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Daily Tech News 3 May 2026

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  • The CPanel exploit is being exploited as a ransomware attack that encrypts your entire website. (Bleeping Computer)

    Well, I dodged that one, at least.
    Numerous sources told BleepingComputer that hackers have been exploiting the cPanel flaw since Thursday to breach servers and deploy a Go-based Linux encryptor for the "Sorry" ransomware [VirusTotal].
    Thanks, CPanel.


  • The problem with my server yesterday was hardware, not software - an SSD failure. It's not dead but ZFS automatically disabled it due to errors, which broke all the sites hosted there.

    So I had backups from the previous day, and I now have backups from the moment it failed. If anyone lost anything important I can get it back.


Tech News

Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: And I still am.

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 May 03, 2026 04:30 AM (skLNB)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Barely remember Diviyls

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2026 04:33 AM (ohOaC)

5 I contacted our hosting company and they swear on their CEO's mother-in-law's life that all's taken care of re cPanel.

In other tech news, another farewell to digital freedom in Europe:

https://tinyurl.com/ykzya375

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 03, 2026 04:33 AM (skLNB)

6 w00t

Posted by: m at May 03, 2026 04:34 AM (8rTNG)

7 The ONT has been informed

Posted by: SciVo at May 03, 2026 04:35 AM (Sy6m/)

8 In other tech news, another farewell to digital freedom in Europe:

https://tinyurl.com/ykzya375

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 03, 2026 04:33 AM (skLNB)
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Not that I care anymore about Europe but our US tax dollars contributed to this communist censorship drive:

https://tinyurl.com/45rjb8fk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 03, 2026 04:38 AM (skLNB)

9 It's still nice outside... came back indoors to find ONT is no more!

Hi, Pixy! Glad you take care of us the blog so well!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 04:40 AM (rdVOm)

10 Too bad I need sleep. Could accomplish so much more, if I could stay awake 24/7. Darn it!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 04:41 AM (rdVOm)

11 I need a new GPS for my vehicle. I could use phone but can't see it, just have to go by spoken directions

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2026 04:42 AM (Ia/+0)

12 Don't remember that song, but sure now thst I played it YouTube will suggest ones I might

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2026 04:46 AM (Ia/+0)

13 10 Too bad I need sleep. Could accomplish so much more, if I could stay awake 24/7. Darn it!
Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 04:41 AM (rdVOm)

Haha! We're not 21 anymore....

Posted by: m at May 03, 2026 04:50 AM (8rTNG)

14 Haha! We're not 21 anymore....
Posted by: m
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Howdy, m!

Yeah, no sh!t... those were the days, right? LOL!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 04:57 AM (rdVOm)

15 https://youtu.be/GI46_zBGv1A

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 04:59 AM (rdVOm)

16 G'night, horde. Happy Sunday!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 05:01 AM (rdVOm)

17 Cool today again, barely 60

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2026 05:04 AM (Ia/+0)

18
*flat, blaring nerd voive*

Hi, guys!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 03, 2026 05:06 AM (HdYcL)

19 I love the smell of fresh karma in the morning afternoon:

https://tinyurl.com/r3uabeyk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 03, 2026 05:07 AM (skLNB)

20 You won't have Spirit Airlines to be kicked around in anymore.

I hope you're all satisfied!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 03, 2026 05:11 AM (skLNB)

21 The official White House X account posted this. It's over an hour long but you can get the gist of it after 2 seconds:

https://tinyurl.com/548a2ewr

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 03, 2026 05:21 AM (skLNB)

22
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 03, 2026 05:22 AM (8iYDv)

23 Police officer spends an hour talking a man off bridge with prayer. From " NY Post":

https://tinyurl.com/2tfrjsmr


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2026 05:23 AM (2sfNr)

24 25 year old Dilbert tech support cartoon:

https://tinyurl.com/y2ccmdxw

Who here has actually done this?

/raises hand

/multiple times

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 03, 2026 05:26 AM (skLNB)

25 Police officer spends an hour talking a man off bridge with prayer. From " NY Post":

https://tinyurl.com/2tfrjsmr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2026 05:23 AM (2sfNr)
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Nice. Death toll reduced.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 03, 2026 05:28 AM (skLNB)

26 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 03, 2026 05:35 AM (cOQG+)

27
The Waffle House of the Skies is no more.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 03, 2026 05:40 AM (HdYcL)

28 Man from Australia sings powerful version of Christian singer Lauren Daigle's song, "You say"..

https://tinyurl.com/2fkvjv56

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2026 05:42 AM (Yl2Ob)

29 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 03, 2026 05:40 AM (HdYcL)

I e never been on Spirit Airlines, but it was a cheaper alternative for people flying and I don't think the Congress should be forbidding megers. of Hundreds of thousands of people were put out of work

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2026 05:46 AM (2sfNr)

30 David Suchet does a beautiful reading of a psalm- Psalm 98:

https://tinyurl.com/mtt3j3rs

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2026 05:50 AM (2sfNr)

31 @24/Biden's Dog: "Who here has actually done this?"

I have, but only when I come to the conclusion that I'm dealing with a script reading monkey who is only ticking boxes before he'll hand me off to someone that can actually start diagnosing the problem from their end.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2026 05:50 AM (O7YUW)

32 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I yam what I yam.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 03, 2026 06:07 AM (xvhJH)

33 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2026 06:14 AM (Ia/+0)

34 Watching some of the replay of the Falcon 9 launch from 03:00 EST thanks to Joyenz. (See comment # 18 in the ONT)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

35 Evening and morning, Sunday toilers and early risers! It's the first Sunday of May, and we have an unheard-of 60 F. w/ 66% humidity and almost no wind. This is more like February in Da Swamp. Amazin'.

Also, last night I found out what has been fascinating Stirling recently. He's been hanging around my bedroom, near the nightstand, and I figured there's a gecko or a roach or something that's gotten in. Well. I moved the litter box in the process of scooping it out . . . and there was a dark gray mouse! It got past Stirling -- I don't think Dagny has noticed it -- and under my bathroom door. So now it's loose in the apartment (which it probably has been all along).

I hope Stirling catches it soon, and does NOT leave the corpse in one of my slippers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)

36 @33/Skip: Okay, why do you call Spider Solitaire "evil", Skip?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)

37 You never have “a mouse”. You have mice.

Posted by: Accomack at May 03, 2026 06:21 AM (8jVAy)

38 You never have “a mouse”. You have mice.
Posted by: Accomack at May 03, 2026


***
True. Earlier this year I discovered a dead one in the compartment behind the A/C filter. That makes two.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2026 06:23 AM (wzUl9)

39 Its time consuming, thought had a easy game, all but 1 card uncovered, 3 deals left and still took over 500 moves

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2026 06:26 AM (Ia/+0)

40 Okay. Like the mouse, my workout motivation is hiding. But I think I can entice it out. Besides, this weather is too darn good to waste!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

Saturday Night Club ONT - May 2, 2026 [D Squared]

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Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Please keep the horsing around to a minimum. We don't want to throw you in the corral of misery. Think there's somewhere else better to hang out tonight?? We say NEIGH!

*****

Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

Dolly Parton and King Charles happened to arrive at the Pearly Gates on the very same day.

They were greeted by an angel who explained that, due to a paperwork mix-up, there was only one opening available in Heaven that afternoon.

"I'm afraid I'll have to decide which one of you gets in," the angel said.

The angel turned to Dolly and asked if there was any special reason she should be admitted.

Dolly smiled, took off her top and said, "Look at these, they're two of God's most perfect creations and I'm sure it will please Him to be able to see them every day, for eternity."

The angel thanked her politely and then asked King Charles the same question.

Without saying a word, the King walked over to a nearby restroom, pressed the handle, and flushed the toilet.

The angel immediately turned and said, "Your Majesty, welcome to Heaven."

Dolly stared in disbelief and said, "Hold on just a minute. I showed you two of God's own perfect creations and you turned me down, and he just flushed a toilet. How does that make sense?"

The angel shrugged and replied, "Sorry, Dolly, but even in Heaven, a royal flush beats a pair every time."

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A couple is asleep when their doorbell rings at 3am.

The wife shakes the husband and says "Honey, there's someone at the door."

The husband, irritated gets up and opens the door to an obviously drunk man.

"Can I help you?"

"Could you give me a push?" asks the drunk man.

"Hell no, and besides you are drunk" and slams the door shut.

As he gets back into bed, his wife begins to lecture him. "Don't you remember when we were stranded on the side of the road and people stopped to help us? You should go outside and help the poor man."

Realizing this, the husband gets dressed and heads to the door. Opening it, he realizes the man has left and yells out, "Do you still need a push?"

From the darkness, he hears a reply, "Yes, please."

"Where are you?" the husband asks.

"Over here on the swing set."


*****

Drink of the Night

Derby Day Tradition - Mint Julep

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Surprisingly easy to make!

Whether you're hosting a Kentucky Derby party or you're just craving a refreshing bourbon cocktail, this mint julep recipe is sure to hit the spot.

The key to making a great mint julep is making fresh mint flavored simple syrup.

Mint Simple Syrup:

2 cups water
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup roughly chopped fresh mint leaves

Cocktails:

8 cups crushed ice, or as needed
32 fluid ounces Kentucky bourbon
8 sprigs fresh mint for garnish

Once you have your mint flavored simple syrup -
Fill eight glasses with crushed ice
pour 4 ounces bourbon and 1/4 cup mint syrup into each cup
Top each drink with a mint sprig

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Crushed ice works best. It allows for dense packing in the glass / cup.

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Club ONT Kentucky Derby Department Number 2

Churchill Downs reveals what happens to pounds of horse poop from the track

The process starts in each barn where it's the duty of a couple of employees to grab a shovel and start scooping.

"Twice a day, minimum, they go in and clean those stalls, where the wet spots are and the manure, and they basically bring in a wheel barrel and haul it out," Hargrave said.

Poo pits are strategically placed backside, fittingly, on both sides of most barns.

"We saw a truck carrying it out," a tourist told WDRB.

The semi, that can't have enough air fresheners in the cab, stops at Keeneland first.

"They'll go to an area there, and they'll dump it there, bail it," Hargrave explained.

Then it's off to mushroom farms. WDRB followed the scent to one in Tennessee.

Monterey Mushrooms in Loudon, just outside Knoxville, is the lucky recipient of three to five trucks full of "deposits" a day.


*****

Club ONT Department of Innovation

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Is this real?

*****

Club ONT Employment Office

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Marco Rubio realizing he was that close to running Spirit Airlines. Now he can return the outfit.

*****

Club ONT Department of Anatomy

From the UC Davis Dermatology Online Journal (Volume 12, Issue 4):

A 22-year-old woman sought medical care for a lesion in the plantar region of her left foot, a well-formed nipple surrounded by areola and hair. Microscopic examination of the dermis showed hair follicles, eccrine glands, and sebaceous glands. Fat tissue was noted at the base of the lesion. Clinical and histopathologic findings were consistent with the diagnosis of supernumerary breast tissue, also known as pseudomamma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of supernumerary breast tissue on the foot.

"Misplaced extra nipple" are words that don't commonly go together.

*****

Club ONT Department of Ant Counting

Ever wonder how many ants there are on earth? Nope, not here either. But apparently six academics joined to answer the question.

Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon. This exceeds the combined biomass of wild birds and mammals and equals 20% of human biomass.

The current world population is about 8.29 billion which means there are about 2.4 million ants per person on earth.

No idea what you do with that information, but you're welcome.

*****

Club ONT Department of Arachnophobia

The story behind Little Miss Muffet. No wonder she was frightened away!

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The Club ONT Jukebox


Hat tip: Hour of the Wolf


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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

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Club ONT is brought to you tonight by Ways to Quit Your Job Politely

Wheeler Walker, Jr. has his own take on the same subject. Language is not family friendly.

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Club ONT is not responsible for Derby hats left behind after closing. Please keep your hats within eyesight at all times. On a completely unrelated note, restrooms are free tonight - no tokens required.

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Comments

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1 Thanks for the ONT. I'll go let the others know this one's gone live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 09:58 PM (O7YUW)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 09:59 PM (Kyh8Y)

3 Hey.

Posted by: RI Red at May 02, 2026 09:59 PM (LMRVO)

4 top 10?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 02, 2026 10:00 PM (mUuSF)

5 Yeah. I newbed out.

Posted by: RI Red at May 02, 2026 10:00 PM (LMRVO)

6 That Egg Salad machine is disturbing.

Salmonella Surprise!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 10:01 PM (O7YUW)

7 Get the phone!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:01 PM (Lw/3D)

8 Why would you even want an egg salad machine?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 10:04 PM (Kyh8Y)

9 The process starts in each barn where it's the duty of a couple of employees to grab a shovel and start scooping.

Then it's off to mushroom farms.

Now, you know why I'll never eat mushrooms.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 02, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

10 Where is everyone?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 02, 2026 10:06 PM (mUuSF)

11 Mushrooms are soylent crap!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 10:06 PM (O7YUW)

12 Was egg salad in that high of demand back in the day?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 02, 2026 10:07 PM (mUuSF)

13 Yay, ONT!

Fixed a toilet today, so pretty happy about that.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 02, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF)

14 From the movie thread:

101 You know, even the shit ones were not that bad. Hitch (Will Smith and Kevin James), Serendipity (Cusack and... dammit, Underworld gal.) I am trying to think of others. There were a million of them.

How do theaters even survive?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)


TiMER was a classic rom-com -- not really sci-fi, more "magical realism" -- and it was 2009, so they still knew the formula that late. Not a great movie, but a solid "two stars out of four" date-night popcorn flick of the sort that kept the lights on at movie studios and theaters, paying the bills with base hits between swinging at the fences.

Posted by: SciVo at May 02, 2026 10:07 PM (Sy6m/)

15 Too bad the Egg Salad Machine is AI: I could go for an egg salad sandwich about now!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 10:07 PM (ZVgZ4)

16 Second concert I ever saw was U2. In Tempe AZ. 1987.
I was unaware of their douche-baggery.

Saving grace: first concert I ever saw was Iron Maiden in Phoenix. Somewhere in Time album.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 10:07 PM (0aYVJ)

17 Are we sure that Dolly's jugs were all God's original work?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 02, 2026 10:08 PM (mUuSF)

18 Evening all,

Launch in about 4 hours.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - CAS500-2 & Others
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 2, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 11:59 p.m. PDT (May 3, 0659 UTC, 08:59 CEST)

https://youtu.be/ULdQKEF9MyU

Posted by: Joyenz at May 02, 2026 10:08 PM (2F0/Y)

19 Horses are OK.
Kind of like the john boat of the land.
Half my friends and family had one. Or two. Or more.

Maybe I'll get one for the hell of it and park it in the back yard.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 10:08 PM (/lPRQ)

20 The Kentucky Derby would be much more interesting if they'd barbecue the horse that comes in last.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 02, 2026 10:09 PM (j7INY)

21 Impeach now!

Jake Tapper rats Trump out.

https://tinyurl.com/3dxrvak2

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 10:09 PM (ndZc7)

22 Evenin'

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 5+ runs, 3 different times today. They haven't done that since 1912. They won the game, believe it or not. The Reds had a very bad day.

17-7, Buccos!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 10:09 PM (ohOaC)

23 Anytime I think about growing mushrooms I'm reminded of the Ray Bradbury short story "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 10:09 PM (gnNyN)

24 @18/Joyenz: Thank you! That'll be a lot too late for me to stay up for though.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 10:09 PM (O7YUW)

25 Why would you even want an egg salad machine?

So you aren't late in putting up a post on your own blog?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2026 10:10 PM (Riz8t)

26 Joel Embiid's son just stole the celebration.

Pretty special.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 10:10 PM (viF8m)

27 Too bad the Egg Salad Machine is AI: I could go for an egg salad sandwich about now!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 10:07 PM (ZVgZ4)
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Just don't buy one from a truck stop men's room.

Trust me on this.

Posted by: Philip J. Fry at May 02, 2026 10:10 PM (gnNyN)

28 I looked at a couple of videos, and now ewe toob is feeding me a bunch, and, I gotta say, I'm impressed.

Top tier DCI, BOA, and WGI Winds are entertaining as hell. WGI Percussion and Guard, not so.much.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 02, 2026 10:11 PM (TNGIV)

29 Stop the presses!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 02, 2026 10:11 PM (mUuSF)

30 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)

31 Okay, start the presses back up.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 02, 2026 10:12 PM (mUuSF)

32 That Egg Salad machine is disturbing.

Salmonella Surprise!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant



That was the first marketing ploy.
As a Margarita machine they were highly successful.

Posted by: Jimmy Buffet at May 02, 2026 10:12 PM (/lPRQ)

33 Good evening all.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 02, 2026 10:12 PM (UDzNJ)

34 I think 1997 was the year the Barney Balloon destructed completely at the Macy's Parade.

Posted by: Thankful For That at May 02, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)

35 26 Joel Embiid's son just stole the celebration.

Pretty special.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 10:10 PM (viF8m)

Turned on 5 minutes in 4th quarter. Worst reffing (all pro-Boston to help them get back in it) I'd seen in a bball game. Turned it off. I guess the refs went back to fair reffing once they got it close b/c the NBA wanted to keep eyeballs on the screen for the 4th...but didn't want the very end to look rigged...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 02, 2026 10:13 PM (tOcjL)

36 Sorry I'm late, I was planning to do some brooding but couldn't find the required Victorian manor in which to do it. Not one that wasn't previously occupied, at least.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 02, 2026 10:13 PM (2RJDy)

37 8 Why would you even want an egg salad machine?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 10:04 PM (Kyh8Y)

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Hear me out. After you've been pounding your pud with the used panties you got from the vending machine next door for an hour, a little egg salad can really hit the spot.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2026 10:13 PM (JkO4W)

38 Good evening Horde and welcome to Club ONT!

Posted by: TRex - egg council dino at May 02, 2026 10:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

39 "Misplaced extra nipple" are words that don't commonly go together.
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Tell me about it.

Posted by: The Man With the Golden Gun at May 02, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

40 Evening, D^2, and ONT Hordelings! Had a pretty good day today. There is a large bunny just sitting out in my yard. I walked out to see it closer, and when I got within 20 paces or so, it hopped away another ten paces, and stopped. And stayed right there for the better part of an hour. Was still there when I closed up the shop and came in the house. Probably a snowshoe rabbit. Summer coat is gray-brown, winter coat is white.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 10:14 PM (utfVc)

41 The horseshit blurb, followed by the egg salad machine blurb is disturbing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 10:14 PM (jehhT)

42 Are we sure that Dolly's jugs were all God's original work?
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

Folks claim they have an early album. The cover shot was a General Store 6.

I think I seen the album cover and would give it a 6.5 already knowing she was famous in '82.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 10:15 PM (/lPRQ)

43 "Misplaced extra nipple" are words that don't commonly go together.
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Tell me about it.
Posted by: The Man With the Golden Gun at May 02, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
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Preach it, brother!

Posted by: Herschel Krustofsky at May 02, 2026 10:15 PM (gnNyN)

44 Joyenz: Thank you! That'll be a lot too late for me to stay up for though.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 10:09 PM (O7YUW)

You can always watch the replay :-)

Posted by: Joyenz at May 02, 2026 10:16 PM (2F0/Y)

45 Yallow y'all.

pseudomamma - not your real mamma

I'd use it in a limerick, but the only rhyme I could think of was llama.

Wait... comma, drama, bowl-a-rama, trauma… Never mind. It's been a tiring day.



Speaking of mammas, the answer to this is still: Both.
https://bit.ly/jeanie-and-samantha

Posted by: mindful webworker - foot fondling fetish at May 02, 2026 10:16 PM (XU9++)

46 I haven't really watched Baseball since I moved to PA, and looking at the standings with The Mets being in dead last, not watching baseball is going to be extended for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 02, 2026 10:16 PM (XV/Pl)

47 I've never had egg salad, never wanted to eat egg salad, and am not going to start now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 02, 2026 10:17 PM (WONhk)

48 8 Why would you even want an egg salad machine?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 10:04 PM (Kyh8Y)

It was the 70's, man, weird things happened. Is an eggs said machine really more inexplicable than Captain and Tennille getting radio play?

Posted by: tankdemon at May 02, 2026 10:18 PM (2RJDy)

49 Too bad the Egg Salad Machine is AI: I could go for an egg salad sandwich about now!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 10:07 PM (ZVgZ4)

Pretty sure it's not AI, I remember seeing that pic years ago.

And Dolly has admitted to having had "work done" to keep the Zeppelins aloft.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 10:18 PM (utfVc)

50 I've never had egg salad, never wanted to eat egg salad, and am not going to start now.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 02, 2026 10:17 PM (WONhk)

A fresh-made egg salad sammich is a thing of beauty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 10:19 PM (utfVc)

51 And Dolly has admitted to having had "work done" to keep the Zeppelins aloft.

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Oh, the humanity!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2026 10:19 PM (JkO4W)

52 Looking into Hakeem Jeffries eyes is like looking at goat’s eyes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 10:20 PM (XcvNy)

53 A fresh-made egg salad sammich is a thing of beauty.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 10:19 PM (utfVc)

Agreed, one of my all-time favorite sandwiches or eat it right from the bowl. One thing as a diabetic I can enjoy without spiking my sugar.

Posted by: Joyenz at May 02, 2026 10:21 PM (2F0/Y)

54 The horseshit blurb, followed by the egg salad machine blurb is disturbing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


So I wasn't the only one to think that!

Posted by: mindful webworker - shovel it out, shovel it in at May 02, 2026 10:21 PM (XU9++)

55 >>Turned on 5 minutes in 4th quarter. Worst reffing (all pro-Boston to help them get back in it) I'd seen in a bball game. Turned it off. I guess the refs went back to fair reffing once they got it close b/c the NBA wanted to keep eyeballs on the screen for the 4th...but didn't want the very end to look rigged...

As an avowed hater of all Boston sports teams I agree. And watching them still get beat on their own court makes me happy.

But watching Joel Embiid's little boy steal his heart talking about loosing one of his baby teeth reminds me these are just guys.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 10:22 PM (viF8m)

56 Looking into Hakeem Jeffries eyes is like looking at goat’s eyes.

It's like looking in to the abyss. Not because he's deep, but because there's an utter vacuum.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2026 10:22 PM (Riz8t)

57 Hello ONT friends!

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 10:23 PM (Wmg4n)

58 Largest crowd in Banana Ball history tonight as the Bananas played the Texas Tailgaters at Kyle Stadium on Texas A&M campus. 102,000 fans watched the Tailgaters defeat the Bananas 4-3.

Posted by: Yellow Journalist at May 02, 2026 10:24 PM (oftw2)

59 Lily Allen, a singer-songwriter who turns 41 today, was the original Myspace music star. She built her market by connecting directly with fans and publishing new songs right there on the website, then getting proper record deals after she already had traction. It's a little weird to think that now the site is defunct, and she's on the wrong side of 40. Where did the time go?

Anyway, I've always really liked this poppy hit off her second studio album It's Not Me, It's You (2009). "Shots fired," as they say, and it's pretty plainly aimed at the Paris Hilton type:

Lily Allen | The Fear (Official Video - Explicit Version)
https://youtu.be/q-wGMlSuX_c

Posted by: SciVo at May 02, 2026 10:24 PM (Sy6m/)

60 "Misplaced extra nipple" are words that don't commonly go together.
-
I can work with it.

Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at May 02, 2026 10:24 PM (vSvIl)

61 I find it almost impossible to believe someone hasn't had egg salad.

I can't think of anything I haven't had at least once.

Maybe a 100 year old egg or calf brain.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 02, 2026 10:25 PM (XV/Pl)

62 David Allen Coe died the other day.
He wasn't a particularly nice guy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:25 PM (Lw/3D)

63 The White House Correspondents Dinner shooter wrote Take This Job And Shove It?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2026 10:25 PM (Cqx++)

64 "supernumerary breast tissue, also known as pseudomamma"


This whole story was written just so someone could say pseudomamma, wasn't it?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2026 10:25 PM (2WIwB)

65 40 Evening, D^2, and ONT Hordelings! Had a pretty good day today. There is a large bunny just sitting out in my yard. I walked out to see it closer, and when I got within 20 paces or so, it hopped away another ten paces, and stopped. And stayed right there for the better part of an hour. Was still there when I closed up the shop and came in the house. Probably a snowshoe rabbit. Summer coat is gray-brown, winter coat is white.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026

Just a warning, since you agreed to pick me as part of your team for the burning times, in these situations I give the animal a name and feed them. Probably inside. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 10:26 PM (Wmg4n)

66 Looking into Hakeem Jeffries eyes is like looking at goat’s eyes.

It's like looking in to the abyss. Not because he's deep, but because there's an utter vacuum.


Well, he sucks, so that tracks.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 02, 2026 10:26 PM (+9wcF)

67
Well, hell, that means there is somewhere between 1000 - 10,000 time more ants on earth than stars in the Milky Way.

I would not have guessed that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)

68 This whole story was written just so someone could say pseudomamma, wasn't it?
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2026 10:25 PM (2WIwB)

Wouldn't a tranny be a pseudomama?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 10:27 PM (utfVc)

69 Nice jokes up top.

Thanks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02, 2026 10:27 PM (u82oZ)

70 52 Looking into Hakeem Jeffries eyes is like looking at goat’s eyes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 10:20 PM (XcvNy)

Hey, don't insult the goats!

Posted by: Joemarine at May 02, 2026 10:28 PM (y171U)

71 Just a warning, since you agreed to pick me as part of your team for the burning times, in these situations I give the animal a name and feed them. Probably inside. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 10:26 PM (Wmg4n)

As long as the bunny beans get picked up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 10:28 PM (utfVc)

72 That egg salad machine kinda grosses me out. Yuck.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 02, 2026 10:28 PM (ceJ0R)

73
"Misplaced extra nipple" are words that don't commonly go together.
=====
Tell me about it.
Posted by: The Man With the Golden Gun


Can you do the Fandango?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2026 10:28 PM (Cqx++)

74 I think there are ants in my pants. Something is on the move in there.

Posted by: Presnit Emeritus at May 02, 2026 10:28 PM (oftw2)

75 46 I haven't really watched Baseball since I moved to PA, and looking at the standings with The Mets being in dead last, not watching baseball is going to be extended for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Thomas Bender



Don't forget the labor work stoppage that will begin next year and they're still paying Bobby Bonilla!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 10:29 PM (ohOaC)

76 The Kentucky Derby would be much more interesting if they'd barbecue the horse that comes in last.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega


Roses are red
Violets are blue
Horses that lose
Are made into glue

Posted by: just the punchline poem at May 02, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

77 That egg salad machine kinda grosses me out. Yuck.
Posted by: Notorious BFD


Better than tuna salad... error, seafood product salad.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 10:30 PM (/lPRQ)

78 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Arthur C. Clarkes short story The Next Tenants uses termites as the human successor species. Fun story. In Tales of the White Hart[/].

"Tomorrow, I will give them fire."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02, 2026 10:31 PM (u82oZ)

79 You really can't let a bunny roam your house. Besides the pellets, they like to chew electrical cords.

Posted by: Art Lamplighter at May 02, 2026 10:31 PM (oftw2)

80 71 Just a warning, since you agreed to pick me as part of your team for the burning times, in these situations I give the animal a name and feed them. Probably inside. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 10:26 PM (Wmg4n)

As long as the bunny beans get picked up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026

I will litter train it. Yay!

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 10:31 PM (Wmg4n)

81 Yikes!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02, 2026 10:32 PM (u82oZ)

82 Why would you even want an egg salad machine?
Posted by: Tonypete


If you have money to burn, you commission one so that you can say "I own the world's only egg-salad machine."

Posted by: mikeski at May 02, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

83
Oh boy, that prompted me to thinking, and yep, the number of bacteria on earth is ~10^31.

Turns out there are about Avogadro's Number of stars in the observable universe, give or take an order of magnitude depending on assumptions.

10 million times more bacteria on earth than stars in the observable universe. More to show you how that while the universe is really, really YUGE, it's mostly empty space.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2026 10:34 PM (w6EFb)

84 Have a great night, everyone.

And for Piper, here is some silver glitter via your USB port.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02, 2026 10:35 PM (u82oZ)

85
I would eat egg salad every day but hubby cannot stand the smell. So, i never eat egg salad.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 10:35 PM (3ek7K)

86 84 Have a great night, everyone.

And for Piper, here is some silver glitter via your USB port.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02,

You are the best!

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 10:35 PM (Wmg4n)

87 The jockeys who won and took second in the Kentucky Derby are brothers. Pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)

88 @75

>>Don't forget the labor work stoppage that will begin next year and they're still paying Bobby Bonilla!

Pretty much the most bizzare contract negation ever.

Bobby Bonilia: You owe me 2m dollars.

NY Mets: The best we can do is 25m.

Bobby Bonilla:......

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 02, 2026 10:36 PM (XV/Pl)

89 You really can't let a bunny roam your house. Besides the pellets, they like to chew electrical cords.

They're not above munching through speaker wire.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 02, 2026 10:37 PM (+9wcF)

90 I can think of some things I have not had even once. Cow’s tongue and calf brains are at the top of the list.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 10:37 PM (XcvNy)

91 I would eat egg salad every day but hubby cannot stand the smell. So, i never eat egg salad.

Posted by: four seasons


Maybe if you added boiled cabbage for lunch...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 10:38 PM (/lPRQ)

92 The jockeys who won and took second in the Kentucky Derby are brothers. Pretty cool.
Posted by: JackStraw

There will be much razzing in their tiny house tonight.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 10:38 PM (ftFVW)

93 IIRC, July 1 is Bobby Bonilla Day in Flushing.

Posted by: Jane Jarvis at May 02, 2026 10:39 PM (oftw2)

94 AOP -

Look at the lettering next to the controls.

ChristyBlinkyTheGreat -

All the more for me then!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 10:39 PM (ZVgZ4)

95
He loves cabbage but i cannot boil eggs.

Kinda the same smell.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 10:39 PM (3ek7K)

96 Just a warning, since you agreed to pick me as part of your team for the burning times, in these situations I give the animal a name and feed them. Probably inside. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 10:26 PM (Wmg4n)
====

AOP will be happy to have you fatten him for a few months.

Posted by: The Man With the Golden Gun at May 02, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

97 Egg salad with red onion on some good rye.

Throw in an Egg Cream and it brings me back to my yoot.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 02, 2026 10:39 PM (XV/Pl)

98
I can't think of anything I haven't had at least once.

Maybe a 100 year old egg or calf brain.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
--------

C-rations?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2026 10:39 PM (XeU6L)

99 I bet the egg salad machine is a real bitch to clean.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)

100 I like tuna sandwiches, but I get splurge on the solid, white tuna. I'm not sure of the species of fish they use, but the can says albacore. It's a lot better than cheap tuna.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 02, 2026 10:41 PM (0Htd1)

101 /Bond villain sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

102 Hi all. Happy Saturday Night to you all. Submerging again.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 02, 2026 10:42 PM (CHHv1)

103 >The current world population is about 8.29 billion which means there are about 2.4 million ants per person on earth.

Posted by: Don Black at May 02, 2026 10:42 PM (ZxPkt)

104 99 I bet the egg salad machine is a real bitch to clean.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Cleaning the machine ruins the taste.

Posted by: Roller Dog Machine at 7-11 since 1984 at May 02, 2026 10:42 PM (oftw2)

105 @98

>>C-rations?

Are you talking about those World War 11 C-Rations?

I bet some of those would knock you on your ass when you open them.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 02, 2026 10:42 PM (XV/Pl)

106 >>There will be much razzing in their tiny house tonight.

Endless.

But also lots of love.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 10:42 PM (viF8m)

107 AOP will be happy to have you fatten him for a few months.
Posted by: The Man With the Golden Gun
-------

Rabbit is not very good eating. OTOH, any port in a storm. Check the liver for white spots, tularemia or coccidiosis.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2026 10:43 PM (XeU6L)

108 The Babylon Bee describes the perfect job for TRex

Trump Scraps Plans For Presidential Library In Favor Of Constructing A Presidential Truckasaurus

The Grateful might not mind, since it isn't in the yard.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 02, 2026 10:44 PM (S/Y4j)

109 99 I bet the egg salad machine is a real bitch to clean.
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)

Clean?

Posted by: Smilin' Bob's Egg Salad Emporium at May 02, 2026 10:44 PM (2RJDy)

110 87 The jockeys who won and took second in the Kentucky Derby are brothers. Pretty cool.
Posted by: JackStraw


I think they get a percentage of the purse, so that's really nice for them.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 02, 2026 10:45 PM (0Htd1)

111 I can think of some things I have not had even once. Cow’s tongue and calf brains are at the top of the list.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 10:37 PM (XcvNy)

Tongue is muscle meat; nothing wrong with it, prepared properly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 10:45 PM (utfVc)

112
I WANT MY 2.4 MILLION ANTS.

My ant army will be unstoppable. We will march on road strewn with our enemy's bones.

LOOK UPON MY ANTS, AND DESPAIR!

Posted by: Don Black at May 02, 2026 10:45 PM (ZxPkt)

113 Are you talking about those World War 11 C-Rations?

I bet some of those would knock you on your ass when you open them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
--------

Eleventy is probably still around. I suspect that mine were Korean war.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2026 10:45 PM (XeU6L)

114 What's the proper response when the employer tells you to shove it after you rebuilt two of their facilities on schedule and on budget after they burned both down, and they're back up to full production?

Nice working with y'all.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 10:45 PM (Fbc0I)

115 You guys are looking at the Egg Salad Machine as if it’s real. Your food poisoning worries are misplaced. It doesn’t exist!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 10:46 PM (ZVgZ4)

116 The Babylon Bee describes the perfect job for TRex

Trump Scraps Plans For Presidential Library In Favor Of Constructing A Presidential Truckasaurus

The Grateful might not mind, since it isn't in the yard.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
********
You got that right HotW, put it on the Mall in DC....

Posted by: The Grateful at May 02, 2026 10:46 PM (IQ6Gq)

117 Cow’s tongue and calf brains are at the top of the list.
--------

Hog brains? They were a staple when I was a kid.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2026 10:47 PM (XeU6L)

118 You really can't let a bunny roam your house. Besides the pellets, they like to chew electrical cords.

They're not above munching through speaker wire.
Posted by: Blanco Basura


woofer, tweeter, Thumper.

Posted by: mikeski at May 02, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)

119 90 I can think of some things I have not had even once. Cow’s tongue and calf brains are at the top of the list.
Posted by: Tom Servo


My mom used to get a side of beef. Things like tongue, brain, and kidneys are included. Bu she tossed out that icky stuff. She did keep the liver.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 02, 2026 10:48 PM (0Htd1)

120 I think I have had tongue. Not sure if I ever ate any brains. Except that time I turned into a zombie!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 10:48 PM (ZVgZ4)

121 Tongue is muscle meat; nothing wrong with it, prepared properly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


The tongue is the only muscle in the body that's only anchored at one end.

Posted by: mikeski and/or Cliff Clavin at May 02, 2026 10:48 PM (VHUov)

122 Not to quibble - but we probably don't even have 8 billion people anymore. It will be interesting to watch how quickly we hit 7 billion.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 02, 2026 10:51 PM (UVyKP)

123 >>I think they get a percentage of the purse, so that's really nice for them.

And the trainer of the winning horse is the first female traiiner to win the Kentucky Derby. An actual woman not the fake kind.

Good for her.

https://tinyurl.com/3mwz8u5p

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 10:51 PM (viF8m)

124 Great majority of oxtails are exported to Mexico.

Posted by: Cattleman's Beef Association at May 02, 2026 10:52 PM (oftw2)

125 What's the proper response when the employer tells you to shove it after you rebuilt two of their facilities on schedule and on budget after they burned both down, and they're back up to full production?

Nice working with y'all.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 10:45 PM (Fbc0I)

***

If anyone finds my lighter, they can keep it.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2026 10:52 PM (2WIwB)

126 122 Not to quibble - but we probably don't even have 8 billion people anymore. It will be interesting to watch how quickly we hit 7 billion.
Posted by: Black JEM at May 02, 2026 10:51 PM (UVyKP)

I didn't know ending Net Nuetrality was that devaststing.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 02, 2026 10:53 PM (2RJDy)

127
Throw in an Egg Cream and it brings me back to my yoot.
Posted by: Thomas Bender


I'd never heard of an Egg Cream until I saw the movie "Squirm" on MST3K.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2026 10:55 PM (Cqx++)

128 We bought a new mattress with an adjustable base. Should be here in about a week or 2. Good mattresses are very expensive. But I tell myself with all my back and neck issues and the fact that you spend a third of you life in bed it is worth getting the best you can afford.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 02, 2026 10:55 PM (VCgbV)

129 This guy has a lot of fun showing how stupid and fake AI can be.

ChatGPT rates the song I made
https://youtu.be/JqvDLHshTtI

ChatGPT cup test yields unexpected results
https://youtu.be/3fYiLXVfPa4

Posted by: mindful webworker - Grok barada nicto at May 02, 2026 10:55 PM (XU9++)

130 Sarah Hoyt at her blog According to Hoyt posits that there might be a lot less people in the world than the popular estimates because there are incentives to exaggerate the number of people you have in your country (to dissuade other countries from invading, for example).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 10:56 PM (ZVgZ4)

131 Brains and eggs
Javelina
Shark
Egg Salad
no tentacles, well, once



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:56 PM (Lw/3D)

132 My mother used to love making ox tail soup. It was one of Sunday specialties.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 10:58 PM (ZVgZ4)

133 I didn't know ending Net Nuetrality was that devaststing.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 02, 2026 10:53 PM (2RJDy)
====

And then the murders began....

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

134 >>I'd never heard of an Egg Cream until I saw the movie "Squirm" on MST3K.

You've lived a sheltered life.

You haven't lived until you've had an egg cream in Queens and said "How you doin" to every pretty girl who walks by.

You think you said something witty. She thinks you're an idiot. And the world spins on.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 11:00 PM (viF8m)

135 Now this is a headline - entire pickleball team killed in plane crash.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

136 I am off to bed. Ripping the wallpaper down in the laundry room. I hate it. I am starting over.

I must be very hard to live with, honestly.

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 11:02 PM (Wmg4n)

137 >>>You really can't let a bunny roam your house. Besides the pellets, they like to chew electrical cords.

They're not above munching through speaker wire.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

woofer, tweeter, Thumper.

Posted by: mikeski

>My buddy had a cottontail and a cat, and the cat was constantly trying to fornicate with the bunny. This is what happens when you bring these animals into you home.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 11:03 PM (Fbc0I)

138 I know several people that went to the Banana ball game at Kyle Field today.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 02, 2026 11:04 PM (VCgbV)

139 130 Sarah Hoyt at her blog According to Hoyt posits that there might be a lot less people in the world than the popular estimates because there are incentives to exaggerate the number of people you have in your country (to dissuade other countries from invading, for example).
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 10:56 PM (ZVgZ4)


A more granular examination of the distribution of the superannuated found that they are concentrated in very poor regions of countries with welfare systems, and specifically where they had low-trust cultures and poor vital records maintenance. In other words, the very old are probably dead, and their kids (or even grandkids at this point) are just keeping up the charade for the gov't check.

Posted by: SciVo at May 02, 2026 11:04 PM (Sy6m/)

140
Anna,

So happy Doof wasn't on that plane.

Pickleball is dangerous, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:04 PM (3ek7K)

141 135 Now this is a headline - entire pickleball team killed in plane crash.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)


Why were they all in the same plane? Wait. Are there touring professional pickleball teams?!

Posted by: SciVo at May 02, 2026 11:08 PM (Sy6m/)

142 Show us the tits on yer feet!

Posted by: guy who always yells: "Show us the tits on yer feet!" at May 02, 2026 11:09 PM (b3Yos)

143 It’s not like we don’t have Civil War veterans on the Social Security rolls, or at least did until DOGE found them!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 11:09 PM (ZVgZ4)

144 I bet the egg salad machine is a real bitch to clean.
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)

Clean?
Posted by: Smilin' Bob's Egg Salad Emporium


It is 'self-cleaning'.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 11:10 PM (/lPRQ)

145
A googol, the number and not the Evil Entity is 10^100. A googolplex is 10^googal.

The number of atoms in the observable universe is somewhere around 10^80, which is also about the total number of protons...about. If you count total number of elementary particles, you can push that to 10^87 or so.

Now, if you start trying to count photons as well as the other force carrier particles, and start counting quarks rather than baryons, you might get to 10^90.

So, a googolplex contains 10 billion times as many zeroes as there are are particles in the observable universe.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

146 Four Seasons, yes.

I just report headlines, you decide.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)

147 Are you counting virtual photons? And if so, for how long?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 11:13 PM (ZVgZ4)

148 141 135 Now this is a headline - entire pickleball team killed in plane crash.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

Crashed near Wimberley. I am not into pickleball. But Wimberley is a nice place. God Bless.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 02, 2026 11:13 PM (U94Dl)

149 So, a googolplex contains 10 billion times as many zeroes as there are are particles in the observable universe.
Posted by: publius


So if you tried to write it down, you'd run out of stuff to write with before you ran out of time?

Posted by: mikeski at May 02, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)

150 I've eaten cow tongue. At least, I assumed it was cow. Now I'm starting to worry.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 02, 2026 11:15 PM (mjROD)

151
I've read about so many small plane crashes in the last year.

Are people not trained correctly?

It's really sad.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:16 PM (3ek7K)

152 >>C-rations?

Are you talking about those World War 11 C-Rations?

I bet some of those would knock you on your ass when you open them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
-----
I don't know the history of what I had in basic in '64, but they were edible, for some definition of "edible".
Ate K-rats, too.
Never had an MRE until my son brought some home in... that must have been in the early 90s.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 02, 2026 11:17 PM (TNGIV)

153 A googol, the number and not the Evil Entity is 10^100. A googolplex is 10^googal.

The number of atoms in the observable universe is somewhere around 10^80, which is also about the total number of protons...about. If you count total number of elementary particles, you can push that to 10^87 or so.

Now, if you start trying to count photons as well as the other force carrier particles, and start counting quarks rather than baryons, you might get to 10^90.

So, a googolplex contains 10 billion times as many zeroes as there are are particles in the observable universe.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

You could not print out a googol, as there are not enough atoms in the Universe to make the ink to make all the zeroes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 11:17 PM (utfVc)

154 150 I've eaten cow tongue. At least, I assumed it was cow. Now I'm starting to worry.

What are you worried that it might have been?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 11:17 PM (ZVgZ4)

155 150 I've eaten cow tongue. At least, I assumed it was cow. Now I'm starting to worry.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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it's chewy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 11:17 PM (Lw/3D)

156 Posted by: mindful webworker - Grok barada nicto at May 02, 2026 10:55 PM (XU9++)

son just showed me an (utoob video) AI commentary of WWE, and the voice was either stroking out over the word "what" or it was a trigger for the demon to take over. A demon that had really bad gas during its fit. I think, perhaps, the tech is not used properly

Posted by: moki at May 02, 2026 11:17 PM (wLjpr)

157 Now this is a headline - entire pickleball team killed in plane crash.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Why were they all in the same plane? Wait. Are there touring professional pickleball teams?!
Posted by: SciVo


And how do they make enough money to afford airfare?

Or..... "killed in a plane crash" doesn't require them to be on the plane. Maybe the plane crashed on their pickleball court.

Posted by: mikeski at May 02, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

158 I've eaten cow tongue.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy


I have, also. It tasted okay. I hope I did, too.

Posted by: mikeski at May 02, 2026 11:19 PM (VHUov)

159 Now this is a headline - entire pickleball team killed in plane crash.
Posted by: Anna Puma
......

Obviously exceeded the planes weight limit.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2026 11:19 PM (b3Yos)

160 And how do they make enough money to afford airfare?

Or..... "killed in a plane crash" doesn't require them to be on the plane. Maybe the plane crashed on their pickleball court.
Posted by: mikeski at May 02, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

Pilot and 4 players in a Cessna. (IIRC)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 02, 2026 11:21 PM (S/Y4j)

161 Maybe the plane crashed on their pickleball court.
Posted by: mikeski

No, that would be killed "of" a plane crash.
Maybe "from"?
I think to be killed "in" a plane crash, you gotta be in the darned plane.
But whaddoI know?

Posted by: MkY at May 02, 2026 11:21 PM (q6tQZ)

162 I've read about so many small plane crashes in the last year.

Are people not trained correctly?

It's really sad.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:16 PM (3ek7K)

It's the Bus Plunge effect. A bus full of tourists jumps a guardrail in the Andes, and plunges 5 thousand feet into a rocky gorge. For some reason, this make the news in North America, and the media note public interest in this gruesome wreck, so for several weeks they scour local news in remote places in Africa and Asia, and come up with yet more bus plunges to splash on the front pages. Bus plunges that would have normally gone unreported.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 11:21 PM (utfVc)

163 >>I've eaten cow tongue.

Why? There whole parts of a cow that are way better tasting.

People are complaining about egg salad, which is delicious, and eating a cow's tongue?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 11:22 PM (viF8m)

164 I recall my Mom making tongue once. She didn't skin it first, and the meat was pale.
Can't recall the taste at all, just that we only had it that once.

Posted by: MkY at May 02, 2026 11:22 PM (q6tQZ)

165
AOP,

That makes sense.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:23 PM (3ek7K)

166 Remind me to never ride a bus.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2026 11:23 PM (b3Yos)

167 Hear me out. After you've been pounding your pud with the used panties you got from the vending machine next door for an hour, a little egg salad can really hit the spot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2026 10:13

Wow Cicero, I never pegged you as Japanese. Ya never know what dark secrets reside behind these Moron posters.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 02, 2026 11:23 PM (55Qr6)

168 150 I've eaten cow tongue. At least, I assumed it was cow. Now I'm starting to worry.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 02, 2026 11:15 PM (mjROD)

I've eaten Neeses' Liver Pudding, and Beverly canned sausage.
And canned tripe. I've made peace with being a rotten rascist carnivore . Who has enjoyed some questionable meat products.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 02, 2026 11:24 PM (U94Dl)

169 >> Are you counting virtual photons?

That I don't know. The number supposedly included all "force carriers", which would include gluons and all that mess. The idea is trying to get the number as large as possible.

>> And if so, for how long?

And the whole exercise breaks down right there, and in more fundamental way. To count particles, you need a global (universe wide) notion of simultaneity. That is all of space at some instant of time, "now". With globally curved spacetime, that doesn't work.

Now, start doing QFT on that globally curved background, which you'll need to "count all particles". That gets even more problematic.

So, the very concept of total number of particles in the observable universe just doesn't make any sense. It is something that can't even be defined.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2026 11:25 PM (w6EFb)

170 bring in a wheel barrel

Looks like someone used AI transcription.

Posted by: GWB at May 02, 2026 11:26 PM (D4VUo)

171 So, the very concept of total number of particles in the observable universe just doesn't make any sense. It is something that can't even be defined.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2026 11:25 PM (w6EFb)

The exact and precise number is "a metric fuckton".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 11:27 PM (utfVc)

172 A googol, the number and not the Evil Entity is 10^100. A googolplex is 10^googal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 11:17 PM (utfVc)
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Larry Page loved the idea of "a google." Whenever someone said "there was a bazillion of 'em" he's always say "but was there a google?"

I think googolplex was popularized by the Buck Rogers show. I remember it being quoted on the show for some ludicrous probability.

Larry ghosted his old friends from high school, or at least had a decade ago. He regularly sent checks to boost the marching band, even paying for new uniforms at one point. Of course, he was rich enough to cover the entire school district's budget, but super-rich liberals are notoriously cheap.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)

173 Tonight we're having boiled tongue and baked squash. You may not excuse yourself until your plate is clean.

Posted by: your Mom at May 02, 2026 11:28 PM (b3Yos)

174 I've eaten cow tongue. At least, I assumed it was cow. Now I'm starting to worry.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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it's chewy
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

==

Low and Slow are your friends for third tier cuts of beef,

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 11:29 PM (/lPRQ)

175
My last surviving aunt celebrated her 100th birthday today.

Amazing.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:30 PM (3ek7K)

176 Remind me to never ride a bus.
Posted by: wth at May 02, 2026 11:23 PM (b3Yos)
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Ancient political joke from the 1980s. A bus of supply-siders veered into the Grand Canyon. No survivors. The tragedy was that there were empty seat.

Bob Dole was particularly fond of it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 11:31 PM (ZOv7s)

177 The current world population is about 8.29 billion which means there are about 2.4 million ants per person on earth.
Posted by: Don Black at May 02, 2026 10:42

I remember when it was 3 or 3.5 billion. Funny it doesn't seem that much more crowded here now.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 02, 2026 11:32 PM (55Qr6)

178 If you've wondered how some seemingly normal people turn to canabism, note who is eating crazy shit like cow's tongue. They live among us.

Head on a swivel.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 11:32 PM (viF8m)

179 Best D&D since Dave & Daniel!

Posted by: gKWVE at May 02, 2026 11:32 PM (gKWVE)

180 Tonight we're having boiled tongue and baked squash. You may not excuse yourself until your plate is clean.
Posted by: your Mom at May 02, 2026 11:28 PM (b3Yos)
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Luxury!

Posted by: Liver and onions at May 02, 2026 11:32 PM (ZOv7s)

181 My last surviving aunt celebrated her 100th birthday today.

Amazing.
Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:30 PM (3ek7K)

Congratulations are due!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 11:33 PM (utfVc)

182 Tonight we're having boiled tongue and baked squash. You may not excuse yourself until your plate is clean.

Posted by: your Mom at May 02, 2026 11:28 PM


We had corned beef and cabbage. I found s marked down little corned beef brisket. It was a good slow cooker meal when Mr Scary was grouchy.
It wasn't bad at all .





Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 02, 2026 11:34 PM (U94Dl)

183 If you've wondered how some seemingly normal people turn to canabism
Posted by: JackStraw


Is Canabism the fundamentalist branch of Rastafarianism?

Posted by: mikeski at May 02, 2026 11:35 PM (VHUov)

184 My last surviving aunt celebrated her 100th birthday today.

Amazing.
Posted by: four seasons
.......

WOW! Partay!
My Mom is 95, I hope she makes to 100. She is in good shape but kind of blind.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2026 11:35 PM (b3Yos)

185 I remember when it was 3 or 3.5 billion. Funny it doesn't seem that much more crowded here now.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 02, 2026 11:32 PM (55Qr6)
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China is fudging the numbers bigly. Demographers arguing that the official count of 1.4 billion is obviously wrong.

Estimates range from 1.2 billion to 500 million.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 11:35 PM (ZOv7s)

186
I can't imagine living to 100.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:35 PM (3ek7K)

187 The current world population is about 8.29 billion which means there are about 2.4 million ants per person on earth.
Posted by: Don Black at May 02, 2026 10:42

I remember when it was 3 or 3.5 billion. Funny it doesn't seem that much more crowded here now.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take

Don't see that.
It's like every fricken third world douche bag and noreasterner is tooling around town here.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 11:36 PM (/lPRQ)

188 Is Canabism the fundamentalist branch of Rastafarianism?
Posted by: mikeski at May 02, 2026 11:35 PM (VHUov)
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It's the militant wing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 11:36 PM (ZOv7s)

189 181 My last surviving aunt celebrated her 100th birthday today.

Amazing.
Posted by: four seasons

Happy 100th!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 02, 2026 11:36 PM (U94Dl)

190 >>Is Canabism the fundamentalist branch of Rastafarianism?

Fuck no.

Rastas are high. They aren't crazy.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 11:37 PM (viF8m)

191 “C Rations” weren’t developed until after World War II.

They had K Rations, which weren’t widely liked. There were some canned items all packed up called “5 in 1s” which was enough to feed 5 guys for a day, they were much more prized.

Spam and more Spam. And powdered eggs. And more Spam was the rule for a lot of places.

C Rations debuted in the 1950s, and later (technically) MCIs for “Meal, Combat, Individual” though still called C rations.

Rations for Aircraft and survival kits and lifeboats such, there was actually quite a variety. I actually enjoyed eating that stuff. As a bachelor, it seemed perfect. Stew or Chili, crackers & peanut butter, cheddar, a can of Pears in heavy syrup, chocolate, coffee, and cigarettes too. What the fuck else do you want?

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 11:38 PM (Lqx3s)

192
My mother will be 96 on May 7th.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2026 11:38 PM (w6EFb)

193 I can't imagine living to 100.
Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:35 PM (3ek7K)
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I'd love to live long enough to see my great-great grandkids. My wife has a decent chance of pulling it off. My father seems to really enjoy being a great-grandpa. He was never big on being around kids, but now he seems to enjoy it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 11:39 PM (ZOv7s)

194 I can't imagine living to 100.
Posted by: four seasons
.......

Me neither. 30 more years?
I really screwed up my retirement plan.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2026 11:40 PM (b3Yos)

195 I demand recompense for all of the mouse scrolling to get here. It's May Day Eve's Evening, for Stalin's sake!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 02, 2026 11:43 PM (diia5)

196 People are complaining about egg salad, which is delicious, and eating a cow's tongue?
Posted by: JackStraw
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You know, you go out and are asked, 'want some tongue', and you think, that's different and say, why not.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 11:43 PM (Lw/3D)

197 I can't imagine living to 100.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:35 PM (3ek7K)

I'd like to die around 75. That is 20 years from now. Long enough to get some SS and have some travels. I do not wish to.be a burden on society.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 02, 2026 11:43 PM (U94Dl)

198 There's a pun involving canabosm but i'm too lazy to work it out.

Posted by: Dark L at May 02, 2026 11:44 PM (W5mpo)

199 Whew! I'm so happy there's nothing for a bus to plunge off around here, except a bridge or two 50 feet high. Flatter than Rachel Corrie 'round these parts.

Posted by: Flatlander, Myself at May 02, 2026 11:46 PM (oftw2)

200 Keb Mo. My spirit animal.

https://tinyurl.com/mry7u28j

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 11:46 PM (viF8m)

201 I can't imagine living to 100.
Posted by: four seasons
.......

Me neither. 30 more years?
I really screwed up my retirement plan.
Posted by: wth

===

Good until 105 at present value on 'investments'.
Just did calcs on nominal inflation rates... good indefinitely.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 11:46 PM (/lPRQ)

202 Cannibbleism: when you open a can, and nibble on the contents.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 11:47 PM (utfVc)

203 I'm hanging on until I see great grandkids.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2026 11:47 PM (b3Yos)

204 The relationship between my mom and my grandkids is awesome to watch. They have a hobby room in her house that they use. She demands they keep it clean because "I could trip" so they always make sure everything is picked up.
They insist on visiting quite a bit. She gets hugs that bring tears to her eyes. Told she is "So pretty".
She loves them so much.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 11:47 PM (vKmKk)

205 Eddie Rickenbacker, famous World War One Ace, was quite a guy and heavily involved in aviation through the 2nd World War.

He was a passenger on a military flight, where the navigator’s Octant had been damaged due to a crash earlier that day. The wind up is, they got lost at sea and had to ditch, and everyone piled into a few rafts for a month and had an ordeal from hell.

They did have some fishhooks and line, though without bait for a while, and discussed maybe cutting off fingertips for this purpose. Others suggested earlobes as perhaps better suited as less likely to become infected. Luckily they didn’t have to resort to anything like that. Not quite cannibalism but they did eat raw fish and birds.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 11:47 PM (Lqx3s)

206 Thanks for the ONT.

So I see we are talking about cheery topics: retirement and outliving it. Death.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 11:48 PM (bss/y)

207 My buddy had a cottontail and a cat, and the cat was constantly trying to fornicate with the bunny. This is what happens when you bring these animals into you home.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 11:03

Well at least they were real animals and not humans who thought they were animals. In this day and age the other is possible.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 02, 2026 11:48 PM (55Qr6)

208 She loves them so much.
Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 11:47 PM (vKmKk)

That's beautiful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 11:49 PM (bss/y)

209 She gets hugs that bring tears to her eyes. Told she is "So pretty".
She loves them so much.
Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 11:47 PM (vKmKk)

This, right here, is what life is about.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2026 11:49 PM (DwqWV)

210 Good until 105 at present value on 'investments'.
Just did calcs on nominal inflation rates... good indefinitely.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


Of course, that is what you get when you eat PB&J for thirty years while your peers eat out every day for lunch... no they do not get my POC when I 'retire'.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 11:49 PM (/lPRQ)

211
I'd like to die around 75.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary


I have seven months to go.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2026 11:49 PM (Cqx++)

212 So I see we are talking about cheery topics: retirement and outliving it. Death.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 11:48 PM (bss/y)

I'm so damned busy I think I should go back to work to rest up. I will NOT outlive my retirement, but I will live all of it, no matter what.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2026 11:50 PM (DwqWV)

213 197 I can't imagine living to 100.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:35 PM (3ek7K)

I'd like to die around 75. That is 20 years from now. Long enough to get some SS and have some travels. I do not wish to.be a burden on society.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 02, 2026 11:43 PM (U94Dl)

Quitters!

I'll go on as long as The Lord or dystopian scientific advances permit. Brain in a jar? And how!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 02, 2026 11:50 PM (KKQKG)

214 I think canabosm is when you eat boobs.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2026 11:51 PM (b3Yos)

215 Just finished the clean up from the Derby Party. 84 yr old uncle stole the show - he showed up in a jockey uniform.

Posted by: scampydog at May 02, 2026 11:51 PM (41CYW)

216 Keb Mo. My spirit animal.

https://tinyurl.com/mry7u28j
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 11:46 PM (viF8m)

A fine musician, and a cool dude. Met him about 30-odd years ago when he played the King Eddy in Calgary. Lately, he has been doing collaborations with Taj Mahal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 11:52 PM (utfVc)

217 211
I'd like to die around 75.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

I have seven months to go.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2026 11:49 PM (Cqx++)

Fuck alla that. Live like it was your last day no matter what, and love every damned minute of it. Both of you have just as many days as He determined, and so don't waste them bemoaning the end. I know where I'm headed, should things come to a screeching halt, and I don't mind one bit.

God gives us each what we need and if we can't figure out how to get to heaven, well, that's on us. Sometimes He lets us see a bit of it before we go.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2026 11:52 PM (DwqWV)

218 The relationship between my mom and my grandkids is awesome to watch. They have a hobby room in her house that they use. She demands they keep it clean because "I could trip" so they always make sure everything is picked up.
They insist on visiting quite a bit. She gets hugs that bring tears to her eyes. Told she is "So pretty".
She loves them so much.
Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 11:47 PM (vKmKk)
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Beautiful.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 11:52 PM (ZOv7s)

219 215 Just finished the clean up from the Derby Party. 84 yr old uncle stole the show - he showed up in a jockey uniform.
Posted by: scampydog at May 02, 2026 11:51 PM (41CYW)

Blackface?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 11:53 PM (bss/y)

220 No one wants to live to be 100 except the man who’s 99.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 11:54 PM (XcvNy)

221 A lot of mute points in this thread. Increasing evidence points to 2033 being the end of all things visible.

Posted by: It's All Used Up. at May 02, 2026 11:54 PM (oftw2)

222
Our grandkids have a bedroom here they use as a playroom.

We don't care how messy it gets. The rest of the house they have to clean up before they go home.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:54 PM (3ek7K)

223 Cow tongue is ok, for use poor folk. I liked it in my youth when we were poor. If you peel it right.

And liver. The heart is like tenderloin if it's fresh. Your taste buds may vary.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 11:55 PM (Fbc0I)

224 I think canabosm is when you eat boobs.
Posted by: wth


Can-o-Bosom sounds like a do-it-yourself plastic-surgery product from some dystopian sci-fi show.

.....and Lycia Naff read the instructions wrong.

Posted by: mikeski at May 02, 2026 11:55 PM (VHUov)

225 So, the very concept of total number of particles in the observable universe just doesn't make any sense. It is something that can't even be defined.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2026 11:25

Whoa there mr publius that is way too deep for the AOS site, the recluse of ignorant Americahn rednecks. Tone it down, please.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 02, 2026 11:55 PM (55Qr6)

226 Fuck alla that. Live like it was your last day no matter what, and love every damned minute of it.”

If I was gonna do that I’d never do any laundry.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 11:55 PM (XcvNy)

227 Happy Caturday Night, horde!

I've had cow's tongue.. It was tender, baked low & slow, but not extremely flavorful. It *needed* the (excellent) gravy it was served with.

Why eat tongue? Because it was CHEAP protein!

Posted by: JQ at May 02, 2026 11:56 PM (rdVOm)

228 Blackface?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
---------
Wasn't JP Morgan cannons. Damnit.

Posted by: scampydog at May 02, 2026 11:56 PM (41CYW)

229 I'm so damned busy I think I should go back to work to rest up. I will NOT outlive my retirement, but I will live all of it, no matter what.
Posted by: tcn in AK


IIRC - you worked POA.
SAM here.
Those wonderful people if HR 'misplaced' half my files and I cannot retire until they reconstruct the first three years....
Yup, cannot retire... Indentured servant I am.

I am one of those who would make a tad bit more 'retired'. Not even factoring not having to deal with drudgery eight hours a day. Already told boss I am taking 16 hrs a week leave one way or another until HR gets their shit straight.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 11:56 PM (/lPRQ)

230 I just got stung on the hand by a scorpion in my bed as I grooved to Keb MO. Damnit. Pine bark scorpions. They are not the worst. I flushed the lil fucker down the toilet.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 02, 2026 11:57 PM (U94Dl)

231 A lot of mute points in this thread. Increasing evidence points to 2033 being the end of all things visible.
Posted by: It's All Used Up. at May 02, 2026 11:54 PM (oftw2)

That's when the bottommost turtle gets arthritis, and the entire stack topples over?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 11:57 PM (utfVc)

232 https://youtu.be/ouP9Yz8TEBM

Posted by: JQ at May 02, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)

233
Good grief Mary.

I hope you will be okay.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:59 PM (3ek7K)

234 >>A fine musician, and a cool dude. Met him about 30-odd years ago when he played the King Eddy in Calgary. Lately, he has been doing collaborations with Taj Mahal

Lucky you. Two greats.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 11:59 PM (viF8m)

235 I just got stung on the hand by a scorpion in my bed as I grooved to Keb MO. Damnit. Pine bark scorpions. They are not the worst. I flushed the lil fucker down the toilet.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

YOWCH!

Sorry, Mary..

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

236 IIRC - you worked POA.
SAM here.
Those wonderful people if HR 'misplaced' half my files and I cannot retire until they reconstruct the first three years....
Yup, cannot retire... Indentured servant I am.

I am one of those who would make a tad bit more 'retired'. Not even factoring not having to deal with drudgery eight hours a day. Already told boss I am taking 16 hrs a week leave one way or another until HR gets their shit straight.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 11:56 PM (/lPRQ)

I was USACE, so DoD. Now DoW. They have all my records, but it took a year to find the old ones when I went back to DoD after years in private practice. Held up my promotion, which means less $$ and pissed me off something royal, but once they found it all (on paper, I assume) they did give me the back pay.

No idea why it is so difficult in Federal Service. Except that I've met the HR people and.... well.... I hope they never have to retire, either.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 03, 2026 12:00 AM (DwqWV)

237 She gets hugs that bring tears to her eyes. Told she is "So pretty".
She loves them so much.
Posted by: Reforger
.......

My Mom lives for this. I'm having lunch with her tomorrow and pay her bills, our Sundays. I kind of live for this too.

Posted by: wth at May 03, 2026 12:01 AM (b3Yos)

238 230 I just got stung on the hand by a scorpion in my bed as I grooved to Keb MO. Damnit. Pine bark scorpions. They are not the worst. I flushed the lil fucker down the toilet.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 02, 2026 11:57 PM (U94Dl)

I hope you burned his ass beyond all recognition first, just so the other ones get the message.

I live where there are no such things, thank heaven.

But we do have bears, so, well, bears are easier to evade, I think....

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 03, 2026 12:02 AM (DwqWV)

239 The year my granddaughter was born, I set a Box Elder sapling in the back yard. I did the same in the year my grandson was born.

Today I took them out back to look at their trees and they were in awe, and looking forward to climbing them.

That's what it's all about.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2026 12:02 AM (ZOv7s)

240
I miss a lot of things from living in the South.

I don't miss walking into the kitchen and finding a snake.

Posted by: four seasons at May 03, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)

241 237 She gets hugs that bring tears to her eyes. Told she is "So pretty".
She loves them so much.
Posted by: Reforger
.......

My Mom lives for this. I'm having lunch with her tomorrow and pay her bills, our Sundays. I kind of live for this too.
Posted by: wth at May 03, 2026 12:01 AM (b3Yos)

DH's mom comes up next week, to see grandboy. I told her she was a great Grandma to our spawn, and now she's a Great Grandma. She's gonna be over the moon. That little runt is gonna look her straight in the eye and it will be all over.

At least, that's what happened to me. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 03, 2026 12:04 AM (DwqWV)

242 When the oldest grand got to about 2 he could open baby gates. We have a whole half of the house sectioned off with one. One day he's being all quiet and we go to see what he's up to and he has discovered that section. Declares it's his and has considered it his since. Then comes baby brother. Not so his anymore. He was using toys to make a line across the floor before brother could even crawl.

Posted by: Reforger at May 03, 2026 12:04 AM (vKmKk)

243 Good grief Mary.

I hope you will be okay.

Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026


It wasn't a bad sting. I flushed the offending scorpion down the toilet. He won't be bothering me again. We have had a lot of rain. I'll spray the baseboards with stuff. My folks are visiting soon. Being sting by a scorpion is not on their bingo card.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 03, 2026 12:05 AM (U94Dl)

244 I miss a lot of things from living in the South.

I don't miss walking into the kitchen and finding a snake.

Posted by: four seasons at May 03, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
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My wife reconciled with living in Michigan vs Kentucky in large part because venomous things have a hard time surviving this far north. She felt that was a decent tradeoff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2026 12:05 AM (ZOv7s)

245 Bwahaha!

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/
2050580355670061525

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 03, 2026 12:06 AM (utfVc)

246 No idea why it is so difficult in Federal Service. Except that I've met the HR people and.... well.... I hope they never have to retire, either.
Posted by: tcn in AK


Been since the end of December since I said I am done... But Wait... we cannot confirm the first three years...... so going on month five with Boss knowing he cannot do shit regardless of when I come in and leave. Could fire me... but knows it will get real ugly firing a guy that said he's retiring officially NOW but HR has paperwork issues making it official....

Thinking about sueing for backpay once they get their shit straight.
But I'll be happy to put it in the past.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 03, 2026 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)

247 230 I just got stung on the hand by a scorpion

I tried to warn them.

Posted by: the frog at May 03, 2026 12:06 AM (gKWVE)

248 230 I just got stung on the hand by a scorpion in my bed as I grooved to Keb MO. Damnit. Pine bark scorpions. They are not the worst. I flushed the lil fucker down the toilet.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 02, 2026 11:57 PM (U94Dl)

Kentucky is nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:06 AM (bss/y)

249 I can't imagine living to 100.
Posted by: four seasons at May 02, 2026 11:35

My grandma lived to a month short of 104.

At 100 I took her to get her state ID renewed. The gal behind the counter was...wow you're 100!

Grandma smiled a little and kinda shrugged...I don't know where the time went.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 03, 2026 12:07 AM (55Qr6)

250 But we do have bears, so, well, bears are easier to evade, I think....
Posted by: tcn in AK


At least bears don't do not come up at you out of the toilet.

Assuming you have indoor plumbing and not using an outhouse of course.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 03, 2026 12:09 AM (/lPRQ)

251
AHLloyd,

Same here. From SC to Wyoming. The only critters in our house now are grandkids, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 03, 2026 12:09 AM (3ek7K)

252 Assuming you have indoor plumbing and not using an outhouse of course.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 03, 2026 12:09 AM (/lPRQ)

That's Hazard County. And some places back in the hollers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:10 AM (bss/y)

253
Farmer,

That is awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at May 03, 2026 12:10 AM (3ek7K)

254
But we do have bears, so, well, bears are easier to evade, I think....
Posted by: tcn in AK


You can't flush a bear down the toilet.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 03, 2026 12:10 AM (Cqx++)

255 Our son was a bit spoiled. We adopted him when he was six months old, and he is my one and only kid, so I took about two months off work to "bond." At the end of that, I went back to work three days a week, and the boy went to Grandma's house. The two of them remain joined at the hip, even though they live thousands of miles away, he in AK and she in WI. She loved it, and so did he, and I never had to put him in daycare with strangers. She was forever taking him to the zoo, the playgrounds, out to lunch, to the airport to watch the planes fly, to the lake to swim, and all the really fun stuff you get to do with a kid that you don't do as an adult.

I intend to do the same with grandboy. He just turned 3 months old, so not a lot of action yet, but we take him to Church and he gets to meet all the other kids and be fawned over by all the ladies. Can't wait until he's hitting the ball off the tee, climbing everything in sight, etc.

Boys, amirite?

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 03, 2026 12:11 AM (DwqWV)

256 My G. Grandma made 104. Seems like the females of the family all live into at least their early 90's. The males have a habit of passing early.

Posted by: Reforger at May 03, 2026 12:11 AM (vKmKk)

257
We have mule deer and moose. At least we can see them.

Posted by: four seasons at May 03, 2026 12:12 AM (3ek7K)

258 Kentucky is nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:06 AM (bss/y)


I'm sure it is. God Bless. I'm used to scorpions in the bed. There was a snake in the bathtub a few years ago. Any libtard moving to Austin should be aware. Sneks and scorpions don't care about your suicidal empathy. They bite and sting. It is their nature

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 03, 2026 12:12 AM (U94Dl)

259 Same here. From SC to Wyoming. The only critters in our house now are grandkids, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at May 03, 2026 12:09 AM (3ek7K)
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We get mice and ants, but none of them are that big of a deal.

Having the grandkids live with us is a blessing in disguise. They damn near wore us out for the first few years, but now they are moving into grade school and we are really enjoying having them here.

Earlier today my wife remarked that they seemed so much more confident and assured than our kids, and I said "Why not? Their grandparents and aunts are RIGHT HERE. How much more loved could kids be?"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2026 12:14 AM (ZOv7s)

260 Take your dog or cat to a rest home.

Watch what happens.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2026 12:14 AM (viF8m)

261 Thanks for the ONT.

So I see we are talking about cheery topics: retirement and outliving it. Death.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 11:48 PM (bss/y)

Not everyone. Between Berserker's comments and last night's ONT, I'm still thinking about Winona Ryder.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at May 03, 2026 12:14 AM (NZPfR)

262 I think the oldest I had was Uncle Steve (great uncle.) Grandpas younger brother. When he was 60 he looked 40, 70 50, etc. All the way to 96.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:14 AM (bss/y)

263 Thinking about sueing for backpay once they get their shit straight.
But I'll be happy to put it in the past.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 03, 2026 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)

They will pay what they owe once the sort it out. At least they get that part right. Even if it takes for fucking ever to get it right.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 03, 2026 12:15 AM (DwqWV)

264 Not everyone. Between Berserker's comments and last night's ONT, I'm still thinking about Winona Ryder.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at May 03, 2026 12:14 AM (NZPfR)

Worth thinking about.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:15 AM (bss/y)

265 Eh. Her boobs are too big.

Posted by: Reforger at May 03, 2026 12:17 AM (vKmKk)

266 Top story of Insty is modern communists in a nutshell.

Fucking naifish retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:17 AM (bss/y)

267 260 Take your dog or cat to a rest home.

Watch what happens.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2026 12:14 AM (viF8m)

When I lived in Waunakee, I used to walk the boy over to the old folks' home, him on his tricycle. A couple of the old boys there would do races with him in their wheelchairs, and then he would climb up in the old ladies' laps and beam at them. We "wasted" many an afternoon there, with both the boy and the old folks' in much happiness.

It doesn't take much.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 03, 2026 12:18 AM (DwqWV)

268 265 Eh. Her boobs are too big.
Posted by: Reforger at May 03, 2026 12:17 AM (vKmKk)

As was established last night: gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:19 AM (bss/y)

269 Wow, getting late. Got to get to bed so I don't miss the Book Thread! Good night, everyone.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2026 12:19 AM (ZOv7s)

270 Live like it was your last day no matter what, and love every damned minute of it.”

If I was gonna do that I’d never do any laundry.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 11:5
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That has to be one of the top 10 this week.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 03, 2026 12:20 AM (55Qr6)

271 It's just a stingin' lizard, that's all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 03, 2026 12:20 AM (Lw/3D)

272 271 It's just a stingin' lizard, that's all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 03, 2026 12:20 AM (Lw/3D)

*whispers* insect, sir.

