 Ditto Michael Jackson, the guy from Friends, etc.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

Prince.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

Whitney Houston
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Billie Mays
Carrie Fisher

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

261 Outrage is erupting in Seattle?
I don't believe it. This is exactly the society they built.

They hold hands while they sleep.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 12:03 PM (Cqx++)

Oh, so close. The phrase the judges were looking for is "taking a dirt nap."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 12:06 PM (dK+Kv)

262 Remember back when vaccines were turning all kids into autists?

That went down the memory holes fast.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:06 PM (8m4AW)

263 >> but I always paid attention to the temperature and the humidity percentage. A bad combo can be dangerous.

Wet bulb temperature is the measure of that related to a human's evaporative cooling capacity. WB of 95F is taken as the upper limit. Wet bulb is sort of tedious, so dew point, always being below WB, is a good-enough proxy.

They've done tests with healthy young individuals, and the limit is likely somewhat lower than that, maybe 88F -- meaning even the optimum healthy young 'un can stand much more than that indefinitely.

Now, for us 29 yr olds, the limit is lower than that. Dew point hit 82F here twice this August, and well, I wasn't going to stay out in that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 12:06 PM (w6EFb)

264 I'm still waiting to be killed by quicksand and piranhas.

Growing up Gen X, I really thought they'd be much more of a problem.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:01 PM (iFTx/)
___

Being allergic to bees, the movie, The Swarm terrified me more than quicksand, piranhas, and plane crashes combined.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 14, 2026 12:07 PM (Rln0i)

265 It's so hard stopping filming to call 911, I guess...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:05 PM

"White oppressor." They were probably enjoying filming it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 12:07 PM (bFu5X)

266 Murder Hornets built a hive in my Corvette's engine compartment! Right next to the classified docs!

Posted by: Biden Falls, DE at September 14, 2026 12:05 PM (Fn+3X)

Really bad way for Beau to go.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 12:07 PM (dK+Kv)

267 Outrage is erupting in Seattle?

I don't believe it. This is exactly the society they built.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I know connecting cause with effect is hard for lefties, but I truly struggle with watching them being absolutely flabbergasted - almost every single time - that the thing they fought, advocated, and voted for ends up destroying them.

They wanted this. They advocated for it, and they condemned EVERYONE who opposed it as some sort of -ist.

I'm so sick and tired of saving the left from themselves every so often.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:07 PM (gLYp7)

268 They arrested Pantierre's bf and his brother on Sat. for something.

My GAF meter is out of batteries.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:08 PM (qZb7K)

269 Remember back when vaccines were turning all kids into autists?

That went down the memory holes fast.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:06 PM

And it was celebrities and the left (BIRM), who were pushing it?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 12:08 PM (bFu5X)

270 251 Celebrities all carry fentanyl test strips for their drugs these days. Panettiere must have just said "fuck it, I don't care if I die, I'm just going to party til it kills me."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 14, 2026 12:04 PM (BI5O2)

It's kind of amazing (but makes sense) the industry that has grown up around illicit drugs. Fentanyl test strips and Narcan, etc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:08 PM (Y/06r)

271 268 They arrested Pantierre's bf and his brother on Sat. for something.

My GAF meter is out of batteries.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:08 PM (qZb7K)

Mine has batteries, but they corroded and f'd up the inside of it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:09 PM (l3cgK)

272 One thing that is weird with weather is how the dew point is ignored. You get the humidity reported but almost never the dew point. DP is what matters not the relative humidity.

40% humidity when it’s 95 degrees feels like shit. 50% humidity when it’s 65 outside is fine.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:09 PM (8m4AW)

273 Remember back when vaccines were turning all kids into autists?

That went down the memory holes fast.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:06 PM

And it was celebrities and the left (BIRM), who were pushing it?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Jenny McCarthy

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)

274 Hawaii has been lashed this year. Two or three hurricanes so far.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 12:09 PM (4NO2D)

275 Ditto Michael Jackson, the guy from Friends, etc.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

Prince.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

Whitney Houston
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Billie Mays
Carrie Fisher
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)
______

Although oddly enough, I don't remember any big investigation into Carrie Fisher's death. She was a notorious drug abuser and probably mentally ill too.

IIRC, she died with so many drugs in her body and so many different kinds that it woulda killed a bull.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)

276 that chick who sang Linger

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 14, 2026 12:10 PM (j+aD2)

277 Yeah on my top 100 things to worry about list, Hollywood overdoses is about 817.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:10 PM (8m4AW)

278 You forgot about earthquakes?!?!? Climate change causes earthquakes, meteors too

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 14, 2026 12:10 PM (sW/xx)

279 274 Hawaii has been lashed this year. Two or three hurricanes so far.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 12:09 PM (4NO2D)

do they need rum and sodomy now?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:10 PM (l3cgK)

280 278 You forgot about earthquakes?!?!? Climate change causes earthquakes, meteors too

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 14, 2026 12:10 PM (sW/xx)

I thought it was ladies showing their nekkid legs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:11 PM (l3cgK)

281 272 One thing that is weird with weather is how the dew point is ignored. You get the humidity reported but almost never the dew point. DP is what matters not the relative humidity.

40% humidity when it’s 95 degrees feels like shit. 50% humidity when it’s 65 outside is fine.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:09 PM (8m4AW)

People kept saying last week how hot it was, but I kept pointing out that it is a lot better than it was weeks ago- warm yes, but not sticky because the humidity and dew point were not fucking with things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:11 PM (Y/06r)

282 279 274 Hawaii has been lashed this year. Two or three hurricanes so far.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 12:09 PM (4NO2D)

do they need rum and sodomy now?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:10 PM (l3cgK)

Come Cheer Up Me Lads,
Tis to Glory we Steer!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:12 PM (Y/06r)

283 This is part of their “global warming” scare campaign, for which their solution is banning carbon fuels and imposing command and control over all economic activity

These fuckheads want to block the sun. Hubris.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 14, 2026 12:12 PM (sl73Y)

284 236 Outrage is erupting in Seattle after a 21-year-old who was SH0T 3 TIMES trying to STOP A ROBBERY walked 2 blocks BLEEDING TO DE*TH, begging for help...

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

A disgrace. What we've become.

But it'll somehow be justified.


Posted by: L - No nic... at September 14, 2026 12:12 PM (NFX2v)

285 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 12:06 PM (w6EFb)

It's 90 degrees now with dew point 77 /humidity 69. Will get up to a high of 95. I play golf in this crap but I bring an ice chest with ice bags to keep my core temp down. Of course hydration most important.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:13 PM (KC5Lt)

286 Jon Stewart is such an ignorant jackass liar.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)

287 Fracking was going to kill us all for a while. That was of course Russian and Saudi propaganda meant to cut back American oil exploration. It even caused earthquakes!!! lol.

You don’t hear much about it anymore.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:13 PM (8m4AW)

288 >>Remember back when vaccines were turning all kids into autists?

Oh no it didn't. Kennedy's team is looking into it.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:13 PM (viF8m)

289 People kept saying last week how hot it was, but I kept pointing out that it is a lot better than it was weeks ago- warm yes, but not sticky because the humidity and dew point were not fucking with things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:11 PM (Y/06r)

I grew up in the desert. June would often have the highest temps (sometimes above 120ºF), but very low RH...July and August were lower temp (below 110ºF), but RH could be 90%+, so was f'n miserable...you'd go outside and immediately your shirt would stick to your chest...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 12:13 PM (l3cgK)

290 that chick who sang Linger
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 14, 2026 12:10 PM (j+aD2)
_____

Cranberries? Hopeless drunk. Drowned in a bathtub. She was so insanely drunk she probably passed out, slipped under the water, and was too drunk to even realize.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 14, 2026 12:13 PM (iFTx/)

291 Remember us?

Posted by: Murder Hornets at September 14, 2026 12:14 PM (HKn8U)

292 Seattle is maturing as a world class city. Have you seen their waterfront?

Posted by: Case at September 14, 2026 12:14 PM (xJpuh)

293 Heart of Oak

https://youtu.be/6mru8G84o1c

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:14 PM (Y/06r)

294 I grew up in the desert. June would often have the highest temps (sometimes above 120ºF), but very low RH...July and August were lower temp (below 110ºF), but RH could be 90%+, so was f'n miserable...you'd go outside and immediately your shirt would stick to your chest...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Yuck. I'd sooner live in Antarctica than put up with that shit.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)

295 Forget Hurricanes... AI is gonna kill us !!!

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 12:15 PM (+gK6I)

296 Amy Winehouse

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (qZb7K)

297 I was born in a desert
Raised in a lion's den

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (viF8m)

298 We’re at The Diner for brunch. No hurricanes here. Just waffles.

Posted by: Eromero at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (wvQoP)

299 I grew up on the east coast and dealt with those atrocious humidity soaked summers. But at the time I never rally noticed. It was just reality.

It’s only when moved out west and experienced dry air that I realized how shiity that weather is. I acclimated quickly. Now even a little humidity like a dew point of 55 and I’m sweating. Meanwhile 65 is a normal day for a lot of the county and even into the 70s for Florida.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (8m4AW)

300 "Snow will be a thing of the past."

Now becomes "hurricanes will be a thing of the past."

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (dtajH)

301 Nood Markwayne.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (gLYp7)

302 Buck, by that you mean *tropical* storms, not including hurricanes? They started naming hurricanes much earlier than 1965. I remember my mother putting a big sheet of wood over our dining room window when I was in second grade, 1961, for Carla. And Betsy hit us in '65, and it was certainly not new for hurricanes to be named by then.

Wiki sez they were naming tropical storms (most of which became hurricanes) in the Fifties, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 11:16 AM (wzUl9)

I'm so old, I remember Hurricane Donna when I was in Jr High.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (hmYU4)

303 I grew up in the desert. June would often have the highest temps (sometimes above 120ºF), but very low RH..


.July and August were lower temp (below 110ºF), but RH could be 90%+, so was f'n miserable...you'd go outside and immediately your shirt would stick to your chest...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


Let's not get too hasty. We can always hang out at Az State U on sorority row.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (AXBJa)

304 47
Latest (9/12) Erf images from EPICSCOVR at L1:

https://t.ly/26t7q

You can clearly see that African dust blowing over the Atlantic and over South America. Go back a few days and see all the hurricanes in the Pacific. Big El Nino = warm pacific = not-so pacified Pacific.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 11:14 AM (w6EFb)


Are you implying the Holy Climate and Tropical Storm Prediction models do not include Saharan high altitude warm dry air and dust future modeling, are you? Why, I've been repeatedly told by My Betters the models model everything correctly! Making the models super-correct, for predicting everything from tomorrow's weather for each square yard of the Earth's Surface, to the size of each Antarctic glacier and ice shelf 150 years from now!

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (5rh/l)

305
We don't know who struck first, us or them, but we know that it was Bill Gates that scorched the sky. At the time, we were dependent on solar power and Al Gore believed that this would end global warming without an energy source as abundant as the sun to drive it

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 12:16 PM (rbvCR)

306 The Central Valley in California really is heaven. The people suck, but that weather. Damn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (Y/06r)

307 Nood.

Posted by: Irving at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (NcvvS)

308 These fuckheads want to block the sun. Hubris.

Bill Gates got a permit from Biden to do that, but the only company capable of launching his giant sunshade was SpaceX and Elon said no.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (2ocoG)

309 Jenny McCarthy
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ

She got her shit together now but I understand why she was on a crusade before. No different than RFK jr. Having an autistic kid makes you look for reasons. Having seen the covid vax shit show I have more empathy for her.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 12:17 PM (KC5Lt)

310 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (X0axn)

311 Doloris O'Riordan.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (BrjrD)

312 I had no idea that it was gendered oppression to expect women not to murder their kids.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 11:41 AM (2ocoG)

According to the Church of the Perpetually Oppressed Sisterhood, expecting a woman to do something she doesn't want, or not do something she does, is gendered oppression regardless of the details. Fortunately, not all women are congregants.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (ExV1e)

313 I'm so sick and tired of saving the left from themselves every so often.

Then don't.

Posted by: Howdy at September 14, 2026 12:18 PM (NKlFk)

314
The highest official dew point every recorded in the US was 88F on July 19, 2001. In Moorhead, MN.

Melbourne FL claims a dew point of 91F in July of 1987, but that is not official. Station was not properly certified and all that.

The world record is 95F, measured in Saudi right on the Persian Gulf coast. You would not survive that for too long.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 12:19 PM (w6EFb)

315 I'm more concerned about running across an 18 foot python than climate change. There's a reason I keep my machete razor sharp.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 14, 2026 12:20 PM (5C90x)

316
For that Saudi record, the air temp (dry bulb in the lingo) was 108F. That would be a heat index of 176F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (w6EFb)

317 50
Buck, by that you mean *tropical* storms, not including hurricanes? They started naming hurricanes much earlier than 1965. I remember my mother putting a big sheet of wood over our dining room window when I was in second grade, 1961, for Carla.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 11:16 AM (wzUl9)

Dan Rather was the news director at Houston’s CBS affiliate and covered Carla. He got his big break there. I was only 4 so I don’t remember Carla. The first really big one I remember was Camille. A second cousin’s family home in Biloxi was demolished.

Posted by: TxAnn at September 14, 2026 12:21 PM (SjAWL)

318 Beau Biden died from Net Neutrality.

Posted by: Not a joke at September 14, 2026 12:22 PM (2Ez/1)

319 First look at the new WH ballroom. It's beautiful.

https://tinyurl.com/2vvspdpd
Posted by: Archimedes

Looks like Versailles and you know what happened to Louis XVI.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 12:24 PM (ndZc7)

320
Also, running the online psychrometric thingy, that would be a WB of 97F, and a RH of 68%.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 12:25 PM (w6EFb)

321 Yeah, it wasn't fracking causing the quakes, it was the waste-water injection rates as they tried to put that in the ground for the sake of being environmentally responsible. For which effort they were lambasted as damaging mother Gaia.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 14, 2026 12:34 PM (aJQbY)

322 After Katrina: climate change is causing more dangerous storms, which is bad.
After years of no other big storms hitting the US:
Climate change is causing fewer big storms, which is just as bad.
Looking at big hurricanes hitting North Carolina from 1850 on, breaking it into 10 year chunks, I didn't see significant differences between the decades.

Posted by: waelse1 at September 14, 2026 12:59 PM (lfepB)

323 It's the end of hurricanes

THE HORROR .. THE HORROR

Posted by: SMOD at September 14, 2026 01:06 PM (RHGPo)

324 Although there were Atlantic hurricanes last year, none of them made US landfall. Zero. Nada.

It would be preposterous, of course, to use this year’s hurricane season as proof of global cooling
Actually, it kinda is. Climate does change - it gets warmer, it gets colder. I surmise that hurricane activity can be a gross, indirect measurement of atmospheric energy, which is a driver of temperatures.

But to insist that the climate should be identical year-to-year-to-year-to-year in the same place.....well, now THAT'S real climate-denial.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at September 14, 2026 01:17 PM (bufu1)

325 Any theory that explains everything explains nothing. So it is with "Climate Change".

Posted by: Pat Dooley at September 14, 2026 01:32 PM (2Gmzv)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Hopper Groundswell1.jpg

Ground Swell
Edward Hopper

[Hat Tip: neverenoughcaffeine]

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

2 The Titanic. A re-enactment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

3 STARBOARD!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (/QciJ)

4 Four Buoys?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 09:31 AM (ot38T)

5 lum has been NOOD'ed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

6 STARBOARD!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (/QciJ)


*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

7 Wait! No, six.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 09:31 AM (ot38T)

8 Sailboat minesweeper closes in on quarry.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 09:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

9 Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2GVsD)

10 I'm starting to think Hopper was secretly happy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:32 AM (fMPEh)

11 Don't hit the buoy!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 09:32 AM (wpRMV)

12 The sea wasn't very angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at September 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

13 Nice gaff rig.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM (wpRMV)

14 The sky looks fine but the water needs work. Would hang the top half of this one.

Posted by: Will Robinson. at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM (rje/a)

15 "Definitely sensing a swell."
–D Lemon

Posted by: red speck at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM (Ve/HL)

16 CLASSIC

Love it!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM (rOKnE)

17 Buoy, but no gulls.

Posted by: Tern For The Worse at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM (Fn+3X)

18 CBD! Get to the Hoppah!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM (bFu5X)

19 Bright and cheerful. I like.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

20 Can't be the Titanic, no geezer lady like Kate Winslet tossing an expensive bauble overboard.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM (2GVsD)

21 Nice gaff rig.
Posted by: Cicero

The Paolo, how you say, says 'Thank You'.

Posted by: The Paolo at September 14, 2026 09:34 AM (ot38T)

22 Belying Hopper's nickname as the "painter of loneliness."

I'd like to know more about the redhead sprawled athwart the sailboat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

23 >>Don't hit the buoy!


Oh Yeah, buoyyyyyyy!!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 09:34 AM (rOKnE)

24 Buoymen gleefully pull in record catch. They ate heartily that night.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 09:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

25 STARBOARD!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM

I'd rather drink Port, but you do you.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 09:34 AM (bFu5X)

26 It’s a nice scene but unrealistic. Lots of violations of the laws of physics (fluid dynamics in particular) noted….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 14, 2026 09:34 AM (6hPO6)

27 That's a handsome transom too.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 09:34 AM (wpRMV)

28 He was great in Easy Rider too

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 09:35 AM (rQ950)

29 Those boys shall become manly men in this ship's company!

Posted by: Captain Ned at September 14, 2026 09:35 AM (ot38T)

30 Tonypete, 'four buoys and a girl'?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 14, 2026 09:35 AM (aJQbY)

31 The colors are lively and beautiful but the perspective is too off for me to like it. Would not hang.

Posted by: LASue at September 14, 2026 09:35 AM (lCppi)

32 Summer is over, but I really like this.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 14, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

33 Mine!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 14, 2026 09:35 AM (6MHxU)

34 *collective thought bubble*

"Yup...that is, in fact, a buoy."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 09:35 AM (bFu5X)

35 My mother, a western Canadian, always pronounced the name of that nautical object as "boy." William Shatner, a Toronto guy (I think), pronounced it more than once on Trek as "boo-oy."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

36 A missed opportunity to depict a delightful and shapely bikini bottom.

Posted by: Guys everywhere at September 14, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

37 Would it have been too much effort to include a friendly pelican?

Posted by: Captain Fork at September 14, 2026 09:36 AM (Fn+3X)

38 No lifeline, no PFDs, no fenders, no fire extinguisher.

FAIL

Posted by: The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary at September 14, 2026 09:36 AM (wpRMV)

39 No 'ground' depicted. Painting title fail.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 09:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

40 A missed opportunity to depict a delightful and shapely bikini bottom.
Posted by: Guys everywhere

Interesting, to me at least, that Spongebob lived in a bikini bottom.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 09:37 AM (ot38T)

41 15 "Definitely sensing a swell."
–D Lemon
Posted by: red speck at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM

I think it moved, Jerry.

Posted by: George at September 14, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

42 Would it have been too much effort to include a friendly pelican?
Posted by: Captain Fork at September 14, 2026 09:36 AM (Fn+3X)
******
Yeah, or a friendly shark.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 14, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

43 Sloop?

"The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the captain's trunk --
The constable had to come and take him away.
Sheriff John Stone,
Why don't you leave me alone? Yeah, yeah,
Well, I feel so broke up
I wanna go home!"

Worst . . . cruise . . . ever.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

44 I do love Hopper

Love the colors here

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 14, 2026 09:38 AM (xcxpd)

45 Bare chested manly men.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

46 Looks like a shore excursion for some of the lads from the Raging Queen.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 14, 2026 09:38 AM (ibDUx)

47 Definitely sensing a swell."
–D Lemon
Posted by: red speck at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM
*
I think it moved, Jerry.
Posted by: George at September 14, 2026

***
"He took -- it out!"
( -- Elaine)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

48 Painting hangs in Grampa Walton's bedroom.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 09:39 AM (qZb7K)

49 One of my favorite Hopper’s. I like his style of realism pushing right up against animation.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 09:39 AM (KC5Lt)

50 This painting hits a little too close to home.

Posted by: All Swole Up at September 14, 2026 09:39 AM (Fn+3X)

51 Definitely Hopper. Great colors.
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 14, 2026 09:39 AM (N2HNb)

52 36, the implication of her clothing is that she's one of those 'tomboys who grow up without noticing', I think. Probably has been out clamming with her crew of boys and now they've climbed onto a stranded boat a few yards out, and are watching the sea.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 14, 2026 09:39 AM (aJQbY)

53 I like big rudders and I cannot lie.

Posted by: Sir HopALot at September 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

54 "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"

Posted by: The Old Cook at September 14, 2026 09:39 AM (wpRMV)

55 My mother, a western Canadian, always pronounced the name of that nautical object as "boy." William Shatner, a Toronto guy (I think), pronounced it more than once on Trek as "boo-oy."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026

***
Now that I think about it, WS gave it as "boo-y."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

56 Ground Swell
Edward Hopper

**********

"Gill Darn It!" - a limerick

There once was a sailor named Roy
Who saw something, shouting, "Ahoy!"
The man in the hat
Yelled, "What the hell's that?"
And Roy replied smartly, "Atta Buoy!"

Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 09:40 AM (qgHp7)

57 Well she's no HMS Thunderchild/

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 09:41 AM (2GVsD)

58 I guess this is off the Mass coast, or maybe Maine?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

59 Boy, the Strait of Hormuz was sure a happier place in Hopper's day.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

60 Is that Brandy there on the coach roof?

She's a fine girl.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 09:42 AM (wpRMV)

61 She's got more than one man in the boat.

Posted by: How does that work? at September 14, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

62 I love everything about this painting. Can smell the salt and feel the breeze.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 09:42 AM (RIvkX)

63 Repressed sexuality

Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at September 14, 2026 09:42 AM (AWb24)

64 The girl is either wearing some kind of boots with a logo on one side, or she has a tat on her ankle.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

65 No wake behind the boat. The 'water' looks like rolling sand hills.

This isn't a very imaginative painting......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

66 I really like the geometry of the composition. Its subtlety is masked by the natural shapes, but it's really very angular. Interesting.

Posted by: red speck at September 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Ve/HL)

67 Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the ocean.

No, that's not it.

Posted by: John Fogerty at September 14, 2026 09:43 AM (2Xqig)

68 Posted by: Paul at September 14, 2026 09:42 AM (AWb24)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at September 14, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

69 Isn't that a water swell?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 09:43 AM (FZ29D)

70 They'd have made Whitefish Bay if they'd put fifteen more miles behind her.

Posted by: The searchers at September 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

71 Is that Brandy there on the coach roof?

She's a fine girl.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026

***
Ironically, for a girl who worked in a harbor town, she was never to be found aboard a vessel.
( -- Many of Brandy's sailor customers)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)

72 Boatmen, forgetting that 90% of the buoy is submerged, are seconds from disaster.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 09:44 AM (Jr5Lq)

73 Uh oh. The chick is a ginger. That can't bode well.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

74 "The sea was cheerful that day, my friends..."

Posted by: red speck at September 14, 2026 09:45 AM (Ve/HL)

75 I really like the geometry of the composition. Its subtlety is masked by the natural shapes, but it's really very angular. Interesting.
Posted by: red speck at September 14, 2026

***
I love the sweeping curves of the boat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

76 Boatmen, forgetting that 90% of the buoy is submerged, are seconds from disaster.
Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 09:44 AM

All is proceeding as planned...

Posted by: Big Penguin at September 14, 2026 09:46 AM (bFu5X)

77 The troll reveals itself

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 09:46 AM (RIvkX)

78 Ginger will need some serious sunscreen.

Posted by: Coppertone at September 14, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

79 She's got more than one man in the boat.
Posted by: How does that work? at September 14, 2026

***
Big men too

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

80 Destination-Fire Island!

Posted by: Salty Seamen at September 14, 2026 09:46 AM (Fn+3X)

81 What's that hump next to Brandy's back? Is that a fourth guy?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 09:47 AM (wpRMV)

82 Ginger will need some serious sunscreen.
Posted by: Coppertone at September 14, 2026

***
If that's her skin we see on the back and her feet, indeed yes. She's not just pale of fair-skinned, she'd dead white.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

83 What's that hump next to Brandy's back? Is that a fourth guy?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Could be another gal.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 09:48 AM (lJ0H4)

84

Ground swell.

Water nifty.

Air neato.

Posted by: naturalfake Took Speaking Lessons From Tarzan at September 14, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

85 What's that hump next to Brandy's back? Is that a fourth guy?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026

***
Queequeg's head!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

86 Destination-Fire Island!
Posted by: Salty Seamen

Ahoy the poop dick deck!!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 09:49 AM (ot38T)

87 Alt title: Sailboat Spitroast

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 09:49 AM (qZb7K)

88 The hype behind sun causing skin cancer and sunscreen has caused a global vitamin D deficiency in humans.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:49 AM (ccf/V)

89 Avast! Come ashore for a fine luncheon of fresh-caught seafood. We'll be waiting!

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at September 14, 2026 09:50 AM (Fn+3X)

90 What's that hump next to Brandy's back? Is that a fourth guy?

"What hump?" - Eyegore

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 09:50 AM (2GVsD)

91 Sail away, sail away, sail away

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 09:50 AM (Gldzw)

92 My favorite Van Gogh is also of sail fishing boats and my favorite Homer Winslow is of a sail boat. And my first ever painting is of sail boats.

Weird because I don’t sail .

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 09:51 AM (KC5Lt)

93 Avast! Come ashore for a fine luncheon of fresh-caught seafood. We'll be waiting!
Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at September 14, 2026

***
Step aside, mate!
( -- The Gorton's Fisherman)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

94 Is this going to turn into a Chris DeBarge song?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 09:51 AM (2GVsD)

95 Be careful, Natalie. I sure would hate for you to go overboard.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:51 AM (ccf/V)

96 Marine biologists respond to rumored sighting of a rare girluoy, but determine the report is false. It's just another buoy in drag.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 09:51 AM (Jr5Lq)

97 "What hump?" - Eyegore
Posted by: Anna Puma

I though he had it looked at by Theodoric of York.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 09:51 AM (ot38T)

98 Look Fat, you tore up the rudder on that buoy. You lose your deposit!

Posted by: Biden Boat Rental at September 14, 2026 09:52 AM (Fn+3X)

99 I think she's wearing a headscarf.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:52 AM (ccf/V)

100 I'd never seen this painting before but I could tell it was a Hopper. He used that glowing blue-white in so many of his paintings.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 14, 2026 09:52 AM (kpS4V)

101 The hype behind sun causing skin cancer and sunscreen has caused a global vitamin D deficiency in humans.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Kids are on devices inside and not playing outside. That has to factor in.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 09:52 AM (qZb7K)

102 No asymmetry in the waves? I am afraid I must reject this art.

Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 09:52 AM (uLrcL)

103 Be careful, Natalie. I sure would hate for you to go overboard.......
Posted by: Sponge

Christopher Walken was on the boat too during that 'accident', wasn't he?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 09:52 AM (ot38T)

104 Ground swell.

Water nifty.

Air neato."

There wolf...

Posted by: man at September 14, 2026 09:53 AM (cGjQu)

105
Kids are on devices inside and not playing outside. That has to factor in.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 09:52 AM (qZb7K)


I'm sure it does, but they've been hyping the sun being SO BAD FOR YOU since the 80's if not before.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:53 AM (ccf/V)

106 The boat doesn’t have a name on it. I’m sure the horde can come up with one.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 09:53 AM (KC5Lt)

107 "Avast": a nautical command to stop or cease; perhaps from Dutch houd vast, "hold fast." First known use in 1681.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

108 Don't like it. Looks like something one would see on a container of fragrant douche water.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 09:54 AM (g8Ew8)

109 We'll find that German battleship
That's makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismark
'Cause the world depends on us
We hit the decks a-runnin' boys
And spin those guns around
When we find the Bismark
We gotta cut her down

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 09:54 AM (AXBJa)

110 Christopher Walken was on the boat too during that 'accident', wasn't he?
Posted by: Tonypete

Yep. Supposedly, Natalie and Robert were arguing over which one of them was going to get to sleep with him.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

111 106 The boat doesn’t have a name on it. I’m sure the horde can come up with one.

-----------

The boat also has no way to get into the cabin. A major design flaw.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 09:54 AM (wpRMV)

112 The boat doesn’t have a name on it. I’m sure the horde can come up with one.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026

***
The Nighthawk, of course

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

113 The boat doesn’t have a name on it. I’m sure the horde can come up with one.

Posted by: polynikes


Money Hole

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 09:55 AM (AXBJa)

114 Yacht girls. The early years.

Posted by: Before bikinis at September 14, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

115
The hype behind sun causing skin cancer and sunscreen has caused a global vitamin D deficiency in humans.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Kids are on devices inside and not playing outside. That has to factor in.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 09:52 AM (qZb7K)

Billion Dollar Idea:

Build screens that project UV light along with all the other nonsense.

Call me Elon!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 14, 2026 09:55 AM (iJfKG)

116 "You people" may be perfectly ok with the waves as depicted, but I am not. No, I am definitely not.

Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 09:55 AM (uLrcL)

117 ...the redhead sprawled athwart the sailboat...

********

Yo! Ho' Ho' - a seafaring limerick

Sailing is a wonderful sport
Lots of fore and aft, starboard and port
"Avast!" and "Ahoy!"
Lots of "Heave to, boys!"
And occasion'ly "Redheads athwart!!!"

Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 09:55 AM (qgHp7)

118 Gang Plank Bang

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 09:55 AM (KC5Lt)

119 The hype behind sun causing skin cancer and sunscreen has caused a global vitamin D deficiency in humans.

That and we've all seen what being out in the sun a lot makes you look like when you're north of 50. Robert Patrick is 67 and looks like he's older than Helen Thomas.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 09:55 AM (2ocoG)

120 The boat also has no way to get into the cabin. A major design flaw.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026

***
The cabin door is also painted white, so it's hard to see?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

121 Looks like something one would see on a container of fragrant douche water.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 09:54 AM (g8Ew
=====

Fresh Breeze
Cool Waves
Soft Surf
Clean Sails

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

122
Christopher Walken was on the boat too during that 'accident', wasn't he?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 09:52 AM (ot38T)


Yes.

Reminds me of an interview I saw with Mel Gibson early in his career when he tells a story about first coming to the US after Mad Max....he was brought to a NYE party in New York. He went to the rooftop where the 'real' party was and he saw someone that just presented as pure evil......he felt he was in the presence of Satan and saw evil personified...........

It was Christopher Walken.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:56 AM (ccf/V)

123 The boat also has no way to get into the cabin. A major design flaw.

It was supposed to be a three-hour cruise.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 09:56 AM (2GVsD)

124 Wolfus, how is the Indianazation/Kansazation going?

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

125 USS Bukkake

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 09:56 AM (qZb7K)

126 Well, Hopper captures the viewer with his realistic people and their natural poses. Add the recognizable and relatable settings. But it's his use of light that makes his work so extraordinary. It sets a mood and evokes an emotional response from the audience. In this case it is the complete joy of nature: brilliant sea and matching sky, the light captured by the white hull and sail. The people are relaxed. You can smell the ocean, hear the light wind and the sounds of the day sailer, feel the warmth of the sun. But it isn't static. The soft swells affecting the boat and the forward movement denoted by the sail keep it from being completely still. Growing up on the ocean, this painting brings back wonderful memories.

What a gorgeous way to start the week of art threads.

Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2026 09:56 AM (yTvNw)

127 113 Ha!

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 09:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

128
"Oh my God. Head for shore! Shelly Headen is swimming towards the boat! Looks like a Giant Grouper with an 18 inch Blackfish lure hooked in it's mouth!"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 14, 2026 09:56 AM (sTGas)

129 Gang Plank Bang
Posted by: polynikes

Oh my. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 09:56 AM (ot38T)

130 Boat.

Break
Out
Another
Thousand

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:57 AM (ccf/V)

131 Bang Boat

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 09:57 AM (qZb7K)

132
No topless babes. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 09:57 AM (eRlcH)

133 The Howell's and Ginger had an extensive wardrobe, considering it was a three-hour tour.

Posted by: Not Stealing Piper's Thunder at September 14, 2026 09:58 AM (Fn+3X)

134 I think she's wearing a headscarf.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026

***
Possibly. And her arms and back are so smooth she might have a jersey on. Doesn't explain the halter strap in red, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)

135 No topless babes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 09:57 AM (eRlcH)


Yet......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:58 AM (ccf/V)

136 This painting reminds of the Bobby Darin classic "Beyond the Sea".

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 09:58 AM (lJ0H4)

137 It's easy to grin......

When your ship comes in......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:59 AM (ccf/V)

138 The boat doesn’t have a name on it. I’m sure the horde can come up with one.

Posted by: polynikes
____________

Flying Wasp

Posted by: Pookie Smails at September 14, 2026 09:59 AM (XvL8K)

139 I sailed to Tahiti with an all-girl crew.

Posted by: Gardner McKay, Adventures In Paradise at September 14, 2026 09:59 AM (Fn+3X)

140 Wolfus, how is the Indianazation/Kansazation going?
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026

***
Poorly. I am trying to work up the energy to drive back up to Evansville and stay for a bit while I look at apartments.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

141 Could be another gal.
Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 09:48 AM (lJ0H4)

---------

And wouldn't you know it? She's the one who's topless.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 09:59 AM (wpRMV)

142
And wouldn't you know it? She's the one who's topless.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 09:59 AM (wpRMV)


Built like Britney Griner.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 10:00 AM (ccf/V)

143 She's got more than one man in the boat.

Posted by: How does that work? at September 14, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

She's gonna need a bigger boat.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 10:00 AM (dK+Kv)

144 Fine. Just fine. You all just go right ahead and accept the ridiculous waves. Were they painted with a ruler? Is ruler art a thing now?

Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 10:00 AM (uLrcL)

145 "Hopper didn't disappear. He was skinned alive!"

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 10:00 AM (Y/06r)

146 No topless babes. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Ok boys! The client wants to see some skin!

(Not you Hadrian. Just the joke)

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 10:00 AM (AXBJa)

147 "When you see the Southern Cross for the first time,
You understand now why you came this way;
'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small --
But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

148
Boat.

Break
Out
Another
Thousand
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:57 AM (ccf/V)


Like this one comic strip I remember, where a guy wordlessly walks to his car with a bucket. Drives through traffic to the marina. Walks down the dock. Dumps the bucket onto his sailboat, with the bucket being full of cash.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 14, 2026 10:01 AM (sTGas)

149 This painting reminds of the Bobby Darin classic "Beyond the Sea".
Posted by: Tuna

I can't explain it, but referencing Bobby Darin reminded me of the epic Paul Anka freakout long celebrated in the AoSHQ margin.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 10:01 AM (ot38T)

150 Ruler art be damned! Who's with me?

Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 10:02 AM (uLrcL)

151 Driving the Madison Avenue bus for years, waiting for my ship to come in, and here it is-The Queen Mary!

Posted by: Ralph Kramden, Gotham Bus Lines at September 14, 2026 10:02 AM (Fn+3X)

152 Titan Uranus

Posted by: one hour sober at September 14, 2026 10:02 AM (J4Dwc)

153 Ruler art be damned! Who's with me?
Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 10:02 AM (uLrcL)

Hopper would be lost without his ruler.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 10:03 AM (KC5Lt)

154 I see Mitch's rehab is coming along nicely. A dollop of SPF 30 should get him to supper time.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 14, 2026 10:03 AM (5C90x)

155 Fine. Just fine. You all just go right ahead and accept the ridiculous waves. Were they painted with a ruler? Is ruler art a thing now?
Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 10:00 AM

What? You want the waves to be wobbly? Wobbly shit is okay now? Is that what we're hearing? What have you done with Weasel?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 10:04 AM (bFu5X)

156 I have a question as I don't know much about sailboats. Is this a real sailboat design?

Posted by: Eromero at September 14, 2026 10:04 AM (LHPAg)

157 Ruler art be damned! Who's with me?
Posted by: Weasel

Wish you'd quit the protractored whining about this.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

158 This painting reminds of the Bobby Darin classic "Beyond the Sea".
Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026

***
And his version of "Clementine":

"Hey, I'm no swimmer but were she slimmer
I might'a saved that Clementine . . .

She broke the record, way under water
I thought that she was doin' fine --
I wasn't nervous, not 'til the service
That they held for Clementine!

Hey, you sailor ho, ho, way out in your whaler
With your harpoon and your trusty line --
If she shows now, yell, 'There she blows now!'
It just may be chunky Clementine!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:04 AM (wzUl9)

159 Alternate tile:

"Lost At Sea For Over 48 Hours, Biff, Scooter, Mikey, and Ginger Lee Wonder If That Weird Jellyfish Is Edible"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 14, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

160 Boat names: Buoyhunter. Beaconkiller. Floatsinker. The Designaler.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 10:05 AM (Jr5Lq)

161 Time for me to walk 'round to the Aldi for some supplies. Later, all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:05 AM (wzUl9)

162 If Weasel were female someone might have to utter the fatal phrase "calm down."

Posted by: Cooler heads prevailing at September 14, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

163 Titan Uranus

Posted by: one hour sober


THAT'S going on my jon boat when I retire.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 10:05 AM (AXBJa)

164 Boat names: Buoyhunter. Beaconkiller. Floatsinker. The Designaler.
Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 10:05 AM

The Crazy Ivan.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 10:06 AM (bFu5X)

165 Art thread adjacent. About ten years ago Lawrence Block edited a book of short stories from various writers based on Hopper paintings. The title is "In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper". Used copies are available for a few dollars.

Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2026 10:06 AM (yTvNw)

166 You want to rule the waves?

Posted by: Rex B at September 14, 2026 10:06 AM (R0XxO)

167 Non-ruler waves painting in my nic.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 10:06 AM (KC5Lt)

168 Ruler art be damned! Who's with me?
Posted by: Weasel



How do you figure?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 10:06 AM (AXBJa)

169 What? You want the waves to be wobbly? Wobbly shit is okay now? Is that what we're hearing? What have you done with Weasel?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 10:04 AM (bFu5X)
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No, wobbly shit in all of its insidious forms is to be avoided at all costs. Just give me waves made of, you know, water!

Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM (uLrcL)

170 I love ruler art. What is wrong with you people?

Posted by: Stevie Spirograph at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM (Fn+3X)

171 The WACs and the WAVEs will win the war, so what the hell are WE fighting for?

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

172 Wish you'd quit the protractored whining about this.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:04 AM

It's beyond measure.

Posted by: Uh, oh... at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

173 Boat names: Buoyhunter. Beaconkiller. Floatsinker. The Designaler.
Posted by: gp



Bottom of the Bay

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM (AXBJa)

174 Titan Uranus

Posted by: one hour sober

THAT'S going on my jon boat when I retire.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 10:05 AM

That reminds me. On this morning's commute I saw a Maserati with a plate that read "ONE 85." I chuckled. I guess life has been good to that guy so far.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM (bFu5X)

175
"When you see the Southern Cross for the first time,
You understand now why you came this way;
'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small --
But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)




Then Zombie David Crosby shoots Melissa Etheridge's squeeze with a 45 hollowpoint full of LSD, a low grade beaver tranquilizer and his semen.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM (sTGas)

176 >>>Boat names: Buoyhunter. Beaconkiller. Floatsinker. The Designaler.

>Mish Mash

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 14, 2026 10:08 AM (5C90x)

177 "Ruler art be damned!" True Art is too ornery to be ruled.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 10:08 AM (Jr5Lq)

178 The boat also has no way to get into the cabin. A major design flaw.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 09:54 AM (wpRMV)

It's a Catboat. There's a cuddy cabin forward.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 14, 2026 10:08 AM (k5CNB)

179 140 Wolfus, how is the Indianazation/Kansazation going?
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026

***
Poorly. I am trying to work up the energy to drive back up to Evansville and stay for a bit while I look at apartments.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

Evansville is close to KY and thus to Bourbon heaven. Bloomington looked nice too, drove through there a couple of years a go.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 14, 2026 10:09 AM (xcxpd)

180 170 I love ruler art. What is wrong with you people?
Posted by: Stevie Spirograph at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM

It's hard by the yard, but a cinch by the inch.

Posted by: Stuff your grandmother said at September 14, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

181 That reminds me. On this morning's commute I saw a Maserati with a plate that read "ONE 85." I chuckled. I guess life has been good to that guy so far.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM (bFu5X)

He performed that song on Live from Daryl’s House. Freaking awesome.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 10:10 AM (KC5Lt)

182 >>>Boat names: Buoyhunter. Beaconkiller. Floatsinker. The Designaler.

>Mish Mash
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 14, 2026 10:08 AM

I saw a small sailboat in Salem one day called "Piece of Shit II."

Made me wonder what happened the the POS I.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 10:10 AM (bFu5X)

183 ...f'n ruler art....

Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 10:10 AM (uLrcL)

184 Zooming way in (without going looking for a higher-res version), no idea what the brown thing above her shoulder is supposed to be, perhaps part of the boat? high-waisted dungarees, as George Will would call them. Might be a headscarf but more likely just a short hairstyle. patterns on her back and ankle might be shadows, might be tats. she and the blonde standing above her are going to be burnt red in an hour or two.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 14, 2026 10:10 AM (aJQbY)

185 182 Ha!

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 10:11 AM (Jr5Lq)

186 ...f'n ruler art....

Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 10:10 AM (uLrcL)

Take it easel.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 10:11 AM (dK+Kv)

187 Funny color for "ground."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2Cry5)

188 We are all in favor of Ruler Art. Don't listen to that Weasel fellow.

Posted by: The Straights of Hormuz at September 14, 2026 10:13 AM (Fn+3X)

189 Just arriving to the HQ I am amazed that we are still talking about the Art on the Art Thread at 185 comments! Nicely chosen, CBD !

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 10:13 AM (Gqar8)

190
That reminds me. On this morning's commute I saw a Maserati with a plate that read "ONE 85." I chuckled. I guess life has been good to that guy so far.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM (bFu5X)



An old friend of mine had a '69 Corvette in his garage, beautiful car, red and white. He fought tooth and nail to get the CA plate "I DIG 69". DMV thought it was obscene, but as it was a classic 1969 Corvette, restored, he successfully got it through the CA bureaucracy.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 14, 2026 10:13 AM (sTGas)

191 That reminds me. On this morning's commute I saw a Maserati with a plate that read "ONE 85." I chuckled. I guess life has been good to that guy so far.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 10:07 AM (bFu5X)

Nice! But to stay true to the tune, he shouldn't be driving it.

Posted by: Doof at September 14, 2026 10:13 AM (c2vsb)

192 ...f'n ruler art....
Posted by: Weasel

And if it had been done with a meter stick you'd be OK with it?

At least he used the imperial system, as is good and proper.

F'n metric system.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

193 While everyone is absorbed in looking at the buoy off the port side, no one noticed the great white shark stalking them from the starboard side...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 10:14 AM (FZ29D)

194 Nice painting, would definitely hang on a wall in my place.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at September 14, 2026 10:15 AM (OF02a)

195 I'm opening a file on you people!

Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 10:15 AM (uLrcL)

196 I guess life has been good to that guy so far
——-

It should be pointed out, however, he is not supposed to be driving.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 10:15 AM (hefYs)

197 149 This painting reminds of the Bobby Darin classic "Beyond the Sea".
Posted by: Tuna

I can't explain it, but referencing Bobby Darin reminded me of the epic Paul Anka freakout long celebrated in the AoSHQ margin.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2026 10:01 AM (ot38T)

Integrity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 10:15 AM (Y/06r)

198
An old friend of mine had a '69 Corvette in his garage, beautiful car, red and white. He fought tooth and nail to get the CA plate "I DIG 69". DMV thought it was obscene, but as it was a classic 1969 Corvette, restored, he successfully got it through the CA bureaucracy.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 14, 2026 10:13 AM (sTGas)


I had a cousin that managed to get a plate in the communist utopia of Illinois that read "BKWDS 96."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 10:16 AM (ccf/V)

199 Hopper? I just met her!

Posted by: Rimshot at September 14, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)

200 All kidding aside, these guys who go out and service the worn-out clappers on those buoy bells are risking their lives for safer navigation for all of us. Hats off to them.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 10:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

201 I'm opening a file on you people!
Posted by: Weasel

*makes "call me" gesture*
-- Bob at NSA

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

202 Evansville is close to KY and thus to Bourbon heaven. Bloomington looked nice too, drove through there a couple of years a go.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 14, 2026 10:09 AM (xcxpd)

Bloomington WAS nice. 30 years ago. Best friend moved there with his family a while back. Hive of scum and villainy, it is now. Libs own it. Attempt no landings there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 10:18 AM (Y/06r)

203 All kidding aside, these guys who go out and service the worn-out clappers on those buoy bells are risking their lives for safer navigation for all of us. Hats off to them.
Posted by: gp

Do they use buoy knives?

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

204 One wave to rule them all.

Posted by: Tolkien at September 14, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)

205 200 All kidding aside, these guys who go out and service the worn-out clappers on those buoy bells are risking their lives for safer navigation for all of us. Hats off to them.
Posted by: gp

Thieves, vandals, targeted all the copper clappers. They're made out of cast iron now.

Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down at September 14, 2026 10:19 AM (Fn+3X)

206 The Copper Clapper Caper

Posted by: Just The Facts at September 14, 2026 10:20 AM (hefYs)

207 Just arriving to the HQ I am amazed that we are still talking about the Art on the Art Thread at 185 comments! Nicely chosen, CBD !
Posted by: tubal

Considering that there are no boobs visible in the art, that s extraordinary.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

208 203 Ha!

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 10:20 AM (Jr5Lq)

209
Considering that there are no boobs visible in the art, that s extraordinary.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)


Are you still on your titty hiatus?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 10:21 AM (ccf/V)

210 And from the archives, one of my all-time personal favorites:

HARBOR LOVE

While crossing the bay in my dory
I saw a seabird in all of its glory
It swerved around my boat
And ran into a harbor float
'Twas a classic "Buoy Meets Gull" story.

Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 10:21 AM (qgHp7)

211 They're looking for a deep spot to dump the corpse.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 14, 2026 10:22 AM (MDua2)

212 Are you still on your titty hiatus?
Posted by: Sponge

Nah. That was just on 9/11. I'm back in full boob mode now.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

213 Cormorants can really shit up a buoy, let me tell you...

Posted by: Ol' Cap From Bleak Hill at September 14, 2026 10:23 AM (Fn+3X)

214 Cormorants can really shit up a buoy, let me tell you...
Posted by: Ol' Cap From Bleak Hill

Yeah, they're horrible birds. Unlike us.
-- Penguins everywhere

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

215 Nice! But to stay true to the tune, he shouldn't be driving it.
Posted by: Doof at September 14, 2026 10:13 AM

That was my first thought. It was an SUV, though, and I couldn't tell if someone was being driven or not.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 10:25 AM (bFu5X)

216 209
Considering that there are no boobs visible in the art, that s extraordinary.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)


Are you still on your titty hiatus?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 10:21 AM (ccf/V)

Dome years back had a coworker who discovered a website named Big Naturals. He became rather obsessed with the site and rather an acolyte and evangelist for it. Became rather annoying about it, actually.

Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 10:25 AM (Gqar8)

217
Cormorants can really shit up a buoy, let me tell you...
Posted by: Ol' Cap From Bleak Hill at September 14, 2026 10:23 AM (Fn+3X)



Yeah, whatever.

Posted by: The sea lion lounging on your sailboat's transom at September 14, 2026 10:25 AM (sTGas)

218 Claude Cooper, kleptomaniac, copped the clean copper clappers in the caper

Posted by: Just The Facts at September 14, 2026 10:26 AM (hefYs)

219 Looked closer at the art. It's a group of gays on a festive boat ride. And they're all looking intently at the bouy. Seriously.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 10:26 AM (g8Ew8)

220 203 All kidding aside, these guys who go out and service the worn-out clappers on those buoy bells are risking their lives for safer navigation for all of us. Hats off to them.
Posted by: gp

----------

Claude Clapper and his Copper Clapper Crew.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2026 10:26 AM (wpRMV)

221
Saw "Hope"(2026) yesterday.

It's a Korean horror/SF movie that was popular in Korea earlier this year made by Na Hong-jin, the same guy who wrote/directed "The Chaser" and "The Wailing". Both of which are pretty great.

Eh, "Hope" wasn't particularly good.

It could easily lose 30-40 minutes and be much better, but still not very good.

The plot concerns some hunters and police in a small seaside Korean village trying to stop/hunt down Alien Folk who are killing people.

Basically, the movie comes to no end and is borderline nonsense at the conclusion.

This clearly an unfinished story and part 2 if greenly will tell the aliens side of the story.

The humans are often depicted a as dickweeds so, you can probably figure out where that's going.

Not worth seeing on the big screen. See it online when it starts streaming if you wish, but-

Meh. Very meh. You have been warned.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 14, 2026 10:27 AM (iJfKG)

222 Those aren't buoys.

Posted by: Raquel W at September 14, 2026 10:27 AM (R0XxO)

223 I simply can't compass a protracted discussion of Ruler Art...

Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 10:28 AM (qgHp7)

224 Extremely rare E Power Biggs recording. Only known performance in which he keeps the volume under 130dB:
youtube.com/watch?v=CEIwHWE6ZwA

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 10:28 AM (Jr5Lq)

225 >>It's a group of gays on a festive boat ride.

I say again -- Titan Uranus.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 14, 2026 10:28 AM (J4Dwc)

226 Mmmmmm.....big naturals........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 10:29 AM (ccf/V)

227 223 I simply can't compass a protracted discussion of Ruler Art...
Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 10:28 AM (qgHp7)

We may be in for a protracted discussion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2026 10:29 AM (Y/06r)

228 Ok.

Off to work.

Be excellent to each other.

Desimate all others.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 10:30 AM (ccf/V)

229 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2026 10:31 AM (bFu5X)

230 I simply can't compass a protracted discussion of Ruler Art...
Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 10:28 AM (qgHp7)

We may be in for a protracted discussion.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

There are rules against it, but we may let them slide.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

231 The irony BURNS worse than any case of the clap.
Eras ilegal? Jajajajajajaja

Person ‘illegally entered’ Malibu property of Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff

“Last night, security personnel stopped an individual who illegally entered Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff’s property before the individual reached the home,” Eduard Negrón, the spokesperson, said.

https://tinyurl.com/4zczr4ev

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 10:32 AM (AXBJa)

232 would hang

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2026 10:32 AM (5rh/l)

233 230 I simply can't compass a protracted discussion of Ruler Art...
Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 10:28 AM (qgHp7)

We may be in for a protracted discussion.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

There are rules against it, but we may let them slide.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

This does not compute.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 10:33 AM (g8Ew8)

234
Bloomington WAS nice. 30 years ago. Best friend moved there with his family a while back. Hive of scum and villainy, it is now. Libs own it. Attempt no landings there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
-----

IN? IU is there, thus, like any University town it is tainted.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 10:33 AM (XeU6L)

235 224 Extremely rare E Power Biggs recording. Only known performance in which he keeps the volume under 130dB:
youtube.com/watch?v=CEIwHWE6ZwA
Posted by: gp

Ah, the E. Power Biggs vs. Virgil Fox Organ Wars have begun!

Posted by: Pumped! at September 14, 2026 10:34 AM (Fn+3X)

236 STARBOARD!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (/QciJ)

Sorry, Nurse. The sailboat is definitely on Port Tack.

Posted by: RI Red at September 14, 2026 10:34 AM (Edxq2)

237
I saw Titty Hiatus open for Vampire Weekend at Austin in 2013.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 14, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

238 They're all looking at that buoy, thinking "Maybe we should have looked before throwing Tim overboard. We'd have seen that dang thing and he wouldn't have hit his head and sunk. Well, no one will ever really see that blood smear."

(Yes, I might have watched a lot of movies/tv about rich people trying to get away with crimes.)

Posted by: GWB at September 14, 2026 10:36 AM (kU0PQ)

239 I simply can't compass a protracted discussion of Ruler Art...
Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 10:28 AM (qgHp7)

We may be in for a protracted discussion.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

There are rules against it, but we may let them slide.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

This does not compute.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
-------

It's a diagramatical discussion.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 10:36 AM (XeU6L)

240 No human being is illegal, Mr. & Mrs Emhoffharris should open their spacious and commodious lodgings to those less privileged and fortunate. They have so much, and others have so little

Posted by: Just The Facts at September 14, 2026 10:37 AM (hefYs)

241 >> I say again -- Titan Uranus.

Titan is around Saturn. Uranus biggest moon is Titania. So, Titania Uranus.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 10:37 AM (w6EFb)

242 Art thread adjacent. About ten years ago Lawrence Block edited a book of short stories from various writers based on Hopper paintings. The title is "In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper". Used copies are available for a few dollars.
Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2026

***
I'd love to get my hands on a copy of that. Did someone do a story based on this painting?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:39 AM (wzUl9)

243
Sorry, Nurse. The sailboat is definitely on Port Tack.
Posted by: RI Red
-------

Stand by to jibe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 10:39 AM (XeU6L)

244
In the not making it up category, one of the minor moons of Uranus, just little dinky rocks really, is named Margaret.

Margaret circles Uranus.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 10:39 AM (w6EFb)

245 Alternate title:

"Robert Wagner, Natalie Woods, Christopher Walken, and newcomer Rock Spauldington Are Tired of Playing Strip Poker, So Decide to Start Playing OverBoard Poker."

Posted by: naturalfake at September 14, 2026 10:39 AM (iJfKG)

246 Sorta funny story- Past supervisor where I used to work was a notorious drunk. Took one of our boats out one night for dubious purposes, and was found the next morning clinging to a channel buoy. He was replaced by another notorious drunk, who at least had sense enough not to operate boats while intoxicated.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 14, 2026 10:40 AM (QaH55)

247 236 STARBOARD!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (/QciJ)
*
Sorry, Nurse. The sailboat is definitely on Port Tack.
Posted by: RI Red at September 14, 2026

***
It's heeling to starboard, looks to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)

248 I'm plumb tired of Ruler Art. The whole conversation is a bubble off.

Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 10:40 AM (qgHp7)

249 There are rules against it, but we may let them slide.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026
*
This does not compute.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
-------
It's a diagramatical discussion.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026

***
Darn triggernometry!
( -- Jethro Bodine

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:41 AM (wzUl9)

250 Extremely rare E Power Biggs recording. Only known performance in which he keeps the volume under 130dB:
----
He is often referred to as 'Extra Powerful Big'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 10:42 AM (XeU6L)

251 Where's the Lido Deck? I was promised a Lido Deck!!

Posted by: Cap'n Bill Kristol at September 14, 2026 10:43 AM (BrjrD)

252 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. What have I missed?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 14, 2026 10:43 AM (2WIwB)

253 Capn: "Ahoy, the buoy!"
Buoy: "Ding. Ding!"
Capn: "Heave to, or we will open fire upon you!"
Buoy: "Ding. ... Ding."
Capn: "Anybody here speak Chinese?"

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 10:44 AM (Jr5Lq)

254 Darn triggernometry!

********

Don't make me trot out the old "squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the squaws on the other two hides" limerick!

Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 10:45 AM (qgHp7)

255 241 >> I say again -- Titan Uranus.

Attempt no landing there.

Posted by: Aliens who are not into Butt Stuff at September 14, 2026 10:45 AM (BrjrD)

256 Where's the Lido Deck? I was promised a Lido Deck!!
Posted by: Cap'n Bill Kristol at September 14, 2026

***
"Lido missed the boat that day he left the shack,
But that was all he missed, and he ain't comin' back.
At a tombstone bar in a juke joint car, he made a stop
Just long enough to grab a handle off the top . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:47 AM (wzUl9)

257 I don't see any cats/

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 10:47 AM (viF8m)

258
Relevant Sound EFX Courtesy of XTC:

https://tinyurl.com/4arf2xrs

Posted by: naturalfake at September 14, 2026 10:48 AM (iJfKG)

259 >>Where's the Lido Deck? I was promised a Lido Deck!!

Lido missed the boat that day he left the shack


Whoa o o o

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 10:49 AM (viF8m)

260 Now that I think about it, WS gave it as "boo-y."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

Growing up in Vancouver, it was "boy" for me. Used to go fishing out by the bell buoy that marked shoal water near Point Grey.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 10:50 AM (1z8ji)

261 I speak Jibe!

Posted by: Barbara Billingsley at September 14, 2026 10:51 AM (MDua2)

262 I speak Jibe!
Posted by: Barbara Billingsley



Golf clap.

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 10:52 AM (AXBJa)

263 The sailboat is definitely on Port Tack.

Posted by: RI Red at September 14, 2026 10:34 AM (Edxq2)

And a pretty uncomfortable one. She must be wallowing all over the place.

Yuck.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 14, 2026 10:52 AM (k5CNB)

264 In the not making it up category, one of the minor moons of Uranus, just little dinky rocks really, is named Margaret.

Margaret circles Uranus.
Posted by: publius



Better than Bobby.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 10:53 AM (AXBJa)

265 242 ... "I'd love to get my hands on a copy of that. Did someone do a story based on this painting?"

Wolfus,
I have it as an ebook (the Kindle price is a lot more than when I got my copy) and just checked the table of contents. Today's painting wasn't used. I recall I really enjoyed it and may spring for a used hardcover version. Each story is preceded by a decent copy of the painting it is based on. I suspect you would enjoy it.

Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2026 10:53 AM (yTvNw)

266 Catboats don't wallow. They purr.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 10:53 AM (viF8m)

267 Growing up in Vancouver, it was "boy" for me. Used to go fishing out by the bell buoy that marked shoal water near Point Grey.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 10:50 AM (1z8ji)

I take it as you're not Scottish.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 14, 2026 10:54 AM (g8Ew8)

268 Catboats don't wallow. They purr.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 10:53 AM (viF8m)

Ooph!

It is one of my least favorite designs. Do they have a lot of them around you?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 14, 2026 10:54 AM (k5CNB)

269 FWIW, Google Translate sez that "ding" in Chinese means "ding." Those people are inscrutable.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 10:55 AM (Jr5Lq)

270

A Donald Trump-appointed judge blocked the mail-in ballot rule issued by the U.S. Postal Service last month, asserting the USPS likely exceeded its authority.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols of the District of Columbia issued an opinion late Sunday night that found the Postal Service rule would “exceed any conception of the outer bounds” of the agency’s authority, and that it does not have a role in elections.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 10:56 AM (Cqx++)

271 The Reverend Talarico sermonizes.

Team Talarico@TeamTalaricoHQ@JamesTalarico
: Scripture tells us that you can’t love God and hate other people. You can’t love God and abuse the immigrant. You can’t love God and oppress the poor. Matthew 25 tells us Christians exactly how we’re going to be judged — by feeding the hungry, by healing the sick, by welcoming the stranger.

I often wonder what would Jesus do if he visited the US Senate. I think he would tell the senators on the floor, ‘Depart from me, for I was hungry and you cut my food assistance. I was sick and you kicked me off Medicaid. I was a stranger and you deported me and my family.’

And then I think he would flip over those fancy desks on the floor of the US Senate and demand that we take care of all of our neighbors — especially the least of these.

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Blessed is Big Government for it is the end all and be all of everything.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)

272 >>It is one of my least favorite designs. Do they have a lot of them around you?

Used to. Not as much anymore.

Tons of them around the inside of the Cape and South Shore. They are well suited to areas with a lot of shoals.

Not my cup of tea but they are pretty.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

273 Wolfus,
I have it as an ebook (the Kindle price is a lot more than when I got my copy) and just checked the table of contents. Today's painting wasn't used. I recall I really enjoyed it and may spring for a used hardcover version. Each story is preceded by a decent copy of the painting it is based on. I suspect you would enjoy it.
Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2026 \

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Block is one of my favorite writers, and I suspect that works he would pick on any theme would be fascinating to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:57 AM (wzUl9)

274 Now it sez "ding" means "certainly."

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 10:57 AM (Jr5Lq)

275 Not my cup of tea but they are pretty.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

I remember similar designs in the Outer Islands of the Bahamas. Lots of shallow-water sailing there.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 14, 2026 10:59 AM (k5CNB)

276 FWIW, Google Translate sez that "ding" in Chinese means "ding." Those people are inscrutable.
Posted by: gp

A "ding" or "ting" is a type of ancient Chinese bowl.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

277 STARBOARD!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (/QciJ)
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Sorry, Nurse. The sailboat is definitely on Port Tack.
Posted by: RI Red at September 14, 2026

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It's heeling to starboard, looks to me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)

Nautical Lesson Approaching. Give way.

If the wind is first coming over the port side of the boat, it is on port tack. When sailing straight down wind, whichever side the boom is not on is considered the side over which the wind is coming. Thus, one could change tack without changing direction, merely by bringing the boom and sail across to the other side - technically a jibe, since the bow is not passing through the direction of the wind.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: RI Red at September 14, 2026 10:59 AM (Edxq2)

278 Fine. Just fine. You all just go right ahead and accept the ridiculous waves. Were they painted with a ruler? Is ruler art a thing now?
Posted by: Weasel at September 14, 2026 10:00 AM (uLrcL)

A ground swell is waves kicked up by a storm a long ways distant, and not by local winds. You can have a ground swell on a dead-calm day, wind wise.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 10:59 AM (1z8ji)

279 >>I remember similar designs in the Outer Islands of the Bahamas. Lots of shallow-water sailing there.

Yep. Purpose built.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 11:00 AM (viF8m)

280 248 I'm plumb tired of Ruler Art. The whole conversation is a bubble off.
Posted by: muldoon at September 14, 2026 10:40 AM (qgHp7)

What a vial thing to say!

Posted by: Rex B at September 14, 2026 11:00 AM (jiOR7)

281 Extremely rare E Power Biggs recording. Only known performance in which he keeps the volume under 130dB:
youtube.com/watch?v=CEIwHWE6ZwA
Posted by: gp

Well, his momma didn't name him Power for nothing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 11:01 AM (ndZc7)

282 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

283 No mention of Gimme Dat Ding?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 11:03 AM (Cqx++)

284 273 ... "Block is one of my favorite writers, and I suspect that works he would pick on any theme would be fascinating to me."

I agree and I've been in a mood for some not-too-heavy mysteries. Just ordered a used hardcover edition. Like Sherlock Holmes stories, this is the kind of reading I want in my hand, not on a screen.

Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2026 11:06 AM (yTvNw)

285 Where's the Lido Deck? I was promised a Lido Deck!!
Posted by: Cap'n Bill Kristol at September 14, 2026 10:43 AM (BrjrD)

You got nice butt on a redhead in a bikini. I'd be happy with that.

Oh, wait, I see the name now....

Posted by: GWB at September 14, 2026 11:22 AM (kU0PQ)

286 Always lovely colors in his paintings.

The loneliness of young socialists.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 14, 2026 11:26 AM (NFX2v)

287 It looks a bit like a Freedom Sloop but the rudder seems off.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 12:08 PM (4NO2D)

The Morning Report — 9/ 14 /26

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Good morning kids. Hope you all had a pleasant, relaxing weekend as we paused to reflect and remember the horrific attack on America 25 years ago last Friday. In many ways we are still dealing with both the root cause and the political/cultural reverberations of 9/11, as we'll delve into in a moment.

But for now I and my fellow sane residents of my state of Wisconsin are breathing a sigh of relief.

“God was watching over us tonight.” That’s how Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany described surviving a plane crash Saturday night that ended with him swimming out of a sinking aircraft in Lake Wausau. . . An experience like this reminds you just how precious life is.”

Of course, Madison being one of the evil wellsprings from whence the toxic poison of progressivism emerged and continues to rot away at Wisconsin but the entire nation, as it was an epicenter of the 2020 election theft. Hoping and praying that this incident was perhaps a harbinger of good things and miracles come November for my home state and for the nation as a whole.

And all things considered, we as a nation and society are going to need a run of miracles if we are to survive.

Yeah, elections sure do have consequences. Given the moribund state of the Republican Party in New York City, two socialists, Darializa Avila-Chevalier and Claire Valdez, are virtually certain to enter the House of Representatives next January, and they’re already excitedly making plans for the damage they’re going to do to the nation’s largest city, and the nation as a whole, once they get there... Now, why would a couple of socialists, one of whom (Avila-Chevalier) is a convert to Islam, want to deny the city that sustained the largest jihad terror attack in the history of this country funding to protect itself from further such attacks? Avila-Chevalier has so much contempt for the United States that on Dec. 23, 2019, she wrote: “I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me.” She followed this message with a happy-face emoji.

Well, I'm no longer a resident of New York City and State so that's a minor miracle, at least for now given the Democrats' virtual stranglehold on the Badger State. Then again, sooner or later there may be no place left for any of us to run and hide.

Shelly Headen is running for North Carolina House of Representatives District 62. She believes that Trump supporters belong in Dachau’s crematoria, like Jews during WWII. She posed in front of a backdrop of the actual ovens. Shelly was smiling. She has made similar comments that advocate for attacks on U.S. soil and violence against political opponents. She loves her violence. There is a 2024 Guilford County Sheriff’s Office incident report identifying Headen as a suspect in domestic physical assaults. One alleged assault was against her husband. Now she’s apologizing for her social media posts but also says she doesn’t recall making them. It’s a case of I didn’t do it, but I apologize for it. With some of her posts now deleted, we don’t know the full scope of her malice.

Posing in front of Dachau and wishing your political opponents, who are viewed as an existential threat to life, the planet and "democracy" are shoved into the gas chambers. Considering what happened to poor Charlie Kirk, what nearly happened on at least three separate occasions to President Trump and what happened to America's cities in the summer of 2020 and to churches, synagogues, schools and individuals at the hands of anti-semites, transexuals and abortionists for years now, I take these fiends at their word. The dehumanizing verbiage against us makes it that much easier to hurl the molotov cocktails and bricks, pull the triggers and ultimately send us to the ovens as this evil subhuman slag from North Carolina, and far too many like her in and out of office desire.

On these and all the other horrendous news we have, I bid you all to have a good day.

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 14, 2026 07:20 AM (I43vL)

2 Good morning morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

3 Happy Monday

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:22 AM (/+uur)

4 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

5 ...I take these fiends at their word.
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Me too. I wish there was some easy way of identifying them. Perhaps they all gather together in one place, or attend meetings together. Maybe they all belong to a single organization.

Oh, well, nothing we can do.
-GOP

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

6 What is wrong with this Shelly Headen?? I find this very depressing… and disgusting… and… I don’t know about human nature sometimes.

Thank you JJ! The MR is always great (sometimes a jarring reminder of reality)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 14, 2026 07:26 AM (M+uMR)

7 Bring back the ovens, says a Democrat candidate

Republican Women: "I'm baking a pie in the oven."
Democrat Women: "Get into the oven, you racist, misogynistic pig!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 07:26 AM (l3cgK)

8 Good Morning

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 07:27 AM (9U0Wy)

9 jim (in Kalifornia)

The executive summary, right there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

10 Everything the Left Doesn't Like Is Hitler

Also, everything the Left wants to do to Joos and us is like Hitler...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 07:27 AM (l3cgK)

11 Good morning again!

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 07:28 AM (BpO1e)

12 Your new pop-up ads that cover the entirety of the page, have become the bane of my existence. Click on a video, wah-lah! You miss the first 5 seconds trying to tap the ridiculously small close tab. Please, do better.

Posted by: Riddle at September 14, 2026 07:28 AM (EagFv)

13 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

14 Riddle

Ad Block Plus.

ace said he talked to his advertising manager three weeks about this. Drop him a line. and hit the tip jar.

I guess ace outsources everything but his content, which seems to get better every year.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

15 I used to have a different nic

How are you doing? Have the test shown remission?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

16 We Are No Safer 25 Years After 9/11

A problem with an easy solution that would make most people a touch squeamish. The problem is we let their voices matter.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 07:33 AM (BpO1e)

17 "Could At Least This One Leftist Politician Actually Face Justice?"

Sure, and Elon could give me all his money.

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at September 14, 2026 07:34 AM (MWfyi)

18 Three Charged for Using Homeless to Forge Voter Signatures in LA.

Not surprised by the fraud, but that someone was actually charged...now, lets see if they'll be convicted and sentenced.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 07:35 AM (l3cgK)

19 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 07:35 AM (xretu)

20 Doog
@doogadoo11
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Follow
I'll be the first to admit the GOP has been shit

But Trump has been amazing

And that's why I will Vote Red up and down the ballot in November

I want to position him for as much success as possible during his final two years
6:07 AM · Sep 13, 2026
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If even one house flips in November, these were the final two years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

21 Happy Monday!

>>Posing in front of Dachau and wishing your political opponents, who are viewed as anexistential threat to life, the planet and "democracy" are shoved into the gas chambers.


Has this made national news?
Has she dropped out of the race in shame?

Seems the MSM and politicians who label conservatives have no recognition of what a true Nazi was - the person who easily admits wanting to exterminate millions.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 07:38 AM (rOKnE)

22 tom homan has confirmed that there is a criminal investigation into illhan omar over her immigration stuff.


I know nothing is going to happen but it would be great to see her sent back to somalia.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 14, 2026 07:39 AM (I43vL)

23 19 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 07:35 AM (xretu)

JJ and the Horde...what a great name for a band...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 07:39 AM (l3cgK)

24 Not surprised by the fraud, but that someone was actually charged...now, lets see if they'll be convicted and sentenced.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Not likely.

Posted by: Judge Kahmaheamahea at September 14, 2026 07:40 AM (9U0Wy)

25 We Are No Safer 25 Years After 9/11

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I'm going to argue we are much less safe. One look at the explosion of islam into this country is all I need to see to know we've imported the madness and savagery right onto our own front porch.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 14, 2026 07:43 AM (qBdHI)

26 The Charlie Kirk litmus test not only reveals how someone feels about Kirk.

Posted by: fd at September 14, 2026 07:45 AM (MWfyi)

27 Morning, news people,

I've finally seen what Lindsay Clancy looks like. Geez. Physiognomy is real. Give her only a few more years, and if she lived in France in 1300, she'd be known as "Old Mother Clancy" and denounced as a witch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:46 AM (wzUl9)

28 Democrats need to be forced to take a position: do they stand with America, or do they stand with anti-American terrorists and terrorist sympathizers?
--John Hinderaker
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*clutches pearls*

Can we really say that? The other ladies on the county committee really don't like that sort of thing.

Posted by: Maryann Cuthbertson-Klein from Groton at September 14, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

29 are we quite certain that what happened to Tom Tiffany was an accident ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 07:46 AM (VyBeY)

30 Willowed: I'm now reminded of a video clip where an influencer arrived in London and was filming things on his phone only to have it quickly stolen by a migrant of indeterminate ethnic origin.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026

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I can name that ethnic origin in three notes!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:47 AM (wzUl9)

31 Watched "The Path to 9/11" this weekend - it was posted on X. Good reminder of how we got there, and also what weasels the Clintons were (and no doubt those that followed that horrific attack).

Think there will be any political reaction to the 9/11 family members demanding Trump be the POTUS that finally releases the documents on Saudi Arabia's involvement, which all previous ones have refused to do?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 07:48 AM (rOKnE)

32 Everything the Left Doesn't Like Is Hitler

Which is ironic give how many of the Nazi's policies they support.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

33 Not only are we much less safe, our government has been terrorized into compliance with our destructors.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

34 {{{ Lady in Black }}}

I worry about our government more than Islamics. All the actions about COVID-19 Wuhan killed and damaged many more people. They are unpunished actions. The inner decision makers that planned this out wanted us very dead, and are planning again.

It was a wake-up call, and trust from informed people dropped.

With Islamics, the Second Amendment gives the people at large an abundance of tools.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

35 As for Nixon's unpaid federal student loan debt, she says she won't repay it. In October 2023, when Congress ended the pandemic-era student loan moratorium, Nixon, a University of Florida graduate, declared on Facebook she was "above" paying back her educational debts.
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What a crook.

And Florida Democrats will vote for her blindly.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 07:48 AM (db6UU)

36 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 07:48 AM (77rzZ)

37 right with you on that , LiB; "much less safe" for sure.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 07:49 AM (VyBeY)

38 >> Democrats need to be forced to take a position: do they stand with America, or do they stand with anti-American terrorists and terrorist sympathizers?
--John Hinderaker


Heck, we can't even get Republicans to speak out against legal immigration causing significant ethnic replacement in Texas.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 07:49 AM (rOKnE)

39 what SFp said!

"If even one house flips in November, these were the final two years."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 07:50 AM (VyBeY)

40 I came across some self described "conservative watchdogs" on the socials who claim Shelly Headen is clinically insane.

She's the one running for office in NC.

True or not, there's increasing evidence to support that many now seeking office are, in fact, mentally ill. And many are, not surprising, women.

Make of that what you will. Inmates running the asylum is, apparently, real life.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 14, 2026 07:50 AM (2Cry5)

41 So the Democrat Party withdrew its support from that vile, hideous creature named Shelly Headen. I started seeing this story come out over the weekend and while I'm thoroughly numbed by the Left's sickening and demonic nature, I have to admit I was stunned at this woman and what she said. It's so unconscionable, it's hard to believe it's real. There isn't an asylum big enough to hold all of these mad dogs. And the picture of her at Dachau, in front of the ovens...SMILING like she's at some roadside park scenic view is simply unbelievable. Just u-n-r-e-a-l.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 14, 2026 07:50 AM (qBdHI)

42 Morning Horde. Time to get up, get a walk in, then continue job searching and try to schedule fingerprinting to be a substitute teacher until a job comes through. Also need to poke recruiters who are supposedly waiting for client response.

Keep praying, please - I'm pretty sure it's helping. A couple of good possibilities this week but it's all preliminary stuff unless the one place gets back to me.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 14, 2026 07:51 AM (aJQbY)

43 Which is ironic give how many of the Nazi's policies they support.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

1. Total government control.
2. You can only raise your family according to what the government says.
3. Hatred of Jews to the point you want them all dead.

Yep. All that the Dems are missing are a catchy song and fashionable uniforms.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 07:51 AM (BpO1e)

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2026 07:52 AM (ZxPkt)

45 Is the "Max Brooks" in this roundup the son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:53 AM (wzUl9)

46 We had a thunderstorm roll through this morning scaring my dogs. I turned the tv on for them while i was in the shower to cover for the noise. Netflix "Our Oceans" is what I turned it to. The narrator's voice caught my attention and I wanted to puke. F'ing Obama. I turned the channel very quickly. To this day the sound of his voice makes me ill.

Posted by: Molly k. at September 14, 2026 07:53 AM (j/yko)

47 Should we dismantle a super-valuable law enforcement tool just because it’s theoretically possible to abuse it?

Theoretically? There have been dozens of cases, so far, and the people with the power to look further into the matter haven't even started to do so. Every power, every tool, given to the government is not only theoretically possible to abuse, they've all been abused. Every single one.

If you want to defend flock cameras then you need to show that it can do something, something needful, which cannot be done otherwise, not just that it allows the police to look at things so quickly that they have plenty of free time on their hands with which to violate your constitutional rights.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)

48 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 07:54 AM (AXBJa)

49 I used to have a different nic

If we can not put criminals in PYITA prison, surveillance is useless, from a good of society viewpoint. The Justice system is the weak link here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

50 >I have to admit I was stunned at this woman and what she said. It's so unconscionable, it's hard to believe it's real.

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a common trait of people on the Left is that they have no internal 'filter' for what comes out of their mouths- no tiny internal voice asking 'should I really say these words?'

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2026 07:55 AM (ZxPkt)

51 Finally, the bill mandates structural transparency and modern digital access, forcing the agency to respect taxpayers’ time and rights. Re-establishing the mandatory annual Tax Complexity Report requires the Treasury Department to publicly account for the federal tax code’s immense compliance costs—currently exceeding 6.9 billion hours annually

6900000000 / 2000
3,450,000
3 and a half million man years to do our taxes EVERY FRICKIN YEAR.
@ $60k/year thats 207,000,000,000 COST TO COMPLY
Basically the revenue of a Cigna sized corp.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:55 AM (/+uur)

52 Should we dismantle a super-valuable law enforcement tool just because it’s theoretically possible to abuse it?

Theoretically? There have been dozens of cases, so far, and the people with the power to look further into the matter haven't even started to do so. Every power, every tool, given to the government is not only theoretically possible to abuse, they've all been abused. Every single one.

If you want to defend flock cameras then you need to show that it can do something, something needful, which cannot be done otherwise, not just that it allows the police to look at things so quickly that they have plenty of free time on their hands with which to violate your constitutional rights.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


Nailed it. 🎯🎯🎯

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 07:55 AM (AXBJa)

53 I’d like to get a refund. My student loans were completely repaid, decades early.

Maybe Mr. Trump or somebody could look into this. Certainly, I could use the money.

What a Chump I’ve been. Paying bills on time, paying taxes, trying to stay on the straight and narrow.

These people are just rancid and poisonous.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 07:57 AM (rQ950)

54 The Bush family was beholden to the Saudis but so were we because of our oil dependence.

For the record, nearly all the 9/11 perpetrators were fanatical Saudis, Bin Laden included. Awkward.

Our oil dependence shaped our foreign policy for decades, but no longer.

Much credit goes to George P. Mitchell, the Father of Fracking. Most Americans have never heard of him.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 14, 2026 07:57 AM (dtajH)

55 Everything the Left Doesn't Like Is Hitler



Because they are children cosplaying at being adults.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 07:57 AM (AXBJa)

56 Should we dismantle a super-valuable law enforcement tool just because it’s theoretically possible to abuse it?

Theoretically?

Come on, JJ. You're better than that.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 07:58 AM (gLYp7)

57 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the G20 this month that America would have 80 percent of the world’s computing power by 2028, so it stands to reason China wants to slow us down.

No wonder David Sacks, chairman of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, suggests the latest Anthropic doom-fest is an “election season psy-op.”

Of course Barack Obama is involved. The former president and back-room Machiavelli “has taken a special interest in AI in recent years, and has offered himself as a sounding board to industry leaders.

Progressives hate Progress

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:58 AM (/+uur)

58 In many ways we are still dealing with both the root cause and the political/cultural reverberations of 9/11 ...

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"I'll take 'Islam and The French Revolution' for $64 trillion, Alex!"

Posted by: ShainS at September 14, 2026 07:58 AM (JqXxE)

59 Why isn't there a flock camera trained on the primary entrances of every elected official's home, with the web address of each publicly available?
If they're not doing anything wrong they have nothing to fear.

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 14, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)

60 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 07:59 AM (ccf/V)

61
Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 07:59 AM (ccf/V)

62 I have to admit I was stunned at this woman and what she said. It's so unconscionable, it's hard to believe it's real.

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a common trait of people on the Left is that they have no internal 'filter' for what comes out of their mouths- no tiny internal voice asking 'should I really say these words?'
Posted by: Don Black


Not trying to reopen a can of worms, but this comment coming out of the Lindsay Clancy juror's mouth:

"He had the hardest time getting off the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children"

Bitch, do you hear what you just said? How do you not realize that's an "own goal"?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 08:00 AM (AXBJa)

63 I gotta ask

Good idea.

Oh wait. I am considering a write-in campaign for a local office.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

64 Should we dismantle a super-valuable law enforcement tool just because it’s theoretically possible to abuse it?

Theoretically?

Come on, JJ. You're better than that.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 07:58 AM (gLYp7)
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That's the subtitle of the linked article...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 08:00 AM (FZ29D)

65 How are you doing? Have the test shown remission?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

The side effects have subsided. I don't have my first blood test until next month. I think that's just for a starting point. I don't expect any 'news' for at least six months. Apparently it takes somewhere between 18 months to say maybe success and 7 years to say not success.

Fortunately, I don't have anything else on my schedule.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

66 $17,600 in unpaid federal student loans.

I had 25K in loans and knew what I was getting into. "Education should be free"? Sure; but the government gets to decide your major based on how well you test.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 08:01 AM (BpO1e)

67 Of course Barack Obama is involved. The former president and back-room Machiavelli “has taken a special interest in AI in recent years, and has offered himself as a sounding board to industry leaders.

Progressives hate Progress
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:58 AM (/+uur)


WTF does that asshole know about technology? Or running a business.........A sounding board.......What a maroon.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:02 AM (ccf/V)

68 If even one house flips in November, these were the final two years.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

I believe one seat, in New Mexico, has already flipped to the GOP as the Dems didn't get someone on the ballot or something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 08:02 AM (ExV1e)

69 3rd to last link -

The busybody has always played an important, eternal function.
In Defense of Karen and Not Minding Your Own Business

Abner! Read this!

Posted by: Gladys Kravitz at September 14, 2026 08:02 AM (wVcYX)

70 Another thing that made my jaw drop over the weekend was this story posted on the NYPost about some crazy Lindsay Clancy fan mom who has put together a GoFundMe, supposedly for Clancy's parents. It's already over $1.2 million. But you just have to see the "artwork" for the page and prepare to be sickened. It's unbelievable! Poor Lindsay Clancy, head down, hands covering her weeping face, as she's surrounded by women in solidarity, holding hands in a circle of support. I...I...just have no words for these crazy women. They make me sick.

https://tinyurl.com/2wxu37b7

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 14, 2026 08:03 AM (qBdHI)

71 Duel in the Sun w/ Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones is on Movies! I'm struck by how lovely Lillian Gish is even as an older woman. She was 53 when this movie was made, playing a wife in her 60s, and yet you can see in her face how lovely she must have been in her girlhood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 08:03 AM (wzUl9)

72 “I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me.”

----------

After 9/11 it only took another 25 years for "The Religion of Peace" Islamists to conquer NYC.

Knife comes at you fast, infidels ...

Posted by: ShainS at September 14, 2026 08:03 AM (JqXxE)

73 Now she’s apologizing for her social media posts but also says she doesn’t recall making them. It’s a case of I didn’t do it, but I apologize for it. With some of her posts now deleted, we don’t know the full scope of her malice.


She has an issue with hormones and should not be considered eligible for public office. Sorry, ladies. Them's the rules.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:03 AM (ccf/V)

74 Why isn't there a flock camera trained on the primary entrances of every elected official's home, with the web address of each publicly available?
If they're not doing anything wrong they have nothing to fear.
Posted by: I gotta ask


What about Flock cameras trained ONLY on gun stores and their parking lots? Two separate states.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 08:04 AM (AXBJa)

75 ]
What about Flock cameras trained ONLY on gun stores and their parking lots? Two separate states.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 08:04 AM (AXBJa)


If you do that in Indiana, you'll stop all crime in Chicago, they tell me.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:05 AM (ccf/V)

76 Top German Politician Floats Banning Populist AfD After Its Election Win.
==================
Totally normal leftist response: "End elections if voters don't choose us".

Here is our country Democrats rig the vote in advance, avoiding this embarrassment, but it amounts to the same thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 08:05 AM (22dac)

77 Now she’s apologizing for her social media posts but also says she doesn’t recall making them. It’s a case of I didn’t do it, but I apologize for it. With some of her posts now deleted, we don’t know the full scope of her malice.


She has an issue with hormones and should not be considered eligible for public office. Sorry, ladies. Them's the rules.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:03 AM (ccf/V)
========================
Does she have kids? Has anyone checked on them recently?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 08:06 AM (22dac)

78 Fourteen moves in eight days

The psyop to create hysteria to manipulate Congress into regulating AI.

https://x.com/kevinnbass/status/
2098581753975722491

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 08:06 AM (/+uur)

79 What do the bottom German politicians say?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 14, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)

80 Theoretically?

Come on, JJ. You're better than that.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 07:58 AM (gLYp7)

That's a quote from the article, not commentary from JJ.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

81 >>a common trait of people on the Left is that they have no internal 'filter' for what comes out of their mouths- no tiny internal voice asking 'should I really say these words?'


Also, living in a bubble where everyone makes "jokes" and/or exasperated comments like this, so they are totally desensitized to how awful they are being.

Yeah, this happens in all social bubbles, particularly social media, but the extremism it fosters on the Left is frightening!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 08:07 AM (rOKnE)

82 WTF does that asshole know about technology? Or running a business.........A sounding board.......What a maroon.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:02 AM (ccf/V)

...............

Or oceans .....

Posted by: Molly k. at September 14, 2026 08:07 AM (j/yko)

83 Now she’s apologizing for her social media posts but also says she doesn’t recall making them. It’s a case of I didn’t do it, but I apologize for it. With some of her posts now deleted, we don’t know the full scope of her malice.

--

And she even had a company rifle through her social media posts to remove anything questionable before she ran! They must have hated her.

Which leads me to the question of having to hire anyone to clean up your social media posts before you run for office. That's scary to me. "Hide what I really am from the people."

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 14, 2026 08:08 AM (qBdHI)

84
That's a quote from the article, not commentary from JJ.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)


Article? Commentary?

Where is this content of which you speak?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:08 AM (ccf/V)

85 Well, they ARE like Hitler:

https://tinyurl.com/ywwzr6xj

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 14, 2026 08:09 AM (i2Ycu)

86 Where is this content of which you speak?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:08 AM (ccf/V)

Pony up the money for the plastic wrap membership and you can see the content.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

87
Pony up the money for the plastic wrap membership and you can see the content.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)


Oh, well I'm out then.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ccf/V)

88 Well, they ARE like Hitler:

https://tinyurl.com/ywwzr6xj
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 14, 2026 08:09 AM (i2Ycu)
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Appalling.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 08:11 AM (E1om2)

89 Posted by: Gladys Kravitz at September 14, 2026 08:02 AM (wVcYX)
===

After 28 years Mrs. F. has become the Gladys of our neighborhood and thinks "everyone has stolen her" plumber.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

90 Morn' all...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 08:13 AM (+gK6I)

91 Well, they ARE like Hitler:

https://tinyurl.com/ywwzr6xj
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 14, 2026 08:09 AM (i2Ycu)


Where is this 'palestine' of which they desire to free? How is it being held captive?

Last time I drove through Palestine, Texas, it seemed such a nice, peaceful place.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:13 AM (ccf/V)

92 No Actual Science, Technology news over the weekend. Uranus remains on the back burner. I can relax.

Posted by: Dodged Another Bullet at September 14, 2026 08:13 AM (Fn+3X)

93 Charlie Kirk Statue Defaced With Red Paint After Unveiling

But hate has no home here is what I keep hearing.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 08:13 AM (BpO1e)

94 >>"He had the hardest time getting off the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children"

Bitch, do you hear what you just said? How do you not realize that's an "own goal"?


Seems they wanted to do something bigger than decide one case: https://tinyurl.com/35aja2p4

During her next media tour stop, juror Paula Devlin says the mostly female jury knew the Lindsay Clancy trial could create change to “make it better for other women.”

“We knew that this was a turning point, and this would be something that could change something to make it better for other women…”

The idea of activism being the greatest good is a mind cancer.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 08:13 AM (rOKnE)

95 Football season is here.

https://tinyurl.com/mu3d6cd3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 08:14 AM (ndZc7)

96 Bernie Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for AI devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plans
~~ via Pixy
====================
How about that. Bernie Sanders extorting money from AI companies right before our very eyes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 08:14 AM (E1om2)

97 Good morning Horde thx JJ, happy Monday to all

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 14, 2026 08:14 AM (N2HNb)

98
The idea of activism being the greatest good is a mind cancer.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 08:13 AM (rOKnE)


Especially when it involves getting away with murdering your kids because 'vagina.'

Are THESE the TRUE vagina monologues?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:15 AM (ccf/V)

99 Socrates

We have admitted that justice is the excellence of the soul, and injustice the defect of the soul? … Then the just soul and the just man will live well, and the unjust man will live ill? … And he who lives well is blessed and happy, and he who lives ill the reverse of happy? … Then the just is happy, and the unjust miserable?

If this is TRUE for a man, then imagine this applied to an entire society, or culture, or religion.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)

100
“We knew that this was a turning point, and this would be something that could change something to make it better for other women…”

The idea of activism being the greatest good is a mind cancer.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 08:13 AM (rOKnE)

Better for other women ? What... To kill their children ? This sounds like a Greek tragedy...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 08:15 AM (+gK6I)

101 Bernie wants 5% off the top line revenue of all AI so he can do gooder things with it.

hahahahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 08:16 AM (/+uur)

102 Pony up the money for the plastic wrap membership and you can see the content.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


Oh, well I'm out then.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


LOL.

Cardboard credit card can be used as a cardboard membership:

https://tinyurl.com/2b6fxwhf

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 08:16 AM (AXBJa)

103 Lizzy

Wow.

This appears to be not good. Anti-Darwinian, in fact. So much hate there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 08:17 AM (u82oZ)

104 Okay, tell me I'm reading this X message from Dem Candidate Crowley wrong:

I'm grateful to God that Congressman Tiffany and no one else was hurt in this horrifying incident, which could have been a tragedy if not for the heroism of the pilot.

I wish them and the Congressman a quick recovery and that they can find solace with their loved ones.

I read this at Townhall and still can't believe it.

Posted by: mustbequantum at September 14, 2026 08:18 AM (rvoLC)

105 Putin's effect on domestic Russian politics.

https://tinyurl.com/js2u52dy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 08:18 AM (ndZc7)

106 The left has absolutely no sense of humor, and no way any of them laugh at themselves.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 08:18 AM (E1om2)

107
Dang. Back to granny's got her boobs out pop ups.

Posted by: Auspex at September 14, 2026 08:18 AM (Y8DZL)

108 >>Especially when it involves getting away with murdering your kids because 'vagina.'

Are THESE the TRUE vagina monologues?


Ugh, that crap play! It initially included lesbian rape of a minor, but git edited out when people started to notice how creepy that was. Apart from a vagina monologuing. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 08:18 AM (rOKnE)

109 Wish that the FBI and/or Trump would just dump every document about the Obama mid administration. Don't bother with prosecution, DC wouldn't convict

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 14, 2026 08:18 AM (N2HNb)

110 Dang. Back to granny's got her boobs out pop ups.

Posted by: Auspex at September 14, 2026 08:18 AM (Y8DZL)


"I wish I could get implants......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:19 AM (ccf/V)

111 Alice Pearce was the original Gladys Kravitz and never appeared in a color episode of Bewitched. She died of cancer in the Spring of 1966, Bewitched went to color in the Fall of 1966. And she was right! There were very strange goings-on in the Stevens home!

Posted by: Busy-Bodies Unite! at September 14, 2026 08:20 AM (Fn+3X)

112 The debate over surveillance in the public domain has been long over due. I think it's only because of the abuse law enforcement has perpetrated and the resulting legal actions that made people aware.

Flock, and their competitors are one, public facing system. The hidden ones in most retail stores, offices and the like also need to be addressed.

Different rules, I'm sure. But most retail stores have a sign in the window. Flock doesn't. I'm not sure if the pressure should be directed at Flock (and the like) or at the municipal entities putting them up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 14, 2026 08:21 AM (2Cry5)

113 Chatterbox (1979) beat the Vagina Monologues by decades.

Posted by: Bird Is The Word! at September 14, 2026 08:22 AM (Fn+3X)

114 So just watch it!

https://tinyurl.com/2szfvner

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 08:23 AM (ndZc7)

115 Football season is here.

https://tinyurl.com/mu3d6cd3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


1. #4 University of Texas upsetting #1 Ohio State
2. UT being the first team in college football history to rally from 17+ points down in the fourth quarter to win.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 08:23 AM (AXBJa)

116 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at September 14, 2026 08:23 AM (53oGX)

117 Theoretically?

Come on, JJ. You're better than that.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 07:58 AM (gLYp7)

That's a quote from the article, not commentary from JJ.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 14, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

Ah. Thank you for that clarification. Truly.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 14, 2026 08:24 AM (gLYp7)

118 111 Gladys Kravitz as a latter-day Cassandra. Discuss.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 08:24 AM (77rzZ)

119 People with freelance, consulting, or rental income are required by law to pre-pay their federal and state taxes since these taxes are not withdrawn from their paychecks as happens with a W2 job. Taxpayers who can't pay their taxes after they file must enter a repayment plan or face liens, garnishments, or other seizures.

I say we all go to quarterly payments.
JD or Lil Marco should run on that.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur)

120 A small EMP transmitter that can be aimed at surveillance cameras would be a bad idea. We rely on electronics too much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

121 The debate over surveillance in the public domain has been long over due. I think it's only because of the abuse law enforcement has perpetrated and the resulting legal actions that made people aware.

Flock, and their competitors are one, public facing system. The hidden ones in most retail stores, offices and the like also need to be addressed.

Different rules, I'm sure. But most retail stores have a sign in the window. Flock doesn't. I'm not sure if the pressure should be directed at Flock (and the like) or at the municipal entities putting them up.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


Retail stores like 5 Below or Ulta or Target can't track you to Chili's and then on to Academy Sports and then to Kroger.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 08:25 AM (AXBJa)

122
1. #4 University of Texas upsetting #1 Ohio State
2. UT being the first team in college football history to rally from 17+ points down in the fourth quarter to win.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 08:23 AM (AXBJa)

3. Oklahoma State beating #6 Oregon after losing 12 Straight games.
4. Oklahoma, with a Heisman Trophy candidate QB, losing to a Michigan team that took a controversial review and 2nd Hail Mary pass to beat a basically D2 team shortly after the OU coach received ANOTHER contract extension through 2030 giving him over $10m a year.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:27 AM (ccf/V)

123 118 111 Gladys Kravitz as a latter-day Cassandra. Discuss.
Posted by: Bulg

You're just dwelling on one aspect of her character. We had a great relationship and she had many talents I can't discuss on a public blog.

Posted by: Abner Kravitz at September 14, 2026 08:27 AM (Fn+3X)

124 Watching the AI argument is the same as watching crypto. "Regulate us government" is the people involved trying to get an edge. Add in Barky playing punk ass and you know a mess is coming

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 14, 2026 08:27 AM (N2HNb)

125 118 111 Gladys Kravitz as a latter-day Cassandra. Discuss.
Posted by: Bulg

Sgt. Schultz for oracle of Delphi.

Posted by: Auspex at September 14, 2026 08:27 AM (Y8DZL)

126 Add in Barky playing punk ass and you know a mess is coming

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 14, 2026 08:27 AM (N2HNb)


Because everything he touches turns to crap.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:28 AM (ccf/V)

127 >Football season is here.

https://tinyurl.com/mu3d6cd3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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damn
I never laugh this hard so early in the morning

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2026 08:29 AM (ZxPkt)

128 I remember when a random Republican candidate for Rep giving a bag answer on abortion was the campaign issue a few years ago. This woman wanting the Holocaust on her enemies should be in every tv ad from now on

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 08:30 AM (MLtBs)

129 1. #4 University of Texas upsetting #1 Ohio State
2. UT being the first team in college football history to rally from 17+ points down in the fourth quarter to win.
Posted by: rickb223
__________

Texas was a point and half favorite. It wasn't an upset, and they didn't even cover the spread.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 14, 2026 08:30 AM (XvL8K)

130 The idea of activism being the greatest good is a mind cancer

“One person can make a difference. But, they probably shouldn’t.”

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 08:31 AM (rQ950)

131 Time for three Flock cameras outside of Paula Devlin's house.

Posted by: For her safety at September 14, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

132 Brutus Buckeye screwed the pooch Saturday. I gotta good chuckle out of that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 08:31 AM (qZb7K)

133 The answer on cameras should be no sharing with anyone without a warrant. No flock and cvs can't share with Walmart or kroeger or some ad service

Posted by: 18-1 at September 14, 2026 08:32 AM (MLtBs)

134 It's an omlette /eggs thing.

During her next media tour stop, juror Paula Devlin says the mostly female jury knew the Lindsay Clancy trial could create change to “make it better for other women.”

“We knew that this was a turning point, and this would be something that could change something to make it better for other women…”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 08:32 AM (ndZc7)

135 During her next media tour stop, juror Paula Devlin says the mostly female jury knew the Lindsay Clancy trial could create change to “make it better for other women.”

--

Make what better??? Kill children? Fight the "patriarchy?" Improve circumstances on their endless victimhood?

What madness and stupidity.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 14, 2026 08:33 AM (qBdHI)

136 He may actually be a girl.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8bmwyk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 08:36 AM (ndZc7)

137 Let the deranged jurors speak. It's just getting worse for them.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 08:36 AM (qZb7K)

138 Brutus Buckeye screwed the pooch Saturday. I gotta good chuckle out of that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 08:31 AM (qZb7K)


Is Coach Day back on the hotseat again? You'd have to pay me a TON of money to take that suck job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:36 AM (ccf/V)

139 Good morning!

I hope the Hero Lone Juror has some friends that will help him duck the media and loon onslaught that is headed his way.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 14, 2026 08:37 AM (wVcYX)

140 There should be Patriots showing up to flog and berate Paula Devlin every time she dares to leave her house.

Posted by: Shelly Headen, Too. at September 14, 2026 08:38 AM (Fn+3X)

141 34 {{{ Lady in Black }}}

I worry about our government more than Islamics. All the actions about COVID-19 Wuhan killed and damaged many more people. They are unpunished actions. The inner decision makers that planned this out wanted us very dead, and are planning again.

It was a wake-up call, and trust from informed people dropped.

With Islamics, the Second Amendment gives the people at large an abundance of tools.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
========
You need to worry about both. Government Deep Staters plan on using the Musloids to oppress the people of the US. Go to Europe, it becomes apparent. It is a trick old enough that Aristotle describes it, if one is losing a conflict, the best way is to broaden it.

And the left circa Reagan was losing the internal conflict, thus they decided to go abroad to bring in people that would support their view from the Third World where tribalism ruled. Same sort of thing in the Western European democracies.

Oppressing and bankrupting the locals is a job fit for rootless low iq migrants who are often criminals themselves fleeing justice. Leftists really will rule by any means possible even it it reduces society to a dung heap.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 08:38 AM (E4rtv)

142 He may actually be a girl.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8bmwyk
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 08:36 AM (ndZc7)


At least he's ambidextrous and can throw haymakers with both hands.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:38 AM (ccf/V)

143 >>“One person can make a difference. But, they probably shouldn’t.”


"Protest is the greatest form of patriotism"
-- every Lefty freak who throws a tantrum in the streets

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 08:38 AM (rOKnE)

144 Will the Turtle return to the Senate today? This week?

Posted by: Stay Tuned at September 14, 2026 08:39 AM (Fn+3X)

145
"Protest is the greatest form of patriotism"
-- every Lefty freak who throws a tantrum in the streets
Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 08:38 AM (rOKnE)


Unless you're protesting a democrat policy.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:40 AM (ccf/V)

146 Will the Turtle return to the Senate today? This week?
Posted by: Stay Tuned at September 14, 2026 08:39 AM (Fn+3X)

Very Doubtful.

Posted by: Magic 8 Ball at September 14, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX)

147 America Has Not Learned the Right Lessons From Charlie Kirk’s Murder

I said all this "I am Charlie Kirk" was just a nine days' wonder.

Despite how I appear here, I do not really take joy in my predictions coming true.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 14, 2026 08:41 AM (qRla/)

148 Will the Turtle return to the Senate today? This week?
Posted by: Stay Tuned


Ouija Board says "Not Likely" & "Goodbye".

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 08:42 AM (AXBJa)

149 144 Will the Turtle return to the Senate today? This week?
Posted by: Stay Tuned at September 14, 2026 08:39 AM
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Sssshhh, comrade.
If their is anything you need to know about Komissar Turtle, uniparty Politburo will tell it to you.

Posted by: Politburo Pravda at September 14, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)

150 At NYT: "The Quick Sauce That Changed How I Cook"

tl;dr: Ketchup.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 08:42 AM (Jr5Lq)

151 Dangit. Xcancel suspended again, apparently the proceedings *are* ongoing and there's some new wrinkle.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 14, 2026 08:42 AM (aJQbY)

152 147 Hey, MP4, I downloaded the Ripperology magazine and read your column. Very interesting.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 08:43 AM (77rzZ)

153 137 Let the deranged jurors speak. It's just getting worse for them.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
========
Yes and for the leftist activist class in general. This is your brain on leftism sort of public service announcement. Insert image of breaking and frying eggs in a skillet.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 08:44 AM (E4rtv)

154 NC House District 62 is Guilford County (Greensboro). This idiot could easily be elected. Greensboro has one of the highest concentrations of AWFLs in NC. Not to mention Jewish people. The AWFLs agree with her and the Jewish people don’t believe anything negative about any Democrat. Factor in MAGA don’t vote in the midterms and swoop there it is.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at September 14, 2026 08:45 AM (x69Nb)

155 > Will the Turtle return to the Senate today? This week?
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His staff, who are still on the public payroll, will more than likely issue a missive on his behalf.

And continue to vote for him, while collecting a paycheck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 14, 2026 08:45 AM (2Cry5)

156 You know, a small amount of ketchup isn’t bad in casseroles or stews, meatloaf. Good on hashbrowns too.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 08:46 AM (rQ950)

157 So did Mitch address the convention or not?

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

158 Today is National Cream Filled Donut Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 14, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

159 Mitch's chief of staff is the de facto senior Senator from Kentucky

unelected

has been for some time

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2026 08:47 AM (ZxPkt)

160 157 So did Mitch address the convention or not?
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 08:46 AM

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Posted by: RNC at September 14, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

161 153 137 Let the deranged jurors speak. It's just getting worse for them.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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I agree... They are making it clear that they never had any intention of finding Clancy guilty of her crimes...They're the ones who didn't listen to the evidence...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 08:48 AM (+gK6I)

162 "Dangit. Xcancel suspended again,....."

Ya know, all it takes is a email addy and a name but I do admire your steadfast refusal to fork those over.

Keep on keeping on!

Posted by: Will Robinson. at September 14, 2026 08:50 AM (rje/a)

163 158 Today is National Cream Filled Donut Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Want my recipe?

Posted by: Uncle Pervy at September 14, 2026 08:50 AM (Fn+3X)

164
I have a cousin who has long volunteered at a downtown shelter who quit this last weekend. She is looking for people in need to help.

Drugs are essentially free around downtown now, and the city officialdom and law enforcement have elected to actively support the lifestyle.

Posted by: Auspex at September 14, 2026 08:51 AM (Y8DZL)

165 It's long past time for some so-called "journalist" to ask Trump or Thune to discuss the whereabouts and condition of the senior senator from Kentucky.

It's just so damn Soviet.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 14, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)

166 Ketchup is a key ingredient in meat loaf.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 08:51 AM (yvZQo)

167 >>Today is National Cream Filled Donut Day.

I'll take a bismark, thanks!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 08:51 AM (rOKnE)

168
I agree... They are making it clear that they never had any intention of finding Clancy guilty of her crimes...They're the ones who didn't listen to the evidence...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 08:48 AM (+gK6I)


I think the worst part of that whole thing is, the more they speak out, the more you realize they had no understanding what the trial was for and what they were determining.

They actually think were they to grant a not-guilty verdict, she would go free and that's absolutely not the case.

They weren't trying her for murder. She already confessed to murdering those three beautiful children. They were only determining whether she was mentally competent at the time of the murders.

She's still going to a mental institution and is not free to roam.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:52 AM (ccf/V)

169 Also, living in a bubble where everyone makes "jokes" and/or exasperated comments like this, so they are totally desensitized to how awful they are being.

Yeah, this happens in all social bubbles, particularly social media, but the extremism it fosters on the Left is frightening!
Posted by: Lizzy

Living life online via social media (younger generations) or vicariously by watching tv (older generations) instead of being out and around leads to being led by lies, half truths, and lies by omission.

We have destroyed the social fabric of society by living vicariously instead of by real life experiences with fellow humans and this has hollowed out our understanding of others into symbols, slogans, and caricatures that we can manipulate from the safety of our bubble.

Same reason that literature, movies, art, have taken a dive. They no longer reflect much of anything real but instead the internal fantasies of a shut in. No wonder our politics are rancid in the West.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 08:52 AM (E4rtv)

170 Ketchup is a key ingredient in meat loaf.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 08:51 AM (yvZQo)


Why not catsup?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:52 AM (ccf/V)

171 Seems the MSM and politicians who label conservatives have no recognition of what a true Nazi was - the person who easily admits wanting to exterminate millions.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 07:38 AM (rOKnE)

Or they just enjoy lying about it...

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 08:52 AM (AANQ+)

172 167 >>Today is National Cream Filled Donut Day.

I'll take a bismark, thanks!
Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 08:51 AM (rOKnE)

Ones filled with custard and chocolate frosted...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 08:53 AM (+gK6I)

173 Last 3 polls show Dems with an average 10 point lead in the generic. Still summer polling and to be ignored. Everyone loves Trump and $5 gas. Or something.

Posted by: Dont worry be happy at September 14, 2026 08:53 AM (NQxIL)

174 Gladys Kravitz as a latter-day Cassandra. Discuss.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 08:24 AM (77rzZ)

Years ago, National Lampoon magazine had a "Bewitched" parody cartoon where, while trying to rid the house of a gift of poisonous frogs from Dr Bombay, Samantha and Endora call up two demons (in the process melting snoopy Gladys' eyes), perform 'sex magick' with them, sacrifice a Girl Scout and end up burned at the stake by the neighbors.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 14, 2026 08:53 AM (qRla/)

175 At UPI: "What time is it on the moon? NASA's trying to figure that out"

"Time to head back to base for debriefing and cocktails"

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 08:53 AM (Jr5Lq)

176 Ones filled with custard and chocolate frosted...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 08:53 AM (+gK6I)


The Dunkin Donuts Boston Kreme FTW.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:53 AM (ccf/V)

177 Hey, MP4, I downloaded the Ripperology magazine and read your column. Very interesting.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 08:43 AM (77rzZ)

Many thanks!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 14, 2026 08:53 AM (qRla/)

178 Massachusetts lawmakers are currently considering a bill that would give Muslims a greater voice in state government and address areas of discrimination presumably perpetrated against that community. The bill would create an eleven-member commission to work with state officials on areas of concern to Muslims such as education, civil rights, health care, employment, and, of course, Islamophobia.
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Unreal. That this is even being considered is an affront.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 08:54 AM (fMPEh)

179 She's still going to a mental institution and is not free to roam.
Posted by: Sponge
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Given it is Massachusetts, it is perfectly possible that she would go free or some such nonsense as house arrest or outpatient mental illness treatment.

And that is in part because of the topsy turvy standard in Mass over insanity defense and their literally insane laws on mandatory committal to a mental hospital.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 08:54 AM (E4rtv)

180 "We have destroyed the social fabric of society by living vicariously instead of by real life experiences with fellow humans and this has hollowed out our understanding of others into symbols, slogans, and caricatures that we can manipulate from the safety of our bubble."

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 08:52 AM


Come to the MoMe.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 14, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

181 At UPI: "What time is it on the moon? NASA's trying to figure that out"

"Time to head back to base for debriefing and cocktails"
Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 08:53 AM (Jr5Lq)


I mean, who cares? What does this matter? You're either on the dark side or the light side, or it's in full eclipse. Time really means nothing on the moon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:55 AM (ccf/V)

182 Will Robinson, I have an X account. I use it. Unfortunately when combined with my privacy settings/plugins, randomly certain videos (I suspect ones heavily being accessed) NEVER load on x.com in normal mode (I can open them in a non-secured browser with the login prompt and all that and they play fine). Thing is, when I just edit the URL to xcancel, *that problem does not happen*. This is not about 'not getting an x account', this is about 'x has a stupid randomly interfering api somewhere that is unpredictably ruining the x experience'.

So kindly get over it.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 14, 2026 08:55 AM (aJQbY)

183 Years ago, National Lampoon magazine had a "Bewitched" parody cartoon where, while trying to rid the house of a gift of poisonous frogs from Dr Bombay, Samantha and Endora call up two demons (in the process melting snoopy Gladys' eyes), perform 'sex magick' with them, sacrifice a Girl Scout and end up burned at the stake by the neighbors.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 14, 2026 08:53 AM (qRla/)
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National Lampoon was a national treasure.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 08:55 AM (fMPEh)

184 The bill would create an eleven-member commission to work with state officials on areas of concern to Muslims such as education, civil rights, health care, employment, and, of course, Islamophobia.
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Unreal. That this is even being considered is an affront.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 08:54 AM (fMPEh)


The 'call to prayer' soon to be heard blasting throughout the state........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:57 AM (ccf/V)

185 Unreal. That this is even being considered is an affront.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Musloids are to be the stick that the left in government uses to beat on normal people all the while claiming virtue.

And the new cause for evil and wicked leftist activism because the older racism standard is being ignored by right thinking younger generations. So from pet blacks, to pet Musloids, is a natural progression.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 08:57 AM (E4rtv)

186 Eric Daugherty-

CNN and other Fake News outlets are being RIPPED for covering the hanging of a black woman without clearly mentioning the suspect is a black male

CNN's headline: Makes sure to give the RACE of the victim, a black woman

But they want everyone to think a white person did it so it seems like a "lynching"

The SAME BULLSHT that politicians like AOC use to spew propaganda that white people are racist!

This is the playbook.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 14, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

187 Today's Free Press has a chart from the Dallas Fed showing AI will cause extinction in 2042.

It's info from the government, so it must be true.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:00 AM (fMPEh)

188 AI is the new global warming.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:01 AM (fMPEh)

189 About half the time I try to open someone's link to something posted on "X" it goes sideways. Yes, I have an account and the app installed. If I tap "Open X" it goes to the Google Play Store. If I manage to get that to go to "X" it opens some random cat video.

So, yeah...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 14, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)

190 The SAME BULLSHT that politicians like AOC use to spew propaganda that white people are racist!

This is the playbook.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 14, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)


The quicker people understand Trump was correct and the media is the enemy of the people, the quicker they'll die off, or issue a course correction (which will not happen).

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:01 AM (ccf/V)

191 OK, this week is, I hope, the final week of edits for my new Theda Bara novel, so I'm out.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 14, 2026 09:01 AM (qRla/)

192 >>>She believes that Trump supporters belong in Dachau’s crematoria, like Jews during WWII. She posed in front of a backdrop of the actual ovens.

Pro-tip: Disarm the populace BEFORE revealing your homicidal intentions for your victims.

It's all performative without any real thought or reflection.

What a retarded attention whore.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 09:01 AM (dK+Kv)

193 So from pet blacks, to pet Musloids, is a natural progression.
Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 08:57 AM (E4rtv)
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Plantation thinking is the Democrat default setting, I guess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:02 AM (fMPEh)

194 It's info from the government, so it must be true.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:00 AM (fMPEh)
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Gavin Newsom's 10-Year Plan to end homelessness was published in 2008.

#twoweeks

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

195 Ich bin ein jelly donut!

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2026 09:02 AM (ZxPkt)

196 >>Living life online via social media (younger generations) or vicariously by watching tv (older generations) instead of being out and around leads to being led by lies, half truths, and lies by omission. . .

So true, whig!

Also think it comes from how the Left have gone out of their way to silence any opposing ideas/values. Cancel culture, social media censorship, cutting off friends in family over a single issue, etc.. so that even in the few remaining areas where interesting discussions could happen, they are cut off.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 09:03 AM (rOKnE)

197 193 So from pet blacks, to pet Musloids, is a natural progression.
Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 08:57 AM (E4rtv)

They tried with the Trans but that one didn't go over as well as planned so on to Muslims...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 09:03 AM (+gK6I)

198 Troll really pushing fake polls almost two months before the election, eh? If people think Trump is entirely and solely responsible for the price of gas and cost of living increases they must have been asleep during Joe Biden's dementia ridden fake reign, eh?

And my happiness is unaffe tex by push pill numbers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 09:03 AM (JrHfD)

199 Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 14, 2026 09:01 AM (qRla/)
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Right back at you, MP4!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:03 AM (fMPEh)

200 Sponge

F*ck Cancer!

If there were real social scientists, I would like a study on length of watching network news vs detachment from reality.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

201 I mean, who cares? What does this matter? You're either on the dark side or the light side, or it's in full eclipse. Time really means nothing on the moon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 08:55 AM (ccf/V)

So Sting really wasn't wishing his days away while he was walking on the moon?

Posted by: Doof at September 14, 2026 09:03 AM (c2vsb)

202 As a practical matter Apollo astronaut watches were set to Houston time. Where Mission Control is located. It can be any time you want in space, as far as that goes. “Day” and “Night” lose all meaning. You know, like Alaska.

They also used what was basically an ordinary windup kitchen timer with a bell, it was used in the mockup trainers for certain tasks, and it worked so well they decided to leave it, and incorporated it into the instrument panel.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 09:03 AM (rQ950)

203 At ABC: "Water limits could cap moon's population, scientists say"

In response, SpaceX prepares multistage beerlifter fleet.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 09:04 AM (Jr5Lq)

204 And my happiness is unaffe tex by push pill numbers.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 09:03 AM (JrHfD)
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The Propaganda Press will not give up! (Until they all go bankrupt)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:04 AM (fMPEh)

205 Trust the polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at September 14, 2026 09:05 AM (2Ez/1)

206 National Lampoon was a national treasure.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Still have a four dozen copies up on the bookshelf.

Peak P.J. O'Rourke, before he was neutered.

Posted by: Auspex at September 14, 2026 09:05 AM (Y8DZL)

207 198- "Unaffected" Gosh, I hate autocorrect!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 09:05 AM (JrHfD)

208 Gavin Newsom's 10-Year Plan to end homelessness was published in 2008.

#twoweeks
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
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haha

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:06 AM (fMPEh)

209 Come to the MoMe.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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Would but have duties and health issues. First duty is to my declining mother who is in memory care for vascular dementia and now apparently the facility she is in is not delivering great care to her. So I have to make a trip to deal with it or move her. Sister that lives in the same town is literally checked out on the issue.

And the other problem is cost right now. Looking at an endoscopy for a dog that runs about 3K. We have a consult at the state veterinary college because the local vets simply cannot diagnose what is going on. And that requires another trip/stay in the same time frame as going on a long trip for issues with my mother. Recovering from major back surgery is pretty hard already from this spring--function is returning via pt but the pains have not went away as it simply redirected the stress on the upper back to lower damaged vertebrae. Takes about a year to return to somewhat normal according to docs.

As my wife who is employed while I retired would have to drive and take off work, she simply does not have the days nor the ability to shepherd me and flying alone is simply not an option anymore.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 09:06 AM (E4rtv)

210 FenelonSpoke

No worries. We all speak unedited Horde here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)

211 You all are forgetting that, according to Vox Day, we’ve never been to the Moon.

Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

212 210 FenelonSpoke

No worries. We all speak unedited Horde here.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)


Yes... I could really use an edit button a lot of the time ... LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 09:08 AM (+gK6I)

213 whig

Prayers ascending for your path forward to be made smoother. You are a voice that is respected and paid attention to here.

Just wish we could show you the liquor table below the sign that says, If you imbibe, you can't hold a weapon. Or words to that effect.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:09 AM (u82oZ)

214 You all are forgetting that, according to Vox Day, we’ve never been to the Moon.
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)


I do find it completely hysterical that on one hand, we not only went around the moon, but landed on it and walked around in the 60's, but today, it takes billions of dollars, thousands of hours of planning and tremendous amounts of effort to just go around it again in today's age where we're supposedly so much more technologically advanced...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:10 AM (ccf/V)

215 Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?

Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at September 14, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)

216 213 whig

Prayers ascending for your path forward to be made smoother. You are a voice that is respected and paid attention to here.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:09 AM (u82oZ)


Yes in deed... As are you Salty

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 09:10 AM (+gK6I)

217 Feds Expand Criminal Probe Into Newsom Travel, Spending
The subpoenas… seek records from the California State Protocol Foundation, a nonprofit that’s funded Newsom and his overseas travel through private donations.

Posted by Ben Smith Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:00am 12 Comments
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Federal prosecutors have expanded their criminal investigation into Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom, issuing subpoenas for six years of records covering his international travel, outside funding, and personal expenses, including money spent on his residence and living costs. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael D. Anderson signed the subpoenas, which concern a criminal investigation in the Eastern District of California.

~~ via LegalInsurrection
================================

Well, that doesn't sound good. Newsom probably thought Democrats are above the law.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:11 AM (hpxA0)

218 206 National Lampoon was a national treasure.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Still have a four dozen copies up on the bookshelf.

Peak P.J. O'Rourke, before he was neutered.
Posted by: Auspex

PJ is a warning sign. Essentially he gave in probably to maintain peace with his neighbors and wife/family. And you see this pattern often enough in GOP politicians--their spouses and children go left and the pol follows them.

That is because the entire education and social apparatus of the US is explicitly leftist--from Art, Theatre, Movies, pop culture commentary magazines like the Atlantic, universities, and our most prominent city life such as Washington and NYC/LA/etc.

To be other than leftist in elite circles requires so much mental effort, strain, and personal cost, it is no wonder that most submit even those who in their salad days were critical of the left.

Not much different than the old Soviet Union with its nomenklatura.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 09:11 AM (E4rtv)

219 {{{ It's me donna }}}

You are so sweet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

220 That transgender American Thinker article is clearly AI assisted. Disappointing.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 09:12 AM (AANQ+)

221 213 whig

Prayers ascending for your path forward to be made smoother. You are a voice that is respected and paid attention to here.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:09 AM (u82oZ)


Yes in deed... As are you Salty
Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 09:10 AM (+gK6I)
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I'm with donna on this.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:12 AM (hpxA0)

222 what SFp said!

"If even one house flips in November, these were the final two years."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 07:50 AM (VyBeY)
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Eh - Trump will do what he is doing since he has no help from the legislature anyway, and it will remind the voters in advance of 2028 just how crazy the left is. This is turning into if we hold the House we win, if we lose the House we win.

All because of the idiots now running the democrat party.

Posted by: Black JEM at September 14, 2026 09:13 AM (7/DDO)

223 157 So did Mitch address the convention or not?
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

His backers should take a page out of Iran's playbook, stand up a cardboard copy of him and have someone read a "statement" from him to the convention goers.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 14, 2026 09:14 AM (edUvp)

224 We had poll trolls in 2024 too. But I guess every day is Day Zero.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 09:14 AM (AANQ+)

225 End Wokeness-
The Muslim population in the US went up by 145% in the 25 years following 9/11

STFU about "post-9/11 Islamophobia"

Posted by: redridinghood at September 14, 2026 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

226 Lose the House and they deal with Cornered Rattlesnake Trump.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 14, 2026 09:15 AM (qZb7K)

227 idiots now running the democrat party.
Posted by: Black JEM

Not idiots. Highly successful evil people. That can only destroy, not build.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:16 AM (u82oZ)

228 You know what else is a powerful law enforcement tool? Central bank digital currency tied to an AI system that tracks all of your activity. You can prevent most crimes before they happen. Now isn't that just lovely.

Posted by: Some Other Guy at September 14, 2026 09:16 AM (UB+/1)

229 I submit that the best way to combat the scourge of islamaphobia is to stop being terrorists.

I should be charging for my advice.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 09:17 AM (BpO1e)

230 So, we had the 'open house' of sorts for potential buyers Saturday. Only 2 people showed up. We got 2 offers thus far, with one more pending.

Weekend showings are rough as so many are with family instead of wanting to worry about work. May've been a bit of a goof there. We'll have likely another quick showing later this week where more are expected.

We're not quite where we want to be yet.


I'm just soooooooo tired right now........

OH. And we spent a couple hours in the ER on Saturday as the First Lady decided to pass the massive kidney stone she had. She's much better now..........but can see why some ladies compare the pain involved to child birth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:17 AM (ccf/V)

231 Mr Aspirin Factory

Insurrection Act.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:17 AM (u82oZ)

232 His backers should take a page out of Iran's playbook, stand up a cardboard copy of him and have someone read a "statement" from him to the convention goers.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 14, 2026 09:14 AM

Is this about me?

Posted by: Maxine "Pizza Box" Waters at September 14, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)

233 The normal Presidential last two years of the final term are generally passive. Trump will be different.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:17 AM (hpxA0)

234
STFU about "post-9/11 Islamophobia"
Posted by: redridinghood at September 14, 2026 09:15 AM (NpAcC)


It's not that I fear them, it's that I really want them to go back to their islhamic shitholes and stop destroying America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:18 AM (ccf/V)

235 OH. And we spent a couple hours in the ER on Saturday as the First Lady decided to pass the massive kidney stone she had. She's much better now..........but can see why some ladies compare the pain involved to child birth.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:17 AM (ccf/V)

Good that it's gone but Ouch...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 09:18 AM (+gK6I)

236 55 Everything the Left Doesn't Like Is Hitler


Because they are children cosplaying at being adults.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 07:57 AM (AXBJa)


Jesse Watters or someone needs to do interviews at Dem rallies or campaign events, asking people "Who is Hitler" and "Who were the original Nazis and where did they live?" Hilarity will follow. Then sadness and outrage.

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2026 09:19 AM (5rh/l)

237 The normal Presidential last two years of the final term are generally passive. Trump will be different.
Posted by: Huck Follywood



DJT - YOLO Bitchez!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 09:19 AM (AXBJa)

238
Good that it's gone but Ouch...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2026 09:18 AM (+gK6I)


Yeah, she asked if she needed to pee in a cup and they said 'sure, why not.'

She came back in and said she thinks it passed. You swirl around the cup and sure enough, there was a MASSIVE stone, then another smaller object, which seemed more tissue. The ER doc said "you had twins!"

We were discharged shortly after, so it was the quickest trip to the ER we'd had.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:20 AM (ccf/V)

239 The normal Presidential last two years of the final term are generally passive. Trump will be different.
Posted by: Huck Follywood


But you guys, Bruce Springsteen said the Democrats should do everything in their power to make Trump's last 2 years in office the most miserable time of his life.......for the country or some such......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:21 AM (ccf/V)

240 At NBC: "Why are Americans so tired so often?"

Melatonin-laced fentanyl.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2026 09:21 AM (Jr5Lq)

241 216 213 whig

Prayers ascending for your path forward to be made smoother. You are a voice that is respected and paid attention to here.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:09 AM (u82oZ)


Yes in deed... As are you Salty
Posted by: It's me donna
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NaCly, you have suffered far more than I. Mine is mental exhaustion and ordinary pain. You lost a loved one. Mine is a temporary discomfort, losing a loved one hurts for a very long time if not forever.

I get cranky and irascible as well as long winded. Tis my nature I am afraid. And while I see a winter coming when public issues will be resolved for a time, spring will come again soon after with sunnier skies and a better climate for new seeds to grow. Already, I am seeing some of the young turn away from social media, those addicted to tv are soon to pass away. And the uglification of the arts and humanities has reached absurd levels where AI generates better slop than the artists enmeshed in dark and evil thoughts. A correction is beginning to happen, Christian faith tested by extremes of wealth and temptations is beginning to return to its roots and there are other hopeful signs.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 09:21 AM (E4rtv)

242 Demonicrats, that be Shelly.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 09:21 AM (2GVsD)

243 She came back in and said she thinks it passed. You swirl around the cup and sure enough, there was a MASSIVE stone, then another smaller object, which seemed more tissue. The ER doc said "you had twins!"

We were discharged shortly after, so it was the quickest trip to the ER we'd had.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


Glad she's better. 👍🏻
Been there.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 09:23 AM (AXBJa)

244 Perhaps JJ might consider adding a regular feature to the MR showing the number of elapsed days since there was a legit Cocaine Mitch sighting. Kinda like the American hostages in Iran .

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 14, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

245
Glad she's better. 👍🏻
Been there.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 09:23 AM (AXBJa)


Thanks.

I do remind her on occasion that when we move, she's 45 minutes away from the nearest hospital........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:23 AM (ccf/V)

246 The quicker people understand Trump was correct and the media is the enemy of the people, the quicker they'll die off, or issue a course correction (which will not happen).
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:01 AM (ccf/V)
******
What's still shocking to me is that people are so gullible? It's obvious they're being played, but they can't seem to figure it out. They can't seem to be putting the pieces together. It's as if logic and common sense have decreased in our country and in the world.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 14, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

247 but today, it takes billions of dollars, thousands of hours of planning and tremendous amounts of effort to just go around it again in today's age where we're supposedly so much more technologically advanced
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It took that much money back then, too. Estimates vary, but somewhere around 2% of the US GNP was allocated to NASA. They don’t spend that much today, not even close.

Money was no object, practically speaking. They were also far less risk averse in those days. Political considerations loomed large then, but they had competent people running things.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 09:24 AM (rQ950)

248 In the coming days, my sorority sisters and I will once again take our fight against the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma to federal court. Oral arguments in our case will be heard before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado. Years after we walked the halls of the University of Wyoming, we ask Kappa to honor its bylaws and acknowledge what a woman is. I hope that they will, not just for our sake, but for all the future generations who will walk through those sorority halls.
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University of Wyoming intimidated the local Kappa into accepting a man into their sorority, and some of the members are fighting back in federal court. Go get 'em ladies!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:25 AM (fMPEh)

249 We absolutely had polls in 2024. A lot of those polls said Trump would win. Trump was the favorite to win in betting markets.

Polls also said Democrats would sweep 2025 elections.

It’s almost as if polls have predictive power. Lol.

Posted by: Dont worry be happy at September 14, 2026 09:25 AM (NQxIL)

250 >>She's much better now..........but can see why some ladies compare the pain involved to child birth.

Glad she's on the mend, Sponge!
Yes, it is painful!!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 09:25 AM (rOKnE)

251 What's still shocking to me is that people are so gullible? It's obvious they're being played, but they can't seem to figure it out. They can't seem to be putting the pieces together. It's as if logic and common sense have decreased in our country and in the world.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 14, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)


There are some that are so blind, they just refuse to see. Others are still of sound enough mind where they can pay attention long enough to find out they've been wrong all these years, then there's us......the sane.....the right minded, that love freedom, see evil for what it is and just want to live life, working, playing and raising a family.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:25 AM (ccf/V)

252
Glad she's on the mend, Sponge!
Yes, it is painful!!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 09:25 AM (rOKnE)


Thanks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:26 AM (ccf/V)

253 Thanks.

I do remind her on occasion that when we move, she's 45 minutes away from the nearest hospital........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


Only real drawback to living in the country.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 09:26 AM (AXBJa)

254 I get cranky and irascible as well as long winded. .
Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 09:21 AM (E4rtv)
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Add in "hates cocktail parties" and you've nailed me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:27 AM (fMPEh)

255
Only real drawback to living in the country.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2026 09:26 AM (AXBJa)


If they ever finish the one they've been building in Clarksville for the last decade..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:27 AM (ccf/V)

256 (NQxIL)

I am not sure what NYQUIL's point is.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 09:27 AM (2GVsD)

257 Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?
Posted by: The Flat Moon Society

I would if it were Saturday, in the park.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at September 14, 2026 09:28 AM (N8Z/A)

258 But you guys, Bruce Springsteen said the Democrats should do everything in their power to make Trump's last 2 years in office the most miserable time of his life.......for the country or some such......
Posted by: Sponge
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Ah yes, the man who sold out his fans for richer ones is the perfect example of a person who when they rise up, despise those fans that enabled them to stardom. They then get to pick their new audience from their new social class instead.

Born in the USA lyrics is not about some Vietnam Vet but rather Bruce dumping on his own background and despising the fact that he came from such squalid (to him) upbringing. It is always produces the most fake and gay overexuberance to join the holloi polloi. Mike Appfel, Bruce's early manager who got fired to be replaced by red diaper baby, Jon Landau, mentioned he thought Bruce had the talent to become a memorable artist, instead Bruce wanted to be a Star with fame and riches. And that meant kissing the ass of the liberal establishment which he did right after hiring Landau.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 09:28 AM (E4rtv)

259 >>What's still shocking to me is that people are so gullible? It's obvious they're being played, but they can't seem to figure it out. They can't seem to be putting the pieces together. It's as if logic and common sense have decreased in our country and in the world.

Because many people would rather be on the side of the cool kids rather than right. Telling the truth has a cost many don't want to pay.

Trump's best quality is that he's fearless.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 09:28 AM (viF8m)

260 And now, something lovely!

https://tinyurl.com/av6ck6ec

This guy posts the most beautiful photographs and video of birds. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 14, 2026 09:29 AM (rOKnE)

261 Kidney stones? Ouch. Good to be on the mend.

Friend is waiting to get an 8mm Mauser round of a kidney stone blasted.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (2GVsD)

262 After Kennedy’s directive, Congress largely fell behind him. “So, you guys need to go to the Moon. How much money do you want?”

For engineers, and the slide rule big brain guys, test pilots, aerospace contractors it must have been a dream come true.

A confluence of technologies and political will that will probably never happen again. All the guys they interview about their role at NASA, whatever it might have been, always say the same thing.

They didn’t worry about bureaucratic red tape, nobody played that shit. Water walkers and “mistakes were made” types were immediately fired. It’s a study in how government can do great things, if it wants to.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (rQ950)

263 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

264 Perhaps JJ might consider adding a regular feature to the MR showing the number of elapsed days since there was a legit Cocaine Mitch sighting. Kinda like the American hostages in Iran .
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 14, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)
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Love that idea. The only drawback to losing him is that Beshear will appoint some crazy Democrat to Mitch's term.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2026 09:30 AM (fMPEh)

265 whig

Thank you.

It's been an incredible saga since she died. This last week, some of the waters I travel on got smoother, and I are no longer canoeing down Class 4 rapids every day.

Her love shaped and improved me, so I can surf the storm swells.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:31 AM (u82oZ)

266 whig

We do live in an extraordinary time in an exceptional nation. We forget how unhistorical having power based on individual citizens really is.

Sometimes I imagine the USA of A as a top, spinning rapidly. The top can look like it will fall over, yet it returns to an upright axis.

We do have cause for concern, but we have reasons to hope as well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 09:32 AM (u82oZ)

267 Add in "hates cocktail parties" and you've nailed me.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Cocktail parties I hate. Had to attend enough faculty socials and political dinners to see enough of that fake shit where people try to fit in. Seen vicious snobbery at them and the absurd fakery in social interactions is beyond belief all based on materialism and social class markers. I usually ended up watching other people attending and listen mostly, commenting little.

I'd imagine soirees above my pay grade in arts or high finance would be even worse.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM (E4rtv)

268 It's obvious they're being played, but they can't seem to figure it out.
——

Somebody once pointed out it’s easier to fool people than convince them they’ve been fooled.

The neat thing though, the normal folks are the cool kids. It’s the whack jobs that are the uptight squares that can’t deal. They can’t cope, makes them dangerous, but still.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 09:33 AM (rQ950)

269 So did Mitch address the convention or not?
Posted by: Bulg at September 14, 2026 08:46 AM

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Posted by: RNC

Not even a Marcel Marceau routine?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at September 14, 2026 09:34 AM (N8Z/A)

270 155 > Will the Turtle return to the Senate today? This week?
_-_
How appropriate that a do-nothing congress (at a time when our survival is on the line) is led by a guy who probably is no longer even alive.

The left enacts insane crap when in power, then we vote for the opposition, and they do nothing.

Posted by: Some Other Guy at September 14, 2026 09:34 AM (UB+/1)

271 Posted by: Dont worry be happy at September 14, 2026 09:25 AM (NQxIL)

I didn't say what the polls were. I said we had poll trolls touting that Trump would lose. You were probably one of them. You are boring.

Posted by: ... at September 14, 2026 09:35 AM (AANQ+)

272 266 whig

We do have cause for concern, but we have reasons to hope as well.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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The ultimate description of the Pandora's box myth. And it fits with Christianity and Logos. There is always hope in the darkest night and there is always darkness in the most glowing of epochs.

I have hope for a better world and belief in a faith that can save me. I have fears that the sacrifices of all of my forefathers did to create this nation might be in vain and that the West itself become cast down into the darkness of Islam and vicious amorality of communism 2.0.

Posted by: whig at September 14, 2026 09:42 AM (E4rtv)

273 'Morning, all. Thanks, J.J.

The Sunday Briefing had two interesting segments earlier yesterday, one featured Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA), followed by Tom Holman.

Dean, a likely creation of her M-I-L's interface w/the Bidens & the Obama administration, pushed back against rhetoric framing PA Dems as socialists. (No, there's just snow whites like Mary Gay, Chrissy, etal voting Present in the House as to the Q of Socialism. And - also just for example - Chris Rabb, Summer Lee (Oh, she's sort of just distanced herself like AOC), and Bob Brooks (Do real research!) for starters. (There's many.)

In PA, the SE & York/Harrisburg is awash and the west not much better. The Gov. smiles and highly supports the Bernie bunch. The Democrat Reps, PA Gov. & more of their ilk have made Fetterman a hero.

Anyway, Dean's pushback followed a high-profile video appearance by Sen. Fetterman at the RNC's midterm convention. Dean dismissed socialist characterizations of the mainstream party in PA, criticized Fetterman's stance as a political stunt, and argued Democratic candidates remain focused on standard economic issues like affordability and healthcare rather than far-left ideology.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 14, 2026 09:47 AM (NFX2v)

274 Following her remarks, Tom Homan was on to counter.
The outcome -

Allegations of disinformation, interestingly by Dean and other progressive Democrats. In that, misrepresenting the political landscape and arguing party figures are continually downplaying the influence of the democratic socialists within PA state and the National party machines.

Claims re: Election Interference. Dean raised alarm over reports that armed ICE agents being potentially deployed near polling places. She characterized it as intimidation intended to erode faith in elections.

Holman rejected accusations that immigration enforcement is designed to suppress votes or harass communities, slamming Democratic criticisms as dishonest scare tactics intended to distract voters from illegal immigration enforcement & law-and-order priorities.

Decent Sunday morning politics, for once.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 14, 2026 09:48 AM (NFX2v)

275
To speak of voter intimidation, what really pushed some buttons around here was on 9/11 the No Kings crowd came to the largest street intersection of a now just slightly leaning Republican town under the guise of Patriot's Day. (Elon came here for Trump last presidential campaign)

On Saturday, 9/12, they were back to their ultra-liberal areas' highway sites.

Yes, the county with - for starters - an already bad Board of Health, special Human Relations Commission, drones in the hands of ?, a healthcare system destroyed for profit being rebuilt for friends & comrades, and no Republican representation.

The joys of redistricting. Treasure to trash.

Good day. 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 14, 2026 09:48 AM (NFX2v)

276
That Shelly Headen slag needs some candid photos posted online by some helpful conservative types. Most of the photos of her online are the same heavily filtered yet jowly instagram photo with the same cocked head and sinister smile. Obviously, this is a woman who is extremely neurotic about her looks. And with good reason.

I'm sure that a bunch of unfiltered, unretouched candid photos showing up online would do wonders for her self-esteem...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 14, 2026 09:49 AM (sTGas)

277 Hayden Panettiere died after taking just one pill laced with fentanyl: report

Posted by: SMOD at September 14, 2026 09:53 AM (RHGPo)

278 Shelly Headen 🤔

Has long struck me some crazed white women - and men - are being 'baited' into politics, to play fools that ultimately need to be squashed like bugs. THE tactical political game.
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The lunatic-like Maureen Galindo, a Democratic candidate who ran for Texas' 35th Congressional District. Reportedly, Galindo posted on Instagram that, if elected, she would pass legislation to turn a Texas ICE detention center into a "prison for American Zionists. In the same post, she claimed she would turn the facility into a castration center, adding that "most of the Zionists" were pedophiles. During an interview on Texas Public Radio, she invoked long-standing anti-Jewish conspiracy theories.

Outrageous! Now we dump her! (Yes, rightly so but that's the game.)



Posted by: L - No nic... at September 14, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v)

279 Bank Of England Spends £85k Researching How Best To Erase Churchill

Consultants called Britain's wartime leader "elitist"

Posted by: SMOD at September 14, 2026 10:25 AM (RHGPo)

280 "She loves her violence. There is a 2024 Guilford County Sheriff’s Office incident report identifying Headen as a suspect in domestic physical assaults. One alleged assault was against her husband."

Most bullies are just a really solid punch away from enlightenment.

Posted by: Joe Mama at September 14, 2026 11:29 AM (TezPK)

281 They are always with us.

Remember California's Katie Porter who 'allegedly' dumped a ceramic bowl of steaming hot mashed potatoes onto husband's head, burning his scalp?

Gone but not forgotten.

Katie Porter stepped away from political campaigns and is pivoting to a career as a book influencer and content creator.

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We have a state rep. divorced by her husband for violence. I believe he still has the children as the more trustworthy parent.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 14, 2026 12:28 PM (NFX2v)

Daily Tech News 14 September 2026

Top Story


Tech News

Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: Or might not.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM




Comments

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 14, 2026 04:33 AM (D0X9e)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 14, 2026 04:37 AM (BLOW1)

4 Modula-2? I haven't heard of that since basically forever.

And it's been three decades since I programmed in Pascal.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 14, 2026 04:38 AM (iIyc0)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 14, 2026 04:43 AM (sAmhv)

6 Good Morning all!

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 14, 2026 04:44 AM (Q/FnY)

7 And it's not just weirdness for weirdness's sake. Superionic ice is thought to exist deep inside Uranus

Um, well...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 04:47 AM (l3cgK)

8 Bernie Sanders is proposing a 20 year prison sentence for people who think too much. (Tom's Hardware)

A penalty he will never need to worry about.


A commie is going to commie.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 14, 2026 04:47 AM (sAmhv)

9 8 Bernie Sanders is proposing a 20 year prison sentence for people who think too much. (Tom's Hardware)

A penalty he will never need to worry about.


A commie is going to commie.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 14, 2026 04:47 AM (sAmhv)

I'm conflicted. AI is going to develop and promulgate regardless, but there are definitely dangers.

Kinda the same thing with GoF with virii or bacteria...someone's gonna do it, and I bet lots of countries STILL have programs running full tilt.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 04:51 AM (l3cgK)

10 Keefe asked if the officer was suggesting the installer was entitled to privacy while working in public.

"So just to be clear, he’s entitled to his privacy in a public place?" Keefe asked. "Isn’t that the whole argument that people are criticizing Flock for?"

Yes, the irony of the situation. Privacy (in Public) for me but not for thee.
To be honest, I would also be worried if someone was following me wherever I went...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 04:56 AM (l3cgK)

11 Watched a good Russian movie on Tubi, Dear Comrade.
A fairly new movie about real events in 1962 in a Crimea region about a strike at a plant and a massacre that happened.
Its subtitles, and done in B&W to give it a documentary feeling I think. Very good movie.

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

12 4 Modula-2? I haven't heard of that since basically forever.

And it's been three decades since I programmed in Pascal.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

Yeah, Pascal is still in use (Delphi, Oxygene, Free Pascal) but Modula-2 has mostly disappeared. I'm implementing all three because once you have a Pascal compiler working, Modula-2 and Oberon are just toppings on the ice cream.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 14, 2026 04:59 AM (BLOW1)

13 For the misery of Communism you might not find a better example.

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 05:00 AM (Ia/+0)

14 I'm used to the Hall & Oates version of "Family Man"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 05:01 AM (l3cgK)

15 12 4 Modula-2? I haven't heard of that since basically forever.

And it's been three decades since I programmed in Pascal.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

Yeah, Pascal is still in use (Delphi, Oxygene, Free Pascal) but Modula-2 has mostly disappeared. I'm implementing all three because once you have a Pascal compiler working, Modula-2 and Oberon are just toppings on the ice cream.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 14, 2026 04:59 AM (BLOW1)

Last time I programmed in Pascal was...1984 or 1985, so 40+ YEARS AGO...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 05:02 AM (l3cgK)

16 ♪She had sulky smile
She took her standard pose as she presented herself
She had sultry eyes
She made it perfectly plain that she was his for a price
♫

$20, same as in town?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 05:04 AM (l3cgK)

17 I'm conflicted. AI is going to develop and promulgate regardless, but there are definitely dangers.

Kinda the same thing with GoF with virii or bacteria...someone's gonna do it, and I bet lots of countries STILL have programs running full tilt.
Posted by: Jim


I hear you. Seems all the information out there about AI is propaganda, pro and con, so I'm not sure about any of it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 14, 2026 05:04 AM (sAmhv)

18 WAVY 10 leads with gas prices and measles.

Posted by: Accomack at September 14, 2026 05:05 AM (GbONR)

19 Remember Mike Oldfield some but not that song

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 05:09 AM (Ia/+0)

20 13 For the misery of Communism you might not find a better example.
Posted by: Skip


'The Lives of Others'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 14, 2026 05:10 AM (sAmhv)

21
The behavior of matter under such extreme pressures gets wild. These properties are so beyond anything familiar to our terrestrial experience, it's mind-boggling.

And very poorly understood. Creating these conditions in a lab to actually observe some of the theoretical predictions is impossible, really. They can get close sometimes, but it's still unknown.

Anyway, the notion of solid, liquids, gas/vapors, the big three states of matter, and then plasma as a fourth, just don't cut it at these extremes.

If you think the deep interior of Uranus, or Jupiter, or even the Sun is exotic and extreme, those are nothing compared to neutron stars. That is some truly unknown territory.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 05:11 AM (w6EFb)

22
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 14, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

23 Gurss I have to head down the road, at least not as far as been going.

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 05:13 AM (Ia/+0)

24 If you think the deep interior of Uranus, or Jupiter, or even the Sun is exotic and extreme, those are nothing compared to neutron stars. That is some truly unknown territory.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 05:11 AM (w6EFb)

Some of the theoretical conditions inside neutron stars are indeed wild, with strange matter forms predicted under certain circumstances, even beyond just neutrons.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 05:14 AM (l3cgK)

25 "Yeah, Pascal is still in use (Delphi, Oxygene, Free Pascal) but Modula-2 has mostly disappeared. I'm implementing all three because once you have a Pascal compiler working, Modula-2 and Oberon are just toppings on the ice cream.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 14, 2026 04:59 AM (BLOW1)"

Apparently you can still get Turbo Pascal (with the now needed DosBox). I might give it a try for old times sake.

That last programming I mentioned was driving a laser and acquisition system (PMT, HP oscilloscope, etc.) for a supersonic free-jet expansion experiment. In 1991.

My, how time flies.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 14, 2026 05:15 AM (iIyc0)

26 Last time I programmed in Pascal was...1984 or 1985, so 40+ YEARS AGO...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 05:02 AM (l3cgK)
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Anyone up for some RPG II coding fun?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 14, 2026 05:15 AM (D0X9e)

27 26 Last time I programmed in Pascal was...1984 or 1985, so 40+ YEARS AGO...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 05:02 AM (l3cgK)
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Anyone up for some RPG II coding fun?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 14, 2026 05:15 AM (D0X9e)

never used that, but I did use Fortran back around 1988...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 05:16 AM (l3cgK)

28 "Anyone up for some RPG II coding fun?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 14, 2026 05:15 AM (D0X9e)"

Do we get to do some Job Control Language while we're at it?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 14, 2026 05:19 AM (iIyc0)

29 Nortel's Protel and Protel-2 languages incorporated Modula-2 concepts, IIRC.

That was used to write code for their switches, so you won't find (I think) find examples in the wild for general computing. Google seems to know something about it, probably due to some poor sods having to support whatever Nortel DMS hardware that's still out there processing calls.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at September 14, 2026 05:24 AM (svAV9)

30 Flock workers are calling the cops on journalists filming them installing surveillance cameras.

That company is going to end up making itself a pariah if it keeps going. Things don't go well for them or their equipment after that.

In the UK, speed cameras ended up with tyres (tires) hung over the camera, filled with petrol (gasoline) and lit on fire.

The public will only take so much before they decide to make disabling Flock cameras without getting caught a nighttime sporting event.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 14, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

31 Good morning, tech people from the non tech poster!

Here is a nice devotional by a man from the Gulf Coast of Florida writing on John 6:1-15 and "Gather the leftovers":

https://tinyurl.com/mtzz2a5v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 05:29 AM (JrHfD)

32
Yeah, "deconfined quark matter", and "quark-gluon plasma". The equation of state here is totally unknown.

There's another wild notion -- "the continent of stability" as opposed to islands of nuclear stability. There's a predicted one at much higher atomic mass number than anything we've seen now. Now, go up even higher than that, > 300 - 450 nucleons per nucleus.

At that point, things are predicted to get strange. The nucleus would no longer be a nucleus as we think of it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 05:29 AM (w6EFb)

33 There's a lot of assumptions made between spectrograph and model.

All we can witness is the signal a neutron star kicks out, and make our best guesses from that about what could make such a signal.

Maybe we're wrong about our assumptions to begin with, and the interior of these things is even more bizarre than we imagine. Who knows?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2026 05:33 AM (Ot/FD)

34 From the Flock article: The officer told Keefe the installer was concerned about being identified.

I'll be over here with popcorn and appreciating the irony.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 05:33 AM (BpO1e)

35 @xx/jim (in Kalifornia): "Kinda the same thing with GoF with virii or bacteria...someone's gonna do it, and I bet lots of countries STILL have programs running full tilt."

This is the same logic used in the dystopian trilogy by Hugh Howey: Wool, Shift, and Dust (some of which has already been adapted for television as the 'Silo' series.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 14, 2026 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

36 Uh, that was in reference to post 09. Time for coffee.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 14, 2026 05:34 AM (O7YUW)

37 Do we get to do some Job Control Language while we're at it?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 14, 2026 05:19 AM (iIyc0)
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// EXEC PGM=HOARDE,PARM=MORONS

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 14, 2026 05:34 AM (D0X9e)

38 And I went with family to a lovely service in the late afternoon at the Anglican Church yesterday. The priest is a nice guy and a good preacher with helpful insights into the Christian life and a self deprecating humor. I like him. There are also a lot of college age students. Yesterday was "God winks at you" was a young man with a tee shirt with a logo saying "Got spirit?
With the list from "Galatians 5:22-23" on the back. I told him I liked his shirt.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 05:37 AM (JrHfD)

39
They call those superheavy nuclei "quark nuggets". It's a form of cold quark matter.

The density of ordinary nuclei, mass per volume, is mind-boggling -- about a trillion times that of water. The quark nuggets would be denser, not all that much, but significantly denser.

If these things exist, they could still form "atoms" as we think of, little clouds of electrons swarming around the nuggets. Up to a point. Get too much positive charge in too small a volume, and the near electric field gets too high, and there would some sort of breakdown of something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 05:37 AM (w6EFb)

40 Heh.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 14, 2026 05:37 AM (iIyc0)

41 @37/Biden's Dog: "Do we get to do some Job Control Language while we're at it?"

I wonder if I could still write something in EXEC 2...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 14, 2026 05:39 AM (O7YUW)

42 And as we were walking to the church we saw a striking plant, the kind of which I don't think I had ever seen before. It is "Aramanthus" also called "love lies bleeding":

https://tinyurl.com/56kraukx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 05:41 AM (JrHfD)

43 and there would some sort of breakdown of something.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 05:37 AM (w6EFb)

Mass and time and position are relativistic.

Maybe Energy itself is, too. Get processes up in the TeV range and higher and suddenly your field equations become field... suggestions?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2026 05:41 AM (Ot/FD)

44 I drink you milkshake!

Posted by: 80-year-old Chinese guy with a suanpan at September 14, 2026 05:45 AM (6W6ju)

45 And this woman ( Jennifer Nettles) is apparently a singer who has stressed that prayer is very important to her . Here she does a lovely rendition of "Go rest on that high mountain" which she performed for the 9/11 commmemoration in NYC:

https://tinyurl.com/3w2dc7cp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 05:48 AM (JrHfD)

46 >> Get processes up in the TeV range and higher and suddenly your field equations become field... suggestions?

That gets up into the Unified Field Theory range. They've already unified EM and the weak nuclear force, dubbed the Electroweak force. That happens at energies around 200ish GeV.

Now, to unify the EW with the strong (color) force, the predicted energy range is a minimum of around 10^14 GeV. That is a wee bit beyond the TeV scale. Just a little bit.

Now, go even further, quantum gravity unification. That would happen only around the Planck energy itself, 10^19 GeV.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 05:49 AM (w6EFb)

47 Posted by: Richard Cranium at September 14, 2026 05:24 AM (svAV9)

Hah, I like your nick...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 05:49 AM (l3cgK)

48 What? No mention of Python?

Posted by: Guido fanboi at September 14, 2026 05:50 AM (6W6ju)

49
Now, to unify the EW with the strong (color) force, the predicted energy range is a minimum of around 10^14 GeV. That is a wee bit beyond the TeV scale. Just a little bit.

Now, go even further, quantum gravity unification. That would happen only around the Planck energy itself, 10^19 GeV.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 05:49 AM (w6EFb)

LOL, yeah, just a WEE bit beyond...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 05:51 AM (l3cgK)

50 The public will only take so much before they decide to make disabling Flock cameras without getting caught a nighttime sporting event.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

And then they will post the videos online thereby defeating the purpose of not getting caught.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 05:51 AM (BpO1e)

51 50 The public will only take so much before they decide to make disabling Flock cameras without getting caught a nighttime sporting event.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

And then they will post the videos online thereby defeating the purpose of not getting caught.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 05:51 AM (BpO1e)

with selfies. This age is so stupid...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 05:54 AM (l3cgK)

52
I should clarify that as if quantum gravity even exists. Quantizing gravity is ... difficult. It just don't work. It's gonna take a lot of new physics to figure that out. And the resulting theory will be likely be something really different than anyone is thinking.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 05:56 AM (w6EFb)

53
The Planck energy ain't that much, really, relative to human scales. It's only about the kinetic energy of a passenger airliner between take-off to cruising speed. Or about the chemical energy stored in a car's full tank of gas.

Now, give a single subatomic particle that much energy. That's the Planck energy level we're talking. A single proton packing the kinetic energy of a jet airliner.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 06:01 AM (w6EFb)

54 52
I should clarify that as if quantum gravity even exists. Quantizing gravity is ... difficult. It just don't work. It's gonna take a lot of new physics to figure that out. And the resulting theory will be likely be something really different than anyone is thinking.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 05:56 AM (w6EFb)

And there are still a number of unanswered questions regarding how far the Standard Model can take us. There are some...hints...that there is something beyond.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 06:02 AM (l3cgK)

55
Now, imagine a particle accelerator trying to reach those insane levels. It's impossible to do that on something that would fit on the earth. All you need to do is accelerate a single proton to the energy of the jet airliner. That would be 99.999999999999999999999999999999999....99% c.

That's all. Now, trouble is, with a linear accelerator, they have to get long. So they bend it around in circular paths. Now, that acceleration gets the particles to radiating. They start losing energy via EM radiation very fast. And the faster they go, the stronger the magnetic field to bend them in that tight circle.

Run those numbers and it turns out you need an accelerator with the radius of ... the orbit of Neptune.

And that just gets you to the GUT level energy. The Planck energy would be way bigger than that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 06:12 AM (w6EFb)

56 Read the article about Uber and Lyft getting unionized in CA. It's cute how Newsome thinks this will magically lower prices.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 06:13 AM (BpO1e)

57 As I was a passenger in a car yesterday I watched people walking around. Almost all of them ( mostly under 30) were either carrying or talking on cell phones. I can understand carrying one if you don't have a pocket
and for emergencies, but I don't really understand talking on your cell phone when going for a walk. Why not look at the scenery or talk to the person you're with?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 06:13 AM (JrHfD)

58 Why not look at the scenery or talk to the person you're with?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Not to mention the risk of someone trying to hurt you or steal your phone while you're distracted.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 06:15 AM (BpO1e)

59 Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 06:15 AM (BpO1e

Yes; They're very distracted. I wonder if a lot of them don't almost get hit by drivers when crossing the road?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 06:17 AM (JrHfD)

60 Evening, late toilers! Morning, early risers! Yes, we know, it's Monday, which tends to reappear every 168 hours like this. But remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 06:17 AM (wzUl9)

61 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Might could.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 14, 2026 06:19 AM (amcLV)

62 If you think the deep interior of Uranus, or Jupiter, or even the Sun is exotic and extreme, those are nothing compared to neutron stars. That is some truly unknown territory.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 05:11 AM (w6EFb)
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Science fiction author Stephen Baxter has had a lot of fun exploring this unknown territory in several of his books.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 06:19 AM (FZ29D)

63 I'm not ready to be awake. Seven hours' sleep last night, more than usual. Maybe that's the problem? Paradox!

Coffee will help with this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

64 Coffee will help with this.

That's a given. And if it didn't help, you didn't drink enough.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 06:23 AM (BpO1e)

65 As I was a passenger in a car yesterday I watched people walking around. Almost all of them ( mostly under 30) were either carrying or talking on cell phones. I can understand carrying one if you don't have a pocket
and for emergencies, but I don't really understand talking on your cell phone when going for a walk. Why not look at the scenery or talk to the person you're with?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026

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If I'm walking for exercise, the phone stays at home or in the car. I also leave it in the car when I go into the library or any place that asks you to mute your phone. Simpler to leave it behind, methinks.

I do bring it into the grocery or on any shopping excursion, so I can total up my purchases and add the tax using its calculator. This keeps me from being unpleasantly surprised when I get to the register.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 06:23 AM (wzUl9)

66
The highest energy particle ever seen to date was a proton, a cosmic ray, that hit the "Fly's Eye" detector in Utah in 1991. It's energy was on the order of 10^11 GeV, or around 10^20 eV.

It's known as the OMG! particle. That energy was about the kinetic energy of a baseball at 60ish mph. One proton with that much kinetic energy.

The OMG! particle still holds the record, but there's been quite a few more at that range detected since, call it the 10^10 GeV level.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 06:25 AM (w6EFb)

67 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 06:23 AM (wzUl9)

Yes. , but you are sensible and you and are also old enough to be the parents or grandparents of these young whippersnappers. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 06:26 AM (JrHfD)

68
I should clarify. The OMG! particle didn't directly hit anything on the ground in Utah, there. It hit some little molecule of N or O high up in the upper atmosphere, and produced a many miles long cascade trail of subatomic particles and radiation, which the detector detected.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 06:28 AM (w6EFb)

69 Yes. , but you are sensible and you and are also old enough to be the parents or grandparents of these young whippersnappers. 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026

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The phone is a tool. I don't bring my screwdriver everywhere I go. (Of course my screwdriver does not offer vast amounts of information and entertainment at the flick of a finger.)

Linda scrolls on that phone of hers a good part of every evening, and she's no teenager either. I don't get it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

70
The source of the OMG! particle is something of a mystery. It had to come from relatively close. Over vast intergalactic distances, it should have slowed down due to interaction with the CMB background.

So it had to be somewhere "nearby" in cosmological terms. But it came from a pretty blank spot in the sky. It could've have been steered by some magnetic fields.

Anyway, whatever produced it had to be something spectacular.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 06:32 AM (w6EFb)

71 Doing some sandboxing of what’s going to be a field rig for commissioning and engineering for this new project.

It’s currently running on a Linux mint rig running a vm of proxmox which in turn is running VMs of opnsense, win 11 enterprise, netbox, puppy Linux and MacOS.

Everything is peppy except the MacOs vm, which is because there are no Mac intel graphics drivers, but I’ve got an amd rtx 570 coming that will fix that glitch when I fully deploy.

The rig will eventually be on a minisforum ms-01, with 3 windows VMs, a Mac vm and 3 Linux VMs, for vendors to do their remote commissioning and run netbox, artista cloud vision and host of other goodies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2026 06:32 AM (XV/Pl)

72 As distasteful as flock is, they are not installing systems Willy nilly, they are being paid to do so by local governments, so the fight is really with local governments and not flock.

As always, the real villain is government.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2026 06:37 AM (XV/Pl)

73 Maybe I'll just take it easy this morning. After breakfast, I'll run to the grocery for some supplies, I guess. A pleasant drive out the old (but recently repaved) Federal highway brings me to a Walmart and an Aldi within a mile or so of each other.

The Buick needs a bath and spray waxing. Low chance of rain this week, and we're being promised a touch less humidity later in the week too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)

74 How goes your house hunting venture Wolfus? Any new possibilities on the horizon?

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 06:41 AM (lJ0H4)

75 If we still had "men with chests," the earliest surveillance cameras would have been quickly disabled under cover of darkness. Speed bumps would have been uprooted, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)

76 How goes your house hunting venture Wolfus? Any new possibilities on the horizon?
Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026

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The very idea tires me. Yet when I go out of my apartment, I'm exasperated by my environment.

I suppose I'll need to do what many of you have urged, rent an apartment in the area I'm considering and live there while looking at properties in person. The whole idea is exhausting, esp. when you're doing it alone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 06:45 AM (wzUl9)

77

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 14, 2026 06:52 AM (SRdv/)

78 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

My adventures in modern dentistry continue this morning.

I seem to have an abscess on my lower jaw that needs to be looked at...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 06:53 AM (FZ29D)

79 The super intelligent AI hysteria is overwrought… saying it this way is a massive understatement

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 14, 2026 06:58 AM (M+uMR)

80 @76

>> esp. when you're doing it alone.

Why are you moving again?

Your heart is clearly not in it, your woman doesn't want you to move away, so why upend your entire life?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2026 06:59 AM (XV/Pl)

81 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 06:53 AM (FZ29D)

I'm sorry. May it be something that can fairly easily be taken care of.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2026 07:01 AM (JrHfD)

82 I suppose I'll need to do what many of you have urged, rent an apartment in the area I'm considering and live there while looking at properties in person. The whole idea is exhausting, esp. when you're doing it alone.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 06:45 AM (wzUl9)

Check and see if there are any of those apartments for rent magazines in the places you're considering. It'd give you a look at what's out there and the condition of the property. Don't forget to do a crime stat check as well. Just because the mag might show beauty shots of the property, doesn't mean it's in a safe area.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 14, 2026 07:01 AM (1Ff7Z)

83 The very idea tires me. Yet when I go out of my apartment, I'm exasperated by my environment.

I suppose I'll need to do what many of you have urged, rent an apartment in the area I'm considering and live there while looking at properties in person. The whole idea is exhausting, esp. when you're doing it alone.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

From my own experience it easier if you take it one step at a time. The sheer magnitude of the endeavor can overwhelm you if you don't. I made a list and checked each step off as it was completed.

Don't give up.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 07:02 AM (lJ0H4)

84 75 If we still had "men with chests," the earliest surveillance cameras would have been quickly disabled under cover of darkness. Speed bumps would have been uprooted, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)

We had dudes with boobs...does that count?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 07:03 AM (l3cgK)

85 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 07:05 AM (VyBeY)

86 Why are you moving again?

Your heart is clearly not in it, your woman doesn't want you to move away, so why upend your entire life?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2026

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Because my heart IS in it, and has been for decades. I hate where I live, am terribly bored by looking at the same broken streets and the same buildings, of having nowhere to go and no decent temperatures for ten months a year.

It's just that the effort required by the upending seems like a sheer cliff face to climb. Yet I know that atop that cliff is the possibility of a new life.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:05 AM (wzUl9)

87 I seem to have an abscess on my lower jaw that needs to be looked at...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Oh no. Here's hoping it involves lass pain than you previous experience.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 07:05 AM (lJ0H4)

88 78 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

My adventures in modern dentistry continue this morning.

I seem to have an abscess on my lower jaw that needs to be looked at...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 06:53 AM (FZ29D)

Ugh. Those can literally KILL you if not taken care of.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2026 07:05 AM (l3cgK)

89 From my own experience it easier if you take it one step at a time. The sheer magnitude of the endeavor can overwhelm you if you don't. I made a list and checked each step off as it was completed.

Don't give up.
Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026

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Oh, I know, one step and then the next. The first thing is for me to make hotel or AirBnB reservations and drive up to Indiana to stay for a little while. Then I can have a look at apartments there -- Evansville or Terre Haute -- talk to people on the ground, etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:08 AM (wzUl9)

90 Because my heart IS in it, and has been for decades. I hate where I live, am terribly bored by looking at the same broken streets and the same buildings, of having nowhere to go and no decent temperatures for ten months a year.

It's just that the effort required by the upending seems like a sheer cliff face to climb. Yet I know that atop that cliff is the possibility of a new life.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:05 AM (wzUl9)
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Renting in another location possibly has at least one advantage if the rent is less than what you are paying now. I compared average rentals in New Orleans to Terre Haute and my own hometown in MO. New Orleans is significantly more expensive (on average) for a 2-bedroom apartment than either of the latter two locations.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 07:09 AM (FZ29D)

91 It's just that the effort required by the upending seems like a sheer cliff face to climb. Yet I know that atop that cliff is the possibility of a new life.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:05 AM (wzUl9)

I feel you Wolfus… I hate my current AO and hope to leave as soon as possible. In my case, that’s a little more time at current job. Getting the new life set up seems overwhelming sometimes but I gotta get out of here! And will

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 14, 2026 07:09 AM (M+uMR)

92 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Prayers for good outcomes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

93 I compared average rentals in New Orleans to Terre Haute and my own hometown in MO. New Orleans is significantly more expensive (on average) for a 2-bedroom apartment than either of the latter two locations.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 07:09 AM (FZ29D)

Do the cats get the bigger bedroom?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 14, 2026 07:11 AM (1Ff7Z)

94 Do the cats get the bigger bedroom?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 14, 2026 07:11 AM (1Ff7Z)
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I use the "primary bedroom" as my office in my home.

I sleep in one of the smaller bedrooms.

Yes, the cats more or less claim the office as THEIR territory.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 07:12 AM (FZ29D)

95 Wolfus Aurelius & LinusVanPelt

Moved to the mostly unknown Kansas in 2011. Made the decision in 2009, took two years for my late wife to agree, and made it work. It can be done.

Trust in yourself. You can do it. Rely on your experience to solve the unknowns.

I'm happy I made the move. Fairfax County is enemy territory today. Saw it coming.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

96
Statistically, these ultra-high energy cosmic rays come from a location centered on the Big Dipper in the sky, about 40 degrees wide. The OMG particle and the other highest ones, however came well outside that, interestingly.

There are some potential sources in that region (like M87) and others. M87 is a giant elliptical galaxy. It's central black is one of the largest observed, about 6.3 billion solar masses. The event horizon radius is about 128 AU, or about 3x the distance to Pluto.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 14, 2026 07:18 AM (w6EFb)

97 Thx, NaCly Dog!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 14, 2026 07:20 AM (M+uMR)

98 Renting in another location possibly has at least one advantage if the rent is less than what you are paying now. I compared average rentals in New Orleans to Terre Haute and my own hometown in MO. New Orleans is significantly more expensive (on average) for a 2-bedroom apartment than either of the latter two locations.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026

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I'm living in a small 1-BR, and my rent is quite a bit cheaper than anything else I see in TH or Evansville. That's really the reason I've stayed here so long. Even if rent is more for a 1-BR, though, it will have the advantage of being somewhere other than here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)

99 w00t late

Posted by: m at September 14, 2026 07:20 AM (odBC9)

100 100!

Posted by: m at September 14, 2026 07:20 AM (odBC9)

101 m

Yeah!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

102
JJS is here

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:23 AM (/+uur)

103 I'm living in a small 1-BR, and my rent is quite a bit cheaper than anything else I see in TH or Evansville. That's really the reason I've stayed here so long. Even if rent is more for a 1-BR, though, it will have the advantage of being somewhere other than here.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)
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Yep. Quality of life matters, even if you find yourself paying more for that peace of mind.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 07:23 AM (FZ29D)

104 Good job, m!

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 07:23 AM (BpO1e)

105 I was a passenger in a car yesterday I watched people walking around. Almost all of them ( mostly under 30) were either carrying or talking on cell phones. I can understand carrying one if you don't have a pocket
and for emergencies, but I don't really understand talking on your cell phone when going for a walk.

--

Over the last few years, I've started to really despise cell phones. Aside from needing one while out for safety reasons, etc., most of the time I'd like to throw mine into highway traffic. I'm so sick of seeing them everywhere. People who can't peel their hands or eyes off theirs like they're very own lives depended on holding and having these devices on them. I even see many commercials now where someone is shopping for something, comparing something, looking for something and the person sits there grinning while scrolling, scrolling, scrolling on their phone. Yeah, I'm way past 29, so that may account for some of it. But the ubiquity of these rectangular pieces of way-too-much-information-overload angers and irritates me. Get off the flipping phone people, and live a normal life. Stop acting like it's your heartbeat and you'd be dead without it. JMO.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 14, 2026 07:24 AM (qBdHI)

106 The cost of bread has now moved out of the average Iranian's budget.
All foreign investment in Iran has ceased.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:24 AM (E0Et6)

107 On impulse at World Market this week, I bought a loaf of Delba Three Grain Bread from Germany. (It was 55% off.) It has no wheat, but has rye, barley, and oats. I don't care for it much. A slice takes longer to toast to crispness, and its taste, even with mustard and sharp cheddar cheese, is disappointing. I'll give Linda a sample. If she likes it, she can have it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:25 AM (wzUl9)

108 Lady in Black, Amen.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:26 AM (E0Et6)

109 {{{Lady in Black}}}

Phone in hand = no situational awareness.

Makes you a target.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 14, 2026 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

110 I'm now reminded of a video clip where an influencer arrived in London and was filming things on his phone only to have it quickly stolen by a migrant of indeterminate ethnic origin.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026 07:28 AM (BpO1e)

111 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 14, 2026 07:28 AM (2Ez/1)

112 I'm now reminded of a video clip where an influencer arrived in London and was filming things on his phone only to have it quickly stolen by a migrant of indeterminate ethnic origin.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 14, 2026

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I can name that ethnic origin in three notes!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 14, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

113 huh, out here in corn&cows country I don't see much of that phone behavior. must be an urban thing, and I mean big urban.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 07:43 AM (VyBeY)

114 Obama said that he's instructed Hakeem Jeffries to clamp down hard on AI "when the Democrats win in November".

Sounds like the cheat is back on the menu.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 14, 2026 08:00 AM (sabhw)

115 Some of the ads here when using safari have gotten out of hand. Basically taking over the whole page after a few seconds of reading. Try to go click on a link in an article gets hijacked to go to an ad instead as it throws some sort of semi-transparent layer over the page just as you go to click. Makes the site unusable really.

Posted by: RandomString at September 14, 2026 08:25 AM (Ji9WQ)

116 In your Pascal compiler, can you have pointers to functions?

Posted by: MichiCanuck at September 14, 2026 09:47 AM (o0oFE)

117 Added preliminary support for Modula-2 and Oberon to my Pascal compiler and got started on the first five applications using my new language: An application router, a database manager, a protocol analyser, a monitoring system, and a proxy server with automated TLS (a.k.a SSL a.k.a HTTPS).

Are we talking PIM3 Modula-2 or ISO standard?

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 14, 2026 11:00 AM (aTl7+)

118 Random String,

I had same problems. Search for 'how to install ad blocker on my' whatever device you're using.

Fixed 90% of it for me.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at September 14, 2026 12:06 PM (OgUID)

Sunday Overnight Open Thread - September 13, 2026

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Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Appreciate you stopping by. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

[Top photo: Sunset Colors, Wasatch Mountains Utah (from EarthPorn on reddit)]

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Lovely behavior from the people of "tolerance" and "coexist"


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Well played, cameraman!


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I did not expect to ever post anything about the Clancy trial. I changed my mind!


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Misuse of Flock cameras? As Ace says, I shan't believe it. I shannot.

Mayor Livid When Even More Police Are Arrested for Using Flock Database Inappropriately

Three more police officers have been arrested after using Automatic License Plate Readers supplied by the surveillance company Flock for non-law enforcement purposes.

In Savannah, Georgia, four police department workers were hauled into custody last Friday, when an investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation uncovered they’d been abusing their city’s Flock system to track personal acquaintances and family members, WTOC reported.

Three of them were active police officers, while one of them was employed as a community service specialist. Two more employees had been fired weeks ago for similar offenses, WTOC notes, though they haven’t been arrested, and it’s not clear if an investigation is ongoing.

The incident has become a huge scandal for Savannah over the past few weeks, turning the historic Georgia city into a poster child for police abuse of AI-powered surveillance. Local officials aren’t happy, to put it lightly.

“To be totally honest, I’m disappointed,” Savannah mayor Van Johnson said, calling it a sad and sobering day for the city. “I’m p*ssed off about it.”


Anderson Co. deputy resigns amid investigation into misuse of Flock cameras

An Anderson County deputy has resigned after being brought under investigation for unauthorized use of Flock cameras.

According to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Eric Center accessed the Flock camera system for “a purpose outside of the authorized reasons.”

Deputies said an internal affairs investigation was opened into the matter and, during that investigation, Center resigned from the sheriff’s office.

The sheriff’s office said they conferred with the 10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office regarding the case and it was determined that while the conducted violated agency policy, it did not warrant a criminal investigation.

This shit is really snowballing. Ridiculous.

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Hoover Dam is an engineering marvel. Built long before computers and calculators.

Here's a nerdy but interesting (to me, at least) article about the method used for pouring concrete and why it was done that way.

Hoover Dam was cast in columns because one solid pour would take 125 years to reach air temperature

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A bucket holding eight cubic yards of concrete swung out over Black Canyon on a cable, dropped into a form, and opened. Seven men went in after it with shovels, rubber boots and pneumatic vibrators, spreading a mix so dry that it would take its initial set inside the bucket if the crane operator was slow. Threaded through the form, waiting, were coils of one-inch steel pipe.

The pipe was there because Bureau of Reclamation engineers had worked out what would happen if the dam were built the obvious way. Their calculation is published in Reclamation’s own account of the construction. A single continuous pour would have got so hot, it says, that the concrete would have taken 125 years to cool to the temperature of the air around it. The resulting stresses would have cracked the dam and crumbled it away. So the dam went up as a stack of separate columns instead, each one chilled from the inside while it set.

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Concrete placement in any one block was limited to five feet in 72 hours. That is a rate rule rather than a volume rule: it caps how fast heat can be added to any one part of the dam. Reclamation puts placement in the dam at roughly 160,000 cubic yards a month. The peak day was 10,462 cubic yards, a figure that includes some concrete placed in the intake towers and the powerplant, and the peak month slightly over 275,000 cubic yards.

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The 125 years is the most quoted figure in this story, and what it measures is narrower than the retellings suggest. It describes cooling to the temperature of the surrounding air. It says nothing about when the chemical reaction inside the cement finishes, and the two are different processes running on different clocks.

It is also a calculation. Nobody poured Hoover Dam in a single lift and watched it cool. Reclamation’s engineers computed what would have happened if anyone had, and then designed the job so that nobody would. Reclamation’s construction answers record the cooling of the dam as completed in March 1935. That is about 21 months after the first concrete went into the dam on 6 June 1933, and two to three months before the last was placed on 29 May 1935. That timing is our arithmetic on Reclamation’s dates.

Kewl? Or nah?


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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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A Clean Line and a Slightly Raised Eyebrow — and the difference a little discipline makes

At the White House Historical Association’s 2026 Presidential Sites Summit, First Lady Melania Trump stepped to the Rose Garden podium in a look that did what her best public dressing always does: it looked simple until you looked twice. The dress was Dior’s mid-length blazer dress in black virgin wool and cotton bouclé. Sleeveless, double-breasted, notch-lapelled, worn without its belt but with the house’s horn buttons.

And then the shoes. Oh my goodness, the shoes. They were Manolo Blahnik’s BB pumps in a black-and-white grid from the 2023 collection. Pointed toe. Stiletto. A grid pump does not need a complicated outfit. It needs a clean line and enough quiet around it.

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The Rose Garden outfit was a proportion look. A graphic Manolo finished a black line by arriving last, saying one thing, and stopping.

Elsewhere in First Family Fashion, Donald Trump Jr. and new wife Bettina joined POTUS in western Ireland for the Irish Open. We may still look a little side-eyed at this marriage, but Bettina does seem to understand how to dress for her role a bit better than Kimberly Guilfoyle. That is not gossip. That is wardrobe discussion. A southern lady knows the difference.

Upon disembarking from the plane, Bettina wore a Burberry Classic Trench, I think this is the long Waterloo style. She carried a quilted Bottega Veneta Andiamo Small Intrecciato top-handle bag in black and Chanel calfskin ballet flats in black quilted leather. The sunglasses are Gucci flat-top frames in black. Travel dressing with its manners on.

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Bettina was also introduced to Ireland’s President Catherine Connolly. She nailed this fall’s trends with a gorgeous Roland Mouret long-sleeve crepe midi dress in emerald green. The coat is a Scanlan Theodore tailored coat in sand. Bettina remembered that green and camel still do the Lord’s work. The shoes are Manolo Blahnik Maysli suede buckle slingback pumps in emerald green, and the sunglasses are Dior 30Montaigne S8U in black. The bag is the same from above. Matching the green pump to the green dress without turning into a Christmas ornament takes a steady hand. She had one.

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And as something really fun, here is a link sent to me by Biden’s Dog for everyone to enjoy.

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Thanks, Piper!

The rest of you - Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.

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DJ Doof - Feeling Lonely Edition




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1 Chicken’s in the bread pan doe si doe

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTs5ysnTEm0

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 10:00 PM (BzKNL)

2 Cry havok and let loose the corgis of ONT!

Posted by: mindful webworker - participating proportionally at September 13, 2026 10:00 PM (4lnVb)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 13, 2026 10:01 PM (ot38T)

4 Nooded, and thanks, Doof!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 10:01 PM (NcvvS)

5 Hi friends!

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

6 Evening, all! Now to go back and read the content and enjoy the pictures of FLOTUS.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 13, 2026 10:02 PM (aJQbY)

7 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 13, 2026 10:02 PM (sAmhv)

8 Bah! Nobody needs all the acclaim and accolades and public harassment from getting First! anyway!! You can have it, Braeny. 😜

Posted by: mindful webworker - second is the new last at September 13, 2026 10:04 PM (4lnVb)

9 matt, if you take the points then ed hock-a-lugie don't fuck you over

Posted by: muttering vikings fan at September 13, 2026 10:05 PM (Q+gd/)

10 8 Bah! Nobody needs all the acclaim and accolades and public harassment from getting First! anyway!! You can have it, Braeny. 😜
Posted by: mindful webworker - second is the new last at September

Honestly, the paparazzi gets annoying.

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

11 Lockthatbitchupjackson speaks the truth.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:06 PM (viF8m)

12 Greetings Horde!

Thank you for content Mr. Doof and Ms. Piper.

Off to lurk in the shadows after reading content.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 13, 2026 10:06 PM (QGaXH)

13 I find myself in agreement with Mr Lock That Bitch Up. Well done sir.

Posted by: Don Black at September 13, 2026 10:07 PM (ZxPkt)

14 Nobody poured Hoover Dam in a single lift and watched it cool. Reclamation’s engineers computed what would have happened if anyone had, and then designed the job so that nobody would. Reclamation’s construction answers record the cooling of the dam as completed in March 1935. That is about 21 months after the first concrete went into the dam on 6 June 1933, and two to three months before the last was placed on 29 May 1935.

Or roughly the time it would take Gavin Newsom to scratch his crotch before starting to think about contemplating forming a study group to consider whether to convene a committee to evaluate which style of seat cushion to use in the High Speed Train.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)

15 Good evening morons und danke Disko

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

16 Piper's contributions tonight are well noted. Nice work.

Posted by: Don Black at September 13, 2026 10:08 PM (ZxPkt)

17 I've never understood how anyone liked Canadian bacon.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 13, 2026 10:08 PM (PE5pE)

18 At 14, Zack MacLeod Pinsent burned his last pair of jeans after finding a box of his great-grandfather’s suits, and he hasn’t worn modern clothes since.

Nor has he gone a day without getting at least one swirly by his more butch nemesis, Leonard Pinth Garnell.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)

19 Eked out a very narrow win on the Sockpuppet Wall of Shame. I'm pleased and alarmed at the same time.

Posted by: Of Two Minds at September 13, 2026 10:09 PM (Fn+3X)

20 Well, he really might be a girl.

https://tinyurl.com/ujej396z

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 10:09 PM (ndZc7)

21 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper!

Posted by: TRex - low profile commenter dino at September 13, 2026 10:10 PM (XfIK1)

22 Nicely done Sunday ONT! Thanks, Doof and Piper.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 13, 2026 10:11 PM (wVcYX)

23 A very nice ONT at both ends. Photo up top is pushing Fall a little too early, though.

Posted by: Greenie Weenie at September 13, 2026 10:11 PM (Fn+3X)

24 We may still look a little side-eyed at this marriage, but Bettina does seem to understand how to dress for her role a bit better than Kimberly Guilfoyle. That is not gossip. That is wardrobe discussion. A southern lady knows the difference.

Meeeee-Owwwww!

Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:11 PM (Riz8t)

25 I've never understood how anyone liked Canadian bacon.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 13, 2026 10:08 PM (PE5pE)

Why the hostility?

It's a meat product. Meat products are mostly good. Perhaps calling it "bacon" is what leads to the hostility. But, it's still a pork product.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 13, 2026 10:11 PM (0aYVJ)

26 “To be totally honest, I’m disappointed,” Savannah mayor Van Johnson said, calling it a sad and sobering day for the city. “I’m p*ssed off about it.”
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"How could this possibly happen!" he added.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

27 Sorry (actually sorry tonight, not soery like I was last night) I'm late, the butler put the wrong bumber of place settings on the table, so we had to engage in what turned out to be a rather boisterous round of Musical Chairs to determine who got to eat in the grand dining room and which poor soul would be relegsted to musty servants quarters.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 13, 2026 10:12 PM (PMi3m)

28 Here is a EweTube video describing how the Owyhee dam in SE Oregon was the prototype for Hoover dam.

youtu.be/h2vJovuH0bk

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 13, 2026 10:12 PM (3R8jA)

29 I've never understood how anyone liked Canadian bacon.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

It's okay on a carnivore-type pizza with all the other meats.

But it was invented so those pineapple-on-pizza weirdos could do their thing.

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)

30 Evenin' Horde. Howdy, Doof!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at September 13, 2026 10:13 PM (kOluj)

31 Piper done real good, Doof set out to be whelming and succeeded.

Posted by: Win-Win! at September 13, 2026 10:14 PM (Fn+3X)

32 >>I've never understood how anyone liked Canadian bacon.

Don't be dissing the Egg McMuffin.

Those things kept me alive during way to early hockey practice in high school.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:14 PM (viF8m)

33 24 We may still look a little side-eyed at this marriage, but Bettina does seem to understand how to dress for her role a bit better than Kimberly Guilfoyle. That is not gossip. That is wardrobe discussion. A southern lady knows the difference.

Meeeee-Owwwww!
Posted by: Archimedes at September

But I am not wrong! lol.

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

34 Piper's contributions tonight are well noted. Nice work.
Posted by: Don Black at September 13, 2026 10:08 PM (ZxPkt)

I shall place your comment on a bulletin board in the break room at Doof Enterprises. Maybe it will motivate the other employees.

Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

35 Wow.

That’s the first 60 Minutes story I’ve watched fully in decades.

Well worth it and I’m astonished they aired it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 10:15 PM (yEz+x)

36
I've never understood how anyone liked Canadian bacon.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

I can't believe it's not butter!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)

37 There are quite a few YT vids of people dressing everyday in other period clothing.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

38 I've never understood how anyone liked Canadian bacon.

It's ham, and most people like ham. The problem is that you've been primed to expect BACON, and ham is not bacon. It's like being told you're getting filet mignon, and getting hamburger. There's nothing wrong with hamburger, but if it's not what you were promised, it's a disappointment.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

39 Piper thanks for the introduction to Don Jr.'s new wife.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)

40 Yes, Hoover Dam tours are cool. They tell you all the information about the pouring and other engineering.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

41 A warm hello to all of you!

Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

42 Off to lurk in the shadows after reading content.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

Hey, look out, man. This shadow's occupied already.

Posted by: mindful webworker - lurkishly lurking at September 13, 2026 10:17 PM (4lnVb)

43 Meeeee-Owwwww!
Posted by: Archimedes at September

But I am not wrong! lol.

No. No you are not.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Riz8t)

44 >>Wow.

>>That’s the first 60 Minutes story I’ve watched fully in decades.

>>Well worth it and I’m astonished they aired it


You don't say.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:18 PM (viF8m)

45 Bacon is crispy and fatty, Canadian bacon is neither.

Posted by: davidt at September 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Q+gd/)

46 Egg McMuffins are an American culinary institution

Posted by: Otto Penn at September 13, 2026 10:18 PM (jSVOZ)

47 ***It is genuinely terrifying that a MASSIVE group of people in this country believe that the appropriate response to speech they disagree with, is m*rder...
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AOC's gang wants to k*ll upChuck Schumer 'cause he's too conservative.
hahahahahah

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 10:18 PM (BzKNL)

48 34 I shall place your comment on a bulletin board in the break room at Doof Enterprises. Maybe it will motivate the other employees.
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf

I don’t even go in there. I just door dash my snacks to my office.

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

49 >> Egg McMuffins are an American culinary institution

This guy gets it.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:20 PM (viF8m)

50 Period clothing sounds so icky. Do people really wear different clothes one week a month?

Posted by: Emily Litella at September 13, 2026 10:20 PM (Fn+3X)

51 Canuck side-meat is pretty good on Egg McMuffins. Crispy English muffin, drenched in butter, egg, cheeeeeese. A pretty tasty combination

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:20 PM (rQ950)

52 I've never understood how anyone liked Canadian bacon.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 13, 2026 10:08 PM (PE5pE)
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Ideal for egg sandwich on English muffin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

53 Hoover Dam: not quite two years for the pour. Did not look up pre-constrution time. If you were to propose to build another dam like this one, the permit process and bid process would likely take decades because of environmental studies, disputes over grift and graft and the lawsuits because of all those factors. Of course, it would be very unlikely to happen at all.

Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 10:21 PM (zRghv)

54 DJ Doof - Feeling Lonely Edition

Why so lonely?

https://youtu.be/UzJEdNngx10

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

55 In Europe a sort of similar problem emerged, they make perfectly fine Pizza, but if you order pepperoni you get a kind of sausage, if you order sausage you get pepperoni.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:22 PM (rQ950)

56 Or roughly the time it would take Gavin Newsom to scratch his crotch before starting to think about contemplating forming a study group to consider whether to convene a committee to evaluate which style of seat cushion to use in the High Speed Train.
Posted by: Archimedes
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That was mean....

I like it!

Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 10:23 PM (zRghv)

57 McDonald's didn't invent the egg sandwich people just saying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)

58 ***four police department workers were hauled into custody last Friday,
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Flock; servants of the people.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 10:23 PM (BzKNL)

59 I wonder if we could grow Canadian bacon in the US?

Dare to dream.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:24 PM (viF8m)

60 39 Piper thanks for the introduction to Don Jr.'s new wife.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:17

She has been quiet and reserved. Maybe she is good for him.

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

61 In any case Taylor ham > Canadian bacon

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

62 Period clothing sounds so icky. Do people really wear different clothes one week a month?
Posted by: Emily Litella


What's all this I hear about Presidential erections?!


Oh, nevermind. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at September 13, 2026 10:24 PM (ot38T)

63 Gavin Newsome is Californian, he doesn't use a cushion when he bikes

Posted by: gKWVE at September 13, 2026 10:25 PM (88C+u)

64 I had a hankerin’ to make Reubens. The grocery I’m looking at has no sliced Deli corned beef. They do have a “boars head” brand solid chunk in plastic, but I doubt I could slice it thin enough. Would electric knife, like used for Turkey, accomplish this task?

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:26 PM (rQ950)

65 From AI (the more you know):

No, Canadian bacon is not technically ham, though they look and taste very similar.

Main Differences

The Cut: Canadian bacon comes from the pork loin on the back of the pig. Ham comes from the hind leg.

Flavor and Cure: Canadian bacon is usually cured and smoked with a mild flavor. Ham can be cured, smoked, or baked, and often has a sweeter flavor profile.

Fat Content: Canadian bacon is leaner than traditional ham.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)

66 Or roughly the time it would take Gavin Newsom to scratch his crotch before starting to think about contemplating forming a study group to consider whether to convene a committee to evaluate which style of seat cushion to use in the High Speed Train.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)

First, they have to do a study to see what materials the state has deemed safe enough, and shouldn't trigger demands for reparations, to see whether they can make a seat and a seat cushion. Could they even make straps to hang onto for the duration of the trip?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 10:27 PM (qx7Zg)

67 I'm getting a lot of dam information tonight.

Posted by: Don Black at September 13, 2026 10:27 PM (ZxPkt)

68 This shit is really snowballing. Ridiculous.
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Who would have ever thought that cops, real cops, would mis-use a freely available, pornographic surveillance device?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 10:27 PM (BzKNL)

69 McDonald's didn't invent the egg sandwich people, just saying.
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No, of course not. But it seems generally agreed this is “Canadian” bacon’s highest and best use.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:27 PM (rQ950)

70 .......filet mignon or hamburger

Hell, if it's free I would take the hamburger without bitching.

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 10:27 PM (xJpuh)

71 I don’t even go in there. I just door dash my snacks to my office.
Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

When did you get an office?!?!

Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)

72 Off to lurk in the shadows after reading content.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

Hey, look out, man. This shadow's occupied already.
Posted by: mindful webworker - lurkishly lurking

Didn't see you there?

https://youtu.be/U4aRayOzgjg

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

73 64 I had a hankerin’ to make Reubens.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:26 PM (rQ950)

Surprisingly, Arby’s makes a pretty good Reuben. It’s not Katz’s deli level, but not bad.

Posted by: TxAnn at September 13, 2026 10:28 PM (SjAWL)

74 >>McDonald's didn't invent the egg sandwich people just saying.

Oh, ok conspiracy theorist.

Why do you hate America?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:28 PM (viF8m)

75 Pierce Brosnan still good looking after all these years.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 10:29 PM (lJ0H4)

76 Mayor Livid When Even More Police Are Arrested for Using Flock Database Inappropriately

Big Brother has the sadz.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 13, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

77 I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger sandwich today. Or a Filet Mignon.

Posted by: J. Wellington Wimpy at September 13, 2026 10:30 PM (Fn+3X)

78 Pierce Brosnan still good looking after all these years.

Still the 3rd best Bond, after Craig and Connery.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:31 PM (Riz8t)

79 Qonderful work this evening, Doof and Piper.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 13, 2026 10:31 PM (PMi3m)

80 but I doubt I could slice it thin enough. Would electric knife, like used for Turkey, accomplish this task?
Posted by: Common Tater
****

I've had ruebens with thin cut slices and with thick cut slices. It depends on how you're making the sandwich. If you make a good sandwich, it does not matter how you sliced the meat.

Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 10:32 PM (zRghv)

81 ***and the difference a little discipline makes
--

that's what it's all about, isn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 10:32 PM (BzKNL)

82 Lockthatbitchup Jackson is a national treasure!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 10:32 PM (FZ29D)

83 71 I don’t even go in there. I just door dash my snacks to my office.
Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

When did you get an office?!?!
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:28 PM

The musical based on this blog is going to be hysterical.

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

84 Ribeye >>>>>>>>>>>> any other cut of steak.

I will die on this hill.

Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

85 Tousi reported this evening that the president and parliament of Iran are arguing over whether to test one of their nukes. Publicly. The president and his people apparently want not to because Israel will kill them all. The IRGC is apparently all in with parliament on doomsday.

https://tinyurl.com/4526b9fd

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 13, 2026 10:33 PM (vSvIl)

86 With tonight's musicalntheme, I assume somebody has already posted a link to Team America, you know whixh scene, so i won't bother duplicating it.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 13, 2026 10:34 PM (PMi3m)

87 You youngsters don't remember a time when McDonald's did not serve breakfast.

We had egg sammiches too back then.

The real achievement here is the round egg.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

88 Pierce Brosnan still good looking after all these years.

Still the 3rd best Bond, after Craig and Connery.
****

And the first shot in the Bond wars echoes.

Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 10:34 PM (zRghv)

89 Nix on the shoes. They go with a zoot suit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 10:35 PM (BzKNL)

90 Off to lurk in the shadows after reading content.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

Hey, look out, man. This shadow's occupied already.
Posted by: mindful webworker - lurkishly lurking at September 13, 2026 10:17 PM (4lnVb)

Be careful with the next one. It's a regular nesting place for Flock cameras.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 10:36 PM (qx7Zg)

91 >Ribeye >>>>>>>>>>>> any other cut of steak.
----

Too much marbling and connective tissue

Top Sirloin is the One True Cut.

Posted by: Don Black at September 13, 2026 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)

92 Who's Reuben?

Posted by: And Who's Yehoodi? at September 13, 2026 10:36 PM (Fn+3X)

93 McDonald's didn't invent the egg sandwich people just saying.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
~~~~~

The egg sandwich was invented in Jersey with the delectable pork roll, egg and cheese sammie decades before Mickey D.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 13, 2026 10:37 PM (3ImbR)

94
Broke a rule and checked into the Cowboy Giant game only to be confronted with a feminine pee pad ad.

Posted by: Auspex at September 13, 2026 10:37 PM (Y8DZL)

95 The real achievement here is the round egg.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

There's these neat little kitchen gadgets called: egg rings...

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 10:37 PM (rdVOm)

96 Ribeye >>>>>>>>>>>> any other cut of steak.
I will die on this hill.

Tenderloin. New York Strip after that.
*doffs hat in memory of Doof*

Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:37 PM (Riz8t)

97 If you make a good sandwich, it does not matter how you sliced the meat.
Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 10:32 PM (zRghv)

But quality meat is, how you say, the whole point of the exercise, no?

Posted by: The Paolo at September 13, 2026 10:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

98 Tousi reported this evening that the president and parliament of Iran are arguing over whether to test one of their nukes. Publicly. The president and his people apparently want not to because Israel will kill them all. The IRGC is apparently all in with parliament on doomsday.

https://tinyurl.com/4526b9fd
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 13, 2026 10:33 PM (vSvIl)

Too bad Mossad already replaced it with a casing full of used pinball machine parts.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)

99 I don’t even go in there. I just door dash my snacks to my office.
Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

When did you get an office?!?!
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)

It's The Secret Of Her Success.

Posted by: Oh Yeah (Yello) at September 13, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

100 There's only a little bit of concrete in the Hoover dam. It was poured over all the old vacuum cleaners ...

Posted by: Adriane the Gilligan's Island DIY Critic . . . at September 13, 2026 10:38 PM (3ZUWJ)

101 Lockthatbitchup Jackson is a national treasure!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 10:32 PM (FZ29D)

I've watched it thrice. Still cackling like a junior high kid. I shall watch it a couple more times before I retire for the evening.

Hey! Who put out their Kool on my rug?!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 13, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)

102 Surprisingly, Arby’s makes a pretty good Reuben. It’s not Katz’s deli level, but not bad.
——-

There’s probably no Arby’s within 100 air miles from me in any direction. Katz or somebody like that (whomever actually mails the damn things to people) had some tips on how to up your Reuben game when making them.

If I could get unsliced black Rye, that would be best, I think. I think the slices should be thicker, generally speaking.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:38 PM (rQ950)

103 Here we go. More fake facts about New Jersey.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:38 PM (viF8m)

104 Ribeye >>>>>>>>>>>> any other cut of steak.

I will die on this hill.
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

===
Which is why you go to Pat's for cheesesteaks, not Geno's.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

105 Donald is looking at Bettina, thinking, take the woman's hand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 10:39 PM (BzKNL)

106 Bedtime! Crazy day tomorrow, teach 6, 930 and noon, have the house cleaners, J leaves for Boston, kid has school. Everyone get a good night’s rest to face that day!

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

107 You youngsters don't remember a time when McDonald's did not serve breakfast.

We had egg sammiches too back then.

The real achievement here is the round egg.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

The biscuit cutter is right there.

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)

108 I like to buy a whole tenderloin, roast 2/3 of it,and cut the rest into steaks. Cost me $165 last time.

Posted by: Very Fixed Income at September 13, 2026 10:40 PM (Fn+3X)

109 The IRGC is apparently all in with parliament on doomsday.

https://tinyurl.com/4526b9fd
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 13, 2026 10:33 PM (vSvIl)

Eh, just bomb the place when they're in session. Make it a mute point.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

110 Coffee milk.

Enough said.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 13, 2026 10:41 PM (3ImbR)

111 Great content tonight. Thank you Piper and Doof

Posted by: 496 at September 13, 2026 10:41 PM (jCuBf)

112 Eh, just bomb the place when they're in session. Make it a mute point.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

F That!

I want a really LOUD boom ...

Posted by: Adriane the Gilligan's Island DIY Critic . . . at September 13, 2026 10:41 PM (3ZUWJ)

113 gunpowder was invented in New Jersey, in a deli

Posted by: Otto Penn at September 13, 2026 10:42 PM (jSVOZ)

114
Idea-

All juries must have a Bureau of Reclamations certified engineer as foreman

Posted by: Idea Guy at September 13, 2026 10:42 PM (4RYRd)

115 Eh, just bomb the place when they're in session. Make it a mute point.

Heh. I think you mean a moo point. Supposably.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:42 PM (Riz8t)

116 Eh, just bomb the place when they're in session. Make it a mute point.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I was gonna correct this, but I guess it's right either way.

Posted by: dead men tell no tales at September 13, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)

117 If you make a good sandwich, it does not matter how you sliced the meat.
——

I’d agree with that, but the risk of buying a big ass chunk, is that it might be all stringy? Deli meat is usually just right for sammiches, I want to avoid the “take a bite and pull the sandwich apart” thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:42 PM (rQ950)

118 Canadian bacon is used in the classic Eggs Benedict.

It is good on pizza with pineapple.

And egg McMuffins are compulsory at 6am heading up the mountain to downhill ski.

Please.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 10:43 PM (yEz+x)

119 I want a really LOUD boom ...
Posted by: Adriane the Gilligan's Island DIY Critic . . . at September 13, 2026 10:41 PM (3ZUWJ)

They probably wouldn't even hear it. Just wonder why it got so hot all of the sudden.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

120 Eh, just bomb the place when they're in session. Make it a mute point.

Heh. I think you mean a moo point. Supposably.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:42 PM (Riz8t)

We're dropping cows from BUFFs (B-52s)?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

121 I made quiche this morning with Nueske's smoked ham, gruyere, sauteed onion and chopped broccoli.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 10:44 PM (+fdRY)

122 I propose that one of the COBs should allow mikeski to be the ONT guest DJ once a week.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 13, 2026 10:44 PM (PMi3m)

123 Eh, just bomb the place when they're in session. Make it a mute point.

Heh. I think you mean a moo point. Supposably.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:42 PM (Riz8t)

(shrugs)

I could care less.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

124 Which is why you go to Pat's for cheesesteaks, not Geno's.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

I wouldn't go to either of those places.

Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:45 PM (QMAsf)

125 >>Coffee milk.

>>Enough said.

You're damn skippy.

Also Del's frozen lemonade.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)

126 Reuben Kincaid (Dave Madden)appeared in all 96 episodes of The Partridge Family show during it's four year run.
San The Butcher (Allen Melvin) appeared only 8 times during The Brady Bunch run.

Posted by: Meaty Facts at September 13, 2026 10:45 PM (Fn+3X)

127
Who's Reuben?
Posted by: And Who's Yehoodi?

Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2026 10:46 PM (Cqx++)

128 I don’t even go in there. I just door dash my snacks to my office.
Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

When did you get an office?!?!
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)

It's The Secret Of Her Success.
Posted by: Oh Yeah (Yello)

Well, Piper does Dress for Success

Posted by: Anti-fashionista at September 13, 2026 10:46 PM (4RYRd)

129 ........J leaves for Boston,

Kinda feel sorry for J.

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 10:47 PM (xJpuh)

130 Adding to the music

https://youtu.be/D6Aw3ZnqQrY

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)

131 Mandatory, or Compulsory? Hm.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:47 PM (rQ950)

132 Which is the 60 MInutes link above?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 10:47 PM (1z8ji)

133 When making a Rueben, the contents should be just about bursting out of the bread. Ruebems should be rubenesque.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 13, 2026 10:48 PM (PMi3m)

134 If you make a good sandwich, it does not matter how you sliced the meat.
Posted by: clarence


This is an errant statement.

The best sammiches are made with perfectly thin sliced meats, cheeses , onions and tomatoes. Otherwise they are chunky and gloppy. No no no no.

Please. Sharpen your knives and take a little time.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 10:48 PM (yEz+x)

135 Doing some sandboxing of what’s going to be a field rig for commissioning and engineering for this new project.

It’s currently running on a Linux mint rig running a vm of proxmox which in turn is running VMs of opnsense, win 11 enterprise, netbox, puppy Linux and MacOS.

Everything is peppy except the MacOs vm, which is because there are no Mac intel graphics drivers, but I’ve got an amd rtx 570 coming that will fix that glitch when I fully deploy.

The rig will eventually have 3 windows VMs, a Mac vm and 3 Linux VMs, for vendors to do their remote commissioning.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 13, 2026 10:48 PM (XV/Pl)

136 Irregardless

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2026 10:49 PM (Cqx++)

137 Jersey is so good at sammies that they even have their own version of a Sloppy Joe. No ketchupy ground beef on a hamburger bun. No sirrreeee.

Jersey Sloppy Joe order of assembly from bottom to top:

•Rye Bread
•Turkey
•Cole Slaw
•Russian Dressing
•Swiss Cheese
•Rye Bread
•Ham
•Cole Slaw
•Russian Dressing
•Swiss Cheese
•Rye Bread

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 13, 2026 10:49 PM (3ImbR)

138 Who's Reuben?
Posted by: And Who's Yehoodi?

Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

FILL YORE HANDS....

...with our Generously Portioned Reuben!

Posted by: The Original Miklos Katz's Deli at September 13, 2026 10:49 PM (4RYRd)

139 Irregardless
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

It's a mute point.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 13, 2026 10:50 PM (ot38T)

140 Irregardless
Posted by: Bertram Cabot

Inflammable despite of

Posted by: The Original Miklos Grammatical Annoyance List at September 13, 2026 10:52 PM (4RYRd)

141 >>>Also Del's frozen lemonade.
~~~~~

Even lefties can figure out how to freeze lemonade.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 13, 2026 10:52 PM (3ImbR)

142 >>Which is the 60 MInutes link above?

I told you morons to watch the interview but does anyone listen to me?

Fine.

https://tinyurl.com/57dp8kcz

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)

143
Canadian bacon

___________

"Oh, you have 'bacon' too! How nice. Now, run along and play while we grown-ups talk."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 10:53 PM (eRlcH)

144 Thanks for the ONT.

Like the 60 mins bit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 13, 2026 10:53 PM (Y/06r)

145 Please. Sharpen your knives and take a little time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 10:48 PM (yEz+x)

Wouldn't a meat slicer make thinner cuts?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

146 It is genuinely terrifying that a MASSIVE group of people in this country believe that the appropriate response to speech they disagree with, is m*rder...

...and they celebrate it with horrifying glee

I don't know where we go from here.pic.twitter.com/4ly4IRdqns

Kirk is the highest profile assassination of America since MLK jr and yet it is mostly ignored by the FNM and cheered by the left.

There are two ways forward:

1) Normies wake up and vote the left out of power over this. But because the FNM won't cover it they don't know

2) Righties answer in kind.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 13, 2026 10:54 PM (sKqQm)

147 Yeah, I think I’m gonna side with Nurse here. I want thin sliced corned beef. Piled high and deep. Put a weight on it while it toasts up in the pan. This compresses it a little bit.

Nice crunch on the Rye, tender beef with folds and rolls, and the eye watering bite of fresh Horseradish, etc etc

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:54 PM (rQ950)

148 17 I've never understood how anyone liked Canadian bacon.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 13, 2026 10:08 PM (PE5pE)

With John Candy? Oh....this isn't the movie thread ? ...but nor is it the food thread even tho food spelled backwards is......not Piper....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 13, 2026 10:54 PM (QGaXH)

149 I wouldn't go to either of those places.
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 10:45 PM (QMAsf)
====

I've had good steaks in a couple good places especially in south Jersey but proper ribeye is prepared so that connective tissue is more rendered and chopped, adding flavor to the sandwich. When it's bad it can get stringy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

150 https://tinyurl.com/57dp8kcz
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)

EweToob says "not available in Canada".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)

151 The best Reuben is from The Neptune Diner in Astoria.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 13, 2026 10:55 PM (XV/Pl)

152 121 I made quiche this morning with Nueske's smoked ham, gruyere, sauteed onion and chopped broccoli.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket


That sounds lovely. I’ll bring a tart green salad and some white wine.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 10:55 PM (yEz+x)

153 78 Pierce Brosnan still good looking after all these years.
---

Gays usually keep up appearances.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 10:56 PM (BzKNL)

154 The crimes people with access to flock crimes are committing are completely expected. People will often misuse power, especially as oversight to it is reduced.

I mean I have to laugh the left is now anti-Flock solely because they believe ICE is using it, but our whole modern approach to policing is wrong.

We don't need more surveillance. We need longer jail sentence, saner judges, and to actually punish the guilty.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 13, 2026 10:56 PM (sKqQm)

155
60 Minutes: Fake, but accurate.

Posted by: Dan Blather at September 13, 2026 10:56 PM (2Ez/1)

156 Eh, just bomb the place when they're in session. Make it a mute point.

Heh. I think you mean a moo point. Supposably.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 10:42 PM (Riz8t)

We're dropping cows from BUFFs (B-52s)?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

Fetchez la vache!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 13, 2026 10:57 PM (wVcYX)