Posted by: Patsy at May 03, 2026 12:21 AM (bss/y)

273 Not everyone. Between Berserker's comments and last night's ONT, I'm still thinking about Winona Ryder.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at May 03, 2026 12:14 AM (NZPfR) Not everyone. Between Berserker's comments and last night's ONT, I'm still thinking about Winona Ryder.

I missed that one. Winona Ryder may be a bit older than I . She's boned Johnny Depp. I hope she has planned for retirement. Life is a bitch/unpredicable.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 03, 2026 12:23 AM (U94Dl)

274
Husband drives 7 year old grandson to school twice a week.

The school has a walking club every morning before school begins. They have a great time. When grandson's friends get off the bus they run to grandson and hubby. Hubby says the kids say they want to walk with grandson and his grandpa.

Husband feels honored.

Posted by: four seasons at May 03, 2026 12:23 AM (3ek7K)

275 I'm doing everything I can to keep Mom in her house. She's mostly blind but knows her way around. I'm only a couple miles away and have a nice gal cleaning and shopping for her. Nothing is forever, at least what we know.
Have faith.

Posted by: wth at May 03, 2026 12:23 AM (b3Yos)

276 Eh. Her boobs are too big.
Posted by: Reforger at May 03, 2026 12:17 AM (vKmKk)

I'll go with "Problems I'll Take" for $200, Alex.

I bet it's the Daily Double.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at May 03, 2026 12:24 AM (NZPfR)

277 I missed that one. Winona Ryder may be a bit older than I . She's boned Johnny Depp. I hope she has planned for retirement. Life is a bitch/unpredicable.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 03, 2026 12:23 AM (U94Dl)

She had a renaissance with Stranger Things.

Posted by: Patsy at May 03, 2026 12:24 AM (bss/y)

278 >>>If I was gonna do that I’d never do any laundry.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 11:5

>When you find someone, give me their number I have some other tasks worth consideration.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 03, 2026 12:26 AM (Fbc0I)

279 My big sister's childhood best friend, Jane, had an affair with a black man named Willy who had 6 nipples. Symmetrical, dog-fashion.

True story.

Posted by: Beverly at May 03, 2026 12:26 AM (reMys)

280 Eh. Her boobs are too big.
Posted by: Reforger

I'll go with "Problems I'll Take" for $200, Alex.
I bet it's the Daily Double.
Posted by: Nerd Herd


* golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at May 03, 2026 12:27 AM (VHUov)

281 They will pay what they owe once the sort it out. At least they get that part right. Even if it takes for fucking ever to get it right.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Not that simple - I qualify for full retirement and told them I do not think it is worth jack (another day of my life) to go in every day even if the paid me because they have to pay me (a fraction) to sit on my but and not go in.
That fraction is worth more to me than going in and doing literally nothing because that robs me of time to do anything else I would rather do.

We are all on a clock that ends sooner or later.
Maybe if they paid me ten times what I am getting now it might be worth it. Might be.

Anyway... time to punch out.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 03, 2026 12:27 AM (/lPRQ)

282 We have crows here, not a bad thing you may think, but they all come from a murder.

Posted by: 13times at May 03, 2026 12:27 AM (3fEC+)

283 280 My big sister's childhood best friend, Jane, had an affair with a black man named Willy who had 6 nipples. Symmetrical, dog-fashion.

True story.
Posted by: Beverly at May 03, 2026 12:26 AM (reMys)

That's well sourced, but we need a counter opinion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:27 AM (bss/y)

284 She's 55.

Posted by: Dark L at May 03, 2026 12:28 AM (W5mpo)

285 I found a giant mushroom in my front yard today. Looked like a pale Yorkshire pudding. Sprang up overnight.

Tomorrow night, I'll keep an eye peeled for triffids.

Posted by: Beverly at May 03, 2026 12:28 AM (reMys)

286 Watch me to see Winona.
First scene.
You’ll be happy you did.

Posted by: Before The Devil Knows Youre Dead at May 03, 2026 12:29 AM (ewIRf)

287 Heathers era Wynona was quite hot.

Posted by: Reforger at May 03, 2026 12:30 AM (vKmKk)

288 >>It doesn't take much.

I take Elvis to visit my mom every week. He's become a rock star. People who have given up come out of the woodwork to see him and get a slobbery dog kiss and tell me the same stories about their pets they told me the week before.

He has more fun than they do and they love it.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2026 12:33 AM (viF8m)

289 She had a renaissance with Stranger Things.

Posted by: Patsy at May 03, 2026 12:24 AM


I hope she is okay. She was in some enjoyable Gen X movies. Then she went crazy. She has to be 55 or 56 years old. Tough age in Hollywood for a chick.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 03, 2026 12:34 AM (U94Dl)

290 She's 55.
Posted by: Dark L at May 03, 2026 12:28 AM (W5mpo)

For those of us who have achieved the advanced age of 29, that's not too old.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 03, 2026 12:34 AM (utfVc)

291 If'n you haven't seen it, you must

@MAGAVoice
Marco Rubio finding out he has to run Spirit Airlines.
x.com/MAGAVoice/status/2050693618768502862

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 03, 2026 12:34 AM (diia5)

292 I take Elvis to visit my mom every week. He's become a rock star.
Posted by: JackStraw


ISWYDT.

Posted by: mikeski at May 03, 2026 12:35 AM (VHUov)

293 Sorry I'm late, I was planning to do some brooding but couldn't find the required Victorian manor in which to do it. Not one that wasn't previously occupied, at least.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 02, 2026 10:13 PM (2RJDy)


Ah, the Pirates of Penzance problem

[MAJOR-GENERAL]
Why do I sit here? To escape from the pirates' clutches, I described myself as an orphan; and, heaven help me, I am no orphan! I come here to humble myself before the tombs of my ancestors, and to implore their pardon for having brought dishonor on the family escutcheon

[FREDERIC]
But you forget, sir, you only bought the property a year ago, and the stucco on your baronial castle is scarcely dry

[MAJOR-GENERAL]
Frederic, in this chapel are ancestors: you cannot deny that. With the estate, I bought the chapel and its contents. I don't know whose ancestors they were, but I know whose ancestors they are, and I shudder to think that their descendant by purchase (if I may so describe myself) should have brought disgrace upon what, I have no doubt, was an unstained escutcheon

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2026 12:35 AM (rbvCR)

294 I knew Elvis was still alive.

Posted by: wth at May 03, 2026 12:37 AM (b3Yos)

295 Anyway, I've always really liked this poppy hit off her second studio album It's Not Me, It's You (2009). "Shots fired," as they say, and it's pretty plainly aimed at the Paris Hilton type:

Lily Allen | The Fear (Official Video - Explicit Version)
https://youtu.be/q-wGMlSuX_c
Posted by: SciVo at May 02, 2026 10:24 PM (Sy6m/)


I had that album and I liked it until I started listening to the lyrics. no idea why I decided to do something as dumb as that. It is like reading the response section, it just ruins the joy.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2026 12:39 AM (rbvCR)

296 Ozempic is getting out of hand. Olivia Wilde is looking rough.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:39 AM (bss/y)

297 I take Elvis to visit my mom every week. He's become a rock star. People who have given up come out of the woodwork to see him and get a slobbery dog kiss and tell me the same stories about their pets they told me the week before.

He has more fun than they do and they love it.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2026 12:33 AM (viF8m)

You are a sweetheart for doing that, Mr Straw. Bless you and Elvis ❤️ 😃

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 03, 2026 12:40 AM (U94Dl)

298 https://youtu.be/BJii3ACoqDc

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

299 What the fuck? I had an aneurism. Marisa Tomei not Winona.

Posted by: Before The Devil Knows Youre Dead at May 03, 2026 12:40 AM (ewIRf)

300 299 What the fuck? I had an aneurism. Marisa Tomei not Winona.
Posted by: Before The Devil Knows Youre Dead at May 03, 2026 12:40 AM (ewIRf)

I was about to say. I just did research and while Ms Ryder has done some nudity (including a cell shaded version in In a Scanner Darkly) that was not one of the movies.

Good day, sir.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:41 AM (bss/y)

301 I had two great-uncles make it to 100. My Dad only made it to 85, but then he had been nuked by the Army. Twice. Just to see what would happen.

And here I am.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 03, 2026 12:42 AM (mjROD)

302 Rabbit is not very good eating. OTOH, any port in a storm. Check the liver for white spots, tularemia or coccidiosis.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2026 10:43 PM (XeU6L)


Oddly, "Haruspicy" is not a brand of hot-sauce, but it should be

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2026 12:44 AM (rbvCR)

303 I love tongue burritos. I get odd looks when I order them at the mexican food stand though, me being a red head.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2026 12:45 AM (rbvCR)

304 I had two great-uncles make it to 100. My Dad only made it to 85, but then he had been nuked by the Army. Twice. Just to see what would happen.

And here I am.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy


Wait, were they holding up mile markers in Los Alamos or something?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 03, 2026 12:46 AM (diia5)

305 Is there anybody home?

Posted by: wth at May 03, 2026 12:46 AM (b3Yos)

306 I don't understand why women come to this blog, with its outrageous vulgarity. Maybe because it's cruel and hilarious.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 03, 2026 12:47 AM (Fbc0I)

307 No idea why it is so difficult in Federal Service. Except that I've met the HR people and.... well.... I hope they never have to retire, either.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 03, 2026 12:00 AM (DwqWV)


Are they still keeping the records on paper in an old salt mine or something, where they literally have to go down a mine shaft to check old records? I remember hearing something about that.

Posted by: SciVo at May 03, 2026 12:47 AM (Sy6m/)

308 Spud Dad was testing fridges.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2026 12:47 AM (gKWVE)

309 Sarah Hoyt at her blog According to Hoyt posits that there might be a lot less people in the world than the popular estimates because there are incentives to exaggerate the number of people you have in your country (to dissuade other countries from invading, for example).
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 10:56 PM (ZVgZ4)


She has been on that for years, and I suspect she is right. There are calls right now saying that the Chinese population is cratering due to one-child and Covid, though others are claiming it is just because the "mobile" population that basically does gig work in the factories and fabs is still roaming looking for work after the Lunar new year vacations.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2026 12:49 AM (rbvCR)

310
Are they still keeping the records on paper in an old salt mine or something, where they literally have to go down a mine shaft to check old records? I remember hearing something about that.
Posted by: SciVo


I think DOGE was looking into it but since they shutdown DOGE it looks like we still get the shaft.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 03, 2026 12:51 AM (Cqx++)

311 306 I don't understand why women come to this blog, with its outrageous vulgarity. Maybe because it's cruel and hilarious.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 03, 2026 12:47 AM (Fbc0I)

Are we really that outrageous? I'd wager any 'ette who comes here *rimshot* and especially any who comment are not shocked that dudes like looking at nekkid women.

*looks both ways*

I'd say a fair few of them have even had sex.

*nods*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:51 AM (bss/y)

312 I found a giant mushroom in my front yard today. Looked like a pale Yorkshire pudding. Sprang up overnight.
Tomorrow night, I'll keep an eye peeled for triffids.
Posted by: Beverly at May 03, 2026 12:28

We had morels pop up in the front yard the other day, first time. What are triffids?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 03, 2026 12:52 AM (55Qr6)

313 I've eaten cow tongue. At least, I assumed it was cow. Now I'm starting to worry.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 02, 2026 11:15 PM (mjROD)


That is why you get it from the place that doesn't skin the taste-buds off.
Or get the "tripas" instead. (Don't worry, that doesn't translate as "tripe". It is much worse)

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2026 12:52 AM (rbvCR)

314 Net:

Triffids are fictional, mobile, carnivorous plants from John Wyndham’s novel, often used metaphorically to describe large, invasive, or menacing plants.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:53 AM (bss/y)

315 >>You are a sweetheart for doing that, Mr Straw. Bless you and Elvis ❤️ 😃

I'm the furthest thing from a sweetheart.

But I was blessed with the best parents any slightly off bubble kid could have asked for. And seeing the reaction this goofy dog gets from those of us who done the crime of getting old makes my tiny heart happy.

Everyone wins.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2026 12:54 AM (viF8m)

316 Spud Dad was testing fridges.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2026 12:47 AM (gKWVE)

Seriously, Dad was one of the many enlisted support troops in the vicinity of the open air tests in the Pacific. He witnessed two tests, and fortunately didn't have to do anything awful like barehanded clean up.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 03, 2026 12:59 AM (mjROD)

317 Well, 2300 here, and another early day tomorrow. Going to call it a night. Later, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 03, 2026 01:01 AM (utfVc)

318 301 I had two great-uncles make it to 100. My Dad only made it to 85, but then he had been nuked by the Army. Twice. Just to see what would happen.

And here I am.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 03, 2026 12:42 AM (mjROD)

I literally slept in a radar room, with a 1 Million Watt Air search radar.... for months.

I'm surprised I'm still around

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 03, 2026 01:04 AM (mP0Kj)

319 Dad made it to 84, Mom made it only to 64. The rest... somewhere between late 70s and mid 90s.

When your number's up, it's up. *shrug*

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

320 Triffids are fictional, mobile, carnivorous plants from John Wyndham’s novel, often used metaphorically to describe large, invasive, or menacing plants.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 03, 2026 12:53

TY. Sadly I'm not up to date on fictional, mobile, carnivorous plants.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 03, 2026 01:14 AM (55Qr6)

321 Delilah is one of those names that should come back in style

https://tinyurl.com/47eyk9r4

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2026 01:15 AM (viF8m)

322
I see there's a huge fire at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus. It started in the Marine Sciences building.

According to some of the people there, entire careers of research are burning up -- tons of stuff was stored in the area. Nobody was hurt, though, everyone got out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 03, 2026 01:21 AM (w6EFb)

323 I'm surprised I'm still around
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 03, 2026 01:04

Well we're glad you are. I think back to my exposure to Round-up when it first came out and think the same thing.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 03, 2026 01:21 AM (55Qr6)

324 Delilah is one of those names that should come back in style
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She's trouble

Posted by: Samson (in braille) at May 03, 2026 01:34 AM (vSvIl)

325 >>large, invasive, or menacing plants
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Like the giant wild rose bush I've battled all week to remove? Large and menacing, it was! About 2 cubic yards' worth... Thank goodness for canvas shirt and leather gloves.

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

326 I've never knowingly eaten things like tongue, kidney, pancreas, etc.


I say knowingly, because I love scrapple.....

Posted by: Midnight Rambler at May 03, 2026 01:40 AM (xverI)

327 Never eaten scrapple. Would try it!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

328 I grew up and still live in the Philly area. One good thing about that is the variety of different breakfast meats. We get scrapple from the Amish area, or pork roll ( Taylor Ham, depending on your location). In the old ethnic enclave neighborhoods, you can still find places that serve kielbasa or kizka (Polish scrapple) & eggs.

Posted by: Midnight Rambler at May 03, 2026 01:49 AM (xverI)

329 Sounds delish, Midnight Rambler!

B'fast meat here is basic: bacon, sausage, ham. Good but boring.

I used to dream of eating my way around the world-- just enjoying culinary delights in retirement. Alas, 'twas not to be.

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

330 >>>Never eaten scrapple. Would try it!

Posted by: JQ

>It's pretty rough stuff. You can survive on it, but don't think it's a gourmet fare. Just realize, I've only had it a couple of times. I would eat it again.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 03, 2026 01:53 AM (Fbc0I)

331 >It's pretty rough stuff. You can survive on it, but don't think it's a gourmet fare. Just realize, I've only had it a couple of times. I would eat it again.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

That's all I'd want-- to just try it & be able to check it off my list. Eat it again if I *liked* it!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

332 Hello.

Looked through the movie selections and picked out The Martian. Even though we knew everything that was going to happen, it was still gripping. So, that was good. The final rescue was insane. But well portrayed.

I've read some complaints that the science involved was somewhat closer to science fiction, but I don't know what the specific complaints were. And I don't care. It was fun.🚀

Just wanted to share that. FWIW if anything.

https://youtu.be/Jmk5frp6-3Q?t=6

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Gravity is the opposite of The Martian at May 03, 2026 02:07 AM (XU9++)

333 Never eaten scrapple. Would try it!
Posted by: JQ


What do you think lips and assholes taste like?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 03, 2026 02:15 AM (diia5)

334 What do you think lips and assholes taste like?
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Scrapple tastes like hotdogs?

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 02:20 AM (rdVOm)

335 https://youtu.be/8-EWzK8Ebz8

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

336 I had a girlfriend from Pennsylvania who insisted upon my unknowing, reckless consumption of scrapple for the first time. And then she laughed at me. Her cruelty was boundless.

Still, it wasn't that bad, I've had worse.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 03, 2026 02:30 AM (Fbc0I)

337 Day of the Triggers is a movie. It's on some streaming services.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 03, 2026 02:32 AM (TNGIV)

338 Danmed autocucumber! Triffids not Triggers. Was just as my finger hit "Post".
Hi

Posted by: buddhaha at May 03, 2026 02:34 AM (TNGIV)

339 I don't watch creepy movies much anymore. Real life is scary enough for me these days!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

340 What do you think lips and assholes taste like?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Look, I don't inquire about your sexual proclivities, I'll thank you not to question mine.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 03, 2026 02:38 AM (TNGIV)

341 She has been on that for years, and I suspect she is right. There are calls right now saying that the Chinese population is cratering due to one-child and Covid, though others are claiming it is just because the "mobile" population that basically does gig work in the factories and fabs is still roaming looking for work after the Lunar new year vacations.

Supposedly, Robert Heinlein talked to a fellow squid back in the 1950s who mentioned that the logistical infrastructure that they could see with aerial imagery of Moscow obtained by U2/satellite photos was incapable of supporting Moscow's claimed population. The fellow squid had done logistical planning for operations in the Pacific theater in WW eleven (IIRC), so he might of known what he was talking about.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 03, 2026 02:54 AM (mEN9w)

342 And now for something completely different!....

Season is turning here. From spring (too short) to summer (too long). Temps in the 80s this week! Overnights in the 50s.

I've been tackling some major yard work, and setting up my *outdoor living area* lately. Yay, it's grilling season! Boo, it's going to be too hot to do the yard work-- soon.

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)

343 Ok, can finally sit. I need a drink.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 03, 2026 02:58 AM (snZF9)

344 >> but I don't know what the specific complaints were.

The big one is the dust storm at the beginning that started the whole stranded on Mars plotline.

Yep, Martian wind speeds can get over 100 mph. But that's 100 mph on Mars with a very thin atmosphere. It's the equivalent of a 10 mph wind on earth. It ain't gonna blow anything around as portrayed.

There's some other inaccuracies but they're pretty minor.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 03, 2026 03:00 AM (w6EFb)

345 *4 fingers of Woodford for Bers*

Howdy. Hope you had a fine jam session tonight!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

346 To bring the topic of breasts back to the front, was the Dolly Parton album cover mentioned earlier this one?

https://tinyurl.com/mr3tr8dk (wikipedia link)

or this one?

https://tinyurl.com/3mbpppzc (wikipedia link as well)

First link is to an 1984 album, the second to a 1982 one.

There's no doubt that she's had some hardware upgrades over the years.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 03, 2026 03:03 AM (mEN9w)

347 *4 fingers of Woodford for Bers*

Howdy. Hope you had a fine jam session tonight!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

4 fingers is about right. Yeah it was pretty cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 03, 2026 03:07 AM (snZF9)

348 There's no doubt that she's had some hardware upgrades over the years.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 03, 2026 03:03 AM (mEN9w)

Definitely some helium upgrades to her gas giants.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 03, 2026 03:09 AM (snZF9)

349 Dolly was always well-endowed. I remember seeing her on the Porter Wagoner Show, when I was a child.

Imagine she's had at least a couple of "lifts" since then, LOL. My goodness, a lady would need it, with a rack like *that*!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 03:12 AM (rdVOm)

350 I know of 2 women at former job, what got implants.

One-- got the *huge bazoomba* set, and acted the 'ho' with it.

The other-- got *normal* (having been flat as a wall before) and if you didn't know, you wouldn't know.

Whatever floats yer boat, I say!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)

351 Dolly was always well-endowed. I remember seeing her on the Porter Wagoner Show, when I was a child.

Imagine she's had at least a couple of "lifts" since then, LOL. My goodness, a lady would need it, with a rack like *that*!
Posted by: JQ


And undergarments designed by the engineers at Goodyear.

Posted by: mikeski at May 03, 2026 03:21 AM (VHUov)

352 And undergarments designed by the engineers at Goodyear.
Posted by: mikeski

No doubt! At least she earned the paycheck required to purchase such things.

More power to her!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm)

353 Probly NSFW:

https://youtu.be/Jbn3aEH_YlE

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 03:27 AM (rdVOm)

354
Not that a Martian dust storm wouldn't be a bitch, especially one of those big global ones that happen every few minutes.

Imagine a gentle breeze but after a huge flour bomb went off. Very fine dust all around with bad static cling. It would stick to everything, and there'd be big static build likely, making spark and arc hazards that might damage stuff. And visibility would be about zero.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 03, 2026 03:37 AM (w6EFb)

355
Every few *years*, not minutes. Sheesh.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 03, 2026 03:39 AM (w6EFb)

356 There's been a lot of construction west of my house. When the wind blows hard, a very fine dust settles on everything outside, here... such a mess!

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 03:58 AM (rdVOm)

357 Pixy's up! (at https://ai.mee.nu)
I don't know when the time change will change back.

Posted by: m at May 03, 2026 04:01 AM (8rTNG)

358 https://youtu.be/U5t2kDqvoYY

Posted by: JQ at May 03, 2026 04:04 AM (rdVOm)

359 I'm thinking the pickleball plane was sabotaged. Some people absolutely hate the sound of pickleball, meeting racket, hate with the heat of AOP's welding torch.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 03, 2026 04:18 AM (RNE82)

360 Tech thread is live!

Posted by: SciVo at May 03, 2026 04:34 AM (Sy6m/)

361 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at May 03, 2026 04:34 AM (8rTNG)

Saturday Evening Movie Post [moviegique]: Over Your Dead Body

The Boy and I had a blast at this violent Jorma Taccone (MacGruber) black-comedy, but I couldn't help but notice this was the second romantic-dark-comedy in a row, after The Drama. Is Hollywood maybe inching its way back toward the perennial crowd-pleasing romcom genre, but can't find a straight path?

I have no idea.

When the movie opens, we see sad sack Dan (Jason Segel) being bullied on the set of the commercial he's directing, and he's very ostentatiously telling everyone within earshot about how he's going up to the cabin with his wife Lisa (Samara Weaving), and how she's insisting—insisting!—on going on this very dangerous hike by herself.

OK, so, obviously, he's planning to kill her.

When he gets home, one of his wife's girlfriends is leaving, and she smiles at him and says, "Happy hunting!" which is perplexing because of course he's not any kind of a hunter.

So, somewhat less obviously, she's planning to kill him.

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Somewhat more obviously.

This movie does a really excellent job of seeding little things throughout and then recontextualizing them through flashbacks. This is done for laughs, primarily, but Taccone manages—despite the mix of relationship dysfunction, serious violence and comedy—to give the film a pitch-perfect tone that treats its characters with respect—and, like The Drama, is weirdly, cautiously optimistic. Buried in the shenanigans is a fairly profound statement about how we exaggerate our neuroses, and it's only when we come up against some hard psychosis that we straighten out.

Where R Patz and Zendaya (in The Drama) are dealing with near lethal levels of cringe, Segel and Weaving are working on a much more primal level, and this is both more fun and more satisfying. Also more preposterous, but who cares?

Part of the non-working dynamic between Dan and Lisa is that Lisa, an actress, married Dan, a director, because as an older man with a vision, he had a clear path forward for his life. Seven years later, he's making pop-up ads, and he's encouraged (coerced?) her into being an actress in community theater, which has resulted in them burning up all their money. Dan is a spendthrift, impress-your-colleagues-with-reckless-spending kind of guy.

I had a little trouble with Lisa being only ten years younger than Dan, because Weaving is a younger, prettier, better acting Margot Robbie and Segel is halfway to being the crypt-keeper.

Seriously, this is The Muppets guy? I mean, accounting for acting, lighting, makeup—he still looks like he's melting, and he's, like, 45.

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Sorry, dude. I look way older than nearly 29, myself.

Weaving, whom I've primarily seen covered in blood from the Ready or Not movies, looks like she's comfortably in her 20s. She's 34. Nonetheless, both she and Segel are by turns despicable, petty, cruel, sympathetic, pathetic—oddly real feeling for a movie like this.

Rounding out the cast is Timothy Olyphant, who's way prettier than Segel (and 12 years older) to say nothing of a haggard Juliette Lewis (who's right between Olyphant and Segel in age) and Keith Jardine, reprising his career-long role as a goon. He's funny in this. Paul Guillfoyle is Segel's I'm-Very-Disappointed-In-You-Son father, who thinks the problem with the younger generation (this would be X) is that they didn't have a Vietnam.

Guillfoyle, besides being a good actor you've seen in a dozen different things, has a relatively small part that really illustrates how well the story is constructed, and its attention to detail. As Michael, Dan's dad in the old-folks home, you could see his rambling as out of touch and just comic relief. But it's his cabin, and his guns in the cabin, and there's a great bit where he's driving a tricked out Honda or something and he can't get the radio to stop playing techno, which is very old folks, but then he starts to really dig the music, and you realize that, like every other aspect of this movie, nothing was "just a joke". It all contributes to story, to character and to an ultimate payoff.

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It's very hard to find images of this film that aren't spoilers. So, let's just enjoy Weaving's high-waisted jeans which, at some points during the film, come up to nearly her armpits.

It's weird when someone seems to know what he's doing, and it's weird that it's weird. We've been seeing more competence in storytelling lately, and we're beside ourselves.

The writing, editing and direction are terrific. The camera moves purposely and without that sense of clichéd, pre-canned motions most films use these days. The music (both diagetic and not) also contributes to the story, as when Lisa and Dan can't decide on a streaming channel.

The only thing that would keep me from recommending it is the violence. It is increasingly brutal and graphic. The way Taccone uses this to maintain the tone is the sort of thing few Westerners can pull off. Early on, we are told to take the characters' intentions sincerely. They mean to do each other harm—they're just not very competent. But this incompetence leads to serious injury. And the movie takes increasingly dark turns without losing either its sense of humor or its earnestness.

It is, in some ways, much easier to watch than the very awkward The Drama, and certainly more fun—if you can stomach it.

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They did the meme!

 

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1 Just got back from "Hokum" by the guy who did "Oddity". Thumbs up.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:31 PM (/d4WW)

2 Also at the 'gique this past month:

The Drama
The French Connection
The Lady from Shanghai
Sorcerer
Project Hail Mary
Two Prosecutors

Two thumbs, to varying degrees, for all six.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:32 PM (/d4WW)

3 Two thumbs up, to varying degrees, that is.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:38 PM (/d4WW)

4 Good eeeeefunink, 'Gique and film fans.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 07:39 PM (kpS4V)

5 Good evening everyone
One very good foreign movie recommendation
15 Minutes of War, a French movie from Fred Grivios
Bssed on a real hostages crisis in Somalia, terrorists kidnapping a bus load of French kids in 1976.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)

6 How would you have liked Kevin Kline as Taggert in Galaxy Quest? Just found out he was the first choice when Harold Ramis was the chosen director .

After Ramis quit and they continued to cast , Bruce Willis was one they thought of pursuing. The actor who wanted the part was Alec Baldwin.

I actually could see Bruce Willis in the part.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 07:41 PM (kxLc1)

7 Hi, Eris! Skip! Uh...Mary.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:41 PM (/d4WW)

8 The key to GQ is its sincerity. Kline could do that. Ramis, too. But Allen was kind of perfect. Willis is too in-on-the-joke. Baldwin...maybe?

Where we got lucky, I think, is in what a good job Dean Parsiot did as director. It's far-and-away his best feature.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:44 PM (/d4WW)

9 "Weaving is a younger, prettier, better acting Margot Robbie"

At the start of "Ready or Not 2", I asked myself "why is Margot slumming in a B-movie?"

Something about Aussie blondes,

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 07:46 PM (dtajH)

10 Where we got lucky, I think, is in what a good job Dean Parsiot did as director. It's far-and-away his best feature.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:44 PM (/d4WW)

He changed up the script to make it just as much a drama as a comedy. Ramis and the studio started off as having it more slap stick comedy.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 07:47 PM (kxLc1)

11 Just finished watching "The Creator". Gorgeous as hell and dumber than a box of rocks. Imagine a mash-up of "Avatar", "Independence Day" and "I, Robot", and just as dumb. The script is a series of Ryan George's "Super easy! Barely an inconvenience!" Every character - and I mean every character - does laughably stupid things (like a cop who sits in the back of a police van with two prisoners WHO ARE NOT RESTRAINED IN ANY WAY. And TURNS HIS BACK ON THEM, with predictable - and very convenient for the plot - results).

The Critical Drinker liked it, with reservations. One of the few times I've disagreed with him. It's a very pretty batch of meh.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 07:47 PM (5YmYl)

12 Popping in to say I'm in the middle of the newest Jurassic movie (having skipped 3, 4, 5, and 6, but this was supposed to be a good jump on point...and it is...but)...

Why ON EARTH did they do this "family on a pleasure sail" subplot - at an hour in, I'd happily see them all die. They serve no real purpose for me, and take away from the "dangerous mission" vibe the rest of the movie has.

I don't really care how their plot ends b/c they were jammed into this movie like they jammed "Iron Heart" into Black Panther 2...they just wanted a cute kid in danger for a summer movie and teens to draw teen audience...and I'm so not here for it.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 02, 2026 07:48 PM (tOcjL)

13 If I had any say in Hollywood, it'll be good mid-range movies for adults, event movies for niche audiences (SF, musicals), cheap but experimental horror, and animation.

Streaming shows can be brilliant, but too many of them pad the storyline. That's why I love the old 1.5-3.00 hour format. It requires disciplined storytelling.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 07:48 PM (kpS4V)

14 Samara weaving is really cutting a path for herself as the new scream queen. But in fun movies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 07:49 PM (YZ0Fo)

15 So the movie I watched last night was "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" because alexthechick dropped in and recommended it to us "Event Horizon" nerds.
I can also recommend it.
I feel like it would go well with "The Hellbound Heart". No spoilers but let's just say that Jane Doe isn't as dead as she looks. Also the Cenobites don't arrive to save anybody. The undertaker and his son/apprentice are wholly on their own.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 02, 2026 07:50 PM (gKWVE)

16 Watched another this week
Sunstroke, a Russian movie with subtitles it was very good, but from beginning knew it wouldn't end well. Follows a junior Czarist officer after the Russian Revolution is over so he is a prisoner. But constant flashbacks puts the story all together. Was good but as said i knew it wouldn't end well.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 07:50 PM (Ia/+0)

17 Right now I'm watching "Border Town" with Paul Muni and Bette Davis.

Muni Weisenfreund plays a Mexican-American (!) lawyer who gets disbarred for punching out a WASP a-hole lawyer.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 07:52 PM (kpS4V)

18 Been looking at Tubi and foreign movies never otherwise would see.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

19 I had any say in Hollywood, it'll be good mid-range movies for adults, event movies for niche audiences (SF, musicals), cheap but experimental horror, and animation.

Streaming shows can be brilliant, but too many of them pad the storyline. That's why I love the old 1.5-3.00 hour format. It requires disciplined storytelling.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

We just watched the first 2 episodes of widows bay on Apple. Staring Matthew rhys (felicity's husband) and Stephen root (Milton from office space). It's hilarious and creepy af. Loving it so far.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 07:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

20 I honestly can't remember the last time I sat down and watched a movie.

I guess I'm just more into reading these days.

Though I am reading a science thriller that would no doubt make a decent movie, if that counts.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 07:54 PM (gnNyN)

21 Nice write up movieguiqe

The French Connection was great but I was under 10 and shouldn't have seen it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 07:56 PM (RIvkX)

22 The French Connection was great but I was under 10 and shouldn't have seen it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho a

My fav movie when I was like 6 was nightmare on elm street.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 07:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

23 The Critical Drinker liked it, with reservations. One of the few times I've disagreed with him. It's a very pretty batch of meh.
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Are you sure he actually watched it?

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Streaming shows can be brilliant, but too many of them pad the storyline. That's why I love the old 1.5-3.00 hour format. It requires disciplined storytelling.
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Netflix dictats are that they be "screen friendly" as in "you can look at your phone without missing anything."

Pardon my French but Fuck That Noise. I'm not watching something that's designed to NOT be watched. For that matter, I will be very cautious watching any MOVIE with "Netflix" on it, because the same dictat applies.

"Lost In Starlight" was good, for example, but it could've been ten minutes shorter, and I will not pay a tax for other people's lack of attention span.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:58 PM (/d4WW)

24 I can't believe how many Matthew McConaughey movies I really like. I think he's third behind Humphrey Bogart and Keanu Reeves.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 07:58 PM (kxLc1)

25 can't believe how many Matthew McConaughey movies I really like. I think he's third behind Humphrey Bogart and Keanu Reeves.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Alright alright alright.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 07:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

26 "The French Connection" was highly original when it came out, less so today because it's been so much copied.

Hackman's Popeye Doyle was the original one-man good cop / bad cop. He was picked for the role after everyone else turned it down, often because the pay wasn't enough.

Bill Hickman was the stunt driver in Bullitt, The French Connection and The Seven-Ups. He played the Fed that Popeye shoots at the end.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:00 PM (dtajH)

27 16 So the movie I watched last night was "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" because alexthechick dropped in and recommended it to us "Event Horizon" nerds.
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"Jane Doe" is great. It's by the guy who did "Troll Hunter". His last film was "The Last Voyage of the Demeter". I feel like Hollywood may have ruined him.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:00 PM (/d4WW)

28 Haven't seen Jane doe. But loved troll hunter.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

29 Angel Studios just lost me. Testament, the "modern " version of the Book of Acts ....ugh.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:02 PM (Cif43)

30 I'm with you, Eris @ 14. I'd lean more toward 1.5-2.00 hour format. Think I've mentioned George Roy Hill's comment to William Goldman here before -- 'If you can't tell your story in an hour and 40 minutes, you'd better be David Lean." We're fresh out of David Leans (and Hill himself didn't often meet that standard IIRC).

So what did I binge on over the last few weeks? The Wire, which ignores the 1.5-2.00, or 3.00, or even 8.00 mark, and makes it work anyway.

If I had dictatorial powers, a third or half the movies to be produced over the next five years would have to be adaptations of good novels (chosen by me, of course) and the writers would have to be faithful to the story, and ditto the directors and actors who would not be allowed to 'make the material their own' -- any variations subject to the novelist's approval. Violations would be punishable by the Shirley Jackson method, with the offender being stoned to death at Hollywood and Vine by the novelist or his representatives.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 08:02 PM (q3u5l)

31 Voyage of the Demeter. Was not good.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:02 PM (YZ0Fo)

32 25 I can't believe how many Matthew McConaughey movies I really like. I think he's third behind Humphrey Bogart and Keanu Reeves.
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He's good. He's so typed (much like Bogart) it's easier to overlook his different roles.

And speaking of Friedkin, one of his last films was with Matthew McConaughey, based on (if memory serves) a Joe Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep) story..."Killer Joe".

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:03 PM (/d4WW)

33 14 If I had any say in Hollywood, it'll be good mid-range movies for adults, event movies for niche audiences (SF, musicals), cheap but experimental horror, and animation.
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Well, the cheap-but-experimental horror is one of the few safe bets. You don't always win, but you can beat the house over time.

Mid-range movies for adults, which used to be pretty good at topping the BO, are probably a no-go now. Current adults did not grow up seeing them in theaters.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:05 PM (/d4WW)

34 I did not remember correctly: Friedkin worked on "Bug" and "Killer Joe" with Texan playwright Tracy Letts.

"Cold In July" is by Lansdale, and reminded me of Friedkin's films.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:06 PM (/d4WW)

35 "The Wire" is Dickensian. They even make that an inside joke about it in the last season.

It sprawls because it's about more than one person. The central character is the City of Baltimore.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:07 PM (dtajH)

36 >>>Is Hollywood maybe inching its way back toward the perennial crowd-pleasing romcom genre, but can't find a straight path?

>This wouldn't be a bad idea. It's entertainment. Don't get me wrong, I like the high-T blood bath movies, but it's about marketing. So many dark, mass-murderer, psychokiller movies lately just don't seem to me to be popcorn movies. I want a good vibe after I see something funny, enjoyable, witty and upbeat.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 08:07 PM (Fbc0I)

37 Mid-range movies for adults, which used to be pretty good at topping the BO, are probably a no-go now. Current adults did not grow up seeing them in theaters.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:05 PM (/d4WW)
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Oh god, you're right. That's so sad.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:08 PM (kpS4V)

38 Yeah, the second screen thing is annoying.

I remember watching Rio Bravo several times before I noticed that there was no dialogue for the first 5-10 min. Everyone 'acted' instead of exposition but you knew EXACTLY who everyone was and their character without a single word until 'You're under arrest, Joe.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

39 "Dickensian" was a great bit of entertainment.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:09 PM (Cif43)

40 Mid-range movies for adults, which used to be pretty good at topping the BO, are probably a no-go now. Current adults did not grow up seeing them in theaters.
Posted by: moviegique

Except in the last 2 years we have things like weapons that were mid budget and blow up the BO. If you make good shit people will go see it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

41 The Autopsy of Jane Doe was wonderfully scary. Even my husband, who never gets scared by movies, was creeped out by it. His next movie is called Passenger, coming out at the end of May. Don't know anything about it, but I will watch it.

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:11 PM (eLisJ)

42 The Wire" is Dickensian. They even make that an inside joke about it in the last season.

It sprawls because it's about more than one person. The central character is the City of Baltimore.
Posted by: Ignoramus

Best show ever made.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

43 I'm watching Squirm, via MST 3k. I am disappointed that they omitted the worms digging into the guy's face.

Also, according to this movie, every character talks like Scarlett O'Hara and Foghorn Leghorn.

Ah declayah!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)

44 Indie studio A24 shows how you can make money on modest budget dramas. They also do slasher flicks.

Disney can't make these. Making $50mm on a $20mm investment doesn't move their needle.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:12 PM (dtajH)

45 Autopsy of Jane Doe was wonderfully scary. Even my husband, who never gets scared by movies, was creeped out by it. His next movie is called Passenger, coming out at the end of May. Don't know anything about it, but I will watch it.
Posted by: Megthered

Literally just saw that trailer. Looks creepy af. I'm in.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

46 Wacha readin Professor?

Posted by: pawn at May 02, 2026 08:13 PM (5qng6)

47 Something about Aussie blondes,
Posted by: Ignoramus


Don't blink, sahib.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 02, 2026 08:14 PM (diia5)

48 "Last Voyage of the Demeter" was just "Alien" on a boat, with a social-justice message awkwardly jackhammered in. Very disappointing.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 08:15 PM (5YmYl)

49 Last Voyage of the Demeter" was just "Alien" on a boat, with a social-justice message awkwardly jackhammered in. Very disappointing.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto

We saw that in theater. We left going that was terrible.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:16 PM (YZ0Fo)

50 Watched The Mirror Crack'd last night, the one with Angela Landsbury, it was good. Edward Fox was great.as her inspector nephew.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Vh9CX)

51 I want a good vibe after I see something funny, enjoyable, witty and upbeat.
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They make good date movies, which is another reason you don't see them. You think Hollywood hates America? It hates heterosexuality much, much more. (Though those two hatreds are intertwingled.)

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Oh god, you're right. That's so sad.
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It startles me when I look back and realize "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Rain Man" were #1 for 1979 and 1988, respectively. And a light comedy or adult drama could always be found in the top 10.

Now it's ALL spectacle.


Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:16 PM (/d4WW)

52 39 Yeah, the second screen thing is annoying.

I remember watching Rio Bravo several times before I noticed that there was no dialogue for the first 5-10 min. Everyone 'acted' instead of exposition but you knew EXACTLY who everyone was and their character without a single word until 'You're under arrest, Joe.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone



'Once Upon A Time in the West' does this brilliantly, except it's about 15-20 minutes.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 08:16 PM (ohOaC)

53 Angel Studios just lost me. Testament, the "modern " version of the Book of Acts ....ugh.

They're also catching a lot of flak for the pro-commie "Animal Farm." Did something change in their leadership or did they just "evolve?"

Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (vTZFs)

54 Netflix dictats are that they be "screen friendly" as in "you can look at your phone without missing anything."

Pardon my French but Fuck That Noise. I'm not watching something that's designed to NOT be watched. For that matter, I will be very cautious watching any MOVIE with "Netflix" on it, because the same dictat applies.

"Lost In Starlight" was good, for example, but it could've been ten minutes shorter, and I will not pay a tax for other people's lack of attention span.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:58 PM (/d4WW)

We need something that is not tedious and over 3 hours long (and there needs to be a good reason for a three hour long movie) and not catering to people who are not paying attention to begin with.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (T6aVk)

55 Sinners got made for $90 million and it doesn't look cheap.

In the glory days it would have won Best Picture over One Battle After Another.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (dtajH)

56 "I actually could see Bruce Willis in the part."

Can't agree. Tim Allen is perfect as the egocentric star of a cheesy TV sci-fi show, and his mimicry of William Shatner is spot on. Also, he's not that well known to movie fans (I'd never seen him before I saw "GQ"), while Bruce Willis will always be Bruce Willis to moviegoers.

I'm sure Willis would have done a creditable job, but the casting of Allen (as well as everyone else in the movie) is brilliant.

Posted by: Nemo at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (4RPgu)

57 Backrooms also comes out at the end of May. I watched the original on YouTube but liminal spaces gives me a claustrophobic feeling so I think I'll give it a pass.

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (eLisJ)

58 It startles me when I look back and realize "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Rain Man" were #1 for 1979 and 1988, respectively. And a light comedy or adult drama could always be found in the top 10.

Now it's ALL spectacle.


Posted by: moviegique

Romcom etc has been relegated to streaming (mostly Netflix) every once and awhile there is a good one meet cute (peacock) but you almost have to look for them. The days of my best friends wedding etc are gone.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

59 I'm glad it wasn't Baldwin because then I would have to hate Galaxy Quest whereas now I am kinda meh.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F)

60 Backrooms also comes out at the end of May. I watched the original on YouTube but liminal spaces gives me a claustrophobic feeling so I think I'll give it a pass.
Posted by: Megthered

I just don't see how that goes to a feature length.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

61 22 Nice write up movieguiqe

The French Connection was great but I was under 10 and shouldn't have seen it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 07:56 PM (RIvkX)

A lot of movies I saw under the age of ten were movies I shouldn't of seen at that time. The wages of being brought up by parents whose view towards whatever was on TV or the VCR was HO-HUM.

(Though if there was a FRAME of ANYTHING suggesting the existence of the Horizontal Hokey Pokey, cue the clutching of pearls.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 02, 2026 08:22 PM (T6aVk)

62 Oddbob, "Sound of Freedom " was great and obviously brought them enough fame but something has gone off the rails.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:23 PM (Cif43)

63 Romcom etc has been relegated to streaming (mostly Netflix) every once and awhile there is a good one meet cute (peacock) but you almost have to look for them. The days of my best friends wedding etc are gone.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

It's not that they can't make them, either. They do not WANT to.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 02, 2026 08:23 PM (T6aVk)

64 just don't see how that goes to a feature length.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:21 PM (YZ0Fo)
***
They made

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:23 PM (eLisJ)

65 Oddbob, "Sound of Freedom " was great and obviously brought them enough fame but something has gone off the rails.
Posted by: Ben Had at

The one they did about the American saint was decent. But everything since is either not good or lefty. I believe they financed the commie version of animal farm.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:24 PM (YZ0Fo)

66 It's not that they can't make them, either. They do not WANT to.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Unless it's about two dudes. Then making and viewing the romcom is mandatory.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:25 PM (ftFVW)

67 They made Exit 8 a movie. I haven't seen it but like ĺron Lung, they made a movie out of it.

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:25 PM (eLisJ)

68 The secret to Galaxy Quest is how it builds on the original Star Trek so that beloved characters become real. The actors needed to project belief without hint of irony or camp.

Tim Allen most of all.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:25 PM (dtajH)

69 They made Exit 8 a movie. I haven't seen it but like ĺron Lung, they made a movie out of it.
Posted by: Megthered

Which is cool. Good on them. I just don't see how they can turn that into a movie.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

70 Romcoms they want to do, no one wants to see (there are a few gay examples.) Or they do nkt want to get hate online if they do a straight relationship. Same with the teen sex comedy.

They have sanitized everything. In the name of equality. Commies. All nails get pounded flat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:26 PM (zZu0s)

71 Unless it's about two dudes. Then making and viewing the romcom is mandatory.
Posted by: She Hobbit at

*Bros has entered the chat*

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:27 PM (YZ0Fo)

72 BruceWayne, I have been spoiled by "The Chosen ". Everything from the casting to any relationship to scripture is just trash.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:28 PM (Cif43)

73 Angel Studios didn't make that execrable new animated "Animal Farm", it was sitting on a shelf and they just distributed it. But somebody should have watched it first.

Why do these idiots date their movies by inserting political commentary on the Current Republican? Who these days even thinks about any of the movies slamming Bush?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:28 PM (kpS4V)

74 BruceWayne, I have been spoiled by "The Chosen ". Everything from the casting to any relationship to scripture is just trash.
Posted by: Ben Had

My buddy said Thts really good

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:29 PM (YZ0Fo)

75 Galaxy Quest is an excellent example of lightning in a bottle.

See also: Napoleon Dynamite.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:29 PM (0aYVJ)

76 Hell, even adventure movies have withered and died on the vine.

Marvel came in and took over, then everything was sanitized after metoo so they were the only thing that got made. Then, they let them in the last bastion and then superhero movies sucked.

Nothing is allowed outside the movement.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:29 PM (zZu0s)

77 "See also: Napoleon Dynamite.

Losers win!!

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (dtajH)

78 Vote for Pedro!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (kpS4V)

79 Angel Studios didn't make that execrable new animated "Animal Farm", it was sitting on a shelf and they just distributed it. But somebody should have watched it first.

Why do these idiots date their movies by inserting political commentary on the Current Republican? Who these days even thinks about any of the movies slamming Bush?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf

Andy serkis the director of that just did an interview where he talked about how hard it was to adapt a dark novel.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (YZ0Fo)

80 57 "I actually could see Bruce Willis in the part."

Can't agree. Tim Allen is perfect as the egocentric star of a cheesy TV sci-fi show, and his mimicry of William Shatner is spot on. Also, he's not that well known to movie fans (I'd never seen him before I saw "GQ"), while Bruce Willis will always be Bruce Willis to moviegoers.

I'm sure Willis would have done a creditable job, but the casting of Allen (as well as everyone else in the movie) is brilliant.
Posted by: Nemo at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (4RPgu)
Galaxy Quest is the best Star Trek. and of course Guardians of the Galaxy (the first one) defies any description. and The Fifth Element. I can watch any of these and still laugh like an idiot.

Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (LHPAg)

81 Except in the last 2 years we have things like weapons that were mid budget and blow up the BO. If you make good shit people will go see it.
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"Weapons" is a horror film.

And it didn't really "blow up the BO". It was a solid hit, and Creggers has a following that will serve him as long as he manages to keep the budget around $50M.

It came in around #17 for the year, with about $150M domestic. To put this in perspective, that's about what #17 was making 15 years ago--not adjusting for inflation.

If you adjust for inflation, it would come in around #50. Which is interesting for those of us who would like to continue to go see movies but wonder if it can be an viable concern in the future.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (/d4WW)

82 Why do these idiots date their movies by inserting political commentary on the Current Republican? Who these days even thinks about any of the movies slamming Bush?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:28 PM (kpS4V)

They are not trying to make timeless entertainment. This is a daily communist affirmation. This is entertainment as struggle session.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:31 PM (zZu0s)

83 See also: Napoleon Dynamite.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

I'll throw the ball over those mountains

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

84 BruceWayne The Chosen is as good as The Wire.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:32 PM (Cif43)

85 Romcoms they want to do, no one wants to see (there are a few gay examples.) Or they do nkt want to get hate online if they do a straight relationship. Same with the teen sex comedy.

They have sanitized everything. In the name of equality. Commies. All nails get pounded flat.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I came of age at the turn of the century, and it makes me sad to think my kids won't have the same fun teen movies I did. 10 Things I Hate About You, Can't Hardly Wait, American Pie... it was a great time to grow up.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:32 PM (kWZrF)

86 We need something that is not tedious and over 3 hours long (and there needs to be a good reason for a three hour long movie) and not catering to people who are not paying attention to begin with.
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What will happen is we'll get eight hours of very glittery AI slop, and it'll be fine because just like "turn your brain off" today, it'll be "just look at your phone if you're bored."

I swear, we have made a dystopia that is no less horrible for being lame.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:32 PM (/d4WW)

87 "Who these days even thinks about any of the movies slamming Bush?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes."

You have to be careful choosing your phrasing around these Morons.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)

88 >I came of age at the turn of the century, and it makes me sad to think my kids won't have the same fun teen movies I did. 10 Things I Hate About You, Can't Hardly Wait, American Pie... it was a great time to grow up.

I am of the opinion that we peaked in the mid- to late-90s. Yours was the last generation that had that. Not just movies, either.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:33 PM (/d4WW)

89 film.

And it didn't really "blow up the BO". It was a solid hit, and Creggers has a following that will serve him as long as he manages to keep the budget around $50M.

It came in around #17 for the year, with about $150M domestic. To put this in perspective, that's about what #17 was making 15 years ago--not adjusting for inflation.

If you adjust for inflation, it would come in around #50. Which is interesting for those of us who would like to continue to go see movies but wonder if it can be an viable concern in the future.
Posted by: moviegique (buy

It grossed 270m on a 38m budget. Thats a hit in any world. My point is that you can make things for that money and the people will show up

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:33 PM (YZ0Fo)

90 Napoleon Dynamite.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

I'll throw the ball over those mountains
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

Uncle Rico is a tragically beautiful character. Jon Gries is a terribly underutilized actor.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)

91 >'Once Upon A Time in the West' does this brilliantly, except it's about 15-20 minutes.

Jacques Tati's M. Hulot films are all like this, start to finish. "Mon Oncle" for whimsy, "Playtime" for amazing aesthetics.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:35 PM (/d4WW)

92 came of age at the turn of the century, and it makes me sad to think my kids won't have the same fun teen movies I did. 10 Things I Hate About You, Can't Hardly Wait, American Pie... it was a great time to grow up.
Posted by: She Hobbit at

Those are all misogynistic

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

93 The French Connection was great

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I saw The French Connection close in time to Bullitt. Both had great car chase scenes. Also, Jacqueline Bisset was hot.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 08:35 PM (ndZc7)

94 > In the glory days it would have won Best Picture over One Battle After Another.

There are precisely 0 days when a horror movie would've won over a socially progressive film at the Oscars. Even being nominated is vanishingly rare. (Speaking of "Weapons", Amy Madigan scored some rare awards for that.)

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:36 PM (/d4WW)

95 You have to be careful choosing your phrasing around these Morons.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
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A mere slip of the tongue!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:37 PM (kpS4V)

96 of age at the turn of the century, and it makes me sad to think my kids won't have the same fun teen movies I did. 10 Things I Hate About You, Can't Hardly Wait, American Pie... it was a great time to grow up.
Posted by: She Hobbit at


At least you didn't say head over heels

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:37 PM (YZ0Fo)

97 Paramount / Warner Bros is commiting to making lots of flicks with real theatrical releases. Not all written by Tyler Sheridan.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:37 PM (dtajH)

98 Andy serkis the director of that just did an interview where he talked about how hard it was to adapt a dark novel.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Andy Serkis should make sammiches instead of movies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:37 PM (RIvkX)

99 Critical Drinker absolutely excoriated " Animal Farm." I appreciated what he had to say- not only because he's a very articulate fellow, but I had never seen the actual person before, just he voice over opinions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 08:37 PM (Yl2Ob)

100 Those are all misogynistic
Posted by: BruceWayne

And the misogyny was glorious. Shut it h8r!

I mean 10 Things is Taming of the Shrew...

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:38 PM (kWZrF)

101 You know, even the shit ones were not that bad. Hitch (Will Smith and Kevin James), Serendipity (Cusack and... dammit, Underworld gal.) I am trying to think of others. There were a million of them.

How do theaters even survive?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)

102 Andy Serkis should make sammiches instead of movies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Ehh I'm sure they would suck too

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

103 I didn't think Sinners was a horror movie. It's got a great script.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:39 PM (dtajH)

104 I mean 10 Things is Taming of the Shrew...
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:38 PM (kWZrF)

Which they have redone a million times. The Sydney Sweeney Anyone but You is ALSO a Taming of the Shrew 'take' (with nudity.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:39 PM (zZu0s)

105 Taylor Sheridan has put out the most watchable stuff in 15 years.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:40 PM (Cif43)

106 Paramount / Warner Bros is commiting to making lots of flicks with real theatrical releases. Not all written by Tyler Sheridan.
Posted by: Ignoramus

Sheridan is signed with nbc/peacock for everything moving forward.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:40 PM (YZ0Fo)

107 At least you didn't say head over heels
Posted by: BruceWayne

Luckily, I know you actually mean Down to You. hahahaha

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:40 PM (kWZrF)

108 I liked Weapons, I knew nothing about it, hadn't heard about the anti-gun scene, but I liked the story. I enjoy horror movies that aren't overtly horrifying, just enough to make me feel uncomfortable.

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:40 PM (eLisJ)

109 The Lion King is Hamlet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 08:41 PM (ndZc7)

110 Whole Nine Yards i thought was quirky and fun and different- but that seems to be the only kind of movie we get these days. Thats not gay. Or Marvel.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:41 PM (zZu0s)

111 Andy Serkis should make sammiches instead of movies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

His green screen work is good. And I found him funny in 13 Going on 30. But really he should stick to niche acting and stfu.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:42 PM (kWZrF)

112 least you didn't say head over heels
Posted by: BruceWayne

Luckily, I know you actually mean Down to You. hahahaha
Posted by: She Hobbit

Haah they both are awful. Ima drink the shampoo

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:42 PM (YZ0Fo)

113 Thanks for the Sheridan update. Does it mean Peacock / NBC are also moving in the right direction?

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:42 PM (dtajH)

114 > It's not that they can't make them, either. They do not WANT to.

Well, I have a saying about that, that I regularly apply to journalists: You can't just suddenly start being good.

Also: Politics makes people stupid.

The relevance of the latter is that, once you've decided you're against something (like heterosexuality), and you've made yourself stupid about it, you can't just then go "Oh, all the money's in romcoms. We'll make those."

No, you won't. You don't know how to make them anymore. You made yourself so stupid, you can't see other people at all.

This is why your TV shows turn left. Why your movie studios turn left. Why everything, eventually, turns left: Because the decision was made that something trumped quality, keeping the customer satisfied--and that slope of stupidity is one that's nigh impossible to climb back up.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:43 PM (/d4WW)

115 Ok, multiple people repeating. Hit the big red button pixy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

116 He has been gollum and ulysses klaw so hes not really acting as a villain

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 02, 2026 08:44 PM (bXbFr)

117 This is why your TV shows turn left. Why your movie studios turn left. Why everything, eventually, turns left: Because the decision was made that something trumped quality, keeping the customer satisfied--and that slope of stupidity is one that's nigh impossible to climb back up.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:43 PM (/d4WW)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s)

118 liked Weapons, I knew nothing about it, hadn't heard about the anti-gun scene, but I liked the story. I enjoy horror movies that aren't overtly horrifying, just enough to make me feel uncomfortable.
Posted by: Megthered

Weapons is excellent. His first movie barbarian is also good. He's making the new resident evil.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:44 PM (YZ0Fo)

119 Thanks for the Sheridan update. Does it mean Peacock / NBC are also moving in the right direction?
Posted by: Ignoramus

I wouldn't exactly say that. They are chasing surecibers and know that he will bring them. But he has carte Blanche to make what he wants.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

120 Serkis should make sammiches instead of movies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

His green screen work is good. And I found him funny in 13 Going on 30. But really he should stick to niche acting and stfu.
Posted by: She Hobbit

He directed the second venom movie. And it was good,kinda. In its own way

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:47 PM (YZ0Fo)

121 I hated Barbarian. The woman staying in the Air BB with a stranger, the going down into the basement of the strange house, no way. I was screaming at the TV. I couldnt suspend disbelief and just enjoy the movie when people are that stupid.
I hope RE is at least watchable. I love the games.

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:49 PM (eLisJ)

122 A favorite RomCom is Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Another favorite is She's Out of My League.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:50 PM (kxLc1)

123 favorite RomCom is Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Another favorite is She's Out of My League.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Alice Eve.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

124 Paramount / Warner Bros is commiting to making lots of flicks with real theatrical releases.

With all of the actors whispering and mumbling through their dialog.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 02, 2026 08:51 PM (ceJ0R)

125
Real Housewives of Helena

Real Housewives of 1823

Real Housewives of Last Chance Gulch

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:51 PM (RIvkX)

126 Chicago Lawn early to late 60s, close to the Colony, Marquette, and Hi-Way theaters. Seemed like there was always something worth catching every week or two. Along with every bad monster flick I could squeeze in, I saw: The Manchurian Candidate, The Time Machine, the Roger Corman Poe flicks, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Train, The Haunting, The Great Escape, The Guns of Navarone, the early Connery Bond flicks, The Ipcress File, Planet of the Apes, Seven Days in May, The Hustler...

Every week or two there was something, but for me at least, it hasn't been that way for a LONG time.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 08:52 PM (q3u5l)

127 Another favorite is She's Out of My League.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:50 PM (kxLc1)

I really like that one. Jay Baruchel is funny as hell. And him landing Alice Eve is strangely plausible.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:52 PM (0aYVJ)

128 Box office only matters for small budget movies. The big, hundreds of millions movies are just vehicles for money laundering. If "Superman XIV: Electric Boogalo" accidentally made money, somebody will sleep the fishes.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 02, 2026 08:53 PM (mjROD)

129 Wacha readin Professor?
Posted by: pawn at May 02, 2026 08:13 PM (5qng6)
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Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

Scientists mucking around with deadly viruses. You know how that turns out.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 08:53 PM (gnNyN)

130 So, the question on every Commentator's mind is how does it compare to the Moron cinematic benchmark, Prometheus?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 02, 2026 08:53 PM (0sNs1)

131 My guilty pleasure rom com is win a date with tad hamilton! Kate bosworth, Kathryn Hahn, finder goodwin, topher grace, Josh duhamel

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (YZ0Fo)

132 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the Wedding Singer had that It factor.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (0aYVJ)

133 My favorite movie when I was 6 was Jason and the Argonauts.
And not much later I discovered anything that this guy named Harryhausen had a hand in was gonna be my kinda show!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (XcvNy)

134 123 A favorite RomCom is Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Another favorite is She's Out of My League.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:50 PM (kxLc1)

124 favorite RomCom is Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Another favorite is She's Out of My League.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Alice Eve.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:51 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Favorite romcom?
*snickers*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (RIvkX)

135 "A lot of movies I saw under the age of ten were movies I shouldn't of seen at that time. The wages of being brought up by parents whose view towards whatever was on TV or the VCR was HO-HUM.

(Though if there was a FRAME of ANYTHING suggesting the existence of the Horizontal Hokey Pokey, cue the clutching of pearls.)"

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Reminds me of my father checking the warnings on R-rated movies to see if I could watch them:

"It's OK. No nudity. Just violence."

Better for a kid to see a murder than a boob, I guess?

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 08:55 PM (5YmYl)

136 Real Housewives of Donner's Pass

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:55 PM (0aYVJ)

137 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the Wedding Singer had that It factor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

Blended. Shockingly fun

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:56 PM (YZ0Fo)

138 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the Wedding Singer had that It factor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (0aYVJ)

I like them teaming up in Blended even better.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:56 PM (kxLc1)

139 > It grossed 270m on a 38m budget. Thats a hit in any world.

As I said, the only reason to care is if you want movie exhibition to be on ongoing viable concern.

> My point is that you can make things for that money and the people will show up

Yeah, horror movies from directors with followings. And franchise entries.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:56 PM (/d4WW)

140 My guilty pleasure rom com is win a date with tad hamilton! Kate bosworth, Kathryn Hahn, finder goodwin, topher grace, Josh duhamel
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (YZ0Fo

Nothing guilty about that one. Also a favorite.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:57 PM (kxLc1)

141 I know I'm going to get roasted for this, but... Taylor Sheridan is the white folks' Tyler Perry. I find his writing execrable.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 08:58 PM (5YmYl)

142 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the Wedding Singer had that It factor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

I like them teaming up in Blended even better.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Love both of those. Also 50 First Dates which has Samwise Gamgee on test.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:59 PM (ftFVW)

143 Blended. Shockingly fun
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:56 PM (YZ0Fo)

139 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the Wedding Singer had that It factor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (0aYVJ)

I like them teaming up in Blended even better.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:56 PM (kxLc1)

Never saw that one.
*licks pencil, adds movie to list in little pocket notebook*
My wife will be so happy. isn't 450 movies enough?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:59 PM (0aYVJ)

144 Nothing guilty about that one. Also a favorite.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

I feel seen

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

145 I also like 50 First Dates, but it's so tragic.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:00 PM (0aYVJ)

146 Tyler Sheridan is one of the few that's writing for more than half the country.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 09:01 PM (dtajH)

147 Never saw that one.
*licks pencil, adds movie to list in little pocket notebook*
My wife will be so happy. isn't 450 movies enough?
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Blended kind of slipped by me for a few years but I should have known I'd like it with Adam and Drew. Terry Crews makes me laugh, too.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 09:02 PM (ftFVW)

148 also like 50 First Dates, but it's so tragic.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

They have great chemistry obvi in that and samwise being roided out is hilarious. But it just never sat with me

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:02 PM (YZ0Fo)

149 Blended kind of slipped by me for a few years but I should have known I'd like it with Adam and Drew. Terry Crews makes me laugh, too.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Hahah you're the one that made me watch it

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

150 "Tayler Sheridan is one of the few that's writing for more than half the country."

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True. I just think he does it badly.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 09:03 PM (5YmYl)

151 I’m dated. My favorite romcom is Romancing the Stone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 09:04 PM (XcvNy)

152 Hahah you're the one that made me watch it
Posted by: BruceWayne

The one movie I'd seen that you hadn't!

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 09:04 PM (ftFVW)

153 I don't think I have ever seen any Tyler Sheridan productions. To be fair, I do nkt watch much on TV.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 09:04 PM (zZu0s)

154 Hell or high water and sicario and wind river would beg to differ

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:04 PM (YZ0Fo)

155 Tyler Sheridan is one of the few that's writing for more than half the country.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 09:01 PM (dtajH)

Landman has been a breath of fresh air. I love that series, despite his horrible ex-ex-wife. Even when she does something noble and uplifting, it's to make herself feel better about herself. she is easily the least likable character.
that said, she is a smokeshow.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:05 PM (0aYVJ)

156 The one movie I'd seen that you hadn't!
Posted by: She Hobbit at May

Me: you haven't seen that!

You: you know I never seen anything.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

157 Kinda partial to Two for the Road myself. Albert Finney, Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Donen directing from a merely dynamite script by Frederic Raphael, with one of Mancini's best scores. A delight.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:07 PM (q3u5l)

158 Landman has been a breath of fresh air. I love that series, despite his horrible ex-ex-wife. Even when she does something noble and uplifting, it's to make herself feel better about herself. she is easily the least likable character.
that said, she is a smokeshow.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

Ali later (whip cream bikini) and Michelle Randolph.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

159 I haven't watched one of the most successful RomComs again since it was released. I wonder if When Harry Met Sally holds up?

Another favorite RomCom is Dan In Real Life.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:08 PM (kxLc1)

160 Another favorite RomCom is Dan In Real Life.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

That's Steve carrel right?

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

161 We went to see Romancing the Stone in a theater

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 09:10 PM (Ia/+0)

162 Critical Drinker review of "Animal Farm" from Evi L Blooger's site. Thanks, Evi!

https://tinyurl.com/29n49jkh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 09:10 PM (2sfNr)

163 Not quite a rom com but a romance movie that's insanely good is Her

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

164 My favorite romcom is "A Good Year".

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:11 PM (Cif43)

165 That's Steve carrel right?
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:09 PM (YZ0

Yes. More story than comedy but still funny in a real life way. Thus I guess the title now that I think of it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:12 PM (kxLc1)

166 And the best romance movie ever made is The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

167 Yes. More story than comedy but still funny in a real life way. Thus I guess the title now that I think of it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Yah that was when I was like ya know he's kinda a good actor

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:13 PM (YZ0Fo)

168 You know what would make a great horror movie? I'm reading "The Descent" (thanks, Book Thread!), about a race of cannibalistic hominids dwelling underground ( 🤔 in caverns and tunnels throughout the planet.

They'd need another title because there's already a movie called "The Descent" about a caving team attacked by CHUDs. No relation to this story, but I guess it is a genre (Mole People, etc).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 09:13 PM (kpS4V)

169 Not quite a rom com but a romance movie that's insanely good is Her
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:10 PM (YZ0Fo

I liked it and was amazed they were able to make a good movie about Siri.

It was prescient though regard to AI today.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:13 PM (kxLc1)

170 Scientists mucking around with deadly viruses. You know how that turns out.
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100% excellent, every time. Science!

You know what was odd about this Irish movie I saw today? Four of the five trailers were about African Americans. One looked like an escapee from Apple TV, with Chiwetel Ejiofor in the lead ("Backrooms"), but the other three were straight up urban.

The latest "Scary Movie," which looked unwatchable. "Is God Is" directed by Aleshea Harris, based on her play. It's a creepy horror/revenge flick deliberately done in a grindhouse style and I don't have high hopes. And Bootsy Riley's latest, "I Love Boosters"--a love song to, literally, shoplifters.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 09:14 PM (/d4WW)

171 Alec Baldwin staring in 'The Life of Hunter Biden'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:14 PM (Lw/3D)

172 Taylor Sheridan did 'Wind River'. I don't know if he wrote it or directed it, but it was excellent. 'Longmire' too. I haven't seen 'Yellowstone' much outside of Youtube clips. I can't stand that character that plays the daughter and I like red heads! I was rooting for the sleazy adopted son to kill her. Awful character. Haven't seen any of the spin offs either, outside of YT clips.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 09:14 PM (ohOaC)

173 Yes. More story than comedy but still funny in a real life way. Thus I guess the title now that I think of it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Yah that was when I was like ya know he's kinda a good actor
Posted by: BruceWayne

Then he played a psychiatrist that kept a serial killer locked up in his basement in The Patient

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:15 PM (YZ0Fo)

174 Taylor Sheridan did 'Wind River'. I don't know if he wrote it or directed it, but it was excellent. 'Longmire' too. I haven't seen 'Yellowstone' much outside of Youtube clips. I can't stand that character that plays the daughter and I like red heads! I was rooting for the sleazy adopted son to kill her. Awful character. Haven't seen any of the spin offs either, outside of YT clips.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work

Wrote and directed Just like Hell or high water

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:16 PM (YZ0Fo)

175 Yellowstone, all the city folk hated Beth. All us horse and cow folks loved the reality of horse and cow life.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:18 PM (Cif43)

176 141 I know I'm going to get roasted for this, but... Taylor Sheridan is the white folks' Tyler Perry. I find his writing execrable.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 08:58 PM (5YmYl)
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Nah, Adam Sandler is the honkey Tyler Perry.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 09:20 PM (kpS4V)

177 Now you reminded me of HUD . One of the few depressing movies I didn't feel I wasted time watching.( I very much dislike dark or depressing movies) .

The other one I thought was worth my time was The Human Stain.

I watch movies to be entertained and leave with a good feeling but those two were exceptions to my rule.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:23 PM (kxLc1)

178 Yellowstone, all the city folk hated Beth. All us horse and cow folks loved the reality of horse and cow life.
Posted by: Ben Had at May

Beth is a nasty see you next Tuesday. But rip and Kacey were awesome.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

179 Not quite a rom com but a romance movie that's insanely good is Her
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

I do not disagree. But, I still lean toward this not being a good thing in the long run, regarding humanity. But, yes, it was a well-made film.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:23 PM (0aYVJ)

180 Funny but there really was a good plot line in "Spartacus" despite all the porn.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:24 PM (Cif43)

181 Funny but there really was a good plot line in "Spartacus" despite all the porn.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:24 PM (Cif43

Zena got nekkid a lot.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:25 PM (kxLc1)

182 do not disagree. But, I still lean toward this not being a good thing in the long run, regarding humanity. But, yes, it was a well-made film.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

I think it's a beautiful movie. And damn was it prescient

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

183 The thing about "Sorcerer" flopping is not that it's not a good movie, but that it's about four criminals working to save the day for a major corporation--that the filmmaker ALSO wants you to view as a villain. A worse villain, even.

And then you look back over the past ten years of movies and see nothing but antiheroes and just villain protagonists and then observe that the biggest box office smashes are the exceptions ("The Exorcist," "Jaws" and "Star Wars").

It's just not a big surprise.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 09:26 PM (/d4WW)

184 Harry, everybody got nekkid a lot.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:27 PM (Cif43)

185 I do not disagree. But, I still lean toward this not being a good thing in the long run, regarding humanity. But, yes, it was a well-made film.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:23 PM (0aYVJ)

And it's actually happening now with all the shut ins having AI girlfriends.

That said I'd love to have a non romantic AI assistant like Her.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:27 PM (kxLc1)

186 Beth was horrible; city, country, burbs, wherever. Transcendedly awful! The rest of the characters were fine, at least in 5-10 minute increments from YT videos.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 09:29 PM (ohOaC)

187 And it's actually happening now with all the shut ins having AI girlfriends.

That said I'd love to have a non romantic AI assistant like Her.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:27 PM (kxLc1)

Scarlett Johannsen has a wonderful speaking voice. Feminine, but with a little smoke.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:30 PM (0aYVJ)

188 Beth is the most memorable character because everyone has an opinion about her.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:30 PM (Cif43)

189 >>>Yellowstone, all the city folk hated Beth. All us horse and cow folks loved the reality of horse and cow life.

Posted by: Ben Had

>All of these shows and spin-offs, Madison, Jefferson, Gallatin, Missouri whatever, are great fiction. Most of these actors have never seen a cow or horse or fly-fished until the latest few years.

Good for tourism.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 09:33 PM (Fbc0I)

190 of these shows and spin-offs, Madison, Jefferson, Gallatin, Missouri whatever, are great fiction. Most of these actors have never seen a cow or horse or fly-fished until the latest few years.

Good for tourism.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Actually they have to go to cowbay camp and learn how to ride. Kelly Riley (Beth) was pissed cause she didn't get to ride horses in the show that much and she grew up riding horses. English style tho.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:37 PM (YZ0Fo)

191 I could never do the Her thing. Because I have a weird aversion to talking to the computer about anything. I prefer to type it. I think it's an extension of my loathing of having to talk to anyone on the phone. I hate phones. Even talking to my own sons is a chore.

But typing things into Chat gee pee tee I am okay with.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)

192 One of the last films friedkin did was rules of engagement

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 02, 2026 09:38 PM (bXbFr)

193 Most of these actors have never seen a cow or horse or fly-fished until the latest few years.

Good for tourism.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 09:33 PM (Fbc0I)

Costner is a very good horseman. Not sure of his fly-fishing skills.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:40 PM (0aYVJ)

194 If memory serves, Friedkin once talked with Harlan Ellison about a film adaptation of his short story "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs." Also was lined up to do a film based on Robert Silverberg's novel The Book of Skulls. Neither happened, darn it. I'd have liked to see what Friedkin would have done with the Silverberg book.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:42 PM (q3u5l)

195 192 One of the last films friedkin did was rules of engagement
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I didn't think it was great. I preferred his work with Tracy Letts ("Bug" and "Killer Joe") that came out afterwards. Looks like he did a couple in his '80s, too.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 09:42 PM (/d4WW)

196 A good meat and potatoes Rom Com is leap year with Amy Adam’s.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 02, 2026 09:47 PM (XV/Pl)

197 Another late Friedkin was The Hunted, with Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro. A number of glaring implausibilities there, but I kinda liked it.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:48 PM (q3u5l)

198 Gonna give last year's Jurrasic a D+...having finished the movie, I hated the family plotline even more. Scar Jo did as much with her material as she could, and the A actors did fine in their plot, but lord...so, their side was a B, but give me an F- for everything surrounding that family...