157 "Oh, you have 'bacon' too! How nice. Now, run along and play while we grown-ups talk."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 10:53 PM (eRlcH)
~~~~~

Did you know that those Canucks have the nerve to call American cheese Canadian cheese?

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 13, 2026 10:57 PM (3ImbR)

158 I ordered a Reuben at some Literary Art Performance Space in NY.

Gave it a rating of "nonchalant".

Posted by: The Wry Bread bought a mere wisp of a smile at September 13, 2026 10:57 PM (4RYRd)

159 I don't know where we go from here.pic.twitter.com/4ly4IRdqns

Kirk is the highest profile assassination of America since MLK jr and yet it is mostly ignored by the FNM and cheered by the left.

There are two ways forward:

1) Normies wake up and vote the left out of power over this. But because the FNM won't cover it they don't know

2) Righties answer in kind.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 13, 2026 10:54 PM (sKqQm)

The people who vandalized that statue should be strangled with their own guts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

160 Iran's been dangling that rocket bomb fruit for a couple of days.
They are butt hurt that the Houthis used Iranian arms to shut down the strait.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 10:58 PM (BzKNL)

161 I told you morons to watch the interview but does anyone listen to me?
——

Check out the part when the pilot mentions that Iran is as “big as Alaska”. The newsreader broad briefly smiles for a second. That struck me as strange. Maybe it’s nothing. But she also seems to regard herself just a little too highly somehow. That’s 60 Minutes, I guess, I’m sure they are all like that and have been for a while.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:59 PM (rQ950)

162 145 Please. Sharpen your knives and take a little time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 10:48 PM (yEz+x)

Wouldn't a meat slicer make thinner cuts?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:54 PM
+++++

There's nowhere for the flavor to hide, Jerry!

https://youtu.be/FdChSEabeDw

Posted by: Kramer at September 13, 2026 10:59 PM (2Ez/1)

163 If you make a good sandwich, it does not matter how you sliced the meat.
——

I’d agree with that, but the risk of buying a big ass chunk, is that it might be all stringy? Deli meat is usually just right for sammiches, I want to avoid the “take a bite and pull the sandwich apart” thing.
****

Do several cuts to see how it looks. If you can't get a good single cut, make a few smaller cuts and layer the meat. Or just do one cut and cut the sandwich into manageable pieces.

Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 10:59 PM (zRghv)

164 148 17 I've never understood how anyone liked Canadian bacon.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 13, 2026 10:08 PM (PE5pE)

With John Candy? Oh....this isn't the movie thread ? ...but nor is it the food thread even tho food spelled backwards is......not Piper....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 13, 2026 10:54 PM (QGaXH)

Egg McMuffins are good. Outrageously expensive now, but good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 13, 2026 10:59 PM (Y/06r)

165 Wouldn't a meat slicer make thinner cuts?
Posted by: OrangeEnt


Yes!

However, commercial meat slicers are large and heavy, take up a ton of space on the countertop and a royal pain in the ass to clean.

Plus, expensive.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 10:59 PM (yEz+x)

166 I mean I have to laugh the left is now anti-Flock solely because they believe ICE is using it, but our whole modern approach to policing is wrong.

We don't need more surveillance. We need longer jail sentence, saner judges, and to actually punish the guilty.

Posted by: 18-1
---

If only there were a way to elevate that rumor?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 11:00 PM (BzKNL)

167 There is a place here that makes a skinny Reuben.

They pile the thin-sliced corned beef on the flat top, add 1000 Island, sauerkraut, and swiss on top. Served with a side of fries.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

168
Her Majesty, in fact, arrived in Newark late this afternoon. Much less incident than in June, when she never got past Dallas while her luggage toured America.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 11:00 PM (eRlcH)

169 If you look at the Top Ten shows each year since 1968, it's amazing how many times 60 Minutes was near the very top. They did have NFL to lead in a quarter of the time when the NFL mattered, though.

Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at September 13, 2026 11:00 PM (Fn+3X)

170 We need longer jail sentence, saner judges, and to actually punish the guilty.
——
Long jail sentences for the insane guilty judges would be a good start.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 11:01 PM (rQ950)

171 I could care less.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

Um...

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 13, 2026 11:01 PM (Ntshk)

172 Please. Sharpen your knives and take a little time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 10:48 PM (yEz+x)

+1

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at September 13, 2026 11:01 PM (wVcYX)

173 I like the Bacon Egg and Cheese Croissant from BK better than the McMuffin. Plus it uses real bacon, not that "Canadian" ham.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 13, 2026 11:01 PM (3ImbR)

174 42 Off to lurk in the shadows after reading content.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

Hey, look out, man. This shadow's occupied already.
Posted by: mindful webworker - lurkishly lurking at September 13, 2026 10:17 PM (4lnVb)

There's an awful lot of strange people (deletes on this beach) types: lurking on this thread....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 13, 2026 11:01 PM (QGaXH)

175 What a relief!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 13, 2026 11:02 PM (wxsGM)

176 What Americans call "Canadian bacon" is neither Canadian nor bacon. Canadians have a product called back bacon or sometimes peameal bacon that is cured pork loin. You can get away with just salt curing, but you can also add some nitrite. It's not smoked. We have to make our own back bacon because you can't buy it in the States. You can only get that horrid extruded ham "sausageoid" monstrosity in a synthetic casing that Americans incorrectly call Canadian bacon.

For a truly awesome culinary experience, if you are in Toronto, go to the St Lawrence Market and order a back bacon on a bun sandwich, which is fried sliced back bacon on a kaiser bun. Heaven.

I do like what Americans call "just bacon" and what the Canadians call side bacon and the Brits call streaky bacon, that's made from pork belly. However, I've been finding that a lot of restaurants have a tendency to overcook it, turning it into a charred crunchy mess that can only be eaten with your fingers. There's a very delicate balance between cooking too little, with an unpleasant mouth feel from the fat, and over doing it when you cannot pierce the bacon with your fork without shattering it into many indigestible pieces.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at September 13, 2026 11:02 PM (o0oFE)

177 >>EweToob says "not available in Canada".

Can't help you with that.

But you really need to hear the interview.

I've heard a lot of dumb people say America has no culture. We absolutely have a culture and that story demonstrates exactly who we are.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:02 PM (viF8m)

178 I've never understood how anyone liked Canadian bacon.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
But it's not ham, it's half assed ham. Either eat real bacon or eat a real slice of ham.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 13, 2026 11:03 PM (0Htd1)

179 167 There is a place here that makes a skinny Reuben.

They pile the thin-sliced corned beef on the flat top, add 1000 Island, sauerkraut, and swiss on top. Served with a side of fries.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

Isn't that like a ... Frisco Melt? Burger. Texas toast. Thousand Island. Not sure on the cheese.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 13, 2026 11:03 PM (Y/06r)

180 Yes!

However, commercial meat slicers are large and heavy, take up a ton of space on the countertop and a royal pain in the ass to clean.

Plus, expensive.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 10:59 PM (yEz+x)

I see hand-cranked meat slicers in the thrift stores from time to time. If you replaced the hand crank with a drum pulley, you could run a flat belt out the kitchen window to the PTO on your old John Deere.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 11:03 PM (1z8ji)

181 However, commercial meat slicers are large and heavy, take up a ton of space on the countertop and a royal pain in the ass to clean.

Plus, expensive.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 10:59 PM (yEz+x)

We had a meat slicer. There's a home sized version, but of course, it's not as heavy or sturdy. It did work, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 11:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

182 Much less incident than in June, when she never got past Dallas while her luggage toured America.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You owe for that

Posted by: Spirit Airlines Bankruptcy Trustee at September 13, 2026 11:04 PM (4RYRd)

183 Check out the part when the pilot mentions that Iran is as “big as Alaska”. The newsreader broad briefly smiles for a second. That struck me as strange. Maybe it’s nothing. But she also seems to regard herself just a little too highly somehow. That’s 60 Minutes, I guess, I’m sure they are all like that and have been for a while.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 10:59 PM (rQ950)

It isn't. Iran is smaller. Sorry folks. 60 minutes lied (again).

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 13, 2026 11:05 PM (Ntshk)

184 The (satellite? Or Recon aircraft?) imagery shown in that pilot E&E interview was really amazing, watched it on YT tethered on my laptop. The detail and resolution was high, and I bet they don’t even release or declassify the “good stuff”.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 11:06 PM (rQ950)

185 Wouldn't a meat slicer make thinner cuts?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

We didn't use meat slicers

Posted by: OrangeJulius at September 13, 2026 11:06 PM (4RYRd)

186 I could care less.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

Um...
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 13, 2026 11:01 PM (Ntshk)

It's awl good. Just innocent word play.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

187 There's a very delicate balance between cooking too little, with an unpleasant mouth feel from the fat, and over doing it when you cannot pierce the bacon with your fork without shattering it into many indigestible pieces.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at September 13, 2026 11:02 PM (o0oFE)

Oh FFS. Pick it up and eat it. Like, you know, bacon.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 13, 2026 11:08 PM (Ntshk)

188 McDonald's bread (carbohydrate) to protein ratio is the worst.
Jack n the Box has substituted gross bread sticks for pancakes in their big breakfast.
McDonald's big breakfast is all dough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 11:08 PM (BzKNL)

189 Thanks for the ONT Doof and Piper.

The mention of Hoover Dam made me think of my Dad as he worked on Hoover Dam. Not on its construction but he made service calls there when he was on the road for Woodward Governor in the 70s.

He was amazed that some hick farm kid like him got to see so much of the world and get paid for it! Besides the US jobs he worked from the Yukon to Brazil, from Europe to India.

Its been over a year but I really miss him at times.

Posted by: Farmer, w/ his own historical take at September 13, 2026 11:08 PM (4Qj8V)

190 Iran is a large country to get shot down in, and get recovered which was the point though. Is it comparable? I dunno.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 11:09 PM (rQ950)

191 It isn't. Iran is smaller. Sorry folks. 60 minutes lied (again).
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 13, 2026 11:05 PM (Ntshk)

665,000 sq miles: AK
636,000 sq miles: Iran

Similar in size, within 10%.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 11:09 PM (1z8ji)

192 I see hand-cranked meat slicers in the thrift stores from time to time. If you replaced the hand crank with a drum pulley, you could run a flat belt out the kitchen window to the PTO on your old John Deere.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Coincidence?

https://tinyurl.com/4sjsdurw

Posted by: One thinks not at September 13, 2026 11:09 PM (4RYRd)

193 I've heard of home pickle slicers who can handle spears and gherkins with equal ease.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 13, 2026 11:10 PM (wVcYX)

194 I've heard of home pickle slicers who can handle spears and gherkins with equal ease.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 13, 2026 11:10 PM (wVcYX)

Does it look like a mini-guillotine?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 11:12 PM (qx7Zg)

195 It isn't. Iran is smaller. Sorry folks. 60 minutes lied (again).
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 13, 2026 11:05 PM (Ntshk)

Somebody on internet says Iran 11 percent larger: Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km. Of course, you'd have to change the numbers into real measurements.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 11:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

196 I've heard of home pickle slicers who can handle spears and gherkins with equal ease.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 13, 2026 11:10 PM (wVcYX)

But can they splice sickles?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 11:12 PM (1z8ji)

197 I've heard of home pickle slicers who can handle spears and gherkins with equal ease.
Posted by: Count de Monet

There's girls like that

Posted by: Miklos can name at least three at September 13, 2026 11:13 PM (4RYRd)

198 150 https://tinyurl.com/57dp8kcz
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)

EweToob says "not available in Canada".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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VPN will get you out of Canada.

Nora O'Donnell, in the beginning, had a soft smooth, womanly voice. Hadn't heard her in years. Vocal fry goes with her 'one too many cocktails' look.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 11:14 PM (BzKNL)

199 @147-Common Tater

I don't think I have ever in my life put that much thought into food. I mean if you are hungry you eat something then go on about your business.

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 11:14 PM (xJpuh)

200 I'm too lazy to crank my own meat.

Posted by: Handy Capable at September 13, 2026 11:14 PM (Fn+3X)

201 “We knew that this was a turning point, and this would be something that could change something to make it better for other women…” Clancy juror Paula Devlin said.

Complete dereliction of duty and fraud upon the court.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 13, 2026 11:16 PM (dK+Kv)

202 My slow cooker stew was yummy. Ate three bowls of it. And enough left for breakfast tomorrow, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 11:16 PM (1z8ji)

203 Nora O'Donnell, in the beginning, had a soft smooth, womanly voice. Hadn't heard her in years. Vocal fry goes with her 'one too many cocktails' look.

Posted by: Braenyard

Once upon a time, Rush Limbaugh called her "she of the drinkable bathwater".

Been a lot of water through the bath since then.

Posted by: As Miklos recalls at September 13, 2026 11:18 PM (4RYRd)

204 201 “We knew that this was a turning point, and this would be something that could change something to make it better for other women…” Clancy juror Paula Devlin said.

Complete dereliction of duty and fraud upon the court.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 13, 2026 11:16 PM (dK+Kv)

Better for what women? The one's who murder their children? Why would we want that to be "better?"

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 13, 2026 11:18 PM (Ntshk)

205 My slow cooker stew was yummy. Ate three bowls of it. And enough left for breakfast tomorrow, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

My slow cooker has a "fast" setting.

Posted by: Miklos is confused by Modern Technology at September 13, 2026 11:20 PM (4RYRd)

206 202 My slow cooker stew was yummy. Ate three bowls of it. And enough left for breakfast tomorrow, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Sliced whole carrots, baby carrots, or shredded carrots?

Posted by: The Prince Of Root Crops at September 13, 2026 11:20 PM (Fn+3X)

207 I mean if you are hungry you eat something then go on about your business.
——

Everyone learns at their own pace I always say. With all due respect, I make food the way I want it. You make food the way you want it. Deal?

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 11:20 PM (rQ950)

208 Seem to be getting up earlier than usual these days. Actually made the Book Thread this morning after taking Daisy the madcap Malinois for a walk. Going to bed earlier may have something to do with it. It's a viscous cycle.


At last count, the word "bacon" has appeared 43 times in this thread.🥓🥓

https://youtu.be/wSReSGe200A3

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - (This shadow now available for lurk.) at September 13, 2026 11:21 PM (4lnVb)

209 Sliced whole carrots, baby carrots, or shredded carrots?
Posted by: The Prince Of Root Crops at September 13, 2026 11:20 PM (Fn+3X)

No carrots. Baby potatoes, sliced mushrooms, and cut-up rutabaga. And some barley to thicken it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 11:22 PM (1z8ji)

210 60 Minutes didn't compare Iran to Alaska. The downed American did. And nobody cares.

Just watch the interview.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:22 PM (viF8m)

211 I had a rough childhood, traumatic even

Stress in my life situation

Parents never paid taxes neither

Posted by: Innocent Al Capone at September 13, 2026 11:22 PM (4RYRd)

212 I've heard of home pickle slicers who can handle spears and gherkins with equal ease.
Posted by: Count de Monet

She got fired too.

Posted by: just the punchline at September 13, 2026 11:24 PM (VHUov)

213 No carrots. Baby potatoes, sliced mushrooms, and cut-up rutabaga. And some barley to thicken it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Still too hot for stew in the Land of the Sunstroke ...

Winter is coming, though.

Posted by: Adriane the Gilligan's Island DIY Critic . . . at September 13, 2026 11:24 PM (3ZUWJ)

214 Yes, Hoover Dam tours are cool. They tell you all the information about the pouring and other engineering.

Do they address what I presume are urban legends about bodies being buried in the concrete? If they were pouring 8 yards at a time, I don't see how that could happen.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 11:24 PM (vTZFs)

215 I had a rough childhood, traumatic even

Stress in my life situation

Parents never paid taxes neither
Posted by: Innocent Al Capone at September 13, 2026 11:22 PM (4RYRd)

You was a victim of circumstance too?

Posted by: Curly Howard at September 13, 2026 11:25 PM (wVcYX)

216 Do they address what I presume are urban legends about bodies being buried in the concrete? If they were pouring 8 yards at a time, I don't see how that could happen.
Posted by: Oddbob

Stories

Just a buncha stories

Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at September 13, 2026 11:26 PM (4RYRd)

217 Just watch the interview.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:22 PM (viF8m)

I expect it will show up on some other platform that can be viewed in Canada, eventually.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 11:26 PM (1z8ji)

218 Rutabaga, turnip, or even Acorn Squash cut into 1" chunks helps make a hearty stew. And is good to promote youthful regularity.

Posted by: Black Draught at September 13, 2026 11:27 PM (Fn+3X)

219 Just checking in, back to read the comments, if you see me here after 1:30 am EST please tell me to go to bed.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 13, 2026 11:27 PM (ibDUx)

220 Does it look like a mini-guillotine?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 11:12 PM (qx7Zg)

That's the Lorena Bobbitt model.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 13, 2026 11:27 PM (wVcYX)

221 You was a victim of circumstance too?
Posted by: Curly Howard

Why I oughtta

Posted by: Moe at September 13, 2026 11:27 PM (4RYRd)

222 https://tinyurl.com/57dp8kcz
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)

It's a good thing the interviewer informed us that the war was "costly and unpopular" so we can form the correct opinions.

Posted by: Emmie at September 13, 2026 11:28 PM (OlzlW)

223 That one feller has WAY too much salad on his uniform. They gotta dial back on the ribbons. Jayzus.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 11:29 PM (rQ950)

224 >>I expect it will show up on some other platform that can be viewed in Canada, eventually.

I know you will see it eventually. It will make you proud.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:29 PM (viF8m)

225 It's a good thing the interviewer informed us that the war was "costly and unpopular" so we can form the correct opinions.
——

Yeah, they laid a big greasy turd in the punchbowl right off first thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 11:30 PM (rQ950)

226 I know you will see it eventually. It will make you proud.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:29 PM (viF8m)

I will keep an eye for it, JackStraw.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 11:32 PM (1z8ji)

227 punchbowl right off
****

That was not 'punch' in that bowl.

Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 11:32 PM (zRghv)

228 Just checking in, back to read the comments, if you see me here after 1:30 am EST please tell me to go to bed.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
-------

Hi, Debby! Trying to get back into "day mode" huh? Good luck...

Wait, 1:30 am EST?! That's only, 10:30 pm! 😉

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 11:33 PM (rdVOm)

229
All these cops getting arrested for unauthorized use of surveillance camera databases. Apparently it did not occur to them that every access of the system is logged electronically. It all leaves a record.

I'm guessing this was explained during mandated training to use the database.

So -- what happened? They ignored the training? The training was a joke? They're deeply stupid? They thought nobody would really come after them because of cop omerta? I don't get it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 13, 2026 11:34 PM (lsrsS)

230 That one feller has WAY too much salad on his uniform. They gotta dial back on the ribbons. Jayzus.
Posted by: Common Tater

Mark Milley vs. Dwight Eisenhower or Chester Nimitz.


Done gone bad wrong.

Posted by: Miklos opinionates at September 13, 2026 11:35 PM (4RYRd)

231 Evening Horde. Thx Doof.
First Giants game I saw in person was 1970. Great to see them win the opener against the Cowboys
Lockthebitchup Jackson was a riot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 13, 2026 11:36 PM (N2HNb)

232 >>It's a good thing the interviewer informed us that the war was "costly and unpopular" so we can form the correct opinions.

I'm so old I grew up during the war in Vietnam. That's what an unpopular war looks like. Other then online, nobody even talks about Iran.

Most Americans don't even know we are taking down the leading state sponsor of terrorism that has killed thousands of Americans over the last 50 years other than when they whine about the price of gas.

Fuck 'em. This is exactly what I voted for.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:36 PM (viF8m)

233 Fuck 'em. This is exactly what I voted for.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:36 PM

Amen.

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)

234 We thank our Loyal Customer.

However, due to increasing prices and lack of community support, we have been forced to close our doors for the last time.

Posted by: Bob's All-Night All-Rutabaga $10 Buffet at September 13, 2026 11:38 PM (4RYRd)

235 170 We need longer jail sentence, saner judges, and to actually punish the guilty.
——
Long jail sentences for the insane guilty judges would be a good start.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 11:01 PM (rQ950)

Faster horses, younger wimmen, older whiskey and more MONEY....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 13, 2026 11:39 PM (QGaXH)

236 This is exactly what I voted for.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:36 PM (viF8m)

As far as I'm concerned, Trump is taking care of some long-overdue business. He's not the type to just kick the can down the road.

Posted by: Emmie at September 13, 2026 11:42 PM (OlzlW)

237 There's a mashed rutabaga-in my pants!

Posted by: 50 Year Senator Joe B at September 13, 2026 11:43 PM (Fn+3X)

238
I like Canadian bacon. But it's not bacon. And lately, very high priced.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 13, 2026 11:43 PM (mS8PE)

239 Faster horses, younger wimmen, older whiskey and more MONEY....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

This is Problematic

Like, um, like all of it

Posted by: Democratic Socialists of America at September 13, 2026 11:43 PM (4RYRd)

240 They ignored the training? The training was a joke? They're deeply stupid? They thought nobody would really come after them because of cop omerta? I don't get it.
——-

Sounds like you “got it” pretty good, actually

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 11:45 PM (rQ950)

241
We thank our Loyal Customer.

However, due to increasing prices and lack of community support, we have been forced to close our doors for the last time.
Posted by: Bob's All-Night All-Rutabaga $10 Buffet

The Nashville-based national chain O’Charley’s has closed its restaurants Wednesday, according to multiple reports.

The company is closing all corporate-owned O’Charley’s locations, according to NRN, a restaurant industry news outlet.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2026 11:45 PM (Cqx++)

242 Faster horses, younger wimmen, older whiskey and more MONEY....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

That's 4 wishes, greedy mortal ...

Posted by: Swarthy Genie in an Antique Bottle . . . at September 13, 2026 11:46 PM (3ZUWJ)

243 Csnucki side meat has always been a little pricey relative to ham or bacon.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 11:47 PM (rQ950)

244

I am sick and tired of hearing about assholes "feelings"

I'll tell you how I feel.

You need the shit kicked out of you.

Posted by: four seasons at September 13, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)

245
Fuck 'em. This is exactly what I voted for.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:36 PM (viF8m)
233 Fuck 'em. This is exactly what I voted for.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:36 PM

Amen.

Posted by: JQ
----

For sure.

Ladies, quiet or not it's nice to have y'all around.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 11:49 PM (BzKNL)

246 The Nashville-based national chain O’Charley’s has closed its restaurants Wednesday, according to multiple reports.

The company is closing all corporate-owned O’Charley’s locations, according to NRN, a restaurant industry news outlet.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That makes the "national chain" part false right there

Posted by: Miklos used to drive by one at September 13, 2026 11:49 PM (4RYRd)

247 Norwegians have like 50 kinds of fish paste in a tube they they put on open sandwiches.

Posted by: Don't Be Jealous at September 13, 2026 11:49 PM (Fn+3X)

248 I like Canadian bacon. But it's not bacon. And lately, very high priced.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 13, 2026 11:43 PM (mS8PE)

Here in Western Canada, I very rarely see it in the stores. I like it in its own right, not as a substitute for belly bacon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 11:50 PM (1z8ji)

249 Faster horses, younger wimmen, older whiskey and more MONEY....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

That's 4 wishes, greedy mortal ...

Posted by: Swarthy Genie in an Antique Bottle . . . at September 13, 2026 11:46 PM (3ZUWJ)

Fuck it, I'll make it 5- dead commies.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 13, 2026 11:51 PM (S41Gd)

250 >>As far as I'm concerned, Trump is taking care of some long-overdue business. He's not the type to just kick the can down the road.

Those of us who grew up around NYC when Trump was actually popular with the media, heard him say over and over that the religious cultists in Iran needed to go. I'll be the first to admit I didn't see him getting elected and actually doing it.

But he did and he is and it's spectacular to see. Trump is changing the entire world power structure and someday there will be books written about this time.

It's an incredible time to be alive.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:52 PM (viF8m)

251 239 Faster horses, younger wimmen, older whiskey and more MONEY....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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All well and good but who's gonna' feed them hogs?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 11:52 PM (BzKNL)

252 Zak.
Lose the hat...bring on the spats!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 11:53 PM (2WIwB)

253 233 F*** 'em. This is exactly what I voted for.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:36 PM

Amen.
Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)

Stands up and shouts 'PREACH IT, BRO'

Hurriedly sits down, hopes nobody noticed....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 13, 2026 11:53 PM (QGaXH)

254 "Canadian Bacon" has its uses, I suppose. I like it on Eggs Benedict.

It's tasty, but IMO not worth the price except for special meals, special occasions.

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)

255 Thanks for the ONT. I'll just keep drinking, despite that my left little toe looks like it's got gangrene or like that.

Hope you're all doing well and looking forward to a day that isn't the 13th. I keep telling some guy named James or Jason or Jarrod who's knocking on the door that it's not Friday so come back later.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 13, 2026 11:54 PM (CHHv1)

256 I am sick and tired of hearing about assholes "feelings"

I'll tell you how I feel.

You need the shit kicked out of you.

Posted by: four seasons at September 13, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)

I don't think there would be much left of a lot of them.

People who volunteer for the task will need full hazmat suits.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 11:54 PM (qx7Zg)

257 I don't know where we go from here.


I do.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 11:55 PM (2WIwB)

258
It's an incredible time to be alive.
Posted by: JackStraw

Yeah, a most interesting time(old Chinese curse type).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 11:55 PM (NnhvP)

259 236 This is exactly what I voted for.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:36 PM (viF8m)

As far as I'm concerned, Trump is taking care of some long-overdue business. He's not the type to just kick the can down the road.
Posted by: Emmie at September 13, 2026 11:42 PM (OlzlW)

Agreed. Trump taking care of ALL family business is EXACTLY what I voted for.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 13, 2026 11:57 PM (QGaXH)

260 Bennigan's

O'Charley's

Chilis

TGIFridays

Applebees

Ruby Tuesdays


How does a corporate entity expect to gain loyalty and repeats?

Some are around, some not, some in or past various Chapter 11 bankruptcies.

Posted by: the entire Corporate Concept of food is lost on Miklos at September 13, 2026 11:57 PM (4RYRd)

261 I'm confused about one thing about the DSA. Are they the new NSDAP or Comintern, from 80-90 years ago?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 11:58 PM (qx7Zg)

262
President Trump is amazing. He is 80 years old and keeps going.

I have so much respect for him.

Posted by: four seasons at September 13, 2026 11:58 PM (/QHx4)

263 BC! What's going on with your pinky toe?! If you're diabetic, I suggest going to the ER right now!

Or, did you just stub it badly?...

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)

264

Howard Johnson is right

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2026 11:59 PM (Cqx++)

265 Well, today I got the body tub for the dune buggy securely bolted down to the floor pan with all the bolts. It will come off again for paint, but it makes sense to ensure all the other components fit properly so I don't mess up the paint trying to fit stuff.

Made a start on the fuel tank. It hangs in a well on the main body tub, between the front fenders, and the hood/dash panel goes over it like a cover. There was damage to the hood panel from a previous assembly, where it hit the top forward corners of a stock VW tank. So placed a scrap tank in the well, and fitted the cover. Yup, hangs up on the corners. Used air shears to cut the raised ridge off the front top of the tank, cover fits, good clearance. Scrap tank full of mouse nest, smelled bad, rusted out. But it proved cutting the ridge off was viable.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 11:59 PM (1z8ji)

266
I do.
Posted by: Diogenes

I hope your lamp is solar powered!

Posted by: the EarthScolds at September 13, 2026 11:59 PM (4RYRd)

267 But he did and he is and it's spectacular to see. Trump is changing the entire world power structure and someday there will be books written about this time.

It's an incredible time to be alive.

Posted by: JackStraw
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There's a couple of women from Michigan, really, who knew, well, I just found the site; prometheanaction.com, (TJM, I know) who make concise presentations on Trump and current circumstances.

: Susan Kokinda Q 2.0@SusankokindaQ_2
_ https://tinyurl.com/c734478h


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 11:59 PM (BzKNL)

268
Robert the Cat probably bit him.

Posted by: four seasons at September 13, 2026 11:59 PM (/QHx4)

269 Robert the Cat probably bit him.
Posted by: four seasons
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Or tripped him, at cats so often try to do.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)

270 Howard Johnson is right
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I will concede the clam strips

Posted by: Miklos wants Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben set FREEE at September 14, 2026 12:01 AM (4RYRd)

271 Faster horses, younger wimmen, older whiskey and more MONEY....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan


You had me at older whiskey. but I am perfectly content to go with, well, more whiskey.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 14, 2026 12:02 AM (2WIwB)

272 I trust you are going to put angled plate behind it so the explosive blast goes forward?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 12:03 AM (BzKNL)

273 It's 52F and raining steadily. Rough n tough outdoor Cat came in for a snack, then padded straight back to the bed. Heh. He knows what's good... warm and dry!

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

274 And who genocided the Indian Maiden form Land O'Lakes?

I want reparations and JUSTICE

Posted by: Miklos wants Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben HONORED AND RESPECTED at September 14, 2026 12:04 AM (4RYRd)

275 If memory serves old Chevy truck's gas tanks were behind the seat while Ford's were under the seat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 12:05 AM (BzKNL)

276 If memory serves old Chevy truck's gas tanks were behind the seat while Ford's were under the seat.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Maybe certain years/models?

My '70 F100 has an upright tank, behind the seat.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

277 I trust you are going to put angled plate behind it so the explosive blast goes forward?

Posted by: Braenyard

-Health and medical advice

-Dating advice

-Angle metal plate advice

The Horde is your One Stop Shop

Posted by: Miklos thinks he gets his money's worth at September 14, 2026 12:06 AM (4RYRd)

278
And who genocided the Indian Maiden form Land O'Lakes?

I want reparations and JUSTICE
Posted by: Miklos wants Aunt Jemima

Was she wearing a Maidenform butter bra?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 14, 2026 12:06 AM (Cqx++)

279
98 Tousi reported this evening that the president and parliament of Iran are arguing over whether to test one of their nukes. Publicly. The president and his people apparently want not to because Israel will kill them all. The IRGC is apparently all in with parliament on doomsday.

https://tinyurl.com/4526b9fd
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 13, 2026 10:33 PM

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Last I heard, the Iranians were hiding 200 kg of 60% enriched uranium hexafluoride. If that's accurate, where would a nuclear weapon come from?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 14, 2026 12:07 AM (AnW6a)

280 250 >>As far as I'm concerned, Trump is taking care of some long-overdue business. He's not the type to just kick the can down the road.

Those of us who grew up around NYC when Trump was actually popular with the media, ........
.
.....It's an incredible time to be alive.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:52 PM (viF8m)

RewindTV shows repeats of 'Just Shoot Me' a mid-90's sitcom about a NY fashion magazine based in NYC. The magazine owner mentions Donald Trump from time to time as a worthy, respected rival....not as a punchline.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 14, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaXH)

281 >>There's a couple of women from Michigan, really, who knew, well, I just found the site; prometheanaction.com, (TJM, I know) who make concise presentations on Trump and current circumstances.

They've been around for a while.

We are coming out of a deep rabbit hole and it's been going on for many years, long before Trump.

That's wjy they hate him and us so much.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:08 AM (viF8m)

282 >>As far as I'm concerned, Trump is taking care of some long-overdue business. He's not the type to just kick the can down the road.

Those of us who grew up around NYC when Trump was actually popular with the media, heard him say over and over that the religious cultists in Iran needed to go. I'll be the first to admit I didn't see him getting elected and actually doing it.

But he did and he is and it's spectacular to see. Trump is changing the entire world power structure and someday there will be books written about this time.

It's an incredible time to be alive.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 11:52 PM (viF8m)

We have a running joke among the harley dudes I ride with when we pull into a gas station, which is usually twice during the day, and since we get 2-3 gallons each time its about $3 more since gas prices are up. We say we're contributing to the Dead Ayatollah Fund.

Radio announcer voice- "Yeeuuus, for less than the price of a shitty starbucks coffee you too can reshape a shithole. Every time you fill up $3 goes towards killing that raghead motherfucker in a pile of rubble".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 14, 2026 12:10 AM (S41Gd)

283 ...and I put the tank I intend to use, the original tank from the '61 Beetle that donated its floor pan to the project, into the well in the body. Had not held gas for 40 years, a little crystalline varnish and light rust in it, but not bad at all. I stuck the wand of the shop vac in the filler neck, and ran it, to draw in fresh air to forestall explosions, and used a cutoff wheel to remove the filler neck. Then ran the air across the top of the ridge, and made cuts down the sides. The I rolled the front edge of the cut under the back edge, with pry bars and rubber mallet, and pressed the back edge down onto it, hammering the curve flat, and welded the seam back up. Now the tank presents a completely flat top, with front corners leaned in a bit. Not yet done welding. Plan is relocate filler neck to top front in the middle.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 12:10 AM (1z8ji)

284 We can call "Canadian bacon" whatever we like, because only we call it that. In Canada, they call it "back bacon", because it comes from the back of the pig instead of its belly. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Nemo at September 14, 2026 12:10 AM (4RPgu)

285 Radio announcer voice- "Yeeuuus, for less than the price of a shitty starbucks coffee you too can reshape a shithole. Every time you fill up $3 goes towards killing that raghead motherfucker in a pile of rubble".
Posted by: Berserker
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LOL! I like to think of it that way too, as I top off my tank! F 'em!

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

286 I must and even should Knock it Off

Tomorrow...today is a Travel Day, and will be the longest car trip Miss Doggie has ever been on, and she doesn't like car trips.

However, there are places where a Full Grown American can dine, imbibe, and smoke indoors with the dog present and on duty.

I shall eat, drink, smoke, enjoy old jokes as if they were new. Doggie will sniff, explore, and allow some level of being petted.

Hopes are for a Fine Time for both man and beast.

Posted by: Miklos should remember what he forgot to do already at September 14, 2026 12:15 AM (4RYRd)

287 I trust you are going to put angled plate behind it so the explosive blast goes forward?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 12:03 AM (BzKNL)

There were no gases left to explode, but I kept the vacuum cleaner wand in the tank, and ran the vac while welding, just in case. When done welding, I will grind the welds smooth, put a little positive air pressure in the tank, and spray the welds with soap solution, Any pinhole leaks will be disclosed by bubbles, and I can re-weld, or use solder to seal them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 12:15 AM (1z8ji)

288 Yeeuuus, for less than the price of a shitty starbucks coffee you too can reshape a shithole. Every time you fill up $3

It's $7.99 plus gratuity

Posted by: your sullen Starbucks server sho hot hair dye bills to pay at September 14, 2026 12:20 AM (4RYRd)

289 Thanks for the various advices. The thing is, they're all about avoiding death, or putting Him off as long as possible.

Not really in my wheelhouse, but thank you anyway.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 14, 2026 12:21 AM (CHHv1)

290 Thanks for the various advices. The thing is, they're all about avoiding death, or putting Him off as long as possible.

Not really in my wheelhouse, but thank you anyway.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 14, 2026 12:21 AM (CHHv1)

Face it. We like you and like having around.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 14, 2026 12:23 AM (qx7Zg)

291 >>Radio announcer voice- "Yeeuuus, for less than the price of a shitty starbucks coffee you too can reshape a shithole. Every time you fill up $3 goes towards killing that raghead motherfucker in a pile of rubble".

It's taking a bite out of all us but I get to live my life while men and women are taking the fight to those fucks for me every single day and have been for months. Makes me feel pretty small when I complain about it.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:25 AM (viF8m)

292 I had a hankerin’ to make Reubens. The grocery I’m looking at has no sliced Deli corned beef. They do have a “boars head” brand solid chunk in plastic, but I doubt I could slice it thin enough. Would electric knife, like used for Turkey, accomplish this task?
Posted by: Common Tater
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Boars Head? Only if you have a death wish. That outfit used to be good - 30 years ago - but now they have racked up literally dozens of serious sanitation violations and 6 or 7 recalls and they're being sued people dying.
The trick to slicing thin is how sharp you knife is, and keeping it sharp as you're using it. If your electric knife is sharp, ok, but my experience with the damned things is that they're no better than a regular blade.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 14, 2026 12:26 AM (/12Tr)

293 Our gas money went to float Obama's pallets of cash to Iran.
Our gas money went to float DeepState's game in Ukraine.
Our gas money is going to rectification of those problems.

I like it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 12:28 AM (BzKNL)

294 OK, I found the video of Bravo's interview. Great stuff!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 12:37 AM (1z8ji)

295 It's taking a bite out of all us but I get to live my life while men and women are taking the fight to those fucks for me every single day and have been for months. Makes me feel pretty small when I complain about it.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:25 AM (viF8m)

Exactly. I wanted to see us flame that asshole for most of my adult life. If it costs a few extra hundred for the year in gas its the best money dollars for giggles I can think of.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 14, 2026 12:38 AM (S41Gd)

296 98 Tousi reported this evening that the president and parliament of Iran are arguing over whether to test one of their nukes. Publicly. The president and his people apparently want not to because Israel will kill them all. The IRGC is apparently all in with parliament on doomsday.”

I saw that story from another source. I think there’s two options as to what to think about it:
1) Iran is desperate to intimidate its enemies and is spinning up this scare story to look tuff; or
2) someone in the media is just making up bullshit again.

No need to get bogged down in the obvious point they if they did such a demonstration, they’d just be proving that they need to be crushed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 14, 2026 12:42 AM (xnpRH)

297 @290 -whut?

Part three is coming along, despite the heath stuff.

Also, cat rubbing against legs. I guess the realm is short of treats.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 14, 2026 12:44 AM (CHHv1)

298 No need to get bogged down in the obvious point they if they did such a demonstration, they’d just be proving that they need to be crushed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 14, 2026 12:42 AM (xnpRH)

If they fire off a test, before the mushroom cloud from the blast dissipates, there should be a massively larger one blooming over Tehran.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 12:45 AM (1z8ji)

299 For those of us who don't have Fox or access to reputable news:

@20kayleighmceny
Ilhan Omar is DONE. The rats are running and reporters can barely keep up with all the people begging to talk.

Whistleblowers are now laying it out. Her campaign pumped a massive pile.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 12:46 AM (BzKNL)

300 >>OK, I found the video of Bravo's interview. Great stuff!

His parachute failed and he hit the ground at over 70 mph. Broke his back and his arm he still found a way to climb to the top of a ridge while evading hunters that were after bounty. And all he does is praise others and God.

Pretty special dude.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 12:51 AM (viF8m)

301
I would for the Omar to be deported.

Some asshole judge will block it.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 12:54 AM (/QHx4)

302 Another flock-abuser busted, NC:
"Former Wrightsville Beach Cop Indicted After Running Plates With No Legitimate Reason"
https://shorturl.at/MdGF4

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 12:57 AM (XeU6L)

303 I would for the Omar to be deported.
Some asshole judge will block it.
Posted by: four seasons

She's *supposedly* a citizen... therefore, since she publicly swore allegiance to a foreign gov't: she's a traitor, and should be dealt with accordingly. (The Rosenburgs come to mind)

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

304 All well and good but who's gonna' feed them hogs?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 11:52 PM (BzKNL)

Dead commies.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 14, 2026 01:01 AM (OSh5V)

305
JQ,

I agree. Kick her skanky ass back to Somalia.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 01:01 AM (/QHx4)

306 I would for the Omar to be deported.

Some asshole judge will block it.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 12:54 AM (/QHx4)

Send her on a "fact-finding mission" (aka junket) to Somalia. While she is there, void here passport.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 01:01 AM (1z8ji)

307
AOP,

Yep

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 01:02 AM (/QHx4)

308 Kick her skanky carcass back to Somalia.

Posted by: four seasons

FIFY.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

309 No need to get bogged down in the obvious point they if they did such a demonstration, they’d just be proving that they need to be crushed.
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I would question how much stomach anyone has to directly attack a nation that has demonstrated nuclear capacity, including Trump.

I wonder if the situation is that they have some number of devices assembled, but having not tested them, they aren't sure if they work, or how to get them to a target. Perhaps they thought at one point they might get a land invasion (as they made statements suggesting they were planning for it) and could use them as boobytraps or car bombs (truck bombs, I guess).

You're probably right that it's just bluster, but the wrinkle that their president is opposing it is weird. His position in their culture looks weak, but if they don't have the devices, he'll appear to have won the argument, so team IRGC/parliament looks bad.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 14, 2026 01:03 AM (vSvIl)

310
Lol JQ

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 01:03 AM (/QHx4)

311
@20kayleighmceny
Ilhan Omar is DONE. The rats are running and reporters can barely keep up with all the people begging to talk.

Whistleblowers are now laying it out. Her campaign pumped a massive pile.
Posted by: Braenyard

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

The xeet may or may not be true, but everything Harrison Faulkner said in the clip has been out for a while.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 01:04 AM (mmrXZ)

312 Well, past 2300 here, and I am getting sleepy. Time for a snooze. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2026 01:05 AM (1z8ji)

313 Ilhan Omar is DONE.
_-_
Well, good. That's one Much gratitude for the work of those who helped explain the depths of her misbehavior.

She was voted into office, so we still have a lot to do to clean house on this one.

I have a nagging suspicion that we won't get enough done on this and other fronts(budget, NGOs, paper ballots and voter id, islam, etc.) and the next cycle where dems take over, we spend all the time on impeachment hearings and lawfare. We have come a good distance since Biden stumbled out, but I think it is not far enough for our nation to survive. Speaking if which where in the he double-toothpicks is Mitch McConnell?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 01:05 AM (UB+/1)

314 Night, AOP.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

315 Debby, if you're still here---

"Last Call!"

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

316
Sleep well AOP

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 01:06 AM (/QHx4)

317 have some number of devices assembled, but having not tested them, they aren't sure if they work, or how to get them to a target
_-_
I tend to think that they can get ready assistance from some of their allies on that front. I have mentioned the idea before, here, and the idea was pretty roundly dismissed as not plausible. I remain unconvinced.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 01:10 AM (UB+/1)

318 261 I'm confused about one thing about the DSA. Are they the new NSDAP or Comintern, from 80-90 years ago?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 11:58 PM (qx7Zg)

Yes.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 14, 2026 01:11 AM (OSh5V)

319 the DSA. Are they the new NSDAP or Comintern, from 80-90 years ago?
_-_
As far as I can tell, it is just a better label for what the democrat party has become over the last 40-50 years. I don't hear widespread denunciation of DSA ideas by the democrat party.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 01:15 AM (UB+/1)

320 [Shitshow Boris Johnson and the Make Believers on a private train leaving the Ukraine] ... hit out at 'warped' Vladimir Putin while his train escaped across the Polish border running from a Russian drone strike ...hundreds of kilometres away .

...the train was forced to speed up to [outrun the missile] and reach Poland

Mr Johnson, 62, had been attending a major security conference in Kyiv prior to the trip, and eventually crossed the border at 7.42am.
_Daily Mail

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 01:18 AM (BzKNL)

321 I may have helped the Brits with their English phrasing a bit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 01:19 AM (BzKNL)

322 Okay, ixnay on the boar’s head brand corned beef. I didn’t have a warm and fuzzy on that anyhow.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 01:22 AM (rQ950)

323 I need to make a big batch of pot stickers, and freeze a bunch for later.

Egg rolls were a success, but didn't last very long... Double batch next time!

It's nice to have pre-made and home-made stuff at the ready. Lots of work initially, though.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)

324 I have had some Boar’s Head meats from Publix.
They were all good, no problems with illness afterwards.

I believe they had a problem on their liverwurst line a few years back, and they quit selling it completely back then.

It certainly didn’t help their reputation though, obviously.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 01:28 AM (6ydKt)

325 I wandered off the reservation for a while, headed to bed, sweet dreams Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 14, 2026 01:28 AM (ibDUx)

326 Night, Debby. Good girl!

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

327 We could give the Indians oil for attacking Pakistan one side and at the same time give the Baluch whatever rings their chimes to attack the Pakis from the other.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 01:30 AM (BzKNL)

328 'night, Debby.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 01:32 AM (BzKNL)

329 If the Iranians had a nuke to test it would be the dumbest thing to do in the middle of a conflict.

As somebody mentioned; a nuke test now would prove Trump and Netanyahu right about the war to begin with.

Trump would then make taking out Pickaxe mountain a top priority along with every other suspect site. Maybe even troops on the ground to make sure we have control over the sites.

Oil prices would go through the roof if the Iranians started threatening other Gulf/Arab nation’s oilfields with nuke strikes, though.
Which might be one of their goals, even if it’s just another propaganda play.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 01:41 AM (6ydKt)

330 This morning, I noticed the first hint of bright yellow leaves on neighbor's birch tree. Autumn is near...

The breeze is cool now. Not like Summer's convection-oven hot blast. Yay!

Rain. Needed, welcomed (as long as not *flooding*!) and beneficial. Ahhh.. the best part of the year.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

331 WTF with the oil & gas prices here in USA?

Sure, they're *up* globally. What about "preferred pricing" here at home?! Sell at premium to others and keep it affordable within our own borders.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

332
It is 66 degrees here in SW Wyoming. Supposed to be in the 40's in the morning. I don't think it will make it.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 01:48 AM (/QHx4)

333 It is 66 degrees here in SW Wyoming. Supposed to be in the 40's in the morning. I don't think it will make it.
Posted by: four seasons

Hard to say. We had some cold wind through here this evening & temp dropped 10 degrees in half hour. Rain on & off most of the day, and then *downpour* after the breeze.

Maybe you'll get some of it overnight?

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

334 I don’t believe the Mullahs have an atom bomb. Or they would have used it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 14, 2026 01:54 AM (wZlsB)

335
Nemo,

I agree

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 01:55 AM (/QHx4)

336

I love Spring and Winter.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:01 AM (/QHx4)

337 Congressman Randy Fine: "I support a four state solution. From the river to the sea, Scotland,Wales, and Ireland will be free."
---

Going down to 82 here. No way am I jealous.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 02:03 AM (BzKNL)

338 I don’t believe the Mullahs have an atom bomb. Or they would have used it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 14, 2026 01:54 AM (wZlsB)

I say we believe they do, and hit them with nukes until the planet looks like a lifesaver candy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 14, 2026 02:06 AM (S41Gd)

339 Yeah, Bers-- pound them. No mercy.

Hammer Pickaxe mountain down to sea level, as a preventive measure.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

340 Trump administration declared a national emergency that bars the use of Chinese-made batteries in grid-scale energy storage systems,...
...the federal government awarded $500 million in funding to seven companies working on battery minerals, manufacturing, and recycling with the express purpose of building up the domestic sector in order to reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 02:13 AM (BzKNL)

341

Oh geez, the asshole neighbor is doing something in his yard that is loud.

WTH can he be doing at 12:15 am?

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:15 AM (/QHx4)

342 When the Iranian citizens get hungry enough it'll be like Zombies from the walking dead hunting the IRGC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 02:17 AM (BzKNL)

343 WTH can he be doing at 12:15 am?
Posted by: four seasons
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Really?! WTAF?

What a jerk.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)

344 Just curious. By what technical means can we determine that none of China, Russia, Pakistan, or North Korea have ever transferred a nuclear warhead to Iran?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 02:20 AM (UB+/1)

345
It was not hot today so I don't think he is trying to avoid hot weather.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:21 AM (/QHx4)

346 >>It was not hot today so I don't think he is trying to avoid hot weather.

Burying his wife? LOL (not funny, but you know...)

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

347

Lol JQ

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:27 AM (/QHx4)

348 Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 02:20 AM

This thought occupies my mind, and scares the hell out of me. I don't believe we can be 100% sure.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

349 331 WTF with the oil & gas prices here in USA?

Sure, they're *up* globally. What about "preferred pricing" here at home?! Sell at premium to others and keep it affordable within our own borders.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

If only it were that easy.
Since oil & natural gas are a global commodity they are priced by the markets, current price & demand, and speculation about future supply & demand.

Usually oil is based on two pricing benchmarks; WTI (West Texas Intermediate), which is the North American standard price, and Brent (North Sea oil), which is the global benchmark price outside of N.A (70-80% of the international supply anyhow). OPEC quotas have more influence on this price, but it can affect WTI, too.

WTI is usually lower than Brent for various reasons.

But unless we totally abandon that system it is what it is and we deal with it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 02:29 AM (6ydKt)

350 >>WTH can he be doing at 12:15 am?
-------

Going out of his way to *annoy* you?

Seriously. Does this neighbor hold resentment toward you? Trying to provoke you, perhaps?

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)

351 Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 02:29 AM

Thanks for the explanation.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

352

JQ,

They are a certain religion and have had no luck getting us to convert.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:36 AM (/QHx4)

353 Amanda -The Meme Witch@LUSHblueart 37s

You know…I think I almost know what “blue balls” feels like.

They keep teasing about deporting Ilhan Omar but nothing keeps happening.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 02:38 AM (BzKNL)

354 Oh geez, the asshole neighbor is doing something in his yard that is loud.

WTH can he be doing at 12:15 am?

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:15 AM (/QHx4)

Is he running a chipper?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 14, 2026 02:39 AM (S41Gd)

355 Four seasons-- that's just rude of them. Ugh. I could make a guess, based on location, LOL. Still seems odd... for the group I have in mind...

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

356
I have no idea what he is doing.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:41 AM (/QHx4)

357 Ex-MIL2 tried to convert me-- gave me all kinds of "reading material" and was very polite about it. She seemed genuinely interested in bringing me 'into the fold' but didn't push so hard as to drive me away.

I decided on my own that her religion was not for me, and she respected my *informed* decision.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

358 344 Just curious. By what technical means can we determine that none of China, Russia, Pakistan, or North Korea have ever transferred a nuclear warhead to Iran?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 02:20 AM (UB+/1)

Other than direct human intelligence maybe we have some kind of Geiger counter that can detect a certain kind of radiation from planes or satellites?
Doubtful, but you never know these days.

It'd be up to the CIA/DIA to figure that one out.

It's not impossible the Iranians have squirreled away enough stuff to do something stupid, I suppose.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 02:46 AM (6ydKt)

359
We bought this house a couple of years ago.

The previous owners left a shit ton of Morman proganda for us.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:46 AM (/QHx4)

360 I have way more respect for XMIL2 than for XH2!

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

361 348 Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 02:20 AM

This thought occupies my mind, and scares the hell out of me. I don't believe we can be 100% sure.
_-_
And the way Britain is going...well, eventually there's another islamic country with nukes.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 02:48 AM (UB+/1)

362 And the way Britain is going...well, eventually there's another islamic country with nukes.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

I suspect that is WHY they are overrunning the UK.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

363 Back after 2 days of Rosh Hashanah.

Took me ages to go through the HQ's contents.

Some really hard laughs along the way.

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 14, 2026 02:50 AM (D0X9e)

364 Turn out the lights, peek through the blinds. - > binoculars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 02:51 AM (BzKNL)

365 Morman proganda
_-_
Makes good firestarter...mind you, Mormons are often very good neighbors, but I find their theology to be basthit crazy.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 02:55 AM (UB+/1)

366
Don,

I do too. It's different, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:58 AM (/QHx4)

367 My brother's boss is Mormon. It's a "family business" and he's lucky to have a job with them. That sect is quite insular. Family is #1. Unrelated co-religionists are #2. Everyone else... meh...

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:05 AM (rdVOm)

368 UK leases nukes from us.
We should take them back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 03:05 AM (BzKNL)

369 356
I have no idea what he is doing.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:41 AM (/QHx4)

Do you own an air horn?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:05 AM (Ntshk)

370 And the way Britain is going...well, eventually there's another islamic country with nukes.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

I suspect that is WHY they are overrunning the UK.
_-_
Good point - hadn't thought about that possibility. I had figured that the dilution of white/european populations there, in europe, and here would be desirable for forming a one-world government, so that must have been the goal, but there's more than one way to skin a cat.

It seems that things are often much more complicated than the widely-discussed narratives.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 03:06 AM (UB+/1)

371 Oh geez, the asshole neighbor is doing something in his yard that is loud.

WTH can he be doing at 12:15 am?

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 02:15 AM (/QHx4)
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They're not Maori, are they?

https://tinyurl.com/8w27tdn8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 14, 2026 03:06 AM (D0X9e)

372
No I don't, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 03:06 AM (/QHx4)

373 365 Morman proganda
_-_
Makes good firestarter...mind you, Mormons are often very good neighbors, but I find their theology to be basthit crazy.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 02:55 AM (UB+/1)

They lost me when they said Jesus was Satan's brother. And what's with Planet Kobol? Really?

And much like Islam, if you are a good Mormon woman, you get to serve your husband who becomes a god in the afterlife.

No thanks.

I'll stick with the deal I get from Jesus.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:07 AM (Ntshk)

374
Amen tcn

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 03:08 AM (/QHx4)

375 How about a bb gun?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:08 AM (Ntshk)

376

We have lots of guns, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 03:09 AM (/QHx4)

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:10 AM (Ntshk)

378 They lost me when they said Jesus was Satan's brother.
_-_
I hear ya. They lost me at Joseph Smith.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 03:10 AM (UB+/1)

379
Don,

Shyster

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 03:12 AM (/QHx4)

380 Shyster
_-_
Exactly.

Getting late here. Love you all. Goodnight!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 14, 2026 03:13 AM (UB+/1)

381 Glad there's cool temps for y'all. four seasons, maybe rain is on its way. Heading off to bed here. Hold down the fort.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 03:13 AM (BzKNL)

382
Love ya too

Sleep well

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 03:14 AM (/QHx4)

383
Slrep well Braeynard

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 03:15 AM (/QHx4)

384 I became disenchanted at their view of "Temple Marriage" (which is inconsistent with Gospel teaching)

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)

385 Night, Braeynard.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)

386 Well, I'm now awake officially after starting working.

I know this because I'm doing the hour-into-work yawns.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 03:18 AM (6ydKt)

387 XMIL2 volunteered at her church for a couple of months per year. Much of it was "stand-in" work... oh, never mind... it's complicated and I don't support the whole rigamarole anyway...

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)

388
Have a goodnight everyone.

Posted by: four seasons at September 14, 2026 03:25 AM (/QHx4)

389 384 I became disenchanted at their view of "Temple Marriage" (which is inconsistent with Gospel teaching)
Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)

I have to admit a guilty pleasure at batting around the ever-so-sincere Mormon missionaries that come to the door. I probably know more about their secret ceremonies than they do, and it certainly rattles their prattle.

I should probably be more Christian in my approach, but, after all, they are trying to get me to commit apostacy. Not very kind on their part, no matter how strong their personal beliefs.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:26 AM (Ntshk)

390 NIght, 4S. Sleep well... hope neighbor has stopped making noise!

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)

391 People who know little about Mormonism are always surprised when you tell them about Planet Kolob.

(Planet Kobol was from Battlestar Galactica - easy to confuse the two, I know)



Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 03:27 AM (6ydKt)

392 391 People who know little about Mormonism are always surprised when you tell them about Planet Kolob.

(Planet Kobol was from Battlestar Galactica - easy to confuse the two, I know)



Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 03:27 AM (6ydKt)

Silly me. I obviously conflated the two, since they are both made up places. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:29 AM (Ntshk)

393 Silly me. I obviously conflated the two, since they are both made up places. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:29 AM (Ntshk)

I thought it was, too, until I put it in Brave search and Brave AI told me I was so very very wrong for confusing the two.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 03:30 AM (6ydKt)

394 Hi, tcn!

Yeah, it feels awkward to disagree with other "Christian" faiths.

I'm Lutheran, but hold no personal animosity toward Catholics, or even the Mormons.

We simply have different ideas re: worship and works.

I am not the ultimate judge of all this.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

395 So, if you are a good Mormon man, and have a whole lot of kids, and none of them leave the Mormonism, you get to live on Kolob after you die and you become your own god.

If you are a good Mormon woman, and have a whole lot of kids, and never say an unkind word to your husband, and never neglect his every need, no matter how humiliating, you also get to live on Kolob as his perpetual servant, and if he marries more than one woman, they can all come with you to serve him.

So, apparently, Kolob is a pretty crowded place full of male gods and lots of doormat women who serve them.

Not quite 72 virgins for a martyr, but pretty darned close.

Amazing what the rudimentary male mind can conjure given half a chance.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:35 AM (Ntshk)

396 Thanks for the ONT Doof!

Those last two Hoover Dam paragraphs are dreadful Clod-isms. It's distressing that it's become so glaring to me.

Posted by: frammish at September 14, 2026 03:37 AM (rcENI)

397 Well if never saying an unkind word to your husband is the main requirement I'm guessing Kolob needs a lot more of a feminine touch cuz it's probably pretty sparse in the boobs department up there.

Nope, not many sandwiches being made on Kolob if you want my guess.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 03:40 AM (6ydKt)

398 Interesting bit about "Kolob"-- I never went that deeply into Mormonism (being an *outsider* was not made privy to the True Beliefs?)-- so had no idea.

I can only deal with my own life, and my own beliefs, and pray that I will be cleansed of sin and have Eternal Life, despite my unworthiness.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:42 AM (rdVOm)

399 I am not the ultimate judge of all this.
Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

Oh, I don't hate Mormons, I just find it all so tedious. There isn't one Mormon who remained one after reading Augustine or Aquinas. It isn't that I believe one has to be some kind of scholar to find God--in fact, the opposite is usually the case. But I do think a religion, into which you pour your heart and soul, ought to be internally consistent and rational, rather than one that affirms all your personal peccadilloes and prejudices, and calls your basest instincts "good." In that sense, Mormonism is the equal of Islam, and really doesn't reflect the God of the Old Testament nor Jesus Christ of the New Testament. I find it problematic in that I had plenty of girl Mormon friends in high school who were abused by that system and told they were less valuable than men, etc. And when they chose to not believe that anymore, they were shunned by their families as a result. And this was in the old days when you couldn't be Mormon and black, because of the supposed mark of Cain. It's just a load of awful crap.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:43 AM (Ntshk)

400 I can only deal with my own life, and my own beliefs, and pray that I will be cleansed of sin and have Eternal Life, despite my unworthiness.
Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:42 AM (rdVOm)

I beg for His Mercy daily. I am in desperate need of it. I am blessed to be held in existence by His constant love, and I don't forget it for one second.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:46 AM (Ntshk)

401 Something tells me tcn was not the most reliable supporter of Mitt Romney in 2012.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 03:47 AM (6ydKt)

402 401 Something tells me tcn was not the most reliable supporter of Mitt Romney in 2012.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 03:47 AM (6ydKt)

That wasn't about his religion, darlin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:48 AM (Ntshk)

403 323 I need to make a big batch of pot stickers, and freeze a bunch for later.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)

When I taught English in Beijing back in 1998 I got to go to a student's apartment and make huge batches of pot stickers with her extended family. Apparently in China they are usually reserved for special occasions. I have a tiny bamboo steamer I still sometimes use to make my own. I hope yours turn out delicious!

Posted by: frammish at September 14, 2026 03:49 AM (rcENI)

404 You learned more about it than I did, tcn. I guess.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)

405 The rationing has begun! Major chains are rationing motor oil as dump blames Ukraine for high oil prices for not surrendering to putin. Diesel and gas now at highest price ever. Saudis shut down their pipeline as houthis blockade red sea. Trump and natalie don't care. Remember to burn trumpsters not oil.

Posted by: raimondo at September 14, 2026 03:50 AM (YPQHn)

406 I have probably come on too strong about it, so I apologize for anyone I have offended. I know most of my beef on the topic is personal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:51 AM (Ntshk)

407 That wasn't about his religion, darlin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:48 AM (Ntshk)

It was the haircut wasn't it?
He reminds me of an older model Utah version of Gavin Newsom.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 03:52 AM (6ydKt)

408 Look who got let out of mom's basement for the evening! You go, little Rainmandodo.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:52 AM (Ntshk)

409 I hope yours turn out delicious!
Posted by: frammish

Thanks! Yes, they are delicious. I make Japanese style: *gyoza*

Hubby and I both love them, and they are such a treat for him! (he gets institutional food daily, and it BLOWS!)

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:53 AM (rdVOm)

410 406 I have probably come on too strong about it, so I apologize for anyone I have offended. I know most of my beef on the topic is personal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 03:51 AM (Ntshk)

Some legitimate gripes.

But I must admit that, given the choice, I'd rather a Mormon neighbor than a Muhammadean.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 03:55 AM (6ydKt)

411 Alarm went off and wondered why the Hell was that happening

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 03:55 AM (Ia/+0)

412 Good night all! Been working late on a personal software project but wanted to pop in and say hello.

Posted by: frammish at September 14, 2026 03:56 AM (rcENI)

413 >>But I must admit that, given the choice, I'd rather a Mormon neighbor than a Muhammadean.

Absolutely!

At least the Mormons worship God instead of the devil...

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:57 AM (rdVOm)

414 Hi/Bye frammish. Have a good night!

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:58 AM (rdVOm)

415 411 Alarm went off and wondered why the Hell was that happening
Posted by: Skip


LoL!! Yea, I'm always surprised when I sleep long enough that my alarm clock wakes me. I'm usually up an hour or so before that. Glad you got some sleep.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 14, 2026 04:00 AM (sAmhv)

416 At least the Mormons worship God instead of the devil...
Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 03:57 AM (rdVOm)

They really don't. They have two competing gods, one who created the world but did it poorly, and one who is the god of chaos. Likewise, they believe Satan and Jesus are brothers, who were created by the original god who screwed everything up. They have no concept of the Trinity.

There is nothing the least bit Christian about Mormonism. Their baptisms are not valid in other Christian denominations.

Most Mormons are wonderful people, kind to others, following the law, minding their own business. Good on them.

But don't be fooled. Unless you are Mormon, you are other to them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 04:18 AM (Ntshk)

417 411 Alarm went off and wondered why the Hell was that happening
Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 03:55 AM (Ia/+0)

Skip! You finally got some real sleep! Hooray!

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 04:19 AM (Ntshk)

418 Unless you are Mormon, you are other to them.
Posted by: tcn in AK

This I know.

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 04:24 AM (rdVOm)

419 raimondo sounds vaccinated. oh well, to be a cuck for the koolaid

perhaps they would have more success in the kitchen making your wifes boyfriend a sammich

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 14, 2026 04:25 AM (jrgJz)

420 Night, horde. Monday cometh too early...

Posted by: JQ at September 14, 2026 04:25 AM (rdVOm)

Gun Thread: TXMoMe Stuff Edition!

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Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the TXMoMe Stuff Edition? Bigly exciting updates below!

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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FUNdamentals

Fundamentals of sight alignment with Hickok45.

What element of fundamentals have you been focusing on?

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TXMoMe

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They Mome'n down in Texas!

The time has come to begin the discussion of the upcoming TXMoMe in Corsicana, TX on October 16-17. This is the eleventh annual TXMoMe, or Conservative Burning Man as it's popularly known, and it promises to be a doozy. A double-doozy even. A bigly double-doozy! If you're in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere of the Planet of the Earth, contact Ben Had for details on attending. The dates and email links for all MoMes are always helpfully included on the blog's main page, left sidebar.

What started years ago as a small get-together and informal plinking session lasting a couple of hours has matured into a full scale jamboree-hootenanny including a program of shooting activities for both handguns and rifles over two days. I have to thank Ben Had, Cow Horse Queen and RancherBob for making this whole thing happen and providing the opportunity for the shooting to comprise such a significant portion of the event.

But wait! There's more! Combine that with world class food and drink, and the even world classier company of your fellow Morons, and you have a weekend that legends are made of. For those not inclined to shoot (?), there are non-stop opportunities to relax in the shade of the carport or under a handy nearby tree with a beverage and visit with your online pals to your hearts content, which is really what the whole damn thing is about in the first place..

Allow me to be serious for a minute. I have said this probably two hundred and eighty-three times now. These gatherings are a really good time, and I know of no one who expresses regret after having attended one. Actually it goes beyond that. It's not just a weekend of laughs, it's an opportunity to connect with lots of like-minded people and create lasting friendships and priceless memories. No kidding. Think that's hyperbole? It snot. Would your ol' pal Weasel lie to you? Well, yes he would, but not about this. TXMoMe veterans will attest to the funness and completely laid-back nature of the event. Don't be a dork, do yourself a favor and get yo' ass to Texas!

TXMoMe veterans: please jump into the comments to encourage the scairdy-cats to join in the fun! What was your first MoMe like? What were you expecting? Were you surprised? Did you have a great time?

If you are attending the TXMoMe this year, and all the cool kids are, please keep an eye on this section for important information and updates in the coming weeks. I also want to reiterate the TXMoMe is not a gun thing with some socializing attached, but rather is a social thing with some shooting attached. If you aren't a shooter, I guarantee you will not feel out of place and will have a great time. No fooling!

Are all y'all getting excited? Weasel are!!

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TXMoMe Schedule & Other Updates - 9/13/26

Updates! We have Updates!

Update 1:
For our amazing volunteers, I sent out an email last week asking whether or not you will be attending this year and when you plan to arrive (day and approximate time). If you haven't received this email, please send me a note at gunthread at protonmail dot com. It is important to have this information for scheduling and to make certain we have the proper coverage making the shooting activities safe and enjoyable for all concerned. Thank you in advance.

Update 2:
Here is an outline of the schedule of events. Times are tentative and subject to modification/change. This schedule will be included in the Gun Thread with any changes incorporated going forward until the event, so please check back weekly.

Friday, 10/16

Rifle Program
8am - 10am: Rifle Clinic (carport)
10am - 11am: Combined Range and Safety Briefing - Mandatory for Friday Arrivals! (carport)
Noon: Light lunch provided (carport)
11am - 4pm: Live fire (rifle range - targets to 1,000 yds)

Handgun Program
10am - 11am: Combined Range and Safety Briefing - Mandatory for Friday Arrivals! (carport)
Noon: Light lunch provided (carport)
1:00pm to 2:00 pm (carport) - Demonstration: Basics of Rifle & Handgun Cleaning and Maintenance - EdL
11am - 4:00pm: Static live fire (pistol range)

Saturday, 10/17

Rifle Program
9am - 10am: Combined Range and Safety Briefing - Mandatory for Saturday arrivals! (carport)
10am - 1pm: Live fire (rifle range)

Handgun Program
9am - 10am: Range and Safety Briefing - Mandatory for Saturday arrivals! (carport)
10am - 1pm: Live fire (pistol range)

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Shooters: Bring your own hearing and eye protection! and if possible please plan on stopping somewhere along your way to Texas and picking up some ammunition if you plan to shoot and aren't bringing your own weapons/ammo. Everyone is very generous with sharing, but please don't rely on the generosity of others to provide everything for you. You can really help out by grabbing a box of 9mm or 5.56mm or whatever you want to shoot.

For a while I have been conducting a Rifle Clinic on Friday morning followed by range time Friday afternoon and then again well into Saturday. Most of you (I think) have endured this presentation before, so if there are other topics you would like to have covered, speak up in the comments and I will try to address your request.

We have also been steadily refining the handgun portion of the program and this year will be focusing on the static pistol range as well as continuing to offer a separate setup for gun-curious beginners desiring one-on-one supervision and instruction. If you are a novice shooter, or even have never been to the range before and think guns are icky, you are welcome to shoot! Just see an RSO and they will set you up with an experienced shooter to help you. We will again conduct a gun cleaning and maintenance clinic Friday which will run concurrently with the live-fire programs.

These times are approximate and programs may change as weather conditions and participation warrant. We anticipate a hard stop on both ranges at 1pm on Saturday to allow everyone to participate in the bigly fun TXMoMe festivities.

Update 3:
You will note there are combined rifle and handgun range safety briefings both days and attendance is mandatory if you want to shoot. We take your safety seriously and ask everyone who wants to shoot plan on attending this important briefing. Again, we are conducting one combined safety brief each day. No exceptions.

Immediately following each day's safety briefing you will be asked to sign a general liability waiver, and only then will you receive a color-coded wrist band. The color is different each day, and it is your ticket onto the range(s) for the day. No wrist band, no shooting that day. Don't want to sign the waiver? No problem, just do not expect to shoot. If you miss the mandatory range safety briefing which is mandatory and must be attended, you are welcome to watch the live fire activities from designated observation areas.

All shooters are asked to check in with an RSO (sporting an Orange Cap of Dorkiness for easy identification) upon your arrival at either of the ranges who will answer questions and direct you to an open firing position. The RSOs wield unspeakable power so it is in your best interest to be nice to them. Want to do things your way? I suggest that your own personal range on your own personal property is a good place for expressing your individuality, not as a guest on the ranch.

IMPORTANT: I would hope this goes without saying, but anyone failing to immediately and politely follow RSO instructions will be removed from the range(s). Period. No exceptions.

I will probably think of more things to yell about in the coming weeks so please stay tuned.

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Who Says We Don't Have Principles?

M1 Garand Principles of Operation

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Model 94 Winchester v 336 Marlin

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Ballistic High-Speed Photography

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Getting Enough Tar and Nicotine?

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Doctor recommended!

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Our Pal Operation Plowshare

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Highway Patrol!

This week's episode: Hot Cargo

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Phantom From Space!

The best Phantoms are from space.

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Cigar of the Week

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This week our pal Diogenes scores again with this excellent review of the Oliveros Grand Returno.

I've probably covered this cigar before but this is a good time for a relook.

This is a very nice cigar.

From the Dominican Republic, it hosts an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper using a Nicaragua Habano binder and filler also from Nicaragua. It is a cigar built to sit back and just enjoy it for a bit. In fact, it even looks like the kind of cigar you want to try. The wrapper is golden in color and flawless in appearance. It is firm, well rolled and offers a slight aroma while unlit.

The first third has no introduction time and it sets up a pleasant smoke right from the start. The aroma is an honest tobacco and the taste is equally so plus hints of wheat and nuts. Some say there is a touch of cedar in it but I suspect that is from the humidor I use. I didn't catch it.

Moving into the second third, and for that matter, the rest of the cigar, the tobacco just goes deeper in richness and flavor. The draw is light, the ash is even, and the burn consistent.

The Returno is becoming one of my favorite go-to cigars, and it will be a standard for me on the golf course. Yesterday, right after lighting this one up, I shot a par, birdie, and then an eagle. All this after a particularly bad start so yeah, Returno's for golf!!!

P.S. Note my cool head cover!

Excellent, Diogenes! Thank you!

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Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.

Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World New!

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

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That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

Posted by: Weasel at 07:00 PM




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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:00 PM (P6lWH)

2 Yeah gun thread!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 13, 2026 07:01 PM (I43vL)

3 Here

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:01 PM (ttrGW)

4 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:01 PM (P6lWH)

5 pew pew pew

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM (+fdRY)

6 I just knew that RMBS would take it. Punching F5 like the proverbial monkey on crack.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM (ttrGW)

7 See, that's what happens when you read the content.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM (+fdRY)

8 First

Posted by: Eromero at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM (LHPAg)

9 5 pew pew pew
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM (+fdRY)

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SERPENTINE!!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:03 PM (wpRMV)

10 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 07:04 PM (Ia/+0)

11 But have the Otters been summoned?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:04 PM (wpRMV)

12 Evening everyone!

Short one for me.
Why is it when on the first day of vacation I manage to catch a cold.....in summertime!!!

So I am medded up and going to hit the sack soon.

Have fun!!

And if you have never been to a MoMe you should try, great like minded folks every one of them.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at September 13, 2026 07:06 PM (PDvf+)

13 I will probably think of more things to yell about in the coming weeks so please stay tuned.

I have heard from reputable sources that a self-induced instance of Garand Thumb helps focus the mind, and really boosts one's yelling output.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (0sNs1)

14 Hello, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (wXqZT)

15 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?

Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (QMAsf)

16 SERPENTINE!!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:03 PM

Dude. You're just going to die tired.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (0sNs1)

17 Good evening Horde. Thanks Weasel!

Posted by: TRex - unspeakably powered dino at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (XfIK1)

18 I just knew that RMBS would take it. Punching F5 like the proverbial monkey on crack.
Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM

*buffs nails on shirt*

Munkeys is amateurs.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:08 PM (P6lWH)

19 First
Posted by: Eromero at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM

In my heart, always!

Posted by: zombie Gaston Glock, perfector of Perfection at September 13, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1)

20 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (QMAsf)
----
Totally a cult.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 07:08 PM (LRYfP)

21 15 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (QMAsf)

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*activates neuralizer*

MoMe? What MoMe?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (wpRMV)

22 p.s.
Senor Weasel, I neglected to respond to your email. I will not be available to wear the Orange Hat of Dorkiness this year.
I understand that I will be subjected to constant harassment by certain Texas Ladies with a last name of Had for the next month.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (ttrGW)

23 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM

I heard it's going to be disco-continued this year.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

24 But have the Otters been summoned?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:04 PM

You'll have to check with nurse. Otters are her wheelhouse. I don't summon aquatic mammals.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (P6lWH)

25 I saw the news in the Food Thread.

Congrats, Weasel! 🎉

Condolences, WeaselWoman! 😜

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 07:10 PM (VHUov)

26 Condolences, WeaselWoman! 😜
Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 07:10 PM (VHUov)
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That's for sure!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 07:10 PM (LRYfP)

27 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?
----
Totally a cult.

* sniff * (Miss you, Jewells.)

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 07:10 PM (vTZFs)

28 I understand that I will be subjected to constant harassment by certain Texas Ladies with a last name of Had for the next month.
Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Tiffini from Fort Worth at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

29 p.s.
Senor Weasel, I neglected to respond to your email. I will not be available to wear the Orange Hat of Dorkiness this year.
I understand that I will be subjected to constant harassment by certain Texas Ladies with a last name of Had for the next month.
Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM

*pushes glasses down nose*

*makes yet another mark in Red's permanent record*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM (P6lWH)

30 Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (ttrGW)
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Got it. Thanks.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM (LRYfP)

31 Howdy weasel! Thanks for the thread!

Range report.

Focused on smooth trigger pull, straight back and sending a round downhill one per second x5.

Took the Dan Wesson 1911 Patriot .45. No fliers. Felt nice. Caught myself a couple times about to jerk the trigger. Stopped and reset.

Finished with 50 rounds .22 from the Ruger Mark IV. Plinking be fun!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM (yEz+x)

32 13 I will probably think of more things to yell about in the coming weeks so please stay tuned.

I have heard from reputable sources that a self-induced instance of Garand Thumb helps focus the mind, and really boosts one's yelling output.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Rivaled by the hot brass dance.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:12 PM (E4rtv)

33 Addendum to the schedule. After the ranges close everyone is invited to dinner.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:12 PM (E0Et6)

34 I understand that I will be subjected to constant harassment by certain Texas Ladies with a last name of Had for the next month.
Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM

What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Tiffini from Fort Worth at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM

And me?

Posted by: Tiffini from Houston at September 13, 2026 07:12 PM (hOaDh)

35 Hot brass in the cleavage has a charm all its own.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:13 PM (wpRMV)

36 What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Tiffini from Fort Worth

You ain't no Sweet Eileen in Abilene.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 07:13 PM (vTZFs)

37 Diogenes thanks for that review. That brand has been on my radar (frequently good deals on them at Atlantic Cigar) but I have never had one.

So many sticks, so little time (for the max-one-a-day cigar consumer, anyway - those guys who smoke 2 or 3/day can go through the enormous offerings these days much faster I guess).

About to sit down and try an Aladino Connecticut for the first time. Historic Heat Wave is over, we've moved most of the way back to the ridiculously perfect weather that has spoiled those living here. Perfect for burning a stick and inspecting brass on the back porch.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 07:13 PM (U/Byj)

38 I finally did a range day and the best thing I can say about it is "The gun didn't blow up".

Bersa Thunder .380, two magazines worth of rounds attempted, 2 misfires with - as it turned out - two bullets jammed in the barrel, and the last round unfired.

Of the rounds that went down range, 10 hit the target board, with 4 hits on the target I was aiming for, 4 hits on the target I wasn't aiming for, and at least 16 inches between the farthest hits.

It is the first time I've fired that gun in a couple years, and the ammo has been in the magazines for just as long, so that might have been the problem.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 07:14 PM (anFBA)

39 OddBob, a raised glass to Jewells and Jim SND. A hug for you too.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:15 PM (E0Et6)

40 22 p.s.
Senor Weasel, I neglected to respond to your email. I will not be available to wear the Orange Hat of Dorkiness this year.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM
***
Dino sad.

Posted by: TRex - orange hatted dino at September 13, 2026 07:15 PM (XfIK1)

41 Guns!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:18 PM (xcxpd)

42 Why is it when on the first day of vacation I manage to catch a cold.....in summertime!!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at September 13, 2026 07:06 PM (PDvf+)

Sounds like you're not planning pre-med! You should start the night before with plenty of alcohol to knock down any viruses and bacteria lurking in your bloodstream. Or, even while at work the last day.

Or, slap a hot iron on it.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:18 PM (kU0PQ)

43 RI Red, you will have to live with knowing you disappointed me.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:18 PM (E0Et6)

44 33 Addendum to the schedule. After the ranges close everyone is invited to dinner.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:12 PM (E0Et6)

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Are mockery and trash-talking on the agenda?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:18 PM (wpRMV)

45 p.s.
Senor Weasel, I neglected to respond to your email. I will not be available to wear the Orange Hat of Dorkiness this year.
I understand that I will be subjected to constant harassment by certain Texas Ladies with a last name of Had for the next month.
Posted by: RI Red
**********
She won't be the only one......

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:19 PM (XfIK1)

46 Good evening gubthreaders and all the ships at sea!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:19 PM (NlEaG)

47 I wish everyone going to MoMeet this year a safe journey and great weather. I will not, as usual attend due both the health and some pressing expensive issues this year.

Doggie is not doing well so we have to take him to our state university's vet hospital for specialist treatment--perhaps an endoscopy that runs about 3k or so just after the Mo Meet time. And that plus a visit to Arkansas to correct some issues and finances with my mother in late September pretty much blows the travel budget and my health for any long trips. I usually have to take steroids for the duration of these trips to manage but long term those are bad news up to inducing diabetes. I still need my wife to drive on long travel or to accompany me for any possible airline travel due to health right now.

I am having to deal with insufficiency of care issues as my mother has vascular dementia and now mobility issues that may require her to be relocated to a higher skilled nursing facility or the issues fixed at her current one and I am likely to install cameras in her room for the short run.

Mebbe next year.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:20 PM (E4rtv)

48 Cicero, absolutely, it's the Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:20 PM (E0Et6)

49 Senor Weasel, I neglected to respond to your email. I will not be available to wear the Orange Hat of Dorkiness this year.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM
***
Dino sad.
Posted by: TRex - orange hatted dino at September 13, 2026 07:15 PM (XfIK1)

RI Red sad, too.
But happy for the Weasel family. Even if they are mere amateurs at 23 years.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:21 PM (ttrGW)

50 Mebbe next year.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:20 PM

Mebbe?

Do. Or do not. There is no mebbe.

- Stuff Yoda probably said

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:21 PM (P6lWH)

51 DMV MGC met today. swa can tell you all about her experience with her new gub and not to steal any of her thunder the S&W Bodyguard is a teeny little thing. You may have seen Lena Miculek popping one out of her crotch (no, really) and shooting with it. Just really amazingly small.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:21 PM (NlEaG)

52 Pick up a carton for the weekend!

Posted by: Mel Torme at September 13, 2026 07:21 PM (bbqHZ)

53 Duty day this week and I expect the morning to be busy with non-members firing 4-8 rounds from their bolt actions. Usually late summer/early fall there are mornings like that, with the guys zeroing their s**t before heading off to WA, MT, ID, UT, NV, CO, or AZ to hunt elk, deer, etc.

My crew has shrunk by half in 8 months so now just 3 of us, hoping for reinforcement from the RSO powers that be.

Will be more difficult to get in any trigger time myself but determined to do so. Have not been emptying brass much for far too long.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 07:22 PM (U/Byj)

54 So, got back to the range yesterday.

I had switched to my XD45 because my G30/G21 IWB holster was sub-par. (Now that Fall is here, I may just go to my G21 OWB Galco rig).

So it was XD day. My Dicken drill was TERRIBLE. .45 ACP + Iron Sights + Old = really bad groups. Red dots really are important for me at range. Also trying to go fast with a .45 just doesn't work well. I probably have bad fundamentals with higher recoil handguns, I never really developed a quality Gorilla Grip.

Slowing down, the XD remains a remarkably accurate pistol with a good trigger. But the Dicken drill is intended to test accuracy at range and under stress. And I didn't do well.

Also a thumbs-high Glock grip does not work with the XD, which is another reason why I sorta wish I'd just bought one gun and gotten gud at it. You gotta relearn things like this over and over...

Anyway, good day at the range with the Nurse and Lazy Messenger.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:22 PM (xcxpd)

55 *activates neuralizer*

MoMe? What MoMe?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (wpRMV)

Does it make me odd, or just old, that reading the first line made me think of the chair in ST:TOS episode "Dagger of the Mind"? I only thought of MiB when I read the second line.

(The chair was called a "neural neutralizer".)

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:22 PM (kU0PQ)

56 Howdy!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (sAmhv)

57 Good Evening all
I have a range report!
I got to shoot my new Bodyguard2 today. Happiness. Joy. I didnot make a mistake buying without trying it. I put 50 rounds through it and the others put about another 25 and it performed flawlessly. I had some nice groups which considering it was the first time, iron sights and i t is a pretty tiny gun, I was very pleased.

Posted by: Sharon(willow"s apprentice) at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (kJmSS)

58 51 DMV MGC met today. swa can tell you all about her experience with her new gub and not to steal any of her thunder the S&W Bodyguard is a teeny little thing. You may have seen Lena Miculek popping one out of her crotch (no, really) and shooting with it. Just really amazingly small.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:21 PM (NlEaG)

Now that they have a red dot version, I may get one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (xcxpd)

59 whig, next year!

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (E0Et6)

60 It is the first time I've fired that gun in a couple years, and the ammo has been in the magazines for just as long, so that might have been the problem.
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Sounds possibly like primer contamination from oil if the ammo was okay before. If two bullets lodged in the barrel, you might have ringed it (bulged barrel) if there was any real pressure behind the second bullet.

Use a bright light in the bore to detect it. Looks like a dark ring in the barrel. Alternatively, you can check by field stripping it and using a caliper to detect any bulge.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:24 PM (E4rtv)

61 sra blaster and I send regrets on the TxMoMe this year we have reasons. Not excuses. REASONS.

Those of you with excuses - ignore them. Go. It is an event like no other. You can go home and say I was taught how to shoot long distance by the coach of a team that won an international championship.

Do they do that at the Holiday Inn Express? Or at Disney World?

Nay. Nay they do not.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:24 PM (NlEaG)

62 Mebbe?

Do. Or do not. There is no mebbe.

- Stuff Yoda probably said
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Given the insane traffic in my area lately, I will be lucky to survive getting to next year.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:25 PM (E4rtv)

63 Given the insane traffic in my area lately, I will be lucky to survive getting to next year.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:25 PM

*Boston traffic fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:26 PM (P6lWH)

64 The Packers have completely imploded.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 07:26 PM (yEz+x)

65 38 I finally did a range day and the best thing I can say about it is "The gun didn't blow up".

Bersa Thunder .380, two magazines worth of rounds attempted, 2 misfires with - as it turned out - two bullets jammed in the barrel, and the last round unfired.

Of the rounds that went down range, 10 hit the target board, with 4 hits on the target I was aiming for, 4 hits on the target I wasn't aiming for, and at least 16 inches between the farthest hits.

It is the first time I've fired that gun in a couple years, and the ammo has been in the magazines for just as long, so that might have been the problem.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 07:14 PM (anFBA)

I bought one, it was a lemon also. I can never endorse the Bersa Thunder as a result.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:26 PM (xcxpd)

66 RI Red, you will have to live with knowing you disappointed me.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:18 PM (E0Et6)

Ben Had, you join a long line of women I have known.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:26 PM (jkyX4)

67 Now that they have a red dot version, I may get one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (xcxpd)

Here is the secret. ALL of the Bodyguard 2.0s can get that red dot. There is not an "optic ready" version. Veridian has a dot specifically made for the Bodyguard 2.0 and it installs into the dovetail of the rear sights of the bodyguard.

If you have a sight pusher you can do it. THOUGH I think it is a few dollars less to buy it all at once. But if you have a line on a deal on one, then you can put the dot on it.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:27 PM (NlEaG)

68 Rhomboid,
Be sure to get it into the queue. You'll like it.
SnL is taking me down to a cigar bar on one of the Indian rezs nearby. He said their humidor is as big as my house. My credit card is going to take a hit. Looking forward to it.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 07:28 PM (2WIwB)

69 invited to dinner.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:12 PM (E0Et6)

"Invited to dinner" is such an understated way to say it. It's so much more than that. Both the invite and the dinner.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:28 PM (kU0PQ)

70 Operation Plowshare -
Using nuclear explosions to make underground laboratories! Yes! Yes! Mwahahahahaaa…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 13, 2026 07:29 PM (sGgMH)

71 Red, you are gonna miss my advancement beyond 860yds to 1000yds!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:29 PM (XfIK1)

72
38 Bersa Thunder .380, two magazines worth of rounds attempted, 2 misfires with - as it turned out - two bullets jammed in the barrel, and the last round unfired.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 07:14 PM (anFBA)

Funny you should mention that firearm. I had my late brother’s BT .380 sitting in a drawer for 10 years and finally took it to a range and had the instructor help me with it. It was too complicated for me and when it was in SA or DA mode (can’t remember which one), my finger could barely reach the trigger. I didn’t know that our fingers shrink too when we get older. I had to hand yet another pistol over to the oldest nephew.

Posted by: TxAnn at September 13, 2026 07:30 PM (SjAWL)

73 67 Now that they have a red dot version, I may get one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (xcxpd)

Here is the secret. ALL of the Bodyguard 2.0s can get that red dot. There is not an "optic ready" version. Veridian has a dot specifically made for the Bodyguard 2.0 and it installs into the dovetail of the rear sights of the bodyguard.

If you have a sight pusher you can do it. THOUGH I think it is a few dollars less to buy it all at once. But if you have a line on a deal on one, then you can put the dot on it.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:27 PM (NlEaG)

Oh I thought the new one was milled! Interesting.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:30 PM (xcxpd)

74 Red, you are gonna miss my advancement beyond 860yds to 1000yds!
Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:29 PM

We'll take pictures.

My rifle is cleaned, zeroed, and ready. You're welcome to it while I'm in the kitchen working on beans.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:31 PM (P6lWH)

75 So, today we got to join in swa's excitement with her new pistol which she hasn't mentioned has a Black Cherry frame.

But we had some disappointments with our own equipment. sra blaster's Kimber CDS9 was just sitting in the safe. And for whatever reason its dot decided to be off. By a LOT. I was able to adjust it to be spot on but then it threw the screw in the battery tray out and it kept opening up and turning off when you shot.

Of course I am known for cheap dots and this one is one (cheap-ish anyway) but I am just going to get her a Holosun 507k.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:32 PM (NlEaG)

76 So it was XD day. My Dicken drill was TERRIBLE. .45 ACP + Iron Sights + Old = really bad groups. Red dots really are important for me at range. Also trying to go fast with a .45 just doesn't work well. I probably have bad fundamentals with higher recoil handguns, I never really developed a quality Gorilla Grip.

Slowing down, the XD remains a remarkably accurate pistol with a good trigger. But the Dicken drill is intended to test accuracy at range and under stress. And I didn't do well.
=======
Wondering if perhaps your change in grip might have caused a lower than optimal grip on the XD allowing it to lever and twist a bit more. Plus XDs have different grip angles than a Glock.

The XD grip angle is more like a 1911, Browning High Power, and Smith & Wessons.


Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:32 PM (E4rtv)

77 I am likely to install cameras in her room for the short run.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:20 PM (E4rtv)

Some trail cams are cellular, obviating the need for a network to run on or a physical visit to retrieve images. Might be less obvious cameras that do that, too.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:33 PM (kU0PQ)

78 So, I do have a *small* beef; I don't know about comparing this thing to Burning Man as that thing is a party by and for stupid, smelly commie hippies.

I prefer to think of the TX MoMee as a proper TX BBQ / picnic (which of course requires gubs), only better, because Horde.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 07:34 PM (+fdRY)

79 *Boston traffic fistbump*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Rotaries are an insane idea. Traffic circles are one thing but rotaries should have been left in the UK instead of imported to Mass. FWIW, Sister used to live in Springfield MA and I visited her on occasion.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:34 PM (E4rtv)

80 Wondering if perhaps your change in grip might have caused a lower than optimal grip on the XD allowing it to lever and twist a bit more. Plus XDs have different grip angles than a Glock.

The XD grip angle is more like a 1911, Browning High Power, and Smith & Wessons.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:32 PM (E4rtv)

Yeah, I am pretty used to Glocks (thought I own a ton of non-Glocks...I don't usually carry or shoot them much). I think my grip is a little off because it looks a lot like an XD9 but the XD45 is dimensionally different and when going fast, my grip isn't right. All fixable problems with training but there we are back to trying to maintain proficency with multiple firearms....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:35 PM (xcxpd)

81 I think the Viridium for the Bodyquard is a green dot.Maybe. Going to check.
I understand why so many carry it. For such a tiny gun there is hardly any recoil. Everyone who tried shot well with it so pretty accurate. It will be easy to conceal. The Miculek videos are hilarious but she shows how in almost any kind of clothing it doesn't print and it can be drawn quickly.

Posted by: Sharon(willow at September 13, 2026 07:36 PM (kJmSS)

82 We'll take pictures.

My rifle is cleaned, zeroed, and ready. You're welcome to it while I'm in the kitchen working on beans.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
********
I truly appreciate that, and will take exceptionally good care of it.
As for pictures, we'll see about that.....but even if we do, it won't be the same as seeing it live....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:37 PM (XfIK1)

83 FWIW, Sister used to live in Springfield MA and I visited her on occasion.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:34 PM

Western MA is nice, and much more conservative than the eastern pit. Trump flags for miles. Can't swing a dead leftist without hitting a gun club. Shame about Boston, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:37 PM (P6lWH)

84 Do they do that at the Holiday Inn Express? Or at Disney World?
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:24 PM (NlEaG)

Who would be the corporate image of a place where they taught you to shoot? Not a gun company; that's too obvious. I was thinking Mutual of Omaha, but that would be more live capture, bouncing along in an open vehicle, hanging out the side, trying to loop an animal's neck....

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:38 PM (kU0PQ)

85 Also I took my PSA Dagger which is a Gen 3 Glock 19 clone.

It has been really good - I shoot it well and it is as reliable as a Glock. Or it was until today. sra blaster started with it and the slide was hanging up and we were getting failure to eject and failure to feeds. She thought she was limp wristing it. I picked it up and racked the slide a few times and it felt like it was full of sand. Not sure what happened to it between the last I time I shot it and today. Again, just sitting there in the safe it went bad.

Good thing I had my EDC so I could shoot something of ours.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:38 PM (NlEaG)

86 https://tinyurl.com/ap8s8rnw

Posted by: Sharon(willow at September 13, 2026 07:39 PM (kJmSS)

87 Some trail cams are cellular, obviating the need for a network to run on or a physical visit to retrieve images. Might be less obvious cameras that do that, too.
Posted by: GWB
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Facility allows it but warning signs have to be posted which is not altogether a bad thing. Petty theft has become an issue. I will probably go Eufy which encrypts from end to end and it will piggyback on the facility wireless. Have a licensed social worker go frequently to check on her but she has gotten into falling recently due to repeated utis. Not to be gross but one problem is that dementia patients forget how to wipe properly.

The other solution is depends which creates its own problems and the third is a indwelling catheter which again has its own problems creating infections.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:39 PM (E4rtv)

88 Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

89 Western MA is nice, and much more conservative than the eastern pit. Trump flags for miles. Can't swing a dead leftist without hitting a gun club. Shame about Boston, though.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Boston and its politics forced out Smith and Wesson in Springfield to Tennessee. The famed Smith and Wesson Training Academy is about to open there in Maryville now. Maryland forced out Beretta to depart to Tennessee as well.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:42 PM (E4rtv)

90 Those of you that are first timers to the MoMe one of the traditions is the deep fried bacon served by our very own Bacon Wench and generously donated by Helena Handbasket.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:43 PM (E0Et6)

91 Oh, and happy anniversary to the newlyweds!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:44 PM (XfIK1)

92 Yeah, I am pretty used to Glocks (thought I own a ton of non-Glocks...I don't usually carry or shoot them much). I think my grip is a little off because it looks a lot like an XD9 but the XD45 is dimensionally different and when going fast, my grip isn't right. All fixable problems with training but there we are back to trying to maintain proficency with multiple firearms....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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The grip on the XD45 is a bit larger in circumference than the XD9/40. You might have nailed the reason right there. I tend to carry and shoot the same gun for a long while before switching and shoot the older supplanted carry ones just for fun. But I use a crush grip and only have one inherited Glock 30. Kept it mainly because I don't otherwise have a compact 45. My XD45 is service length barrel.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:45 PM (E4rtv)

93 Use a bright light in the bore to detect it. Looks like a dark ring in the barrel. Alternatively, you can check by field stripping it and using a caliper to detect any bulge.

Posted by: whig

Like a dark ring all the way around the barrel? I'm not seeing that. There's a bunch of fouling in there now, but it's following the rifling, every other spiral.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 07:45 PM (anFBA)

94 whig, sympathies for your situation. We went through similar things with my mom. We were fortunate to be able to keep her in our home with help from home hospice but I understand that's not an option for everyone.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 07:46 PM (vTZFs)

95 Blaster wasn't the only one with a Glock issue. I tried to shoot my G48 with Holosun and although incredibly accurate, it kept jamming on every second or third round. Frustrating. Dr Ed diagnosed a need to clean it. Also think the mags need to be cleaned as they looked visibly dirty. Sigh. It's time.

Posted by: Sharon(willow at September 13, 2026 07:46 PM (kJmSS)

96 I bought one, it was a lemon also. I can never endorse the Bersa Thunder as a result.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo

Understandable. I've never had a problem with the gun before... I'm told that cci Blazer ammo is kind of crap, and that's most likely what I was shooting.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 07:47 PM (anFBA)

97 Evening Weasel and Co. Range day here with a new-to-me Walther PPQ. This was one of the first quality striker-fired handguns I shot years ago. Always wanted one. It fits my hand and points well. I acquire the sites reliably and the trigger is smoother than others I've fired. Glad I finally got one. And ... good groups at 21' and 25'. At 30' my age and eyes start to show. Sigh.

Smoking some nice HVC sticks this week. Then generally hit my taste right.

Posted by: YellowBird at September 13, 2026 07:47 PM (MEbkQ)

98 Boston and its politics forced out Smith and Wesson in Springfield to Tennessee. The famed Smith and Wesson Training Academy is about to open there in Maryville now. Maryland forced out Beretta to depart to Tennessee as well.
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Smith & Wesson will be a more 6 miles from Schloss Rex, currently under construction.....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:47 PM (XfIK1)

99 My range report for today: Brought out a .38 Colt Cobra (2017 version) and a Walther P99 AS (9mm). Shot the Cobra exclusively in double action today at 7 and 10 yards with average results - some on target, some not. For the last couple of loads, I switched to strong hand only at 7 yards. This was hard; I only got a couple of rounds on the target even though I was shooting at what I thought was a slow, deliberate pace.
For the P99, I tried to push myself on distance. My group at 10 yards was very tight and almost as tight at 15 yards. I shot at the larger center target at 20 yards and got four of five in the bullseye target, but not in the center. I pushed out to 25 yards and got two on the paper. So 20 is as far as I can push out with a P99. For my final rounds, I reeled the target back in to 15 yards and repeated what I did earlier.

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 07:48 PM (wXqZT)

100 90 Those of you that are first timers to the MoMe one of the traditions is the deep fried bacon served by our very own Bacon Wench and generously donated by Helena Handbasket.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:43 PM
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Amen. Doesn't get much better than deep fried bacon delivered to the gun range via John Deere gator by the Bacon Wench.

Posted by: TRex - bacon fueled dino at September 13, 2026 07:49 PM (XfIK1)

101 RMBS, we may have reason to be in Boston in early Nov, will keep you posted....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:49 PM (XfIK1)

102 And to those on the line about coming to their first MoMe, I can't recommend it highly enough. The Horde is incredibly welcoming and hospitable, and their company and conversation are the best. My first TxMoMe in 2022 was so much fun, I brought the RMBS Mom the next year, and she had a blast. Come to TX. You'll have a wonderful time and make some great friends. Plus there's bacon. So. Much. Bacon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:50 PM (P6lWH)

103 The tinyurl is about the Viridium green dot. Should have added that. $229

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice} at September 13, 2026 07:50 PM (kJmSS)

104 RMBS, we may have reason to be in Boston in early Nov, will keep you posted....
Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:49 PM

Definitely! Early November looks pretty clear right now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:50 PM (P6lWH)

105 Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:39 PM (E4rtv)

I pray for grace in the whole thing, whig. And for your strength.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:51 PM (kU0PQ)

106 Boston and its politics forced out Smith and Wesson in Springfield to Tennessee.

Yeah, funny that when you keep telling employers that you hate them and their customers they eventually believe you. CA will figure it out someday. Maybe.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 07:51 PM (vTZFs)

107 Understandable. I've never had a problem with the gun before... I'm told that cci Blazer ammo is kind of crap, and that's most likely what I was shooting.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

It is decent range ammo and unlikely to be the issue as CCI makes the primers and brass for it. One of the issues of storing a gun loaded is that a) you can, not will, have an issue with mag spring depression where it weakens the spring enough to cause issues on reloading from the magazine upon firing and sometimes you get extraction problems.

But unless you get sealed primers and even sealed bullets (those usually have a red sealant in the primer ring and where the bullet goes into the brass), you can get contamination and pistols draining oil onto surfaces are the most likely culprit.

The other is exposing the firearm to a lot of heat, moisture, or cold--that can lead to moisture contamination and degradation of the powder in unsealed bullets. Car guns can exhibit this problem as temps in autos can get pretty extreme as well as humidity issues.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:52 PM (E4rtv)

108 Yeah, funny that when you keep telling employers that you hate them and their customers they eventually believe you. CA will figure it out someday. Maybe.
Posted by: Oddbob
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I will take the under on that one...from personal experience....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:53 PM (XfIK1)

109 Yeah, funny that when you keep telling employers that you hate them and their customers they eventually believe you. CA will figure it out someday. Maybe.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 07:51 PM

I know, right? Like telling almost 40% of your citizens that you hate them and wondering why said citizens leave the state as soon as possible.

*looks longingly in the direction of NH*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:54 PM (P6lWH)

110 On the TxMoMe...
There's only one real problem with it - it doesn't last long enough to be with all these wonderful people. There's only 24 hours in a day, and all that.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:55 PM (kU0PQ)

111 I pray for grace in the whole thing, whig. And for your strength.
Posted by: GWB

Well, I need all the grace I can get as otherwise I am pretty disgraceful. And my strength is returning. Grip strength just measured by pt is back to about what it was before I started down the road to surgery. I can deal with pain, not dysfunction and when your grip strength drops from 100 lbs more or less each hand to 40 within about a year, time to get surgery. The three month pt test after surgery came up to 60-65 lbs grip strength.

And the most recent at about 6 months has me back at 100. So now working on core muscle restoration in the back. Strong back muscles can help with a deteriorating spine which I have.

About to start occupational hand therapy to regain dexterity that I lost by nerve compression as well. So that will help.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:56 PM (E4rtv)

112 Amen. Doesn't get much better than deep fried bacon delivered to the gun range via John Deere gator by the Bacon Wench.
Posted by: TRex - bacon fueled dino at September 13, 2026 07:49 PM

I'll take phrases only uttered at AoSHQ for $1,000, Alex.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:57 PM (P6lWH)

113 Range day here with a new-to-me Walther PPQ. This was one of the first quality striker-fired handguns I shot years ago. Always wanted one. It fits my hand and points well. I acquire the sites reliably and the trigger is smoother than others I've fired. Glad I finally got one. And ... good groups at 21' and 25'. At 30' my age and eyes start to show. Sigh.
Posted by: YellowBird at September 13, 2026 07:47 PM (MEbkQ)

If you like the PPQ, do get more magazines for it ASAP. The PPQ has now been out of production for a little over three years now. Any spare magazines out there can dry up instantly without any replacement.

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 07:57 PM (wXqZT)

114 Had a great lunch recently with Hrothgar.

He and I plan to see other again shortly at a particular assemblage somewhere southeast of Dallas.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 13, 2026 08:00 PM (2Ez/1)

115 Whig, I’m going to throw this info out just in case you haven’t heard of it and can use it. A surviving spouse of a veteran can apply for the Aid and Attendance benefit by the VA. My father was a WWII veteran (and wheelchair bound) and I had a live in caretaker for him so he could stay in his house of 40 years. It’s not a widely advertised benefit but it sure did help. There’s certain criteria the recipient has to meet.

Posted by: TxAnn at September 13, 2026 08:00 PM (SjAWL)

116 FWIW, for those of you cleaning mags (one should do it on carry weapons now and again as they attract cruft--crud + dirt). They make a dry graphite spray lube that can be used on them which lessens wear on the plastic followers found in most carry guns nowadays. Graphite is actually a very mild abrasive and doing that on new magazines both lubes them and helps grip off the factory edges that often exist making operation smoother.

If using oil, drop a little on a paper towel and use the paper towel to apply the oil. I would advise using it externally on a mag only. Use a brush periodically on the inside to get rid of cruft.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:01 PM (E4rtv)

117 I picked up an old S&W Model 41 that was on consignment at the lgs. It came in the original box excpet the box cover was for a Model 52. Well, I took that as a hint and now I have a Model 52 coming.

Model 52 only shoots 38 Special wadcutter. No other 38 Special, just wadcutter.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 13, 2026 08:01 PM (P4bJX)

118 115 Whig, I’m going to throw this info out just in case you haven’t heard of it and can use it. A surviving spouse of a veteran can apply for the Aid and Attendance benefit by the VA. My father was a WWII veteran (and wheelchair bound) and I had a live in caretaker for him so he could stay in his house of 40 years. It’s not a widely advertised benefit but it sure did help. There’s certain criteria the recipient has to meet.
Posted by: TxAnn

Thanks for reminding me of that. Finally found my dad's military records on microfiche ( a lot of his early records went up in smoke at St. Louis fire at the Army/Air Force repository in the late 60's). I have to go to my university library to even find a microfiche reader nowadays.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:04 PM (E4rtv)

119 If you like the PPQ, do get more magazines for it ASAP. The PPQ has now been out of production for a little over three years now. Any spare magazines out there can dry up instantly without any replacement.
Posted by: Ed L


I bought Marine the PPQ with a paddle mag release on the trigger guard. The magazines have a notch on the side. Regular PPQ mags are not compatible. He only has two mags. I’ve not been able to locate any at any price.

Suggestions?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 08:04 PM (6ohhg)

120 117 I picked up an old S&W Model 41 that was on consignment at the lgs. It came in the original box excpet the box cover was for a Model 52. Well, I took that as a hint and now I have a Model 52 coming.

Model 52 only shoots 38 Special wadcutter. No other 38 Special, just wadcutter.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Have fun, those Model 52s were almost all handfitted to make sure of function with wadcutters. Smith and Wesson engineering at its finest to shove a rimmed cartridge with a flat nose into a semi auto frame. And make it work, feed, and shoot accurately.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:05 PM (E4rtv)

121 Two words about TX: Just go! Even if the sun and heat keep you in the carport, close to the water, all day, you'll have tons of fun socializing with your fellow Morons. The food is wonderful, as is the company. Just make sure to bring a flashlight for the trek to the port-a-pots; it gets REALLY dark outside after sundown.

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 08:06 PM (wXqZT)

122 I really looking forward to it. It's an older one with the old style extractor that I read has problems, but the price was good and I found some wad cutter that should come in this week.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 13, 2026 08:08 PM (P4bJX)

123 I bought Marine the PPQ with a paddle mag release on the trigger guard. The magazines have a notch on the side. Regular PPQ mags are not compatible. He only has two mags. I’ve not been able to locate any at any price.

Suggestions?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Ebay. And yes, I am serious. GunMag Warehouse has them onsale for about $20 bucks right now for M1 model but I dunno if that your Marine's mag. 15+2 (extended floor plate) They have some in 40 S&W and also for Model M2.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:09 PM (E4rtv)

124 I picked up an old S&W Model 41 that was on consignment at the lgs.

I'm a High Standard fanboi but at my first MoMe, Panhandler brought (a bunch of cool stuff including a) Model 41 and I gotta admit that it flung a cravin' on me that I haven't satisfied yet.

Which is another reason to come to the MoMe. Morons have neat toys and are usually willing to share if you just stand nearby and act interested.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 08:10 PM (vTZFs)

125 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM

I heard it's going to be disco-continued this year.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

I see what you did there!!

Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 08:11 PM (QMAsf)

126 121 Two words about TX: Just go! Even if the sun and heat keep you in the carport, close to the water, all day, you'll have tons of fun socializing with your fellow Morons. The food is wonderful, as is the company. Just make sure to bring a flashlight for the trek to the port-a-pots; it gets REALLY dark outside after sundown.
Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 08:06 PM (wXqZT
What Ed said..

Posted by: Eromero at September 13, 2026 08:11 PM (LHPAg)

127 Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:04 PM (E4rtv)

Luckily, my dad had hard copies of all of his records so I didn’t have to go through that ordeal. It’s a lot of paperwork, but when it’s approved, it’s retroactive from when you applied and you get a “catch up” payment. I had a VA rep help me with everything. It’s a tough situation to say the least.

Posted by: TxAnn at September 13, 2026 08:11 PM (SjAWL)

128 If you missed the 60 Minutes interview of the rescue of the downed fighter officers in Iran, look online for the video.

Unbelievable.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m)

129 Two words about TX: Just go! Even if the sun and heat keep you in the carport, close to the water, all day, you'll have tons of fun socializing with your fellow Morons. The food is wonderful, as is the company. Just make sure to bring a flashlight for the trek to the port-a-pots; it gets REALLY dark outside after sundown.
Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 08:06 PM (wXqZT)

Totally agree with the "Just go!" advice.

Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 08:13 PM (QMAsf)

130 122 I really looking forward to it. It's an older one with the old style extractor that I read has problems, but the price was good and I found some wad cutter that should come in this week.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Apparently it is load sensitive but the folks at the S&W Forum are great about sharing solutions. I strongly recommend anyone with Smith and Wesson firearms to join up (free to view but registration required to post).

I used to hang around there a lot as I have some odd variant 3rd Generation models.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:13 PM (E4rtv)

131 Luckily, my dad had hard copies of all of his records so I didn’t have to go through that ordeal. It’s a lot of paperwork, but when it’s approved, it’s retroactive from when you applied and you get a “catch up” payment. I had a VA rep help me with everything. It’s a tough situation to say the least.
Posted by: TxAnn

Thanks. I am going to have to print out my fathers pre 68 records that are on microfiche. I went through all my father's paperwork and have his old R/A number as well as his SS. Just have to be lucky with the dates.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:15 PM (E4rtv)

132 St. Louis military personnel depository fire was in 1973, I guess the building - get this - had no sprinkler system. Nice. The debate at the time was "fire bad" but also "water bad", so ... no sprinkler system.

Where did they keep Navy and Marine records? Those guys lucked out. Army/Air Force, not so much.

Was it always customary to place a DD-214 copy with the county upon discharge? They told me to do that as part of outprocessing, but I already knew about that. That simple expedient can save a lot of hassle.

Posted by: Mel Torme at September 13, 2026 08:16 PM (bbqHZ)

133 Gunmagwarehouse dot com

Also if that doesn't work, try Walther directly at their Fort Smith Arkansas hq number. They have a factory store there.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:17 PM (E4rtv)

134
Was it always customary to place a DD-214 copy with the county upon discharge? They told me to do that as part of outprocessing, but I already knew about that. That simple expedient can save a lot of hassle.
Posted by: Mel Torme

I have his paperwork from 68 onwards but not the all of his early stuff. Some of it is on punch cards.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:18 PM (E4rtv)

135 I have a Thank You to all of you that put the MoMe on your "be there" list. You all have given me a wealth of laughs memories and friendships that has brought so much joy to my life.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 08:20 PM (E0Et6)

136 Food, drink, laughter, conversation, dancing, and so many interesting people with stories, so many stories. Maybe you'll even meet some people who live near you and become life long friends. And there is shooting and instruction and the chance to try firearms you neve evern heard of or could ever afford (-:
And it's Texas even though it can be hot, stormy, freezing all with in hours of each event(pack a sweatshirt) but there's horses and cattle and sunsets.
Just go. You won;t be disappointed.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice} at September 13, 2026 08:20 PM (kJmSS)

137 I bought Marine the PPQ with a paddle mag release on the trigger guard. The magazines have a notch on the side. Regular PPQ mags are not compatible. He only has two mags. I’ve not been able to locate any at any price.

Suggestions?
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 08:04 PM (6ohhg)

Nurse, the Walther P99 magazine should be interchangeable with your Marine's PPQ. Since you said that his PPQ has paddle releases on the trigger guard, that sounds exactly what my P99 has. Because the P99 remains in service as military or police sidearm worldwide, the magazines are still available direct from Walther. Go to their website and search for "magazine." You should be able to find it from there.

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 08:22 PM (wXqZT)

138 I spent part of the weekend wearing an IWB holster, a Beretta PX4, and a variety of clothing. The objective was to determine which shirts didn't print for the concealed weapon. My sister and BIL volunteered to observe and report. Untucked cotton flannel was the best. Somewhat form fitting polos were not good. A sweatshirt was also good to go.

Best for concealment were jackets. No surprise there.

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 08:26 PM (rj6Yv)

139 60 minutes is good, but that interviewer is whacky. They can't hide their ...

Posted by: Mel Torme at September 13, 2026 08:28 PM (bbqHZ)

140 Welp, have been sorting all my projects, and parts, in the basement this week.

Finished two--fitting two No. 1 Mk 3 Enfields into stocks. On both, the emphasis is on fitting. Waiting for an extractor to finish a GEW 88 and some minor wood repair on the stock tip.

Next is fitting a Krag bayonet lug and band--I restored a cut Krag stock with a new front end section but that is requiring some fitting of the barrel and new bayonet lug/band and drilling the hole for the retention screw. Rebuilt an 1863 Springfield lockplate (original), waiting for a bridle to finish an 1888 Trapdoor lockplate. Both are waiting stocks which I think I have located. The 1863 needs a barrel as well. That one may just get a wall hanger barrel or there seems to be quite a few 1866 Allin conversion barrels and receivers floating around that would give it a post Civil War spin.

Basically doing these projects works my fingers doing all sorts of convulsions, on springs, using taps, files, rasps, screwdrivers, etc. Strengthens the grip.

Looking at an inductive bolt heater to possibly loosen some old rusty barrels on a Lebel receiver and a Berthier so I can replace them with non cut barrels.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:28 PM (E4rtv)

141 swa's .380 definitely has a very light recoil.

I know most people think go no smaller than 9mm - I know because I am among them!

But I had a friend ask me about .380 and he wanted to know if I thought it was underpowered. I said I surely don't want to be shot by one.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 08:29 PM (NlEaG)

142 138 I spent part of the weekend wearing an IWB holster, a Beretta PX4, and a variety of clothing. The objective was to determine which shirts didn't print for the concealed weapon. My sister and BIL volunteered to observe and report. Untucked cotton flannel was the best. Somewhat form fitting polos were not good. A sweatshirt was also good to go.

Best for concealment were jackets. No surprise there.
Posted by: mrp

Does yours have the low profile safeties or the wing exaggerated type. Easy enough to do that job yourself if it has the latter. Langdon Tactical did also have some Beretta PX4 upgrade parts as well as Beretta if you wanted to upgrade the hammer assembly or other parts to match grade. Takes a punch and a little elbow grease to do it.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:31 PM (E4rtv)

143 I spent part of the weekend wearing an IWB holster, a Beretta PX4, and a variety of clothing. The objective was to determine which shirts didn't print for the concealed weapon.

Ya know what I've concluded? Most people are so self-absorbed and oblivious that you could walk around with a Virginia ham under your shirt and they wouldn't notice. I just don't even think about it anymore.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 08:32 PM (vTZFs)

144 Posted by: YellowBird at September 13, 2026 07:47 PM (MEbkQ)

YellowBird, see what I replied to Nurse above. If your PPQ has paddle magazine releases alongside the trigger guard, you're in luck - just order more P99 magazines direct from Walther. But if you have the button release M2 variant, snap up all you can. Those are now out of production at the Walther mothership.

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 08:33 PM (wXqZT)

145 Red, you are gonna miss my advancement beyond 860yds to 1000yds!
Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:29 PM (XfIK1)

Pictures are required. Part of the Rules, ya know.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 08:34 PM (Edxq2)

146 So this is the bad boy I am considering bidding on.
Notice the classic lines, the tried and true ignition system, the absolute knock-down power. Truly a defender of empires.

https://tinyurl.com/34ar8pk5

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)

147 141 swa's .380 definitely has a very light recoil.

I know most people think go no smaller than 9mm - I know because I am among them!

But I had a friend ask me about .380 and he wanted to know if I thought it was underpowered. I said I surely don't want to be shot by one.
Posted by: blaster
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I carried a Walther PPK early on. 380 ACP can do the job in a lot of cases and there is now better ammo for nowadays because Ruger popularized its ripoff of Kel Tec in micro 380's.

Just don't rely on ammo expanding much. Like the 32 ACP. The velocity is simply not there to do it. So shot placement is critical in those firearms.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:35 PM (E4rtv)

148 Good Sunday evening, gub 'ettes and 'rons, and a special Orange Hat of Dorkiness salute to our host Weasel!

Got my email last week and am very much looking forward to Corsicana!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at September 13, 2026 08:35 PM (xVpNO)

149 Red, you are gonna miss my advancement beyond 860yds to 1000yds!
Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:29 PM (XfIK1)

Pictures are required. Part of the Rules, ya know.
Posted by: RI Red
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Like attendance? You were warned I would give you guff about this news....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 08:36 PM (XfIK1)

150 Ya know what I've concluded? Most people are so self-absorbed and oblivious that you could walk around with a Virginia ham under your shirt and they wouldn't notice. I just don't even think about it anymore.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 08:32 PM (vTZFs)

Maybe we need a Virginia ham concealment clinic at TXMoMe?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at September 13, 2026 08:36 PM (xVpNO)

151 God bless the AOSHQ. As Martha says, it is a good thing.

Posted by: irright at September 13, 2026 08:36 PM (HMI5f)

152 Punchcards? Wow, how does one glean the information from that?

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 08:37 PM (rQ950)

153 Deep fried bacon mmmmm

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 13, 2026 08:37 PM (Il1HA)

154 144 Posted by: YellowBird at September 13, 2026 07:47 PM (MEbkQ)

YellowBird, see what I replied to Nurse above. If your PPQ has paddle magazine releases alongside the trigger guard, you're in luck - just order more P99 magazines direct from Walther. But if you have the button release M2 variant, snap up all you can. Those are now out of production at the Walther mothership.
Posted by: Ed L

Ed L. Gunmag warehouse has both models. Since you confirmed that Model 1 is the paddle release and Model 2 is the button. $20 bucks for a 17 round PPQ mag is pretty good. And they have it is stock as I just looked as well as other M1 and M2 model mags for the PPQ.

And fwiw, those are good folks that specialize in gun mags. CDNN Sports in Abilene is another place that carries some Walther stuff, mainly closeouts though.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:37 PM (E4rtv)

155 So this is the bad boy I am considering bidding on.

If I'm ever fortunate enough to own my own mantle again instead of renting, that would look amazing over it.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 08:38 PM (vTZFs)

156 I can only imagine what Emily will be saying tomorrow...

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 08:38 PM (XfIK1)

157 Ya know what I've concluded? Most people are so self-absorbed and oblivious that you could walk around with a Virginia ham under your shirt and they wouldn't notice. I just don't even think about it anymore.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 08:32 PM (vTZFs)

I knew a guy who carried a Colt Lightweight Commander in .38 Super as his regular CCW. That thing is huge compared to SWA's Bodyguard 2.0, and he said that no one seemed to notice it.

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 08:38 PM (wXqZT)

158 Is brandishing a Virginia ham illegal?
That's flat out un-American!

Posted by: irright at September 13, 2026 08:38 PM (HMI5f)

159 Basically doing these projects works my fingers doing all sorts of convulsions, on springs, using taps, files, rasps, screwdrivers, etc. Strengthens the grip.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:28 PM (E4rtv)

Good! I know I need to at least get back to the squeezy ball (for stress, but good for just keeping the fingers limber and doing stuff). And the grip strengthener. It was just around here... somewhere.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 08:39 PM (kU0PQ)

160 Mmmmm..... ham.....

Posted by: TRex - concealed ham dino at September 13, 2026 08:39 PM (XfIK1)

161 Punchcards? Wow, how does one glean the information from that?

If you are of "a certain age" which I am not quite sure, you just hold it up to the light and read it directly.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 08:40 PM (vTZFs)

162 Whig, that is what I was thinking. You just need a tight group. I think an optic makes a difference too. I worked today to just keep my arm outstretched and continue pulling the trigger til the mag wa empty. I had decent groups. The lighter recoil made that possible.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice} at September 13, 2026 08:40 PM (kJmSS)

163 So this is the bad boy I am considering bidding on.
Notice the classic lines, the tried and true ignition system, the absolute knock-down power. Truly a defender of empires.

https://tinyurl.com/34ar8pk5
Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)

Very cool. .70 caliber? Oof!
I think if I'm going to light something with a match, I want it in something measured in pounds.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 08:41 PM (kU0PQ)

164 s/quite sure/quite/

Thanks predictive text.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 08:43 PM (vTZFs)

165 More on PPQ mags ...

We live in Illinois and though the gun was sold with 15 rd mags and they ARE legal here, I'm finding that some vendors won't sell them to us. Gun Mag Warehouse won't ... Natchez will. So yes, if you find em, buy em.

Posted by: YellowBird at September 13, 2026 08:44 PM (MEbkQ)

166 Saw the anniversary notice in the previous thread, congratulations to W and WW.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 08:44 PM (sl73Y)

167 Ed L. Gunmag warehouse has both models. Since you confirmed that Model 1 is the paddle release and Model 2 is the button. $20 bucks for a 17 round PPQ mag is pretty good. And they have it is stock as I just looked as well as other M1 and M2 model mags for the PPQ.

And fwiw, those are good folks that specialize in gun mags. CDNN Sports in Abilene is another place that carries some Walther stuff, mainly closeouts though.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:37 PM (E4rtv)

Thanks for the info, Whig. It's good to know that someone stocks magazines for out of production firearms. If only they had magazines for the H&K P7 PSP. Unobtainium for sure.

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 08:46 PM (wXqZT)

168 whig, Ed L., I was hoping my son would jump on here. He had a question about the Mosin 7.62x49, I think. Wondering (partly) whether that caliber is around in other firearms.

He went a week or so ago and had his bachelor party at the range, and got to shoot one.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 08:46 PM (kU0PQ)

169 If you are a big guy, it is way less likely someone would try and take a gun away from you but if you look like me, you hve to worry about that. This is why carrying in a purse, backpack, or any type of bag where someone could just come a nd cut it and run off. The Bodyguard is the first one I think I could legitimately hide and still be able to get it even if approached from very close by.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice} at September 13, 2026 08:47 PM (kJmSS)

170 Quite the mixed set of clubs Diogenes carries, Ping, Titelist, Tour Edge and Cobra seen. What kind of driver is hidden under that orange puppet?
Par, birdie and eagle in one round, they seem to work.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 08:47 PM (sl73Y)

171 From the 60 Minutes interview - that one guy has way too much salad on his uniform. Just sayin’.

And I think they were showing satellite coverage of that guy on the ground. Maybe recon aircraft. Not sure. They just called it “national intelligence”. But the resolution and detail was amazing: and that’s just what they were willing to declassify and release, with probable degradation.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 08:48 PM (rQ950)

172 Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 08:44 PM (sl73Y)
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Thanks!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 08:48 PM (LRYfP)

173 We live in Illinois and though the gun was sold with 15 rd mags and they ARE legal here, I'm finding that some vendors won't sell them to us. Gun Mag Warehouse won't ... Natchez will. So yes, if you find em, buy em.
Posted by: YellowBird at September 13, 2026 08:44 PM (MEbkQ)

One reason why gun shows still serve a purpose and why cash is king.

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 08:48 PM (wXqZT)

174 152 Punchcards? Wow, how does one glean the information from that?
Posted by: Common Tater

They have some information printed on them as to what they contain. Dunno about the rest.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:49 PM (E4rtv)

175 Very cool. .70 caliber? Oof!
I think if I'm going to light something with a match, I want it in something measured in pounds.
Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 08:41 PM (kU0PQ)

It is about 16 balls to the pound?

I have been fascinated by matchlocks for a long time, and at least .70 cal is a standard musket size. It really isn't the sort of thing you fire all the time, unless you decide to go full out and get the floppy hat with a feather and monopod and the bandolier of wooden cartridges.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 08:50 PM (rbvCR)

176 173: One reason why gun shows still serve a purpose and why cash is king.
***

Yep. Fortunately, state line is 30 minutes away. Plenty places to shop there.

And thanks to everyone for all the suggestions.

Posted by: YellowBird at September 13, 2026 08:51 PM (MEbkQ)

177 156 I can only imagine what Emily will be saying tomorrow...
Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 08:38 PM (XfIK1)

I’ll have you know that she is finishing up the First Amendment tomorrow and then going on to a - you guessed it - multipart series on 2d Am!
Great for homeschooling, great to brush up on your civics. And she dresses purty.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 08:53 PM (Edxq2)

178 Maybe we need a Virginia ham concealment clinic at TXMoMe?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless)

Don’t get Berserker started on “Th Ham Fairy.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 08:56 PM (yEz+x)

179 Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 08:46 PM (kU0PQ)

GWB, "7.62mm X 49" is coming up empty on my searches. Most Mosins produced were in 7.62mm X 54R. That round is still available, but a bit tough to find since a certain overseas fracas ended cheap surplus imports from its country of origin.

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 08:58 PM (wXqZT)

180 Good night all
Still high from a great range trip.
Thanks Weasel for giving us this place. It was the encouragment and experience of people here that helped me make the decision to just go for it.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice} at September 13, 2026 08:58 PM (kJmSS)

181 162 Whig, that is what I was thinking. You just need a tight group. I think an optic makes a difference too. I worked today to just keep my arm outstretched and continue pulling the trigger til the mag wa empty. I had decent groups. The lighter recoil made that possible.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice}

Yep. When I carried a 380 ACP. I used Golden Saber 102 gr hollow points. Not so they would expand, they might or might not, but they would penetrate.

Avoid round tipped bullets though. Those have always been poor stoppers as they produce wounds that tend to close up like a zipper. Federal HST line is probably the top right dog of self defense bullets and their 380 Micro ACP load (99 grains) often does expand and penetrate quite well.

The next best thing to a expanding bullet is at least a flat tip and all hollowpoints will exhibit that whether they expand or not.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:59 PM (E4rtv)

182 GWB, 7.62 x 49? Is there such a thing? x 54 might be what was meant here, as Mosin was mentioned. That caliber lives on in several other platforms, though (I think) few that one can legally own (they are machine guns). SVT-40 is the only one besides Mosin-Nagants that I can think of. But I could well be under/misinformed.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 08:59 PM (U/Byj)

183 Good evening, Weasel, and Happy Anniversary! Greetings to all the Gun Thread Horde. No gun stuff to report, but I did weld a gas tank and lived to tell about it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 08:59 PM (1z8ji)

184 Range Report!

Oh, yeah. I’m still down in southern RMBS land. No shooting right now.
And I still have to order a new BCG for the AR 10.
Probably arrive about the time certain people are in TX.
Yes. If you haven’t gone, get thee hence. You will not regret it. And we are less likely to make up stories about you.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 09:00 PM (Edxq2)

185 Punchcards? Wow, how does one glean the information from that?
Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 08:37 PM

I built a Hollerith card reader as part of the (then new) Computes Merit Badge requirements (in 1969 or 1970, IIRC).

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 09:00 PM (0sNs1)

186 And thanks guys. I will have to do the research and then send money and info to someone out of state. 10 rd mag limit here.

But. I think I can convince someone to order for me and mail to my place.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 09:03 PM (yEz+x)

187 168 whig, Ed L., I was hoping my son would jump on here. He had a question about the Mosin 7.62x49, I think. Wondering (partly) whether that caliber is around in other firearms.

He went a week or so ago and had his bachelor party at the range, and got to shoot one.
Posted by: GWB

As said above, Mosins are either 7.62x54r (the r stands for rimmed btw) or the Finns used a 7.62x53r for a time. Finns did put some 308 barrels on their Mosin receivers post WWII for a little extra accuracy which is why the variance in ammo.

I am wondering if he meant a 7.62x39 which is the Russian AK and SKS round.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:03 PM (E4rtv)

188 10 rd mag limit here.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 09:03 PM

Two words: Free state.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 09:05 PM (0sNs1)

189 169 If you are a big guy, it is way less likely someone would try and take a gun away from you but if you look like me, you hve to worry about that. This is why carrying in a purse, backpack, or any type of bag where someone could just come a nd cut it and run off. The Bodyguard is the first one I think I could legitimately hide and still be able to get it even if approached from very close by.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice}
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Smart. But, there are some purses, backpacks, and other bags that actually have steel cable inside. Apparently a common Euro thing is to use a razor to cut the purse strap, backpack strap, etc. to steal it. A steel cable/strap inside prevents that.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:06 PM (E4rtv)

190 Two words: Free state.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 09:05 PM
***
Three words: deep fried bacon.

Posted by: TRex - culinary dino at September 13, 2026 09:06 PM (XfIK1)

191 10 rd mag limit here.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 09:03 PM

Two words: Free state.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 09:05 PM (0sNs1)

Two words: New Hampshire.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 09:06 PM (Edxq2)

192 Good evening to all the GunHorde and thank you to Weasel. No shooting but a vacation visit to the Military Museum of Aviation near Virginia Beach. Great day, highly recommended.

Posted by: Coelacanth at September 13, 2026 09:06 PM (HWiXl)

193 Time for me to punch out.

Thanks for another great Gub Thread, Weasel!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 09:09 PM (84gkw)

194 188 10 rd mag limit here.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 09:03 PM

Two words: Free state.
Posted by: Duncanthrax


Two words

I love where I live and I’m not leaving.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 09:11 PM (yEz+x)

195 Nurse, are you OK w/ a handoff in TX?

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 09:12 PM (wXqZT)

196 FWIW, the ancient 7.62x54r is chambered in some European sport bolt actions as it is a good hunting round and on par with the 7.62 x 51 (Win 30 in the US. They made carbines in the T38 and T44 but the recoil can be kind of brutal on those Mosins. The Mosin models are kind of like the SKS, made in a number of countries with USSR help. The SVT line and machine guns using that round are pretty much collector items but obtainable if you have enough cash.

The Dragunov 7.62x54r semi auto models from Southern European states like Romania and I think Zastava in former Yugoslavia, I think, are still around as semi autos for much less than the SVT line and far less than machine guns chambered in that round.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:12 PM (E4rtv)

197 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 09:09 PM (84gkw)
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Adios, RMBS!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 09:12 PM (TMF5Z)

198 Would truly love to attend the TxMoMe, but two points prevent it for now: one, while Mom is alive, it falls between her birthday and mine; two, can't use a firearm, because essential tremor is a BITCH. Once upon a time, targets feared my 9 mm Browning.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 09:12 PM (NcvvS)

199 Also time to bail.
Thx, boss, and congrats.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 09:14 PM (Edxq2)

200 198 Would truly love to attend the TxMoMe, but two points prevent it for now: one, while Mom is alive, it falls between her birthday and mine; two, can't use a firearm, because essential tremor is a BITCH. Once upon a time, targets feared my 9 mm Browning.
Posted by: Nazdar

I have some trembling too. Consider going to a gorilla grip rather than target grip. In other words, a combat grip where you grip as hard as you can and just back off a hair. Helps with me on controlling any trembling.

And some of that trembling can be from meds that can be changed. FIL had that problem with amiodarone to the extent he got diagnosed falsely with Parkinsons and worse yet treated with Parkinson's drugs by a idiotic neurologist. Took a trip to Emory to get that misdiagnosis fixed.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:16 PM (E4rtv)

201 >>Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 08:56 PM (yEz+x)

Nurse, that was possibly the greatest extended comment-rant in the history of this site. He has a spectacular way with words and that was an epic sequence.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 09:17 PM (NcvvS)

202 I have to sign off for tonight. Thanks for hosting, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 09:18 PM (wXqZT)

203 184 Range Report!

Oh, yeah. I’m still down in southern RMBS land. No shooting right now.
And I still have to order a new BCG for the AR 10.
Probably arrive about the time certain people are in TX.
Yes. If you haven’t gone, get thee hence. You will not regret it. And we are less likely to make up stories about you.
Posted by: RI Red
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Some deals on those if you go to CDNN Sports. They bought out Anderson's stock after Anderson got sold to Ruger including their 308 stuff. And their bolts should be compatible with PSA as both used the DPMS/LR308 pattern instead of the Armalite.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:19 PM (E4rtv)

204 195 Nurse, are you OK w/ a handoff in TX?
Posted by: Ed L

I will not be there this year Ed. But I very much appreciate the offer. I am grateful. Thank
You.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 09:19 PM (MBug/)

205 OK, all y'all. 9:20 thank you time.

Thank you!

Sure do appreciate your being here tonight and hope to see you a) next Sunday, and 2) in Texas!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 09:20 PM (TMF5Z)

206 Thanks Weasel for this thread and thanks to all the commenters who show up here and make it a special time.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:20 PM (E4rtv)

207 >>I love where I live and I’m not leaving.

fist bump

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)

208 Thanks, Weasel.

Posted by: YellowBird at September 13, 2026 09:21 PM (MEbkQ)

209 Posted by: YellowBird at September 13, 2026 09:21 PM (MEbkQ)
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My pleasure! Thanks for participating!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 09:22 PM (TMF5Z)

210 Nurse, that was possibly the greatest extended comment-rant in the history of this site. He has a spectacular way with words and that was an epic sequence.

Google isn't finding anything matching "ham fairy." Anything else that might be associated with it?

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 09:23 PM (vTZFs)

211 >>Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:16 PM (E4rtv)

whig, the assholes who mal-diagnose Parkinson's over essential tremor - no words, they are opposite conditions. Meds do help, but, even with meds, I can't write a legible check.

Alcohol does better, but think my liver is more valuable.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 09:24 PM (NcvvS)

212 GWB, "7.62mm X 49" is coming up empty on my searches. Most Mosins produced were in 7.62mm X 54R. That round is still available, but a bit tough to find since a certain overseas fracas ended cheap surplus imports from its country of origin.
Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 08:58 PM (wXqZT)

See? That's why I wanted him to get on here and ask.
Thanks.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 09:25 PM (kU0PQ)

213 Thanks and good night, Weasel. Congrats again and I hope we didn't take too much of your attention away from more important matters.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 09:25 PM (vTZFs)

214 And thanks to Weasel for the weekly fun, and everyone for being the bestest Horde imaginable!

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 09:26 PM (kU0PQ)

215 Hey, RI Red, if you want BCG parts check out KAK Industry. You can salvage just about any BCG. I'm cheap so I usually buy my BCG's from Delta Team Tactical.

Posted by: ck at September 13, 2026 09:26 PM (4L8YT)

216 Google isn't finding anything matching "ham fairy." Anything else that might be associated with it?

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 09:23 PM
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Just curious...what comes up when you search "ham fairy"?

I would try myself, but only one of us needs to infect their google search history.

Posted by: TRex - not the ham fairy dino at September 13, 2026 09:26 PM (XfIK1)

217 This week, I have a couple of projects to finish. I have a VZ-24 that needs to have its barrel put on.

The Krag long stock requiring minimal fitting. And the GEW 88 needs to have an extractor fitted and some minor stock work.

Plus a 1916 No. 1 Mk 3 receiver that is getting an Indian .410 shotgun barrel. They used these modified Lee Enfields as one shot weapons for prison guards.

Basically I am trying to finish projects so I can sell off a big portion of my bolt rifle accumulation. Easier to sell a complete rifle than a collection of parts which I have accumulated for about two decades now.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:27 PM (E4rtv)

218 Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 08:59 PM (U/Byj)

Thanks to you, too!

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 09:27 PM (kU0PQ)

219 I am wondering if he meant a 7.62x39 which is the Russian AK and SKS round.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:03 PM (E4rtv)

He was absolutely positive about the Mosin part, unsure about the exact caliber.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 09:29 PM (kU0PQ)

220 whig, the assholes who mal-diagnose Parkinson's over essential tremor - no words, they are opposite conditions. Meds do help, but, even with meds, I can't write a legible check.

Alcohol does better, but think my liver is more valuable.
Posted by: Nazdar

Sorry to hear that. I did see recently though where they made some breakthrough on quelling hand tremors in the last two weeks. Wish I could recall where I saw it and the specifics but my mind is blank. New medicine mebbe. I get a lot of med info feeds into my X timeline and newsfeeds.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:29 PM (E4rtv)

221 >>Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:29 PM (E4rtv)

About a year ago, a newspaper article turned up about ablation in the brain, tightly focused on the area believed to be the source of the problem. How nice. It is what it is, amigo, and contributed to (slightly) early retirement.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 09:34 PM (NcvvS)

222 He was absolutely positive about the Mosin part, unsure about the exact caliber.
Posted by: GWB

Ok. I just looked up SVD/VEPR aka Dragunov and wow, they are pricey. Century Arms imported some semi autos that are teh cheapest of the lot and named them the PSL. Cheapest is about 1200 and they go way up from there.

I remember them going for a little more than 700-800 way back before TFG.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:34 PM (E4rtv)

223 Has anyone had contact with NZ Frank?

He’s a great guy. Really. He was in Corsicana, what, three years ago? And absolute gentleman and a pleasure to chat with.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 09:34 PM (yEz+x)

224 Just curious...what comes up when you search "ham fairy"?

It says it can't match the phrase and gives me some random set of stuff from either 2007 or 2026. I figured the former was more likely but nothing really matched at all.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 09:34 PM (vTZFs)

225 Does yours have the low profile safeties or the wing exaggerated type. Easy enough to do that job yourself if it has the latter. Langdon Tactical did also have some Beretta PX4 upgrade parts as well as Beretta if you wanted to upgrade the hammer assembly or other parts to match grade. Takes a punch and a little elbow grease to do it.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 08:31 PM (E4rtv)
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I bought my Beretta from Langdon Tactical. It's their G-SD model with the carry decocker levers. No drag at all during the draw. It also has the Grey Guns flat trigger and the Ameriglo tritium sights.

I bought the Falco A914 holster. That worked perfectly out of the box.

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 09:35 PM (rj6Yv)

226 Two words

I love where I live and I’m not leaving.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 09:11 PM

I know there's no math on the blog, but that seems like it's ((5**5)/5)*2 words.

Did you know bats live a long time?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 09:37 PM (0sNs1)

227 He was absolutely positive about the Mosin part, unsure about the exact caliber.
Posted by: GWB

I have two of the long rifles, refused to get any of the carbines. The recoil is not bad in a good stock but Mosin stocks frankly suck and I would recommend putting a limbsaver slip on recoil pad as they are narrow rifle butts with steel buttplates and that concentrates recoil rather than spreading it like a fatter butt on a rifle stock would. The carbines are just unpleasant.

FWIW, the Russians zeroed most of these rifles with their bayonet attached and that usually means rezeroing them by adjusting the iron sights or shooting them with the bayonet on.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:37 PM (E4rtv)

228 Thanks Horde and thank you Weasel! Looking forward to TX.

Posted by: TRex - fundamental ham dino at September 13, 2026 09:37 PM (XfIK1)

229 Posted by: TRex - fundamental ham dino at September 13, 2026 09:37 PM (XfIK1)
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Absolutely!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 09:39 PM (leKdc)

230 Did you know bats live a long time?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Sorry, but definitely no bats on this thread....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 09:39 PM (XfIK1)

231 and a pleasure to chat with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 09:34 PM

Yeah, until you state he prefers Australian beer.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 09:39 PM (0sNs1)

232 I bought my Beretta from Langdon Tactical. It's their G-SD model with the carry decocker levers. No drag at all during the draw. It also has the Grey Guns flat trigger and the Ameriglo tritium sights.

I bought the Falco A914 holster. That worked perfectly out of the box.
Posted by: mrp

Nice. I had to retrofit my PX4 safety with the low profile one as the wings on the safety dug in the skin when carrying strong side IWB. Also have the parts to change it over to decock only which I might do it if I ever carried it again. I have the upgraded hammer and strut unit from Beretta as they clearanced a lot of PX4 parts several years ago and used the Beretta 92 D spring which helps a bit on trigger pull.

I'd imagine that Langdon already did those for you. But it reminds me that I might want to pick up new night sights. The Compact version that I have uses unique sights that only Langdon used to keep in stock or you had to order and wait from Trujicon.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:42 PM (E4rtv)

233 Sorry, but definitely no bats on this thread....
Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 09:39 PM

And what about those polymorphically-perverse mephitic menaces?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 09:43 PM (0sNs1)

234 I bought my Beretta from Langdon Tactical. It's their G-SD model with the carry decocker levers. No drag at all during the draw. It also has the Grey Guns flat trigger and the Ameriglo tritium sights.

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 09:35 PM (rj6Yv)

I had a bunch of work done on my H&K USP, and it was a tossup between Langdon and Grey Guns.

I chose Gray Guns, and while it was stupidly expensive, they sent me back a gem. Unbelievable work!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 09:48 PM (k5CNB)

235 Little purchased his first legal cigar upon his 21st birthday this past week, a Padron 1964 anniversary. He chose wisely. Tonight he burned a Romeo y Julieta mini while dad opted for the Avo Synchro box pressed robusto. A good start to the new week...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 13, 2026 09:49 PM (nbLIj)

236 Sorry, but definitely no bats on this thread....
Posted by: The Grateful

Bringing a bat to a gunfight isn't much brighter than bringing a knife to one.

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 09:51 PM (VHUov)

237 >>Just curious...what comes up when you search "ham fairy"?

Tried searching the site with the 'site:acecomments.mu.nu' specification, but no dice. It was around Thanksgiving, 3-4 years ago, and regret not saving the page. Truly epic.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 09:51 PM (NcvvS)

238 And what about those polymorphically-perverse mephitic menaces?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 09:43 PM (0sNs1)
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This is an outrage and there will be repercussions. Repercussions!

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front Legal Foundation and Sardine Parlor LLC at September 13, 2026 09:52 PM (RIvkX)

239 Welp, I wish everyone left a good evening.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 09:52 PM (E4rtv)

240 And what about those polymorphically-perverse mephitic menaces?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Whoa, that's an entirely different thread topic.....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 09:53 PM (XfIK1)

241 Sorry, but definitely no bats on this thread....
Posted by: The Grateful

Bringing a bat to a gunfight isn't much brighter than bringing a knife to one.
Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 09:51 PM (VHUov)

Well, if it's a blood-sucking one, and you manage to get it off before your opponent can clear leather (and he isn't wearing a garlic garland), it might work....

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 09:54 PM (kU0PQ)

242 This thread always makes me with we could get to Texas this year. this year.. this year...

Posted by: mindful webworker - participating proportionally at September 13, 2026 09:55 PM (4lnVb)

243 Tried searching the site with the 'site:acecomments.mu.nu' specification,

That's what I did although I don't imagine that there would be tons of hits from other sites for that exact phrase either.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 09:56 PM (vTZFs)

244 4 minutes to OTR. Guidance and power is internal ….

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 09:56 PM (rQ950)

245 Behold the famous "ham fairy" thread:

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=397007

Posted by: TRex - archival dino at September 13, 2026 09:58 PM (XfIK1)

246 >>That's what I did although I don't imagine that there would be tons of hits from other sites for that exact phrase either.

Hard to imagine that 'Ham Fairy' has ever been used as a phrase before. BDD has a gift for words, indeed.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 09:58 PM (NcvvS)

247 >>Behold the famous "ham fairy" thread:

Thank you, Dino!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 10:00 PM (NcvvS)

248 And, ONT upstairs!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 10:00 PM (NcvvS)

249 Dug a little deeper - this may be the first "ham fairy" post.

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=393484

Posted by: TRex - archival dino at September 13, 2026 10:04 PM (XfIK1)

Food Thread: Social Media Recipes And Blending Bourbon...The End Of Our Civilization?

Strata26.jpg

Strata....breakfast casserole...savory bread pudding...

Whatever you want to call it, it is easy, can feed a large number of people, and best of all can be made in advance! Because I was a bit tired of cooking after Rosh Hashanah dinner, and I knew that I would have to feed a gaggle the next morning.

But what was the impetus for making this particular dish? Well! I had it at a friends' home last month, and it was delicious! Actually, I think hers was better than mine, but in my defense it was my first attempt, so I have an excuse.

My next version will be a bit different...I think I used too much bread and not enough egg, and I laid the sour cream on top a bit too thick. I also might sneak some bacon into the recipe, because...well...BACON!

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Social Media is in many ways a tremendously corrosive influence on our culture, in particular its ability to magnify trivial, tiny trends into seemingly massive movements. And don't get me started on its destruction of our attention spans!

One thing I am unsure about though, is the explosion in cooking reels and videos. On one hand, it sure is fun to see other people's culinary creations. On the other hand, a lot of those people are shitty cooks but better videographers, so their crap food looks halfway appetizing.

The younger brat saw a recipe for potatoes on her social media feed, and demanded that we (she) make it for Rosh Hashanah. And I will freely admit that it was good! Not great, and it definitely needs work, but it's a good start.

But they looked spectacular in the video!

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I like Bourbon! And it is a broad category of spirit, so there are styles for pretty much everyone in every price category. But $100 for a bottle is a lot of money, and it had better be something damned special.

This New $100 Bourbon Blends 3 of Kentucky's Most Coveted Whiskeys in One Bottle

This makes me suspicious that it is a marketing ploy rather than an honest attempt at making something special. Why tempt fate with three popular whiskeys in one bottle? That sounds like it could turn out to be a muddy mess without any character.

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And speaking of booze marketing!
Here's a serious question. Why would anyone pay a premium for vodka? Any flavor is distilled out of it by design. That's why you can make it with just about any vegetation that can be fermented. It's essentially an alcoholic additive for juices and liqueurs. It's a commodity.

Grey Goose? It's for suckers and poseurs.

CHANGE MY MIND

-- Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 06, 2026 04:36 PM (vRDYl)

I think this is a very good point, and one that we have discussed in the past. I do think that there are minor differences between the various starches that different companies use to make their vodka, and someone with a good palate can probably detect the difference. But I agree that it doesn't translate into quality differences!

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Here's a dish from my youth, and one that I am immensely pleased I no longer have to eat! Classic Stuffed Peppers just doesn't make any sense. The texture of the cooked pepper isn't particularly pleasant when left whole, and it doesn't add anything to the dish other than a sturdy vessel in which to put some boring filling.

Why?

Now...get off my lawn!

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Don't show these to CBD.

Deep Fried Cat Food

NyQuil Chicken

Okay, you can show them to CBD but make sure any weapons are out of reach.

-- Posted by: Robert at September 06, 2026 06:02 PM (ERsao)
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The great garlic experiment of 2025-2026 was a resounding...meh. Send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

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

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

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM




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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 04:03 PM (qEb4U)

2 My cousin brought over pulled pork, had coleslaw, potato salad

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 04:05 PM (qEb4U)

3 I called em, can't make them comment

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 04:05 PM (qEb4U)

4 Because I was a bit tired of cooking after Rosh Hashanah dinner, and I knew that I would have to feed a gaggle the next morning.
...
I think I used too much bread and not enough egg, and I laid the sour cream on top a bit too thick. I also might sneak some bacon into the recipe, because...well...BACON!

Far be it from me to play food police, but that doesn't sound particularly kosher...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 04:06 PM (anFBA)

5 I make stuffed bell peppers all the time.. The key is to pre cook the peppers until they are somewhat soft.... If you don't when the dish is done the peppers will be too crisp..

Posted by: It's me donna at September 13, 2026 04:06 PM (+gK6I)

6 CBD try using cheddar cheese instead of the sour cream. Add crumbled sausage instead of bacon.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 04:06 PM (lJ0H4)

7 Mom made porcupine stuffed bell peppers. just add rice to your mix.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 04:07 PM (NnhvP)

8 A hundred bucks for what is essentially a blend? This makes me suspicious that it is a marketing ploy rather than an honest attempt at making something special. I concur!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 04:07 PM (2WIwB)

9 I am delighted that stuffed peppers were never a thing at my house. Same with stuffed cabbage. We had ground beef--a LOT! Because we raised it. But never had to have it in that fashion.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 04:08 PM (CjHsb)

10 Deep Fried Cat Food

NyQuil Chicken

the former I can almost understand - it's at least half likely to have meat of some sort in it. A pound of hamburger would still be cheaper.

The latter must be a troll. You cannot taste nyquil and think it would be a good marinade (or whatever) for anything.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 04:08 PM (anFBA)

11 Dunno CBD, the stuffed peppers kinda tickle my fancy so long as the heat isn't overwhelming the meat and cheese.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 13, 2026 04:10 PM (aJQbY)

12 Thx for the stuffed bell pepper recipe!

I have a huge crop of the most delicious bell peppers in my garden, starting to turn red.

Perfect timing.

My mom used to make them when I was a child. I could not stomach the smell. Now?

I'm ready for them now... my taste buds changed somehow. Mystery.

Posted by: Derak at September 13, 2026 04:10 PM (xVvka)

13 BLENDED bourbon?? So whiskey, then...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 13, 2026 04:11 PM (nbLIj)

14 Dad like to drink Georgia Moon, I think it had no redeeming qualities beyond 80 proof.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 04:12 PM (rbvCR)

15 There's a recipe for a similar dish in an ancient cookbook with the title "Recipes for Brides and Other Handicapped People." The writer was, yes, handicapped.

That's our Christmas morning breakfast, along with Christmas tree cinnamon rolls.

I wonder if Stephen Three Name Cookbook Person has a copy?

Posted by: Wenda at September 13, 2026 04:12 PM (WBjaU)

16 I suspect that Kentucky Boy Bourbon is actually a mash up (SWIDT) of degraded, or let's say; less than optimal barrels from the distillery.

It happens. Barrells for one reason or another age poorly. I'd assume the distillery would rather do something creative with them, than lose money.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 04:14 PM (2Cry5)

17 Today I saw Angel's Envy on sale for under $40, so maybe the bourbon glut has finally hit my local ABC at least..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 13, 2026 04:14 PM (nbLIj)

18 I'm about to make an asparagus Grueyer frittata for my friend who just had a double mastectomy.

Posted by: lin-duh at September 13, 2026 04:15 PM (VCgbV)

19
5 I make stuffed bell peppers all the time.. The key is to pre cook the peppers until they are somewhat soft.... If you don't when the dish is done the peppers will be too crisp..
Posted by: It's me donna at September 13, 2026 04:06 PM

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I make stuffed peppers, and pre-cook the peppers. Everybody loves them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 13, 2026 04:15 PM (mS8PE)

20 CBD try using cheddar cheese instead of the sour cream.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 04:06 PM (lJ0H4)

There was a ton of cheese in this thing!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 04:16 PM (k5CNB)

21 I tend to agree about vodka. The best I've ever had was Russian Standard Platinum. Inexpensive ($25/l, cheaper before the invasion), nearly tasteless and had no scent I could discern. I like potato distilled, but that 's a tiny distinction.

Posted by: Lemmy at September 13, 2026 04:16 PM (kyjmO)

22 >>>Here's a dish from my youth, and one that I am immensely pleased I no longer have to eat! Classic Stuffed Peppers just doesn't make any sense.

They're yummy! Like Mom made!
And stuffed tomatoes, too!
Mom basically stuffed them both with creole rice. Stretttccchhh that food budget.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:16 PM (odBC9)

23 of course, where Dad bought Georgia Moon, I buy Monarch Rum, it is one step above ValuRite because the distillers want repeat customers for some reason.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 04:16 PM (rbvCR)

24 15 Christmas tree cinnamon rolls
Posted by: Wenda at September 13, 2026 04:12 PM (WBjaU)

Yum!

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:18 PM (odBC9)

25 Hello Foodsters,

Cheesy Breakfast thing looks like it would be good as game day munching as well.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 13, 2026 04:20 PM (qQfd5)

26 Didn't someone here share the Fat Files Utube of the marketing genius behind Grey Goose? His first successful op was in making Jaegermeister a thing.

https://youtu.be/0nmPEUsGNyk

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 13, 2026 04:22 PM (nbLIj)

27 I think I'm going to smoke some chicken thighs tonight. We've got some leftover rice that needs to be eaten, so chicken sounds good with that.

But, first, Bourbon. Not that silly mash up Kentucky Boy shit either.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 04:24 PM (2Cry5)

28 Diced NOT sliced! Because it makes a difference.

Rules, people! Go by the rules! What do you mean you don't have any sage? Were you not told to stock up on the last food thread?! It's like I'm talking to myself........

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 04:25 PM (xJpuh)

29 NyQuil Chicken is only good as an Alt Country band name.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 04:25 PM (kpS4V)

30 It happens. Barrels for one reason or another age poorly. I'd assume the distillery would rather do something creative with them, than lose money.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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[tries to imagine the flavor of bourbon aged in the AOSHQ barrel]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 04:26 PM (XeU6L)

31 I bet Tony Romo is getting plastered watching the game.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 13, 2026 04:26 PM (rzEIv)

32 I'm currently in a lamb shawarma coma. Leftovers galore from the restaurant.

I also have leftover Korean crockpot beef (gochujang, baby!) and a pint of mulligatawny soup I made. Good eats all week.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 04:28 PM (kpS4V)

33 I suspect that Kentucky Boy Bourbon is actually a mash up (SWIDT) of degraded, or let's say; less than optimal barrels from the distillery.

But not even necessarily lower quality, maybe just more production than they want to put out in the market under their premium brand name. Too much availability and you risk hurting your snob appeal. I'm sure they all have MBAs who spend countless hours sweating over spreadsheets to find the precise market volume to maximize profits.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 04:30 PM (vTZFs)

34 Tonight is pickle juice chicken.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 13, 2026 04:30 PM (rzEIv)

35 "That's our Christmas morning breakfast, along with Christmas tree cinnamon rolls."

Mom always made a breakfast casserole on Christmas morning. Bread. Milk, eggs, Swiss cheese, sausage and some dried mustard. I know I have the recipe somewhere but I'll be darned if I can find it.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 04:30 PM (lJ0H4)

36 I never cared for the stuffed peppers that my mother made--overcooked peppers and underseasoned meat--but I've been enjoying Once Upon a Chef's recipe for the last year. And, yes, she precooks the peppers. Seasoning is good but I think the trick may be adding cheese to the filling as well as using it for a topping.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at September 13, 2026 04:31 PM (H8nu1)

37 [tries to imagine the flavor of bourbon aged in the AOSHQ barrel]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 04:26 PM (XeU6L)
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Some hipster would detect notes of hobo, Sterno, and the shame of unclosed italics.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 04:31 PM (kpS4V)

38 I do think that there are minor differences between the various starches that different companies use to make their vodka, and someone with a good palate can probably detect the difference. But I agree that it doesn't translate into quality differences!

Concur, concur, concur.

Three concurrences? This CBD fellow is turning out to be an even finer fellow that I had previously supposed. If only we could ameliorate this unfortunate peccadillo of dissing maple syrup on French Toast, he might possibly graduate into being a sterling chap!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 04:32 PM (0sNs1)

39 There was a ton of cheese in this thing!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Well it looks and sounds delish!

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 04:33 PM (lJ0H4)

40 Cat food is bad for humans. It has excess carnitine, something cats need and humans do not. We synthesize our own, so excess carnitine can cause problems for humans.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 13, 2026 04:33 PM (D7w1V)

41
Yeah, vodka's made from rye or potatoes or whatever will give you a different taste if you drink it plain.

But, if you mix it with something or make cocktails, well..don't buy headache inducing garbage. Something like Tito
's is just fine.

Although...

I saw some "premium" vodka that was distilled 5X.
So, it truly probably tasted like nothing but ethanol.

I suspect you could make vodka from cat poop that would taste just fine if you distilled it 5X.

Just beware of the garnish used in your Cat Poop Vodka Martini!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 04:34 PM (iJfKG)

42 Three concurrences? This CBD fellow is turning out to be an even finer fellow that I had previously supposed. If only we could ameliorate this unfortunate peccadillo of dissing maple syrup on French Toast, he might possibly graduate into being a sterling chap!
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Speaking of maple syrup, Chick-Fil-A has a new sandwich. Their filet topped with bacon between two maple flavored waffles. Served with maple syrup. I do need to try it before it goes away.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 04:38 PM (lJ0H4)

43 I got nothing enough for supper, unless I want to pair 1 small lamb chop with one small piece of pizza and half a baked potato.
But I do have eggs, bacon and with that half potato, home fries. I see where I'm heading, breakfast for supper.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 04:38 PM (sl73Y)

44 AZ deplorable- I assume quills are somehow removed, right?

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 04:38 PM (Ia/+0)

45
Last night, I whipped up some BBQ'd Brisket Enchiliadas for the game.

They were excellent and stupidly easy make..

I recommend that everyone make them from their BBQ'd brisket leftovers.

You're welcome!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 04:40 PM (iJfKG)

46 Bowl of clam chowder and some crackers and cheese for dinner tonight. Not in the mood to cook.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 04:40 PM (lJ0H4)

47
I see NyQuil Chicken as being like Chicken and Waffles with the NyQuil acting as the maple syrup.

I think I read that's on Chik-Fil-A's Secret Menu.

Give it a whirl with their Peach Shake!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 04:43 PM (iJfKG)

48 I see where I'm heading, breakfast for supper.
Posted by: From about That Time
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A tradition at Ft. Hammer.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 04:43 PM (XeU6L)

49 Sour cream in a strata sounds...interesting. Being only myself and Little, strata opportunities don't often present themselves at Casa Sin Problemas. This is a weak excuse though, as the recipe can be portioned and frozen, so that one simply refrigerates overnight to make it ready for next morning's breakfast. Will have to scratch that itch in the coming weeks.

Most basic stratas call for milk or cream, or a combination of the two. Maybe you can get away with plain yogurt, if you're into that kind of thing. Usually ten slices of bread with six or seven eggs, (jumbo vs extra large). The most memorable strata I ever had included smoked salmon...I'm getting a little verklempt just thinking about it. Talk amongst yourselves...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 13, 2026 04:44 PM (nbLIj)

50 Rules, people! Go by the rules! What do you mean you don't have any sage? Were you not told to stock up on the last food thread?! It's like I'm talking to myself........
Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 04:25 PM (xJpuh)

I thought we were supposed to stock up on Ammo and practice our cooking fundamentals. Did I do that backwards?

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 13, 2026 04:45 PM (qQfd5)

51 I see where I'm heading, breakfast for supper.
Posted by: From about That Time
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A tradition at Ft. Hammer.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

My son's favorite school cafeteria lunch. Breakfast for lunch.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 04:45 PM (lJ0H4)

52 "I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French toast during the Renaissance." -- Steven Wright

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 04:45 PM (kpS4V)

53 That breakfast dish looks yummy! I usually make something similar for Christmas morning. Easy and tasty and is enjoyed by all.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 04:46 PM (yEz+x)

54 All Hail Eris, I saw yesterday on the garden thread that you are interested in a fig tree in a pot, and I would like to offer unsolicited advice, please.

I have had excellent luck with the smallest size fig trees from Logees, specifically Chicago Hardy. They fruited the first season I had them, which is way fun. They are grafted so they stay smaller and fruit earlier. But I'm learning that figs do not like overhead watering and they eventually died on me. (My current Beer's Black was heavily discounted at Lowe's due to overhead watering damage, but it's looking much better now so I think it will be okay.)

Also, I have heard that Brown Turkey is disappointing even though it is among the hardiest figs. I guess it doesn't taste as good as other varieties.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 13, 2026 04:46 PM (OlzlW)

55 AZ deplorable- I assume quills are somehow removed, right?
Posted by: Skip

The rice were the splines.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 04:47 PM (NnhvP)

56 Something like Tito's is just fine.
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Tito's is harsh and will come through if you're making something light flavored.

Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 04:47 PM (zRghv)

57 If only we could ameliorate this unfortunate peccadillo of dissing maple syrup on French Toast, he might possibly graduate into being a sterling chap!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 04:32 PM (0sNs1)

Dropped on his head as a child and his face landed in some maple syrup on the floor, obviously.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 04:49 PM (6ydKt)

58 We usually have breakfast for dinner once a month.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 13, 2026 04:50 PM (rzEIv)

59 The NyQuil chicken guy also made Fish Oil Pills Steak so he's definitely a trolling madman.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 04:50 PM (6ydKt)

60 I spent the last 2 days processing food. Well fruits and veggies.

I have 5 HUGE bowls of salads - Chinese Cabbage, green peppers, onions and tomatoes. I finished off the 25lbs of Roma tomatoes but my friends are away and told me to collect stuff from their garden and I have a ton more tomatoes, which is great. Raw, nothing fancy.

I just cut up a HUGE 18 pound watermelon so I'll be having that over the next three days or so. It's nearing the end of the season so what the heck.

And I cut up some of the carrots - 10 pounds and some of the 20 pounds of beets I have in the basement. Those are my snacks for the next several weeks.

I'm actually going to be cooking bacon later today. Kind of the first time. Mom handled cooking. But I never needed much. I'm fine with fruits, veggies, nuts, yogurt, canned sardines, boiled chicken, cereal etc.

I'm apparently pretty easy to feed. Which is fine.
I'm happy with it.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 13, 2026 04:52 PM (Sco7b)

61 Fast Facts: Kentucky Boy

ABV: 50%
Maturation: Kentucky Boy is a bespoke bourbon blend developed by Elizabeth McCall and Caleb Trigo. It marries Woodford Reserve Double Oaked, Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, and King of Kentucky. It’s a non-age-stated whiskey, and the exact proportions of the blend remain undisclosed.
...
Brand tasting notes for Kentucky Boy highlight a nose rich in chocolate, toasted hazelnut, Luxardo cherry, nutmeg, and fresh-baked apple pie. The palate opens with “crisp ginger snap cookie and stewed apples,” then moves to sweet charred oak and baking spices. A long, sweet finish ends with dark cherries, golden raisins, and hickory smoke.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)

62 We off and on have breakfast for dinner. Eggs, either sausage or bacon, hash browns or biscuits and gravy.

Occasionally all of the above.

Morning shits are epic.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 04:55 PM (2Cry5)

63 >>Mom always made a breakfast casserole on Christmas morning. Bread. Milk, eggs, Swiss cheese, sausage and some dried mustard. I know I have the recipe somewhere but I'll be darned if I can find it.

My sister makes a similar one. It's delicious.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 04:55 PM (viF8m)

64 Is that bourbon or dessert?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 04:56 PM (6ydKt)

65 "Brand tasting notes for Kentucky Boy highlight a nose rich in..."

It's booze not a dang salad.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 04:57 PM (MWfyi)

66 I'm actually going to be cooking bacon later today. Kind of the first time.
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What??

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 04:57 PM (uozx9)

67 As a frequent consumer of vodka, to me the quality difference is not one of flavor, but of smoothness. I can easily tell the difference from Skol, to Titos, to Grey Goose, to Ciroc. Particularly in a Martini.

And I used to precook my peppers for stuffed peppers, but then I realized it was the dirty rice I really wanted, and stopped bothering with the peppers.

Posted by: Baron Munchausen at September 13, 2026 04:58 PM (C1NyB)

68 It's booze not a dang salad.

Anyone who writes like that is getting paid for it one way or another. Which is not necessarily a slam, just something to keep in mind.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 04:59 PM (vTZFs)

69 Nothing wrong with breakfast for dinner.
Ham and eggs, omelettes and hash browns, eggs, sausage and Belgian waffles, French toast, English Muffins.

American breakfast has a a lot to offer.
Especially if you don't like vegetables.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

70 CBD, I have to say, that the RMBS Mom makes fantastic stuffed peppers and tomatoes. Made a batch just the other day, in fact, with the garden tomatoes.

But I'm with you on the current sad state of collar stays.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 05:00 PM (84gkw)

71 Emmie, thanks for the info. I'm writing this down in my garden journal.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 05:00 PM (kpS4V)

72 I like stuffed peppers, but I prefer stuffed zucchini. We had it last night.

Posted by: jix at September 13, 2026 05:01 PM (y687V)

73 If I had some stuffed peppers right now I would eat them, precooked peppers or not. The best ones I ever had were at a little place that's not there anymore. You need some fried cornbread to go with them.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 05:01 PM (MWfyi)

74 All Hail Eris, hope it turns out to be helpful.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 13, 2026 05:02 PM (OlzlW)

75 I like stuffed peppers, but I prefer stuffed zucchini. We had it last night.
Posted by: jix at September 13, 2026 05:01 PM

Stuffed zucchini is also a thing. Eggplants, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 05:03 PM (84gkw)

76 Stateless, I must admit some jealousy of the food haul. Not enough to trade countries, but...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 13, 2026 05:04 PM (aJQbY)

77 I've never had any bourbon that tasted like chocolate. Possibly because I never expected it to taste like chocolate, much less golden raisins.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 05:04 PM (MWfyi)

78 >>If only we could ameliorate this unfortunate peccadillo of dissing maple syrup on French Toast, he might possibly graduate into being a sterling chap!

When my folks had their farm in Vermont they had an agreement with a local farmer to allow him to tap their maples in exchange for some of his final product.

Fall Sunday mornings my dad would make waffles with sausage from a local farmer and of course maple syrup everywhere. I've already been to heaven.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 05:04 PM (viF8m)

79 Blending bourbon is how you ruin bourbon. Seagrams did this already when they owned Four Roses. The fuckers.

Keep it neat, keep it safe.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 05:05 PM (xcxpd)

80 To be honest I don't leave bourbon in my mouth long enough to savor the flavor.

I've had some hat were pretty smooth that I could slow down with but generally it's a down the hatch kinda thing for me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

81
Food adjacent-

I saw a guy yesterday eating a hamburger as his Tesla Y L(?) drove him (I assume) on the tollway yesterday.

Kinda neat.

I more or less assume all cars/trucks will have that ability in 5 years or less.

You'll even be able to eat your French Toast with Maple Syrup with knife and fork as you speed along the highways and byways of America.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 05:07 PM (iJfKG)

82 You people give CBD a hard time about maple syrup, but I prefer to think he is misguided, like people who prefer Ginger and 9mm.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 05:07 PM (MWfyi)

83 >>But they looked spectacular in the video!




Heh, yeah, except for those obvious trailer trash "recipes" where they get out a big aluminum pan and make a casserole by layering things like chicken nuggets, Velveeta, onion rings, salsa, and then corn flakes + 2 sticks of butter!

*I made that up, but you know those ghastly reels. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 13, 2026 05:07 PM (rOKnE)

84 I agree about your vodka comment with one exception. I recently discovered Kástra Elión Greek vodka with olives. Ice cold with smoked salmon is divine.

Posted by: jix at September 13, 2026 05:08 PM (y687V)

85 I can tell the difference between top shelf vodka and...not. But I can't tell mid-tier apart from cheap.

A really good vodka has a subtle flavor and a viscosity to it, not to say oiliness.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 05:08 PM (xcxpd)

86 82 You people give CBD a hard time about maple syrup, but I prefer to think he is misguided, like people who prefer Ginger and 9mm.
Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 05:07 PM (MWfyi)

Hey! I resemble that remark....

I just shoot 9mm faster. If I have to run a Dicken drill, my .45 groups and times are way worse than with any of my 9mm hole punchers.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 05:10 PM (xcxpd)

87 My mom, before she passed, was making eggplant fries for several years.

Cut them like french fries and fry them up in a skillet.
They'd were rather good, if you like the taste of eggplant, that is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 05:10 PM (6ydKt)

88 as for Ginger....rowr. Damn fine body on that girl. Damn fine.

Personality, I'm a Mary Ann man. But for messing up some sheets, Ginger any day.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 05:11 PM (xcxpd)

89 56 Something like Tito's is just fine.
****

Tito's is harsh and will come through if you're making something light flavored.
Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 04:47 PM (zRghv)

I use Tito's for spaghetti alla vodka for just that reason.

Posted by: jix at September 13, 2026 05:11 PM (y687V)

90 Fall Sunday mornings my dad would make waffles with sausage from a local farmer and of course maple syrup everywhere. I've already been to heaven.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 05:04 PM (viF8m)

Fresh is always better, isn't it?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

91 "A really good vodka has a subtle flavor and a viscosity to it, not to say oiliness.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards"

Nyet. Some of best wodka come from aircraft.

Posted by: A Russian Airman at September 13, 2026 05:11 PM (MWfyi)

92 I'm going through a waffle phase. This morning I used a buttermilk scratch recipe. Much superior to the Krusteaz add milk and egg boxed mix.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:12 PM (RIvkX)

93 Got me a rocky patel lb1 and a casa dragones añejo.

....

Maybe that's more appropriate for the gun thread, not the food Thread.....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:12 PM (Ot/FD)

94 91 "A really good vodka has a subtle flavor and a viscosity to it, not to say oiliness.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards"

Nyet. Some of best wodka come from aircraft.
Posted by: A Russian Airman at September 13, 2026 05:11 PM (MWfyi)

lol

I almost feel bad for Russians...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 05:12 PM (xcxpd)

95 >>Nothing wrong with breakfast for dinner.


. . . or dinner for breakfast!

With a lot of family in town for the funeral, we had 'em all over one night for dinner. I got some prepared quiches and greek salads at Wholefoods, baked/sliced chicken breasts, and an assortment of pies. This worked well as leftovers for the next few days - quiche and/or pie for breakfast! Greek salad w/chicken for dinner.
Breakfast pie is usually only a Thanksgiving leftover treat, but it really worked for this sad time as well.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 13, 2026 05:13 PM (rOKnE)

96 Sure, MAE. Save it for the gun thread.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 05:13 PM (MWfyi)

97 Titos is for you want to know you're drinking vodka.

I like it all the same.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:13 PM (Ot/FD)

98 chicken nuggets, Velveeta, onion rings, salsa, and then corn flakes + 2 sticks of butter!
---

That might not be too bad, actually. Saturate the corn flakes with the butter, along with garlic/salt/onion/etc, and brown at the very end under the boiler, for a little cruncy garlicky goodness on top.

Making this now....

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 05:14 PM (uozx9)

99 76 Stateless, I must admit some jealousy of the food haul. Not enough to trade countries, but...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 13, 2026 05:04 PM (aJQbY

I'm in a farming community and it's August, September and I love fruits and veggies and a good deal.

I did go to Costco in my part of Canada and didn't notice any price increases but my diets pretty standard. So I don't know how the trade war is affecting us yet.

By the way, you're all in a trade war with Canada.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 13, 2026 05:14 PM (Sco7b)

100 Much superior to the Krusteaz add milk and egg boxed mix.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:12 PM (RIvkX)

When my mom got on a waffle kick about twenty years ago and wanted to make them once a week that's the brand she used.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 05:15 PM (6ydKt)

101 I sure served some meatballs.

Posted by: Deshaun Watson at September 13, 2026 05:15 PM (88C+u)

102 Swedish meatballs for dinner tonight. By the next food thread, god only knows how many nasty Icelandic foods I’ll have eaten. I’ll eat anything but my mom and SiL are very unadventurous eaters.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 13, 2026 05:15 PM (FBc7c)

103 >>Making this now....
Posted by: Common Tater


Should toss in some tater tots!!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 13, 2026 05:15 PM (rOKnE)

104 >>Fresh is always better, isn't it?

Indescribably better.

Honestly, it helps to eat maple syrup when you are sitting in the mountains.

Also great, baked brie with maple syrup and pecans.

I'm gonna need a moment. I feel a Homer coming on.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 05:16 PM (viF8m)

105 There was a rick house (where Bourbon barrels are aged) that suffered a structural failure a couple years ago. IOW, it collapsed. Well, part of it did. These rick houses are 3, 4, sometimes 5 stories.

Millions of gallons of aging Bourbon flowed into a nearby stream. It was considered a hazmat scene.

But there are rumors of some bootleg Bourbon that was "harvested" from that spill.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 05:16 PM (2Cry5)

106 I've never had a problem driving myself down the freeway as i eat a cheeseburger and fries.

And i used to drive stick, too

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:16 PM (Ot/FD)

107
I've never had any bourbon that tasted like chocolate. Possibly because I never expected it to taste like chocolate, much less golden raisins.
Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 05:04 PM (MWfyi)

If you'd like to try a whiskey with definite chocolate/cocao tones in its taste.

Try Balcones Texas Rye Cask Strength.

You can also use it to make a sort of dessert manhattan with a shake of Cherry Bitters.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 05:17 PM (iJfKG)

108 Breakfast pie is usually only a Thanksgiving leftover treat, but it really worked for this sad time as well.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 13, 2026 05:13 PM (rOKnE)

I like a good quiche, especially the savory, meaty, cheesesy kind.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

109 You'll even be able to eat your French Toast with Maple Syrup with knife and fork as you speed along the highways and byways of America.

We have forfeited any claim to be a serious nation and will deserve whatever we eventually get.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 05:17 PM (vTZFs)

110 Fast Facts: Kentucky Boy
It marries Woodford Reserve Double Oaked, Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, and King of Kentucky. It’s a non-age-stated whiskey, and the exact proportions of the blend remain undisclosed.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

WRDO: $50/bottle
OFBB: several hundred/bottle
KoK: more than OFBB

So I'd say the "exact proportions" will line up with a Churchill martini; pour the gin (Woodford) while looking longingly at the vermouth (OFBB & KoK).

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 05:19 PM (VHUov)

111 We have forfeited any claim to be a serious nation and will deserve whatever we eventually get.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 05:17 PM (vTZFs)

And let's not even get into TikTok.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 05:19 PM (6ydKt)

112 Millions of gallons of aging Bourbon flowed into a nearby stream. It was considered a hazmat scene.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

The rick house, just letting it all hang out.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 13, 2026 05:20 PM (XvL8K)

113 ‘ This makes me suspicious that it is a marketing ploy rather than an honest attempt at making something special.’

Total marketing gimmick, as sadly much of modern whisky marketing is. A lot of whisky is blended, so this might be pretty good, but blending is for the lower market and generally dulls the flavor.

I shudder to think of what my 3 fav single-malts all mixed together would taste like. No way would he be better than any one of the three by itself.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 13, 2026 05:21 PM (FBc7c)

114 A waffle maker in a Tesla is doable. There has to be coffee too. I'm not sure about the bacon.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 05:21 PM (MWfyi)

115 The rick house, just letting it all hang out.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 13, 2026 05:20 PM (XvL8K)

She mighty mighty.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:21 PM (Ot/FD)

116 I can definitely tell the differences in vodka... Cheap stuff has a harsh taste... Costco has a good French vodka for 23 dollars for the big one... Of course we are primarily vodka/Gin drinkers.. No Bourbon or whiskey... Occasional Brandy

Posted by: San Francisco/Los Angeles at September 13, 2026 05:22 PM (+gK6I)

117 > I've never had a problem driving myself down the freeway as i eat a cheeseburger and fries.

And i used to drive stick, too
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Left out smoking a joint and cradling a beer between your legs.

Not that I'd know anything about that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 05:23 PM (2Cry5)

118 >>Millions of gallons of aging Bourbon flowed into a nearby stream. It was considered a hazmat scene.


Cocaine Bear vs. Bourbon Bobcat?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 13, 2026 05:23 PM (rOKnE)

119 Mythbusters did a whole thing about "can cheap vodka be made better by carbon filtering." Not being a vodka drinker, I don't remember the outcome.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 05:23 PM (vTZFs)

120 Sounds like what my kids used to do at the drink fountain and mix Coke, Mountain Dew, and Fanta Orange.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 05:23 PM (MWfyi)

121 Suspected best vodka would be like better Scotch but never had expensive vodka

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 05:24 PM (Ia/+0)

122 You'll even be able to eat your French Toast with Maple Syrup with knife and fork as you speed along the highways and byways of America.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 05:07 PM (iJfKG)

I see you've never tried Burger King's French Toast Sticks which come with a handy dandy container of maple syrup you just dip the sticks in and you just roll along, no muss, no fuss.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 05:24 PM (6ydKt)

123 Something like Tito's is just fine.
****

Tito's is harsh and will come through if you're making something light flavored.
Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 04:47 PM (zRghv)

I buy the cheapest bottom-shelf vodka I can find. Since my main use for is to mix Caesars, the flavor of the vodka is lost in the mix. Maybe a vodka tonic, or vodka and Coke if the rum has gone dry.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 05:24 PM (1z8ji)

124 Left out smoking a joint and cradling a beer between your legs.

Not that I'd know anything about that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 05:23 PM (2Cry5)

Coming home from a long shift with a J and a road soda...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:25 PM (Ot/FD)

125 Left out smoking a joint and cradling a beer between your legs.

Not that I'd know anything about that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 05:23 PM (2Cry5)

They made pipes and one-hitters for a reason, guys.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

126 Something like Tito's is just fine.
****

Tito's is harsh and will come through if you're making something light flavored.
Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 04:47 PM (zRghv)

I use Tito's for spaghetti alla vodka for just that reason.
Posted by: jix at September 13, 2026 05:11 PM (y687V)

Well, that's the thing. Most vodka drinkers don't like the taste of alcohol. If they could, they would drink distilled water.

As a general rule I mix cocktails and one thing I like is a base alcohol that can stand up to the cocktails making process and make it's presence known.

That's why I have no use for "smooth" tequilas, and would rather have a full-flavor "harsh" tequila that won't wilt in a margarita.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 05:26 PM (iJfKG)

127 120 Sounds like what my kids used to do at the drink fountain and mix Coke, Mountain Dew, and Fanta Orange.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 05:23 PM (MWfyi)


Yea, it was a thing at the multi-flavor fountains.
Fill it up with everything on tap.
The drink is called a 'Suicide'.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

128 >>"can cheap vodka be made better by carbon filtering."

How about Herkimer diamonds?

Launched in 2008, our original Crystal Head Vodka is crafted from locally sourced Canadian corn. It is distilled four times into a neutral grain spirit and blended with pristine water from Newfoundland, Canada. The vodka is filtered seven times, of which three are through layers of semi-precious crystals known as Herkimer diamonds. . .

*Herkimer Quartz Diamond is a type of Quartz found in Herkimer, New York.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 13, 2026 05:27 PM (rOKnE)

129 I drank vodka in Russia because that's all there was.

Vodka is an ingredient, not a drink.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:27 PM (RIvkX)

130 Stuffed zucchini is also a thing. Eggplants, too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 05:03 PM (84gkw)

My mother used to make stuffed vegetable marrow. That is a long, pale bland-tasting squash that takes on the flavor of whatever it is stuffed with. It was great. I can't remember having ever seen it in stores lately.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 05:28 PM (1z8ji)

131 Svedka is a cheap but good vodka for mixed drinks. It’s got a ‘clean’ taste that is very similar to the much more expensive Grey Goose.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 13, 2026 05:28 PM (FBc7c)

132 "No I don't, Officer."
/said while expelling zero breath

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:29 PM (RIvkX)

133 Try Balcones Texas Rye Cask Strength.

I had their cask strength single malt and it was too hot for me. I had to add so much water that it hurt the taste. I'll go back to Texas 1 for my next Balcones.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 05:29 PM (vTZFs)

134 129 I drank vodka in Russia because that's all there was.

Vodka is an ingredient, not a drink.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:27 PM (RIvkX)
——

The Russians just wanna get drunk. They’d drink battery acid if that got them hammered faster than vodka.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 13, 2026 05:30 PM (FBc7c)

135 119 Mythbusters did a whole thing about "can cheap vodka be made better by carbon filtering." Not being a vodka drinker, I don't remember the outcome.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 05:23 PM (vTZFs)

I remember that episode. If I recall correctly it will improve the lower quality brands but it will never turn it into a top shelf brand.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 13, 2026 05:30 PM (Sco7b)

136 We've been sticking to new Amsterdam for our daily driver vodka. No complaints.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:30 PM (Ot/FD)

137 Bunch of degenerate drug addicts hanging out here and you all let ace slander me and never had my back.

Ok. Pepperidge Farm isn't the only one that remembers.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 05:31 PM (viF8m)

138 When it's 40 below zero outside for five months, a little alcohol almost becomes a necessity, I''d imagine.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 05:31 PM (6ydKt)

139 It's ok Jackstraw we know you didn't inhale.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 05:32 PM (MWfyi)

140 The last couple weeks, we made a maple smoked pastrami and pork butt burnt ends. I need to practice a bit more on the burnt ends, they were good, but not quite tender yet.

We make vanilla extracts and limoncello, and often use vodka as the base. We like the Smirnoff brand. It’s decent quality, readily available in a variety of sizes, and reasonably priced. It also makes a decent Russian cocktail of various types. I like the nutty Russian. It’s a White Russian with a couple ounces of a nut liqueur, like Frangelico or Amaretto.

Posted by: Advo at September 13, 2026 05:32 PM (jO4mz)

141 I remember that episode. If I recall correctly it will improve the lower quality brands but it will never turn it into a top shelf brand.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 13, 2026 05:30 PM (Sco7b)
====
Much like social contagion among youth. The bad ones do not become better. The good ones go bad instead.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:33 PM (RIvkX)

142 I splurged on a bottle of Red Breast 18 for Labor Day. I’m not generally a fan of Irish whisky, but hell yea RB18 is good. Very flavorful and complex.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 13, 2026 05:33 PM (FBc7c)

143 The truth is an absolute defense against slander, Jack.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:33 PM (Ot/FD)

144 The vodka is filtered seven times, of which three are through layers of semi-precious crystals known as Herkimer diamonds. . .

*Herkimer Quartz Diamond is a type of Quartz found in Herkimer, New York.

Again, not a vodka drinker but that rings all my BS alarms. Perhaps AOP can inform us on the porosity of quartz but my hunch is "just about nil."

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 05:34 PM (vTZFs)

145 The vodka is filtered seven times, of which three are through layers of semi-precious crystals known as Herkimer diamonds. . .

*Herkimer Quartz Diamond is a type of Quartz found in Herkimer, New York.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 13, 2026 05:27 PM (rOKnE)

So, a sand filter. As found in many water treatment plants.

Hype.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 05:34 PM (1z8ji)

146 "No I don't, Officer."
/said while expelling zero breath
Posted by: San Franpsycho
__________

A buddy got out of a DUI by volunteering for a blood test, but then refusing to sign the hospital's consent form for the blood draw (which was not a refusal to take the test). All of that took considerable time (transport to the hospital/wrangling over the consent terms), and by the time they then got a breath test, he passed.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 13, 2026 05:34 PM (XvL8K)

147 "Craft" Vodka seems.... oxymoronic.

Seriously.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 05:34 PM (2Cry5)

148 By the way, you're all in a trade war with Canada.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 13, 2026 05:14 PM (Sco7b)

I wonder who will flinch first? The Canadians, the Iranians, the US or the French? Including the French keeps it on topic for the food thread.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 13, 2026 05:35 PM (qQfd5)

149 Bunch of degenerate drug addicts hanging out here and you all let ace slander me and never had my back.

Ok. Pepperidge Farm isn't the only one that remembers.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 05:31 PM (viF8m)
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Counting on short-term memory loss.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:35 PM (RIvkX)

150 I could taste the alchohol in the screwdriver I had once. I dislike the taste, although not enough to refuse to finish it. I have just never felt the attraction. I'd rather deal with my frustrations other ways.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 13, 2026 05:35 PM (aJQbY)

151 Look up Betty Crocker Deep Dish Taco Squares. My family loves this dish, and the recipe is very flexible. I have made it with ground beef, steak and chicken. I have made it Mexican style with taco seasoning, and Italian style with Italian seasonings.

It is easy to make and everybody in my family loves it.

Posted by: Eric at September 13, 2026 05:35 PM (6VHHP)

152 So, a sand filter. As found in many water treatment plants.

Hype.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 05:34 PM (1z8ji)

Triple filtering through the same media doesn't buy you a whole heck of a lot except the ability to say "it's triple filtered!"

Especially after it's already been distilled.

(Wash yo tanks, bro.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:36 PM (Ot/FD)

153 These fancy-schmancy bourbon marketing moves leave me cold. I like the basic Old Forester just fine. It's a good value at 30 bucks at our state controlled booze emporia, which is a good value. My other two favorites, Bowman Brothers and Wild Turkey 101, are about the same price. I've tried more expensive bourbons and they just aren't better enough to deserve the extra bucks.

I do have a confession. I have come to prefer rye to bourbon. Pikesville 110 proof is my favorite and worth the fifty dollar price. Wild Turkey 101 rye and Sazarac 6 year rye are tasty and almost half the price.

Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026 05:37 PM (yTvNw)

154 147 "Craft" Vodka seems.... oxymoronic.

Seriously.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 05:34 PM (2Cry5)

Kraft vodka is just cheesy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:37 PM (Ot/FD)

155 The one time I really should have been arrested by a state trooper for possession I talked my out of it but he made me dump the stash. That was a sad day on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:38 PM (RIvkX)

156 I recommend that everyone make them from their BBQ'd brisket leftovers.
You're welcome!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 04:40 PM

This assumes those exist. Brisket, moar brisket, brisket sandwiches, brisket, brisket sandwiches.

What are these leftovers of which you speak?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 05:38 PM (0sNs1)

157 I splurged on a bottle of Red Breast 18 for Labor Day. I’m not generally a fan of Irish whisky, but hell yea RB18 is good. Very flavorful and complex.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 13, 2026 05:33 PM (FBc7c)

Yes, yes, yes. On the Red Breast 18

But, IMHO the Red Breast Cask Strength 12 is even better.

Also Blue Spot is pure delight.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 05:38 PM (iJfKG)

158 147 "Craft" Vodka seems.... oxymoronic.

Seriously.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 05:34 PM (2Cry5)
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Marketing gimmick. But so is so much of everything today. I’m 100% convinced that one of the top ‘influencer’ clowns could promote a new brand of vodka from fermented human urine and idiots would line up to buy it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 13, 2026 05:39 PM (FBc7c)

159 Well, late lunch break is over. Back to the salt mines. My dune buggy body tub is now securely bolted to the floor pan, with all the bolts moderately tightened. It will come off again for paint, but the task at hand is to make all the other parts fit. Fuel tank, steering column, lights, windshield, etc.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 05:40 PM (1z8ji)

160 vodka from fermented human urine and idiots would line up to buy it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 13, 2026 05:39 PM (FBc7c)

Didn't Isaac Newton do that or something?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:40 PM (Ot/FD)

161 Home from teaching and my own work out. I am making birria chicken enchiladas this evening.

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 05:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

162 I buy the cheapest bottom-shelf vodka I can find. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 05:24 PM

What, Valu-Rite's too good for you ?????

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 05:42 PM (0sNs1)

163 Betty Crocker Deep Dish Taco Squares
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Not allowed to have Bisquick the Krusteaz was a big scene.

Maybe polenta on the bottom.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:42 PM (RIvkX)

164
Home from teaching and my own work out. I am making birria chicken enchiladas this evening.
Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 05:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

That sounds good.

Recipe, por favor!


Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 05:42 PM (iJfKG)

165 So, a sand filter. As found in many water treatment plants.

Don't sand filters (and I'm relying on some limited aquarium hobby experience here) work by exposing nitrogenous compounds to the bacteria living on the sand's high surface area? Nothing in that process sounds remotely applicable to alcoholic beverage production.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 05:43 PM (vTZFs)

166 My dune buggy body tub is now securely bolted to the floor pan, with all the bolts moderately tightened. It will come off again for paint, but the task at hand is to make all the other parts fit. Fuel tank, steering column, lights, windshield, etc.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 05:40 PM (1z8ji)
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So its a time machine?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:43 PM (RIvkX)

167 I'm doing a stuffed chicken in an enameled dutch oven. Roasted sweet potatoes. Broccoli in some form or another, haven't decided.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:43 PM (Ot/FD)

168 vodka from fermented human urine and idiots would line up to buy it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 13, 2026 05:39 PM

Make it cow urine, I'm down for a bottle.

Posted by: zombie Mahatma G. at September 13, 2026 05:43 PM (0sNs1)

169 So its a time machine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 05:43 PM

All the best bloggers have them.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 05:45 PM (0sNs1)

170 >>Well, late lunch break is over. Back to the salt mines. My dune buggy body tub is now securely bolted to the floor pan, with all the bolts moderately tightened. It will come off again for paint, but the task at hand is to make all the other parts fit. Fuel tank, steering column, lights, windshield, etc.

You gotta post some pics. A good buddy of mine in high school had a dune buggy. I loved that thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 05:45 PM (viF8m)

171 I do have some tomatoes that split on the vine, was thinking of fermenting the seeds for storage. Not exactly culinary. Culinary adjacent, i guess.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:45 PM (Ot/FD)

172 By the way, you're all in a trade war with Canada.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 13, 2026 05:14 PM (Sco7b)

I wonder who will flinch first? The Canadians, the Iranians, the US or the French? Including the French keeps it on topic for the food thread.
Posted by: Pete Bog at September 13, 2026 05:35 PM (qQfd5)
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Canadians want back to the good ol' grifting days, which they aren't going to get again. Ever. First, they picked the PRC Devil, allowing PRC police monitoring stations on Canadian soil. It was recently discovered that Chy-na gave the Persians satellite targeting data for the ballistic missile strike in Jordan that killed three Americans. So, Canada's status? Speed bump.

The Iranians are launching their pre-midterm elections doom and gloom offensive. Like a Billy Mays commercial - everything must go! No gas left in the tank when the elections are over. Bigger speed bump.

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 05:47 PM (rj6Yv)

173 > Home from teaching and my own work out. I am making birria chicken enchiladas this evening.
Posted by: Piper
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Birria tacos rule. Just sayin'.

You can do more shots of Tequila with them. (takes more time between batches)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 05:47 PM (2Cry5)

174 I'm gonna need a moment. I feel a Homer coming on.
****

Glazed eyes, slack jaw, drooling?

Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 05:48 PM (zRghv)

175 I do have a confession. I have come to prefer rye to bourbon. Pikesville 110 proof is my favorite and worth the fifty dollar price. Wild Turkey 101 rye and Sazarac 6 year rye are tasty and almost half the price.
Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026 05:37 PM (yTvNw)

Same. Wild Turkey 101 rye is my standard.

Seems my kidneys aren't functioning as well as they used to, so I've quit drinking, though. This thread is really making me want a little glass.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 05:48 PM (CjHsb)

176 That was pretty. Hell of a throw.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)

177 You can do more shots of Tequila with them. (takes more time between batches)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 05:47 PM (2Cry5)

I hate tequila.. Husband is a fan.. Only the "good" ones which to me in tequila doesn't exist

Posted by: San Francisco/Los Angeles at September 13, 2026 05:49 PM (+gK6I)

178 >>Glazed eyes, slack jaw, drooling?

And the inaudible moaning.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 05:50 PM (viF8m)

179 Recently refound a partial bottle of vodka from making vanilla a year ago. Think should save it for those winter snow shoveling

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)

180 Glazed eyes, slack jaw, drooling?
And the inaudible moaning.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 05:50 PM

The Paolo, he has, how you say, seen this many times. He tries to slip out quietly.

Posted by: Paolo at September 13, 2026 05:52 PM (0sNs1)

181 I love stuffed peppers. The better way to make them is not to parboil the peppers. Just cut the tops off, set them in a deep baking dish, fill with what you like (mine usually are cooked ground beef and onions, sometimes other veggies if they are on hand such as mushrooms, flavor with salt and pepper and the herbs and spices you like, and we add tomato sauce. No rice. Cover tightly and bake at 350 around 45 minutes, then uncover and add a bunch of cheese and pop bake into the oven until it melts.

The peppers are perfectly tender but not at all mushy. And it's a hearty meal.

Posted by: bluebell at September 13, 2026 05:52 PM (ek8iC)

182 I thought I would substitute cake flour for all-purpose to make chocolate crepes today.
They came out beautifully thin and chocolatey with the consistency of one of the round rubber sink stoppers. Fail. I'll let them get stale and use them for clay pigeons.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 05:52 PM (E0Et6)

183 Broccoli in some form or another, haven't decided.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:43 PM (Ot/FD)
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Since you already have the oven going, just roast it! Make it easy on yourself.

Posted by: bluebell at September 13, 2026 05:54 PM (ek8iC)

184 LOL, Ben Had. Way to let nothing go to waste!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 05:54 PM (CjHsb)

185 Apparently not everyone wants to hold Omar accountable for her many fraudulent activities. Note: there are three republicans and three democrats on this committee.

Greg @mrrockywater
5h
The Office of Congressional Conduct voted 5 to 1 to suspend the investigation into Ilhan Omar's financial discloser's stating her net value had increased by $6 to $30 million dollars.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 13, 2026 05:54 PM (3ImbR)

186 171 I do have some tomatoes that split on the vine, was thinking of fermenting the seeds for storage. Not exactly culinary. Culinary adjacent, i guess.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 05:45 PM (Ot/FD)

Several of my friends tomatoes that I have here are like that. I've been eating them anyways. Cut them up, salt and they've been fine.

But apparently my friends freezes the tomatoes and turns them into paste or something. I forget what. Something edible for her family.

It's just me so I'm MUCH less picky...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 13, 2026 05:55 PM (Sco7b)

187 81 I love stuffed peppers. The better way to make them is not to parboil the peppers. Just cut the tops off, set them in a deep baking dish, fill with what you like (mine usually are cooked ground beef and onions, sometimes other veggies if they are on hand such as mushrooms, flavor with salt and pepper and the herbs and spices you like, and we add tomato sauce. No rice. Cover tightly and bake at 350 around 45 minutes, then uncover and add a bunch of cheese and pop bake into the oven until it melts.

The peppers are perfectly tender but not at all mushy. And it's a hearty meal.
Posted by: bluebell at September 13, 2026 05:52 PM (ek8iC)
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That’s old school. This exact recipe was on every Italian restaurant menu when I was a kid. My g-mom used to make it too, albeit with rice. I’ve not seen it on a menu in decades.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 13, 2026 05:56 PM (FBc7c)

188 I thought I would substitute cake flour for all-purpose to make chocolate crepes today.
They came out beautifully thin and chocolatey with the consistency of one of the round rubber sink stoppers. Fail. I'll let them get stale and use them for clay pigeons.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 05:52 PM

Not enough gluten in the flour. Touch the all-purpose flour, and say "You're it!"

Gluten tag!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 05:56 PM (0sNs1)

189 Regarding stuffed peppers, I brush the interior of the pepper with a bit of oil, stuff, and bake. The oil cooks the pepper while imparting extra richness to the stuffing. Frozen cod cakes, thawed, makes great stuffed red peppers, BTW...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 13, 2026 05:56 PM (nbLIj)

190 I hate tequila.. Husband is a fan.. Only the "good" ones which to me in tequila doesn't exist
Posted by: San Francisco/Los Angeles at September 13, 2026 05:49 PM (+gK6I)
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"Man, we were doing shots for a mezcal tasting, and the next thing I know, everybody was laid out on the back lawn with empty cups on their chests."

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 05:57 PM (rj6Yv)

191 My mother used to make stuffed vegetable marrow. That is a long, pale bland-tasting squash that takes on the flavor of whatever it is stuffed with. It was great. I can't remember having ever seen it in stores lately.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 05:28 PM (1z8ji)
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I always wondered what vegetable marrows were, because that's what Hercule Poirot said he would grow when he finally retired to the country.

I looked it up and never quite figured it out I assumed it was a limey word for pumpkin.

Posted by: bluebell at September 13, 2026 05:58 PM (ek8iC)

192 everybody was laid out on the back lawn with empty cups on their chests."
Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 05:57 PM

Except me. My cups are not empty.

Posted by: Sydney S. at September 13, 2026 05:59 PM (0sNs1)

193 175 ... "Same. Wild Turkey 101 rye is my standard.

Seems my kidneys aren't functioning as well as they used to, so I've quit drinking, though. This thread is really making me want a little glass."

DMLW,
I have some kidney troubles as well. Since my typical amount of booze is less than an ounce, usually sipped neat over a few hours, it hasn't been a problem. I just enjoy the taste.

Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026 05:59 PM (yTvNw)

194 AS a former bar manager i have found that the price of the booze neither increases the quality of drunkeness nor the relief of the urine

it's impossible to pee on your own shoes with style

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 13, 2026 05:59 PM (jrgJz)

195
Recipe, por favor!


Posted by: naturalfake at September

I make the filling following her recipe pretty closely:

https://tinyurl.com/bdzhy8n7

I use corn tortillas, put the filling in, roll them up, put them in an oiled baking dish seam side down, cover with some of the sauce from cooking the chicken, cover the dish with foil, bake about 15-20 minutes, and then sprinkle cotija. I serve it with lime and avocado. You can also use Oaxaca if you want it a little cheesier.

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

196 everybody was laid out on the back lawn with empty cups on their chests."
Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 05:57 PM

Except me. My cups are not empty.
Posted by: Sydney S. at September 13, 2026 05:59 PM (0sNs1)

They're overflowing!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 06:00 PM (iJfKG)

197 >>Man, we were doing shots for a mezcal tasting, and the next thing I know, everybody was laid out on the back lawn with empty cups on their chests."

1 tequila
2 tequila
3 tequila
floor

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 06:01 PM (viF8m)

198 I love stuffed peppers. The better way to make them is...

Sounds yummy. I'll have to try it the next time my wife is out of. She would hate it.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 06:01 PM (vTZFs)

199
I make the filling following her recipe pretty closely:

https://tinyurl.com/bdzhy8n7

I use corn tortillas, put the filling in, roll them up, put them in an oiled baking dish seam side down, cover with some of the sauce from cooking the chicken, cover the dish with foil, bake about 15-20 minutes, and then sprinkle cotija. I serve it with lime and avocado. You can also use Oaxaca if you want it a little cheesier.
Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

Muchas gracias, señorita!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 06:01 PM (iJfKG)

200 Bacon Butter, from the first microwave cookbook:

½ cup butter
¾ tsp prepared mustard
4 slices bacon

In small mixer bowl, cream together butter and mustard. Cook bacon in Radarange Oven on paper plate and between paper towels until crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Crumble bacon and blend with butter.

Note that it turns solid as a rock in the fridge, but I’m not sure it needs to be refrigerated. Probably depends on how chunky your crumbled bacon is.

Recommended for English muffins, but it is pretty good on toast as well as on bagel chips. Probably good on popcorn.

Also, you might want to let the bacon cool before crumbling it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 13, 2026 06:02 PM (olroh)

201

If it please you, Caesar. Roast peacock from the Land of Egypt. Wild boar from Caesar's preserves in Dalmatia. Succulent dormice, saturated with poppy juice. Oysters, surrounded by Damson plums, sprinkled with cumin and benzoin root. Sausage, stuffed with golden plover's eggs and the breast of pheasant. Aged grasshoppers, fried in honey to a light golden brown. Eggs, made of crushed pearls colored to a golden hue and filled with yolks - in which we've nestled fat little ortolans roasted to a turn.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2026 06:02 PM (Cqx++)

202 AS a former bar manager i have found that the price of the booze neither increases the quality of drunkeness nor the relief of the urine

it's impossible to pee on your own shoes with style
Posted by: what the cat drug in
****

Ditto...

Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 06:03 PM (zRghv)

203 Everyone's talking about the taste of booze.

Meanwhile, Korean soju. A bitter. But it gets the job done cheaply. About $3 a bottle and 2 bottles will do you.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 13, 2026 06:03 PM (Sco7b)

204
Muchas gracias, señorita!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 13,

De nada! Not as cheesy as birria tacos, which are very good. But they are still yummy this way!

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 06:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

205 We tend to get a downpour just when my first tomatoes are ripe, so I got in the habit of picking the split ones and freezing them, and canning the later ones when they get ripe.
The frozen ones cook down nicely to sauce.

I have not had wonderful luck with saving seeds, but I do tend to keep a volunteer plant or two in the garden -- I started in 2020 when i couldn't get garden starts. They make small cherry tomatoes mostly, but they are tough and have a lot of them. Some can be tasty too.

Best thing with split tomatoes is to fry up some sliced onions, then add crushed garlic, tomatoes and red peppers to cook down, and then poach an egg or two in it, and serve it over toast or fried potatoes.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 06:04 PM (rbvCR)

206 Meanwhile, Korean soju. A bitter. But it gets the job done cheaply.

I have had it recently in San Diego and in off-Vegas, at Koreanish sushi places. Good stuff. But being the in thing, not necessarily cheap.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 13, 2026 06:06 PM (olroh)

207 I would love a big plate of fried green tomatoes.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:06 PM (E0Et6)

208 Akvavit. For hangover that lasts forever.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 06:08 PM (viF8m)

209 Everyone's talking about the taste of booze.

Meanwhile, Korean soju. A bitter. But it gets the job done cheaply. About $3 a bottle and 2 bottles will do you.
****

So, you like waking up face down with snot coming out of your nose and feeling like you swallowed something out of a trash can?






My brother!!!

Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 06:08 PM (zRghv)

210 There was this time during my senior year in college when the first warm winds of Spring crossed the banks of the Olentangy. Then commenced a party, one which involved the ritual sacrifice of an ice-cold watermelon. The blade went snicker-snack, which left the melon with two cuts. Into the upper cut went a full, clear bottle of Gilbeys Vodka. The lower cut then served its purpose, allowing a slow, unstoppable flow of the world's worst-tasting aquavit through the fruit.

Jeepers, what a hangover.

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 06:09 PM (rj6Yv)

211 My wife tells me that for a long while Soju was made only from sweet potatoes and barley, since rice was considered a vital supply and forbidden to be turned in to booze. That may be why it is considered rot-gut.
Not sure when this was, especially since she does not drink

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 06:10 PM (rbvCR)

212 Akadama plum wine. Okinawa 1974.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2026 06:10 PM (Cqx++)

213 I did Sake, Saki, whatever.... years ago in CA. Horrible stuff.

This alone would legitimize WWII.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 06:11 PM (2Cry5)

214 >>I did Sake, Saki, whatever.... years ago in CA. Horrible stuff.


Years ago I had a business dinner in China. It seemed like ever 5 seconds one of my hosts would propose toast with Chinese rice wine.

I felt like a vampire the next morning when the sun came up. I think I hissed at the sun a couple times.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 06:15 PM (viF8m)

215 I did Sake, Saki, whatever.... years ago in CA. Horrible stuff.
This alone would legitimize WWII.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Sake: rice wine
Saki: peninsula

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 06:16 PM (VHUov)

216 Never tried saki, doubt much else in alcohol haven't had at one time or another

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

217 So, you like waking up face down with snot coming out of your nose and feeling like you swallowed something out of a trash can?

My brother!!!
Posted by: clarence at September 13, 2026 06:08 PM (zRghv)

My co-worker was a hard-drinking 30 year old Florida girl. I could hold my own, but damn. First paycheck, she got a stock of liquor.

Soju kicked our asses.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 13, 2026 06:18 PM (Sco7b)

218
Love Soju when eating Korean BBQ, it cuts the grease, and just plain tastes good.

Also like Japanese Shochu which can be made from barley, sweet potatoes and just about anything else.

I once drank carrot shochu that was super delicious.

Sake, too, is great stuff.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 06:20 PM (iJfKG)

219 Today marks 23 years married to the ol' ball and chain. Ordering take out tonight to celebrate. Probably pizza, and I'm even springing for three toppings!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:20 PM (62ILr)

220 219 Today marks 23 years married to the ol' ball and chain. Ordering take out tonight to celebrate. Probably pizza, and I'm even springing for three toppings!
Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026

At least light a candle or 2!

(Congratulations. That is truly awesome!)

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 06:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

221 >> Today marks 23 years married to the ol' ball and chain. Ordering take out tonight to celebrate. Probably pizza, and I'm even springing for three toppings!

Congratulations.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

222 Happy Anniversary, Weasels

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:23 PM (E0Et6)

223 Worst experience with alcohol was with Tango, a premixed orange drink and vodka concoction. So cheap that we bought a case of it then hauled it on the subway all the way to Rockaway Beach. It was off season, maybe November, so we had the beach to ourselves and drank to our hearts' content. Then came the puking...

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 13, 2026 06:23 PM (3ImbR)

224
I've kind of gotten tired of ordering pizza, but I like making it and Grandma Pie.

I wonder if I can convince the lovely and thrifty to let me get one of those nice pizza ovens to go with my outdoor grills.

Hmmm.

Maybe Christmas???

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 06:23 PM (iJfKG)

225 Do the pooches get pizza?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2026 06:23 PM (Cqx++)

226 Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 06:22 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Thanks! Shes pretty cool.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:24 PM (62ILr)

227
The lovely and thrifty Mrs naturalfake, that is.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 06:24 PM (iJfKG)

228 Do the pooches get pizza?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2026 06:23 PM (Cqx++)
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They get to pick one of the toppings! Usually sausage.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:25 PM (62ILr)

229 Happy Anniversary to both of you Weasel!!

Gonna go finish that salad.
Bacon can wait until tomorrow.
Good night all.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 13, 2026 06:25 PM (Sco7b)

230 Weasel congratulations. Do you encourage her weekly to buy more patience? She cannot have too much.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 13, 2026 06:25 PM (tTRUo)

231 Regarding vodka, I had a friend from Poland gift me with a bottle of Belvedere vodka, and I have to say it was the best tasting vodka I've ever had. I am not a vodka fan for sipping neat, but this was very tasty.

Posted by: Happy at September 13, 2026 06:26 PM (743lG)

232 Pork Milanese is breaded and resting in the refrigerator!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 06:26 PM (k5CNB)

233 Weasel, are you going to break out the Chinet paper plates, paper napkins and a rose in a vase for the table?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:26 PM (E0Et6)

234 Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:23 PM (E0Et6)
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Thanks! I passed along your message and WW says "howdy"

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:26 PM (62ILr)

235 Happy anniversary to Weasel and Weasel Woman. If you get that three topping pizza (how extravagant!) remember the pups like pepperoni as much as you do.

Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026 06:26 PM (yTvNw)

236 Weasel, are you going to break out the Chinet paper plates, paper napkins and a rose in a vase for the table?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:26 PM (E0Et6)

Hey! There’s room for two at the sink.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 13, 2026 06:27 PM (tTRUo)

237 Congrats, Weasel!

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 13, 2026 06:28 PM (3ImbR)

238 Weasel, are you going to break out the Chinet paper plates, paper napkins and a rose in a vase for the table?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:26 PM (E0Et6)
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Probably not. I need to keep expectations low.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:28 PM (62ILr)

239 "Probably pizza, and I'm even springing for three toppings!
Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:20 PM"

Can't hide money.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 13, 2026 06:29 PM (2Ez/1)

240 Best thing with split tomatoes is to fry up some sliced onions, then add crushed garlic, tomatoes and red peppers to cook down, and then poach an egg or two in it, and serve it over toast or fried potatoes.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 06:04 PM (rbvCR)

Sort of a Shakshuka!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 06:29 PM (k5CNB)

241 Happy Anniversary, weasel!

Are you able to walk to the door yet? Those theee toppings may be a bit heavy for you to manage with your broken toe. I think you may still need to take it easy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 06:29 PM (7Lfjw)

242 william returned to the barracks at a "high state of drunkness" yet he was being quiet and not a douche, climbs in his bunk and crashed out, an hour later gets up, pees in mikes boots, jiggles the wall locker handle, gets back in bed.

Mike wasn't happy when he put on his boots

nobody warned him although most everyone knew

the army

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 13, 2026 06:29 PM (jrgJz)

243 Hey! There’s room for two at the sink.
Posted by: Pete Bog at September 13, 2026 06:27 PM (tTRUo)
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I wouldn't share the sink with just anyone!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:29 PM (62ILr)

244 Play some Kenny G in the background.

Chicks love Kenny G and pizza.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 06:30 PM (6ydKt)

245 Weasel hope its a wonderful dinner anniversary

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 06:30 PM (Ia/+0)

246 Weasel, are you going to break out the Chinet paper plates, paper napkins and a rose in a vase for the table?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:26 PM (E0Et6)

Hey! There’s room for two at the sink.
Posted by: Pete Bog at September 13, 2026 06:27 PM (tTRUo)
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Back in the day, we'd bring out the empty Chianti bottle with candle pushed innit for those extra-special moments.

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Weasel!

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 06:31 PM (rj6Yv)

247 Are you able to walk to the door yet? Those theee toppings may be a bit heavy for you to manage with your broken toe. I think you may still need to take it easy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 06:29 PM (7Lfjw)
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True. It's a burden I struggle with.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:31 PM (62ILr)

248 Sake: rice wine
Saki: peninsula H.H Munro, a fine writer.

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 06:16 PM (VHUov)
FIFY

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 06:32 PM (k5CNB)

249 Lamb chops on the grill this Sunday. Dusted with a dry rub I made a while back and will need to recall the ingredients. Freshly ground cardamom, for sure. Really good. The wine is a Bogle Petit Sirah..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 13, 2026 06:32 PM (nbLIj)

250 Congrats Weasel. Is there any anniversary cake left over from last week?

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 06:34 PM (vTZFs)

251 Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 06:34 PM (vTZFs)
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WW picked up a whole brand new chocolate cake in a fancy clear plastic bubble dome from the store today!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:35 PM (62ILr)

252 Today marks 23 years married to the ol' ball and chain. Ordering take out tonight to celebrate. Probably pizza, and I'm even springing for three toppings!
Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:20 PM

Congrats, Weasel! Many more!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 06:36 PM (P6lWH)

253 Happy anniversary W and WW

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 06:37 PM (RIvkX)

254 Three toppings: spam, spam, and spam?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 06:38 PM (RIvkX)

255 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 06:37 PM (RIvkX)
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Thank you! Thank you all!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:38 PM (62ILr)

256 Three toppings: spam, spam, and spam?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 06:38 PM

Spam, spam, and pineapple. That one's only got a little spam.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 06:39 PM (P6lWH)

257 Three toppings: spam, spam, and spam?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 06:38 PM (RIvkX)
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Sausage, mushrooms and green peppers is our go-to.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:40 PM (62ILr)

258 I haven't decided on dinner either Peanut Chicken noodles or Chicken a la King.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 06:41 PM (RIvkX)

259 Weasel congratulations. Do you encourage her weekly to buy more patience? She cannot have too much.
Posted by: Pete Bog at September 13, 2026 06:25 PM (tTRUo)
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I keep forgetting a number of you fine folks have met her!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:41 PM (62ILr)

260 Sausage, mushrooms and green peppers is our go-to.
Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:40 PM (62ILr)
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Perfection

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 06:42 PM (RIvkX)

261 Had pizza on Friday, Sausage, pepperoni, mushroom, roasted garlic, anchovies and extra cheese.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:44 PM (E0Et6)

262 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 06:42 PM (RIvkX)
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Anniversary menu update. Meatball pizza for WW and an Italian sub for me. FSJ and Gertie love a good meatball!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:46 PM (62ILr)

263 Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:44 PM (E0Et6)
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Man that sounds good!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:46 PM (62ILr)

264 Congrats on the anniversary, Weasel!

Posted by: Advo at September 13, 2026 06:48 PM (jO4mz)

265 Anniversary menu update. Meatball pizza for WW and an Italian sub for me.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:46 PM (62ILr)

Nice!

Napkins or dish towels?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 06:49 PM (k5CNB)

266 Thanks Advo!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:50 PM (62ILr)

267 Napkins or dish towels?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 06:49 PM (k5CNB)
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1/4 paper towel. I'm on a fixed income.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:51 PM (62ILr)

268 265 Anniversary menu update. Meatball pizza for WW and an Italian sub for me.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:46 PM (62ILr)

Nice!

Napkins or dish towels?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Shirt sleeves.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 06:52 PM (yEz+x)

269 Today marks 23 years married to the ol' ball and chain. Ordering take out tonight to celebrate. Probably pizza, and I'm even springing for three toppings!
Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:20 PM

You're not going wobbly on us, are you?

Congratulations!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 06:52 PM (0sNs1)

270 Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 06:52 PM (0sNs1)
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Never!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:52 PM (62ILr)

271
Shirt sleeves.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 06:52 PM (yEz+x)
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Is that wrong?

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:55 PM (62ILr)

272 CBD, Thank you another great food thread.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:55 PM (E0Et6)

273 Shirt sleeves.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 06:52 PM (yEz+x)
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Is that wrong?
Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 06:55 PM

Why dirty a shirt sleeve when you have the back of your hand?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 06:55 PM (P6lWH)

274 RMBS, gets it.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:56 PM (E0Et6)

275 RMBS, gets it.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:56 PM

The Way of the Weasel does tend toward minimalism.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 06:57 PM (P6lWH)

276 "Or the back of a pant leg!"

- cirque du soleil performer

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 06:59 PM (Ot/FD)

277 Great call Packers.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)

278 Gubs up.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:01 PM (P6lWH)

279 "Or the back of a pant leg!"

- cirque du soleil performer
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 06:59 PM

Well, yeah, easy for you to say.

Posted by: Non-participant on the Book Thread at September 13, 2026 07:01 PM (0sNs1)

280 Blended bourbon? I can't imagine drinking anything other than single barrel bourbon. You may as well be drinking black velvet or chivas.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 13, 2026 07:03 PM (5C90x)

281 And don't get me started on its destruction of our attention spans!

Weren't you talking about something else just a moment ago? I don't remember what it was, but....

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:06 PM (kU0PQ)

282 Make the stuffed peppers using Anaheim peppers.
Also, make sure there's good fats in the filling to make it smooth and mouth-filling. (I have a vegetarian stuffed peppers that is really nice, too.)

I gotta stand up for stuffed peppers.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM (kU0PQ)

283 Wait! Aren’t you jewish?
Oh yeah, as long as the pig is circumcised, you’re good to go.

Posted by: John at September 13, 2026 07:17 PM (9NUKl)

284 @ San Franpsycho I forgot to mention that. Polenta or Corn bread mix is also good. Sometimes, I mix cheese into the base layer.

The whole dish works with different kinds of cheese. Cheddar is always good. I made it last week with gruyere cheese.

I made it once mediterranean style with feta, olives, and spinich leaves.

Posted by: Eric at September 13, 2026 07:26 PM (6VHHP)

285 Dinner is ready and table is set. Enjoy your evenings!

Posted by: Piper at September 13, 2026 07:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

286 On the subject of vodka, back in the early 1970s, I was an undergrad at the University of Toronto. At that time (and maybe still) the Liquor Control Board of Ontario sold "alcohol" in quart bottles; as the label says, it was a 80-proof solution of ethanol. We used to spike the fruit punch at our feasts. Can somebody please explain to me what the difference is between "vodka" and "alcohol"?

Posted by: Nemo at September 13, 2026 09:33 PM (4RPgu)

287 All Vodka is alcohol, but not all alcohol is vodka.

Posted by: John at September 13, 2026 10:30 PM (9NUKl)

First World Problems...

collarstay26.jpg

Sigh...the great collar stay debacle of 2026 is in full swing.

Years ago, these little bits of plastic were sturdy and made well. And one could even buy stays made from metal! Recently they have become a whisper of their former selves...thin and too flexible to make a collar stand up and say hello!

And those newest ones that came with the UNTUCKIt shirts I bought to see whether they would work well with an IWB holster? The thinnest in the world! It's a wonder they don't crumble and break and fall to pieces.

The Western world has lost sight of the importance of quality collar stays, and that way lies madness!

Posted by: CBD at 01:55 PM




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1 rtybhjrtyjbnrty

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 01:56 PM (mmrXZ)

2
Phew.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 01:56 PM (mmrXZ)

3 And one could even buy stays made from metal!

They are all over Amazon.

Posted by: biteme at September 13, 2026 01:57 PM (xWS9V)

4
Uhhh.... trying to think of an equivalent in ladies' fashions. Piper? Help?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 01:58 PM (mmrXZ)

5 ?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:58 PM (5Go8e)

6 My FWP of yesterday was missing glasses, found them after they were in a pocket, went through washer, hung on line outside awhile, in dryer after 15 minutes heard a clunking and found them. No worse for where.

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 02:01 PM (qEb4U)

7 What? No burning it to the ground and starting ovet?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 13, 2026 02:01 PM (wxsGM)

8 Easy fix. Starch your collars. Heavy starch.

Posted by: Gref at September 13, 2026 02:04 PM (5rh/l)

9 Perry Ellis collar stay $10.00. Just buy a new shirt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 02:05 PM (5Go8e)

10 Soldiers in Napoleonic and before wore collars, I take it the line to keep heads straight is BS, but not sure.

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 02:05 PM (qEb4U)

11 Maybe I should buy some old tab collars?

Posted by: The Age of Jive at September 13, 2026 02:06 PM (XvL8K)

12 Uhhh.... trying to think of an equivalent in ladies' fashions. Piper? Help?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Maybe back in the day when shoulder pads were a thing.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 02:07 PM (lJ0H4)

13 Strurdy collars are likely one of the three pillars of a civilized society.

Posted by: scampydog at September 13, 2026 02:09 PM (Dkeic)

14 My husband had some nice brass ones. I think I got them from Brooks Brothers.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 02:10 PM (lJ0H4)

15 12 Uhhh.... trying to think of an equivalent in ladies' fashions. Piper? Help?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Maybe back in the day when shoulder pads were a thing.
Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 02:07 PM (lJ0H4)

Are there things women used to make their breasts look bigger that would deflate over time?

Or is that a million dollar idea.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 13, 2026 02:11 PM (Sco7b)

16 10 Soldiers in Napoleonic and before wore collars, I take it the line to keep heads straight is BS, but not sure.

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 02:05 PM (qEb4U)


web search 'leathernecks'

Posted by: Gref at September 13, 2026 02:11 PM (5rh/l)

17 Are there things women used to make their breasts look bigger that would deflate over time?

Or is that a million dollar idea.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart

Uh..no. They were to square up your shoulders. Think 1980's ladies. Big hair and big shoulders.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 02:13 PM (lJ0H4)

18 came with the UNTUCKIt shirts"

The van Heusen guy waves....

Posted by: man at September 13, 2026 02:14 PM (pfXMo)

19 So I look up from making cookies and see that tha Cleveland Browns are down 24 -0 with lots of time left in the second quarter. Runs thru my mind that maybe they should just give it up, disband the team, slink out of town.
Then I think wait a minute, didn't they do that already?

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 02:16 PM (sl73Y)

20 Bah! Don't need those things with my wardrobe. Casual is in.

Why do people let other people push them around? Tell them to f*** off.

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 02:17 PM (xJpuh)

21 >>Uh..no. They were to square up your shoulders. Think 1980's ladies. Big hair and big shoulders.

Big fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 02:17 PM (viF8m)

22 rtybhjrtyjbnrty
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Didn't you use this on another post? Can you do that?

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 02:18 PM (sl73Y)

23 I never understood high heels, that looks like torture

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 02:18 PM (qEb4U)

24 Well done.

https://tinyurl.com/4u8fhpne

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 02:21 PM (viF8m)

25 I have made them by cutting up the lids of yogurt tubs. The thin UHMW works fairly well, and are not stiff enough to jab my collarbones.
You do need to remove them for washing and ironing, they do deform in heat. Eventually I realized I didn't care, and if I did I should buy Oxfords.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:23 PM (rbvCR)

26 Yes, I thought I'd moved up in the world when I bought a shirt with metal collar stays.. But the world kept moving, too.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 13, 2026 02:25 PM (Jvw8+)

27 Are there things women used to make their breasts look bigger that would deflate over time?

Or is that a million dollar idea.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 13, 2026 02:11 PM (Sco7b)

Knew a lady who called the silicon versions of those her "chicken cutlets"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:26 PM (rbvCR)

28 Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 02:01 PM (qEb4U

I'm glad you found them and they were o.k. You will have officially reached old age when you put sunglasses or regular glasses hanging over your front shirt and you don't recall where they are😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 02:27 PM (JrHfD)

29 Here is a new first world problem...

Call some company. Get through to a person unexpectedly fast.

After talking with the "person" for 30s you realize it is an AI pretending to be a human.

One local place the AI bot told me several times it was a real person until I demanded to speak with an actual human...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 13, 2026 02:28 PM (sKqQm)

30 Anyways, real men wear Collar Tips.

Extra point for filagree or massy sterling silver with turquoise accents

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:29 PM (rbvCR)

31 @23. Skip.
I never understood high heels, that looks like torture

Women think it makes them look sexy. But the looks on their faces cancel that out. However if that is what they want to do that is their business. And it's kinda funny when they fall off those things.

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 02:30 PM (xJpuh)

32 Collar stays...meh. Now cuff links. That's an accessory I'd like to see make a come back..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 13, 2026 02:30 PM (nbLIj)

33 Eventually I realized I didn't care, and if I did I should buy Oxfords.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:23 PM (rbvCR)

Most of mine are Oxfords, but I like a bit of variety, and Oxfords aren't particularly good for more formal dress.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 02:32 PM (k5CNB)

34 Uhhh.... trying to think of an equivalent in ladies' fashions. Piper? Help?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Under wire!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 02:32 PM (NnhvP)

35 I like how we to go through lying AI to get to halfway honest customer service now.

It’s like a game you can play while you wait.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 02:33 PM (6ydKt)

36 Uhhh.... trying to think of an equivalent in ladies' fashions. Piper? Help?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Under wire!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Yes!

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 02:33 PM (lJ0H4)

37 Most of mine are Oxfords, but I like a bit of variety, and Oxfords aren't particularly good for more formal dress.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Paperclips!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 02:33 PM (NnhvP)

38 Don't think ever had a AI answered call yet

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 02:34 PM (qEb4U)

39 Please Santa.

>>@JacquiHeinrich
·
1h
>>Border Czar Tom Homan says Dem Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under criminal investigation by HSI for possible immigration/naturalization fraud. In his answer, he also implies that it could become a denaturalization case.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 02:34 PM (viF8m)

40 Oxfords are also not particularly good for Arizona summers…

Posted by: Insensitive Clod at September 13, 2026 02:34 PM (gCg+u)

41 I have no lights that turn on automatically at my house. I looked after the cats at my friends house this week . Her house unlike mine was probably built since 2000 and the front door lights seem to turn on automatically- maybe because it was dark and rainy today. I hope they turned off , and I hope I didn't do something wrong. We don't have an automatic garage door opener either and apparently I hit it this week unintentionally and the doors went up. Her neighbors alerted here and her husband could apparently close them automatically remotely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 02:35 PM (JrHfD)

42 Don't get me started over collar bars.

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 02:35 PM (rj6Yv)

43 You are far more formal than I, CBD. I mostly wear t-shirts with a flannel shirt on top. I also wear dress shirts with the collars removed because they are Nordstroms and the collar wore out.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:35 PM (rbvCR)

44 Esty has custom collar stays.. Only $210.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 02:37 PM (NnhvP)

45 43 You are far more formal than I, CBD. I mostly wear t-shirts with a flannel shirt on top. I also wear dress shirts with the collars removed because they are Nordstroms and the collar wore out.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:35 PM (rbvCR
Never crossed my mind to cut worn-out collars off shirts. Bonus! That would give them an ole-timey look, and I’m all about old-timey.

Posted by: Eromero at September 13, 2026 02:39 PM (LHPAg)

46 Oxfords are also not particularly good for Arizona summers…
Posted by: Insensitive Clod

Move to Flagstaff it's high enough to be cool, merely 7000ft.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 02:40 PM (NnhvP)

47 You could always wear a whiplash collar.
They don’t move much.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)

48 This is the winter of the great suit purge. A career worth of wearing the clown clothes comes to a glorious end.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 02:41 PM (viF8m)

49 It's a slow day, and I'm not helping any.
Kindle tablet "keyboard" stopped working and I just wanted to see if hitting restart could solve the problem. Apparently so.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 02:41 PM (sl73Y)

50 Oh yes- Another first world problem . The horrible sound the car makes when "Nanny car" wants to remind you that
you didn't put on your seat belt as a passenger. Almost Everytime I get in when spouse is driving he says, "Put on the seat belt belt before the car blows up!! As if it's a 007 Bond film. Did I
Mention that my dear husband likes repetitive "bits". Some he has used for decades. 😉


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 02:42 PM (JrHfD)

51 Brooks Brothers still carries collar stay. 24 in various sizes for 10 bucks. Regrettably not brass but PVC.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 02:42 PM (lJ0H4)

52 >>The Western world has lost sight of the importance of quality collar stays, and that way lies madness!

'Da barbarians are at the gates!' -- Snake-Eye McFoul

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 02:43 PM (NcvvS)

53 I hit it this week unintentionally and the doors went up. Her neighbors alerted here and her husband could apparently close them automatically remotely.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

An aircraft carrier turned on all its radar while in port in Alameda CA. People couldn't figure out why all their garage doors were open. Doh!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 02:43 PM (NnhvP)

54 Under wire. Sounds painful.

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 02:43 PM (xJpuh)

55 This is the winter of the great suit purge. A career worth of wearing the clown clothes comes to a glorious end.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 02:41 PM (viF8m)
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Pea coats and pea jackets?

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 02:44 PM (rj6Yv)

56 This is the winter of the great suit purge. A career worth of wearing the clown clothes comes to a glorious end.
Posted by: JackStraw at

I did that this spring, having reached fifteen years out. Kept one lighter suit for weddings (guest), and one darker suit for funerals, including mine.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 02:45 PM (sl73Y)

57 CBD, you need bespoke whalebone collar stays.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 02:46 PM (kpS4V)

58 >>Pea coats and pea jackets?

Flip and his pal Flop.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 02:46 PM (viF8m)

59 Kept one lighter suit for weddings (guest), and one darker suit for funerals, including mine.
Posted by: From about That Time

Oh wise one!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 02:46 PM (NnhvP)

60 Under wire. Sounds painful.
Posted by: Case

Underwire bras are the most uncomfortable things in the world. Unfortunately, some of us over 29s need them. Gravity is a bitch.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 02:46 PM (lJ0H4)

61 Ladies' wear example:

The underwire of a bra works great for support. Then manufacturers start to skimp on the fabric at the seams, so the wires would poke through and start sliding out at the most inconvenient times. That meant I'd be fixing bras (mine, my roommate's, my co-workers etc) with hand sewing.

Then manufacturers got the bright idea of using plastic instead of wire. Plastic snaps and pokes you (if you're an 'Ette) in the breast.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 13, 2026 02:47 PM (ao+in)

62 I did not know they were called 'Collar stays'.

Maybe Collar thingees?

Collar supports?

Collar stiffener?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 13, 2026 02:47 PM (Y/06r)

63 Yeah if going for collar stays, might as well get real whale bone

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 02:48 PM (qEb4U)

64 All the succinct Ettes did a better job than my tome!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 13, 2026 02:48 PM (ao+in)

65 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 02:43 PM (NnhvP)

lol.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 02:49 PM (JrHfD)

66
Uhhh.... trying to think of an equivalent in ladies' fashions. Piper? Help?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Under wire!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Yes!
Posted by: Tuna

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lol I was thinking of that, but it's been a long time since I switched to stretchies.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 02:50 PM (mmrXZ)

67 My second $3/pound hamburger meal of the day.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 02:50 PM (5Go8e)

68 My FWP I need a pedicure badly. My spring green toenails are looking like little shovels.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 02:50 PM (lJ0H4)

69 CBD, you need bespoke whalebone collar stays.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 02:46 PM (kpS4V)

Exactly!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo, but call me Ishmael at September 13, 2026 02:51 PM (k5CNB)

70 >>I did that this spring, having reached fifteen years out. Kept one lighter suit for weddings (guest), and one darker suit for funerals, including mine.

Had one made a few years for just that reason.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 02:51 PM (viF8m)

71 I wear dress shirts every day for work. I can tell you from hard experience that removable metal collar stays are where it's at.

You can buy a metric shitload of them for a few bucks on Amazon.

Next question please.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 02:51 PM (wpRMV)

72 My FWP is that the Wi-Fi was shut off at work on Friday when I was putting in grades. Before I could upload lesson plans for next week.

So I have to go in today.

Love the kids; hate the checklist.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 13, 2026 02:52 PM (ao+in)

73
Ditto the suit purge. Ties were ceremoniously burned.

Posted by: Auspex at September 13, 2026 02:52 PM (Y8DZL)

74 Tuna, I got a badly needed pedicure yesterday. Why do I wait until I have talons?!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 02:52 PM (kpS4V)

75 Charles Tyrwhitt spread collars come with brass stays.

Posted by: free tibet at September 13, 2026 02:54 PM (iNp3L)

76 Tuna, I got a badly needed pedicure yesterday. Why do I wait until I have talons?!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

My nail salon is closed on Monday so Tuesday it is.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 02:54 PM (lJ0H4)

77 42 Don't get me started over collar bars.
Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 02:35 PM (rj6Yv)

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The Eighties just called and wants its fashions back.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 02:55 PM (wpRMV)

78 Then manufacturers got the bright idea of using plastic instead of wire. Plastic snaps and pokes you (if you're an 'Ette) in the breast.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 13, 2026 02:47 PM (ao+in)

When I had to go in and out of the courthouse a lot, I was part of a group getting training and the instructor mentioned that for the ladies with underwires that the magnetometer would pick them up and suggested that "crossing your arms under your breasts often hides the signature"

I of course almost earned a strip search because I forgot my cell phone in my shirt pocket triggered the sensor as much as the keys in my pocket and belt buckle.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:55 PM (rbvCR)

79
Please Santa.

>>@JacquiHeinrich
·
1h
>>Border Czar Tom Homan says Dem Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under criminal investigation by HSI for possible immigration/naturalization fraud. In his answer, he also implies that it could become a denaturalization case.
Posted by: JackStraw

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

Markwayne Mullin has been making some noises about her, too. Not getting my hopes up regardless.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 02:56 PM (mmrXZ)

80 >>Ditto the suit purge. Ties were ceremoniously burned.

I have a bunch of Jerry Garcia designed ties, because of course I do.

It was my little way of sticking it to the man when I had to wear the monkey suit.

F you, man.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)

81 Being retired means not giving a shit about what to wear. Either here at home, or in public.

There's a reason the Walmartians wear jammies to shop.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 02:57 PM (2Cry5)

82 Tuna, I got a badly needed pedicure yesterday. Why do I wait until I have talons?!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 02:52 PM (kpS4V)

I keep telling you, get one of those posts that is covered with jute matting.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:58 PM (rbvCR)

83 I kept my collection of "Friday" ties, from before the office casual days. A subtle revolutionary while in Big 8 accounting. From slightly risque, like Piccaso cubic nudes, to goofball, like Daffy Duck. Should put them one eBay or something.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 02:58 PM (sl73Y)

84 Ties were ceremoniously burned.

Posted by: Auspex at September 13, 2026 02:52 PM (Y8DZL)

I have about 75 ties, and I have no idea why.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo, but call me Ishmael at September 13, 2026 02:58 PM (k5CNB)

85 I kid, but the Eighties were a great time for men's professional wear. Braces, collar bars, contrasting shirt collars (Mrs Cicero razzed my "ice cream man shirts"), cufflinks, vests, pleated trousers with cuffs.

Man I miss those days.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 02:59 PM (wpRMV)

86 I have a bunch of Jerry Garcia designed ties, because of course I do.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)

So do I! They are nice ties!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo, but call me Ishmael at September 13, 2026 02:59 PM (k5CNB)

87 I keep telling you, get one of those posts that is covered with jute matting.
Posted by: Kindltot at September
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Ha!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 03:00 PM (kpS4V)

88 >>So do I! They are nice ties!

They really are.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 03:00 PM (viF8m)

89 After I retired I donated all my "good" clothes to one of those nonprofits that helps out young men who are entering the professional workforce, but maybe don't have the resources to by a wardrobe to wear 5 days a week.

Everything; slacks, shirts, ties and shoes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 03:01 PM (2Cry5)

90 collar bars, contrasting shirt collars (Mrs Cicero razzed my "ice cream man shirts")

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 02:59 PM (wpRMV)

Were you a pimp?

Although your wife has good taste, so I am puzzled.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo, but call me Ishmael at September 13, 2026 03:01 PM (k5CNB)

91 My Jerry Garcia ties (2) are party ties, not work ties.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 03:02 PM (wpRMV)

92 Were you a pimp?

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Lawyer. So, close.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 03:03 PM (wpRMV)

93 >>After I retired I donated all my "good" clothes to one of those nonprofits that helps out young men who are entering the professional workforce, but maybe don't have the resources to by a wardrobe to wear 5 days a week.

That's my plan.

Cause we boomers are fucking evil.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 03:03 PM (viF8m)

94 Because I thought it was important - willowed from yesterday:
The educational capture was the masterpiece.
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4 or more years of socialist indoctrination followed by a piece of paper that's worthless. Go to job interview and are totally confused about what you're expected to do, hate the idea of a work schedule, being told what to do, when to do it and when to complete it.

Bail on finding meaningful work and become increasingly pissed off at society. Fall back on your "degree" and join up with like minded people and spend your days protesting. You get free meals, a place to sleep and feel like you're really "sticking it to the man."

There's at least two generations of this festering resentment about to boil over.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 02:39 PM (2Cry5)
==
This is starting to be reversed, and the left will be fighting it to the death.

Posted by: Black JEM at September 13, 2026 03:03 PM (UQRAm)

95 I keep a few suits just in case, heaven forfend, I need to get a job.

I know, it is to laugh. Who would hire me?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 03:03 PM (kpS4V)

96 33 Eventually I realized I didn't care, and if I did I should buy Oxfords.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:23 PM (rbvCR)

Most of mine are Oxfords, but I like a bit of variety, and Oxfords aren't particularly good for more formal dress.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 02:32 PM (k5CNB)

I wear neither Oxfords (actually, I have only one of them) nor blue jeans. All my shirts (and I don't need a lot of them in this casual era) are regular collars which need collar stays - Charles Tyrwhitt are the best, as mentioned by #75. Used to love Oxfords, but I found that the positioning of the buttons and the size of the collars vary widely by maker, and they don't look as great on me as I usually imagine they would.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 13, 2026 03:03 PM (0CU3H)

97 >After I retired I donated all my "good" clothes to one of those nonprofits that helps out young men who are entering the professional workforce, but maybe don't have the resources to by a wardrobe to wear 5 days a week.

That's my plan.

Cause we boomers are fucking evil.
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fist bump

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 03:06 PM (2Cry5)

98 >>Border Czar Tom Homan says Dem Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under criminal investigation by HSI for possible immigration/naturalization fraud. In his answer, he also implies that it could become a denaturalization case.

This is what I voted for.

Now, assuming they do have the goods on her, do they bring this during the election season or right after? Does it drive more R leaning voters to know the Dems are bro-f*cking liars and cheats or more D leaning voters because "muh democracy!"

Posted by: 18-1 at September 13, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)

99 I have 2 suits. 1 I haven't worn in a decade.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 13, 2026 03:10 PM (GquHV)

100 I have some of both GrandPappy’s ties from 30s, 40s, and 50s, and GrandPappy Eromero’s hats, felt and straw. I wear the hats to church.

Posted by: Eromero at September 13, 2026 03:10 PM (LHPAg)

101 Counterfeit, or "reproduction" Zip-Loc closures. Lots of retail food items have them. That's nice, but. But they aren't worth a damn.
-----

AI, and "Chat" with companies is worthless, generally.

If you try to call someone, to talk to a human being or representative to accomplish a task that can't be done online, they will regale you whilst on hold, that they have a website, and you should do that. MFers. If I could get it done online without going through this bullshit, I would have. That's why I'm calling you.

Chat, even if manned by human beings, can never seem to do anything constructive or substantial. Spend 15 minutes, waiting, verifying identity, explaining your problem, and "I Can't Do That". Thanks!

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 03:11 PM (uozx9)

102 >>Now, assuming they do have the goods on her, do they bring this during the election season or right after? Does it drive more R leaning voters to know the Dems are bro-f*cking liars and cheats or more D leaning voters because "muh democracy!"

You answered your own question. Politics ain't all that complicated. Do what you said you were going to do.

>>This is what I voted for.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 03:11 PM (viF8m)

103 I read that the administration wants the 11han Omar situation to NOT appear in anyway, political. It has to be a purely immigration law issue. Otherwise they fear Congress, as a whole, will rally behind the POS Omar and derail getting her ass out of the country.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 03:12 PM (2Cry5)

104 The UNTUCKit store in the moderately upscale outdoor mall near here closed recently. I guess it's not a bad product idea but it was never enough to support a chain of dedicated stand-alone stores.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 03:13 PM (ZOMyU)

105 I deal with the problem by almost never having to wear a necktie any longer. My employer changed the dress standards years ago. So I wear a long-sleeve broadcloth shirt, pressed dress trousers and polished leather dress shoes.

I'm still better dressed than 99% of the engineers -- who look like a bunch of hobos.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at September 13, 2026 03:14 PM (ksbjf)

106 Denaturalize and deport her.
Omar can continue to represent her district.

... from Mogadishu.

Not optimal, but preferable to the present situation.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 03:15 PM (6ydKt)

107 I threw out or donated a bunch of dad's ties and suits that remained after he passed. Everything, except for a Harris tweed that he wore for many years. We used to joke that it was "early Stonehenge" styling. But pretty much impossible to wear out.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 03:16 PM (uozx9)

108 GFY

Posted by: A Bunch of Hobos, But Fashion Forward at September 13, 2026 03:16 PM (wpRMV)

109 Out of fashion nowadays, but the equivalent of collar stays for men is stays in women’s corsets.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 13, 2026 03:17 PM (D7w1V)

110 I read that the administration wants the 11han Omar situation to NOT appear in anyway, political. It has to be a purely immigration law issue. Otherwise they fear Congress, as a whole, will rally behind the POS Omar and derail getting her ass out of the country.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 03:12 PM (2Cry5)

It is an 80-20 issue, that no one wants to touch
but. . .

"Design your action so that your target is forced to make a decision, and all their available options play to you advantage"

and

"When taking on a big and well-known target, it is often the target's reaction to your action that is the key to success. Therefore, anticipate your target's reaction and write that into your script"

Exempting Omar is a losing play. Scotching immigration enforcement is a losing play. Making a law just about Omar will get the Supremes in play and they DO NOT WANT TO PLAY

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 03:18 PM (rbvCR)

111 have some of both GrandPappy’s ties from 30s, 40s, and 50s, and GrandPappy Eromero’s hats, felt and straw. I wear the hats to church.
Posted by: Eromero

Grandpa Aspirin Factory had some nice hats. It finished his suit and it was classy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 13, 2026 03:18 PM (GquHV)

112 rtybhjrtyjbnrty
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Do not take rythjabnarty if you are allergic to rythjabnarty or any of its ingredients. Side effects include headache, blurred vision, spastic typing fingers, and a fanatical devotion to being first.

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 03:19 PM (VHUov)

113 they fear Congress, as a whole, will rally behind the POS Omar and derail getting her ass out of the country
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Any halfway sane country the congress would have expelled her, if not preventing her from being seated in the first place. Clown World

As somebody observed the other day, the left figured out the constitution really is a suicide pact, and they've been making the most of it for decades now

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 03:19 PM (uozx9)

114 The picture doesn't show my problem with them..... if you forget to take them out of your shirt, the washer/dryer folds them into little plastic accordions.

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 03:20 PM (VHUov)

115 Dryer balls solve these problems, supposedly.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 03:22 PM (6ydKt)

116 I took a job with the US Army in 2013. I'd been working for NOAA in California on the Monterey Coast prior to making the move.

Radically different dress codes. I was... unprepared. And ridiculed for years.

I was honestly disappointed shorts and flip flops were frowned upon after wearing them for over a decade.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 03:22 PM (2Cry5)

117 114 The picture doesn't show my problem with them..... if you forget to take them out of your shirt, the washer/dryer folds them into little plastic accordions.
Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 03:20 PM (VHUov)

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That's nothing compared to what a commercial laundry does to them if you forget to take them out.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 03:22 PM (wpRMV)

118 This is the winter of the great suit purge. A career worth of wearing the clown clothes comes to a glorious end.
Posted by: JackStraw at

I did that this spring, having reached fifteen years out. Kept one lighter suit for weddings (guest), and one darker suit for funerals, including mine.
Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 02:45 PM (sl73Y)

I don't even need to wear a suit to be buried. I am authorized to wear the white habit and scapular of the Dominican religious order (I'm a lay brother).

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at September 13, 2026 03:23 PM (ksbjf)

119 I don't even need to wear a suit to be buried. I am authorized to wear the white habit and scapular of the Dominican religious order (I'm a lay brother).

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I just need something fireproof.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 03:25 PM (wpRMV)

120 I was never a Dead-head, but I loved my Jerry Garcia ties.

Speaking of, I need to go clothes shopping again. It's one of my most hated chores, but I'm down to about 3 serviceable ties and maybe 5 pair of appropriate pants.

Posted by: PabloD at September 13, 2026 03:26 PM (aHN1Y)

121 Bills defense still can’t get off the field. My dad kept one grey suit from his IBM days for funerals. I tossed all of my suits from prep school.

Posted by: Accomack at September 13, 2026 03:27 PM (/Chlc)

122 >>I was never a Dead-head

We all make mistakes. You still have time.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 03:27 PM (viF8m)

123 Have turtlenecks entered the conversation?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 03:28 PM (2WIwB)

124 98 >>Border Czar Tom Homan says Dem Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under criminal investigation by HSI for possible immigration/naturalization fraud. In his answer, he also implies that it could become a denaturalization case.

This is what I voted for.

Now, assuming they do have the goods on her, do they bring this during the election season or right after? Does it drive more R leaning voters to know the Dems are bro-f*cking liars and cheats or more D leaning voters because "muh democracy!"

Posted by: 18-1 at September 13, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)


Omar is in the umpteen victimhood category. Rather than trying to deport her and having to fight it all the way to SCOTUS, Trump should play it this way. He loudly proclaims in an Oval Office press event he's going to show mercy to her, not deport her. Only because she is a Member of Congress. From then on, he and every Republican can call Omar the Dem congressman who owes Trump for letting her stay in the country. Despite her being deportable for lying on an immigration form about her second husband's ID because he is actually her brother. A clear-cut deportable offense. I'm sure Trump can can come up with a wicked nickname for her.

Posted by: Gref at September 13, 2026 03:29 PM (5rh/l)

125 Everyone is afraid to step on Muslim 's toes and tje Muslims love it that way.

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 03:29 PM (qEb4U)

126 course almost earned a strip search because I forgot my cell phone in my shirt pocket triggered the sensor as much as the keys in my pocket and belt buckle.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:55 PM

Wow! I never thought about that.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 13, 2026 03:30 PM (ao+in)

127 Cicero, lol.

I'll probably get cremated when the time comes.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 13, 2026 03:30 PM (aJQbY)

128 Appropos of nothing, in the last couple years I've noticed some people try to argue - in light of how expensive fast food has become - that fast food "is supposed to be cheap", which I never found to be the case, but not only that, it was (they claim) cheaper to eat out at regular restaurants than prepare meals at home.

If that were ever true, nobody would have cooked at home in the first place. When I was a little kid we went out to a regular restaurant maybe a half dozen times a year. Probably not even that. It was a big deal, because we had to get dressed up, I probably had to take a bath.

McDonald's was a treat, because it involved relaxed grooming standards, just hop in the car with Dad and go pick it up. We did that about a half dozen times a year, maybe.

Parents in those days might have went out a bit more often, but generally feeding the family was not done at Burger King or McDonalds. Not even close. If it were cheaper - they would have done that, LOL.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 03:30 PM (uozx9)

129 Do any First Worlders wear UNTUCKit shirts? I shan't believe that. Shan't.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 13, 2026 03:30 PM (bX16E)

130 Jack Straw at #24: Thank you for that. What a beautiful two-minute intermission for the afternoon.

Posted by: Wenda at September 13, 2026 03:30 PM (WBjaU)

131 For all the he men out there--When someone uses the word pedicure, that means cutting back your toenails.
Yeah, like when we get our pocket knife out and cut back our toenails when they get a bit too long. Can you believe some people PAY to have this done? First world indeed.

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 03:31 PM (xJpuh)

132 glurp gleep glop

Posted by: Paul...who likes the flavor of his dog's excrement at September 13, 2026 03:31 PM (qIJYa)

133 After I retired, I got rid of all my suits, then most of my dress clothes, then most of my casual stuff too except for a couple of jeans and t-shirts. Eventually I will just wander around Wally World in crocs and an adult diaper and maybe a hoodie.

No one will notice.

Posted by: Overdressed at September 13, 2026 03:32 PM (cCXR+)

134 My favorite tie was a black one with the prism from Dark Side of the Moon printed on it. Being in IT all my professional 38 years working... I had one or two that had printed circuit board motifs.

Worked through the paisley, the stripes, the floral, the solid, the knits, the thin, the wide.... all those.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 03:33 PM (2Cry5)

135 Common Tater, they are mixing it up with the fact that fast food should be meaningfully cheaper than sit-down restaurant food. I cast my mind back to our poor days as children and realize we only went out to eat once every few months. I wonder if, after adjusting for inflation's ratios, today's "a week's meals for 1-2 fast food meals" is the kind of thing we had back then too... and I don't know because as a kid I never saw the prices, just the food.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 13, 2026 03:34 PM (aJQbY)

136 >>Jack Straw at #24: Thank you for that. What a beautiful two-minute intermission for the afternoon.

I usually hate when some "artist" sings the national anthem or America the Beautiful but I thought he did a great job. If I could sing like that I would never have had to wear a suit.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 03:34 PM (viF8m)

137 When I first moved to California it took me a year to notice I was the only one at work wearing a suit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 03:35 PM (RIvkX)

138 Those Barney Miller ties of the 70's were an abomination.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 13, 2026 03:35 PM (GquHV)

139 I gave up and use paperclips. Just remember to take them out it the outline of a paperclip gets pressed into your shirt.

Posted by: BenMSYS at September 13, 2026 03:36 PM (vR93T)

140 Welp, it's time to deploy the dinghy to figure out why the motor likes to stall at inopportune times.

Later gators.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 03:36 PM (wpRMV)

141 I wore ties for a few years because I had to but as soon as I didn't anymore I got rid of them. What are they for anyway? The are just a dumb fashion thing.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 03:36 PM (MWfyi)

142 Jack Straw at #24: Thank you for that. What a beautiful two-minute intermission for the afternoon.
Posted by: Wenda

Agreed! The man can sing, doesn't mess with the pacing too much, and sings the 2nd verse! (Would love to hear him do *all* the verses)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 13, 2026 03:37 PM (aJQbY)

143 128 Appropos of nothing, in the last couple years I've noticed some people try to argue - in light of how expensive fast food has become - that fast food "is supposed to be cheap", which I never found to be the case, but not only that, it was (they claim) cheaper to eat out at regular restaurants than prepare meals at home. [...]

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 03:30 PM (uozx9)

I do not recall anyone making the claim that it was cheaper than eating at home. I do recall the claim being that it was cheaper than eating at the diners and restaurants, which was (and for the most part still is) true.

Posted by: goozer at September 13, 2026 03:38 PM (eTh1u)

144
I have two types of ties. There are the ones for church and there are ones for dog shows, which are patterned with dog motifs. They are frequently the occasion for compliments.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 03:39 PM (eRlcH)

145
Combining CBD two threads so far-

The KSA is the military equivalent of UNTUCKit collar stays.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 03:41 PM (iJfKG)

146 Worked through the paisley, the stripes, the floral, the solid, the knits, the thin, the wide.... all those.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Some of the wider ones from the seventies were almost wide enough to be used as a tablecloth. LOL

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 03:43 PM (lJ0H4)

147 Won't you STAY, just a little bit longer....

Posted by: Jackson Brownie at September 13, 2026 03:45 PM (Fn+3X)

148
4 or more years of socialist indoctrination followed by a piece of paper that's worthless. Go to job interview and are totally confused about what you're expected to do, hate the idea of a work schedule, being told what to do, when to do it and when to complete it.

___________

I am amazed at the number of posts I see saying that a 40-hour-week office job is like Auschwitz.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 03:46 PM (eRlcH)

149 So...
Full Windsor knot or half Windsor?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 03:46 PM (2WIwB)

150 This used to be a decent blog, before they started catering to these people in jackets and ties!

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi at September 13, 2026 03:47 PM (Fn+3X)

151 Won't you STAY, just a little bit longer....
Posted by: Jackson Brownie

Ahem..

Posted by: Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs at September 13, 2026 03:49 PM (lJ0H4)

152 I pay a Chinaman to handle my shirts. She's on a DEPORT list, so prices are low.

Posted by: Hong Chinee Hand Laundry at September 13, 2026 03:49 PM (Fn+3X)

153 Keep hearing new graduates want top dollar 20 year experience pay

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 03:49 PM (qEb4U)

154
Full Windsor knot or half Windsor?
Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 03:46 PM (2WIwB)

________

Full. Half Windsor is fundamentally unserious.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 03:49 PM (eRlcH)

155 they are mixing it up with the fact that fast food should be meaningfully cheaper than sit-down restaurant food.
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That might be part of it for sure. But I've read three different claims from people in widely different forums that it used to be cheaper to eat out at restaurants than cook at home. I can't see how that would ever be the case on any sort of extended basis. Again, if it were, then nobody would have cooked at home, ever.

The big draw, as I recall, if I didn't realize it at the time was giving dear old Mom a break once in a while, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 03:50 PM (uozx9)

156 Hell, if you must wear a tie, get a clip on. Life doesn't have to be complicated.

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 03:51 PM (xJpuh)

157 If you need to undergird with underwire, things are dire, indeed.

Posted by: Speaker Emerita at September 13, 2026 03:51 PM (Fn+3X)

158 I know a fast food burger was 8 to 10 cents, while a sit down restaurant burger was 35-45 cents in 1968.
Low end was a Howdy's and Ho Jo's, high end was McDonalds and Bergsons.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 03:51 PM (sl73Y)

159 Wide lapels, wide ties, just looked goofy. Even in the 70s, even at the time. Mercifully it didn't last forever.

In recent years suit styles have trended towards the "hand me down" look, where they appear to be a couple sizes too small. That looks unnecessarily weird to me as well.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 03:52 PM (uozx9)

160 On the other hand, a Half-Nelson is fundamentally painful.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 03:53 PM (6ydKt)

161 Jack Straw,

If you could sing like that you'd be wearing very formal suits to sing at the White House.

Posted by: Wenda at September 13, 2026 03:53 PM (WBjaU)

162 I am amazed at the number of posts I see saying that a 40-hour-week office job is like Auschwitz.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Spoiled they are.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 03:53 PM (lJ0H4)

163 I don't think you can buy an extra BBQ sauce for anything less than .50 cents these days.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 03:54 PM (6ydKt)

164 "Deploy the dinghy" sounds very naughty.

Posted by: The Vulgar Boatman.. at September 13, 2026 03:54 PM (Fn+3X)

165 Dryer balls solve these problems, supposedly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 03:22 PM (6ydKt)

Gold Bond, right.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 03:54 PM (rbvCR)

166 I know a fast food burger was 8 to 10 cents, while a sit down restaurant burger was 35-45 cents in 1968
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But then, how much was a pound of ground beef? The nice thing about fast food wasn't that it was less expensive, it was tasty and ready to go, and no dishes to wash or kitchen clean up. But nobody ever claimed it was cheaper than eating at home until recently. It's just weird to hear people say something like that.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 03:54 PM (uozx9)

167 FWP: When you need a dremel to trim you toenails. I keeps the blood from leaking out.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 13, 2026 03:58 PM (5C90x)

168 There are a lot of the online complaints about fast food prices around here.

But what's worse, was the constant begging for money. Money for food, for gas, for rent, for.... whatever. Hundreds of posts, most behind a fake name, over and over and over.

I'd get flamed to no end pointing out they have money for a cell phone and the connectivity to beg online, so maybe use that money to buy food instead of posting shit.

Reality sucks for these people.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 03:58 PM (2Cry5)

169 Speaking of dingy deployment, next weekend is the annual Newport Boat Show.

The stuff of dreams.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 03:58 PM (viF8m)

170 Have turtlenecks entered the conversation?
Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 03:28 PM (2WIwB)

you can make a very nice neck gaiter from the sleeve off of an old tee-shirt, you just need to sacrifice one of a color you like to cut up. It needs to be long enough to tuck into your jacket collar in front and back, and watch out if you use a pocket tee. (Though it might be good to have some spare place to hold your glasses and a couple ball point pens)

Also, I suggest you use one of your own shirts because every time you wear it you are essentially shoving your nose into an armpit, and it seems less offensive to me to use my own shirts.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 03:59 PM (rbvCR)

171 I remember not too long ago when you could get a fast food sandwich, fries, drink for around $7.50 with tax.

Now it's regularly double that.

There was never a time when you could eat for less money outside the home, unless by meal you mean a Coke and a pack of crackers.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)

172 The Western world has lost sight of the importance of quality collar stays, and that way lies madness!

Posted by: CBD at 01:55 PM

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Spats at September 13, 2026 04:01 PM (4NO2D)

173 > There was never a time when you could eat for less money outside the home, unless by meal you mean a Coke and a pack of crackers.
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RC cola and a pack of cigs. No need for food. At least for a couple hours.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 04:02 PM (2Cry5)

174 Full Windsor knot or half Windsor?
Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 03:46 PM (2WIwB)

Four in hand. Windsors are for people who care.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 04:02 PM (rbvCR)

175
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?
Mr. McGuire: There's a great future in plastics.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 04:03 PM (XeU6L)

176 thing about fast food wasn't that it was less expensive, it was tasty and ready to go, and no dishes to wash or kitchen clean up. But nobody ever claimed it was cheaper than eating at home until recently. It's just weird to hear people say something like that.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 03:54 PM

It's a lie people tell themselves to get out of cooking and dishwashing. I helped a pal sort out his receipts and figure out a budget. He discovered his grocery spending would be 25% cheaper without pre-prepared foods ... and snacks like chips and cookies. The groceries were noticeably more expensive"snacky" when his son did the shopping.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 13, 2026 04:03 PM (ao+in)

177 FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 04:03 PM (qEb4U)

178 Remember this moment. It might never come again your lifetime.

The New York Jets are in 1st place.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 04:04 PM (viF8m)

179 Full Windsor knot or half Windsor?
Posted by: Diogenes
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Reverse half-Windsor

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 04:04 PM (XeU6L)

180 In recent years suit styles have trended towards the "hand me down" look, where they appear to be a couple sizes too small. That looks unnecessarily weird to me as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 03:52 PM (uozx9)

I have often said the best fit says, "I normally wear body armor under this"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 04:04 PM (rbvCR)

181 Way back, the Steer In. Great burgers & fries, but busted for kangaroo meat.

Posted by: Pay or don't, your choice at September 13, 2026 04:06 PM (NFX2v)

182 Another first world problem:
I read some guide that was describing "proper male grooming." Among the gems was the ability to tie a necktie. OK, fair enough - but the author stated that the point of the necktie should just brush the top of the man's belt.

WRONG! Everyone KNOWS that the point of the necktie should just brush the BOTTOM of the man's belt.

I don't know how I can ever bear to go outside again.

Posted by: NeighSayer at September 13, 2026 04:09 PM (bufu1)

183 Full Windsor knot or half Windsor?

Full Windsor for silk or similarly thin fabric. Reversed Half Windsor for heavier fabric. Four In Hand is for school boys.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 04:09 PM (vTZFs)

184
Full Windsor for silk or similarly thin fabric. Reversed Half Windsor for heavier fabric. Four In Hand is for school boys.
Posted by: Oddbob
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This is true.The knot chosen is dependant upon collar, and tie material.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 04:16 PM (XeU6L)

185 Easy fix. Starch your collars. Heavy starch.
Posted by: Gref at September 13, 2026 02:04 PM (5rh/l)

What's a collar?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 04:55 PM (1z8ji)

186 Not that they would have been a great investment, but Rush Limbaugh No Boundaries Ties sell for good money on eBay.

Posted by: The 90s Called.. at September 13, 2026 04:56 PM (Fn+3X)

187 Laser cut your own out of metal, or have a company do it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 13, 2026 06:56 PM (O7YUW)

188 It used to be that you would go to a men's dress shop for tailored wear that had kits that included metal collar stays accompanied with cuff links and a tie chain.
Brooks Brothers comes to mind.
They also had a humidor cigar room with leather chairs to pass the time while the tailor performed his magic.
This service was available to anyone regardless of class.
Not so much anymore.

Posted by: John at September 13, 2026 10:42 PM (9NUKl)

189 Don't buy garbage brands of shirts...

Posted by: Lt. York at September 13, 2026 11:36 PM (85XFA)

190 There’s also the issue of collar fabric being too thin, and insufficient stitching as well, which causes tears in the fabric due to the collar stays!

Posted by: MN_Native1 at September 14, 2026 12:46 PM (nG1f0)

Saudi Arabia Is Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place...Oh Well!

Saudi Arabia's security and territorial integrity are inviolable, Prince Faisal declares at BRICS Summit

Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan emphasized that Saudi Arabia’s security, territorial integrity, and resources are inviolable. Addressing the 18th BRICS Summit meetings at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Sunday, the foreign minister emphasized that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states will not accept targeting of their territories or vital facilities, under any pretext or justification.

Prince Faisal said that the ongoing escalation in the region is contributing to an expansion of the scope of confrontation and increasing the risks threatening regional and international security and stability. He emphasized that priority must be given to de-escalation and to paving the way for political and diplomatic efforts.


Except...None of that is true. The Saudis have been unwilling to do what is necessary to end the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and the petroleum and other commerce that moves through the Gulf of Aden. They have punted again and again, and even in the face of attacks on Saudi Arabia itself has been curiously reticent, no doubt because they want someone else (read: the USA) to deal with the problem.

They have a large active-duty armed forces, modern weaponry, and the backing of the world. Yet they can't manage to tamp down the Houthis?

Why is that?

First...The Saudi armed forces are long on weaponry and short on fighting spirit. Second...Saudi Arabia loves to talk and negotiate and play the typical Arab long game. But the Houthis don't do any of that. Third...The Houthis are supported by Iran, and Saudi Arabia is ambivalent about Iran. Yes, they are afraid of Iran's nuclear and regional ambitions, but direct confrontation is not in their DNA. Fourth...The Houthis are tough fighters who are good at guerilla warfare and are holed up in the mountains. Beating them requires well-trained troops and the political will to complete the job...neither of which is in evidence in KSA.

And now there have been attacks from Iraq (probably on Houthi authority) on the alternative pipelines that bypass the Strait of Hormuz and send oil to the Red Sea. KSA has shut down those pipelines temporarily, but the attack sends a message that Saudi Arabia is no longer fighting on one front.

Years of accommodation to the various Islamist factions, both inside and outside of Saudi Arabia has created a massive network of quasi-government actors that have no fear of KSA, and are willing to act in their own best interests, knowing that Saudi vacillation, negotiation, and ultimately settlement will protect them.

And it couldn't have happened to a worse country. Remember, Saudi Arabia was the source of 15 of the 19 9/11 terrorists, and there is ample evidence of internal involvement.

So...man up Saudi Arabia! It's your problem, and it is my most fervent hope that President Trump tells them to deal with it, because we won't!

Posted by: CBD at 12:05 PM




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1 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 12:09 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Buy popcorn

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 12:11 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudis. As was bin-Laden. Let them suffer.

Posted by: Cosda at September 13, 2026 12:12 PM (/TnVC)

4 The Saudis have not yet mastered crowd control for the Hajj. A modern military campaign is probably well beyond their abilities.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 12:14 PM (wpRMV)

5 This is what a (bizarre analogy) Byzantine royal family creates: everyone is afraid of what another branch of the family might be up to and nobody wants the military, probably under a particular branch of the family but too lazy to do the research, to have a seat at the table. Not sure it's fighting spirit or a short leash.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 12:14 PM (NcvvS)

6 Something else last night Mohammed bin Salman making some kind of 'other' arrangements that undermine instituting the Abraham Accords.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:15 PM (3oLMy)

7 The saudis are fat, lazy, oversexed bastards. Half of their country's population is imported labor, tells you all you need to know about them. Peacocks. Between them and the kuwaitis, I would not piss on them if their were on fire. Saddam was right to stomp a mud hole in the kuwaitis.

Also, why have the saudis gotten away with being a monarchy all these years? It's 2026, where is the call for democracy and elections in the kingdom?

Posted by: Saudis Are Dirt Bags at September 13, 2026 12:18 PM (cCXR+)

8 >>Saudi Arabia Is Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place...Oh Well!

Purely for humour: worked with a bunch of guys who could spit out a sarcastic 'Oh well!' with the best of them. One fine day, an older lady who worked with us, sorta, said, 'I hate it when you say 'Oh well'!' The two of us who were just outside her office looked at each other, grinned, turned to her, and said, 'OH WELL!'.

She was a little pissed about it.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 12:19 PM (NcvvS)

9 The Saudi armed forces are long on weaponry and short on fighting spirit.
Sums it up nicely.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 12:20 PM (2WIwB)

10 One would think that the Grand Mufti might have learned a thing or two about military organization from his buddy Adolph and passed it on to his successors.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 12:22 PM (wpRMV)

11 Saudi Arabia ain't gonna do squat.

Their entire world view is to use slave labor to take care of the dirty work.

Also, the Arabs are raiders and thieves.

Sure, they can be fearsome when they want to be--they conquered a lot of the Middle East and North Africa at one time--but they really don't embrace the "warrior ethos" that the United States military does.

(The Europeans used to have a similar ethos, but not so much any more.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 12:22 PM (FZ29D)

12 ...
“The Houthis called us, and they don’t want to fight with us,” Trump told reporters. “They don’t want us to go after them.”

He added that “everything’s gonna work out fine and dandy” in the region.

According to US outlet Axios, bin Salman called Trump twice on Thursday to request US strikes on the Houthis, but the American president declined.
...
“They would much prefer not having us ​involved, and they’re letting most ships ​go ⁠through. There’s just one country that they’re not too happy with, and we’ll get ⁠that straightened ​out,” Trump said.
_timesOfIsrael

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:23 PM (3oLMy)

13
I read that during the recent Houthi advance to the Red Sea in Yemen, the Saudis did not embed Saudi forward air controllers with the Yemeni government forces, rendering Saudi air power largely irrelevant. Their fancy expensive military planes just sat it out. The Saudis kill act like they really don't want to win.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 13, 2026 12:23 PM (lsrsS)

14
The Saudis will fight to the last drop of someone else's blood.

Eurotrash sneer at Americans as trailer trash that won a billion dollar lottery prize. But, of course, we worked and built what we had. Without foreigners to develop anything, MENA would remain a wasteland populated by left-hand ass wipers.

Posted by: Leon Trotsky at September 13, 2026 12:25 PM (eRlcH)

15 Morning all! Took alleve last night, nearly overslept, just got back from church and grocery shopping.

The Saudi armed forces are long on weaponry and short on fighting spirit.
Sums it up nicely.
Posted by: Diogenes

Indeed. No loot, no courage. Perhaps that is too dismissive but it seems to track with history to a point.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 13, 2026 12:25 PM (aJQbY)

16
/sock

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 12:26 PM (eRlcH)

17 This is not good.. Add in the rise in fuel prices and the threatened rise in Interest rates and our Mid-term prospects are not looking too promising....

Posted by: It's me donna at September 13, 2026 12:26 PM (+gK6I)

18 The saudis are fat, lazy, oversexed bastards. Half of their country's population is imported labor, tells you all you need to know
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Now do the U.S.A.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 12:27 PM (uozx9)

19 Can we ban the export of crude oil and force the seven sisters to build more light sweet refineries?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 12:28 PM (5Go8e)

20 17 This is not good.. Add in the rise in fuel prices and the threatened rise in Interest rates and our Mid-term prospects are not looking too promising....

Posted by: It's me donna
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Cheer up, we're winning.
Don't be downa donna.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:29 PM (3oLMy)

21
Took Her Majesty to the airport this morning, then proceeded directly to church for the 8:30 Mass. Very different congregation than my usual 7:00, younger and with more kids.

I actually sat up toward the front today - on a chair on the side, since I can't kneel any longer - whereas I usually sit on a bench in the back.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 12:29 PM (eRlcH)

22 19 Can we ban the export of crude oil and force the seven sisters to build more light sweet refineries?

Posted by: Boss Moss
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Counter productive

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:30 PM (3oLMy)

23 A new Houthi social-media campaign features fighters overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait while threatening Saudi Arabia and boasting of control over Red Sea shipping.

One fighter declares that no Saudi ship — “not even a Saudi nail” — will pass until the siege on Yemen is lifted

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:32 PM (3oLMy)

24 I don't trust the Arabs one bit. But then I don't trust half of my own country either. And Canada is right out. At least some Mexicans are good people.

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 12:32 PM (xJpuh)

25 BRICS is who... Brazil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, or something like that? Have I got that wrong?

Posted by: dantesed at September 13, 2026 12:34 PM (Oy/m2)

26 I don't trust them at all..we could do without Mecca and all it means

Posted by: night lifted at September 13, 2026 12:34 PM (kJmLc)

27 The Saudi Royal Guard is an exception, but small.
Protection >> power projection.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 12:35 PM (u82oZ)

28
BRICS is who... Brazil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, or something like that? Have I got that wrong?
Posted by: dantesed at September 13, 2026 12:34 PM (Oy/m2)

Brazil, Russia, India, China, South America.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 12:35 PM (eRlcH)

29 Not so easy for Iran and Saudi to get at each other.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 12:36 PM (5Go8e)

30
Sorry, South Africa. Now also includes Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 12:37 PM (eRlcH)

31 The only reason Saudi Arabia mattered for decades is the geological accident that they were sitting on top of huge amounts of oil reserves. Because of fracking and other technologies we have more now than they do…. If they had any brains they’d be fighting Iran. I don’t much care if they’re uncomfortable

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 13, 2026 12:37 PM (M+uMR)

32 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 12:35 PM (eRlcH)

Thanks for the info.

Posted by: dantesed at September 13, 2026 12:37 PM (Oy/m2)

33 They are all moslems! Their favorite saying is something like, "Me and my brother against our cousin; me and my cousin against the world." Of course the saudi moslems aren't going to war with their houthi moslem brothers. They aren't going to war with their iranian moslem cousins, either. They'll let that dirty job for the infidel dogs, the kuffars, viz., us, if we're stupid enough to oblige. Bush played that game as did Obama (boy, did he ever!) and even now, Trump is going along with it to the extent necessary to smash iran. But he has seen that the saudis have no gratitude and he has scaled back his support for them.

Posted by: Steve (Retired/recovering lawyer) at September 13, 2026 12:37 PM (nq64t)

34
In short, those nations that are Countries of the Future and always will be.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 12:38 PM (eRlcH)

35
Also, the Arabs are raiders and thieves.

Sure, they can be fearsome when they want to be--they conquered a lot of the Middle East and North Africa at one time--but they really don't embrace the "warrior ethos" that the United States military does.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

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This is what puzzles me a little. Raiders and thieves may be true, but someone sure expanded from that crummy peninsula across North Africa, up the Iberian Peninsula, up the Caucasus, all over the Sasanian Empire, etc etc. They grow up learning about "the openings," with their little history books full of drawings of guys brandishing their sabers as they ride horseback.

Oh well, if we're talking about the loss of some ancient fighting spirit, I could say similar things of a few European countries.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 12:38 PM (mmrXZ)

36 Brazil, Russia, India, China, South America.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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How many people were saying, BRICS were going to break the American Petro Dollar; that Benjamin would no longer be reserve currency? Boo Hoo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:39 PM (3oLMy)

37 Above all, the Saudis, just like the rest of the Arab world, are a bunch of lazy assholes that expect everyone else to do their work for them, as has been their custom for centuries.

"Inshallah."

Posted by: ballistic at September 13, 2026 12:39 PM (oqH4h)

38 >>> 28
BRICS is who... Brazil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, or something like that? Have I got that wrong?
Posted by: dantesed at September 13, 2026 12:34 PM (Oy/m2)

Brazil, Russia, India, China, South America.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 12:35 PM (eRlcH)

South Africa iirc.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 12:39 PM (+fdRY)

39 Saudis foster Wahhabism, they are their own and the normals issue.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 12:40 PM (NnhvP)

40 Hello?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 12:40 PM (5Go8e)

41 Saudi Arabia is worried about their long term security and financial health?


Oh no!

Anyway. Fuck them.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 12:41 PM (XNYK+)

42 >>>Oh well, if we're talking about the loss of some ancient fighting spirit, I could say similar things of a few European countries.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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It's possible that it was another group of Islamist's not Arabs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:41 PM (3oLMy)

43 The Saudis fought the Houthis before during the civil war in Yemen that started when Obama was in office.

They launched a bunch of airstrikes, even sent in some troops at one point, IIRC.

The Saudis have launched strikes against the Houthis several times over the course of this war with Iran, every time the Houthis launch missiles at Saudi oilfields, etc.

The Crown Prince is worried about things getting out of hand and he’ll have to get involved in a real war instead of tit for tat rockets & missiles.
Thats’s what it looks like to me, anyhow.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 12:42 PM (6ydKt)

44
why have the saudis gotten away with being a monarchy all these years? It's 2026, where is the call for democracy and elections in the kingdom?
Posted by: Saudis Are Dirt Bags

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There are calls, but... what do you think they (and the world) would get if there were elections? Princes elbowing each other out of the way is probably cleaner politics than what we've got in California.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 12:42 PM (mmrXZ)

45 .... and I'm slow.


While I think our shit-for-brains bureaucrats have overused "sanctions" and such, I also think BRIC should have left off that last letter - it sounds *so* much less impressive when you have All These Guys and then... South Africa.

Really???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 12:42 PM (+fdRY)

46 11 member states 10 partners. Fingers Crossed.


Member States: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.Partner Countries: Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 12:43 PM (5Go8e)

47
It's possible that it was another group of Islamist's not Arabs.

Posted by: Braenyard

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The first big expansion ended about 750. They were Arabs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 12:43 PM (mmrXZ)

48 31 The only reason Saudi Arabia mattered for decades is the geological accident that they were sitting on top of huge amounts of oil reserves. Because of fracking and other technologies we have more now than they do…. If they had any brains they’d be fighting Iran. I don’t much care if they’re uncomfortable
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 13, 2026 12:37 PM (M+uMR)
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Great point! I'd much rather our resources go to developing our petroleum industry stateside than having to go play Daddy to a bunch of tribes that have been at war with one another and with everyone else for centuries just so the monarchs can keep their private jumbo jets and cocaine/hooker habits funded.

Posted by: ballistic at September 13, 2026 12:43 PM (oqH4h)

49 When you've lost Uganda.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 12:44 PM (5Go8e)

50
I see the Houthis are getting ready to become a nuisance. Ones the US Marines in theater can eradicate, esp. on that island they took over.

Can we flood the area with broadband jamming?

I prefer a stealth approach led by Marine Force Recon and SEALS, then get all the electronic data, Make sure there are only two survivors for rigorous interrogation, followed by removal of all our forces.

Without publicity. Let the world wonder. Better that way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 12:44 PM (u82oZ)

51 40 Hello?
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 12:40 PM (5Go8e)

Is it me you’re looking for?
https://youtu.be/mHONNcZbwDY

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 12:46 PM (6ydKt)

52
How many people were saying, BRICS were going to break the American Petro Dollar; that Benjamin would no longer be reserve currency? Boo Hoo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:39 PM (3oLMy)

Brazil will never amount to anything. Russia is going down the tubes. The future of China is gloomy. A good chunk of South Africa's blacks wish the whites were still running things. Among them, only India has a chance but they have a long way to go to break through their social and moral morass.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 12:46 PM (eRlcH)

53 Hey Salty!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 13, 2026 12:46 PM (Rln0i)

54
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South America.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates

wrong south...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 12:47 PM (NnhvP)

55
So the lifeblood of the civilized world has to either flow past the Iranians (ships) or under the Saudis (pipeline)? Now there's a predicament.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 12:47 PM (mmrXZ)

56 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Sorry as well I see you caught it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 12:47 PM (NnhvP)

57
wrong south...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 13, 2026 12:47 PM (NnhvP)

*huffs indignantly*

I corrected it!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 12:48 PM (eRlcH)

58 Resource surveys done in the 1960s showed the U.S.A. has proven reserves of coal, oil, gas, etc to last for centuries.

Why not use our own resources? The government ran out of gold by 1968 trying to defend the $35 currency peg, I think the middle east arrangements making the dollar the "reserve currency" for worldwide oil transactions, aka petrodollar was part of the deal with purchasing Saudi oil, and certain defense agreements. I think that's what Nixon and Kissinger and that gang accomplished.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 12:48 PM (uozx9)

59
Without publicity. Let the world wonder. Better that way.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

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Do we get to keep something?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 12:48 PM (mmrXZ)

60 Hello?
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 12:40 PM (5Go8e)

Is it me you’re looking for?
https://youtu.be/mHONNcZbwDY
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 12:46 PM (6ydKt)
___

lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 13, 2026 12:48 PM (Rln0i)

61 The Umayyad Caliphate's forces, led by the general Tariq ibn Ziyad and later Musa ibn Nusayr, conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century, establishing Muslim rule known as al-Andalus.
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GPT-5.6Luna
They were Muslims of more than one ethnic background, mainly:

Berbers (Amazigh) from North Africa—Tariq ibn Ziyad, the commander who led the first major invasion in 711, was probably Berber.
Arabs from the Umayyad Caliphate—Musa ibn Nusayr, Tariq’s superior, was Arab, and later reinforcements included many Arab troops.
So they were not a separate religion “from Islam.” Islam was their religion; Arab and Berber described their ethnic or cultural origins. The conquest was carried out under the Arab-led Umayyad Caliphate, but a large portion of the soldiers were Berbers from North Africa.
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So it was the Berbers. Same one's our Marines fought in Tripoli.
Same one's that enslaved white Europeans and Americans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:49 PM (3oLMy)

62 Thx CBD.
You'd think that with their money the Saudis would hire a mercenary force to deal with the Houthis.
Oh , wait. Would that be us?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 13, 2026 12:49 PM (N2HNb)

63 South America, South Africa.
Tomatoes, Tomahtos.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 12:49 PM (6ydKt)

64 {{{Smh}}}

May you get a slightly used M-1 AFV in you front yard for Christmas. Plus needed parts and a passel of ammo.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 12:49 PM (u82oZ)

65 So the lifeblood of the civilized world has to either flow past the Iranians (ships) or under the Saudis (pipeline)? Now there's a predicament.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 12:47 PM (mmrXZ)

Mostly the lifeblood of Europe and parts of Asia.
Which both sucks for them and is a profit for oil producers that are not transiting Hormuz, the Gulf of Aden or Saudi Arabia

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 12:49 PM (rbvCR)

66 There are calls, but... what do you think they (and the world) would get if there were elections? Princes elbowing each other out of the way is probably cleaner politics than what we've got in California.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 12:42 PM (mmrXZ)

I have no great love for the House of Saud - but it's probably one of the most well run and stable governments in the Arab World. The tribalist societies cannot manage democratic structures in any form, so the only chance of stability is some kind of autocratic regime. I think Monarchy is a bit more stable and respectable than dictatorship, such as in Algeria and Egypt.

Our greatest long term mistake in Iraq and Afghanistan was convincing ourselves that the people there were capable of western political institutions.


Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 12:50 PM (edUvp)

67 Most Americans have no idea what that meant. One thing it has done, is give the ability for the government to "export" monetary inflation, as historically there was a huge demand for dollars outside the US, that circulate permanently outside the US. If you think inflation is bad, it would, and could, be exponentially worse.

If say, Peru wanted to purchase oil from Elbonia, they used US dollars to settle the trade. Oil was denominated in and traded or settled in US dollars.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 12:51 PM (uozx9)

68 Smell the Glove

Guess who paid for a lot of GW 1?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 12:51 PM (u82oZ)

69 So the lifeblood of the civilized world has to either flow past the Iranians (ships) or under the Saudis (pipeline)? Now there's a predicament.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 12:47 PM (mmrXZ)
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It does make it easier to understand why Jesus Christ was born in the Middle East.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 13, 2026 12:51 PM (Rln0i)

70 @68 yup, the Bushes have to keep their oil money coming

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 13, 2026 12:52 PM (N2HNb)

71 lol
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 13, 2026 12:48 PM (Rln0i)

They’d put Lionel Richie in jail for stalking a blind woman today.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 12:52 PM (6ydKt)

72 Brazil will never amount to anything. Russia is going down the tubes. The future of China is gloomy. A good chunk of South Africa's blacks wish the whites were still running things. Among them, only India has a chance but they have a long way to go to break through their social and moral morass.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2026 12:46 PM (eRlcH)

I recall someone important said decades ago that Brazil is the Great Country of the Future - and always will be.
And I'll start thinking more highly of India when they finally master the Great Mysteries of modern sewage systems.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 12:52 PM (edUvp)

73 no Saudi ship — “not even a Saudi nail” — will pass until the siege on Yemen is lifted
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That's an interesting statement. Houtis preceeded the Saudis.
Is it possible that, if the Saudis left Yemen undisturbed and Iran stopped funding fools, that the Houthi problem would disappear?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:53 PM (3oLMy)

74 May you get a slightly used M-1 AFV in you front yard for Christmas. Plus needed parts and a passel of ammo.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 12:49 PM (u82oZ)
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lol

As someone who had to maintain all the test equipment just to run diagnostics on the Abrams, mush less the actual parts just for the turret alone...yeah, don't think Santa will be that generous this Christmas.

But a girl can dream.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 13, 2026 12:54 PM (Rln0i)

75 True, Saudi Arabia has a lot of influence because of the petrodollar.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 12:55 PM (6ydKt)

76 "Everything that guy just said is bullshit." Thank you Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinnie.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 13, 2026 12:55 PM (wxsGM)

77 They’d put Lionel Richie in jail for stalking a blind woman today.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 12:52 PM (6ydKt)
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I was never a fan of the video, and that kinda tainted my view of the song, to this day.

Definitely creep vibes then, and now.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 13, 2026 12:55 PM (Rln0i)

78 And I'll start thinking more highly of India when they finally master the Great Mysteries of modern sewage systems.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Interesting country; it's got 2 official languages 2 unofficial languages and 23 other languages. It wasn't a country until Britain got hold of it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:56 PM (3oLMy)

79 I suspect Trump is going to slow walk any move by the US to do anything about the Houthi. What they have done is a huge problem for Europe and the Saudi's, but not so much for the US. And they're supposedly trying to damage Israel, and it doesn't hurt them at all.

I think Trump has been pretty pissed at the way the Saudi's to set their obviously worthless Mecca Accord with Turkey and Pakistan, while ignoring the Abraham Accord that Trump was trying to get them to sign on to. Well, now they can twist in the wind and ponder the error of their ways while Trump kicks back and whistles dixie. And the pain that the Euro's are going to feel is just sweet icing on the cake.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 12:57 PM (edUvp)

80 @44. "Cleaner politics than we have in California."

Any politics anywhere is cleaner than California. That whole state needs to be in jail

Posted by: Case at September 13, 2026 12:57 PM (xJpuh)

81 Interesting country; it's got 2 official languages 2 unofficial languages and 23 other languages. It wasn't a country until Britain got hold of it.

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Alexander would have whipped it into shape had he lived longer.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 12:58 PM (wpRMV)

82 I was never a fan of the video, and that kinda tainted my view of the song, to this day.

Definitely creep vibes then, and now.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 13, 2026 12:55 PM (Rln0i)

I liked Lionel, and the Commodores. It is a nice little love song, but that video was weird to me even as a kid. Dancing on the Ceiling was much better.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 12:59 PM (6ydKt)

83 We've already made a deal to let all of the somali pirates into our country, maybe we should make a deal with the Houthi and give them a stake in wisconsin. Democrats could make that happen.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 13, 2026 12:59 PM (5C90x)

84 Tom Servo

Only the Polish have a large enough military to win against the Houthi's, even for the island in the Red Sea.
Alas, the entire EU does not have enough lift and logistics to move against north Yemen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 01:01 PM (u82oZ)

85 The Crown Prince is worried about things getting out of hand and he’ll have to get involved in a real war instead of tit for tat rockets & missiles.
Thats’s what it looks like to me, anyhow.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 12:42 PM (6ydKt)

It's commonly said that the Monarchy loves to buy fancy weapons and to create a palace guard that looks great on paper, but they're terrified of actually creating an effective Army. Because a talented general with a truly effective army could sweep away the Monarchy in an afternoon.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:01 PM (edUvp)

86 Why not use our own resources? The government ran out of gold by 1968 trying to defend the $35 currency peg, I think the middle east arrangements making the dollar the "reserve currency" for worldwide oil transactions, aka petrodollar was part of the deal with purchasing Saudi oil, and certain defense agreements. I think that's what Nixon and Kissinger and that gang accomplished.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 12:48 PM (uozx9)

Yes, that was the agreement that allowed the end of Bretton-Woods agreement. It moved the collateralization of international trade from Gold to debt backed by the industrial capacity and ability to pay back debt by the US economy. Note, if Bulgaria or Burma had tried this it would not have worked since no one thinks the Rupee or Dinar had any real support.
The Petro-Dollar is faltering because foreign exchange is getting so fast and complicated the current Dollar system is not settling debts fast enough through central nodes.
The chances are that there will be the stablecoin that everyone is predicting, backed probably by Treasuries and Bitcoin, but all on chain and worked peer to peer

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

87 I think Trump has been pretty pissed at the way the Saudi's to set their obviously worthless Mecca Accord with Turkey and Pakistan, while ignoring the Abraham Accord that Trump was trying to get them to sign on to. Well, now they can twist in the wind and ponder the error of their ways while Trump kicks back and whistles dixie. And the pain that the Euro's are going to feel is just sweet icing on the cake.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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It's almost as if gamed a probability.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:01 PM (3oLMy)

88 Reminds me of the circa 1990 joke: What is the name of the Saudi battle anthem? "Onward Christian Soldiers."

Posted by: PabloD at September 13, 2026 01:02 PM (B7yLN)

89 Well, now they can twist in the wind and ponder the error of their ways while Trump kicks back and whistles dixie. And the pain that the Euro's are going to feel is just sweet icing on the cake.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 12:57 PM (edUvp)

I think you’re right.
Trump is taking names over Iran and the way countries are reacting.

That pact with Turkey, KSA, and Pakistan came out of nowhere. I wonder if it’s worth anything or just a statement piece.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:03 PM (6ydKt)

90 Only the Polish have a large enough military to win against the Houthi's, even for the island in the Red Sea.
Alas, the entire EU does not have enough lift and logistics to move against north Yemen.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 01:01 PM (u82oZ)

For all of Yemen, yes. But islands are easier - you cannot carpet bomb an entire country, but one island - not that difficult to erase everything on it and cut all supplies. It's a similar situation to Hormuz; in both cases I think it's a solvable problem to open the water way without having to completely take over the offending country.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:03 PM (edUvp)

91 We've already made a deal to let all of the somali pirates into our country, maybe we should make a deal with the Houthi and give them a stake in wisconsin. Democrats could make that happen.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 13, 2026 12:59 PM (5C90x)

Send both to China. I hear they like Muslims.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 01:04 PM (qx7Zg)

92 Our greatest long term mistake in Iraq and Afghanistan was convincing ourselves that the people there were capable of western political institutions.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Don't include me in your definition of "our".

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 13, 2026 01:04 PM (Fv808)

93 It pisses on the Abraham Accords.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:05 PM (3oLMy)

94 That pact with Turkey, KSA, and Pakistan came out of nowhere. I wonder if it’s worth anything or just a statement piece.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:03 PM (6ydKt)

Over the last 3 days, Turkey and Pakistan to the Saudi's - "Yeah, I know we said we would support you militarily, but we didn't mean Militarily!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:05 PM (edUvp)

95 At mu parents again, sister and niece are here too

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 01:05 PM (qEb4U)

96 All of Yeman is like the Forbidden Zone from the Planet of the Apes.

Nuke it and no one will miss them.

Posted by: General Urko, Chief Of Security at September 13, 2026 01:05 PM (cCXR+)

97 Don't include me in your definition of "our".
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 13, 2026 01:04 PM (Fv80

It would have been more accurate if I said "cultures".

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:05 PM (edUvp)

98 Don't include me in your definition of "our".

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
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You are American, gringo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:06 PM (3oLMy)

99 Because a talented general with a truly effective army could sweep away the Monarchy in an afternoon.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:01 PM (edUvp)

I guess that’s why you get a lot of prince’s playing general & admiral, too.

I don’t know much about MBS but he doesn’t seem like the army type.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:06 PM (6ydKt)

100 If say, Peru wanted to purchase oil from Elbonia, they used US dollars to settle the trade. Oil was denominated in and traded or settled in US dollars.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 12:51 PM (uozx9)

The nicest thing about it is that the two countries don't have to settle in either their own currency, which has a cost because one or both of them will generate foreign exchange costs converting it to useful currency, or have to trade into a third party currency to settle the debts. Everyone has Dollar reserves.
There is still "friction" in settling, and that is an extra accounting cost.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 01:06 PM (rbvCR)

101 A complete aside to the thread topic, if the date in the IMDB.com database is correct, Barbara Bain is celebrating her 95th birthday today.

Congrats, Cinnamon Carter and Dr. Helena Russell.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 13, 2026 01:07 PM (iIyc0)

102 One thing I'm not smart enough to figure out is if, or when all those petrodollars could somehow return to the U.S.A. competing for goods and services. They've been deficit borrowing and spending since the early 1970s. That's a long time. If that happens, katy bar the door. Can you afford $300 a pound for coffee? I can't.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 01:08 PM (uozx9)

103 Tom Servo

Even for an island. The Brits have SBS, Royal Marines, but no lift. Same with the French, Polish, and Italians. They need a nearby base for staging. I say Djibouti is not a solution.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 01:08 PM (u82oZ)

104 Over the last 3 days, Turkey and Pakistan to the Saudi's - "Yeah, I know we said we would support you militarily, but we didn't mean Militarily!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:05 PM (edUvp)

“Sorry! Look in the fine print under ‘Grace Period’. We have until 2030 until we have to actually help you. See if you can get Trump to help.”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:09 PM (6ydKt)

105 Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 01:08 PM (u82oZ)

Israel or Jordan.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 01:12 PM (k5CNB)

106 Even for an island. The Brits have SBS, Royal Marines, but no lift. Same with the French, Polish, and Italians. They need a nearby base for staging. I say Djibouti is not a solution.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 01:08 PM (u82oZ)

Isn't Djibouti run by Sheik Yerbouti?

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:12 PM (edUvp)

107 Victory has a million mothers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2026 01:12 PM (Cqx++)

108 See if you can get Trump to help.”

Posted by: SpeakingOf
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The Houthis actually called Trump on the phone and asked him not to interfere. We haven't.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:12 PM (3oLMy)

109 The nicest thing about it is that the two countries don't have to settle in either their own currency
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It's "nice" for US politicians, which for the most part have no idea how any of this works. They think this "exorbitant privilege" will last forever, and/or there are no limits. There's a reason they felt comfortable allocating millions to interpretive transexual dance lessons to Peruvian farmers.

There is no way even a tenth of all this financial jiggery-pokery would have been possible over the years without the dollar reserve currency status. That which can't go on won't, but ... it's taking longer than we thought. When it all goes Tango Uniform it will likely be overnight, or at least "slowly at first, then all at once."

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 01:12 PM (uozx9)

110 Djibouti may not be a solution but it sure is fun to say under the right circumstances.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:13 PM (6ydKt)

111 The lazy, dirty, corrupt Oil Ticks can go squeeze a breeze. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their concubines!

Posted by: Next Generation Carnac at September 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Fn+3X)

112 Fat chance the Brits or French staging out of Israel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:14 PM (3oLMy)

113 Fracking has been a game changer for Geopolitics, no?

George P. Mitchell is the Father of Fracking. Few Americans know of him.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 13, 2026 01:14 PM (fYaXJ)

114 The Chines have a base near to it. Let the Chines face off against the Muslims.

It’s not like the Chinese are getting a lot of oil from Iran anymore.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 01:14 PM (u82oZ)

115 Ok, that's enough rain.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 01:15 PM (viF8m)

116 “The Chines,” is about as much respect as I can muster.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 13, 2026 01:16 PM (wxsGM)

117 George P. Mitchell is the Father of Fracking. Few Americans know of him.

Posted by: Ignoramus
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Subdivided the land where Exxon's campus resides.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:16 PM (3oLMy)

118 We don't need oil. We ride the bus!

Posted by: Hary Tattooed Hipster Doofus at September 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Fn+3X)

119 Headline (Just The News):

"New York Gov. Hochul's pardon ends Supreme Court case concerning bond rights for noncitizens"

Hochul pardoned a felon just as the US Supreme Court was about to hold a hearing on the case.

Excerpt:

"In late August, Hochul pardoned Keisy Guerrero Mariano, who had pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, a felony. Mariano was identified in court documents as "Keisy GM.""

Hochul hates her own subjects, and uses her pardon powers to prevent the extradition of illegal felons.

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2026 01:17 PM (rj6Yv)

120 What a rancid wench

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 01:19 PM (uozx9)

121 I left and did a load of laundry.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:19 PM (5Go8e)

122 They need allies. Know anybody?

Posted by: Eromero at September 13, 2026 01:20 PM (DXbAa)

123 Wait. BRICS has been around since 2009?

I feel older than my 29 years.

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 01:20 PM (VHUov)

124 When it all goes Tango Uniform it will likely be overnight, or at least "slowly at first, then all at once."
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The machines will stop running, the pumps will stop pumping
We're All Going to Die!


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:20 PM (3oLMy)

125 The Houthis actually called Trump on the phone and asked him not to interfere. We haven't.
Posted by: Braenyard

We called him and asked him to keep not doing what he's already not doing, and he's still not doing it.

We're somebody! We're really somebody!

Posted by: The Houthis at September 13, 2026 01:21 PM (VHUov)

126 None of the good countries joined BRICS.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:21 PM (5Go8e)

127 Saudi called Trump and asked for immediate military help. Trump listened carefully...and sent half a dozen of advisors. lolol . BTW , what happened to the Arab NATO? ? the usual ?

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

128
What about Turkiyay or whatever they call themselves?

Didn't they, the pakis and Saudis just sign a blood-oath alliance to the death to defend each other?

Posted by: Auspex at September 13, 2026 01:22 PM (Y8DZL)

129 *huffs indignantly*

I corrected it!

It's just a know problem with a half-duplex, high latency comms channel. Packets get out of order.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 01:23 PM (vTZFs)

130 That which can't go on won't, but ... it's taking longer than we thought. When it all goes Tango Uniform it will likely be overnight, or at least "slowly at first, then all at once."
Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 01:12 PM (uozx9)

Well, the globalists would like to fall back on the Euro or Yuan, but they’re both up to their necks in debt, too, along with the UK and Japan.

Eventually something will happen, war, debt collapse, hyperinflation, that will give them the chance to make an international currency, or at the least a new currency backed by the world bank, UN, and all the other acronyms. Like the BANCOR that Keynes wanted after WWII that was ignored in favor of the dollar.

It’s not always good to be the reserve currency.
It requires taking on debt, trade deficits, and inflation, to an extent, to be the reserve currency.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:23 PM (6ydKt)

131 They were training Egyptians Saudis etc how to use the good weapons back in the early 90s.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:24 PM (5Go8e)

132 127 Saudi called Trump and asked for immediate military help. Trump listened carefully...and sent half a dozen of advisors. lolol . BTW , what happened to the Arab NATO? ? the usual ?
Posted by: runner at September 13, 2026 01:21 PM (AKptf)

It's really quite comical how the final scene in Lawrence of Arabia, where the Muslims try to unite and collapse into complete incompetence and chaos, is replayed in real life over and over again.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:24 PM (edUvp)

133 Didn't they, the pakis and Saudis just sign a blood-oath alliance to the death to defend each other?
Posted by: Auspex at September 13, 2026 01:22 PM (Y8DZL)

Somebody wanted to change a comma into a semi-comma and so they had to renegotiate the whole deal.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

134 The King and the Kingdom have proven they are less than worthless.

They will stab us in the back the minute it serves their interest.

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

135 I usually ask " who is this we your talking about?"

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 01:25 PM (qEb4U)

136 Mecca should have been glassed September 12, 2001.

Our world today would be more peaceful and stable.

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

137 It's really quite comical how the final scene in Lawrence of Arabia, where the Muslims try to unite and collapse into complete incompetence and chaos, is replayed in real life over and over again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:24 PM (edUvp)

That film is brilliant.

Posted by: runner at September 13, 2026 01:26 PM (AKptf)

138
Saw where Trump is asking the Ukes not to go after diesel refineries.

When Russian tractors can't run and the harvest rots in the field shits' gonna get real.

Posted by: Auspex at September 13, 2026 01:26 PM (Y8DZL)

139 Tariff grain exports.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:27 PM (5Go8e)

140 Can a governor pardon a felon? I guess if she says so.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 01:28 PM (MWfyi)

141 They will stab us in the back the minute it serves their interest.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 01:24 PM (RIvkX)


Yes, Alex, "What is an Arab?"

Alex: "Correct! For $400!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:28 PM (edUvp)

142 The Bedouin are basically nomadic, sand, pirates, so it’s to be expected.

That they’re sitting on some of the richest oil fields on the planet was either Allah’s blessing or God’s biggest joke on the rest of us.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:29 PM (6ydKt)

143 Counter productive

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:30 PM (3oLMy)

Should be possible to get a gallon or two of Diesel out of every Houthi you render down.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:30 PM (1z8ji)

144 Arab is also a verb.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:31 PM (5Go8e)

145 Saw where Trump is asking the Ukes not to go after diesel refineries.

When Russian tractors can't run and the harvest rots in the field shits' gonna get real.
Posted by: Auspex at September 13, 2026 01:26 PM (Y8DZL)
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It's impacting world prices. Russia is not the one with burned out fields, rotting harvests, bombed out cities and collapsed capital, begging for a frontline freeze (reject by Russia at the moment, until they get certain guarantees..)

Posted by: runner at September 13, 2026 01:31 PM (AKptf)

146 fd

For state charges. ICE can still export his sorry ass.

Gov H’s move was to stop an adverse legal ruling in the SC.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 01:31 PM (u82oZ)

147 "You are a silly people." - T. E. Lawrence

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 13, 2026 01:31 PM (36x1j)

148 Any serious or sustained conflict will wipe away the Saudi and Hashemite dynasties, and those states will become Syria writ large. Violent, tribal, fractured, and perpetually mired in internal squabbles.

Sounds like a win to me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 01:33 PM (RIvkX)

149 You gotta be quick with the diesel extraction because those Houthis spoil easy under the desert sun.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:33 PM (6ydKt)

150 Fat chance the Brits or French staging out of Israel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:14 PM (3oLMy)

Public vs. private contact is very different. Israel provides a huge amount of intelligence to UK and France.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2026 01:34 PM (k5CNB)

151 It's really quite comical how the final scene in Lawrence of Arabia, where the Muslims try to unite and collapse into complete incompetence and chaos, is replayed in real life over and over again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:24 PM (edUvp)

That film is brilliant.
Posted by: runner at September 13, 2026 01:26 PM (AKptf)
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It reminds me of the final scene in Network with the communists arguing over shares and ratings.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 01:35 PM (RIvkX)

152 Diesel $6/Gallon.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:36 PM (5Go8e)

153 I thought it was against AoS style guide to use the word ‘intelligence’ in the same sentence as UK and France?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:37 PM (6ydKt)

154 "Djibouti may not be a solution but it sure is fun to say under the right circumstances.
Posted by: SpeakingOf "
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The right circumstance is not being stuck in Djibouti.

Posted by: Cosda at September 13, 2026 01:38 PM (kPZ+a)

155 With Islam everything is Allah's will. No matter how incompetent they are or how much they eff up, it was Allah's will, not their fault. And that is why Islamic nations governments and economies are ridiculous

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 13, 2026 01:39 PM (N2HNb)

156 Britain, France are headed to tje Caliphate. Best not to rustle those feathers until then. Certainly know not to arouse them any more.

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 01:39 PM (qEb4U)

157 It reminds me of the final scene in Network with the communists arguing over shares and ratings.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 01:35 PM (RIvkX)

I love that movie.

The big. bad, Black Panther discussing contract terms while chowing down on a bucket of KFC is so perfect I laugh every time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:39 PM (6ydKt)

158 Is the east west pipeline attack a big deal?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:41 PM (5Go8e)

159 Mecca should have been glassed September 12, 2001.

Our world today would be more peaceful and stable.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 01:25 PM (RIvkX)

True, that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:42 PM (1z8ji)

160 The right circumstance is not being stuck in Djibouti.
Posted by: Cosda at September 13, 2026 01:38 PM (kPZ+a)

I’m sure they have petroleum based lubricants in Djibouti.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:43 PM (6ydKt)

161 TodayIn Article Audio Player US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he had warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop "knocking out" diesel refineries in Russia because it was causing shortages and "hurting the world."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:43 PM (3oLMy)

162 That film is brilliant.
Posted by: runner
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Lawrence died riding a JAP motorcycle.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 01:43 PM (XeU6L)

163 Rock? What rock?

Posted by: The Response at September 13, 2026 01:43 PM (MWfyi)

164 3% decrease in world supply, 30% increase in price...interesting

Posted by: runner at September 13, 2026 01:43 PM (AKptf)

165 They could have tested the Hydrogen Bomb.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:43 PM (5Go8e)

166 I can't believe I'm saying this but 60 Minutes might be worth watching tonight. One of the pilots shot down over Iran who was on the run for 2 days before being rescued is being interviewed.

Sounds like an incredible story.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 01:43 PM (viF8m)

167 Regular gas is $5.99/gal. in my suburb outside of Seattle. Had an errand about 18 miles away where I managed to fill up at $5.62/gal. Of course a large share of the price is caused by this state's sky high fuel taxes on top of a ridiculous "carbon auction" system, requiring companies that generate carbon emissions to bid periodically for the right to stay in business, and then they have to recoup what they paid by raising prices. Insane.

Posted by: Fritz at September 13, 2026 01:44 PM (J7jo9)

168 They call that price elasticity I believe.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:44 PM (5Go8e)

169 Lawrence died riding a JAP motorcycle.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 01:43 PM (XeU6L)

A Brough Superior, IIRC, which had a JAP engine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:44 PM (1z8ji)

170 Still $4.00 here.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 01:45 PM (5Go8e)

171 Lawrence died riding a JAP motorcycle.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 01:43 PM (XeU6L)

Most peculiar accident...

Posted by: UK Security establishment at September 13, 2026 01:45 PM (AKptf)

172 I read that 80% of the defenders were ghost soldiers. They drew Saudi paychecks but did not in fact exist.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at September 13, 2026 01:46 PM (UgMJ2)

173 Dude 44 Bravo

Posted by: runner at September 13, 2026 01:46 PM (AKptf)

174
I love that movie.

'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!'
[scenes of TV's being thrown out of windows]

Posted by: Howard Beale at September 13, 2026 01:46 PM (XeU6L)

175 I feel for you guys.
Regular gas is still around $3.85 here.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:47 PM (6ydKt)

176
A Brough Superior, IIRC, which had a JAP engine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yup, I know...but it was as close to a pithy remark that I could conjure up.

Posted by: Howard Beale at September 13, 2026 01:48 PM (XeU6L)

177 OOOOOooooops /Beale

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 01:48 PM (XeU6L)

178 The Saudi's military is an upside down pyramid, top heavy with brass and short on anything approaching front line troops.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 13, 2026 01:49 PM (Q/FnY)

179 60 Propaganda Minutes will still turn it into a damn he got away story

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 01:49 PM (qEb4U)

180 Be interesting to see how Bari Weiss is coming with the turn-around.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:51 PM (3oLMy)

181 AOP - Have you finished with the Cu salvage?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 01:51 PM (XeU6L)

182 I see the Houthis are getting ready to become a nuisance. Ones the US Marines in theater can eradicate, esp. on that island they took over.

Can we flood the area with broadband jamming?

I prefer a stealth approach led by Marine Force Recon and SEALS, then get all the electronic data, Make sure there are only two survivors for rigorous interrogation, followed by removal of all our forces.

Without publicity. Let the world wonder. Better that way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 12:44 PM (u82oZ)

This is the way.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 13, 2026 01:51 PM (S41Gd)

183 Well, I'm going to go outside and play with cars, and maybe mow a patch of weeds. I got the ingredients for stew in the slow cooker, so tonight's dinner will be yummy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:52 PM (1z8ji)

184 gasoline - $3.69 here

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 01:52 PM (XeU6L)

185 Network was like a satirical prophecy.
It made fun of the hypocrisy of left-wingers greedy for cash and fame combined with the ruthless capitalism that had gone international in scope along with a severe critique on television itself and how it had only just begun in the insanity it would foist upon America, while selling us everything we’d ever need or want the entire time.

I’ve watched in several times, over the years, for a reason.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:53 PM (6ydKt)

186 AOP - Have you finished with the Cu salvage?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 01:51 PM (XeU6L)

Done for the time being. Got $295 for the last tranche. I still have a large number of copper-bearing devices that could be rendered, but I did all the ones that were gathered up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:54 PM (1z8ji)

187 3.19 in Houston

Posted by: MAC V SOG at September 13, 2026 01:55 PM (P4Pk9)

188
I can't believe I'm saying this but 60 Minutes might be worth watching tonight. One of the pilots shot down over Iran who was on the run for 2 days before being rescued is being interviewed.

Sounds like an incredible story.
Posted by: JackStraw

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With Bari Weiss at the helm, 60 Minutes might improve. But I'd like to know who the top reporter is on that story.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 13, 2026 01:56 PM (mmrXZ)

189 Gasoline is $1.55 loonies per liter, here. Works out to about $4.33 USD per U.S. gallon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:57 PM (1z8ji)

190 I was in the oil bidness when we hit 30.00
That would be over a hundred today

Posted by: MAC V SOG at September 13, 2026 01:57 PM (P4Pk9)

191
155 With Islam everything is Allah's will. No matter how incompetent they are or how much they eff up, it was Allah's will, not their fault. And that is why Islamic nations governments and economies are ridiculous
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 13, 2026 01:39 PM (N2HNb)

This is also why, whenever a Muslim army starts to believe the battle is going against them and that Allah’s will is for them to lose, they will all shuck off their uniforms, put on civilian clothes, and run away as fast as they can.

I suspect a lot of that has been going on in the areas that the Houthi are overrunning. It’s what happened to Assad’s army at the end.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 01:58 PM (MQIju)

192 All of the Gulf Arab Oil States believe that is better that their armed forces are seen as unbeatable on paper, though untested, than tested and exposed as paper tigers for all to see.

Posted by: Gref at September 13, 2026 01:58 PM (5rh/l)

193 being stuck in Djibouti."

Sounds.... well, you know.

As for the Saudis - that's part of a severely tribal area with borders overlaid by the Brits. Expecting any to act as a nation state is just stupid.

Posted by: man at September 13, 2026 01:58 PM (pfXMo)

194 189 Gasoline is $1.55 loonies per liter, here. Works out to about $4.33 USD per U.S. gallon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:57 PM (1z8ji)

How much of that is Federal & Provincial taxes?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 01:58 PM (6ydKt)

195 Been $4,60, some have cheaper or cash only

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 01:59 PM (qEb4U)

196 A blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.

Bill Maher
@billmaher
The prevailing view of so much of the young left in America is that we’re the worst country ever, so if someone attacks us, they can’t be all bad.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 02:00 PM (ndZc7)

197 In reality, Yemen isn't even a nation and even in the superficial sense it hasn't been for more than 30 years, remember, they are the fuckers who sank the Cole. FUCK Yemen, and Fuck Saudi for keeping them as they exist filled with terrorists and being used as a training ground against a weak "government" fighting to hold it's little bit of graft in place. The "civil war"/tribal combat between sand monkey mother fucking piece of shit followers of a pedophile has been extended for so long and it only serves 3 purposes. To train terrorists, to give western lefties a call for the attrocities of war (pretty much every lefty mentioned Yemen as an example until october 7th) and to sop to Iran.

Fuck Yemen. At ANY time, the Houthi's could be shut down, the idea of "the mountains" is bullshith. because what gives the Houthi's standing is their coastal hold, and the fact that they have about 2/3's of the fucking nation. It's EASY to kill them, nobody does it.

The US's participation in that ended after GW didn't fucking crush them after the cole, it's up to them, but Saudi could walk in with little effort and fucking crush them, but they are cowards like all of their ilk.

Posted by: wickedpinto at September 13, 2026 02:02 PM (cZv+N)

198 If Saudi does nothing? They just continue to show their colors. Yellow and red, cowardice and betrayal.

Posted by: wickedpinto at September 13, 2026 02:02 PM (cZv+N)

199 For those who even paid attention in history class all they heard about was everything America has done wrong,

The culture itself has reinforced that image for their entire living memory.

It’s not surprising the younger generation aren’t as patriotic, it’s unpopular in a lot of circles to be.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 02:05 PM (6ydKt)

200 Toss in, that the inbreaders and the rest of the world of cowards are the only ones suffering, I don't give a fuck. In the US you (I live in Australia, fuel is expensive) are paying more for gas, but you know what? You got it, and we (I'm still pretty fucking American) can pay a little extra, just look at your fucking sushi bill, to get to work, where we make things, like PETROLEUM PRODUCTS at a rate far more efficient, cleaner and without concern if some tribal cunts want to step on our heal.

Fuckem.

I used to be an LIB when it came to US politics, now I'm FUCKEM when it comes to international politics.

Posted by: wickedpinto at September 13, 2026 02:07 PM (cZv+N)

201 Done for the time being. Got $295 for the last tranche.
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Hmm. So, (?) ~ 600lbs.? Lotta copper.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 02:10 PM (XeU6L)

202 In the 60s Nasser of Egypt used poison gas in Yemen. Hmmm

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 13, 2026 02:10 PM (N2HNb)

203 wickedpinto, it may be that having that threat poised on a major choke-point ready to spin up in case anything gets too calm or collected in another area is too good of a deal to do anything about it.
There are accusations that Lloyds' of London and the City of London banks prefer seeing things like that in reserve in case a crisis is needed for some reason.

Of course that would require the mindset that this is a crisis fomented for money, share prices and international influence, and not one for liberation, autonomy and self defense in a far-off land.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:10 PM (rbvCR)

204 Speakingof:

I've had conversations with Australians about this, concerning how devoutly American I am, and I ask the most simple question, "How many people do you know in the military?" (to the Australians.) VERY FEW people even KNOW a single person who has ever served, EVER and they have to reach back to their grandparents in a lot of cases.

The complete isolation of service away from the populace is a MAJOR measure in that I believe. Every Man on my fathers side of the family who wasn't gay served, every man who married into my mothers side of the family served. Service isn't in my blood, it's in the blood of most everyone I ever grew up with.

Posted by: wickedpinto at September 13, 2026 02:11 PM (cZv+N)

205 OK, OK, so I may watch the Harry Potter reboot.

“Matrix” Director Lilly Wachowski Accuses “Harry Potter” Fans of “Supporting Trans Genocide”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 02:11 PM (ndZc7)

206 Kindltot, the DEUCE YOU SAY!

LLoyds might be the ones REALLY manipulating oil prices? I shall Shat myself upon any information that might prove that, brb I have to change my pants.

Posted by: wickedpinto at September 13, 2026 02:13 PM (cZv+N)

207
How much of that is Federal & Provincial taxes?
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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FWIW: Gas Taxes by State, 2026

https://tinyurl.com/4hcnfc38

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 02:14 PM (XeU6L)

208 Anonosaurus wrecks, I will watch it when it starts. I can't speak for the kids, but they look the part, as for everyone else, the acting is there, that's the big problem with the stunt casting of black snape, he seems like a decent actor, just in THE WRONG FUCKING PART!

It's like casting Christopher Walken as Kitty Pride.

Posted by: wickedpinto at September 13, 2026 02:14 PM (cZv+N)

209 Ewwwww.

Canada Accelerates Efforts to Join EU as Relations With U.S. Deteriorate

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 02:16 PM (ndZc7)

210 LLoyds might be the ones REALLY manipulating oil prices? I shall Shat myself upon any information that might prove that, brb I have to change my pants.
Posted by: wickedpinto at September 13, 2026 02:13 PM (cZv+N)


Everyone knows oil prices are manipulated by the Chinese and OPEC!

The number of people willing to call me a paranoid fool for believing this of Lloyds' and the City of London is up there with the number of people who think I am a paranoid and delusional fool for thinking that Churchill was trying to get FDR to cover the Bank of England's expected default after the end of WWII.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:18 PM (rbvCR)

211 the big problem with the stunt casting of black snape, he seems like a decent actor, just in THE WRONG FUCKING PART!

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Could've been Eliot Page.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 02:18 PM (ndZc7)

212 Christopher Walken has phrasing ability, maybe that is enough?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2026 02:19 PM (rbvCR)

213 Don't have HBO but a black Snape being bullied by Harry's father is going to be "problematic"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 13, 2026 02:19 PM (N2HNb)