No idea how this made so much money, but the spouse said "it's dinosaurs and Jurassic Park, honey" - never has a brand had to rely so hard on its brand...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 02, 2026 09:48 PM (tOcjL)

199 >>>Actually they have to go to cowbay camp and learn how to ride. Kelly Riley (Beth) was pissed cause she didn't get to ride horses in the show that much and she grew up riding horses. English style tho.

Posted by: BruceWayne

>A western saddle and bit is a bit different from a dressage saddle and bridle and you may be in for a different kind of ride. But it all works out in the end. lol

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 09:49 PM (Fbc0I)

200 Alec Baldwin staring in 'The Life of Hunter Biden'.

Posted by: Braenyard


What was he staring at?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 09:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

201 Didn't see any Jurassics after the first Chris Pratt outing. Was I alone in thinking that the kids/families in all of them should have been eaten by the halfway point?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:50 PM (q3u5l)

202 And another thing...

Deep Blue Sea -- delightfully dumb mutant shark movie. But the shark does eat LL Cool J's parrot.

The Boogens -- delightfully dumb monster movie. But nice, not only because Rebecca Balding looked terrific in the altogether but because the monsters ate the annoying dog.

There should be more of this, methinks.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:53 PM (q3u5l)

203 201 Didn't see any Jurassics after the first Chris Pratt outing. Was I alone in thinking that the kids/families in all of them should have been eaten by the halfway point?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:50 PM (q3u5l)

I skipped everything after 2...this was supposed to be better. It wasn't. The family should have been dead just from their intial intro...they did not need to be in this movie. And the "messages" they delivered. Sigh.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 02, 2026 09:53 PM (tOcjL)

204 to ride. Kelly Riley (Beth) was pissed cause she didn't get to ride horses in the show that much and she grew up riding horses. English style tho.

Posted by: BruceWayne

>A western saddle and bit is a bit different from a dressage saddle and bridle and you may be in for a different kind of ride. But it all works out in the end. lol
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Also the old dude with the mustache was a ranch manager. Kaycee grew up on a ranch. Ryan was a horse handler on the show and then they put him on the show. To say that these people don't know how to ride horses is dumb.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

205 They Cloned Tyrone

Hilarious riff on blacksploytation flicks and whitey messing with us all just because he can.

Might just dig it up and watch it again.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 09:54 PM (/lPRQ)

206 And outta here for the evening.

Thanks for the thread, moviegique.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:57 PM (q3u5l)

207 .
NOOD

The ONT has gone live!

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 09:59 PM (O7YUW)

208 Thanks for coming by, guys! See you on the 23rd!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 10:00 PM (/d4WW)

209 >>>To say that these people don't know how to ride horses is dumb.

Posted by: BruceWayne

>I never said that, but your points stands; it's about insurance and liability.

I used to ride a ranch bay that was an elk hunting fool. He'd take your head off in his pursuit of a target.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 10:02 PM (Fbc0I)

210 Link exchange is nothing else but it is just placing the other person's webpage link on your page at appropriate place and other
person will also do similar in support of you.

Posted by: t shirt printing at May 03, 2026 04:29 AM (Cr9c/)

Hobby Thread - May 2, 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. As advertised, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) decided on a crowdsourced car repair as a theme for this Hobby Thread. (It also decided on a broader horsepower theme given the running of the Kentucky Derby.)

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What are you hobbying?

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. All (legal) hobbying is welcome. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere. Pants are optional. 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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And here we are. So it is written, so it shall be done. Think of it like our very own Car Talk (with Click and Clack), Under the Hood or Motor Medics. We can expand to anything with a motor - truck, RV, motorcycle, quad, etc.

Post your ills and mechanical gremlins. Post your stories of cars with unsolvable issues or possessed spirits. Post about things you've always wondered about.

Ideally, the experts among the Horde can join to offer their wisdom and advice. If they don't, the rest of us will make wild and uninformed guesses.

Either way, the advice is be free and Ace of Spades disclaims any responsibility for anything that happens in this thread.

Credit to RandomDave and ARiK for the suggestion.

Let's stick closely to fixing, restoring and and improving things with motors and engines. Having said that, the Kentucky Derby is scheduled to run during the course of the Hobby Thread, so talking natural horsepower will be considered on-topic.

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ODB2 Codes:

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There are a shocking number of videos on DIY dent repair. Most are awful. This earned a place in the content because the guy uses boiling water and a toilet plunger.

Anyone do this type of repair yourself?

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Carburetor knowledge from Destin:

Fuel injector knowledge from Destin:

Engine knowledge from Destin:

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You'll need a few tools if you're going to work on your cars. This video is worth watching for the intro alone. I'll let others debate the advice and wisdom.

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How tires are made. I was going to include a tire repair video to be consistent with the theme but this was far more interesting.

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YouTube is full of channels that fix up damaged cars - usually, the more crazy and infeasible, the better. This thread needed at least a representative of the genre, so this is the most entertaining without going over the top I could find:

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"How Hard can it be?"

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From the Horde: There are repairs, and then there are repairs.

Before:

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After:

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Here's one of my current projects, rebuilding the engine for Mrs fd's '95 Nissan 240SX. After 200K miles it was kind of nasty inside. When finished it will look and run brand new. The car is getting a paint job too, after the engine is back in.

I now have the newly re-bored block, polished crank, and rebuilt head sitting on the bench awaiting reassembly, and all the other parts gathered. Hopefully the whole project, bodywork, paint, etc, will be done by the end of the year.

Hat tip: fd

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In honor of fd's project, here is SuperfastMatt (if you mix dry humor and a little mad scientist flavor together, you get SuperfastMatt):

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Is a demolition derby the automotive equivalent of a Viking burial?

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My uncle and first husband entered the destruction derby one year and I was given carte blanche to paint on it. I painted the hood as a sunrise and the trunk as a sunset. And the required stuff. My contribution, lol.

My stepbrother, before his racing days, entered the destruction derby now and then. The only year we didn't go was the only time he ever won. Damn!

And finally, the last destruction derby I attended decades ago, someone entered a gorgeous old woody station wagon and the entire crowd was heartbroken. Some were even talking about heading to the pits to try and buy it before it got wrecked. What a shame.

Hat tip: NorCal Sierra Foothills Lurker

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This is a 2+ hour video showing a restoration of a 1926 Model T. I was intending to save it for a car restoration theme someday, but the odds of forgetting are high. It is entertaining and included to represent a very different era of automobile.

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Since we're talking cars, it is appropriate to acknowledge the passing yesterday of Alex Zanardi.

Alex was a professional racing driver. Until 2001, he was known for his spirit, his smile and laugh, and his unbeatable speed. He racked up open-wheel wins and championships. In 2001, he was involved in this huge crash.

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His car is not the blue one to the right coming into the frame at top speed. His car is the red one to the left. All you can see is the front wheels and bodywork. The car was bisected. He was in the back half of the car, but without his legs.

From that point on, he became known for the pivot to survival and recovery. He had an amazing attitude that took him back to racing (sports car and touring car with modified controls) and paralympian cycling (gold medalist).

He may have had no legs, but he had an enormous heart.

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RIP Alex.

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did an beekeeping and honey theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

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Notable comments from last week:

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Special thanks to all the beekeepers who posted last week. I'm continually amazed by the breadth and depth of knowledge and experience among the Horde.

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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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If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute your own. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

2 No Scotty Kilmer??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 02, 2026 05:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 "Wheel of Hobbies (TM) decided on a crowdsourced car repair as a theme for this Hobby Thread."


My go to is youtube when I have issues with my cars these days. If I have a problem it has most likely been already addressed and put on youtube by multiple other people. That goes for mechanical stuff and also the electronic issues that seem to crop up every week with newer vehicles.


The days of going to the library and paying 5 cents to copy pages from the chiltons manual are over, at least for me.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 02, 2026 05:34 PM (0N4FZ)

4 As soon as its a nice weekend, have to.get back doing body work on my truck. Bondo, patches, sanding. Its a 2013 F-150. Did it a few years ago but it needs it again.
Just hoping it lasts a couple more years at least

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:35 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Used to do own oil changes, lube the chassis, replace spark plugs, but age ends things. Had the MG, did a couple of things like change the headlight switch, repair door panels. Sadly, I needed a new clutch, and everyone I knew who could help me repair it had gone on to the other side of paradise, so I sold it.

No more car repair for me.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 02, 2026 05:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

6 2 No Scotty Kilmer??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 02, 2026 05:32 PM
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I gave you a guy repairing a dented car with a toilet plunger.

Posted by: TRex - DIY dino at May 02, 2026 05:35 PM (IQ6Gq)

7 I could have been first but I was plastigauging my crank.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 05:35 PM (vFG9F)

8 How does TRex get to those hard-to-reach places with such short arms? Do they make special wrench extensions?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 05:36 PM (gnNyN)

9 July 2022 was last time I fixed it up

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)

10 7 I could have been first but I was plastigauging my crank.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 05:35 PM

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Make sure you use enough lube.

Posted by: TRex - cranky dino at May 02, 2026 05:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

11 Wow, I didn't see Alex passed away, remember that crash

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:40 PM (Ia/+0)

12 So, crank inspection is complete and bearing clearance as within spec but I have spotted a small area on the #3 main journal that is pitted so now I am obsessing on whether or not to have the main journals turned even though I really didn't want to because it all spins so nicely.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 05:42 PM (vFG9F)

13 What am I doing? I'm avoiding a washer drain that needs to be snaked because it's backing up. That's what I'm doing. I should'a just gone to plumbing school at this point. That'er an EE school so I can afford someone else to do it for me.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 02, 2026 05:43 PM (diia5)

14 Rule 1) If it has tits or tires sooner or later it will give you trouble

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 02, 2026 05:45 PM (jrgJz)

15 8 How does TRex get to those hard-to-reach places with such short arms? Do they make special wrench extensions?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 05:36 PM
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Yes, extension and magnets. The problem is more the small brain than the short arms. Sometimes roaring and profanity aren't enough.

Posted by: TRex - backyard mechanic dino at May 02, 2026 05:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

16 Speaking of former hobbies:

@ClownWorld 1h
http://Ask.com closing down after all this time feels like the end of a quiet era most people didn’t even realize was still around

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 02, 2026 05:48 PM (diia5)

17 12 I have spotted a small area on the #3 main journal that is pitted so now I am obsessing on whether or not to have the main journals turned

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 05:42 PM
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How much pitting is enough to impact reliability? Is there a rule of thumb?

Posted by: TRex - wild guess dino at May 02, 2026 05:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

18 How does TRex get to those hard-to-reach places with such short arms? Do they make special wrench extensions?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


Are you referencing the famous 'Bear and Rabbit' joke? Because I think you are.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 02, 2026 05:49 PM (diia5)

19 One of my mom's besties was J Geils wife. He loved two things aside from his wife, guitars and vintage Italian sports cars. Fortunately for him he was good enough at guitar playing that he could indulge his second passion.

His addiction became so huge he eventually opened up a shop to work on other people's toys. He also raced some of them at Lime Rock and took them to vintage car events. I was fortunate enough to be able to tag along at some. Even got to drive a Ferrari. Once.

Global warming be damned. There's nothing like an enormously powerful, gas guzzling sports car.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 05:49 PM (viF8m)

20 "How much pitting is enough to impact reliability? Is there a rule of thumb?
Posted by: TRex - wild guess dino"

I was taught that if you can feel it with your fingernail it's a problem.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 05:50 PM (vFG9F)

21 The auto companies don't like us fixing our cars anymore. They love it when you have to bring them to the dealership.
$$$$. That's why they build them the way they do. But older cars we can still tinker with if we can find the parts.

Posted by: Case at May 02, 2026 05:50 PM (9lqZe)

22 BUT, I have seen some pretty sorry looking journals that worked just fine. I don't think I can live with it on this car though.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 05:52 PM (vFG9F)

23 Current project is adapting a GM Turbo400 transmission to my Hudson Straight-6 using the old Hydramatic bellhousing. Now just need to work up a nice flexplate setup to retain the stock stater location.

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at May 02, 2026 05:52 PM (ZfTMG)

24 The auto companies don't like us fixing our cars anymore. They love it when you have to bring them to the dealership.
$$$$. That's why they build them the way they do. But older cars we can still tinker with if we can find the parts.Posted by: Case


You'd be amazed by how much of that was because of unions insisting upon 'easy to fit, hard to repair.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 02, 2026 05:52 PM (diia5)

25 21 But older cars we can still tinker with if we can find the parts.

Posted by: Case at May 02, 2026 05:50 PM
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I've been impressed at how 3D printing has been a big positive for antique and rare cars. Making old parts isn't easy or cheap, but 3D printing has made it more viable.

Posted by: TRex - three dimensional dino at May 02, 2026 05:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

26 I've rebuilt hit&miss engines, Maytag single and 2 cyl engines, and 2 cyl John Deere engines but not automotive engines. I did rebuild the 4 speed transmission on the wife's Super Bee.






Posted by: Ronster at May 02, 2026 05:55 PM (H2WUE)

27 During my college years, I taught myself how to replace the disc brakes on my 1980 Chevy Citation. I was 1400 miles from home working a summer internship in Lubbock, TX. Borrowed my roommate's tools and just sorta looked it over until I figured it out. Have been doing my own brakes ever since. Cumulatively, I've probably saved a few mortgage payments by now.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 02, 2026 05:56 PM (kOluj)

28 I might be able to get through all those videos… in a week or three.

We have a 2004 green Nissan Quest that is beat up and abandoned by the shed years ago. We also have a 2005 white Quest which is still running, and with luck will keep running long enough to justify what we put into it. I'd really like to cannibalize the older junker for some parts that our newer one needs - not automotive. Need the back bumper, even if the colors don't match. And some interior bits - fortunately they have the same interior color. I am no AOP, and really not up to the work myself. We have a good car guy, but don't know if he'd do the work. So the old green Quest just sits there getting older.

Here's a pic (I've linked to before) of the back of our still-working one. I don't put bumper stickers on my cars, but made an exception.
https://bit.ly/nissan-galaxy-quest

and

I've been saving this for this thread since the topic was suggested:
"The WEIRDEST Car FORD Ever Designed" (8 min)
https://youtu.be/ymG3qyuOiaQ

Posted by: mindful webworker - never give up, never fix fender at May 02, 2026 05:57 PM (XU9++)

29 >>The auto companies don't like us fixing our cars anymore. They love it when you have to bring them to the dealership.
$$$$. That's why they build them the way they do. But older cars we can still tinker with if we can find the parts.

I had a somewhat modified TR6 which was a perfect car for this area. Other than being a spawn of Lucas. Easy car to work on which was fortunate cause something was always broken.

Had to drive to upstate NY a couple weeks ago. Just as I got the hotel the Check Engine light came on in my Grand Cherokee. That was helpful.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

30 Re 240sx

*sigh* I miss when cars weren't bunkers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 05:59 PM (zZu0s)

31 Job I was at yesterday called TE Connectivity had a totally or mostly, printed motorcycle.
https://tinyurl.com/mtm9376s

There was also a clear car showing all the parts they make inside

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:59 PM (Ia/+0)

32 29 I had a somewhat modified TR6 which was a perfect car for this area. Other than being a spawn of Lucas. Easy car to work on which was fortunate cause something was always broken.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 05:57 PM
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I was wondering how long it would take for a Price of Darkness reference.

Posted by: TRex - electrical dino at May 02, 2026 06:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

33 I used to do minor work on my older vehicles, including replacing the starter in my '75 Chevy Bl*zer, and the alternator in mt '93 Tercel. I would also do troutine stuff like change the oil and replace the plugs and wires, but everything is so complicated now I just let someone else do it. Plus I am not as agile and it's hard to crawl underneath a vehicle.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 06:00 PM (0aYVJ)

34 >>I was wondering how long it would take for a Price of Darkness reference.

Had a friend from the UK visit me when I had the car. Pulled into the driveway and he saw my pride and joy and just laughed.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 06:03 PM (viF8m)

35 I'm a repairer of things. Anything. Given the resources there in not a lot I can't figure out. In some way or another over the years I've touched on about everything. Car repair was never so much a hobby for me as it was a necessity. I've ran $500 cars (the wife of course always has a new one) for some 30 years now. A large chunk of the back of my shop is covered in license plates of cars I've ran into the ground.
These days its a matter of motivation. I'm looking at giving up on 6 project cars. A rock crawler, a Baja, an 83 F250, my Tacoma, my two jeeps and a quad. I've also got 2 early 70's snowmobiles and an 83 YZ 250 on two trailers.
I hardly touch any of it. Parts are getting impossible to find. Is it worth the space? Will I even live to see any of it run again?
The wife wants me to just buy a new truck and junk the rest.
She had no vision. Doesn't see the long game.
And gets really pissed every time I try to retire without and actual retirement check coming in so I can work on stuff.
Then there is this place. It is also a hinderance to getting stuff done.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 06:03 PM (G4ajv)

36 Robert Wickens, a former IndyCar racer, was involved in a horrific crash at Pocono in 2018 and lost the use of his legs. He recovered, and with some help, has pioneered the ability to drive a high performance sports car with only the steering wheel, augmented with various buttons, levers and such.

And be competitive.

His current ride is a C-8 Corvette. Pretty cool story.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 06:09 PM (jehhT)

37 I've been watching a YT series every Friday from the Aus Armor & Artillery Museum of one of their engineers working on a Sherman that's set to be used in an upcoming movie. Really fascinating work.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at May 02, 2026 06:09 PM (h/O4U)

38 Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 06:03 PM (G4ajv)

I would like to be handy like that. My Dad was. The carburetor pooped out on our station wagon, and he disassembled it, cleaned it, replaced gaskets, etc., despite never having done that before. He had a big sheet of butcher paper on his work bench and place each part, labeled and traced for easier reassembly. Teenage me was very impressed.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 06:10 PM (0aYVJ)

39 One-off engine restoration is a great hobby and business if you can afford it and have the resources.

In another lifetime, I designed engines for the pentagon and I would have loved to continue to pursue that but I'm just a poor boy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 06:12 PM (Fbc0I)

40 I have a 92 F150 shortbed 4X4 project truck. It's a driver already but there's a list of little things.

Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2026 06:13 PM (LHPAg)

41 we're doing a car thread and I have all my shit out on the driveway so I can clean out the shed that has a stray 58 Apache in it...the Apache probably needs to go but I have a better chance of getting it running than the car I really want to finish that sits in the garage, which is a 1950 baby Lincoln.
I have found 2 out of 8 needed 040 pistons so far. If I find the rest I will be dropping another $1,500 on the other parts I know are available for the 337ci flat head engine.
Y'all aware that car came from the factory with a GM HydraMatic 4-speed?
If anybody knows where I can get 6 more 3.504" pistons I'll be back to correspond after the derby.

Posted by: DanMan at May 02, 2026 06:13 PM (8uzBS)

42 Never did much car repairing myself. I used to replace the radio/cassette thing with a CD player, and that was kind of the extent of it. Installed a couple of CD changers, too.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 02, 2026 06:13 PM (CHHv1)

43 My 99 Ranger 4x4 will probably never be 100%. Next "big" project will be replacing the A/C compressor. Having recently replaced the alternator, I feel like I have the appropriate tools. Just have to get one of those gauge thingies to properly purge/recharge the system. Next little project will be replacing the windshield washer pump. Not as complicated as the A/C system, but there's a hidden bolt that will increase the cuss factor as I set upon its removal...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 02, 2026 06:16 PM (nbLIj)

44 I spent a ridiculous amount of money on scuba gear today. I hope I enjoy this new hobby, lol.

Posted by: Bert G at May 02, 2026 06:16 PM (VARTN)

45 Racing drivers? I tell people my cat Stirling is named for British race driver Stirling Moss, who drove for Mercedes in the 1950s. Of course most people have never heard of him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 06:17 PM (wzUl9)

46 >>I spent a ridiculous amount of money on scuba gear today. I hope I enjoy this new hobby, lol.

You will.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 06:18 PM (viF8m)

47
I like horse racing. But I don't like all the blah-blah-blah that goes with racing broadcasts. Two hours of jabbering for two minutes of racing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 06:18 PM (HdYcL)

48 "The wife wants me to just buy a new truck and junk the rest.
She had no vision. Doesn't see the long game."

*looks at 74 Power Wagon that has not run in 30 years, nods*

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 06:19 PM (vFG9F)

49 My options in car repair come down to (a) limp it to a mechanic, or (b) try to do it myself and then be forced to tow the vehicle to a mechanic once things are hopelessly screwed up and the vehicle is not drivable.

Not car related, but I finally got around to playing with my Cardputer ADV. I was able to Rickroll my wife and kiddo by generating fake wi-fi sites that said "01 never gonna give you up" "02 never gonna let you down" and so on, then asking them to check their phone connections.

Posted by: PabloD at May 02, 2026 06:20 PM (zUFRX)

50 So did side impact standard (which turned cars into bunkers with shit visibility) force more and more people into trucks? Or was it the better utility of an suv/truck? Yes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 06:21 PM (zZu0s)

51 I would like to be handy like that. My Dad was. The carburetor pooped out on our station wagon, and he disassembled it, cleaned it, replaced gaskets, etc., despite never having done that before. He had a big sheet of butcher paper on his work bench and place each part, labeled and traced for easier reassembly. Teenage me was very impressed.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 06:10 PM (0aYVJ)

I screwed up/misdiagnosed my first carburetor repair and wound up loosing my 72 Dodge Challenger to the dude whose garage I couldn't get it out of when I went in the Army.
Speaking of which, while perusing for what I am going to buy, as work will be adding a 30 mile commute in the year, I stumbled across one. A 73 challenger with 314 miles for $39,000.
I'd hate to love running that into the ground commuting everyday.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 06:21 PM (G4ajv)

52
*wipes hands on rag*

Got the blinker fluid changed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 06:21 PM (HdYcL)

53 Afternoon, Hobby Horde, and TRex. Just got back from the Red Deer swap meet, mostly car-related. Saw one of my old cars out front, with a For Sale sign on it. Turns out, the guy I sold it to had swapped it to a guy in Dawson Creek for some antique gas pumps. Guy in Dawson Creek had painted the car, and hung on the 2 new front fenders that went with it. Car is still without engine/transmission, but it is a '65 Studebaker 2 door sedan, and all the mounts are right there to drop in any Chevy V8, V6, or straight six.

I came away with a tile saw, an antique RCA portable radio, and a metal nibbling cutter to used with a cordless drill. And had some nice reunions with old friends, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 06:23 PM (utfVc)

54 45 Racing drivers? I tell people my cat Stirling is named for British race driver Stirling Moss, who drove for Mercedes in the 1950s. Of course most people have never heard of him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 06:17 PM
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Never heard of him?! Remind me someday to share my story of hanging out with with Sir Moss at the Nurburgring. Good memory.

Posted by: TRex - name dropping dino at May 02, 2026 06:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

55 "Got the blinker fluid changed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

Newer cars now have left and right unidirectional blinker fluid. DO NOT get them mixed up.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 06:26 PM (vFG9F)

56 My first car -- well, my fiancee's, but I was to learn how to take care of it -- was a new '75 Ford Maverick sedan, dark lime green with a matching vinyl and cloth interior. It was the upper-level model of those days, with the bigger (250 cu.in.) six engine, A/C, power steering (but not power brakes!), AM radio, and some nice wood-looking veneer inside. All of 100 hp, I believe. No doubt it would seem tinny and cheap to me now. But after years of riding buses and cadging rides from increasingly-reluctant friends, I loved it.

I learned how to change oil, coolant, spark plugs, the fuel filter (which screwed into the carburetor), and engine air filter (no cabin filters then). I knew how to change a tire, but never had to do it on that car. In those days, an oil change was like $7.50. I don't mean for the filter, but for the oil (.50 a quart, 4 quarts) and $5 for the filter plus tax, all from the local K-Mart. And of course you could dump the used oil in a field to kill some weeds without t nosy EPA coming after you. I changed headlights, sealed beams, on it, taillight bulbs, all those things. Learned a lot.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 06:27 PM (wzUl9)

57 Reforger - my first car was a 1970 Challenger with a 318. We sold it when the family moved to the west coast. Decades later I got a 2012 model which I - sadly - had to sell last year. The next vehicle will be something that can handle logging roads, something the Challenger struggled with.

Posted by: PabloD at May 02, 2026 06:27 PM (zUFRX)

58 And of course you could dump the used oil in a field to kill some weeds without t nosy EPA coming after you.


Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 06:27 PM


Whoa....you can't do that anymore?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 02, 2026 06:28 PM (0N4FZ)

59 I have an ultrasonic parts cleaner that I am waiting on right now to finish. It works great on engine parts but they need to be decreased first to get most of the muck off. I wish it was just a few inches longer though. The next one I get will be.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 06:29 PM (vFG9F)

60 *wipes hands on rag*
Got the blinker fluid changed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Yeah, I'm just wasting time online when I should be changing the muffler bearings.

Posted by: mikeski at May 02, 2026 06:29 PM (VHUov)

61 No Scotty Kilmer??
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Thank DOYC

The guy is an opinionated idiot.

IOW, the standard youtuber.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 02, 2026 06:30 PM (TNGIV)

62 The guy is an opinionated idiot.

IOW, the standard youtuber.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 02, 2026 06:30 PM (TNGIV)

So which of us is he?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 06:31 PM (zZu0s)

63 I have a 92 F150 shortbed 4X4 project truck. It's a driver already but there's a list of little things.
Posted by: Eromero
***********
Good to see you Mr. E, and great to belatedly see your Prayer Thread post today about Mrs. E. Praying it continues to go smoothly for her.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 02, 2026 06:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

64 >>>Whoa....you can't do that anymore?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

>Best weed killer around my pavers is old gasoline from my lawn mower. Sue me.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 06:35 PM (Fbc0I)

65 59 I have an ultrasonic parts cleaner that I am waiting on right now to finish. It works great on engine parts but they need to be decreased first to get most of the muck off. I wish it was just a few inches longer though. The next one I get will be.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 06:29 PM
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Do you have a media blasting cabinet? (sandblasting type media, not CNN "media")

Posted by: TRex - granular dino at May 02, 2026 06:35 PM (IQ6Gq)

66 *wipes hands on rag*

Got the blinker fluid changed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Blinker was out on the Tundra. I went into AutoZone and said ?I need blinker fluid, lady handed me a bottle of Visine, last Saturday.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 02, 2026 06:37 PM (kGf4g)

67 So, crank inspection is complete and bearing clearance as within spec but I have spotted a small area on the #3 main journal that is pitted so now I am obsessing on whether or not to have the main journals turned even though I really didn't want to because it all spins so nicely.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 05:42 PM (vFG9F)

My gut feeling is if the pits are small, and don't have ridges exceeding the base journal diameter, you will probably be OK. Remember journal bearings in engines are not supposed to have metal-to-metal contact when running. The crankshaft floats on a film of pressurized oil. As long as the pitted area is so small that it cannot act as a conduit to drain oil out of the bearing, you should be OK.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 06:37 PM (utfVc)

68 "Do you have a media blasting cabinet? (sandblasting type media, not CNN "media")
Posted by: TRex - granular dino "

No but I do use a big cardboard box sometimes when sandblasting.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 06:37 PM (vFG9F)

69 So did side impact standard (which turned cars into bunkers with shit visibility) force more and more people into trucks? Or was it the better utility of an suv/truck"

Bit of both.

FWIW, most of the "issues" I've run across in the past 20 years can be traced to corroded/no longer exists electrical grounds. Newish systems are really picky about power...

Posted by: man at May 02, 2026 06:38 PM (XuXeR)

70 17.3 hands. What a unit.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 06:40 PM (viF8m)

71 And of course you could dump the used oil in a field to kill some weeds without t nosy EPA coming after you."

I still have the diagram of how to dispose of your own used oil...

Basically dig a hole & line with rock...

Posted by: man at May 02, 2026 06:41 PM (XuXeR)

72 No but I do use a big cardboard box sometimes when sandblasting.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 06:37 PM (vFG9F)

My home is gone!

Posted by: Sid at May 02, 2026 06:41 PM (utfVc)

73 And of course you could dump the used oil in a field to kill some weeds without t nosy EPA coming after you."

I still have the diagram of how to dispose of your own used oil...

Basically dig a hole & line with rock...
Posted by: man at May 02, 2026 06:41 PM (XuXeR)

Just scatter it in the dirt laneway behind you house. Turns it into pavement.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 06:43 PM (utfVc)

74 Windshield leaks on the F-150, received my windshield molding clip tool yesterday. Don't know what I'll find after removing the molding. Holes?

Not sure whether to start with Great Stuff, Bondo, House Caulk or JB-Weld. Guess I'll have to see what it looks like.

Probably stick a coat hanger down the hole and see where it goes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 06:44 PM (Lw/3D)

75 " As long as the pitted area is so small that it cannot act as a conduit to drain oil out of the bearing, you should be OK.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"

I think so maybe too and am wondering if the pitting may be due to low oil pressure and/or poor maintenance. We got the car when it had nearly 200K on it. It might be ok with a new oil pump and bearings, and I MIGHT be ok with it if it were MY engine but I don't not want anything to fail on HER engine.

The other side of that is I don't like to have cranks machined unless it really necessary. Maybe I should just find another nice one.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 06:44 PM (vFG9F)

76 Take off the top layer with the grass just as if you were going to use it to sod a patch. Dig the hole about a foot deep. (depends on your soil) Pour.
Come back tomorrow and re-fill the dirt and place the grass patch on top. Press with foot. Add one quart of water.

Next week you won't know where you did it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 06:48 PM (Lw/3D)

77 Car repair was never really a hobby. It was closer to necessity. But using regular hand tools I could do basic work on a '61 Mercury Comet, 1970 Chevy pickup and a '74 VW Super Beatle: tune up, oil change, replace head and tail lights, replace belts and head gaskets, etc. With all the BS government regulations and computerized crap that isn't easy, or possible, these days. I've fantasized about getting another AMC Ambassador (that thing was a reliable work horse) but my body isn't up to the bending and flexing to work on a car anymore. Bummer.

Probably not possible with all the legal requirements now but I wonder if a car would sell if it was designed to be worked on by the owner.

Posted by: JTB at May 02, 2026 06:48 PM (yTvNw)

78 The other side of that is I don't like to have cranks machined unless it really necessary. Maybe I should just find another nice one.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 06:44 PM (vFG9F)


You could always have just the ONE journal machined. I had one cylinder rebored and fitted with an oversized piston on a GM 6.2L Diesel. That engine ran fine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 06:50 PM (utfVc)

79 One Of These Days I should get an ODB-eleven, as the meme would say.

My first car was my parents' Buick Skylark - nice little car, unfortunately the alternator was undersized, had to replace it frequently. Fortunately, lifetime warranty from the parts store. I got very good at pulling it, walking it down, hauling the replacement back, and putting it in. And variations thereon.

Second car was a nice Pontiac Sunfire. Wrecked it. Not my fault in reality, but legally...

Third car? Pontiac Grand Am. Sold it to my sister when she desparately needed a car, bought a Ford Fusion.

Never buying another Ford until at least three years after the current idiot-in-charge is gone. And probably not even then. 'nuff said.

Been pretty happy with the little Toyota. Could use a little more capability in the features ("trim package" as they call it), but pretty darned near the sweet spot.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 02, 2026 06:52 PM (aJQbY)

80 "You could always have just the ONE journal machined. I had one cylinder rebored and fitted with an oversized piston on a GM 6.2L Diesel. That engine ran fine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"

They are going to hate me at the machine shop. Anyway, they should have caught this when they polished it.

A quick check and I found Rock Auto has cranks for $330. Ebay has new ones with the bearings for $300!

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 06:52 PM (vFG9F)

81 Windshield leaks on the F-150, received my windshield molding clip tool yesterday. Don't know what I'll find after removing the molding. Holes?"

Did that on a '77 Ford. Found several holes, sanded clean, then 2 part epoxy, sand to (somewhat) match, then refit with new material. Worked.

Posted by: man at May 02, 2026 06:52 PM (XuXeR)

82
15 8 How does TRex get to those hard-to-reach places with such short arms? Do they make special wrench extensions?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 05:36 PM
***
Yes, extension and magnets. The problem is more the small brain than the short arms. Sometimes roaring and profanity aren't enough.
Posted by: TRex - backyard mechanic dino at May 02, 2026 05:45

----------

Get minions. Explain that you may not be able to reach all the tight places, but you can reach them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 02, 2026 06:53 PM (biznJ)

83 77 I've fantasized about getting another AMC Ambassador

Posted by: JTB at May 02, 2026 06:48 PM
***
"Words I would not have expected to read" for $100, Alex.

Posted by: TRex - AMC Pacer? dino at May 02, 2026 06:53 PM (IQ6Gq)

84 I turned into a part-time motorcycle mechanic by necessity, when my 2004 Buell XB12R had been sitting in my garage unridden (and with a tank full of gas) for about 7 years. No bike shops close to me, and dealers won't generally touch a bike that's more than 10 years old. Purged the old gas and replaced it, but never showed any signs of wanting to start.

Made friends with a guy on a Buell forum, and concluded that it was likely that my fuel injectors were clogged with the now-varnish gasoline. (Poured some gas directly into the throttle body and it started right up for about 3 seconds until the gas ran out). Turned out the easiest, or at least safest, way to get at the injectors was to rotate the entire engine. A combination of the shop manual and Youtube videos got me safely through it. Ran great for about 3 hours and then died. Found I had zero fuel pressure and decided to rebuild the fuel pump. Success! Took up most of my spare time in the summer of 2021.

Posted by: Disillusionist at May 02, 2026 06:54 PM (78dpn)

85 I take my used oil to a friend's heavy truck shop about a dozen miles from here. He heats the shop with waste oil burners. If that option were unavailable, I would just put the used oil in a steel paint can, add some suitable wick, and place it in my burn barrel, and burn a pile of trash around it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 06:54 PM (utfVc)

86 but my body isn't up to the bending and flexing to work on a car anymore"

Sucks, huh? I have a hard enough time getting on the creeper...

Posted by: man at May 02, 2026 06:54 PM (XuXeR)

87 79 One Of These Days I should get an ODB-eleven, as the meme would say.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 02, 2026 06:52 PM
***
Well played.

Posted by: TRex - dictionary dino at May 02, 2026 06:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

88 MS Edge is giving me the results of the derby already:
Renegade. It's only 6:55pm.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 02, 2026 06:56 PM (3ImbR)

89 Words I would not have expected to read" for $100, Alex."

I'd love to have Dad's AMX...

Posted by: man at May 02, 2026 06:56 PM (XuXeR)

90 82 Get minions.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 02, 2026 06:53 PM
***
Minions are enthusiastic but unreliable. They're usually more interested in taking over the world than fixing my car.

Posted by: TRex - friends of Tim, Mark and Phil at May 02, 2026 06:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

91 They are going to hate me at the machine shop. Anyway, they should have caught this when they polished it.

A quick check and I found Rock Auto has cranks for $330. Ebay has new ones with the bearings for $300!
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 06:52 PM (vFG9F)

Ask the machine shop if the pitted journal is safe to use. I doubt #3 main is highly stressed. Normally its the rear main and the rods that get the most abuse.

What model engine?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 06:57 PM (utfVc)

92 One Of These Days I should get an ODB-eleven, as the meme would say."

Forescan. Works great on Ford, Mazda, and a few others

Posted by: man at May 02, 2026 06:57 PM (XuXeR)

93 Forscan. Where did the e come from?

Posted by: man at May 02, 2026 06:58 PM (XuXeR)

94 Forscan. Where did the e come from?
Posted by: man at May 02, 2026 06:58 PM (XuXeR)

Contact your local mohal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 06:59 PM (utfVc)

95 OK everyone. Time to see if Itchy and Scratchy can outrun Rusty El Camino. May the odds be in your favor.

Posted by: TRex - tiny jockey dino at May 02, 2026 07:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

96 I got a basic OBDII scan tool at harbor 'fright' for $25, keep it in truck's glove box. ('03 Sierra)

Thanks to FJB, the $25 unit now costs $40.

But it's handy to know why the check engine light is on *this time*... and usually is something simple. Knock on wood!

Posted by: JQ at May 02, 2026 07:03 PM (rdVOm)

97 Well, I am going to head out to the shop, and see if I can relocate the impeller of a water pump a little further out on the shaft. It got pressed on too far when the pump was built.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 07:06 PM (utfVc)

98 Fun fact: Apiaries are the only agriculture still present in San Francisco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 07:06 PM (RIvkX)

99 When your enormous and highly twitchy horse throws you before the race it's not a good sign.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 07:06 PM (viF8m)

100 100!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 02, 2026 07:07 PM (t2oSI)

101 100 100!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 02, 2026 07:07 PM (t2oSI)


Best I could contribute to the auto repair thread - I take my cars to the shop, even for stuff I could do myself like brake pad and rotor changes.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 02, 2026 07:08 PM (t2oSI)

102 100 100!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 02, 2026 07:07 PM
***
Schnorf! Keyboard zeroed!

Posted by: TRex - precision dino at May 02, 2026 07:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

103 I ordered some crimpers from Summit Racing last week and they came with a catalogue. Damn. There is one out here from about ten years ago that I can't find but I bet prices have doubled on about everything since thet last one.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 07:10 PM (G4ajv)

104 What a close. Great race.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 07:12 PM (viF8m)

105 MS Edge is giving me the results of the derby already:
Renegade. It's only 6:55pm.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 02, 2026 06:56 PM (3ImbR)

According to my Internet Explorer, Secretariat just took the Triple Crown...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 02, 2026 07:12 PM (nbLIj)

106
Dayum, what a stretch run.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 07:14 PM (HdYcL)

107 Wow! What a surprise ending that was!

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 07:19 PM (d2kuJ)

108 That was a amazing race

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0)

109 Did the winning trainer just make this a boob thread?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 02, 2026 07:21 PM (kOluj)

110 Time to say thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. Thanks for being here and participating. Hope you take the time to enjoy some of the longer videos in the content. New theme next week.

You're welcome to hang out here in the comments for a while, but don't forget to stop by Club ONT later.

Posted by: TRex - equestrian dino at May 02, 2026 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

111 Dead last to first at 23-1. Has never won a race, always finished last or next to last. Can't wait to see what he pays....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 02, 2026 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

112 Someone(s) just made bank.

Bigly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 07:22 PM (jehhT)

113 "What model engine?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"

KA24DE

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:23 PM (vFG9F)

114 just noticed something in Notepad. There's a spellcheck on there which autofixes mistakes. Like, fiance > fiancé.
But i typed "his fiance" and it became "his fiancé" and not "his fiancée"...

Posted by: gKWVE at May 02, 2026 07:25 PM (gKWVE)

115 I had a battery disconnect put on my 2003 F350 pickup a few weeks ago. It has had a bad door sensor for years but the interior lights would shut off after 10 minutes and I just lived with it. But I went to start it and had a dead battery after just changing them a few months ago. Took it to a local independent mechanic and he found that the generic power module? was coming on for 10 minutes then would quit but would come back on again 10 minutes later. He figured the labor to track down which door sensor or a short somewhere else was probably not worth doing. He has me half talked into selling the deisel to someone that needs a work truck and buying a few years old gas pickup. But the towing capacity even on 1 ton gas pickups was not very high, 14,4xx lbs. My big trailer is 10K lbs and while I rarely haul more then 3 horses it is a 4 horse and I want to be able to haul that many.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 07:26 PM (PV+Zw)

116 OT and I apologise.

Alex Zanardi, former racecar driver (F1, CART, IMSA, and a bunch of other series) died today. I remember him. He was a beast behind the wheel. He basically created a passing lane out of nothing at Laguna Seca one year. Amazing driver. Lost his legs in a horrible race accident in Germany. He recovered and still raced using specially designed cars. He became a para-Olympian, competed in iron man competitions, etc. Fun, interesting guy. RIP.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 07:26 PM (ohOaC)

117 >>Someone(s) just made bank.

>>Bigly.

That would be Cherie DeVaux.

Good for her.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 07:26 PM (viF8m)

118 99 When your enormous and highly twitchy horse throws you before the race it's not a good sign.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 07:06 PM (viF8m)

And that is why I will ride a bucking horse all day long, but not one who rears.

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 07:26 PM (BgmlQ)

119 I picked up some new coins at the shop today.

Bullion - Republic of Armenia, 1oz., 500 drams, Noah's Ark/Mt. Ararat:
https://is.gd/cL54Mj

10 Lirot 1967 Victory Coin - .935
https://is.gd/yOzc4x

Mercury Dime irradiated at Oak Ridge in the 50s (silver-110/cadmium), includes casing:
https://is.gd/UO6QSQ

And yet another Peace Dollar, because I love them:
https://is.gd/38RIJL

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 02, 2026 07:28 PM (BI5O2)

120 Alex Zanardi's pass at Laguna Seca in 1996.

youtu.be/WuwiqivkKCg

Sorry for the interruption. Carry on.....

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 07:28 PM (ohOaC)

121 Pace was a little slow for what looked like optimum track conditions.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 07:29 PM (Cif43)

122 How we know you didn't read content Puddleglum, Trex had some content about Alex up top.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 07:30 PM (PV+Zw)

123 >>And that is why I will ride a bucking horse all day long, but not one who rears.

A really bad feeling when a horse rears. Seems I had a talent for making them do it without even trying.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 07:30 PM (viF8m)

124
And that is why I will ride a bucking horse all day long, but not one who rears.

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 07:26 PM (BgmlQ)

____________

Saw a two-frame cartoon once. In the first frame, a little girl in riding outfit is dwarfed by the placid draft horse she's sitting on. In the second frame, she's being bucked off a pony.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 07:30 PM (HdYcL)

125 Cigar and cocktail time. C'ya....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 02, 2026 07:30 PM (nbLIj)

126 I've discovered that jobs have become projects. What I could do 20 years ago in a couple of hours has turned into a multiple day exercise. The real.problem is physical; the old bod doesn't want to get down on the ground, and definitely doesn't want to get up. My son wants me to get a lift, I'm looking at a 4 poster that I can move around in the garage.

I've always worked on cars, but I've had a general rule that I finally expressed when I thought about it: if it requires precision under 20 thousandth I farm it out. I've replaced 9 engines over the years, and for the last 6, I've taken the engine into the machine shop and gotten back either a short block and heads redone, or a long block. I don't go anywhere near the inside of transmissions or diffs. Especially diffs. I tried that once, trying to convert an open 44 into a Trac lock. After having the jeep sitting for 4 months while I pissed around, I finally did what I should have in the first place ; take it to someone who could read machine blue correctly and set it up.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 02, 2026 07:31 PM (TNGIV)

127 As of 1 May the Brattleboro Gay Children of coler sails tax is be in affect. 10 cints was be chartered on every dollar spend too helps the childin.

What gas yew city don to helps perskins of color??

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 02, 2026 07:31 PM (kKZvy)

128 116 OT and I apologise.

Alex Zanardi,

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 07:26 PM
***
Alex Zanardi is never off-topic.

Posted by: TRex - homestretch dino at May 02, 2026 07:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

129 Pace was a little slow for what looked like optimum track conditions.

Posted by: Ben Had
************
Secretariat's record holds....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 02, 2026 07:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

130 Such beautiful animals. Too bad they all can't win.

Posted by: Tuna at May 02, 2026 07:32 PM (lJ0H4)

131 Good to see you Mr. E, and great to belatedly see your Prayer Thread post today about Mrs. E. Praying it continues to go smoothly for her.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 02, 2026 06:34 PM (IQ6Gq)
She's doing fine but is a bit fatigued. Sleeps good and wakes up chipper, but by the end of the day is ready for the recliner. Thank you for your prayers.

Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2026 07:33 PM (LHPAg)

132
What gas yew city don to helps perskins of color??

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 02, 2026 07:31 PM (kKZvy)

_________

I'm a Person of Cholor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 07:33 PM (HdYcL)

133 Tell us you didn't read the content without telling us you didn't read the content.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 07:34 PM (RIvkX)

134 A really bad feeling when a horse rears. Seems I had a talent for making them do it without even trying.
Posted by: JackStraw
*********
First horse I ever rode, at age 7, reared and deposited me in a creek. I was ready to go home, and the man told me if I didn't get back on another horse then, I never would. So, I did. Been riding since...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 02, 2026 07:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

135 Tuna, as far as those horses know everyone of them was a winner. They will all receive the utmost care. Winning only concerns the owners.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 07:34 PM (Cif43)

136 She's doing fine but is a bit fatigued. Sleeps good and wakes up chipper, but by the end of the day is ready for the recliner. Thank you for your prayers.
Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2026 07:33 PM (LHPAg)


Encouraged to hear that, sir!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 02, 2026 07:34 PM (t2oSI)

137 122 How we know you didn't read content Puddleglum, Trex had some content about Alex up top.
Posted by: PaleRider



LoL!! Well, I'm at work and I finally had time to check things out. Just saw the news on Zanardi.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 07:35 PM (ohOaC)

138 Where is a demolition derby called a destruction derby?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2026 07:35 PM (Cqx++)

139 I look forward to the day when I have my own garage and driveway, and can change my oil again. Of course by that time I may not be comfortable sliding on a creeper under the car and wrenching on the drain bolt and the filter. We'll see.

Right now I'd be fine. In a few years, who knows.

The big Buick performed superbly on its road trip. At age ten it is at a little more than 98K miles. Spark plugs, according to the manual, are supposed to be changed now, but I've just spent $$ on tires and a headlight bulb, and the car is running fine. Maybe it can wait for a few months.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 07:37 PM (wzUl9)

140 When I was a kid a rearing horse didn't bother me, I rode some ponies that could get quite high. Mature me realized that it would be too easy to pull the horse off balance if they really rear. But if they were just 1-2 foot off the ground with the front feet, mostly bluffing, I'd send them forward with a bit of a whack on the shoulder.

Old me hasn't had a horse offer to rear in ages and tries to avoid green or fractious horses.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 07:38 PM (PV+Zw)

141 >>First horse I ever rode, at age 7, reared and deposited me in a creek. I was ready to go home, and the man told me if I didn't get back on another horse then, I never would. So, I did. Been riding since...

My mom's horses were highly trained athletes. They also knew when a moron was on their back.

Every year I would get blugeoned into going for an exercise year and every year it ended poorly for me. A man has got to know his limitations.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 07:38 PM (viF8m)

142 >>>Where is a demolition derby called a destruction derby?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

>Sometimes they call it that at the Kentucky Derby. Sad.

Great horsepower race. Didn't see it coming. Feeling fine. Missed the trifecta by 'that much'.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 07:41 PM (Fbc0I)

143 I've gotta stop trying to multitask.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 07:41 PM (viF8m)

144 to be noted, Bill Shatner got into an accident with a horse very recently.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 02, 2026 07:41 PM (gKWVE)

145 to be noted, Bill Shatner got into an accident with a horse very recently.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 02, 2026 07:41 PM


He is 90 years old, why is he still trying to ride horses?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 02, 2026 07:44 PM (0N4FZ)

146 The LaCrosse does need a good wash and spray wax, and detailing of wheels and tires, after the Kansas trip. Tomorrow should be cool (for here) and sunny, so the air may be fairly dry. Good conditions in case I do need to polish or hand wax something.

The steering wheel is a little sticky too. Time for some leather cleaner there and on the seats!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 07:44 PM (wzUl9)

147 to be noted, Bill Shatner got into an accident with a horse very recently.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 02, 2026 07:41 PM


He is 90 years old, why is he still trying to ride horses?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 02, 2026


***
He's been a horse lover and a rider for decades.

Funny, I don't recall him ever being in a Western. Not in a movie and not in a starring role in the days since Trek. He may have guest-starred on one of TV's oaters back in his younger days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 07:46 PM (wzUl9)

148 I had my 1995 Ford Ranger towed after it died on the road. I had gassed it up and jumped the dead battery, and I figured it was the electrical system with a dead short, or the alternator.
The shop called me back to say that it was out of gas, and I needed a sending unit, probably a pump and possibly a new tank.
As for the electrical issues I described, they said they couldn't replicate them so I suspect it really is possessed.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 07:46 PM (rbvCR)

149 Nood movietone

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 07:47 PM (wzUl9)

150 He's been a horse lover and a rider for decades.

Born cavalier. The Huns would understand.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 02, 2026 07:48 PM (gKWVE)

151 148 As for the electrical issues I described, they said they couldn't replicate them so I suspect it really is possessed.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 07:46 PM
***
Well, cars do have personalities!

Posted by: TRex - Christine avoidant dino at May 02, 2026 07:48 PM (IQ6Gq)

152 Did they figure out where the gas was leaking kindletot?

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 07:49 PM (PV+Zw)

153 >>>I had my 1995 Ford Ranger towed after it died on the road. I had gassed it up and jumped the dead battery, and I figured it was the electrical system with a dead short, or the alternator.
The shop called me back to say that it was out of gas, and I needed a sending unit, probably a pump and possibly a new tank.
As for the electrical issues I described, they said they couldn't replicate them so I suspect it really is possessed.

Posted by: Kindltot

>This is spit-balling. I'd get a second opinion.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 07:52 PM (Fbc0I)

154 I hate movies.

Posted by: Ronster at May 02, 2026 07:53 PM (H2WUE)

155 I was puttering earlier, forgot that it was auto repair this week so didn't here in time to pick gear head brains about whether its time for me to sell my pickup and get a newer one that should be more reliable. I won't get a newer diesel, I don't want to mess with something with a DEF system. gas would be cheaper to maintain. just a question of do I trust it to tow my heavy old trailer.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 07:54 PM (PV+Zw)

156 I would keep the diesel as long as I could. Disconnect the dang sensor.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:57 PM (vFG9F)

157 high five Ronster. Well I don't hate movies, but I've only watched any move that was so old it was aired on TV for the last 30+ years and for the last 2 years I dropped TV service and I haven't missed TV or movies enough to figure out how to get one of the internet free or almost free services.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 07:58 PM (PV+Zw)

158 I'll probably buy a good horse trailer roadside assistance policy and do that fd. I'm quite a creature of inertia and I do have some trusted folks to fix it when the next thing breaks.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 08:01 PM (PV+Zw)

159 Funny, I don't recall him ever being in a Western. Not in a movie and not in a starring role in the days since Trek. He may have guest-starred on one of TV's oaters back in his younger days.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Funny you mention that! Shatner was actually in an episode of The Virginian (I think) that I was watching with hubby at the nursing home. He was a sharp-dressed city slicker...

Posted by: JQ at May 02, 2026 08:05 PM (rdVOm)

160 The problem with just disconnect the sensor is the mechanic that did looked at the p/u and the battery disconnect for me, said my old pickup doesn't give a code to say what sensor is bad, and its a 4 door pickup, and its a lot of labor to disassemble the door to get to the sensor. And it might be a short somewhere else.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 08:16 PM (PV+Zw)

161 Back for a bit. Measured depth of water pump housing. Measured depth of impeller on new pump (way low). Put 3-jaw puller on impeller, and cranked on the puller screw. The impeller moved! Spec depth for the impeller allows for about .040" clearance, absent a gasket; maybe .055" if a gasket is used, and one is called for. So I will pull impeller until the spec depth is reached, then remove the puller, and try twisting the impeller by hand. If I can move it by hand, it's much too loose, and I move on to Plan B, red Loctite.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 08:34 PM (utfVc)

162 Shatner was in a Western TV series, "Barbary Coast" (1976).

Posted by: Butch at May 02, 2026 08:46 PM (98xTj)

163 Back for a bit. Measured depth of water pump housing. Measured depth of impeller on new pump (way low). Put 3-jaw puller on impeller, and cranked on the puller screw. The impeller moved! Spec depth for the impeller allows for about .040" clearance, absent a gasket; maybe .055" if a gasket is used, and one is called for. So I will pull impeller until the spec depth is reached, then remove the puller, and try twisting the impeller by hand. If I can move it by hand, it's much too loose, and I move on to Plan B, red Loctite.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Would you kindly create a dictionary of the terms you use, so novices like me can follow along? I envy you the skills you have.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 02, 2026 08:47 PM (IQ6Gq)

164 My hobby is occasionally building firearms. I in no way consider myself a gunsmith.

I've done the obligatory AR-15: 3 NY/CA compliant versions for my kids, a pistol (which may or may not have a folding stabilizing brace), and a retro Fudd - wood furniture & Cerakoted to look Parkerized.

I built a M-1 Garand at a CMP workshop ~10 years ago. I've built two Lee-Enfield bolties: a No.4 Mk 1 and a No. 5 Mk 1. I sent them out to be re-barrelled and re-blued. Over several years I assembled the pieces and parts of a M-1917 and sent that off to the CMP for Parkerizing.

My current project is building a plain-ish vanilla M-1911.

Posted by: Butch at May 02, 2026 08:55 PM (98xTj)

165 Would you kindly create a dictionary of the terms you use, so novices like me can follow along? I envy you the skills you have.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 02, 2026 08:47 PM (IQ6Gq)

The impeller of a pump is simply the paddle wheel inside the housing that moves the water. This one is made of cast iron, is about 4 inches in diameter, and has six straight blades. It mounts into a cast iron housing with inlet and outlet ports. The inlet port is round, about 2 inches in diameter, and is in the back plane of the pump, centered on the pump shaft. Water enters the pump more or less parallel to the pump axis, and the spinning impeller blades pick it up and fling it to the outlet ports on the periphery. A pump like this does not make much pressure, nor does it make much suction, but it circulates water like a mofo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 09:01 PM (utfVc)

166 I built a M-1 Garand at a CMP workshop ~10 years ago. I've built two Lee-Enfield bolties: a No.4 Mk 1 and a No. 5 Mk 1. I sent them out to be re-barrelled and re-blued. Over several years I assembled the pieces and parts of a M-1917 and sent that off to the CMP for Parkerizing.

My current project is building a plain-ish vanilla M-1911.
Posted by: Butch at May 02, 2026 08:55 PM (98xTj)

That is an impressive body of work!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 09:03 PM (utfVc)

167 Well, one more trip to the shop, and I am done for the day. Been a beautiful day here, T-shirt weather all day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 09:05 PM (utfVc)

168 Thanks AOP! Coming from you that means a lot.

Posted by: Butch at May 02, 2026 09:22 PM (98xTj)

169 Thanks AOP, I appreciate the explanation.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 02, 2026 09:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

170 Back. Got the impeller depth set to spec, and it's installed in the car. Pump turns without any scraping noises. Will add coolant and start it up tomorrow.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 09:55 PM (utfVc)

171 .
Maybe I'd better drop this notification in this thread too...

NOOD

The ONT has gone live!

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 10:08 PM (O7YUW)

172 refiiling my namefield. ingnore this post.

Posted by: t-dubya-d at May 02, 2026 10:28 PM (ZwScn)

173 I replaced a window regulator on an old Saab. I could have paid out the nose for it, but thought I could do it myself for a lot less. Really proud of that even if it took three days.

Posted by: Otto Zilch at May 02, 2026 11:07 PM (Ws2ua)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, May 2

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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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KNOW YOUR DOG BREED

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Meet The PetMorons

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Hello,

My cat Jasmine crossed the Rainbow Bridge on Wednesday, April 29.

She was 13 years old, going on 14.

She first came to my attention when I saw a picture of her on the local animal shelter's website. I was looking for a companion for my first cat Penny and Jasmine's picture just called out to me. I went over to the animal shelter and was able to adopt Jasmine.

It took her a few months to get acclimated to my house. She had a tendency to hide anywhere that was big enough to fit a cat, such as under my recliner and even in the drawers in my TV table. Penny didn't like her much at first, but then they figured things out and soon enough I saw them both sitting in my office chair like boon companions.

For the past 13 years Jasmine has been the perfect little lap kitty, just the right size to fit in my lap, purring contentedly and giving me head bonks to show her affection.

I will miss her dearly, but I was able to be with her until the end.

She passed knowing that she was loved. Jasmine truly was a blessing from the Lord.

Best regards,

"Perfessor" Squirrel

Oh, we are crushed to hear that you have lost beautiful little Jasmine. She looks just like you have described her here and in past posts. Please give some extra love to your other kitties for us.

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Just inherited him, my son thinks he is broken. Does any other cat sleep like this? He even lets us trim nails while he is asleep like this

The Pigeonist

Pisces has a distinctive sleeping style. You're lucky about the nail trimming. Congratulations on adopting that sweet cat.

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Doof suggested on April 30 that this is the unofficial AOSHQ mascot.

But what about THIS co-inhabitant of the same household (I presume)?

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It is Wasabi Ruckus’ birthday today! He turned 6. I can’t believe it.

Piper

Can there be a cat mascot and a dog mascot? More than one of each?


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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

From Miley:

Video - cardinal daddy feeds 3 babies

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Hi KT,

This is from Mama's chiropractor. This nest is just outside her window.

What a great daddy cardinal! And the video even includes music!

What's not to love? Don't miss it.


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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 25

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 Woof

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 02, 2026 03:26 PM (Kt19C)

2 Just inherited him, my son thinks he is broken. Does any other cat sleep like this? He even lets us trim nails while he is asleep like this
The Pigeonist
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*** Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the other cutest little cat of them all) has entered the chat ***

Though she doesn't let me trim her nails.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 03:28 PM (gnNyN)

3
Getting the RV loaded for Her Majesty, The Big Dummy and Rosalind to head off for four weeks, leaving on Tuesday.

Roz is going back to her home in California. She's been a good girl while she was here and I'll miss her, but she's someone else's sweetie now and should be with them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 03:29 PM (HdYcL)

4 Condolences on Jasmine. I'm a sucker for a ticked tabby. My Butch, also known as Butchie-woo, was a huge ticked tabby, and behaved much more like a dog than a cat. He was a very guy cat, with head sorta like a big hamburger. He liked a good snuggle just like Jasmine. He's been gone for eons, but I still miss him. So, empathy. They do wiggle their way into our hearts and stay there.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2026 03:29 PM (DwqWV)

5 Meow.....

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at May 02, 2026 03:30 PM (sAmhv)

6 Afternoon, pet folken!

Perfessor, once again, my condolences on the loss of Jasmine. After thirteen years, almost her whole life and a big chunk of yours --! (Doesn't matter if it had been only five years, it would still be a big chunk.)

Remember her as she was, annoyances and delights together. Only that way can you truly honor her memory.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:31 PM (wzUl9)

7 He's been gone for eons, but I still miss him. So, empathy. They do wiggle their way into our hearts and stay there.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2026


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"Wiggle" into our hearts? Every cat I've ever known has *stalked* right in, settled down, and dared me not to love him or her. Every one has fully expected to be loved -- with the possible exception of shy little Oreo, and she came around on that pretty fast.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:34 PM (wzUl9)

8 Pigeonist, your puffball is not unique as to sleeping position. Just about every cat will sleep like that at least sometimes!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:35 PM (wzUl9)

9 Remember her as she was, annoyances and delights together. Only that way can you truly honor her memory.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:31 PM (wzUl9)
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Oh, I do!

She liked to dig her claws into my lap and I have the scars to prove it. She also had a tendency to throw up a lot, often in inconvenient places or at inconvenient times. The back of my computer is a testament to that.

But we love them flaws and all, because the love they bring us makes it all worthwhile.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 03:36 PM (gnNyN)

10 Perfessor Squirrel, condolences on the loss of sweet Jasmine. She's in the laps of the angels now.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 03:36 PM (kpS4V)

11 Jasmine looks like the little mama who brought 4 babies to our house and demanded that we feed them all. Our garage is now a disaster. All four of the babies were male and they and mom are all neutered now.

The feistiest looks like Mom. He plays with the black short hair who is the least human-friendly. There is one black and white medium-hair and a gray and white medium hair. The last two are somewhat calmer. Their fur doesn't seem to tangle so far.

Posted by: KT at May 02, 2026 03:37 PM (7vIsy)

12 Piper, is that handsome white dog the Shiba you've mentioned in the past? There are so many dog breeds that I can't keep up with them (though I am pretty sure I'd know what beast on the couch in the third pic is). Shiba Inu, is that the breed name?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:37 PM (wzUl9)

13 Perfessor" Squirrel, I am so sorry you lost your precious Jasmine. She looked like a sweetheart.

Hugs!

Posted by: Joyenz at May 02, 2026 03:40 PM (2F0/Y)

14 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 03:43 PM (Ia/+0)

15 Howdy, Skip. You off today, or do you work most Saturdays?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:44 PM (wzUl9)

16 Arf!! Sez Sandy. Condolences Perfessor Squirrel on the loss of Jasmine. The pic up top made me laff. Thanks to all for sharing your pets with us and to K.T. for thread. Have a peaceful weekend.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 02, 2026 03:46 PM (S+2Xo)

17 Yayy Pet Thread, the thread that sheds on your furniture.

cardinal daddy feeds 3 babies

Do I think, oooo, that's so cute? What a good dad!

No. I wonder
Do birds get acid reflux when they regurgitate to feed their chicks?

Posted by: mindful webworker - we gots wood-headed redpeckers at May 02, 2026 03:49 PM (XU9++)

18 Short update on our cat clan.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

A coworker of my sister's is trying to dump two cats on us with threats of harming them. Apparently these two keep pooping in her flower beds. She said if we don't take them, she will trap them and dump in the middle of nowhere.
My sister tried telling her that she can't just steal someone's cats and do that and that she should talk to the person first. Coworker refuses. I told sis, is this coworker going to help with our cat food bill or vet expenses? We really can't take anymore cats in.

Posted by: Joyenz at May 02, 2026 03:49 PM (2F0/Y)

19 Jasmine looks like such a good kitty. 🥲

Posted by: mindful webworker - headbutts of love at May 02, 2026 03:50 PM (XU9++)

20 My big black tom sleeps sprawled out like that, Pigeonist. I think it is part that he was a 100% indoor cat who never had the concern of other cats messing with him when he was napping, and partially because he is rather fat.

The second bit may be unfair, since my year-old tom kitten also sleeps sprawled out, and he is not yet fat.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 03:50 PM (rbvCR)

21 cardinal daddy feeds 3 babies

Do I think, oooo, that's so cute? What a good dad!

No. I wonder
Do birds get acid reflux when they regurgitate to feed their chicks?
Posted by: mindful webworker - we gots wood-headed redpeckers at May 02, 2026


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How do we, and they, know it's a dad cardinal? Are the females not brilliant red-and-black?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:51 PM (wzUl9)

22 It is Wasabi Ruckus’ birthday today! He turned 6. I can’t believe it.
Piper
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I love box kitties.

He looks like he takes his job of chief box inspector very seriously.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 03:52 PM (gnNyN)

23 Pigeonist, my cat Lily also snoozes on her back with her fuzzy belly exposed. It's not ladylike, but it is a measure of her trust that she can sack out in such a vulnerable position.

If she's in a sunbeam, I assume the filaments aid in recharging.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 03:52 PM (kpS4V)

24 The Pigeonist,

Such a beautiful big floof. Our latest rescue Hopper loves to sleep upside down. Doesn't matter where, floor or lap, he twists himself to the belly reveal.

Posted by: Joyenz at May 02, 2026 03:54 PM (2F0/Y)

25 Isn't it good fertilizer when cats poop in a flower bed? I ask because I know less than zero about gardening, for all that my mother had plants galore in our patio as I grew up.

(Well, they were potted, not garden plants, so there's that.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:54 PM (wzUl9)

26 Perfessor,
If I had my life to do over, in my 20s I would choose a man based on the way he treats his mom and his pets.

Good on you, sir. Your sweet little friend was not afraid or alone.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 02, 2026 03:55 PM (qG4SX)

27 Both of my thugs love to have their bellies rubbed. Dagny will twist onto her back when you start to pet her. Stirling loves it too. I'd tell them they are being very un-catlike, but I don't want them to get any more ideas above their station than they already have.

Speaking of which: Stirling is informally known as the Duke of Vicksburg. What is the proper form of address toward a duke?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:57 PM (wzUl9)

28 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:54 PM (wzUl9)

No idea, but we are both angry that two cats may be harmed unless we take them, but then the person who cares for those cats loses them and won't know what happened. I don't want to receive someone's stolen cats.

Anyone who would harm animals over bloody flowers is not a good person in my book.

Posted by: Joyenz at May 02, 2026 03:59 PM (2F0/Y)

29 27 ... "Speaking of which: Stirling is informally known as the Duke of Vicksburg. What is the proper form of address toward a duke?"

You don't need to speak. Just make sure food is available on demand, the litter box is clean and boxes are handy. That shows proper deference.

Posted by: JTB at May 02, 2026 04:01 PM (yTvNw)

30 Regarding the fluffy cat - this is a classic longhaired cat sleeping pose, especially when it is warm in the house. Being on their back lets them get maximum airflow to the fluff.

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at May 02, 2026 04:01 PM (4qIhJ)

31 Perfessor,
So sorry for losing Jasmine but being there at the end is the final kindness.

Posted by: JTB at May 02, 2026 04:02 PM (yTvNw)

32 In spite of Mr. L's best efforts, a robin has built a nest under our deck. Last year, a robin that built a nest in the tree by the deck took off and never had a family. Robins are "flighty" birds!

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at May 02, 2026 04:03 PM (dyL4B)

33 @21/Wolfus: "How do we, and they, know it's a dad cardinal? Are the females not brilliant red-and-black?"

Female cardinals are shades of brown. The male has the vibrant red colouring.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 04:05 PM (O7YUW)

34 Regarding the fluffy cat - this is a classic longhaired cat sleeping pose, especially when it is warm in the house. Being on their back lets them get maximum airflow to the fluff.
Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at May 02, 2026


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Cats generally prefer it warm. There is a limit, though. When the power was out and we had no A/C during the hurricane of 2012, big Wolf, the black longhair, slept a lot, and Chekov D. Siberian actually panted from time to time.

To be fair, so was I.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 04:05 PM (wzUl9)

35 Farm ferals report. Butterburr the pale yellow male continues to be the most friendly. Likes pets. Rascal the little tortoiseshell mama has finally let MiladyJo pet her, sudden progress. Still skittish, though. Kittens Angel the white with a raccoon tail and Leo the deep yellow-orange with a mane still keep their distance, but let Milady get closer this week, before scurrying off. Sad to say, we haven't seen the stripey kitten for a while.

Also, a skunk seems to have a burrow out in the metal barn. Still working on that one.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's a dangerous world out there at May 02, 2026 04:07 PM (XU9++)

36 @21/Wolfus: "How do we, and they, know it's a dad cardinal? Are the females not brilliant red-and-black?"
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Female cardinals are shades of brown. The male has the vibrant red colouring.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026


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So I suspected. Male birds are often the ones with the colorful plumage.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 04:07 PM (wzUl9)

37 Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 04:08 PM (og9zY)

38 @27/Wolfus: "What is the proper form of address toward a duke?" "

Your Grace. Where kitties are concerned, "You fatbelly", "You tud", or "You furry meatloaf!" is better.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 04:09 PM (O7YUW)

39 As far as my two furry thugs: Dagny is neither more nor less aloof, generally, than before my trip. But she often chooses to sleep next to me at night and during my afternoon nap. Sometimes she even trots in when I call her and settles down next to my legs.

Stirling seemed a little put out that I'd been gone so long. For a day. By Wednesday afternoon he was sleeping next to me again, climbing on me a couple of times a day to milk-tread and get head scritches, and in every way behaving as if I'd never been gone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 04:11 PM (wzUl9)

40 Lucy the Fink only exposes belly to a sunbeam.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 02, 2026 04:17 PM (5jVsn)

41 Sumbitch doesn't like poodles!

https://tinyurl.com/yycz54uh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 04:18 PM (ndZc7)

42 Lucy the Fink only exposes belly to a sunbeam.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 02, 2026 04:17 PM (5jVsn)
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Does she accept tummy rubs? On Tuesdays?

Jasmine never liked rolling over on her back to expose her belly. Kaylee will roll over, but doesn't like tummy rubs.

Penny, Hexie, and to some extent Allie, all LOVE tummy rubs.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 04:22 PM (gnNyN)

43 Joyenz your sister's coworker is doing emotional blackmail. Possibly you and sis can say "take a picture and we'll make you a flyer". "These feral(?) cats keep digging and pooping in my flowerbeds and I will trap them and take them to a shelter in X days. If they are your pets you need to keep them out of my yard" Include the picture she provides. I absolutely agree with your instinct of "no way, we are not taking in probably stolen cats".

A lot of places have laws that if you find a stray you have to notify Animal control and put up some notices, then the owner has X number of days to say that is their pet. If the cats are pets and cow worker traps and takes them to a shelter and owner claims them the shelter or the county will most likely tell the owner that they need to stop letting their pets roam.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 04:27 PM (PV+Zw)

44 Speaking of which: Stirling is informally known as the Duke of Vicksburg. What is the proper form of address toward a duke?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 03:57 PM (wzUl9)


"Your Mayonnaiseness" though "Emulsified" can be used as a third person cognomen.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 04:31 PM (rbvCR)

45 LOL Kindletot

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 04:32 PM (PV+Zw)

46 In spite of Mr. L's best efforts, a robin has built a nest under our deck. Last year, a robin that built a nest in the tree by the deck took off and never had a family. Robins are "flighty" birds!
Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at May 02, 2026 04:03 PM (dyL4B)


IIRC, cock robins build the nests, and can get excited and build a number of them for their girl, who only use one of them.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 04:33 PM (rbvCR)

47 Wow! Thank you for sharing my animals! And yes, they all cohabitate. Saijo is actually afraid of Sabi because Sabi has zero patience for Shiba shenanigans. My other cat, Kovu, will play with Saijo for a little while. They are actually the same size. In summary, Casa de Piper is chaos.

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 04:39 PM (OoFl2)

48 One year birds (sparrows or swallows I think) built a nest and hatched babies in a stag cactus in my yard. I never saw impaled babies but I don't think they survived. I went from seeing baby bird heads poking out of the nest to empty nest.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 04:39 PM (PV+Zw)

49 Perfessor, again, my heart is broken for you. Losing a pet is hard. I wish we had much longer than we do with them, but I remain grateful for how special the love is for each one.

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 04:42 PM (OoFl2)

50 There is a family of little ditflickers (I don't know birds) in a bush where I park at work. Every time I do one of them jumps out of the bush and acts injured trying to lead me away from the nest. You would think they wouldn't see me as a threat as I'm the one who fills the birdfeeder 15 feet away that they eat out of.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 04:43 PM (G4ajv)

51 That calf on that couch is cute, but methinks the couch will soon be off to a dump. Actually I suppose its AI or photoshop, looks too big to be a sickly newborn calf brought into a house in a storm to try to save it.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 04:44 PM (PV+Zw)

52 One year birds (sparrows or swallows I think) built a nest and hatched babies in a stag cactus in my yard. I never saw impaled babies but I don't think they survived. I went from seeing baby bird heads poking out of the nest to empty nest.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 04:39 PM (PV+Zw)
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I used to have a decorative wreath on the outside of my house in which birds built a nest they returned to year after year.

One year I decided to take down the nest. To my surprise, I discovered three living chicks in the nest! I quickly returned the nest to its place in the wreath until the chicks had grown and left the nest.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 04:44 PM (gnNyN)

53 12 Piper, is that handsome white dog the Shiba you've mentioned in the past? There are so many dog breeds that I can't keep up with them (though I am pretty sure I'd know what beast on the couch in the third pic is). Shiba Inu, is that the breed name?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

Yes, he is a Shiba Inu. That is the infamous Soup. lol. And thank you, he is really a good boy, Well sort of, he is a Shiba. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 04:49 PM (OoFl2)

54 She passed knowing that she was loved. Jasmine truly was a blessing from the Lord.

Best regards,

"Perfessor" Squirrel


Truly sorry to hear this. Almost 14 years is a pretty good run. She was a beautiful cat and I know you and her fellow cats will miss her dearly.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 02, 2026 04:50 PM (/HDaX)

55 Nice cowch!

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 04:50 PM (I0N4X)

56 I don't know how many of you remember but I have mentioned my bird brained brother who had the owls. Well looks like he finally got his eagles. 2 of them. Goldens. I haven't been up there to see them yet but soon. Soon. Tomorrow maybe.
Soon I will hunt with eagles.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 04:50 PM (G4ajv)

57 >>>Jasmine never liked rolling over on her back to expose her belly. Kaylee will roll over, but doesn't like tummy rubs.

Penny, Hexie, and to some extent Allie, all LOVE tummy rubs.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

>The feral factory cat would roll over for a rub and latch onto your hand and then engage the bunny kicks and gently bite your fingers. Is that normal?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 04:50 PM (Fbc0I)

58 Just inherited him, my son thinks he is broken. Does any other cat sleep like this? He even lets us trim nails while he is asleep like this
The Pigeonist


My big orange tabby, "Orange" sleeps like this on occasion. But he's not quite so laid back that he'd allow a nail trim in that state.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 02, 2026 04:51 PM (/HDaX)

59 56 I don't know how many of you remember but I have mentioned my bird brained brother who had the owls. Well looks like he finally got his eagles. 2 of them. Goldens. I haven't been up there to see them yet but soon. Soon. Tomorrow maybe.
Soon I will hunt with eagles.
Posted by: Reforger at

That is so cool!

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 04:51 PM (OoFl2)

60 I see a face in amongst the fur of the white sleeping cat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2026 04:52 PM (Cqx++)

61 My condolences, Perfessor.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 04:55 PM (zZu0s)

62 Does she accept tummy rubs?



Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


Sometimes she lets me rub the belly. Sometimes I get the bunny kicks. And she doesn’t mess around. There will be blood.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 02, 2026 04:56 PM (A5RD0)

63 That is so cool!
Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 04:51 PM (OoFl2)

He actually lobied the legeslature to change the law so he could have them. I think he's been hunting for them for at least 6 years now.
Not an easy bird to find or catch.
A huge thank you to a man running for the N. Nevada district in Congress. James Settlemyer.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 04:56 PM (G4ajv)

64 The feral factory cat would roll over for a rub and latch onto your hand and then engage the bunny kicks and gently bite your fingers. Is that normal?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 04:50 PM (Fbc0I)


It is abnormal if they don't. It is a form of play, and it sounds like she knew how to play with humans. The standard setting is to draw blood and gnaw trying to find bones.

In my opinion, the best thing to do in that situation is to say "ow" and stop, the cat will let go unless it is really pissed or too wound up. If you jerk away, the problem is that cats are designed to keep prey from escaping and it is like yanking your hand out of a can full of treble-hooks

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 04:58 PM (rbvCR)

65 The feral factory cat would roll over for a rub and latch onto your hand and then engage the bunny kicks and gently bite your fingers. Is that normal?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 04:50 PM (Fbc0I)
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Hexie says, "Yes!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 04:59 PM (gnNyN)

66 In my opinion, the best thing to do in that situation is to say "ow" and stop, the cat will let go unless it is really pissed or too wound up. If you jerk away, the problem is that cats are designed to keep prey from escaping and it is like yanking your hand out of a can full of treble-hooks
Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 04:58 PM (rbvCR)
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Yeah, Hexie and Allie will bite, but they stop whenever I say "ow." Allie's teeth are *very* sharp but she rarely draws blood.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 05:01 PM (gnNyN)

67 I'm the only one that my wifes cat will let give him belly rubs. It has not been a bloodless process. I've leared the signs when he has had enough now but early on he would just snap and I'd get all four feet and the teeth.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 05:03 PM (G4ajv)

68 Yeah, Hexie and Allie will bite, but they stop whenever I say "ow." Allie's teeth are *very* sharp but she rarely draws blood.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 05:01 PM (gnNyN)

My tom-kitten Sejong had no self restraint as a kitten and would not stop biting -- He had no peer age playmates and the adult cats just put up with him. When Becca showed up she taught him to not play so hard, so he has calmed down a lot.

Sejong would have kitten tantrums when I carried him inside from playing, he would bite my arm repeatedly. I wore long sleeve shirts on purpose

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 05:04 PM (rbvCR)

69
narf

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 05:05 PM (rbvCR)

70 Wolfus Saturday work isn't happening much

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:10 PM (Ia/+0)

71 I'm the only one that my wifes cat will let give him belly rubs.

Love to rub my Senegal parrots belly with my nose, like the first day we met.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 02, 2026 05:13 PM (Kt19C)

72 Kentucky Derby should be up soon

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:13 PM (Ia/+0)

73 Wolfus Saturday work isn't happening much
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:10 PM (Ia/+0)

I'd be happy to share.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 05:16 PM (zZu0s)

74 >>>The feral factory cat would roll over for a rub and latch onto your hand and then engage the bunny kicks and gently bite your fingers. Is that normal?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 04:50 PM (Fbc0I)
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Hexie says, "Yes!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

>And what is the deal when the cat sits on your knee and begins kneading dough? I know very little about cat behavior because I've never been owned by one. Seems friendly enough.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 05:17 PM (Fbc0I)

75 One of the kittens decided to go catch a snake, so i had to rescue the poor thing.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 05:18 PM (rbvCR)

76 72 Kentucky Derby should be up soon
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:13

Derby hats on my x feed, for those interested!

Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2026 05:18 PM (p4NUW)

77 And what is the deal when the cat sits on your knee and begins kneading dough? I know very little about cat behavior because I've never been owned by one. Seems friendly enough.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 05:17 PM (Fbc0I)


Nursing behavior.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 02, 2026 05:19 PM (/HDaX)

78 Posted by: PaleRider at May 02, 2026 04:27 PM (PV+Zw)

She's not going to take them to a shelter. She's planning to dump them in the middle of nowhere.

Posted by: Joyenz at May 02, 2026 05:22 PM (2F0/Y)

79 >>Soon I will hunt with eagles.

I've only seen a couple eagles around here but we have an abundance of osprey. Some of the fish off the park I talk Elvis walking.

Very cool birds.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2026 05:26 PM (viF8m)

80 Thanks, CBD, for making a short out of that video.

Those babies were gone in like 2 weeks. How fast they grow up!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 05:31 PM (w6EFb)

81 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

82 So sorry that you lost Jasmine, Perfessor. It's so hard.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 05:33 PM (w6EFb)

83 Awww. That was so beautiful Professer.

And Piper - such beautiful pets.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 06:29 PM (Sco7b)

84 A belated note - I buy indoor Friskies for my fat cat. I thought I'd try Meow Mix for indoor cats. She refused to eat it. Purry refused to eat it. Sammy and Bunny refused to eat it.

I dumped it on the edge of the lawn near the woods.

Nothing has eaten it. And there are possums and raccoons that peruse there.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 07:06 PM (w6EFb)

85 Prayers for Sister. Our lab mix decided she had had just enough of Wylie Coyote passing up the arroyo behind us and jumped 5 feet high and 8 feet down this am. Despite what is likely a metacarpal non displaced frx foreleg she chased him a couple hundred yards before we were able to intercept her. Of course the nearest vet who sees weekend emergencies is 3 hours away. I still have many supplies in my med bag so splinting was a breeze, but we have to wait 48hrs before we can get her to our vet Monday. Yes, I may be people doctor but got to learn and practice vet medicine a few deployments a while back. Fortunately they were sniffers, not attack types.

Posted by: epador at May 02, 2026 07:35 PM (4JN6A)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, May 2

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From NorCal Sierra Foothills Lurker

These were here when we moved here, 30 years ago. They’ve never thrived but they produce a few flowers every year.

Gorgeous. And it's amazing that it has survived that long. I think that's a bearded iris, but you live in Pacific Coast Iris territory. Here are two photos said to be of 'Chief Sequoia', an iris of this type. The first is from Garden.org, the second from Pcn. You can decide for your self if one of them might be mis-identified.

There are also hybrids between Pacific Coast irises and bearded irises that are easier to grow outside their territory.

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And here is a link to the Pacific Coast Iris page from Heritage Irises, based in New Zealand, with links to other iris blogs from around the world. You will note that some Pacific Coast Irises have tan or brown tones.

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Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Kindltot:

I did my first canning for the season. The rhubarb is just getting ready to harvest.

I also bought lids for quite a while, because they were on sale. Fillmore Container has the lids on sale, if you buy regular mouth Superb canning lids, they are $.08 each, if you buy the case.

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Great deal! Happy Canning!


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Ah, Nature

Plants can sense the sound of rain, a new study finds
Experiments by MIT engineers show rice seeds sprout faster to the sound of rain.

Cheers,
TRex

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The next time you find yourself lulled by the patter of rain outside your window, think how that same sprinkle might sound if you were a tiny seed planted directly below a free-falling droplet. Would you still be similarly soothed?

In fact, MIT engineers have found the opposite to be the case: Some seeds may come alive to the sound of rain. In experiments with rice seeds, the team found that the sound of falling droplets effectively shook the seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate at a faster rate compared with seeds that were not exposed to the same sound vibrations.

Thanks for passing this along, TRex! Fascinating. Rain sounds at the link.

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Puttering

Last week's Hobby Thread featured honey bees, which sort of overlap with the Gardening thread.

But what if, instead of culturing hives of bees, you wanted to start a butterfly house, or volunteer at one, or visit one? Maybe you could hatch some Glasswing Butterflies!

This is distinctive - 15 Butterfly Species to Spot on (Almost) Every Continent

7. Glasswing (Greta oto):

The breeding season begins when male butterflies form leks and attempt to attract mates. Males consuming Asteraceae flowers extract pyrrolizidine alkaloids, compounds that enhance their scent to attract females.

This behavior is common among male ithomiine butterflies, including glasswings.

The butterfly species mates polygynously. Males compete fiercely in communal areas, using scent signals derived from pyrrolizidine alkaloids obtained from their diet of toxic plants. These signals are vital for reproductive success and allow males to stand out.

Some male butterflies of other species, like swallowtails, may gather at mud puddles or stream banks for moisture and minerals.

The butterfly species mates polygynously. Males compete fiercely in communal areas, using scent signals derived from pyrrolizidine alkaloids obtained from their diet of toxic plants. These signals are vital for reproductive success and allow males to stand out.

What Do Adult Butterflies Eat?
The adult butterfly feeds on nectar from perennial flowering plants, including various members of the Asteraceae family. Their diet supports high energy demands for long-distance flight, and the secondary chemicals they ingest help reinforce their toxic defense strategy.

Butterflies obtain these chemicals by drinking from toxic plants or even decaying organic matter, depending on availability. While their appearance may suggest fragility, their physiology and diet are well-adapted to the rigors of tropical life.

Where Do Glasswings Live?
Glasswing butterflies are found throughout Costa Rica and other South American countries like Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador. Their habitat includes humid forests and rainforest edges, often at elevations where other tropical lepidoptera thrive.

Population density differences can occur based on habitat, food availability, and environmental conditions.

Glasswings are arboreal and spend much of their life in the canopy, away from the forest floor. Their preferred host plants include species in the Solanaceae family, where eggs are typically laid.

So it sounds like they get toxic chemicals from two families of plants! And they look so delicate!

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Gardens of The Horde

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From NorCal Sierra Foothills Lurker

These are some of the wildflowers on our property before Honey weedeats everything.

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Just wanted to show you the pond lillies. They’re opening today.

Respectfully,
CrotchetyOldJarhead

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Those are wonderful!

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Hope everyone has a nice weekend.


If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:

ktinthegarden at g mail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread Apr 25

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 01:33 PM




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1 Good afternoon Greenthumbs

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 01:34 PM (Ia/+0)

2 We have Purple Iris starting to open, as well as some azalea.
Really need to go cut the lawn.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 01:36 PM (Ia/+0)

3 If anyone's searching for neat clematis, check out WilsonBrosGarden dot com. Gorgeous!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 01:39 PM (w6EFb)

4 My redbud tree has been attacked by borers. Had to cut the tallest center branch. I hope the whole thing doesn't go south. I suspect it was drought conditions that brought this on. We've been so distracted by other issues, I never realized we were 4" short on rain this year.

Any tips?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 01:41 PM (w6EFb)

5 Pretty lilies!

We left all our irises in Nocal. sigh

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 02, 2026 01:42 PM (kGf4g)

6 Did see a sign on way home from a job that home grown honey is advertised. Could also use some beeswax so wonder if a place with honey might have some as well.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 01:44 PM (Ia/+0)

7 If you grow irises, it may be worth looking into that heritage iris site, with links to specialists in different types of irises from around the world.

Posted by: KT at May 02, 2026 01:44 PM (7vIsy)

8 Specialists might be able to provide information on dividing those bearded irises, for example.

Posted by: KT at May 02, 2026 01:46 PM (7vIsy)

9 What gorgeous irises! The Vegas showgirls of the flower world.

Crotchety Old Jarhead, that lilypond needs a bullfrog or three. Do you get critters in your garden?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 01:47 PM (kpS4V)

10 I have been buying irises at the Historical Iris Preservation Society sale. This year, the irises I brought with me are in bloom, and I am getting blooms on some of the new ones.

I planted 6 fruit trees last week. I still need to plant 3. Will try and get to them today. Then I can finally plant the beds and just water. The trees look good, so I'm hopeful they take okay.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 02, 2026 01:48 PM (wOXCn)

11 COJ, your garden is gorgeous. Pond lilies are so unique. That little splash of color. (SWIDT?)Nature is so interesting.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2026 01:49 PM (kJmSS)

12 Miley, if it's borders, there's a systemic drench you can apply just once a year to control them. Not sure how helpful it is if the infestation is very bad, but if it's mild it should work. It's by Fertilome, called Tree snd Shrub drench. Supposed to help with Japanese beetles, too.

I don't think a drought of one year would be enough to hurt an established tree. Is it old enough to maybe just be at the end of its lifestyle?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2026 01:49 PM (Vvh2V)

13 Tried to grow water lilies in my little pond at my old place, and tossed a few cheap goldfish in there (along with mosquito fish). Raccoons thought it was a sushi place with a salad bar.

Posted by: MartynWW at May 02, 2026 01:52 PM (M9zxq)

14 My azalea which was covered in ugly brown leaves which I had diagnosed from the internet as winter burn has recovered nicely. I have double blossoms scattered over the plant and the ,eaves have miraculously turned green as well as sending out new growth. It must be a different variety than what I see everywhere around here. They all are covered with small tight blossoms. Mine are scattered but doubled, tripled and big. Will try and send so,e photos for next week.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2026 01:52 PM (kJmSS)

15 152 Kentucky Derby is later today, probably after 4:30 or there about

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 01:53 PM (Ia/+0)

16 The iris would bloom more if it were lifted so that the rhizome got more sunlight on it. Best done towards the end of summer, but if you don't mind skipping a year of bloom, you can move it any time after the blooms fade. That's what I do, as I am constitutionally unable to be outside in this Arkansas humidity at the end of August. I agree, it looks like a bearded iris.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2026 01:55 PM (Vvh2V)

17 Pond Lillies has a nice sound, bu Lilly Pads not as much.

Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2026 02:02 PM (LHPAg)

18 Mother's Day is traditionally the safe day to plant vegetables here, but SE Michigan is experiencing unseasonably cool weather, so it may be a couple weeks before I can plant my increasingly gangly tomato plants and peppers.

I say this every year, but next year I may just buy plants at the nursery.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 02:05 PM (kpS4V)

19 Tammy, this tree was planted in the ground in 2024. 5 years ago it was a stick from the Arbor Day foundation. Since it was in a pot for 3 years, it's survived stress. I thought it would do well.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 02:06 PM (w6EFb)

20 ....I am constitutionally unable to be outside in this Arkansas humidity at the end of August.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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It's gotta be tough being a Dixie Viking.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 02:07 PM (kpS4V)

21 Love those hybrid irises! I have tried planting some, but I put them into the same bed as my purple irises, and they all turn purple within a year or two.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 02:08 PM (rGqqI)

22 The damn squirrels keep digging up my hosta bulbs. They don't even take bites! I gave up and put the remaining bulbs in a pot.

Little bastards. 🐿️

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 02:09 PM (kpS4V)

23 Fertilome, called Tree and Shrub drench. Supposed to help with Japanese beetles, too.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2026 01:49 PM (Vvh2V)

It says to use 1 oz/gal water per inch of tree circumference. Do they mean the canopy or are they talking about the trunk? Because this one has a series of trunks, less than 2" around. The whole canopy circumference is more like 18 feet.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 02:13 PM (w6EFb)

24 I was throwing rocks at a raccoon at 3 am. He's a bold fucker. Been washing his paws in Bunny's water every night.

My aim is horrible. I mean really, really bad.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 02:16 PM (w6EFb)

25 Bunny killed a cardinal yesterday. So sad.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 02:20 PM (w6EFb)

26 24 I was throwing rocks at a raccoon at 3 am. He's a bold fucker. Been washing his paws in Bunny's water every night.

My aim is horrible. I mean really, really bad.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

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Sitting right here, boss.

https://tinyurl.com/ytm7e2mb

Posted by: Let me help at May 02, 2026 02:23 PM (2Ez/1)

27 Posted by: Let me help at May 02, 2026 02:23 PM (2Ez/1)

I already have one, but need to replace the tubing.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 02:29 PM (w6EFb)

28 So is Fertilome pronounced "Fer-TIL-o-may"?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 02, 2026 02:30 PM (w6EFb)

29 Have a bunch of teeny tiny flies in one of my plants, a peony. It has sent up hardly any shoots so far when my hydrangeas look fine. I have tried killing them with stuff easy on plants but hasn't worked. I also can't seem to get the pot to dry out. Beginning to think I have to just junk it and start over. Any thoughts?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2026 02:38 PM (kJmSS)

30 If you grow irises, it may be worth looking into that heritage iris site, with links to specialists in different types of irises from around the world.
Posted by: KT at May 02, 2026 01:44 PM (7vIsy)


Keizer Oregon has a big Iris grower, Keizer has an iris festival. Cooley's Gardens was one in Silverton, but unfortunately they closed about ten years ago.
Just north of Salem, on the I-5 you can see the Schreiner Iris fields blooming, and there are presentation gardens associated, they are lovely showcases of the flowers they offer.

https://www.schreinersgardens.com/

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 02:49 PM (rbvCR)

31 I can't see water lilies without thinking of Goldberry in LOTR.

Posted by: JTB at May 02, 2026 02:50 PM (yTvNw)

32 The damn squirrels keep digging up my hosta bulbs. They don't even take bites! I gave up and put the remaining bulbs in a pot.

Little bastards. 🐿️
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 02:09 PM (kpS4V)


Have you considered claymores, or other command detonated mines? They are not just for home defense, anymore.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR)

33 Miley, I think it's trunk circumference. Or maybe height? Do you see frass on the tree? Did you take goid care of it in the pit? I suppose even a short term drought could shock it if it went from being meticulously cared for in a pot, to being plopped in the ground. But I'd have done the same thing. We'll, that's a lie, I seldom pot anything up that's going in the ground eventually. That's exactly what one is supposed to do, but I figure the little beggars might as well get used to their conditions early on. I think FUR-ti-lome is tbe pronunciation. I have coons, too, and I bring our cats' water in at night. I have a love hate relationship with them. They crap all over our deck and dig up my flower containers ( because I use Biotone and Flower Tone) but thry are so adorable!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2026 03:13 PM (Vvh2V)

34 I made my first batch of pesto from my basil plants. The difference between fresh basil and the dried, store-bought product is amazing. After a month after planting, too!

Posted by: mrp at May 02, 2026 03:15 PM (rj6Yv)

35 Sharon, I'd repot the peony. And not too deep. They don't like having wet feet, especially if they aren't getting enough sun, and the only want an inch or two of soil above them. I've never gown a peony in a pot before, but you might have fungus gnats from overly wet soil.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2026 03:16 PM (Vvh2V)

36 Good lord, take good care of it in the pot, sorry.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2026 03:17 PM (Vvh2V)

37 A Bunny tried to kill a President, so not surprised a little bird was killed.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 03:18 PM (Ia/+0)

38 Have to get basil, my chives and oregano are going.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 03:19 PM (Ia/+0)

39 We just planted more fruits last week. A nectarine already has a flower on it. Not very photogenic, but delightful.

There are small patches on either side of the front porch that aren't that easy to get to with the rider mower. So now there are azaleas.

It's been a very nice Spring.

Posted by: mindful webworker - someday an orchard at May 02, 2026 03:21 PM (XU9++)

40 I've never had iris revert, but those old fashioned purple ones can absolutely choke other, less vigorous hybridized iris out. I'd be upset if I paid an outrageous price for an iris only to have it revert!

And yes, Eris, it's rough being a Dixie Viking! My ancestry is half Norwegian, the other half mostly various flavors of British. I have less than half percent of Native America, and Sub- Saharan African, but neither seems to have contributed heat tolerance to my genetic traits!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2026 03:25 PM (Vvh2V)

41 Barely got a garden comment in in time.

Pet Thread Nood
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419533

Posted by: mindful webworker - wallowing willowed at May 02, 2026 03:29 PM (XU9++)

42 I would say very cool Spring here so far, have had a couple very nice days but barely 60 today again

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 03:30 PM (Ia/+0)

43 >>>In experiments with rice seeds, the team found that the sound of falling droplets effectively shook the seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate at a faster rate compared with seeds that were not exposed to the same sound vibrations.

>So if you put a sprinkler in the garden, the seeds will respond to the water droplets raining down on them? Astonishing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 03:31 PM (Fbc0I)

44 31 I can't see water lilies without thinking of Goldberry in LOTR.
Posted by: JTB at May 02
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Save this kind of comment for the book thread!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 03:34 PM (kpS4V)

45 From Boise area: Every Sat. in May is booked, so my posts will be late every week. This past week, lows 34-52 F, highs 57-79. This coming week, all high temps predicted about 80!

Early in the week, I up-potted peppers - total survivors 5 poblano, 3 red bell, 3 orange bell. They'll probably go to the mini-greenhouse next week. SunGold cherry tomato starts are getting very leggy. Irrigation water is on, but the zone where we put these starts into tomato pots is not set up yet, so they're been put in the mini-greenhouse for now (as has the big potted rosemary). Lots of irrigation testing tomorrow. Husband can run the raised bed area manually, so lots of seed planting tomorrow too. We still need to buy 2 slicing and 2 paste tomatoes.

Mowing has already commenced - whatever the walk-behind mower bags up, is now getting mixed with the straw from the (failed) experiment of covering the asparagus bed. (That bed will now get some broccolini and some peppers.)

We bought native plants for our new dry-stacked stone bed, and I can get those planted as well. Beans and peas can't go in until we get that zone set up - may not get any good peas in this heat, but we'll try.

Posted by: Pat* at May 02, 2026 10:38 PM (kVuZu)

Turning long stories into short stories

declar trump.jpg


How many people here expected the visit between President Trump and King Charles to turn out as friendly as it did? Somehow, the long history between the UK and the USA became just a personal visit. How did that happen?

A lot of surprising things have happened this week that are based in long stories. But some of the events which occurred during the week took me by surprise. They fit well in Ace's "Quick Hits".

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I think that sometimes seeing a story in the Babylon Bee tends to turn it into a short story, too. Some of their commentary on last Saturday's big event: Poll Shows Majority Of Democrats Believe Lincoln Assassination Staged

U.S. — The growing rift between the political right and left in the country became even more evident this week, as a new poll showed that a majority of Democrats believe the Lincoln assassination was staged.

Though long held to be a historical fact, a plurality of Democratic voters went on record in a research study to confirm that they now suspect that President Abraham Lincoln was never actually assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, and that the entire incident was simply an elaborate hoax.

"That whole situation was suspicious," lifelong Democrat Dean Stinson posted on social media. "Sure, the government and the educational system want you to believe that President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater, but let's be honest here, things don't add up. First of all, do you know what John Wilkes Booth did for a living? That's right — he was an actor. Actors literally spend their time playing roles and pretending. Sounds like just the guy you'd want to pull off a staged assassination, am I right?" . . .

Unfortunately, the right-ish "all-conspiracy" site I mentioned last week also suggested that the attempted assassination could have been staged to increase Trump's popularity. No consideration was given to how the suspect was recruited.

Back to the Bee:

Media Still Stumped As To Motive Of Gunman With Manifesto Titled 'Why I'm Going To Kill Donald J. Trump'

U.S. — Members of the national media remained completely baffled as to the target or motive of a gunman carrying a detailed, 47-page manifesto entitled "Why I'm Going To Kill Donald J. Trump."

The document reportedly provided a handy bullet-pointed list of grievances along with a helpful table of contents detailing primary and secondary motivations for wanting to kill the president, but after hours of reviewing the manifesto, journalists came up empty as to who the gunman may have been targeting and why.

"It's a mystery," said CBS correspondent Norah O'Donnell, thumbing through the papers. "See right here, the gunman says that he plans to use a gun to shoot President Donald J. Trump, and explains that he's doing so because he believes that Trump is a dangerous fascist who must be stopped at all costs. I wonder who the gunman is talking about here? Who was he after that night, and for what reason? We may never know."

Experts explained that the gunman's repeated references to President Trump, including a chapter called "Yes, Trump Is My Target, And Here Is Why," should not be taken as definitive evidence of intent.

"This is going to be a tough nut to crack," said CNN's Kaitlan Collins. "We're looking at everything. What drove this man to attempt such a heinous act? Was it class imbalance? Was it gluten? The search has only just begun."


And the "all-conspiracy" site is in a double-quandary, since they don't trust anyone to accurately report what the manifesto says. But this might get them going:


Forty-five years before the alleged assassination attempt against President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday night, a different President was shot at the same Washington, D.C., hotel.

Then-President Ronald Reagan was outside the Washington Hilton, the venue where the WHCA dinner is held each year, in 1981 when a man named John Hinckley Jr. made an attempt on his life.


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ENDLESS NEWS IN CALIFORNIA

The BEE

Homeless Declare Victory In Gavin Newsom's Fight Against Homelessness

Heh.

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The problem we deal with every day, via Ed Driscoll:

More details in this thread. We do not need a Democratic presidential candidate from California next time around:


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WEEKEND

The Week In Pictures: Missed Me Again Edition

Leading the week’s news was the Democrats’ third failed assassination attempt against President Trump. Murder isn’t funny, but that didn’t prevent meme-makers from weighing in. The rest of the week’s news was lighter: King Charles visited America and addressed Congress, and it turned out that Democrats love kings after all. James Comey was indicted, the SPLC continued to draw fire, and Ilhan Omar displayed a remarkable grasp of world history.

So here we go–The Week In Pictures, Missed Me Again Edition. This week features three pirate-related memes, which must be a record. Watch for them:

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Music

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs


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Last week's thread, April 25, A visit with an all-conspiracy influencer site

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:16 AM




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1 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 11:17 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Somehow a copy of the Constitution will be lost on King Chuck, might as well be written in Arabic.
But then he might be able to read that for all I know

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 11:19 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Hi, Skip!

Posted by: KT at May 02, 2026 11:21 AM (7vIsy)

4 It did make me smile. Thanks for the music and the rest of the thread, K.T.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 11:23 AM (Yl2Ob)

5 Report: Trump Says UFC Cage Construction at White House Begins Next Week

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Hold on there.
- Judge Komonaiwannalaya

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:23 AM (ndZc7)

6 Good morning and good post K.T. … wow it’s roomy in here this morning

Posted by: kelly at May 02, 2026 11:24 AM (5g2X+)

7 Reminder: The gay burrito was wrapped up like a lame gay burrito.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)

8 I was really surprised at how quickly the mood of the King Charles visit changed things. I think it is partly due to the way our media and social media are now structured.

Posted by: KT at May 02, 2026 11:26 AM (7vIsy)

9 Trump Tells German Chancellor Merz “Fix Your Broken Country,” Weighs Pulling Troops From Spain and Italy

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Is Chuck One Hundred Eleven listening?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)

10 And I thought the Jews were tricksey!

Iran Considers Explosive Dolphins to Strike Back at U.S. Blockade

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:28 AM (ndZc7)

11 Speaking of "gay burritos", the "all conspiracy" site characterized Trump's comments on the Secret Service as "gay" because he called them "strong" and "attractive" as a group rather than say, "well-trained".

Posted by: KT at May 02, 2026 11:30 AM (7vIsy)

12 First of all, do you know what John Wilkes Booth did for a living? That's right — he was an actor. Actors literally spend their time playing roles and pretending. Sounds like just the guy you'd want to pull off a staged assassination, am I right?" . . .

I don't know how many of you remember the cartoonist Peter Bagge. His most famous creation was "Buddy Bradley," a cynical, foul-mouthed semi-slacker living in Seattle. He also had a parody of a talk-show host named "Studs Kirby."

I bring this up because one of the "Kirby" stories had him interviewing a conspiracy professor who insisted that Booth was a time-traveler dressed as Marilyn Monroe to seduce and kill Lincoln, but returning to the present time drove him crazy and he was now in prison under the name of Charlie Manson.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 02, 2026 11:32 AM (qRla/)

13 KT, thank you for all you do.

We live in remarkable times!

We could power dynamos and national grids with the changes in narratives from the Dems.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02, 2026 11:33 AM (u82oZ)

14 Every normal person in this country needs to stop using the terms Progrsssive, Liberal, Left etc and label everyone associated with insane policies and insane violence as "Democrat" Let the D alone act as a label for the insanity. It might resonate in the voting booth with the small percentage of low info voters who are not the fully committed Useful Idiots that Lenin spoke of.

Posted by: Reprogramming the bots at May 02, 2026 11:33 AM (guCKp)

15 Iran Considers Explosive Dolphins to Strike Back at U.S. Blockade
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Eventually the laser sharks and LSD-enhanced explosive dolphins are going to join forces and turn on us.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 11:33 AM (kpS4V)

16 Eyes Wide Shut.

Legendary Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick’s Daughter Attacks Erika Kirk, Demands Trump “Kill” Turning Point USA

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:35 AM (ndZc7)

17 I thought this was quite a good, thoughtful editorial from "The Christian Post- "Exposing darkness or consuming it. The fine line every Christian must walk.":

https://tinyurl.com/3xf2925v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 11:36 AM (PXbw4)

18 9 Trump Tells German Chancellor Merz “Fix Your Broken Country,” Weighs Pulling Troops From Spain and Italy
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I like the part where Germany gave Trump permission to pull our troops.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 11:36 AM (Lw/3D)

19 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Good luck with that.

Turning on humanity is a fatal mistake. We humans are the most deadly mammal in the entire world.

No worried from killer sharks or IED dolphins.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02, 2026 11:37 AM (u82oZ)

20 Robert Downey Jr. Says Modern Celebrity Culture Is “Absolute Horses***”

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Well, he did play Sherlock Holmes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:37 AM (ndZc7)

21 {{{All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes }}}

Just because you raise the level of conversation.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02, 2026 11:38 AM (u82oZ)

22 I can't comment at PowerLine, so I'll say it here. The ships representing "Nazis" are actually from the Kaiser's High Sea Fleet.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 02, 2026 11:39 AM (AlhUl)

23 I watched again the 1981 video of Reagan being shot at that hotel. The Secret Service Agents were all over the shooter quickly, and at least one agent appeared to try to get in the way of the bullets. I believe he got off six shots, which might have taken only two seconds. So, was that good protection?

One agent pulled out an Uzi (or similar).

Trump's incident: why have a bunch of law enforcement guarding the entrance if only one has eyes on the pathway of the threat?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 02, 2026 11:39 AM (Fg64+)

24 > Every normal person in this country needs to stop using the terms Progrsssive, Liberal, Left etc and label everyone associated with insane policies and insane violence as "Democrat"
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Probably a good idea. They continually use Trump/MAGA in their denigration of nominal Republicans. Or "right wing." But there's no mistaking who they mean; us.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 11:39 AM (jehhT)

25 They think that because they would do it. I'm sure they considered fabricating some threat against the terribly unpopular Brandon. But, first of all, there's no way they could trust him to stay on script, and even if he did, a majority of Americans would shrug and say "it doesn't make much difference, he's already effectively dead anyway."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 02, 2026 11:39 AM (BI5O2)

26 Great music KT! Thanks.

Here's an alternate source:
https://youtu.be/cKF5X5dJE9Q

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 11:39 AM (2Ez/1)

27 As to the Babylon Bee I have no traffic with them.
This nation is in a fight for its life internally and externally. It's fine that some have the constitution for such humor, personally, I find it defamatory.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 11:39 AM (Lw/3D)

28 Caitlin Clark Takes Another Flagrant Hit — 13 Free Throws Later, Questions Mount Over WNBA Officiating

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Basketball thugs? Why, I never heard of such!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:41 AM (ndZc7)

29 - I just watched this. Put up 3 or 4 hours ago. About 6 min long.

https://tinyurl.com/5hyy3uft

I guess ace and others gonna have to add congresswoman Luna to the list of wacko, conspiracy nuts.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 02, 2026 11:41 AM (PpROq)

30 The Bee article would have been improved if it was a copy of the Magna Carta. A reminder of what Britain was and its responsibilities for its subjects.

Unlike the paramilitary police state of today, where the Neo-Vandals and Neo-Visigoths get to r@pe and plunder (literally aided by said police!) while the citizens are jailed for "mean tweets".

Posted by: Another Anon at May 02, 2026 11:42 AM (4h45B)

31 Missed Powerline week in pictures until now.
Some really good ones

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 11:42 AM (Ia/+0)

32 Trump's incident: why have a bunch of law enforcement guarding the entrance if only one has eyes on the pathway of the threat?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 02, 2026 11:39 AM (Fg64+)

They were probably not taking it seriously. They're all from DC; those of them who don't actively want him to die don't care if he lives or not, and all of them resent having to guard Orangemanbad when they could be on a beat somewhere shaking down hookers for BJs and selling stolen drugs.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 02, 2026 11:42 AM (BI5O2)

33 'Commies' is so much more accurate and easy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)

34 Judging by that picture, King Charlie needs to up his Metamucil intake.

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 11:43 AM (I0N4X)

35 It's fine that some have the constitution for such humor, personally, I find it defamatory.

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

Lighten up, Francis.
If you can't laugh at life, no have no life.

Posted by: MkY at May 02, 2026 11:44 AM (q6tQZ)

36 21 {{{All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes }}}

Just because you raise the level of conversation.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02, 2026 11:38 AM (u82oZ)
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I can always be counted on to lower the level of discourse.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 11:45 AM (kpS4V)

37 Housing foreclosures highest in 6 years!
People can not afford to pay their mortgages

Gasoline st national avg of $4.45

IT IS ALL ABOUT THE ECONOMY STUPID that is THE mid term issue

Posted by: Paul at May 02, 2026 11:46 AM (ZRQNi)

38 Trump giving there framed copy of the Declaration would have been funny. Having a copy of the Declaration of Independence with Trump's signature on it is sacrilege.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 11:46 AM (Lw/3D)

39 I don't think "The Babylon Bee" is defamatory. I think it's humorous. They also have their serious website, "Not the Bee." It's clear they're conservative Christians.

Your mileage may vary which is your right and privilege , and I'm not in the mood for arguing today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 11:47 AM (sk+Tm)

40
Lighten up, Francis.
If you can't laugh at life, no have no life.
Posted by: MkY
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Anything goes

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 11:47 AM (Lw/3D)

41 Magna Carta would have been better

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 11:48 AM (Ia/+0)

42 Tim Graham: The Elitist Media Despise Black Conservatives

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Also white conservatives and, as were seeing with the Acting Secretary of the Navy, yellow conservatives.

Red brown yellow black and white
We will hate them all on sight
Elites hate the conservatives of the world

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7)

43 39 I don't think "The Babylon Bee" is defamatory. I think it's humorous. They also have their serious website, "Not the Bee." It's clear they're conservative Christians.

Your mileage may vary which is your right and privilege , and I'm not in the mood for arguing today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Well, that settles it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 11:49 AM (Lw/3D)

44 Turning long stories into short stories is sort of the concept of building a meme. Distilling the long narrative into a quick, slick shot that goes down smooth, with enough discontinuities and awkward corners to make a second thought obligatory, which turns it into introspection on the subject. It is the opposite of a stage magician's "prestige", the observer is tempted into figuring out the trick on his own.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 11:50 AM (rbvCR)

45 The best memes make people knot up like a cut snake.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 11:51 AM (rbvCR)

46 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 11:49 AM (Lw/3D)

I didn't say it settles it. I just said I didn't want to argue about it. I don't even want to argue about arguing. 😉 Have a nice day. I'm out.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 11:52 AM (2sfNr)

47 20 Robert Downey Jr. Says Modern Celebrity Culture Is “Absolute Horses***”

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Well, he did play Sherl


Right? I see that RDJ has completely withdrawn from that culture and no longer uses it to make obscene amounts of money for very little work.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

48 If you look at public life in America and don't just burst out laughing at least a dozen times a week, you must have had your sense of humor burned off in a tragic fire at a comedy club or something.

The collapse of this particular republic has such a uniquely unserious, farcical flavor to it that it's all just one big, slow-rolling joke. It's a dark, twisted joke with a bloodsoaked punchline, but you can't ignore how funny it so often is.

A gay Chipotle burrito attacked the President and shot a cop. A fucking furry, of all things, killed a major political figure. Brandon was President four of history's funniest years. Anerica is like a Monty Python sketch in Hell.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 02, 2026 11:52 AM (BI5O2)

49 Thx K.T., hope all is well.
Watched the Maher segment with Newsom. You literally want to slap him every time he lies. I actually hope the Dems nominate him in 28, I think he'll be easier to beat than Harris

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 02, 2026 11:55 AM (gu0hJ)

50 It occurs to me that the latest assassination attempt was at an event with (mostly) Democrats... the media and print "journalists." I would wager the security was somewhat lax as it was, basically, an event held in enemy territory with mostly enemy participants.

Who'd be crazy enough to shoot-up their own house?

Well, that should be a consideration for the Secret Service, no? Bet it is now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 11:57 AM (jehhT)

51 Paul's a nickelfucker, but I'm afraid he hits on a truth: most people vote only based on their personal circumstances. There are very few (the Horde excepted) who can vote while seeing the larger picture of a nuclear Iran, a destabilized ME and ongoing domestic insurrection. Reagan's "are you better off than you were four years ago?" remains, IMO, the central political message for any politician.

I frankly think the GOP deserves to lose the midterms, but my opinion doesn't matter.* If gasoline prices remain at their current high (about $4/gal in my area), then voters are going to wonder, rightly, why Trump is dicking around every country in the world and not taking care of the working American stiff.

*I am, after all, only an asshole commenter on a Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 02, 2026 11:57 AM (qRla/)

52
The purpose of a meme is to disturb the humorless, and to humor the disturbed.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 11:57 AM (2Ez/1)

53
Poor Caitlin Clark! Can you believe what those mean girls are doing to her? You gotta watch the WNBA!!!

Green dildos are too respectful.

Posted by: Auspex at May 02, 2026 11:58 AM (DECkL)

54 Mary4P they may deserve to lose but the country cant afford it.
We would see another show impeachment, everything President Trump tried would be stopped. That disfunction would most likely lead to a All Democrat/ Marxist takeover in 2028

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

55 *I am, after all, only an asshole commenter on a Smart Military Blog.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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Economy (GPD) is up 2% this quarter, 181,000 jobs added in '25, and 130,000 in January of this year alone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 12:03 PM (Lw/3D)

56 Carried over from Coffee Thread:
On the other hand, doing to little allows atrophy. But yes, it appears everything has its lifespan.

Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss-shay,
That was built in such a logical way?
It ran a hundred years to a day,
And then, of a sudden, it—ah, but stay,
I'll tell you what happened without delay.
Posted by: Kindltot


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Only So Many Shots in a Cannon - a limerick

There once was a horse named Maloney
Who called exercise a "bunch of baloney"
Ninety nine times he tried
But on the hundredth he died
It seems he was a One-Last-Trick Pony

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 12:06 PM (I0N4X)

57 The Babylon Bee produces the sharpest satire on the Internet. The nineteenth century had Thomas Nast, we have the Bee.

Posted by: mrp at May 02, 2026 12:07 PM (rj6Yv)

58 41 Magna Carta would have been better

fight card > big card

Posted by: anachronda at May 02, 2026 12:08 PM (xDvMN)

59 I guess ace and others gonna have to add congresswoman Luna to the list of wacko, conspiracy nuts.
Posted by: TeeJ at May 02, 2026 11:41 AM (PpROq)


She talks about mass migration as a weapon against the west, UFOs, UAPs and the Book of Enoch, and this is what makes you think she is focused on hidden conspiracies?

I mean, she hasn't even gotten to the "Hitler in Argentina" yet.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 12:08 PM (rbvCR)

60 >>>Poll Shows Majority Of Democrats Believe Lincoln Assassination Staged

Progtards cannot keep up with their lies.
Lincoln was assassinated before The Parties Switched.
That would make Lincoln a Democrat assassinated by evil slavery and KKK supporting Republican JW Booth.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 12:11 PM (/lPRQ)

61 We would see another show impeachment, everything President Trump tried would be stopped.

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This is a misperception. In a Trump administration, Congress is irrelevant. Look around... he is *already* governing by fiat alone, because "his" Party despises him. All that changes with a Dem Congress is a bunch of sham impeachments that he will be able to largely ignore because they will not be able to obtain convictions, and he'll have to veto a bunch of stuff they won't be able to override, because the only thing that exceeds the GOP's avarice and treachery is its moral cowardice.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 02, 2026 12:11 PM (BI5O2)

62 I can always be counted on to lower the level of discourse.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 11:45 AM (kpS4V)


As they used to say, if you are going to get a pig over a stile, you can lift the pig or lower the fence.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 12:17 PM (rbvCR)

63 Anti-Trump ‘86 47’ Graffiti Found on Bottom of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Feds Vow Full Investigation
- GWP

But all it means is "Don't give this guy the Pastrami on Rye", yeah, That is what Comey was thinking months later after his flying monkeys saturated the net with restaurant anecdotes.
Wait until you hear what "shit on a shingle" and "bury him the desert" mean.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 12:18 PM (/lPRQ)

64 In other hereditary-privilege news, Labour is terminating the 92 posts in Lords which are such. So it is no longer really a house of lords. It is now a Caesarite senate which Labour is packing with cronies.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 02, 2026 12:18 PM (gKWVE)

65 The purpose of a meme is to disturb the humorless, and to humor the disturbed.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 11:57 AM (2Ez/1)


Yasssss!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 12:20 PM (rbvCR)

66 Posted by: TeeJ at May 02, 2026 11:41 AM (PpROq)

Do you have a blog? Maybe you can post on that one if you don't like the main content. I'm sure it'll get twice the traffic as this one.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 02, 2026 12:21 PM (gKWVE)

67 OK, folks, got to run to the grocery and hardware store, then get back to working on my novel.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 02, 2026 12:22 PM (qRla/)

68 Florida built some high-speed train. It started years after Calis Dream Graft Project and was completed years ago... Why someone would want to ride a train from Orlando to Miami IDGAF.

Bastards stopped me at a RR crossing a couple days ago. And before the gates could open another one of them things came from the opposite direction.
At least at the busier roads they have RR - street grade separation.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 12:24 PM (/lPRQ)

69 Judging by that picture, King Charlie needs to up his Metamucil intake.
Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 11:43 AM (I0N4X)

Good news. A fetid and a stinking stool. The color good, well shaped, and a prodigious quantity! Mind you, the urine is a little dark. Or is it the light?

Posted by: The Madness Of King Charles the 111 at May 02, 2026 12:24 PM (LM2lW)

70 66 Posted by: TeeJ at May 02, 2026 11:41 AM (PpROq)

Do you have a blog? Maybe you can post on that one if you don't like the main content. I'm sure it'll get twice the traffic as this one.
Posted by: gKWVE
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Is this a closed thread?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 12:25 PM (Lw/3D)

71 Muldoon, when my grandmother went into her final decline, her doctor mentioned to my dad that she was like the one-hoss-shay, but she'd just thrown a wheel at that point.

It has been 30 some-odd years, bed-side manner has changed. But that is why I know that poem.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 12:25 PM (rbvCR)

72 Caitlin Clark Takes Another Flagrant Hit — 13 Free Throws Later, Questions Mount Over WNBA Officiating

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Basketball thugs? Why, I never heard of such!
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They should be throwing rose petals at Clark's feet and sending her a part of their newly increased paychecks. The ONLY reason the WNBA got their new pay contract was because of her. The game is still boring, their stars (Clark excepted) are mostly assholes, and without the NBA the league would have folded decades ago. They will lose money through this contract as well unless they shape up and take advantage of what their white straight wunderkind has delivered to them.

WNBA players are a walking talking testament to the wisdom of overturning of the 19th amendment.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 02, 2026 12:26 PM (UVyKP)

73 Somehow a copy of the Constitution will be lost on King Chuck, might as well be written in Arabic.
But then he might be able to read that for all I know
Posted by: Skip

Some history guy is a frequent guest on our local news/talk channel. He had several installments going over virtually every line in the Declaration explaining how most were a dig at England because they claimed to uphold the same principles but a few years before.
Basically we read back their own doctrine back to them.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 12:28 PM (/lPRQ)

74 >>>Bastards stopped me at a RR crossing a couple days ago. And before the gates could open another one of them things came from the opposite direction.
At least at the busier roads they have RR - street grade separation.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Back in town the Rail Road traffic became an impediment to city vehicle traffic. City told the R.R. they must build an overpass. R.R. told city, we were here first and you built around us. You build the over pass.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 12:29 PM (Lw/3D)

75 They will lose money through this contract as well unless they shape up and take advantage of what their white straight wunderkind has delivered to them.

The WNBA is not going to turn a profit. Likely ever but certainly as long as they're paying the players what they think they'd owed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2026 12:30 PM (ExV1e)

76 Speaking of "gay burritos", the "all conspiracy" site characterized Trump's comments on the Secret Service as "gay" because he called them "strong" and "attractive" as a group rather than say, "well-trained".
Posted by: KT

"well-regulated"
Trained and equipped to be the best, the standard from which all others are judged.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 12:30 PM (/lPRQ)

77 This is a misperception. In a Trump administration, Congress is irrelevant. Look around... he is *already* governing by fiat alone, because "his" Party despises him. All that changes with a Dem Congress is a bunch of sham impeachments that he will be able to largely ignore because they will not be able to obtain convictions, and he'll have to veto a bunch of stuff they won't be able to override, because the only thing that exceeds the GOP's avarice and treachery is its moral cowardice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 02, 2026 12:11 PM (BI5O2)
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The only hope the dems have is for gas to stay high, but the underlying dynamics don't favor that outcome. There is a bunch of more oil coming on line - the Trump admin has discovered the reality that the Iranian government is going broke quickly, Hezbollah is getting destroyed in Lebanon, and China now understands just how precarious their energy supply lines are, and how easily we can cut them. Downward pressure on prices will become obvious in less than a month, once the Memorial Day gas spike passes prices will probably start to fall dramatically, if not earlier. The dems made the wrong bet.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 02, 2026 12:34 PM (UVyKP)

78 Iran Considers Explosive Dolphins to Strike Back at U.S. Blockade

Now I'm imagining PETA in that "two button" meme.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2026 12:34 PM (vTZFs)

79 His motive may never be known, they vowed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 02, 2026 12:34 PM (4NO2D)

80 That picture of the Dixie band disturbs me. The guy on the right has a sousaphone bell as his head and a trumpet bell right below that. Obvious AI pic.
Waiting on hubby to get ready so we can go look at some mattresses. Going to check out a Purple Mattress store. I've heard great things about them but they are pricey. Also looking at the adjustable bases. Yes, I am 29.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 02, 2026 12:35 PM (9AdGW)

81 Caitlin Clark Takes Another Flagrant Hit — 13 Free Throws Later, Questions Mount Over WNBA Officiating

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Basketball thugs? Why, I never heard of such!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy
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They want to boost ratings?

Clark's team needs to bring in about six ringers - Shaq clones who identify as women whose sole function is to foul opposing team members into the hospital.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 12:35 PM (/lPRQ)

82 They will lose money through this contract as well unless they shape up and take advantage of what their white straight wunderkind has delivered to them.

The WNBA is not going to turn a profit. Likely ever but certainly as long as they're paying the players what they think they'd owed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2026 12:30 PM (ExV1e)
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Most likely true. Probably almost 100% true.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 02, 2026 12:35 PM (UVyKP)

83 76 Speaking of "gay burritos", the "all conspiracy" site characterized Trump's comments on the Secret Service as "gay" because he called them "strong" and "attractive" as a group rather than say, "well-trained".
Posted by: KT
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They always misunderstand Trump's words.
He put it on the men to look sharp and not like thugs while calling women's attention to them.
Thus creating a positive feedback loop for the men, the agency and the public.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 12:38 PM (Lw/3D)

84 Paul's a nickelfucker...

*I am, after all, only an asshole commenter on a Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)


Yeah, but one with your own instantly recognizable, bespoke epithet. Which is pretty cool.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2026 12:40 PM (vTZFs)

85
My WNBA team would have 5 dudes that identify as chicks and let the judges back me up.

Posted by: Auspex at May 02, 2026 12:40 PM (DECkL)

86 YD - another thing to keep in mind is that the redistricting fight is over. The VRA act means more GOP seats in the south. Virginia's attempt will be struck down either by the Viginia Supreme Court, or SCOTUS. After Kagan's brazenly political action trying to stall the ruling, Virginia has no chance, and neither will any challenges to late changing southern state redistricting that is going to happen.

And based upon the ruling, California's redistricting is also going to be rechallenged on racial grounds, as I believe that was a stated contributing factor. If timing saves it in 26, it won't in 28.

The dems are totally fucked. If a GOP president is elected in 28 the dems will spend the next 12 years in the political desert, look for every sneaky trick in the book in 28.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 02, 2026 12:42 PM (UVyKP)

87 RR's have a 15 min. window to impede traffic.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 02, 2026 12:43 PM (+YoHw)

88 And the Oscar for worst performance goes to the TSA for seizing an Oscar statue because they said it could be a weapon and then 'losing' it for a bit.

Sure Jan.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:46 PM (og9zY)

89 If a GOP president is elected in 28 the dems will spend the next 12 years in the political desert, look for every sneaky trick in the book in 28.
Posted by: Black JEM at May 02, 2026 12:42 PM (UVyKP)


If a GOP president is elected in 28 then they will be in the WH for the 2030 census so they can ensure that it's an actual enumeration, as required, rather than an estimate, ensure that no extra seats are, oops, given to blue states, and try to force the immigration question to prevent seats being allocated for illegals.

If the first two things happen, blue states will lose 10-20 seats. If all three happen, they could lose 40. I don't know how they recover from that without completely changing what the Democrat party is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2026 12:47 PM (ExV1e)

90 It's an amazing thing to see Caitlin Clark get beaten repeatedly. She's that leagues meal ticket but the rest of the players are too racist and stupid to realize it. The only other interesting thing to come out of that league was the guys on the Internet betting that Angel Reese would miss her first shot of every game. They made nice bank

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 02, 2026 12:50 PM (gu0hJ)

91 RR's have a 15 min. window to impede traffic.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Some of the freight trains can take a while. The fast train must close the gates much sooner because it comes through at 70+ mph. Seems like you sit there a while waiting for the train, then whoosh, it's gone.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 12:50 PM (/lPRQ)

92 Florida built some high-speed train. It started years after Calis Dream Graft Project and was completed years ago... Why someone would want to ride a train from Orlando to Miami IDGAF.

Florida didn't, a private company (Brightline) did. That's why it's clean, safe, reliable, and makes a profit.

When I lived in Orlando I would've loved to be able to go to Miami without driving the 5 hours each way. (I'm sure Miami residents like being able to hit Disney/Universal/SeaWorld without driving too).

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2026 12:51 PM (QZThv)

93 87 RR's have a 15 min. window to impede traffic.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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That's a local regulation agreed upon with the R.R.'s consent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 12:51 PM (Lw/3D)

94 Not that any European country ever had a conservative party as we would imagine, but they constantly move their governments Leftward until no where in Western Europe it will ever go the other way. Even in elections its predicted to go the other way it doesn't or barely enough to change anything.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 12:51 PM (Ia/+0)

95 It's an amazing thing to see Caitlin Clark get beaten repeatedly. She's that leagues meal ticket but the rest of the players are too racist and stupid to realize it. The only other interesting thing to come out of that league was the guys on the Internet betting that Angel Reese would miss her first shot of every game. They made nice bank
Posted by: Smell the Glove


Fool.
You must beat the goose to get more golden eggs!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 12:51 PM (/lPRQ)

96 Not that any European country ever had a conservative party as we would imagine, but they constantly move their governments Leftward until no where in Western Europe it will ever go the other way. Even in elections its predicted to go the other way it doesn't or barely enough to change anything.

Fraud doesn't *require* mail-in voting, it just makes it easier.

As far as Europe's Overton window, Germany's AfD is widely considered to be the Fourth Reich when their policies are 100% identical to Bernie Sanders' except they don't want mass immigration. And the party's leader is an open lesbian.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2026 12:55 PM (QZThv)

97 Florida built some high-speed train. It started years after Calis Dream Graft Project and was completed years ago... Why someone would want to ride a train from Orlando to Miami IDGAF.

Florida didn't, a private company (Brightline) did. That's why it's clean, safe, reliable, and makes a profit.

When I lived in Orlando I would've loved to be able to go to Miami without driving the 5 hours each way. (I'm sure Miami residents like being able to hit Disney/Universal/SeaWorld without driving too).
Posted by: Ian S.


Strictly speaking, Florida did.
It is possible that a private contractor offered an unsolicited proposal. But the State did all the legal and regulator efforts to 'let' it happen including but not limited to eminent domain action.
And IF there was no "unsolicited proposal" then the State put out invitations for bid.

Now, California may be micromanaging the their project and breaking out multiple contracts and probably paying cost+.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 12:56 PM (/lPRQ)

98 It is possible that a private contractor offered an unsolicited proposal. But the State did all the legal and regulator efforts to 'let' it happen including but not limited to eminent domain action.

DeSantis said something to the effect of "they wanted to build it and we got the government out of their way". Quite the opposite of Cali.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2026 01:00 PM (QZThv)

99 Tomorrow Land?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 02, 2026 01:00 PM (AvxYT)

100 I guess I don't understand Caitlin Clark. Why someone would subject themself to such public humiliation (it is humiliation) while playing a game against a bunch of hood rat thugs is beyond me.

Either go epic and start slashing them or go home.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 01:02 PM (jehhT)

101 Brightline Florida Warns of Likely Insolvency in Financial Audit

May 1, 2026, 10:06 AM CDT

Martin Z. Braun
Bloomberg News

Auditors for Brightline, the struggling Florida passenger railroad, warned the private company doesn’t have the cash to service its debt and meet financial obligations over the next 12 months, raising “substantial doubt” about its ability to survive.

Ernst & Young opinion disclosed in Brightline’s audited financial statement for 2025.

Brightline says it is working to raise more capital and obtain extensions on its debt.

Negotiations with creditors over how to handle its $5.5 billion debt began in recent weeks.

Florida’s Brightline Seeks Rescue to Avoid a Possible Bankruptcy.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 02, 2026 01:04 PM (Y1sOo)

102 If the first two things happen, blue states will lose 10-20 seats. If all three happen, they could lose 40. I don't know how they recover from that without completely changing what the Democrat party is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2026 12:47 PM (ExV1e)

The democrat party will always be around because the weirdos, freaks, fags, karens, hippies, moochers, looters, public school teachers and canadians will always be around, watching and waiting and needing a place to play.

Posted by: Minnesota at May 02, 2026 01:05 PM (LM2lW)

103 what is the purpose of removing 5000 US troops from Germany achieve? Is there a huge financial impact?

Posted by: lin-duh at May 02, 2026 01:08 PM (9AdGW)

104 what is the purpose of removing 5000 US troops from Germany achieve? Is there a huge financial impact?

It might collapse the market for hookers in the areas around the bases.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2026 01:12 PM (vTZFs)

105 That picture of the Dixie band disturbs me. The guy on the right has a sousaphone bell as his head and a trumpet bell right below that. Obvious AI pic.[ . . . ]
Posted by: lin-duh at May 02, 2026 12:35 PM (9AdGW)


Here, try Tuba Skinny instead

youtu.be/_ZdMxFiUf9Q

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)

106
The democrat party will always be around because the weirdos, freaks, fags, karens, hippies, moochers, looters, public school teachers and canadians will always be around, watching and waiting and needing a place to play.
Posted by: Minnesota
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Put another way, we have become a Godless nation. We are become Babylon.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2026 01:12 PM (XeU6L)

107 It might collapse the market for hookers in the areas around the bases.
Posted by: Oddbob
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LOL

Posted by: lin-duh at May 02, 2026 01:16 PM (9AdGW)

108 And 50 yrars of indoctrination by Cultural Marxists Seminaries, look st Seminaries letting students out to go to May Day Socialists parade and rallies

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 01:16 PM (Ia/+0)

109 Florida built some high-speed train. It started years after Calis Dream Graft Project and was completed years ago... Why someone would want to ride a train from Orlando to Miami IDGAF.

Florida didn't, a private company (Brightline) did. That's why it's clean, safe, reliable, and makes a profit.

When I lived in Orlando I would've loved to be able to go to Miami without driving the 5 hours each way. (I'm sure Miami residents like being able to hit Disney/Universal/SeaWorld without driving too).
Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2026 12:51 PM (QZThv)
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My wife was visiting the Mouse with one of the JEM minions. Afterwards I met them in Miami to enjoy some beach time. They took the train, said it was excellent.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 02, 2026 01:17 PM (UVyKP)

110 Most which seems to be anti ICE rallies

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 01:18 PM (Ia/+0)

111 I guess I don't understand Caitlin Clark. Why someone would subject themself to such public humiliation (it is humiliation) while playing a game against a bunch of hood rat thugs is beyond me.

Either go epic and start slashing them or go home.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 01:02 PM (jehhT)
==
She is making generational wealth for her and her family.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 02, 2026 01:20 PM (UVyKP)

112 Brightline Florida Warns of Likely Insolvency in Financial Audit

May 1, 2026, 10:06 AM CDT

Martin Z. Braun
Bloomberg News

Auditors for Brightline, the struggling Florida passenger railroad, warned the private company doesn’t have the cash to service its debt and meet financial obligations over the next 12 months, raising “substantial doubt” about its ability to survive.

Ernst & Young opinion disclosed in Brightline’s audited financial statement for 2025.

Brightline says it is working to raise more capital and obtain extensions on its debt.

Negotiations with creditors over how to handle its $5.5 billion debt began in recent weeks.

Florida’s Brightline Seeks Rescue to Avoid a Possible Bankruptcy.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 02, 2026 01:04 PM (Y1sOo)
==
That is unfortunate, but a common denominator for passenger train travel in the US. The rails move material, not people.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 02, 2026 01:21 PM (UVyKP)

113 >>>It might collapse the market for hookers in the areas around the bases.

As well as the markets for tattoo parlors and pawn shops

Posted by: one hour sober at May 02, 2026 01:22 PM (Y1sOo)

114 ==
She is making generational wealth for her and her family.
Posted by: Black JEM
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Bingo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 01:23 PM (Lw/3D)

115 Muldoon, when my grandmother went into her final decline, her doctor mentioned to my dad that she was like the one-hoss-shay, but she'd just thrown a wheel at that point.
Posted by: Kindltot


**********

I like that description in that context.

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 01:23 PM (I0N4X)

116 It's freezing and gray but still a great start to the weekend. Lots of yard work to keep me busy. Vivek says Ohioans are stupid and lazy, but we won't take it personally. We will, however, be bluer than Michigan after the November elections.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 02, 2026 01:28 PM (2ap+5)

117 That picture of the Dixie band disturbs me. The guy on the right has a sousaphone bell as his head and a trumpet bell right below that. Obvious AI pic.[ . . . ]
Posted by: lin-duh

*******

Oooh, you're right. Now that you have gotten my attention, the guy up front has the slide of his trombone hooked over the bell of the horn of the guy next to him

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 01:30 PM (I0N4X)

118 Florida’s Brightline Seeks Rescue to Avoid a Possible Bankruptcy.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 02, 2026 01:04 PM (Y1sOo)
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And despite never turning a profit in FL, they now have a Brightline West. Which they have already started construction on. It will supposedly connect LA and Vegas.
All of their ventures will probably end up being bailed out by the taxpayers. Because that's how we roll in this country now.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 02, 2026 01:33 PM (Lo97M)

119 the guy up front has the slide of his trombone hooked over the bell of the horn of the guy next to him

That's gay

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 02, 2026 01:34 PM (Kt19C)

120 GARDEN THREAD IS BLOOMING NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 01:35 PM (Ia/+0)

121 L.A. to Vegas sounds like a winner as long as they keep the thugs in line. (old time conductors with billyclubs)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 01:36 PM (Lw/3D)

122 I didn't want to listen to the tune. I was choking on the extra sloppy AI slop picture with extra slop.

Tubabellface is there, the slide trumpet has its bell tangled in the slide of the trombone beside him, and apparently New Orleans has a shortage of left shoes...

Posted by: Minuteman at May 02, 2026 01:49 PM (m7z+M)

123 Kentucky Derby is later today

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 01:52 PM (Ia/+0)

124 Pope Leo Appoints Former Illegal Alien and Rabid Progressive as Bishop In Deep Red West Virginia

Nova bulla eadem cum bulla veteri

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 02, 2026 02:01 PM (abIsI)

125 King Chuckles is a distraction away from the issue of insuring commerce in the strait.

Lloyd's of London is a huge stakeholder.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 02:47 PM (Fbc0I)

126 AI seems to have as much a problem worth trombone slides as hands. Not really a dis because AI is not alone in this.

Posted by: pawn at May 02, 2026 03:15 PM (5qng6)

127 And it's another crazy person putting up objectionable content on social media. This one is a Stewardness for Southwest Airlines who hopes the next Trump assassin has better aim.

And I'm dubious of the deep Christian faith of anyone prays to the 'baby Jesus" and hope for someone who's a better shot. Also, how stupid are to call Trump supporters " Hillbilly Isis"?

NY Post:

https://tinyurl.com/kt9a5bea

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 03:24 PM (9OpPK)

128 Ian S,

Brightline has never operated at a profit. Ij fact if thing don't turn around in a year they are probably going bye-bye.

None of their turn-around schemes are working .

Posted by: pawn at May 02, 2026 03:31 PM (5qng6)

129 California's High-Speed Train has been a spectacular success if you look at it from the point-of-view of a Lefty politician: billions of dollars extracted from the tax-payers have been put into the pockets of the politician's stooges and patrons. Those stooges and patrons then give some of that money back to the politician. Win-Win.

Actually carrying passengers from Point A to Point B is not the objective.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 04:03 PM (ksbjf)

130 Unlike Cali, at least Florida's is running and carrying about ten people a day. Trayvon at least has a ride to Mom's place....

Hawaii's rail might actually work.
Topographically the south shore is a line, high population density and the bus side routes can run the valley and hillside routes. Quick internet search shows it is open from the SW corner to almost downtown. I'd have started in the higher density areas first (Pearl Ridge to Hawaii Kai with downtown and Waikiki in between) but they have been trying to open up faster transportation to the SW for decades.
Used to be ferries to cut across Pearl Harbor.

Should have gone with the zeppelins.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 04:18 PM (/lPRQ)

131 Hook a couple of passenger cars on the back of freight cars, they will fill up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 04:34 PM (Lw/3D)

132 131 Hook a couple of passenger cars on the back of freight cars, they will fill up.

Posted by: Braenyard

No way. That's how you get humped in a lonely freight yard.

Posted by: Hank the Hobo at May 02, 2026 04:44 PM (oftw2)

133 Lloyd's of London is a huge stakeholder.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

We are ready to stand in the breech.

Posted by: Lloyd's of Lubbock at May 02, 2026 04:46 PM (oftw2)

The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

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If I would have wanted your opinion. I would have asked for it.

This is what happens when you quit coffee for just two weeks: Scientists reveal surprising effects on stress, sleep and memory

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Hrothgar submitted this to me. I say we should pray for him. Pray Hard.




Before we enter the Prayer Revival. Just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Shiocton)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind. Be nice.
3) Running with sharp objects is seriously frowned upon. Don't.
4) 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:

3/10 – Update on Susan, who we have been praying for as she battles cancer. She is hospitalized again with an infection in her colon that quickly turned bad. The doctor says the signs are sepsis but they are running tests to make sure. The good news is that the pancreatic cancer was and is responding to the chemo and her cancer numbers are going down. God bless and thank you!
3/23 Update – Susan finally was able to come home. She is doing better than expected. Thanks to everyone for your prayers.
4/18 Update – Susan is doing outstanding. Her weight is better than expected. They have increased her dosage for chemo, and her cancer numbers are the lowest they have been since they started keeping track of them. They are so thankful for the mercy they have received. Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers.

3/14 – Retired Buckeye Cop asks for prayers for Mrs. Cop’s cousin, “A.B”. He has been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. He is a retired police officer who was hit by a car years ago. He attempted to deal with the pain by self-medicating with too much Tylenol, which ended up poisoning his liver. His only alternative is a liver transplant, but he is uncertain if he wants to have surgery.
4/11 Update – A.B. got a second opinion and testing determined his live score was 15. (21+ means transplant time.) That’s bad, but not as critical as initially thought. He went to the Cleveland Clinic for a third opinion, and testing found that his score had dropped to 9 and a liver transplant was not even something to consider. The doctor suspected a reaction to Ozempic and told him to stop taking it for 6 months.

3/21 – FenelonSpoke asked for prayers for her son, who is still looking for work. He has a horticulture major, and would ideally like something related to research, but he is certainly willing to labor outdoors.
4/10 Update – FenelonSpoke’s son got a job. She sends her thanks to everyone who prayed on this thread here and elsewhere.

3/28 – Hrothgar asked for prayers for a dear and long time close friend and former neighbor, Daniel, who is scheduled for open heart surgery in mid-April. Prayers for his wife would be appreciated as well, as she will be carrying a heavy load for the next few months.
4/18 Update – Daniel survived his complex open heart surgery. He is sitting up and it seems like it went well, but they are not going to release him as quickly as he would like, so he is not happy. Thanks to the Horde for the prayers and please keep praying for his dear wife, who now has even more to put up with.

3/28 – Jordan61 posted that Mr. Jordan61 is back in the hospital. His sepsis has returned and gotten into where his compression fracture is, and he has vertebral osteomyelitis. The doctor is supposed to come in today and let them know the plan.
4/9 Update – On 4/1 Mr. Jordan61 was released from the hospital with six weeks of IV antibiotics, which Jordan61 is administering every 8 hours. He’s in a lot of pain; they’ve given him oxy, fentanyl, and dilaudid, and nothing seems to touch it. From what they were told, the pain won’t subside until the infection is cleared up. For the time being, he is bed-bound and they are limiting his movement as much as possible to keep the pain to a minimum. Jordan61 will send updates with progress.
4/25 Update – Mr. Jordan61 is making slow but steady progress. He can get up and walk for short periods of time, and can sit in the living room for an hour or so per day. He is halfway through the IV antibiotics, with 3 weeks to go. A physical therapist will be coming to help him build strength and learn how to move without aggravating his back injury. Thank you all for the prayers!

4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
4/24 Update – Teresa in Fort Worth provided an update: The pump that was put in to battle cancer in December can only be used for 6 months. After that, it starts to damage the liver. So she may have to go back onto the medication that made her lose her hair and messed up her vision and nails, and then return to this medication after a break. This is not good news, since this new medication is working so well. But for now, she is doing well and is incredibly grateful for the time that she has been given so far.

4/4 – Reforger posted that his wife’s father passed away on 4/3. After a 50 year battle with Hep C, he fell and broke his neck. He lasted about a month, in and out of induced comas, and now the pain is over. Reforger lost his father on Holy Saturday (years ago) and now his wife lost her father on Good Friday.

4/11 – Eromero craves prayers for Mrs. E., as she has been diagnosed with lymphoma. She begins infusions on 4/23.
4/25 Update – Mrs. E. reports that she feels fine. Praise be to God that she has had only one distressful episode during the infusions. Thank you for all the past and continued prayers.

4/18 – Vmom deport deport deport asked for prayers for Captain Whitebread, who is back in ICU with a leg infection that sounds very serious. She also asked for prayers for her husband’s mental and emotional well-being as he faces transition of a possible forced retirement in 3 months.
4/29 Update Captain Whitebread’s son posted that Captain Whitebread had several more infections and passed away on 4/29.

4/18 – Warai-otoko offered a prayer of thanksgiving that he got a new job that he is really enjoying. Wifey also got an offer for a new job that sounds great, after a decade of putting up with her old job.

4/18 – fd posted that MIL went into the hospital with multiple issues. Then Dad went in. MIL is still there, and Dad is out. Both will be okay – as well as can be expected for 87 and 89 year olds. Also GSD Bruno started chemo for lymphoma and is responding well. Prayers from the Horde have helped.

4/18 – neverenoughcaffiene asked that Devyn be kept in prayers. She is a young mother of 2 with a mass on her esophagus. The Doc said it was scar tissue and hopefully the second opinion will agree.

4/18 – Smell the Glove could use some prayers as therapy and rehab occur after gout/sepsis.
4/25 Update – Thanks for your prayers. The extreme gout has cleared and the nasty wound is healing.

4/18 – PA Dutchman asked for prayers for his family. His dad passed away on 4/9 after complications from a fall. He was 95 and a veteran of the Korean War, 34th Inf Rgt. Mostly prayers are need for PA Dutchman’s mom, who is absolutely heartbroken.

4/18 – PabloD has been having dizzy spells for the past few weeks. He is seeing a doctor soon, and is requesting prayers that figure it out and that it’s nothing too serious.

4/18 – Sam Adams requested prayers for a friend, Mary F, who was just sent to a long-term recovery facility after having a tracheostomy.

4/18 – Doof provided an update on his mother. She is doing better. She moved into her own room in an assisted living facility. It’s walking distance from Doof’s house, which is great. Her mental state has improved dramatically. She can no longer walk but she does stand with some assistance and can transfer between a wheelchair and bed or a lift/recliner chair. This facility is more of a home and less of a hospital, which hopefully will provide a good opportunity for her to enjoy life. He appreciates the Horde’s prayers and asks for prayers that she settles in comfortably and develops new friendships.

4/24 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for a friend’s father (Cory), who needs prayers for strength and peace as he is going through some troubled times.

4/27 – Matthew Kant Cipher sent his thanks to those who prayed for his friend Layne (who is also his son’s FIL). The Horde may recall that in August, Layne was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He has since undergone courses of chemo, immunotherapy, and radiation. His latest scans came back clean. The cancer is in remission; praise be to God! Prayers are also humbly requested for Mrs. MKC, who is dealing with a new flare-up of a GI condition that had been leaving her alone until a recent procedure re-aggravated it. It is very frustrating/discouraging as she waits to see a new GI doctor.

4/25 – Retired Buckeye Cop asked that we would continue to lift his 16 year old grandson (LH) up in prayers, as LH continues to consider the call to priesthood in the Catholic Church. LH recently went to a meeting with a group of young men who are considering the priesthood.

4/25 – Fenelon Spoke asked for prayers for “I”, who Fenelon visited and anointed with oil, and prayed for healing of her health concerns.

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 Ist?