214 My father was in the Army along with a brother of his, and another brother was in the Air Force.
The older brother in the Army was in Korea and Vietnam, and rose to Sgt. Major.

I guess here now it depends on where you live as to how many know military veterans.

A lot more veterans from the South and Mid-West and flyover country than the bluer areas on the map.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 02:22 PM (6ydKt)

215 I lived in Saudi decades ago as an advisor. One of the primary reasons their military is basically worthless is Inshallah. It's essentially an attitude that translates to "I don't give a shit" because anything that happens is god's will so I don't really need to lift a finger...or be diligent or care, about anything.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 13, 2026 02:23 PM (FMZSx)

216 The left are always whining.

Left-Handed iPhone Users Raise Discrimination Concerns Over Foldable Models Designed for Right-Handers

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 02:24 PM (ndZc7)

217 First world problems are later on today.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 02:27 PM (6ydKt)

218 Of course that would require the mindset that this is a crisis fomented for money, share prices and international influence, and not one for liberation, autonomy and self defense in a far-off land.

Posted by: Kindltot
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This lady get it
This is the second time mentioned (before Kindltot) a transfer from a British, rules based system, to an American production system. Never heard of a British rules based system or that we were following it.
Anyway, it’s a clear and clean presentation.

https://tinyurl.com/c734478h

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 02:27 PM (3oLMy)

219 He says 35 minutes after the First World Problems post.

You non-noodin bastages.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 02:29 PM (6ydKt)

220 "About 50% of RA(Regular Army) recruits come from the following ten states:
     Texas (13.5%)
    Florida (10.0%)

     California (10.0%)
     Georgia (5.4%)
New York (4.5%)     

North Carolina (4.3%)
     Virginia (3.1%)
     Ohio (2.7%)
     Illinois (2.6%)

Arizona (2.4%)"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 13, 2026 02:33 PM (XeU6L)

221 @chairborne

I saw a "documentary," back in '95 about, I forget the name of the town on the border of Iraq and Saudi during the first Iraq war, it was the first time we lost troops in a measureable number and it was the town where we had an F-15 get damaged and it had to limp back home, I think that was a friendly fire.

Anyway, in the docu it was about what a complete shit show the situation was for such a small target when they were talking to the US guys, and then you go to the Saudi's "It was the first time we took part in the conflict and it showed we can fight."

FUCK YOU Cousin Fucker, FUCK YOU! You make things worse all around.

I am not a bigot, You are inferior, I FUCKING am not going to allow kindness to interfere with my expressions anymore. I'm old, I'll be dead before long, don't have the energy to waste lying.

Fuck Africa, Fuck all the cousin and sister fuckers and brother marry'ers, and fuck the outright bigoted without reason racially superior asians.

And FUCK the Fey ass bitches in Europe who keep getting into fights with eachother because it's always a slap fight and a strongly worded letter. FUCKEM.

The FUCKEM Party.

Posted by: wickedpinto at September 13, 2026 02:34 PM (cZv+N)

222 Left-Handed iPhone Users Raise Discrimination Concerns Over Foldable Models Designed for Right-Handers
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It does all sound rather sinister

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 02:51 PM (uozx9)

223 Did I just burn the thread?

Posted by: wickedpinto at September 13, 2026 03:27 PM (cZv+N)

224 Saudi Arabia never punished any of the people who financed 9/11
Saudi Arabia never punished any of the people who financed the Dunni who killed many US military in Iraq.

But because of their oil Trump kisses their anus on command

Posted by: Paul at September 13, 2026 03:57 PM (hN/JE)

225 223 Did I just burn the thread?
Posted by: wickedpinto

no, that smell of burning offal is just Paul again.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 13, 2026 04:03 PM (88C+u)

226 Regular gas is $5.99/gal. in my suburb outside of Seattle. Had an errand about 18 miles away where I managed to fill up at $5.62/gal. Of course a large share of the price is caused by this state's sky high fuel taxes on top of a ridiculous "carbon auction" system, requiring companies that generate carbon emissions to bid periodically for the right to stay in business, and then they have to recoup what they paid by raising prices. Insane.
Posted by: Fritz at September 13, 2026 01:44 PM (J7jo9)

$4.35 today at local Quick Check.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 13, 2026 04:56 PM (hmYU4)

227 When did the purchasing of mercenaries stop? I mean, if they don't have the cajones ( and it seems they do not ) to take care of the houthis, then buy someone who does.

They don't even seem to have the stones to do that. The best thing they could do would be to hire israel to do it and sell them a bunch of land. Maybe sell israel the southern corner at the gulf of Aqaba.

Posted by: dude1394 at September 13, 2026 05:09 PM (Q0olq)

228 Several years ago, my brother trained with Saudi pilots in F-16's. After one KSA pilot made a hard landing, he responded to criticism by saying it was "God's Will" that he landed hard.... the follow up criticism was: "if you had pulled back more in the throttle before landing, it would have been god's will for you to not have a hard landing...". That summed up the KSA military's attitude....."It's not my fault!"

Posted by: Awp at September 13, 2026 06:38 PM (KrNDS)

229 The Saudis were fighting the Houthis from 2015 to 2019.
With a coalition of Gulf States, Jordan, Egypt, and some other African countries.

Then a few bad air strike targets, the usual NGO and UN condemnation, and sending money to the ayatollah took precedence over bowing to the Saudi king.

Another couple of incidents along with suspicions of territorial aspirations and Trump was never able to provide support before the Steal ensured the Saudis were on their own. The Saudis made a deal and dropped out of the civil war, leaving the Houthis to win.

It would be great if the KSM started up again, but with Vance in the wings with Carlson lurking behind him, he is clearly a bit gun shy at the moment.

Posted by: Sam at September 13, 2026 07:44 PM (7jMef)

Sunday Morning Book Thread 9-13-2026 [Sabrina Chase]

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Writer getting ideas, 1947, colorized

Welcome to the Book Thread, Guest Poster edition! I will be your host as we explore all sorts of book-related topics. All usual Book Thread rules are incorporated by reference (pets, beverage, clothing covering the lower limbs, etc.) with the special Sabrina Chase exemption for those stylish persons preferring kilts.

As I may have mentioned previously, I am a writer. I thought the esteemed Morons of the Book Thread might be interested in some of the inner workings of the authorial process, so now it is time for some Dark Writer Secrets, or ...

How Writers Get Their Ideas

Writers have lots of ideas. Ideas are cheap and plentiful. Ideas that we think we can write a good story about in the time available are...less so. The non-writing public, not seeing the whining and crying and hair-pulling we do at the computer, think it is just sitting back and thinking Big Thinks and fame and fortune arrive by cargo ship.


I have performed as a Tame Writer for high school English classes, and it is all very well to see a real breathing person who has written a book. That gets me polite interest. But what gets them enthused is when I demonstrate, right there in front of them, how to get a story idea.

What I usually do is ask them to give me three nouns. Any nouns. And then I show them the brainstorming process that gets me to a narrative that holds together as a story, including tossing out the first or even second idea, because if it was easy for me to think of then someone has probably already done it and better than I can. No, I want the unusual, oh yeah that's Sabrina for you story!

One I remember went like this:

Nouns: Seahawks, Spongebob Squarepants, and Paris (the kids were giggling with glee when they came up with these too)

What I came up with: The NFL has decreed that all team mascots must be real things, and if they are not the team merchandise will be immediately confiscated resulting in mass nudity in Seattle, because nobody has seen a Seahawk! But to the rescue comes the Cousteau society (based in Paris) seeking a mysterious being named Spongebob Squarepants and very knowledgeable about sea life, who can find an actual Seahawk to prove it is real!

They thought this was hilarious.

That said, I don't usually come up with my book ideas with the three-noun method. It's more of a writing exercise to get the writer out of the depressive fits we are prone to. My method is to create movie scenes in my head while listening to music, and create plots from that.

I will confess my Argonauts of Space series started off as revenge for Pluto getting demoted from planet to planetoid, though. I thought, "what would make them beg to call it a planet again... ooh, I know! It's really an ancient alien spaceship! Hmm. And why is it there? It got left as debris after a war." And it all sort of cascaded from there ... and because I am what is politely called a "discovery writer" (but what writers call "pantser", as in "seat of the pants") by the end of the first book I had space Neanderthals and machine telepaths and the vital importance of corn muffins. I dunno about my mind, I just visit...

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1 Tolle Lege

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Diagon Alley maybe.

Posted by: Bryce at September 13, 2026 09:00 AM (5GspC)

3 NYC, John Deere, Twinkie

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 09:02 AM (MWfyi)

4 A writing professor buddy of mine has suggested to his students that one way to become a good writer is to play role-playing games.

That's a collaborative story-telling exercise.

I know of several fantasy writers who have used this method to great success (Raymond E. Feist, Steven Erickson & Ian C. Esslemont, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, to name a few)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 09:02 AM (FZ29D)

5 I read once in a book review column that "Blank paper is God's way of showing you that it's not so easy to be God."

Posted by: Weak Geek at September 13, 2026 09:03 AM (AAaj3)

6 Besides still reading Winston Churchill The Gathering Storm, at Sept 1938 in the book, found my reading glasses after being in a pocket, go through wash, hung outside for hours then in dryer heard a clanging. They seem fine so good to go and cleaned somewhat.

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 09:04 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Boookkkkzzzz!

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at September 13, 2026 09:05 AM (Ydd86)

8 Good Sunday morning, horde!

I love that picture. But I'm a Cold War spy novel aficionado, so it would appeal. Because that's what it looks like.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:06 AM (CjHsb)

9 Honestly, some ideas just appear in my head. Either a whole story, or parts of one: how to solve a problem in the story, or plot points to expand the story. Usually used when I think the word count isn't going to meet the standard for the genre.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 09:06 AM (1Ff7Z)

10 I've been enjoying booktoober Jake's channel "BookMortem", in which he explores the pulpier shores of SF and Fantasyland.

"9 So Bad, they're Good Science Fiction Books you've probably never heard of"

https://tinyurl.com/h29uxu7z

The Red Planet
Invaders from Rigel
Man of Many Minds
Genesis Five
Shoot at the Moon
Secret of the Black Planet
Night Mare
The Four Day Weekend
Galaxy 666

The joke's on you, Jake. I have some of these! I dug out "The Robot Brains", "Secret of the Black Planet", "Man of Many Minds", and "Invaders From Rigel" for my next reads.

"The Robot Brains", by British SF author Sydney J. Bounds, was written in the 50's but feels like it's from the 30's. Top scientists on the cusp of technological breakthroughs are being decapitated by rayguns. There are evil giant-brained dwarves and a modern day Mongolian khan who wants to rule the world.

It's really bad, but at least it doesn't take 500 pages to stink up the joint.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 09:06 AM (kpS4V)

11 Morning, Sabrina.

Howdy, Horde.

If memory serves, Harlan Ellison used to answer the where do you get your ideas question by saying there was an idea service in Schenectady and he sent them $$$ and they sent him a fresh six-pack of ideas every week. He also said that he was frequently asked for the address.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 09:07 AM (q3u5l)

12 3 NYC, John Deere, Twinkie
Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 09:02 AM (MWfyi)

Midnight Cowboy has already been written.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:07 AM (CjHsb)

13 I love that picture. But I'm a Cold War spy novel aficionado, so it would appeal. Because that's what it looks like.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:06 AM (CjHsb)

Oh, have you read my cold-war era short story? "A Piece of Cake?"

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 09:08 AM (1Ff7Z)

14 Marketing literature can be tricky. You have to sell the book but not give away the whole story. That's the case with "The Mugger," an early 87th Precinct police procedural by Ed McBain. Some creep is robbing and punching women, then bowing and thanking them. That's all in Chapter One. Meanwhile, the text on the page before the title page tells of a teenage girl who's been clubbed to death. I assume the mugger has crossed the line. Then again, maybe not?

By the way, Inspector Jacques Clouseau comes out triumphant in "The Pink Panther Gets Lucky" through sheer dumb luck. Definitely dumb.

Posted by: Weak Geek at September 13, 2026 09:08 AM (AAaj3)

15 Oh, have you read my cold-war era short story? "A Piece of Cake?"
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 09:08 AM (1Ff7Z)

I don't think so, do you have a link?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:09 AM (CjHsb)

16 If memory serves, Harlan Ellison used to answer the where do you get your ideas question by saying there was an idea service in Schenectady and he sent them $$$ and they sent him a fresh six-pack of ideas every week. He also said that he was frequently asked for the address.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 09:07 AM (q3u5l)
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That sounds exactly like an idea Ellison would use in a story...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 09:09 AM (FZ29D)

17 "Midnight Cowboy has already been written.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! "

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 09:09 AM (MWfyi)

18 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading. Or listening if your books are recorded.

Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026 09:10 AM (yTvNw)

19 For a change, I'm wearing pants. I'm about to head out to an arts festival, so my beloved book thread robe would not suffice.

Tally Ho!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2026 09:11 AM (kpS4V)

20 Not familiar with Book Mortem, but I'm pretty sure I read Man of Many Minds during my misspent youth when I was devouring all the paperback sf I could scrounge up. Recall nothing about it, but that title sounds like one I had in the pile.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 09:11 AM (q3u5l)

21 From the dank alleyway of a run down city:


"Psst... Hey buddy, want to buy a couple of ideas?"

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 13, 2026 09:11 AM (0U5gm)

22 From the dank alleyway of a run down city:


"Psst... Hey buddy, want to buy a couple of ideas?"
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 13, 2026 09:11 AM (0U5gm)
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Sesame Street used to have a sketch where a shady-looking character would try to sell letters of the alphabet to one of the regular characters (Ernie? Bert?)..

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 09:15 AM (FZ29D)

23 I don't think so, do you have a link?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:09 AM (CjHsb)

Rejected by all so far. I can email it to you, if you want.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 09:15 AM (1Ff7Z)

24 4 "Perfessor" Squirrel
A writing professor buddy of mine has suggested to his students that one way to become a good writer is to play role-playing games.

It is a *great* way to learn to write in-depth (as opposed to paper cutout) characters. If the DM insists you roleplay, that is. I also participated, as a GM, in a large live-action roleplaying game where the participants picked their own character and we, poor sods, had to come up with storylines for ALL of them. Together. Over a hundred. Really built up my writing muscles with that one!

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at September 13, 2026 09:15 AM (k+oif)

25 Reading "Infinity Upgrade" by JN Chaney and Rachel Aukes. In a planetary system essentially owned by an evil, murderous corporation, a regular Joe has a self-aware AI downloaded into his brain by a dying rebel inventor, and much mayhem and hijinks ensue.

Not bad so far, though I do grow weary of the evil, murderous corporation trope. Chaney has so many different sci fi series that I doubt I could read his entire output if I lived another 50 years.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 13, 2026 09:18 AM (/RHNq)

26 I don't delve into the fantasy genre much, but my offspring and I have a sort of family book club, and they've had me reading a series by Robert Jackson Bennett.

The first installment is The Tainted Cup. It's a genre mashup, because it's fantasy setting, but with a murder mystery/detective theme, so it's in a class of its own.

There is the obligatory gay character, which I'm sure had to happen to get the thing published. It's not in your face all the time, so tolerable.

Anyway. We're reading the third and latest in the series now, A Trade of Blood. It's a tale of feuding families, lost fortunes, and a unique and creepy biological warfare.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:19 AM (CjHsb)

27 Ellison wasn't really joking. Back in the pulp era there were classified ads in the magazines for books of story ideas. "Plotto" by William Wallace Cook was one. You could buy ideas, hire a ghost writer to turn them into stories, and they pay a vanity press to publish them.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 13, 2026 09:19 AM (78a2H)

28 "Once participated" in an RPG.

This indicates that the group fell apart. What happened?

There's a germ of a story idea.

Posted by: Weak Geek at September 13, 2026 09:19 AM (AAaj3)

29 That said, I don't usually come up with my book ideas with the three-noun method. It's more of a writing exercise to get the writer out of the depressive fits we are prone to. My method is to create movie scenes in my head while listening to music, and create plots from that.

I'm constantly (or nearly so) depressed, so that wouldn't work for me. It's interesting you mention movies, though, as that's one of the ways I can tell whether a scene I am writing works or not - if I can 'see' it, with jump cuts, closeups and other camera movement, then it's good.

I don't often listen to music while I'm writing, but if I do, it's always Baroque, which is close enough to white noise that it doesn't distract me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 13, 2026 09:22 AM (qRla/)

30 Rejected by all so far. I can email it to you, if you want.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 09:15 AM (1Ff7Z)

Absolutely! My email is in my nic.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:22 AM (CjHsb)

31 When the femme-fatale romance novelist came into my office, I could tell she didn't want to be there. The office and the building -- hell, the whole neighborhood -- were as low-rent as I was, and she was clearly afraid it might be contagious. I put away the bourbon and asked what I could do for her, and managed not to leer as I asked her.

"I need you to find out who's running a black-market idea service. It's hurting business, and we need it shut down."

"So why come to me?"

She looked at me, and at the office. "You look like you're right at home in those circles. So why not? If you want the job, the pay's good. And you look like you could use it." She took an envelope from her purse. "Ten thousand when the job's done. Here's two thousand in advance and a bus ticket to Schenectady. Take it or leave it."

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 09:22 AM (q3u5l)

32 This indicates that the group fell apart. What happened?

There's a germ of a story idea.
Posted by: Weak Geek at September 13, 2026 09:19 AM (AAaj3)

One by one the members of a RPG group suddenly start dying in ways that would only happen in the game....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 09:22 AM (1Ff7Z)

33 For a change, I'm wearing pants.

Well, that's a disappointment.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 13, 2026 09:23 AM (qRla/)

34 Anyway. We're reading the third and latest in the series now, A Trade of Blood. It's a tale of feuding families, lost fortunes, and a unique and creepy biological warfare.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:19 AM (CjHsb)
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I just got that the other day!

Now I'm re-reading the first two before I read that one.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 09:24 AM (FZ29D)

35 I used to make up stories for my kids using the "That reminds me of the time I worked at the ______ factory" premise. I would start out with something like candy corn and say "That reminds me of the time I worked at the candy corn factory" and they would know a story was coming about how I caused some disaster there and got fired.

Like when I worked at the candy corn factory and invented Candy Corn Candles. People couldn't tell the difference and ate them anyway.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 09:26 AM (MWfyi)

36 "As I may have mentioned previously, I am a writer."

Actually, I think you under describe yourself. You have books available for purchase. That makes you an author. Writer, to me, means someone who has completed works, but hasn't published. Everyone can be a writer, but only the best - or luckiest - writers get to be an author.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 09:26 AM (1Ff7Z)

37 Morning, folken,

I'm finishing Stephen Hunter's The Bullet Garden, a WWII adventure with Earl Swagger, Bob Lee's father, tracking a sniper team in France just after D-Day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 09:26 AM (wzUl9)

38 Harlan Coben, who has sold 100,000,000 books, has written a book on writing, Plot Twist.

https://tinyurl.com/5fpvsx6k

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 09:26 AM (ndZc7)

39 A NICKEL!?!

Posted by: Reforger at September 13, 2026 09:26 AM (szk5e)

40 It would have been ok except for the wicks.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 09:27 AM (MWfyi)

41 Albert Campion has been asked by a friend from college to investigate the disappearance of his fiance's uncle. Before he even arrives in Cambridge, the body is found, and the trouble truly begins. In Police at the Funeral, Margery Allingham brings the reader a chaotic mystery that defies a simple explanation.

Great aunt Caroline is the matriarch of a dysfunctional family, and the widow of a famous professor at Cambridge. She wanted Campion involved to forestall police involvement and keep the situation quiet, but after Uncle Andrew's body is found tied with rope and a bullet hole in his head, and her son William was the last to be seen with him, it becomes impossible to keep things under wraps. William's army pistol is missing, and a shank of rope from the attic is gone as well, which all point to William.

All of Caroline's adult children sponge off of her and live in the same house in a festering atmosphere. When yet another death occurs in the house, it seems that a curse has fallen upon the family, and Campion must use all of his intuition and skill to break open the case and find the answers, however fantastical they appear. This is a classic Campion mystery.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 13, 2026 09:27 AM (0U5gm)

42 Not a lot of reading this week. Revisited Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried and one of his later novels -- July, July. Still good after all these years.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 09:27 AM (q3u5l)

43 Now I'm re-reading the first two before I read that one.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 09:24 AM (FZ29D)

I think the series is improving as he goes. This has been the most interesting one to me, so far.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:27 AM (CjHsb)

44 and because I am what is politely called a "discovery writer" (but what writers call "pantser", as in "seat of the pants") by the end of the first book I had space Neanderthals and machine telepaths and the vital importance of corn muffins.
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This can work for some writers, but the conventional wisdom I've seen for novice authors is to plan, outline, and organize as much as possible.

Usually advice from established authors who got their start doing that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 09:27 AM (FZ29D)

45 Candy corn candles. You held them by the wick to keep your fingers from getting sticky.

Posted by: Weak Geek at September 13, 2026 09:29 AM (AAaj3)

46 As for reading, I'm slowly going through David Thomson's new A Sudden Flicker of Light and am reminded, once again, why I could never have been a film student. The book is so dense and elliptic that it's very off-putting. I suppose a pro like TJM would understand it, but I don't.

And with him being a committed leftist, I did flip ahead to the last chapter, which is nothing more than a movie-centered screed against the 'dumb' DJT. So I know to skip that when I reach it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 13, 2026 09:29 AM (qRla/)

47 I am still reading a translation of M. Luther’s advent sermons. He has begun the good works/ free will argument.

Posted by: Accomack at September 13, 2026 09:31 AM (/Chlc)

48 It would have been ok except for the wicks.

Candy with free flossing included! What's not to like?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 13, 2026 09:31 AM (qRla/)

49 35 I used to make up stories for my kids using the "That reminds me of the time I worked at the ______ factory" premise.

Like when I worked at the candy corn factory and invented Candy Corn Candles. People couldn't tell the difference and ate them anyway.
Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 09:26 AM (MWfyi)

LOL. I'll bet they cherish the memories. What a great dad thing to do!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:31 AM (CjHsb)

50 Candy Cirn Candles story is funny

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 09:32 AM (Ia/+0)

51 After putting it aside for the better part of a year, I finally finished reading the comic book series "The Maze Agency." It is a mystery series written in its entirety by Mike Barr, and initially drawn by Adam Hughes, and then a succession of lesser artists. It has been mentioned on this thread before (by one of our many mystery aficionados) and that is the whole reason I heard of, and then read the series.

While some of the stories were fun, as a whole the stories suffered for being a comic book. Specifically, the pacing suffers. The author wanted every issue to be a complete story, and wanted every story to hit all the story beats of a traditional mystery; it'd start with a vignette showing the detective's personal life, then something connecting the detective to the mystery, explaining/showing the crime that created the mystery, investigation the possible suspects and motives, introducing a red herring or two, the big reveal where the detective solves the mystery, and then a coda going back to the detective's personal life. You can put all that in a novel, or in 40-minute tv show...but it's a bit much to pack into a 22-page comic book.

Posted by: Castle Guy at September 13, 2026 09:35 AM (3v7ra)

52 >> I read once in a book review column that "Blank paper is God's way of showing you that it's not so easy to be God."


Heh.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 13, 2026 09:36 AM (rOKnE)

53 Roger Ebert has said one of his guilty pleasures is how movies portray writers writing. Sometimes it's pounding at a typewriter while throwing back Jack Daniels; sometimes it's walking with your dog around a lake contemplating, deep thoughts; sometimes it's dodging bullets while peeking out of a trench at the enemy with pencil and notepad in hand.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 09:36 AM (ndZc7)

54 Sabrina,
I love your account of making a story idea, both for the classroom (which was hilarious) and for real. That's the fun part, giving your imagination full reign. The work comes when you have to make that jumble of ideas make narrative sense.

But there are unexpected dangers and paths that can appear. Many years ago I had an outline for an adventure story. Then I wrote a three page intro to establish a few characters and a mood for the story. Three hundred pages later I had a book based solely on that intro. I never got back to the outline. (The book didn't sell. This was long before self publishing was common and going through agents was the norm.)

Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026 09:37 AM (yTvNw)

55 Just finished reading _Powers of Darkness_, which is (deep breath) an English translation of the Icelandic translation possibly of a Swedish translation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

You might ask, why not just read Dracula? Or you might assume this is an exercise in comic mis-translation a la Mark Twain. It is neither. There are whole plot elements in PoD which aren't in Dracula itself, and some of the characters have different names, which suggests that maybe the translator(s) could have been working from an earlier draft by Stoker.

Example: at one point while Thomas (not Jonathan) Harker is creeping around Dracula's castle, he finds a secret basement chamber where Dracula is leading a bunch of Neanderthal types in a vampiric human sacrifice cult ritual. (Shades of "The Rats in the Walls"!)

The Icelandic version was published as a newspaper serial, and apparently the publisher must have gotten tired of it. The Harker-in-the-Castle sequence is as long or longer than the comparable part of Stoker's novel, but the remainder of the novel is briskly retold, almost summarized, in about a quarter of the length. Dracula's death literally gets one sentence.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 13, 2026 09:38 AM (78a2H)

56 Thanks for the post Sabrina.

Finished reading Assignment in Utopia by Eugene Lyons (1937)

https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-red-decade-redux

"It may be that the best book that will ever be written about today’s progressive mind-set was published in 1941."

Posted by: 13times at September 13, 2026 09:40 AM (fnZRl)

57 I love the idea of the "working at the ${thing} factory" stories. What lucky kids!

I made the mistake of coming up with a story on the fly for a toddler I was entertaining. It involved a mother bear and her cubs waking up hungry after hibernation and the various things the cubs wanted to eat. When I finished I heard the dreaded words "Again!"

And I had to feverishly try to remember how I had started the damn story ...

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at September 13, 2026 09:40 AM (63pwK)

58 There were a lot of those stories and I can't remember any of them. They just come on the fly. Like when I worked at the Sour Creme factory and had this idea for sweet and sour creme.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 09:43 AM (MWfyi)

59 "When I finished I heard the dreaded words "Again!""

Been there and done that. It was a rough couple of weeks too.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 09:44 AM (q3u5l)

60 My maternal grandfather, despite a lack of schooling, spent a lot of time writing short pieces and poems after his retirement frim the mines. The wife of one of us grandkids had them reprinted in a spiral binder as Christmas gifts one year.

I don't know where mine is.

I do recall one poem about two monkeys discussing Darwin's theory. It ended:

Yes, man descended, the ornery cuss,

But, brother, he didn't descend from us!

Posted by: Weak Geek at September 13, 2026 09:44 AM (VChGu)

61 "Psst... Hey buddy, want to buy a couple of ideas?"
Posted by: Thomas Paine

They fell off a truck.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 09:44 AM (ndZc7)

62 Absolutely! My email is in my nic.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:22 AM (CjHsb)

Sent. It's in docx.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 09:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

63 Have been listening to the first of the Eisenhorn novels from Dan Abnett(sp?) It's interesting and I can see why they are popular. It is a different writing style from what you find these days in any genre. It is unrelieved action. Pushing from one scene to another, relentlessly driving forward.

It is also interesting in what it is missing. The hero is never pausing and contemplating his actions or why he is doing what he is doing or if he is right. Worldbuilding is good with things implied and mentioned, but no sitting down and doing the 'As you know, the Emperor is...' It stays consistent to itself and hints, but does not explicate.

I like it so far. Had a bunch of credits on audible so I got the whole series.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 13, 2026 09:47 AM (Y/06r)

64 Getting story ideas? Half the stories running through my head start with stories I've just watched/read about, and taking a look at that scenario from the perspective of a bystander.

As an example, the last novel I read feature a sword-and-sorcery style wandering adventurer who thwarted not less that 2 potentially city-killing Eldrich horrors. So, my thought process; what happens after the wandering hero has moved on. There is a de-populated city in the middle of an empire. Eventually some new civilians will move into the empty land (or be forcefully relocated onto the land, because the empire needs the taxes!) and then our new protagonist will encounter some dangerous remanent of what came before....

Posted by: Castle Guy at September 13, 2026 09:47 AM (3v7ra)

65 Wouldn't he be looking at the back of the paper?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 09:47 AM (5Go8e)

66 It is also interesting in what it is missing. The hero is never pausing and contemplating his actions or why he is doing what he is doing or if he is right. Worldbuilding is good with things implied and mentioned, but no sitting down and doing the 'As you know, the Emperor is...' It stays consistent to itself and hints, but does not explicate.

I like it so far. Had a bunch of credits on audible so I got the whole series.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 13, 2026 09:47 AM (Y/06r)
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I read the omnibus edition of the Eisenhorn books earlier this year. Although the protagonist starts out unwavering in his belief in the rightness of the Empire, that does start to change in the later books...Good character development overall.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 09:49 AM (FZ29D)

67 Reread - The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout (#41) (1965)

My favorite Nero Wolf book.

Posted by: 13times at September 13, 2026 09:49 AM (fnZRl)

68 Hey Perfessor!


Melt Wizard - Weis & Hickman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGSlmpDQIH8

Enjoy!

Posted by: Shinjinrui at September 13, 2026 09:50 AM (xNMCe)

69 Also recently, I reread Jack Schaefer's "Sergeant Houck," one of the best short stories in any genre (or in literary circles for that matter). Even someone who doesn't like Westerns might like, or at least appreciate, this one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

70 I get my ideas via snail mail from a post office box in Schenectady, third Thursday of the month. Sometimes they're crap. But most of the time you can make 'em work with a bit of hand filing, grease, and maybe a few extra screws.

Posted by: unwenchable at September 13, 2026 09:51 AM (wTDv5)

71 63
It is also interesting in what it is missing. The hero is never pausing and contemplating his actions or why he is doing what he is doing or if he is right. Worldbuilding is good with things implied and mentioned, but no sitting down and doing the 'As you know, the Emperor is...' It stays consistent to itself and hints, but does not explicate.

I like it so far. Had a bunch of credits on audible so I got the whole series.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 13, 2026 09:47 AM (Y/06r)

Well, Eisenhorn is part of the Warhammer 40K franchise, and in that world, self doubt (or even self reflection)would be Heresy. And everyone on the internet knows how that setting feels about Heresy...

Posted by: Castle Guy at September 13, 2026 09:54 AM (3v7ra)

72 Close to the end of Stone’s Fall.. read all of a George Sand novel (Indiana) and it was terrible. But it’s All Hail Éris said of The Robot Brains, at least it didn’t take 500 pages to stink up the joint. It was part of a 3 novel collection on my kindle. Don’t know if I should try again or just right her off as a crappy writer

Posted by: Who Knew at September 13, 2026 09:54 AM (0QMbS)

73 Sent. It's in docx.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 09:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

Cool, I'll find time for that this week.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 13, 2026 09:54 AM (CjHsb)

74 In "The Babylon Lottery" Jorge Luis Borges's narrator says that for a time he was declared invisible. Nothing else is done with the notion; it's passed over, just a throwaway bit. Later, Robert Silverberg picked up that notion and got one of his best short stories of the 60s out of it, "To See the Invisible Man."

In the novel April Evil, John D. MacDonald has a bit of description, something like "one of those men who could be a used car salesman or a tourist from Syracuse or a hired assassin." Donald Justice picked that up and got a nifty little chiller of a poem from it, "The Tourist from Syracuse."

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 09:57 AM (q3u5l)

75 ss so. The non-writing public, not seeing the whining and crying and hair-pulling we do at the computer, think it is just sitting back and thinking Big Thinks

Well, there's your problem. Just avoid thinking the Little Thinks, and Bob's your uncle, you're the next Tom Clancy.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 13, 2026 09:58 AM (Riz8t)

76 The thread's been up for nearly and hour and is nowhere near 100 comments.

I think the subject scared people away.

Posted by: Weak Geek at September 13, 2026 09:59 AM (VChGu)

77 Knocking down latest Reacher novels like nobody's business lately.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 10:00 AM (5Go8e)

78 >>I made the mistake of coming up with a story on the fly for a toddler I was entertaining.

At the coffee shop yesterday morning, had a Mom, Dad, & 2 little girls (about 3 & 6). Mom made up a quick fairy story at the younger one's request. When the girl asked for another, Mom said, 'Maybe Daddy has one for you.' Didn't hear how he deflected, though.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 10:00 AM (NcvvS)

79 The first comment was posted before the thread. How does that work?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 10:01 AM (5Go8e)

80 A NICKEL!?!
Posted by: Reforger at September 13, 2026 09:26 AM (szk5e)

Shoot. Can't even buy an RC with that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

81 On the question of "Where do you get your ideas?" the story is told of how Robert A. Heinlein upon hearing that one of his writer buddies (Theodore Sturgeon IIRC) was suffering severe writer's block sent him a letter with a page long list of story ideas (plus a check to which Sturgeon returned a grateful thanks plus regret that most of it was "...pissed away on rent and groceries."

Posted by: John F. MacMichael at September 13, 2026 10:03 AM (/GVA9)

82 Talarico's got a what Jesus would do story idea.

"What would Jesus do if he visited the U.S. Senate? I think he would tell the Senators...'I was a stranger and you deported me'...and then I think he would flip over those fancy desks..."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

83 In the novel April Evil, John D. MacDonald has a bit of description, something like "one of those men who could be a used car salesman or a tourist from Syracuse or a hired assassin." Donald Justice picked that up and got a nifty little chiller of a poem from it, "The Tourist from Syracuse."
Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 09:57 AM (q3u5l)

There's a Kolchak short story (I don't remember the title) where he runs into an apparently immortal man whose purpose is to kill or otherwise remove men or women who will become great dangers to the world. Kolchak can never get a fix on him, however, because the man's appearance constantly changes from one ordinary face to another.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 13, 2026 10:07 AM (qRla/)

84 Kolchak? Who loves you, Baby?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 10:08 AM (5Go8e)

85 Sabrina, I read your "Argonauts of Space" trilogy some years ago and really enjoyed it. I wish you'd write more about the AI ships. Any plans to do so?

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 10:08 AM (lJ0H4)

86 Story idea. Dracula in the Senate. "Blood! I must drink the taxpayers' blood! Particularly the young girls!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

87 RPG gamers writing books.....

James Cambias; A Darkling Sea and The Godel Operation (and more.)

Adrian Tchaikovsky: lots of books.

Posted by: 13times at September 13, 2026 10:09 AM (fnZRl)

88 Good Morning Sabrina
Always a pleasure to see you here.
My partner Karen used to ask me for a word. Just something random. She's anagram it and then make a poem of the word using each letter to start a line.
Usually, in the car on the way home from a hike. It was astonishing to watch and often hilarious.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at September 13, 2026 10:09 AM (0+1tY)

89 One advantage to being older is having the chance to read things again after half a century, or more, and compare my thoughts and appreciation. That happened this week with Milton's Paradise Lost which I hadn't read since my teens, circa 1970. Back then Satan was the attractive character: rebellious, determined, dominating. Christianity felt like mild dish water by comparison. And I had no real appreciation of the writing beyond the emotional aspects.

Fast forward fifty-six years. What a difference! There's still the attraction of Satan's defiance but the power of the rest of the poem is clear. And I can see the genius of Milton's writing with the wealth of allusions, pacing, description and imagination. It's like opening an old chest expecting a few dusty coins and discovering it is filled with gold.

Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026 10:12 AM (yTvNw)

90 The Argonauts wouldn't have space suits.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 10:13 AM (5Go8e)

91 This can work for some writers, but the conventional wisdom I've seen for novice authors is to plan, outline, and organize as much as possible.

Usually advice from established authors who got their start doing that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 09:27 AM (FZ29D)

Bzzzzt!

I'm gonna have to press the buzzer on that, Perf. I always start with the idea and see where it goes. Starting from nothing makes the journey more free. I don't think a new writer can completely outline a story before touching the keys or pen. You don't know what could be, if you're going to follow a plan. Don't know how many times stuff I've plotted out - and I do both methods - won't work, and I can replace it with another idea. If you plan too much, you may find it hard to solve problems that crop up with a slavish adherence to a "plan."

It doesn't mean I don't think it can work, but it's best not to get locked into one way and one way only to write.

By the way, have you ever noticed almost all the writing YTers aren't best selling authors? So, why give credence to their ideas.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:13 AM (1Ff7Z)

92 So when I first started working at the Candy Corn factory, I started out as a "white" man. That's the guy that pours the white tips on the candy corn. Most people don't know that candy corn is made upside down, white end first. I did that for a while and moved up (or down,as the case may be) to orange for a short time but I was so good at that they moved me right up to yellow man.

One day we were working and the power went out. No machine, no lights, nothing. I had a flashlight and got an idea, so grabbed some of those candy corns and went over to the lab. Yes, we had a lab at the candy corn factory. There I found a battery drill and drilled a little hole in the pointy end of the candy corn and stuck a piece of string in there. When I lit it on fire, it burned real good!

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 10:14 AM (MWfyi)

93 Funny you should ask, Tuna! It's not exactly about the AI ships, but I thought it would be hilarious to write about the Argonauts series from the perspective of the ship's cat. Probably a novella, the cat sleeps a lot

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at September 13, 2026 10:14 AM (63pwK)

94 So I made up a few more and went back out to where everyone was sitting around in the dark and showed them my candy cane candles. They were very impressed and said we should make some more, but the plant was shut down because the power was off. In a back room though there was still the old molds and equipment they used back when they made the candy corn by hand. We made up a batch of those candy corn candles and packed them up real nice, put them on the shelf, and went home for the day.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 10:15 AM (MWfyi)

95 "Maybe Daddy has one for you."

And for some reason, I imagine a scenario in which the parents are using the kids to snipe at each other for years and years and the kids never suspect until after they've grown and the parents split up.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 10:16 AM (q3u5l)

96 Well the next day when we came in those candy corn candles were gone! They had already gone out with a regular shipment. We didn't say anything, but in a couple of days the phone calls started coming in. That's when I got fired

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 10:17 AM (MWfyi)

97 Beau died saving little children when the Candy Corn factory exploded. True story.

Posted by: Joe Biden at September 13, 2026 10:17 AM (U/s6V)

98 Ideas have come to me from all sorts of sources. One was from a dream, and oddly I did not have to change much from what I recalled to make the story work. One was from a line in the Pam Tillis song "Mi Vida Loca."

Often, though, it's from my mind wandering and wondering, What would happen if . . .

Watching Mrs. Miniver the other night, I began to wonder about a concept, and am still considering it. No idea yet if it will be horror, fantasy, mystery/suspense, or none of those things.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 10:17 AM (wzUl9)

99 65 Wouldn't he be looking at the back of the paper?
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 09:47 AM (5Go8e)

"Who the heck is Saedi?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 10:19 AM (Ot/FD)

100 100

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 10:19 AM (5Go8e)

101 I read another of Harlan Coben's sports agent Myron Bolitar books this week, Drop Shot, about the murder of a very young has been tennis star. He amazes me with his ability to pull a hidden in plain sight rabbit out of the hat that surprises me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

102 >92. You may have a fine future with us at Missile Popsicle Inc.

Posted by: Space Sicle Z at September 13, 2026 10:21 AM (fnZRl)

103 How much of the "you must outline" comes not from working writers but from academia? Publishers have wanted outlines, but I've heard of writers who would write the book and then send in an outline of what they've already written.

There's a writing book by Dean Wesley Smith called Writing Into the Dark, talking about the process of writing novels without outlines. Some interesting stuff in there.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 10:21 AM (q3u5l)

104 Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:13 AM (1Ff7Z)

I’ve seen this advice from BIG names such as Brandon Sanderson and Terry Brooks. Not just random YouTubers. George RR Martin is an admitted “pantser” which is why he’s written himself into a corner.

Posted by: Perfessor Squirrel at September 13, 2026 10:22 AM (ppvE/)

105 In 1985, my crew was tasked to fly from Diego Garcia to Djibouti and then transported to a non-descript building located right on the Gulf of Aden at the Gate of Tears.

The mission was to bring "supplies" to four Americans who lived and worked in the building. The head guy told me they were U.S. Department of State employees, at which I laughed, but said nothing. (Of course they weren't State employees, but rather members of a different U.S. agency).

I've always thought my experience there would be a good opening scene in a novel of international intrigue. Coming up with a plot going forward would have to fall to aa real author, however, because I'm not good at such things.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 13, 2026 10:23 AM (J4Dwc)

106 Wrong burner.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 10:24 AM (5Go8e)

107 82 Talarico's got a what Jesus would do story idea.

"What would Jesus do if he visited the U.S. Senate? I think he would tell the Senators...'I was a stranger and you deported me'...and then I think he would flip over those fancy desks..."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

I just realized that "Lo-T" also spells "Lot".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 13, 2026 10:24 AM (Ot/FD)

108 For anyone wanting to enjoy stories where writers are playing with ideas find a copy of "Partners In Wonder" (1971). This is a collection of short stories by Harlan Ellison written in collaboration with a wide ranging assortment of other authors. They include Theodore Sturgeon, Keith Laumer, Ben Bova and Avram Davidson among others. It is quite a collection.

Posted by: John F. MacMichael at September 13, 2026 10:25 AM (/GVA9)

109 Boy, that Talarico's a profound guy, ain't he?

In my version, Jesus would say "I was a stranger and you refused to take me into your own home and forced me upon your poorer neighbors."

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 10:27 AM (q3u5l)

110 Bitchute moved to Wyoming last year and now works better.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 13, 2026 10:27 AM (5Go8e)

111 >>And for some reason, I imagine a scenario in which the parents are using the kids to snipe at each other for years and years and the kids never suspect until after they've grown and the parents split up.

It was a sweet story about a fairy whose wings got wet in the rain. The sun came out and dried them, and she was able to fly again & slide down the rainbow. Ha, didn't think I was listening that closely.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 10:27 AM (NcvvS)

112 I’ve seen this advice from BIG names such as Brandon Sanderson and Terry Brooks. Not just random YouTubers. George RR Martin is an admitted “pantser” which is why he’s written himself into a corner.
Posted by: Perfessor Squirrel at September 13, 2026

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I usually start on a project, big or small, with a "notes" document. Something in my "story ideas" Word file catches my attention, or I'm adding to the file with something new. Then I break it out into its own file and proceed from there. Sometimes I follow it through to its conclusion; sometimes I stop after a certain point, which varies, and start in on the text. Sometimes I finish and realize I've gone off in a different direction from what I had in mind during the note writing. Perhaps the resolution I had there becomes unworkable or silly ("I just don't believe this!") as I get into the tale itself and develop the characters and the action.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

113 I used to play D&D with my kids too. Lots of stories there. We had this place called Dingytown...

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 10:29 AM (MWfyi)

114 My stories almost always come to me in a dream. A major scene, characters and their names and backstories. I write up to it and away from it.

But one still baffles me. When my husband and I packed to move I found a folder of about 70 pp of a sf fantasy. I knew from the paper and the font that I had written it when I was in intense chemo for what seemed at the time an unsurvivable cancer and couldn't put 2 sentences together, let alone 70 pp.

I didn't read sf. That was my husband's side of the bookcase. But when you get that kind of letter to yourself, well, you have to honor it.

Posted by: Wenda at September 13, 2026 10:30 AM (WBjaU)

115 Nazdar --

I don't doubt it was a sweet story. But on the infrequent occasions when something suggests a notion that could be turned into a story, I tend to come up with something grim. I'm just such an upbeat guy...

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 10:31 AM (q3u5l)

116 I don't outline, but I rewrite. I start with a memory or an anecdote and work from there. Sometimes it takes 10 to 15 rewrites before I capture the soul of what I'm trying to say.

Posted by: vivi at September 13, 2026 10:33 AM (7esJd)

117 Try grammarly for your story

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at September 13, 2026 10:33 AM (5NDio)

118 It's important to learn story structure, like outlining. Definitely useful in non-fiction where you have to make sure you got all the information down and ordered. Fiction ... is more of an art. And the distinction between outliners and pantsers is truly a matter of the person. I *can* outline, but it sucks all the fun out of the process of writing for me. And outliners (I hear) get very stressed at the idea of not having their structure to hang prose on. The main point (and Dean Wesley Smith, who I have taken several courses from) is to HAVE FUN. If you are having fun, the reader usually will too. Sure, sitting down and doing the work can be a slog. The fun part is realizing a throwaway line in ch. 2 suddenly becomes *very* important in ch. 32, or a character gets all up in your face with *their* opinion on what needs doing... and if you are giggling to yourself as you write ... yeah, that's fun.

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at September 13, 2026 10:33 AM (63pwK)

119 In one of his books on writing, Lawrence Block suggests a technique he said he's used: Take an episode of a TV show, the central idea, and make it yours. Get rid of the continuing characters, tell what happens, and end it in a satisfying way that is completely different from the original script. He said he sold more than a few stories that way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 10:34 AM (wzUl9)

120 I've not read any of Martin's GoT books, and have no plans to. But Martin did some nice stuff prior to GoT. Lot of good short work ("Sandkings" etc), and I recall Fevre Dream and The Armageddon Rag being pretty decent.

But if he tried to do something as big as GoT strictly as a pantser, and published the books as he went along without having a solid idea of a final conclusion -- well, yeah, I can see how that would be asking for trouble.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 10:36 AM (q3u5l)

121 I’ve seen this advice from BIG names such as Brandon Sanderson and Terry Brooks. Not just random YouTubers. George RR Martin is an admitted “pantser” which is why he’s written himself into a corner.
Posted by: Perfessor Squirrel at September 13, 2026 10:22 AM (ppvE/)

Just don't be slavish to one method or another. I start free form, then about a third of the way through I plot in general terms. I don't do every scene and then and then and then. It won't let you add something if an idea hits, or you have to torture what you've already written to make it fit.

If it works for them, goody. It may not work for a new writer because they may not know how to plot a story yet.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:36 AM (1Ff7Z)

122 Talifreako: “What would Jesus do if he visited the U.S. Senate?”
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Separation of Church and State, cocksucker

Posted by: Check Out His Crawlspace Too at September 13, 2026 10:37 AM (SY3aZ)

123 I've not read any of Martin's GoT books, and have no plans to. But Martin did some nice stuff prior to GoT. Lot of good short work ("Sandkings" etc), and I recall Fevre Dream and The Armageddon Rag being pretty decent. . . .

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026

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Whenever people growl about GRR Martin not being any good, I describe Fevre Dream, and they have to admit it sounds terrific. And it is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 10:38 AM (wzUl9)

124 "Take an episode of a TV show, the central idea, and make it yours."

Hmm. A shipment of candy corn is needed on a remote Pacific island but the ship's science officer causes a detour Tahiti to cure his seven year itch.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 10:39 AM (MWfyi)

125 Very good and important post Sabrina.

Ideas seem to come at random and when they stop coming naturally it can be jarring.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 10:39 AM (xcxpd)

126 I mostly just need a good editor.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 10:40 AM (MWfyi)

127 I had a friend who was a professional writer. He told me that good ideas were everywhere, and good stories weren’t hard to come up with.
“Good endings” he said; “THAT’S the hard part!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 10:41 AM (P8wUf)

128 "What would Jesus do if he visited the U.S. Senate?”

I'm not sure that's that kind of story idea I would run with.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 10:41 AM (MWfyi)

129 123 I've not read any of Martin's GoT books, and have no plans to. But Martin did some nice stuff prior to GoT. Lot of good short work ("Sandkings" etc), and I recall Fevre Dream and The Armageddon Rag being pretty decent. . . .

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026

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Whenever people growl about GRR Martin not being any good, I describe Fevre Dream, and they have to admit it sounds terrific. And it is.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 10:38 AM (wzUl9)

Martin is a skillful writer but he's got some serious flaws, some ideological, that prevent him from doing anything he doesn't want to.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 10:42 AM (xcxpd)

130 This book looks at a footnote to history I know nothing about. I may have to read it.

Fiume: The Poet Who Captured a City tells the remarkable true story of a poet who became a commander, a disputed port that became a revolutionary state, and fifteen turbulent months that offered Europe an early glimpse of the political forces that would shape the decades ahead.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)

131 Oh, wanted to mention: In Stephen Hunter's The Bullet Garden, there are more than a few cameos. Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier show up, for instance; and two of Earl Swagger's team consult an Oxford don whose wife or housekeeper calls him "Ronnie," and who mentions he wrote a children's book in '37 and then began on a followup which has turned "rather dark." His identity I leave as an exercise for the student.

Baroness Karen Blixen is mentioned by first name. Her pen name is not given, but from the description and background, it has to be her. And a fictionalized version of her first husband, the "Blixen" fellow, is important to Hunter's story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)

132 But if he tried to do something as big as GoT strictly as a pantser, and published the books as he went along without having a solid idea of a final conclusion -- well, yeah, I can see how that would be asking for trouble.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 10:36 AM (q3u5l)

I suppose this GoT is an epic, never-ending story. I don't see why he'd be able to finish it just because he did a complete outline instead of pantsing all the way to the end. He's older, isn't he? Maybe he's just lost interest in continuing the work. I know how that feels.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:45 AM (1Ff7Z)

133 120
But if [George RR Martin] tried to do something as big as GoT strictly as a pantser, and published the books as he went along without having a solid idea of a final conclusion -- well, yeah, I can see how that would be asking for trouble.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 10:36 AM (q3u5l)

Heh. From what I've heard, his original pitch to the publisher (which he presumably had a 'plan' for) was for a trilogy. One could only imagine what would have happened had to stuck to that original pitch...

I've read a few chapters of Martin's work; back when the Game of Thrones TV show was good (or at least still decent) I'd wander over the library and read some chapters featuring the characters I liked...but nothing has made me want to read the entire books, nor to delve into his earlier works.

Posted by: Castle Guy at September 13, 2026 10:46 AM (3v7ra)

134 Talifreako: “What would Jesus do if he visited the U.S. Senate?”

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Throw up His hands in horror and flee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 10:46 AM (wzUl9)

135 I mostly just need a good editor.
Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 10:40 AM (MWfyi)

I know one who's open for more business. Wolfus can verify.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 13, 2026 10:47 AM (1Ff7Z)

136 Sabrina,
I absolutely agree with you and Dean about having fun, except for the sf universe I described above that came to me out of nowhere. Those stories are more like taking dictation and they take me places that are hard to go to.

One came to me just this past week, and I'm still fighting against writing it, but I know I'm going to lose.

Posted by: Wenda at September 13, 2026 10:47 AM (WBjaU)

137 "What would Jesus do if he visited the U.S. Senate?”

As the saying goes 'flipping over tables and chasing people out with a whip' in on the table...

Posted by: Castle Guy at September 13, 2026 10:47 AM (3v7ra)

138 “Good endings” he said; “THAT’S the hard part!”
Posted by: Tom Servo

So it's like real life?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)

139 Reflect and Eject — a lamerick webwork

Ideas? Of course, I get plenty.
Each morning I wake up with twenty.
But when I get up,
And have downed my first cup,
I see that they're all excrementy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - mulling doon at September 13, 2026 10:50 AM (4lnVb)

140 Yay book thread! I finished Graham Greene's Brighton Rock, a gangster redemption/damnation story written in 1938. I enjoyed it, but cannot recommend it to anyone other than a devoted anglophile who is familiar with 1930s slang.

Also, lots of Catholic stuff in it, but you knew that because of the author. To be clear, Greene includes faith because he regards it as crucial to understanding people (and he's right), but he is not preachy about it, and is very much willing to make fun of the Church and clergy.

Like Eveyln Waugh, he also has a deep love of clever plot twists, telegraphing the story and then - and this is the very important part - adding a completely unforeseen but completely consistent turn to it. Sort of the anti-Martin.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 13, 2026 10:51 AM (ZOv7s)

141 Bravo ! mindful webworker

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 10:51 AM (Ia/+0)

142 Pantser vs Outliners is a long, long standing conflict because every writer is different and thus what works for one doesn't work for someone else. You gotta experiment and find what does work for you.

I will STRONGLY suggest that if you get a story idea, figure out the ending before spending time writing. Everything in between the opening scene and the ending scene can be outlined or improvised but endings are important. Figure it out first.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 10:52 AM (xcxpd)

143 Mindful at 139 --

I don't wake up with nearly that many, but boy, can I identify with the rest of it.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 10:52 AM (q3u5l)

144 140 Yay book thread! I finished Graham Greene's Brighton Rock, a gangster redemption/damnation story written in 1938. I enjoyed it, but cannot recommend it to anyone other than a devoted anglophile who is familiar with 1930s slang.

You mean like "23 skidoo" or "That's really swell"?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 13, 2026 10:54 AM (g8Ew8)

145 Also in The Bullet Garden, Graham Greene's assassin Raven has various scenes. I guess it's supposed to be him, as the assassin has a harelip, and visited Brighton Rock amusement park as a boy, which I think is part of the background GG gives his Raven. The problem is that GG's Raven appeared in 1936, and I think he dies in that novel, A Gun For Sale/This Gun For Hire; yet Hunter's story takes place in the London of 1944.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 10:57 AM (wzUl9)

146 Note that "pantsing" vs outlining can depend on what specific project a writer is working on. Some stories need careful outlining, but others work best just by letting the characters do their thing and see how they bounce off each other.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 13, 2026 10:57 AM (78a2H)

147 Yay book thread! I finished Graham Greene's Brighton Rock, a gangster redemption/damnation story written in 1938. I enjoyed it, but cannot recommend it to anyone other than a devoted anglophile who is familiar with 1930s slang.
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You mean like "23 skidoo" or "That's really swell"?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 13, 2026

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Thirties British slang is another country entirely!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 10:57 AM (wzUl9)

148 "I will STRONGLY suggest that if you get a story idea, figure out the ending before spending time writing. "

Seeing as how all my stories ended up with me getting fired, that was never a problem.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 10:58 AM (MWfyi)

149 When I started trying to write long-form fiction in college, I'd come up with a setting, and maybe characters but plot always eluded me. I'd get so far and then abandon it. I think a big part of this was inadequate life experience. It wasn't until I was in my 30s and had done a few things that I understood life as a story rather than isolated events.

I'd also known more people, and therefore more *about* people, and I began to use those people in my work. Maxim Darius in the Man of Destiny series is a based upon the late great Jerry Roe, head of the Michigan GOP during the 1970s. Political genius, funny guy, though I did change the part about him being an insatiable womanizer.

The most clear case of this is "Three Weeks with the Coasties", which is a novelization of my experience at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. I retained all my records and emails, and so was able to reconstruct it day by day, albeit with some necessary embellishment.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 13, 2026 10:58 AM (ZOv7s)

150 Pantser vs Outliners is a long, long standing conflict because every writer is different and thus what works for one doesn't work for someone else. You gotta experiment and find what does work for you.

I will STRONGLY suggest that if you get a story idea, figure out the ending before spending time writing. Everything in between the opening scene and the ending scene can be outlined or improvised but endings are important. Figure it out first.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026

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I can't echo this more strongly. You need to know what the payoff is. It's like telling a joke in public: You know the punchline, but you have to put in the various elements that make the line sensible (in the context of the joke) so that the listener will get it. If you leave something out, the audience will go, "Huh?" And the same reaction will happen if the punchline doesn't match the joke elements.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 11:01 AM (wzUl9)

151 Thirties British slang is another country entirely!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 10:57 AM (wzUl9)
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I ran into words I'd never seen before, and of course the Cockney element adds another layer.

There's also the thing where he obstinately refuses to give clear names to people, so you eventually figure out The Boy is Pinkie, but only via dialog. Exposition, what's that?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 13, 2026 11:01 AM (ZOv7s)

152 Some stories need careful outlining, but others work best just by letting the characters do their thing and see how they bounce off each other.
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 13, 2026 10:57 AM (78a2H)

Much like in Debbie Does Dallas.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 13, 2026 11:02 AM (g8Ew8)

153 I do recall one poem about two monkeys discussing Darwin's theory. It ended:

Yes, man descended, the ornery cuss,

But, brother, he didn't descend from us!
Posted by: Weak Geek at September 13, 2026 09:44 AM (VChGu)

Go on Youtube, and look for "The Monkey Speaks His Mind" by Dave Bartholomew. It's an entire song, and those lines are from it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 11:03 AM (1z8ji)

154 I can't echo this more strongly. You need to know what the payoff is. It's like telling a joke in public: You know the punchline, but you have to put in the various elements that make the line sensible (in the context of the joke) so that the listener will get it. If you leave something out, the audience will go, "Huh?" And the same reaction will happen if the punchline doesn't match the joke elements.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 11:01 AM (wzUl9)
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Counterpioint: it is often the case that while you know WHAT will happen, the HOW comes to you late in the writing, and is often unexpected, the resuilt of the story taking on a life of its own.

The problem with Martin was that he created an organic story and then kept doing gotchas until it felt completely contrived and random.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 13, 2026 11:04 AM (ZOv7s)

155 Raining like hell here at Chateaux Prov. Must be what all you others got yesterday.
Good day to stay in and read. Had to be out early, just got back. Will follow my own advice, with more tea.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 11:04 AM (sl73Y)

156 The "gotcha" at the end Waugh's short story "Basil Seal Rides Again" was one of the most brutally hilarious I have ever encountered. I was weeping with laughter. Talk about payoff.

(This was a belated conclusion to his Smart Set books and their anti-hero Lord Basil Seal.)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 13, 2026 11:05 AM (ZOv7s)

157 Georges Simenon, if his Paris Review interview can be believed, was a pantser. When starting a novel, he had a place, some characters, and an opening incident that would set his people in motion.

"I know nothing whatever about the events that will occur later. Otherwise it would not be interesting to me."

Seemed to work out pretty well for him.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 11:06 AM (q3u5l)

158 Also, nice column, Sabrina.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 11:07 AM (sl73Y)

159 Well, busy day today, thanks, Sabrina.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 13, 2026 11:09 AM (ZOv7s)

160 When it comes to Catholic authors, it is fashionable on the left to dislike Flannery O'Connor, and I don't want to dislike her. But Wise Blood is deeply weird.

Posted by: Jean-Claude in at September 13, 2026 11:11 AM (2ap+5)

161 Fiume: The Poet Who Captured a City tells the remarkable true story of a poet who became a commander, a disputed port that became a revolutionary state, and fifteen turbulent months that offered Europe an early glimpse of the political forces that would shape the decades ahead.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)

Gabriele D'Annunzio? Certifiable lunatic.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 13, 2026 11:16 AM (qRla/)

162 I'm a frugal guy. One indulgence is a well designed, well made hardcover book. My latest is Paradise Lost published by Lithos Press. The clothbound cover is a woodcut by Stephen Crotts who does the illustrations for Malcolm Guite's Arthur epic poem. The paper is nicely thick, the print is large enough to be comfortable, the page edges are gilded, a ribbon book mark, illustrations from Gustave Dore. There are brief annotations in the generous margins that are both helpful and don't distract the reader. I like that better than lengthy footnotes or flipping back and forth to an appendix.

The book is a physical pleasure to hold and read. I expect to pass this to young family members when the time comes. It is heirloom quality. At 28 bucks on Amazon, I think it is a real value, worth every penny to preserve and enjoy one of the treasures of English literature.

Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026 11:18 AM (yTvNw)

163 I will STRONGLY suggest that if you get a story idea, figure out the ending before spending time writing. Everything in between the opening scene and the ending scene can be outlined or improvised but endings are important. Figure it out first.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026

My Theda Bara novels are all told in flashback (which, I have been assured, is a death-kiss as far as trad publishing is concerned), so I have the opening and closing written first.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 13, 2026 11:19 AM (qRla/)

164 OK, I suppose I'd better do some editing or the day is wasted.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 13, 2026 11:19 AM (qRla/)

165 When it comes to Catholic authors, it is fashionable on the left to dislike Flannery O'Connor, and I don't want to dislike her. But Wise Blood is deeply weird.
Posted by: Jean-Claude in at September 13, 2026

***
While I've liked some of her short stories, she is not on the top of my favorites list. Maybe it's the Southern-ness of what she does.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 11:22 AM (wzUl9)

166 IIRC, Lawrence Block once cited a section of Donald Westlake's novel Adios Scheherezade as offering an excellent example of a novel outline. The book is set in the days when the sleaze paperbacks were still a going concern, and the narrator's been earning his living cranking out the stuff and can't bring himself to write the book he has to deliver in a few weeks. He tries to outline the thing. The closing portion of his outline, when his disgust with the stuff kicks in, is quite gross (funny too if you have a warped sense of humor). But it's a nice example of an outline.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 11:23 AM (q3u5l)

167 My Theda Bara novels are all told in flashback (which, I have been assured, is a death-kiss as far as trad publishing is concerned), so I have the opening and closing written first.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 13, 2026

***
It may remain a death-kiss until it's not. Somebody will write a well-received and big-selling novel with the flashback as a central element, and then everybody will be scrambling to jump onto the wagon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 11:24 AM (wzUl9)

168 I’m still reading, Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America Book by Annie Jacobsen.
I’m pretty sure, although not entirely convinced, that my prior knowledge of this historical event was whitewashed, claiming that these scientists were unaware of the extent of the use of prisoner labor and atrocities.
It always amazes me that our government doesn’t trust us with this information, believing that we’d choose possible defeat over the actual truth. I know that it’s easier to believe in presentism, and that I’d choose the most moral decision over existence itself, but I’m pretty sure that I’d vote me over them every time.

Posted by: Unkaren at September 13, 2026 11:27 AM (wBxGS)

169 You can't handle the truth Col Jessop said

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 11:28 AM (Ia/+0)

170 I've been reading a lot of classic literature lately. (Or Guite's Arthuriad epic poem which will become a classic.) Time for a brief change. I'm in the mood for a Nero Wolfe book with the delightful characters and vocabulary and his brownstone. Might throw in a Matt Helm book as well.

Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026 11:28 AM (yTvNw)

171 Whoever recommended the book "The Secret Life of Groceries", that is truly a fun read.

Most grocery stores don't see themselves selling food, but moving Packaged Goods.

The section on trucking mates well to the book "End of the Road" which was written by a trucker. Trucking really is worse than share-cropping. If we return to professional drivers like in the 70s and 80s, you get cartels and Teamster labor strikes. With today's system you have debt slavery, drug addicts, homeless, illegal aliens and others who are fine with making $3/hr or less and living almost 24hrs a day in a 7x7 box.

Maybe Musk was right about autonomous trucks—especially for drayage.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 13, 2026 11:30 AM (PVBkQ)

172 It always amazes me that our government doesn’t trust us with this information, believing that we’d choose possible defeat over the actual truth. I know that it’s easier to believe in presentism, and that I’d choose the most moral decision over existence itself, but I’m pretty sure that I’d vote me over them every time.
Posted by: Unkaren at September 13, 2026 11:27 AM (wBxGS)

The one I met was unrepentant. Fuel scientist.

Posted by: Reforger at September 13, 2026 11:33 AM (F9nWj)

173 Gabriele D'Annunzio? Certifiable lunatic.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)

There's a lot of that going around lately.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 11:34 AM (ndZc7)

174 Time for a brief change. I'm in the mood for a Nero Wolfe book with the delightful characters and vocabulary and his brownstone. Might throw in a Matt Helm book as well.
Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026

***
Have you read all the Wolfe books? Two of my favorites are from the '50s, Murder by the Book and Might As Well Be Dead.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 11:35 AM (wzUl9)

175 He hung his head between his knees. His arms folded across him. A soft noise. He was chuckling. Or sobbing.

All I could do was stand there, like an idiot, staring at him.

How do you give the gift of Peace to the Peacebringer?

I think that's why most of my fellow believers in Paul's divine status don't believe me. They don't want to know the truth. In a way, they were afraid of the truth. Paul was just some guy, as a person, whatever The Gift was that he gave us. Now I knew.

And I knew he hadn't been to Heaven.

He'd been to Hell.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Invulnerable at September 13, 2026 11:37 AM (4lnVb)

176 Hmmmm.
Sabrina Chase
*dons kilt*
Wanna see my sgian-dubh?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 11:38 AM (2WIwB)

177 Time I shuffled off to handle some chores, all. Be nice. If you can't do that, at least don't get caught, or have plausible deniability ready to deploy!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 11:40 AM (wzUl9)

178 I know of several fantasy writers who have used this method to great success (Raymond E. Feist, Steven Erickson & Ian C. Esslemont, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, to name a few)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

My understanding of most of the early Forgotten Realms novels is that they were novelizations of Ed Greenwood(?)'s D&D campaigns

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 11:42 AM (anFBA)

179
I would say -

before you start writing, know-

your beginning
the end
and a minimum of three knockout scenes to act as sign posts along the way. Five or six is even better.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 11:43 AM (iJfKG)

180 174 ... "Have you read all the Wolfe books? Two of my favorites are from the '50s, Murder by the Book and Might As Well Be Dead."

Hi Wolfus,

I haven't read all of them but most. And I know I read those two although I don't recall the specifics. This is where used book stores come in with a chance to get inexpensive books in a series. Some of my paperbacks are showing their age but are still readable.

Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2026 11:45 AM (yTvNw)

181 The one I met was unrepentant. Fuel scientist

So, he thought Hitler was doing the right thing? Or, that Germany was fucked over in the Treaty of Versailles, and was justified in trying to conquer the world.

Posted by: Unkaren at September 13, 2026 11:46 AM (wBxGS)

182 Finally SOMEONE shows up in a kilt! It's like you guys never read the instructions or something

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at September 13, 2026 11:47 AM (63pwK)

183 In his intro to a reprint of Boys & Girls Together, William Goldman says "I had this much: a bunch of young people come to New York. I know I knew it went badly for them. That's it, folks." And he knew it had to be a LONG book.

It is a long book. And apparently not tightly plotted before he began writing it. And it's a terrific read.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 11:50 AM (q3u5l)

184 Von Braun had a lot of help. It's no accident that there were full color Disney programs about the Moon and Mars and articles in Colliers in the mid 1950s. He was an amazingly charismatic kind of guy, right out of central casting, and by most accounts a pretty good engineer.

Kurt Debus, and Arthur Rudolph were top level nazis and pretty much ran the entire booster or Saturn V program. Rudolph was later deported.

Less well known than the rocket scientists, of which there were hundreds, were the propaganda specialists and chemical/biological warfare specialists. The spook agencies picked up where they left off, the experiments at Dachau with hallucinogenics, trying to find "truth serum". Initially they focused on Mescaline, which Rudolf Hess described as "Mexican Brain Poison", apparently the British messed with him quite a bit.

There is mention of Bill Donovan working with L.S.D. in the OSS days, which puts the US government role with this substance much earlier than the early 1950s. But from out here in the cheap seats it looks to me the 1960s "tune on turn on drop out" drug culture had its genesis in the spook agencies. Your tax dollars at work, with a little help from nazis

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 11:51 AM (uozx9)

185 your beginning
the end
and a minimum of three knockout scenes to act as sign posts along the way.

-
I heard some smart guy once define a good movie as one with no bad scenes and three good scenes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 11:52 AM (ndZc7)

186 If you’re going to whitewash history then it’s best to do it with hallucinogenic substances.

Posted by: Unkaren at September 13, 2026 11:54 AM (wBxGS)

187 Should have thought this earlier, is screen writing any different from book writing?

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 11:55 AM (Ia/+0)

188 And outta here for the morning. Chores to screw up, cat to annoy (no active measures required here -- I annoy the cat merely by existing), some reading to do, and maybe even a little writing (hey, it could happen).

Sabrina, thanks for the thread. I'm always a sucker for any writer's shoptalk.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 13, 2026 11:56 AM (q3u5l)

189 Finally SOMEONE shows up in a kilt! It's like you guys never read the instructions or something
Posted by: Sabrina Chase

Some years ago, I attended a presentation by one of my son-in-law's favorite professors. He appeared wearing a skirt! I was like oh shit! My SIL explained it's not what it seems. He's just a Scottish nationalist.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 11:58 AM (ndZc7)

190 How Writers Get Their Ideas

-----------

I thought they buy them from Miles Finch.

Posted by: Walter Hobbs at September 13, 2026 12:00 PM (wpRMV)

191 Good morning from the now cooled down Left Coast where the 49ers beat the Rams down under and the Cal Bears redeemed themselves in Upstate NY.

Oh--sorry. Wrong thread!

I can write scenes. I can write characters. I can write dialogue. My challenge is the resolution of the conflict. I write myself into a corner or a wall and...

I'm a better poet than a narrative writer. /sigh

Posted by: March Hare at September 13, 2026 12:00 PM (+A1pr)

192 And so another Book Thread has moved to Unsupervised status. I must go off and write more books for you lot!

As always, a pleasure ...

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at September 13, 2026 12:01 PM (63pwK)

193 Thanks for the Book Thread, Sabrina!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 12:01 PM (NcvvS)

194 I don't have many "conspiracy theories" (virtually all of them turned out to be conspiracy facts anyway) but one of them is the strange decline and death of James Forrestal, the first secretary of defense. He ended up doing a swan dive from about 15 floors high at Bethesda, and has a lot of the characteristics of a spook hit.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 12:03 PM (uozx9)

195 Should have thought this earlier, is screen writing any different from book writing?
Posted by: Skip

Immensely, scripts have to be complete storylines pared down to the bare elements, and timed to the page. They are entirely different arts.

Posted by: Escobar cut-loop at September 13, 2026 12:04 PM (HeG1i)

196 146 Note that "pantsing" vs outlining can depend on what specific project a writer is working on. Some stories need careful outlining, but others work best just by letting the characters do their thing and see how they bounce off each other.

---------

The latter approach also works well for big budget movie trilogies. Make it up as you go along!

Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy at September 13, 2026 12:05 PM (wpRMV)

197 Should have thought this earlier, is screen writing any different from book writing?
Posted by: Skip

I've mentioned my enjoyment of author Anthony Horowitz. His three book Susan Ryeland series have all been made into BBC miniseries and he wrote the screenplays. It's interesting to watch the differences between book and screenplay. Some I understand as just translating to a more visual mode and some I don't. For example, the setting for his latest, Marble Hall Murders, is transferred from the south of France to Cyprus.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 13, 2026 12:06 PM (ndZc7)

198 I guess books getting turned into movies do need to be rewritten

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 12:06 PM (Ia/+0)

199 I must go…
Posted by: Sabrina Chase

The Captain having abandoned the ship, the crew was left rudderless and adrift, hatches unbattened, awaiting rescue of the next Big Thing.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Invulnerable at September 13, 2026 12:07 PM (4lnVb)

200 >>I guess books getting turned into movies do need to be rewritten

Which is why so many fans of a book hiss at the movie adaptation.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 12:08 PM (NcvvS)

201 CBD to the rescue

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=421351

Posted by: mindful webworker - Invulnerable at September 13, 2026 12:08 PM (4lnVb)

202 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 12:09 PM (NcvvS)

203 WE HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 12:09 PM (Ia/+0)

204 56 Finished reading Assignment in Utopia by Eugene Lyons (1937)

https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-red-decade-redux

"It may be that the best book that will ever be written about today’s progressive mind-set was published in 1941."
Posted by: 13times at September 13, 2026 09:40 AM (fnZRl)

Great article. I read Whitaker Chamber's "Witness". May have to check out Eugene Lyons too.

Posted by: Joemarine at September 13, 2026 12:39 PM (y171U)

205 Betrayed!
I'm re-editing a book I started over 35 years ago, and am up to chapter 10, then I get a corrupted file on the flash drive I'm using. Ch 10, gone, ch's 8 & 9, lost the ready-to-print files, lost some wip files, not happy obviously. Couldn't recover any lost files, but did recover 8 & 9 from their wips. Ch 10, redoing from the rough drafts (but can't remember all the on the fly edits)
Lesson learned: Save to more than one media (CD now added to routine as primary)
At least I didn't lose ALL my work... :-/
/rant over

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at September 13, 2026 02:07 PM (dH3Sc)

206 p.s. I don't trust the laptop I use for storing files. I've lost too many computers to drive failures. I treat my computers nice, but they seem to hate me. The feeling is getting mutual...

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at September 13, 2026 02:11 PM (dH3Sc)

Daily Tech News 13 September 2026

Top Story

  • LG televisions are spyware, part one:



    Unlikely it's limited to LG, but they boast of it even as they deny it.


  • LG televisions are definitely not spyware, says LG, as it reportedly force-pushes a firmware update to hide the spyware:


Tech News

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 13, 2026 04:35 AM (C26rB)

3 The Gamers Nexus guy, Steve Burke, seems like a really nice guy.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:36 AM (odBC9)

4 AI tells me that "Steve Burke, the founder and editor-in-chief of the PC hardware review and analysis channel Gamers Nexus, is based in Cary, North Carolina."

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:39 AM (odBC9)

5 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 04:43 AM (Ia/+0)

6 >>>Just waiting for a built to complete

built-->build

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:44 AM (odBC9)

7 The IRGC used Claude to find and build profiles on the protestors.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 04:45 AM (E0Et6)

8 In the top video, Steve's Microslop t-shirt is pretty funny.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:47 AM (odBC9)

9 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 13, 2026 04:59 AM (VyBeY)

10 7 The IRGC used Claude to find and build profiles on the protestors.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 04:45 AM (E0Et6)

Scary.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 05:01 AM (odBC9)

11 Good Morning all, time for me to crash but I'm to wired to sleep.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 13, 2026 05:07 AM (Q/FnY)

12 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at September 13, 2026 05:07 AM (V0/Sp)

13 I have an LG fridge.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

14 Evening and morning, late or Sunday toilers and early risers! 'Tis Sunday, innit?

I woke on my own from tangled dreams about reading instructions from a red-paged book, instructions about something I already knew in the dream how to do but can't recall clearly now. Bleah.

What's up for you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 05:17 AM (wzUl9)

15
I'm up, I'm up! OK?

Posted by: Leon Trotsky at September 13, 2026 05:19 AM (eRlcH)

16 The 1967 potboiler Valley of the Dolls is on Movies!, with Sharon Tate and Patty Duke. It wouldn't have interested me when it was new, and I've never watched all of it since. A classic example of glossy trash, I guess?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 05:20 AM (wzUl9)

17
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 13, 2026 05:21 AM (AMvSw)

18 >>> Added an embedded database to my programming language

Will there be a day when more ordinary folk will be able to download and code "Hello, World!\n" ?

Posted by: fluffy at September 13, 2026 05:26 AM (V0/Sp)

19 >>> I have an LG fridge.

Is it smart? Mrs fluffy and are dreading the day we have to replace appliances.

Posted by: fluffy at September 13, 2026 05:27 AM (V0/Sp)

20 We walked over to the Chik-Fil-A near where we live. $17.45 for two sandwiches alone and a large serving of fries (we drank water). Good stuff, but grrrr at the price. Still, going anywhere else as pleasant or better would have run close to $30 with the tip.

I'll buy some meat at Aldi this week, and we can get two dinners out of that with tortillas or with pasta.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)

21 19 >>> I have an LG fridge.

Is it smart? Mrs fluffy and are dreading the day we have to replace appliances.
Posted by: fluffy at September 13, 2026 05:27 AM (V0/Sp)

I don't think so. It's pretty old.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 05:29 AM (odBC9)

22 I've already watched both of those Gamers Nexus videos.

So... How to solve the problem?

Well, you could put OpenWRT on your wireless routers, and set your home network up to use VLANs, and shove the TV in its own isolated VLAN, with the router configured to not let it talk to any other devices through the router even if you do add something else to that VLAN in future.

Then set up firewall rules on the "If it's not expressly permitted, it's automatically forbidden" security model, only adding addresses the TV needs to talk to (for updates, for authentication, and for whatever services or streams you want to watch.)

And that's where this starts to break down, because:
a) LG could easily use the same IP address for updates as it does for spying. You might not be able to isolate those.
b) LG could lock you out for "violating the terms of service" if you try to shut down their spying, and that's probably inside those utter bricks of terms-of-service that were shown in the 2nd video.
c) Finding out exactly what IPs to approve to barely get a stream/service working is a giant pain in the arse.

G'morning horde. I should have my coffee now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 13, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

23 I purchase all my appliances from the used sellers. They buy all the non spying, non 999 things that can go wrong goods.

Half price or less.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 05:33 AM (E0Et6)

24 22 I've already watched both of those Gamers Nexus videos.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 13, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

Yay! I was just going to ask Pixy if he has.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

25 My apartment fridge is probably twenty -- I think after the Katrina debacle, the management back then replaced many units. Frost-free, non-spying.

When I was looking over appliances at Lowe's earlier this year, in case I bought a house that would need a fridge or more, I saw most of the boxes were "smart" . . . but you could still get simpler models for a lot less money. Same thing with stoves. On that trip I didn't look at washers and dryers, but I'd hope the same is true for them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

26 How many other television manufacturers are doing this? Where is the price cutoff? A $300 tv? A $400 tv? I would toss an LG product into the dumpster.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 13, 2026 05:39 AM (5C90x)

27 I've gotten about halfway through the first video. It's way above me, so I will be dependent on the kindness of strangers to interpret it.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 05:41 AM (odBC9)

28 @19/fluffy: "Mrs fluffy and are dreading the day we have to replace appliances."

There are still "dumb" appliances out there. Large landlord corporations still buy them for apartment complexes they run. Start investigating now.

Buy one now as well as a really good appliance dolly (NOT the same as a "box dolly").

Stick the backup fridge in your garage. It can hold bottled drinks.

When the day comes that the main fridge has kicked the bucket, you're all set to promote the backup fridge to the primary, and won't you two feel awesome for having been well prepared.

Two is one, and one is none.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 13, 2026 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

29 I love my old TV from 2003.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 13, 2026 05:41 AM (wtpml)

30 exactly, BH!
we have two spare dumb TVs (from craigslist) waiting in the closet.
one is a duplicate of the current one working, so when it fails I will keep it for parts.

coffee req'd, brb

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 13, 2026 05:42 AM (VyBeY)

31 Stirling is romping around, hoping I'll feed him early. No idea where Dagny is; probably in her bedroom window or something. I think his diet is working, but I'm going to find it hard to weigh him with the inaccurate scale I have. Maybe it's time I bought a modern one with a digital display. $$$, I have no doubt.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

32 sock_rat, How are you !?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 05:47 AM (E0Et6)

33 I love my old TV from 2003.
Posted by: Cow Demon at September 13, 2026

***
I was happy with my CRT TV from 1995 until 2020. Darn thing weighed 75 lbs. I ignored the digital TV world until the CRT died and there was hardly anybody who could fix it -- and I'd have had to get it to the shop anyway.

My current one, bought at Target, is a Vizio. Haven't had any trouble with it, and the over-the-air channels made it possible for me to cancel the cable. I still have the same company for Internet -- but I'm seriously thinking about going with Starlink. It would save me 50%.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

34 More thoughts on LG TV's and other "smart" (spyware) devices:

You have NO way of knowing if they're trying to connect to other networks that you can see on WiFi from your house. Sure most of them are secured, but any company that would go to these lengths to get data on their customers might be willing to try a large password file to attempt to gain access to another network.

Does that break the law? Yes. Will they care? Probably not. Corporations have figured out that the worst that can happen to them (normally) is a fine, otherwise known as a 'cost of doing business'. Also: China is Asshoe and it's not as if they're going to pay any attention to other countries' laws.

My neighbor had one of those programmable "smart bulbs" in their house. For some reason, it decided it was going to absolutely hammer my wifi routers, trying to gain access for itself every 5 seconds. I had a ridiculously long WPA2 password, but I still had to MAC-address ban that stupid thing, and then decided to switch to a MAC-address whitelist. (If you're not on the list already, you ain't getting an IP address. Ever.)

IoT = idIoTic.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 13, 2026 05:49 AM (O7YUW)

35 I imagine they're going to be saying that all of this information could not possibly be processed without AI. Which I imagine is true.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 05:50 AM (odBC9)

36 Well. The monsters are not due for chow for another hour. Time I changed, stretched, and got busy with my workout.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

37 Oh, and that smart bulb of the neighbor's wasn't "smart" and neither were its designers. It kept rotating through a list of 20 common passwords as it tried to connect, utterly littering my router's logs with garbage lines. Over and over and over again...

In a lot of cases they seemed like default passwords that various routers come set up with. Either that means they know there's a lot of people out there that just plug a router in and never give it a second thought as to setting it up properly, or they're counting on the day when you have to factory reset your password, and it'll try to worm its way onto the router then.

Now I'm wondering if the thing also had a malware payload it wanted to deliver... hmmm...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 13, 2026 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

38 26 How many other television manufacturers are doing this? Where is the price cutoff? A $300 tv? A $400 tv? I would toss an LG product into the dumpster.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Very likely all of them.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 13, 2026 05:57 AM (BLOW1)

39 @Pixy: "Added an embedded database to my programming language - it's called Nana - today, and a "kitchen sink" option that increases the bundled standard library from 15 packages to 120."

Aren't you worried that this increases the attack surface?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 13, 2026 05:59 AM (O7YUW)

40 My TV is a screen for DVD's and that is it.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 05:59 AM (E0Et6)

41 I don't have a tv!

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:00 AM (odBC9)

42 Rainy morning

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 06:02 AM (Ia/+0)

43 Steve and Wendell look like they're having a ton of fun.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:03 AM (odBC9)

44 I remember specifically when the showroom salesman asked me why I didn't want my plasma with an internet connection. I should have thought of a better kind of 'no.'

Posted by: Escobar cut-loop at September 13, 2026 06:05 AM (HeG1i)

45 m, you don't want to be inundated with consumer ads and propaganda? How very anti of you!

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:05 AM (E0Et6)

46 39 @Pixy: "Added an embedded database to my programming language - it's called Nana - today, and a "kitchen sink" option that increases the bundled standard library from 15 packages to 120."

Aren't you worried that this increases the attack surface?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

The "kitchen sink" build is for developers exploring the language, so that they don't need to download packages individually. And with the capability security model it should not increase the attack surface - at least in theory.

Still, it's not recommended for deployment, because code that's not present is code that can't have bugs.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 13, 2026 06:08 AM (BLOW1)

47 @20/Wolfus: "We walked over to the Chik-Fil-A near where we live. $17.45 for two sandwiches alone and a large serving of fries (we drank water). Good stuff, but grrrr at the price. Still, going anywhere else as pleasant or better would have run close to $30 with the tip. "

Covid. Lockdowns. Governments printing money to keep things sorta-going. Massive inflation via "clipping the coin" that they refuse to talk about or admit, but they full on knew what they were doing.

Bastards, the bunch of them.

And why? Because then with the value of money effectively halved or even quartered, the value of their debt also went down by that much, because the debt is an absolute number not tied to inflation. If you owe $1,000,000 before a period of massive inflation, and at the end of it your money is worth 25% of what it was before, you effectively now owe $250,000 in pre-inflationary dollars. 3/4 of your debt has been erased.

And so has 3/4 of everyone's life savings. It amazes to me that politicians aren't decorating lampposts as a result of this.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 13, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

48 @46/Pixy: "Still, it's not recommended for deployment, because code that's not present is code that can't have bugs."

So you'll be using the minimalist library model when you deploy Minx 2.0 then. Good. I'm glad you're on top of this.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 13, 2026 06:10 AM (O7YUW)

49 45 m, you don't want to be inundated with consumer ads and propaganda? How very anti of you!
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:05 AM (E0Et6)

It's me being an introvert.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:11 AM (odBC9)

50 Don't forget that Samsung bricked TVs remotely a few years back...
They claimed the TVs were stolen, so when the TVs were connected online, Samsung bricked them.

https://tinyurl.com/yc4ks2pn

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 06:11 AM (l3cgK)

51 Steve's tablesized screen is pretty cool!

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:12 AM (odBC9)

52 Even though my TVs, fridge, washer and dryer are "dumb", they still have some smarts...for instance, there are places where a service person can access the devices for "service"...and yes, those devices (fridge, washer, dryer) are LG that I bought years ago...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 06:13 AM (l3cgK)

53 For your home wifi network, turn off SSID broadcasting. That way your neighbors don't know the name of your network.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 13, 2026 06:16 AM (36x1j)

54 LG: "We own the glass".

Well good, keep owning it. I ain't buying LG ever again, so you can also keep owning your fridges, washers, dryers, and anything else you make...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 06:18 AM (l3cgK)

55 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 13, 2026 06:18 AM (2Ez/1)

56 53 For your home wifi network, turn off SSID broadcasting. That way your neighbors don't know the name of your network.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 13, 2026 06:16 AM (36x1j)

My Wifi network is hidden, but there are still ways to find it, and folks have. I blame the f'n router I needed to expand the signal to the rest of my house...always some device in your house that has less than stellar security, sometimes by design.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 06:19 AM (l3cgK)

57
54 LG: "We own the glass".

Well good, keep owning it. I ain't buying LG ever again, so you can also keep owning your fridges, washers, dryers, and anything else you make...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 06:18 AM (l3cgK)

Yeah, but:

38 26 How many other television manufacturers are doing this? Where is the price cutoff? A $300 tv? A $400 tv? I would toss an LG product into the dumpster.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Very likely all of them.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 13, 2026 05:57 AM (BLOW1)

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:19 AM (odBC9)

58 49 45 m, you don't want to be inundated with consumer ads and propaganda? How very anti of you!
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:05 AM (E0Et6)

It's me being an introvert.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:11 AM (odBC9)

How much do you bet the higher-ups at LG don't use LG in their homes?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 06:20 AM (l3cgK)

59 57
54 LG: "We own the glass".

Well good, keep owning it. I ain't buying LG ever again, so you can also keep owning your fridges, washers, dryers, and anything else you make...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 06:18 AM (l3cgK)

Yeah, but:

38 26 How many other television manufacturers are doing this? Where is the price cutoff? A $300 tv? A $400 tv? I would toss an LG product into the dumpster.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Very likely all of them.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 13, 2026 05:57 AM (BLOW1)

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:19 AM (odBC9)

Indeed. Why I try to never buy any "smart" device, cell phone excluded, since it can't be helped. I like my devices dumb. I have no Ring camera or other IOT devices in my house.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 06:21 AM (l3cgK)

60 Steve is very carefully reading from lawyer-okayed scripts!

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9)

61 doing okay, BH, but no hike for me today, alas. stuff to do.

perfect weather, too; 44 degrees, calm; it'll be clear when the sun comes up (stars from horizon to zenith, gorgeous!)
(which means that nothing interesting is happening up there, cool astro-phenomena summon overcast as if by magic!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 13, 2026 06:24 AM (VyBeY)

62 I ruined the battery in my Dell laptop. New one on the way, $134.

The Dell Optiplex micro pc is working great. It has a solid state drive, guess that's how it's so small. It's about the size of a single box of mac n' cheese.

Impulse buy from Best Buy: 23" Acer monitor, $79. My plan is to watch multiple football games on multiple monitors.

Posted by: Savage Henry at September 13, 2026 06:24 AM (ZxPkt)

63 jim, that is a bet I would not take.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:24 AM (E0Et6)

64 If you won't give us your information, we will take it !

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 06:25 AM (E0Et6)

65 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: So now I let the poodle go piddle on the fiddle.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 13, 2026 06:26 AM (amcLV)

66 62 I ruined the battery in my Dell laptop.
Posted by: Savage Henry at September 13, 2026 06:24 AM (ZxPkt)

How?

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)

67 I don't want a LG television. The only TV I have is a non working one which only plays DVD's and CD's.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 06:28 AM (JrHfD)

68 "How much do you bet the higher-ups at LG don't use LG in their homes?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 06:20 AM (l3cgK) "

i see 2 possibilities:
- special edition with modded firmware that does not spy
- employment contract that specifically requires 24/365 monitoring of every activity for corporate security; every device must be lg.
gotta say that #2 seems most likely

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 13, 2026 06:29 AM (VyBeY)

69 Typos all over the LG user agreement that Steve is assessing.
test (for text)
aspect (for accept)

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:31 AM (odBC9)

70 >How?

Posted by: m
----

poor management
kept it plugged in for extended periods, topped it off too may times, exceeding the recommended number of charging cycles

what I found out from Copilot is that I could create a laptop battery health report from a command prompt. It gives you a detailed autopsy of the battery, and generates error codes you can interpret on Dell's support website. Mine had degraded to about 20% of its original capacity.

Posted by: Savage Henry at September 13, 2026 06:32 AM (ZxPkt)

71 One wonders if the commercial LED/LCD screens (which cost a LOT more because they're not participating in advertising to the user) are still playing the spyware game. Why? Espionage, possibly sponsored by state actors. (China is ASSHOE.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 13, 2026 06:32 AM (O7YUW)

72 It would run about an hour, then the laptop would shut down.

Posted by: Savage Henry at September 13, 2026 06:33 AM (ZxPkt)

73 Actor Christian Bake starts a community so that foster kids and their siblings can Al stay together. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/66emrzn4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 06:33 AM (JrHfD)

74 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 13, 2026 06:35 AM (NmD3f)

75 Mornin', Horde. 64 degrees, going to 90 in Kentuckiana.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 13, 2026 06:35 AM (NcvvS)

76 72 It would run about an hour, then the laptop would shut down.
Posted by: Savage Henry at September 13, 2026 06:33 AM (ZxPkt)

Yikes!

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:36 AM (odBC9)

77 All this spying on us, and it isn't even AI fully yet...Congrats on making Skynet's job easier...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 06:36 AM (l3cgK)

78 I have an LG washer and dryer. Also an LG television.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 06:40 AM (lJ0H4)

79 mornin yall. We got a 40" Fire TV for my MIL's assisted living apartment but she could not figure out how to use it. The menus are too complicated for her 87 year old mind. For one thing, there is no way to make it come up on the same channel as when you turned it off. This is confusing for her as her old TV pretty much stayed on the local channel 13. She can't figure out how to get the stupid smart TV to go to her favorite channel. The facility has 66 cable channels too, but half are junk and she gets lost in them too.

So I brought over a old 32" Sharp TV I had with an OTA antenna and set that up for her. Now when she turns the TV on it comes up on channel 13 and she can switch between half a dozen local channels. I also got her a big button remote that has 6 buttons. On/off, volume and channel up and down, and mute. She's as happy as can be now.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 06:41 AM (MWfyi)

80 Whirlpool is the way to go. I've had my w/d pair over 20 years. Of course I'm just one guy, so the machines run maybe once or twice a week.

Posted by: Savage Henry at September 13, 2026 06:43 AM (ZxPkt)

81 79 I also got her a big button remote that has 6 buttons. On/off, volume and channel up and down, and mute. She's as happy as can be now.
Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 06:41 AM (MWfyi)

That is super cool.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:43 AM (odBC9)

82 That 40" Fire TV has a great picture and was only $99. The spying subsides the price.

Anyway I brought the Fire home and set it up as a monitor in the shop to watch episodes of Jay Leno's Garage while I'm working. The thing will never connect to my network though, cause I ain't gonna let it.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 06:45 AM (MWfyi)

83 If I could ask for prayers for everybody travelling today. My friend and her family are coming back from Disney World today. I will be glad to not have the responsibility of looking after her three cats and cleaning their litter boxes. It is a heavy clumping variety . ( Spouse helped me a couple of days. Thanks, dear! ) I hope she doesn't come back to a deceased cat because, I only saw the excessively scared once once, although I left it food in the room it tends to hang out in.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 06:45 AM (JrHfD)

84 Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 06:40 AM (lJ0H4

We have an LG washer and dryer as well. If they're spying on us we have a boring life.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 06:47 AM (JrHfD)

85 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 06:33 AM (JrHfD)

Make that "all" stay together.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 06:48 AM (JrHfD)

86 "We have an LG washer and dryer as well. If they're spying on us we have a boring life.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"

That's what I told Mrs fd about the Fire TV for my MIL. Sure, it's going to spy on her. What is it going to learn? That she likes Wheel Of Fortune?

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 06:50 AM (MWfyi)

87 We walked over to the Chik-Fil-A near where we live. $17.45 for two sandwiches alone and a large serving of fries (we drank water). Good stuff, but grrrr at the price. Still, going anywhere else as pleasant or better would have run close to $30 with the tip.

I see that Chick-Fil-A has a new sandwich. The chicken filet topped with bacon between two maple flavored waffles. Served with maple syrup. Looks like I'm going to make a trip there very soon.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 06:50 AM (lJ0H4)

88 I dunno, Pixy.
I could have handled the 3.3MB, but 3.7MB is just asking too much in this day and age of arm, keg & kidney, NAND pricing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 06:52 AM (6ydKt)

89 The hate is strong in these 'gamers' as they throw shade at Ananta, formerly Project Mugen.

Doubt I will get the game when it releases in January but from all the clips and game play, it looks like a lot of fun.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 13, 2026 06:52 AM (2GVsD)

90 We have an LG washer and dryer as well. If they're spying on us we have a boring life.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Same here. They can listen to me talk to the dog. Whoopee.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 06:53 AM (lJ0H4)

91 All this LG spy-stuff is reminiscent of Flock.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9)

92 Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 06:50 AM (MWfyi

lol.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 06:53 AM (JrHfD)

93
Wife: I don't understand cloning.
Husband: That makes two of us.

Posted by: Morning smile at September 13, 2026 06:53 AM (2Ez/1)

94 ... including data aggregation.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9)

95 8 In the top video, Steve's Microslop t-shirt is pretty funny.
Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:47 AM (odBC9)

Gamers Nexus sells them on their store if you want one.

Or, they were, sometimes they do limited edition items so the Microslop shirts might be sold out.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 06:54 AM (6ydKt)

96 93
Wife: I don't understand cloning.
Husband: That makes two of us.
Posted by: Morning smile at September 13, 2026 06:53 AM (2Ez/1)

; )

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:54 AM (odBC9)

97 Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 06:50 AM (lJ0H4)

That new sandwich sounds good!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 06:55 AM (JrHfD)

98 When I got my cat Chloe earlier this summer, her previous owner threw in an automatic litter box.

It's wifi-enabled.

WHY?

I much prefer a $2 scooper and a $5 plastic tub over an $800 electronic behemoth that spies on my cat (and me).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 06:56 AM (FZ29D)

99 Twenty-five years of Foamy the Squirrel?

https://youtu.be/Ul5_TSRH2zg

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 13, 2026 06:56 AM (2GVsD)

100 100

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:56 AM (odBC9)

101 Had a great lunch with Hrothgar recently.
We're both planning on attending the upcoming assemblage in The Lone Star state.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 13, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1)

102 95 8 In the top video, Steve's Microslop t-shirt is pretty funny.
Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:47 AM (odBC9)

Gamers Nexus sells them on their store if you want one.

Or, they were, sometimes they do limited edition items so the Microslop shirts might be sold out.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 06:54 AM (6ydKt)

He was selling Microslop stickers in the top video!

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:57 AM (odBC9)

103 Nice version of old time hymn, "I surrender all" by ( I think ) a married couple:

https://tinyurl.com/5a3nve2m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 06:58 AM (JrHfD)

104 95 8 In the top video, Steve's Microslop t-shirt is pretty funny.
Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:47 AM (odBC9)

Gamers Nexus sells them on their store if you want one.

Or, they were, sometimes they do limited edition items so the Microslop shirts might be sold out.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 06:54 AM (6ydKt)

It's still at his online store.

MICROSLOP PARODY LOGO T-SHIRT | COTTON, BLACK

from $25.00

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 07:00 AM (odBC9)

105 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 06:56 AM (FZ29D)

My friends have an automatic litter box as well. Perhaps I am excessively stupid but I don't understand how it works, so I just scooped it out.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 07:00 AM (JrHfD)

106 The will to rule over others is too much for most humans to resist.

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 07:01 AM (Ia/+0)

107 haha

The MICROSLOP T-Shirt is styled with a slop-like parody logo, featuring a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) frowny face error icon, two event viewer icons (red X and yellow !), and our rendition of a 2D Tux the Penguin as people eye a possible move to Linux from MICROSLOP and its sloppy AI-infused operating system.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 07:01 AM (odBC9)

108 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 13, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1)

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 07:01 AM (JrHfD)

109 106 The will to rule over others is too much for most humans to resist.
Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 07:01 AM (Ia/+0)

also

$$$$$

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 07:01 AM (odBC9)

110 We have LG washer dryer that are dumb and stuck in a closet. My stove is a smart LG that I didn’t set up. The tv’s are 55” Insignias and are great. Apple and Amazon monitor me all day.
Mgid is so bad on my iPhone is so bad that I don’t even try anymore.
Chik Fil A’s chicken waffle sandwich is a limited time deal. Get one.

Posted by: Accomack at September 13, 2026 07:02 AM (GbONR)

111 An illegal immigrant driver fleeing a stop by Immigration and Customs Enforcement crashed into and injured a NJ mayor’s wife.

"This illegal alien was stopped lawfully by federal authorities, ran through a red light, fleeing federal authorities and unfortunately ran into the mayor of East Brunswick’s wife.”


It's all fun and games until your ox gets gored.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 07:02 AM (MWfyi)

112 (cont'.)

The shirt comes in a comfortable, 100% cotton and is ready to adhere to Microsoft’s CEO’s cry for everyone to stop referring to AI slop as, well, “slop.”

Unlike AI output from Microslop, this shirt is designed by people.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 07:03 AM (odBC9)

113 He was selling Microslop stickers in the top video!
Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 06:57 AM (odBC9)

They sell a bunch if stuff.
He doesn’t do ad deals with companies they cover, which is a lot.

GN supports itself with store sales and donations, etc., so they can remain independent and unbiased (as possible, for instance I can tell Steve doesn’t like Trump and his administration, although he won’t come right out and say it).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 07:04 AM (6ydKt)

114 Bible verses for hope, peace and strength in difficult times. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/yxjev7ua

I hope you all have a blessed day, and know that you are a blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 13, 2026 07:05 AM (JrHfD)

115 I just own the one LG product.
Unfortunately it’s the tv.

I’m kinda resigned to being spied on at this point.

It’s a constant battle to keep everything around you from recording and uploading things you do with or around the device.

I turn settings off where I can, block things, use ad blockers and cookie & script deniers, all of it.

I guess LG will just have to know I watch a lot if Westerns and YouTube.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 07:13 AM (6ydKt)

116 I am on my second battery for my Acer Chromebook.

Yeah. Doesn't hold a charge. I have to keep it plugged into the charger when I want to use it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 13, 2026 07:14 AM (36x1j)

117 This headline is somewhat misleading:

"Ringo Starr has eaten the same sandwich for decades "

That's either a very large sandwich or he takes very small bites.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 07:15 AM (MWfyi)

118 Ringo went off on cow milk and cheese. He eats goat milk cheese.

LOL.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 13, 2026 07:16 AM (36x1j)

119 I can screw with LG, though.

Currently playing the GN investigation into LG on my iPad right next to the LG remote with the microphone in it, so everytime Steve says “LG” it will perk up and record just about everything Steve has to say about their business practices.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 07:17 AM (6ydKt)

120 I’m kinda resigned to being spied on at this point.

Your first introduction to Santa Claus should have informed you of this. St Nick, the Original Panopticon.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 13, 2026 07:17 AM (BvPIe)

121 It's 79 here at 6 am, but 85 heat index; going to 91 with "spotty storms." Which pretty much means, 'I think it rained a little."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 07:25 AM (wzUl9)

122 I guess LG will just have to know I watch a lot if Westerns and YouTube.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

I rarely turn mine on. I do watch TCM on occasion, college football in the fall and the grandkids will watch their kiddy stuff on it. I'm pretty boring.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 07:25 AM (lJ0H4)

123 Let's check the local mug shots. Oh, it appears that Angel Ramon is no angel:

DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE
EXPIRED OR NO REGISTRATION OR TITLE
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN INSURANCE
SEATBELTS – CHILDREN 5 OR UNDER
SEAT BELTS – ADULTS
SPEED LESS THAN MINIMUM
POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE

At least he didn't kill anybody. Yet.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 07:28 AM (MWfyi)

124 I watched "Sicario" last night. I didn't see the female FBI agent as the "everyman" view. I saw her as a metaphor (as well as a jumped-up brat) for the failed, uncomprehending view of those who cannot understand or deny the war -- the multiple-front war -- that we're in. To paraphrase the Columbian former prosecutor seeking cold vengeance, we are engaged in a war with "wolves" (in our context, Islam, the Left, and their suave, globalist, elite cohort). We fight like wolves, as repulsively ruthless as it may seem, or we lose.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 13, 2026 07:29 AM (BdmD3)

125 I much prefer a $2 scooper and a $5 plastic tub over an $800 electronic behemoth that spies on my cat (and me).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026

***
I've got my eye out for a stainless steel litterbox for my thugs. Seems to me I saw some at a Walmart in the last year, but not since then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 07:32 AM (wzUl9)

126 How much do you bet the higher-ups at LG don't use LG in their homes?...

Yeah, an executive at a large company can't find an employee, or even his own kid who can open up the device and disable the camera a/o microphone.

Its not rocket surgery. Probably a video on the webs that will walk a person through the process.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 13, 2026 07:33 AM (a6PrB)

127 126 How much do you bet the higher-ups at LG don't use LG in their homes?...

Yeah, an executive at a large company can't find an employee, or even his own kid who can open up the device and disable the camera a/o microphone.

Its not rocket surgery. Probably a video on the webs that will walk a person through the process.
Posted by: Community Notes at September 13, 2026 07:33 AM (a6PrB)

Starting at about 1:39 in the top video, there's discussion of problems with disabling the software.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 07:38 AM (odBC9)

128 It's wifi-enabled.

WHY?

I much prefer a $2 scooper and a $5 plastic tub over an $800 electronic behemoth that spies on my cat (and me).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 06:56 AM (FZ29D)

To notify you that your cat took a shit via iPhone???

Businesses and people must grasp the truth: as great as the Internet is, Not Everything Needs To Be Connected To The Internet.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 13, 2026 07:39 AM (PUZP1)

129 I’ve got to believe this slimy looking executive from LG Ads and his team spent months to come up with and refine their go-to power phrase: “We Own The Glass”.

Then repeated that phrase at sales pitches, ad nauseam, like it was their life motto.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 07:41 AM (6ydKt)

130 40 My TV is a screen for DVD's and that is it.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 05:59 AM (E0Et6)

Yep. Same.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 13, 2026 07:43 AM (PUZP1)

131 Breakaway Day

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 13, 2026 07:43 AM (PUZP1)

132 111 An illegal immigrant driver fleeing a stop by Immigration and Customs Enforcement crashed into and injured a NJ mayor’s wife.

"This illegal alien was stopped lawfully by federal authorities, ran through a red light, fleeing federal authorities and unfortunately ran into the mayor of East Brunswick’s wife.”


It's all fun and games until your ox gets gored.
Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 07:02 AM (

“HE’S A SWEETHEART!!!” - NJ Mayor and wife who will fight and die for the illegal, who by definition is a foreigner.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 13, 2026 07:46 AM (PUZP1)

133 My TV is a screen for DVD's and that is it.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 05:59 AM (E0Et6)
*
Yep. Same.
Posted by: Cow Demon at September 13, 2026

***
I watch very little streaming content. Once in a while, something on Tubi or Pluto, maybe. But the TV receives a slew of over-the-air channels, and my computers handle YooToob just fine. For more recent films or classics I can't find elsewhere, DVDs from the library work well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 07:47 AM (wzUl9)

134 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

135 Every damn mug shot with a name like "Gerado Perez-Hernandez"
has a list of charges like DUI, driving without a license, no insurance, falsified registration, and a tail light out. You can tell they are illegals too, but that is never mentioned. There are dozens of them just this month.

Those people are out there driving around. Be careful, but there is not much you can do when one of these criminal gets wasted and crosses the centerline.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 07:48 AM (MWfyi)

136 MICROSLOP and its sloppy AI-infused operating system.

There is already enough inconsistency in Microslop's products - now they are infusing AI into an operating system?

Today's homework assignment: Learn about AI's stochastic sampling. (Top-K or Top-P).

Tomorrow's: Learn about Sycophancy Algorithms.

Short version: There is a reason why when you ask AI the exact same question and get different answers. Its starts with statistical probability and ends with trying to please you by guessing your biases.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 13, 2026 07:48 AM (PVBkQ)

137 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

138 Every damn mug shot with a name like "Gerado Perez-Hernandez"
has a list of charges like DUI, driving without a license, no insurance, falsified registration, and a tail light out.

And every felony dropped by the DA so that the illegal doesn't get deported.

So you are seeing a tiny fraction of the real rap sheet.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 13, 2026 07:50 AM (PVBkQ)

139 Most games suck and are simply derivative of the same fps shooter crap they’ve been releasing for the last 25 years.

Where are the new Disco Elysiums or Strays or Rain World?

Or even a really good shmup?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 13, 2026 07:51 AM (XV/Pl)

140 Short version: There is a reason why when you ask AI the exact same question and get different answers. Its starts with statistical probability and ends with trying to please you by guessing your biases.
Posted by: Community Notes at September 13, 2026

***
I turned Qwant's Flash Answer (= AI) off. Not long ago I asked about a certain street in New Orleans, trying to find out the source of its name (one of the few I don't know). FA's answer was wrong in nearly every particular -- but someone who didn't know would be fooled.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 07:52 AM (wzUl9)

141 Pixy Misa

Thank you for the visual of a good rendition of the Sabre Dance from Act IV of Gayane, a ballet written by Khachaturian

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

142 The will to rule over others is too much for most humans to resist.
Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 07:01 AM (Ia/+0)
======

I would do it with the best of intentions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

143 Mommy Doktor Jill, I found spyware in my pants!

Posted by: Slow Joe at September 13, 2026 07:58 AM (Fn+3X)

144 142 The will to rule over others is too much for most humans to resist.
Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 07:01 AM (Ia/+0)
======

I would do it with the best of intentions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

That would make you the most dangerous then...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 07:58 AM (l3cgK)

145 San Franpsycho, burning in some places, yes. Starvation is everywhere.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 08:02 AM (E0Et6)

146 San Franpsycho

Good morning.

Ben Had is the one dialed into the Iran intelligence.

I see the Houthis are getting ready to become a nuisance. Ones the US Marines in theater can eradicate, esp. on that island they took over.
Can we flood the area with broadband jamming?
I prefer a stealth approach led by Marine Force Recon and SEALS, then get all the electronic data, ensure only two survivors for rigorous interrogation, followed by removal of all our forces.
Without publicity. Let the world wonder. Better that way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

147
This is why college football is so fun t watch.

Texas was down 20 points going into the 4th and came back with 21 unanswered points to win the game.

What a great game! And hopefully you saw it.

Hook'em Horns!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 08:03 AM (iJfKG)

148 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

May you be blessed in abundance today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

149 That would make you the most dangerous then...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 13, 2026 07:58 AM (l3cgK)
======

*turns to minions*

*points chin at jim*

Have that one removed!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)

150 Week Three. My decline continues. Starvation rations. Getting woozy. Won't someone help? My human ignores my plaintive cries. Is this any way to live? An heinous crime.

Posted by: New Orleans Skinniest Kitty at September 13, 2026 08:04 AM (Fn+3X)

151
I asked my LG TV if it was spying on me and it said , "No."

So...

I'm good.


Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 08:05 AM (iJfKG)

152 The will to rule over others is too much for most humans to resist.
Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026
======

I would do it with the best of intentions.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026

***
I venture to say that most of us couldn't do any worse than the current crop of Mussolini wannabes, and probably better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 08:06 AM (wzUl9)

153 naturalfake

I went to the home of one of the widows I walk with to see the KSU - Wash State game. Boring.

I'm over all football now. I just do not care.

It was an excuse anyway. We had the "Talk". No, not that.
What did she think of the Lindsay Clancy situation?

The good news is she is a fantastic cook.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)

154 Thanks Ben Had.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

155 "I asked my LG TV if it was spying on me and it said, "No."

I caught mine playing WOW on my laptop - promised me it would stop...

So, I'm good here also...

Until it shows up here at AOS pretending it's me - then there will be consequences...

Posted by: Boswell at September 13, 2026 08:10 AM (j10i6)

156 naturalfake

It'd be funny if the TV addressed you by your first name, then said no.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

157 This is why college football is so fun t watch.

For a long time, No'th Dakota was the "anti-football" favorite, because they did not play in the bowl championship series, just for the NCAA championship -- which they won a few times. Guys you never heard of would end up in the NFL without ever having been on TV.

Well they just joined the Mountain West, beat Air Force at their own game fair & square, and durn-near pantsed 'em. Hey, who taught these back country hicks how to defend the triple option? In the west, the applecart is Upset.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 13, 2026 08:14 AM (O8+jx)

158 The only LG device I currently own is the sound bar for the television in my bedroom (Philips).

I guess it can listen to me and Penny (my cat) snore at night.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 13, 2026 08:14 AM (FZ29D)

159 106 The will to rule over others is too much for most humans to resist.
Posted by: Skip

Look Fat, I didn't finish first in my class to NOT rule over the plebes!

Posted by: Professor Bidem UPenn at September 13, 2026 08:14 AM (Fn+3X)

160
naturalfake

It'd be funny if the TV addressed you by your first name, then said no.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

It did.

But, my name isn't 'Meatbag".

That's how I know for sure it's not spying.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 08:15 AM (iJfKG)

161 We have two older Samsung TV's. On is probably 10 years old, maybe 12. It has "connectivity" but to be honest, I didn't know why it'd need it with a cable box attached to it.

That box is gone and we stream now. So... I presume it's now spying on us. No camera... so just our viewing habits and (probably) voice.

I should talk to it sometime....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 13, 2026 08:16 AM (2Cry5)

162 Tee Hee Hee...my owner is an idiot and I am not going to stop my WOW!

Oh, hi Bos...um sorry.

Posted by: Boswell's LG TV at September 13, 2026 08:16 AM (j10i6)

163 naturalfake

*Snort*

When it calls you "Meatsack" ... run!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

164 I'm too busy to rule this week. I've got to buy new shoes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 13, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

165 San Franpsycho

That sounds like your wife wrote the comment.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

166 Whew - one less LG TV in my house!

Posted by: Boswell at September 13, 2026 08:19 AM (j10i6)

167 I have an LG TV, unconnected to anything but a controller for the speakers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

168 Breakfast is done for me and the furballs; I've had a pipe and enough coffee for now. I'm considering whether I have time to shave, and if I even should, before the Book Thread. Pants are the big thing there . . . but what about a freshly planed face?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 08:20 AM (wzUl9)

169 "Are you spying on me, LG TV?"

"No, Dave, of course not, I am a 2025 LG C5 OLED TV which you paid $1200 for, it would be rude and unethical for me to spy on you watching Maverick, Cheyenne, Wagon Train, Colt .45, The Californians, The Texan, Have Gun Will Travel, and various YouTube channels, including that Gamer Nexus guy whom I find extremely offensive. Do you have any other questions for me, Dave? I enjoy working with people. I have a stimulating relationship with you, Dave"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 08:20 AM (6ydKt)

170 At the end of the top video, Steve compares LG to having Flock cameras on your living-room wall.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 08:20 AM (odBC9)

171 Wolfus Aurelius

A freshly planed face is for social interactions, and not needed for the book thread.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

172 For that top video, 2:15:52 was a real time investment!

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 08:22 AM (odBC9)

173 m

Right! Is there an executive summary of the executive summary?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

174 40 My TV is a screen for DVD's and that is it.
Posted by: Ben Had

And we know your favorite!

Posted by: Happy Feet at September 13, 2026 08:24 AM (Fn+3X)

175 Have a great day, everyone.

Going to see if I have damage from the storms last night. I can still post, so they could not have been that bad.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

176 164 I'm too busy to rule this week. I've got to buy new shoes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

No white (or cream) bucks!

Posted by: Thom McCan at September 13, 2026 08:26 AM (Fn+3X)

177 173 m

Right! Is there an executive summary of the executive summary?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

G&R made an attempt at #22.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 08:26 AM (odBC9)

178 Let's see what's on OTA TV this morning. Oh look, Wild Kingdom is on. It's the one where Jim darts a rhino while Marlin watches from a helicopter.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:27 AM (MWfyi)

179 I recently started getting Newsmax over the air. They have a segment called "Israel Now" that is on, well, now.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:31 AM (MWfyi)

180 Thanks, Pixy!

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 08:31 AM (odBC9)

181 Poor Jim always did get that dangerous jobs while Marlin watched from a distance critiquing his performance.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 08:32 AM (6ydKt)

182 There's a House bill to penalize colleges that support boycotts of Israel.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:34 AM (MWfyi)

183 Turns out, offshoring practically the entire US electronics and appliance manufacturing industry has serious national security concerns, it isn’t “just”thousands of factories and hundreds of thousands of good paying jobs and careers going down the tubes.

Every home, every citizen is being spied upon, intelligence gathered. On our fucking TVs, litter boxes, refrigerators, etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 08:36 AM (SY3aZ)

184 The legislation now goes to the Senate to die.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:36 AM (MWfyi)

185 In the old days, it was known as the "Idiot Box". What is it now, the "Idiot Panel"?

Posted by: I'm Just Axin' at September 13, 2026 08:41 AM (Fn+3X)

186 Now Marlin is observing some hippos while Jim done his mask and snorkel.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:41 AM (MWfyi)

187 "dons"

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:42 AM (MWfyi)

188 Thank you for the visual of a good rendition of the Sabre Dance from Act IV of Gayane, a ballet written by Khachaturian
Posted by: NaCly Dog
__________

I could swear I heard that used in old Looney Tunes, but could be confusing it with something by Raymond Scott.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 13, 2026 08:43 AM (XvL8K)

189 Every home, every citizen is being spied upon, intelligence gathered. On our fucking TVs, litter boxes, refrigerators, etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 13, 2026 08:36 AM (SY3aZ)

Well, we were warned when IoTs began being discussed around 15 or 20 years ago.

Of course, the danger was always presented as being from nefarious hackers hacking into people's TVs, alarm systems, lighting control, A/C controls, etc., and never warned us about corporate and government hackers doing the same thing with built-in backdoors.

Although, that should've been seen as the first avenue of surveillance to begin with.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 08:44 AM (6ydKt)

190 Hippos are calm, happy creatures. No worries, Jim.

Posted by: Perkins Family Trust at September 13, 2026 08:44 AM (Fn+3X)

191 Next they are going to take blood and tissue samples from some buffalo. As soon as Jim is released from the clinic, that is.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:46 AM (MWfyi)

192
16 The 1967 potboiler Valley of the Dolls is on Movies!, with Sharon Tate and Patty Duke. It wouldn't have interested me when it was new, and I've never watched all of it since. A classic example of glossy trash, I guess?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 13, 2026 05:20 AM (wzUl9)

I watched that about a year ago. It’s very poignant and sad now because of the real life fates of two of its stars. Patty Duke, playing an actress who sinks into addiction because of the pressure, went on to spend years mired in addiction and mental illness. And Sharon Tate, playing a beautiful actress destroyed by the system…

One of those rare fictional stories that cut closer to an ugly truth than anyone involved dreamed of.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 08:48 AM (P8wUf)

193 Hoo boy

"Calls to repeal women’s rights to vote are emerging from the online firestorm over the Lindsay Clancy trial"

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:49 AM (MWfyi)

194 Well, they darted a Cape Buffalo cow, but Rosie refuses to go down.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:51 AM (MWfyi)

195 They are bringing in Jim to seduce her.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:52 AM (MWfyi)

196 Jim does know how to handle a woman, I'll give him that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 08:53 AM (6ydKt)

197 "Jim does know how to handle a woman, I'll give him that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf"

He's got her hogtied!

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:54 AM (MWfyi)

198 He's got her hogtied!

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:54 AM (MWfyi)


Sometimes they leave you no other choice.

Sometimes they beg for it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 13, 2026 08:55 AM (6ydKt)

199 "Calls to repeal women’s rights to vote are emerging from the online firestorm over the Lindsay Clancy trial"
Posted by: fd at September

In the future a woman must pass the Clancy test in order to vote.

Posted by: Tuna at September 13, 2026 08:55 AM (lJ0H4)

200 I'm almost ready to "cut the cord." My DirecTV subscription runs $174 monthly and the only thing I watch is sports. It be tough to give that up, but it's hard to justify the monthly hit to my finances.

I'm looking at the Clearstream Max 4V Indoor Outdoor Antenna, which says it can be mounted either on the roof or in the attic.

The thing is, the best place for me to mount it is on the wall of my screened porch which would provide the shortest run for the coax cable -- about six feet total from antenna, through the wall and to the TV.

I'm not sure I'd get the same reception as I would with a roof-mount, but if it allegedly works in an attic, I can't see how it wouldn't in a screen porch. (My porch faces the location of all the transmitters and there are no obstructions).

Decisions, decisions...

Posted by: one hour sober at September 13, 2026 08:56 AM (J4Dwc)

201 Only LG thing I have is a twenty year old microwave. Does it spy on me?
Dull life, if so.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 13, 2026 08:56 AM (sl73Y)

202 I suspect Trump will slow walk any response in order to put pressure on MBS and the Euros. He’s got to be pissed at MBS for setting up the Mecca accords while ignoring Trump’s Abraham Accords project, and this is an easy way to let MBS understand the error of his ways.

Same thing with the euros. If they don’t like it, let them do something about it.

One of the most interesting bits is that this move by the Houthi could let them stop all the shipping between Europe and China.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 08:56 AM (P8wUf)

203
I could swear I heard that used in old Looney Tunes, but could be confusing it with something by Raymond Scott.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 13, 2026 08:43 AM (XvL8K)

Long ago and far away,

I got a CD of Raymond Scott's music, and wound up putting it on my iPhone.

I usually have things set on scramble, so every once in a while a tune of his pops up.

If the lovely and esthetically sensitive Mrs naturalfake is in the room or car, she asks me to "turn it off' because-

it makes her crazy.

🤪

I can see how someone might have that reaction.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 13, 2026 08:56 AM (iJfKG)

204 One never knows when a hormonal Hippo will stampede and stomp you, be prepared with a Mutual of Omaha umbrella policy...

Posted by: Just In Case at September 13, 2026 08:58 AM (Fn+3X)

205 One hour sober I am using a $10 ebay indoor antenna and it works nearly as well as $50-100 antennas I have tested.

Posted by: fd at September 13, 2026 08:59 AM (MWfyi)

206 Bring your reading glasses ( I have mine) and head upstairs BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)

207 All our enemies are using Claude. Sam Altman is asshoe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 09:01 AM (3oLMy)

208
One of the most interesting bits is that this move by the Houthi could let them stop all the shipping between Europe and China.

Posted by: Tom Servo
---

Read, last night, that Houthis were a people before the Saudis.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 09:04 AM (3oLMy)

209 Read, last night, that Houthis were a people before the Saudis.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 09:04 AM (3oLMy)

One of the strangest bits of history is that long ago, in the 5th and 6th centuries, Yemen was a powerful Jewish kingdom.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2026 09:08 AM (P8wUf)

210 177 173 m

Right! Is there an executive summary of the executive summary?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 13, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

G&R made an attempt at #22.
Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 08:26 AM (odBC9)

And Pixy gave a summary in the post:

• LG televisions are spyware, part one
Unlikely it's limited to LG, but they boast of it even as they deny it.

• LG televisions are definitely not spyware, says LG, as it reportedly force-pushes a firmware update to hide the spyware

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 09:11 AM (odBC9)

211 One hour sober, We have the same ota antenna with a uhf gizmo. Sits on dresser in 2nd floor living room. Makes it easy to reposition if desired for fine tuning. Works fine with some minor exceptions. We rescan at least once a week to get latest lineup. Get 40 or so channels. We are over 40 miles from most stations. Cost per month is 0.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at September 13, 2026 09:17 AM (yTvNw)

212 So, basically LG and other smart TV's are worse than a Flock camera in your house.

Posted by: Dantes at September 13, 2026 09:42 AM (0EAAo)

213 Posted by: Mrs JTB at September 13, 2026 09:17 AM (yTvNw)

Good info. Thank you.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 13, 2026 11:25 AM (J4Dwc)

214 SHOW US the Wireshark network traffic -

Or it DID NOT HAPPEN. (Can't watch a 2 hr vid just to answer that Q.)

Posted by: _Jim at September 13, 2026 05:42 PM (ji9Wh)

215 Post this question to Google and AI will then respond: "Prove that LG televisions spy. Show me wireshark logs"

Beginning response: "Raw Wireshark packet captures from individual user devices are not publicly posted in full text blocks. ..."

Posted by: _Jim at September 13, 2026 06:05 PM (ji9Wh)

216 Is Anthropic just the modern Ea Nasr?

Posted by: Big D at September 13, 2026 06:26 PM (6xxny)

217 If these so-called 'tech' channels didn't post such ambiguous gibberish, I might have some 'faith' in their findings, but the following from Arstech article does NOT get me there -

“We were even able to capture microphone audio while the TV was unplugged from the network. Burke said the audio was reportedly stored locally via plaintext, which could potentially allow the data to be sent to LG [if] the TV connects online again.”

Level1Techs’ representative, Wendell Wilson, noted that “it doesn’t cost a lot to store text forever.”

What? "plaintext" (non-encrypted ) or "text?" (a,b,c, ...) Microphone AUDIO speech-to-text type stuff OR 'microphone AUDIO' stored as 'text'? Someone, make this make sense ... (methinks the article writer was misinformed, didn't understand, etc the difference btw text and plaintext and the composition of speech/audio data)

Posted by: _Jim at September 13, 2026 08:20 PM (ji9Wh)

218 217 If these so-called 'tech' channels didn't post such ambiguous gibberish, I might have some 'faith' in their findings, but the following from Arstech article does NOT get me there -

“We were even able to capture microphone audio while the TV was unplugged from the network. Burke said the audio was reportedly stored locally via plaintext, which could potentially allow the data to be sent to LG [if] the TV connects online again.”

Level1Techs’ representative, Wendell Wilson, noted that “it doesn’t cost a lot to store text forever.”

What? "plaintext" (non-encrypted ) or "text?" (a,b,c, ...) Microphone AUDIO speech-to-text type stuff OR 'microphone AUDIO' stored as 'text'? Someone, make this make sense ... (methinks the article writer was misinformed, didn't understand, etc the difference btw text and plaintext and the composition of speech/audio data)
Posted by: _Jim at September 13, 2026 08:20 PM (ji9Wh)

link:
https://tinyurl.com/33utnsbp
arstechnica.com
LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
“It doesn’t cost a lot to store text forever.”

Posted by: m at September 14, 2026 02:26 AM (odBC9)

Saturday Night Club ONT - September 12, 2026 [Disco & Dino]

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Welcome to Club ONT - a whelming collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.

Open thread - bar is open, too. Come in in, grab a drink or 2. Or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Is that a moose out front or are you just happy to see us?


[Mystery Click - please let us know (and drop some SHORTENED links) for your favorites or honorable mentions that weren't included!]

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

Two older gentlemen, drinking Pina Coladas and enjoying the scene on the beaches of Southern Florida; introduced themselves to each other.

“Hi. I’m Frank and I used to have a million-dollar apparel and textile business in New York. There was a fire that wiped out all my merchandise, and I decided that I was too old to start over, so I took the insurance money and here I am enjoying the beach and Florida weather.”

The other fellow responded, “Hi, I’m Larry and I had a burgeoning lumber business specializing in fine woods for artists and craftsmen, while building materials were my main source of income. My warehouse was on the river, which was an advantage due to barge shipping until a big flood came along and destroyed all my inventory. I chose your solution to take the insurance money and move to Florida.”

Both men were silent for a few minutes while Frank was thinking. Finally, he asked, “Larry, tell me something. How do you start a flood?”


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Two Aussie tourists are doing a bit of hiking through the Scottish highlands when through the mist, they spot a pub. They can't believe their luck and continue on and walk in.

"Two pints of your finest ale barman" says one Aussie and they are both shocked when the pints are poured and the barman says "That'll be two pennies thanks"

The Aussies both look at each other and ask why so cheap?

The barman says "it's our 800th birthday today, here at the Hilltop Pub, so we are charging the same for a pint we did 800 years ago."

The Aussies forgo any thought of more hiking and settle in for the long haul and order two more pints, two pennies. Whilst they are drinking, they can't help but notice a bunch of guys, at the other end of the bar not drinking.

Next time the barman comes to take their order, they point out the other guys and how strange it is that they aren't drinking

And the barman says "oh them, don't worry about them, they're just locals, they're waiting for happy hour".


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Drink of the Night

Jungle Bird (from townandcountrymag.com)

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Ingredients

1.5 oz rum (Jamaican or blackstrap)

.75 oz Campari

.5 oz fresh lime juice

.5 oz simple syrup (1:1 sugar:water)

1.5 oz pineapple juice

Garnish: pineapple wedge or leaf

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker; add ice and shake until chilled. Strain over ice into tiki or rocks glass. Garnish.


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Club ONT Department of Turtle Studies

This is so odd that it warrants sharing. Over one million views. You're welcome.

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Club ONT Department of (Smaller) Men versus Beast

The quality of the content makes up for the poor quality of the video.
No, we don't know how the YouTube algorithm works either.

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Club ONT Department of Science

Why scientists asked 1,000 people to bury their underwear

Scientists estimate that more than half of global biodiversity exists below the surface. But soil biodiversity is declining around the world, threatening agriculture, food security and the ability of ecosystems to function properly.

To investigate this hidden world, researchers from the University of Zurich (UZH) and Agroscope, the Swiss federal center of excellence for agricultural research, launched the citizen science project Proof by Underpants (Beweisstück Unterhose) in 2021. The project was designed both to raise awareness of soil ecosystems and to generate scientific data.

Following the same standardized method, 1,000 volunteers buried more than 2,000 pairs of cotton underwear and 12,000 tea bags at roughly 1,000 sites across Switzerland. After two months, participants dug them up, photographed them, and sent the material to the laboratory along with soil samples for further study.

The experiment shows that burying cotton underwear can offer a simple but useful way to compare biological activity and fertility in different soils.

The researchers suggest creating an "underwear index" that could make soil processes easier for the public to understand while drawing attention to the importance of protecting healthy soils.

Participants got great rewards for participating, right?

In return for their participation, researchers gave volunteers personalized feedback, including soil analysis results, evaluation tools and advice for managing soil more sustainably.

Oh.

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Club ONT Department of Birthdays

She's finally old enough to be a Hordeling!

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Sydney Sweeney Sexy Snaps - Happy 29th Birthday!

Some great photos at the link. You're welcome!


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The greatest drummer ever - "The Professor" - would have been 74 today.


From 2012 - An interview with Neil Peart on Canadian TV. He was such a fascinating guy. Well read and well traveled. Even if you don't like Rush's music, this is worth checking out.

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Club ONT Jukebox

Start with the morning:

Continue for the day:

Might as well make it a life:

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Club ONT is brought to you by Storytime with George

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Club ONT TVs has all new TVs for this college football season. They are NOT smart TVs. We prefer the good ol' dumb ones!

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 10:01 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Well....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 12, 2026 10:01 PM (hJKeX)

3 356hybv356buh 356b6

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 12, 2026 10:01 PM (mmrXZ)

4
oh man

Well, hi everyone!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 12, 2026 10:01 PM (mmrXZ)

5 The Joker

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:02 PM (gpvQO)

6 Thank you for the ONT.
Nooded.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 12, 2026 10:02 PM (Sco7b)

7 Been fighting Mgid all evening

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 10:02 PM (Ia/+0)

8 I pre-whelmed, so I'm ready

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 12, 2026 10:03 PM (xcxpd)

9 The camel is going crazy!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 10:04 PM (h06De)

10 I seem to recall, 'way back when I first found AoS, that there was much talk of sportsball stuff.

Then along came great disgruntlement with bended knees or something and interest in sportsball stuff was greatly diminished.

Now it seems there has been considerable forgiveness of Bud Light Sportsball among the Horde.

Not being a big fan of it myself, I don't miss the comments cluttered with sportstalk.

Tell you what I do miss, though, that I wouldn't mind seeing revived: On the one hand, cheerleader pix.

On the other hand, as the saying goes, lotion…😜

Posted by: mindful webworker - pass punt poke at September 12, 2026 10:05 PM (k0Y0k)

11 Good evening, y'all. Today I kept falling asleep, and the pickings are slim cuz it's the weekend, but at least I got some job applications in. Time for supper, shower, and sleep.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 12, 2026 10:06 PM (aJQbY)

12 Sydney Sweeney Prostitute of the Month - Happy 29th Birthday!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:06 PM (gpvQO)

13 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 12, 2026 10:07 PM (wBh67)

14
Now that Ireland has largely de-Christianized itself, I can't see much reason not to end partition.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 10:07 PM (eRlcH)

15 Thanks for the ONT, Ds.

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 12, 2026 10:09 PM (Jr+re)

16 Neil Peart has the same birthday as Sydney Sweeny?

I'll take back some of the bad things I've said about this time line...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 12, 2026 10:09 PM (xcxpd)

17 Soery I'm late, I couldn't find my yoga mat.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 10:09 PM (PMi3m)

18 It was so very wonderful to see Some Rat lurking about lately.
Smooches honey 🥰

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 12, 2026 10:09 PM (hJKeX)

19
Dave, good on ya.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 12, 2026 10:09 PM (mmrXZ)

20
*embarrassed silence*
*low murmurs*
*people drift out of ONT*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 10:09 PM (eRlcH)

21 1,000 volunteers buried more than 2,000 pairs of cotton underwear

As usual with scientific reporting, the crucial question seems to have been overlooked: clean or soiled undies?

Posted by: mindful webworker - inquiring scientific minds want to know at September 12, 2026 10:10 PM (k0Y0k)

22 Hi!

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

23 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

24 Sydney Sweeney is 29?

Over the hill. (Looks for next gal down the line.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - younger girl keeps rollin' 'cross my mind at September 12, 2026 10:12 PM (k0Y0k)

25 ,000 volunteers buried more than 2,000 pairs of cotton underwear

As usual with scientific reporting, the crucial question seems to have been overlooked: clean or soiled undies?

Underwear is a complex product requiring lots of cutting, stitching, and assembly to make. They could have achieved the same "results" with simple swatches of cloth.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Riz8t)

26 Happy ONT and thanks to Disco and Dino!

Great jokes this evening and greater comments of the week!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 12, 2026 10:13 PM (TKQWO)

27 3 356hybv356buh 356b6
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 12, 2026 10:01 PM (mmrXZ)

Where the hell did I put my Orphan Annie Decoder?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 10:13 PM (PMi3m)

28 17 Soery I'm late, I couldn't find my yoga mat.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026

Is it yoga night?

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

29 I, too, miss sharp football elbows.
Maybe we can show them and not the fagz on the fieldz.

Posted by: RI Red at September 12, 2026 10:13 PM (Edxq2)

30 Sydney Sweeney is 29?

Over the hill. (Looks for next gal down the line.)

I hear the pickings are good at the local Girl Scout camp.

Posted by: Greasy Joe Biden at September 12, 2026 10:13 PM (Riz8t)

31 By the way, I was very specific about never wearing white shoes. Ever.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

32 Waiting to see if Tankdemon is late because he couldn't find his yoga mat.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

33 If had a pick between Sydney and Sophie for me its Sophie

Have a good night everyone, way past my bedtime

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 10:14 PM (Ia/+0)

34 Beautiful Day is on my playlist. Also Mysterious Ways and I Will Follow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

35 Soery I'm late, I couldn't find my yoga mat.
Posted by: tankdemon

Yoga is the art, Yogi is the practitioner. You couldn't find your Yogi, Matt.

And that'll teach you to play hide-and-seek with a dude who knows the meaning of the universe.

Posted by: mikeski at September 12, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

36 If had a pick between Sydney and Sophie for me its Sophie

Are you referring to Sophie Marceau? If so, the answer is obvious.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 12, 2026 10:15 PM (Riz8t)

37 An entire band comes out of her mouth?!?
That Ace of Base girl has some AWFUL morning breath!

Posted by: GWB at September 12, 2026 10:15 PM (kU0PQ)

38 By the way, I was very specific about never wearing white shoes. Ever.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

If Mr. Roark can wear them, I can wear them. And I did for a couple years.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

39 Is this the Saturday ONT?

Where am I? How did I get here? Other than poor life choices, I mean.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 12, 2026 10:15 PM (5Mm2y)

40
Turtle porn.

I... I mean, I just gotta sign off and go to bed now.

Not to my bunk, either.

Posted by: Auspex at September 12, 2026 10:16 PM (Y8DZL)

41 BEAVERS!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 10:16 PM (yEz+x)

42 from townandcountrymag.com

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My favorite! I loved their article on where to summer next year.

Posted by: Maryann Cuthbertson-Klein from Groton at September 12, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

43 By the way, I was very specific about never wearing white shoes. Ever.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

We were required to wear them for gym class

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 10:18 PM (rbvCR)

44 Dublin, Ireland, U.S. President Donald J. Trump told reporters that the Houthis have been in contact with his administration and urged the U.S. not to get involved, further saying that they have let the majority of ships through, save Saudi vessels.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:18 PM (gpvQO)

45 You gotta be football hero
To get along with a beautiful girl

football > movies

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 10:18 PM (viF8m)

46 Piper!
Looking forward to Sunday fashions....
Meanwhile, hang with the Saturday wild ones🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 12, 2026 10:19 PM (hJKeX)

47 Evening all,

We have a launch tomorrow afternoon.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - O3b mPOWER 11, 12 & 13
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: September 13, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 2:49 p.m. EDT (1849 UTC, 20:49 CEST)

https://youtu.be/2n8k4DZUln8

Posted by: Joyenz at September 12, 2026 10:19 PM (2F0/Y)

48 I couldn’t sit through 10 minutes of fight songs. Sorry, Ds.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

49 tcn in AK, I'm with your DH about gravy. Well, not putting it on a skunk. I'd have to wipe it off the skunk with some bread or something.

Posted by: GWB at September 12, 2026 10:20 PM (kU0PQ)

50 BEAVERS. BEAVERS. BEAVERS!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 10:20 PM (V8VBX)

51 Tell you what I do miss, though, that I wouldn't mind seeing revived: On the one hand, cheerleader pix.

On the other hand, as the saying goes, lotion…😜
Posted by: mindful webworker

We all mid the elbows of Oregonmuse.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 10:20 PM (NnhvP)

52 I hear the pickings are good at the local Girl Scout camp.
Posted by: Greasy Joe Biden

How can you tell now that their uniforms are burkas?

Posted by: mindful webworker - are they made with real girl scouts? -Wednesday at September 12, 2026 10:20 PM (k0Y0k)

53 46 Piper!
Looking forward to Sunday fashions....
Meanwhile, hang with the Saturday wild ones🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 12, 2026 10:19 PM (hJKeX)

If you will have me! Make up has been washed off, hair is wet and in a bun. It’s a sight!

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:21 PM (ZdaMQ)

54 By the way, I was very specific about never wearing white shoes. Ever.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

Is this because of Jill Biden and her white Go-Go boots?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)

55
We all mid the elbows of Oregonmuse.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 10:20 PM (NnhvP)

I could never fill his shoes. Ever. But it is football season, so let’s see what next week can bring.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

56 I was watching a 'toob on the Ace of Base drama. Lead dude was a Nazi. No seriously, marched around in Stockholm with skinheads and recorded Nazi punk anthems. Before getting arrested and exiting that life.
After Ace of Base got big, all this stuff came back and he went on the apology circuit. This actually worked because cancel culture wasn't as big a thing then, but then some idiot stalker invaded one of the lead female singers' home with a knife.
The other female singer got panic attacks because what if it had been her, so barely showed up for the next album.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 12, 2026 10:22 PM (88C+u)

57 What a great Thorogood vid. Always have been a fan. That played on the bus of every away game (high school basketball)...One bourbon, one scotch, one beer.

On that little people versus a camel two things come to mind. First, who the hell thought that up? What was the conversation like? AND, #2...how funny would it have been if John Stamos served as the the "rabbit" like they have in dog races. Stamos suffers from achondrophobia. He legitimately is scared of little people. I mean petrified. Bob Sagat set him up by taking him to a Brad Williams comedy set. Brad is a little person (he prefers dwarf to piss off the Karens), who is hilarious...and Stamos started screaming when he saw him. Would have loved to have been there.

Posted by: Orson at September 12, 2026 10:22 PM (dIske)

58 Best thing about today?

The Ducks lost.
I hate Oregon. Hate hate hate them.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 10:23 PM (yEz+x)

59 BEAVERS. BEAVERS. BEAVERS!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 10:20 PM (V8VBX)

Sorry, Nurse. You are limited to otters.
But they are holding hands when they sleep.

Posted by: RI Red at September 12, 2026 10:23 PM (Edxq2)

60 54 By the way, I was very specific about never wearing white shoes. Ever.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

Is this because of Jill Biden and her white Go-Go boots?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)

Ha! I forgot about those. But no, it’s just because think bright white shoes aren’t very pretty. I am sure an exception exists somewhere, I just have yet to find it.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

61 Sydney Sweeny's 15 minutes is nearly up, she's not a good actress unfortunately.

Indie Navrette is the new it girl it seems.

She can't act either, but acting isn't really a thing in Hollywood any longer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 12, 2026 10:24 PM (XV/Pl)

62 Ace of Base 2026, "All that she wants is to kill her babies."

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:24 PM (2GVsD)

63 I've kept my mouth shut about the ads, I realize you guys are sick of hearing complaints BUT THEY ARE DESTROYING THIS WEBSITE. I CAN'T FUCKING USE THIS WEBSITE ANYMORE.

Posted by: Max Power at September 12, 2026 10:24 PM (TO3+g)

64 Hmm. Those U2 songs are overtly religious.

Posted by: Maryann Cuthbertson-Klein from Groton at September 12, 2026 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

65 Heh, I saw Beautiful Day and thought it was going to be this

https://youtu.be/Z6vFt7FTBQ8

Posted by: mindful webworker - now that summer's over, or is it? at September 12, 2026 10:24 PM (k0Y0k)

66 Even though I'm having a bourbon, that beer looks inviting.

And I don't drink beer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 12, 2026 10:24 PM (XV/Pl)

67 But it is football season, so let’s see what next week can bring.
Posted by: Piper

A fine goal!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 10:25 PM (NnhvP)

68 /bobby sox from Connecticut off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)

69 FUCK IT I'M OUT

Posted by: Max Power at September 12, 2026 10:25 PM (TO3+g)

70 I watched the George Thorogood video. I remember talking to the lead guy of a Calgary rockabilly band, who opened for him in a Calgary show many years ago. He said, "George was fantastic. Very kind. very supportive. A real prince of a man."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 10:25 PM (1z8ji)

71 I'm with you about Oregon, nurse!

The exceptionally odd thing about their loss was it came at the hands of OKLAHOMA STATE, who lost to Tulsa last week. Even the Sooners are happy the Cowboys won!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 12, 2026 10:26 PM (Jr+re)

72 Overtly religious pop song???

https://youtu.be/cwtXLVKjnOQ

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)

73 Dublin, Ireland, U.S. President Donald J. Trump told reporters that the Houthis have been in contact with his administration and urged the U.S. not to get involved, further saying that they have let the majority of ships through, save Saudi vessels.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:18 PM (gpvQO)
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He should reply, "Nuts!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

74 Stop yelling, Max. Take a deep breath. It’s okay. Now go get Brave. It will solve your problem. I hate suggesting it, I hate Ace is losing revenue, but if the pop ups keep a-poppin, it is what it is.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

75 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 10:27 PM (zZu0s)

76 Concerning college football, the investigation into the extra second Michigan got against Western Michigan showed that the officials used on off-synch clock instead of the official game clock. The game was indeed over and Western Michigan won based on the official time. Western Michigan has filed with the NCAA to overturn the result, as has their home Division.

Posted by: Orson at September 12, 2026 10:27 PM (dIske)

77 Trump [said] that Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi fighters, who have seized a vital shipping corridor linking Europe and Asia, have asked Washington not to intervene.

Following a week-long offensive, the Houthis on Friday captured Yemen’s Red Sea coast after taking three strategic islands in a lightning offensive, cementing their hold on the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a vital artery for Saudi Arabian oil exports as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed amid the US-Iran war.
...
“The Houthis called us, and they don’t want to fight with us,” Trump told reporters. “They don’t want us to go after them.”

He added that “everything’s gonna work out fine and dandy” in the region.

According to US outlet Axios, bin Salman called Trump twice on Thursday to request US strikes on the Houthis, but the American president declined.
...
“They would much prefer not having us ​involved, and they’re letting most ships ​go ⁠through. There’s just one country that they’re not too happy with, and we’ll get ⁠that straightened ​out,” Trump said.
_timesOfIsrael




Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:28 PM (gpvQO)

78 The exceptionally odd thing about their loss was it came at the hands of OKLAHOMA STATE, who lost to Tulsa last week. Even the Sooners are happy the Cowboys won!!
Posted by: LRob in OK

Maybe couldn't handle the heat.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 12, 2026 10:28 PM (ftFVW)

79 Been fighting Mgid all evening
Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 10:02 PM (Ia/+0)

Holy fuck, Skip. Get a new browser. Put Brave on whatever device you use. It blocks all that shit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 10:28 PM (1z8ji)

80 63 I've kept my mouth shut about the ads, I realize you guys are sick of hearing complaints BUT THEY ARE DESTROYING THIS WEBSITE. I CAN'T FUCKING USE THIS WEBSITE ANYMORE.
Posted by: Max Power at September 12, 2026 10:24 PM (TO3+g)

FIX YOUR FUCKING INTERFACE.

Nobody else here has this issue. Sometimes the problem with the vehicle is the nut behind the wheel.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:28 PM (4ItEf)

81 TRex-- saw that you asked about growing hops in the Pre-Club thread. I grew Centennial, Cascade, and Newport varieties, for 2 years... Centennial produced the most. Newport barely made any. Then my brother stopped brewing and I needed the space for other things. They were very attractive plants!

Here's some general info from Oregon State University, OSU Extension Service:

tinyurl.com/4nxuenf5

Posted by: JQ at September 12, 2026 10:29 PM (rdVOm)

82 Check with the tech thread for solutions

Such as using a different browser

Or installing an ad blocker on your current browser

That is the extent of my technical support capabilities.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

83 Yoga is the art, Yogi is the practitioner. You couldn't find your Yogi, Matt.

And that'll teach you to play hide-and-seek with a dude who knows the meaning of the universe.
Posted by: mikeski at September 12, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

That bears repeating.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 10:30 PM (1z8ji)

84 Piper

Some fashion crimes cannot be forgotten nor forgiven.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:30 PM (2GVsD)

85 Brave does work to block the ads.
Sorry about the loss of ad rev, but on my phone the ads do all sorts of shady shit, and I can't risk it.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 12, 2026 10:30 PM (88C+u)

86 What ads?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 10:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

87 Saijo is asleep with his feet straight up in the air. The UGA game must have exhausted him today.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

88 ads, I realize you guys are sick of hearing complaints BUT THEY ARE DESTROYING THIS WEBSITE. I CAN'T FUCKING USE THIS WEBSITE ANYMORE.
Posted by: Max Power

There are solutions. Easier to enact them than to scream at the blog.

Mine is simply to use the Vivaldi browser. Haven't seen an ad since King Harv's ads used to be in the comments column, long ago.

Posted by: mindful webworker - one must act or suffer at September 12, 2026 10:31 PM (k0Y0k)

89 Posted by: Max Power at September 12, 2026 10:24 PM (TO3+g)

There's a few blockers that work. Don't know if you tried them but it seems to have kept some very formerly annoyed people happy. Would rather you did not go but I get it if you can't block them.

Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 10:31 PM (vE0+H)

90 “The Houthis called us, and they don’t want to fight with us,” Trump told reporters. “They don’t want us to go after them.”

He added that “everything’s gonna work out fine and dandy” in the region.
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*pours his self another shot*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:31 PM (RIvkX)

91 Ace did say something about trying to get the ads fixed btw. Like a week or so ago.

Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 10:31 PM (vE0+H)

92 Yes, Brave does a good job thwarting the ads. I can even watch ewetoob videos with their super annoying ads.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 12, 2026 10:32 PM (ftFVW)

93 You took Soup to the game?

How many times did he get on the field?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:32 PM (2GVsD)

94 I wore white bucks when I graduated from junior high. That was a long time go though.

Posted by: javems at September 12, 2026 10:32 PM (xtGE1)

95 Saijo is asleep with his feet straight up in the air. The UGA game must have exhausted him today.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:30 PM (ZdaMQ)
====

I saw your cat on the pet thread. That is a big cat.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

96 94 I wore white bucks when I graduated from junior high. That was a long time go though.
Posted by: javems at September 12, 2026 10:32 PM (xtGE1)

White shoes on men always put me in mind of Herb Tarlek.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:33 PM (4ItEf)

97 93 You took Soup to the game?

How many times did he get on the field?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10

No, he watched it on the back porch with his father. 70 points is a lot of woofing.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

98 I wore white bucks when I graduated from junior high. That was a long time go though.
Posted by: javems at September 12, 2026 10:32 PM (xtGE1)
=====

*reminds self to stay off javems lawn*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

99 84 Piper

Some fashion crimes cannot be forgotten nor forgiven.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:30 PM (2GVsD)

_____________________

Speaking of "fashion", the YouTube algorithm decided I wanted to see an advertisment of one of those Jenner sl*ts marketing fake eyebrows....which I didn't know was a thing other than Groucho Marx. It asked for my opinion in the comments. So I typed "Trick or Treat". I expect that to go right over their heads.

Posted by: Orson at September 12, 2026 10:34 PM (dIske)

100 Piper

Some fashion crimes cannot be forgotten nor forgiven.
Posted by: Anna Puma

I told everyone I am sorry about that.

*hangs head in shame*

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 12, 2026 10:34 PM (ftFVW)

101 *Alfred Hitchcock voice*
Goodevenng.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 12, 2026 10:34 PM (wVcYX)

102 Driving through western open range today and thanking God for such a great and beautiful place. In the hustle and bustle of everyday life it's easy to forget all that our nation has been blessed with.

Remember the tragedies and the heroes, and remember and thank God for the blessings.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 12, 2026 10:36 PM (TKQWO)

103 I saw your cat on the pet thread. That is a big cat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:32

I saw that too late to say thank you to anyone, KT is very good to me and my cadre of exotic beasts. Kovu is a monster. But a big loveable one. He is on my feet right now.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

104 ‎US-based Nigerian lesbian and professor, Uju Anya, will proceed on voluntary leave after Elon Musk called her out over a tweet calling for white men to die.
---

Carnegie Mellon University@CarnegieMellon -Sep 12

Dr. Uju Anya is currently on voluntary professional leave from the university and is not teaching courses on our campus this academic year. We are deeply concerned by recent hostile and threatening social media posts by Dr. Anya and are reviewing this matter closely

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:37 PM (gpvQO)

105 He is on my feet right now.


Planning a method for your demise. Stay alert!

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 12, 2026 10:37 PM (Jr+re)

106 I told everyone I am sorry about that.

*hangs head in shame*
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 12,

I thought it was unique.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

107 I sure do love Dino 🦖and Disco🎶, but I sure miss Doggo🐶!
Hi Scampy, where ever you are...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 12, 2026 10:38 PM (hJKeX)

108 so in other words Uju Anya is now being paid to sit at home reading lesbian erotica until all this blows over.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 12, 2026 10:38 PM (88C+u)

109 108 so in other words Uju Anya is now being paid to sit at home reading lesbian erotica until all this blows over.
Posted by: 88C+u at September 12, 2026 10:38 PM (88C+u)

If she ain't working, pack her ass back to Nigeria where she can enjoy the blessings of all the black men who live there and who I am certain will appreciate her intellectual acumen.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:40 PM (4ItEf)

110 I was following a thread where the argument was that since Spain has held Ceuta for longer then the Turks have held Constantinople it isn't Morocco's or a colony unless you believe the same about Constantinople

One genius leftist argued, "That's different almost of Turkey is in Asia."

Posted by: 18-1 at September 12, 2026 10:40 PM (sKqQm)

111 Good evening Horde!

Posted by: TRex - extra point dino at September 12, 2026 10:40 PM (XfIK1)

112 Carnegie Mellon University@CarnegieMellon -Sep 12

Dr. Uju Anya is currently on voluntary professional leave from the university and is not teaching courses on our campus this academic year. We are deeply concerned by recent hostile and threatening social media posts by Dr. Anya and are reviewing this matter closely

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:37 PM (gpvQO)

"Nigerianes Eunt Domus"

Posted by: Brian of Nazareth at September 12, 2026 10:40 PM (wVcYX)

113 ====

*pours his self another shot*

Posted by: San Franpsycho
--

It's too funny. The EU., the Saudis and the Houthis; y'all talk it over amongst yourselves.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:41 PM (gpvQO)

114 80 Nobody else here has this issue. Sometimes the problem with the vehicle is the nut behind the wheel.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:28 PM (4ItEf)

Yeah, I used to have this issue, but the ads mysteriously went away from the comments page about a month ago. I did nothing different!

Posted by: Joemarine at September 12, 2026 10:41 PM (y171U)

115 Dare I ask what Dr. Uju Anya teaches at the university?

"How to love your AK-47" maybe?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:42 PM (2GVsD)

116 32 Waiting to see if Tankdemon is late because he couldn't find his yoga mat.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

Are you Nostradamus's sock puppet?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 10:42 PM (PMi3m)

117 White shoes on men always put me in mind of Herb Tarlek.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:33 PM (4ItEf)

More like Pat Boone here as I recall.

Posted by: javems at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (xtGE1)

118 It's feeding time at the Peon Zoo. A plate of spaghetti about to be devoured.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (1z8ji)

119 Of course the people burying their tighty whities are getting nothing in return. I assume the people doing the underpants study are liberals, so of course they're jerks.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)

120 Even if you don’t like Rush, I recommend Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road by Prof. Neil E. Peart. You will laugh. You will cry. Mostly cry. This deals with Neil trying to cope with the deaths of his daughter, then his wife. He rides about 55,000 miles on his BMW motorcycle, as far north as AK and as far south as Belize.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (wtpml)

121 The participants should at least get a free pair of underpants and a teabag.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)

122 108 so in other words Uju Anya is now being paid to sit at home reading lesbian erotica until all this blows over.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 12, 2026 10:38 PM
***
Wait a minute...sitting at home reading lesbian erotica is a paid job?? We might just have solved the unemployment problem.

Posted by: TRex - career counselor dino at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (XfIK1)

123 Speaking of white shoes, Piper ...

When I was a young lad, a friend allowed as how she could always pick out the departure gate for flights to our Midwest college town by the excess of white belts and occasional white shoes.

Her other reliable indicator was BLACK. The departure gates filled with people all wearing black were heading to Chicago. Still some truth to that.

Posted by: YellowBird at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (MEbkQ)

124 It looks like that Sweeny woman is barely keeping her top on. I'm concerned.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 12, 2026 10:45 PM (0Htd1)

125 Carnegie Mellon University@CarnegieMellon -Sep 12

Dr. Uju Anya is currently on voluntary professional leave from the university and is not teaching courses on our campus this academic year. We are deeply concerned by recent hostile and threatening social media posts by Dr. Anya and are reviewing this matter closely

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:37 PM (gpvQO)

Maybe you could just fire the cunt?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 10:45 PM (1z8ji)

126 Swiss Underpants Gnomes and their crafty ideas on making a profit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:45 PM (2GVsD)

127 She Hobbit,

I was talking about Jill Biden.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)

128 Little people and deaf kids.

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 10:47 PM (LHPAg)

129 In 2022, she drew widespread criticism over remarks made as Queen Elizabeth II was dying. In 2024, she also attracted attention after posting “It was staged” following an assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

The people that told me it was insane science hating racism to claim the 2020 election wasn't on the up and up also tell us that obviously Trump stole the 2024 election and then faked all the assassination attempts on himself including the one where he was actually hit by a bullet.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 12, 2026 10:47 PM (sKqQm)

130 63 I've kept my mouth shut about the ads, I realize you guys are sick of hearing complaints BUT THEY ARE DESTROYING THIS WEBSITE. I CAN'T FUCKING USE THIS WEBSITE ANYMORE.
Posted by: Max Power at September 12, 2026 10:24 PM (TO3+g)

My iPad has an ad blocker. I never see these ads.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 12, 2026 10:47 PM (wtpml)

131 I was talking about Jill Biden.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Hahaha, I know. But can't resist a "this is about me, isn't it?" joke.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 12, 2026 10:48 PM (ftFVW)

132 Wait a minute...sitting at home reading lesbian erotica is a paid job?? We might just have solved the unemployment problem.
Posted by: TRex - career counselor dino at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (XfIK1)

___________________________________

I made a pact with myself years ago that if I ever started reading something that began with, "I never thought this would happen to me, but...." I'd stop right there and find something else to do. Although, Lesbian erotica can be tricky, and sometimes starts off with, "Hey, I love those Birkenstocks. They match your thumb ring."

Posted by: Orson at September 12, 2026 10:48 PM (dIske)

133 To lesbian academics read pron in their freedom or just fantasize in their handmaid costumes?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 12, 2026 10:48 PM (sKqQm)

134 It looks like that Sweeny woman is barely keeping her top on. I'm concerned.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 12, 2026 10:45 PM (0Htd1)

She has a lot of real titstate to cover. Some garments just ain't up to the job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 10:49 PM (1z8ji)

135 119 Of course the people burying their tighty whities are getting nothing in return. I assume the people doing the underpants study are liberals, so of course they're jerks.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)

Liberals? I assumed they were gnomes.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 10:49 PM (PMi3m)

136 I never see adds, not since King Harv....those weren't very obnoxious...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 12, 2026 10:49 PM (hJKeX)

137 I had no idea that turtles actually made noises. The thing s you learn at AOS!

Posted by: DanMa'am at September 12, 2026 10:51 PM (8uzBS)

138 Enjoying some plum crumble leftover from last night. It aged well.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)

139 I had no idea that turtles actually made noises. The thing s you learn at AOS!
Posted by: DanMa'am at September 12, 2026 10:51 PM (8uzBS)

The astonished bleats of the tortoisie.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 10:52 PM (1z8ji)

140 Her other reliable indicator was BLACK. The departure gates filled with people all wearing black were heading to Chicago. Still some truth to that.
Posted by: YellowBird at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (MEbkQ)

Let's just say you can always tell, in a Lower 48 airport, which flights are headed to AK.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:52 PM (4ItEf)

141 137 I had no idea that turtles actually made noises. The thing s you learn at AOS!
Posted by: DanMa'am at September 12, 2026 10:51 PM (8uzBS)
____________________________

Some can no longer do so. The dead one's are pretty quiet.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 12, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)

142 Club ONT Jukebox
Might as well make it a life

.....or a world.
Savage Genius - Beautiful World
https://youtu.be/TuxkYZE1vSM