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:02 AM (vFG9F)

2 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 May 02, 2026 08:03 AM (ZOv7s)

3 Well at least I accomplished something today.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)

4 Good morning dear horde and thanks to annie and mh and you morons for praying

{grammie}
Hiya JT
{TiFW}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

5 Charlie Brown's chair looks comfortable, but my recliner has it beat.

Posted by: Ashley Home Store at May 02, 2026 08:10 AM (oftw2)

6 Good morning, horde. Again.

Posted by: clarence at May 02, 2026 08:10 AM (pFqNV)

7 Hrothgar submitted this to me. I say we should pray for him. Pray Hard.

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LOL, I larfed. That's Mr. Black to a T. He had to cut back on sugar for health reasons and tried his beloved coffee without milk and sugar. He decided not to drink it anymore.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 02, 2026 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

8
Went to Confession yesterday at my local parish. On Fridays Confessions are heard between 10 and 11 and I got there at 10:20 to see about 25 people ahead of me. I thought I was a dead duck but, for once and despite the greater number of women in line, everyone (or the priest) was very efficient.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 08:11 AM (HdYcL)

9 Good morning Horde thx MisHum. Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
Probably have another week in rehab, thx for the prayers . The gout has cleared and the infection in lower back is healing. Stir crazy doesn't begin to describe it.
However all the good news in the political front in last week has helped

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 02, 2026 08:11 AM (gu0hJ)

10 Hrothgar needs an intervention.

Posted by: The Man Is Sick! at May 02, 2026 08:12 AM (oftw2)

11 Went for a walk at some of the gardens of the local higher institution of higher learning . Saw forget me nots. Asian bleeding heart, fuschia colored Azalea and snowflakes- which is the name of a white flower. So happy to get out with dear husband and see the beauty of things. Thanks, Lord!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 08:12 AM (pus6K)

12 My MIL and Dad are back home. Bruno seems to be doing well, his next treatment is Monday. Thank you all, sincerely, for your thoughts and prayers.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

13 Good morning! It’s another day in travel paradise.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 02, 2026 08:14 AM (7IwLI)

14 If you can't drink coffee black, you don't like coffee. Have a glass of warm milk and a Vivarin.

Posted by: Dark L at May 02, 2026 08:15 AM (W5mpo)

15 Went for a walk at some of the gardens of the local higher institution of higher learning . Saw forget me nots. Asian bleeding heart, fuschia colored Azalea and snowflakes- which is the name of a white flower. So happy to get out with dear husband and see the beauty of things. Thanks, Lord!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 08:12 AM (pus6K)
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It is graduation weekend along the banks of the Red Cedar, so we will visit Beale Garden after the students move out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 08:16 AM (ZOv7s)

16 Very good news, Smell the Glove. Stir crazy is a good sign. May you be sprung at the perfect time.

Posted by: Homeward Bound at May 02, 2026 08:16 AM (oftw2)

17 "Father, I don't need counselling. I came for absolution."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 08:18 AM (qFwJc)

18 I've now experienced my first full week of Saturdays and yesterday my first pension check was deposited to the bank account.
I'm officially retired.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

19 pension check was deposited to the bank account.
I'm officially retired.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Can tell your age because you call it a pension "check".

Posted by: Young Whippersnapper at May 02, 2026 08:20 AM (oftw2)

20
Reminder: The Charlie Brown character is a representation of frustrated hopes and dreams. His true failure is in retaining unwarranted hope and optimism. As he grows into adulthood, the true nature of his predicament will become undeniable, and he will move on to the only rational response: opiates, life on the street, and a pauper's grave.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 02, 2026 08:21 AM (azNOR)

21 Social Security Old Age Pension.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 08:22 AM (qFwJc)

22 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

Amen!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 08:23 AM (Kyh8Y)

23 I liked when they sent out a physical monthly "crazy check", cuz when it was late I could cuss out the mailman.

Posted by: Non Compos Mentis at May 02, 2026 08:23 AM (oftw2)

24
19 pension check was deposited to the bank account.
I'm officially retired.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Can tell your age because you call it a pension "check".
Posted by: Young Whippersnapper at May 02, 2026 08:20 AM

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Yeah, it's a balance.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 02, 2026 08:23 AM (azNOR)

25 Probably have another week in rehab, thx for the prayers . The gout has cleared and the infection in lower back is healing. Stir crazy doesn't begin to describe it.
However all the good news in the political front in last week has helped
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 02, 2026 08:11 AM (gu0hJ)
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Yeah, blackpillers hardest hit. Glad to hear you are on the mend.

I seem to have had a brush with mycocarditis, first time since my Cardiac Event in 2019. Went to the ER, found I wasn't having a full-on attack, taking it easy and scheduling follow-up appointments with primary and cardiologist.

The rest is helping, and because I've been sidelined, the kids have stepped up and are cleaning and reorganizing the house, telling me to just chill. I think they finally realize how much I hate the current mess, and that leaving me to do it alone pretty much guarantees I'll work myself back into the hospital, same as in 2019.

As was the case then, this is a blessing in disguise. Lots more time to read St. Augustine!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 08:23 AM (ZOv7s)

26 Reminder: The Charlie Brown character is a representation of frustrated hopes and dreams. His true failure is in retaining unwarranted hope and optimism. As he grows into adulthood, the true nature of his predicament will become undeniable, and he will move on to the only rational response: opiates, life on the street, and a pauper's grave.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Sad trombone. Waaah Waaah waah.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 02, 2026 08:25 AM (Lo97M)

27 When my back pension comes in, none of you children will ever have to eat mush again.

Posted by: Mush and Milk, 1933 at May 02, 2026 08:25 AM (oftw2)

28 Mornin’, All. Happy Saturday.

Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 08:26 AM (77rzZ)

29 Went to Confession yesterday at my local parish. On Fridays Confessions are heard between 10 and 11 and I got there at 10:20 to see about 25 people ahead of me. I thought I was a dead duck but, for once and despite the greater number of women in line, everyone (or the priest) was very efficient.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

HA! Confessions are heard everyday where I go. Somehow, I end up behind that same two 80 year old women. I honestly think they go in there just have someone to talk to.

But that's okay.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 08:26 AM (Kyh8Y)

30 "...the kids have stepped up and are cleaning and reorganizing the house, telling me to just chill."
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I think downsizing and decluttering is good for your mental health.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)

31 I missed the ONT about Winona Ryder’s boobs. Damn.

Has she ever done a topless/nude scene?

Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)

32 Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Nice!!

When I look back, I don't know how I worked for over 45 years without killing someone or losing my mind.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 08:28 AM (Kyh8Y)

33 “ I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;
I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners, creating praise on their lips.”

Isaiah 57:18-19

Praise God in Heaven. Praise His holy name.

May He bring healing to all in need.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2026 08:29 AM (rTiUi)

34 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers for all of you.

Go rest high, Capt. Whitebread. Your work here is done. We'll miss you.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 02, 2026 08:30 AM (h7ZuX)

35 When I look back, I don't know how I worked for over 45 years without killing someone or losing my mind.
Posted by: Tonypete

It's a terrible thing to lose your mind.

Posted by: United Negro College Fund at May 02, 2026 08:31 AM (oftw2)

36 I've now experienced my first full week of Saturdays and yesterday my first pension check was deposited to the bank account.
I'm officially retired.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026


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QT, people will say that for you now, "Every day is Saturday." On one level, that's true. But now, the errands you *had* to run on Saturday (or Sunday) because you were occupied M-F can be dealt with on any day. So those errands days will seem like your old Saturday, and if you choose to do nothing on your actual Saturday, it will seem like a vacation day in the old times.

Such is my reaction after a year in retirement, anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 08:31 AM (wzUl9)

37 Smell the Glove a prayer for complete and speedy recovery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

38 And suddenly a nice quiet somber thread about prayer, gratitude and confession becomes a BOOB THREAD!

Posted by: What IS it with you people? at May 02, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

39
32 Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Nice!!

When I look back, I don't know how I worked for over 45 years without killing someone or losing my mind.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 08:28 AM

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I was always worried that I'd blacked out. Sometimes I'd check the local news for mysterious unsolved crimes.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 02, 2026 08:32 AM (azNOR)

40 I missed the ONT about Winona Ryder’s boobs. Damn.

Has she ever done a topless/nude scene?
Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)
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I had quite a thing for her back in the day. Don't recall that she ever went topless.

If the guy hated her, he would have loathed Jennifer Connelly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 08:33 AM (ZOv7s)

41 Captain Whitebread passed away this week.

There was an update from one of his children. Perhaps someone more familiar can add to the prayer request.

And thank you Mis. Hum and Annie.

No coffee yet. Dog and cat racing around. Loved that study with all of 62 people. SCIENCE!!!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 08:33 AM (Sco7b)

42 I'm cleaned up and dressed; what more d'ye want?

Well, breakfast. I'm about to run out to my favorite coffee shop/grill, then do a couple of other errands. The weather is cool, incredibly so for May in this pesthole, but the rain has blown out and we will probably see sunlight soon. A good day to drive out for chow!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 08:33 AM (wzUl9)

43 And suddenly a nice quiet somber thread about prayer, gratitude and confession becomes a BOOB THREAD!
Posted by: What IS it with you people? at May 02, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)
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One should have praise for all of God's creation.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 08:34 AM (ZOv7s)

44 Good Saturday morning! Many blessings to all.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2026 08:35 AM (wVcYX)

45 “ because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below, blessings of the breast and womb.”

Genesis 49:25

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2026 08:36 AM (rTiUi)

46 My job was 24/7 so the best part of retiring was no longer being on call.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

47 Work: We the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2026 08:38 AM (wVcYX)

48
Finished a long and utterly pointless (save from the historical perspective) project imaginable. I went through every show that our late, great Lacey appeared in as a special and squared up all the records, all 379 of them. Date, show, link to the AKC results, entry, results in breed and group and who she lost to.

The searchable results on the AKC site only go back 10 years and Lacey was shown between 2000 and 2005. If a judge dies or goes inactive, or if a club ceases to exist, they're purged from the AKC site. So it required some inventiveness to gather everything up accurately. But it was done.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 08:39 AM (HdYcL)

49 Captain Whitebread his memory should be for a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

50 * I don't know how I worked for over 45 years without killing someone or losing my mind.
Posted by: Tonypete*
++++
During the COVID nonsense I became so disgusted I retired in place in late '21. Quiet quitting and all that. I faced pretty much every decision and assignment with the question Does It Matter and a shoulder shrug. After watching my entire management chain bully pregnant employees into a medical procedure they didn't want I refused to take any more ethics training and just shifted my transmission into neutral. Buh bye.

Posted by: What IS it with you people? at May 02, 2026 08:39 AM (2Ez/1)

51 I've been retired for about 6 years. It's true that weekends "don't matter as much" as they used to. I find I get into a week sometimes and have no clue what the actual day of the week is. It's nice to go to the grocery store on, say, Tuesday afternoon and it not being as busy as Saturday. Or getting the oil changed on Thursday morning and there being nobody in line.

I still can't figure out trash day though.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 08:39 AM (jehhT)

52 Smell the glove we’re gonna get you hauling ass up the rock stairs to Perkins Tower soon. So stop loafing. Lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2026 08:39 AM (rTiUi)

53 Oops. Sock fail.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 08:39 AM (2Ez/1)

54 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend at May 02, 2026 08:40 AM (oftw2)

55 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde
678 moves, Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 08:40 AM (Ia/+0)

56 As he grows into adulthood, the true nature of his predicament will become undeniable, and he will move on to the only rational response: opiates, life on the street, and a pauper's grave.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 02, 2026 08:21 AM (azNOR)

Too make matters worse, Charlie had to resort to hustling to support his habit and all he got for taking a shot in the mouth from old men in The Dollar Store parking lot was a rock or two. Good Grief!

Posted by: Lucy at May 02, 2026 08:41 AM (h6T0W)

57 The Daily Mail article on coffee: In the top paragraphs, the implication is that drinking coffee is bad.

"They found regular coffee drinkers experienced more impulsive behaviour and emotional reactivity than people who did not drink coffee.
But after coffee drinkers gave up their habit for a fortnight, both measures fell."

Then they go on to tell you how re-introducing coffee lowered anxiety and psychological distress, and coffee consumption improves gut biome and reduces inflammation.

You cannot hate journalists enough.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 02, 2026 08:41 AM (h7ZuX)

58 43 You said it, A. H.!

Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

59 The best part of waking up is Folger's in your cup!

Posted by: Virginia Christine at May 02, 2026 08:42 AM (oftw2)

60
51 I've been retired for about 6 years. It's true that weekends "don't matter as much" as they used to. I find I get into a week sometimes and have no clue what the actual day of the week is. It's nice to go to the grocery store on, say, Tuesday afternoon and it not being as busy as Saturday. Or getting the oil changed on Thursday morning and there being nobody in line.

I still can't figure out trash day though.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 08:39 AM

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I'm different. Some weeks, trash day is all I've got. A central, organizing principle. A reason to go on.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 02, 2026 08:42 AM (azNOR)

61
HA! Confessions are heard everyday where I go. Somehow, I end up behind that same two 80 year old women. I honestly think they go in there just have someone to talk to.

But that's okay.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 08:26 AM (Kyh8Y)


I sympathize with those who have deep spiritual concerns and want to talk to a priest about them. The problem is that Confession during regular hours is a bad place to do it. Given the limited hours most parishes provide, I sympathize somewhat more with those many people who are waiting patiently for their turn.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 08:43 AM (HdYcL)

62 Fill it to the rim-with Brim!

Posted by: Coffease at May 02, 2026 08:43 AM (oftw2)

63 When you are inflight and find out you are suddenly unemployed:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3ahjwm

Posted by: one hour sober at May 02, 2026 08:43 AM (Y1sOo)

64 Good to the last drop!

Posted by: Maxwell House at May 02, 2026 08:44 AM (wVcYX)

65 @52 Marcus T, hiked up to Perkins Tower years ago. Awesome view, like pretty much every high point in the Hudson Valley

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 02, 2026 08:45 AM (gu0hJ)

66 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

67 I still can't figure out trash day though.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Around here, that's normally the day the big white truck rolls down the road with two hanging off the back and my two neighbors running after it carrying bags of trash.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 08:46 AM (Kyh8Y)

68 Sixty-plus comments and no one has mentioned the execrable Pope yet. He must have kept his mouth shut this week.

Posted by: Nuncio Vespuna at May 02, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2)

69 Smell the glove I’ve done it a lot. I’m very familiar with the WP area, BM, 7 Lakes and HV area. It’s magnificent.

You get better. Prayers out.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2026 08:47 AM (rTiUi)

70 Captain Whitebread passed away Apr 29.
https://tinyurl.com/mr3894ka
He was a regular up until a few years ago until I assume health became a major problem. He still popped in but rarely these last couple years.
He was a DJ in Oklahoma, still remember one evening he linked his radio show while live so got to hear him at least. I had saved that link on my old tablet but while tried often never caught his show again

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 08:48 AM (Ia/+0)

71 Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 02, 2026 08:11 AM (gu0hJ)

Thankful to the Lord you've had some improvement. Hope you are sprung soon!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 08:48 AM (GdrUi)

72 Around here, that's normally the day the big white truck rolls down the road with two hanging off the back and my two neighbors running after it carrying bags of trash.
Posted by: Tonypete

Am I too late for the garbage?

No, Lady, hop in!

Posted by: Department Sanitaire' at May 02, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2)

73 HA! Confessions are heard everyday where I go. Somehow, I end up behind that same two 80 year old women. I honestly think they go in there just have someone to talk to.

But that's okay.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 08:26 AM (Kyh8Y)
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Alternate take: they had a racy lives back in the day, and as they feel their end coming, many memories are coming back to them and they seek consolation when recalling a lifetime's worth of sin.

I am much more conscientious than I was before I turned 29, and my confessions often turn to confronting the shame I now feel for what I did. What seemed praiseworthy and "wild" was in reality depraved and I was too blind to see it. Looking back with clear moral teaching, I shudder, especially as I help raise the grandchildren to avoid those sins.

I do find much consolation in that my kids literally cannot conceive of me having a sordid past - not because I am a hypocrite, but because I raised them with strong guardrails that they have (for the most part) respected. I wish my parents had given me that gift instead of what they imagined to be "freedom."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 08:50 AM (ZOv7s)

74 All I know is the Boss will be mad he said none a youse can die no more.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)

75 My sins are all I have. He cast all of them into the sea; because He delights in mercy.

Posted by: kingsman at May 02, 2026 08:51 AM (ehY6c)

76 Everyone have a fantastic day.

I am going to be a little more social today. I will cook my Deplorable Cookbook recipe (red beans & rice with andouille sausage) for one of the widows I walk with. After we watch the DVD Singing in the Rain.

No pressure. Walking, not stalking. But got some preps to get ready.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 02, 2026 08:51 AM (u82oZ)

77 One blessing I had this morning was a talk a very nice African American woman who was working in the local convenience store. She had a lovely large cross on and I told her that I liked it. Her response was "I don't know how I could make it through everyday without the Lord." I appreciated her witness.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 08:52 AM (GdrUi)

78 > I will cook my Deplorable Cookbook recipe (red beans & rice with andouille sausage) for one of the widows I walk with.
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One of my favorite dishes. I'd put "a little bit" aside for later. "A little bit" being a huge bowl full.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 08:56 AM (jehhT)

79 Good morning Horde.

Just got back from our town's first farmer's market of the season. Too cold outside to buy plants for the garden plot, but it's fun to look at the comestibles and see the happy dogs out and about dragging their families along.

Now I'm home eating fresh-baked orange cranberry walnut bread and listening to Gabrielli.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:59 AM (kpS4V)

80 San Franpsycho

I see your aged relative is no longer on the prayer list.
Is she better?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 02, 2026 09:00 AM (nz1sK)

81 Hadrian, are you still working on that book you were going to write?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 02, 2026 09:01 AM (nz1sK)

82 On the good news front: I secured the services of a Franciscan group to lead our commemoration of the death of St. Francis of Assisi from this life into eternal life with God (Transitus). It will held on the evening of October 3 - the vigil of his Feast Day.

Our Bishop has announced our parish is an authorized pilgrimage site this year and we are trying to put together activities for the year.

We observe the Transitus as a way to remember his holy death and renew our commitment to the Gospel life Francis lived.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2026 09:04 AM (Kyh8Y)

83 It's Old Clinton War Days here. There will be re-enactments of skirmishes that occured as the devil Sherman was routed away from Macon and turned tail towards the Atlantic coast during the War Of Northern Aggression.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 09:04 AM (vFG9F)

84
I am much more conscientious than I was before I turned 29, and my confessions often turn to confronting the shame I now feel for what I did. What seemed praiseworthy and "wild" was in reality depraved and I was too blind to see it. 

___________

I suppose the troubles I have are twofold. My life is such an embarrassment to me that I seek to repress memories of my sordid past. The other is that while I'm sorry I did those things, have never done them again and have amended my life, I can't quite renounce the pleasure I got from them at that time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 09:04 AM (HdYcL)

85 My middle kid is out-processing as I write. This is her last drill. I'm so happy for her. Having more free time will mean we can see more of her, and her stress level will go way down. Her unit was deeply dysfunctional, and I was shocked at her stories. That certainly added to my stress level.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:05 AM (ZOv7s)

86 Morning all. So many good things results wise for people on the prayer list.
RIP Captain Whitebread.
Long, sad day yesterday at our church. Parishioners lost their newborn daughter Astrid and the funeral was on Friday. Please keep Astrid and her family in your prayers.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 02, 2026 09:06 AM (2NHgQ)

87
Hadrian, are you still working on that book you were going to write?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 02, 2026 09:01 AM (nz1sK)

___________

Yes, but the research on the references I have to acquire is incredible. I reckon I'll end up with about 8000 patent references and about the same of non-patent references.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 09:06 AM (HdYcL)

88 I see your aged relative is no longer on the prayer list.
Is she better?
Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 02, 2026 09:00 AM (nz1sK)
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Thanks for asking, she is back home at her AL slowly improving b"h. Her people are very resilient but she been through a lot for a 92 year old.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 09:07 AM (RIvkX)

89 Wait. I thought the Clinton Wars were fought in Arkansas.
Maybe I need a better map.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)

90 Good morning Horde, prayers up for you and your loved ones.

I am baking pecan pie squares to bring to a Kentucky Derby party on the street, my house smells delicious!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 02, 2026 09:11 AM (0nHVk)

91 I suppose the troubles I have are twofold. My life is such an embarrassment to me that I seek to repress memories of my sordid past. The other is that while I'm sorry I did those things, have never done them again and have amended my life, I can't quite renounce the pleasure I got from them at that time.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 09:04 AM (HdYcL)
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The interesting thing is that they had very much faded when I entered the Church, and I was untroubled by them for a long time. The birth of my grandchildren really brought it all back, in part because unlike when I was a parent, juggling a job, the Guard and other children, now I had more time to reflect and was reminded of my kids as well as my childhood and growing up.

I also began talking to my father more often, and our conversations often turned to things that happened when I was little and never understood. It has brough healing and understanding, and we are closer than ever, but it also provoked a reckoning of sorts.

My main point was we really can't know why people seek Reconciliation, and the most outwardly pious and seemingly bland people often had a very different nature when they were young.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)

92 92, that's a long time. Glad to hear she is not in the hospital and improving.
May all her remaining days be full of God's mercy.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 02, 2026 09:12 AM (nz1sK)

93 I am baking pecan pie squares to bring to a Kentucky Derby party on the street, my house smells delicious!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 02, 2026 09:11 AM (0nHVk)
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You should really get those taste-tested and I am happy to provide you with this service.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 09:12 AM (RIvkX)

94 Clinton wars like the 7 Years war spread around the globe

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 09:12 AM (Ia/+0)

95 Wait. I thought the Clinton Wars were fought in Arkansas.
Maybe I need a better map.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)
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Do the reenactments feature bimbo eruptions? Is there a Rose Law Firm billing records hunt for the little kids? Commemorative "bent crank" popsicles?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:15 AM (ZOv7s)

96 92, that's a long time. Glad to hear she is not in the hospital and improving.
May all her remaining days be full of God's mercy.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 02, 2026 09:12 AM (nz1sK)
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Thanks and Amen. She's my oldest living relative and has blessed me my whole lifetime.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 09:15 AM (RIvkX)

97 Coffee's an excellent health food, the more the better...as long as you don't have afib. Yeah.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:16 AM (Lw/3D)

98 And suddenly a nice quiet somber thread about prayer, gratitude and confession becomes a BOOB THREAD!
Posted by: What IS it with you people? at May 02, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

Boobs are existential food for the male psyche. I see them as gifts from God. All male pretense and logic disappear in the presence of a great rack. They're ocular ambrosia.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 09:16 AM (g8Ew8)

99 First sip of coffee.

Tim Horton's had about 15 cars before and after me in the drive thru. My town has two stoplights so that's a line up.

Ralphy only scored one free Timbit. And the pretty young woman wasn't there. But still, coffee. On points...so 'free.'

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 09:17 AM (Sco7b)

100 Did you see where Germany said that it is OK for Donald to pull 5,000 troop out of Germany?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:17 AM (Lw/3D)

101 Quitting coffee study:

Well, maybe some need to. Personally, I have no problems with being impulsive or stressed, and don't need to improve my sleep and … what was that other thing? Anyway…

Fabulous picked a nice cartoon to top the post.

Good morning, all. Now to peruse the prayer list. Then maybe grab some more sleep.😫

Posted by: mindful webworker - in bed, a laptop is a belly top at May 02, 2026 09:18 AM (XU9++)

102
The most outwardly pious and seemingly bland people often had a very different nature when they were young.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)

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Or presently. We're all embarrassed to be waiting in line and while I try not to look at anyone else, I can't help thinking of the others, "What on earth can you be here for?"

I once confessed that I felt envious of the piety others showed, a feeling that I rarely felt. The priest said never to judge anyone by their outward appearances, that they have their struggles as well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 09:20 AM (HdYcL)

103 Thank you Skip.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 09:21 AM (Sco7b)

104
Told the lady next door it is difficult living on a pension. She corrected me and said, 'fixed income', yeah, we get along.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:23 AM (Lw/3D)

105 100 Did you see where Germany said that it is OK for Donald to pull 5,000 troop out of Germany?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:17 AM (Lw/3D)

Good.
Let's go for 20,000.
And half the equipment.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 09:23 AM (Sco7b)

106 Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 02, 2026 09:24 AM (cOQG+)

107 Attention, please:

With Spirit Airlines now defunct, effective immediately, all future passenger brawls shall fully shift from airport ticketing counters to Carnival Cruise Lines ships.

Thank you.

Posted by: Black Action Network at May 02, 2026 09:24 AM (FWBl8)

108 Praying hard every day for a job offer. I can only assume that whatever God's plan for me, it's not time yet. About 30 days until I'll have no real choice but to sell the house and move back in with my folks at 47...

Lord God, a fully-remote job would let me do that just as well! C'mon!

Posted by: RandomDave at May 02, 2026 09:24 AM (aJQbY)

109 100 So the Germans think they have to give us permission to move our troops around? F**k that noise.

Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)

110 I once confessed that I felt envious of the piety others showed, a feeling that I rarely felt. The priest said never to judge anyone by their outward appearances, that they have their struggles as well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 09:20 AM (HdYcL)
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Very true. I also think there is something of a sliding scale. I was bad, but many of my old friends were much, much worse, and I'm also grateful that so many of my attempts for similar "exploits" failed.

Yet others kept their noses clean, and therefore minor transgressions to them feel pretty bad.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)

111 Blackfoot (and related Piegan) were pretty hardcore.

I’ve tried to ponder a bit how an expansionist, technologically more advanced society in large numbers meeting a nomadic one could have been handled differently. Better, at least.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 09:26 AM (HhTfM)

112 Gave up cream in my coffee a while back. Now I can't drink my coffee any other way than black.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at May 02, 2026 09:26 AM (dyL4B)

113 We can help move those troops. We've got trains with boxcars.

Posted by: The Germans at May 02, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)

114 Everybody pretty much has a “fixed income” if you stop and think about it.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 09:28 AM (HhTfM)

115 Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

St Athanasius, defender of the Incarnation of the Word of God against the Arian heresy, pray for us.

I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 09:28 AM (ksbjf)

116 Actual CNN headline: “Reparations for slavery could have reduced Covid-19 transmission and deaths in the US, Harvard study says”.

“Could” is doing an insane amount of lifting there.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2026 09:28 AM (QZThv)

117 May the Peace of the Lord be with you all.

I remain grateful and humbled by the many blessings I have been given.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:29 AM (Cif43)

118 What's a CNN?

Posted by: Most people at May 02, 2026 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

119 San Franpsycho, what a wonderful testimony to your relative.

I had an aunt who was a mother to me when my own mother couldn't be. Ruth gave me a childhood, and I cherish that. She passed away in 2020, and I miss her.

The people who have loved us and invested in us are never truly gone -- we carry them in our hearts and in our lives.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 02, 2026 09:29 AM (nz1sK)

120 Actual CNN headline: “Reparations for slavery could have reduced Covid-19 transmission and deaths in the US, Harvard study says”.

“Could” is doing an insane amount of lifting there.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2026 09:28 AM (QZThv)
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"Reparations for slavery could halt climate change in the next thousand years." -- Equally plausible headline

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 09:30 AM (gnNyN)

121 Lord God, a fully-remote job would let me do that just as well! C'mon!
Posted by: RandomDave at May 02, 2026 09:24 AM (aJQbY

I'm recreating a life after care-giving.

I did look into online AI jobs. There are apparently a lot of companies where you can do basic stuff like labelling images and such and make money.

You'd have to check out everything to make sure they are legit but that may tide you over. You can ask AIs about the work.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 09:31 AM (Sco7b)

122 I saw Ocular Ambrosia open for…

Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

123 "Father, I don't need counselling. I came for absolution."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 08:18 AM (qFwJc)


LOL.

We are blessed with a priest that has the gift of very profound insight. I will confess some sin, he'll make a short comment, and I'm thinking, "Oh ... that's what's going on."

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)

124 70 Captain Whitebread passed away Apr 29.
https://tinyurl.com/mr3894ka
He was a regular up until a few years ago until I assume health became a major problem. He still popped in but rarely these last couple years.
He was a DJ in Oklahoma, still remember one evening he linked his radio show while live so got to hear him at least. I had saved that link on my old tablet but while tried often never caught his show again
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 08:48 AM

Thanks for the link. The memorial video brought tears to my eyes. Going forward, I will think of him whenever I hear "Rainbow Connection". May he rest in peace.

Posted by: Moonbeam at May 02, 2026 09:32 AM (rbKZ6)

125 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 09:30 AM (gnNyN

How are you doing?

Snowflake and Ralphy are getting extra love this week. It was somehow possible.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 09:32 AM (Sco7b)

126 When I was scheduling my appointment and gave the reason, I mentioned myocarditis and then added "seems like everyone is doing it now, but I had it before it was fashionable!"

The receptionist laughed and said "You know, that's true."

Acute myocarditis presents like a heart attack and the treatment was the same. In my case, there was no damage to the heart whatsoever, because what happened was that the heart was compressed by surrounding tissue, so when that compression relented, I felt better.

Recovery took a few weeks, and the strangest thing was how I would just sort of stop when I had become overexerted. I mean that literally, I would come to an abrupt halt and have to immediately seek rest. It was like an invisible leash. With time, it got longer and longer and finally disappeared. My current bout involves mild chest pain and higher blood pressure, but no hard stop. I just stop myself when I feel it because I don't want things to get worse.

I also think my blood pressure meds contribute to greater BP sensitivity. Muldoon could probably explain why.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)

127 "Wait. I thought the Clinton Wars were fought in Arkansas.
Maybe I need a better map.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)
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Do the reenactments feature bimbo eruptions? Is there a Rose Law Firm billing records hunt for the little kids? Commemorative "bent crank" popsicles?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"


You are thinking of the Clinton Whore Days.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 09:32 AM (vFG9F)

128 I missed the ONT about Winona Ryder’s boobs. Damn.

Has she ever done a topless/nude scene?
Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)


Reportedly, twice, in movies you've never heard of.

Autumn in New York (2000) and Sex and Death 101 (2007).

I haven't verified.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)

129 I'm officially retired.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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Congratulations! Happy for you, and not at all jealous.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 02, 2026 09:33 AM (MSrAy)

130 Black Tea and Coffee are excellent when “dieting” or fasting. Tannins (polyphenols) have a good effect on the critters in our guts, too.

I’ve surmised a lot of the distress we complained about is caused by excessive glucose. It might be a bit simplistic (maybe not) but lab techs ex., use Agar to feed bacteria on slides for study. A huge load of sugars in our guts probably creates an imbalance, if chronic.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 09:33 AM (HhTfM)

131 RandomDave, that is so hard. Praying that a job comes to you quickly. Sometimes we have to take a step backward to move forward. I haven't figured out how the Lord does things yet.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 02, 2026 09:33 AM (nz1sK)

132 I did look into online AI jobs. There are apparently a lot of companies where you can do basic stuff like labelling images and such and make money.

You'd have to check out everything to make sure they are legit but that may tide you over. You can ask AIs about the work.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 09:31 AM (Sco7b)
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That's probably related to Title II accessibility. Here in the US, federal government requires that website content be fully accessible for any and all state-sponsored content.

Creating accessible images is quite challenging. AI isn't very good at it because it can't understand the *context* of an image.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 09:33 AM (gnNyN)

133 So on the running trail in my new Florida locale this morning I saw messages chalked on the trail from yesterday reading: May Day rally this way (with an arrow)

So apparently even in this conservative area they had a May day rally yesterday. It’s amazing that now the left is openly celebrating communism… never thought I’d see that in my lifetime. The dem party is fully captured by radicals. They’re dangerous because they’re driven entirely by emotion (hate of Donald Trump being predominant)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 02, 2026 09:34 AM (YXvTV)

134 I find I get into a week sometimes and have no clue what the actual day of the week is.

I use Linux and my taskbar calendar includes the day of the week, so I'm good.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2026 09:35 AM (ExV1e)

135 Other possible headlines: “Sydney Sweeney showing her boobs to the Horde could cause Ace to properly hang shelves”.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2026 09:35 AM (QZThv)

136 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 09:30 AM (gnNyN

How are you doing?

Snowflake and Ralphy are getting extra love this week. It was somehow possible.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 09:32 AM (Sco7b)
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I'm getting by. I miss my kitty Jasmine, of course, but I'm slowly going through the grieving process. It's nice to have the Moron Horde to help me through it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 09:35 AM (gnNyN)

137 Prayer list always puts things in perspective. God, send your loving healing to this world, Jesus reinforce the Spirit in our lives. It is my will that our Father's will be done.

Off to shower and change the ostomy bag. Still need surgeries but need for my heart to be a little stronger first. Life's funny like that. Prayers welcomed for daughter and her husband who really want children. For our son who is estranged and keeping us away from the grandkids. For goodson on better employment and losing some weight. For cousins confused and estranged. And so many and so much more.

It's a wonderful life, if a roller coaster.
😉💗✝️

Posted by: mindful webworker - still going to drink black caf'd coffee, ok? ok! at May 02, 2026 09:36 AM (XU9++)

138 CWjr, sorry for your loss. I will throw a few coins to help defray expenses in honor of your dads contributions the hoard over the years.

Posted by: Miflin at May 02, 2026 09:36 AM (aA6YN)

139 I saw Winona Ryder’s Boobs open for 10cc and the Lovin’ Spoonful at Cobo Hall in ‘74

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 09:36 AM (HhTfM)

140 Captain Whitebread passed away Apr 29.
https://tinyurl.com/mr3894ka

He was 59 - 5 months from 60. I'm 13 months younger than him. That's sobering perspective at 6:30 a.m. on a Saturday. R.I.P. Captain.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 02, 2026 09:37 AM (W5mpo)

141 We are blessed with a priest that has the gift of very profound insight. I will confess some sin, he'll make a short comment, and I'm thinking, "Oh ... that's what's going on."
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)
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Like with everything else, individual priests have their strengths and weaknesses. Some deliver awesome homilies while others put you to sleep. I've really come to appreciate the value of a good confessor and since we see regular turnover (we're a starter parish for the newly ordained), people note who is best at each.

"Go to Father X's Masses, they're great. Father Y is the best confessor, though." Our current pastor is being reassigned, and my wife and I have been talking about visiting his new parish from time to time, because his homilies are so good.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)

142 89 Wait. I thought the Clinton Wars were fought in Arkansas.
Maybe I need a better map.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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Maybe a different Clinton. You may be thinking of CIA Clinton wars around Mina.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:38 AM (Lw/3D)

143 Good.
Let's go for 20,000.
And half the equipment.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 09:23 AM (Sco7b)


I see your bid and raise to all of them, all the equipment, and destroy the facilities.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)

144 "So on the running trail in my new Florida locale this morning I saw messages chalked on the trail from yesterday reading: May Day rally this way (with an arrow)"

Was there, perhaps, a Hash House Harriers run in your area yesterday? Any signs mentioning beer?

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 02, 2026 09:40 AM (W5mpo)

145 Reportedly, twice, in movies you've never heard of.

Autumn in New York (2000) and Sex and Death 101 (2007).

I haven't verified.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)
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Ah, that makes sense. I've noticed many actresses resist nude scenes resort to them as they age and their box off ice appeal drops.

Blake Edwards had it exactly right in "S.O.B."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)

146 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 09:33 AM (gnNyN

Okay. Good. Or good-ish.

There actually were a lot of the AI types of jobs online. So I hope that helps him. I have to get to my projects.

Later everyone.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 09:40 AM (Sco7b)

147 Other possible headlines: “Sydney Sweeney showing her boobs to the Horde could cause Ace to properly hang shelves”.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2026 09:35 AM (QZThv)

If such an action could cause a significant reversal in arterial plaque buildup, I'm in!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)

148 So apparently even in this conservative area they had a May day rally yesterday. It’s amazing that now the left is openly celebrating communism… never thought I’d see that in my lifetime. The dem party is fully captured by radicals. They’re dangerous because they’re driven entirely by emotion (hate of Donald Trump being predominant)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 02, 2026 09:34 AM (YXvTV)
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No way to know if there was a rally, or if it was attended by locals. Back in the day the local Marxists would chalk up campus and there were also flyers posted by Trotskeyites about the evils of Maoism.

It doesn't mean those were popular, just that a handful of weirdos had access to chalk and a copy machine.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:42 AM (ZOv7s)

149 I see your bid and raise to all of them, all the equipment, and destroy the facilities.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)

AND give the land to the muslims.

Once it belongs to Islam, they don't let it go....

A parting gift to all....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 02, 2026 09:42 AM (Sco7b)

150 I’m reading “Age of Jackson” by Schlesinger.

Not much has changed. The question then as well, something along the lines of how can Democracy work? Can’t have the wealthy or “natural aristocracy” run everything. Farmers, tradesman, working people should have a say too, or they will become dispossessed.

The election of Andy Jackson really freaked a lot of people out. Now guys like Hamilton thought it perfectly natural that big government and big business should work together. Others were concerned that the large banks would become the de facto government, and run everything.

Nothing ever changes it seems, just the names maybe. Same ole place that never was, only moreso

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 09:42 AM (HhTfM)

151 Hrothgar submitted this to me. I say we should pray for him. Pray Hard.

That's essentially the basis for Starbuck's whole business model.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2026 09:43 AM (vTZFs)

152 Saw this in the Hawaii subreddit. Sure, Blue state has ICE hotline isn't a surprise, but the last tidbit stood out to me. "SALUTE" reports are literally the US Army's report format for enemy activity. Using US military tactics to thwart lawful Federal activity seems like it's approaching an important line...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- A newly-formed coalition on Oʻahu is asking the public to help document immigration enforcement activity, launching a hotline to report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Callers to the hotline — 808-824-4707 — will be asked to provide key details using a system known as “SALUTE,” which includes information such as the number of agents, the type of activity taking place, the location, duration and any equipment present.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 02, 2026 09:43 AM (JCZqz)

153 Was there, perhaps, a Hash House Harriers run in your area yesterday? Any signs mentioning beer?
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 02, 2026 09:40 AM (W5mpo)

I don’t think so…. No signs for beer anywhere

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 02, 2026 09:43 AM (YXvTV)

154 So the mackerel snappers shop around for priests?
Hunh. Thought we were the only ones who did that sort of thing.
By the way, does the decision making process involve taste testing fried chicken at a covered dish supper?

Posted by: Southern Baptists at May 02, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

155 Perfessor, I was so sad to hear about Jasmine. Sending hugs.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 02, 2026 09:44 AM (MSrAy)

156 Perfessor, I was so sad to hear about Jasmine. Sending hugs.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 02, 2026 09:44 AM (MSrAy)
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Thank you!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)

157 and there were also flyers posted by Trotskeyites about the evils of Maoism.
———-

Revisionist!!

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 09:44 AM (HhTfM)

158 If such an action could cause a significant reversal in arterial plaque buildup, I'm in!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)


Where's the nearest teatment center?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at May 02, 2026 09:44 AM (hOUT3)

159 Tuesday is trash day here. It's also Soylent Green day.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 09:45 AM (qFwJc)

160 Mrs. E has finished first 2 of total r of the first round of infusions for lymphoma. She says she feels fine, so we're off to breakfast.

Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)

161 Black Tea and Coffee are excellent when “dieting” or fasting. Tannins (polyphenols) have a good effect on the critters in our guts, too.

I’ve surmised a lot of the distress we complained about is caused by excessive glucose. It might be a bit simplistic (maybe not) but lab techs ex., use Agar to feed bacteria on slides for study. A huge load of sugars in our guts probably creates an imbalance, if chronic.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 09:33 AM (HhTfM)

Food has nothing to do with stress. Stress comes from trying to manage an imaginary reality fueled by fear of the past and what a person has convinced himself what the future is. It's an old human fault of trying to be God.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 09:46 AM (g8Ew8)

162 Like with everything else, individual priests have their strengths and weaknesses. Some deliver awesome homilies while others put you to sleep. I've really come to appreciate the value of a good confessor and ..., people note who is best at each.

"Go to Father X's Masses, they're great. Father Y is the best confessor, though." ...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)


That's exactly how it is at my parish. Our priest that is an excellent confessor gives very theologically-oriented homilies. They put Mrs. Cop to sleep, but since I'm a lay Dominican (Study is one of charisms of the Order of Preachers) I find them interesting but not exciting.

Our new-ish Nigerian priest probably gives the most enthusiastic homilies. He's very animated and does not just stand at the ambo. He can be funny, too. He made a comment, "My married brother told me that as a married man he can either be right, or be happy and just agree with his wife." The married dudes in the pews were nodding their heads and the wives were thinking, "that's not funny!!!"

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 09:46 AM (ksbjf)

163 Where's the nearest teatment center?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at May 02, 2026 09:44 AM (hOUT3)


She's in some show called Euphoria (don't know what service) where I understand she's pretty free with showing them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2026 09:47 AM (ExV1e)

164 Captain Whitebread was born after me. Life is short… that message has been pounding at me due to personal circumstances for the last few years. What does it say in the 4th chapter of James: For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

I used to have a feeling of permanence in my life; it’s comforting. But no more… lots of changes some not at all pleasant (like the passing of dear relatives). But maybe though uncomfortable it’s a good thing. We need that reminder that this life is temporary and what really matters is eternity

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 02, 2026 09:47 AM (Jehr5)

165 I remember a May Day that preceded communism.
It was a pagan mating dance with a May pole in the center and streamers coming from it. We would hold the streamers and dance around in a circle, girls one way, boys the other until the lines were so short that each boy and girl were facing one another.

Of course, back then, in elementary school, they didn't tell us the real purpose of the festival because young people were innocent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:47 AM (Lw/3D)

166 Hawaii hasn’t likely received their “fair share” of illegal aliens. Too remote.

Start sending thousands every day for a while, just to hear all the usual suspect start screeching. Do It.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 09:47 AM (HhTfM)

167 > Callers to the hotline — 808-824-4707 — will be asked to provide key details using a system known as “SALUTE,” which includes information such as the number of agents, the type of activity taking place, the location, duration and any equipment present.
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I can't foresee this sort of thing being tolerated by a Democrat run government. In fact, I foresee the public engaged in this being arrested and put in prison.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 09:48 AM (jehhT)

168 So the mackerel snappers shop around for priests?

This one is. Took my betrothed to see my pastor about getting hitched. More bullshit rules than you can believe. Never darkening the doorway of that church again until that little faggot is gone.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 09:48 AM (qFwJc)

169 Mrs. E has finished first 2 of total r of the first round of infusions for lymphoma. She says she feels fine, so we're off to breakfast.
Posted by: Eromero
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I'm glad she's feeling well. Please give her a hug from me (sending one for you too)

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 02, 2026 09:48 AM (MSrAy)

170 What makes me guess that Hawaii doesn't have the Illegals problem as much as the 48 states?
Oh maybe Chinese who can afford to get there. But no one is arriving by boat or walking there.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 09:49 AM (Ia/+0)

171 That Charlie Brown was me this morning

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 09:49 AM (Ia/+0)

172 Food has nothing to do with stress. Stress comes from trying to manage an imaginary reality fueled by fear of the past and what a person has convinced himself what the future is. It's an old human fault of trying to be God.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 09:46 AM (g8Ew
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Hi there.

Posted by: Type 2 Diabeetus at May 02, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

173 Thread hung on me when I tried to post

Prayers for all the horde in need

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 02, 2026 09:50 AM (dE3DB)

174 I remember a May Day that preceded communism.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:47 AM (Lw/3D)
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Communists create nothing. They just pervert everything that they can to suit their vile heresy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)

175 139 I saw Winona Ryder’s Boobs open for 10cc and the Lovin’ Spoonful at Cobo Hall in ‘74
****

Her birthday is Oct29,1971.

Posted by: clarence at May 02, 2026 09:52 AM (pFqNV)

176 Food has nothing to do with stress.
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If I’d said anything about stress, you might have a point.

I’m talking about distress in our guts. Unmentionable …things that follow. Trust Me. Food affects our innards to a large degree. Make sense? Sorry it I was unclear.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 09:52 AM (HhTfM)

177 >Took my betrothed to see my pastor about getting hitched. More bullshit rules than you can believe.

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"Yeah, well, we're not welcome back into the grocery store, either."

Posted by: Just the punchline at May 02, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

178 She says she feels fine, so we're off to breakfast.
Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)


Most excellent to hear this, hope your breakfast is a good one!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at May 02, 2026 09:52 AM (hOUT3)

179 o the mackerel snappers shop around for priests?
Hunh. Thought we were the only ones who did that sort of thing.
By the way, does the decision making process involve taste testing fried chicken at a covered dish supper?
Posted by: Southern Baptists at May 02, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)


It's not exactly the same for us mackeral-snapping Romish papists (that is the technical term). The Roman Missal gives the written instructions for the order of the Mass, so -- in theory -- any Novus Ordo Mass or Tredentine Latin Mass will be exactly the same anywhere around the world.

Different priests have different gifts. Some are better in the Confessional and some are better at the ambo (lectern).

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 09:52 AM (ksbjf)

180 The question then as well, something along the lines of how can Democracy work? Can’t have the wealthy or “natural aristocracy” run everything. Farmers, tradesman, working people should have a say too, or they will become dispossessed.

The election of Andy Jackson really freaked a lot of people out. Now guys like Hamilton thought it perfectly natural that big government and big business should work together. Others were concerned that the large banks would become the de facto government, and run everything.



We should just turn all decisions over to AI and stop worrying.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2026 09:53 AM (Riz8t)

181 Jehr5)

165 I remember a May Day that preceded communism.
It was a pagan mating dance with a May pole in the center and streamers coming from it. We would hold the streamers and dance around in a circle, girls one way, boys the other until the lines were so short that each boy and girl were facing one another.

Of course, back then, in elementary school, they didn't tell us the real purpose of the festival because young people were innocent.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:47 AM (Lw/3D)

Witches!! Burn them!!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 09:53 AM (g8Ew8)

182 Saw this in the Hawaii subreddit. Sure, Blue state has ICE hotline isn't a surprise, but the last tidbit stood out to me. "SALUTE" reports are literally the US Army's report format for enemy activity. Using US military tactics to thwart lawful Federal activity seems like it's approaching an important line...

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 02, 2026 09:43 AM (JCZqz)
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Given the military presence there, SALUTE format is not at all surprising.

I love the idea of a tip line, though. "Yes, please call our toll-free line and document your participation in a criminal conspiracy against federal law enforcement. NSA is standing by!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)

183 Hi there.
Posted by: Type 2 Diabeetus at May 02, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

Stress is not a disease. It's a state of mind.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 09:55 AM (g8Ew8)

184 "Yes, please call our toll-free line and document your participation in a criminal conspiracy against federal law enforcement. NSA is standing by!"

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Please hold. I gotta pee.

Posted by: Bob at May 02, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

185 Food has nothing to do with stress.
****

Stress comes from resisting the body's natural urge to choke out some retarded bastard.

Posted by: clarence at May 02, 2026 09:57 AM (pFqNV)

186 Prayers up for those that have asked us for them in the prayer list;
Prayers up for those that know they need them but have not asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet; and
Prayers up for those who pray alone, asking for help in silence, and whose prayers are known but to God!

Prayers up even for all "our" politicians who have decided that their 10% graft and power are still far more desirable than their honor or integrity, may they see the error of their ways, repent, and become true representatives of we the people!

And lastly, prayers up for President Trump, keep him and our beloved country safe from harm and may the many forces of corruption and evil arrayed against both him and our country be rendered ineffective and their plans come to naught!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at May 02, 2026 09:57 AM (hOUT3)

187 Posted by: no one of any consequence

Congrats!
When is the wedding?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 02, 2026 09:58 AM (dE3DB)

188 >Took my betrothed to see my pastor about getting hitched. More bullshit rules than you can believe.

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"Yeah, well, we're not welcome back into the grocery store, either."
Posted by: Just the punchline at May 02, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

LOL. Thanks for the smile.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2026 09:58 AM (wVcYX)

189 I guess Winona has had implants.

Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

190 So the mackerel snappers shop around for priests?
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This one is. Took my betrothed to see my pastor about getting hitched. More bullshit rules than you can believe. Never darkening the doorway of that church again until that little faggot is gone.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 09:48 AM (qFwJc)


Is your betrothed not Catholic? If so, that will present a challenge to being married in a Catholic Church.

If it's the marriage-preparation classes, way back when the future Mrs. Cop was my fiance', we found the classes a very good foundation for a lasting marriage. I'm not going to lie and say we've never had any conflict as a married couple, but they've been pretty minor.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 09:59 AM (ksbjf)

191 I do think stress CAUSES many maladies including cancer.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 09:59 AM (g8Ew8)

192 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at May 02, 2026 09:57 AM (hOUT3)

Thanks. Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 10:00 AM (oT1li)

193 Different priests have different gifts. Some are better in the Confessional and some are better at the ambo (lectern).
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 09:52 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, and some people feel more comfortable confessing outside of their parish. During Advent and Lent, there are Penance Services where lots of priests from other parishes participate.

At the same time, people tend to stay local. My parish is somewhat unique in that there are two locations that were once separate and have been merged, and there remains a "student" and "townie" identity at each one, though it is fading over time.

The liberal Catholics (overwhelmingly Boomers) still identify with the student parish, even though many now live in other parishes.

The upshot is the the Church is far from monolithic, even within the Roman Rite. For example, there are parishes sponsored by various orders who exist outside the territorial diocesan structure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)

194 Different priests have different gifts. Some are better in the Confessional and some are better at the ambo (lectern).
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 09:52 AM (ksbjf)

For a while a ways back I went to a popular Methodist Church, good congregation. They had a senior pastor who was very good at working with people, very likable. Did a lot of things well. But, as a good friend and I agreed, every sermon he ever gave was just a 15 minute recitation of unconnected, slightly humorous anecdotes about nothing, and then he would smile and walk away from the lecturn.

He had the public speaking skills of Kamala Harris. The Methodist heirarchy noticed this and decided to do something about it, so they promoted him to Bishop.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 10:00 AM (jju2J)

195 Winona is getting up there, 54yo

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 10:01 AM (Ia/+0)

196 All I’m getting at, gut problems and related chronic TMI issues are very much remedied or improved by cutting out excessive sugar, carbs, glucose.

Starve ‘em out, and a more healthy balance will automagically occur, and fairly rapidly. Tannins are especially helpful in this regard, (though probably not when loaded with cream and sugar). Tea especially is under study for this, and also oral health and gum disease. The “bad” bacteria do not like polyphenols.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2026 10:01 AM (HhTfM)

197 Jehr5)

165 I remember a May Day that preceded communism.
It was a pagan mating dance with a May pole in the center and streamers coming from it. We would hold the streamers and dance around in a circle, girls one way, boys the other until the lines were so short that each boy and girl were facing one another.

Of course, back then, in elementary school, they didn't tell us the real purpose of the festival because young people were innocent.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:47 AM (Lw/3D)

Witches!! Burn them!!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 09:53 AM (g8Ew

Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from witches?

Peasant 1: More witches!!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2026 10:01 AM (wVcYX)

198 Stress comes from resisting the body's natural urge to choke out some retarded bastard.
Posted by: clarence at May 02, 2026 09:57 AM (pFqNV)

Among many other things too. Yes, I agree.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 10:01 AM (g8Ew8)

199 I’m sorry to hear about Capt. Whitebread. Another moron gone RIP and condolences to his family.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 02, 2026 10:02 AM (dpp78)

200 Regular exercise reduces stress, keeps your weight down, and gives you more energy. No downside; all upside

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 02, 2026 10:02 AM (Jehr5)

201 "The gut microbiome refers to the trillions of bacteria and other microbes living in the digestive system.,,.

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I know there is supposed to be no math on the blog but...

The volume of a single E.coli bacterium is roughly 1 cubic micrometer, or one millionth (10e-6) of a cubic meter. So we can assume a spherical mega bacterium (equal to one million E. coli) has a diameter of 1 meter. A trillion is one million million, so if you had "trillions" of bacteria in your gut you would have exploded long before you went two weeks without coffee. QED

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

202 I love the idea of a tip line, though. "Yes, please call our toll-free line and document your participation in a criminal conspiracy against federal law enforcement. NSA is standing by!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)


If you are calling to report a conservative offense against our beloved democracy, call 1-800-867-5309!

If you are calling to report a perceived liberal attack on an evil conservative, call 1-800-FRE-STUFF!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at May 02, 2026 10:04 AM (hOUT3)

203 > He had the public speaking skills of Kamala Harris. The Methodist heirarchy noticed this and decided to do something about it, so they promoted him to Bishop.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 10:00 AM
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Every good sermon should contain at least one Venn diagram.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at May 02, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

204 That's still young.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 10:05 AM (g8Ew8)

205 The Methodist heirarchy noticed this and decided to do something about it, so they promoted him to Bishop.

Sounds legit!

Stateless - I'll try to find such, see if they'll help enough to matter. A bunch of stuff I feel I could have done months ago to get 'gig-level' budget assists to help now, but... back then I was still expecting sanity to prevail in time, y'know?

Posted by: RandomDave at May 02, 2026 10:06 AM (aJQbY)

206 Oops. Copy fail.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 10:06 AM (g8Ew8)

207 For a while a ways back I went to a popular Methodist Church, good congregation. They had a senior pastor who was very good at working with people, very likable. ...

He had the public speaking skills of Kamala Harris. The Methodist heirarchy noticed this and decided to do something about it, so they promoted him to Bishop.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 10:00 AM (jju2J)


LOL. That does seem to be a universal truism.

****

Since it's Saturday, and I'm retired, I've got to go. Those errands aren't going to get accomplished by themselves.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 10:06 AM (ksbjf)

208 The volume of a single E.coli bacterium is roughly 1 cubic micrometer, or one millionth (10e-6) of a cubic meter. So we can assume a spherical mega bacterium (equal to one million E. coli) has a diameter of 1 meter. A trillion is one million million, so if you had "trillions" of bacteria in your gut you would have exploded long before you went two weeks without coffee. QED
Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

You… just blew my mind! It exploded like that hypothetical gut…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 02, 2026 10:06 AM (Jehr5)

209 They're real and they're spectacular!

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at May 02, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

210 165 I remember a May Day that preceded communism.
It was a pagan mating dance with a May pole in the center and streamers coming from it. We would hold the streamers and dance around in a circle, girls one way, boys the other until the lines were so short that each boy and girl were facing one another.
_______________

I remember 3rd and 4th grade at my catholic school May was the month of Mary. All the kids would gather blossoms (usually azalea or rhododendron) and take either thread or a wire and string them together to make a crown dedicated to her. It was about a half hour break in the great outdoors usually on a Friday afternoon.

Posted by: Rex B at May 02, 2026 10:08 AM (a992C)

211 My betrothed is Catholic. Baptized as a child. But not catechized. Did not know the rules. Three invalid civil marriages. Two of the guys are dead. One had cancer over a year ago. Heard he was dead. Need a death cert.

They want to scrutinize me. Me? I am a widower. Tabla rasa. They need to be scrutinized.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:09 AM (qFwJc)

212 No, I'm not a RC, but I've appreciated the first black priest in America who sounds like a wonderful man- Fr. Augustus Tolton has been declared vulnerable and now has a shrine in IL:

https://tinyurl.com/4j549ews

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 10:09 AM (2sfNr)

213 Regular exercise reduces stress, keeps your weight down, and gives you more energy. No downside; all upside
Posted by: LinusVanPelt


**********

Unless you subscribe to the "only so many shots in a cannon" theory of heartbeats in a lifetime. Exercise speeds your heart rate, thereby hastening the expenditure of your lifetime allotment of heart beats. Best to just sit still and try not to get excited about anything. /s

(DISCLAIMER: I am not a physician but I did play one in real life.)

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 10:10 AM (I0N4X)

214 The volume of a single E.coli bacterium is roughly 1 cubic micrometer, or one millionth (10e-6) of a cubic meter. So we can assume a spherical mega bacterium (equal to one million E. coli) has a diameter of 1 meter. A trillion is one million million, so if you had "trillions" of bacteria in your gut you would have exploded long before you went two weeks without coffee. QED
Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)
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Much as I hate to burst your bubble, your math is a bit off. 1 cubic micrometer is 10^-6 x 10^-6 x 10^-6 in size, or 1 x 10^18 cubic meters.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 10:10 AM (gnNyN)

215 Regular exercise reduces stress, keeps your weight down, and gives you more energy. No downside; all upside
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 02, 2026 10:02 AM (Jehr5)

Well, other than the added life extension from such exercise is exactly equal to or surpassed by the time spent engaging in exercise.

Hold a sec, there's a hammering at the door.

NVM, it was just my heart thumping.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2026 10:10 AM (wVcYX)

216 Much as I hate to burst your bubble, your math is a bit off. 1 cubic micrometer is 10^-6 x 10^-6 x 10^-6 in size, or 1 x 10^-18 cubic meters.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 10:10 AM (gnNyN)
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Whoops. Forget the minus sign in front of 18.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 10:10 AM (gnNyN)

217 Mrs. E has finished first 2 of total r of the first round of infusions for lymphoma. She says she feels fine, so we're off to breakfast.
Posted by: Eromero

So glad it's going, mostly, well. She is a big part of the MoMee experience.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 02, 2026 10:10 AM (lFFaq)

218 LOL. The Knights of Saint Peter Claver think he was black.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:12 AM (qFwJc)

219 Winona is getting up there, 54yo
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 10:01 AM (Ia/+0)
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There's an article in the archives of First Things that suggests the Sexual Revolution was the result of the collapsed birth rates during WW II. Women typically marry older men rather then exact contemporaries, and so by the late 1960s, there was a massive shortage of marriageable men vs the number of women, because the Early Boomer women were seeking mates among War Baby men, a shortfall in the millions.

This meant that men had a target-rich environment, and could high-grade the women, so those left behind resorted to more promiscuity as a way of securing commitment. When men realized they could have the milk without buying the cow, they exploited this, and that was where abortion suddenly became the Most Important Thing Ever, because "nice girls" would never carry condoms or use The Pill, and if an "accident" happened, a single mother would likely never find a decent man.

This is why, to this very day, feminists describe children as a "punishment," which in a way it was for their moral transgression. (cont)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

220 >>Regular exercise reduces stress, keeps your weight down, and gives you more energy. No downside; all upside

The downside is having to exercise regularly to achieve all that.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 02, 2026 10:14 AM (Y1sOo)

221 186 Prayers up for those that have asked us for them in the prayer list;
Prayers up for those that know they need them but have not asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet; and
Prayers up for those who pray alone, asking for help in silence, and whose prayers are known but to God!

Prayers up even for all "our" politicians who have decided that their 10% graft and power are still far more desirable than their honor or integrity, may they see the error of their ways, repent, and become true representatives of we the people!

And lastly, prayers up for President Trump, keep him and our beloved country safe from harm and may the many forces of corruption and evil arrayed against both him and our country be rendered ineffective and their plans come to naught!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~
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Amen.

Commissar, it is good to see you. Your commentary is missed at eventide.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:15 AM (Lw/3D)

222 (cont) By the same token, according to the article, the collapse of the Hayes Code and the "burn your bra" movement were the result of "leftover women" who were now on the brink of 30 who were reduced to pulling out all the stops - and yes, this would have applied in Hollywood, too.

What this did was undercut younger women who tried to retain traditional morality, and one sees this plainly by the 1980s where mainstream entertainment essentially mocks virginity until marriage as archaic and lame.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

223 The only time I use cream in my coffee is when it's instant otherwise black. Never sugar.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 02, 2026 10:17 AM (abIsI)

224 Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:12 AM (qFwJc)

He sounds like a very inspirational figure who cared deeply about the souls and bodies of slaves, but he was Spanish and I don't think he ever made it to North America.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 10:18 AM (2sfNr)

225 Exercise does not extend life as much as it extends the quality of life while you live.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:18 AM (Lw/3D)

226 Lloyd can't argue with that

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 10:19 AM (Ia/+0)

227 Holy crap, Muldoon.
Check your math.

A million E. coli is a barely visible microcolony on a petri dish.

A billion E. Coli is a colony no bigger around than a dime on a petri dish.

A trillion E. coli is a less than a teaspoon of packed cells at the bottom of a centrifuge tube.

30 years as a microbiologist >>>M.D

Posted by: retropox at May 02, 2026 10:20 AM (7rnzP)

228 150 I’m reading “Age of Jackson” by Schlesinger.

Posted by: Common Tater
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One of Schlesinger's better works before he became a hagiographer for the Kennedy family.

And yes, even back in Aristotle's time, he mentioned that societies end up changing political arrangements over time due to circumstances.

Those political arrangements must fit the society existing at the time; if they don't, they will change to do so.

Posted by: whig at May 02, 2026 10:20 AM (E4rtv)

229 Exercise is fine, but I loathe gyms.

Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

230 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at May 02, 2026 10:21 AM (wYpYR)

231 Yeah Fen,

He was Spanish and ministered to the slaves in South America.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:21 AM (qFwJc)

232 Dr. Mark Seigle, physician, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, says putting anything in your coffee eliminates the effectiveness of coffee. He says, drink it black and that 4 cups is better than 2.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:22 AM (Lw/3D)

233 Unless you subscribe to the "only so many shots in a cannon" theory of heartbeats in a lifetime. Exercise speeds your heart rate, thereby hastening the expenditure of your lifetime allotment of heart beats. Best to just sit still and try not to get excited about anything. /s

(DISCLAIMER: I am not a physician but I did play one in real life.)
Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 10:10 AM (I0N4X)

LOL. The purity of outhouse logic.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 10:22 AM (g8Ew8)

234 Stress is not a disease.

*********

The words and wisdom of Mike Cross:

"Listen here brother.
Life's just another
Terminal disease!"

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)

235 The Spanish imported African slaves because a Pope forbid them from enslaving the locals.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:22 AM (qFwJc)

236 The E. coli wars, begun they have.

Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

237 mATh oN tHe bLOg!!!!!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 02, 2026 10:23 AM (tcsrY)

238 Exercise does not extend life as much as it extends the quality of life while you live.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:18 AM (Lw/3D)
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I disagree. I think exercise extends life in several ways. The first is that you avoid a ton of hazards like diabetes and the complications that come from a sedentary/obese lifestyle.

You also gain resilience. I have been repeatedly told that my overall good health, which is maintained by frequent exercise, has helped me pull through health complications that would have killed someone with a lower CON score. Those pluses on your save roll add up!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

239 "Exercise is a speedway to the grave." paraphrased Rumple of the Bailey

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:23 AM (qFwJc)

240 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:15 AM (Lw/3D)

Thanks for that!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at May 02, 2026 10:24 AM (hOUT3)

241 Dr. Mark Seigle, physician, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, says putting anything in your coffee eliminates the effectiveness of coffee. He says, drink it black and that 4 cups is better than 2.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:22 AM (Lw/3D)
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Well that settles it. If a doctor says it, it must be true! Time to get another safe and effective Covid booster!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)

242 Best to just sit still and try not to get excited about anything. /s

Ah, my philosophy explained

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 02, 2026 10:24 AM (tcsrY)

243 "dickey ticker."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:24 AM (qFwJc)

244 I only ever put cream in 1st cup, any refills nothing added.
If big pot in winter by end its black

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 10:25 AM (Ia/+0)

245 Those pluses on your save roll add up!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)


Sit in your recliner long enough...

and the only activity you will be able to engage in is sitting in your recliner!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at May 02, 2026 10:26 AM (hOUT3)

246 Me & hubs are joining a local nature walk tomorrow

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 02, 2026 10:27 AM (znREB)

247 I put ghee in my coffee. I'm a gheezer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)

248 Unless you subscribe to the "only so many shots in a cannon" theory of heartbeats in a lifetime. Exercise speeds your heart rate, thereby hastening the expenditure of your lifetime allotment of heart beats. Best to just sit still and try not to get excited about anything. /s

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Now do sex.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 10:30 AM (ndZc7)

249 Captain Whitebread passed away Apr 29.
https://tinyurl.com/mr3894ka

He was 59 - 5 months from 60. I'm 13 months younger than him. That's sobering perspective at 6:30 a.m. on a Saturday. R.I.P. Captain.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 02, 2026 09:37 AM (W5mpo)

He was born the year I graduated HS. Sobering, indeed. May you rest in peace, Captain, and your family find solace knowing that you had a second family here at The Horde who were also very fond of you.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 02, 2026 10:31 AM (5xuJ/)

250 232 Dr. Mark Seigle, physician, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, says putting anything in your coffee eliminates the effectiveness of coffee. He says, drink it black and that 4 cups is better than 2.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Far too many doctors spout studies that they themselves have not conducted. It is probably safe to say that roughly 50 percent of all studies including medical are garbage and 50 percent represent some form of the 'truth'. Dietary studies are particularly bad because a) you cannot feed people a controlled diet for decades, b) they rely then on self reporting, c) too many extraneous variables outside the study exist, d) sampling errors and panel study survival (they keep in the study over time).

But unless you actually conducted the study yourself, everything else is basically appeal to authority in our society.

Too complex for even the autodidact to do more than take a stab at figuring out what is truth and what is garbage. Basically, we will all die sometime and our individual circumstances have more to do our lifespan than general nostrums and prognostications by our 'informed' betters.

Posted by: whig at May 02, 2026 10:31 AM (E4rtv)

251 Sit in your recliner long enough...

and the only activity you will be able to engage in is sitting in your recliner!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at May 02, 2026 10:26 AM (hOUT3)
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My father is 83 and still goes biking. He now has a motor with battery pack to make the hills easier. I want to be able to do that at 83. Last summer he bought a motorbike to save on gas while visiting his wife in hospice. He has a Honda Gold Wing, but it's heavy, and the motorbike is easier for him to maneuver, less risk of it falling over.

My uncle gave up riding because the Harley was too much for him.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)

252 Every good sermon should contain at least one Venn diagram.
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff

Anybody know what denomination Fen is? Just curious.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 02, 2026 10:32 AM (l26NL)

253 Wait. The horde is measuring things in microcentimeters?

I can see where this is headed!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)

254
They want to scrutinize me. Me? I am a widower. Tabla rasa. They need to be scrutinized.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:09 AM (qFwJc)

____________

I'm sorry you have this problem. I have a marriage-related problem as well that's quite damaging to my relationship with the Church. It can't be solved. But I recognize why it has to be that way. I worked it out with a good priest, that is, one that would give me the right answer, not necessarily the one I wanted. But he agreed that it was being handled about as well as it could.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 10:32 AM (HdYcL)

255 I'm a Dean Koontz fan so when I saw the horror writer had written a book of numerous holiday poetry I bought it. Muldoon has him beat seven ways from Sunday.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)

256 Now do sex.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 10:30 AM (ndZc7)
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There was a character in a Dan Jenkins book (Baja Oklahoma, I think) who maintained that the number of hard-ons in a man's life was limited, and therefore women had an obligation to ensure that none go to waste.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:33 AM (ZOv7s)

257 COVID-19 destroyed the credibility of thousands of physicians.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:33 AM (qFwJc)

258 Mornin' Horde. Quick update on something I mentioned in this space two weekends back: C.H. joined her beloved husband in the presence of the Lord last Saturday. Service tomorrow. Prayers for her family and all who knew her, she's dearly missed.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 02, 2026 10:34 AM (FIwBs)

259 Anybody know what denomination Fen is? Just curious.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 02, 2026 10:32 AM (l26NL)
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United Methodist, though I don't know if that is still the case.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)

260
Anybody know what denomination Fen is? Just curious.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 02, 2026 10:32 AM (l26NL)

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I think the non-nutty wing of the Episcopalians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 10:35 AM (HdYcL)

261 Covid killed over 1 million Americans
It almost killed Trump

Posted by: Paul at May 02, 2026 10:35 AM (2n317)

262 I think the non-nutty wing of the Episcopalians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

There is one? KIDDING!!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 02, 2026 10:36 AM (l26NL)

263 I know the rules. But this pastor was completely unkind and failed to know the intricacies of the rules. He was citing chapter and verse of the diocesan policy.

My sister told me "You just need to find the right priest." Do such priests exist anymore?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:36 AM (qFwJc)

264 Or are they all a bunch of fags that hate normals?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:38 AM (qFwJc)

265 Holy crap, Muldoon.
Check your math.

Posted by: retropox

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This is exactly why there is no math on the blog, especially if one has gone two weeks without caffeine. I guess I didn't account for three dimensions.

But you can't demy that if you lined up a trillion E/ coli bacteria end to end they would come out both ends of your GI tract, eh?

😳

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 10:38 AM (I0N4X)

266 Good morning all
Sorry I'm late and still catching up with the comments but I forgot it's Saturday here.
I've been retired 8 years but because I have grandkids weekends are still weekends where I have to try and fit into their busy schedule. My son nd granddaughters ran and scootered a 5k race this morning and both have soccer this afternoon.
I don't remember life being this complicated when my boys were growing up.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2026 10:39 AM (kJmSS)

267 There is a smaller church 23 minutes away to the south of my house. I will go there tomorrow morning.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:40 AM (qFwJc)

268 "scootered"
What, are we just making up words now?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)

269 Do people still "join a church?" This was something that my parents wanted us kids to do. Back in the 70's.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 10:41 AM (jehhT)

270 I disagree. I think exercise extends life in several ways. The first is that you avoid a ton of hazards like diabetes and the complications that come from a sedentary/obese lifestyle.

You also gain resilience. I have been repeatedly told that my overall good health, which is maintained by frequent exercise, has helped me pull through health complications that would have killed someone with a lower CON score. Those pluses on your save roll add up!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

Bullshit. Look up marathon runners that have died just during 2025. No one knows when the reaper comes knocking. That really small aneurysm that never shows up on xray could suddenly burst. Or making that jog down the street when a car hits you from behind, etc. etc.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 10:41 AM (g8Ew8)

271 My local church is 15-20 minutes north of me. No great difference.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:42 AM (qFwJc)

272 Good news, everyone!

Jim Acosta whines that Scott Jennings should be fired — says Jennings is an example of the "MAGA state TV world that is emerging in America."

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MAGA TV? Shows that reflect real life? Sign me up!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 10:42 AM (ndZc7)

273 Smaller than what? A microcentimeter?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 10:42 AM (2Ez/1)

274 Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 10:41 AM

Yes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 10:42 AM (2sfNr)

275 Hi, Sharon! I was thinking about you just this morning, thinking that I hadn't seen you here in a while, and wondering how you were doing.

Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

276 9 Do people still "join a church?" This was something that my parents wanted us kids to do. Back in the 70's.

Of course King of the Hill has an awesome episode on that subject.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 10:42 AM (kxLc1)

277 232 Dr. Mark Seigle, physician, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, says putting anything in your coffee eliminates the effectiveness of coffee. He says, drink it black and that 4 cups is better than 2.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:22 AM (Lw/3D)

Well, we now know how many he drank per day!

Posted by: Nova Local at May 02, 2026 10:43 AM (tOcjL)

278 There is a registration card to fill out and give to the parish office. They use it to mail you donation envelopes.

LOL. Nobody ever calls the parish office to say "We moved away."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:43 AM (qFwJc)

279 Here we go. I'm passing through but let's see what Gemini has to say!!

That is a classic "technically true but visually horrifying" fact. It’s exactly the kind of eyebrow-raising detail that fits your style perfectly.

Here is the quick math to verify the "laugh factor" and the science:

The Math: An E. coli bacterium is roughly 2 micrometers (0.002 mm) long.

The Result: A trillion of them lined up would stretch about 2,000 kilometers (roughly 1,240 miles).

Given that the human GI tract is only about 9 meters (30$feet) long, your trillion bacteria wouldn't just "come out both ends"—they would wrap around the block, go halfway across the continent, and still have enough length left over to do the trip several thousand times over.

It's a great mental image: a microscopic freight train that’s way too long for the tunnel!



On the plus side, I have a small TON of grunt work for AI to do and we just figured a way to make it go about 4 times faster....

Posted by: Stateless at May 02, 2026 10:44 AM (Sco7b)

280 Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 10:41 AM (g8Ew

Your cause and effect meter is a bit off.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 10:44 AM (kxLc1)

281 They want to scrutinize me. Me? I am a widower. Tabla rasa. They need to be scrutinized.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:09 AM (qFwJc)
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My wife got pregnant in high school and being from Appalachia, a shotgun wedding was immediately held. The marriage immediately collapsed and I met her as the divorce was being finalized.

When we married, we did so in a Lutheran church, but spiritually we were drawn to the Catholic Church. This presented an obstacle to our marriage being recognized, so in addition to going through RCIA, she had to seek an annulment, which was granted because the "union" checked just about every check box in the list to be invalid. (Fun detail: the presiding minister was a relative, who only agreed to perform the ceremony because kin demanded it, and refused to host it in his church.)

Because of that delay, we did not enter the Church on Easter, but Pentecost (we will mark 20 years in a few weeks).

The Catholic Church has been beaten up - often correctly - for forbidding divorce but offering annulments, which to outsiders seem like a distinction without a difference. (cont)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:44 AM (ZOv7s)

282 There was a character in a Dan Jenkins book (Baja Oklahoma, I think) who maintained that the number of hard-ons in a man's life was limited, and therefore women had an obligation to ensure that none go to waste.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:33 AM (ZOv7s)

That's what I call well-thought philosophy.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 10:45 AM (g8Ew8)

283 Prayers for all the Hordes needs and especially for Hrothgar.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 02, 2026 10:46 AM (kGf4g)

284 (cont) For that reason, people wishing to marry in the Church are now subject to special scrutiny lest scandal result. It is somewhat annoying, but I think often necessary.