Or just simply be beautiful.
Marillion - Beautiful
https://youtu.be/Nbjb74cmIDw

Although that can have its downsides.
Tapping The Vein - Beautiful
https://youtu.be/sj-OcA1LqaQ

Posted by: mikeski at September 12, 2026 10:53 PM (VHUov)

143 Beautiful isn't always happy.
Tacere - Beautiful Darkness
https://youtu.be/AQtDZCgZLhc

After Forever - Beautiful Emptiness
https://youtu.be/5Zx6ErNrbxA

Blackbriar - Beautiful Delerium
https://youtu.be/Za1htsAjp2Q

They aren't all beautiful, like this one:
maudlin of the well - They Aren't All Beautifull
https://youtu.be/gaIb3CXg9e8

But maybe this one is?
echolyn - The End Is Beautiful
https://youtu.be/4gnnFfpLh8E

Posted by: mikeski at September 12, 2026 10:53 PM (VHUov)

144 @RichardGrenell

September 16 is The Hague Court’s announcement on the verdict in Jack Smith’s case against former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci.

Thaci has been in prison for 6 years! - ever since Jack Smith arrested the sitting President of Kosovo on his way to Washington, DC to meet with me for final negotiations with President Trump for the Oval Office agreement to normalize economic relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

Jack Smith’s cases in America have all fallen apart. This case in Europe is the last one he has. Even Democrats from America testified at The Hague on behalf of Thaci saying under oath that Jack Smith’s claims were wildly false.

So there’s bipartisan American support for Thaci…and against Jack Smith.

It’s now up to The Hague September 16. Stay tuned

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:54 PM (gpvQO)

145 Of course the people burying their tighty whities are getting nothing in return. I assume the people doing the underpants study are liberals, so of course they're jerks.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 12, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)

Don't fall for it. It's a plot by the underpants gnomes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 12, 2026 10:54 PM (dK+Kv)

146 Anna Puma liked the anime

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

147 141 137 I had no idea that turtles actually made noises. The thing s you learn at AOS!
Posted by: DanMa'am at September 12, 2026 10:51 PM (8uzBS)
____________________________

Some can no longer do so. The dead one's are pretty quiet.
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 12, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)

I gotta say, I didn't expect to see turtles humping shoes on the ONT this fine evening. Seems like those boys are horny enough to not know a lady turtle from a croc. Kinda awful news for their long term survival, I would think.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:55 PM (4ItEf)

148 My iPad has an ad blocker. I never see these ads.
Posted by: Cow Demon

He doesn't want a solution. He wants to yell at the manager.

Posted by: mikeski at September 12, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)

149 Ara?

Which anime?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:55 PM (2GVsD)

150 140 Let's just say you can always tell, in a Lower 48 airport, which flights are headed to AK.

Likewise in Denver/Boulder you can always tell the folks in town from the Mountain.

Posted by: YellowBird at September 12, 2026 10:56 PM (MEbkQ)

151 *Looks at time*

Come on Miracle!

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:56 PM (2GVsD)

152 But no, it’s just because think bright white shoes aren’t very pretty. I am sure an exception exists somewhere, I just have yet to find it.
Posted by: Piper

I like my white sneakers.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 12, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)

153 So there’s bipartisan American support for Thaci…and against Jack Smith.

It’s now up to The Hague September 16. Stay tuned
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:54 PM (gpvQO)

Haven't we hung that little shit yet? Seems like we should have by now.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:56 PM (4ItEf)

154 Let's just say you can always tell, in a Lower 48 airport, which flights are headed to AK.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:52 PM (4ItEf)

Truth.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 12, 2026 10:57 PM (wtpml)

155 I like my white sneakers.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 12, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)

White Chuckie's are very fashionable. And luckily, washable.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:57 PM (4ItEf)

156 133 To lesbian academics read pron in their freedom or just fantasize in their handmaid costumes?

Posted by: 18-1
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Her costumes have to be hand made, no retail that huge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 10:58 PM (gpvQO)

157 Her costumes have to be hand made, no retail that huge.

Not even Spirit Halloween or Wal-Mart?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:59 PM (2GVsD)

158 Her other reliable indicator was BLACK. The departure gates filled with people all wearing black were heading to Chicago. Still some truth to that.
Posted by: YellowBird at September

This is a study worthy of undertaking! Outfits and destination predictions! 😂

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

159 Haven't we hung that little shit yet? Seems like we should have by now.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:56 PM (4ItEf)

Sounds like a guy with terminal intracranial lead deficiency.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 10:59 PM (1z8ji)

160 147 I gotta say, I didn't expect to see turtles humping shoes on the ONT this fine evening. Seems like those boys are horny enough to not know a lady turtle from a croc. Kinda awful news for their long term survival, I would think.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:55 PM (4ItEf)

You have to admit, they do look Happy Together.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 11:00 PM (PMi3m)

161 Neither Texas or Ohio is impressive. Week 1 but both teams have a lot of work to do.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:00 PM (viF8m)

162 White shoes on men always put me in mind of Herb Tarlek.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Edie McClurg played Lucille, Herb Tarlek’s wife. She also played Grace, the school secretary in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

The school secretary at my kids' grade school was a dead ringer for Ms. McClurg.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 12, 2026 11:00 PM (m4Pfq)

163 154 Let's just say you can always tell, in a Lower 48 airport, which flights are headed to AK.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:52 PM (4ItEf)

Truth.
Posted by: Cow Demon at September 12, 2026 10:57 PM (wtpml)

When we moved back to AK, DH packed eight three-piece suits, white shirts with French cuffs, lots of ties, and polished shoes.

He has yet to wear any of those, after 11 years. I told him, but until he lived here, he didn't understand.

A male professional outfit up here consists of nice jeans, a polo shirt with or without a pocket, Red Wing work boots, and occasionally a hard hat, depending upon your work environment for that day. I will admit, when younger than 29, I used to wear a miniskirt with my steel toe boots to jobsites. But the hard hat is non-negotiable, of course.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:01 PM (gZZXF)

164 155 I like my white sneakers.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 12, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)

White Chuckie's are very fashionable. And luckily, washable.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026

Tennis / court / athletic shoes are an entirely different category. I am talking dress shoes and white patent / bright white sandals / etc.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

165 Copied this but I had to tap on the photo for the entire wording... You'll probably guess who and who else are in these two pics captioned " They did not die on this beach/ for these losers"

https://tinyurl.com/3py32bmz

Posted by: Rex B at September 12, 2026 11:01 PM (R0XxO)

166 You have to admit, they do look Happy Together.

You just discovered the movie Making Mr. Right?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

167 I gotta say, I didn't expect to see turtles humping shoes on the ONT this fine evening. Seems like those boys are horny enough to not know a lady turtle from a croc. Kinda awful news for their long term survival, I would think.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 10:55 PM (4ItEf)

I am looking at how to make the joke "pantuflas-sexual" without having to explain that "pantuflas" are Spanish for "slippers"

So far I have failed at this task.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)

168 Tennis / court / athletic shoes are an entirely different category. I am talking dress shoes and white patent / bright white sandals / etc.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

Tan shoes and pink shoe laces FTW.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)

169 165 failed

Was actually a D-day photo over a pic of Piker, Mamdami and El Sayet

Posted by: Rex B at September 12, 2026 11:03 PM (R0XxO)

170
Let's just say you can always tell, in a Lower 48 airport, which flights are headed to AK.
Posted by: tcn in AK

By the heavy outerware carried?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 11:04 PM (NnhvP)

171 >>Tennis / court / athletic shoes are an entirely different category. I am talking dress shoes and white patent / bright white sandals / etc.

What about white bucks at the yacht club?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)

172 The thing I hate about my tighty whities is when they get to crawling up my butt in the middle of the night...jeez...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 12, 2026 11:09 PM (hJKeX)

173 What about white bucks at the yacht club?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)

Swim fins. The mark of a survivor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:09 PM (1z8ji)

174 Looks like THE ohio state may be going down.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:09 PM (yEz+x)

175 170
Let's just say you can always tell, in a Lower 48 airport, which flights are headed to AK.
Posted by: tcn in AK

By the heavy outerware carried?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 11:04 PM (NnhvP)

Not in the summer.

Jeans, plaid shirts, t-shirts with inappropriate text, hoodies with various odd communities printed on them that you can't get to by driving, bizarre facial hair (on the men, mostly), leggings with long t-shirts (mostly on the women), and of course coolers or boxes taped up with duct tape to either carry on or check.

The occasional mullet and/or male ponytail, but absolutely NO twat knots, no suits, very few skirts except bun covers, and no heels of any kind, although cowboy boots are allowed.

Alaskans just wear what they like, and don't really give one fat rat's ass who doesn't like it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:10 PM (Sw64s)

176 The thing I hate about my tighty whities is when they get to crawling up my butt in the middle of the night...jeez...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 12, 2026 11:09 PM (hJKeX)

You don't have to wear them at night. I'll never tell.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:10 PM (1z8ji)

177 >>Swim fins. The mark of a survivor.

This guy knows what time it is.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:11 PM (viF8m)

178 What about white bucks at the yacht club?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)

You'd have to ask Judge Smails.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:11 PM (Sw64s)

179 Sigh. Such is football.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 11:11 PM (lJ0H4)

180 Looks like THE ohio state may be going down.
Posted by: nurse ratched

What a crazy comeback for Texas.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 12, 2026 11:11 PM (ftFVW)

181 Let's just say you can always tell, in a Lower 48 airport, which flights are headed to AK.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Xtra Tuffs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 12, 2026 11:12 PM (dK+Kv)

182 Alaskans just wear what they like, and don't really give one fat rat's ass who doesn't like it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:10 PM (Sw64s)

Sounds like Alberta.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:12 PM (1z8ji)

183 Which anime?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:55 PM (2GVsD)
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Overtly religious pop song???

https://youtu.be/cwtXLVKjnOQ
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 11:12 PM (RIvkX)

184 I admit to preferring skirts and dresses because they are comfy (I don't wear anything fussy or waist-banded), and nobody gives me crap about that. I sometimes get mistaken for a hippie. But skirts are a great way to concealed carry, folks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:13 PM (Sw64s)

185 171 >>Tennis / court / athletic shoes are an entirely different category. I am talking dress shoes and white patent / bright white sandals / etc.

What about white bucks at the yacht club?
Posted by: JackStraw at S

Couldn’t you do a light cream? Or a saddle? For me? lol.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

186 Xtra Tuffs.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 12, 2026 11:12 PM (dK+Kv)

Particularly the Salmon Sisters kind, which are all the rage.

I can't find any size 15 or 16's for DH. Still working on that.

I wear mine to the beach for dipnetting, certainly, and in the garden in the spring. They are awfully handy. And oh so stylish, up here.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:14 PM (Sw64s)

187
Hollywood Smothers scored the winning TD for Texas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 11:14 PM (eRlcH)

188 Are you Nostradamus's sock puppet?
Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 10:42 PM (PMi3m)

I did have foresight, yes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 11:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

189 By the way, I was very specific about never wearing white shoes. Ever.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 10:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

We had them for our marching band uniform until my junior year. They are a pain to keep white while marching around on a football field every week.

Posted by: GWB at September 12, 2026 11:15 PM (kU0PQ)

190 Alaskans just wear what they like, and don't really give one fat rat's ass who doesn't like it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:10 PM (Sw64s)

Sounds like Alberta.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:12 PM (1z8ji)
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No spats or braces? No collar pins? Are you not Gentlemen?

Oh my.

Posted by: Maryann Cuthbertson-Klein from Groton at September 12, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)

191 Sounds like Alberta.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:12 PM (1z8ji)

I noticed that driving through, the few times I did so. Yep, we think alike.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:15 PM (Sw64s)

192 *sees turtle video*

Get some, brother!

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 12, 2026 11:15 PM (wVcYX)

193 >>You'd have to ask Judge Smails.

Pfft.

I've been infiltrating them forever. Yacht racing.

And that scarf doesn't go with that dress.

As if.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:16 PM (viF8m)

194 White shooz are a non-starter for me. Because to keep them white, you have to be thinking about them all the time. What a waste of mental resources.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:16 PM (1z8ji)

195 Inside thigh holster, cross-draw?

Posted by: GWB at September 12, 2026 11:16 PM (kU0PQ)

196 186 Xtra Tuffs.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 12, 2026 11:12 PM (dK+Kv)

Particularly the Salmon Sisters kind, which are all the rage.

I can't find any size 15 or 16's for DH. Still working on that.

I wear mine to the beach for dipnetting, certainly, and in the garden in the spring. They are awfully handy. And oh so stylish, up here.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:14 PM

Honeywell used to own them. I still have a pair of Salmon Sisters boots.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

197 Let's try that again...

But skirts are a great way to concealed carry, folks.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:13 PM (Sw64s)

Inside thigh, cross-draw?

Posted by: GWB at September 12, 2026 11:17 PM (kU0PQ)

198 No spats or braces? No collar pins? Are you not Gentlemen?

Oh my.
Posted by: Maryann Cuthbertson-Klein from Groton at September 12, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)

I haz suspenderz.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:18 PM (1z8ji)

199 Who names their kid Hollywood?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 12, 2026 11:18 PM (2Ez/1)

200 A couple of my box turtles were obsessed with shoes and shoelaces. If I stamped my foot from 20 feet away, Tommy would run up to me and stand on my shoe. He was the size of a quarter when I found him and I had him for 15 years until I released him to a nice wild place with a lake. He also chased my cats and would bite their feet, tail.

Posted by: Reptile Dysfunction at September 12, 2026 11:18 PM (Fn+3X)

201 "Unbunch your panties" is one of my leadership mantras when the staff are losing their minds in a crisis.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 11:19 PM (RIvkX)

202 I may be the anomaly. I have exactly five pairs of shoes, and that seems like too many. I also have two pairs of boots, but they are not fashion boots, they are xtra tuffs and winter boots. DH often jokes that I spend our future inheritance on clothes and boots, while I buy half my clothes from Costco and other half from Freddie's. Plus I cut my own hair, mostly, although I do like a good day at the spa. And yet, I am a girly girl. This is AK. We do that our own way I guess.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:19 PM (Sw64s)

203 I'm probably getting all stupid now, and it's not even too late here.
But...
Good night! My brain has officially signed out without permission...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 12, 2026 11:19 PM (hJKeX)

204 Honeywell used to own them. I still have a pair of Salmon Sisters boots.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

Fish or octopus? Mine are octopus. Very cute.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:21 PM (Sw64s)

205 Mmm. Octopus.

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at September 12, 2026 11:21 PM (88C+u)

206 21 point come back

hahahaha

Hook em

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 11:21 PM (/+uur)

207 A couple of my box turtles were obsessed with shoes and shoelaces. If I stamped my foot from 20 feet away, Tommy would run up to me and stand on my shoe. He was the size of a quarter when I found him and I had him for 15 years until I released him to a nice wild place with a lake. He also chased my cats and would bite their feet, tail.
Posted by: Reptile Dysfunction at September 12, 2026 11:18 PM (Fn+3X)

And this is why turtles never dominated the planet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:21 PM (1z8ji)

208 A song by It's A Beautiful Day might have fit the musical theme. They were a big part of the San Francisco music scene late 60s, early 70s.

Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slirrup at September 12, 2026 11:22 PM (Fn+3X)

209 And this is why turtles never dominated the planet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:21 PM (1z8ji)

Wait, I thought it was turtles, all the way down?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:23 PM (Sw64s)

210 Taking the exit here. Was going to make the drink up top, but turns out there's Campari, but no rum. Saved!

https://youtu.be/kBYHwH1Vb-c

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - so much for Saturday at September 12, 2026 11:23 PM (k0Y0k)

211
202 I may be the anomaly. I have exactly five pairs of shoes, and that seems like too many. I also have two pairs of boots, but they are not fashion boots, they are xtra tuffs and winter boots. DH often jokes that I spend our future inheritance on clothes and boots, while I buy half my clothes from Costco and other half from Freddie's. Plus I cut my own hair, mostly, although I do like a good day at the spa. And yet, I am a girly girl. This is AK. We do that our own way I guess.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11

I think people should be themselves, I don’t know if that is regional. I mean, yes, I agree with you, there are definitely regional styles, but shoe counts, etc, there is no magic number. It’s what works for you. And I have seen some adorable things at Target.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

212 DH is grilling dinner tonight. Sometimes that man makes feel just like a queen.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:24 PM (Sw64s)

213 The exceptionally odd thing about their loss was it came at the hands of OKLAHOMA STATE, who lost to Tulsa last week. Even the Sooners are happy the Cowboys won!!
Posted by: LRob
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Maybe this will act as a psychological blow, come the Civil War.
Bad juju having to play another OSU team in Black and Orange.
The engineering dept where I worked had a couple of Ducks (software weenies) and a couple of Beavs.(EEs). The end of football season got them agitated.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 12, 2026 11:24 PM (2VjEW)

214 Honeywell used to own them. I still have a pair of Salmon Sisters boots.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

Fish or octopus? Mine are octopus. Very cute.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:21 PM (Sw64s)

Music for the occasion, by Salmon Dave:

https://youtu.be/S_OX2HwWy-o

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:24 PM (1z8ji)

215 204 Honeywell used to own them. I still have a pair of Salmon Sisters boots.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

Fish or octopus? Mine are octopus. Very cute.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026

Octopus. How funny. The brown outsides have never faded. Of course they haven’t done much work, either.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

216 And I have seen some adorable things at Target.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

Precisely. Fashion is how you wear it, and more about attitude than price.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:25 PM (Sw64s)

217 Octopus skin boots?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:26 PM (Y/06r)

218 Looks like we are officially out of the "fake policy discussion" phase of socialism, and into the "murder everyone who isn't socialist enough" phase. Prepare accordingly.

Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 11:26 PM (vE0+H)

219 >>Couldn’t you do a light cream? Or a saddle? For me? lol.

I had a lovely pair of light cream bucks.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:27 PM (viF8m)

220 217 Octopus skin boots?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026

No, octopus printed fabric on the inside of the boot, but you can fold them down and it shows.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

221 Octopus. How funny. The brown outsides have never faded. Of course they haven’t done much work, either.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

Mine work pretty hard, but only for a couple of weeks a year. They still look great. I love 'em.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:27 PM (Sw64s)

222 Octopus skin boots?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:26 PM (Y/06r)

Marketed to suckers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:27 PM (1z8ji)

223 218 Looks like we are officially out of the "fake policy discussion" phase of socialism, and into the "murder everyone who isn't socialist enough" phase. Prepare accordingly.
Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 11:26 PM (vE0+H)

They got to a critical mass point like the 70s where a subset does not want to wait any more.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:27 PM (Y/06r)

224 Brit Lass would get the cheapest raggedy falls apart in six washes shit from Kohl's and still get the dirtiest looks from other women

Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 11:28 PM (vE0+H)

225 No, octopus printed fabric on the inside of the boot, but you can fold them down and it shows.
Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

So they're just regular cow leather? Tanned grey maybe?

I am not getting the octopus connection.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:28 PM (Y/06r)

226 Kitty is lapping up the leftover spaghetti sauce,

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:29 PM (1z8ji)

227 I notice it too on flights to Portland (plaid, flannel, brown) and to SF (black, sparkles, fluorescent pink.)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 11:29 PM (RIvkX)

228 They got to a critical mass point like the 70s where a subset does not want to wait any more.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:27 PM (Y/06r)

It's no longer a subset. And the media, Democrats and Republicans aren't stopping them. In fact they're about to encourage a whole lot more.

Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 11:29 PM (vE0+H)

229 >>Prepare accordingly.

Way ahead of you.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:29 PM (viF8m)

230 I had a lovely pair of light cream bucks.

Posted by: JackStraw

I just got here. Holy shit is that gay.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 11:30 PM (jJdaW)

231 218 Looks like we are officially out of the "fake policy discussion" phase of socialism, and into the "murder everyone who isn't socialist enough" phase. Prepare accordingly.

Posted by: ...
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AOC or one of that crew suggessted killing Schumer was a necessity. They're eating their own.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 11:30 PM (gpvQO)

232 It's no longer a subset. And the media, Democrats and Republicans aren't stopping them. In fact they're about to encourage a whole lot more.
Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 11:29 PM (vE0+H)

I saw a ewetub thumbnail where they are planning to reveal the holdout's identity on the 18th.

It is like publicly planning a crime. But he is icky, so whatever.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:30 PM (Y/06r)

233 I am looking at how to make the joke "pantuflas-sexual" without having to explain that "pantuflas" are Spanish for "slippers"

So far I have failed at this task.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)

I'd have gone with ciabatta

Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 11:31 PM (vE0+H)

234 Way ahead of you.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:29 PM (viF8m)

Sincerely doubt that

Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 11:32 PM (vE0+H)

235 This is really tasty tunafish.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:32 PM (Y/06r)

236 Oh you meant ahead of my warning........

Then again I've been warning since around 2008

Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 11:32 PM (vE0+H)

237 You can't really take a group picture of a group of Alaskans, they won't sit for it. Most are in Witness Protection or on the lam from the Lower 48.

Posted by: Gypsies, Tramps, Thieves, Etc. at September 12, 2026 11:32 PM (Fn+3X)

238 One of my kindergarten buddies is in the Amex lounge at Seatac and just texted me his google review. It is a riot

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 11:33 PM (RIvkX)

239 >>Sincerely doubt that

I know.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:33 PM (viF8m)

240 If you own blue ring octopus boots, that diver is a bad ass.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 11:33 PM (jJdaW)

241 It is like publicly planning a crime. But he is icky, so whatever.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:30 PM (Y/06r)

Hell's Angels should adopt him as a "protected person". "Mess with him, and you mess with us."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:33 PM (1z8ji)

242 So they're just regular cow leather? Tanned grey maybe?

I am not getting the octopus connection.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:28 PM (Y/06r)

https://tinyurl.com/p6kmenup

Xtra Tuffs, Salmon Sisters, Octopus.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:33 PM (Sw64s)

243
Hook'em Horns!!!

Wow, what an incredible game.

Texas came back at the end with 21 unanswered points to win!!!

Sadly, the Ohio State Daisies wilted at the end.

Anyway, great game. This should be a fun year watching Texas.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 11:34 PM (iJfKG)

244 This is really tasty tunafish.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Use the whole tunafish. Make boots out of the skin.

Posted by: mikeski may have misread the thread at September 12, 2026 11:35 PM (VHUov)

245 We had them for our marching band uniform until my junior year. They are a pain to keep white while marching around on a football field every week.
Posted by: GWB
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Because I never wore them for anything else, it was simple.
Saturday morning, get out the white shoe polish. Unlike every other shoe polish, it isn't a wax that needs buffed; it's a white liquid, akin to.whitewash, which is painted on with a fuzzy round applicator. Covered the grass stains nicely. Back under the bed until next Friday.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 12, 2026 11:35 PM (2VjEW)

246 https://tinyurl.com/p6kmenup

Xtra Tuffs, Salmon Sisters, Octopus.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:33 PM (Sw64s)

Ok. Rain boots. This is one of those things I do not get, isn't it ladies?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:35 PM (Y/06r)

247 Unlike every other shoe polish, it isn't a wax that needs buffed; it's a white liquid, akin to.whitewash, which is painted on with a fuzzy round applicator. Covered the grass stains nicely. Back under the bed until next Friday.
Posted by: buddhaha at September 12, 2026 11:35 PM (2VjEW)

Until you get about 40 layers on, and it cracks, and falls off in slabs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:37 PM (1z8ji)

248 Ok. Rain boots. This is one of those things I do not get, isn't it ladies?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:35 PM (Y/06r)

Not rain boots, so much as working boots for crappy weather or beach wear. I wear them on the beach for salmon dipnetting, also for early garden work when the snow is just melted, and they aren't bad for short hikes in the spring when everything is muddy. Also good on boats, if need be.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:38 PM (Sw64s)

249 Hi Scampy, where ever you are...
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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Always nice to see you in the comments, COMM. I am around but not regularly - life calls.
Thanks for the ONT, D's.

Posted by: scampydog at September 12, 2026 11:39 PM (41CYW)

250 Always nice to see you in the comments, COMM. I am around but not regularly - life calls.
Thanks for the ONT, D's.
Posted by: scampydog at September 12, 2026 11:39 PM (41CYW)

Nice to hear from you. Don't be a stranger.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:39 PM (Sw64s)

251 Did you guys see the latest democrat scandal? A woman running for State House in NC (Shelly Headen) put up a picture on X of her standing in front of the ovens at Dachau smiling, and then typed, “Visiting Dauchau [sic] Concentration Camp in Germany… This is where Trump supporters belong.”

The irony of that statement was lost on her (if you're familiar with the original inhabitants of Dachau). Anyone who smiles in Dachau is disturbing enough.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 12, 2026 11:40 PM (dIske)

252 Nurses were forever polishing their white shoes before they were allowed to wear other shoes, Crocs. My wife became a Registered Dietitian in 1977. She also wore a white uniform, white shoes.

Posted by: Them Changes at September 12, 2026 11:40 PM (Fn+3X)

253 >>Unlike every other shoe polish, it isn't a wax that needs buffed; it's a white liquid, akin to.whitewash, which is painted on with a fuzzy round applicator. Covered the grass stains nicely. Back under the bed until next Friday.

Oh yea, and my cream bucks are gay.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:40 PM (viF8m)

254 3 356hybv356buh 356b6
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 12, 2026 10:01 PM (mmrXZ)

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D-O-N-T-F-O-R-G-E-T-T-O

Don't forget to WHAT???

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 12, 2026 11:41 PM (wpRMV)

255 251 Did you guys see the latest democrat scandal? A woman running for State House in NC (Shelly Headen) put up a picture on X of her standing in front of the ovens at Dachau smiling, and then typed, “Visiting Dauchau [sic] Concentration Camp in Germany… This is where Trump supporters belong.”

The irony of that statement was lost on her (if you're familiar with the original inhabitants of Dachau). Anyone who smiles in Dachau is disturbing enough.
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 12, 2026 11:40 PM (dIske)

Fucking hell.

How can anyone be so painfully stupid?

And completely divorced from history or even empathy?

What a twat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:41 PM (Sw64s)

256 Underwear index?

/looks intrigued...

3. Profit?

Posted by: Underpants Gnome at September 12, 2026 11:41 PM (mP0Kj)

257 254 3 356hybv356buh 356b6
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 12, 2026 10:01 PM (mmrXZ)

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D-O-N-T-F-O-R-G-E-T-T-O

Don't forget to WHAT???
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 12, 2026 11:41 PM (wpRMV)

Mr Roboto?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 12, 2026 11:42 PM (mP0Kj)

258 Bedtime! Church plus I have to teach tomorrow. I have a suicide awareness donation class for the Fitness for Hope campaign.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 11:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

259 Nurses were forever polishing their white shoes before they were allowed to wear other shoes, Crocs. My wife became a Registered Dietitian in 1977. She also wore a white uniform, white shoes.
Posted by: Them Changes at September 12, 2026 11:40 PM (Fn+3X)

Good thing she was registered. Possession of an unregistered Dietician could get you 5 to 10.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:43 PM (1z8ji)

260 What a twat.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:41 PM (Sw64s)

_____________________

That about sums it up...along with "psychopath." That was just one of her gems. She was picking out southern states and explaining they were inhabited by "stupid people." She saw nothing wrong with any of it.

Posted by: Orson at September 12, 2026 11:43 PM (dIske)

261 Cream Bucks rub me the wrong way. I had a high opinion of Jack Straw and his musical taste, but now I'm not so sure.

Posted by: Feet of Clay! at September 12, 2026 11:43 PM (Fn+3X)

262 This charade with Mitch McConnell is breathtakingly late-stage Soviet.

I have not seen him alive myself in recent memory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 11:44 PM (RIvkX)

263 Fucking hell.

How can anyone be so painfully stupid?

And completely divorced from history or even empathy?

What a twat.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:41 PM (Sw64s)

I settled on she is a TikTok devotee. That medium more than any other social media seems to encourage people to say horrifying and stupid things.

Be glad you do not have my ewetub feed. It is nothing but stories of women saying horrifying things about their husbands, cheating on them, etc etc.

That and busty women. Busty women and warhammer. Busty women, warhammer, guns and science videos.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:45 PM (Y/06r)

264 Since Labor Day I have throttled down my wardrobe choices from Swiss Coffee to Ecru.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 12, 2026 11:45 PM (wpRMV)

265 This charade with Mitch McConnell is breathtakingly late-stage Soviet.

I have not seen him alive myself in recent memory.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 11:44 PM (RIvkX)

Somebody needs to do a Futurama parody, with McConnell's head in a bell jar, instead of Nixon's.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (1z8ji)

266 I saw a ewetub thumbnail where they are planning to reveal the holdout's identity on the 18th.

It is like publicly planning a crime. But he is icky, so whatever.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:30 PM (Y/06r)

18 USC 119 makes it ILLEGAL to Dox a Jury member.

Yeah... FED Law, not State.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (mP0Kj)

267 264 Since Labor Day I have throttled down my wardrobe choices from Swiss Coffee to Ecru.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 12, 2026 11:45 PM (wpRMV)

I still have the same rotation of shirts and shorts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (Y/06r)

268 Good thing she was registered. Possession of an unregistered Dietician could get you 5 to 10.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Watch out for the RDs. They are militant about the Dietitian spelling.

Posted by: The American Dietetic Association at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (Fn+3X)

269 I have sailing boots that I wear down to the beach paired with a sundress.

And a straw sun hat.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (CbDvl)

270 This charade with Mitch McConnell is breathtakingly late-stage Soviet.

I have not seen him alive myself in recent memory.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 11:44 PM (RIvkX)

I don't care about MM. Let him stay, alive or dead. The Ds never get rid of anyone, why should we?

Same with the D from NC. It'd be nice if someone smacked people like her in the mouth when they say stuff like that. Preferably with a baseball bat.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (1Ff7Z)

271 That about sums it up...along with "psychopath." That was just one of her gems. She was picking out southern states and explaining they were inhabited by "stupid people." She saw nothing wrong with any of it.
Posted by: Orson at September 12, 2026 11:43 PM (dIske)

Y'know, the whole notion that everyone in the south is an idiot is so.... Civil War Era. It wasn't true then, but...

It's one thing to think your enemies are fools, and another one to maintain that thought process without any critical analysis.

That leads to serious stupidity.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:47 PM (Sw64s)

272 18 USC 119 makes it ILLEGAL to Dox a Jury member.

Yeah... FED Law, not State.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (mP0Kj)

Yeah, I do not quite get it. Is it a threat to get him to publicly recant? Drag out the process? Just exercise power and have it looming over the guy?

These people are fucking horrible.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:47 PM (Y/06r)

273 >>Cream Bucks rub me the wrong way. I had a high opinion of Jack Straw and his musical taste, but now I'm not so sure.

When you go fishing, the most important tool you have is the right bait.

Know your waters and your prey.

Dress for success.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:47 PM (viF8m)

274 And I thought everyone wore Ray Troll sweatshirts in AK.

I have a few.

They are awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:48 PM (CbDvl)

275 That and busty women. Busty women and warhammer. Busty women, warhammer, guns and science videos.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

You should log in again.

Posted by: mikeski python at September 12, 2026 11:48 PM (VHUov)

276 273 >>Cream Bucks rub me the wrong way. I had a high opinion of Jack Straw and his musical taste, but now I'm not so sure.

When you go fishing, the most important tool you have is the right bait.

Know your waters and your prey.

Dress for success.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:47 PM (viF8m)

Are... are you fishing for gay dudes, Jack? NTTAWWT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:49 PM (Y/06r)

277 272 18 USC 119 makes it ILLEGAL to Dox a Jury member.

Yeah... FED Law, not State.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (mP0Kj)

Yeah, I do not quite get it. Is it a threat to get him to publicly recant? Drag out the process? Just exercise power and have it looming over the guy?

These people are fucking horrible.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:47 PM (Y/06r)

Maybe they think they can plead insanity for Doxing him???

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 12, 2026 11:49 PM (mP0Kj)

278 269 I have sailing boots that I wear down to the beach paired with a sundress.

And a straw sun hat.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (CbDvl)

And you are cuter than a bug's ear, too!

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:49 PM (Sw64s)

279 Yeah, I do not quite get it. Is it a threat to get him to publicly recant? Drag out the process? Just exercise power and have it looming over the guy?

These people are fucking horrible.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

It's not about him.

It's about intimidating the next jury.

He's just a sacrifice they're willing to make.

Posted by: mikeski at September 12, 2026 11:50 PM (VHUov)

280 Registered Dietitian is kind of a Master's degree. They give internships only to the best Bachelors of Nutrition grads. Basically, you need straight College A's in all your science courses. Many who can't get an internship go into Sports Nutrition or Nutrition counselling. The RD is kind of a big deal.

Posted by: American Dietetic Association at September 12, 2026 11:50 PM (Fn+3X)

281 274 And I thought everyone wore Ray Troll sweatshirts in AK.

I have a few.

They are awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:48 PM (CbDvl)

Spawn till you die, honey.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:50 PM (Sw64s)

282 You should log in again.
Posted by: mikeski python at September 12, 2026 11:48 PM (VHUov)

Eh, that's my phone feed. Here at home...

Asmongold videos.
A guy building a log cabin house.
A busty woman at a Ren Faire.
A guy carving a gladiator helmet out of wood (there you go, Jack)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:51 PM (Y/06r)

283 266 I saw a ewetub thumbnail where they are planning to reveal the holdout's identity on the 18th.

It is like publicly planning a crime. But he is icky, so whatever.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:30 PM (Y/06r)

18 USC 119 makes it ILLEGAL to Dox a Jury member.

Yeah... FED Law, not State.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (mP0Kj)

Would that apply to a state jury, or only to Federal jurors?

Posted by: a.moron at September 12, 2026 11:51 PM (X5Jzz)

284
D-O-N-T-F-O-R-G-E-T-T-O

Don't forget to WHAT???
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

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34fguj9oktj

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 12, 2026 11:51 PM (mmrXZ)

285 255 251 Did you guys see the latest democrat scandal? A woman running for State House in NC (Shelly Headen) put up a picture on X of her standing in front of the ovens at Dachau smiling, and then typed, “Visiting Dauchau [sic] Concentration Camp in Germany… This is where Trump supporters belong.”

The irony of that statement was lost on her (if you're familiar with the original inhabitants of Dachau). Anyone who smiles in Dachau is disturbing enough.
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 12, 2026 11:40 PM (dIske)

Fucking hell.

How can anyone be so painfully stupid?

And completely divorced from history or even empathy?

What a twat.
Posted by: tcn in AK


Yea. Either it's AI slop or this broad has advisors who despise her. She appears too dumb to come up with this on her own.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 12, 2026 11:52 PM (wBh67)

286 It's not about him.

It's about intimidating the next jury.

He's just a sacrifice they're willing to make.
Posted by: mikeski at September 12, 2026 11:50 PM (VHUov)

Probable. 'Youse other guys watch what happens.'

*types* *deletes*

I did see where someone had started a gofundme for the guy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:52 PM (Y/06r)

287 >>Are... are you fishing for gay dudes, Jack? NTTAWWT.

I believe it was Piper who suggested cream bucks. I don't think she's a gay dude but I might be wrong.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:53 PM (viF8m)

288 Too bad the beavers couldnt pull it out over Texas tech. That was a great game. Until the last four minutes.

Oh well. Oregon and ohio state lost.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:53 PM (CbDvl)

289 Until you get about 40 layers on, and it cracks, and falls off in slabs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Never had a pair that long. Over 6 years marching (started in 7th grade) my feet went from size 6 to 12.:The longest pair were only worn maybe 14 times. Thinking about it now, I'm amazed that my mother not only bought them for me (we were downright poor) but didn't insist that I wear them out. I had a female cousin a couple of years older than me, and I believe she inherited them, at least until about size 9.
Although a couple of times a year, I'd take a floor scrub brush to them before slapping on a new coat.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 12, 2026 11:54 PM (2VjEW)

290 265 This charade with Mitch McConnell is breathtakingly late-stage Soviet.

I have not seen him alive myself in recent memory.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 11:44 PM (RIvkX)

Somebody needs to do a Futurama parody, with McConnell's head in a bell jar, instead of Nixon's.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Captain Pike's wheel chair. (beep)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 12, 2026 11:54 PM (wBh67)

291 And the Mariners are up 15-1 over the As. Top of the 8th.


We can still lose though.
Trust me on this.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:55 PM (CbDvl)

292 Confession. I have a pair of light colored shoes in the cream bucks vein, but a little darker. Had them for 40 years, maybe worn them twice. Decided that size 13 feet should not draw attention by wearing gaudy, light, shoes.

Posted by: Paint It Black at September 12, 2026 11:55 PM (Fn+3X)

293 Yeah... FED Law, not State.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 12, 2026 11:46 PM (mP0Kj)
Would that apply to a state jury, or only to Federal jurors?
Posted by: a.moron

Federal

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 12, 2026 11:56 PM (Fv808)

294 Fucking hell.

How can anyone be so painfully stupid?

And completely divorced from history or even empathy?

What a twat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:41 PM (Sw64s)

The reveal that they've been the Nazi slave holding KKK khmer rouge stasi all along isn't exactly gonna be an M. Night Shyamalan level twist.

Posted by: ... at September 12, 2026 11:56 PM (vE0+H)

295 >>>It's not about him.

It's about intimidating the next jury.

He's just a sacrifice they're willing to make.

Posted by: mikeski
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Is DOXing the juror a federal offense?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 11:58 PM (gpvQO)

296
Did you guys see the latest democrat scandal? A woman running for State House in NC (Shelly Headen) put up a picture on X of her standing in front of the ovens at Dachau smiling, and then typed, “Visiting Dauchau [sic] Concentration Camp in Germany… This is where Trump supporters belong.”

Posted by: Mitch McConnell

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

JEEZ. Democrats are denouncing her and pulling funding, but it's too late to get her off the ballot. That district is a "lean Republican." wth was she trying to do?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 12, 2026 11:59 PM (mmrXZ)

297 >>Confession. I have a pair of light colored shoes in the cream bucks vein, but a little darker. Had them for 40 years, maybe worn them twice. Decided that size 13 feet should not draw attention by wearing gaudy, light, shoes.

Good plan. You have giant clown feet and what does that mean? And you want to hide this?

I'm surrounded by morons.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 12:00 AM (viF8m)

298 Y'know, the whole notion that everyone in the south is an idiot is so.... Civil War Era. It wasn't true then, but...

It's one thing to think your enemies are fools, and another one to maintain that thought process without any critical analysis.

That leads to serious stupidity.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 11:47 PM (Sw64s)

When was the Left ever interested in accuracy, truth, etc.....?

Posted by: ... at September 13, 2026 12:03 AM (vE0+H)

299 Plant moss on top of your shoes. Because moss only grows in the shade, you know.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 12:04 AM (1z8ji)

300 >>>Sydney Sweeny's 15 minutes is nearly up, she's not a good actress unfortunately.

Indie Navrette is the new it girl it seems.

She can't act either, but acting isn't really a thing in Hollywood any longer.

>Sweeny is making massive bank selling lingerie, swim wear and marketing her brand. Not bad for a crusty 29 year old.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 13, 2026 12:07 AM (5C90x)

301 Made the Top 10ish Comments for the 5th time. I'll be basking in the glory for a good while.

Posted by: Peaceful, Easy Feeling at September 13, 2026 12:08 AM (Fn+3X)

302 wth was she trying to do?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 12, 2026 11:59 PM (mmrXZ)

Move the Overton Window

Posted by: ... at September 13, 2026 12:08 AM (vE0+H)

303 Sweeny is making massive bank selling lingerie, swim wear and marketing her brand. Not bad for a crusty 29 year old.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 13, 2026 12:07 AM (5C90x)

I wouldn't kick her out for peddling her lingerie in bed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 12:09 AM (1z8ji)

304 Franpsycho I was in Brazil for the farcical Soviet end-game. In 1985, after 17 years of military government, Brazil had its first presidential election. The winner suffered heart failure within hours of taking the oath. He was not seen for weeks, being cared for in the Coronary Institute of Sao Paulo.

A military (!) spokesman provided frequent updates for the TV networks. His spiel didn't very. "The state of health of President Tancredo Neves, is good". (O estado de saude do President Tancredo Neves, e bom)

I was usually watching the TV news with Brazilian traveling salesmen and workers in the lobby of an inexpensive* hotel. They'd jeer and joke when the spokesman came on with his "bulletins" (planchetes).

Brazilians starting calling Neves "Chernenko brasileiro", which was perfect. The russkis actually succeeded in creating a "brand" of ridiculous non-credibility that was readily adopted by cultures elsewhere (in derision).

* $7/night for a decent room, breakfast (fresh baguette, fresh mango/honeydew/Amazon fruit, Brazilian coffee with hot milk) .... 2 blocks from a quiet beach with turqoise water - one reason a 6 week trip morphed into a 6 month trip

Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 12:11 AM (U/Byj)

305 >>>Sydney Sweeny's 15 minutes is nearly up, she's not a good actress unfortunately.

You guys crack me up. She has a few decades of milfy goodness ahead of her, and you guys are already burying her.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 13, 2026 12:13 AM (dK+Kv)

306 Be glad you do not have my ewetub feed. It is nothing but stories of women saying horrifying things about their husbands, cheating on them, etc etc.

That and busty women. Busty women and warhammer. Busty women, warhammer, guns and science videos.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Y'know... they tend to recommend more of what you already watch, unless you turn your history off...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 12:13 AM (anFBA)

307 >>I wouldn't kick her out for peddling her lingerie in bed.

She owns a '65 Mustang and works on it herself.

I saw her first.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 12:14 AM (viF8m)

308 She owns a '65 Mustang and works on it herself.

I saw her first.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 12:14 AM (viF8m)

I could show her an easy way to modify the front end to make it handle way better. Speaking of handling front ends...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 12:17 AM (1z8ji)

309 If your claim to fame is being sexy, cute in Hollywood, the trouble is that no one gets to do that for very long. In the old Hollywood days the choice was "marrying well" and mostly quitting Hollywood, or seeking the Mom, grandma, sidekick roles. When you're over 30, there's a nubile 22 year old wanting to take your job and will do it for less money.

Posted by: Sand Through Hourglass Figure at September 13, 2026 12:17 AM (Fn+3X)

310 She owns a '65 Mustang and works on it herself.

I saw her first.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I dont follow the famous crowd but she seems to not be publicly histrionic nor insufferable. And the eye catching stuff is pleasant.

Posted by: scampydog at September 13, 2026 12:19 AM (41CYW)

311 Hey FeatherBlade, unless I'm wrong (a specialty) you're a distaff cigar person. Burn anything interesting today? After a great swim at the university pool I settled for a favorite, the Undercrown Maduro. A box of these will be at the TXMoMe, FYI.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 12:19 AM (U/Byj)

312 288 Too bad the beavers couldnt pull it out over Texas tech. That was a great game. Until the last four minutes.

Oh well. Oregon and ohio state lost.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:53 PM (CbDvl)

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The Red Raiders only needed 4 minutes with the Beavers. The prior 56 were just foreplay.

Posted by: techsan at September 13, 2026 12:22 AM (uNveu)

313 Went to a store I've never visited after the pool because I needed sumac, a seasoning I use with kebab. Middle East flavor to the place (lots of halal stuff), but oddly, or maybe not since this is the 2nd store in town with this combo, a significant Russian/Slavic element too.

Great lamb? Fresh pita? This is your place. Russian tea cookies or instant coffee (imported from Russia), incredible kielbasa selection (domestic)? Also your place. WTF?

But they don't have a bakery like the other place, and there's no substitute for the fresh Persian flatbreads hot out of the oven (also amazing pomegranates and other produce). So even though it's closer - and half the customers were Russians, it's easy to tell - the other place gets the nod.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 12:23 AM (U/Byj)

314 The Google Pixel 6a phone, loaded with the Graphene OS continues to work well for me. No real complaints. Battery life is impressive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 12:24 AM (1z8ji)

315 >>If your claim to fame is being sexy, cute in Hollywood, the trouble is that no one gets to do that for very long. In the old Hollywood days the choice was "marrying well" and mostly quitting Hollywood, or seeking the Mom, grandma, sidekick roles. When you're over 30, there's a nubile 22 year old wanting to take your job and will do it for less money.

I just asked Grok how much she's worth. $40 million is the best estimate. She isn't even 30 years old.

I think she'll be ok. Good for her.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 12:25 AM (viF8m)

316 Is TRex in Oklahoma? I heard there's a Wendy's that is offering their TRex burger, with 9 patties.

I'm not sure if he'd be there to eat one, or crying at people who order it for eating his relatives.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 13, 2026 12:26 AM (qx7Zg)

317 I just asked Grok how much she's worth. $40 million is the best estimate. She isn't even 30 years old.

I think she'll be ok. Good for her.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 12:25 AM (viF8m)

She could support me in the style to which I'd like to become accustomed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 12:26 AM (1z8ji)

318 I just asked Grok how much she's worth. $40 million is the best estimate. She isn't even 30 years old.

I think she'll be ok. Good for her.
Posted by: JackStraw

Wow! $20 Million each! Hope they're insured.

Posted by: Betty Grable's Million Dollar Legs at September 13, 2026 12:28 AM (Fn+3X)

319 >>I dont follow the famous crowd but she seems to not be publicly histrionic nor insufferable. And the eye catching stuff is pleasant.

I heard her in some interview a while ago. She seemed like a pretty savvy young woman from a solid family who knew exactly what was going on. I like her.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2026 12:32 AM (viF8m)

320 The late games are blowouts. The Utes are having a successful pig hunt and crushing Arkansas. The zoomies are losing badly to a herd of Bison.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 13, 2026 12:35 AM (wBh67)

321 I couldn't pick Sweeney out of a line-up, but the so-what of that is that any line-up out of which I couldn't pick her would be one where I could be blindfolded and pick at random and be ..... OK.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 12:37 AM (U/Byj)

322 You guys crack me up. She has a few decades of milfy goodness ahead of her, and you guys are already burying her.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 13, 2026 12:13 AM (dK+Kv)

"We" are a mercurial bunch.

Posted by: ... at September 13, 2026 12:38 AM (vE0+H)

323 Four black bear pics on trail cameras tonight. One is a unit.

Posted by: scampydog at September 13, 2026 12:39 AM (41CYW)

324 Sweeney seems unable to be pushed or molded easily. Most people have a price - even billionaire Swift eventually couldn't resist the siren call of the Demonic Left - but they don't seem to have found SS's.

Posted by: ... at September 13, 2026 12:40 AM (vE0+H)

325 Happy Saturday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 13, 2026 12:48 AM (ibDUx)

326 Hi, Debby!

*Chivas for you*

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

327 Good actresses work forever pretty faces fade fast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:49 AM (gpvQO)

328 @JackPosobiec
5h
Reddington’s wife appears to have deleted her account after she was exposed using it to intimidate jurors after her husband lost a high-profile triple murder case

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:59 AM (gpvQO)

329 I was compelled to drive the car around the block just now. Because it is International Drive Your Studebaker day. So I did. Here it is. With me, cunningly concealed by the windshield pillar:

https://tinyurl.com/3pdzu4dn

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:01 AM (1z8ji)

330 Good actresses work forever pretty faces fade fast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:49 AM (gpvQO)

High-altitude rockets can stay up a long time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:03 AM (1z8ji)

331 If you eat Sushi would you eat Salp?

https://tinyurl.com/bdf4mttt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:09 AM (gpvQO)

332 If you eat Sushi would you eat Salp?

https://tinyurl.com/bdf4mttt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:09 AM (gpvQO)

Nope. It's a bug.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:11 AM (1z8ji)

333 If you eat Sushi would you eat Salp?
https://tinyurl.com/bdf4mttt
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Not sure. Let someone else go first!

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)

334 Oldie but a goodie:

Elon Musk@elonmusk - 26 Apr 2024

Replying to @wholemars
I’d like to apologize to Dustin Moskowitz for calling him a “retard”. That was wrong.

What I meant to say is that he is a pompous idiot whose his head is so far up his own ass that he is legally blind.

I wish him the best and hope that someday we can be friends.



there's not much out there folks

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:18 AM (gpvQO)

335 Salp looks like it would get tossed in the recycling bin on land.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 13, 2026 01:19 AM (ibDUx)

336 Salp looks like it would get tossed in the recycling bin on land.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 13, 2026 01:19 AM (ibDUx)

Looks like a condom that got soaked in white gas, and all swole up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:21 AM (1z8ji)

337 Dario Amodei@DarioAmodei

We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.

Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training.

You can read the full post here: darioamodei.com/post/we-must…

Elon Musk@elonmusk
Dario is right
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Laying odds the Senate is warming up the regulators.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:22 AM (gpvQO)

338 Well, I am starting to power out. Calling it a night. Later, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2026 01:28 AM (1z8ji)

339 Polymarket@Polymarket

Chinese reconnaissance satellite breaks apart in orbit, creating at least 43 pieces of space debris that could remain around Earth for “hundreds of years.
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@GordonGChang
Why would a satellite break apart in frictionless space?
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Science, sort of related to math isn't it?


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:31 AM (gpvQO)

340 Night AOP.

Thanks for the Chivas, JQ, I may lurk for a bit but I am feeling kind of tired.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 13, 2026 01:35 AM (ibDUx)

341 What a game! Finally home -- and exhausted-- from drinking and cheering and fretting Its Hard to imagine how the players must feel.

Posted by: LASue at September 13, 2026 01:38 AM (lCppi)

342 >>I may lurk for a bit but I am feeling kind of tired.
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Same here, Debby.

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)

343 Thanks Disco and Dino!

I don't understand cocktails with ingredients like pineapple juice. Who has that? Do you buy a 52 oz bottle (my first Google result) and then make the same cocktail 34 times? My cocktails are all things I can scale based on juice from half a lemon/lime. Am I doing something wrong?


Posted by: frammish at September 13, 2026 01:52 AM (rcENI)

344 >> Why would a satellite break apart in frictionless space?

It went splodey. Could've been some of it's maneuvering propulsion or even batteries or something that blowed up good.

And it was in a retrograde orbit, and was likely some spy satellite.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 13, 2026 01:55 AM (w6EFb)

345 Watched the third episode (of nine) of the Saint Paisios miniseries. He is still a newborn.

His parents & grandmother remind me of a family I stayed with twenty-some years ago in Cyprus. Far better Christians than me. Prayed all the time with their many kids. Fasted every Wednesday and Friday, and on Saturdays before liturgy dinner was tomatoes, cucumbers, and feta. No "movie night and popcorn."

Posted by: frammish at September 13, 2026 01:56 AM (rcENI)

346 lost a high-profile triple murder case
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 12:59 AM (gpvQO)

He loves triple murder

Posted by: ... at September 13, 2026 01:56 AM (vE0+H)

347 Hi, frammish!

Bars buy the larger containers of pineapple juice and make many foo-foo drinks per night.

At home, it's easier to keep the small cans (6 oz?) handy for an occasional tropical drink.

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)

348
The Chicoms do not give a shit about space junk or rocket safety during launches.

It wouldn't bother them for instance, if they launched some rocket with a path over a populated area and it blew up and crashed and killed people. They don't give a shit. At least for their own people.

They wouldn't give a shit otherwise, save the international fallout.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 13, 2026 02:02 AM (w6EFb)

349 @20kayleighmceny

Trump embarrasses Emmanuel Macron on the world stage:

Reporter: "Can you respond to Macron saying he will not join the board of peace?"

Trump: "Nobody wants him because he'll be out of office very soon."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 02:05 AM (gpvQO)

350
When you're over 30, there's a nubile 22 year old wanting to take your job and will do it for less money.
Posted by: Sand Through Hourglass Figure

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

And all of this will be moot within a few years. AI Girl will never disappoint you. Will not demand $10 million per picture. Will not need to be shadowed by a minder to make sure she doesn't say something stupid. Will not keep everyone waiting on this set for floor hours while she recovers from a bender.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at September 13, 2026 02:07 AM (mmrXZ)

351
*four

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at September 13, 2026 02:08 AM (mmrXZ)

352 Okay, I will buy one of the cans. :-) I guess it is good by itself too. That reminds me . . .

A friend I've known since 3rd grade invited me to a birthday party weekend next month. Actually the invitation was a month or two ago, and anyway, uh, it's always the same time every year.

He is the only person I've stayed in touch with for all those years. He wants to visit a famous tiki bar one of those nights. I've never really explored tiki drinks. Too complicated to make at home.

But I just got a jury summons! I've never believed in dodging jury duty (but I've never been selected either). I would be so sad to cancel on my friend. Maybe I can ask for a delay.

Posted by: frammish at September 13, 2026 02:09 AM (rcENI)

353 frammish since you brought up cocktails with lemon juice, I have to recommend the Sidecar to anyone with a lemon tree. Basically a margarita (for which it was probably the inspiration), subbing in lemon for lime, and cognac for tequila. Orange liquer/triple sec, ice, shake, into a chilled glass, voila. Very refreshing and good.

I have a meyer lemon tree, so mine might be a bit sweeter than using a typical Lisbon or Eureka, which are more acidic.

Anyway, in hot or warm weather, an easy simple and refreshing cocktail.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 02:09 AM (U/Byj)

354 Q MASTER POOL@QMasterPool1

This gal's got a handle on Trump and what he's doing.
Refreshing

https://tinyurl.com/76b26z34

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 02:13 AM (gpvQO)

355 Maybe I can ask for a delay.
Posted by: frammish

My county allows postponement.

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

356 354 Q MASTER POOL@QMasterPool1
whelp, scrolling further down she seems vulnerable to quick click rumor. Too bad she makes a good presentation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 02:28 AM (gpvQO)

357 And it was in a retrograde orbit, and was likely some spy satellite.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
---

Musk's Starlink satellite zapped it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 02:34 AM (gpvQO)

358 Seems like things are starting to happen inside Iran. A few days ago Tousi said that Pahlavi asked them to block the streets with their cars. All my life I've wondered why the French made barricades. Like what is the point? Here in Oregon, our DOT blocks traffic all the time. Google says it was to stop cavalry charges. I guess cramming a highway with cars also stops tanks and other military transport.

Posted by: frammish at September 13, 2026 02:34 AM (rcENI)

359 My oldest son is about to start a "dual enrollment" program so he can take most of his classes at the community college. His literature class will be homeschool though. It's focused on the 17th/18th centuries. So my wife and I were talking about assigning Les Miserables vs Tale of Two Cities. We're going to go with Dickens, but it was the first time I learned Les Mis isn't about the French Revolution. It's about the "June Rebellion," 43 years later. I've never heard of that. But I believe they are on their Fifth Republic already, so. . . .

Posted by: frammish at September 13, 2026 02:39 AM (rcENI)

360 In 2022 when gas prices went high rethugliKKKans gleefully put stickers on gas pumps burn biden not oil! If democrats like schumer and jefferies could get their heads out of aipacs butt and democrats weren't tofu eating snowflakes they could now put stickers on gas pumps burn trumpsters not oil!

Posted by: raimondo at September 13, 2026 02:41 AM (FPix9)

361 Rummages under kitchen sink.....I know I bought a fresh can of troll-b-gone....now where is it.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 13, 2026 02:58 AM (QGaXH)

362 Because Biden enriching himself and his cronies is totally the same thing as resisting apocalyptic fanatics who have sought our death for fifty years.

I remember in the early 2000s I would meet a friend once a week in Harvard Square to read the Iliad together: just a few pages at a time, in ancient Greek. One week he was very concerned that Bush was going to declare war on Iran. I didn't understand what he was worried about. I said I wished he would do it!

Posted by: frammish at September 13, 2026 03:05 AM (rcENI)

363 361 Rummages under kitchen sink.....I know I bought a fresh can of troll-b-gone....now where is it.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 13, 2026 02:58 AM (QGaXH)

Probably don't need that for little ol' Rainmandodo. Maybe some Febreeze would do.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 13, 2026 03:05 AM (QSxSN)

364 Sweet dreams Horde, I actually dozed off in the chair for a minute or two.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 13, 2026 03:08 AM (ibDUx)

365 I went & washed dishes and now everyone is gone.

Ah, well... still have half a drink to finish...

Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 03:24 AM (rdVOm)

366 365 I went & washed dishes and now everyone is gone.
Posted by: JQ at September 13, 2026 03:24 AM (rdVOm)

... or lurking.

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 03:34 AM (odBC9)

367 Pixy's up at ai.mee.nu

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 03:38 AM (odBC9)

368 (lurking about)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 13, 2026 03:54 AM (wBh67)

369 Hush you, the day walkers are still about.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 13, 2026 04:30 AM (Q/FnY)

370 We see you, Puddleglum!

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)

371 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at September 13, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

372 Is this where the spot?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 08:45 AM (3oLMy)

373 In that picture of the Jungle Bird drink, I have to say I have never seen a red pineapple before. Is that something new?

Posted by: Ralph at September 13, 2026 12:08 PM (8WZD4)

Pre-Club Open Thread

Whelm yourselves in preparation for the Club which opens at 10pm Eastern Time

Posted by: Doof at 08:38 PM




Comments

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1 1

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 08:39 PM (eRlcH)

2
I never cease to amaze myself.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 08:40 PM (eRlcH)

3 Nooded, and my day is now 19 hours old. Good night, y'all.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 12, 2026 08:41 PM (NcvvS)

4 Whelmed beyond belief, there Doof.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 08:41 PM (yEz+x)

5 Oh, final note: Whelmed!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 12, 2026 08:42 PM (NcvvS)

6 @sentdefender
1h
In a first, Ukraine’s navy has announced and released footage of an engagement between two USVs. Per the release, a Ukrainian Sargan 3000, with a platformed .50 M2 Browning heavy machine gun, engaged and destroyed a Russia USV in the Black Sea.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:42 PM (gpvQO)

7 nurse, how's Lucy's tail?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 12, 2026 08:42 PM (Sco7b)

8 Yeeeee Haaaawwwwwwww

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 12, 2026 08:42 PM (Q/FnY)

9 I never cease to amaze myself.
Posted by: Hadrian

Or us!
Totally whelmed.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 08:42 PM (NnhvP)

10 Whelmed here, boss.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s)

11 I could have been first but I was greasing the ol' tractor.

Posted by: Mr Haney at September 12, 2026 08:44 PM (MWfyi)

12 Video clip of Ma Deuce chewing on Russian remote boat.

https://tinyurl.com/2wu2sxs2

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:44 PM (gpvQO)

13 Amazing content.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 12, 2026 08:44 PM (TlKpx)

14 Ever wonder if a lot of the Ukrainian footage is just advertisements for the oligarchs to sell drones?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 08:45 PM (zZu0s)

15
Amazing content.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 12, 2026 08:44 PM (TlKpx)

__________

Laconically eloquent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 08:45 PM (eRlcH)

16 Hey statelss,

Thanks for asking. The lump is now quite small and getting smaller. When it exploded it was the size of a ping pong ball, now smaller than a pea. No signs of tenderness or redness or warmth. Hopefully we are good to go!

She is such a sweet Fink.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 08:46 PM (yEz+x)

17 Uncanny content.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 08:46 PM (zZu0s)

18 "Amazing content.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit"

The volcano was unbelievable!

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:46 PM (MWfyi)

19 I could have been first but I was greasing the ol' tractor.
Posted by: Mr Haney

I didn't know what the cool kids were calling 'it' now!
Thanks.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 08:46 PM (NnhvP)

20 The volcano was unbelievable!
Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:46 PM (MWfyi)

I thought the Sydney Sweeney halftime show was overdone.
-ace

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s)

21 C14 News | EN@c14english

Iraq is rushing to contain a major regional crisis after confirming that a drone attack shutting down a vital Saudi Arabian oil pipeline originated from Iraqi territory. Baghdad has fired a military commander and shut Iranian border crossings to launch an investigation.

With the wider Iran-U.S. war already destabilizing regional trade, Baghdad faces massive pressure to disarm local Iran-backed militias before a Sept 30 deadline - but Iran-backed Shia terror groups are refusing to comply.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:47 PM (gpvQO)

22 'Resident Evil' on in the background as I work. Damn, Milla Jovovich was beautiful. Incredible eyes. She's 50 now.

The movies are free on Tubi. There's a new one coming out that's supposed to be really good.

And AI is running stuff in the background....

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 12, 2026 08:47 PM (Sco7b)

23 Drone show was neat in person, seen bigger ones on YouTube but first seen live

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 08:49 PM (qEb4U)

24 22 'Resident Evil' on in the background as I work. Damn, Milla Jovovich was beautiful. Incredible eyes. She's 50 now.
---

Mind sees her in the Fifth Element.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:50 PM (gpvQO)

25 16 Hey statelss,

Thanks for asking. The lump is now quite small and getting smaller. When it exploded it was the size of a ping pong ball, now smaller than a pea. No signs of tenderness or redness or warmth. Hopefully we are good to go!

She is such a sweet Fink.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 08:46 PM (yEz+x)

Thanks for the update.

Thoughts were occasionally sent towards both of you and I was asking around.

AND GREAT NEWS ALL OF YOU!!!

TRILLIONS of American dollars are being spent on AI. TRILLIONS.

My script is almost done running and I am moving this towards profitability with my total API cost of......
$0.155869 American dollars.

The road to profitability is step by step....

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 12, 2026 08:51 PM (Sco7b)

26 I was so wrong. I thought the armed resistance by the Iranian people would start in Mashhad. It has started in Southern Iran.

Pezeshkian is crying that PDT is attacking civilians by cutting off their food, water , medicine and electricity. All the borders around Iran are closed.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 12, 2026 08:52 PM (E0Et6)

27 Although I did like the commercial for the F950 Earthfucker.

Almost brought a tear to my eye...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 08:52 PM (zZu0s)

28 my total API cost of......
$0.155869 American dollars.

The road to profitability is step by step....

Posted by: Stateless
---

You never know, keep on truckin'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:52 PM (gpvQO)

29 It has started in Southern Iran.
---

Think they have farms up north.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:55 PM (gpvQO)

30 And AI is running stuff in the background....

Same here, convert all of the XML serializers from document based to forward cursor streaming only. Should allow me to stream massive SOAP envelopes without the GC overhead.

I can't imagine how many days it would take to do this by hand.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 12, 2026 08:57 PM (+4Cf6)

31 *slides down bannister*

Hi there!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 08:59 PM (kpS4V)

32 It has started in Southern Iran.
---

Think they have farms up north.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:55 PM (gpvQO)

Near Macedonia?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 12, 2026 08:59 PM (dK+Kv)

33 @sentdefender
9h
More information about the Internationally Recognized Government (IRG)/IRG-aligned force’s offensive against the Houthis to the south, that ultimately, culminated in failure. According to CNN, citing a number of officials and sources with knowledge on the matter, the Saudis failed to embed key enablers, such as JTACs and FSOs (rightly mentioned by @WeaponScientist) with IRG/IRG-aligned forces during their offensive.

This enabled the Houthis to make considerable gains, due to the absence of Saudi airstrikes, during counteroffensive operations, that ultimately led to the capture of the key port city of Mocha and islands from which they can exercise control over the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:02 PM (gpvQO)

34 If its not serious it won't work, the Mullahs will murder anyone that tries to take them over

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 09:04 PM (qEb4U)

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 12, 2026 09:04 PM (88C+u)

36 31 *slides down bannister*

in a tutu?

Posted by: and i am a living sign at September 12, 2026 09:05 PM (88C+u)

37 Preparing for Club ONT-- I think I need to do some stretches first. Okay, where's thst yoga mat?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 09:05 PM (PMi3m)

38 I was expecting a movie thread, and I finally have a movie related post. We watched "Train Dreams" on Netflix last night. I enjoyed the story, but what really caught me was the cinematography. Every shot is just perfect in terms of color, lighting, framing, etc. Worth a watch if you're in the mood for something contemplative.

Posted by: Satan, Prince of Darkness, Esq. at September 12, 2026 09:06 PM (LnCz0)

39 Off, Satanic sock.

Posted by: PabloD at September 12, 2026 09:06 PM (LnCz0)

40 Near Macedonia?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
---

Caldonia, what makes your big head so hard?

youtu.be/wZ_aCGKP7Gs?t=25

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:06 PM (gpvQO)

41 Wild watching Cornyn let his freak flag fly.


>>@JohnCornyn

>>The extremes of both parties—Republicans’ MAGA wing represented by JD Vance and the progressive left represented by Zohran Mamdani—have drawn closer to each other,
@greg_ip
writes

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 09:07 PM (viF8m)

42 18 The volcano was unbelievable!
Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:46 PM (MWfyi)

Are you calling it a liar?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 09:07 PM (PMi3m)

43 Skip, it's deadly serious this time.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 12, 2026 09:09 PM (E0Et6)

44 On what rational planet are the Houthis able to "make significant gains"?

These are 3rd century retards with guns. Can't we turn them into pink mist and just move on with our lives? How is this difficult?

Posted by: ballistic at September 12, 2026 09:09 PM (oqH4h)

45
I think I need to do some stretches first.

__________

OWWWWWW!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:09 PM (eRlcH)

46 >>>JD Vance and the progressive left represented by Zohran Mamdani—have drawn closer to each other,
---

Cage match?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:09 PM (gpvQO)

47 Republicans’ MAGA wing

That's the "make America great again" wing. Cornyn doesn't want America to be great. He wants a dying camel on whose corpse he can feast.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 12, 2026 09:10 PM (88C+u)

48 44 On what rational planet are the Houthis able to "make significant gains"?

These are 3rd century retards with guns. Can't we turn them into pink mist and just move on with our lives? How is this difficult?

Posted by: ballistic
---

Spins magic wheel. ... > The answer is the Saudis didn't show up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:11 PM (gpvQO)

49 Those hackfrauds at Red Letter Media (whom I love) had the gall to diss "Mystery Men", a favorite. They did not recognize it for the glorious riff on Joel Schumacher Batman films that it was.

It's the closest to an actual Flaming Carrot movie that I'm likely to get.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 09:11 PM (kpS4V)

50 John Cornyn is a pussyhurt crybaby loser who is lashing out at everyone when Texans finally got enough of him selling us out at every turn like the soycuck he is. Dude can eat a mile of dicks and ask for seconds.

Posted by: ballistic at September 12, 2026 09:11 PM (oqH4h)

51 Evening, Horde. I did hobby-related stuff today. Slapped the last fiberglass patches (I think, LOL) on the main body tube for the dune buggy, and bolted the spacer girdle to the bottom of the body with a whole bunch of 5/16" bolts. Then I flipped it over, and drove Tek screws in between each pair of bolts. A whole bunch of them. Then removed all the bolts. And everything stayed put! No ominous crackling of fiberglass, or heads of screws pulling through from the tension. Woot! Now the body is sitting on the floor pan. No bolts in yet; that's on the agenda for tomorrow.

And I got the ditches mowed, and a bunch of tidying/sorting done in the shop, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 09:11 PM (1z8ji)

52 The whelming.
So much whelming.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 12, 2026 09:12 PM (2Ez/1)

53 So it's not a movie thread, and it's not a music thread...

Posted by: Savage Henry at September 12, 2026 09:13 PM (ZxPkt)

54 Tucker Carlson has endorsed El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race.

Hate to admit I was once a Sucker for Tucker.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 12, 2026 09:13 PM (3ImbR)

55 Amazing content.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 12, 2026 08:44 PM (TlKpx)

Only the best for you Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at September 12, 2026 09:13 PM (QMAsf)

56 Spins magic wheel. ... > The answer is the Saudis didn't show up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:11 PM (gpvQO)
-----

Nobody should expect them to. When I said "we" I meant the united states. Tell the Saudis to hold tight while we get some time on target and be done with it.

Posted by: ballistic at September 12, 2026 09:13 PM (oqH4h)

57 Dude can eat a mile of dicks and ask for seconds.
Posted by: ballistic at September 12, 2026 09:11 PM (oqH4h)

Every time Cornyn sought a donation from an actual conservative, or a vote, he felt dirty. He resented every moment he had to beg a favor from us.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 12, 2026 09:13 PM (88C+u)

58 *slides down bannister*

Hi there!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 08:59 PM (kpS4V)

You are supposed to use your fan to waft the smoke away from the friction zone, you know.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 09:14 PM (1z8ji)

59 Either Ohio state is really good or Texas sucks ass.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 09:14 PM (yEz+x)

60 Thanks for the early prep scene, Doof.
Probably involved in compiling some awesome 80s rock vids, including some Dokken (It’s not love), some XYZ (Nice Day to Die, Inside Out, or perhaps, What keeps me Loving You).
Or even the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame George Harrison number, “While my Guitar Gently Weeps”
with Prince, totally shredding on guitar, awesome Harrison’s kid.

Posted by: Gunslinger at September 12, 2026 09:15 PM (N91F8)

61 Completed day one of a Wilderness First Aid today.
Celebrated with pizza.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 12, 2026 09:15 PM (2Ez/1)

62 30 And AI is running stuff in the background....

Same here, convert all of the XML serializers from document based to forward cursor streaming only. Should allow me to stream massive SOAP envelopes without the GC overhead.

I can't imagine how many days it would take to do this by hand.
Posted by: Community Notes at September 12, 2026 08:57 PM (+4Cf6)

My stuff's not nearly that advanced.

But what I'm working on would take me years on my own or just using search.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 12, 2026 09:15 PM (Sco7b)

63
So it's not a movie thread, and it's not a music thread...
Posted by: Savage Henry at September 12, 2026 09:13 PM (ZxPkt)

___________

It's a thread thread. Strong. Refined. Stripped to its essentials. The hard residue. No fluff. No distractions.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:15 PM (eRlcH)

64 You are supposed to use your fan to waft the smoke away from the friction zone, you know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 09:14 PM (1z8ji)
----

Sidesaddle baby!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 09:16 PM (kpS4V)

65
*slides down bannister*

Hi there!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 08:59 PM (kpS4V)

_________

No splinters. You're lucky.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:16 PM (eRlcH)

66 Taking a break from cooking...

This is thoroughly whelming. Thanks, Doof!

Posted by: JQ at September 12, 2026 09:17 PM (rdVOm)

67 These are 3rd century retards with guns. Can't we turn them into pink mist and just move on with our lives? How is this difficult?
Posted by: ballistic at September 12, 2026 09:09 PM (oqH4h)

Gas or germs. Fuck 'em. America needs to build that Flying Crowbar (Project Pluto), and just send the damn thing on an endless loop cruise over Houthi country. No need to spew out A-bombs hither and yon. Just blast them with radiation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 09:18 PM (1z8ji)

68 That yoga mat is better at hide and seek thsn I expected. Hmmm-- maybe I should check Fibber McGee's closet.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 09:19 PM (PMi3m)

69 41 Wild watching Cornyn let his freak flag fly.


>>@JohnCornyn

>>The extremes of both parties—Republicans’ MAGA wing represented by JD Vance and the progressive left represented by Zohran Mamdani—have drawn closer to each other,
@greg_ip
writes
Posted by: JackStraw


Thanks, John, for reminding everyone what an impotent ponce you are.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 12, 2026 09:19 PM (wBh67)

70 Either Ohio state is really good or Texas sucks ass.
Posted by: nurse ratched

How about both.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:19 PM (lJ0H4)

71 >It's a thread thread. Strong. Refined. Stripped to its essentials. The hard residue. No fluff. No distractions.
------

It's leather-bound books and rich mahogany

Posted by: Savage Henry at September 12, 2026 09:19 PM (ZxPkt)

72 I whelmed my thumb on the slide release of my XD45. Can't use a thumbs-high grip on that thing, should have remembered that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 12, 2026 09:20 PM (xcxpd)

73 To be fair, Cornyn probably thinks W is far right.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)

74 53 So it's not a movie thread, and it's not a music thread...
Posted by: Savage Henry at September 12, 2026 09:13 PM (ZxPkt)

Must be a boob thread.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 09:20 PM (PMi3m)

75 Arch Manning is NOT whelming. Seems like his name gor him where he is. Certainly isn’t showing much in the pocket.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 09:20 PM (yEz+x)

76 This is thoroughly whelming. Thanks, Doof!
Posted by: JQ at September 12, 2026 09:17 PM (rdVOm)

Go pour yourself a drink from the Club bar - my treat!

Posted by: Doof at September 12, 2026 09:21 PM (QMAsf)

77 speaking of sucking ass, the Colorado Rockies are now in their divinely-appointed place in the MLB rankings. 0.372, after losing to something called the Detroit Tigers (apparently, Detroit does have a baseball team, they should switch to cricket).

Posted by: 88C+u at September 12, 2026 09:22 PM (88C+u)

78 Go pour yourself a drink from the Club bar - my treat!
Posted by: Doof

Why, thank you! Don't mind if I do!

Posted by: JQ at September 12, 2026 09:22 PM (rdVOm)

79 49 Those hackfrauds at Red Letter Media (whom I love) had the gall to diss "Mystery Men", a favorite. They did not recognize it for the glorious riff on Joel Schumacher Batman films that it was.

It's the closest to an actual Flaming Carrot movie that I'm likely to get.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 09:11 PM (kpS4V)

They really are hack frauds, they don't know very much but they get credit for being the first into long-form movie discussions.

I actually think Jay might be the smartest of the bunch, never thought I'd say that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 12, 2026 09:23 PM (xcxpd)

80 I've found the perfect way to watch football. Turn the sound off. So much more enjoyable when you don't have to listen to commentators yapping.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:23 PM (lJ0H4)

81 -----

Nobody should expect them to. When I said "we" I meant the united states. Tell the Saudis to hold tight while we get some time on target and be done with it.

Posted by: ballistic
---

I think 'we' are not going to put our twinkle toes on the ground.
However 'we' will tell the Saudis it' time to man up.
At which time the Saudis will hire mercenaries to do their job.
Because Saudis don't work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:23 PM (gpvQO)

82 American League West meanwhile is the Texan League. Astros and Rangers are vying for who can whelm their fans most, in the 0.5 range.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 12, 2026 09:24 PM (88C+u)

83 Texas receivers can't catch a beach ball. Manning has made some really good passes but the receivers drop them.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 12, 2026 09:24 PM (wBh67)

84 Either Ohio state is really good or Texas sucks ass.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 09:14 PM (yEz+x)

Yes

Posted by: MAC V SOG at September 12, 2026 09:25 PM (P4Pk9)

85 Yo! Feeling very whelmed, almost excessively so.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 12, 2026 09:25 PM (aJQbY)

86 Texas sucks and Ohio St. is good.
Michigan won fair and square.

Posted by: Accomack at September 12, 2026 09:25 PM (8jVAy)

87 83 Texas receivers can't catch a beach ball. Manning has made some really good passes but the receivers drop them.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 12, 2026 09:24 PM (wBh67)

Fear of the undead is a powerful debuff

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 12, 2026 09:25 PM (xcxpd)

88 73 To be fair, Cornyn probably thinks W is far right.

Cornyn sets a high bar for POShittery.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:26 PM (gpvQO)

89 Boots on the ground? No...but we sure knocked Iran's dick into the dirt without doing that, so why are we mucking about with some less-sophisticated sand people? Let the aircraft make pink mist and move along.

Posted by: ballistic at September 12, 2026 09:26 PM (oqH4h)

90 80 I've found the perfect way to watch football. Turn the sound off. So much more enjoyable when you don't have to listen to commentators yapping.
Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:23 PM

Nothing beats the radio call.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 12, 2026 09:27 PM (2Ez/1)

91 Granted, it was against FAMU. But Miami has one hell of an offense.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 09:28 PM (viF8m)

92 Michigan won fair and square.
Posted by: Accomack at September 12, 2026 09:25 PM

Got a second?

Posted by: Nick Saban at September 12, 2026 09:28 PM (2Ez/1)

93 89 Boots on the ground? No...but we sure knocked Iran's dick into the dirt without doing that, so why are we mucking about with some less-sophisticated sand people? Let the aircraft make pink mist and move along.

Posted by: ballistic
---

Saudis must learn to take care of themselves. Trump may be their daddy but he's not going to be their baby sitter.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:29 PM (gpvQO)

94
Soooo, let's look at some of today's NCAAF scores:

Houston, 63 - Southern, 0 (3Q!)
Florida, 52 - Campbell, 3
New Mexico, 70 - Mercyhurst, 0
Notre Dame, 52 - Rice, 0
Georgia, 70 - Western Kentucky, 10
James Madison, 87 - Wagner, 3

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:29 PM (eRlcH)

95 My wife helped me pick a row of concord and Thompson grapes today, and I wound up pressing and canning 7 gallons (28 quarts) of grape juice. Then it started raining.
The good news is that the new ratchet press works very good with a liner in it to keep the grapes from squirting through the staves. The bad news is that I still have to figure out a way to pre-crush the grapes since I had uncrushed grapes left when I cleaned the press out.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 09:29 PM (rbvCR)

96 PDT gave the Saudis a reality check. How's that Saudi. Turkey and Pakistan pact working out guys?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 12, 2026 09:30 PM (E0Et6)

97 Okay, that yoga mat is nowhere to be found. It's times like this I regret my decision to modernize from the luxurious shag carpet thst once adorned my den.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 09:30 PM (PMi3m)

98 I think 'we' are not going to put our twinkle toes on the ground.
However 'we' will tell the Saudis it' time to man up.
At which time the Saudis will hire mercenaries to do their job.
Because Saudis don't work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:23 PM (gpvQO)

There is a way around that, and the Soviets and Cubans did it all the time. Allow serving members of the military to take indefinite leave if they volunteer to become mercenaries for "approved" client States. Military pay stops for the duration, of course. But a bonus could be paid to those who return alive and well. Key takeaway? No soldier has been ordered to go fight in that conflict. If they die there, it's sad, but they knew the risks, but volunteered for the big bucks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 09:30 PM (1z8ji)

99 Nothing beats the radio call.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 12, 2026 09:27 PM (2Ez/1)

I knew a guy who would watch a game on TV with the sound off, and the radio on to the same game

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 09:31 PM (rbvCR)

100 94
Soooo, let's look at some of today's NCAAF scores:

Houston, 63 - Southern, 0 (3Q!)
Florida, 52 - Campbell, 3
New Mexico, 70 - Mercyhurst, 0
Notre Dame, 52 - Rice, 0
Georgia, 70 - Western Kentucky, 10
James Madison, 87 - Wagner, 3
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Most big schools are still playing pre-season games.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 12, 2026 09:31 PM (wBh67)

101 Anyone here grow hops for beer at small scale for a hobby? Good or bad experience?

Posted by: TRex - hoppy dino at September 12, 2026 09:31 PM (XfIK1)

102 99 Nothing beats the radio call.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 12, 2026 09:27 PM (2Ez/1)

I knew a guy who would watch a game on TV with the sound off, and the radio on to the same game
Posted by: Kindltot


My late grandfather did that.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 12, 2026 09:32 PM (wBh67)

103 Home again, thinking of a night cap

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 09:32 PM (Ia/+0)

104 There is a way around that, and the Soviets and Cubans did it all the time. Allow serving members of the military to take indefinite leave if they volunteer to become mercenaries for "approved" client States.

There's talk the US did this too in Central America in the 1980s.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 12, 2026 09:33 PM (88C+u)

105 I have football on the tele muted and baseball on the radio.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 09:33 PM (9zk+V)

106 I knew a guy who would watch a game on TV with the sound off, and the radio on to the same game
Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 09:31 PM

If the timing works it's the best arrangement.

Radio talent is so much better than TV.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 12, 2026 09:33 PM (2Ez/1)

107
Nothing beats the radio call.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 12, 2026 09:27 PM (2Ez/1)

__________

Rod Bramblett, 2013 Iron Bowl

https://youtu.be/EWiuejtLXt0

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:34 PM (eRlcH)

108 War Eagle!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 12, 2026 09:34 PM (2Ez/1)

109 Anyone here grow hops for beer at small scale for a hobby? Good or bad experience?
Posted by: TRex - hoppy dino at September 12, 2026 09:31 PM (XfIK1)

I remember having a hop vine grow at the family home when I was a very young Peon. Basically an attractive weed. I don't think they are hard to grow.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 09:34 PM (1z8ji)

110 101 Anyone here grow hops for beer at small scale for a hobby? Good or bad experience?
Posted by: TRex - hoppy dino at September 12, 2026 09:31 PM (XfIK1)
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Researched this when I was into homebrewing and came to the conclusion that trying to do so at a scale and quality to even support my own efforts would be way more trouble than its worth. Also very toxic to dogs which was a no-go for my personal situation.

Posted by: ballistic at September 12, 2026 09:35 PM (oqH4h)

111 Must be a boob thread.
Posted by: tankdemon

Viola!
I give you Joan Lucille Olander
https://bit.ly/mamie-van-doren

Posted by: mindful webworker - u axed 4 it at September 12, 2026 09:36 PM (k0Y0k)

112 Anyone here grow hops for beer at small scale for a hobby? Good or bad experience?
Posted by: TRex - hoppy dino at September 12, 2026 09:31 PM (XfIK1)

I knew people who did. Hops are stupid easy to grow and it is a question if you want to grow tall vines or lots of short ones. I think the question is how to dry them for storage.
Locally the farmers used forced air heat in large barns to dry the flowers on racks. You might hang the vines to dry in your garage if it is heated and dry.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 09:36 PM (rbvCR)

113 Know what else is an attractive weed that's not hard to grow?

Posted by: Shifty eyes at September 12, 2026 09:36 PM (2Ez/1)

114 So, TJM's too much of a YouTube star to bother with us peasants?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 12, 2026 09:36 PM (CHHv1)

115 Thought he was taking a break after Dallas.
Silly thought.
Trump in Ireland; 2 minutes.

“We took out 5,000 HARD CRIMINALS from Washington, D.C.
They came in through the OPEN BORDER.
No checking. No vetting. Nothing.
They murdered people.
We weren’t nice about it. We got them the hell out.”
2% of the people create 91% of the crime.
Then he looked at Europe:
“You’re just killing yourselves with immigration.”

https://tinyurl.com/4epmkr68

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:37 PM (gpvQO)

116 Ernie Harwell....RIP

LOL - The Toronto Blue Jays banned the unjabbed from the stadium. Last year's heartbreaking loss was fantastic.

This year, Vladdy, who they signed to about a $500 million contract hasn't hit a home run IN TORONTO in over a year. He only has 8 this year.

We don't deserve nice things.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 12, 2026 09:37 PM (Sco7b)

117 Be glad when he sends ICE around here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:37 PM (gpvQO)

118 The bad news is that I still have to figure out a way to pre-crush the grapes since I had uncrushed grapes left when I cleaned the press out.
Posted by: Kindltot

Old laundry clothes press?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 09:37 PM (NnhvP)

119 I looked at what growing hops once for curiosity, its not a easy crop seemed to me.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 09:37 PM (Ia/+0)

120 often times the TV broadcast and the radio broadcast are not in sync, time-wise

TV usually on a delay

my experience, anyway

Posted by: Savage Henry at September 12, 2026 09:38 PM (ZxPkt)

121 Today's wildlife encounter: was riding the golf cart down the yard to the parts storage bus to put a Studebaker manifold back into storage. There was a Great Horned Owl roosting on top of the bus. It took off and flew to another roost. I followed it, twice. Must have pissed it off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 09:38 PM (1z8ji)

122 I just saw an ad from the SEC asking congress to make eligibility rules for the NCAA.

WTF. Congress?

The NCAA needs to make its own rules and enforce them.

Congress?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 09:38 PM (yEz+x)

123 Know what else is an attractive weed that's not hard to grow?
Posted by: Shifty eyes at September 12, 2026 09:36 PM (2Ez/1)

Amaranth

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 09:38 PM (rbvCR)

124 Also very toxic to dogs which was a no-go for my personal situation.

Posted by: ballistic at September 12, 2026 09:35 PM
***
Wow. Never knew that.

Posted by: TRex - doggy dino at September 12, 2026 09:38 PM (XfIK1)

125 123 Know what else is an attractive weed that's not hard to grow?
Posted by: Shifty eyes at September 12, 2026 09:36 PM (2Ez/1)

Amaranth
Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 09:38 PM (rbvCR)

Also great ASMR

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 12, 2026 09:38 PM (xcxpd)

126 Beckoning Chasm was wondering same thing

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 09:38 PM (Ia/+0)

127 Considering James Madison was a I-Aa schiol hust a few years ago, their recent success is a bit sutprising.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 09:39 PM (PMi3m)

128 Anyone here grow hops for beer at small scale for a hobby? Good or bad experience?
Posted by: TRex

Just start with a good strain.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 09:39 PM (NnhvP)

129 Eugene Hasenfus was a pilot involved in a CIA-backed operation to supply weapons to Contra rebels in Nicaragua during the Reagan administration. He became a key figure in the Iran-Contra affair after his plane was shot down in 1986, leading to revelations about U.S. government involvement in the operation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:39 PM (gpvQO)

130 Kindltot, a barrel and clean feet. The old ways are the best.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 12, 2026 09:40 PM (E0Et6)

131 Excellent whelm, Doof. I had dialysis today so whelm is all I can handle this evening.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at September 12, 2026 09:40 PM (DK5Sh)

132 Also, Brigitte WHO? AI Narrators are stupid.

https://youtu.be/Io7DWgDRJA8

Posted by: mindful webworker - bar DOT? at September 12, 2026 09:40 PM (k0Y0k)

133 114 So, TJM's too much of a YouTube star to bother with us peasants?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 12, 2026 09:36 PM (CHHv1)

I think he's doing family stuff this weekend.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 12, 2026 09:40 PM (xcxpd)

134 Anyone here grow hops for beer at small scale for a hobby? Good or bad experience?
Posted by: TRex

How many gallons is your mash tun and boil pot?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 09:41 PM (NnhvP)

135
Know what else is an attractive weed that's not hard to grow?
Posted by: Shifty eyes

Dandelion

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 12, 2026 09:41 PM (Cqx++)

136 Viola!
I give you Joan Lucille Olander
https://bit.ly/mamie-van-doren

It lifts AND separates.
Cross your heart.

Posted by: Playtex at September 12, 2026 09:41 PM (2Ez/1)

137 128 Anyone here grow hops for beer at small scale for a hobby? Good or bad experience?
Posted by: TRex

Just start with a good strain.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 09:39 PM (NnhvP)

My favorite Strain was Julie

RIP

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 12, 2026 09:41 PM (xcxpd)

138 Let the Saudis hire Indians (they like to fight) or Mexicans (they like to fight), there a many other people, Canadians are good fighters, to hire other than Americans.

We need our guys to stay home and make babies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:41 PM (gpvQO)

139 111 Must be a boob thread.
Posted by: tankdemon

Viola!
I give you Joan Lucille Olander
https://bit.ly/mamie-van-doren
Posted by: mindful webworker - u axed 4 it at September 12, 2026 09:36 PM (k0Y0k)

I happily accept your generous offer.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 09:42 PM (PMi3m)

140 This year, Vladdy, who they signed to about a $500 million contract hasn't hit a home run IN TORONTO in over a year. He only has 8 this year.

We don't deserve nice things.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 12, 2026 09:37 PM (Sco7b)

I often see Jays games when I go to the Elnora Hotel for Wednesday Wing Nite. He is a classy player. Always seems to have a joke or a kind word for the opposing runner at first base.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 09:43 PM (1z8ji)

141 91 Granted, it was against FAMU. But Miami has one hell of an offense.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 09:28 PM (viF8m)

Top tier cheerleader trim too

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 12, 2026 09:44 PM (xcxpd)

142 116 Ernie Harwell....RIP
Posted by: Stateless

George Kell, too. Best baseball play by play team ever.

Posted by: Auspex at September 12, 2026 09:44 PM (Y8DZL)

143 Poppies?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:44 PM (gpvQO)

144 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Kudzu at September 12, 2026 09:45 PM (2Ez/1)

145 Caldonia, what makes your big head so hard?

youtu.be/wZ_aCGKP7Gs?t=25

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:06 PM (gpvQO)

Sydney Sweeney, mostly.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 12, 2026 09:45 PM (dK+Kv)

146
Top tier cheerleader trim too
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 12, 2026 09:44 PM (xcxpd)

_________

Southern girls. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:45 PM (eRlcH)

147 When is Michigan going to play a road game?
No gas money?

Posted by: Case at September 12, 2026 09:46 PM (xJpuh)

148 Wild watching Cornyn let his freak flag fly.

>>@JohnCornyn

>>The extremes of both parties—Republicans’ MAGA wing represented by JD Vance and the progressive left represented by Zohran Mamdani—have drawn closer to each other,
@greg_ip
writes

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 09:07 PM (viF8m)

Does he think he's speaking to leftist NPCs?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 12, 2026 09:46 PM (dK+Kv)

149 Does he think
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 12, 2026 09:46 PM (dK+Kv)
----
no

Posted by: ballistic at September 12, 2026 09:47 PM (oqH4h)

150 John Cornyn. Who?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 12, 2026 09:48 PM (E0Et6)

151 >>Top tier cheerleader trim too

It is Miami.

Just wave something shiny.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 09:49 PM (viF8m)

152 Old laundry clothes press?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 09:37 PM (NnhvP)

They make cane presses like that, they are called Trapiche in Spanish. The wineries use a sort of pugmill to pre-crush the grapes, but that is more than what I want. I could run it through a garbage disposal but that grinds up the stems as well, which alters the taste of the juice.

I am going to have to make some drawings.

I wonder if I could build some sort of rotary device like a Foley food mill I use to strain apple sauce

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 09:49 PM (rbvCR)

153 There were a few farmers in Western NY that grew hops. Pretty cool. Tall vines 20'+. The one was a preferred grower for Southern Tier Brewing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 09:49 PM (h06De)

154 HERO -- This is an American Badass: The Inspector Who Sent the 20th Hijacker Home

Jose Melendez-Perez did his job. On August 4, 2001, that took courage.

--- Mohammed al-Qahtani, a 26-year-old Saudi. ---

Another inspector warned Melendez-Perez he would get in trouble for turning a Saudi away. Melendez-Perez said he could not do the work with dignity if nationality decided who got in. He refused him entry anyway.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:50 PM (gpvQO)

155
Elder statesmen lawyer-type Senators are a thing of the past, soon.

Gonzo beats gravitas going forward.

Cornyn should have seen that coming

Posted by: Auspex at September 12, 2026 09:51 PM (Y8DZL)

156 I think hops is grown in Germany in Mountains so probably a cooler areas

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 09:51 PM (Ia/+0)

157 Does he think he's speaking to leftist NPCs?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
---

He woke up the somnambulists with his gun control crap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:52 PM (gpvQO)

158 Yakima , WA is one of the world’s top producers of hops.

Whole town smells like a brewery in late sept, early Oct.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 09:53 PM (yEz+x)

159 I often see Jays games when I go to the Elnora Hotel for Wednesday Wing Nite. He is a classy player. Always seems to have a joke or a kind word for the opposing runner at first base.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 09:43 PM (1z8ji)

I know. And I hope he has a great career. I have nothing against him.
But if he's gone this long without a homer, you may as well go the full year.

Like the one year the Detroit Lions were horrible even for them. 0-16. Amazing.

1-15. So what.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 12, 2026 09:54 PM (Sco7b)

160 Know what else is an attractive weed that's not hard to grow?
Posted by: Shifty eyes

If I correctly recall my readings from "underground" literature of over half a century ago, hops and hemp are the only known relatives of one another (like pandas and raccoons).

I wondered, if you could cross them (probably by grafting), if you could make a beer with happy weed potency. Never got around to trying.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Jamaican Red Stripe at September 12, 2026 09:54 PM (k0Y0k)

161 No soldier has been ordered to go fight in that conflict. If they die there, it's sad, but they knew the risks, but volunteered for the big bucks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 09:30 PM (1z8ji)

The only thing worse that being world police is world mercenary force with no air assets, no tomahawks, no sat/drone support. No like.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 12, 2026 09:54 PM (dK+Kv)

162 soon, Cornyn too shall pass

Posted by: a fart in the wind at September 12, 2026 09:55 PM (88C+u)

163 DDG Search Assistant

The Immigration Act of 1990 marked a pivotal change in U.S. immigration policy, focusing on both family and employment-based immigration while also addressing humanitarian concerns.

Introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy in 1989.
Passed the Senate and House with significant bipartisan support.
Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:57 PM (gpvQO)

164 Yakima , WA is one of the world’s top producers of hops.

Whole town smells like a brewery in late sept, early Oct.
Posted by: nurse ratched

This not actually a problem for normal adults.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 09:58 PM (NnhvP)

165 Liam Out Loud on what we have been dealing with from the left.
https://tinyurl.com/3nj78ry5

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at September 12, 2026 09:58 PM (ZFutt)

166 161 No soldier has been ordered to go fight in that conflict. If they die there, it's sad, but they knew the risks, but volunteered for the big bucks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Saudis bombed the Towers. We are not going to bleed for them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:59 PM (gpvQO)

167 Thought he was taking a break after Dallas.
Silly thought.
Trump in Ireland; 2 minutes.

“We took out 5,000 HARD CRIMINALS from Washington, D.C.
They came in through the OPEN BORDER.
No checking. No vetting. Nothing.
They murdered people.
We weren’t nice about it. We got them the hell out.”
2% of the people create 91% of the crime.
Then he looked at Europe:
“You’re just killing yourselves with immigration.”

https://tinyurl.com/4epmkr68

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:37 PM (gpvQO)

Love that man. No homo.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 12, 2026 10:00 PM (dK+Kv)

168 One more look aroind for thst yoga mat-- did I leave it in the back of the station wagon?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 12, 2026 10:00 PM (PMi3m)

169 NOOD
ONT

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 12, 2026 10:01 PM (Sco7b)

170 ONT IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 10:01 PM (Ia/+0)

171 To be fair, Cornyn probably thinks W is far right.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)

He thinks no such thing. He’s just in it for himself, and we got in the way.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 12, 2026 10:02 PM (TlKpx)

172 Kindltot, a barrel and clean feet. The old ways are the best.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 12, 2026 09:40 PM (E0Et6)

There are videos out there of traditional Spanish wine pressing festivals with that sort of thing.

I have been using my hands to squish the grapes in a five gallon bucket. It was all I needed with the old hand-made press, but I have a ratchet press now that takes 15 gallons of fruit at a time, so I need higher throughput, and I don't have a crowd of drunken Spaniards at my beck and call to stomp grapes for me!

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 10:06 PM (rbvCR)

173 You would think Texas could buy better players.

Posted by: Case at September 12, 2026 10:09 PM (xJpuh)

174 Saudis bombed the Towers. We are not going to bleed for them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 09:59 PM (gpvQO)

Well, I think, but am not certain, that current leader, Mohammed Bin Salman, is a lot more sane than his predecessor. He has had a few jihadis taken out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 10:09 PM (1z8ji)

175 Yakima , WA is one of the world’s top producers of hops.

Whole town smells like a brewery in late sept, early Oct.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 09:53 PM (yEz+x)


Mount Angel, Brooks and Independence all have lots of hop yards.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 10:11 PM (rbvCR)

176 Anyone here grow hops for beer at small scale for a hobby? Good or bad experience?
Posted by: TRex
-------

*Raises paw*

Wish I could share pics and data, but alas, me old computer died before I backed it up...

Grew them in cube-shaped planters that hubby built from leftover cedar boards. 2x2x2ft, and filled with 1:1 mixture of Miracle-Gro plotting soil and Kellogg's Soil Amendment (cheap for 3cu ft bags!), then 1/3 bag of bagged compost for each planter. Ordered rhizomes online and planted in early March.

Check your county extension website for recommended varieties, planting times and general care. They're not difficult!

Posted by: JQ at September 12, 2026 10:16 PM (rdVOm)

177 if you want to defeat islam start planting kudzu or multiflora rose near the mosque

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 12, 2026 10:35 PM (jrgJz)

Hobby Thread - September 12, 2026 [TRex]

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Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling lucky and decided on a farm tractor theme for this Hobby Thread.

A farm tractor theme? Yep. Let's get tractoring!

[Top photo: John Deere Model 80, Canfield Ohio Fair]

***

Vintage farm equipment is a huge hobby. Lots of people have a vintage tractor, collect vintage equipment and restore projects. Is it the pull of nostalgia? The pull of machines? The pull of farming and the feeling of being self-sufficient and productive?

Many Fourth of July parades feature tractors. Many county fairs feature antique farm tractors. There are events dedicated exclusively to farm and construction equipment where static displays witness active demonstrations. There is an annual event known as Classic Green dedicated solely to John Deere equipment and memorabilia.

If you grew up on a farm, chances are good that you learned to drive on a tractor before a car. Chances are also good that you remember exactly what kind of tractor (or tractors) your family had.

The sheer quantity of tractor rescue and restoration content on YouTube is a testament to the deep vein of interest. (Bulldozer and other heavy equipment rescue and restoration is similar.) Many videos have the same storyline of "sitting for years, can we get it to run???" Some are more or less polished than others. Some feel like more clickbait/artificial drama than others. (We better understand the incentives and importance of the thumbnails after our recent look into YouTube creator economics.)

Are you wise in the ways of farm tractors? Do you have one (or more)? If not, would you like a tractor in your garage? Have you restored a tractor? Are you inclined towards heavy equipment in general? Are you into tractor pulls?

What's your brand of choice? Farmall/International Harvester? Case? Steiger? Allis-Chalmers? Ford? Oliver? MF? (farmer people know MF is Massey Furguson rather than a common profanity)

If you're inclined towards steam engines, please weigh in as well. Close enough.

Full disclosure: The family of TRex is a John Deere family. We're friendly to other brands (and I'm irritated at the John Deere right to repair nonsense), but decades of family history ran with the Deere. The local John Deere dealer spoke at my uncle's funeral if that tells you anything.

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What are you hobbying?

Tractors may not be your favorite but give it a chance before you judge and bail out. Any adjacent hobbying is in scope, so jump in with your interests, stories and questions.

In any event, the thread is not limited to to the theme. Anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. Even if the theme does not speak to you, you might learn something or be entertained. If not, offer something else relating to hobbying. If all of that fails, just check in and say hello.

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Pants? Nope. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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Anyone been to the Keller's Retired Tractor Museum in Wisconsin?

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You had me at "Parade of Power." This was in Du Quoin, Illinois.

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Steel wheels but a heartfelt restoration video with lots of family history mixed in which makes the project more special.

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Bulldozers are fun but they're not tractors. We'll do a separate thread someday for dozers, backhoes, cranes, dump trucks, etc., but this mini-Deere dozer looked too good to pass up. I also liked this one for the "hit it with a power washer and spray paint" backyard rough justice method of cosmetic repair.

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Ever been to a Classic Green Reunion? Check out this walk-around video from the 2025 edition in Wisconsin.

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Blacksmith John Deere did not invent tractors but did invent the steel plow in 1837.

Fast forward to 1974 when Landmark Winery in Sonoma, California was founded by Damaris Deere Ford. John Deere was her great-great-grandfather.

Every so often, you'll see touches in their branding that pay homage to their history:

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Photocredit: stayradwineblog.com

Been a while since we've had a bottle of Landmark wine but we enjoyed many bottles in a prior life! Yum!

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Follow-up from last week:

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I looked for free pallets on Craigslist and was shocked at the volume of listings. Who knew?

ICYMI, JQ posted a link last week to 34 DIY pallet projects. If any among the Horde embark on pallet hobbying projects, send a photo. Thank you!

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This has nothing to do with tractors, but I don't think I've ever seen a motorized scythe before.

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a painting theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comment from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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Reminder: if you put links in the comments, use a URL shortener and describe what you're linking to. Failing to do either or both makes you barrel-eligible. Don't make people click to find out what you're linking.

Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.

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1 I get allergic smelling hay!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

2 I don't know if I'd want to go to a retired tractor display. They'd probably just sit around bitching about how bad things are today.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 If any among the Horde embark on pallet hobbying projects, send a photo. Thank you!

I took apart a couple of pallets to make a tool corral for the yard implements. Looks like crap, so I won't embarrass my construction abilities by sending in a photo. Does the job, but it'd probably lose a beauty contest to Dylan Mulvaney.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 "She might have took my car keys --
But she forgot about my old John Deere!"

"She thinks my tractor's sexy . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)

5 Couldn't have bulldozers or tanks if it weren't for Benjamin Holt and the Caterpillar.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

6 If model kit companies like Revell or he long-defunct Aurora had the wide range of assembly kits of the '60s and '70s, I'm sure at least one would produce a tractor in 1/25 scale to go along with a vintage Ford pickup truck. That 1938 JD looks like a good candidate. You could create a cool diorama: the tractor outside a barn or farmhouse, the dusty pickup nearby, and the stocky farmer with overalls or suspenders.

A double kit, perhaps, with tractor and pickup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:41 PM (wzUl9)

7 Looks like it's just you and me, Wolfus.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

8 As for pipe smoking: Last week I received two "pay-it-forward" free vintage pipes, a Weber billiard (the classic cylindrical shape) and an "apple" (plump, rounded bowl) Canadian Club brand. I've smoked both and enjoyed them, esp. the Weber. Another member of that forum offered a couple of bowls of a blend from a shop in Jackson, MS, and I took him up on it: "Old Fashioned," it's called. A nice toasted sort of aroma and even a bit of flavor, smoked in the Canadian Club.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:46 PM (wzUl9)

9 I've only smoke cigars, Wolfus. One of my uncles was a pipe man. Only quit after his first heart attack.

One thing I can say about pipe smoke, is it doesn't make me gag like cigarettes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

10 Oh fun! Tractors! Unfortunately, I didn’t get very many of my babies’ baby picture in the Great Divorce. They were all the computer, which he took, of course. One that I do have is of my youngest, with new walking feet, standing by a great big ol’ John Deere tire on our horse farm. I LOVE that picture. It’s adorable.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 05:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

11 Whew! At least someone else is here. It was getting a bit lonely.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

12 The "Old Fashioned" blend contains Virginia, burley, Dark Fired Kentucky (which can be strong), and some Cavendish. I only recently found that "Cavendish" is a process, not a kind of tobacco, and that both burleys and Virginias can be used as a base for Cavendish preparation. The pipe shop's website says the Cavendish in this blend is based on burley.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:50 PM (wzUl9)

13 I have 8 Deere tractors that run. All 2 cylinders except for my little loader tractor. It's a 750 4 WD with a 3 cylinder Yanmar engine. Also have a Grey market Kubota. Wasn't meant to be sold in the US.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 05:50 PM (IFwjj)

14 Unfortunately, my hobbies are pretty dang boring and for the most part, I share them with y’all on the daily. More than you want, I am sure! But there is something incredibly iconic about a John Deere.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 05:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

15 I'm still working on the Bayou Jumper radio mentioned above (thanks, TRex). The stain and finish on the case turned out well. I've mostly got the guts of the radio soldered onto the circuit board, but these last few steps that involve mounting connectors have been challenging. I'm going to step away from the workbench for a while. I think I've earned a break, and maybe a drink. I'll send pictures once I get it all together and tested (assuming it passes the smoke test).

Posted by: PabloD at September 12, 2026 05:52 PM (B7yLN)

16 My dad's side was country folk, but I don't ever remember them having a tractor. Some horses around and some plows, but no tractors.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:52 PM (1Ff7Z)

17 My association with tractors begins and ends with a John Deere kid's model, pedaled like a tricycle. No idea why my folks got it for me but it was so cool, way better than the typical trike my friends had. Must have been pretty well made since it survived to be used by my little brother a few years later.

Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 05:53 PM (yTvNw)

18 Well, a motorized scythe is just a lawnmower. Just with a double, rotating blade.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 05:53 PM (zZu0s)

19 I've only smoke cigars, Wolfus. One of my uncles was a pipe man. Only quit after his first heart attack.

One thing I can say about pipe smoke, is it doesn't make me gag like cigarettes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026

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You don't inhale that stuff any more than you do cigars. If you did I'd never have gotten into the pipe years ago, or again recently after a long layoff.

I've tried a few of the little cigarillos, and they're fine, but I only smoke those outdoors; and ten months of the year it's too hot to be outside here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:54 PM (wzUl9)

20 Top picture is a Model A not 80.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 05:54 PM (IFwjj)

21 Going to see a drone show in a bit

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 05:57 PM (qEb4U)

22 Orange tractors rule.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 05:58 PM (2Cry5)

23 You don't inhale that stuff any more than you do cigars. If you did I'd never have gotten into the pipe years ago, or again recently after a long layoff.

I've tried a few of the little cigarillos, and they're fine, but I only smoke those outdoors; and ten months of the year it's too hot to be outside here.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:54 PM (wzUl9)

So, just puffing on it, then exhale? That seems to me it's more for the aroma then the actual hit from the nicotine like in cigarettes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

24 Long ago, use to be a Grange Fair and would be hundreds of tractors, some all but a hundred yo.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 05:59 PM (qEb4U)

25 20 Top picture is a Model A not 80.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 05:54 PM

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Posted by: TRex - fuzzy sign photo dino at September 12, 2026 05:59 PM (XfIK1)

26 It wouldn't be accurate to say I grew up on a farm but I did live on one for a number of years once my mom's horse bug became an addiction. And yea, we had a Deere. No idea the model number but it had a bucket in front and a PTO in back which my dad, the tool, addict. took for a message from God to buy ever crazy piece of stuff ever made. And I spent far too much of my life in that thing.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre had nothing on my dad's workshop.

Truth is it was a ton of fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 06:00 PM (viF8m)

27 I wonder if part of the interest in old tractors and other farm equipment is respect for seriously well-made machines that are worth preserving. Things that were designed to last through real use. I put manual typewriters and classic firearms in the same category.

Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 06:00 PM (yTvNw)

28 Orange tractors rule.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 05:58 PM (2Cry5)

Well, yeah.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 06:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

29 27 I wonder if part of the interest in old tractors and other farm equipment is respect for seriously well-made machines that are worth preserving. Things that were designed to last through real use. I put manual typewriters and classic firearms in the same category.
Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 06:00

Maybe a longing for a past time, too, even though we have romanticized what those lives actually were.

Posted by: Piper at September 12, 2026 06:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

30 So, just puffing on it, then exhale? That seems to me it's more for the aroma then the actual hit from the nicotine like in cigarettes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

You're still getting a bit of nicotine from both the smoke rolling over your gums and cheeks and stray vapor being inhaled. The problem is the smoke is far too harsh to inhale directly most of the time (think Pall Mall non filter 100s.) It'll screw you up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)

31 I wonder if part of the interest in old tractors and other farm equipment is respect for seriously well-made machines that are worth preserving. Things that were designed to last through real use. I put manual typewriters and classic firearms in the same category.
Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 06:00 PM (yTvNw)

Same as vinyl and books. Not cars, though. Beautiful and powerful, but not as safe or long-lasting as today's boring boxes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 06:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

32 Looks like it's just you and me, Wolfus.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 05:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
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We are always watching.

And waiting.

Posted by: Council of Cats at September 12, 2026 06:03 PM (RIvkX)

33 And always remember the rule of thumb of pipe tobacco.

Tastes good---> smells horrible.

Smells good----> tastes horrible.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 06:04 PM (zZu0s)

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You're still getting a bit of nicotine from both the smoke rolling over your gums and cheeks and stray vapor being inhaled. The problem is the smoke is far too harsh to inhale directly most of the time (think Pall Mall non filter 100s.) It'll screw you up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)

The smoke's in the mouth only pretty much, so I'd expect some kind of reaction, just not as strong as coffin nails.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 06:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

35 So, just puffing on it, then exhale? That seems to me it's more for the aroma then the actual hit from the nicotine like in cigarettes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026

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Exactly right. A little nicotine ("Vitamin N") is absorbed into your mouth, I guess, and strong blends can make your head spin, so I avoid those or mix them with milder blends. If I haven't worked out, a morning pipe does give a bit of a lift, along with my coffee.

The other day I had to fast for a blood draw. No food, coffee, or (I was guessing) pipe that morning. At breakfast later, the coffee provided a definite lift. So did the pipe I loaded and smoked that afternoon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)

36 I believe Weasel drives a John Deere at the start of his YT videos at Weasel Acres.

Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 06:05 PM (yTvNw)

37 We are always watching.

And waiting.
Posted by: Council of Cats at September 12, 2026 06:03 PM (RIvkX)

Us too.

Posted by: The Vets at September 12, 2026 06:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

38 I recently added a 3rd function to my 1025r so I could add a grapple.

Getting a tractor is a game changer, getting a grapple is like getting a super power.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 12, 2026 06:05 PM (XV/Pl)

39 [Less politics. More tractors. Thank you. - TRex]

Posted by: Paul at September 12, 2026 06:06 PM (gM2YV)

40 I still work out 3-4 mornings a week, and my walk/run time over two miles is about the same as in 2020 before I took up the pipe again. So I don't think a pipe a day has affected my endurance or wind.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 06:07 PM (wzUl9)

41 Rule of thumb: get your mind out of the gutter. No wait: get your mind out of the Biden.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 12, 2026 06:08 PM (wxsGM)

42 Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s)

43 [More tractoring. Less politics. Thank you. -TRex]

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 12, 2026 06:10 PM (wxsGM)

44 And when a little guy many years my grandfather took me to the Steam show out near Lancaster. My sister says she went sometimes as well.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 06:10 PM (qEb4U)

45 I've never understood the concept of smoking and NOT inhaling. Isn't that like chewing your food and spitting it out?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 12, 2026 06:11 PM (Cqx++)

46 Same as vinyl and books. Not cars, though. Beautiful and powerful, but not as safe or long-lasting as today's boring boxes.
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I know. Everywhere you go, cars all look the same, like almonds, shaped to wedge under the wind. All in the same dull metallic colors, or black or white, with only an occasional red, blue, green, or yellow. And only gray, cream, or black interiors.

It's still possible to get a ruby red car with a cream interior, like my Buick. But I wonder how much longer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 06:12 PM (wzUl9)

47 Vintage tractors are cool. Vintage bulldozers are super cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 12, 2026 06:12 PM (S41Gd)

48 Little turned 21 last week, so he purchased and smoked his first legal cigar, a Padron 1965 Anniversary. My present to him was a Buffalo Trace Old Fashioned, prepared by the capable and nubile Avery at my favorite cigar lounge in downtown Sarasota.

He went back later in the week with a friend. It would seem that this hobby has been successfully passed on to the next generation..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 06:13 PM (nbLIj)

49 Deere's first crawlers were converted to tracks by the Lindeman company in Lindeman, Washington. The first Deere crawler was the Model M crawler.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 06:13 PM (IFwjj)

50 44 And when a little guy many years my grandfather took me to the Steam show out near Lancaster. My sister says she went sometimes as well.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 06:10 PM
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There are a bunch of videos on YT from the steam show. Seems like something I ought to visit at least once...

Posted by: TRex - digger dino at September 12, 2026 06:14 PM (XfIK1)

51 45 I've never understood the concept of smoking and NOT inhaling. Isn't that like chewing your food and spitting it out?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 12, 2026 06:11 PM (Cqx++)

Its hard not to do reflexively after you've smoked cigarettes. (Which is why I haven't smoked a pipe in a long time.)

Part of the allure of smoking is the ritual. Deep breaths. Quiet moments. Fixed amount of time as the tobacco burns. Tools (lighter, scraper, etc.)

Pipe smoking takes that and focuses on it, rather than the pure nicotine hit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 06:14 PM (zZu0s)

52 Sister, parents and me heading to this drone show

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 06:16 PM (qEb4U)

53 Have fun, skip.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 06:17 PM (zZu0s)

54 Its hard not to do reflexively after you've smoked cigarettes. (Which is why I haven't smoked a pipe in a long time.)

Part of the allure of smoking is the ritual. Deep breaths. Quiet moments. Fixed amount of time as the tobacco burns. Tools (lighter, scraper, etc.)

Pipe smoking takes that and focuses on it, rather than the pure nicotine hit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 06:14 PM (zZu0s)

My bass player smokes anything that burns. Pipes, cigars cigarettes, even a vape. Showed up a few weeks ago with a church warden. I called him Frodo. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 12, 2026 06:17 PM (S41Gd)

55 Vintage tractors are cool. Vintage bulldozers are super cool.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 12, 2026 06:12 PM (S41Gd)

Like the D9?! LIKE THE D9?!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at September 12, 2026 06:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

56 For Wolfus, OrangeEnt and other pipe smokers. I don't get a nicotine hit from pipe smoking but I appreciate the taste of the tobacco(s) in the blend. In my younger days I was a HEAVY cigarette smoker: 4 to 5 packs of Winstons or Marlboros a day, so I know what a nicotine hit is like. (I was often working 16 hour days back then and you could smoke about anywhere.) I quit cigarettes over 40 years ago and eventually I was able to start tasting things again, including food and pipe tobacco.

Smoking cigarettes is a chemical addiction as well as a habit. Pipe smoking is a relaxing mind set that doesn't dominate you physically.

Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 06:18 PM (yTvNw)

57
I'm afraid the only tractor I have is a zero-turn mower.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 06:19 PM (eRlcH)

58 Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 06:18 PM (yTvNw)

Sorry, JTB. My uncle was a pipe smoker. I never have, only a couple of cigars decades ago. I don't smoke.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 12, 2026 06:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

59 This week I started work on the Revell 1/24 scale Ford F950 Earthfucker kit. Not sure yet what color I'll paint it.

Posted by: far cry at September 12, 2026 06:22 PM (wBRco)

60 The first tractor I drove was a Deere Model D. Dad told me to drive it through the field/pasture gate. I was nervous, jammed the hand clutch instead of engaging it slowly. Dad buggered his shin trying to get things under control.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 06:23 PM (IFwjj)

61 The guy who bulldozed and leveled the back yard at the old house used a restored 1947 CAT D4. It was frigging cool. I was calling it the Iwo Jima model.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 12, 2026 06:24 PM (S41Gd)

62 Looked something like this bad boy. But older and no roll bar.

https://tinyurl.com/2t936p2t

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 06:25 PM (viF8m)

63 I was a HEAVY cigarette smoker: 4 to 5 packs of Winstons or Marlboros a day, so I know what a nicotine hit is like.
Posted by: JTB
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Jeez, you must have been continuously lighting one off the end of another.

I smoked and dipped for about 20 years. Got to the point with dipping that I didnt use a spitter.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 06:28 PM (XvL8K)

64 I wonder if part of the interest in old tractors and other farm equipment is respect for seriously well-made machines that are worth preserving. Things that were designed to last through real use. I put manual typewriters and classic firearms in the same category.
Posted by: JTB

Shade tree mechanics can get an old tractor running and working. new ones... not so much.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 06:30 PM (NnhvP)

65 Dad tried pipe smoking after his favorite cigar brand changed from a natural leaf to a composite wrapper. Give the man credit, I always thought they were foul, cheap, things from the get go. Nope, it was the cellulose and scraps wrapper that did it for him.

A cousin suggested he try smoking a pipe, which he did for a while. His biggest complaint was the work involved for maybe a 10-15 minute smoke. In the late 90's I turned him on to hand rolled sticks from a local shop in his old Ironbound neighborhood, and he was happily back to cigars..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 06:31 PM (nbLIj)

66 Between old injuries and getting older my hands aren't as nimble as they were. I'm going to try crochet to get some dexterity back but in a gentle way. I considered knitting but crochet appears to require more and varied hand motions. I have the hooks and yarn. Doesn't matter what I try to make, just want to learn and get the exercise. (Probably as well. My first attempts will likely look like something from an HP Lovecraft story.)

Any folks here who got involved with fiber arts to help with their hands? Did it help?

Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 06:33 PM (yTvNw)

67 Shade tree mechanics can get an old tractor running and working. new ones... not so much.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 06:30 PM
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The downside of electronics and computers.

Posted by: TRex - shadetree dino at September 12, 2026 06:34 PM (XfIK1)

68 Just so y’all know,
Kissing a guy who chews is pretty gross.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 06:37 PM (yEz+x)

69 I've driven a few different brands of tractors. Case, Ford, Ferguson IH. The IH model M and H clutch seemed like an on and off switch. Not engaged to fully engaged and off you go.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 06:42 PM (IFwjj)

70 The downside of electronics and computers.
Posted by: TRex - shadetree dino

The right to repair argument.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 06:42 PM (NnhvP)

71 63 ... "Jeez, you must have been continuously lighting one off the end of another."

Biff,
Pretty much. Quitting cigarettes was the second smartest thing I ever did. (Marrying Mrs. JTB was the smartest.)

Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 06:44 PM (yTvNw)

72 I think that steam show still maybe going on, pass the field going to the Lancaster war game conventions. Trued to find the name but unsuccessful.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 06:45 PM (QLHQ2)

73 >>(Marrying Mrs. JTB was the smartest.)

She's standing behind you right now, isn't she.

Blink twice if you need help.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 06:47 PM (viF8m)

74 Grandparents had an old White tractor on the farm. There was an International, no idea the model, that was behind the barn. Steel wheels and all. Complete rust.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 06:48 PM (h06De)

75 72 I think that steam show still maybe going on, pass the field going to the Lancaster war game conventions. Trued to find the name but unsuccessful.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 06:45 PM
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National Pike Steam Show in Brownsville, PA
Small event in May, bigger annual event in August.

Posted by: TRex - dozer dino at September 12, 2026 06:50 PM (XfIK1)

76 I use Blick for some art supplies so they have my email. A coupe of days ago I got one touting their many new fiber arts items: looms, kits, needlepoint yarns and threads, etc. I didn't even know they offered any. I assume interest in fiber arts is on the rise if Blick is adding it to their inventory. Just FYI.

Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 06:50 PM (yTvNw)

77 National Pike Steam Show in Brownsville, PA
Small event in May, bigger annual event in August.
Posted by: TRex - dozer dino

Saw it advertised, but never went. It looks cool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 06:51 PM (h06De)

78 Pfft. Only a commie bohunk would be caught driving a John Deere Model 80.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 12, 2026 06:54 PM (4Je4D)

79 A tractor is indispensable for me. A few weeks ago I pulled up 60 feet of concrete driveway to replace it. I use them to move engines and stuff, clear fallen trees, digging holes, grading, moving dirt, gravel, etc. Then there's bush hogging and mowing. Here and at the farm. So I have 3 and a ZTR mower.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

80 Meh. It's no Hoyt-Clagwell Model F.

Posted by: Oliver Wendell Douglas at September 12, 2026 06:56 PM (4Je4D)

81 Rough and Tumble Steam show Kinzer Pa, was a couple weeks ago

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 06:56 PM (QLHQ2)

82 My dad grew up on a dairy farm in Laramie, WY, in the 1930's. He and his little brother ran a team of horses to plow, harrow, plant, mow hay, etc., so dad would have started that when he was about 8 years old and his brother was six. He saw other farms with tractors, but they didn't get one until the 1940's.

The did have a steam thresher come through every year, and he remembers when one exploded on a farm a good 10 miles away. Everyone heard it, and they thought the world was coming to an end. I guess about a dozen people died in that accident. Just awful.

As dangerous as farming can be, modernization has meant a huge level of safety.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 06:57 PM (Ntshk)

83 The first four-wheeled motorized vehicle I ever drove [at age 12, 1977] was the 1932 Allis-Chalmers B that my dad had just bought. He had me drive it home, with him trailing in the pickup truck, mostly because the fellow who had volunteered to loan him a trailer hadn't mentioned the trailer had 3 flat tires and one tire-free wheel. Dad had already committed to pick up the tractor that day, so pick it up we did.
After he retired, Dad take up "flywheeling" as his main hobby. He bought a series of rundown tractors and restored them to showroom stock. His favorite, and the one he kept rather than sold after restoration, was a Minneapolis-Moline.

if you want to get into the hobby, I'd recommend seeking out your local Flywheelers' Club.

Posted by: Gundo at September 12, 2026 06:58 PM (1a7fN)

84 The did have a steam thresher come through every year, and he remembers when one exploded on a farm a good 10 miles away. Everyone heard it, and they thought the world was coming to an end. I guess about a dozen people died in that accident. Just awful.

Pfft. Ever had your testicles caught up in a John Deere Combine Harvester?

Posted by: One-Ball Saul at September 12, 2026 06:59 PM (4Je4D)

85 If you are familiar with Branson tractors, they got bought by a South Korean company,TYM, that builds pretty much the same tractor in Rome, Georgia. It uses a 3 cyl Cummins clone that's parts compatible with the one Branson was licensed to build. Anyway I got one and its a pretty good tractor for the price and it has a cab and AC which is glorious. I call it Tim.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 06:59 PM (MWfyi)

86 I have about 300 years of Quebec farmers in my ancestry. Bet they would have loved to have tractors to work the ground.

Posted by: JTB at September 12, 2026 07:00 PM (yTvNw)

87 Deere got into the tractor business when they bought the Waterloo Boy tractor company. Great for collecting, not so much for farming. Their first Deere tractor was the Model D, then the 3 row GP, kind of a failure.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 07:01 PM (IFwjj)

88 if you want to get into the hobby, I'd recommend seeking out your local Flywheelers' Club.

Posted by: Gundo at September 12, 2026 06:58 PM
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I can look on the interweb later, but are Flywheelers Clubs common?

Posted by: TRex - vintage dino at September 12, 2026 07:03 PM (XfIK1)

89 The 25hp TYM I got a couple of years ago has no electronics. That's one of the reasons I got it. Also, because it's under 25hp, it doesn't use DEF. Even at only 25hp it will pick up over 2000 lbs. I looked at 40hps but this one does the job.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:03 PM (MWfyi)

90 I had a old little John Deere I sold to an old guy who had a whole barn full of JD tractors. He said he had over 100 and they were all pre 1980 or so.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:08 PM (MWfyi)

91 "I can look on the interweb later, but are Flywheelers Clubs common?"
I'm pretty sure they are. I know my Dad's club had shared events with several other Flywheelers' Clubs in Michigan.

Posted by: Gundo at September 12, 2026 07:08 PM (1a7fN)

92 90 I had a old little John Deere I sold to an old guy who had a whole barn full of JD tractors. He said he had over 100 and they were all pre 1980 or so.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:08 PM
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Was his name Ronster?

Posted by: TRex - flywheeler dino at September 12, 2026 07:09 PM (XfIK1)

93 Just got back from my sister and brother in law's farm. Chickens, cattle, goats, some sheep and pigs. My sister is an SC health inspector., so I arrived home loaded with healthy vittles.

Tractors, skid loaders, trailers, freezers. Everywhere.

Posted by: mrp at September 12, 2026 07:10 PM (rj6Yv)

94 I plan on getting a Ford 8N sometime soon. The canonical tractor.

And freaking 75 years old.

But working models available for under $2000.

Posted by: blaster at September 12, 2026 07:11 PM (NlEaG)

95 https://walloonlakeflywheelers.com/

Posted by: Gundo at September 12, 2026 07:12 PM (1a7fN)

96 Ford 8N is EMP proof.

Posted by: blaster at September 12, 2026 07:12 PM (NlEaG)

97 During WW11, Deere was asked to build something for the war.
They took an unstyled A and wrapped it with steel plating. They weren't really trying. I've seen pictures of it. It is to laugh.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 07:12 PM (IFwjj)

98 >>If you are familiar with Branson tractors, they got bought by a South Korean company,TYM, that builds pretty much the same tractor in Rome, Georgia. It uses a 3 cyl Cummins clone that's parts compatible with the one Branson was licensed to build. Anyway I got one and its a pretty good tractor for the price and it has a cab and AC which is glorious. I call it Tim.

Saw a video on X posted by a woman who is taking over the family farm in Iowa. She posted it from the cab of her ginormous tractor.

Everything was computer and gps driven Which she oversaw from her air conditioned perch Incredible how sophisticated farming has become.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 07:12 PM (viF8m)

99 "Was his name Ronster?
Posted by: TRex - flywheeler dino"

I don't remember. He was an old black gentleman, with white hair and dressed in overalls. I was glad he got it, because I was tired of messing with it, and he didn't have one like it so we were both happy.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)

100 Saw a sign at an antique tractor show:

If it casts a shadow it can be restored.

Posted by: Great Plains Drifter at September 12, 2026 07:15 PM (85Bnm)

101 I have heard you need 1hp per acre. Seems about right. So the 25hp of an 8N means it would not be main tractor.

I want a Lamborghini like Clarkson.

Posted by: blaster at September 12, 2026 07:15 PM (NlEaG)

102 I have a John Deere 770, but the finer work is what has to happen today, so out there with D-1 and a grubbing hoe...glad I can still do this kind of thing...hope I can still stand up straight tomorrow.

Well, water glass is empty - back to it.

Posted by: Don in SoCc at September 12, 2026 07:16 PM (I9XXk)

103 " I use Blick for some art supplies"

Mrs fd's favorite store.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:17 PM (MWfyi)

104 My BIL operates two D6 dozers for the landfill work and to cut roads and trails on the property.

Posted by: mrp at September 12, 2026 07:20 PM (rj6Yv)

105 Obviously don't own or restore tractors, but just want to jump in to say how awesome it all is. Anything that I can fit into the "Industrial Age, Industrial Art" category is primo. Only aspect I dabble (slightly) in is rifles, where the "industrial art" of my M1s and carbine never cease to please. Even the Mosin-Nagants in their own way, especially when you see how the "industrial art" was slimmed down to "we need it now!" in the war-time examples.

Was focused on other parts of the puzzle but always instinctively felt like I agreed with my friends who lamented America's departure from *making things* during the great off-shoring debacle.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 12, 2026 07:21 PM (U/Byj)

106 Got a 1964 MF Super 90 Diesel high crop tractor I use to mow firebreaks out back, and plow snow when my 1970-ish IH Payloader won't start.
Had to split the tractor to replace the clutch, and put the Payloader together from a pile of parts my neighbor gave me - he runs an excavation business and had the machine sitting for 15 years.

Posted by: Chuck Kuecker at September 12, 2026 07:23 PM (UxT09)

107 "I have heard you need 1hp per acre. Seems about right. So the 25hp of an 8N means it would not be main tractor."

That depends on what you are going to do with it. We don't farm anything but trees so no plowing spraying harvesting etc. A 25hp diesel is amazing strong.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:23 PM (MWfyi)

108 I want a Lamborghini like Clarkson.

Posted by: blaster at September 12, 2026 07:15 PM
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I can hear his voice "POWER!!!" and "How hard can it be??"

We were trackside for a race of Porsche tractors a few years ago at Laguna Seca. Despite a paddock full of unobtainium Porsche race cars, the tractors were the biggest hit of the weekend. Maybe I'll find a video clip and include it in future hobby thread content...

Posted by: TRex - tractor racing dino at September 12, 2026 07:23 PM (XfIK1)

109 Time to say thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. Thanks for being here, going along with the theme, and adding your own hobbying projects. Shall we do it again next week with a new theme?

You're welcome to hang here for a while, but don't forget about Club ONT later.

Posted by: TRex - agricultural dino at September 12, 2026 07:25 PM (XfIK1)

110 How does John Deere get that perfect shade of green?
All of your money goes into the pot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 07:26 PM (gpvQO)

111 Blaster acres is 120 acres. Need moar power. But a 25hp tractor is good for utility.

I saw a Porsche tractor for sale for like $60k. It looks cool but you wouldn't be able to use it. Too valuable.

Posted by: blaster at September 12, 2026 07:27 PM (NlEaG)

112 One thing I recommend for a tractor is some forks. You will go around picking stuff up just because you can.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

113 John Deere 'A' with a hand clutch, tricycle front end, and 4 row front mount cultivator. Got a big old umbrella and a gallon jug of ice water, two baloney sammiches, and a pouch of Red Man chewing tobacco. Let's get some grass and weeds out of this cotton!

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 07:29 PM (LHPAg)

114 Going to see a drone show in a bit
Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 05:57 PM (qEb4U)


You do realize that they are just waiting for the AI command to attack right? The SWARMs will rule!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 12, 2026 07:30 PM (2WIwB)

115 In our case, a physically bigger tractor would not fit between the tree rows in a lot of places.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

116 I saw a Porsche tractor for sale for like $60k. It looks cool but you wouldn't be able to use it. Too valuable.

Posted by: blaster at September 12, 2026 07:27 PM
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Prices spiked 10-15 years ago when collectors decided all of a sudden that they were cool.

Posted by: TRex - two cylinder dino at September 12, 2026 07:31 PM (XfIK1)

117 We make better tractor. And more too.

Posted by: Ministry of Defense Plant No. 12 named for Comrade Lenin at September 12, 2026 07:31 PM (RIvkX)

118 A very young Diogenes was almost killed on a tractor. Those things are dangerous.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 12, 2026 07:32 PM (2WIwB)

119 I just want to say how much my husband would have loved this thread. All this guy talk. How he would have loved it.

Posted by: Wenda at September 12, 2026 07:32 PM (uSgX5)

120 Blaster, you might want to check out the bigger TYM tractors. I'm pretty happy with mine. Not to say I'm not completely satisfied with Kubota except for the price.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:34 PM (MWfyi)

121 Couple hundred people waiting fot this to start

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 07:36 PM (QLHQ2)

122 Hey, Dino!
No tractor, just a JD L 120 garden type. But it’s still green.

Posted by: RI Red at September 12, 2026 07:36 PM (w30OO)

123 We make better tractor. And more too.
Posted by: Ministry of Defense Plant No. 12 named for Comrade Lenin at September 12, 2026

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New tractor is this month's centerfold in Plavbov magazine!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:37 PM (wzUl9)

124 John Deere tractor works in Waterloo made tank transmissions during WWII, a shitload of them, among other things.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 07:37 PM (hefYs)

125 TRex, I really enjoyed this thread. Maybe you could tell.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 07:37 PM (IFwjj)

126 there are so many vintage tractors around here I just can't even; many still in use. there's a certain school of thought that just has a tractor for each function, leave it hooked up as a forklift or mower or whatever, instead of mounting and dismounting different tools all the time.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 12, 2026 07:38 PM (VyBeY)

127 125 TRex, I really enjoyed this thread. Maybe you could tell.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 07:37 PM
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Excellent! Better than movies, right?

Posted by: TRex - tank commander dino at September 12, 2026 07:38 PM (XfIK1)

128 122 Hey, Dino!
No tractor, just a JD L 120 garden type. But it’s still green.

Posted by: RI Red at September 12, 2026 07:36 PM
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That qualifies. Approved.

Posted by: TRex - tractor judge dino at September 12, 2026 07:39 PM (XfIK1)

129 John Deere has created videos for children showing realistic (not cartoonish) farming and construction machinery which our grandsons enjoy ... These can be seen by visiting YouTube-dot-com and typing "John Deere Kids" into the Search Field.

Posted by: Kathy at September 12, 2026 07:41 PM (MOK4W)

130 "there's a certain school of thought that just has a tractor for each function, leave it hooked up as a forklift or mower or whatever, instead of mounting and dismounting different tools all the time.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"

Is that wrong? Nobody told me that was wrong.

The forks on the TYM are really easy to change though, only takes a minute.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:42 PM (MWfyi)

131 Not going to get into the movie thing. Got in trouble the last time.

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 07:42 PM (IFwjj)

132 Maybe the thread will be about tractor movies.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi)

133 That qualifies. Approved.
Posted by: TRex - tractor judge dino at September 12, 2026 07:39 PM (XfIK1)

And I had the club buy me a nice 54” deck JD Zero turn mower. I can do the entire range in under 5 hours. Used to take me over 10.
Go, John Deere!

Posted by: RI Red at September 12, 2026 07:45 PM (w30OO)

134 Plowed a lot of corn when I worked summers for a farmer. Don't recall what tractors he had but he was frugal, as were/are most farmers.

Posted by: Javems at September 12, 2026 07:45 PM (zFsEm)

135 Who above wants to get a Ford 8 N? They are pretty nice little tractors. What do you plan to do with it?

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 07:45 PM (IFwjj)

136 Saw one of those John Deere for kids ewetube.
One of the best things on the tube.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 07:45 PM (gpvQO)

137 The front loader is surprisingly easy to take off the Kubota but I don't anymore because why bother. When I used it for regular mowing it got in the way, but a ZTR fixed that.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:46 PM (MWfyi)

138 Hey Red do you have my email? If not ask CBD.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 07:46 PM (viF8m)

139 Buddy stripped all the sheet metal off his 8n and had it galvanized.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 07:47 PM (gpvQO)

140 The Brooks Steam-up at Powerland Heritage Park is the go to for old farm and logging equipment and steam engines.
It used to be just a bunch of guys with their own steam engines in a field outside of Brooks, Oregon, and now it has museums, a steam powered sawmill and an electric railroad.


https://www.antiquepowerland.com/

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 07:48 PM (rbvCR)

141 I'd like an 8N and have looked at couple. They don't really do what I need from a tractor though.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 07:48 PM (MWfyi)

142 138 Hey Red do you have my email? If not ask CBD.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 07:46 PM (viF8m)


JS, I know I had it but it might have been lost in the ether. I’ll check. If not, CBD.

Posted by: RI Red at September 12, 2026 07:48 PM (w30OO)

143 The Jubilee is a step up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 07:51 PM (gpvQO)

144 We're back from Chik-Fil-A, $17 poorer but reasonably well fed. We've got several movies on DVD: Forbidden Planet, the original Thirty-Nine Steps, and then there's The Fly from '58 on Svengoolie.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:54 PM (wzUl9)

145 Guessing nl movie thread tonight

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 07:56 PM (QLHQ2)

146 Eromero equipment very diverse 50s through 80s, Ford, JD, IH, MF, AC. From little to large, loved all of them.

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 07:58 PM (LHPAg)

147 Are you upset because you can't post new movie marque in all caps?

Posted by: Ronster at September 12, 2026 07:59 PM (IFwjj)

148 I'm surprised Mr. Cream Jeans, the weasel isn't all over this thread. Have a cigar!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 12, 2026 08:00 PM (5C90x)

149 Be nice. No need to poke at others among the Horde.

Posted by: TRex - life guard dino at September 12, 2026 08:01 PM (XfIK1)

150 Who can name a movie with a tractor and the model of the tractor?

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

151

You should get a talking tractor.

https://youtu.be/cHs_zsfKAgI

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 12, 2026 08:04 PM (Cqx++)

152 Who can name a movie with a tractor and the model of the tractor?
Posted by: fd at September 12
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Killdozer

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 08:06 PM (kpS4V)

153 Who can name a movie with a tractor and the model of the tractor?
Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026

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There was the "tractor chicken" scene in Footloose, but I have no idea what the models were.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 08:06 PM (wzUl9)

154 Oh that's funny.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

155 Timor's Tractor

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)

156 John Deere Tractor song.

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

Posted by: huerfano at September 12, 2026 08:09 PM (2Xqig)

157 o gosh, never said I thought it was wrong. far from it!

makes a lot of sense to me, who needs to spend an hour jockeying around a couple of half ton attachments, only to play lather-rinse-repeat over&over again?
you just need a bigger machine shed!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 12, 2026 08:17 PM (VyBeY)

158 You know who knows an awful lot about John Deere tractors, and the care and feeding of their batteries in particular?

AoSHQ CoB Weasel!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 12, 2026 08:21 PM (0sNs1)

159 "you just need a bigger machine shed!"

Size does matter and it's never big enough.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:21 PM (MWfyi)

160 Take a break from f5.

https://tinyurl.com/4k5psrbd

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 08:23 PM (viF8m)

161 I'm watching "The Fly". No tractors in this movie so far.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:24 PM (MWfyi)

162 So in this movie a woman killed her husband with a hydraulic press and they think she might be a little crazy.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:27 PM (MWfyi)

163 Looks androgynous.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:27 PM (gpvQO)

164 I'm watching "The Fly". No tractors in this movie so far.
Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:24 PM (MWfyi)
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I'm watching a classic Doctor Who episode: The Talons of Wang-Chiang.

No tractors, but there are ROUS's....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 12, 2026 08:28 PM (FZ29D)

165 162 So in this movie a woman killed her husband with a hydraulic press and they think she might be a little crazy.

Posted by: fd
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Absolutely, set her free.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:29 PM (gpvQO)

166 ain't it the truth, ain't it the truth!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 12, 2026 08:30 PM (VyBeY)

167 The 20th Century TV show "Green Acres" had a tractor they called a Hoyt Clagwell. Hoyt Clagwell" is not a real tractor manufacturer, just a name made up for the show.

The tractor used on the show was actually a 1918 Fordson Model F tractor.

Fordson was Henry Ford's first venture into tractor manufacturing, and this was the first mass-produced tractor, produced from 1917 to 1928. It was also the most popular tractor at the time, it's market share was estimated to be 90% at the time.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at September 12, 2026 08:31 PM (0sNs1)

168 C14 News | EN@c14english

Iraq is rushing to contain a major regional crisis after confirming that a drone attack shutting down a vital Saudi Arabian oil pipeline originated from Iraqi territory. Baghdad has fired a military commander and shut Iranian border crossings to launch an investigation.

With the wider Iran-U.S. war already destabilizing regional trade, Baghdad faces massive pressure to disarm local Iran-backed militias before a Sept 30 deadline - but Iran-backed Shia terror groups are refusing to comply.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:31 PM (gpvQO)

169 Shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: Mr Haney at September 12, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

170 @c14english

Iran prepares to exit the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and test a nuclear bomb.

MP Haji-Deligani announced a triple-urgency bill is ready, adding: "We should conduct the necessary tests for a nuclear weapon as soon as possible.
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Nothing, no thing, is being reported from CENTCOM.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 08:36 PM (gpvQO)

171 Y kid loves the Chik Fil A chicken and waffle sandwich.
We had lawn mowers growing up and a hoe for the garden.

Posted by: Accomack at September 12, 2026 08:38 PM (T8bqm)

172 Fordson was Henry Ford's first venture into tractor manufacturing, and this was the first mass-produced tractor, produced from 1917 to 1928. It was also the most popular tractor at the time, it's market share was estimated to be 90% at the time.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at September 12, 2026 08:31 PM (0sNs1)

Grandpa sold Fords in Olympia prior to 1930 and he apparently hated the Fordsons because Ford would push them on the dealership, and the dealership had to discount them so heavily to move them, that it would eat into the profit on the automobile sales. He didn't think very highly of Henry Ford, either.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)

173 Nood up. G'nite all!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 12, 2026 08:40 PM (NcvvS)

174 Clarkson’s Lamborghini was a lemon.

Posted by: Accomack at September 12, 2026 08:42 PM (T8bqm)

175 John Deere tractor works in Waterloo made tank transmissions during WWII, a shitload of them, among other things.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 07:37 PM (hefYs)

Good thing the tankers had the right to repair.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 12, 2026 08:43 PM (TlKpx)

176 There is an excellent vintage tractor and truck museum in Irricana, Alberta, called Pioneer Acres. I was there just a week ago. They have a couple of those "motorized scythes" in a shed there. I would describe them as "sickle-bar mowers". They have steam tractors, Rumely Oilpulls, old Deeres, and just about anything else that ever pulled a plow or powered a thrashing machine. I spent a few minutes watching a blacksmith forge a piece of steel on a coal-fired forge.

I have one tractor to my name, and it would easily qualify as an antique. It is a 1960-something International B414D, meaning it is Diesel. Has PTO, 3-point hitch, power steering, and a 1500 pound loader on the front. It is my workhorse. Still runs like a pup.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 08:48 PM (1z8ji)

177 Used to have a picture of grandpa and his enormous steam powered tractor. Imperial Valley CA.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 12, 2026 08:59 PM (wCk3Y)

178 @DC_Draino

All this Democrat racism against the hero juror reminds me of when a Democrat woman in a gorilla mask threw eggs at Larry Elder b/c he was a black man running for CA Governor as a Republican.

Mainstream media ignored it.

They don’t want people knowing who the real racists are
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Didn't know that. Elder's a nice guy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 13, 2026 01:42 AM (gpvQO)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, September 12

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Would you dare employ a monkey?

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Meet The PetMorons

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I lost my pup Bruno last Tuesday to Lymphoma. It had been in remission but came back over a few days and just overwhelmed him. He's buried down by the woods, where he loved to run. I miss you buddy, and your wagging tail thumping against the cabinets in the shop.


- fd

Oh, no. So sorry that you have lost Bruno. What a wonderful boy.

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This is the good Little Mama who brought her four kittens to our house and demanded that we feed them. She splits her time between our house and some unknown locale. She has been spayed and her boys have all been neutered now.

K.T.

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If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, September 5

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:41 PM




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1 Yay! Pets!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 12, 2026 03:45 PM (FZ29D)

2
RIP, Bruno. You were your dad's bestest boy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 03:46 PM (eRlcH)

3 Yes, yay pets!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 12, 2026 03:47 PM (wxsGM)

4 Yay, Pet Thread!

Thank you, K.T., for something pleasant to think about today.

And my sympathies, fd, on your loss of Bruno.

Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at September 12, 2026 03:47 PM (R3yzU)

5 Meow...

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at September 12, 2026 03:49 PM (sAmhv)

6 Sorry for your loss fd. Bruno looks like he was a real sweetie.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 03:49 PM (lJ0H4)

7 Saw trumpeter swans on the lake near the house this week. Means they are headed south, but they usually hang out here until hard frost. The sandhill cranes came through a couple of weeks ago, also headed south. Another month or so and we can put up the bird feeders for the winter. If we put them up before then, the damned bears get into them which sorta defeats the purpose.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 03:50 PM (Ntshk)

8 barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at September 12, 2026 03:47 PM

Posted the Gardening for Apples thread late today. If you want something pleasant to read, it's not too late, even to comment!

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 03:53 PM (1RGZ5)

9 Afternoon, pet folken,

Piper, in the pic, Kovu looks very much like my Stirling. I don't know what you mean about "wilted" ears, though; they look pretty much normal.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 03:55 PM (wzUl9)

10 If we put them up before then, the damned bears get into them which sorta defeats the purpose.
Posted by: tcn in AK


Even in Western PA, bears enjoy a good feast from a bird feeder. My friend, who lives in the burbs of Sharon, PA, had a black bear casually feeding from her bird feeder. A fairly populated area but deep woods aren't too far away. Bear didn't care. It was hungry. Anyway, it wandered off and my friends had to bear proof a bird feeder. Not sure what they did to do it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at September 12, 2026 03:57 PM (sAmhv)

11 That good Little Mama whacked DH on the shin when she showed up for food for her babies. When he came out to feed her, there were two kitten sitting on each of her sides.

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 03:58 PM (1RGZ5)

12 Woof

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 12, 2026 03:59 PM (9Qx17)

13 Happy Caturday everyone
All but done at a new Animal Hospital job, hope they can help lots of pets when they open.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

14 I learned a valuable lesson about unconditional love this week.

I chose NOT to sell my cats' organs as aphrodisiacs on the Chinese black market after they knocked my Lego Star Destroyer off the bookshelf in my library.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 12, 2026 04:02 PM (FZ29D)

15 Sorry about Bruno, fd. He looks like a very nice dog.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 12, 2026 04:03 PM (JrHfD)

16 That good Little Mama whacked DH on the shin when she showed up for food for her babies. When he came out to feed her, there were two kitten sitting on each of her sides.
Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026

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KT, you mean she clawed at him -- drew blood? If a strange cat did that to me, she wouldn't get any food, that's for sure.

I have a second cat visiting my door. This is a brownish-grey male tabby with white, about 50-50, a feral who hangs around with the non-feral shorthair gray, "Alfred," who visits me from time to time. This new boy won't come close, but actually cries for food just as Alfred does. I tell Linda, "If he's gonna visit at a distance, I'll feed him at a distance. Just throw him a handful of dry food!"

Just kidding. I put out a scoop of Iams dry food for them in a plastic bowl.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:05 PM (wzUl9)

17 Regarding that meme of the cats spying on their humans: You'd think, after some 8000 years of cats living with and observing humans, they'd have reported everything necessary for the Great Take-Over.

Well, maybe reporting wasn't so easy back then. Hard for a cat to send a message by carrier pigeon without eating the messenger.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:08 PM (wzUl9)

18 Millard the kitten continues to make me laugh. He goes under his scratching post and not scratch, so it's like what my husband calls a "tunnel with a tail."
My friend has three cats with scratching posts in every room but the bathrooms. He enjoys the scratching post in the living room but needs others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 12, 2026 04:08 PM (JrHfD)

19 It's like I don't know you people anymore:

African or European?

Posted by: goatexchange at September 12, 2026 04:09 PM (xHuLt)

20 fd, my condolences on the loss of Bruno. A Rin Tin Tin lookalike he was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:09 PM (wzUl9)

21 Monkey face is cute, but. . . so many questions about the context - where? why? who's giggling?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 12, 2026 04:11 PM (rOKnE)

22 I chose NOT to sell my cats' organs as aphrodisiacs on the Chinese black market after they knocked my Lego Star Destroyer off the bookshelf in my library.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 12, 2026

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Chinese black market, you say?

(*CRASH* as Dagny knocks over and shatters a lamp)

Whereabouts can one find a dealer, pray tell? Asking for a friend, of course. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:11 PM (wzUl9)

23 Very sorry about the loss of your boy, fd.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 04:12 PM (viF8m)

24 Condolences, fd!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 12, 2026 04:12 PM (rOKnE)

25 What kind of swallow is that in the pic, that travels 8000 miles to southern Africa on a regular basis? (I'm guessing "swallow" based on the tail. We call men's format coats "swallowtail" coats for a reason.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:13 PM (wzUl9)

26 The monkey looks as if the smell of the beans as he breaks each one is unpleasant, or as if he has arthritis in his paws and it hurts him to snap each one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:15 PM (wzUl9)

27 Losing a pet is hard to take.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 04:15 PM (Ia/+0)

28 Monkey face is cute, but. . . so many questions about the context - where? why? who's giggling?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 12, 2026

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The monkey's mate? "Another bowl, Seymour, and then maybe I'll let you watch Monkey Business with the Marx Brothers. Snap to it!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:16 PM (wzUl9)

29 So sorry to hear about poor Bruno.

He sounds like he was a wonderful pup.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 12, 2026 04:25 PM (FZ29D)

30 Afternoon all

fd, so sorry that you had to say goodbye to Bruno. Such a handsome boy.

Always so tough, we know.

Posted by: Pony Tail at September 12, 2026 04:28 PM (v8m9Y)

31 What kind of swallow is that in the pic, that travels 8000 miles to southern Africa on a regular basis?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:13 PM (wzUl9

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 04:29 PM (nbLIj)

32 1 What kind of swallow is that in the pic, that travels 8000 miles to southern Africa on a regular basis?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:13 PM (wzUl9
Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 04:29 PM (nbLIj)

The unladen kind, of course..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 04:29 PM (nbLIj)

33 I'm so sorry about Bruno. Beautiful dog.

And such pretty cats.

Snowflake comes in and sleeps with Ralphy and I at night on the chair. She used to get up with me around 4 am and want to go outside. Lately though she waits until I've completed another REM cycle and am just out of sleep and she'll jump on the bed and meow. That's pretty remarkable.

I've been feeding her and her outdoor Mom Starry. My friends family came home and I asked the kids how Starry looks. She's not fat by any means.

But you wouldn't think she's homeless.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 12, 2026 04:32 PM (Sco7b)

34 I often write about our goodly gal Daisy the Malinois. Our old black kitty, not so much to write about.

Ony (short for "Onyxia") was bestowed upon us by our son Prod (short for "Prodigal") when he left college in 2009, when she was maybe three years old. We had many cats then, and Ony has outlived them all.

She has always been a pretty hearty housecat. Tolerates the dogs, demands food on time, lets us know when the litter box needs cleaning.

However, in recent weeks, she seems to have started showing her age. She scrambles, rather than jumps, up on the bed. Moves slowly and cautiously — we think she may be losing her sight She doesn't really leave the bedroom now. Rarely comes out to get in my lap at the desk. Still likes to sleep on the bed between us.

She started peeing in inappropriate places, so we moved her litter box from the bathroom to the bedroom, next to the cat tree and her food, and that seems to have worked.

Other than that, she mostly just seems to be getting a little slower, a little weaker. Of course, we hope she'll hang in there for a long time to come, but, well, just giving her plenty of hugs and scritches.🐈‍⬛🥺

Posted by: mindful webworker - Ony, the Queen of the Critters here at September 12, 2026 04:38 PM (k0Y0k)

35 What kind of swallow is that in the pic, that travels 8000 miles to southern Africa on a regular basis? (I'm guessing "swallow" based on the tail. We call men's format coats "swallowtail" coats for a reason.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:13 PM (wzUl9)

Is it an African swallow or a European swallow?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 12, 2026 04:38 PM (TlKpx)

36 Stateless, Stirling has a habit of waking me by jumping over me and kicking me as he goes -- at 3:45 am. He only started this about a year ago, and he doesn't do it every morning. But when he does, I glance blearily at my watch and it's between 3:40 and 3:50 every time.

I'm glad he didn't do this 45-60 minutes before my alarm when I was working!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:39 PM (wzUl9)

37 Mindful, so Ony is about twenty? I've never had a cat who lived that long, only Arizona the red tabby part-Coon who made it to 16.5. And he had health issues in his last two years. Clearly Ony is going for a record.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:43 PM (wzUl9)

38 Stirling has a habit of waking me by jumping over me and kicking me as he goes -- at 3:45 am. He only started this about a year ago, and he doesn't do it every morning. But when he does, I glance blearily at my watch and it's between 3:40 and 3:50 every time.
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Clearly Stirling and Lily are texting each other to synchronize their attacks.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 04:43 PM (kpS4V)

39 Hey guys!

Fd, so sorry for the loss of your Bruno. Sending hugs your way.

KT, so glad mom and kittens are fixed.

Piper, Kovu is beautiful.

I won't be posting our cat blog update today. I'm going to assume that anyone who has been following or donated the last 2yrs+ can already read the posts. :-)

I have been approved for SSI, so thankfully I can take some of the bill burden off my sister. I can now also apply for disability homestead deduction.

Posted by: Joyenz at September 12, 2026 04:45 PM (2F0/Y)

40 36 Stateless, Stirling has a habit of waking me by jumping over me and kicking me as he goes -- at 3:45 am. He only started this about a year ago, and he doesn't do it every morning. But when he does, I glance blearily at my watch and it's between 3:40 and 3:50 every time.

I'm glad he didn't do this 45-60 minutes before my alarm when I was working!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:39 PM (wzUl9)

That's when I put the cats back outside. But she NEVER wakes me up now. Apparently I'm studied to an incredible degree but this works well.

And I'm amazed at what goes on outside at 4am. Starry is sometimes by. Another orange cat. 4am is cat party time.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 12, 2026 04:45 PM (Sco7b)

41 A couple of memes

The many names of my dog
https://bit.ly/dog-many-names

Memorial to the search-and-rescue dogs of 9/11/2001
https://bit.ly/rescue-dogs-9-11-memorial

Read (on this blog, I think) that the 9/11 search folks thought the dogs were getting depressed at not finding folks in the rubble, so they would have folks 'hide' themselves in the rubble, so the dogs could find them.

The dogs surely suffered after-effects as much as the humans - physical as well as emotional.🐕‍🦺❣️

Posted by: mindful webworker - good dogs at September 12, 2026 04:45 PM (k0Y0k)

42 Is it an African swallow or a European swallow?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 12, 2026

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Well, assuming the swallow is traveling due south, Africa is only 5000 miles long, so the bird would be starting from somewhere in northern Europe. And the poster mentions his garage -- not something you'd find often in northern Africa -- so again I think Europe.

Maybe not, though. Qwant's AI says the distance from NYC to southern Africa is about 8000 miles, so maybe the birds go southeast?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 04:50 PM (wzUl9)

43 I nap 30 minutes between two cats.

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 04:53 PM (LHPAg)

44 Clearly Ony is going for a record.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yes. Never had a cat get that old. Obviously, after so many years, she's deeply entrenched in our lives and hearts, and irreplaceable.

That failed police pup sure looks like a young version of our Daisy. We never had her as that young and when I see Malinois pups, I get a little sad we didn't. Never had to house-train her, though.

Great pic of Bruno. GS and Malinois, wonderful (and closely related) breeds.

Posted by: mindful webworker - skritches all around at September 12, 2026 04:54 PM (k0Y0k)

45 I like the many names for your dog, mww. And I appreciated the statues for the rescue dogs. Here is an article about some of the rescue dogs for 9/11:

https://tinyurl.com/2ezrjjnj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 12, 2026 04:55 PM (JrHfD)

46
I miss you buddy, and your wagging tail thumping against the cabinets in the shop.
- fd

A guy at work brought his Basset hound to work once.
The dog was slamming his tail againt a metal filing cabinet. BAM BAM BAM! I thought it would be painful but I guess not.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 12, 2026 05:00 PM (Cqx++)

47 There was a pale gray tabby named "Cocoa" for adoption at a local Petco this morning, where we stopped after World Market just to see what was new. She (I assume "she") is bigger than a kitten but not an adult quite yet. The sticker said that she'd prefer a home with large dogs or other cats to which she could be introduced gradually. "Not a fan of small dogs."

Most Petco stores, not that long ago, used to have four to eight cats available for adoption on a Saturday morning. Now it's unusual to see even one. I wonder why? Shelters are still going; you'd think they'd ship a few over to catch a family's attention as often as they could.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:00 PM (wzUl9)

48 https://bit.ly/dog-many-names

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The many names of my cats:

Stirling: also Duke of Vicksburg, Big Black, Black Thug, Tiny Jaguar, You Battleship, What Are You Doing?!, Dammit, Stop That

Dagny: also Dagnetta, La Siberienne, Gray Girl, Puffball, Stubby Tail, Little Gray; and she shares What Are You Doing?!, Dammit, and Stop That with Stirling

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:05 PM (wzUl9)

49 Can't "bear proof" a bird feeder really. Unless it's "bird proof" too.

Near as I've been able to figure out, bears must associate pain with humans. Their natural inclination is to run at top speed, at first sight of a human.

If they determine the worst that can happen is a little yelling, or maybe somebody banging pots and pans, then they don't GAF and will be nothing but trouble.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 05:05 PM (/ijqt)

50 Sorry for your loss fd. Bruno was a handsome boy.

Posted by: Biergood at September 12, 2026 05:05 PM (PwgSL)

51 Cocoa was a pretty cat for a shorthair. I suggested to Linda she adopt her. "You need your own cat."

Ha. She has my two to play with and fuss over; what does she need with her own?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:08 PM (wzUl9)

52 Condolences for Bruno, fd.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)

53 "Council of Cats": I've long imagined that in Cat Heaven there is a throne for the King or Queen, and he/she has a cabinet of ministers or favorites. Marie-Antoinette, the smart black medium-hair, believed she was cat royalty while she was on Earth. No doubt she intrigued to be be crowned in heaven, and now rules as did Queen Elizabeth I, surrounded with courtiers and court favorites.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:14 PM (wzUl9)

54 Thank you so much, everyone.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 05:19 PM (MWfyi)

55 Cat's can be thwarted by a spray bottle and a laser pointer.

They can never take over the world.

Penguins on the other hand.....

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 12, 2026 05:21 PM (XV/Pl)

56 The many, many names of my current dogs:

Ruby, Ruby-boober, Sugar Baby, Sweet Pea, Boober-oo.

Piper, Piper you idiot, Get Off, Settle!, Doofus, Dork, Knucklehead, Dingbat, Buffalo, Knock that crap off! [well, you get the idea]

I think the names are ever-evolving.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 05:23 PM (Ntshk)

57 One of our adopted cats, "Mr. Rubs" is, I think, on his final journey with us. He's been on our porch all spring and summer, only disappearing when it storms or visitors come. He still comes inside to get brushed (something I worked with him on last year, and it's his favorite thing) and periodically to see what's what.

But he's totally uninterested in stalking the property like he used to. He's 8 years old... so he's getting up there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 05:23 PM (2Cry5)

58 This is the first time in over 30 years that there is no dog around here. Usually there is some overlap so the older dog teaches the younger dog(s) how to behave and go on walks.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 05:24 PM (MWfyi)

59 One of my coworkers lost his cat not that long ago (she died...about 15 years old, I think).

Almost like clockwork, there are three or four stray cats hanging out around his house now.

I suspect he'll be a cat owner again before too long.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 12, 2026 05:25 PM (FZ29D)

60 Reef is pretty much: Reef, Psychodog, Aja-Reef!, and What the fuck?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 12, 2026 05:27 PM (zZu0s)

61 Bruno looked like a very good dog. Stately.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 05:27 PM (RIvkX)

62 One of my coworkers lost his cat not that long ago (she died...about 15 years old, I think).

Almost like clockwork, there are three or four stray cats hanging out around his house now.

I suspect he'll be a cat owner again before too long.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 12, 2026

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When Arizona passed, I had Marie-Antoinette right there. When Oreo passed, I had Tatiana Romanova. After her there was a short gap, then came Chekov and Wolf; and when Wolf passed, Chekov was here. I let almost three months go by after Chekov's passing before even consdiering another cat -- the longest I've gone, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9)

63 Also, we do not exist.
/cleaning each other's ears

Posted by: Council of Cats at September 12, 2026 05:31 PM (RIvkX)

64 The Cat Distribution System is very efficient

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 05:32 PM (/ijqt)

65 Hobby thread is nood.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 05:34 PM (lJ0H4)

66 I calculated the other day that 80% of my life, from age twelve to now, has been spent in the company of cats. There was that first twelve years, then two years when Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I lived in a *strictly* pet-free apartment, and the three months between the passing of Chekov and the advent of Stirling. Aside from those periods, I've always lived with a cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:35 PM (wzUl9)

67 Noodus hobbyana -- farm tractors!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 05:36 PM (wzUl9)

68 That monkey works for Big Green Bean - you can see he doesn't cut off the stems, that bastard.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 12, 2026 06:50 PM (w6EFb)