I pray that you will find comfort and discernment at this difficult time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)

285 I, for one, welcome our new 1,240-mile-long E. coli chain overlords.

Posted by: Bulg at May 02, 2026 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

286 The Catholic Church has been beaten up - often correctly - for forbidding divorce but offering annulments, which to outsiders seem like a distinction without a difference. (cont)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:44 AM (ZOv7s)

The Catholic Church doesn't forbid divorce. It forbids remarriage of the divorced, but not annuled. You can be an upstanding divorced single Catholic in the Church.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 02, 2026 10:47 AM (tOcjL)

287 Posted by: Paul at May 02, 2026 10:35 AM (2n317)

It missed one

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 10:48 AM (kxLc1)

288 I don’t drink coffee… I prefer my caffeine cold and carbonated so my preferred delivery system is Diet Coke. I had a relative tell me 30 years ago the Diet Coke was gonna give me cancer. It hasn’t yet and I drink it every day

So to me (more math): Diet Coke = Coffee

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 02, 2026 10:48 AM (yz/88)

289 "...now subject to special scrutiny lest scandal result."

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Is this about us?

Posted by: Pedophile priests at May 02, 2026 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)

290 Thanks Mr. Lloyd. We just need one death cert. Asshole #1 died. She got an annulment for #2, who also has since died. Asshole #3 is rumored to be dead too. I joked and said "if he's still alive, let's go kill the f****r."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:49 AM (qFwJc)

291 Jessiah
@thepondering_
UPDATE: @WillAshman @cool_gmd linked me to a Reddit thread and K-File article that have persuaded me Platner lied about his tattoo
I maintain *every eligible Maine voter* should still vote for Graham Platner over Susan Collins; we need the Senate and the stakes are too high

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You don't need to fall in love, just goosestep to the polls!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)

292 Reading the Dems response to the VRA decision is hilarious.

Some are, "guys, it's not so bad. It is only like a dozen seats. (and besides, we're so popular, we'll make it back).

Most are freaking out; pack the Court, term limits.
Even one going so far as saying end single-member districts, allowing the state as a whole to vote on all reps.

I noted yesterday: There are 148 minority-majority districts.
Most are in blue to deep-blue states. CA has 44, NY has 15; IL has 8.
All now subject to challenge.
And it's not that a Dem won't win the seat, sure that's possible--it's that the incumbent could lose.

And those are the fights that tear parties apart.
Nasty, back-stabbing and vicious.
Good.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 02, 2026 10:51 AM (MtSIY)

293 Your cause and effect meter is a bit off.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 10:44 AM (kxLc1)

Nope. I've known a lot of people who thought they'd live long lives if they just did a particular thing.....and then......

No one can live beyond the life of God's plan for you.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 10:52 AM (g8Ew8)

294 "He's intelligent, ...but not experienced.
His pattern indicates two dimensional thinking."

The Power of Cubic Commands You!

Posted by: retropox at May 02, 2026 10:52 AM (7rnzP)

295 What's a K-File article?

Posted by: Blissfully naive at May 02, 2026 10:53 AM (2Ez/1)

296 There is a registration card to fill out and give to the parish office. They use it to mail you donation envelopes.

LOL. Nobody ever calls the parish office to say "We moved away."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:43 AM (qFwJc)
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When you move away, you are supposed to do that. When we moved, we switched our parish affiliation. Collection envelopes aren't much of a thing around here what with electronic giving.

At first they gave out little plastic cards so that people wouldn't feel shame or something, but now the baskets are mostly to keep the kids entertained by running a few dollars up to the altar. They love it. Also, people from out of town or not regular contributors use them, which is why there's a spike on major holidays.

We get regular notifications, a monthly diocesan magazine and of course forms to file with our taxes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:53 AM (ZOv7s)

297 Morning, all. Just woke up, so I figure that by the time I make tea and settle back here, there will be a new thread. I'll keep the always-anticipated Poppins Report until then.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 02, 2026 10:54 AM (qRla/)

298 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)

Looks like this person is either preemptively trying to distance themselves from voter fraud or sending out a code to trigger voter fraud. Why have to clarify *eligible voter* ?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 10:54 AM (kxLc1)

299 The diocesan magazine. My mom used to call it "The propaganda organ of the Bishop."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:56 AM (qFwJc)

300
It's motor cycle week in Panama City Beach and all I see is fat senior citizen bikers with their 'old ladies behind.

Thank God there's been two days of rain now.

Posted by: Auspex at May 02, 2026 10:57 AM (DECkL)

301 Driving extra miles to a good church is no hardship.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 10:57 AM (Lw/3D)

302 Nope. I've known a lot of people who thought they'd live long lives if they just did a particular thing.....and then......

No one can live beyond the life of God's plan for you.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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I agree with that. I don't run to extend my life, I run because it makes me happy and clears a lot of the nonsense from my head.

Since I've had to start commuting to a beautiful college campus with a lake 3x a week, I have taken this opportunity to run around the lake after work.

Bonus: a pair of black swans lives on this lake. I see them every time I'm out running. They are incredibly lovely.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 02, 2026 10:57 AM (MSrAy)

303 299 The diocesan magazine. My mom used to call it "The propaganda organ of the Bishop."
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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Ahem.

Posted by: The Watchtower at May 02, 2026 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)

304 48
Finished a long and utterly pointless (save from the historical perspective) project imaginable. I went through every show that our late, great Lacey appeared in as a special and squared up all the records, all 379 of them. Date, show, link to the AKC results, entry, results in breed and group and who she lost to.

The searchable results on the AKC site only go back 10 years and Lacey was shown between 2000 and 2005. If a judge dies or goes inactive, or if a club ceases to exist, they're purged from the AKC site. So it required some inventiveness to gather everything up accurately. But it was done.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 08:39 AM (HdYcL)

Glad you were able to finish up this project. 379 shows is amazing and it deserves documentation.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 02, 2026 10:58 AM (y171U)

305 The Catholic Church doesn't forbid divorce. It forbids remarriage of the divorced, but not annuled. You can be an upstanding divorced single Catholic in the Church.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 02, 2026 10:47 AM (tOcjL)
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I should clarify that *the Church* does not grant divorces. Yes, you can be divorced and still receive the sacraments.

While the annulment was pending, my wife and I were asked to remain celibate, since until it was adjudicated, we would be committing adultery, and we did our best in that regard. It may seem silly to some, but it was actually a good thing, made our marriage stronger and when we were received into the Church (and I was baptized), we were also married.

The best man from our Lutheran ceremony flew into town and repeat his role, which was cool. He was a friend going back to high school, a cradle Catholic who was shocked at the turn of events, and very much enjoyed being a part of it.

"You kidding? Missing YOU becoming Catholic?! Never!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 10:59 AM (ZOv7s)

306 That's six black swan events a week!

Posted by: Noted conspiracy theorist at May 02, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)

307 Scootered
Def: used a scooter to run the race because she's only 7. The 9 yr old ran the 5k and my son won his division.
Yes, I am bragging but I am so proud of them. ❤️

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2026 11:01 AM (kJmSS)

308 Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 10:52 AM (g8Ew

Still off. He said exercise can extend one's life . All things being equal obviously assumed.

You can buy two exact same models of cars and treat one like crap and maintain the other with required service and preventative measures. Odds are that one will outperform the other . There is always a chance though that the maintained car has a factory defect that might cause a different outcome.

It wasn't an either/or premise.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 11:02 AM (kxLc1)

309 Spaghetti surveillance.

Prego is selling a surveillance device that records your family dinner conversations and sends them to the Library of Congress. It sold out immediately.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:02 AM (ndZc7)

310 The Power of Cubic Commands You!
Posted by: retropox


**********

Speaking of Cubic, the Rubik's Cube at first seems incredibly complex with myriad possible combinations until you recognize that the center tile on each of the six sides never changes position. This reduces the possible unique positions substantially.

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 11:02 AM (I0N4X)

311 The diocesan magazine. My mom used to call it "The propaganda organ of the Bishop."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:56 AM (qFwJc)
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Ours is great! Sure, a message from the bishop in every issue, but lots of interesting features, news about upcoming changes, Q&As and the like. This time last year I was delighted to see a profile of a new convert who looked very similar to one of my best friends in college and had the same last name. I had his number from Alumni Band but we rarely communicated. I texted him, and we started keeping in touch. He and his wife (who I also know, they dated in college) are now going to enter the Church, and we chat after Mass. I'm going to volunteer with OCIA this fall so I can go through it with them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 11:03 AM (ZOv7s)

312 Cardiac Doctor Malcom Kendrick:
Whatever you do now, you are still going to die!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at May 02, 2026 11:04 AM (hOUT3)

313 When considering the benefits of exercise, do not neglect the pitfalls of applying population statistics to individuals.

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 11:04 AM (I0N4X)

314 And on another note extreme long distance running is not healthy exercise.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 11:04 AM (kxLc1)

315 >307 Scootered
Def: used a scooter to run the race
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https://youtu.be/__NoZ6p1roc

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at May 02, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

316 Hmm, still on this thread? Here goes:

A cloudy 51 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. Come Monday, I'll be driving down to Alexandria to get a new rescue pup, an 8-month-old American Eskimo named Luna. So today I have to pup-proof the house in between working on my novel (whose first draft I officially finished Wednesday last).

I hope the new girl will get along with my one remaining dog, Odessa. But it will be nice to give a small pup a forever home.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 02, 2026 11:06 AM (qRla/)

317 The Good Book says a lifespan is three score and ten. I'm past that so everything now is just gravy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)

318 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:02 AM (ndZc7

People want to do that? Sounds incredibly narcissistic and also not a very bright thing to do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 11:07 AM (Yl2Ob)

319 ...
I saw Cubik's Rubes open for Waylon Jennings at the Astrodome.

Posted by: retropox at May 02, 2026 11:07 AM (7rnzP)

320 And on another note extreme long distance running is not healthy exercise.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 11:04 AM (kxLc1)
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I remember back in the 90s seeing a lot of information about how "extreme" exercises often did more harm than good, and they specifically talked about marathon runners literally destroying their hearts through overstress.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 11:07 AM (ZOv7s)

321 314 And on another note extreme long distance running is not healthy exercise.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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It only damages your feet, ankles, knees, hips and vertebrae; other than that it's fine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 11:07 AM (Lw/3D)

322 I suppose the troubles I have are twofold. My life is such an embarrassment to me that I seek to repress memories of my sordid past. The other is that while I'm sorry I did those things, have never done them again and have amended my life, I can't quite renounce the pleasure I got from them at that time.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2026 09:04 AM (HdYcL)


I can sympathize with part 1, Hadrian. I've had and led a pretty rotten life, myself.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 02, 2026 11:08 AM (qRla/)

323 All things being equal obviously assumed.

***********

And there's the rub, eh?

No matter how well a population study is conceived, all things aren't equal. As whig pointed out above.

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 11:08 AM (I0N4X)

324 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 02, 2026 11:06 AM (qRla/)

Congratulations on your new pup, Luna and may you have a safe trip down and a safe trip back for the both of you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 11:08 AM (Yl2Ob)

325 I loved the cover page article about supporting the parochial schools that came out just days after closing the one here.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 11:09 AM (qFwJc)

326 Lesbians ain't what they used to be.

Afghans on Greek island of Lesbos stone teen girl for refusing arranged marriage

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:09 AM (ndZc7)

327 I try to walk when I can. I used to take the stairs instead of elevators but that's out for more than one floor because bad knees. I tried to hike an easy trail with a group of ladies from church a few months back but I tripped and face planted which cause even more health issues. So, it's just walking around the neighborhood or a flat, level, and improved trail.
We joined our church about 8 years ago as "partners". It means that we get a vote on budgets and major projects. There are no envelopes given out or plates passed around.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 02, 2026 11:09 AM (VCgbV)

328 The Good Book says a lifespan is three score and ten. I'm past that so everything now is just gravy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)

If you were from Louisiana you'd call it lagniappe.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 11:10 AM (kxLc1)

329
But you can't demy that if you lined up a trillion E/ coli bacteria end to end they would come out both ends of your GI tract, eh?


And one at the far end would travel to the other end and try to cut in, at least if they're from DC.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

330 So we getting stoned in this thread? Good ol' wake-n'-bake?

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 02, 2026 11:11 AM (yYROg)

331 I have lived a saintly life since I met my now-dead wife. "You make me want to be a better man." and "Be the man that deserves the good wife."

So when this little faggot told me that my life is going to be scrutinized, I was deeply offended.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 11:12 AM (qFwJc)

332 Another thing that happened to me is that I had a very pleasant dream last night: somehow, I was in a movie adaptation of the Tintin book King Ottakar's Sceptre and they were filming a celebration scene where I got to waltz with two beautiful women.

Nothing more, though - my dreams are resolutely G- or PG-rated.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 02, 2026 11:12 AM (qRla/)

333 Maintaining leg strength in seniors is crucial to living well as you get older. Only way to that is by exercise.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 11:12 AM (kxLc1)

334 It only damages your feet, ankles, knees, hips and vertebrae; other than that it's fine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 11:07 AM (Lw/3D)
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My wing had a commander who was a fanatical runner. He used to insist on running a course around the base before the report time, and his route led right past the front gate, which had to be blocked while he (and his cronies) did their thing, creating horrific delays on drill weekends.

His successor immediately banned the practice, gaining immediate popularity. The base subsequently built a track and named it after him, and we all thought it was funny because the sign had a very obvious space between his first and last name, just big enough for "memorial" to fit.

People figured he would use it, but of course he wrecked his legs and finally had to face it once he was retired.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 02, 2026 11:12 AM (ZOv7s)

335 I hope the new girl will get along with my one remaining dog, Odessa. But it will be nice to give a small pup a forever home.
Posted by: Mary Poppins'

I'm so glad you are giving a rescue pup a loving home, Luna is meant to be with you and Odessa. Enjoy your new addition to your famn damily, MP4.

Posted by: old chick at May 02, 2026 11:13 AM (F3Dlr)

336 The coffee test wasn't really good because it's not a blind test. I mean, they say they randomly gave people decaf, lol. That's like a test of cocaine where they randomly give people aspirin instead. I think you kind of know when you haven't had actual caffeine.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 02, 2026 11:15 AM (3uBP9)

337 Trump Considers Cabinet Role for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

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Secretary of Name Taking and Ass Kicking?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)

338 KT HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 11:17 AM (Ia/+0)

339 You can buy two exact same models of cars and treat one like crap and maintain the other with required service and preventative measures. Odds are that one will outperform the other . There is always a chance though that the maintained car has a factory defect that might cause a different outcome.

It wasn't an either/or premise.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 11:02 AM (kxLc1)

Too many variables to count here. An extremely well maintained automobile can become a piece of shit by being driven while texting. The scenarios on just that are endless. Or a main bearing in the engine that wasn't quite installed correctly. The list could go on ad infinitum.

Such is life.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 11:18 AM (g8Ew8)

340 Son, I didn't want to tell you, but the police are your parents.
If you don't behave I'm going to send you home to jail.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 02, 2026 11:18 AM (Kt19C)

341 >332 Another thing that happened to me is that I had a very pleasant dream last night: somehow, I was in a movie adaptation of the Tintin book King Ottakar's Sceptre and they were filming a celebration scene where I got to waltz with two beautiful women.

Nothing more, though - my dreams are resolutely G- or PG-rated.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)
=====

Six o'clock already
I was just in the middle of a dream
I was kissin' Valentino
By a crystal blue Italian stream

Posted by: The Bangles at May 02, 2026 11:18 AM (2Ez/1)

342 I need to start working out again. I used to like running, at least after I got over the initial discomfort, but my knees steadfastly refuse to participate in high-impact activities now. If you ever see me running, it means I ran out of ammo and something really scary will be following shortly behind. The good news is you'll probably be able to out-pace me.

Posted by: PabloD at May 02, 2026 11:18 AM (zUFRX)

343 Report: Trump Says UFC Cage Construction at White House Begins Next Week

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Hold on there.
- Judge Komonaiwannalaya

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 11:19 AM (ndZc7)

344 So the people that knew they weren't drinking coffee made sure to be happy and smug, confirmation bias. I'd be a super miserable ass. More of one. And that would be outlier data they'd throw out

Posted by: banana Dream at May 02, 2026 11:20 AM (3uBP9)

345 I highly recommend swimming if you have joint problems. I know it's not easy if you still work or have young kids but it was a lifesaver when my hip was bad. The Y pools are generally heated to 82 degrees and membership is reasonable compared to clubs. Walking is better than running if you are 29. The worst thing you can do is hurt yourself so you can't do something every day.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2026 11:20 AM (kJmSS)

346 Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 11:18 AM (g8Ew

Do you have a crystal ball? Seems like you're a fatalist . Why deny that exercise is better for you than being sedentary which one can predict with reasonable accuracy the unhealthy aspects of being so.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 11:21 AM (kxLc1)

347 The "only so many shots in a cannon" theory is countered by the "use it or lose it" theory.

Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 11:23 AM (I0N4X)

348 338 KT HAZ A NOOD
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 11:17 AM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 11:23 AM (8rTNG)

349 >>> I need to start working out again. I used to like running, at least after I got over the initial discomfort, but my knees steadfastly refuse to participate in high-impact activities now. If you ever see me running, it means I ran out of ammo and something really scary will be following shortly behind. The good news is you'll probably be able to out-pace me.
Posted by: PabloD at May 02, 2026 11:18 AM (zUFRX)


Elliptical machines are good low impact cardio. I did spin classes for years which is good motivation if you need to be in a dark loud room with some young gal screaming at you to go harder and faster. Now I got a simple, cheap stair step machine and that has been working out. Smooth motions, no impact really. I've heard that slow deliberate gentle running is actually really good for you. Some Japanese technique I read about in the past.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 02, 2026 11:24 AM (3uBP9)

350 People should live in the present more. Exercise all you want if it makes you feel better or assuages your vanity. Eat and enjoy what makes you comfortable and satisfied. Be happy with the life you have right now at this moment.

But if you think anything you do will extend your life, you're a fool. Death can come at any time anywhere.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 02, 2026 11:28 AM (g8Ew8)

351 The "only so many shots in a cannon" theory is countered by the "use it or lose it" theory.
Posted by: muldoon at May 02, 2026 11:23 AM (I0N4X)


I think it is possible to over-work the self repair system, and overstress it with inflammation. On the other hand, doing to little allows atrophy. But yes, it appears everything has its lifespan.

Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss-shay,
That was built in such a logical way?
It ran a hundred years to a day,
And then, of a sudden, it—ah, but stay,
I'll tell you what happened without delay.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 11:36 AM (rbvCR)

352 A personal anecdote re aging that might amuse you. My hematologist asked me what age my parents lived to.

Both in their nineties, I said.

My daughter, who comes with me so between us we'll remember more, said, Yes, but that was just out of spite.

It was so true I laughed out loud. My father was determined to outlive my mother, and she was determined to outlive his mistress.

They died within a month of each other.

Posted by: Wenda at May 02, 2026 12:04 PM (hbv3r)

353 My betrothed is Catholic. Baptized as a child. But not catechized. Did not know the rules. Three invalid civil marriages. Two of the guys are dead. One had cancer over a year ago. Heard he was dead. Need a death cert.

They want to scrutinize me. Me? I am a widower. Tabla rasa. They need to be scrutinized.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 10:09 AM (qFwJc)


Got it. She needs a letter of Petrine Privilege for the surviving husband.

The future Mrs. Cop had to do the same when we were planning our marriage in the Catholic Church.

You do you, but you weren't singled-out. The Catholic Church does have it's rules in an attempt to safe-guard marriage as a sacrament.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 02, 2026 01:38 PM (ksbjf)

354 That's some serious charlie brown AI slop - Why does he have two sets of eyes?

Posted by: Pooklord. at May 02, 2026 04:35 PM (asU3w)

355 As always, I pray for every fraudster to get caught and prosecuted, since every day that this goes on is a one-two punch to the gut and a temptation too.

An alcoholic in recovery doesn't just go to the bar for cheap happy hour burgers and count on his willpower; if anything, he takes detours around his old haunts, to avert triggering a craving. But we live with a constant reminder that there is free gov't money for those audacious enough to fib on a form; while at the same time, the ego is pricked by being treated like a gullible sucker-chump by proxy, due to the paper pushers representing us shoveling money out the door credulously on our behalf. And I've never even made six figures in a year, so the cheaters picking our pockets by deficit-driven inflation are also richer than me too. Boy, do I feel like I'm the dumb one -- and with an IQ over double the Somali average! Who's the retard now, eh?

Just as we pray for God to not lead us into temptation, and mercy for the guilty is cruelty to the innocent, I beg Him to sharpen the investigators' minds and harden the prosecutors' hearts, so that every single fraudster may soon get a long stretch of hard time in Federal prison. Amen.

Posted by: SciVo at May 02, 2026 04:54 PM (Sy6m/)

Daily Tech News 2 May 2026

Top Story

  • Just five days ago I wrote this:

    It's been a while since we've had a big tech news story. No disasters, no miracles. Things haven't suddenly gotten better - or at least, not much, and they haven't gotten drastically worse.

    Well.

    A Linux exploit has been found that instantly grants root access to local users on most Linux versions released since 2017. (Tom's Hardware)
    Although it's not a zero-day and the kernel has already gotten a patch, the short disclosure window gave distro makers relatively little time to react. Affected variants include (but aren't limited to) Ubuntu 24 (version 26 was just released last week), RHEL 10, Suse 16, and Amazon Linux 2023. Even Windows' WSL2 is affected, and all it takes is 732 bytes to do it.
    Fortunately for me, only one server was potentially vulnerable, and that one didn't have the affected module loaded, and I've now disabled it completely.

    But even more sysadmins are having a bad day.


  • Like the ones at Canonical - the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux release - whose corporate servers are mostly dead right now thanks to a massive ongoing DDOS attack. (Tom's Hardware)

    If you've already installed Ubuntu you are still able to load updates - like the patch for the so-called CopyFail bug mentioned above - from the numerous mirrors, which don't seem to be affected at all.


  • My other server - not this one, but where my own blog and many others are hosted - decided to drop dead, completely unrelated to all the other drama going on in the Linux world.

    Fortunately I set it up years ago to make migrations easy - and to keep backups separate from the system disk. But it still took a few hours to get it all working smoothly.

    The silverfish lining is that I've wanted to do this for months but it never hit the top of my to do list. I already had a new server, twice the size of the old one and actually cheaper. So that's where those sites are running now.


Tech News


Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: Blerk.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM




Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 04:31 AM (8rTNG)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 04:32 AM (jrKun)

3 Glad I got my MacBook when I did then.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 04:36 AM (jrKun)

4 Just five days ago I wrote this:

It's been a while since we've had a big tech news story.


just had to jinx it ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critic Just Being Critical, Again . . . at May 02, 2026 04:37 AM (3ZUWJ)

5 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 02, 2026 04:39 AM (V0/Sp)

6 Australian Crawl - Errol

That was fun.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 04:39 AM (8rTNG)

7 >>> Fortunately I set it up years ago to make migrations easy - and to keep backups separate from the system disk. But it still took a few hours to get it all working smoothly.

The silverfish lining is that I've wanted to do this for months but it never hit the top of my to do list. I already had a new server, twice the size of the old one and actually cheaper. So that's where those sites are running now.

Go Pixy!

Posted by: fluffy at May 02, 2026 04:40 AM (V0/Sp)

8 "The silverfish lining"

?

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 04:40 AM (8rTNG)

9 8 "The silverfish lining"

?
Posted by: m


We have silver at home.

Silver at home:

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 02, 2026 04:46 AM (BLOW1)

10 Hi ho, Silver!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 04:50 AM (8rTNG)

11 >>> Australian Crawl - Errol
That was fun.

Sounded rhythmically complex. Or maybe I have simple ears.

Posted by: fluffy at May 02, 2026 04:58 AM (V0/Sp)

12 9 8 "The silverfish lining"

?
Posted by: m

We have silver at home.

Silver at home:
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 02, 2026 04:46 AM (BLOW1)

Sounds fishy.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 05:02 AM (8rTNG)

13 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:03 AM (Ia/+0)

14 Silverfish are best paired with a green mango chutney.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 05:15 AM (Fbc0I)

15 Correct me if I am wrong, but i take the "local privilege escalation" aspect of copyfail to mean that some meat popsicle with physical access and an account on the system must run the exploit code for copyfail to succeed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 05:46 AM (dK+Kv)

16 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at May 02, 2026 05:46 AM (pFqNV)

17
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 02, 2026 05:55 AM (2/MrR)

18 are silverfish the new gerbils?

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 02, 2026 05:56 AM (jrgJz)

19 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Grempht.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 02, 2026 06:04 AM (xvhJH)

20 https://moonbattery.com/open-thread_260501/#disqus_thread

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 02, 2026 06:04 AM (jrgJz)

21 Yesterday I walked at the park and saw and smelled an Oleaster plant , which looks rather like honeysuckle. It is probably an invasive plant but it smells and looks very nice. Then a very small iridescent blue butterfly landed on my landed on my pants leg. It was lovely. What kinds of beautiful things do you see near where you live?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 06:15 AM (Yl2Ob)

22 Man from MI writes a reflection on Matthew 6:25-34 and "Beat the Train":

https://tinyurl.com/58ykp5dz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 06:19 AM (2sfNr)

23 Fell back asleep

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 06:19 AM (Ia/+0)

24 18 are silverfish the new gerbils?
Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 02, 2026 05:56 AM (jrgJz)

ewwww

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:21 AM (8rTNG)

25 Mornin' Horde. Just got up. Sipping hot coffee...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

26 15 Correct me if I am wrong, but i take the "local privilege escalation" aspect of copyfail to mean that some meat popsicle with physical access and an account on the system must run the exploit code for copyfail to succeed.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon


Correct. That's become a lot less common in paid services over the years, partly because problems like this keep cropping up.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 02, 2026 06:26 AM (BLOW1)

27 Evening and morning for this first Saturn's Day of May to all the far-flung satellites of AoSHQ! Oddly nippy for here this morning, 56, with yesterday's afternoon rain blown out and a brisk west wind. I may go out to breakfast a little later!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

28 20 https://moonbattery.com/open-thread_260501/#disqus_thread
Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 02, 2026 06:04 AM (jrgJz)

Sounds like a threat!!!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:30 AM (8rTNG)

29 Correct. That's become a lot less common in paid services over the years, partly because problems like this keep cropping up.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 02, 2026 06:26 AM (BLOW1)

For my purposes (home user), it's not as high a priority as for sysadmins to patch then.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 06:30 AM (dK+Kv)

30 Sounds like a threat!!!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:30 AM (8rTNG)

Sounds like a bunch of losers and loser talk.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 06:32 AM (dK+Kv)

31 30 Sounds like a threat!!!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:30 AM (8rTNG)

Sounds like a bunch of losers and loser talk.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 06:32 AM (dK+Kv)

That, too.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:33 AM (8rTNG)

32 Good morning. May 2nd and we're enjoying the spring weather.

No, wait. Ohio weather says, "Hold on there, Sparky." It's 35 this morning.

Posted by: Biergood at May 02, 2026 06:48 AM (PwgSL)

33 Nearly 7am and only a coffee in hand to show for it

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 06:49 AM (Ia/+0)

34
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
1m

Narrator: An amendment from 1982 was not born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers.

The New Republic
@newrepublic
20h
The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:51 AM (8rTNG)

35 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 02, 2026 06:51 AM (2Ez/1)

36 32 Ohio weather says, "Hold on there, Sparky."
Posted by: Biergood at May 02, 2026 06:48 AM (PwgSL)

; )

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:52 AM (8rTNG)

37 Skip, are you feeling ok?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 06:53 AM (Cif43)

38 The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:51 AM (8rTNG)

Look at the retard go.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 06:54 AM (dK+Kv)

39 Sheer luck means Anguilla’s domain is .ai - so many tech businesses are rushing to use it. The island is happy to shut up and take their money!

“In its draft 2025 budget document, the Anguillian government says that in 2024 it earned 105.5m East Caribbean dollars ($39m; £29m) from selling domain names. That was almost a quarter (23%) of its total revenues last year. Tourism accounts for some 37%, according to the IMF.

Posted by: SMOD at May 02, 2026 06:58 AM (O7XEN)

40 “ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

John 3:16

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2026 06:59 AM (KAa/S)

41
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
8h
This is literally an incorrect use of the word literal.

The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)

42 Time to feed the furry thugs on their new six am-six pm schedule! Linda reprogrammed them while I was gone. Now Stirling was sleeping next to me before I woke at five am. He hasn't done his "leaping over me and kicking me as he goes" at all since I got back at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)

43 39 Sheer luck means Anguilla’s domain is .ai - so many tech businesses are rushing to use it. The island is happy to shut up and take their money!

“In its draft 2025 budget document, the Anguillian government says that in 2024 it earned 105.5m East Caribbean dollars ($39m; £29m) from selling domain names. That was almost a quarter (23%) of its total revenues last year. Tourism accounts for some 37%, according to the IMF.
Posted by: SMOD


I had to renew my .ai domain recently. They're not cheap, though it hasn't turned into a complete money grab so far either.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 02, 2026 07:03 AM (BLOW1)

44 mornin yall. Kagan is literally an idiot.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

45 heh

@jrcunniff
45m
Replying to @ProfMJCleveland @redsteeze
A little hyperbole makes her dissent really *pop*.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:04 AM (8rTNG)

46 You probably won't guess which one, but it rhymes with Banthropic.

Misanthropic?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:06 AM (ynpvh)

47 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 02, 2026 07:08 AM (ZQ/FE)

48 44 mornin yall. Kagan is literally an idiot.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

Well, she apparently didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:09 AM (ynpvh)

49 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:10 AM (VyBeY)

50 The Oscars have also declared war on the clanker menace.

To show how out of mainstream I am, I had to look up what a clanker was...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:11 AM (ynpvh)

51 42 Time to feed the furry thugs on their new six am-six pm schedule! Linda reprogrammed them while I was gone. Now Stirling was sleeping next to me before I woke at five am. He hasn't done his "leaping over me and kicking me as he goes" at all since I got back at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)

I bet Stirling has quite the engine...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (ynpvh)

52 hmm

Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
May 1
PSA: For those whose panties are in bunch over the prosecutions of the deep state thugs, just remember the threat of mutually assured destruction only worked during the cold war because we had already dropped nukes.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (8rTNG)

53 every commie SCOTUS justice is an idiot.

malicious, or merely stupid? your call.
and feel free to add expletivews ad libitum !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)

54 53 every commie SCOTUS justice is an idiot.

malicious, or merely stupid? your call.
and feel free to add expletivews ad libitum !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)

Sometimes stupidity and maliciousness are hard to determine at first glance...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:13 AM (ynpvh)

55 52 hmm

Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
May 1
PSA: For those whose panties are in bunch over the prosecutions of the deep state thugs, just remember the threat of mutually assured destruction only worked during the cold war because we had already dropped nukes.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (8rTNG)

The Chinese have a saying: Kill a Chicken to scare the Monkey...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:14 AM (ynpvh)

56 true! that's why I left it an open question.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:15 AM (VyBeY)

57 55 52 hmm

Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
May 1
PSA: For those whose panties are in bunch over the prosecutions of the deep state thugs, just remember the threat of mutually assured destruction only worked during the cold war because we had already dropped nukes.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (8rTNG)

The Chinese have a saying: Kill a Chicken to scare the Monkey...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:14 AM (ynpvh)

I would say it's time to spank the monkey, but apparently that means something completely different...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:15 AM (ynpvh)

58 "malicious, or merely stupid? your call."

She can be both.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

59 56 true! that's why I left it an open question.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:15 AM (VyBeY)

The power of AND? Malicious stupidity?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:16 AM (ynpvh)

60 Shock the Monkey!

youtu.be/CnVf1ZoCJSo

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 02, 2026 07:18 AM (sAmhv)

61 Time I cleaned up and shaved. The coffee shop/grill where I love to go for breakfast on "cold" mornings opens at eight, so I have just about enough time.

Salty, if you're here: Your suggestion about asking teh car insurance co. about reducing my premium now that I drive far less in a year worked. They already sent me the $32 refund check. I'll cash it this morning -- though I'll need to spend most of it on groceries and supplies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

62 I bet Stirling has quite the engine...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM
+++++
And probably goes through cycles.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 07:19 AM (2Ez/1)

63 Latest doltish lawn sign in the leftist town nearby:

"25th amendment NOW!"

Because evidently Trump is mentally incapacitated.

I noticed that the house did not have the same sign out for Biden

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 07:20 AM (UDARB)

64 Morning peeps. Bit chilly here in the Bluegrass this morning. 36F Had to kick the heat on.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 07:20 AM (jehhT)

65 It's a fine line between malicious and stupid.

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at May 02, 2026 07:21 AM (wVcYX)

66 Ok, I'll be good. But, tell me. What did the chicken do?

Posted by: Just the punchline at May 02, 2026 07:21 AM (2Ez/1)

67 66 Ok, I'll be good. But, tell me. What did the chicken do?
Posted by: Just the punchline at May 02, 2026 07:21 AM (2Ez/1)

Crossed the road?

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:22 AM (8rTNG)

68 Local politicians already have their panties in a bunch over possible redistricting in Georgia. One says "Section 2 was created to give Black Americans an opportunity to be represented in the political atmosphere". He openly admits the district (the one I live in) was racially gerrymandered. It snakes 100 miles across the state and divides the big city in the midstate in half, with the other region reaching all the way to the Southern border, incorporating agricultural regions that are at odds with what leftys in the city want.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

69 (This is the one where the man buys a parrot who turns out to be extremely foul mouthed so he punishes it by putting it in the freezer for a few minutes.)

Posted by: In case you haven't heard it at May 02, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

70 > A Linux exploit has been found that instantly grants root access to local users on most Linux versions released since 2017.
---------
It occurs to me that no computer or software product is immune from exploitation if someone's motivated enough. If not exploitation by bad actors then some sort of configuration error that leads to issues.

Take DNS for example....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 07:26 AM (jehhT)

71 I honestly thought that my horribly gerrymandered district would ever be fixed. The damn Dems have such a hold on the cities that it could never happen. Maybe there's a chance now, but I am not holding my chickens until they turn blue.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

72 Sometimes stupidity and maliciousness are hard to determine at first glance...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:13 AM (ynpvh)

The combination is a Swalwell.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 07:29 AM (dK+Kv)

73 72 Sometimes stupidity and maliciousness are hard to determine at first glance...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:13 AM (ynpvh)

The combination is a Swalwell.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 07:29 AM (dK+Kv)

Just don't light a match near it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:30 AM (ynpvh)

74 It will be a while before artists like Skyebrows or Gossip Goblin are recognized for their genius using their tools.

But they will be.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 02, 2026 07:31 AM (IhL8c)

75 50 The Oscars have also declared war on the clanker menace.

To show how out of mainstream I am, I had to look up what a clanker was...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:11 AM (ynpvh)

#metoo

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:31 AM (8rTNG)

76 "A Bay Area businessman’s first ride in a driverless Waymo turned into an airport nightmare when the robotaxi allegedly sped off with his luggage still locked in the trunk — leaving him stranded without clothes, work materials, or answers before a flight to San Diego"

I wonder what he did to piss the car off.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

77 69 (This is the one where the man buys a parrot who turns out to be extremely foul mouthed so he punishes it by putting it in the freezer for a few minutes.)

Posted by: In case you haven't heard it at May 02, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

We had a parrot that was foul-mouthed, but we didn't know it. As with other birds (parakeets, parrots, etc), he was found near the chicken coop trying to get to the chicken feed. Anyway, he had a bad temper and liked to scream, so my Dad would scream back, "Shut up, Stupid!"...one day my Mom was trying to teach him "I Love you Jesus!"...the parrot screamed back at her, "Shut up, Stupid!"...that was enough for my Mom, who put him up at the local pet shop to be sold. Mexican guy walk in, starts cursing at Sam, and Sam curses him back blue in Spanish; guy bought the parrot right away.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:33 AM (ynpvh)

78 76 "A Bay Area businessman’s first ride in a driverless Waymo turned into an airport nightmare when the robotaxi allegedly sped off with his luggage still locked in the trunk — leaving him stranded without clothes, work materials, or answers before a flight to San Diego"

I wonder what he did to piss the car off.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

Called it a clanker?

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:33 AM (8rTNG)

79 How long until a hacked Waymo is used to kidnap someone?

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

80 Well now

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:34 AM (lIonU)

81 78 76 "A Bay Area businessman’s first ride in a driverless Waymo turned into an airport nightmare when the robotaxi allegedly sped off with his luggage still locked in the trunk — leaving him stranded without clothes, work materials, or answers before a flight to San Diego"

I wonder what he did to piss the car off.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

Called it a clanker?

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:33 AM (8rTNG)

LOL, noice.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:35 AM (ynpvh)

82 Ben yes. Has happened previous times.
Feels like a rock is in my chest, goes away thankfully.
I am sure doing what I do my lungs are filled with all kinds of bad stuff

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 07:35 AM (Ia/+0)

83 The WSJ is telling the story of ICE using Palantir and NEC tools to use one kernal of information, a license plate or a photo of a face, to access federal and state data base info, instantly finding home addresses, arrest history, and gun ownership info, which is then presented in profile form, along with current location data from phone data brokers.

Instant identification and location. Privacy seems to not exist.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:39 AM (s8OdJ)

84 71 I honestly thought that my horribly gerrymandered district would ever be fixed. The damn Dems have such a hold on the cities that it could never happen. Maybe there's a chance now, but I am not holding my chickens until they turn blue.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:27 AM
+++
This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: The poultry in the freezer at May 02, 2026 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)

85 What was also fun about Sam the parrot is liked to bite fingers...He'd get this look in his eyes, where his pupils would repeatedly contract and dilate just before he'd nip at you. He'd get the same look in his eyes eating dried chili peppers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:40 AM (ynpvh)

86 "Called it a clanker?
Posted by: m "

Mr. Wrongway Computer Mumbling Mass of tin plated Metal Fugitive from a Junkyard.

Posted by: Dr Smith at May 02, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)

87 I've never taken a Waymo but the SF story makes me wonder if I ever should

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (s8OdJ)

88 “The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)”

That’s not a legal opinion, that’s a DU or Reddit blog post.

And is she saying that it only can be changed by civil war?

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jju2J)

89 Oscars don't declare war. People do.

Posted by: The ghost of Donald Rumsfeld at May 02, 2026 07:42 AM (2Ez/1)

90 88 “The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)”

That’s not a legal opinion, that’s a DU or Reddit blog post.

And is she saying that it only can be changed by civil war?

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jju2J)

Yeah...The 13th through 15th Amendments to the Constitution were a result of the Civil war, lady. The Voting Rights Act came along a century later...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:43 AM (ynpvh)

91 “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)”
----------------
Wow! We found an activist partisan judge who thinks a court goes too far into legislative rights!

First time ever.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:44 AM (s8OdJ)

92 86 "Called it a clanker?
Posted by: m "

Mr. Wrongway Computer Mumbling Mass of tin plated Metal Fugitive from a Junkyard.

Posted by: Dr Smith at May 02, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)

You need to insert "rusty" and "corroded" in there somewhere...and a CPU the size of a 8086...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:44 AM (ynpvh)

93 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

94 91 “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)”
----------------
Wow! We found an activist partisan judge who thinks a court goes too far into legislative rights!

First time ever.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:44 AM (s8OdJ)

Except she probably means that only Judges like her can channel the will of the people...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:45 AM (ynpvh)

95 Isn't Waymo the outfit that has remote drivers in some offbeat country that can "take control" of the so-called "driverless" vehicles if necessary?

Or actually drive them remotely. Which, if true, might explain Mr. Businessman's misadventure.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 07:46 AM (jehhT)

96 How about "Ferrous Frankenstein Fiend in Tin Clothing"?

Posted by: Dr Smith at May 02, 2026 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

97 What if your car decides you really should not take a flight. Maybe its AI examined your presentation materials and decided they still need work. So it refuses to take you to the airport. "I'm sorry Dave, but you can't go to that meeting."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:47 AM (s8OdJ)

98 "Iranian father of two Hesam Alaeddin, 40, was beaten to death after being arrested for using Starlink to access the internet "

He was just trying to access Only Imans.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

99 A piece of legislation is not what was created by "the literal blood of Union soldiers" but something else was.

Reparations.

Posted by: Go visit Antietam at May 02, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:49 AM (8rTNG)

101 Except she probably means that only Judges like her can channel the will of the people...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:45 AM (ynpvh)
------------
She clearly isn't against lefty activist judges legislating from the bench. She only objects when, in her view, the tables are turned.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:49 AM (s8OdJ)

102 101 Except she probably means that only Judges like her can channel the will of the people...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:45 AM (ynpvh)
------------
She clearly isn't against lefty activist judges legislating from the bench. She only objects when, in her view, the tables are turned.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:49 AM (s8OdJ)

Yup, what I meant in my comment: Only judges LIKE her.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:51 AM (ynpvh)

103 The SPLC agrees with Kagan.

https://tinyurl.com/k6safkxj

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:51 AM (8rTNG)

104 103 The SPLC agrees with Kagan.

https://tinyurl.com/k6safkxj

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:51 AM (8rTNG)

404 error, man, Page not found!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (ynpvh)

105 Not a big fan of todays 80's throwback song but I am a fan of one of the topless blondes in the video! Thank you Pixy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (s8OdJ)

106 88 “The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)”

That’s not a legal opinion, that’s a DU or Reddit blog post.

And is she saying that it only can be changed by civil war?
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jju2J)

Scary.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (8rTNG)

107 "What if your car decides you really should not take a flight. Maybe its AI examined your presentation materials and decided they still need work."
-----

Too many unexplained acronyms on Slide 7.
And for God's sake, increase the font size on the vertical axes of those graphs on 13 & 14!

Posted by: Your harsh Waymo editor at May 02, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

108 yeah, re: scotus, power of and for the win

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:53 AM (VyBeY)

109 Goldfish>>Silverfish

Posted by: Au>>Ag at May 02, 2026 07:53 AM (oftw2)

110 " Iran eyeing mine-carrying kamikaze dolphins to attack US warships in Strait of Hormuz"

They don't stand a chance against the Israeli sharks with lasers on their heads.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

111 104 103 The SPLC agrees with Kagan.

https://tinyurl.com/k6safkxj

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:51 AM (8rTNG)

404 error, man, Page not found!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (ynpvh)

Thanks.

trying again:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3ss36k

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:54 AM (8rTNG)

112 My Ubuntu 24.04 had already been patched on Apr 30, so I think I'm OK.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at May 02, 2026 07:55 AM (y83cF)

113 109 Goldfish>>Silverfish

Posted by: Au>>Ag at May 02, 2026 07:53 AM (oftw2)

Copper Rockfish taste better then either of those.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:55 AM (ynpvh)

114
95 Isn't Waymo the outfit that has remote drivers in some offbeat country that can "take control" of the so-called "driverless" vehicles if necessary?

Or actually drive them remotely. Which, if true, might explain Mr. Businessman's misadventure.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 07:46 AM

---------

A remote control wog delivered the luggage to Bay Area members of his tribe.They sold the clothes, and using the diverted presentation materials, got the contract that the businessman was seeking.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 02, 2026 07:55 AM (4+G/X)

115 You can tell Guy Gillis McDonough was descended from a criminal lineage by the misshaped head, eyes too close together and the bad teeth. He could sing a lick or two however.

Posted by: The Fatal Shore at May 02, 2026 07:57 AM (h6T0W)

116 106 - but very true ... this civil war has been going on for decades, with one side totally unaware that they are in a war at all until very recently.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:58 AM (VyBeY)

117 And is she saying that it only can be changed by civil war?
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jju2J)

Scary.
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (8rTNG)
----------------
She is saying the legislature decided the VRA was a necessary cure for social injustice still lingering from post civil-war efforts to cure racism in southern politics, and only the Congress should (or, can) decide when the cure is no longer necessary. This, regardless, of whether the Constitution permits the Act in the first place, because she believes the Constitution is an imperfect changing document that is, like, really old and the Democrat Party should decide when and where it applies.

Or something.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:58 AM (PZuzz)

118 The Hill
Liberal Supreme Court justices say majority has ‘completed demolition’ of Voting Rights Act

“I dissent because Congress elected otherwise,” she continued. “I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent.”

She read her dissent aloud from the bench, a rare move the justices reserve for when they want to express their strong disagreements in a case.

https://tinyurl.com/45kkpuj8

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 08:01 AM (8rTNG)

119 117 And is she saying that it only can be changed by civil war?
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jju2J)

Scary.
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (8rTNG)
----------------
She is saying the legislature decided the VRA was a necessary cure for social injustice still lingering from post civil-war efforts to cure racism in southern politics, and only the Congress should (or, can) decide when the cure is no longer necessary. This, regardless, of whether the Constitution permits the Act in the first place, because she believes the Constitution is an imperfect changing document that is, like, really old and the Democrat Party should decide when and where it applies.

Or something.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:58 AM (PZuzz)

The Dems tried that in the 1860's...didn't work out too well for them back then.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 08:02 AM (ynpvh)

120 Busy day today. Helping a friend move. Going to a "celebration of life" 150 miles away, and then returning in time to take bride out to dinner when she finally returns hime from helping daughter with brand spanking new grandson.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 08:03 AM (PZuzz)

121 Nood

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:03 AM (vFG9F)

122 120 Busy day today. Helping a friend move. Going to a "celebration of life" 150 miles away, and then returning in time to take bride out to dinner when she finally returns hime from helping daughter with brand spanking new grandson.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 08:03 AM (PZuzz)

Nice!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 08:04 AM (8rTNG)

123 Copper Rockfish taste better then either of those.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Keep your shirt on, the Mackerel Snapper Thread is about to commence.

Posted by: Not A Popish Person at May 02, 2026 08:06 AM (oftw2)

124 So, the war with Iran is ovah! It's OVAH!

Praise the Lord!

We're gonna build Disney World Persia on Karg island, after we demo all of it's oil stuff. Persia is gonna buy all their oil from us from now on.

Posted by: M. Gaga at May 02, 2026 08:09 AM (KiBMU)

125 Thanks, Pixy!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 08:11 AM (8rTNG)

126 Called it an effing clanker.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 08:14 AM (qFwJc)

127 nice teefusses.

Posted by: cmeat at May 02, 2026 03:17 PM (R11M+)

Tonight's ONT Has A Surprising Amount Of Indian Content

Hi everyone! So, can anyone tell me the state of the world this week?

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Fido Friday: Fun!


I thought this was America

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Helpful food chart

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I'm lovin' it


Bon mot

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Waiter, this steak is too tender and juicy. I don't want it.

Ryder.jpg


Electric slide

There's a weird online trend lately of posting videos of Indians dying in incredibly stupid ways. I don't know where it came from, but it's been all over lately. A lot of western folks wonder why bystanders in the clips often just stand by and don't try to help.

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Well, Indian society has a cultural norm that explains it:

Izzat

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Couple that with another aspect of their culture:

Jugaad

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Together these form a culture that is rather antithetical to traditional western norms

The results are not pretty

Izzat Jugaad.jfif

Let's import millions more, shall we?

Indian remake of Titanic


Sound on

All the above, in meme format

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Great White North

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Musical interlude


There's a difference

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Ooops!

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Autistic or stoned?


He's very lucky that he had a chill cop.

I love community notes

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In hard times, turn to the bible

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The new SecNav has no fuks to give


Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Romania:

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1 Confused, totally confused.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 09:52 PM (kGf4g)

2 I love a good decapitation story.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 09:54 PM (JkO4W)

3 I almost didn't make it today because my hot boss was making rape threats at me and showing off her cannons, which are nothing like my wife's.

Posted by: Deepak Gupta, in Engineering at May 01, 2026 09:57 PM (JkO4W)

4 Good evening Horde. Thanks WD.

Posted by: TRex - sea floor substrate dino at May 01, 2026 09:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

5 Wow! Somebody came early.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2026 09:59 PM (Kyh8Y)

6 Excellent ONT!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2026 09:59 PM (wVcYX)

7 Wow! Somebody came early.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2026 09:59 PM (Kyh8Y)

In 5 . . . 4 . . 3 . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2026 10:01 PM (wVcYX)

8 tim hortons ---> no one speaks english

hmmm.... *scribbles note* poutine vindaloo

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2026 10:01 PM (qdr3M)

9 Having worked with H1bs for decades I can attest that izzat and jugaad is alive and well within that culture.

And overrides everything else.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2026 10:02 PM (Kyh8Y)

10 The Colombian "Presidential Guard" still wears pickelhaubes in their full dress uniform.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 10:03 PM (rbvCR)

11 Izzat and Jugaad... Maybe Liz Warren really is Indian.

Posted by: yeah, I know, dot not feather at May 01, 2026 10:03 PM (Q+gd/)

12 Oh and Hi WD, thanks for the ONT

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 10:04 PM (kGf4g)

13 How bad can it be? All we did was give the Indians all of our hotels....and gas stations....and 18-wheelers....

I'm sure it'll be fine.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2026 10:04 PM (lHPJf)

14 It appears the African immigrant vastly misunderstood his housemates use of the term 'getting head'.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2026 10:04 PM (Kyh8Y)

15 When the African guy was cutting off the head of Poofter #1, exactly what was Poofter #2 doing?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:05 PM (JkO4W)

16 Nothing ruins a good relationship like large breasts, amirite guys?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:06 PM (JkO4W)

17
Looks like the Sabres will eliminate Boston and go on to the second round for the first time in 18 years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:06 PM (HdYcL)

18 Wow! Somebody came early.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2026 09:59 PM (Kyh8Y)

on Prom Night!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 01, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

19 Sometimes the Arab ways were the best ways.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)

20 My first reaction was I'm shocked there's any malls around here with water in the fountains in them. Then I noticed it doesn't say anything about water.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 01, 2026 10:08 PM (w/O5Q)

21 5 Wow! Somebody came early.

Posted by: Tonypete at May


That’s what she said

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2026 10:08 PM (A5RD0)

22 Wynona's bosoms are nice. I like the handfuls.

And, I am wondering what BSG thinks of this.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 01, 2026 10:09 PM (0aYVJ)

23
Winona's ex-boyfriend sounds like he's queer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:09 PM (HdYcL)

24 Yay, Friday night ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at May 01, 2026 10:09 PM (+9wcF)

25 Top picture, what kind of bird is the Ukrainian?

Also, the restaurant slogan guy was clearly a middle-school sports coach at one point. He's used to getting indifferent people pumped up.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not an orinthologist at May 01, 2026 10:09 PM (Wt5PA)

26 Nothing ruins a good relationship like large breasts, amirite guys?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:06 PM (JkO4W)

The absolute worst reveal.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2026 10:09 PM (wVcYX)

27 I'm thinking Buffalo woman was police scanner worthy.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)

28 Izzy and Jughead?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2026 10:10 PM (wVcYX)

29 On a somewhat related note, I may be retiring from my military service soon, and moving to Hawaii for my next job in a few months. Any Hawaiian Morons out there? Sadly that may impact the timing of my morning reports for everyone as the time zones will be all wrong.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 01, 2026 08:51 PM (ycI94)

There are a few Hawaiian morons, not sure when they hang out.

I dunno man...it's a great place to visit but retiring there??? It's very rural, very expensive and not much to do.

Very pretty though. So if your plan is to hang out outside all day, all the best to you.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo



I should have retired at the end of last year, but they put an informal 'stop loss' on me...
Maybe I'll set up a small feral hog ranching operation on the Big Island. Own some land there and I need to go check up on it. At one time wanted to make a simple 2 BR 1 Bath post & pier house and cut a straight line out the back side down about 1000 ft for popping pigs. I think it would be very relaxing low key lifestyle.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)

30 Arrrgg. Pirate Girl would make a fine cabin girl. Better than any barrel.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)

31 Wow! Somebody came early.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2026 09:59 PM (Kyh8Y)

In 5 . . . 4 . . 3 . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2026 10:01 PM (wVcYX)

Welp, good night babe...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 01, 2026 10:12 PM (nbLIj)

32 Sabres putting the finishing touch on Boston, winning 3 in their barn to take the series.


Posted by: browndog says woof at May 01, 2026 10:12 PM (3sXRv)

33 It appears the African immigrant vastly misunderstood his housemates use of the term 'getting head'.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2026 10:04 PM (Kyh8Y)


I bet they were besides themselves with anger.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 10:14 PM (2WIwB)

34
Tampa wins in OT and sends that series to Game 7.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:14 PM (HdYcL)

35 Is MAGA eagle using a squirt gun?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)

36 Gotta light?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2026 10:16 PM (dV80I)

37 Hey, Internet!

"how many indians die from stealing electricity?"

"Electrocution deaths in India are often linked to illegal activities like power theft, but specific statistics on fatalities directly caused by stealing electricity are not readily available. However, overall, around 12,500 people die each year from electrocution, which can include incidents related to unsafe practices like unauthorized connections."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 01, 2026 10:17 PM (mjROD)

38
Depressing tweet of the day:

"I'm watching the film 'Sandlot' with our kids and just realized that the film’s version of America with baseball, public pools, county fair, block parties, etc is almost extinct."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:17 PM (HdYcL)

39 The Romanians make the Pollocks look like brain surgeons.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2026 10:17 PM (wOO3z)

40 I'd like to look at the Winona Ryder controversy from another angle.

https://i.___ur.com/7FfhouF.mp4

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

41 1. An apartment block was built and there was no way to remove the crane from the inner courtyard

A monumental scew-up, no doubt, but there’s always a way to remove a crane. It involves a lot of work called “disassembly & removal”, but I assure you it’s entirely possible.

Romanians, geesh, that 80 years of Communism really put a hurt on the collective brainpower.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:17 PM (6ydKt)

42 And, I am wondering what BSG thinks of this.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 01, 2026 10:09 PM (0aYVJ)

BSG is in dry dock.

Posted by: William Adama' at May 01, 2026 10:18 PM (KaJnP)

43 >>> Let's import millions more, shall we?

But, VD Vance cannot be wrong.
I know you all love him but his family life is a major creepy factor for me...


Or Nikki Halley who started tearing down southern icons... or any other 'super-conservative' indians who popped up in recent years.
Izzat Jugaad?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:18 PM (/lPRQ)

44 Wow! Somebody came early.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2026 09:59 PM (Kyh8Y)

Sorry.

Posted by: Roman god of premature ejaculation at May 01, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

45 >> Sabres putting the finishing touch on Boston, winning 3 in their barn to take the series.

Congratulations.

Sabres are playing great.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:18 PM (viF8m)

46 Detriments, you call us, detriments? Well, it was detriments like us that built this bleedin' Empire -- and the izzat of the bloody Raj! 'Ats on! Abaht turn!

Posted by: Peachy Taliaferro Carnehan at May 01, 2026 10:18 PM (xvhJH)

47 Evenin'

Buffalo won the series against Boston. I caught the end of the game and one of the Bruins tried to decapitate one of the Sabre players. Don't follow either team so don't know the names. The Boston guy was sent off. Classy. Hoping Buffalo wins it all. Hoping Carolina injures and humiliates that team they're playing. Bunch of criminal kitten rapists from Philly.

I'm not bitter, stop looking at me like that.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 01, 2026 10:19 PM (jrKun)

48 As a full blood princess of the American Redneck tribe, I find no problem at all with wearing an eyepatch, taking over a fountain with her kayak, and yelling at people. [Which reminds me of the movie from last night with Charlize Theron called Apex. Not recommended if you want to sleep well. We only watched part of it and sped to the end]

Thanks for the ONT.

My favorites are the Indian Titanic with a better voice singing than Celine Dion.

However, the top meme is the gay couple photo of the illegal who decapitated them. I keep laughing about that photo. I thought the middle guy was Bruce Springsteen.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 10:19 PM (WONhk)

49 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)

Another Iowa Moron is leaving me? Sigh.... You probably work at the same place my FiL did. He retired as an IA NG brevet colonel.

Posted by: pookysgirl, Hawkeye Ette at May 01, 2026 10:19 PM (Wt5PA)

50
Looks like Elon is targeting May 12 for the next Starship test, which will be the new v3 version.

There's an air advisory in the Latin American network somebody noticed. Rather than going in between Florida and Cuber, it looks like he's going to thread a needle farther south between the Yucatan and Cuba, then between Cuba and the Caymans and Jamaica. By Jamaica, he's high enough to not worry any more.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 10:19 PM (w6EFb)

51
Hungarians say that Romanians have hair growing on the soles of their feet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:20 PM (HdYcL)

52 "He's very lucky that he had a chill cop."

He is very lucky. In my town, the police have been given cards that instruct them how to approach a neurodivergent potential perp, no that no deadly misinterpretations take place in the line of duty.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 01, 2026 10:20 PM (TNhp7)

53 The Romanians make the Pollocks look like brain surgeons.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2026 10:17 PM (wOO3z)
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Sounds fishy to me.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 10:21 PM (xvhJH)

54 Good evening morons und danke wd

Girthy memage.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX)

55 As far as RFK Jr. not ducking for cover, maybe he's a fatalist about it.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 01, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1)

56 > So, can anyone tell me the state of the world this week?
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FUBAR

Posted by: Don Black at May 01, 2026 10:21 PM (ZxPkt)

57 27 I'm thinking Buffalo woman was police scanner worthy.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 10:10 PM
***
Only if she visits Pittsburgh...

Posted by: TRex - scanning dino at May 01, 2026 10:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

58 only thing worse than being stuck with a woman with large cannons is if she wants you to play with them all the time.

Posted by: a fierce and severe heterosexual at May 01, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)

59 Izzat and jugaad explain Windows and AI.

Posted by: Methos at May 01, 2026 10:22 PM (vSvIl)

60 >>> 58 only thing worse than being stuck with a woman with large cannons is if she wants you to play with them all the time.
Posted by: a fierce and severe heterosexual at May 01, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Cory Booker at May 01, 2026 10:23 PM (WMyc4)

61 Jay Kay is gay.

Also Winnona Ryder's nickname in Hollywood is 'you wanna ride her?'.

The wall was not kind but she had her time in the sun.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 10:23 PM (xcxpd)

62 Winona Ryder's ex-boyfriend is a faggot.

Posted by: a.moron at May 01, 2026 10:23 PM (X5Jzz)

63 Combine Wynonna Ryder with the Indian concept of Jugaad and you get... Juggalos. The Insane Clown Posse approves.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 01, 2026 10:23 PM (QaH55)

64 I thought Jugaad was Archie's friend.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 10:23 PM (xvhJH)

65 Winnie the Xi FTW. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 10:24 PM (ynpvh)

66 Hey, All! Hey, Weird Dave!

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

67 I'd like to look at the Winona Ryder controversy from another angle.

https://i.___ur.com/7FfhouF.mp4
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)


Pro tip: Capitals are your friend.

https://i.IMGur.com/7FfhouF.mp4

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:24 PM (ExV1e)

68 Congratulations.

Sabres are playing great.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:18 PM (viF8m)

Thank you Jack

Have to guard against getting to emotional about these kids, but they're such a great group ...

Ooh Ahh Sabres on the warpath !

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 01, 2026 10:25 PM (3sXRv)

69 16 Nothing ruins a good relationship like large breasts, amirite guys?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)


Some women in the entertainment industry seem to like dating gay guys. Wynona is probably one of them.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 01, 2026 10:26 PM (0Htd1)

70
only thing worse than being stuck with a woman with large cannons is if she wants you to play with them all the time.
Posted by: a fierce and severe heterosexual

Temu O'bama, is this you?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 01, 2026 10:26 PM (QVmho)

71 Winnona was the Hollyweird village bicycle. Makes sense.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2026 10:26 PM (wOO3z)

72 Another attempt at the Winona vid.

https://is.gd/CohDEj

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)

73 I guess Jay Kay is fucking gay

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 01, 2026 10:26 PM (jRTHY)

74 Evenin'

Buffalo won the series against Boston. I caught the end of the game and one of the Bruins tried to decapitate one of the Sabre players. Don't follow either team so don't know the names. The Boston guy was sent off. Classy. Hoping Buffalo wins it all. Hoping Carolina injures and humiliates that team they're playing. Bunch of criminal kitten rapists from Philly.

I'm not bitter, stop looking at me like that.
Posted by: Puddleglum
***********
Ditto

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 01, 2026 10:27 PM (IQ6Gq)

75 Arrrgg. Pirate Girl would make a fine cabin girl. Better than any barrel.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)

Considerable crazy factor there.

On the other hand, maybe she has underappreciated cannons.

Posted by: Methos at May 01, 2026 10:27 PM (vSvIl)

76 Also Winnona Ryder's nickname in Hollywood is 'you wanna ride her?'.

The wall was not kind but she had her time in the sun.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 10:23 PM (xcxpd)


Based on the photos I've seen, for a woman in her mid-50s she looks pretty good.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:27 PM (ExV1e)

77 I am taking a poll.

I rarely nap at all in my entire life. As a kid when it was forced I stared at the ceiling or, in later years, read a book.

Since I had a virus that wiped me out in February I tire easily. It could be due to getting older. Some people like naps and take them happily. They make me more stupid afterwards and discombobulated. I think I slept about one hour today at 2pm. Up at 7am after a decent (for me) sleep.

Naps:

Good []
Bad []
All of above []
Who cares []
Shut up []
Take a dirt nap []

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 10:28 PM (WONhk)

78 Winona Ryder, back in the day. Damn…

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:28 PM (77rzZ)

79 Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 01, 2026 08:51 PM (ycI94)


How well do you know the islands? Do you have any jobs lined up? What time frame?
I don't live there but a good buddy of mine does. Knows it well. He might be able to help.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)

80 The Pens took too long to wake up.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2026 10:28 PM (wOO3z)

81 Buffalo won the series against Boston. I caught the end of the game and one of the Bruins tried to decapitate one of the Sabre players. Don't follow either team so don't know the names. The Boston guy was sent off. Classy. Hoping Buffalo wins it all. Hoping Carolina injures and humiliates that team they're playing. Bunch of criminal kitten rapists from Philly.

I'm not bitter, stop looking at me like that.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 01, 2026 10:19 PM (jrKun)

Boston Player: Charlie McAvoy ... went goon , which is a bit of a surprise

Buffalo Player: Zack Benson ... affectionately know as the Tasmanian Devil

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 01, 2026 10:29 PM (3sXRv)

82 The English imposed a framework that has permitted India to get as far as it has.

I say that as no friend to Perfidious Albion but rather as a comparison to how much worse India was before it was colonized.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 10:29 PM (xcxpd)

83 Depends on when he dated Winona.

If it was the late-90s thats when she lost her mind, got hooked on some pills or something, and got busted for shoplifting.

She does have some nice boobs, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:29 PM (6ydKt)

84 Back in the day I did neurodivergent training for SFPD and found most cops are just good at reading people.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

85 naps are awesome.

I take one after work. It reboots my brain.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 10:30 PM (xcxpd)

86
I thought Jugaad was Archie's friend.

Meathead

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 10:30 PM (Cqx++)

87
India is the kind of country upper-middle AWFLs leave their families to emigrate to because it's cool and the Indians revere cattle. That and hiring armies of servants on the cheap.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:30 PM (HdYcL)

88 Indian Titanic, I would not want to be swimming in that water.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 10:30 PM (y171U)

89 Educational and entertaining ONT. Thank you.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 01, 2026 10:30 PM (4NO2D)

90 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 10:28 PM (WONhk)

The older you get, the less you sleep. Worked first shift 20 yrs. Can't sleep after around two am. Fall asleep during the ONT most nights, but if it's too late, can't sleep again. During the day when I'm alone, couple short naps, then awake.

You get used to it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 10:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

91
Indian Titanic, I would not want to be swimming in that water.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 10:30 PM (y171U)

____________

Nobody will be swimming.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:32 PM (HdYcL)

92 Unfortunately Winona brings to mind an ex-moron

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

93 78 Winona’s boobs were awesome. Probably still are.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:33 PM (77rzZ)

94 Thanks for the ONT, WD.

Posted by: scampydog at May 01, 2026 10:33 PM (41CYW)

95 Winona's ex-boyfriend sounds like he's queer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:09 PM (HdYcL)

Would not bet against it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 10:33 PM (utfVc)

96 88 Indian Titanic, I would not want to be swimming in that water.

--------

I would like seeing Leo DiCaprio sink beneath its surface.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:33 PM (JkO4W)

97 41 1. An apartment block was built and there was no way to remove the crane from the inner courtyard

A monumental scew-up, no doubt, but there’s always a way to remove a crane. It involves a lot of work called “disassembly & removal”, but I assure you it’s entirely possible.

Romanians, geesh, that 80 years of Communism really put a hurt on the collective brainpower.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:17 PM (6ydKt)


You just need a taller crane to pick up the first crane and lift it over the apartment block.

Pro Tip : Make sure you park the second crane outside the apartment block, otherwise you will need a third crane.

Posted by: a.moron at May 01, 2026 10:34 PM (X5Jzz)

98 My sleeping schedule has been screwed up for a few years now.

During the week I go to sleep around 9 or 10 (hopefully) wake up at 3am, work from 4 to 12pm, then I take a nap around 1:30 or 2 for an hour or two.

I’m all for a good nap if your body needs it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:35 PM (6ydKt)

99 If it was the late-90s thats when she lost her mind, got hooked on some pills or something, and got busted for shoplifting.

She does have some nice boobs, though.

----------

A certain amount of crazy, pills and shoplifting can be overlooked for some nice boobs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:35 PM (JkO4W)

100 If it was the late-90s thats when she lost her mind, got hooked on some pills or something, and got busted for shoplifting.

She does have some nice boobs, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:29 PM (6ydKt)


His specific complaints were:

- Tits are bigger than you think they are. Now, I prefer a moderate bosom but I wouldn't downgrade a girlfriend over big tits.
- She wanted lots of sex. Seriously, he complained that she wanted lots of sex. Now, I get that he was a musician so he was banging groupies all the time but to say that the problem that you have with your girlfriend is that she wants to have sex - with you - all the time? That's sus.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:36 PM (ExV1e)

101 88 Indian Titanic, I would not want to be swimming in that water.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 10:30 PM (y171U)
*************************************
An old Indian Proverb is that it is not worth learning to swim if you live near the Ganges River. Live free or die.

Or nap. Maybe I should limit myself to a 10min nap and work up. Or stop napping once or twice a week and get back to normal.

We were watching Hacksaw Ridge (one half of the movie) and when we stopped I could not remember what day it was for a few seconds, but did not tell my dude.

This was probably because we went to a kid's Mass this morning for Grandparents and threw my internal clock completely off.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 10:37 PM (WONhk)

102 Them Indians…what izzat?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 01, 2026 10:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

103 50
Looks like Elon is targeting May 12 for the next Starship test, which will be the new v3 version.

There's an air advisory in the Latin American network somebody noticed. Rather than going in between Florida and Cuber, it looks like he's going to thread a needle farther south between the Yucatan and Cuba, then between Cuba and the Caymans and Jamaica.
By Jamaica, he's high enough to not worry any more.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 10:19 PM (w6EFb)


Yah, mon.

Posted by: Spaceman with a spliff at May 01, 2026 10:37 PM (X5Jzz)

104 WTF Fridays. The best WTFs.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 01, 2026 10:37 PM (UDzNJ)

105 Now, I get that he was a musician so he was banging groupies all the time but to say that the problem that you have with your girlfriend is that she wants to have sex - with you - all the time? That's sus.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:36 PM (ExV1e)

It wasn't the right kind of sex.

(nudge nudge, wink wink)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 10:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

106 I only get 6-7 hours at night so I try to grab another hour after lunch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

107 Well! That was an ONT for the ages!

Wasn't there a commenter whose nic was Wynona Ryder's Huge Breasts? If not, there should have been.



Archie & Jughead >>> Izzat and Jugaad



Pressed Rat And Warthog somewhere in there.
https://youtu.be/7YrNgwRqfy8

Posted by: mindful webworker - wheels of fire at May 01, 2026 10:39 PM (XU9++)

108 Another Iowa Moron is leaving me? Sigh.... You probably work at the same place my FiL did. He retired as an IA NG brevet colonel.
Posted by: pookysgirl, Hawkeye Ette


I'm in the Notorious 3-2-1. AKA Space Coast.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:39 PM (/lPRQ)

109
Swimming is one of those luxury skills that we take for granted. So that overloaded Indian boat? If the water is more than 6 feet deep, most of those people drowned.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:39 PM (HdYcL)

110 Yay WD ! Last of the great ONTers.

Posted by: alpine_beer at May 01, 2026 10:39 PM (van9r)

111 I would like seeing Leo DiCaprio sink beneath its surface.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:33 PM (JkO4W)

He seems to be morphing into Jack Nicholson in looks. Creepy dude. ick

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 10:40 PM (WONhk)

112 I saw some large breasts today at the grocery store near the milk

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 01, 2026 10:40 PM (jrgJz)

113 Hawaii is high on my list of Places You Don't Want To Be When the SHTF. I figure a week after the food imports stop, Long Pig will be back on the menu.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 01, 2026 10:40 PM (mjROD)

114 Been doing 15 minute power naps for years. Great for recharging batteries. But the older I get, the longer they are becoming. Anything longer than that makes me feel ragged the rest of the day.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

115 I'm in the Notorious 3-2-1. AKA Space Coast.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:39 PM (/lPRQ)

Wasn't there a talk show from there?

Space Coast: Ghost to Ghost?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

116 100 If it was the late-90s thats when she lost her mind, got hooked on some pills or something, and got busted for shoplifting.

She does have some nice boobs, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:29 PM (6ydKt)

His specific complaints were:

- Tits are bigger than you think they are. Now, I prefer a moderate bosom but I wouldn't downgrade a girlfriend over big tits.
- She wanted lots of sex. Seriously, he complained that she wanted lots of sex. Now, I get that he was a musician so he was banging groupies all the time but to say that the problem that you have with your girlfriend is that she wants to have sex - with you - all the time? That's sus.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:36 PM (ExV1e)

I bet that to him, her breasts felt like bags of sand...

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 01, 2026 10:42 PM (TNhp7)

117 Posted by: Spaceman with a spliff at May 01, 2026 10:37 PM (X5Jzz)

looks like i have to poast this again
youtu.be/dSQ2GexfGWo

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:42 PM (gKWVE)

118

What izzat? Hawaiian noises?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 10:42 PM (Cqx++)

119 "I know you Ryder" would be a good theme lyric for this post, he says wishfully.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 10:42 PM (Sn7/j)

120 112 I saw some large breasts today at the grocery store near the milk
Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 01, 2026 10:40 PM (jrgJz)

--------

Transmit a sighting report to HQ.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:42 PM (JkO4W)

121 That's sus.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:36 PM (ExV1e)

Yeah but she might be a few fries short of a happy meal and he didn’t want to hurt her feelings.

I’ve only ever seen the guy in their ‘Virtual Insanity’ song’s video. Which was a cool video, btw.

They were like a one hit wonder in the late 90s.
So maybe Winona dumped him and it’s all cope.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:42 PM (6ydKt)

122 By Jamaica, he's high enough to not worry any more

Ja Mon!