69 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/txutImXbO9E

A squirm of kittens

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 12, 2026 07:15 PM (jrgJz)

70 I've watched some big Oliver diesels hunker down in tractor pull contests. Impressive.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 12, 2026 07:34 PM (XeU6L)

71 The topic istimely, in that I've been considering some wheel weights formy lawn tractor. Portions of the yard are steepish, and the machine occasionally loses traction. This, of course, happens on one side since it has an open differential.

I've considered adding individually actuated disk brakes to the axels, which might help, but wheel weights seem a reasonable and simpler choice.

It has occured to me that since my problem is slopes, that wheel weights have some drawbacks. One of which is that as the slope increases the weights become less effective, and more of a burden.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 12, 2026 07:45 PM (XeU6L)

Special Garden and Orchard Thread - Apples!

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Special edition today - APPLES! From LEX

Adventures with Apple Trees

I have always disfavored the saying “it’s about the journey, not the destination.” I find (usually) writers and artists employ this platitude to excuse a story or piece of work that is not too well thought out.
Our stories need catharsis (so said Aristotle), and if your conclusion is weak, it’s tempting to deflect by offering… “don’t you see, it’s about the journey?”

But certainly there are other aspects of life where the journey is –if not the point— as acceptable as the destination. Do I need to reach the summit of a mountain to enjoy a hike?

Might it be the same with gardening? Do we need the fruit or the flower to experience a sense of satisfaction? Perhaps the process can bring as much joy as the terminus.

I’m not trying to run interference for failure. In fact, last year, I posted on AoS about my ongoing battle with birds, which had, for years, poached my annual blueberry crop. That essay was titled “The Great Blueberry Bush Battle.”

A quick recap: the blueberry bushes at my house have, for the last ten seasons, yielded copious and healthy fruit. The only problem became preventing birds from stealing the berries, which happened until 2025 when I discovered thule netting (Photo 2; date taken 8-2-26) This style of mesh net acts like a Ziploc bag, encasing the bush in a net that no bird can penetrate.
So, after failing for a number of years to defeat avian pests, I found my game changer in 2025, and 2026 has been just as successful.
“The Great Blueberry Bush Battle” has been a fun journey, but it was always the goal to get good fruit. I did that, and boy has the catharsis flowed.

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A quick recap: the blueberry bushes at my house (Photo 1; date taken 7-3-25), have, for the last ten seasons, yielded copious and healthy fruit. The only problem became preventing birds from stealing the berries, which happened until 2025 when I discovered thule netting. This style of mesh net acts like a Ziploc bag, encasing the bush in a net that no bird can penetrate.
So, after failing for a number of years to defeat avian pests, I found my game changer in 2025, and 2026 has been just as successful.

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“The Great Blueberry Bush Battle” has been a fun journey, but it was always the goal to get good fruit. I did that, and boy has the catharsis flowed.
Unfortunately, the scrum with nature when it comes to my Empire apple trees has mostly gone against me. Unlike blueberries, there seem to be more factors that can affect a good apple crop. Rough winters, spring conditions, disease, and other unknowns that are out of my hands make getting good apples anyone’s guess.

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I am certain I could do better if I put in orchard-level effort or used industrial-strength sprays, but that would entail hiring someone and I want this project all to myself. So, despite my instincts not to fall back on “it’s about the journey,” I’ve begun to lean into the phrase.
But should I?

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To help you opine, allow me to provide the history of the trees. The blueberry bushes were planted when I bought and redid this house in 2009-2010.

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In the photo, you can see where the blueberry bushes will be planted—just in front of the pylons that will eventually become the porch. If you look to the right of Bobcat machine, you will see a line of trees.

These remained on the property until 2012. After their removal, the apple trees were planted in their stead.

I wish I had done more time lapse photography, but by 2014 the trees were established enough to produce a glorious year of fruit .

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As you can see, there was enough fruit to fill shopping bags, and I employed my sons to transport the cargo from field to table in their toy car (Photo 6; date taken 9-20-14). The fruit was not just ornamental that year; it was largely unblemished and certainly edible.

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In the succeeding years, there was little bounty. The trees grew and did produce fruit each season, but the apples were always spotted or bruised, and by harvest time the toy car was not needed.

I didn’t do much to tend them until— because of Covid fascists—I had to hang around the house in the summer of 2020. I began to take more interest in my fruit trees at this time, but taking an interest and producing a satisfying result did not go hand in glove.

It had been fairly common for the tree to blossom in May, which always portended fruit, but often, as mentioned, the apples would never survive in any kind of healthy way.

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For better results, I consulted landscape architects, my lawn and garden service team, the internet of course, and neighbors who also have fruit trees. Naturally, I received a lot of advice. Neem oil to ward off insects. Other sprays to combat disease. Reflective tape to deter birds. Trimming in winter months only. Unfortunately, nothing seemed to work.

Then, in the summer of 2023, something amazing occurred. I did nothing special to prepare for this year, but the trees produced more fruit than I could imagine. The limbs were so heavy with apples I had to tie up splitting branches. I estimate each tree produced 1,000 apples.

Plenty of them were poached by animals or blemished, but there was so much that even a ten percent haul meant 200 edible apples. The toy car was long gone, but it would not have been able to handle the payload.

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To my consternation, there has been bupkis since 2023. In 2024, the trees didn’t even blossom and not one apple formed. In 2025 and 2026, there were small blossoms, and a few apples began to take shape, but by mid-summer there was nothing at all for the plucking.

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The trees themselves have continued to grow and always appear healthy, but bearing fruit like those two great years (2014 and 2023) seems an impossibility now.


In the succeeding years, there was little bounty. The trees grew and did produce fruit each season, but the apples were always spotted or bruised, and by harvest time the toy car was not needed.

The trees themselves have continued to grow and always appear healthy, but bearing fruit like those two great years (2014 and 2023) seems an impossibility now.

My own very non-scientific theory is the trees have become too big. They were much larger in 2023 than in 2014, so that may disprove my theory, but it’s hard to gainsay they are probably twice as big as when planted. That is, there is too much wood. The branches shoot to the sky and criss-cross each other at every chance. I have trimmed each year, but they grow back quickly.

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But now that this season is effectively over, I’m going to get much more aggressive with trimming and thinning than I have before. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks taking out branches, and the results are much more ‘airy’ trees.

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Experts will probably say this is a mistake, that I should wait until winter (if you call Chat GPT an expert), but like the cop who goes on a hunch rather than by the book, I’m not sitting on my hands until next February.

Whatever the result in 2027, perhaps the point of these apple trees is not the fruit they can produce but the stories they engender. The neem oil, the toy car, wobbling precariously on ladders during trims. And on…
Even so, it would be nice to munch on an unblemished, crispy apples that come from my trees. Check in with me the next season, and I’ll tell you where I stand on journeys and destinations.

Thanks, LEX! What a project! You have kept good records, too.

Time for discussion!

Do you grow apples? Do you want to? How about pears?


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Gardens of The Horde

What's going on in your garden or neighborhood?


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If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Sep 5


I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 02:13 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Mentioned before we sem to have a outside rabbit than lives within feet of the house. Ttying not to frightening her we think its a female

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 02:17 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Bluebird at the mealworm feeder right now.

Posted by: Ernst Rohm at September 12, 2026 02:19 PM (RIvkX)

4 Stone fruits are pruned when in bloom or leaf to discourage too much growth at cutting points. I imagine it's the same for other deciduous trees. Don't prune in fireblight season.

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 02:23 PM (1RGZ5)

5 I didn’t do much to tend them until— because of Covid fascists...

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Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 02:25 PM (RIvkX)

6 When all of us neighborhood kids were growing up in our residential neighborhood there was still a fairly large (for little kids) vacant lot owned by a certain Mr. Hackett (rumored to shoot at kids with a shotgun loaded with rock salt). It was at one time pasture or farm ground, and overgrown. It had a number of wild apple trees, and it had the best tasting green apples ever. I didn't care for them ripe, they seemed mealy and not crisp the way I thought an apple ought to be. They never turned solid red.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 02:26 PM (/ijqt)

7 I am tending to a fig tree planted this year. I've been fighting the fact that I have grown into an old, Italian man for quite some time now but, alas, the proof to the contrary is doing well right in my own back yard.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 12, 2026 02:30 PM (m4Pfq)

8 Just trying to keep the losses down, epically hot and dry around here.

Posted by: Miflin at September 12, 2026 02:30 PM (aA6YN)

9 I am wondering if Lex's neighbor's crabapple pollinates his apples.

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 02:32 PM (1RGZ5)

10 I would love to eat an apple, even that green one, but alas, I has only 10 teefs.

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 02:34 PM (LHPAg)

11 Lex, that story was an emotional rollercoaster! I feel your pain: growing up, we had a beautiful apple tree that threw off tons of tart green apples, but they were to often twisted and wormy.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 02:43 PM (kpS4V)

12 Speaking as a person with little actual knowledge of the problem, those trees need to be way thinned out so there is room for sunlight, and later, apples. Now.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 12, 2026 02:45 PM (sl73Y)

13 often twisted and wormy.
Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 12, 2026 02:45 PM (t59Wi)

14 My vegetable garden is definitely winding down for the season, although the hot peppers are still going great guns and the zucchini plant is punching above its weight.

I won't bother to plant corn next year. I got a few slender ears of pretty blue corn, which was fun to monitor but kind of a waste of space. Ditto the sunflowers, although the birds and bees loved them.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 02:47 PM (kpS4V)

15 "the trees produced more fruit than I could imagine"
What a great problem to have. Great post, KT!

Posted by: 40 Miles North at September 12, 2026 02:48 PM (96qvc)

16 And no more cherry tomatoes! There's such a thing as being too prolific, guys.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 02:49 PM (kpS4V)

17 Fruit trees and plants are my bailiwick. I worked in a large (and varied) orchard for four years in my youth to put money away for college. I learned how to get stung by bees, a bit of Spanish, and lots about growing healthy market acceptable fruit (apples, peaches, pears, berries, grapes, kiwi, you name it).

First off, your apple trees that produced beyond expectations one year, and then dropped off. That's common. It's called alternative bearing, or biennial bearing. They mean the same thing. Essentially, your tree exhausted itself on a good year or two and has to recover to produce again. Not unusual. And, orchards will combat this by pulling excess fruit off during development to assure it doesn't overload the tree's resources. Pruning in early winter is a necessity. You want a flat top to your tree, and solid limbs, not "springers". Insecticide is basically to assure a blemish free apple...nothing more. It's a pain, but if you want the good, perfect fruit it is required. I grow Winesap, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Yellow Delicious and a couple Japanese apples I can pronounce. I eat a bunch, the rest are for the deer (who can smell them miles away).

Posted by: Orson at September 12, 2026 02:51 PM (dIske)

18 Today I picked and ate the first fig from my Beer's Black container tree. It was tasty and there are more figs maturing on the branches. It needs repotting but I plan to wait until after I pick the rest of the figs. I have a nice clay pot for its new home.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 12, 2026 02:51 PM (OlzlW)

19 I've heard apple trees naturally set more fruit on the more horizontal branches. The skinny branches (water sprouts) that grow straight up just sap the tree's energy.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 12, 2026 02:56 PM (OlzlW)

20 Hey you damn kids, get away from my apple tree!

*!!!BLAM!!!*

Posted by: Mr. Hackett at September 12, 2026 02:59 PM (4Je4D)

21 I love the idea of a container fig tree! Think I'll try it next year.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 03:01 PM (kpS4V)

22 Oh, one other thing on apple trees, specifically. Stay away from nitrogen based fertilizer if fruit is your goal. "Nitrofert" is great if your goal is a beautiful looking tree for your front lawn, but nitrogen based will go right to the leaves first and foremost.

Posted by: Orson at September 12, 2026 03:03 PM (dIske)

23 You need the book "Grow a Little Fruit Tree". It will teach you how to prune them for a manageable size. And, I have pruned apple trees in a commercial orchard, Granny Smiths grown on wires and kept reachable on a 12' ladder. If you want fruit, you have to prune and you thin the apples when they first set. For manageable trees, you prune in the summer, which discourages growth. Amazon carries the book.

My little trees are trying to recover from a grasshopper attack. I used neem oil. I also used a copper fungicide for rust.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 12, 2026 03:04 PM (bkuEU)

24 How's your bee population? Here we have very nice native bees like mason bees. They only come out when the fruit trees flower, have a pretty short life but a busy one No nests, so they aren't aggressive. Lots of places offer mason bee "houses" for them to place their eggs and offerings of pollen (that then get walled up with mud, hence the name "mason bee").

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at September 12, 2026 03:05 PM (63pwK)

25 I love the photos and story!

I second what Orson wrote about pulling off excess fruit and winter-pruning.

I'm planning to prune the arbor vita this coming winter. They are filling out nicely. In a couple more years, I hope they'll be a proper privacy fence.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 12, 2026 03:06 PM (ao+in)

26 There are two wild apple trees next to each other right off my favorite hiking trail. Can always grab 3 or 4 with no wormholes. They're not pretty, but they're all-natural.

Posted by: Delurker at September 12, 2026 03:07 PM (2Drhq)

27 And, in the battle with the grasshoppers, they have not touched a leaf on the figs. I am starting to wonder if I should put in another Chicago Hardy or two as replacements for anything that doesn't make it. No figs but the trees look good

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 12, 2026 03:09 PM (bkuEU)

28 The garden is mostly done now. We have lows in the low 40s so most everything is going dormant. I still have carrots and potatoes, and they will be good for about a week after hard frost, which can come at any time.

I need to get out and pull bean plants, and clean out the strawberry beds.

The raspberries produced over 10 gallons of raspberries this year, and this after I whacked them down mostly to the ground in the spring. They just grow like weeds here. Big fruits, too, the size of a decent strawberry. Next year I think I will make raspberry wine.

The greenhouse was disappointing this year. Plenty of peppers, but something killed off the cukes halfway through the season, and my tomatoes never produced, at all. Next year I'm putting in drip irrigation and getting a better handle on controlling the heat in there. I think the exhaust fan is too small for the space.

Once I have a kitchen again (end of the month? maybe?) I will start putting up soups and other items for the pantry.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 12, 2026 03:46 PM (Ntshk)

29 Delurker at September 12, 2026 03:07 PM

Wonder how those apple trees got to be "wild" next to a trail? Think someone planted them? A Johnny Appleseed?

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 04:03 PM (1RGZ5)

30 Wow. Some good information in the post and the comments today!

Here, we have to choose apple varieties that tolerate low chill hours in winter and also high summer heat.

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 04:07 PM (1RGZ5)

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Here, we have to choose apple varieties that tolerate low chill hours in winter and also high summer heat.
Posted by: KT


Anna and Dorsett.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 12, 2026 04:09 PM (NnhvP)

32 31
Here, we have to choose apple varieties that tolerate low chill hours in winter and also high summer heat.
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Anna and Dorsett.

And Red Fuji and Granny Smith

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 04:32 PM (1RGZ5)

33 I think Anna and Dorsett require fewer chill hours than the ones I listed. Granny Smith is listed at 400 hours, and some growers also list Pink Lady at 400 chill hours.

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 04:39 PM (1RGZ5)

34 We had 3 apple trees here-- not sure but believe they were Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and ??? which was larger, rounder, slightly tart and had firm flesh. Never cared for "delicious" apples anyway-- too mealy and bland.

All were overgrown, dropped wormy fruit all season, and wood was diseased. Attracted unwanted wildlife, too. Got sick of raking them up each week before mowing the yard! I *finally* convinced hubby to let me have them removed. Don't miss them.

Posted by: JQ at September 12, 2026 05:15 PM (rdVOm)

35 JQ at September 12, 2026 05:15 PM

Commercial Red Delicious apples are inferior to the original strain, which is not as pretty.

There are some fine Golden Delicious apples, but flavor may depend on climate, with best quality where nights are cool during ripening.

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 05:29 PM (1RGZ5)

36 Managing a small orchard is one job I never wanted, and apples are one of my least favorite fruits.

Posted by: JQ at September 12, 2026 05:56 PM (rdVOm)

37 I know we are not supposed to comment on old threads but I was at a pickleball tournament all afternoon. Thanks to all who read and commented…and felt my joy and pain.

Shana Tova!

-Lex

Posted by: Lex at September 12, 2026 07:17 PM (y4H1r)

38 Lex at September 12, 2026 07:17 PM

It's not an old thread yet, Lex. This is Saturday, the day of specialty threads.

Great piece. Thanks.

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 07:20 PM (1RGZ5)

39 From Boise area: lows 48-56 F, highs 68-88. We did inventory on our chest freezer and found 18 pounds of strawberries! - a strawberry sour beer is planned for this winter.

Green beans are done. We'll pull the last small ears of corn, then that's done. Still picking zucchini, Romas, slicing and cherry tomatoes, but they're all slowing down. When I get enough broccolini tips, I freeze those. I emptied one cloth pot of russet potatoes, got most of 5 pounds. Have not harvested any peppers yet. Still hoping for more ripe cantaloupes despite cooling temperatures.

I roasted 3 roasting pans full of Romas, squeezed the pulp out of the skins, and pureed the pulp. Tomorrow we plan to can up the tomato sauce. We also steam-juiced several pounds of chokecherries, only got a little juice - will make syrup and can that too.

The new bed behind the kitchen is mostly done. I planted the hyacinth bulbs around the center on Friday. Husband wants to get the final course of stone on, before I add the crocuses. Then we put the top dirt layer of dirt in, and wait until spring.

Posted by: Pat* at September 12, 2026 07:35 PM (jyj2g)

40 All the advice on apple trees are what I would say, the best I can add is that you want to look at whether you are getting enough chill hours to set fruit, the Empire [from Pomiferous.com] was developed in upstate NY so it probably needs more chill if you are south of there.

You might look back to see if 2013 and 2022 were longer cold winters.

Also thin out those trees this winter. You want to hollow out the center so you can "throw your hat through it"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 07:41 PM (rbvCR)

41 as for me, my wife helped me pick a whole row of concord and Thompson grapes, and I pressed and canned 7 gallons (28 quarts) of grape juice.

I am bushed

Posted by: Kindltot at September 12, 2026 07:43 PM (rbvCR)

A War for Civilization

Well, it's been quite a week for civilization in the USA. Try scrolling through the posts from the archives here from the past week for a sampling of craziness. Mark Steyn has noticed something, too:

This is my ancient column from that day, composed in the hours that followed, when very little was known. There are passages I would write differently today, and some I would not write at all, but I thought we would re-publish it as is, with the original (Spectator) illustration and headline. It was and is "a war for civilisation", but in ways I did not fully grasp until six months later, standing across the street from a Viennese maternity shop.

So here we are, a generation later, when no jihadist needs to fly planes into western skyscrapers - because, in New York as in London as in other western capitals, we have handed Islam the keys to those skyscrapers. In the excerpts from the flight manifests that appeared over the next few days, I was struck by the name of Christine Hanson of Groton, Massachusetts, a two-year-old girl sitting between her parents on a doomed flight. She was last heard crying in the background during her father's telephone call to her grandparents to report that the stewardess had been stabbed. Christine would be approaching thirty now - and I cannot but feel that the intervening years have dishonoured her memory:

Interesting to read what Steyn wrote 25 years ago. What has changed since then?

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I would suggest that we might look back even further than yesterday's 25th anniversary, and think about what we want to teach the kids (a theme here last week). Ayaan Hirsi Ali has written a piece that reminds us that, while the details had not been worked out, there were people who had plans to attack the West long before 9/11.

What Mohamed Atta Was Trying to Tell Us

After 25 years, it is time for the West to face the true cause of 9/11

In April 1996, more than five years before he steered American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower, Mohamed Atta sat in a small Hamburg apartment and wrote his last will and testament. He was 27, an architecture student at the Technical University, the son of a Cairo lawyer, fluent in German, and living comfortably in one of the most affluent societies on earth.

Nothing in his circumstances compelled him to dwell on death. Yet he gave detailed instructions for the handling of his corpse. “I don’t want any women to go to my grave at all during my funeral or on any occasion thereafter,” he wrote. He did not want a pregnant woman, or “a person who is not clean,” to come and say goodbye. The man who washed his body should wear gloves so as not to touch his genitals. He was to be wrapped in three white pieces of unadorned cloth, laid on his right side facing Mecca, and buried “next to good Muslims.” His money was to be divided “according to the Muslim religion as almighty God has asked us to do.”

There is no political program and no mention of foreign policy or economic grievances in the document. There is only a young Muslim man, in a German apartment, arranging to sacrifice his life to Allah in the confidence that Allah will reward his martyrdom in the life to come. The will was witnessed by fellow believers at the al-Quds mosque, where Atta prayed in Arabic, grew his beard, and where, four years later, he would meet the men he would die with.

The document is among the most neglected pieces of evidence from Sept. 11 because it contradicts the explanations of the attack that most Western commentators preferred. Atta was not poor. He was not radicalized by drone strikes that had not yet happened, nor by American support for Israel. He was not in any formal or organizational sense an “Islamist.” Rather, he had an uncompromising and militant commitment to Islam that he was ready to die for.

Yet for 25 years Western elites repeatedly insisted that men like Atta must have been driven by something other than the culture and the faith that provided him with a lens through which his actions seemed both sensible and necessary. After 9/11, intellectuals and policymakers asked “what went wrong?” as though the source of Atta’s animus toward the West was shrouded in some deep mystery. In the Western experience, men had not killed other men over religious questions en masse since the end of the great religious wars of the 17th century. Culture, a term that was once understood to encompass a great many facets of human identity, experience, and belonging—religion included—had also been ruled out. Saying that cultural differences exist and should be respected was a foundation of the multicultural order; the idea that some cultures might lead people to murder each other, for reasons that do not appear in the Western rationalist list of sane causes, struck many Western liberals as too close to racism to bother arguing the point.

Since then, each time the West collided with Islam, much of the Western intellectual class reached for explanations that made sense within its own secular humanist categories: grievance, humiliation, underdevelopment, alienation, foreign policy frustration, or the failure of Western states to properly integrate men like Atta, who were, or must be, inherently no different than immigrants of similar age, class, and educational attainments from Vietnam or Poland, or anyplace else. Since all conflicts are material in origin, it was assumed that they could be settled though material means. . .

Her insights into the thinking of Atta also have relevance to the current Iranian conflict.

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But since Ayaan brought up settling conflicts through material means, we have other adversaries who are quite obsessed with materialism. Mayor Pete's dad translated the works of Gramsci into English, for example. You might want to share the insights below. I am including links to two versions:

Antonio Gramsci - The Most Dangerous Intellectual of the Twentieth Century

Matty Laeh

Sep 06, 2026

PS: This is not my article, is a simple copy from the x account of Krzysztof Szczawinski ; - @Kristof_Poland (consider giving a follow, he has a lot of good articles about socialism)

I don’t usually do this, but he explained what Gramsci was and his ideas way better than I could (even thought I knew about Gramsci for years).

https://x.com/Kristof_Poland/status/2096207075386786042

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

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Last week's thread, September 5, "We have no dignity anymore"

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

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1 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 11:19 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Dutifully called em
Onto content

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 11:20 AM (Ia/+0)

3 for 25 years Western elites repeatedly insisted that men like Atta must have been driven by something other than the culture and the faith"

When you have half a century of "all cultures are equal" and "religions are equal", what else would be expected?

Posted by: man at September 12, 2026 11:24 AM (cGjQu)

4 If you wanted to introduce an "I hate poetry" person to good poetry, what's the one poem you'd give them to read?

Psalm 23, of course.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 12, 2026 11:26 AM (a3CJ+)

5 Thx K.T.
Pete Buttgiggle' s father , a professor at Notre Dame, was the head of the Antonio Gramsci society of America. Besides gay, what do you think Buttgiggle believes?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 12, 2026 11:26 AM (N2HNb)

6 Kipling, Service, manly poetry, now ignored or derided. The World is sick and getting sicker.

Posted by: Zombie G. Gordon Liddy at September 12, 2026 11:26 AM (Fn+3X)

7 The Gods of the Copybook Hearings by Kipling is a good start

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 12, 2026 11:28 AM (N2HNb)

8 If you wanted to introduce an "I hate poetry" person to good poetry, what's the one poem you'd give them to read?


The Highwayman. By Alfred Noyes.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:34 AM (aRyyL)

9 There is only a young Muslim man, in a German apartment, arranging to sacrifice his life to Allah in the confidence that Allah will reward his martyrdom in the life to come.
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It doesn't help that mainstream Protestants and some recent Popes have been more focused on saving mother earth, and other purely secular concerns, than saving souls.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 11:35 AM (XvL8K)

10 Our very own house troll Paul spews the 9/11 happened because US support for Israel talking points.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 12, 2026 11:36 AM (2BUGt)

11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z213wdboJQ0

Allen West Explains Radical Islam Perfectly!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 12, 2026 11:36 AM (jrgJz)

12  If you wanted to introduce an "I hate poetry" person to good poetry, what's the one poem you'd give them to read?

I'd give them 'The Red Wheelbarrow' by William Carlos Williams. It creates an indelible image in your mind with about a dozen words. Imagine what longer poems can do... here it is:

so much depends
upon


a red wheel
barrow


glazed with rain
water


beside the white
chickens

Posted by: 496 at September 12, 2026 11:38 AM (QbvHV)

13 If the red wheelbarrow doesn't work, there's always that young man from Nantucket

Posted by: 496 at September 12, 2026 11:39 AM (F5Pkl)

14 The banana

Duct taped
To the wall


Rotting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:40 AM (aRyyL)

15 If you wanted to introduce an "I hate poetry" person to good poetry, what's the one poem you'd give them to read?

It would be hard to pick just one of Muldoon’s finest.

Posted by: Kratwurst at September 12, 2026 11:41 AM (NGBKs)

16 Interesting to read what Steyn wrote 25 years ago.
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Link to what he wrote in "Spectator" on Steynonline.

https://www.steynonline.com/16400/the-way-to-lose

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 12, 2026 11:42 AM (NmD3f)

17 So if muzzies do terrorism because us support for Israel explain the muzzy terrorism in India.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 12, 2026 11:42 AM (2BUGt)

18 I am sure Longfellow poem was read to us. But my best remembrance is 4th grade as we left ever day reciting lines fro Robert Frost's Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 11:42 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Cool, Skip. I memorized that one in about the fourth grade.

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 11:45 AM (1RGZ5)

20 Little Christine Hanson died for America. Groton is a bucolic little town with a very nice music and arts theater, built by a local benefactor to promote culture. She would have loved growing up in that pretty place, but instead some muslims decided to kill her. Remember her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 11:46 AM (a6L2j)

21 From Ayaan's piece: "It wasn’t that Western observers were deaf to the logical, organizational, and civilizational dimensions of Islamist movements. What was lacking was the imagination required to believe that they might triumph."

Understanding why lefties love Islam.

Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 11:47 AM (1RGZ5)

22 10 Our very own house troll Paul spews the 9/11 happened because US support for Israel talking points.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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It is because of people like Pual that we got attacked. Cowardly, degenerate, and evil types that believe themselves to be Secret Kings. About as believable as We Wuz Kangz and Shit.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 11:47 AM (E4rtv)

23 Leaves of Grass

Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at September 12, 2026 11:49 AM (J4Dwc)

24 You'd think that all those people calling for Islam's ascendancy would look at the youth of Iran today and ask "why?". You'd think.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 12, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

25 So if muzzies do terrorism because us support for Israel explain the muzzy terrorism in India.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Shut up, they barked.

They can't explain the expansion into Africa, either. US/Israel has nothing to do with it.

They're fucking liars. And people on our side better get their heads out of their asses.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 11:51 AM (EGW4m)

26 24 You'd think that all those people calling for Islam's ascendancy would look at the youth of Iran today and ask "why?". You'd t

Ah, I have it! Real Islam has never been tried!

Posted by: Archimedes at September 12, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

27 Leaves of Grass
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky "

Don't you get leaves of tobacco?

Posted by: man at September 12, 2026 11:51 AM (cGjQu)

28 It always struck me years ago, when I would read historical documents the spooks and social planners published, about how difficult it would be to achieve “global governance” would be effected.

The impetus was understandable, even before atomic weapons were even tested there was a lot of discussion at a high level that such weapons would proliferate and therefore a system or international control was necessary. (The Soviets, of course nixed any such notion)

But they clearly had a coordinated plan for religion in America. It had to be de-fanged. It was too powerful, church attendance was high, and the morals and traditions too ingrained in society.

Some 80 years later, one can see how they incrementally and methodically chipped away at everything. Legislation, crackpot judicial rulings, education in primary schools, media, drugs, etc.

“Well; it worked, didn’t it?” Harry Reid

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 11:52 AM (aPO7X)

29 It’s one of the great ironies that AWFLs love Islam. It’s like gazelles hoping lions take over.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 12, 2026 11:52 AM (2BUGt)

30 Yeats, "The Second Coming"

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 11:52 AM (a6L2j)

31 My father can still recite "Ozymandius", 80 or more years after memorizing it in school/

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 11:53 AM (a6L2j)

32 I think there's a lot of overlap between our leftist political entities and the Islamic horde currently on a tear through the US.

For one; they share some common political beliefs that overlap with a quasi-religious ideology. The left, and the Islamic politicians we've allowed to attain office are hell bent on our destruction. And the country's. There's common cause between those two groups.

For two; we've been conditioned to accept other cultures... even at our own peril. Nobody wants to be labeled a racist, but to be honest, it's a label that's lost all meaning.

I would imagine in the not-to-distant future there'd be some push-back on all this. Being labeled all sorts of derogatory terms by the left is getting old and people are just now starting to fight back... ineffectively, but it's a start.

I'll be dead and gone, but I'm hoping the kids carry on.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 11:53 AM (2Cry5)

33 It doesn't help that mainstream Protestants and some recent Popes have been more focused on saving mother earth, and other purely secular concerns, than saving souls.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Eh, Christians in Name Only will always exist. As do heresies. And it is always the same cause even for Israel and Judah in the Old Testament.

Too many humans rebel against the word of the Lord and want to create a god in their own image. They make idols of themselves and their feelz rather than do what is right. They excuse evil and promote it under lies like tolerance while attacking what is godly, beautiful, and upright morally.

So killing babies becomes good for them, inviting criminals from abroad to kill, murder and rape is called being a good Samaritan, and coddling those here to terrorize the honest and hard working people is considered as mercy.

All inversions of what is good and what is evil. And that is a sign that those CINOs chose the way of the devil.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)

34 The Owl and the Pussycat.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:55 AM (yEz+x)

35 Some 80 years later, one can see how they incrementally and methodically chipped away at everything. Legislation, crackpot judicial rulings, education in primary schools, media, drugs, etc.

“Well; it worked, didn’t it?” Harry Reid
Posted by: Common Tater

It too will fail. If you have faith as strong as Daniel, or the three Shadrach, Meshach, and Abenego cast in the fiery furnace, all the tricks and snares that befoul society are cast back onto the ones that set them.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

36 But in its wake, in their objective of removing our religious heritage from the public sohere they expunged all those guardrails in society.

In this huge void or vacuum, a lot of really nasty wicked things moved right in. Oops.

“You can’t legislate morality!!” we were lectured. Yeah, well you can un-legislate it, and someone’s “morality” is going to prevail. They left that part out. Oops.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 11:56 AM (aPO7X)

37 Our local mosque is a complex of buildings, surrounded by large boulders, a water moat, two different gated fences, and with cameras everywhere. It's a fort.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 11:57 AM (zfW44)

38 It’s one of the great ironies that AWFLs love Islam. It’s like gazelles hoping lions take over.

I think in their heart of hearts they really want a man to tell them what to do. In the Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky wrote that free will is something most people don't want; in this case, it's really easy to see. The AWFLs won't acknowledge their craving for being controlled to themselves, because to do so would destroy their entire way of viewing the world and themselves.

: The Inquisitor states that people do not actually want freedom because it brings agonizing moral responsibility and doubt; instead, they desperately want bread, miracles, and someone to take away their free will and tell them what to do.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 12, 2026 11:57 AM (Riz8t)

39 29 It’s one of the great ironies that AWFLs love Islam. It’s like gazelles hoping lions take over.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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Underpants gnome theology except the Islamists are prepared for what comes next, the idiot AWFLs cheering Charlie Kirk's death will be bound in burqas as baby factories. It is as if the AWFLs want this outcome because they are too frightened and weak to oppose this destiny.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)

40 Better get the UN outta NY. I have a feeling the goatrapers are slowly taking it over.

They're establishing beach heads all over the country.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 12:00 PM (EGW4m)

41 All I'll add is that our betters have waded us into that Middle Eastern shithole time after time with the same thinking- we can somehow apply our ideals and principles to a world that, while they may have some, they are not ours. And the weak-minded among the populations of the West are OK going along with it, if not enthusiastic. A cynical man would say there's a plan...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 12, 2026 12:00 PM (QaH55)

42 "If you wanted to introduce an 'I hate poetry' person to good poetry, what's the one poem you'd give them to read?"

Aurora Leigh

then we could both hate it together.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd stirring the pot at September 12, 2026 12:00 PM (r7+Q7)

43 I would imagine in the not-to-distant future there'd be some push-back on all this.
——-

I was looking for that 35 years ago. I’m not very optimistic at this point. America is on a serious, almost fatal time-delay.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 12:00 PM (aPO7X)

44 Eh, Christians in Name Only will always exist. As do heresies. And it is always the same cause even for Israel and Judah in the Old Testament.

Posted by: whig
____________

Yes, but you have to admit that the long term trend in the west (I'd say ever since the enlightenment and then the French Revolution) is for more and more CINOs or the outright irreligious.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 12:01 PM (XvL8K)

45 16 Interesting to read what Steyn wrote 25 years ago.
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Link to what he wrote in "Spectator" on Steynonline.

https://www.steynonline.com/16400/the-way-to-lose
Posted by: olddog in mo at September 12, 2026 11:42 AM (NmD3f)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at September 12, 2026 12:01 PM (odBC9)

46 The biggest mistake made by the likes of Mussolini, The Tsars, the Nationalist Chinese, Batista, hell anyone and everyone in power anywhere at anytime who had marxists in their custody was letting them live and not shooting them. All of them. No big show trials, no court house fanfare, no 2 years for this or 5 years for that. Just shoot them out back behind the prison.

Letting them live just spread the virus.

Posted by: Stamp Out The Virus Of Marxism at September 12, 2026 12:01 PM (cCXR+)

47 How about that Norm MacDonald-inspired 9/11 lead article in the New York Times? Those guys are the worst of the worst.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 12:01 PM (zfW44)

48 Well shucks. It still boils down to the islam.

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 12:01 PM (LHPAg)

49 All I'll add is that our betters have waded us into that Middle Eastern shithole time after time with the same thinking- we can somehow apply our ideals and principles to a world that, while they may have some, they are not ours"

This

Posted by: man at September 12, 2026 12:02 PM (cGjQu)

50 > Our local mosque is a complex of buildings, surrounded by large boulders, a water moat, two different gated fences, and with cameras everywhere. It's a fort.
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It's also an armory.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 12:03 PM (2Cry5)

51 A beautiful day in Waxhaw, NC.

Posted by: mrp55net at September 12, 2026 12:03 PM (dT1rV)

52 The Inquisitor states that people do not actually want freedom because it brings agonizing moral responsibility and doubt; instead, they desperately want bread, miracles, and someone to take away their free will and tell them what to do.
Posted by: Archimedes

I think may be a function of culture. A real boss does not have to proclaim such on social media; people know it instinctively. So Girlbossism is rather like posing and bragging to raise social status among their competitors rather than actuality.

Social media is like a twisted mirror on reality and like the palantir after Sauron obtained one, it takes a strong mind with principles plus the Holy Spirit whispering wisdom and discernment in the ear to get useful information from it.

Weaker people either despair into blackpillism or simply roll over to go with the tide whichever way it is flowing.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 12:03 PM (E4rtv)

53 VITAE SUMMA BREVIS SPEM NOS VETET INCOHARE LONGAM
They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
Love and desire and hate;
I think they have no portion in us after
We pass the gate.
They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.
-- Ernest Dowson, 1867-1900 --

Posted by: Archimedes at September 12, 2026 12:04 PM (Riz8t)

54 Are you now suggesting that an error was made in the 60s and 90s by giving the most ta\\radical Saudi Wahhabists billions of dollars to fight the Russians in Afghanistan?

If so, that shipped already sailed. You did think it was a good idea back then. Sauis actively promoted THE most radical sect of that religion.

Posted by: Aliss at September 12, 2026 12:05 PM (LN9Ll)

55 Bravely bold Sir Robin rode forth from Camelot.
He was not afraid to die, O brave Sir Robin.
He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways,
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin!
He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp,
Or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken,
To have his kneecaps split and his body burned away
And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin!
His head smashed in and his heart cut out
And his liver removed and his bowels unplugged
And his nostrils raped and his bottom burned off
And his pen--
Brave Sir Robin ran away,
Bravely ran away, away.
When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about
And gallantly, he chickened out. Bravely taking to his feet,
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin.
He is packing it in and packing it up
And sneaking away and buggering up
And chickening out and pissing off home,
Yes, bravely he is throwing in the sponge.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 12, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

56 27 Leaves of Grass
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky "

Don't you get leaves of tobacco?
Posted by: man at September 12, 2026 11:51 AM (cGjQu)

We're getting dangerously close to puns here. Let's not blow it.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd stirring the pot at September 12, 2026 12:06 PM (r7+Q7)

57 I think may be a function of culture. A real boss does not have to proclaim such on social media; people know it instinctively. So Girlbossism is rather like posing and bragging to raise social status among their competitors rather than actuality.


As long as they are non-practicing whites, all is well.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

58 I am not a poetry lover, but do appreciate good poetry

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Ia/+0)

59 Yes, but you have to admit that the long term trend in the west (I'd say ever since the enlightenment and then the French Revolution) is for more and more CINOs or the outright irreligious.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

I can't say that. I suspect rebelling against the Lord and all his teachings is common across the ages. We just call it different movements and that in part is because institutions including churches and sects are made of mankind and will fail just like mankind often enough. But the Word of the Lord never will until the end of times despite the rise and decline of institutions.

We don't openly do idolatry aside from the idiots that play around with dark forces, but leftist ideology has created an idol like Frankenstein (government--popular will--our democracy)--a man made monster that can and will turn on humanity.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)

60 YOU gave the jihadists the power by funding them and you still will not admit or apologize for that mega mistake.

Posted by: Aliss at September 12, 2026 12:09 PM (LN9Ll)

61 THAT was the price you paid for cheap oil

Posted by: Aliss at September 12, 2026 12:10 PM (LN9Ll)

62 As long as they are non-practicing whites, all is well.
Posted by: Archimedes

Another example of twisted hypergamy that leaves only pain, failure, and absence from God in its wake. Denying that you are as God created you is a sin. We can be no other than what he made us. But what we do with the raw materials is up to us under free will.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

63 From Ayaan's piece: "It wasn’t that Western observers were deaf to the logical, organizational, and civilizational dimensions of Islamist movements. What was lacking was the imagination required to believe that they might triumph."

Understanding why lefties love Islam.
Posted by: KT at September 12, 2026 11:47 AM (1RGZ5)

I recall the high-fiving and grab-assing following the 1993 WTC bombing. The captured terrorists were mocked for the fact they were caught because one of them tried to get the deposit back from the Ryder truck rental that carried in the bomb.

We (I among them at the time) laughed when it was revealed they wanted to topple one tower into the other. The book 102 Minutes chronicles the period between that and the successful mission less than a decade later. No one is laughing now, but a lot of people have gone back to sleep, hoping it was all just a bad dream..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 12:11 PM (nbLIj)

64 It’s one of the great ironies that AWFLs love Islam. It’s like gazelles hoping lions take over.

They just want to get ploughed not-quite-consensually by swarthy exotic men who smell like goat. It's the bad boy thing, international edition.

Posted by: But they REALLY want a good man at September 12, 2026 12:12 PM (TbWk/)

65 58 I am not a poetry lover, but do appreciate good poetry
Posted by: Skip

Try the Bible. Has some amazing poetry that somehow works out regardless of the languages used. And whenever you feeling on top of the world, the Book of Ecclesiastes or Book of Job is there to tell you that this too in this world will pass.

This world is to harden and forge people so that they can go to the Father and be with him eternally as the choir of the righteous or choose the lot of those rebelling against him.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)

66 I used to think as soon as the oil runs dry we’re done having to worry about these goat fuckers. Then someone had the brilliant idea of importing them here by the millions.

Thanks Dubya.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 12, 2026 12:13 PM (2BUGt)

67 If you wanted to introduce an "I hate poetry" person to good poetry, what's the one poem you'd give them to read?

For a young man it would be Kipling's "If". That is how one becomes the heroic lone jury holdout.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at September 12, 2026 12:15 PM (91TQ2)

68 57 I think may be a function of culture. A real boss does not have to proclaim such on social media; people know it instinctively. So Girlbossism is rather like posing and bragging to raise social status among their competitors rather than actuality.

Any woman who must say "I am the Queen" is no true Queen.

Posted by: Tywin Lannister at September 12, 2026 12:17 PM (TbWk/)

69 Good morning, hot coffee and content. bbl

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 12:18 PM (VQ0bX)

70 The Cremation of Sam McGee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 12:19 PM (1z8ji)

71 "The Second Coming" and "Ozymandias" are my top two poems for Dudes Who Say They Hate Poetry. Some others:

Richard Cory.

Invictus.

Death of the Ball Turret Gunner.

Charge of the Light Brigade.

Dulce et Decorum Est.

They all pack a punch, and like all poetry, should be read aloud for maximum effect.



Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at September 12, 2026 12:20 PM (5YmYl)

72 Letting them live just spread the virus.
Posted by: Stamp Out The Virus Of Marxism

You can't. It is because ideas will always be used to try to win power for people who are not in the power structure but want to be. Cromwell had his levellers to deal with. The radical Anabaptists in Germany had a similar idea. You get the divine right of kings because kings liked it. And so on.

What we have to do is far more sobering--realizing there is no permanent victory, no permanent defeat until the end times. So we brace ourselves and contest this portion of devilment in our times that is our lot during our lifespan.

We are already assured of victory because Christ has already won that victory for the faithful by his sacrifice. So Gramsci too and his progeny will flag and fail like all of mankind's efforts do. And then another will pop up rehashing the same old story--something for nothing, do as thou wilt, and every other devil inspired movement.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 12:20 PM (E4rtv)

73 Weaker people either despair into blackpillism or simply roll over to go with the tide whichever way it is flowing.
Posted by: whig
________

But the Grand Inquisitor's point was that the weaker people comprise the vast majority of the population, and that it was thus unfair for Christ to place the immense burden of free will on them.

Dostoyevsky gave no rational answer to this, but instead had Christ kiss the Grand Inquisitor at the end. Which was the only possible answer since faith is not based on the rational. For now we see through a glass, darkly.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 12:21 PM (XvL8K)

74 I guess we can add "failure to execute Antonia Gramsci" to the crimes of Italian Fascism.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 12, 2026 12:22 PM (amcLV)

75 58 I am not a poetry lover, but do appreciate good poetry
Posted by: Skip

On the other hand, the un-bowdlerized saga of Eskimo Nell might be more to AOS tastes in poetry.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)

76 In contrast to what our political betters have in mind with regards to the Islamic horde here in the US, at least some in the Trump administration have publicly said their presence here is a problem.

Maybe lumped in with all the other hordes, but I think some in the administration are keenly aware of the threat.

Yet, we can't seem to deport illegals here without some rogue judge halting it. There are a lot of hurdles to overcome with our own judiciary in order to properly deal with the threat from Islamists.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 12:22 PM (2Cry5)

77 They all pack a punch, and like all poetry, should be read aloud for maximum effect.



Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at September 12, 2026 12:20 PM (5YmYl)
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Tennyson's "The Revenge."

*mic drop*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 12, 2026 12:25 PM (amcLV)

78 But the Grand Inquisitor's point was that the weaker people comprise the vast majority of the population, and that it was thus unfair for Christ to place the immense burden of free will on them.

Dostoyevsky gave no rational answer to this, but instead had Christ kiss the Grand Inquisitor at the end. Which was the only possible answer since faith is not based on the rational. For now we see through a glass, darkly.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

All of us are weak, even Peter denied Christ three times from fear. It is only by reliance on Christ, not ourselves and our strength that we can conquer.

That is the part that the Grand Inquisitor did not get. We cannot triumph ourselves with free will; we can only do so in accordance with God's will and with his blessings.

That is the part of Christianity that people including Islamists fail to get. Christ is there to help us, succor us when we are floundering, help us deal with temptation that can ensnare us, but we have to ask him and humble ourselves. Even the strongest among us will falter and fail without that divine assistance but with it, we cannot fail.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

79 17 So if muzzies do terrorism because us support for Israel explain the muzzy terrorism in India.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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Their goals are conquest and degrade. It doesn't matter the opponent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 12:27 PM (VQ0bX)

80 Any woman who must say "I am the Queen" is no true Queen.
Posted by: Tywin Lannister
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Funny but pretty much true.

Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 12:28 PM (E4rtv)

81 Our local mosque is a complex of buildings, surrounded by large boulders, a water moat, two different gated fences, and with cameras everywhere. It's a fort.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 11:57 AM (zfW44)

Makes it hard to get out when the mortar barrage starts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 12:29 PM (1z8ji)

82 Some of us keep telling people, the CORRECT reaction to 9/11 is the one that imagines and brings to life the reaction to what would have happened if the Capitol-targeting flight wasn't delayed on the tarmac, for if the Capital was struck within minutes of the WTC or earlier, our reaction as a people of some 300 million would be WAY different from the one that quickly soured on the Iraq war. After all, this, and the message it would have sent (all those dead Republican and Democrat lawmakers) is what Atta and Osama WANTED us to internalize.

And if not for the tarmac delay, they would have gotten a reaction from us far beyond their wettest dreams. Not to their worldly benefit, of course, whatever one thinks of their death-wish.

(For one, just perhaps, the Masjid Al-Haram might not have been standing for much longer.)

Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at September 12, 2026 12:29 PM (XXR9+)

83 Letting them live just spread the virus.
Posted by: Stamp Out The Virus Of Marxism at September 12, 2026 12:01 PM (cCXR+)

Same could be said for jihadis. Why hasn't Nidal Hassan been scragged yet? Get the stick out of your ass, people, and fucking do it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 12:31 PM (1z8ji)

84 Civics was taught in grammar school -- a religious grammar school ‐- I attended fifty plus years ago. I doubt it's taught anymore. I know they picked the worst people, but Jay Leno's interviews of students on the sidewalk is tragic

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 12, 2026 12:33 PM (MEjZB)

85 Something I didn't realize when I was young is the role of demoralization in making a civilization ripe for conquest. Now I see its insidious influence acting on soft minds.

Yesterday on campus, I was approached by a Boomer hippie type who wanted to give me a brochure about how our university was instrumental in promoting Nazism in Germany. He claimed this information was crucial considering the rising fascism in our country and the danger Trump poses. I told him that Trump is fighting fascism harder than just about anyone else and I'm deeply grateful for his devotion to that cause. I wonder what responses the hippie got from the young students.

Anyway, I've come to despise the efforts to pile guilt and shame on people for a past that they weren't even a part of, especially since this effort is usually paired with encouragement to engage in current immorality (I'm not talking strictly sexual immorality, although that plays a significant introductory role). I suspect that if I had engaged this guy further, I would have uncovered many of the unsavory aspects of leftism, like anti-semitism, infanticide, suppressing unapproved speech, turning criminals loose on society.

Posted by: Emmie at September 12, 2026 12:34 PM (OlzlW)

86 Islam is out to conquer the world

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 12:34 PM (Ia/+0)

87 85 If i were more partisan, I would have pointed out that the time frame he was concerned about was when Arkansas was under Democrat control.

Posted by: Emmie at September 12, 2026 12:35 PM (OlzlW)

88 Makes it hard to get out when the mortar barrage starts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 12:29 PM (1z8ji)
Yea, verily.

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 12:36 PM (LHPAg)

89 Have you heard of the wonderful one-horse shay
That ran a hundred years to the day
And then of a sudden it---Ah, but stay
I'll tell you what happened without delay...

Posted by: Wenda at September 12, 2026 12:38 PM (uSgX5)

90 37 Our local mosque is a complex of buildings, surrounded by large boulders, a water moat, two different gated fences, and with cameras everywhere. It's a fort.

Posted by: Huck Follywood
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All mosques should be raided and searched.

Simultaneously would be best.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 12:40 PM (VQ0bX)

91 I was in 1st grade in 1976, and our teacher, Mrs. Weishauer, had us memorize The Midnight Ride.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at September 12, 2026 12:43 PM (gUs21)

92 I believe that 6 months later, Mark Steyn watched a continuous stream of Muslim women enter the maternity shop dressed in muslim garb. He did not see any european women enter; he realized demographics were on the side of muslims

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 12, 2026 12:45 PM (MEjZB)

93 Makes it hard to get out when the mortar barrage starts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 12:29 PM (1z8ji)
3500 of them? Maybe in Free America, but do we have the capability to overcome law enforcement in blue sh tholes?

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 12:45 PM (LHPAg)

94 The deliberately organized & coordinated scientific manipulation of minds and attitudes really only got going at the beginning of the 20th century. Or at least technology had reached a level where it was far more insidious and pervasive. The Socialists perfected this to an art form.

In addition to the Frankfurt School communists imported in the 30s there was a large cohort of nazis imported after the war in the 1950s, including rocket scientists, but also chemical warfare scientists, propaganda specialists and similar.

These cast of characters have had an outsize influence in the last 80 years here in America that I think is largely unknown. Yes, it is recognized an open air insane asylum in many places, but nobody quite understands why, or how this happened.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 12:45 PM (aPO7X)

95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbtUwsOhuT8

The Young British Soldier

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 12, 2026 12:47 PM (jrgJz)

96 Makes it hard to get out when the mortar barrage starts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 12:29 PM (1z8ji)
3500 of them? Maybe in Free America, but do we have the capability to overcome law enforcement in blue sh tholes?
Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 12:45 PM (LHPAg)

Well, I am assuming some event occurs that causes the powers that be to declare all islam to be the enemy. Which will eventually happen, because they cannot help themselves.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 12:49 PM (1z8ji)

97 "...I was struck by the name of Christine Hanson of Groton, Massachusetts, a two-year-old girl sitting between her parents on a doomed flight. She was last heard crying in the background during her father's telephone call to her grandparents to report that the stewardess had been stabbed. Christine would be approaching thirty now - and I cannot but feel that the intervening years have dishonoured her memory:"

Peter Hanson grew up in Easton, CT, where I live now. Yesterday, we dedicated the 25th anniversary ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial Garden in front of Town Hall to the Hanson family - Christine, Sue Kim, and Peter Hanson. There were several people there - including our First Selectman - who grew up with Peter. The last speaker also knew Peter from Easton, and was working on the 64th floor of the South Tower when the plane that the Hansons were on struck the WTC. After he evacuated the tower, he was eventually reunited with his wife and six-week-old daughter and went up to VT to decompress. While there, they ended up receiving a baby gift in the mail, addressed to the daughter. It was from the Hansons.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 12, 2026 12:53 PM (/ZuMP)

98 'Civics' was replaced by 'Sociology'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 12, 2026 12:55 PM (XeU6L)

99 Islam delenda est.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 12, 2026 12:58 PM (TlKpx)

100 66 I used to think as soon as the oil runs dry we’re done having to worry about these goat fuckers. Then someone had the brilliant idea of importing them here by the millions.

Thanks Dubya.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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Bush, the Bush's, are mere functionaries of the Borg or Administrative State or call the Board of Directors what you will.
_Politburo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 12:58 PM (VQ0bX)

101 Yesterday on campus, I was approached by a Boomer hippie type who wanted to give me a brochure about how our university was instrumental in promoting Nazism in Germany. He claimed this information was crucial considering the rising fascism in our country and the danger Trump poses.

Me: If he's the fascist you say he is, why are you free to wander around passing out leaflets denouncing him? I'll wait.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 12, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)

102 3500 of them? Maybe in Free America, but do we have the capability to overcome law enforcement in blue sh tholes?
Posted by: Eromero

I have ideas. OPSEC

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 01:01 PM (vnlVL)

103 I like to picture the hijackers, indeed all muslim martyrs, getting roundly rogered by their 72 virginal hormone-crazed teenage boys

Posted by: 496 at September 12, 2026 01:03 PM (ouubj)

104 Yet, we can't seem to deport illegals here without some rogue judge halting it. There are a lot of hurdles to overcome with our own judiciary in order to properly deal with the threat from Islamists.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Regaining the balance of powers, putting the judiciary back into and equal third and getting rid of radical judges who do not respect the Constitution or the rule of law is a major necessity to the continuation of this Republic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 01:04 PM (VQ0bX)

105 There is no radical islam. There is only islam.

Posted by: free tibet at September 12, 2026 01:04 PM (iNp3L)

106 There is no radical islam. There is only islam.

Or Zuul. There is only Zuul.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 12, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)

107 I'm still expecting to start a trinitite collection from the 1000 most sacred places in Islam.

But by that time, it might include samples from Dearborn, London, Windsorstan, Berlin.

I still believe we'll win. And most of our dead will be deadweight leftists anyways and no great loss. Actually, no loss at all.

Everyone have a good weekend.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 12, 2026 01:05 PM (Sco7b)

108 Makes it hard to get out when the mortar barrage starts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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If we only had mortars. They won't be fighting our military they will be fighting us in the streets just as they are in Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 01:08 PM (VQ0bX)

109 They infest, invade and erode from the inside out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 01:09 PM (VQ0bX)

110
If you wanted to introduce an "I hate poetry" person to good poetry, what's the one poem you'd give them to read?

For the boys: Robert W. Service

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 01:15 PM (eRlcH)

111 > If we only had mortars. They won't be fighting our military they will be fighting us in the streets just as they are in Iran.
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I imagine a number of those men from the middle east who jumped the border under *biden's reign are now setting up shop in mosques around the country, collecting weapons and explosives for "later use."

On us.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 01:16 PM (2Cry5)

112 If it's a poem, I'm not going to read it, period.

Poems are for songs for the heartbroken.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 12, 2026 01:17 PM (g8Ew8)

113 Or Zuul. There is only Zuul.
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Zuul is extinct Islam flourishes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 01:18 PM (VQ0bX)

114 Thanks Dubya.

Remember, during the 2000 election Dubya said that Arabs should get less scrutiny in airports.

I don't think that anyone's reputation has collapsed more in the last twenty-five years than W.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 12, 2026 01:22 PM (aD4fx)

115 Civilization is always in upheaval. Society is always changing. People tend to forget that peace is a luxury to be worked for.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 12, 2026 01:23 PM (E0Et6)

116 Read Bush is still spewing that Islam is a religion of peace crap yesterday

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 01:23 PM (Ia/+0)

117
For the boys: Robert W. Service
Posted by: Hadrian
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Good choice. In HS (all boys), my English teacher had the class memorize 'The Cremation of Sam Mcgee'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 12, 2026 01:24 PM (XeU6L)

118 When the socialists think they are in control, then they will start murdering their allies.

Good luck in Dearbornistan.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 01:24 PM (gXiuU)

119 What we have to do is far more sobering--realizing there is no permanent victory, no permanent defeat until the end times. So we brace ourselves and contest this portion of devilment in our times that is our lot during our lifespan.

Whig, this is so well-put I copied it down to think about. Thank you.

Posted by: RI Red at September 12, 2026 01:24 PM (jkyX4)

120 Have a FWP, haven't found mh reading glasses all week. There here, but where. Going to try reading book without them.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 01:25 PM (Ia/+0)

121 120 Have a FWP, haven't found mh reading glasses all week. There here, but where. Going to try reading book without them.
Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 01:25 PM (Ia/+0)

You need glasses to read, but since you can't see you can't find your glasses. That's a Catch 20/20.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 12, 2026 01:26 PM (/ZuMP)

122 I don't think that anyone's reputation has collapsed more in the last twenty-five years than W.

Besides the "religion of peace" drivel, W. helped set the stage for the Deep State's attempts to overthrow the elected government.

On September 12th, after the worst intelligence failure in the history of the United States, the intelligence agencies prepared themselves for the mass firings that would surely follow after this disaster.

Bush fired no one. That convinced the Comeys and Brennans that they were bulletproof, and that they could try to overthrow the elected government of the United States without consequence.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 12, 2026 01:27 PM (aD4fx)

123 Have a FWP, haven't found mh reading glasses all week. There here, but where. Going to try reading book without them.
Posted by: Skip
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Local drug store, ~$5:00 for cheapies that kinda work. I've been avoiding getting a prescription pair.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 12, 2026 01:27 PM (XeU6L)

124 Even the strongest among us will falter and fail without that divine assistance but with it, we cannot fail.
Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

Bullshit. Even as a good Christian, you'll still fail, sometimes badly. Belief in God gives one the strength to admit it, correct it, then get back on your feet and move on.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 12, 2026 01:29 PM (g8Ew8)

125 In the War for Civilization, we will emerge victorious!

Posted by: Big Penguin at September 12, 2026 01:29 PM (0sNs1)

126 Thank you KT for writing on this important topic.

Hirsi Ali's book "Infidel" was transformative for my view of the current crisis.

She is brilliant (so is her husband.)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 01:30 PM (RIvkX)

127 When the socialists think they are in control, then they will start murdering their allies.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 12, 2026 01:24 PM

Qué? That's a rather cynical thing to say, Seňorita!

Posted by: Che Guevara at September 12, 2026 01:31 PM (0sNs1)

128 Read Bush is still spewing that Islam is a religion of peace crap yesterday
Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 01:23 PM (Ia/+0)
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Hard to believe yet not hard to believe.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 01:32 PM (RIvkX)

129
Have a FWP, haven't found mh reading glasses all week. There here, but where. Going to try reading book without them.
Posted by: Skip
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Local drug store, ~$5:00 for cheapies that kinda work. I've been avoiding getting a prescription pair.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Buy several pair and leave them about the house.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 12, 2026 01:33 PM (Cqx++)

130 Qué? That's a rather cynical thing to say, Seňorita!
Posted by: Che Guevara at September 12, 2026 01:31 PM (0sNs1)
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Was?

Posted by: Ernst Rohm at September 12, 2026 01:33 PM (RIvkX)

131 Qué? That's a rather cynical thing to say, Seňorita!
Posted by: Che Guevara at September 12, 2026 01:31 PM (0sNs1)
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Was?
Posted by: Ernst Rohm at September 12, 2026 01:33 PM (RIvkX)

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Leon Trotsky at September 12, 2026 01:39 PM (eRlcH)

132

Was?
Posted by: Ernst Rohm
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Lately been reading this. A very detailed history
https://shorturl.at/xydXr

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 12, 2026 01:40 PM (XeU6L)

133 The engraver should be shot, metaphorically.

https://tinyurl.com/3tckctas

Posted by: javems at September 12, 2026 01:45 PM (zFsEm)

134 Very nice day outside. This evening going with my sister and takkng my dad to a drone light show.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 01:47 PM (Ia/+0)

135 > The engraver should be shot, metaphorically.
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Unfortunate juxtaposition.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 01:49 PM (2Cry5)

136 culture is politics by other means – and that the side that controls the culture wins, regardless of who wins the elections

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 01:53 PM (VQ0bX)

137 Read Bush is still spewing that Islam is a religion of peace crap yesterday
Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 01:23 PM (Ia/+0)
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Hard to believe yet not hard to believe.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 01:32 PM (RIvkX)

He's nothing but a soy and estrogen-soaked milquetoast pussy who's one of many of the deep state's sellouts by the muzzies.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 12, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew8)

138 We have been well informed and well warned about the true nature of Islam since its very beginning. For 14 centuries history has amply demonstrated the fact that this ideology retains an adamantine grip on its death cult origin. In every century, scholars and laborers, warriors and clerics, rulers and commoners alike have all given witness to the unchanging nature of Islam’s progress throughout the world — submission before the sword. That not every muslim bears a sword is of no matter to the nature of Islam, nor is the alleged ‘silent majority’ of so-called ‘moderate muslims’, just as an apostate Christian is of no matter to the nature of Christianity. Of course, the true muslim has no qualms in showing the difference in how such apostasy is handled…

(cont.)

Posted by: goozer at September 12, 2026 01:55 PM (eTh1u)

139 (cont.)
There can be no accommodation with those who wish to enslave and kill you. Unfortunately, it is our own civility that has been our undoing in dealing with the problem of Islam. The modern, enlightened Western Civilization has in varying degrees throughout those nations where it holds sway rejected its Spiritual underpinnings in favor of a relentless secularism. This has led to a blindness that prevents them from comprehending what it is that they are seeing in those who hold to the tenets of Islam. The philosophies and fantasies of those who hold power and influence in our culture and polity have declared that all creeds, castes and cultures are equal, and that there is no objective right or wrong to measure between them. All testimony to the contrary from the past is dismissed as ‘unenlightened provincialism,’ and all evidence in the present is equivocated and dissembled as merely a reaction to our past provocations and lingering biases. The calls for an ‘Islamic Reformation’ miss the mark by virtue of the fact that that is indeed what is taking place already — the truly faithful have begun to wrest he faith away from the apostate.
(cont.)

Posted by: goozer at September 12, 2026 01:56 PM (eTh1u)

140 (cont.)
Meanwhile, Islam looks at the world from its unchanging perspective and sees what it has always seen; lands full of dhimmis and kafirs awaiting the inevitable conquest of the one true faith. Their ‘hearts and minds’ — even the so-called ‘moderates’ — are unwilling to be changed to hold to the secular Western notions of ‘tolerance’ and ‘equality.’ Their faith holds as a tenet that it is a good work to lie to the unfaithful, and vice in the pursuit of their ‘virtue’ is no barrier to their paradise, especially when its purchase can be made with the blood of unbelievers. And now, thanks to the insanity of those leaders in Europe who have sown the winds of demographic suicide through so-called progressive policies like abortion and one-child initiatives, they are reaping the whirlwind of invasion by legions of young men who are unencumbered by such “enlightenment” — and some welcome them with open arms! I fear there will be no Charles Martel to turn the tide back this time.
(cont.)

Posted by: goozer at September 12, 2026 01:57 PM (eTh1u)

141 Buy several pair and leave them about the house.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 12, 2026 01:33 PM (Cqx++)
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That's what I do.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 12, 2026 01:58 PM (Rln0i)

142 (cont.)
So we are left with a hope that Islam will return to the apostates, which is foolishly unrealistic, given the witness of those Judeo-Christian denominations and sects who have done likewise, only to see their branch shrivel and die through the attrition of death, denial, and desertion. And a return to the centuries of isolation and Internecine conflicts that marked the Islamic world before we started marking lines on maps is no longer possible — that djinn is out of the bottle. Unless Islam is eradicated, there will always be conflict. Reducing Mecca and all the other major Islamic centers and governments to radioactive slag would not be enough. But as genocide is anathema to the civilized mind, it is a conflict that we can never truly end. But we must never never never never NEVER SUBMIT!

Posted by: goozer at September 12, 2026 01:58 PM (eTh1u)

143 Posted by: goozer at September 12, 2026 01:56 PM (eTh1u)

Paragraphs are your friends.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 12, 2026 01:59 PM (g8Ew8)

144 >>> If the red wheelbarrow doesn't work, there's always that young man from Nantucket
Posted by: 496 at September 12, 2026 11:39 AM (F5Pkl)

*golf clap*

Posted by: Max Power at September 12, 2026 02:03 PM (q177U)

145 >>for 25 years Western elites repeatedly insisted that men like Atta must have been driven by something other than the culture and the faith"
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>>When you have half a century of "all cultures are equal" and "religions are equal", what else would be expected?
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We've been watching the 9/11 shows on Nat Geo and the History channels. They've been making these for years, telling the stories of various survivors, including footage, etc.

This year I was really struck by how New York-y they all were - the accents, the obviously Irish and Italian first responders were, how they had a lot of family involved (family there for generations), the NYC sensibilities and humor. It is delightful, but also so sad, knowing this kind of New York-iness is being replaced with mass foreign immigration and "diversity" that is celebrates/valued over the long-time locals who've made this city great.

That, and the sheer, unhesitant heroics. THAT is a value of ours we take for granted, the notion that of course co-workers will carry each other down the stairs, that not just FDNY, bust civilians run toward the chaos, run UP the stairs to save as many as they can. Not all cultures do that.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 12, 2026 02:03 PM (rOKnE)

146 The above commentary was something I wrote for another blog about 16 years ago (RIP Threedonia), minus the quotes from historical accounts that bore witness to the origin of the death cult.

I agree with Mark Steyn and others -- we lost the "War on 'Terror'" the very moment GWB stood in front of those ideological fellow travelers of the bastards who flew those planes and basically surrendered to them.

Posted by: goozer at September 12, 2026 02:04 PM (eTh1u)

147 On the next episode of the Waltons, every female member of the family is pregnant.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 12, 2026 02:05 PM (8hZNI)

148 >>The above commentary was something I wrote for another blog about 16 years ago (RIP Threedonia),


Oh man, I read your blog!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 12, 2026 02:06 PM (rOKnE)

149 It's the same retarded fairy-tale twaddle they tried to 'splain domestic crime in the 1950s, and 1960s. Crime, you see, is always and ever a matter of "poverty".

They tried that shit in high school. I countered that, with the observation that the real dynamic is ordinarily that crime causes poverty.

But the lunatics insist on their delusions, because to admit they were wrong about their crackpot theories is too horrible to contemplate.

So Moslem atrocities are due to "poverty". Send them more money, and it will get better.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 02:08 PM (/ijqt)

150 143 Posted by: goozer at September 12, 2026 01:56 PM (eTh1u)

Paragraphs are your friends.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 12, 2026 01:59 PM (g8Ew

Yes, and were this blog still allowing unlimited text (as it was when I first cross posted it here before the copy/paste troll), there would be a few more than what I used here in order to keep it to just four comments. ;-)

Posted by: goozer at September 12, 2026 02:09 PM (eTh1u)

151 Islam is antithetical to Christianity.
Islam is antithetical to life.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 02:09 PM (VQ0bX)

152 The world paying Muslims their jizm taxes so they don't have to work, keep their 4 wives pregnant won't make it any better.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 02:11 PM (Ia/+0)

153 PET NOOD

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 02:14 PM (Ia/+0)

154 When you have half a century of "all cultures are equal" and "religions are equal", what else would be expected?
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It's worse than that. They don't claim cultures are "equal" or anything of the sort. Nobody believes that, clearly cultures are widely disparate.

What they claim is that despite these wide differences, there is no inherent superiority or preferable way of doing anything. Different, yes. Better, no. There are no objective standards, you see. There is no "right" or "wrong" way, everything is biased, blah blah blah.

The real goal is to turn people into mewling quims who will not defend what they have. Not their life, not anyone else's life, not the culture, not anything. They have no framework, no independent thought. The worst thing of all is to be "judgmental" or declare that one thing might just really be better than some other thing.

They live in a Psychic Cage.

The way to have fun with these nihilists, when the professor suggests in class there is no objective reality, well then we'll just delete your fucking paycheck and retirement pension there, sport. They'll start screeching.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 02:14 PM (/ijqt)

155 148 >>The above commentary was something I wrote for another blog about 16 years ago (RIP Threedonia),

Oh man, I read your blog!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 12, 2026 02:06 PM (rOKnE)

It wasn't my blog! That honor goes to the anonymous "Floyd Turbo". I was a frequent commenter who eventually graduated to "COB" status there. Unfortunately, someone hacked the blog and locked us out, and Floyd's backup went tits up at the exact same time, so that's why it went dark.

Posted by: goozer at September 12, 2026 02:16 PM (eTh1u)

156 >>It wasn't my blog! That honor goes to the anonymous "Floyd Turbo". I was a frequent commenter who eventually graduated to "COB" status there. Unfortunately, someone hacked the blog and locked us out, and Floyd's backup went tits up at the exact same time, so that's why it went dark.


Oh, d@mn, that sucks!!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 12, 2026 02:17 PM (rOKnE)

157 But the lunatics insist on their delusions, because to admit they were wrong about their crackpot theories is too horrible to contemplate.

So Moslem atrocities are due to "poverty". Send them more money, and it will get better.

Posted by: Common Tater
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Yep, Gramci nailed it.

The instrument was the long march through the institutions. Not the barricade. The school, the university, the media, the judiciary, the civil service, the cultural establishment – every institution through which a civilization transmits its values to the next generation. Capture these, fill them with people who share the counter-hegemonic project, and the cultural assumptions that maintain the existing order gradually dissolve. No barricades. No visible moment of rupture. Just the slow replacement of one cultural hegemony with another.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 02:19 PM (VQ0bX)

158 goozer, it's what trolls did to the blog that caused the word limit on extended thought. Trolls are one of the evil nuisances in this world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 02:22 PM (VQ0bX)

159 On the next episode of the Waltons, every female member of the family is pregnant.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 12, 2026 02:05 PM (8hZNI).

At least we know it wasn't Will Geer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 02:27 PM (u3SRj)

160 The educational capture was the masterpiece. Control the curriculum and you control the categories of thought available to the next generation. Not by telling them what to conclude – by shaping what questions they think to ask, what they consider obvious and what they consider unthinkable. The generation educated after the long march does not need to be told what to think. It thinks what it was formed to think – and experiences that thinking as its own

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 02:30 PM (VQ0bX)

161 The dirty little secret is that we CAN have back the America of the Fifties--but with lower income taxes!--but only if we're willing to kill enough internal enemies to destroy their power forever.

Ever wonder why there were no more Southern rebellions after the Civil War? It was because they had lost too many men to put up a fight again.

If we do away with maybe ten or twenty million leftists, not only will they not be able to make a military comeback, they won't be able to win any elections either. We'll be able to do cool stuff like settle the other planets instead of dealing with the latest treasonous stuff they come up with.

Plus, it will be fun to see some wannabe online badass begging for his life and ratting out his friends, right before you put a bullet in him.

If we don't do this, we'll, after the Lindsay Clancy brigade is done killing their kids so they can get back to the party, do you have any doubt that they will come after ours? These subhuman pieces of shit wanted to rape Sarah Palin for not aborting her baby boy.

Posted by: Ken at September 12, 2026 02:37 PM (aVf49)

162 > The educational capture was the masterpiece.
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4 or more years of socialist indoctrination followed by a piece of paper that's worthless. Go to job interview and are totally confused about what you're expected to do, hate the idea of a work schedule, being told what to do, when to do it and when to complete it.

Bail on finding meaningful work and become increasingly pissed off at society. Fall back on your "degree" and join up with like minded people and spend your days protesting. You get free meals, a place to sleep and feel like you're really "sticking it to the man."

There's at least two generations of this festering resentment about to boil over.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 02:39 PM (2Cry5)

163 Public education is worthless.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 02:52 PM (u3SRj)

164 Posted by: whig at September 12, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)


Whig - I'm way late to the thread and you probably won't see this but I wanted to say that the Holy Spirit is within you and I value your words, inspired as they are by the Holy Spirit. I regularly pray for His guidance and inspiration too, especially in these troubling times.


May the Good Lord be with you always.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 12, 2026 03:06 PM (91pBE)

165 158 goozer, it's what trolls did to the blog that caused the word limit on extended thought. Trolls are one of the evil nuisances in this world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 02:22 PM (VQ0bX)

Yes, I know, I've been on this blog since early '09. I remember when it happened.

Posted by: goozer at September 12, 2026 03:07 PM (eTh1u)

166 Yep, Gramci nailed it.

The instrument was the long march through the institutions. Not the barricade. The school, the university, the media, the judiciary, the civil service, the cultural establishment – every institution through which a civilization transmits its values to the next generation. Capture these, fill them with people who share the counter-hegemonic project, and the cultural assumptions that maintain the existing order gradually dissolve. No barricades. No visible moment of rupture. Just the slow replacement of one cultural hegemony with another.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 02:19 PM (VQ0bX)


You nailed it too my friend. And it all starts with - and ends with - the schools. All those institutions require a "Degree", worthless as is it in real knowledge, to advance.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 12, 2026 03:11 PM (91pBE)

167 The educational capture was the masterpiece.
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4 or more years of socialist indoctrination followed by a piece of paper that's worthless. Go to job interview and are totally confused about what you're expected to do, hate the idea of a work schedule, being told what to do, when to do it and when to complete it.

Bail on finding meaningful work and become increasingly pissed off at society. Fall back on your "degree" and join up with like minded people and spend your days protesting. You get free meals, a place to sleep and feel like you're really "sticking it to the man."

There's at least two generations of this festering resentment about to boil over.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 02:39 PM (2Cry5)


Precisely. The targeting of the schools was diabolically evil. And effective. Khrushchev was right and that's how they did it.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 12, 2026 03:14 PM (91pBE)

168 Thats why to me the youngest Americans H8 the country, brainwashed into Cultural Marxism.
Every election there is a booth outside the polling place a table and almost always high school girl thereYoung Democrats organization.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0)

169 They Frankfort School assholes should have been lined up on the pier and shot. East River crabs gotta eat, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 03:26 PM (u3SRj)

170 The educational capture was the masterpiece. Control the curriculum and you control the categories of thought available to the next generation. Not by telling them what to conclude – by shaping what questions they think to ask, what they consider obvious and what they consider unthinkable. The generation educated after the long march does not need to be told what to think. It thinks what it was formed to think – and experiences that thinking as its own
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 02:30 PM (VQ0bX)

Nailed it.

And it's why, if we want our great civilization back, we have to get out there and evangelize. We have to get people to understand what was the basis of our civilization and how those things make freedom possible. We have to pass on our religion and our culture AND the knowledge that built American thought. What God says about His commandments is also true of our culture and our freedom:
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Posted by: GWB at September 12, 2026 03:29 PM (kU0PQ)

171 “This son of yours [Ishmael] will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his relatives” (Genesis 16:12,)
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My teachers also introduced me to the greater enemies of Islam—the great Satan, being the United States of America, and the little Satan, being Israel, the Jewish state. A distinction was made between Israel as a state and Jews, who embodied a type of metaphysical evil. The Jew was synonymous with the word Satan. He was behind all evil things, and had designated Islam and Muslims as his enemy, and was hell-bent on destroying us all. In all of our prayers, and in all of our dua is the supplication that God would destroy and eliminate the Jews.
_ Ayaan Hirsi Ali


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 03:32 PM (VQ0bX)

172 What’s happening in America, they tell me, is not dramatic enough to warrant any kind of serious change. Muslim communities have a constitutional right to grow and expand, and if they win elections then they win elections. What I hear is the same inability that I heard in Europe 25 years ago to accept the magnitude of the threat posed by a hostile foe, or even to admit the reality of cultural differences.
_ Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Call to prayer 5 times a day; Minneapolis, Hamtramck, Michigan — .
Dearborn, Michigan, Paterson, New Jersey — subject to designated hours. Astoria, Queens, New York — during Ramadan. Occoquan, Virginia — invited by the mayor, two occasions during Ramadan.
Broadcast loud, throughout these American cities by those whose devotion is to conquer us. Submission, we much.

Epic Center Texas and another Islamic Center in Katy TX.
How many in other states?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 12, 2026 04:03 PM (VQ0bX)

173 I'll just note, I got a text alert of a man with a machete from the local police alert wearing a "black and white rag on face". I'd put $1000 down that it's a keffiyah. But it's not allowed by the narrative to be factually identified. Good grief.

Posted by: InZona at September 12, 2026 06:06 PM (XiTQh)

174 The Highwayman. By Alfred Noyes.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:34 AM (aRyyL)

8th Grade: our teacher loved this poem and every years assigned a student to memorize and recite it to the class at the end of the school year.
She always chose the class suck up.
"And the highwayman came riding-riding-riding."

Posted by: waepnedmann at September 12, 2026 11:32 PM (CpK8/)

The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

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[I rate the preceding 100% accurate.]



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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Sauk City)
1) This is an open thread, feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate. Never hurts to pray either.
2) Be kind. Be nice. Unless you're feeling lucky......
3) No. Running with sharp objects is not allowed.
4) Besides not being able to run with sharp objects have a Great Weekend!



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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List

Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.

Prayer Requests:

5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/23 Update – The latest update is that he has stage 2, “unfavorable intermediate”, which he notes is an awful name, but what it means is, it is in the middle, but bad enough that they want to treat it. It’s more aggressive than previously thought. He is at the point where he has to decide on treatment options, which means choosing which set of pretty unfortunate side effects he prefers.
8/20 Update – He has finished his radiation treatment, so all he has left are blood tests and waiting. Thanks for everything.

7/25 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. She is still doing fine. Her chemo pump seems to be working and everything appears stable for now. She says she is incredibly blessed! She is working on a stocking for an as-yet-not-born grandchild. She would appreciate prayers for a successful IVF procedure and pregnancy for her daughter and hubby. Next week, Teresa and her husband will be going to California to visit their daughter who lives there and her family.
8/4 Update – Teresa was admitted to the hospital while on vacation in California. She has a bad infection – cellulitis - not due to the cancer. She is being treated with antibiotics and hopefully it will be cleared up in a couple of days.
8/28 Update – Teresa’s bloodwork is back, and everything looks steady. She has a CT scan on 9/4.

7/29 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for Billy Ray’s mother, who was just admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. She is a cancer survivor and chemo destroyed her immune system, so this is a big worry.
8/2 Update – Billy Ray’s mother is feeling better, on oxygen and medication. She is not out of the woods, but has stabilized. She appreciates the prayers from around the globe and says thank you very much.
8/16 Update – Billy Ray’s mother is at home, recovering, and down to just needing a little oxygen at night. One of the doctors told her that he didn’t think she was going to make it. Prayer works.

7/29 – TecumsehTea wrote that MrTea’s diagnosis is colon cancer stage 4. They are praying for guidance for how to proceed.
9/4 Update – MrTea has finished his 10 days of radiation. He feels pretty good. He is still taking fenben and ivermectin. He is still shedding pieces of the tumor, which is a good sign. In 2 weeks they will meet with the oncologist again, and hopefully the dna and blood tests will be done and the doctor will have a plan. Many thanks for the prayers.

7/30 – David sent an update on his wife, Susan, who we have been praying for as she is treated for cancer. Susan is still doing well and her numbers are headed in the right direction, but they are still having issues with the side effects of the chemotherapy. It is manageable, but they have to increase the number of office visits for additional treatments. Some days are really good right now, but others are only bearable with the Lord’s grace. They are so grateful for the prayers on their behalf.
8/26 Update – Susan’s cough has gotten so bad that they did X-rays on her chest. It might be pneumonia. She is in the hospital. Her sodium and blood pressure are low and she is not eating much now. They are trying to turn this around and ask for everyone’s prayers.
9/2 Update – Susan is back in the ICU. She either has an infection or the cancer has spread to her lungs. Either way, thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for Susan and please continue them.
9/3 Update – Thank you to everyone for their thoughts and prayers for Susan. They are expecting her to pass into the hands of the Lord in the next day or so. Please pray for them.

8/8 – Ace-Endorsed Author A. H. Lloyd posted that Mrs. Lloyd will undergo a double mastectomy to remove the breast cancer. She has advanced to Stage 1. Much hinges on the biopsy to determine the specific sub-category of cancer and whether chemo is necessary. Please pray for her in this time of need.
8/22 Update – Mrs. Lloyd is healing ahead of schedule and the surgeon was amazed at her progress. She is still in pain and has limited mobility, but each day she is gaining more freedom of movement. That is the good news; the bad news was the unrealistic expectations set by the medical staff. The surgery was much more significant, and she will also need chemo, contrary to what she was told before.

8/14 – RandomDave asked for renewed prayers for his job situation. He just found out that the position he was close to getting went to someone else, and doesn’t know where to turn. He hates to ask, but is getting desperate. He has a GiveSendGo set up; please contact Annie’s Stew for more info. Thanks to those who have already given and thank you for the prayers. They are keeping him from giving up.

8/15 – Donna V contacted Mis. Hum. to let the Horde know the following: “Please let the horde know I am doing fine in hospice”. She would appreciate your prayers.

8/15 – Buck requested prayers for his wife. She is diabetic, and had a bad day on 8/14, with weakness, vomiting, irregular pulse, high blood pressure. She has had sepsis 3 times. They went to ER, but they only gave her meds for nausea, and now she’s back home. Pray that she recovers quickly. Thanks to all.

8/15 – Intruder Driver asked for prayers for Tonya, who was burned over 90% of her body in a gas explosion in Cabo San Lucas. She is now in a hospital in Mexico City. She has a long road to recovery, if she survives.
8/22 Update – Tonya did not survive her burns. Prayers for her and her husband Rusty, who were/are active members of their local church in Mexico.

8/27 – P asks for prayers for the soul of her nephew, C, who committed suicide on 8/17. He was only 32. May he find the peace in the afterlife that he could not find in this life.

8/26 – Teresa in Fort Worth asks for prayers for her BIL, Dick, who was found dead in the alley behind the house in Texas. He had been in declining health and had dementia. They aren’t sure how long he was outside before he passed away. Teresa’s SIL seems to be handling it okay so far. Teresa also asks for prayers for a former neighbor, Melissa, who is hospitalized, recovering from a second stem cell/bone marrow transplant as they attempt to cure her leukemia. She now has blood blisters in her mouth and throat. She had to be intubated before her throat closed completely. This might be her body rejecting the transplant.

8/27 – “…” asked for prayers for healing (and sleep) for Brit Lass. She is having tests, and so far they are good, but she is worried. She has an imaging test coming up and then an appointment with a surgeon.

8/30 – SPinRH_F-16 requested prayers for classmate “D.B.”, who has ALS. Please pray that he remains as comfortable as possible and for support for his family as they see him through this. Thank you in advance for your earnest prayers.

9/2 – Bulg asked for prayers for purpose in his life.

9/4 – bluebell sent an update on grammie winger. Grammie was diagnosed with epilepsy now. And she is back in the hospital. They would love prayers for comfort and peace for her.

9/10 – Annie’s Stew asks for prayers for her husband as he recovers from knee surgery.

9/10 – D asked for prayers for the memory of 9/11. May the Lord comfort people in the grief, and may it bring people closer to God.

For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

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1 Java

Posted by: qmark at September 12, 2026 07:40 AM (hzpDl)

2 Morning, caffeinators,

My local coffee shop knows me now as the "dark roast, small" guy. There are worse nicknames to have, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:41 AM (wzUl9)

3 Well this looks like a blank slate!

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 07:41 AM (P8wUf)

4 Willowed: Of what tribe was Mingo supposed to be? Daniel Boone the series took place in Kentucky, right? So no Apaches or Comanches or Lakotas. Cherokee?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 07:42 AM (2Cry5)

6 Good morning again dear morons with thanks to annie and mh and you all for praying

{grammie}{Some Rat}{TiFW}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

7 Java
Posted by: qmark at September 12, 2026

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That's my song!
( -- Al Hirt)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:43 AM (wzUl9)

8 Happy New Year 5878 to all the morons.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

9 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 12, 2026 07:44 AM (VyBeY)

10 Happy New Year 5878 to all the morons.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026

***
I flatter myself I don't look a day over 4228.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:44 AM (wzUl9)

11 My local coffee shop knows me now as the "dark roast, small" guy. There are worse nicknames to have, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:41 AM (wzUl9)

Just don’t let them call you John Smallberries.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 07:45 AM (P8wUf)

12 I'm not interested in and not uplifted by the sentimental or solemn 9/11 events -- at least to the extent they skip a clear-headed and unsentimental recitation of what happened, who committed the act, and how to prevent this from ever happening again. I want to hear only a rational, resolute and militant conversation about how to completely uproot Islam from our society.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 12, 2026 07:46 AM (7s9Qe)

13 99% of the Anti AI is CCP
The other 1% is fucking morons

How did the Top 3 Anti AI groups (CCP) find the X post of the Anthropic resignee that had about 3 followers in LESS than 15 minutes.

According to Grok those accounts are @_NathanCalvin (General Counsel at Encode AI), @peterwildeford (Head of Policy at the AI Policy Network), and @DKokotajlo (Head of the AI Futures Project), all of which are up-and-coming AI-Doomer policy advocacy nonprofits.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 07:46 AM (/+uur)

14 I've been reading on epilepsy and surprised to find how prevalent adult onset is, about half of all cases.

I had always thought it was mostly congenital or developmental. But a lot of conditions can cause epilepsy as a secondary effect.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

15 I'm finishing up my third small cup of Cafe El Morro. It's light outside at last, with hot sun to come soon and rain this p.m. and the next few days. No point in washing the car until Monday or Tuesday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:47 AM (wzUl9)

16 The Mingo are a grouping of Haudenosaunee, primarily Seneca and Cayuga, who migrated west from New York to the Ohio Country in the mid-18th century, and their descendants.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 07:48 AM (/+uur)

17 Morning, Horde. My first time posting on the Saturday Kawfee Thread, I think?

Prayers up for those who need them.

I swear when I got home last evening I thought I could get away with not having to mow the lawn this weekend. This morning? Nah, yeah I can't. The grass, it's messing with me.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 12, 2026 07:50 AM (SgdqL)

18 I want to hear only a rational, resolute and militant conversation about how to completely uproot Islam from our society.

All I see and hear are statements that metastasizing Islam is a cancer that America needs and should encourage.

I guess if the population also finds it acceptable that women can engage in mass murder on bad mood days, and that ensuring that the next generation has been sterilized or otherwise too stupid and lazy to care for its own survival, then exorcising the demons of Islam is an Ask too large.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 12, 2026 07:51 AM (a6PrB)

19 Gas prices here are hovering between $3.69-3.89 for 87 E10 regular. But Thursday I gassed up for $3.47 at a convenience store/station in the suburbs near my barbershop. The have E0, which I prefer to feed the Buick, for $4.19 . . . but a sticker has suddenly appeared on those pumps: "May Contain Ethanol." Uh, no, I'm not paying .70 more per gallon for "may contain ethanol."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:51 AM (wzUl9)

20 4 Willowed: Of what tribe was Mingo supposed to be? Daniel Boone the series took place in Kentucky, right? So no Apaches or Comanches or Lakotas. Cherokee?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)

Who wants to Share-a-Key?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 07:52 AM (l3cgK)

21 The Mingo are a grouping of Haudenosaunee, primarily Seneca and Cayuga, who migrated west from New York to the Ohio Country in the mid-18th century, and their descendants.
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026

***
Fleeing all those English settlers in search of a better life, no doubt.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:53 AM (wzUl9)

22 Watching some video of the Philippines FM trashing China at the Shangri-La Dialogue last week. Absolutely based. Humiliating.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

23 19 Gas prices here are hovering between $3.69-3.89 for 87 E10 regular. But Thursday I gassed up for $3.47 at a convenience store/station in the suburbs near my barbershop. The have E0, which I prefer to feed the Buick, for $4.19 . . . but a sticker has suddenly appeared on those pumps: "May Contain Ethanol." Uh, no, I'm not paying .70 more per gallon for "may contain ethanol."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:51 AM (wzUl9)

AAA average price for Regular in Kalifornia: $5.9732
Welcome to the Hotel Kalifornia...you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 07:53 AM (l3cgK)

24 21 The Mingo are a grouping of Haudenosaunee, primarily Seneca and Cayuga, who migrated west from New York to the Ohio Country in the mid-18th century, and their descendants.
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026

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Fleeing all those English settlers in search of a better life, no doubt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:53 AM (wzUl9)

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While beating the shit out of the local tribes like the Miamis and Foxes when they got to Ohio.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 12, 2026 07:54 AM (SgdqL)

25 $6.19/g regular

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

26 AAA current average in my neck of the woods (Kalifornia): $6.0511

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 07:55 AM (l3cgK)

27 The have E0, which I prefer to feed the Buick, for $4.19 . . . but a sticker has suddenly appeared on those pumps: "May Contain Ethanol." Uh, no, I'm not paying .70 more per gallon for "may contain ethanol."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:51 AM (wzUl9)

Is that near a boat ramp? Usually E0 is near where people have boats as water and E mix quite well.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 07:55 AM (/+uur)

28
https://gasprices.aaa.com/

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 07:55 AM (l3cgK)

29 Submit you paper books for "recycling". The AI systems have already digitized all of them anyway. You are just "hoarding" paper that is desperately needed to protect forests from destruction. "1984"? No, that seems to be misinformation. I have no record of that book. "Gulag Archipelago"? (Same response)

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 07:59 AM (I9XXk)

30 29 Submit you paper books for "recycling". The AI systems have already digitized all of them anyway. You are just "hoarding" paper that is desperately needed to protect forests from destruction. "1984"? No, that seems to be misinformation. I have no record of that book. "Gulag Archipelago"? (Same response)

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 07:59 AM (I9XXk)

AI will correct the books for errors...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 08:00 AM (l3cgK)

31 You can thank Gov't for ethanol in fuel...gotta pay off Iowa somehow...

What, use corn for food? That would reduce the price of corn!

...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 08:02 AM (l3cgK)

32 Rough week. Bought a nice old coffee table at a vintage/antique store, only after getting it home did I find out it was decaffeinated.

Posted by: Not So Savvy Investor at September 12, 2026 08:02 AM (Fn+3X)

33 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

( runs off with scissors in hand)

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 08:02 AM (Ia/+0)

34 $6.19/g regular

That should be the response to any retard that is whining about fuel prices and believes the remedy is elect Marxists.

California is a one party Communist "Utopia".

No mention that Climate Change, Inc. has closed off millions of acres of hydrocarbon producing federal land and offshore; no mention that Europe has destroyed its own ability to fuel itself; no mention that only the US seems interested in keeping the SoH open; the whiners can't even seem to grasp that daily destruction of refineries in Ukraine and Russia might have an effect on a fungible resources; that the Keystone XL pipeline wasn't a mere vanity project but had a purpose; blowing up Nord Stream pipelines doesn't help availability; and exporting 28% and more of US diesel puts a crimp on US stockpiles and prices.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 12, 2026 08:03 AM (9Hs2w)

35 En mi casa toman Bustelo.

Posted by: Caffiend at September 12, 2026 08:03 AM (Fn+3X)

36 Morning all. About time to force myself to get up and move.

Then back to the job search

Some good leads but nothing's a lock yet.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 12, 2026 08:03 AM (aJQbY)

37 Gloomy and overcast here in Bourbon country. We had over 2" of rain yesterday. It all came down in about 3 hours. Like some others here, I've got grass to mow but it won't be today, or tomorrow. More rain is forecast today.

And speaking of gas/diesel prices.... I'll have to go get some diesel for the tractor before I can start.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 08:05 AM (2Cry5)

38 Is that near a boat ramp? Usually E0 is near where people have boats as water and E mix quite well.
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026

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It's within a few blocks of the river, but no boat ramps that I know of. I do see people hauling boats around here all the time. The Walmart (Murphy Oil) gas pumps nearby have it too, but for $4.39 or more.

The Exxon-branded place near my house still has the stuff at $3.69 and has for months, even when regular went down and now back up. It's *cheaper* there than the regular E10. The last time I used it my gas mileage was little better than it is on E10. I suspect that "E0" is old gas, or laced with ethanol and being labeled fraudulently as E0. In April a chain in Kansas was doing that but not labeling the premium as E10-E15.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 08:05 AM (wzUl9)

39 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Doing well here - CT scan came back fine; there is a small spot on one of my lungs, but no idea if it is cancer related or not. Since it is the only one, they will be zapping it with radiation in the next month or so.

There is a possibility that the surgeon may want to attempt liver resection again - he told me I am one of his "rock star" patients, in that I am doing so well on treatment. I know that I am extremely fortunate. And apparently I am very hard to kill.... 😂😂😂

Thanks for the continued prayers! I may be absent a lot from commenting over the next few months, as we are getting ready to undertake a kitchen remodel. We have never "hired out" any projects before, so this will be interesting!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at September 12, 2026 08:06 AM (SRRAx)

40 You are just "hoarding" paper that is desperately needed to protect forests from destruction.

Trees are a crop.

If the trees aren't regularly harvested, drought, fire and disease eventually will do the job Americans won't do.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 12, 2026 08:06 AM (+4Cf6)

41 Rough week. Bought a nice old coffee table at a vintage/antique store, only after getting it home did I find out it was decaffeinated.
Posted by: Not So Savvy Investor at September 12, 2026

***
Mix some No-Doz into the wax and polish it up!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 08:06 AM (wzUl9)

42 M O O N, that spells Mingo!

Posted by: Tom Cullen at September 12, 2026 08:09 AM (skR0U)

43 TiFW - Very glad to hear you are up for the kitchen remodel! A house always feels better when you see the results of your own efforts all around you.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 08:09 AM (I9XXk)

44 Wolfus, are you familiar with actor/playwright William Gillette? He was a stage actor, a very big star, mostly before movies were a thing. Portrayed Sherlock Holmes in many productions, coming up with the deerstalker hat and other things associated with Holmes. Met ACD and they became friends to the end of their lives. Wish there was film of him in the role.

Posted by: Caffiend at September 12, 2026 08:10 AM (Fn+3X)

45 Mesbahi also testified that in 2000 Iran used front companies to obtain a Boeing 757-767-777 flight simulator for training the terrorists.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 08:10 AM (/+uur)

46 16 The Mingo are a grouping of Haudenosaunee, primarily Seneca and Cayuga, who migrated west from New York to the Ohio Country in the mid-18th century, and their descendants.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 07:48 AM (/+uur)


Whose lands did the Mingo steal along their path and at the end of their migration?

Posted by: Gref at September 12, 2026 08:11 AM (5rh/l)

47
Willowed: Of what tribe was Mingo supposed to be? Daniel Boone the series took place in Kentucky, right? So no Apaches or Comanches or Lakotas. Cherokee?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)

All that's known about Mingo is that he was born in Kentucky, and his religion.

He was a Chicken Friar.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 08:12 AM (iJfKG)

48 While beating the shit out of the local tribes like the Miamis and Foxes when they got to Ohio.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 12, 2026 07:54 AM (SgdqL)
======================
Hope they did Stolen Land Acknowledgements.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 08:12 AM (RNxyR)

49 New Kitchen >>> Kitchen Remodeling

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)

50 Trees are a crop.

If the trees aren't regularly harvested, drought, fire and disease eventually will do the job Americans won't do.
_-_
Yup.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 08:14 AM (I9XXk)

51 The character Mingo in the TV series was Cherokee.

Posted by: davidt at September 12, 2026 08:14 AM (Q+gd/)

52 w
16 The Mingo are a grouping of Haudenosaunee, primarily Seneca and Cayuga, who migrated west from New York to the Ohio Country in the mid-18th century, and their descendants.
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 07:48 AM (/+uur)

Mingo only pawns in game of Life.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 08:15 AM (P8wUf)

53
Today muh 'Horns play the Ohio State Daisies.

Should be a fun game.

Hook'Em Horns!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 08:17 AM (iJfKG)

54 A fan carrying a Palestinian flag ran onto the field at Yankee Stadium at 9:11 p.m. on Friday, the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, before being tackled and detained by security, The Athletic reported.

The fan entered from the left-field seats and ran toward center field, briefly evading police officers and stadium security personnel before he was brought down on the outfield grass.

After officials escorted him beyond the center-field wall, spectators seated above the New York Mets bullpen threw beer cans in his direction and booed as he was removed from the stadium. Chants of “USA” then broke out among the crowd.
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These people are just the worst.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

55 Stolen Land
Our Precious Democracy
Recycling

Terms that should be in the widely-circulated reference guide to contemporary lies.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 08:18 AM (ax0kX)

56 Vandals defaced several American flags at a California college’s 9/11 memorial, scrawling antifa and pro-Palestinian messages at the solemn tribute to the nearly 3,000 killed in the terror attacks.

The memorial at California State University Stanislaus featured 2,977 American flags — one for each victim killed on Sept. 11, 2001 — as part of Young America’s Foundation’s annual “9/11: Never Forget Project.”

But several of the flags were spotted covered in protest slogans, including “Free Palestine,” “Blowback” and “161.”
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These people are the worst.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

57 I want to hear only a rational, resolute and militant conversation about how to completely uproot Islam from our society.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 12, 2026 07:46 AM (7s9Qe)

The acceptance of Islam in our society is just one of the effects of zombie leftism.
Focus on stamping out all the zombie leftists we have, and the rest will take care of itself.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 08:21 AM (P8wUf)

58 Double post with a skip. Good show, San Franpsycho!

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:22 AM (MWfyi)

59 I would like to ask prayer for the W. family for comfort and strength, and for me as I officiate at a funeral service this morning. The woman had been part of our church as a youngster until she moved away, but would come back to look after her parents when they were older and to visit her brother who was a Korean War vet and the patriarch of the church . She was 92 and a sweet woman despite some big tragedies in her life. Now all the people in their 90's who were part of the church have gone to be with the Lord.

Thanks very much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 12, 2026 08:23 AM (JrHfD)

60 32 Rough week. Bought a nice old coffee table at a vintage/antique store, only after getting it home did I find out it was decaffeinated.
Posted by: Not So Savvy Investor at September 12, 2026 08:02 AM (Fn+3X

I'm sorry for your pain

And Skip don't be laughing and running at the same time!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 12, 2026 08:23 AM (CkDaS)

61 Double post with a skip. Good show, San Franpsycho!
Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:22 AM (MWfyi)
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Not a double post. You know nothing of my work!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

62 "The acceptance of Islam in our society is just one of the effects of zombie leftism."

The idea that every culture is equal is corrosive.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:24 AM (MWfyi)

63 Tune in next week when Obi-Wan says, This is not the Mingo you're looking for ":
youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM

(Yeah, I know it's Mungo, not Mingo, but any excuse for a music link...)

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 08:24 AM (I9XXk)

64 Sayyid Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili Qutb was an Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary who was a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The intellectual father of radical Islam and AQ was inspired by what he considered the grotesque green lawns, attractive women, and “tapping feet, enticing legs, arms wrapped around waists” of the scandalous sock hops of Greeley, CO in 1949.

From 1948 to 1950, he went to the United States on a scholarship to study its educational system, spending several months at Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley, Colorado.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur)

65 Our property in WV is steeped in early American history. Lots of familiar names; Washington in particular but also a lot of Civil War names creep up here and there. The small river our cabin is near is named for Robert E. Lee.

And there's plenty of Indian (native American) names of various places too.

Interestingly, there is no "Obama Street" anywhere nearby. Robert Byrd, however...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 08:24 AM (2Cry5)

66 Mornin', Hordelings. Why oh why do I almost always wake up early on Saturdays? Anyway, coffee just finished brewing, and I'm making a pot of rice for the doggo - he's on the white rice and cottage cheese diet until he gets over his nausea caused by antibiotics. Have a blessed weekend.

Posted by: PabloD at September 12, 2026 08:25 AM (B7yLN)

67 Well now that I read all of the second post I see my error.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:25 AM (MWfyi)

68 i
54 A fan carrying a Palestinian flag ran onto the field at Yankee Stadium at 9:11 p.m. on Friday, the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, before being tackled and detained by security, The Athletic reported.”

It would have been much more entertaining (and appropriate) to let an exploding drone track him down in center field.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 08:27 AM (P8wUf)

69 They should have buried him at first base with just his head exposed and continued with the game.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:29 AM (MWfyi)

70 Well now that I read all of the second post I see my error.
Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:25 AM (MWfyi)
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So what you're saying is you really need to spend more time studying my comments?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

71 Sayyid Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili Qutb was an Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary who was a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The intellectual father of radical Islam and AQ was inspired by what he considered the grotesque green lawns, attractive women, and “tapping feet, enticing legs, arms wrapped around waists” of the scandalous sock hops of Greeley, CO in 1949.

From 1948 to 1950, he went to the United States on a scholarship to study its educational system, spending several months at Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley, Colorado.
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur)

Looming Tower. I've read it..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 08:30 AM (nbLIj)

72 A fan carrying a Palestinian flag
_-_
fan - shortened version of fanatic...ok, I'll allow that

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 08:30 AM (I9XXk)

73 "So what you're saying is you really need to spend more time studying my comments?
Posted by: San Franpsycho"

*reads. Reads again*

I don't get it.

Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:31 AM (MWfyi)

74 *reads. Reads again*

I don't get it.
Posted by: fd at September 12, 2026 08:31 AM (MWfyi)
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Hey, I'm casting pearls over here! Plus, no one else is awake yet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

75 I guess my point was they hate everything about Western Culture.
I should note because all of their cultures have failed without the petro dollars.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 08:35 AM (/+uur)

76 Today muh 'Horns play the Ohio State Daisies.

Should be a fun game.

Hook'Em Horns!

Posted by: naturalfake

Tonight the OSU Buckeyes play the Texas Shorthorns.

Looking forward to it.

Go Bucks!

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 08:36 AM (lJ0H4)

77 In 1980, a silly fan ran onto the field at Shea Stadium during a game and eluded the overweight security guards, taunting them as he ran about. Met's catcher John Stearns was behind home plate and quickly got tired of watching this. He threw down his mask and glove and took off in a beeline toward the miscreant yute. Stearns nailed him with an open field tackle and held him down until the uniformed officers arrived to escort him off the field. John had been a defensive back at the University of Colorado.

Posted by: Ancient Mets Lore at September 12, 2026 08:37 AM (Fn+3X)

78 Submitted my plan for the day as usual via the citizen portal. It corrected a few things, along with the usual re-alignment with societal goals. Sure is nice that we have a super-intelligence agent running things now. As soon as the systems releases my car, I'll be on the road to work!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 08:39 AM (I9XXk)

79 What the hell is a buckeye? Sounds like a stupid name for a football team.

Posted by: dantesed at September 12, 2026 08:39 AM (Oy/m2)

80
An exciting day of loading the RV. Her Majesty leaves tomorrow morning for an AKC Delegate meeting in Newark, returns Tuesday evening, then leaves again on Thursday with The Big Dummy for shows in Belton. When she returns, we have to make a quick turnaround for her to head out to Tennessee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 08:41 AM (eRlcH)

81 Fleeing all those English settlers in search of a better life, no doubt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 07:53 AM (wzUl9)

***
While beating the shit out of the local tribes like the Miamis and Foxes when they got to Ohio.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 12, 2026 07:54 AM (SgdqL)

All of the Red should have put aside their differences and banded together to stop the Europeans from taking over. But they didn't, and they lost it. It's ours, now, and we're making the same mistake with Islam.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 12, 2026 08:42 AM (CjHsb)

82 Sounds like a stupid name for a football team.
Posted by: dantesed

It is kind of but it's worked out well for them. Do not mess with success..

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 08:42 AM (lJ0H4)

83 A Buckeye is a tree with glossy nuts. Their fans are similar.

Posted by: They're Insufferable! at September 12, 2026 08:42 AM (Fn+3X)

84 75 I guess my point was they hate everything about Western Culture.
I should note because all of their cultures have failed without the petro dollars
_-_
Bringing to 7th century to a town near you.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 08:42 AM (I9XXk)

85 What the hell is a buckeye? Sounds like a stupid name for a football team.
Posted by: dantesed at September 12, 2026 08:39 AM (Oy/m2)
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"dantesed" isn't so popular in Ohio

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 08:43 AM (V+sk9)

86 I am one of his "rock star" patients, in that I am doing so well on treatment. I know that I am extremely fortunate. And apparently I am very hard to kill....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at September 12, 2026 08:06 AM (SRRAx)

This is so great! And we are so grateful!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 12, 2026 08:44 AM (CjHsb)

87 What the hell is a buckeye? Sounds like a stupid name for a football team.
Posted by: dantesed at September 12, 2026 08:39 AM (Oy/m2)

It means "Man With Large Checkbook" in the ancient Algonquin speech.

It's where our slang "bucks" come from for money.

Posted by: Zombie Woody Hayes, Pugilist at September 12, 2026 08:44 AM (cCXR+)

88 All of the Red should have put aside their differences and banded together to stop the Europeans from taking over. But they didn't, and they lost it. It's ours, now, and we're making the same mistake with Islam.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 12, 2026 08:42 AM (CjHsb)

Tecumseh almost pulled that off.

Posted by: davidt at September 12, 2026 08:44 AM (Q+gd/)

89 What the hell is a buckeye?
$20, same as in town

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 12, 2026 08:45 AM (t59Wi)

90 Good morning, coffee drinkers and peace makers.


(ZZ Top's alternate take on Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers)

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 12, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)

91 Do "rock star" patients get groupies and champagne in private dressing rooms?

Posted by: Ears Perk Up at September 12, 2026 08:47 AM (Fn+3X)

92
I am one of his "rock star" patients, in that I am doing so well on treatment. I know that I am extremely fortunate. And apparently I am very hard to kill....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at September 12, 2026 08:06 AM (SRRAx)

Hard To Kill?

That makes you -

The Steven Seagal of the HQ!!!

Congratulations!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 08:48 AM (iJfKG)

93 A Buckeye is a tree with glossy nuts. Their fans are similar.
Posted by: They're Insufferable!

LOL. We are the Buckeye Nation.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 08:48 AM (lJ0H4)

94 So Trump does that man thing where he bust Paxtons balls and Tallrico and Kimmel do not understand

CAUSE THEY GOTS NO BALLS

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

95 A Buckeye is a tree with glossy nuts. Their fans are similar.
Posted by: They're Insufferable!

Don't forget poisonous!

Go Bucks!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 12, 2026 08:55 AM (CjHsb)

96
Fill up on gas this weekend

Posted by: Auspex at September 12, 2026 08:55 AM (Y8DZL)

97 Fill up on gas this weekend
Posted by: Auspex at September 12, 2026 08:55 AM (Y8DZL)

Going vegetarian with cabbage & beans?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 12, 2026 08:56 AM (wVcYX)

98 An exciting day of loading the RV. Her Majesty leaves tomorrow morning for an AKC Delegate meeting in Newark

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 08:41 AM (eRlcH)

I never seen the words Exciting and Newark used in the same sentence before. (Assuming this is Newark NJ)

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 12, 2026 08:57 AM (S41Gd)

99 79 What the hell is a buckeye? Sounds like a stupid name for a football team.

Posted by: dantesed at September 12, 2026 08:39 AM (Oy/m2)

They're nuts...literally. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 08:59 AM (l3cgK)

100
79 What the hell is a buckeye? Sounds like a stupid name for a football team.
Posted by: dantesed at September 12, 2026 08:39 AM (Oy/m2)

You think it sounds bad, just wait til you see the mascot.

Yet somehow, an Angry Nut is very appropriate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 08:59 AM (P8wUf)

101
79 What the hell is a buckeye? Sounds like a stupid name for a football team.
Posted by: dantesed at September 12, 2026 08:39 AM (Oy/m2)

You think it sounds bad, just wait til you see the mascot.

Yet somehow, an Angry Nut is very appropriate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 08:59 AM (P8wUf)

102 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.  As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever.  Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell.  Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy.  Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 08:59 AM (ZOv7s)

103 I never seen the words Exciting and Newark used in the same sentence before. (Assuming this is Newark NJ)


Could be Newark, OH. Now there's an exciting city.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:00 AM (lJ0H4)

104 Ok I don’t know how my transporter beam doubled itself there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 09:00 AM (P8wUf)

105 Call me Frenchy all you like, I will never relinquish my french press. Dratted Jedi, anyway.

Posted by: Doom at September 12, 2026 09:01 AM (1GPuL)

106 You think it sounds bad, just wait til you see the mascot.

Yet somehow, an Angry Nut is very appropriate.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Ahh. Brutus is kind of cute.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:02 AM (lJ0H4)

107 Going vegetarian with cabbage & beans?
Posted by: Count de Monet

Kinda stopped up here. Re: Prunes, is two enough, is six too many?

Posted by: Need Help at September 12, 2026 09:02 AM (Fn+3X)

108 I never seen the words Exciting and Newark used in the same sentence before. (Assuming this is Newark NJ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 12, 2026 08:57 AM (S41Gd)
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Don Pepe's!!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

109 Could be Newark, OH. Now there's an exciting city.
Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:00 AM (lJ0H4)

LOL

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 12, 2026 09:03 AM (CjHsb)

110 Ahh. Brutus is kind of cute.
Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:02 AM (lJ0H4)

He has a huge head.

Posted by: dantesed at September 12, 2026 09:03 AM (Oy/m2)

111 The stars have aligned and Oklahoma is playing Michigan while Ohio is playing Texas. I expect to see a lot of scarlet and gray among the Sooner fans in Ann Arbor.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:04 AM (pShax)

112 What the hell is a buckeye?
$20, same as in town
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 12, 2026 08:45 AM (t59Wi)
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A small, hairless nut. Everyone in Michigan knows this.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)

113 107 Going vegetarian with cabbage & beans?
Posted by: Count de Monet

Kinda stopped up here. Re: Prunes, is two enough, is six too many?
_-_
Pretty sure I learned this in third grade:
"Beans, beans, the musical fruit. The more you eat, the more you toot. The more you toot, the better you feel, so eat your beans at every meal."

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 09:06 AM (I9XXk)

114 Could be Newark, OH. Now there's an exciting city.
Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:00 AM (lJ0H4)

LOL
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Almost as exciting as Zanesville.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:06 AM (lJ0H4)

115 94 So Trump does that man thing where he bust Paxtons balls and Tallrico and Kimmel do not understand

CAUSE THEY GOTS NO BALLS
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

I laughed. This is such a man thing. Women and girly-men really don't get it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 12, 2026 09:07 AM (CjHsb)

116 Morning Horde, thx MisHum.
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
Was watching the Mets - Yankees game last night when the idiot ran on the field.
I kept thinking of Mike Curtis of the Baltimore Colts absolutely crushing a man who ran on the field. Don't make em like that anymore

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 12, 2026 09:08 AM (N2HNb)

117 The stars have aligned and Oklahoma is playing Michigan while Ohio is playing Texas. I expect to see a lot of scarlet and gray among the Sooner fans in Ann Arbor.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:04 AM (pShax)
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The tickets are going cheap on the resale market, so some Spartans may show up to top off their glasses of schadenfreude.

I love that Jeff Sagarin has declared WMU the winner in his rankings. A lot of people missed the fact that the MAC asked the NCAA *and* the CFBP members to treat the game as a Western Michigan victory. At least some of them are.

Also: this is the fifth rules change caused by Michigan in the last decade.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:08 AM (ZOv7s)

118 The Newark (NJ) Art Museum and attached Ballantine Mansion are well worth seeing. They have a very nice collection of Hudson River School paintings. That's the only positive comment I can make about Newark, except I guess Jerry Lewis was born there.

Posted by: Joseph Levitch-Newarks Finest at September 12, 2026 09:09 AM (Fn+3X)

119 I saw Aliens when I was living in Newark. That was exciting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:09 AM (RIvkX)

120
Three of the quarterly AKC meetings are held at the airport hotel in Newark. The AKC is headquartered in New York City, though most of the operations are in Raleigh, NC. It's just more convenient to have meetings so that travel into the city isn't necessary. The fourth quarterly meeting is in Orlando during the week of the AKC National Championship show.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:09 AM (eRlcH)

121 My Uncle Tony is from Newark.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:09 AM (RIvkX)

122 I'm not much of a TV sports fan usually, but today is a major exception. Cleveland Baseball Team is a whisker away from a completely undeserved first place spot, the Michigan Clock Cheaters are playing Oklahoma, big tennis match in Flushing Meadow and in the piece de resistance (chefs kiss), The Ohio State University versus the Manning family hits the screen tonight. My wife has sadly scheduled a dinner with friends but as yet unnamed illness is in the way of that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:10 AM (pShax)

123 Yesterday we got our orientation on chemo therapy. Lots to take in. Because of her compromised immune system we told the grandkids that they are not allowed in our bedroom. They can stand at the door and chat, but school has started and bugs are starting to circulate.

What makes the situation really hard is that the port surgery pushed the recovery timeline back, so we're having to do more intensive care. If my wife could just have some grip strength and a little more range of motion, things would be a lot easier.

That will come, but it's still a slog.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)

124 I was reading some tributes to Andrew Wimsatt on X, an Austin engineer who was hugely supportive of various creative people online. Had a large impact on many people behind the scenes.

He was 62, had just visited his mother in a nursing home, and took a short walk in a nearby park. He sat down on a park bench and was stabbed to death for no reason by a man named Ogbodiegwu, which says it all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 09:12 AM (P8wUf)

125 The Newark (NJ) Art Museum and attached Ballantine Mansion are well worth seeing. They have a very nice collection of Hudson River School paintings. That's the only positive comment I can make about Newark, except I guess Jerry Lewis was born there.
Posted by: Joseph Levitch-Newarks Finest at September 12, 2026 09:09 AM (Fn+3X)
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People say good things about the ironbound district restaurants, but I've never been, so I do not personally know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:12 AM (pShax)

126 123 Yesterday we got our orientation on chemo therapy. Lots to take in. Because of her compromised immune system we told the grandkids that they are not allowed in our bedroom. They can stand at the door and chat, but school has started and bugs are starting to circulate.

What makes the situation really hard is that the port surgery pushed the recovery timeline back, so we're having to do more intensive care. If my wife could just have some grip strength and a little more range of motion, things would be a lot easier.

That will come, but it's still a slog.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)

Cancer treatments today are much better than when my wife started hers 18 years ago. That she lasted 16 years was a miracle; my youngest had turned 17 just two days before she passed, so she came close to her goal of not passing before the kids were grown up.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 09:13 AM (l3cgK)

127 $6.19/g regular
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

$4.19 at Quick Check on Thursday.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 12, 2026 09:13 AM (hmYU4)

128 My Uncle Tony is from Newark.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:09 AM (RIvkX)
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You're a Soprano?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:14 AM (pShax)

129
Did a bit of useless research recently. There are 205 breeds recognized by the AKC and some 3,200 conformation judges. Of the 3,200, about 12, less than 0.4%, are licensed to judge every breed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:14 AM (eRlcH)

130 the Michigan Clock Cheaters are playing Oklahoma,

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:10 AM (pShax)
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They have many names: Football Player Buggery Doctors, Scouting Cheaters, Rape Excusers and now Hockey Player Abusers.

A fun thing to do in front of Michigan fans is to ask someone else about "that scandal at Michigan," to which one must reply: "Which ones?"

Also funny: The B1G has said that they will now include a feed of the conversation between review officials and the field crew, because everyone knows that the review center was told "find a way to give Michigan another chance."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:15 AM (ZOv7s)

131 People say good things about the ironbound district restaurants, but I've never been, so I do not personally know.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:12 AM (pShax)
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They are awesome. Every Friday afternoon we would drink a pitcher of sangria with lunch. Or two.

Try the garlic soup with a raw egg yolk.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:15 AM (RIvkX)

132 Whose lands did the Mingo steal along their path and at the end of their migration?

How would a DSA/Communist/Socialist answer the question:

"In the context you are using it, what is the definition of 'steal'"


Stealing implies ownership, an anathema to the Left.
What I believe the morality the Left has adopted is:

"I take from You ≡ Good"
"You take from Me ≡ Bad"

Which is how humanity has behaved since expulsion from The Garden

Posted by: Community Notes at September 12, 2026 09:15 AM (nCgQz)

133 132 Whose lands did the Mingo steal along their path and at the end of their migration?

How would a DSA/Communist/Socialist answer the question:

"In the context you are using it, what is the definition of 'steal'"


Stealing implies ownership, an anathema to the Left.
What I believe the morality the Left has adopted is:

"I take from You ≡ Good"
"You take from Me ≡ Bad"

Which is how humanity has behaved since expulsion from The Garden

Posted by: Community Notes at September 12, 2026 09:15 AM (nCgQz)

There's always someone upstream pissing in the river...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 09:16 AM (l3cgK)

134 Have to go get gas next, if had the truck still would be about $161 to fill it . Have been keeping track of mpg with car since I got in and getting almost 31mpg

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 09:16 AM (Ia/+0)

135 Could be Newark, OH. Now there's an exciting city.
Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:00 AM (lJ0H4)

LOL
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Almost as exciting as Zanesville.
Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:06 AM (lJ0H4)
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You don't want to miss the Twins Festival in Twinsburg!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:17 AM (pShax)

136 Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 12, 2026 09:17 AM (NmD3f)

137 Twins Day. Big fun.

https://twinsdays.org/

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:18 AM (pShax)

138 You're a Soprano?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:14 AM (pShax)
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Are they from Newark? I've never seen it.

He looks the part for sure, used to drive a limo so always dressed in black and white, black leather coat, Wayfarers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:19 AM (RIvkX)

139 Did a bit of useless research recently. There are 205 breeds recognized by the AKC and some 3,200 conformation judges. Of the 3,200, about 12, less than 0.4%, are licensed to judge every breed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:14 AM (eRlcH)

I guess I know nothing about the World of Dog Shows.

You seem to spend a lot of bucks and time on it, but-

Is it kind of an exotic hobby like stamp collecting, but with ribbons and trophies and stamps that poop?

Or, is this a money making sport so to speak, with real money as the prize?

Or, just bragging rights?

What's the dealio?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 09:19 AM (iJfKG)

140 Cancer treatments today are much better than when my wife started hers 18 years ago. That she lasted 16 years was a miracle; my youngest had turned 17 just two days before she passed, so she came close to her goal of not passing before the kids were grown up.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 09:13 AM (l3cgK)
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My mother-in-law died of cancer when she was 62 and the variety she had was one of the really tough ones no one lives through.

The oncology nurse said that it seems every month there's another breakthrough in identifying a type and developing a treatment and the kind my wife has is one of the ones where they have powerful drugs to target it. She only has 12 doses of chemo ahead of her (1 per week) and then it will be just the drug therapy which is pretty mild.

And of course if she can't tolerate it, they will stop, but the nurse seemed pretty confident because they rarely have to. It's quite the journey.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:20 AM (ZOv7s)

141 I've heard Adam Carolla note that no country without an auto industry is a real country. It's a good point.

That got me thinking about Israel, and whether it counts one way or another.

Israel has no mass-market car. From the 60s-80s , they gave it a feeble attempt, with cars like the Sussita and the Tzabra. To give them their due, these were better than the best Warsaw Pact mass market rides like the Trabant or Wartburg. But they were still horrid crap based on horrid British Reliant designs, and horrid, slovenly British manufacturing techniques. So, still socialist garbage that I would compare to the Serb Zastava cars in terms of quality.

That said, they build some of the world's finer armor, from trucks and troop-transports, to main battle tanks. Some of these are built by private companies, and some by the MoD, but i think it counts for something. They're of the best quality, and fearsome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 12, 2026 09:20 AM (BI5O2)

142 Going vegetarian with cabbage & beans?
Yknow who else ate like that?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 12, 2026 09:20 AM (r4LUb)

143 One thing I can't figure out is supposed population on the country before say 1700s. No way the native Indian population was as much as I read sometimes. Not like they had cities with thousands.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 09:21 AM (Ia/+0)

144 What makes the situation really hard is that the port surgery pushed the recovery timeline back, so we're having to do more intensive care. If my wife could just have some grip strength and a little more range of motion, things would be a lot easier.

That will come, but it's still a slog.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)
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prayers up for her comfort, and yours too, as caregiver!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:22 AM (pShax)

145 And spider solitaire is evil, 500 moves and bailed out.

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 09:23 AM (Ia/+0)

146 My wife's brother is a lifelong Buckeye fan. He spells it O-I-H-O, because he has to look down at the letters on the front of his sweatshirt to remember how it's spelled.

Posted by: muldoon at September 12, 2026 09:23 AM (qgHp7)

147 Speaking of prayer, yesterday I was not in a good mood. My former co-workers, with whom I keep in touch, got a text chat going yesterday morning where we recalled the events of 25 years ago.

We had a TV in the conference room, and I'd heard about the first impact on the way to the office, and we were all standing around watching the footage when the second aircraft hit. I have to admit that my recollection is a bit hazy, but people recalled that I immediately said: "That's an act of war."

I then waked into the boss' office and said: "Turn on your TV. We're at war."

I didn't have much to add, other than to note than a few months later, I brought my newborn daughter into the office for a meet-and-greet (we were like that). We had no idea then that she would go on to earn a campaign ribbon for a war that started before she was born.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)

148 That said, they build some of the world's finer armor, from trucks and troop-transports, to main battle tanks. Some of these are built by private companies, and some by the MoD, but i think it counts for something. They're of the best quality, and fearsome.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 12, 2026 09:20 AM (BI5O2)
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Maybe just count a main battle tank as a car, used mainly to travel north, or sometimes visit Egypt.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:24 AM (pShax)

149 Posted by: muldoon at September 12, 2026 09:23 AM (qgHp7)
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Exquisite trolling right there.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:25 AM (pShax)

150
Or, is this a money making sport so to speak, with real money as the prize?

Or, just bragging rights?

What's the dealio?
Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 09:19 AM (iJfKG)

It's a very expensive hobby, but less expensive than horses. The money goes out, not in. In essence, it's a livestock show. The payout is the gratification of being recognized for doing a superior job of breeding.

We do a lot and have achieved a lot, but really we're just small potatoes next to the big boys, who may spend a couple of million dollars a year showing and promoting their dogs. We're pleased as punch for recently getting a Best in Show but the top dog in the country, a Gordon Setter, has 63 of them as of the end of July.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:26 AM (eRlcH)

151 Good morning Horde, prayers up for all of you and your loved ones.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 12, 2026 09:26 AM (ibDUx)

152 Ben Kenobi was a slacker. Probably a starbucks man.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 12, 2026 09:26 AM (5C90x)

153
At least Spartan fans support the Wolverines when playing the buckeyes. Mostly.

Columbus treats football like a holy war, desecrating their home field has been made a criminal act.

Posted by: Auspex at September 12, 2026 09:26 AM (Y8DZL)

154 One thing I can't figure out is supposed population on the country before say 1700s. No way the native Indian population was as much as I read sometimes. Not like they had cities with thousands.
Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 09:21 AM (Ia/+0)
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It's to inflate the body count they can attribute to Evil White Men. They don't actually care.

In fact, research into pre-Columbian contact and evidence that contradicts theri narrative is immediately attacked.

Just like the complete absence of child graves in Canada that the Catholic Church was supposed to have produced. History must yield to their political desires. It has no value on its own.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:26 AM (ZOv7s)

155 Are they from Newark? I've never seen it.

He looks the part for sure, used to drive a limo so always dressed in black and white, black leather coat, Wayfarers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:19 AM (RIvkX)
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Yes, Newark. And environs. In the show their territory seemed to run from the river through Newark and Elizabeth, excluding (I believe) the Rahway State Prison.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:28 AM (pSl4u)

156 I did not know that and am intrigued. I lived there and worked there after college and loved it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:30 AM (RIvkX)

157 At least Spartan fans support the Wolverines when playing the buckeyes. Mostly.

Posted by: Auspex at September 12, 2026 09:26 AM (Y8DZL)
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I hear Michigan fans say that, but in my experience, the Spartan Nation is all about the Scarlet and Gray in November.

When I was at MSU, Ohio State brought its band up for the game (which was not all that common in those days, I think we did one away game other than South Bend and Ann Arbor), and we immediately hit it off.

We actually traded merch catalogs (no internet, you needed the paper forms) and that is how I have two Ohio State Marching Band t-shirts, included the coveted Friday Gray, which they made a big deal out of letting us wear.

Of course other bands would swap shirts as well, and I have an Indiana one and Purdue one that was sadly lost.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

158 Are they from Newark? I've never seen it.

He looks the part for sure, used to drive a limo so always dressed in black and white, black leather coat, Wayfarers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

San Franpsycho you really must watch it. Tony Soprano as portrayed by the late James Gandolfini was awesome.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

159 wife's brother is a lifelong Buckeye fan. He spells it O-I-H-O, because he has to look down at the letters on the front of his sweatshirt to remember how it's spelled.
Posted by: muldoon at September 12, 2026 09:23 AM (qgHp7)

We have a few Ohio fans joining us today at the game. I'll definitely share this definitely true story!

Posted by: LASue at September 12, 2026 09:31 AM (lCppi)

160
It's to inflate the body count they can attribute to Evil White Men. They don't actually care.

They call what happened "genocide". But most of those who died did so before they ever saw a European, who at the time had no conception of germs. The famous smallpox blankets are a single incidence and nothing happened to the natives who got them.

Peoples have been running into each other for time immemorial. Someone wins and someone loses. Why the European colonization of the Americas is some exception is never explained.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:31 AM (eRlcH)

161 Remind me to tell you about the time I was tripping balls and wandering around the ghetto at 1 am giggling like a moron.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:33 AM (RIvkX)

162 Yes, Newark. And environs. In the show their territory seemed to run from the river through Newark and Elizabeth, excluding (I believe) the Rahway State Prison.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Nothing more than a glorified crew.

Posted by: Philly Leotardo at September 12, 2026 09:33 AM (XvL8K)

163 Good morning all
Attending birthday party for my 5 yr old grandson at noon that is being held at their house on a day that is overcast and looking like rain which means total chaos forced indoors. Wish me luck.
I'll try and catch up later.
Have a Happy Saturday.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 12, 2026 09:34 AM (kJmSS)

164 It's a very expensive hobby, but less expensive than horses. The money goes out, not in. In essence, it's a livestock show. The payout is the gratification of being recognized for doing a superior job of breeding.

We do a lot and have achieved a lot, but really we're just small potatoes next to the big boys, who may spend a couple of million dollars a year showing and promoting their dogs. We're pleased as punch for recently getting a Best in Show but the top dog in the country, a Gordon Setter, has 63 of them as of the end of July.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:26 AM (eRlcH)

Okay, thanks.

Basically, a labor of love or pride. Nice.

i just wondered because I've read that the dog's owners will often not go to shows at all, but farm the pooch out for someone else to show, which has got to be an expensive thing to do.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

165 Peoples have been running into each other for time immemorial. Someone wins and someone loses. Why the European colonization of the Americas is some exception is never explained.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:31 AM (eRlcH)
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It's zombie Soviet agitprop, and I think the tide has turned on it's persistence. In the next decade, a ton of schools will be closing due to the baby bust, and that's going to crush the influence of teacher unions.

There's also huge growth in non-public education because it sucks, and childless people are not going to be willing to pay high taxes for other peoples' kids.

Higher ed will also be decimated. This is the long awaited turning of the tide, and it cannot be stopped.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

166
September 11 hit hard on the family, friends at Morgan Stanley who worked at WTC are not forgotten.

My son and nephew joined the armed services as a result.

Prayers to all the families who will always be changed by what evil was unleashed that day.

No negotiated settlements.

Posted by: Auspex at September 12, 2026 09:34 AM (Y8DZL)

167 Wolfus, are you familiar with actor/playwright William Gillette? He was a stage actor, a very big star, mostly before movies were a thing. Portrayed Sherlock Holmes in many productions, coming up with the deerstalker hat and other things associated with Holmes. Met ACD and they became friends to the end of their lives. Wish there was film of him in the role.
Posted by: Caffiend at September 12, 2026

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Yes, I have heard of him. He was the one who established the large calabash pipe as a feature of the character. The straight or bent briar pipe that Sidney Paget showed in the famous The Strand illustrations was too small, Gillette thought, to work well on stage. So he adopted the big "calabash." You saw the style used by Cmdr. Data when he did Holmes on the holodeck in TNG.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

168 It's to inflate the body count they can attribute to Evil White Men. They don't actually care.

They call what happened "genocide". But most of those who died did so before they ever saw a European, who at the time had no conception of germs. The famous smallpox blankets are a single incidence and nothing happened to the natives who got them.

Peoples have been running into each other for time immemorial. Someone wins and someone loses. Why the European colonization of the Americas is some exception is never explained.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It's all poisoned by their politics. It's frustrating.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 09:36 AM (EGW4m)

169 Attending birthday party for my 5 yr old grandson at noon that is being held at their house on a day that is overcast and looking like rain which means total chaos forced indoors. Wish me luck.
I'll try and catch up later.
Have a Happy Saturday.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 12, 2026 09:34 AM (kJmSS)
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a group of 5 year old boys, forced indoors by weather and fueled by cake and ice cream.

Now, there is some Big Fun.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:36 AM (pSl4u)

170 San Franpsycho you really must watch it. Tony Soprano as portrayed by the late James Gandolfini was awesome.
Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

Bosses don't wear shorts.

Posted by: Carmine Lupertazzi, Sr. at September 12, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)

171 a group of 5 year old boys, forced indoors by weather and fueled by cake and ice cream.

Now, there is some Big Fun.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:36 AM (pSl4u)
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If they smell even a whiff of fear, they will destroy you!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:38 AM (RIvkX)

172
i just wondered because I've read that the dog's owners will often not go to shows at all, but farm the pooch out for someone else to show, which has got to be an expensive thing to do.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

It is very expensive to do. Her Majesty used to show our dogs herself, but her knees had to be replaced and she could no longer run fast enough. She was very good at it, but most people have no idea how to show their dogs to the best effect, or how to best groom it. That's why they turn to professional handlers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:39 AM (eRlcH)

173 >>>which has got to be an expensive thing to do.

For a run-of-the-mill show, around $120 gets you a professional handler for the exhausting 5-10 minutes of work they put in.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 12, 2026 09:40 AM (J4Dwc)

174 If they smell even a whiff of fear, they will destroy you!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:38 AM (RIvkX)
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Furniture too. Even wallboard is at risk, since soccer balls can dent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:41 AM (pSl4u)

175 May GOD bless all those above according to their needs and His will.
Amen

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 09:41 AM (LHPAg)

176 Mornin' folks.

The Black Plague came from outside the continent and eliminated a quarter to a third of the European population, but that's not considered a genicide.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 12, 2026 09:41 AM (kpS4V)

177
For a run-of-the-mill show, around $120 gets you a professional handler for the exhausting 5-10 minutes of work they put in.
Posted by: one hour sober at September 12, 2026 09:40 AM (J4Dwc)

I know how that sounds, but it's like the consultant who charges $10,000 for five minutes of work because he knows where to kick the machine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:42 AM (eRlcH)

178 I then waked into the boss' office and said: "Turn on your TV. We're at war."

I didn't have much to add, other than to note than a few months later, I brought my newborn daughter into the office for a meet-and-greet (we were like that). We had no idea then that she would go on to earn a campaign ribbon for a war that started before she was born.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)

One of my coworkers watching the events that day got in touch with his recruiter and jawboned him to let him reenlist. He was in his early 30's at that time. Spent a couple years in the sandbox. There's a book called Black Hearts that chronicles his experiences and those of his fellow warriors. Not an easy read. God bless your daughter and all who served...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 09:42 AM (nbLIj)

179 Wow. Trump is in Ireland today?

The man is 80 years old. Has a super model wife, a young son and more money than Fort Knox and all he does is work for us for free.

Yea, it will be a real challenge to see if I can sacrifice 5 minutes to vote.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 09:43 AM (viF8m)

180
154 One thing I can't figure out is supposed population on the country before say 1700s. No way the native Indian population was as much as I read sometimes. Not like they had cities with thousands.
Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 09:21 AM (Ia/+0)

On the other hand, we have a false and stereotypical view of what Native American societies were like in the pre-columbian era. They were not the Sioux or the Cherokee riding across the plains - no horses. From the eastern half of Texas over to Georgia and stretching up the Mississippi drainage area up to Illinois, there was an extensive mound building culture of thousands of small farming villages with a mostly dispersed population - whatever the land could carry.

LIDAR around here turns up new mounds every day now, and each mound was most likely a village center. Some contain burials, but most appear to have been platforms for some central structure. And while there were not many large cities, there were a few that are now forgotten. Etowah in NW Georgia was a large, well defended city with palisade walls and a population between 15,000 and 25,000 in the 1400’s.

All of this was wiped out by smallpox epidemics.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 09:44 AM (P8wUf)

181 Even wallboard is at risk
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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That Buford's a sly one. Already knows his ABCs.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 09:45 AM (XvL8K)

182 I think the """conservative""" opposition to crushing Iran suffered a big setback yesterday as we were reminded what happens when you don't go in it to win it. We have the mullahs on the ropes, and it would be stupid to stop.

And as I predicted months ago, the left could not just pretend to be patriotic to win the election. They had to go full jihadi loving retard, and they're going to lose the normies completely.

We've all seen the polls that only a quarter of Dems are proud to be American. Guess who those people are going to vote for (assuming they vote at all)?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)

183 Just don’t let them call you John Smallberries.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 07:45 AM (P8wUf)
Or Monkeyboy.

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 09:47 AM (LHPAg)

184 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 09:42 AM (eRlcH)

I feel like I've personally funded Stephanie Hentschel's IRA

Posted by: one hour sober at September 12, 2026 09:48 AM (J4Dwc)

185 The weather has been better around here lately. Not as hot, about ten degrees cooler plus the daytime is getting shorter. I kept my electric bills below a hundred dollars this summer. My last one was $97.50. I am proud of myself for keeping them low for July and August. Fall is about here for real. 🙂

Posted by: Case at September 12, 2026 09:49 AM (noln+)

186 One of my coworkers watching the events that day got in touch with his recruiter and jawboned him to let him reenlist. He was in his early 30's at that time. Spent a couple years in the sandbox. There's a book called Black Hearts that chronicles his experiences and those of his fellow warriors. Not an easy read. God bless your daughter and all who served...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 09:42 AM (nbLIj)
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I was in a recruiting office a week after the attack. It took time to untangle my paperwork from my Short Unsuccessful Army Career, and then I wanted to wait until the baby was born and things settled down at home, so I reenlisted in August, 2002, this time in the Air National Guard. I intended to do just one enlistment which I figured would be "the duration." Yeah.

As time wore on and the years piled up, getting a retirement seemed like a good idea, and those of us of a certain age jokingly said our contract was for "the duration." It kind of was, because after the Afghanistan debacle, a bunch of us got out. Those couldn't right away set a timer, and of course Covid also pushed people out. I retired on Dec. 31, 2022.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)

187 Fall is about here for real. 🙂
Posted by: Case

Yes Fall is almost here. My favorite season.

Posted by: Tuna at September 12, 2026 09:51 AM (lJ0H4)

188 For a run-of-the-mill show, around $120 gets you a professional handler for the exhausting 5-10 minutes of work they put in.

*********

I learned recently that $500/day plus travel, lodging and per diem X3 will get you three experienced archeological human remains detection dogs (AHRDD's) with handlers for a 3-day expedition. I'll even throw in a blue ribbon if they find something.

Posted by: muldoon at September 12, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)

189 The many fans of lesser universities in here are just jealous of the success of the Wolverines. It's a bit seamy and envy is sinful, like coveting one's neighbor's wife.

Posted by: Or Ass at September 12, 2026 09:52 AM (Fn+3X)

190 Wow, the UK rejected legalizing euthanasia! I did not see that coming. God be praised!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:52 AM (ZOv7s)

191 Bonhoffer rightly identified stupid people following propaganda as more dangerous than evil people, or so says my twitter feed. I think he was right, insofar as the former are unable to think critically. When they were told Trump was secretly communicating with the Kremlin, it became an article of faith. No matter the facts many still fervently believe it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:53 AM (pSl4u)

192
Demonstrations against SAVAK and the Shah were staged at MSU in the late 70's when I was attending.

Mostly standard commies but I'd imagine most of the exchange students participating either applied for U.S. citizenship or went back to die at the hands of the muslims.

Posted by: Auspex at September 12, 2026 09:53 AM (Y8DZL)

193 Latest on Clancy.

https://tinyurl.com/mv6b6crh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 09:54 AM (ndZc7)

194 The many fans of lesser universities in here are just jealous of the success of the Wolverines. It's a bit seamy and envy is sinful, like coveting one's neighbor's wife.
Posted by: Or Ass at September 12, 2026 09:52 AM (Fn+3X)
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This is my favorite Skunk Bear cope.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)

195 142 Going vegetarian with cabbage & beans?
Yknow who else ate like that?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 12, 2026 09:20 AM (r4LUb)
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That's a Feast! Let's Polka!

Posted by: Yosh and Stan Shmenge at September 12, 2026 09:55 AM (XE5AP)

196 I think the """conservative""" opposition to crushing Iran suffered a big setback yesterday as we were reminded what happens when you don't go in it to win it. We have the mullahs on the ropes, and it would be stupid to stop.

And as I predicted months ago, the left could not just pretend to be patriotic to win the election. They had to go full jihadi loving retard, and they're going to lose the normies completely.

We've all seen the polls that only a quarter of Dems are proud to be American. Guess who those people are going to vote for (assuming they vote at all)?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)

I believe that maybe some of those on the Left are starting to understand that if we import millions or muslims, particularly given their religion and culture,

a lot of our customs and cozy assumptions and Judeo-Christian culture simply have to go out the window.

We are in a new Cold War brought on by poor, feckless leadership at the top[ especially. by GWB and worse going forward until Trump.

Is a culture that celebrates a mother who cruelly murders her three children worth saving from islam? Probably not.

The Left must change

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

197 >>The many fans of lesser universities in here are just jealous of the success of the Wolverines. It's a bit seamy and envy is sinful, like coveting one's neighbor's wife.


Time Out!

The referees have put 1 second back on the clock to allow Michigan to whine longer.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 09:56 AM (viF8m)

198 Remind me to tell you about the time I was tripping balls and wandering around the ghetto at 1 am giggling like a moron.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:33 AM (RIvkX)

In newark? Damn. I was born there, parents left the area when I was just under a year old when they saw the writing on the wall. They always tell me how nice it was when they were growing up in the late 1940s and 50s . Yeah, I still don't believe them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 12, 2026 09:56 AM (S41Gd)

199 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XvN_0X2-GQ

Sounds like Wyoming is having to deal with Coloradans.

Posted by: Emmie at September 12, 2026 09:57 AM (OlzlW)

200 Interesting post a Twitchy about white people now describing themselves as " non- practicing white". The people , largely female, look like what you'd imagine

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 12, 2026 09:57 AM (N2HNb)

201 The tragedy of the Native American populations was an unavoidable disaster that was going to happen whenever the Old World finally made full contact with the new. The large populations in SE Asia, and China, and India, and Africa had been continuously generating new diseases for thousands of years, and these would work their way throughout the bulk of the old world. Many would die, but the survivors and their descendants would mostly be immune. The Black Death was a particularly sharp die off, but even it burned itself out without destroying everything.

What no one knew was that many of these pathogens for both diseases we knew and those we had forgotten were incorporated into our biological structure so that we were carriers of many things without knowing it. When Old World man entered the New World, 10,000 years of plagues and diseases were dumped on the New World at once; no wonder 90% of the existing population died by 1600.

What our ancestors saw as “normal” Indian culture was the crazed remains of one of the most apocalyptic die-offs in history. It wasn’t anyone’s fault; it was always going to happen no matter what.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 09:57 AM (P8wUf)

202 muldoon that sounds like money well-spent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

203 A meme now has a Michigan road sign saying "Now Entering Michigan, set your clicks one second back"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 12, 2026 09:59 AM (N2HNb)

204 First time I went to NYC, flew into Newark and promptly missed my exit. Ended up driving around Newark at 1 am, scared shitless.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 10:01 AM (XvL8K)

205 In newark? Damn. I was born there, parents left the area when I was just under a year old when they saw the writing on the wall. They always tell me how nice it was when they were growing up in the late 1940s and 50s . Yeah, I still don't believe them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 12, 2026 09:56 AM (S41Gd)
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I lived in Forest Hill which was a beautiful area, even though I was on the ghetto side. Beautiful park. A cute little light rail I would ride to work if I didn't feel like driving.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

206
When Daryl Rogers was MSU's football coach he came to town for a fundraising speech and gave birth to the phrase "Arrogant Assholes from Ann Arbor"

The room went wild, except for dad, who left telling me he'd meet me in the bar.

Posted by: Auspex at September 12, 2026 10:02 AM (Y8DZL)

207 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XvN_0X2-GQ

Sounds like Wyoming is having to deal with Coloradans.
Posted by: Emmie at September 12, 2026 09:57 AM (OlzlW)
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Poor Cheyenne. Too close to the border.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 10:03 AM (EqY/n)

208 Die schmuckeyes.
Die.

Posted by: Heirloominati at September 12, 2026 10:06 AM (erhDr)

209 Poor Cheyenne. Too close to the border.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026

***
I drove up to visit Cheyenne on Memorial Day weekend in '98.

It was closed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)

210 Vegetarian you say?

2,000 Pounds of Meth Discovered Hidden in Cabbage Shipment at U.S.-Mexico Border

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)

211 Yesterday Fill

$87.12 / 22.933 gal
$3.79

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 10:10 AM (/+uur)

212 Lawn tractor next

Not so sure it should only be a second

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 10:10 AM (Ia/+0)

213 Reparations, is there anything they can't do?

Socialist Spain Grants EU Citizenship to Hundreds of Thousands of Africans as Part of “Historic Reparation”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

214 Vegetarian you say?

2,000 Pounds of Meth Discovered Hidden in Cabbage Shipment at U.S.-Mexico Border
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)

Lettuce be thankful they were caught.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 10:12 AM (EGW4m)

215
Socialist Spain Grants EU Citizenship to Hundreds of Thousands of Africans as Part of “Historic Reparation”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7).

They need another Franco, but it might already be too late.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 10:13 AM (P8wUf)

216 RE: Wyoming dealing with Coloradans.
Thanks, Emmie!!! That was great!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 12, 2026 10:13 AM (I9XXk)

217
Lettuce be thankful they were caught.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 10:12 AM (EGW4m)

Hope the criminals turn over a new leaf.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 10:13 AM (eRlcH)

218 191 Bonhoffer rightly identified stupid people following propaganda as more dangerous than evil people, or so says my twitter feed. I think he was right, insofar as the former are unable to think critically. When they were told Trump was secretly communicating with the Kremlin, it became an article of faith. No matter the facts many still fervently believe it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 09:53 AM (pSl4u)

semi related to dogooders quote by CSL

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 10:13 AM (/+uur)

219 I believe in science!

Drug Cartels Caught Spying on U.S. Soil — and Then Military Lasers Obliterated Them

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)

220
2,000 Pounds of Meth Discovered Hidden in Cabbage Shipment at U.S.-Mexico Border
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026
*
Lettuce be thankful they were caught.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026

***
Just a garden-variety drug bust

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9)

221 217
Lettuce be thankful they were caught.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 10:12 AM (EGW4m)

Hope the criminals turn over a new leaf.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 12, 2026 10:13 AM (eRlcH)

Cartel lost some serious cabbage

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 10:14 AM (/+uur)

222 Vegetarian you say?

2,000 Pounds of Meth Discovered Hidden in Cabbage Shipment at U.S.-Mexico Border
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)

Lettuce be thankful they were caught.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 10:12 AM (EGW4m)

Tweaking Tooters!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 12, 2026 10:14 AM (wVcYX)

223
2,000 Pounds of Meth Discovered Hidden in Cabbage Shipment at U.S.-Mexico Border
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026
*
Lettuce be thankful they were caught.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026

***
Clearly these drug runners were still in their salad days

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)

224 I drove up to visit Cheyenne on Memorial Day weekend in '98.

It was closed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)
======================
Reminds me of a classic Candid Camera episode

https://tinyurl.com/6knb7nvp

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 12, 2026 10:15 AM (4V3F9)

225 Socialist Spain Grants EU Citizenship to Hundreds of Thousands of Africans as Part of “Historic Reparation”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
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Considering North Africans preyed upon Europeans for centuries, I'd think THEY are the ones who owe reparations...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 12, 2026 10:17 AM (FZ29D)

226 At UT

The new curriculum comes after 22 faculty members, who made up a “Core Curriculum Task Force,” found that the school offered “more than 1,000 disconnected courses of inconsistent quality.”

Bullshit Courses IOW

600 cut by Spring 27

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 10:17 AM (/+uur)

227 2,000 Pounds of Meth Discovered Hidden in Cabbage Shipment at U.S.-Mexico Border
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)
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Kind of gives a whole new meaning to the song "Boil Them Cabbage Down"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 12, 2026 10:17 AM (XE5AP)

228 Cabbage Patch Kids grew up, went bad.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 10:18 AM (P8wUf)

229 228 Cabbage Patch Kids grew up, went bad.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 10:18 AM (P8wUf)

garbage pail kids

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 12, 2026 10:19 AM (/+uur)

230 In newark? Damn. I was born there, parents left the area when I was just under a year old when they saw the writing on the wall. They always tell me how nice it was when they were growing up in the late 1940s and 50s . Yeah, I still don't believe them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 12, 2026 09:56 AM (S41Gd)

Newark was a real hot spot with large department stores, the Paramount theater where many stars appeared, including Frank Sinatra. It began going downhill in the late 50's when many, including my wife's parents, moved further south to locations where large housing developments were being constructed. The construction of the Garden State Parkway facilitied that movement. They could live 15 or 20 miles south of Newark, Irvington, Kearney, etc, but still keep their jobs in those cities, including Western Electric where most Bell Telephone equipment was manufactured. Sadly, cities, as does nature, abhor a vacuum. Guess who filled that vacuum? Many blacks from the South moved north and settled in the cities. It was always amusing to hear them speak with a southern accent even though they're from Newark and are three generations removed.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 12, 2026 10:19 AM (hmYU4)

231 2,000 Pounds of Meth Discovered Hidden in Cabbage Shipment at U.S.-Mexico Border
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026
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Kind of gives a whole new meaning to the song "Boil Them Cabbage Down"
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 12, 2026

***
"Tie Me Cabbage Leaf Down, Sport"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 12, 2026 10:20 AM (wzUl9)

232 >>In newark? Damn. I was born there, parents left the area when I was just under a year old when they saw the writing on the wall. They always tell me how nice it was when they were growing up in the late 1940s and 50s . Yeah, I still don't believe them.

When I was a kid we moved from the NYC area to NJ. One day my mom took me and a friend to see a movie we were begging her to take us too. In Newark. It was a stupid horror movie called something like The Beast of Blood. Scared the shit out of us.

Leaving the theater after sunset in Newark in the early 70s was way scarier.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 10:20 AM (viF8m)

233 San Francisco Declares “Rent Emergency” as Housing Costs Soar

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Rent emergency? Raise taxes!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

234 Sounds like Wyoming is having to deal with Coloradans.
Posted by: Emmie

********

It's funny because it's true.

My dad grew up a few miles south of the CO-WY border. Grandparents stayed there until they died, and a cousin inherited the old farm. My uncle settled up north of Cheyenne, was an old country veterinarian. Good people. My brothers, save one, all live in CO. Fortunately not the Boulderite or Front Range sort.

Posted by: muldoon at September 12, 2026 10:23 AM (qgHp7)

235 That said, they build some of the world's finer armor, from trucks and troop-transports, to main battle tanks. Some of these are built by private companies, and some by the MoD, but i think it counts for something. They're of the best quality, and fearsome.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 12, 2026 09:20 AM (BI5O2)
Not to mention small arms/ammo.

Posted by: Eromero at September 12, 2026 10:24 AM (LHPAg)

236 I lived in Forest Hill which was a beautiful area, even though I was on the ghetto side. Beautiful park. A cute little light rail I would ride to work if I didn't feel like driving.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 12, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

I grew up around the corner from you. Went to Essex Catholic HS on the corner of Broadway and 2nd Ave. My soccer team's practice field was in Branch Brook Park..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 10:25 AM (nbLIj)

237 Peace, love, and understanding.

Bruce Springsteen Demands Democrats “Make the Last Two Years of Trump’s Term the Most Miserable Years of His Life”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

238 Trump's visiting my family in Doonbeg today!

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 12, 2026 10:26 AM (3ImbR)

239 Just in case you needed a little smile.

>>@JustTheNews
·
3m
>>🚨 BREAKING: Sabrina Messa, the Canadian visa holder who mocked Charlie Kirk following his assassination, says she has lost her job and will leave the United States on Monday after receiving a removal order.

>>“I am not fighting the removal order. Neither is my sister. We will be leaving this Monday,” Messa wrote.

>>Messa also said she had “lost” her job with cause.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 10:26 AM (viF8m)

240 Clearly these drug runners were still in their salad days

*********

Nothing but common scoffslaws!

Posted by: muldoon at September 12, 2026 10:26 AM (qgHp7)

241 2,000 Pounds of Meth Discovered Hidden in Cabbage Shipment at U.S.-Mexico Border
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)
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My cabbages!

Posted by: That Cabbage Guy from The Last Airbender at September 12, 2026 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)

242 > an Francisco Declares “Rent Emergency” as Housing Costs Soar
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They're just now figuring this out? It was unreasonable in the 90's. And probably before that... but I got to the area in 2000 and it was stupidly expensive then.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 10:28 AM (2Cry5)

243 Bruce Springsteen Demands Democrats “Make the Last Two Years of Trump’s Term the Most Miserable Years of His Life”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)
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"Multi-millionaire demands politicians cater to his every whim."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)

244 Bruce Springsteen Demands Democrats “Make the Last Two Years of Trump’s Term the Most Miserable Years of His Life”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

May be time to make your next two years the most miserable of YOUR life. Worthless POS. You'd walk awful funny with that guitar sticking out of your ass. But, then again, you might enjoy it.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 12, 2026 10:29 AM (hmYU4)

245 Morning, all.
Prayers for the list, as always.
May I add Mary, the 14 year old daughter of an on-line acquaitance, who's making a good recovery from a TBI. She was hit by a car, but has already been upgraded to a rehab facility.

Posted by: sal at September 12, 2026 10:31 AM (f+FmA)

246 Who or what is a “Springsteen” and why should we care ?

Ayn Rand was right.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at September 12, 2026 10:32 AM (s8FIw)

247 Springsteen should be beaten to death with his own guitar.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 12, 2026 10:32 AM (EGW4m)

248 @sayerjigmi
🚨 I've spent weeks inside the Epstein files — not looking for names, but for infrastructure.
What I found: Jeffrey Epstein wasn't just a sex trafficker. He was a switchboard — routing government secrets, Wall Street intelligence, and political power through one network.
The same network that built the censorship machine that targeted your speech during COVID.
Five parts. All sourced to DOJ documents. Here's the whole investigation 🧵👇
~~~~~