Posted by: Haille Selassie is God at May 01, 2026 10:42 PM (vSCm4)

123
I figure a week after the food imports stop, Long Pig will be back on the menu.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 01, 2026 10:40 PM (mjROD)

_____________

Do they even grow pineapples there any more? If it wasn't for the US Navy, Hawaii would be the Pacific version of Haiti.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:43 PM (HdYcL)

124 I'd like to look at the Winona Ryder controversy from another angle.

https://i.___ur.com/7FfhouF.mp4
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

Pro tip: Capitals are your friend.

https://i.IMGur.com/7FfhouF.mp4
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


A lot like Big Mike Obama.
But wholesome and family friendly. And a LOT higher up front.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:43 PM (/lPRQ)

125 What charges could they possibly throw at the pirate chick? Illegally suggesting purchase options?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 10:44 PM (Sn7/j)

126 Evening Horde thx WeirdDave
When Depp was dating Winona he had Winona Forever tattooed on his arm. After they split he had it modified to Wino Forever, which is appropriate. Winona may be a loon, but she doesn't seem like the bed shitting type

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 10:46 PM (gu0hJ)

127 How well do you know the islands? Do you have any jobs lined up? What time frame?
I don't live there but a good buddy of mine does. Knows it well. He might be able to help.
Posted by: Diogenes


Tahitian Fire Dancer at the Polynesian Cultural Center would be a fun job.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:47 PM (/lPRQ)

128 What charges could they possibly throw at the pirate chick? Illegally suggesting purchase options?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 10:44 PM (Sn7/j)

Boating without a life jacket? Creating a disturbance?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 10:47 PM (utfVc)

129 I have to say it was smart of the cops to leave the eyepatch on for the mugshot.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:47 PM (JkO4W)

130 WeirdDave with another Friday win.

And that dog in the Fido Friday video is an absolute Good Boy(girl?) doing that to entertain his kiddo.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 01, 2026 10:48 PM (gUs21)

131 92 Unfortunately Winona brings to mind an ex-moron
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

I'm frankly shocked Banana Splits Guy hasn't already shown up.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 10:48 PM (xcxpd)

132 90 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 10:28 PM (WONhk)

The older you get, the less you sleep. Worked first shift 20 yrs. Can't sleep after around two am. Fall asleep during the ONT most nights, but if it's too late, can't sleep again. During the day when I'm alone, couple short naps, then awake.

You get used to it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 10:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

Since my wife passed, I generally get 4 to 6 hours of interrupted sleep a night...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 10:48 PM (ynpvh)

133 A lot like Big Mike Obama.

Admittedly, I've had a bit to drink this evening but, other than political leanings, I cannot think of a single similarity between Winona 'Jugs' Ryder and Big Mike Obama.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:49 PM (ExV1e)

134 The Navy Secretary comment reminded me of The Slopes, a music trio that, IIRC, had to sue for the right to keep their name. The lead guitarist is Japanese American. Can't find a link to the story, but here's a little taste of the lead's tasty licks:

https://youtu.be/hSwDBaDaZ6o

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 01, 2026 10:49 PM (nbLIj)

135 128 What charges could they possibly throw at the pirate chick? Illegally suggesting purchase options?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 10:44 PM (Sn7/j)

Boating without a life jacket? Creating a disturbance?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 10:47 PM (utfVc)

Well, maybe there was a "No Motorboating" sign...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 10:49 PM (ynpvh)

136 Disturbing the peace is always a good, utilitarian, charge for girls with eyepatches barking orders at strangers in the grocery store.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:50 PM (6ydKt)

137
Boating without a life jacket? Creating a disturbance?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 10:47 PM (utfVc)

______________

Since a mall isn't public property, If you're told to leave and you don't they can nail you for trespass.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:50 PM (HdYcL)

138 You just need a taller crane to pick up the first crane and lift it over the apartment block.

Pro Tip : Make sure you park the second crane outside the apartment block, otherwise you will need a third crane.

Posted by: a.moron



There is a crane safety vid out there with a (obviously too small) crane on a dock going into the drink.
Then the larger crane sent to pull the first crane out goes in too. Then another.
I think they brought a big muther for the forth and final try. Success.

Make sure you bring enough crane for the job.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

139 Note, many of the new High Tech CEOs?

Yeah.... Indian... wonder why.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 10:50 PM (mP0Kj)

140 I don’t know. My mom’s family came here and did not fit this modern view of immigration.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 10:50 PM (E6xSb)

141 oh, my bad… in the mall fountain.

what else was she wearing is my next question.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:51 PM (6ydKt)

142 Since dot injuns seem to be a theme tonight, I read a headline that a video came out that Vivek, running for governor somewhere I should know, does not believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Which is not completely shocking if he is Hindu. He could be Rastapharian for all I know.

I only read headlines of news because unless I am interested it is a waste of my time.

I also liked the food chart above, created by someone ticked off. It did not cover the food I was craving when I used to sample Play Doh in kindergarten to see if the colors tasted differently.

I don't remember much about kindergarten but apparently I rocked my poem for parents, "Pussy Willow." The teacher chose it for me, Morons.

The only other memory in the private Kindergarten run by Mrs. Nelson I have is eating Vanilla Wafers. A girl liked me so much she gave me half of hers that she'd taken a bite out of and gross mushy!

A girl in PreK4 at school today liked me so much she showed me all of her work at Grandparent's Day. She either had no grandparents come or just liked me a whole lot, but she was not my granddauhter. Granted I was sitting at the little art table on a little wooden chair as I was tired.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 10:52 PM (WONhk)

143 139 Note, many of the new High Tech CEOs?

Yeah.... Indian... wonder why.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 10:50 PM (mP0Kj)

You can blame MSFT.

They realized they could get cheap developers from India...cheaply. India in turn quickly adapted and started churning out tech workers. They speak a version of English and work for pennies on the dollars compared to US workers.

And...the poison is...Indians hire other Indians. 20 years after it started, they have taken over. And, to be nice, on average, they are not very good at technology. They are cheap. Some are very nice. But I wouldn't trust my life to anything developed by Indian devs.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 10:53 PM (xcxpd)

144 Sorry to be a killjoy, but there is no "WXYZ News" in Buffalo.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 01, 2026 10:54 PM (5YmYl)

145 Note, many of the new High Tech CEOs?

Yeah.... Indian... wonder why.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 10:50 PM (mP0Kj)


If I had to guess...

It's because institutional investors (BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard) are united in their desire to destroy western civilization.

AND

Institutional investors have oversized influence in selecting corporate boards.

AND

Corporate boards select CEOs.

But I'm sure I'm imagining things.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:54 PM (ExV1e)

146 WD's in form tonight

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 10:54 PM (kA/fI)

147 Swimming is one of those luxury skills that we take for granted. So that overloaded Indian boat? If the water is more than 6 feet deep, most of those people drowned.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


I learned to swim in fresh water. And how to float if you need rest.

First time I went into the ocean it was, like wow!

Look at me. Bobbing around like a cork. Could do this all day.
..did snorkel for hours at a time. You learn in one day to always wear a t-shirt like the locals.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:54 PM (/lPRQ)

148 Since dot injuns seem to be a theme tonight, I read a headline that a video came out that Vivek, running for governor somewhere I should know, does not believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

I believe that he's running for Governor in Ohio as he was born in Cincinnati.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:55 PM (ExV1e)

149 Outstanding ONT, WeirdDave. Now moving to another tab to watch anime.

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at May 01, 2026 10:56 PM (uYLZy)

150
Some are very nice. But I wouldn't trust my life to anything developed by Indian devs.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 10:53 PM (xcxpd)

_____________

My experience is that they are either the nicest people you'll ever meet or they're arrogant assholes who won't give you the time of day. Nothing in between.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:56 PM (HdYcL)

151 Play-Doh colors do taste different.

I preferred Blue as I recall, but Red was a close second.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:56 PM (6ydKt)

152 But I'm sure I'm imagining things.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
---

You forgot State.
I know they contrived (not too distant past) to put three watermelons on Exxon's board.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 10:57 PM (kA/fI)

153 My experience is that they are either the nicest people you'll ever meet or they're arrogant assholes who won't give you the time of day. Nothing in between.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:56 PM (HdYcL)


And it all depends on whether they believe that they are above you, or below you, in caste.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:57 PM (ExV1e)

154 Sorry to be a killjoy, but there is no "WXYZ News" in Buffalo.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 01, 2026 10:54 PM (5YmYl)

Used to be. Pirate gal stole it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 10:57 PM (utfVc)

155 Since my wife passed, I generally get 4 to 6 hours of interrupted sleep a night...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 10:48 PM (ynpvh)

I don't get anywhere near that. Fall asleep in chair reading ONT about halfway through, get in bed, stare at ceiling or wall for one to two hours, get up and start reading websites. A few hours later, maybe fall asleep watching YT vids in early afternoon, then nothing until ONT.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

156 You forgot State.

State Street was the middle of the three listed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:58 PM (ExV1e)

157 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 10:53 PM (xcxpd)

IT guy... watched it happen... with our own government being complicit.

We had a good IT education infrastructure going in the late 90's early 00's... I know, I was teaching network engineering.... then... suddenly... the US Government changed the rules so any retraining dollar... Vet, Disabled, Unemployed, AND writing off corporate training, was only valid if the course was College Accredited.

We were delivering $1 Million per month in training in 2000 in the Denver - Co Springs - Boulder market...

To out of business by 2002.... and I suddenly could not find a job in the Denver Tech Center... because I did not speak anything but English.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 10:58 PM (mP0Kj)

158 Sabres winning a playoff series ---> cake.

Doing it against Boston ---> icing on the cake.

Gonna listen to Boston sports radio for the Lamentations of the Chowds.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 01, 2026 10:58 PM (5YmYl)

159 Hung Cao is a good dude, he served roughly at the same time I did, but did better. "Acting" Navy Secretary is a good position for him.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 01, 2026 10:58 PM (gUs21)

160 what else was she wearing is my next question.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 10:51 PM (6ydKt)
-----------------
Your wife called, and said she will take that question.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 10:59 PM (drak5)

161 Since my wife passed, I generally get 4 to 6 hours of interrupted sleep a night...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 10:48 PM (ynpvh)


Sometimes I get 8 hours uninterrupted. Sometimes I have to get up every 2 hours to pee. Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason why any give night acts a particular way.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:59 PM (ExV1e)

162 I’m wondering what the heck those red dots are doing carting that weird tower across the field. Looked like a giant bug zapper. At least that’s what it turned into.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 11:00 PM (jju2J)

163 Cleveland is playing the future Las Vegas Athletics tonight, and the Sacramento stadium loons pretty sweet. Just saying.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:01 PM (drak5)

164 150
Some are very nice. But I wouldn't trust my life to anything developed by Indian devs.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 10:53 PM (xcxpd)
_____________

My experience is that they are either the nicest people you'll ever meet or they're arrogant assholes who won't give you the time of day. Nothing in between.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 10:56 PM (HdYcL)


My experience is that they are always arrogant assholes, but sometimes pretend to be nice if they perceive the person they're dealing with is worthy of having their ass kissed. As someone once said, in a different context, they are either at your feet or at your throat. As you say, nothing in between.

Posted by: a.moron at May 01, 2026 11:01 PM (X5Jzz)

165 "Loons" = "looks"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:02 PM (drak5)

166 Fireworks going off somewhere near me. I suppose it could be the minor league baseball team having a home game, or communists celebrating May Day. Not sure.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 11:02 PM (ExV1e)

167 114 Been doing 15 minute power naps for years. Great for recharging batteries. But the older I get, the longer they are becoming. Anything longer than that makes me feel ragged the rest of the day.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

That's about all I can tolerate, for the same reason.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 11:02 PM (y171U)

168 ince dot injuns seem to be a theme tonight, I read a headline that a video came out that Vivek, running for governor somewhere I should know, does not believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
===
I believe that he's running for Governor in Ohio as he was born in Cincinnati.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
+++

So in addition to being a heathen pagan he also propagates that abomination known as "Cincinnati Chili".*


*I hear the real story is that the "chili' is just some kind of Greek meat sauce that goes well on pasta.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 11:03 PM (/lPRQ)

169 Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 01, 2026 10:58 PM (5YmYl)

Come back and hang a "Taro says" banner in the 300's

It'll be like the olden days at The Aud ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 01, 2026 11:03 PM (3sXRv)

170 I would not think that Winona Ryder’s boobs are smaller than I imagine them to be,

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:04 PM (77rzZ)

171 Izzat so?

Posted by: Dagwood at May 01, 2026 11:06 PM (CC0N1)

172 I've never thiuhht about Winona's boo s but I am willing to.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:06 PM (drak5)

173 I would not think that Winona Ryder’s boobs are smaller than I imagine them to be,
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:04 PM (77rzZ)

They appear to be entirely fit for purpose.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 11:06 PM (utfVc)

174 11 Izzat and Jugaad... Maybe Liz Warren really is Indian.
Posted by: yeah, I know, dot not feather at May 01, 2026 10:03 PM (Q+gd/)

Izzat and Jugaad....almost sounds like Archie and Jughead. Which begs the question: Betty or Veronica?

Lizzy Warren or Maize Hirono?

Runs away, laughing maniacally......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:07 PM (QGaXH)

175 Every dude says they want a woman who wants to fuck all the time but there's a fine line between awesome and absolute exhaustion.

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 11:08 PM (oqH4h)

176 I've never thiuhht about Winona's boo s but I am willing to.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:06 PM (drak5)

Sounds like you are shivering in the cold. Turn the heat up, dude.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 11:08 PM (utfVc)

177 "Come back and hang a "Taro says" banner in the 300's

It'll be like the olden days at The Aud ..."

-----

My Dad had season tickets in the blues. My 60-year-old ass wouldn't tolerate those wooden seats now.

"We're gonna win that cup... We're gonna win that Stanley Cup..."

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 01, 2026 11:08 PM (5YmYl)

178 Winona's got big round teeters!

Posted by: Primus at May 01, 2026 11:10 PM (a992C)

179 142 Since dot injuns seem to be a theme tonight, I read a headline that a video came out that Vivek, running for governor somewhere I should know, does not believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Which is not completely shocking if he is Hindu. He could be Rastapharian for all I know.”

He’s Hindu, so I don’t really expect him to follow Christian theology.
And out of respect, I’ll refrain from any comments about holy cows and elephant gods. At least they dislike Muslims as much as we do, so they got that going for them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 11:11 PM (jju2J)

180 There is some kind of weird Mexican-looking temple structure outside of the Athletics Sacramento park, past center field. Very strange.

It's California, so I guess you just have to take it in stride.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:11 PM (uCBHA)

181 I know some men who were just in Mumbai, India last week handing out Gospel tracts. They were detained, warned, and told to get out of the country. They had done it successfully before, but something has changed.

Posted by: Slumdog Thousandaire at May 01, 2026 11:11 PM (oftw2)

182 Vivek seems to crash out and piss off conservatives every Christmas

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 01, 2026 11:13 PM (gUs21)

183 Seems like a great idea to hand out CDL's to newly arrived Indian immigrants who accept no responsibility, and hold a philosophy of cutting corners (pun intended).

Here, have a fully loaded 40 ton vehicle. No need to pay attention to the laws, signs or deadlines. In fact, why not just keep the cargo for yourself.

Keep on Truckin' Mr. Singh!!!

Posted by: Orson at May 01, 2026 11:13 PM (dIske)

184 Sounds like you are shivering in the cold. Turn the heat up, dude.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 11:08 PM (utfVc)
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Went to dinner with two college roommates and my usual poor typing is somewhat bourbon impacted. Apologies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:14 PM (uCBHA)

185 Today in 1966, future rock bassist Johnny Colt was born Charles Brandt. He was the original bassist for The Black Crowes, before moving on to other things after their fourth album Three Snakes And One Charm (1996).

Their biggest hits were their first two albums, Shake Your Money Maker (1990) and The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992), but instead here's a bit of a deep cut off their third album Amorica (1994). As usual, I asked Brave AI for suggestions to showcase his playing specifically; and after listening to a few, I would describe Johnny Colt's bass lines in this one as "slick" and "melodic," holding the groove without disappearing into the background:

The Black Crowes - She Gave Good Sunflower (Fan Vid)
https://youtu.be/xWZIcoTeLQE
Lyrics on Genius: https://tinyurl.com/5e9yran2

(Cont.)

Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 11:16 PM (Sy6m/)

186 He’s Hindu, so I don’t really expect him to follow Christian theology.
And out of respect, I’ll refrain from any comments about holy cows and elephant gods. At least they dislike Muslims as much as we do, so they got that going for them.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Objectively one could say the reverse.
The caste system is an abomination.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 11:16 PM (/lPRQ)

187 Note, many of the new High Tech CEOs?

Yeah.... Indian... wonder why.
Posted by: Romeo13
-------
And that's how you wind up with a bunch of semi-competent graduates of IIT in your engineering department. Indians are nepotistic as hell. No matter the job, if they don't have a cousin (rarely) they'll find a different Indian.
I've dealt with a number of both, and, although they may agree with a co-religionist that your head will look better on the floor, Paks are better engineers. Every Indian I ever worked with was barely competent, but convinced that they should be in charge.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 01, 2026 11:17 PM (TNGIV)

188 Since my wife passed, I generally get 4 to 6 hours of interrupted sleep a night...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 10:48

Hey Jim
Was wondering how it was going w/ the youngest son. Hopefully better?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 01, 2026 11:17 PM (55Qr6)

189 In other stunning good news, I took my truck back to big box membership store tire department and they finally figured out how to get the tire pressure monitoring system working correctly. They didn't admit to anything, but I strongly suspect they put the wrong sensors in the first time. They said something about trying a new part number but still maintained the first ones covered my year.

All I really care about is the truck works properly now and the stupid little light is out.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:17 PM (QGaXH)

190 (Cont.)

Two years later, on May Day of 1968, future rock bassist D'arcy Wretzky was born to a pipefitter and a musician -- and you can already tell from the fact of reading this that she did not follow in her father's footsteps. She was the original bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins, through their first six albums.

They have a lot of hits, and I managed to find this live performance in a record store on the eve of the release of their second album Siamese Dream (1993). This song was not actually released as a single until 30 years later, as an album anniversary thing, long after it was already popular. A nice thing about this recording for my purpose here is that, since Billy Corgan and James Iha were basically forced onto acoustic guitars by the noise constraints of the venue, D'arcy's bass really shines through without even trying. It's an accidentally great showcase:

The Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise (Live at Tower Records, Chicago, 1993)
https://youtu.be/ycKG_Ka-kdg
Lyrics: genius.com/The-smashing-pumpkins-mayonaise-lyrics

Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 11:17 PM (Sy6m/)

191 I don't watch any tv all day then we watch an hour after dinner of something. Unless a great movie then 2hrs.

I am watching a series, "Unforgettable," on Amazon of a homicide detective who remembers every detail instantly. Poppy Montgomery is very pretty but I have a new obsession of anyone with a mole next to their lips. I have a history of skin cancer and an imaginary degree in dermatology. I look at people's moles in public for decades. Usually for melanomas.

I guess with it being on screen, lips are my focus vs eye contact in real life, altho I don't recall meeting anyone with lip moles. Now I probably will and have to restrain myself.

Another show that puts me to sleep once a week is Hope Valley: 1974.Canadian. Corny but ok and I sort of like the lead actor. Lead actress has several lip moles really in need of my scalpel, way more than Poppy Montomery's.

I know if I had one, benign or not,it would drive me insane to lizard behavior as IT's RIGHT THERE and my tongue would mess with it forever.

Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow, naps, sleep and weekend!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 11:18 PM (WONhk)

192 Every dude says they want a woman who wants to fuck all the time but there's a fine line between awesome and absolute exhaustion.
Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 11:08 PM (oqH4h)


I would be willing to take one for the team.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 11:18 PM (ExV1e)

193 I know the answer to one of those questions. The arabs were shit slavers. 95% of the cargo didn't survive the journey.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 11:20 PM (S9jEo)

194 Since dot injuns seem to be a theme tonight, I read a headline that a video came out that Vivek, running for governor somewhere I should know, does not believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Which is not completely shocking if he is Hindu. He could be Rastapharian for all I know.”

He’s Hindu, so I don’t really expect him to follow Christian theology.
And out of respect, I’ll refrain from any comments about holy cows and elephant gods. At least they dislike Muslims as much as we do, so they got that going for them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 11:11 PM (jju2J)
====

The irony of course being the Rastafarians believe Emp. Haile Selassie was the second coming of Jesus incarnate

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 11:20 PM (RIvkX)

195 For a petite woman, Winona's titties are just fine. The cinematography and framing and perspective are misleading and her tits don't seem disproportionate.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 11:20 PM (Fbc0I)

196 Anything longer than that makes me feel ragged the rest of the day.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

That's about all I can tolerate, for the same reason.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 11:02 PM (y171U)

Will remember: 15min if another need strikes me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 11:22 PM (WONhk)

197 I would not think that Winona Ryder’s boobs are smaller than I imagine them to be,
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:04 PM (77rzZ)

Considering your admiration for all things boob, I'm surprised you hadn't looked to see if there are pix on the internet of them free of all restraint.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 11:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

198
I would be willing to take one for the team.


**********

Until you reach that previously unknown limit. So 3-4x a day (minimum) isn't maintainable as a 40 yr old? Pretty damn emasculating regardless.

Posted by: Iced Tea Party at May 01, 2026 11:24 PM (hyQrc)

199 Would anybody who's in frequent communication with Ben Had please let her know that I'm going to this fall's MoMe? The emails I've sent apparently aren't getting through, although I don't get bounceback notices.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 01, 2026 11:25 PM (p/isN)

200 115 I'm in the Notorious 3-2-1. AKA Space Coast.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:39 PM (/lPRQ)

Wasn't there a talk show from there?

Space Coast: Ghost to Ghost?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

I seem to remember a documentary from there about the perils and pitfalls of keeping a luscious blonde genie in the house

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:26 PM (QGaXH)

201 The Indian Army has been trying to get a Designed and Made in India rifle produced for the last dozen years or so. Every time they get close, corruption grinds the process to a halt and they wind up purchasing some foreign guns as stop gap measure.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 01, 2026 11:26 PM (mjROD)

202 Isn't a caste system sort of like apartheid?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 11:28 PM (Cqx++)

203 Every dude says they want a woman who wants to fuck all the time but there's a fine line between awesome and absolute exhaustion.
Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 11:08 PM (oqH4h)


But can she make cinnamon rolls?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 11:29 PM (2WIwB)

204 When I was a kid, I was with my dad waiting for a flight at LAX. A Hare Krishna gave me book on Hinduism and then asked my dad for a donation who promptly told her to FO. I kept the book. Armo stinginess knows no bounds.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 01, 2026 11:29 PM (NdsRs)

205 Posted by: a.moron at May 01, 2026 11:01 PM (X5Jzz)

Did IT work for a bunch of Indian Doctors.

First time meeting them? ALWAYS in a suit. Why?

Classism. If I met them in my normal Jeans and Company Polo shirt... normal work attire for someone climbing around fixing computers? They would treat me like shit.

But that first impression... put me into a higher class.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 11:29 PM (mP0Kj)

206 Why does this thread smell like BO and curry?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 11:30 PM (Fbc0I)

207 The Indian Army has been trying to get a Designed and Made in India rifle produced for the last dozen years or so. Every time they get close, corruption grinds the process to a halt and they wind up purchasing some foreign guns as stop gap measure.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 01, 2026 11:26 PM (mjROD)

They should simply restart production of Ishapore .303's. Perfectly good rifle. Not semi auto, but the round goes where you point it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 11:31 PM (utfVc)

208 206 Why does this thread smell like BO and curry?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 11:30 PM (Fbc0I)

Oh.... so you have been to India?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 11:31 PM (mP0Kj)

209 Weren't Izzat and Jugaad trying to pledge Omega Theta Pi in Animal House?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 01, 2026 11:32 PM (S/Y4j)

210 Isn't a caste system sort of like apartheid?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 11:28 PM (Cqx++)

The Popeil Pocket Fisherman had a cast system, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 11:32 PM (utfVc)

211 Went to dinner with two college roommates and my usual poor typing is somewhat bourbon impacted. Apologies.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:14

Nothing like seeing old college buds to put some things in perspective. Just met 3 old friends last Fri. That was a blast.
We first met over 50 yrs ago when I was a 17 yo freshman in college. Wow, how time flies. ;

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 01, 2026 11:35 PM (55Qr6)

212 Vivek seems to crash out and piss off conservatives every Christmas
Posted by: Jeff Weimer

I cannot imagine moving to a foreign country and not having some affinity for their culture and trying to adapt to some modest degree.
Now if I saw myself as superior it would be different.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 11:36 PM (/lPRQ)

213 Got my first pension check today.
Guess that means I'm officially retired.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 11:39 PM (2Ez/1)

214 Isn't a caste system sort of like apartheid?

There was a proposal to define caste discrimination legally as racial discrimination in California.

(Try getting a job as a Dalit (untouchable) in Silicon Valley.)

The Brahmins who run Silicon Valley companies shot that down real fast.


Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 11:40 PM (n1OCj)

215 And boy, does it catch fish!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 11:40 PM (Cqx++)

216 Nerdy Girl

RFK Jr's son Tweeted to ask if he was all right.

RFK Jr Tweeted back that he was still hungry.

I guess it would take more than one would-be assassin to ruin his appetite.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 11:40 PM (2GVsD)

217 Indian remake of Titanic
.......

Good thing nobody has peed in that river.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 11:41 PM (b3Yos)

218 Learning from experience as a kid...

After the painful experience of that Saturday moning, Bobby always remembered to put his pants on before practicing on his accordion.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 01, 2026 11:42 PM (S/Y4j)

219 The only thing wrong with the top image is how it depicts Israel sitting upon a non-existent people - the Paleostinians.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 11:42 PM (2GVsD)

220 Who is the bird watching the action, eating popcorn and laughing?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 11:42 PM (Cqx++)

221 The state of the world is pretty much how it always is. I don't get the people talking like this is the worst things have ever been.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 11:42 PM (YwEeS)

222 Got my first pension check today.
Guess that means I'm officially retired.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 11:39 PM (2Ez/1)
====

Now those kids won't have to eat mush anymore!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 11:42 PM (RIvkX)

223 213 Got my first pension check today.
Guess that means I'm officially retired.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 11:39 PM (2Ez/1)

Today is my two-year anniversary of being officially 'retarred'. Still getting used to it and trying to figure out 'what do I do now....?'

And those pension checks keep on rollin' in......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:43 PM (QGaXH)

224 Did the Indian Navy ever repair that nuclear submarine?

You know, the one where they left a hatch open and the engineering spaces gladly accepted ocean water.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 11:43 PM (2GVsD)

225 I wonder what Vivek did to get booted from Doge.

Posted by: 13times at May 01, 2026 11:44 PM (KaJnP)

226 Who is the bird watching the action, eating popcorn and laughing?

I would say Egypt as for once no one is shooting at them.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 11:44 PM (2GVsD)

227 Banjo Minnow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QwteLR4fs

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 01, 2026 11:45 PM (jrgJz)

228 Thanks for the ONT.

Winona Ryder, huh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:45 PM (bss/y)

229 I saw one video on Paul Joseph Watson. Some European woman is being all friendly with some people in India. Kid throws a wrapper on the ground and she says " don't do that, why not put it into a trash bin?" Kid throws it on the ground again. All the Indians turn on her and start throwing trash on the ground.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 11:46 PM (YwEeS)

230 220 Who is the bird watching the action, eating popcorn and laughing?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 11:42 PM (Cqx++)

Zombie Khadaffi? But it looks like he's in Egypt so maybe someone there?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:47 PM (QGaXH)

231 I wonder what Vivek did to get booted from Doge.
Posted by: 13times at May 01, 2026 11:44 PM (KaJnP)


Picked a fight and wouldn't back down when told to shut up

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)

232 Being a British colony was the best thing to ever happen to the Indian subcontinent; it unified them as a country.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 11:48 PM (2GVsD)

233 Picked a fight and wouldn't back down when told to shut up
Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)


I want the (bloody) minutes of the meeting!

Posted by: 13times at May 01, 2026 11:49 PM (KaJnP)

234 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceM8OAqGIoc

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 01, 2026 11:49 PM (jrgJz)

235 229 I saw one video on Paul Joseph Watson. Some European woman is being all friendly with some people in India. Kid throws a wrapper on the ground and she says " don't do that, why not put it into a trash bin?" Kid throws it on the ground again. All the Indians turn on her and start throwing trash on the ground.
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 11:46 PM (YwEeS)

Picking a fight with some strangers in a third world s-hole country seems an incredibly stupid thing to do.

Well.....Karens gonna Karen....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:50 PM (QGaXH)

236 The Ugly Karen Abroad - "Why can't you act like people in my neighborhood!?"

Native kid, "this is Bangladesh."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 11:51 PM (2GVsD)

237
Being a British colony was the best thing to ever happen to the Indian subcontinent; it unified them as a country.

Was that good for us?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 11:51 PM (Cqx++)

238 Evening, Horde. First time in a long time I'm reading the ONT at 0651 with my covfefe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 11:52 PM (gFpt6)

239 I wonder what Vivek did to get booted from Doge.
Posted by: 13times at May 01, 2026 11:44 PM (KaJnP)

Picked a fight and wouldn't back down when told to shut up
Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)
========
Didn't actually do much and took credit for everyone else's work, then tried to get Big Balls transferred because his cousin needs a job?

The usual Indian thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:53 PM (p7tW5)

240 Wasn't Vivek ripping into Americans when people pushed back on H1B Visas? Turned into an Indian nationalist right quick.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 11:53 PM (YwEeS)

241 What scares me about imported Indian engineers is that, in my experience, all Indians cheat in college. A lot of foreigners do ( and native born, too), but all the Indian ones that I went to college with cheated without batting an eye. And got very upset if you didn't cheat for them.

But I agree, when they're nice, they are extremely lovely.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 01, 2026 11:53 PM (Vvh2V)

242 As the British were playing the Great Game in India against other Indian rulers and the odd ploy or two by other European powers, the US was a little distracted with Mexico and then an uncivil war.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 11:54 PM (2GVsD)

243 They didn't really need the indoor plumbing or the roads. Probably good to have people much smarter than them around to tell them what to do.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 11:54 PM (S9jEo)

244 Well I'm out. Good Night everybody.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:54 PM (QGaXH)

245 241 It's their culture...

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 11:55 PM (YwEeS)

246 It is a small miracle that the British managed to stamp out the practice of setting the widow on fire when the husband died.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 11:56 PM (2GVsD)

247 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFbQz-OY8Ao

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 01, 2026 11:57 PM (jrgJz)

248 Wasn't Vivek ripping into Americans when people pushed back on H1B Visas? Turned into an Indian nationalist right quick.
Posted by: steevy


Didn't Vivek throw down the racist card because Americans didn't want to flood the country and put our own citizens out of work for unlimited H1B Indians?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 11:58 PM (/lPRQ)

249 Dude breaks up with Winona because she had huge tits?


WHAT A FAG!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 11:59 PM (snZF9)

250 213 Got my first pension check today.
Guess that means I'm officially retired.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 11:39 PM (2Ez/1)

Grats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:59 PM (bss/y)

251 Being a British colony was the best thing to ever happen to the Indian subcontinent; it unified them as a country.
Posted by: Anna Puma
......

Well, that and learning to pee downstream.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 11:59 PM (b3Yos)

252 Bers

The Yang Poon of boyfriends?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:00 AM (2GVsD)

253 249 Dude breaks up with Winona because she had huge tits?


WHAT A FAG!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 11:59 PM (snZF9)

Kind of my point.

She has to be pretty crazy then. Like BSG crazy. Maybe they ARE made for each other.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:00 AM (bss/y)

254 I hope Bill Gates keeps doing his yeomans work of vaccinating India.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 02, 2026 12:01 AM (S9jEo)

255 If we are lucky Bill Gates will BSD trying to upload himself to the cloud and thereby nukes the whole Internet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:02 AM (2GVsD)

256 Bers

The Yang Poon of boyfriends?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:00 AM (2GVsD)

Actually, no poon for that dude. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:02 AM (snZF9)

257 Dude breaks up with Winona because she had huge tits?


WHAT A FAG!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 11:59 PM

Berserker Johnson is right!

Posted by: RMBS Johnson at May 02, 2026 12:03 AM (gFpt6)

258 Ok, looked the guy up. Douche. He's wearing a fedora cocked in one and some sort of weird headdress in another.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:04 AM (bss/y)

259 There is a group of Indians who is not like that. They are the Christians. They are persecuted to some degree in many places in India.

Posted by: GWB at May 02, 2026 12:04 AM (WL6N6)

260 Strange religious practice in India. I wonder if they draw straws to see who carries the electrocution totem.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:05 AM (snZF9)

261 There is a group of Indians who is not like that. They are the Christians. They are persecuted to some degree in many places in India.
Posted by: GWB at May 02, 2026 12:04 AM

We have some in my parish. Solid people.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2026 12:05 AM (gFpt6)

262 Ok. He seems to have a hat fetish.

Gay.

Should have known.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:05 AM (bss/y)

263 Aetius

I seem to remember him having just one music video getting airtime. One. I think Terence Trent Darby had more videos played.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:06 AM (2GVsD)

264 Ok, here is a picture of the douchebag:

https://tinyurl.com/eme4xe7b

He looks like a gay Guy Pierce.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:06 AM (bss/y)

265 Bers

He maybe the poon. *shrugs*

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:07 AM (2GVsD)

266 I mean, Bers would you wear this on stage? Doesn't a musician have to have SOME dignity?

https://tinyurl.com/3s7x5xeh

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:08 AM (bss/y)

267 That hat says he knows his way around a cock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:08 AM (bss/y)

268 If you only have one eye you should wear a monocle.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 02, 2026 12:09 AM (S9jEo)

269 Ok. He seems to have a hat fetish.

Gay.

Should have known.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:05 AM (bss/y)

He broke up with a chick for having big tits. No man since the infant earth solidified ever did that. Boy George himself would yell fag from a passing car.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:10 AM (snZF9)

270 264
He's oozing... something.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2026 12:11 AM (b3Yos)

271 Boy George himself would yell fag from a passing car.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:10 AM (snZF9)

Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:11 AM (bss/y)

272 Boy George in a car?

Now got as earworm, "love is a stranger in an open car."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:12 AM (2GVsD)

273 Kevin Sorbo
@ksorbs
·
1h
This is insane.

The historic Église Saint-Cyriaque church in Montenach, France, was just set on fire.

Survived both world wars but couldn’t survive diversity."

Posted by: 13times at May 02, 2026 12:14 AM (KaJnP)

274 I mean, Bers would you wear this on stage? Doesn't a musician have to have SOME dignity?

https://tinyurl.com/3s7x5xeh

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:08 AM (bss/y)

Usually yeah, but he broke up with a chick for having big tits. Odin is not frigging amused. As for me, I would quit first. I would sell all my music shit, buy another classic car, a few more motorcycles and live my life knowing I'm not a fucking retard.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:14 AM (snZF9)

275 Ok, I can see it (Winona Ryder, not the gay dude):

https://tinyurl.com/2a8dwa4e

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:15 AM (bss/y)

276 Izzat and Jugaad sounds like the Democrat platform.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 12:15 AM (kxLc1)

277 If you only have one eye you should wear a monocle.
Posted by: Boss Moss
......

They make little ones?

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2026 12:17 AM (b3Yos)

278 I need to learn to pace myself better. Got an hour and 15 minutes left of work and not a damn thing to do. So I grabbed a coke, snuck out to the compressor room with my phone, just to let y'all know that.

Fuck it's hot in here.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 12:17 AM (G4ajv)

279 But if you need some 'oh my gosh, really?' laughs.

Transcript from the board for Capt. Yvonne Gray, RNZN has produced some howlers.

Ten minutes after hitting the coral reef, the bridge crew and Gray realize they had the ship in Auto. Ten minutes after.

Gray is also recorded as saying to one of the others on the bridge, "you know the propulsion system, get it back up."

Twice Gray gets on the ship's speakers to remind the crew to go use the bathroom before going to the life rafts.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:18 AM (2GVsD)

280 I'm not a breast guy but I'm not an anti-breast guy. WTF?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 12:18 AM (kxLc1)

281 Every time someone writes of the TV he watches I'm thankful that mine has been in the closet for the last 5 or so years. It degrades and reconforms your brain.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 12:18 AM (kA/fI)

282 Ok, I can see it (Winona Ryder, not the gay dude):

https://tinyurl.com/2a8dwa4e

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:15 AM (bss/y)

Impressive.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:18 AM (snZF9)

283 Twice Gray gets on the ship's speakers to remind the crew to go use the bathroom before going to the life rafts.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:18 AM (2GVsD)

Cap'n Den Mother

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:18 AM (bss/y)

284 Another. That's some high quality cleavage.

https://tinyurl.com/bp5y3caf

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:20 AM (bss/y)

285 280 I'm not a breast guy but I'm not an anti-breast guy. WTF?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 12:18 AM (kxLc1)

I am that way with Legs.

On ass, I am against huge ass. Fuck Sir-Mix-A-Lot. Shapely.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:21 AM (bss/y)

286 I hope she also made sure everyone was wearing clean underwear.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 12:22 AM (G4ajv)

287 You humans with your fixations are so weird. Again, how did you end up at the top of the food chain?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:22 AM (2GVsD)

288 Every time someone writes of the TV he watches I'm thankful that mine has been in the closet for the last 5 or so years. It degrades and reconforms your brain.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 12:18 AM (kA/fI)

Speak for yourself.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 12:23 AM (kxLc1)

289 287 You humans with your fixations are so weird. Again, how did you end up at the top of the food chain?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:22 AM (2GVsD)

We fixated on it for about 400,000 years.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 12:23 AM (G4ajv)

290 Aetius and Reforger

The real howler from the board was the finding that Yvonne Gray lacked the command certifications.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:23 AM (2GVsD)

291 Another. That's some high quality cleavage.

https://tinyurl.com/bp5y3caf

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:20 AM (bss/y)

Witness the power of the E (DD) cup

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:23 AM (snZF9)

292 There is a group of Indians who is not like that. They are the Christians. They are persecuted to some degree in many places in India.
Posted by: GWB
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Posted this link a while back, here 'tis again:
https://shorturl.at/BEDj1

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2026 12:25 AM (XeU6L)

293 The real howler from the board was the finding that Yvonne Gray lacked the command certifications.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:23 AM (2GVsD)

When did all this happen?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:26 AM (snZF9)

294 Witness the power of the E (DD) cup
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:23 AM (snZF9)

They have power no matter the size if they're presented properly. Watched Caddy Shack and a braless Lacy Underalls in a polo shirt yesterday. Holy crap that was sexual dynamite.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 12:27 AM (kxLc1)

295 The real howler from the board was the finding that Yvonne Gray lacked the command certifications.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:23 AM

We talking about NZ diversity captain?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2026 12:28 AM (gFpt6)

296 The Kiwi survey ship, with the almost Welsh in unpronounceable Maori name, hit a reef off Samoa last year and promptly sank. Where it rests to this day leaking oil.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:28 AM (2GVsD)

297 They have power no matter the size if they're presented properly. Watched Caddy Shack and a braless Lacy Underalls in a polo shirt yesterday. Holy crap that was sexual dynamite.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 12:27 AM (kxLc1)

yeah absolutely. Size don't matter. Still, if you break up with a chick for having large ones your dick is nothing but a flap to cover your vayjay.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:29 AM (snZF9)

298 RMBS, that be the one.

The bridge crew knew they were sailing right into a reef. Trying everything like full reverse but ship still on collision course. Hits said reef. And ten minutes later Gray and the bridge crew realise they had the silly ship in Auto.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:30 AM (2GVsD)

299 The Kiwi survey ship, with the almost Welsh in unpronounceable Maori name, hit a reef off Samoa last year and promptly sank. Where it rests to this day leaking oil.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:28 AM (2GVsD)

Ah, I remember that. The captain was originally from the UK if I remember right?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:31 AM (snZF9)

300 Yvonne Gray, UK and gay.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:32 AM (2GVsD)

301 The real howler from the board was the finding that Yvonne Gray lacked the command certifications.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:23 AM (2GVsD)

I did a types/deletes on the Austrailian Navy having a debate to go with the stupid lesbian instead of the stronk black women. Their navy being so small there were no black women and only one lesbian and she is fucking dumb. Couldn't quite make it work.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 12:32 AM (G4ajv)

302 The real howler from the board was the finding that Yvonne Gray lacked the command certifications.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:23 AM (2GVsD)


This was the captain they headhunted from the RN, right?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2026 12:32 AM (rbvCR)

303 Berserker, he also complained that she wanted to fuck too often.

Posted by: Weirddave at May 02, 2026 12:32 AM (auB4O)

304 And get this, it seems another RNZN female captain managed to founder her command.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:32 AM (2GVsD)

305 The bridge crew knew they were sailing right into a reef. Trying everything like full reverse but ship still on collision course. Hits said reef. And ten minutes later Gray and the bridge crew realise they had the silly ship in Auto.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:30 AM (2GVsD)

They should have went down with the ship for that level of stupidity.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:33 AM (snZF9)

306 Oops New Zealand navy.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 12:33 AM (G4ajv)

307 This was the captain they headhunted from the RN, right?

Well for a certain definition of head.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:34 AM (2GVsD)

308 NZ wouldn't let our Nuke powered carriers make port . Hope they enjoy their oil leaking , reef destroying sunken ship.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 12:34 AM (kxLc1)

309 There's a weird online trend lately of posting videos of Indians dying in incredibly stupid ways. I don't know where it came from, but it's been all over lately. A lot of western folks wonder why bystanders in the clips often just stand by and don't try to help.

Most leftists and normies don't realize they are living in a Western Judeo-Christian society and just sort of take it for granted that things like respect for life are universal.

In fact, leftists will often say something like, "Do you think without being being afraid of your flying Spaghetti Monster then people will just do terrible things to each?" and the answer is yes. History proves it again and again and again

Posted by: 18-1 at May 02, 2026 12:36 AM (sKqQm)

310 Berserker, he also complained that she wanted to fuck too often.

Posted by: Weirddave at May 02, 2026 12:32 AM (auB4O)

I have no words. I would have wore it down to a nub.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 12:36 AM (snZF9)

311 The bridge crew knew they were sailing right into a reef. Trying everything like full reverse but ship still on collision course. Hits said reef. And ten minutes later Gray and the bridge crew realise they had the silly ship in Auto.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:30 AM

An Australian couple I follow on YouTube were goofing on that the other day. They were savage.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2026 12:38 AM (gFpt6)

312 The ship that sank is another political can of worms.

It used to be some kind of Norwegian commercial oil vessel that the Kiwis blew like $60 million to buy. And then they dropped more tens of millions on refitting to be a survey ship. And now it is an artificial reef.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:38 AM (2GVsD)

313 RMBS, a couple of talking bears?

Oh yeah they are such a delight.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:38 AM (2GVsD)

314 I loved Slumdog Millionaire while at the same time being disgusted with Indian life. Same with the movie Outsourced.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 12:38 AM (kxLc1)

315 Apparently Jay Kay does not agree that Winona has a big brown beaver

Posted by: 18-1 at May 02, 2026 12:39 AM (sKqQm)

316 RMBS, a couple of talking bears?

Oh yeah they are such a delight.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:38 AM

I swear, the Horde's YouTube algorithms must be synced. 😂

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2026 12:40 AM (gFpt6)

317 282 Ok, I can see it (Winona Ryder, not the gay dude):

https://tinyurl.com/2a8dwa4e

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:15 AM (bss/y)

Impressive.

-----------

Something makes me think "Evinrude"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2026 12:40 AM (JkO4W)

318 Hi everyone. Hope all of you are doing well. Got a new desktop PC today. Step one: took it out of the box. That was tiring enough.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 02, 2026 12:40 AM (CHHv1)

319 Winona Ryder is the crazy chick who was busted for shoplifting. She's in her 50's now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 12:43 AM (kxLc1)

320 You know if you were to go back to WWII and told the average Navy Captain that we had female skippers he would be surprised.

However, if you told him those female Captains kept running into ships and reefs he would not be surprised at all...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 02, 2026 12:43 AM (sKqQm)

321 Izzat means refusing to take accountability. It is a brittle, hyper-inflated sense of personal and family honor that functions primarily as a shield against ever having to admit fault, accept criticism, or face consequences. It turns "sorry, I was wrong" or "l made a mistake" into something close to existential annihilation. The overwhelming priority becomes saving face-even when doing so requires lying, gaslighting, blaming subordinates/vulnerable family members, rewriting history, or simply pretending the failure never happened. Accountability is the enemy of izzat.

American corporate management in a nutshell.

Posted by: Not too foreign a concept at all at May 02, 2026 12:43 AM (TbWk/)

322 How far the ANZAC types have fallen. Tough as nails and punching above their weight in WWII. Even helping Uncle Sam, a way down yonder in Viet-nam.

And now NZ, as Anna describes, yikes. (been a while since I've seen NZFrankwithanM2 commenting - he knows the story of NZ's decline much better of course). I've only spent about a month there, but even then, especially when in the less populous areas of the South Island (which is most of it), the laconic practical good sense and independence of people shown through quite a bit.

Meanwhile, dunno where it stands, but Australia was recently looking at trying its most decorated soldier from A'stan for *war crimes* - and unless what I read was wrong, you won't believe the grounds.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 02, 2026 12:45 AM (U/Byj)

323 Happy Friday Horde, cheers.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 02, 2026 12:45 AM (0nHVk)

324 Road Trip!

https://youtube.com/shorts/Aps9tkXg6T0

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 02, 2026 12:46 AM (S/Y4j)

325 The bridge crew knew they were sailing right into a reef. Trying everything like full reverse but ship still on collision course. Hits said reef. And ten minutes later Gray and the bridge crew realise they had the silly ship in Auto.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:30 AM

Autopilot on ships should be set up such that any manual control input will immediately disengage it, said action to be accompanied by a horn sounding, and a recorded voice announcing "autopilot disengaged!" I would go so far as to have interior lighting on the bridge colored green while autopilot is engaged, and red when it is not.

A contributing factor in the sinking of the Queen of the North in B.C. was that the vessel had recently undergone a bridge refit, and the helmsman had to leave the helm and cross the bridge to disengage the autopilot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 12:49 AM (utfVc)

326 What I read of the Aussie war crimes fiasco involved an unbelievable rationale. Apparently - which defies comprehension - "warning shots" are criminal under Aussie military law. ????

Anyway, while working with US forces in A'stan, some Aussie soldiers adopted the US technique of firing warning shots near actual/suspected adversaries, which often led to them stopping/surrendering. A good outcome by any standard. But since such tactics are verboten to Australian forces, uh oh.

Perhaps what I read was wrong, but don't see how someone could make something like this up. In any case, Aussie politix seems to have a huge element of stoopid now, seemingly to keep pace with poor Canada and the pathetic UK.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 02, 2026 12:51 AM (U/Byj)

327 Rhomboid

That Australian SAS Captain won his lawsuit against the Australian Broadcasting Company over their slander. But ABC never admitted their wrongdoing on air.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:51 AM (2GVsD)

328 Or am I thinking of someone else?

Of course the UK has been looking for ways to try their brave SAS operators as war criminals.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:53 AM (2GVsD)

329 Well, wheels down in Athens. Talk to y'all later.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2026 12:53 AM (gFpt6)

330 Anytime Leftist policies enter a country's government, stupid is inevitably to follow. And worse than stupid, alas.

History since the invention of Leftism has been one long descent into stupidity.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 02, 2026 12:55 AM (CHHv1)

331 *blinks at YouTube*

I have reached the end of the Internet, I think.

Title is "Austrian Painter" and it is Adolf doing a Bob Ross shtick "The Rage of Painting"

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:55 AM (2GVsD)

332 Well, wheels down in Athens. Talk to y'all later.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2026 12:53 AM (gFpt6)

Which Athens?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 12:56 AM (utfVc)

333 And on that weird note, time to bid adieu. Good night.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:56 AM (2GVsD)

334
My algorithm popped this up, cockpit video from a U2 at 70,000':

https://is.gd/itrexy

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2026 12:57 AM (w6EFb)

335 Something makes me think "Evinrude"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2026 12:40 AM (JkO4W)

2 things make me think Evinrude. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 02, 2026 01:00 AM (snZF9)

336 There is a group of Indians who is not like that. They are the Christians. They are persecuted to some degree in many places in India.
Posted by: GWB at May 02, 2026 12:04

The Baptist church I grew up in sent a missionary to the Indian province of Assam. There was a big effort by the American Baptist convention and at one time in Assam a large percentage of the population was Baptist.

The missionary, Marion Tait, was now an old lady. She had us over as part of Vacation Bible School one summer. The split pea and red pepper cookis sh served still rate as the worst cookie I've ever had.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 02, 2026 01:01 AM (55Qr6)

337 325 The bridge crew knew they were sailing right into a reef. Trying everything like full reverse but ship still on collision course. Hits said reef. And ten minutes later Gray and the bridge crew realise they had the silly ship in Auto.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 02, 2026 12:30 AM

Autopilot on ships should be set up such that any manual control input will immediately disengage it, said action to be accompanied by a horn sounding, and a recorded voice announcing "autopilot disengaged!" I would go so far as to have interior lighting on the bridge colored green while autopilot is engaged, and red when it is not.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 12:49 AM (utfVc)

Nah.... horrible idea!!!

Posted by: AI at May 02, 2026 01:03 AM (mP0Kj)

338 I have been reading up thread for a bit, RMBS have a wonderful time, I am glad that you landed safely.

I'm sorry, but I just don't understand women that don't enjoy sex. I don't understand men that don't enjoy it either. You must be doing it wrong.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 02, 2026 01:11 AM (0nHVk)

339 Which Athens?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 12:56 AM

The Greek one.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2026 01:12 AM (/Dmm7)

340 Well, time to load the coffee maker and engage the auto-brew. Good night, ne-er-do-wells and miscreants.

Posted by: PabloD at May 02, 2026 01:12 AM (zUFRX)

341 So long folks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 02, 2026 01:19 AM (CHHv1)

342 Corollary to Rule #1; if she's wealthy, it probably means she's not seeking dependency. I'd bang her. This is not unprecedented.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 01:19 AM (Fbc0I)

343 I apologize for my last comment, that was meant to stay in my head, but I truly believe that.

JQ, are you here? I don't need another double but I would like one and then I shall tumble off to bed.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 02, 2026 01:21 AM (0nHVk)

344 *waves to DDS*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2026 01:25 AM (/Dmm7)

345 Hey bartender hit me with a double
And intruduce me to that rich chick with the bubble...

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 01:29 AM (G4ajv)

346 However, the top meme is the gay couple photo of the illegal who decapitated them. I keep laughing about that photo. I thought the middle guy was Bruce Springsteen.

Brucie lost his brain, but not his entire head

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 02, 2026 01:30 AM (3/XaG)

347 I need to learn to pace myself better. Got an hour and 15 minutes left of work and not a damn thing to do. So I grabbed a coke, snuck out to the compressor room with my phone, just to let y'all know that.

Fuck it's hot in here.
Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 12:17 AM (G4ajv)

Wear your ear protection! The jet engines didn't help, but those compressors really damaged Pooky's hearing.

Posted by: pookysgirl has gotten used to getting her husband's attention before speaking at May 02, 2026 01:30 AM (Wt5PA)

348 Feeling very uncomfortable

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 01:30 AM (Ia/+0)

349 Vivek strikes me as typical for someone from Indian culture: He believes in repeating magic phrases without truly understanding what they mean.

Posted by: pookysgirl, just observing at May 02, 2026 01:33 AM (Wt5PA)

350 Set up my pills for tomorrow. More importantly, coffee is set up for tomorrow. Blog page (huh?) is set up for tomorrow. Doggie Daisy is already in her bed. Kitty Ony is settled down for the night. Nothing left to do but brush my remaining teeth and crawl in bed. Maybe I can get up in time for the coffee & prayer thread, for a change.

George brought some India back home
https://youtu.be/mE_jlMoZDqI

G'nite, y'all. 💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - what me blog? at May 02, 2026 01:46 AM (XU9++)

351 Skip what's the matter?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 02, 2026 01:50 AM (0nHVk)

352 Vivek strikes me as typical for someone from Indian culture: He believes in repeating magic phrases without truly understanding what they mean.
Posted by: pookysgirl, just observing at May 02, 2026 01:33 AM (Wt5PA)

He was born in Ohio, but it sure seems like he was raised Indian. Being immersed in American culture evidently didn't take all that well. I said before, he should have simply excised a few letters from his name, and Americanized it: Vivek Ramaswamy becomes Vik Ramsay.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 01:51 AM (utfVc)

353 Feeling very uncomfortable
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 01:30 AM (Ia/+0)

You OK, Skip? If you have chest pain, get your ass to ER.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 01:53 AM (utfVc)

354 Wear your ear protection! The jet engines didn't help, but those compressors really damaged Pooky's hearing.
Posted by: pookysgirl has gotten used to getting her husband's attention before speaking at May 02, 2026 01:30 AM (Wt5PA)

One of my jobs is swing shift safety supervisor. I'm the one always yelling at people for not wearing HP.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 01:56 AM (G4ajv)

355 Almost midnight here, and I have an early morning tomorrow. Going to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2026 01:58 AM (utfVc)

356 Looking at my security cameras and it looks like a skunk is in my ferral kittys food under the front porch. I guess I'm stuck in the shop until he decides to leave.

I could put a .22 pellet in it...

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 02:03 AM (G4ajv)

357 Night AOP.

Skip, what he said, if your breathing is difficult or you have chest pains get to the ER pronto.

I so want the Horde to be safe, happy and healthy.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 02, 2026 02:03 AM (0nHVk)

358 More like knot in chest, going away .I think

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 02:03 AM (Ia/+0)

359 Any numbness or tingling?

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 02:07 AM (G4ajv)

360 OK finally read the post. What is wrong with this Jay Tay? Her boobs seem just delicious (says the guy who was breastfed).

I've seen boobs that were naturally too big, poor gal. But I md Jules who is just bodacious. Winona isn't overly endowed. JMHO

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 02, 2026 02:07 AM (55Qr6)

361
Weird Dave if you're out there, that's an awesome ONT.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 02, 2026 02:09 AM (n7rxJ)

362 More like knot in chest, going away .I think
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 02:03

Do you have a bp monitor so you can check your blood pressure?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 02, 2026 02:11 AM (55Qr6)

363 He didn't wanna ryder

Posted by: Oh noes! at May 02, 2026 02:13 AM (+abK1)

364
Knot in the chest:

stress, anxiety
acid reflux
heart-related issue

AI says:

When to take it seriously

Seek medical attention if it’s:

new, severe, or worsening
accompanied by:
shortness of breath
pain spreading to arm/jaw/back
dizziness or sweating
feels like pressure or heaviness, especially with exertion

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 02, 2026 02:15 AM (n7rxJ)

365 Come on, Skip.

Posted by: Rex B at May 02, 2026 02:24 AM (a992C)

366 If seven commenters left five comments each, we could pass 400 tonight.

Or, if five commenters left seven comments each.......

Posted by: Late Night Lurker at May 02, 2026 02:39 AM (E6xSb)

367 The problem with India, is that it is full of Indians.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2026 02:57 AM (DwqWV)

368 Reading that bit on India in some ways is reminiscent of…the United States.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 02, 2026 03:11 AM (E6xSb)

369 I work with two Indian engineers who practice both of those concepts.
I'm usually the one they blame. I document shit though. In both writing in my own notes and e-mails I sent. They eat a lot of crow trying it.

Posted by: Reforger at May 02, 2026 03:26 AM (G4ajv)

370 291 Another. That's some high quality cleavage.

https://tinyurl.com/bp5y3caf

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 02, 2026 12:20 AM (bss/y)

Witness the power of the E (DD) cup


https://www.boobpedia.com/boobs/Winona_Ryder

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 02, 2026 03:34 AM (mEN9w)

371 Q: Why is poop tapered?


A: So your butt doesn't slam shut.

Posted by: Iced Tea Party at May 02, 2026 03:41 AM (hyQrc)

372 Between Jugaad and izzat, they think we Christians are stupid fools.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 03:48 AM (qFwJc)

373 134 The Navy Secretary comment reminded me of The Slopes, a music trio that, IIRC, had to sue for the right to keep their name. The lead guitarist is Japanese American. Can't find a link to the story...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 01, 2026 10:49 PM (nbLIj)


The Slants, "the world's first and only all-Asian American dance rock band," are a local Portland, Ore. band that I actually after-partied with once, back in the day. They're fun people.

The Slants - Kokoro (I Fall to Pieces) [official music video]
https://youtu.be/KYLGwjE_lNg

The relevant Supreme Court case to be allowed to trademark the band name is Matal v. Tam, after band founder and bassist Simon Tam, who brought the suit. It was a really big deal that consumed a chunk of his life, but he's a driven guy and saw it through. He even wrote a book about it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slants
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matal_v._Tam

Rolling Stone profile: "Inside Asian-American Group the Slants’ Supreme Court Free-Speech Win"
https://tinyurl.com/4kdwupvh

NBC News follow-up: "The Slants founder Simon Tam details Supreme Court case in new memoir"
https://tinyurl.com/36cx2rt9

Posted by: SciVo at May 02, 2026 03:55 AM (Sy6m/)

374 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 04:30 AM (8rTNG)

Retirement Day Cafe

stapeleyhill.jpg
Stapeley Hill in Shropshire, England
Sarah/Larkspurr44

Why is the new guy so standoffish?

I've linked this dog before, but I think this is a new clip: Spinning, that's a good trick!

Who's there?

A sea otter production of Twin Peaks. Who killed Laura Otter?

Few people realize this, but Iceland has a lot of ice.

Chalten in Patagonia.

That's deep, man.

A big hippo wallow.

Baby teaches a dog.

Psychologists spend all day thinking up weird ish like this.

John Candy and Kevin Klein in parody of The Hustler from the 80s. The clip replaces the music used originally with copyright free music so that the video doesn't get deleted, but if you ignore that, it's pretty funny. (It's not from SCTV -- it's from this forgotten Lorne Michaels primetime show. Bonus: I just found this clip which I remember from ages ago.)


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM




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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

2 ST

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:32 PM (in1PH)

3 Skip nooded.

*respectful nod*

Posted by: Nazdar at May 01, 2026 07:32 PM (NcvvS)

4 You havegot to be kidding? No comments yet.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 01, 2026 07:32 PM (QVmho)

5 Shropshire or, as it is properly named, the Welsh Marches.

Posted by: we must protect the honour of our sheep at May 01, 2026 07:32 PM (gKWVE)

6 Nope, read the content

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 01, 2026 07:32 PM (QVmho)

7 And then there's Patagonia, aka Cymru Newydd

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 07:33 PM (gKWVE)

8 I thknk doggie Ninka we saw but yes a new clip

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

9 For once the dog IS helping.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 01, 2026 07:34 PM (4NO2D)

10 Seems like you could disassemble that hill.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:35 PM (in1PH)

11 The Patagonia region is awesome. Highly recommended if you want an outdoor adventure vacation.

Bonus, it's a lot cheaper than going to Europe.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 07:37 PM (viF8m)

12 Bats!!! We have bats!!!!! O frabjous day !!!!

Thank you, Ace! Your work this week has been stellar, and appreciated muchly! Have a great weekend!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 07:38 PM (0sNs1)

13 I should know England geography by now but don't

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)

14
Interestingly, the upper stage of the Falcon 9 that launched the Blue Ghost lander to the Moon back in Jan, 2025 is going to crash into the Moon on Aug 5, sometime around 6:44Z, or 2:44AM EDT.

It's going to hit close to Einstein Crater on the western limb, and the Moon will be near the 3rd quarter, so that region will be in sunlight.

Impact speed will be "only" around 5400 mph, and that's not enough to make any bright impact flash anyway. Biggest ground based telescopes couldn't see it if they tried even if it was in the dark (they did try one time with another planned impact).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 07:39 PM (w6EFb)

15 I was relaxing and settling in here, but the Bat content made me nervous and jittery.

Posted by: Penguin Pete at May 01, 2026 07:41 PM (oftw2)

16 I would not want to dredge the bottom of the Black Sea. The USSR dumped some nasty shit there.

Lake Erie is surprisingly shallow for a Great Lake.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:41 PM (kxLc1)

17 Sea otter!


Did you know they hold hands when they sleep?


Have a lovely weekend, ace.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2026 07:42 PM (A5RD0)

18 Salutes Police Doggie

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

19 West of Birmingham.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:43 PM (in1PH)

20 Prof T. liked Welsh. And Wales. And pretty much all the Midlands shires.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 07:44 PM (gKWVE)

21
We treat ourselves to one (1) frosted sugar cookie for dessert after dinner. Her Majesty shares hers with Diana, who gets the non-icing part. She watches HM with such intentness as to be almost comical.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 07:44 PM (HdYcL)

22 Seems like you could disassemble that hill.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:35 PM (in1PH)

That can be said for any hill.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:44 PM (8avO+)

23
Something else interesting. The US military tracks just about every piece of space junk up there, but that only extended to geostationary radius, call it 22,000 miles or so. They don't track cisulunar space. That's been the province of some civilian astronomers and trackers.

That is changing. Air Force is developing some tracking satellites and they will expand coverage out beyond the Moon a bit. Space Force will be in charge of it once it's operational.

They're calling it CHPS, the Cislunar Highway Patrol. Why now? Chicoms, mainly. They've got Moon ambitions, and we need to carefully watch so they don't try to sneak something in this region.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 07:45 PM (w6EFb)

24 They're calling it CHPS, the Cislunar Highway Patrol. Why now? Chicoms, mainly. They've got Moon ambitions, and we need to carefully watch so they don't try to sneak something in this region.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 07:45 PM (w6EFb)

Takes a lot of delta vee to get things up there, hard to call it sneaky.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:46 PM (8avO+)

25 Do they make you take a climate change seminar like they do with Time Shares sales if you visit Patagonia?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:47 PM (kxLc1)

26 That can be said for any hill.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:44 PM (8avO+)

IIRC there was a big hill in southern Colorado that had beautiful black granite or obsidian or some mix of both. It was an exposed extinct volcanic core.
It got disassembled for export.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 07:47 PM (gKWVE)

27
Chicoms, mainly. They've got Moon ambitions, and we need to carefully watch so they don't try to sneak something in this region.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 07:45 PM (w6EFb)

_____________

We don't want any threats to the Trump Lunar Base and Casino.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 07:47 PM (HdYcL)

28 I should know England geography by now but don't
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:39 PM


It's a long way to Tipperary.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

29 I should know England geography by now but don't
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:39 PM

It's a long way to Tipperary.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

which is in Ireland.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:49 PM (8avO+)

30 England is the size of Alabama.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:49 PM (kxLc1)

31 And France is the size of Texas.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:50 PM (kxLc1)

32 I was relaxing and settling in here, but the Bat content made me nervous and jittery.
Posted by: Penguin Pete at May 01, 2026 07:41 PM


I can understand how the lack of mephitic bouquet could impact you that way.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

33
They're calling it CHPS, the Cislunar Highway Patrol. Why now? Chicoms, mainly. They've got Moon ambitions

Ponch and John will be patrolling the space lanes.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 07:51 PM (Cqx++)

34 >> Takes a lot of delta vee to get things up there, hard to call it sneaky.

Supposed they launch a peaceful scientific research mission putting something in lunar orbit, or landers which they've done. On the far side of the moon, that spacecraft deploys some sneaky little extra spacecraft, which then maneuvers off for some other purposes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 07:51 PM (w6EFb)

35 The new wife of a double murderer screamed “I love you” and flailed against the window as her husband was executed in front of her in Texas.

British law graduate Tiana Krasniqi had married death row inmate James Broadnax just weeks before he died by lethal injection Thursday while professing his innocence for killing two men in a 2008 robbery.

The new wife — who struck up her relationship with the killer by writing to him in prison as part of her law studies — was inconsolable as he was finally executed hours after the US Supreme Court denied a request to stop it.


https://tinyurl.com/529b9m8h
(NY Post)

I'll never understand why a woman would fall in love with a jailbird, or serial killer, or death row inmate, but some do.

This gal fell in love with a guy in another country just writing to him for research while working for a masters degree in human rights.

She's not horrible to look at, so why??

I recall the woman who married Ted Bundy, of all people, while he was on trial for the murder of one of his many victims.
It's the craziest thing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:51 PM (6ydKt)

36 30 England is the size of Alabama.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

well, one place is full of inbred retards which imported a race problem that will kill it
the other one has lynyrd skynyrd

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 07:52 PM (gKWVE)

37
And France is the size of Texas.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:50 PM (kxLc1)

_____________

With

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 07:52 PM (HdYcL)

38 Have they renamed Slave Lake yet?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 07:52 PM (Cqx++)

39 >> Ponch and John will be patrolling the space lanes.

They need to name some of hardware after them. Also Broderick Crawford.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 07:52 PM (w6EFb)

40 Alabama and Mississippi have a higher percapita income than England.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:52 PM (in1PH)

41 >>Do they make you take a climate change seminar like they do with Time Shares sales if you visit Patagonia?

The complete opposite.

Breathtakingly gorgeous around every turn.

https://tinyurl.com/3pf5zf48

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 07:53 PM (viF8m)

42 drat, willowed!

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:53 PM (GD0B3)

43 I'll never understand why a woman would fall in love with a jailbird, or serial killer, or death row inmate, but some do.

This gal fell in love with a guy in another country just writing to him for research while working for a masters degree in human rights.

She's not horrible to look at, so why??

I recall the woman who married Ted Bundy, of all people, while he was on trial for the murder of one of his many victims.
It's the craziest thing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:51 PM (6ydKt)

He's famous, and might be able to handle a Viking trying to sack your village and carry her off. What's not to like?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:54 PM (8avO+)

44 Texas could have a Emperor like France did

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

45 Have they renamed Slave Lake yet?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 07:52 PM (Cqx++)

Its Great Slave Lake, so its a complement.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:55 PM (8avO+)

46 He's famous, and might be able to handle a Viking trying to sack your village and carry her off. What's not to like?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:54 PM (8avO+)

Well, maybe, but not if the state executes him first.

Can you get a life insurance policy on a death row inmate?
Now that would at least make sense.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:56 PM (6ydKt)

47 Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 07:53 PM (viF8m)

I was snarking because climate advocates point to Patagonia is how we should be .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:56 PM (kxLc1)

48 Ace, if this is your rertriement, then CONGRATULATIONS! And welcome to the club, youngster!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 01, 2026 07:57 PM (NcvvS)

49 Do they make you take a climate change seminar like they do with Time Shares sales if you visit Patagonia?

The complete opposite.

Breathtakingly gorgeous around every turn.

https://tinyurl.com/3pf5zf48
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 07:53 PM (viF8m)

Was watching a video on a town of some 20K or so people that was buried by a landslide in a big earthquake completely. only a few kids and teachers were evac-ed to a valleyside graveyard at higher elevation.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:57 PM (8avO+)

50 Can you get a life insurance policy on a death row inmate?
Now that would at least make sense.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:56 PM (6ydKt)

would you have to report that as a 'preexisting condition'?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:59 PM (8avO+)

51 Legalinsurrection.com 600 groups fronted 6,000 May Day cele

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

52 Been hanging out at the Retirement Day Cafe for a few weeks now, just retired myself. Now on to get busy with the things I want to do.

It's definitely underrated...I recommend it to everyone...

Posted by: Mudshark at May 01, 2026 08:00 PM (/HdGR)

53
The new wife of a double murderer screamed “I love you” and flailed against the window as her husband was executed in front of her in Texas for murdering two men in the course of robbery and car theft.

Amended for completeness.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 08:00 PM (HdYcL)

54 They say Spirit Airlines is set to stop flights and cease operations tonight.

I guess there'll be no more Spirit in the sky.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

55 That fake hand body transfer illusion video is hilarious at the end.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 08:03 PM (6ydKt)

56 Supposed they launch a peaceful scientific research mission putting something in lunar orbit, or landers which they've done. On the far side of the moon, that spacecraft deploys some sneaky little extra spacecraft, which then maneuvers off for some other purposes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 07:51 PM (w6EFb)
----
Don't we have permanent satellites around the moon? Ongoing scientific instruments? Wouldn't they be able to spot any Chinese lunar shenanigans?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 08:03 PM (gnNyN)

57
They say Spirit Airlines is set to stop flights and cease operations tonight.

____________

Why, this could lead to disorderly conduct among their customers!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 08:04 PM (HdYcL)

58 50 Can you get a life insurance policy on a death row inmate?
Now that would at least make sense.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

We ask no health questions at all.

Posted by: Jonathan Lawson @ Colonial Penn at May 01, 2026 08:04 PM (oftw2)

59 Retirement is awfully busy around here. Just started getting the greenhouse going, cleaned the inside of my car (once a year, whether it needs it or not), steam cleaned the bathroom and the kitchen, boxed up a bunch of stuff to get it out of the way for the remodelers, running the dogs, stacking firewood.....

Maybe I should go back to work where I can rest up.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 08:05 PM (DwqWV)

60 >>Was watching a video on a town of some 20K or so people that was buried by a landslide in a big earthquake completely. only a few kids and teachers were evac-ed to a valleyside graveyard at higher elevation.

Chile is on the southeastern side of the Ring of Fire. Earthquakes are if anything more common there than here but for obvious reasons it doesn't get reported on here much.

But it is a truly spectacularly beautiful place with mostly friendly people. I'm a big fan of the southern hemisphere in general but the Patagonia region is a hugely overlooked area to visit.

Don't tell anyone. It'll get crowded.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 08:05 PM (viF8m)

61
Weren't "Highway Patrol" episodes regularly featured here?

Crawford bombed and a case solving road block every time!

Posted by: Auspex at May 01, 2026 08:06 PM (DECkL)

62 Why, this could lead to disorderly conduct among their customers!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 08:04 PM (HdYcL)

How could that be?

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 08:06 PM (DwqWV)

63
Wouldn't they be able to spot any Chinese lunar shenanigans?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 08:03 PM (gnNyN)

____________

Screw that "for all mankind" bushwah. It's OUR moon, dammit!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 08:06 PM (HdYcL)

64
Can you get a life insurance policy on a death row inmate?
Now that would at least make sense.
Posted by: SpeakingOf


Call Big Lou

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 08:07 PM (Cqx++)

65 Have they renamed Slave Lake yet?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 07:52 PM (Cqx++)


Yes, Ottawa has sent out the directive that it will be henceforth called "Lake That Was Formerly Free" (Fr, Lac Autrefois Libres ) since that is "in line with the current mores and attitudes of the Canadian State and reflexive of the realities facing the Canadian people"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 08:07 PM (rbvCR)

66 Screw that "for all mankind" bushwah. It's OUR moon, dammit!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 08:06 PM (HdYcL)

To be fair, most of mankind is asshoe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 08:07 PM (DwqWV)

67 Sunday night Gun Thread features a Highway Patrol episode.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 08:09 PM (Cqx++)

68 The return of pumas to Patagonia is helping reduce the penguin menace there substantially, according to reports.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1)

69 Who is retiring??

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 08:10 PM (GD0B3)

70 Don't we have permanent satellites around the moon? Ongoing scientific instruments? Wouldn't they be able to spot any Chinese lunar shenanigans?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 08:03 PM (gnNyN)

its actually pretty hard to keep something in orbit of the moon for long periods. They keep wandering off into solar orbits, and back.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 08:11 PM (8avO+)

71 Hey, all. Probably the last post I'll make on the subject, but I know you guys have helped me and my dad out in the past with donations. If you'd like to help my family and myself, here is the gofundme link to do so. If not that's okay, too. I know some people were asking about it.


https://tinyurl.com/whitebreadfund

Posted by: Captain Whitebread Jr. at May 01, 2026 08:11 PM (y9QM6)

72 Who is retiring??
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 08:10 PM (GD0B3)

I assumed the police dog.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 08:11 PM (8avO+)

73 >> Wouldn't they be able to spot any Chinese lunar shenanigans?

Nope. LRO and the others aren't designed for tracking small objects at all. Their mission was precision mapping of the lunar surface.

We don't have anything capable of small object cislunar tracking at all now. It's a big blind spot that the Chicoms could and likely would exploit. They have several spacecraft in lunar orbit now. Who knows what they may actually be doing beyond their stated purposes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 08:12 PM (w6EFb)

74
Maybe I should go back to work where I can rest up.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 08:05 PM (DwqWV)

____________

When asked where I worked, I replied that I worked at home and went to the office to get some rest.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 08:12 PM (HdYcL)

75 >>The return of pumas to Patagonia is helping reduce the penguin menace there substantially, according to reports.