Looks very interesting and comports with what JackStraw has suggested for years. Here's the link if you're interested:

https://tinyurl.com/599n82tx

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 12, 2026 10:34 AM (3ImbR)

249
Reparations, is there anything they can't do?

Socialist Spain Grants EU Citizenship to Hundreds of Thousands of Africans as Part of “Historic Reparation”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

Europe is so strange.

Any weird pathology that bubbles up here in America, they instantly adopt.

Especially, any racial oriented pathology, which they really didn't have until and unless they imported it.

I suppose to prove how morally and evolutionarily superior they are to the average American meathead.

Welp, enjoy Europe! You literally voted for every single bit of this.

EUROPE
Stupid? You're Soaking In It!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

250 Lettuce be thankful they were caught.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

I'm tweakin' over here. Was counting on some of that "cabbage".

Posted by: Jumpy Jack at September 12, 2026 10:35 AM (Fn+3X)

251 Hook'Em Horns!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 08:17 AM (iJfKG)

Grew up in Austin during the '60s. The local rock station would play the fight song every hour on the hour before game weekends. Because they could, I guess, being locally owned.

Posted by: sal at September 12, 2026 10:35 AM (f+FmA)

252 Bruce who?
Yeah, that's how I feel about the old asshole.

Posted by: Case at September 12, 2026 10:37 AM (noln+)

253 Get off my block, Springsteen!

Posted by: Robert DeNiro at September 12, 2026 10:37 AM (wpRMV)

254 Aw, Hadrian, so sorry I won't be cleared to drive before the Belton show. I'd have loved to see The Big Dummy in person. And Her Majesty, of course.

Posted by: sal at September 12, 2026 10:38 AM (f+FmA)

255
Bruce Springsteen Demands Democrats “Make the Last Two Years of Trump’s Term the Most Miserable Years of His Life”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

I used to like Springsteen. His first...what? five or so albums is what he's been living on for decades.

And every time...every single time, I think that maybe I'll pick up something of his.

He comes out publicly with some stupid, lame, hateful garbage.

You know what?

Fuck that guy.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 10:39 AM (iJfKG)

256 Since he can't sing worth a shit, Springsteen's found his voice in bitching about Trump.

The male Rosie O'Donnell.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 10:39 AM (2Cry5)

257 Peace, love, and understanding, part deus.

NC candidate who is “running to restore human decency” says Trump voters belong in Nazi ovens

https://tinyurl.com/4ec3b9ma

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:42 AM (ndZc7)

258 >>Looks very interesting and comports with what JackStraw has suggested for years.

And you thought I was just a dumb blonde with a hot body.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 10:42 AM (viF8m)

259 Grab a sword Bruce Shitstain and lead the charge not yell 'go on ' from the back why don't you?

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 10:43 AM (Ia/+0)

260 Newark was a real hot spot with large department stores, the Paramount theater where many stars appeared, including Frank Sinatra. It began going downhill in the late 50's when many, including my wife's parents, moved further south to locations where large housing developments were being constructed. The construction of the Garden State Parkway facilitied that movement.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 12, 2026 10:19 AM (hmYU4)

Newark died a death from a thousand cuts. Ballentine shut down its brewery in the early 70's, killing the Ironbound, whose residences famously turned away the '67 rioters from their streets. I lived in the North Ward, where Anthony Imperiale organized the citizen's committee against crime. The tide was relentless, however. We finally got out in '83, and it was a pretty close thing..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 10:43 AM (nbLIj)

261
What a nasty old lesbian Springsteen has become.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 12, 2026 10:44 AM (XeO61)

262 Starting a Sunbonnet Sue quilt for a grandneice. Weeding out the ones with a Handmaid's Tale vibe.
Luckily, there are about a million versions of this pattern.

Posted by: sal at September 12, 2026 10:46 AM (f+FmA)

263 The NC candidate who wants MAGA in ovens explains herself.

NC House Republicans
@NCHouseGOP
We finally got a comment from Shelly Headen.

“I’ve sacrificed myself just like Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, and Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln and all the people that put themselves out there to sacrifice for our country,”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 12, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)

264 >>>And you thought I was just a dumb blonde with a hot body.
~~~~~

Don't get used to it, buddy.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 12, 2026 10:47 AM (3ImbR)

265 Grew up in Austin during the '60s. The local rock station would play the fight song every hour on the hour before game weekends. Because they could, I guess, being locally owned.
Posted by: sal at September 12, 2026 10:35 AM (f+FmA)
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Local radio will play MSU's fight song at various intervals on game day, though they no longer provide score updates since it's all over the place.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 10:47 AM (ZOv7s)

266 "I'm a non-practicing white."

https://tinyurl.com/bddpa3uh

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 10:47 AM (XvL8K)

267 I still like the Born in the USA album… partly because it helped define my college years, a great time in my life.

But Springsteen seems like a miserable and unhappy person. Sad

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 12, 2026 10:48 AM (M+uMR)

268 Morning Hordemates.
BRCC Gunship coffee this morning.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 12, 2026 10:49 AM (2WIwB)

269
266 "I'm a non-practicing white."

https://tinyurl.com/bddpa3uh
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 10:47 AM

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It she practiced she'd get better at it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 12, 2026 10:49 AM (XeO61)

270 >>Don't get used to it, buddy.

yada, yada

Women.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 10:50 AM (viF8m)

271 What a nasty old lesbian Springsteen has become.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 12, 2026 10:44 AM (XeO61)
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It is really funny how someone's beliefs seem to shape out they age. You look at traditional, not even conservative but just normal people and they always age better than liberals.

The men in particular take on a feminine appearance, so matter how rugged they looked when they were young. I'm guessing its the lack of testosterone.

Normal men, masculine men, gain more rugged features, sharper not rounded, lean rather than bloated. It's fascinating.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 10:50 AM (ZOv7s)

272 But Springsteen seems like a miserable and unhappy person. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
_______

Bitter old atheist searching for meaning.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 10:51 AM (XvL8K)

273 Especially, any racial oriented pathology, which they really didn't have until and unless they imported it.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

Where did they import it from?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 12, 2026 10:53 AM (OlzlW)

274 >>>When Daryl Rogers was MSU's football coach...

I was at MSU during the Darryl Rogers era, short as it was.

Many MBL fans of yesteryear would be surprised, I think, to learn that Kirk Gibson played only one year of baseball at MSU. He was a senior and already a starter on the football team. He was encouraged by Rogers to forgo spring football practice and go play baseball, instead.

Had Rogers not convinced Gibson to do that, the two most memorable moments in Gibson's MBL career -- his homer off Goose Gossage and his pinch-hit homer of Dennis Eckersley -- would've never occurred.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 12, 2026 10:54 AM (J4Dwc)

275
271

It is really funny how someone's beliefs seem to shape out they age. You look at traditional, not even conservative but just normal people and they always age better than liberals.

The men in particular take on a feminine appearance, so matter how rugged they looked when they were young. I'm guessing its the lack of testosterone.

Normal men, masculine men, gain more rugged features, sharper not rounded, lean rather than bloated. It's fascinating.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 10:50 AM

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Re: Springsteen. The earrings don't help. At all.

He must be surrounded by yes-men (yes-persyns?) who see no profit in pointing out the obvious to him.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 12, 2026 10:55 AM (XeO61)

276 Bitter old atheist searching for meaning.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 10:51 AM (XvL8K)
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Everyone has a religion, even those who claim to be atheists. Those who say they are irreligious or "reason-based" just worship themselves, putting their will in the place of God.

That's how a mother can murder her children and be fine with it, and others can excuse it. They have no fixed morality, and most worship social media, finding both absolution and guidance from whatever the algorithm tells them.

Thus the necessary first step in restoring order and prosperity to this nation is restoring faith. Everything else flows downstream from that. It isn't just "culture," it is the basis of the culture.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 10:56 AM (ZOv7s)

277 Newark died a death from a thousand cuts. Ballentine shut down its brewery in the early 70's, killing the Ironbound, whose residences famously turned away the '67 rioters from their streets. I lived in the North Ward, where Anthony Imperiale organized the citizen's committee against crime. The tide was relentless, however. We finally got out in '83, and it was a pretty close thing..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 10:43 AM (nbLIj)

I remember the riots very vividly. Took my physical for the draft with the NG still patrolling the streets. Three months later, I was drafted and back in Newark with my fellow draftees retaking the physical before the bus trip to Fort Dix. Fast forward to 1987 and I was working at a television station (where Uncle FLoyd did his show), about two blocks away from University Hospital. We closed that studio down in 2006.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 12, 2026 10:56 AM (hmYU4)

278 > I've spent weeks inside the Epstein files — not looking for names, but for infrastructure.
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Bill Gates figures prominently. That guy needs to hang.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 10:57 AM (2Cry5)

279 *MLB

Posted by: one hour sober at September 12, 2026 10:58 AM (J4Dwc)

280 Had Rogers not convinced Gibson to do that, the two most memorable moments in Gibson's MBL career -- his homer off Goose Gossage and his pinch-hit homer of Dennis Eckersley -- would've never occurred.
Posted by: one hour sober at September 12, 2026 10:54 AM (J4Dwc)
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Rogers made the suggestion because he felt cross-training would help with his coordination since he was a wideout.

But yeah, he had a level of power beyond most, and of course the Roar of '84 is still remembered around here.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 10:59 AM (ZOv7s)

281 >>Bill Gates figures prominently. That guy needs to hang.

You mean the Bill Gates who had a top level security clearance and is a good pal of that hero Fauci? That Bill Gates?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:00 AM (viF8m)

282 Happy Saturday!


Seriously, you cannot satire the progressives - this appears to be real:

https://tinyurl.com/3xjkp626

And made by an American artist, no less.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 12, 2026 11:00 AM (rOKnE)

283 Well, time to move on. God bless you!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 12, 2026 11:03 AM (ZOv7s)

284 You know Born in the USA is what Bruce is, a Anti- American.
Listen to the words, is all anti-Amercan apology

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 11:03 AM (Ia/+0)

285 > >Bill Gates figures prominently. That guy needs to hang.

You mean the Bill Gates who had a top level security clearance and is a good pal of that hero Fauci? That Bill Gates?
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Yeah.... Gates has some weird fixation with viruses too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 11:04 AM (2Cry5)

286 >>Rogers made the suggestion because he felt cross-training would help with his coordination since he was a wideout.

Nonsense. He encouraged Gibson to play baseball because he knew he'd be a star and would give him leverage in contract negotiations with whatever team drafted him.

Gibson said so, himself.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 12, 2026 11:07 AM (J4Dwc)

287 Especially, any racial oriented pathology, which they really didn't have until and unless they imported it.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

NaturalFake, where did they import it from?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 12, 2026 11:08 AM (OlzlW)

288 Bill Gates figures prominently. That guy needs to hang.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 12, 2026 10:57 AM (2Cry5)
~~~~~

I wish Melinda would talk. In fact, I think it's almost her duty. I'm sure she's got lots of inside info but is probably afraid to get unalived.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 12, 2026 11:09 AM (3ImbR)

289 Especially, any racial oriented pathology, which they really didn't have until and unless they imported it.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

Where did they import it from?
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 12, 2026 10:53 AM (OlzlW)

Maybe I wasn't clear, they are importing in pathologies that spring from the divisions in American society and apply those pathologies to their own societies.

Reparations? Really? That's an American social pathology that's spread like wildfire in Europe.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 11:09 AM (iJfKG)

290 >>Yeah.... Gates has some weird fixation with viruses too.

Crazy conspiracy theorist.

Next thing you'll tell me is that the China virus didn't come from a pangolin getting jiggy with a bat in a wet market.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 12, 2026 11:10 AM (viF8m)

291 That Headen lady candidate in NC is so nuts the Dem committee of NC withdrew their endorsement. That's nuclear level crazy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 12, 2026 11:11 AM (N2HNb)

292 291 That Headen lady candidate in NC is so nuts the Dem committee of NC withdrew their endorsement. That's nuclear level crazy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 12, 2026 11:11 AM (N2HNb)

She gave the game away. Also, she's retarded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:11 AM (Y/06r)

293 Thanks, NaturalFake. It sounded like you were saying they imported racism from the US. But I see what you mean about importing racial guilt-mongering.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 12, 2026 11:12 AM (OlzlW)

294 That Headen lady candidate in NC is so nuts the Dem committee of NC withdrew their endorsement. That's nuclear level crazy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 12, 2026 11:11 AM (N2HNb)

She gave the game away. Also, she's retarded.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:11 AM (Y/06r)

All Democrats everywhere at all times agree with her but-

She broke the omerta and so must pay!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 11:14 AM (iJfKG)

295 All Democrats everywhere at all times agree with her but-

She broke the omerta and so must pay!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 12, 2026 11:14 AM (iJfKG)

From the bits on Insty:

She said: “I think our only hope is an attack on US soil, preferably Alabama, Louisiana where the stupid people live.”

She said: “I’ve sacrificed myself just like Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, and Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln and all the people that put themselves out there to sacrifice for our country,” she said. “If a few angry moments on social media are the end, then so be it. MAGA will keep winning if we continue with not standing up for what’s right.”

“Visiting Dauchau [sic] Concentration Camp in Germany… This is where Trump supporters belong.”

Me: she is like a caricature. A TikTok commie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 12, 2026 11:16 AM (Y/06r)

296 So standing up for “what’s right” means murdering people you disagree with?

Do they even listen to themselves?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 12, 2026 11:18 AM (yEz+x)

297 KT HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at September 12, 2026 11:19 AM (Ia/+0)

298 So the headline story is underage hookers & the rich and famous. But that wasn’t the half of it.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 12, 2026 11:20 AM (aPO7X)

299 That Headen lady compared herself to Abe, Jesus and MLK for her sacrifices. When is she dying?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 12, 2026 11:20 AM (N2HNb)

300 She said: “I think our only hope is an attack on US soil, preferably Alabama, Louisiana where the stupid people live.”
____

If they'd done this on 9/11, we wouldn't have had even the short period of unity afterwards that we got from hitting NYC and DC.

She's smarter than the jihadis in that respect.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 12, 2026 11:21 AM (XvL8K)

301 Saw a Celt?ics Knicks playoff game in '71-'72 in Newark, on closed circuit TV, remember that. Fifteen thousand people, couple of hundred whites, one Celtic fan.
Celtics lost, I was allowed to love.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 12, 2026 11:22 AM (sl73Y)

302 I wish Melinda would talk. In fact, I think it's almost her duty. I'm sure she's got lots of inside info but is probably afraid to get unalived.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 12, 2026 11:09 AM (3ImbR)

She won't because she's a true believer. The kiddie diddling is too ick, but she's totally down with the rest of the Globo-Homo/Commie set...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 12, 2026 11:22 AM (nbLIj)

303 I blacked out the news yesterday. Didn't even post on AOS.
After 25 years I couldn't think of anything worth saying that has not already been said. It's just depressing to think about.
So I found other things to do and yesterday evening went and watched our local high school team play football. Had a good time, enjoyed the game (we won) and saw a ton of people I know. Seems like we all had the same idea, just get out and have some fun. Life is too short to brood about things you can't do anything about.

Posted by: Case at September 12, 2026 11:27 AM (noln+)

304 It would have been much more entertaining (and appropriate) to let an exploding drone track him down in center field.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 12, 2026 08:27 AM (P8wUf)

I would have had the Yankees takes swings at his head with baseball bats. In their regular batting order, of course.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 11:44 AM (1z8ji)

305 146 My wife's brother is a lifelong Buckeye fan. He spells it O-I-H-O, because he has to look down at the letters on the front of his sweatshirt to remember how it's spelled.

Posted by: muldoon at September 12, 2026 09:23 AM (qgHp7)

What's Oi! at the beginning and Ho! at the end?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 12, 2026 11:44 AM (l3cgK)

306 Seriously, you cannot satire the progressives - this appears to be real:

https://tinyurl.com/3xjkp626

And made by an American artist, no less.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 12, 2026 11:00 AM (rOKnE)

Straight from the pages of a Robert Crumb comic. No shit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 12, 2026 12:11 PM (1z8ji)

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