Just because one penguin touched you inappropriately is no reason to take it out on a while species. To truly be free you have to leave it behind.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m)

76 It is no surprise that May 1st is also "Kiss A Patagonian Penguin Day". This blatant encouragement of polymorphic perversity has been brought about by Big Penguin's influence in the Southern hemisphere, and presages the unspeakable horror that will result should their relentless Northward expansion not be thwarted.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 01, 2026 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

77 Hey, all. Probably the last post I'll make on the subject, but I know you guys have helped me and my dad out in the past with donations. If you'd like to help my family and myself, here is the gofundme link to do so. If not that's okay, too. I know some people were asking about it.


https://tinyurl.com/whitebreadfund
Posted by: Captain Whitebread Jr. at May 01, 2026 08:11 PM (y9QM6)

I'm sorry for your loss CW Jr.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 08:12 PM (8avO+)

78 Retirement day cafe? What did I miss by working today?

Posted by: PaleRider at May 01, 2026 08:12 PM (PV+Zw)

79 K9 Indy's retirement vid gets me every time.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 01, 2026 08:13 PM (ceJ0R)

80 Have they renamed Slave Lake yet?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 07:52 PM (Cqx++)

Yes, Ottawa has sent out the directive that it will be henceforth called "Lake That Was Formerly Free" (Fr, Lac Autrefois Libres ) since that is "in line with the current mores and attitudes of the Canadian State and reflexive of the realities facing the Canadian people"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 08:07 PM (rbvCR)

Apparently it was named for an Amerindian tribe in the region and not for slavery at all. Liberal idiots.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 08:15 PM (8avO+)

81 I'm on meds, too!

Posted by: Big Lou at May 01, 2026 08:15 PM (2Ez/1)

82
K9 Indy deserves his pension. A good cop.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 08:16 PM (HdYcL)

83 What did I miss by working today?
Posted by: PaleRider at May 01, 2026 08:12 PM
+++
Felt just like a Saturday.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 08:17 PM (2Ez/1)

84 Psychologists spend all day thinking up weird ish like this.

That's not a psychological experiment, that's just a dumb prank.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 08:21 PM (vTZFs)

85 Indy is a Good Boy

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 08:22 PM (RIvkX)

86 What did I miss by working today?
Posted by: PaleRider at May 01, 2026 08:12 PM


You were supposed to not go to work, not go to school, and not do any shopping today, comrade!

A report will be filed with the Central Committee.

Posted by: Denizen of Democratic Underground at May 01, 2026 08:25 PM (0sNs1)

87 72 Who is retiring??
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 08:10 PM (GD0B3)

I assumed the police dog.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 08:11 PM (8avO+)

His days of being exploited by cops to fabricate probable cause to unlawfully search people's automobiles are over.

Posted by: Bad cop, no donut at May 01, 2026 08:26 PM (TbWk/)

88 Fish Lake gets my vote.

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2026 08:27 PM (LHPAg)

89 Should have hit the street with hammer and scythe red flag

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 08:28 PM (Ia/+0)

90 Quite a few morons have retired recently.

Don't let your name show up on the leaderboard. Don't ask me how I know.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 08:29 PM (RIvkX)

91 " I would not want to dredge the bottom of the Black Sea. The USSR dumped some nasty shit there."
*******
Visited a Black Sea beach in the Georgia Republic about 15 years after the USSR went under. The water was clean but you couldn't go barefoot because of all the debris: glass, metal, needles, etc.

Posted by: Cosda at May 01, 2026 08:31 PM (QBNIY)

92 Canadian lakes, streams, maybe a whole Province, will soon be named for penguins. Inroads, outroads, we're making them all!

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at May 01, 2026 08:32 PM (oftw2)

93
Old: Slave Lake

New: Tax Cow Lake

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 08:32 PM (HdYcL)

94 89 Should have hit the street with hammer and scythe red flag
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 08:28 PM (Ia/+0)
I could have joined you with my Russian Major General garrison cap (pisscutter). We could have share a bottle of vodka. Da?

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2026 08:33 PM (LHPAg)

95 You were supposed to not go to work, not go to school, and not do any shopping today, comrade!

A report will be filed with the Central Committee.
Posted by: Denizen of Democratic Underground at May 01, 2026 08:25 PM (0sNs1)
----
Huh. Surprisingly, I passed...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 08:33 PM (gnNyN)

96 >> its actually pretty hard to keep something in orbit of the moon for long periods.

The mascons make low orbits very unstable. Anything below about 60 miles will crash in very short order without active maneuvering, which requires fuel. However, the Moon has some tricks, the so-called frozen orbits, where all the perturbations cancel out, and they can remain stable for a long time. They mapped out the gravity field of the Moon to high precision by 2001 and confirmed these. They had suspected they existed for a good while.

There are four magic inclinations, 27, 50, 76, and 86 degrees. The LRO is parked in that 86 degree inclination right now. It's nearly polar, which is what you want for a mapping orbit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 08:34 PM (w6EFb)

97 Mrs. F. just informs that our Supervisor Connie Chan and candidate to replace Pelosi was arrested today for blocking traffic at SFO.

Commie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 08:35 PM (RIvkX)

98 Can you get a life insurance policy on a death row inmate?

Maybe. Since most of 'em die of old age.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 08:35 PM (vTZFs)

99
Edmonton and Ottawa have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. Let us pray that Tampa can come back against the Canadiens and remove the Scourge of the North from further competition.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 08:37 PM (HdYcL)

100 Nice, Federal Judge sanctions US Fed Attorneys for missing deadlines on filings for cases that... should not be in that court anyway as they are Immigration issues, and should be decided by Immigration Judges.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 08:38 PM (mP0Kj)

101 95 You were supposed to not go to work, not go to school, and not do any shopping today, comrade!

A report will be filed with the Central Committee.
Posted by: Denizen of Democratic Underground at May 01, 2026 08:25 PM (0sNs1)
----
Huh. Surprisingly, I passed...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 08:33 PM (gnNyN)

Weird, grocery store was just PACKED.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 08:38 PM (mP0Kj)

102 Have they renamed Slave Lake yet?
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Yes, Ottawa has sent out the directive that it will be henceforth called "Lake That Was Formerly Free" (Fr, Lac Autrefois Libres ) since that is "in line with the current mores and attitudes of the Canadian State and reflexive of the realities facing the Canadian people"


I honestly don't know whether or not that's satire.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 08:39 PM (vTZFs)

103 75 >>The return of pumas to Patagonia is helping reduce the penguin menace there substantially, according to reports.

Just because one penguin touched you inappropriately is no reason to take it out on a while species. To truly be free you have to leave it behind.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m)

I always KNEW Opus was a bit.... strange...

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 08:40 PM (mP0Kj)

104 "Federal Judge sanctions US Fed Attorneys for missing deadlines on filings for cases that... should not be in that court anyway as they are Immigration issues"

Those attorneys are going to pay a fine and be disbarred, right?

Posted by: Guy who expects something to happen at May 01, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)

105 95 You were supposed to not go to work, not go to school, and not do any shopping today, comrade!

A report will be filed with the Central Committee.
Posted by: Denizen of Democratic Underground at May 01, 2026 08:25 PM (0sNs1)
----
Huh. Surprisingly, I passed...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 08:33 PM (gnNyN)

Weird, grocery store was just PACKED.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 08:38 PM (mP0Kj)
----
Actually, I take that back. I did go shopping at Walmart this morning, so I only get 2/3.

I'll report to the reprogramming facility immediately.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 08:41 PM (gnNyN)

106 I've been on that road in Iceland, and will be going to Patagonia to see that place in October. I'm pumped.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 08:41 PM (Riz8t)

107 I've been on that road in Iceland, and will be going to Patagonia to see that place in October. I'm pumped.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 08:42 PM (Riz8t)

108 Well, darn.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 08:42 PM (Riz8t)

109 Wokers Unite!

Posted by: May B Day at May 01, 2026 08:42 PM (vFG9F)

110 Okay this has me laughing.

RFK Jr's son Tweets him asking if he is all right. And RFK Jr Tweets back he is still hungry.

It will take more than a crazed gunman apparently to ruin his appetite.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 08:43 PM (2GVsD)

111 Can you get a life insurance policy on a death row inmate?

Maybe. Since most of 'em die of old age.
Posted by: Oddbob

Nope. You must have an "insurable interest" in the person to take out a life insurance contract on them. That means
you would suffer a financial loss or hardship if the insured person were to die.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2026 08:44 PM (Kyh8Y)

112 I didn't know this and you really can't make this stuff up but did you know that Minnesota's new flag looks like Somali's?

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 08:45 PM (vFG9F)

113 Coincidentally, I saw Chinese Lunar Shenanigans open for the Alan Parsons Project.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 08:45 PM (xvhJH)

114 >> I've been on that road in Iceland, and will be going to Patagonia to see that place in October. I'm pumped.

I hope you have a great time.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 08:47 PM (viF8m)

115 We spent 7 hours getting Mrs. E's second of four infusions. After some distress during the first one it's gone smooth. She claims no pains, nausea, joint aches, etc. We are blessed. Nobody was protesting at the cancer center.

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2026 08:47 PM (LHPAg)

116 106 I've been on that road in Iceland, and will be going to Patagonia to see that place in October. I'm pumped.
Posted by: Archimedes

Wow! Good for you! Honestly. That’s really cool.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2026 08:48 PM (A5RD0)

117 Sorry, I got called away during the shit movie thread and was unable to post a link to the Casual Geographic hippo video. Here it is now. (Hippo talk is the first 1:20, after that he has other dark dimension animal content)

https://youtu.be/_y8IgEPP1IM

Posted by: tankdemon at May 01, 2026 08:48 PM (AADrA)

118 Good news Eromero. Halfway there. I hope the trend continues.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 08:50 PM (vFG9F)

119 Retirement Day Cafe

On a somewhat related note, I may be retiring from my military service soon, and moving to Hawaii for my next job in a few months. Any Hawaiian Morons out there? Sadly that may impact the timing of my morning reports for everyone as the time zones will be all wrong.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 01, 2026 08:51 PM (ycI94)

120 I was relaxing and settling in here, but the Bat content made me nervous and jittery.
Posted by: Penguin Pete at May 01, 2026 07:41 PM


Pretty sure i saw Mrs D hanging with them there in the back row...

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 08:51 PM (2WIwB)

121 >>>Psychologists spend all day thinking up weird ish like this.

Could be worse. It could've been a video about what weirdish stuff proctologists spend all day thinking up.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 01, 2026 08:52 PM (syz1S)

122 Could be worse. It could've been a video about what weirdish stuff proctologists spend all day thinking up.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 01, 2026 08:52 PM (syz1S)
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They don't have to think about it--they routinely FIND it...Generally in other peoples' asses.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 08:55 PM (gnNyN)

123 >>>Psychologists spend all day thinking up weird ish like this.

Could be worse. It could've been a video about what weirdish stuff proctologists spend all day thinking up.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 01, 2026 08:52 PM (syz1S)



I think my doc has me turn my head to the right instead of the left to cough. Just for kicks.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 08:55 PM (2WIwB)

124 Was on the Georgia Black Sea coast not long after the collapse of the USSR. Staying in an Intourist hotel (no electricity, or a few hours a day, can't remember, but definitely used stairs not elevator, as was SOP). Work trip. Very nice part of the coast, down near Batumi (province of Ajaria). Scenic tea plantations (semi-abandoned at the time) and persimmon orchards right up to the coast.

One morning I got especially early and took a swim in the ocean. Just swam parallel to the shore for a bit. Just to do it. My only concern was what was on the bottom, so I waded out only until it was deep enough to swim before leaving my feet, same procedure on the way in. Beach was pretty clean. But I didn't want some kind nasty cut on my foot under the circumstances.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 09:00 PM (U/Byj)

125 I honestly don't know whether or not that's satire.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 08:39 PM (vTZFs)


Thank you. I have never received such a heart-warming compliment.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 09:02 PM (rbvCR)

126 "Lake That Was Formerly Free"

Now it's twenty bucks to get in.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 09:04 PM (vFG9F)

127 106 I've been on that road in Iceland, and will be going to Patagonia to see that place in October. I'm pumped.
Posted by: Archimedes

Wow! Good for you! Honestly. That’s really cool.


I hope you have a great time.

Thanks. My wife and I reckoned we'd better go now. We aren't getting any younger.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:05 PM (Riz8t)

128 "Lake That Was Formerly Free"

Now it's twenty bucks to get in.
Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 09:04 PM (vFG9F)
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Do you need to show ID?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 09:08 PM (gnNyN)

129 Way past bed time
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 09:09 PM (Ia/+0)

130
Now it's twenty bucks to get in.
Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 09:04 PM (vFG9F)
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You mean I don't have to drive all the way to town?

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 09:09 PM (oqH4h)

131 The MSM made "May Day" more than it was.

Nobody in this hood gave a shit

Now... if the commies were willing to have a white sale...

I'll denounce myself later... maybe. Probably not.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 09:10 PM (jehhT)

132 rhomboid
I swam in the Black Sea (mid-80's) near Sinop. The only worry was the damn jellyfish. The Turks would not let us snorkel or dive.
Best experience though was with a family of porpoises. Absolutely fantastic!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 09:10 PM (2WIwB)

133 Patagonia and Argentina generally (and Chile) are very high on the list and have been for a long time. Not much travel due to reasons but those should fade away soon enough.

Spent some time in Buenos Aires and saw a bit of Missiones province, long ago. A lot to see and do (and drink, and eat).

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 09:12 PM (U/Byj)

134 Thanks. My wife and I reckoned we'd better go now. We aren't getting any younger.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:05 PM (Riz8t)


Besides the splendor and the vistas, Argentine Patagonia was the site of the "Patagonian Rebellion" a workers' uprising and protest in the 1920's over working conditions and pay on the sheep raising estates. The wool was sold to England, and the market was very soft after the end of WWI, so pay cratered and the working conditions and the company store system stayed as predatory as before. Argentine working classes at the time were very much influenced by the Italian diaspora, and a lot of THOSE left Italy because of problems they faced being part of the Anarcho-syndicalist movement back in the old country, so it is considered an anarchist worker type uprising. It was also brutally put down by the Argentine army.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 09:13 PM (rbvCR)

135 One small but very handy feature of north-south travel is the lack of time zone adjustment. Adds a few days to your trip, in effect.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 09:14 PM (U/Byj)

136 Argentines are Italians, who think they are British (or want to be), and speak Spanish.

This is not that far off for a lot of the population.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 09:16 PM (U/Byj)

137
Our two kids held the memorial service for their father today. They did a fine job.

Now he rests with his late parents. Rest in Peace, Miguel.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:19 PM (xG4kz)

138 >>One small but very handy feature of north-south travel is the lack of time zone adjustment. Adds a few days to your trip, in effect.

True. And not so small. Makes a big difference.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)

139 Just got back from Iceland and Yes it's amazing but if the wind kicks up, this was my Drive and some Japanese couple gave up and turned around.
https://tinyurl.com/5fezestj

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 01, 2026 09:23 PM (Th0ym)

140
"Lake That Was Formerly Free"


I thought that the point of executing the whole renaming exercise was to erase any aspect of the former and oppressive name.

Think about it. Upon hearing the name, Lake That Was Formerly Fee, what the first thing your mind works that out to be. "Do you mean 'Slave Lake'?"

Well done, bureaucratic asshats! Well done, indeed!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:24 PM (xG4kz)

141 137
Our two kids held the memorial service for their father today. They did a fine job.

Now he rests with his late parents. Rest in Peace, Miguel.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot:
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Sorry for your loss, may his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 09:25 PM (kA/fI)

142 OK so the guy with the fake hand that got hammered was stoned out of his mind right?

Posted by: Gimme the weed man at May 01, 2026 09:29 PM (M692j)

143 Argentina is probably the country The Ramones were most popular in. They toured there a number of times. There are several Argentine Ramones cover groups. Dee Dee married an Argentine lady. I believe she is 100% Italian ancestry.

Posted by: Barbara Zampini Ramone at May 01, 2026 09:30 PM (oftw2)

144 139 Just got back from Iceland and Yes it's amazing but if the wind kicks up, this was my Drive and some Japanese couple gave up and turned around.
https://tinyurl.com/5fezestj
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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Looks like they don't drive any better there than they do here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 09:32 PM (kA/fI)

145 Starlink is in Papua New Guinea now

is it a good idea, giving cannibals & headhunters web access

Posted by: Don Black at May 01, 2026 09:32 PM (ZxPkt)

146 Argentines are Italians, who think they are British (or want to be), and speak Spanish.

This is not that far off for a lot of the population.
Posted by: rhomboid


Except the Germans.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

147
Looks like they don't drive any better there than they do here.

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


Yeah, but with such long distances between opportunities to turn the car, they get to drive for far longer times with a turn signal on.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:35 PM (xG4kz)

148 is it a good idea, giving cannibals & headhunters web access
Posted by: Don Black at May 01, 2026 09:32 PM (ZxPkt)
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Just think of all the recipes they can post online as part of a cultural exchange program!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 09:35 PM (gnNyN)

149 Argentines are Italians, who think they are British (or want to be), and speak Spanish.

This is not that far off for a lot of the population.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 09:16 PM (U/Byj)
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They act like they're French and have a Prussian army.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 09:37 PM (RIvkX)

150
Tell us, what Neolithic culture created that Rock Toad atop Stapeley Hill in Shropshire?

The Late Rock Toadians, I'll wager.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:38 PM (xG4kz)

151 Starlink is in Papua New Guinea now

is it a good idea, giving cannibals & headhunters web access
Posted by: Don Black


Like everybody else they'll be swapping kitty videos, porn, and recipes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 09:39 PM (/lPRQ)

152 You notice Ace hasn't featured Switzerland lately up top. Word is the countryside is covered in graffiti and litter. Makes Trenton and Camden look good.

Posted by: Die Schweiz To Die Scheisse at May 01, 2026 09:39 PM (oftw2)

153
My favorite Icelander:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/
YSgPapQJTXc

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 09:41 PM (n7rxJ)

154 Cannibals with the internet might learn that Kuru is a real thing.

Posted by: Bobby " The Brain" Heenan at May 01, 2026 09:42 PM (oftw2)

155
Just think of all the recipes they can post online as part of a cultural exchange program!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


That'll also be virgin territory for Minneapolis Somalians to expand their Quality Learing Center franchising operation!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:43 PM (xG4kz)

156 OK so the guy with the fake hand that got hammered was stoned out of his mind right?
Posted by: Gimme the weed man at May 01, 2026 09:29 PM (M692j)


Better i think for a hand job after getting hammered.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 09:44 PM (2WIwB)

157 Decisions.

Spend $200 and shipping/import fees at E2046 for a figure or drop $150 for an Eduard 1/48 P-40K Royal kit with US seller.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 09:46 PM (2GVsD)

158
Like everybody else they'll be swapping kitty videos, porn, and recipes.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


The potential for madcap confusion originating with misunderstanding the phrase "giving good head" will be hilarious!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:46 PM (xG4kz)

159 >>Except the Germans.

There's a bunch of places with architecture in southern Chile that looks like it came from a German town. Happened before the Nazis when Chile was looking for European immigrants to help build the economy.

It's not surprising we know so little about South America given where most of us came from and the fact it has never been a big focus for Americans. But it's a pretty spectacular place. And as Rhomboid noted largely the same time zone.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 09:46 PM (viF8m)

160
Andrew McCarthy is collaborating with Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, on some of the high-res photographs they took. Here's something he's teasing us with:

https://is.gd/35NjqJ

That's taking "mineral Moon" photography to new heights, not possible on earth. That's enhancing the colors that are there to see them. Those are all real colors, they are just very faint and only hints can be detected with the naked eye.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 01, 2026 09:46 PM (w6EFb)

161 Nice pile of rocks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 09:49 PM (JkO4W)

162
Like everybody else they'll be swapping kitty videos, porn, and recipes.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


Uncle Bosie Stoganoff

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 09:50 PM (Cqx++)

163 Well done, bureaucratic asshats! Well done, indeed!
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:24 PM (xG4kz)


I am sorry, I just pulled that out of my ass, it is not true, though it might be some day

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 09:50 PM (rbvCR)

164 Dogs are awesome.
We don't deserve them.

They are also huge buttheads at times. But humans are worse.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 09:53 PM (xcxpd)

165
I am sorry, I just pulled that out of my ass, it is not true, though it might be some day
Posted by: Kindltot


'S okay. I needed to give my righteous rage center a little run through its paces anyway.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:53 PM (xG4kz)

166 As JackStraw notes Chile has quite a bit of German influence, all of it (as in Brazil and Argentina) pre-dating the Nazi era and WWII. At least in Brazil (southern) and I think Argentina, land-grant immigration deals to lure in farmers played a large part. Southern Brazil (a part unknown to most Americans or foreigners in general) also has large Italian descent populations, and a fair amount of Polish in one case.

The Chilean military still uses (I think) the German WWII style helmets in their ceremonial units. And the Chilean Navy used to name many of their ships after British naval figures or events, and at least used to model themselves closely on the Royal Navy, which is interesting given that their only real rivals next door in Argentina have a large cultural affinity for England ("think they are British").

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 09:55 PM (U/Byj)

167
Well, I am well aware that I have not the mental wherewithal to run some close checks on financial statements this evening, so it is time to push myself away from the laptop keyboard, gather up the dog and turn in. L8r!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:56 PM (xG4kz)

168 119 Retirement Day Cafe

On a somewhat related note, I may be retiring from my military service soon, and moving to Hawaii for my next job in a few months. Any Hawaiian Morons out there? Sadly that may impact the timing of my morning reports for everyone as the time zones will be all wrong.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 01, 2026 08:51 PM (ycI94)

There are a few Hawaiian morons, not sure when they hang out.

I dunno man...it's a great place to visit but retiring there??? It's very rural, very expensive and not much to do.

Very pretty though. So if your plan is to hang out outside all day, all the best to you.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 09:57 PM (xcxpd)

169
Very pretty though. So if your plan is to hang out outside all day, all the best to you.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo


Perhaps you could strike up a friendship with Doug the Bounty Hunter!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:59 PM (xG4kz)

170 Should anyone be interested, there is an ONT.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 09:59 PM (JkO4W)

171 169
Very pretty though. So if your plan is to hang out outside all day, all the best to you.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo

Perhaps you could strike up a friendship with Doug the Bounty Hunter!
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:59 PM (xG4kz)

Or Rosanne Barr

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 01, 2026 10:20 PM (xcxpd)

172 Dogs are God's gift to humanity.

Posted by: The Dog at May 01, 2026 10:22 PM (XodLO)

The Week in Woke

The fascist state of Vermont banned a small Christian school from all sport and academic competitions because they forfeited games against schools featuring male cheaters on their "female" teams. But they're now faced to pay a half million in damages (which seems... inadequate).


Vermont pays $566K in damages, legal fees to Christian school it banned from all sports competitions for years

A settlement agreement following mediation was finalized Tuesday after the school was barred from athletics and academic competitions for two years

FIRST ON FOX: State education agencies in Vermont have paid over $566,000 in damages and legal fees to a Christian school that was banned from all sports and academic competitions for two years after its girls' basketball team refused to compete against a trans athlete in 2023.

A settlement agreement following mediation was finalized on Tuesday that awarded the plaintiffs, including the Mid Vermont Christian School and its law firm Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the $566,000.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Vermont Principals' Association and the Vermont State Board of Education for a response.


The settlement comes after a years-long saga in which all the school's sports teams, and even its academic teams, like spelling bee and mathletes, had to travel out of state to compete against other schools.

The conflict dates back to an afternoon early in the 2023 school year at Mid Vermont Christian, when the school decided to forfeit a girls' basketball postseason game against a team with a trans athlete.

Their Christian faith was more important to them than a game. But it was still a hard call, and it brought some tears.

"We were all in agreement that the right decision was to not compromise our beliefs and to withdraw, but the conversation with the players was the hardest," Mid Vermont Christian girls' basketball coach Chris Goodwin told Fox News Digital.

"Because you play a 20-game season, and you put in the work and the expectation is that you enter the postseason tournament with a shot to see how you're going to do and to see how far you can get. So there were some teary eyes, and some sad faces, but in the end, they all really did understand that it was the right thing to do."
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But it was about to get much harder for not just the team, but for the entire school of about 111 students.

Within days of the forfeit, they learned the consequences escalated far beyond a single game. The Vermont Principals' Association banned the school, not just from basketball, but from all athletics and a range of academic competitions.

"Almost immediately... they came out very strongly," Goodwin said. "We were going to be banned from all athletic competition in the state... and then on top of that... science fairs and spelling bees."

What followed was not a single lost season, but years of dislocation. The school was forced to arrange competitions with schools out of state just to make sure their extracurricular programs could continue.

Instead of short bus rides to nearby schools, teams traveled hours across state lines. Familiar rivalries disappeared. Home gyms sat quieter.

"The travel is probably triple," Goodwin said. "You're getting back at 10 o'clock at night... kids trying to do homework. I don't want to say there's a nightmare, but it was difficult."

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ADF Senior Counsel Dave Cortman told Fox News Digital that he was shocked at how firmly the education authorities in Vermont wouldn't back down from their sweeping sanction on the small Christian school.

"It's been surprising how much the state has dug in their heels," he said. "The arguments they've made... even saying your beliefs are wrong...

"Their message was, 'in order for you to follow your religious beliefs, boys are boys, girls are girls, that would actually violate their nondiscrimination policies.' So the irony of it was, they were discriminating against religious schools."

In Formerly First World (FFW) country Australia, women are being forced to sign pledges that they will not object to playing a team packed with five (5!) male cheaters, will not protest being forced to play against male cheaters -- not even silent protests, like taking a knee -- and will not forfeit games to avoid being injured by the five male cheaters.

By the way, the "Flying Bats," packed with not one, not two, but five male cheaters, were the undefeated champions (17-0) of the Premier League. Gee I wonder how they managed that.

Sydney's Flying Bats sparked debate after an unbeaten title run, as new league rules now require teams to play them, with penalties for refusing fixtures.

Women's football in Sydney is facing a heated debate.

The focus is on Flying Bats FC, a club that won the 2024 season unbeaten and has since become the center of controversy.

The team, which included five transgender players, won the title without a single loss. They scored 65 goals and conceded only four.

According to reports, they recorded six clean-sheet wins, including two in the semifinals on the way to the final.

A clean-sheet win is a win where you do not give up any goals to the opponent. Boy this team must really practice hard!!!

Women are being forced to sign this pledge as a condition for playing in the league at all.

Note that there is an intersex league that permits men and women to play together, but the male cheaters refuse to play in that league. They want to beat up women because they're envious that the women are women and they are not.

Those last two stories via aPauling News.

Thomas Jipping and Hans von Spakovsky revisit the "swinging dicks" decision from the Ninth Circuit.


We usually give just one judge our "Dishonorable Judicial Conduct Award" but the opinion recently issued by two judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Clinton appointees M. Margaret McKeown and Ronald M. Gould, was so outrageous -- and so outside the law -- that we felt compelled to give them both our April award.

Olympus Spa v. Armstrong began as a lawsuit by the owners of two Korean spas that limited entry only to "[b]iological women." They refused entry to a man claiming to be a woman who had not had surgery to change his intact male genitals, and he filed a complaint with the Washington Human Rights Commission (WHRC).

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Lee, who replaced the notorious liberal icon Stephen Reinhardt, provided important context for this case. Korean spas, he explained, are "steeped in centuries-old tradition" and focus on "rejuvenating the body and mind through treatments" that "require their patrons to be fully naked."

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McKeown and Gould, Lee wrote, are telling Olympus Spa that "women -- and girls as young as 13-years-old -- must be nude alongside patrons with exposed male genitalia as they receive treatment." Plus, the female employees will be forced to "provide full-body massages to naked pre-operative transgender women with intact male sexual organs."

The spa's owners explained that their "Christian belief in modesty between men and women" is a "central tenet" of their "traditional theologically conservative" beliefs. But as Lee says, their "pleas fell on deaf ears," and there was a complete lack of sympathy for "members of a racial minority group who want to share their cultural heritage and provide a safe space for women and girls."
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Shockingly, the full Ninth Circuit refused the spa owners' request to review this outrageous three-judge decision. In his dissent from that denial, Judge Lawrence VanDyke (a Trump appointee) used graphic language to describe this miscarriage of justice. This case, he wrote, is about male genitals, plain and simple, although Vandyke used a much more graphic term about "swinging d**ks."

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VanDyke wrote that anyone disturbed by his choice of words should consider how much more distress Washington state and the Ninth Circuit are forcing upon women and girls in Korean spas. VanDyke added that while his "distressed colleagues appear to have the fastidious sensibilities of a Victorian nun," they have no such scruples "when it comes to the government trampling on religious liberties and exposing women and girls to male genitalia. That kind of selective outrage speaks for itself."

Is diversity the strength of the Canadian military? Turns out that a platoon containing 83% foreigners from Africa devolved into "interethnic infighting" with each other.

Juno News:

A confidential Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School report has revealed a complete breakdown in basic officer training following a surge in permanent resident enrolment.

One French-language platoon, which had over 80 per cent non-citizens, was reportedly wracked by an inability to communicate fluently, a lack of respect towards female CAF members and infighting between Cameroonian and Cote d'Ivoire candidates.

The Quebec platoon saw fewer than one in two recruits graduate, while allegations of racial discrimination were made in multiple directions, from candidates against staff and between candidates of opposing ethnic blocs themselves. Additionally, command saw "challenges" in training permanent residents as they lacked "respect towards women" peers and superiors.

"For many candidates it is the first time they have lived with members of a different sex, and for some it is also the first time they have been expected to treat women as their peers," explained the confidential report.

"Platoons are also reporting inter-candidate cultural frustrations, with lack of respect towards women being the most common concern."

Theory: A country whose military is made up 80% of foreign invaders will not be a country in ten years' time.


Katie Daviscourt 📸
@KatieDaviscourt

Breaking: The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against anti-ICE protesters, issuing another block against a judge's order prohibiting federal officers from deploying crowd control munitions on protesters at the Portland ICE facility.

The three-panel decision, issued by judges Kenneth Lee, Eric Tung, "and Ana de Alba (dissent), reads as follows:

"The First Amendment does not protect vandalism, criminal trespass, or obstruction of law enforcement. Such unlawful acts, however, have been commonplace around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") building in Portland over the past year."

Numerous provocateurs--many wielding bats, shields, and strobe lights that disrupt vision--have hurled bricks, smashed security cameras, and blocked the driveway to prevent ICE cars from entering or exiting the building. In response, the government has used tear gas, pepper balls, and other non-lethal munitions to disperse the crowd."

"Five plaintiffs sued the government, alleging that they are peaceful protesters who have been injured as a result of the crowd-control tactics. But they do not contend that they are collateral casualties caught in the crossfire--they claim that the government specifically targeted them in retaliation for exercising their First Amendment rights."

"The plaintiffs have not shown that the agents had the subjective intent to retaliate or that the government has an unwritten policy targeting them. Much of the evidence shows the government trying to clear the entrance to the ICE facility in the face of unrest and an unruly crowd. And while some individual incidents might indicate an arguably disproportionate use of force, they alone do not amount to an unwritten policy of retaliation."

Trash clickbait mill the Daily Mail breathlessly reported that a pretty female JP Morgan executive had sexually harassed a male underling, drugging him with Rufies and telling him she would turn him into her "sex slave."

An investigation found there was no wrongdoing and that the charges were fabricated.

As proof, they offer this picture of the woman, and this picture of the Super-Stud she just couldn't help but rape:

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Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:20 PM




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1 My favorite weekly thread!

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at May 01, 2026 06:21 PM (T/KJ0)

2 Good for the Mid Vermont Christian school for standing up for what they believe, and for the Alliance Defending Freedom for acting as their attorney.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 06:23 PM (9OpPK)

3 Hay everybody the FART Tube Jones T Shits our back in stork.

Only $39 foor a T Sirt to benefit Gay Childrin of Colar in Brattleboro.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 01, 2026 06:23 PM (38587)

4 I told the last thread.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 01, 2026 06:25 PM (dl6h/)

5 Bet Vermont doesn't learn a thing from that

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 06:25 PM (Ia/+0)

6
Almond and oat milk, lmao.

Posted by: four seasons at May 01, 2026 06:27 PM (3ek7K)

7 So much stupidity.
Too many leftists.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 01, 2026 06:29 PM (KwvKR)

8 If I was the owner of one of those women's team I would hire the biggest male football players to play as a 'female' and target each of those trans players.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:29 PM (kxLc1)

9 Most of Vermont is Conservative outside of Burlington and Montpelier.

The farmers are screwed by the kinda big cities and face more and more restrictions each year.

Soon the only source of government tax income in Vermont will come from the Marijuana farms...

When I lived in Plattsburgh just across the lake from Vermont that idiot Sanders was the mayor of Burlington and it sucked back in the 1980s...

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 01, 2026 06:30 PM (X7dyz)

10 Something tells me Daniel likes nut milk just a little too much.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 06:32 PM (vFG9F)

11 >>A confidential Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School report has revealed a complete breakdown in basic officer training following a surge in permanent resident enrolment.

Armies are generally a microcosm of the society from which they come. They are the ultimate melting pot that forges unity, brotherhood and sense of purpose. This is especially true in times of war where the man standing next to you is all that matters.

Having said that you know why liberal, commie Democrats have continually tried to break that espirit de corps, and replace creed with incredulity.

A breakdown in the military proceeds or at least runs in tandem with a societal breakdown. Molding troops into factions based on politics makes them more likely to support the authoritarians who have allowed them to evolve into balkanized partisan gangs.

It’s why SecWar is changing the culture and restoring the warrior spirit top to bottom. We can not, we must not devolve in that way for the good of our democratic republic.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 01, 2026 06:32 PM (32WCF)

12 I think Mr Cohen needs a healthy dose of cow sperm in his next coffee

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 06:32 PM (gu0hJ)

13 A veritable plethora of faggotry on display.

There's not a tranny alive that wouldn't be made better by taking half a helicopter ride.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 06:32 PM (utfVc)

14 Well, that settles it. We need more soy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 06:33 PM (ndZc7)

15
Why not pecan milk? That has to taste better.

Posted by: four seasons at May 01, 2026 06:33 PM (3ek7K)

16 The Trump Administration is Preparing to Attempt a Nationwide Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Adults
The Trump admin is now defending its anti-trans prison policies by arguing care for trans adults can be banned because it isn’t healthcare. The consequences will extend far beyond prisons.

Yeah, i brought up to my union that the insurance company asked about my spiritual and religious beliefs. I was worried that they’d deny my hrt and insulin. Still am.

2025 playbook in action. force women into men's prisons, subject them to physical and mental torture daily to force detransition as their only means of survival and escape, Guantanamo Bay style, while preventing and covering up all attempts at self harm.

It's pretty amazing to think that politics can determine medical procedures. It's the most illiberal and unethical approach that does harm in a context of 'do no harm.'

HRT has done more for me than years of therapy and medications. You can pry my testosterone from my cold, dead hands.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 01, 2026 06:34 PM (ycI94)

17 At DM: "Spirit set to stop flights and shut down TONIGHT: Confusion and fears of brawls at airports as 14,000 jobs face chop"

Actually, the demise of Spirit will result in fewer airport brawls from here on in, IMHO.

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:34 PM (N8ZBc)

18 Hockey had it hit man.
Maybe girls teams need one too? In the first 30 seconds of play, the hit girl nails the cheater in the nuts. Take the foul, red card, ejection...whatever, and get on with the game.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 06:34 PM (2WIwB)

19 >> It's just incredibly rightwing and wrong. And while we're at it, oat milk tastes good. But compared to soy, its such a scam.

Go milk a bull.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 01, 2026 06:34 PM (32WCF)

20 GatewayPundit said Tennessee is ditching pride month for Nuclear Family Month. Sweet.

I'd be tempted to join the Canadian Forces but I don't think they'd want me. And my desire to really learn about explosives would probably set off some alarms. And to take work home with me.

The ads they've been running are really pitching the Armed Forces as a career stepping stone to learn valuable career skills.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 06:35 PM (Sco7b)

21 If I was the owner of one of those women's team I would hire the biggest male football players to play as a 'female' and target each of those trans players.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:29 PM (kxLc1)

Some MMA fighters might be the answer. Let them damage the trannies badly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 06:35 PM (utfVc)

22 Yesterday, the Islamic State slaughtered dozens of Christians in yet another massacre in Nigeria.

Candace Owens? Silent.

Owen Shroyer? Silent.

The UN? Silent.

Tucker Carlson? Silent.

Ana Kasparian? Silent.

The media? Silent.

Matt Gaetz? Silent. pic.twitter.com/DWs780qXUV

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 28, 2026


I bet the Pope was on top of it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 06:35 PM (ExV1e)

23 *Dems demonstrating they do not understand Republicans*

-
Reality is such a bummer, dude.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 06:36 PM (ndZc7)

24 Does anyone know what the #2 ingredient to oat milk usually is? Take a wild ass guess.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 06:36 PM (diia5)

25 I use milk only for cereal, so I get almond milk because it lasts forever in the refrigerator. Doesn't spoil or go sour.

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:36 PM (N8ZBc)

26 Bet Vermont doesn't learn a thing from that
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 06:25 PM (Ia/+0)


If we assume that they attend public schools, it's guaranteed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 06:37 PM (ExV1e)

27 The guy complaining about the cost of oat milk is a Berkeley sociology professor, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 06:37 PM (n1OCj)

28 25 I use milk only for cereal, so I get almond milk because it lasts forever in the refrigerator. Doesn't spoil or go sour.
Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:36 PM (N8ZBc)

Those almonds must have tiny teats...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 06:38 PM (FtULh)

29 Can you Milk me, Greg?

Posted by: Oatmeal Focker at May 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Lu7y1)

30 Theory: A country whose military is made up 80% of foreign invaders will not be a country in ten years' time.

Later Roman Empire citizen says no shit.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 06:38 PM (YwEeS)

31 28 Ha! I never thought of that.

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:38 PM (N8ZBc)

32 The ads they've been running are really pitching the Armed Forces as a career stepping stone to learn valuable career skills.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 06:35 PM (Sco7b)

I saw some of those ads on Wednesday as I watched part of the hockey game at the hotel. Not all that different from the U.S. Army ads, really. They don't say "Be all you can be", but they are mouthing the words, LOL.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 06:38 PM (utfVc)

33 Oat milk is crap. Usually full of vegetable oil and thickeners. Often sugar. No. Just no.

Drink real milk.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (32WCF)

34 Why not pecan milk? That has to taste better.

Seriously. I’ve tried oat milk, because I love oatmeal, and it is crap.

Trader Joe’s did have a soy milk that was tasty, but this was mainly because it was loaded with a malt flavoring (and probably sugar, but it was a long time ago, and besides, the wench is dead).

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (93jhq)

35 >>>Women's football in Sydney is facing a heated debate.

Pro Tip: It's not really football. It's that pansy-ass game that they call football overseas. Soccer.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (8mulE)

36 I want to get my local T.E.A. Party peeps and counter-protest the next N0-Kings Day.

Any ideas?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (u82oZ)

37 Theory: A country whose military is made up 80% of foreign invaders will not be a country in ten years' time.
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But have enough of their countrymen considered ending it all?

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (Fi81e)

38 >>I use milk only for cereal, so I get almond milk because it lasts forever in the refrigerator. Doesn't spoil or go sour.



Don't almonds boost Estrogen?

I think I remember reading that somewhere...

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (Lu7y1)

39 Daniel Aldana Cohen is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is Director of the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2, and serves as a faculty affiliate in the graduate program on Political Economy. He is also Founding Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive climate and economy think tank. He has been a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar (2021-24) and Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey (2018-19). He is the co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal (Verso 2019).

Cohen works on the intersections of the climate emergency, housing, political economy, social movements, and inequalities of race and class in the United States and Brazil. As Director of (SC)2, he is leading qualitative and quantitative research projects on Whole Community Climate Mapping, green political economy, and eco-apartheid. He was also co-founder and co-PI of the Superstorm Research Lab, in New York City.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (n1OCj)

40 Have you really considered how you can be less of a burden on the people around you every day?

Posted by: Canada at May 01, 2026 06:40 PM (Fi81e)

41 The Quebec platoon saw fewer than one in two recruits graduate

I know there's a math prohibition on this blog, but I'm sensing an arithmetic anomaly in that sentence.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 01, 2026 06:40 PM (NdsRs)

42 I use milk only for cereal, so I get almond milk because it lasts forever in the refrigerator. Doesn't spoil or go sour.
Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:36 PM (N8ZBc)

Shit can't "go" where it's already at.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 06:41 PM (utfVc)

43 Wife says that any food that doesn’t spoil never was really food.

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:41 PM (T8bqm)

44 "Any ideas?
Posted by: NaCly Dog"

Hire an Elvis impersonator.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 06:41 PM (vFG9F)

45
Korean spas, he explained, are "steeped in centuries-old tradition"

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

Another sweaty-browed choice between "Non-white cultures are better" and "Progressivism uber alles."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 06:41 PM (n7rxJ)

46
Lol AOP

Posted by: four seasons at May 01, 2026 06:41 PM (3ek7K)

47 Milk is for babies.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:41 PM (kxLc1)

48 Why not just have some coffee milk and be happy for once?!?!

Posted by: Rex B at May 01, 2026 06:41 PM (JK4IP)

49 >>Cohen works on the intersections of the climate emergency, housing, political economy, social movements, and inequalities of race and class in the United States and Brazil.


That's one hell of a Bullshit Bio.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 06:42 PM (Lu7y1)

50 Sorry, but "pretty" JP Morgan executive is very average.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 06:42 PM (qBdHI)

51 42 Ha!

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:42 PM (N8ZBc)

52 I was led to believe that Jim Nabors was a homosexual?

But he sure could sing!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 06:42 PM (Fbc0I)

53 I know there's a math prohibition on this blog, but I'm sensing an arithmetic anomaly in that sentence.
Posted by: Halfhand at May 01, 2026 06:40 PM (NdsRs)

Amputees

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:42 PM (kxLc1)

54 Some awesome news

@AGLizMurrill 46m
The 19th JDC just rejected an attempt by the
@marceelias Law Group to force Louisiana to hold elections under the now-unconstitutional map. The court heard argument on a motion for a TRO this afternoon and ruled in favor of the State. 💪

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 06:42 PM (diia5)

55 On the milk alternatives, how can someone be that fucking ignorant about the cost of a product they consume? I can only assume lil' lord fauntleroy only has coffee out, never makes it for himself. Still, what an imbecile. I hope his dick falls off before he can breed.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 01, 2026 06:43 PM (nTGnD)

56
Daniel Aldana Cohen is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is Director of the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2, and serves as a faculty affiliate in the graduate program on Political Economy. He is also Founding Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive climate and economy think tank. He has been a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar (2021-24) and Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey (2018-19). He is the co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal (Verso 2019).

Cohen works on the intersections of the climate emergency, housing, political economy, social movements, and inequalities of race and class in the United States and Brazil. As Director of (SC)2, he is leading qualitative and quantitative research projects on Whole Community Climate Mapping, green political economy, and eco-apartheid. He was also co-founder and co-PI of the Superstorm Research Lab, in New York City.

Posted by: The ARC of History!

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

Good lord, how many NGOs does it take to screw in THAT lightbulb?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 06:43 PM (n7rxJ)

57 I want to get my local T.E.A. Party peeps and counter-protest the next N0-Kings Day.

Any ideas?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM


I suspect a No Queens group with pictures of drag queens, and, perhaps, Miss Lindsey would induce some CPAs measured in inches.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 06:43 PM (0sNs1)

58 Daniel Aldana Cohen is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley

...Aaand, he's Canadian.

Canadian Studies is pleased to welcome professor Daniel Aldana Cohen(link is external), an assistant professor of sociology, as our newest program affiliate.

Professor Cohen joined the Berkeley faculty in July 2021. He completed his undergraduate schooling at McGill University, where he was also editor of the McGill Daily, and received a master's and doctorate in sociology from New York University. He is also a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, which provides support for outstanding early-career researchers studying the most important questions facing science and humanity.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 06:43 PM (n1OCj)

59 Daniel Aldana Cohen sounds like a real champ. Truly a vanguard of the proletariat! Climate workers of the world, unite!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 06:43 PM (2WIwB)

60 I use milk only for cereal, so I get almond milk because it lasts forever in the refrigerator. Doesn't spoil or go sour.
Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:36 PM (N8ZBc)

Not even microbes will eat that shit.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:44 PM (8avO+)

61 Meemaw calls for a special session starting Monday to redistrict Alabama. We will be either 7-0 Repub or, more likely, 6-1.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 01, 2026 06:44 PM (4NO2D)

62 >>I use milk only for cereal, so I get almond milk because it lasts forever in the refrigerator. Doesn't spoil or go sour.


I have to say that nothing pairs better with Keebler Deluxe Grahams than Almond Milk.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 06:45 PM (Lu7y1)

63 Good lord, how many NGOs does it take to screw in THAT lightbulb?

I wonder how much funding he was getting from USAID.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 06:45 PM (n1OCj)

64 Wife says that any food that doesn’t spoil never was really food.
Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:41 PM (T8bqm)

a wise woman.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:45 PM (8avO+)

65 The whole milk we buy, Darigold or some store brands have a much longer shelf life than before, probably hyper pasteurized or something. I've seen expiration dates well over a month out from when I buy it. We don't drink a lot of milk, but it's good to know it will pass the sniff test for a long while.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 01, 2026 06:46 PM (0aYVJ)

66 I want to get my local T.E.A. Party peeps and counter-protest the next N0-Kings Day.

Any ideas?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM

I suspect a No Queens group with pictures of drag queens, and, perhaps, Miss Lindsey would induce some CPAs measured in inches.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 06:43 PM (0sNs1)


Do not underestimate the drawing power of free beer.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 06:46 PM (2WIwB)

67 Cohen works on the intersections of the climate emergency, housing, political economy, social movements, and inequalities of race and class in the United States and Brazil. As Director of (SC)2, he is leading qualitative and quantitative research projects on Whole Community Climate Mapping, green political economy, and eco-apartheid. He was also co-founder and co-PI of the Superstorm Research Lab, in New York City.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (n1OCj)

Funny. Brave cannot find any mention of a spouse, of whatever sex.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 06:46 PM (utfVc)

68 Katie Daviscourt 📸
@KatieDaviscourt
Breaking: The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against anti-ICE protesters, issuing another block against a judge's order prohibiting federal officers from deploying crowd control munitions on protesters at the Portland ICE facility.



===

Another huge win, no?

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:46 PM (GD0B3)

69 Only food I can think of that doesn't spoil is Honey.

And oil if you want to consider that a food.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:46 PM (kxLc1)

70 In Formerly First World (FFW) country Australia, women are being forced to sign pledges that they will not object to playing a team packed with five (5!) male cheaters, will not protest being forced to play against male cheaters -- not even silent protests, like taking a knee -- and will not forfeit games to avoid being injured by the five male cheaters.
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You just have to wonder what Australia thinks they are getting from all this.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 06:46 PM (Fi81e)

71 VanDyke added that while his "distressed colleagues appear to have the fastidious sensibilities of a Victorian nun," they have no such scruples "when it comes to the government trampling on religious liberties and exposing women and girls to male genitalia. That kind of selective outrage speaks for itself."

Trump, this is a SCOTUS nominee right here.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 06:46 PM (6ydKt)

72 Sort of a Flo Nightingale thing. She drugged and raped him thinking that being with a real woman would set him on a path to heterosexuality.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 06:47 PM (kA/fI)

73 39 Daniel Aldana Cohen is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is Director of the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2, and serves as a faculty affiliate in the graduate program on Political Economy. He is also Founding Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive climate and economy think tank. He has been a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar (2021-24) and Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey (2018-19). He is the co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal (Verso 2019).

Cohen works on the intersections of the climate emergency, housing, political economy, social movements, and inequalities of race and class in the United States and Brazil. As Director of (SC)2, he is leading qualitative and quantitative research projects on Whole Community Climate Mapping, green political economy, and eco-apartheid. He was also co-founder and co-PI of the Superstorm Research Lab, in New York City.
A faggot.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (n1OCj)

Posted by: Mayor Pete at May 01, 2026 06:47 PM (oqH4h)

74 Daniel Aldana Cohen
@aldatweets

A child born today will live about 80 years. In the first 25 years of her life, battles over the green transition will determine whether the beaches of her childhood still exist at the end of her life.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 06:47 PM (n1OCj)

75 >>The whole milk we buy, Darigold or some store brands have a much longer shelf life than before, probably hyper pasteurized or something. I've seen expiration dates well over a month out from when I buy it. We don't drink a lot of milk, but it's good to know it will pass the sniff test for a long while.


Hate to break it to you...but that's only if left unopened.

Once you crack them open, it takes roughly the same time it always has for it to go off.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 06:48 PM (Lu7y1)

76 I guess that's a sock fail but also lol

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 06:48 PM (oqH4h)

77 The ads they've been running are really pitching the Armed Forces as a career stepping stone to learn valuable career skills.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 06:35 PM (Sco7b)

I saw some of those ads on Wednesday as I watched part of the hockey game at the hotel. Not all that different from the U.S. Army ads, really. They don't say "Be all you can be", but they are mouthing the words, LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 06:38 PM (utfVc)

I don't think oppressing Albertan dissidents is a "career skill"

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:48 PM (8avO+)

78 Sorry, but "pretty" JP Morgan executive is very average.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 06:42 PM (qBdHI)

She is pretty damned hot for that class of work environment.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 06:48 PM (utfVc)

79 Is diversity the strength of the Canadian military? Turns out that a platoon containing 83% foreigners from Africa devolved into "interethnic infighting" with each other.

I read this article earlier this week.
My first thought:
"Who didn't see this coming?? Other than the Canadian government?"

And now they have to try the same process in Europe if they want a new army to replace NATO.

Yeah, good luck on all that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)

80 Daniel Aldana Cohen
@aldatweets

A child born today will live about 80 years. In the first 25 years of her life, battles over the green transition will determine whether the beaches of her childhood still exist at the end of her life.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 06:47 PM (n1OCj)

There will always be beaches you idiot.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:49 PM (8avO+)

81 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 01, 2026 06:46 PM (0aYVJ)

If milk doesn't go sour how do you make Cush Cush? ( yeah I know buttermilk but cheap Cajuns use sour milk)

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:49 PM (kxLc1)

82 I volunteer as tribute to the JP Morgan chick.

Posted by: RI Red at May 01, 2026 06:49 PM (w30OO)

83 "Only food I can think of that doesn't spoil is Honey.

And oil if you want to consider that a food."

Olive oil goes bad pretty quickly after you open it.

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:49 PM (N8ZBc)

84
@KatieDaviscourt
Breaking: The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against anti-ICE protesters, issuing another block against a judge's order prohibiting federal officers from deploying crowd control munitions on protesters at the Portland ICE facility.

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

Again I ask, Why were we celebrating some SCOTUS pronouncement that was supposed to end lower-court bs? Roberts said something aimed at Boasberg or someone and everyone was saying Yay! No more bs rogue decisions! What was that?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 06:49 PM (n7rxJ)

85 ---
You just have to wonder what Australia thinks they are getting from all this.
Posted by: Axeman
----

Under-table money from China.
We are not the only country Xi is trying to destabilize.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 06:49 PM (kA/fI)

86 I am not in favor of eliminating black districts. I believe such a move would undo any voting gains we have made under Trump from blacks. It would be a move made in haste. A dozen or so black districts in the deep red South will not move the needle much.
I also think that we should first see if a deal could be made to keep the districts while extracting vote agreements on core issues such as school choice, SAVE act and immigration.
I am going to have ice cream for dinner.

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:50 PM (T8bqm)

87 And now they have to try the same process in Europe if they want a new army to replace NATO.

Yeah, good luck on all that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)

They used to have that in Austria Hungary - they couldn't put Czechs near ...some other ethnic troops or they'd fight each other. Lucky they both hated Italians more so when Italy declared war they were all in.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:51 PM (8avO+)

88 Posted by: Mayor Pete at May 01, 2026 06:47 PM (oqH4h)

LOL at the creative and totally accurate use of the strike command.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 06:51 PM (utfVc)

89 >> I am not in favor of eliminating black districts.


We went over this in the last Thread...your position is retarded and has no grounding in reality.

Troll elsewhere. Retard.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 06:51 PM (Lu7y1)

90 I am not in favor of eliminating black districts. I believe such a move would undo any voting gains we have made under Trump from blacks. It would be a move made in haste. A dozen or so black districts in the deep red South will not move the needle much.
I also think that we should first see if a deal could be made to keep the districts while extracting vote agreements on core issues such as school choice, SAVE act and immigration.
I am going to have ice cream for dinner.
Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:50 PM (T8bqm)

Sure make a city district with majority black - and find some young Republican and take it away from the Democrats forever.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+)

91 Further, the GOPe is leaping into action. That alone is suspicious. I counsel against these actions.

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:52 PM (8jVAy)

92 was this covered ??

"President Donald Trump is moving 5,000 U.S. troops out of Germany amid frustration with Friedrich Merz’s comments and European allies over Iran operations. - CBS"

can't help editorializing, just stick with the facts!

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:53 PM (GD0B3)

93 Olive oil goes bad pretty quickly after you open it.
Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:49 PM (N8ZBc

It goes rancid but it won't make you sick. It just tastes bad. Still lasts up to six months when opened.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:53 PM (kxLc1)

94 People acting as though there are NO Conservative Black Voters that will be re-enfranchised as a result of this decision.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 06:53 PM (Lu7y1)

95 Daniel Aldana Cohen
@aldatweets

A child born today will live about 80 years. In the first 25 years of her life, battles over the green transition will determine whether the beaches of her childhood still exist at the end of her life.

==

1990:
Snow will be a thing of the past!
We only have 20 years left to save the earth!

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 06:53 PM (qBdHI)

96 GA, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER !!

"Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has called a July 28 special election to fill the seat of late U.S. Congressman David Scott (D-GA)"

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:53 PM (GD0B3)

97
There will always be beaches you idiot.
Posted by: Oldcat

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

But they won't be "the beaches of her childhood." They'll be further inland. (checks notes) Er, accordingly, further seaward.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 06:54 PM (n7rxJ)

98 You just have to wonder what Australia thinks they are getting from all this.
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 06:46 PM (Fi81e)

I really doubt this is pressure from Red China. This is a western perversion

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:54 PM (8avO+)

99 Wife says that any food that doesn’t spoil never was really food.
-----
a wise woman.


Harrumph.

Posted by: Twinkie the Kid at May 01, 2026 06:54 PM (vTZFs)

100 can't help editorializing, just stick with the facts!
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:53 PM (GD0B3)

Here is a recent headline that pissed me off.

Newsom goes on a Trump like rant against Joe Rogan

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:54 PM (kxLc1)

101 Olive oil goes bad pretty quickly after you open it.
Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:49 PM (N8ZBc

it does ???

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:55 PM (GD0B3)

102 I don't think oppressing Albertan dissidents is a "career skill"
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:48 PM (8avO+)

As an independence-supporting Albertan, I would LMAO off if the Ottawa Nazis sent those African troops to try to stop us from seceding. Shoot all the white officers, and the rest would kill each other off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 06:55 PM (utfVc)

103 Daniel Aldana Cohen
@aldatweets

A child born today will live about 80 years. In the first 25 years of her life, battles over the green transition will determine whether the beaches of her childhood still exist at the end of her life.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 06:47 PM (n1OCj)


This is A! Gore level stupid.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 06:55 PM (2WIwB)

104 >>Most of Vermont is Conservative outside of Burlington and Montpelier.

My folks had a place in Woodstock. Vermont is a lot like most rural states, the rural parts are largely conservative but they are cancelled by the cities.

Bernie is from NYC not Vermont. But he's from Burlington so he has the votes.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 06:56 PM (viF8m)

105 Cohen works on the intersections of the climate emergency, housing, political economy, social movements, and inequalities of race and class in the United States and Brazil. As Director of (SC)2, he is leading qualitative and quantitative research projects on Whole Community Climate Mapping, green political economy, and eco-apartheid. He was also co-founder and co-PI of the Superstorm Research Lab, in New York City.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (n1OCj)


Oh joy. Yet another Jewish professor of Why All Those Other Whites, Who Are Not Of My Tribe, Are The Absolute Worst. You would think that at some point, like an Appalachian considering buying overalls and taking up the banjo, they might at least consider "optics."

Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 06:56 PM (Sy6m/)

106 I don't think oppressing Albertan dissidents is a "career skill"
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:48 PM (8avO+)

As an independence-supporting Albertan, I would LMAO off if the Ottawa Nazis sent those African troops to try to stop us from seceding. Shoot all the white officers, and the rest would kill each other off.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 06:55 PM (utfVc)

I think the 82 Airborne would be more to the point. Invite them up for a Canadian picnic.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO+)

107 Here is a recent headline that pissed me off.

Newsom goes on a Trump like rant against Joe Rogan
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:54 PM (kxLc1)



I read it three times, and still don't get it. Is it saying Rogan said something positive about Trump and Newsom went on a rant ??

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:56 PM (GD0B3)

108 They used to have that in Austria Hungary - they couldn't put Czechs near ...some other ethnic troops or they'd fight each other. Lucky they both hated Italians more so when Italy declared war they were all in.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:51 PM (8avO+)
Former Union and Confederate soldiers together fought the Spanish in the Spanish America War.

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2026 06:56 PM (LHPAg)

109 Conjecture: Precious olive oil is sold in very tall, very skinny bottles, so that it is easily and more frequently spilled by accident, which increases demand, which gooses sales revenue.

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:56 PM (N8ZBc)

110 Olive oil goes bad pretty quickly after you open it.
Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:49 PM (N8ZBc

it does ???
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:55 PM (GD0B3)

When Olive Oyl goes bad, she is very, very good.

Posted by: Bluto at May 01, 2026 06:57 PM (utfVc)

111 I would have like to have seen individual civil suits filed by students of that Christian School, implying that the athletes lost out on potential scholarships from both a sports and an academic point of view. By winning the case, the school showed that Vermont was in direct violation of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Showing damages would have been shakey, BUT, with a civil rights violation Vermont illegally removed the potential.

Posted by: Orson at May 01, 2026 06:57 PM (dIske)

112 Oh joy. Yet another Jewish professor of Why All Those Other Whites, Who Are Not Of My Tribe, Are The Absolute Worst. You would think that at some point, like an Appalachian considering buying overalls and taking up the banjo, they might at least consider "optics."
Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 06:56 PM (Sy6m/)

Brazil has really made it now if professors are making up Race and Class crimes there rather than ignoring and excusing them.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:57 PM (8avO+)

113 Have occasionally ran into black men who seem would be Trump backers

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 06:57 PM (Ia/+0)

114 Milk is for babies.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:41 PM



and Northern European Ubermenshen.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 01, 2026 06:58 PM (4NO2D)

115 I don't think I ever had extra virgin olive oil "spoil". Sounds like someone bought fake olive oil!

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:58 PM (GD0B3)

116 "Their message was, 'in order for you to follow your religious beliefs, boys are boys, girls are girls, that would actually violate their nondiscrimination policies.' So the irony of it was, they were discriminating against religious schools."

The LP types and GOPers told us 20 years ago that we could with the left. Just give them gay marriage it will literally have no affect on anyone else.

They lied. Not were wrong. Not were naive. They lied. This is the logical outcome of "LGBTQ+ rights". Well not quite. The next step is criminalizing not having sex with trannies. This is something they talk about on a regular basis in lefty forums...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 06:58 PM (sKqQm)

117 108 They used to have that in Austria Hungary - they couldn't put Czechs near ...some other ethnic troops or they'd fight each other. Lucky they both hated Italians more so when Italy declared war they were all in.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:51 PM (8avO+)

So we FINALLY have a use for Quebecers?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 06:58 PM (Sco7b)

118 ============

But they won't be "the beaches of her childhood." They'll be further inland. (checks notes) Er, accordingly, further seaward.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
-------

For certainty they won't be the same as they are today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 06:58 PM (kA/fI)

119 Further, the GOPe is leaping into action.

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:52 PM (8jVAy)
---
Whoa! There is plenty of time to stall!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (Fi81e)

120 So, Vermont hates women athletes. There. It had to be said.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (0Htd1)

121 OK Horde,
Cinco de Mayo falls on Taco Tuesday this year.
Lets get ready. This is what we have been training for!
Done let me down.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (2WIwB)

122 I read it three times, and still don't get it. Is it saying Rogan said something positive about Trump and Newsom went on a rant ??
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:56 PM (GD0B3

Newsome was responding to Rogan who called him a con man. Because it was unhinged jibberish the press had to insult Trump by comparing it to him.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (kxLc1)

123 Former Union and Confederate soldiers together fought the Spanish in the Spanish America War.
Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2026 06:56 PM (LHPAg)

Former CSA General Wheeler charged a Spanish position shouting "Go Git those Yanks!" by force of habit.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (8avO+)

124 Olive oil goes bad pretty quickly after you open it.

Serious question. Can it be preserved/extended with a nitrogen purge like wine?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (vTZFs)

125 Yeah, that guy is wrong, I should get a little red corvette with every coffee I order! And not be charged extra!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (n5tGW)

126 >>I am not in favor of eliminating black districts.

I am. 100%.

You don't undo racism by perpetuating racism. A big reason we got into this balkanized position is because we allowed this black district/white district for far too long.

You are either an American or you aren't. It's literally the entire point of this country.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (viF8m)

127 Buy DOP and PDO!

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (GD0B3)

128 This is A! Gore level stupid.

Nah, he's smart - normally, prophets of Climate Doom say that the world will end in ten years if we don't dismantle industrial society, and this guy's giving himself twenty-five years.

Yet another "Canadian" who never intends to live in Canada ever again, if he can manage it.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 07:00 PM (n1OCj)

129 @122 ok. They also love to throw in "controversial". Media sux.

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:01 PM (GD0B3)

130 Forty percent of New England is Republican, and there is not a single Republican Congressman from New England.

Don't whine to me about losing "black districts".

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 07:01 PM (n1OCj)

131 For certainty they won't be the same as they are today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 06:58 PM (kA/fI)

Beaches are not a thing, they are a process.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 07:01 PM (utfVc)

132 "Sounds like someone bought fake olive oil!"

Quite likely.

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 07:02 PM (N8ZBc)

133 I use milk only for cereal, so I get almond milk because it lasts forever in the refrigerator. Doesn't spoil or go sour.
Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 06:36 PM (N8ZBc)

Milk in my house doesn't last long enough to go sour. It's gone way before the date on the container. If your milk is going sour before the expiration date, check the temperature of your fridge. And I only use it for cereal as well, alternating every other day with oatmeal. So, a quart lasts about a week.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 01, 2026 07:02 PM (5xuJ/)

134 >>I am not in favor of eliminating black districts.


Amazing that the takeaway some waterbrains have is this and not the inherent illegality of Racializing Districting.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 07:02 PM (Lu7y1)

135 My father would be absolutely appalled by what has become of Australia. He was a Navy pilot (PBY-5) mostly flying out of Perth/Fremantle. And he loved it there. He always said that if he had to leave the US, Australia was the place to go. It's sad.

BTW, he was there when the CV-3, Saratoga, came through. He said they got most of here crew passed-out drunk.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 01, 2026 07:02 PM (AlhUl)

136 Olive oil goes bad pretty quickly after you open it.

Serious question. Can it be preserved/extended with a nitrogen purge like wine?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (vTZFs)

google / AI says it is oxidation, so probably yes, flush out the o2 with N2. if it does combine you might have a high explosive on your hands though.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:03 PM (8avO+)

137 Brazil has really made it now if professors are making up Race and Class crimes there rather than ignoring and excusing them.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 06:57 PM (8avO+)

Racism is 'illegal' in Brazil.

The 1988 Federal Constitution explicitly defines racism as a crime that is non-bailable and not subject to a statute of limitations. The law prohibits various discriminatory acts, including the refusal of entry to public or private facilities, employment discrimination, and the dissemination of racially offensive symbols or epithets. Violations can result in imprisonment and fines, although activists and legal experts often argue that enforcement remains inconsistent and that penalties are sometimes insufficient to deter the practice

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)

138 Further, the GOPe is leaping into action.

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:52 PM (8jVAy)
---
Whoa! There is plenty of time to stall!
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM


Neigh!

Posted by: John "Blue Falcon" Kerry at May 01, 2026 07:03 PM (0sNs1)

139 >>For certainty they won't be the same as they are today.


They won't be the same, tomorrow. That's how they work.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 07:03 PM (Lu7y1)

140 This was in the insty comments.

It is an aussie couple talking about the NZ ship scissoring accident.
17 minutes, and very very funny.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eLq0v2TOSI

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 07:04 PM (E9Zz8)

141 Beaches are not a thing, they are a process.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 07:01 PM


I dunno, I've met plenty of sonny beaches. They are a thing.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 07:04 PM (0sNs1)

142
the intersections of the climate emergency, housing, political economy, social movements, and inequalities of race and class in the United States and Brazil. As Director of (SC)2, he is leading qualitative and quantitative research projects on Whole Community Climate Mapping, green political economy, and eco-apartheid. He was also co-founder and co-PI of the Superstorm Research Lab, in New York City.

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

That "intersection" must look like 2 spiders doing a reverse cowgirl.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 07:05 PM (n7rxJ)

143 Has Daniel Cohen even considered how many child slave laborers it takes to milk all of those almonds and macadamias?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 01, 2026 07:05 PM (ceJ0R)

144 >>>Beaches are not a thing, they are a process.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
----

They sure feel like a thing when I walk on them.
Or are you talking about beaches found in bars?
They could be considered a process.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 07:05 PM (kA/fI)

145 google / AI says it is oxidation, so probably yes, flush out the o2 with N2. if it does combine you might have a high explosive on your hands though.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:03 PM (8avO+)

about zero danger of that. At normal atmospheric pressure and temperature, nitrogen is practically an inert gas.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 07:05 PM (utfVc)

146 47 Milk is for babies.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:41 PM (kxLc1)

That's half of the Schwarzenegger quote. In full:
"Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer."

Posted by: No Name Today at May 01, 2026 07:05 PM (8mulE)

147 So, a quart lasts about a week.

I hate buying milk in less than a gallon. Quarts are nearly the same cost as half-gallons, which are ridiculously close to gallons.

So I buy a gallon and freeze most of it in empty (liter) water bottles after opening it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:06 PM (93jhq)

148 I read it three times, and still don't get it. Is it saying Rogan said something positive about Trump and Newsom went on a rant ??
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 06:56 PM (GD0B3

Newsome was responding to Rogan who called him a con man. Because it was unhinged jibberish the press had to insult Trump by comparing it to him.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:59 PM (kxLc1)

I agree with Newsome here. Con men have a skill. Newsome just lies and uses the cops to get away with it.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)

149 They won't be the same, tomorrow. That's how they work.
Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 07:03 PM



It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future.

Posted by: Yogi Berra at May 01, 2026 07:06 PM (4NO2D)

150 google / AI says it is oxidation, so probably yes, flush out the o2 with N2. if it does combine you might have a high explosive on your hands though.
Posted by: Oldcat


also always keep out of sunlight. Cool temperatures help too. The colder the better but below around 50 it doesn't pour

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 07:06 PM (E9Zz8)

151 google / AI says it is oxidation, so probably yes, flush out the o2 with N2. if it does combine you might have a high explosive on your hands though.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:03 PM (8avO+)

about zero danger of that. At normal atmospheric pressure and temperature, nitrogen is practically an inert gas.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 07:05 PM (utfVc)

I know just some chemistry humor.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:07 PM (8avO+)

152 I'm tired, Boss.

Posted by: Guy who says "I'm tired, Boss" at May 01, 2026 07:07 PM (TbWk/)

153 134 >>I am not in favor of eliminating black districts.


Amazing that the takeaway some waterbrains have is this and not the inherent illegality of Racializing Districting.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 07:02 PM (Lu7y1)


I'm sitting in a majority white state, SC, with a sizable (~30%) black population.

One of our senators is black.
He was actually re-elected being black, in a state-wide race.

The idea that blacks won't get represented, or elected, in the south without carved-out congressional districts is ridiculous.

All they have to do is put up decent candidates that align with the majorities opinions & priorities and they'll be elected.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:07 PM (6ydKt)

154 That's half of the Schwarzenegger quote. In full:
"Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer."
Posted by: No Name Today at May 01, 2026 07:05 PM


Have you considered the societal, not to mention the AoSHQ, ramifications if women had beer on teat tap?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 07:07 PM (0sNs1)

155 Macademia Nuts don't have udders.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:07 PM (in1PH)

156 They sure feel like a thing when I walk on them.
Or are you talking about beaches found in bars?
They could be considered a process.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 07:05 PM (kA/fI)

The sand is where it is because erosion and longshore drift. The sand grains you walk on today will not be the ones you walk on tomorrow.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 07:08 PM (utfVc)

157 You people probably buy "Olive oil" , some kind of chemical thing and not real olive oil made from olives, because it's cheap!

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:08 PM (GD0B3)

158 I know just some chemistry humor.

Dangerously close to math humor.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 07:08 PM (vTZFs)

159 So close to International Workers' Day, Ace -- so close to International Workers' Day???

Posted by: zombie at May 01, 2026 07:08 PM (Av6i5)

160 I get bags of milk. About 4 liters in 3 bags. Mainly for coffee. Sometimes warmed up to help me sleep.

It's stayed fine for up to 2 weeks past the best before date.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (Sco7b)

161 sigh

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3)

162 The idea that blacks won't get represented, or elected, in the south without carved-out congressional districts is ridiculous.

My Congresswoman is black, in an Oregon district that is one-half of one percent black.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (n1OCj)

163 President Trump is withdrawing 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany in the next 6 to 12 months.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

164 Dr. in front of Congress today:
---
"..men can have pregnancies, especially trans men".
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Hmm... Shouldn't that be only the "NOT men"?

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (Fi81e)

165 Bags of milk ??? what is that ??

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3)

166 Philadelphia had May Day parades today

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:10 PM (Ia/+0)

167 I get bags of milk. About 4 liters in 3 bags. Mainly for coffee. Sometimes warmed up to help me sleep.

It's stayed fine for up to 2 weeks past the best before date.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (Sco7b)

just drive into the US and skip paying that 300 pct dairy tariff

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:10 PM (8avO+)

168 President Trump is withdrawing 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany in the next 6 to 12 months.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1)



Stop copying my work!!

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:10 PM (GD0B3)

169 Bags of milk ??? what is that ??
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3)

Fun Bags

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:10 PM (kxLc1)

170 Bags of milk ??? what is that ??
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3)
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They sound fun.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 07:10 PM (Fi81e)

171 Bags of milk ??? what is that ??
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3)

Some goofy Eastern thing. Not seen in alberta.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 07:11 PM (utfVc)

172 Philadelphia had May Day parades today
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:10 PM (Ia/+0)

Its the new palestine protest. your tax dollars at work. they were supposed to be everywhere.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:11 PM (8avO+)

173 165 Bags of milk ??? what is that ??
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3

Milk in bags, I have a milk pitcher, put the bag in, cut open a corner to pour and you're good to go.

I switched back because it's cheaper.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 07:11 PM (Sco7b)

174 What did this Dr get their degree from?
Cracker Jack Box?

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:12 PM (Ia/+0)

175 What did this Dr get their degree from?
Cracker Jack Box?
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:12 PM (Ia/+0)

its worse, Stanford.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:12 PM (8avO+)

176 One French-language platoon, which had over 80 per cent non-citizens, was reportedly wracked by an inability to communicate fluently, a lack of respect towards female CAF members and infighting between Cameroonian and Cote d'Ivoire candidates.

The Quebec platoon saw fewer than one in two recruits graduate, while allegations of racial discrimination were made in multiple directions, from candidates against staff and between candidates of opposing ethnic blocs themselves. Additionally, command saw "challenges" in training permanent residents as they lacked "respect towards women" peers and superiors.
====

Behold the magnificence of the French-speaking peoples.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 07:12 PM (RIvkX)

177 Sometimes pilots celebrate May Day over the radio.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:12 PM (in1PH)

178 Beaches are not a thing, they are a process.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
----

They sure feel like a thing when I walk on them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 07:05 PM (kA/fI)
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It's amazing what you can find on them!

Posted by: James Comey at May 01, 2026 07:13 PM (Fi81e)

179 I don't buy milk but I do keep a few cans of evaporated milk in case I need it for cooking.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:13 PM (kxLc1)

180 it does ???
Posted by: runner


A lot of people can't tell.
In Italy they have experts that judge the oil and give it a rating. after it starts to oxidize (go rancid) they call it lamp oil as it is unfit for consumption, but again, many people can not tell until it it really bad.

Most real oils will go rancid -- nuts too. "cooking oil" doesn't because of how it is processed to make it stable. That is part of the problem. Even fats -- I have had lard go rancid. It is still edible, just not as good. (I had two containers, one in fridge, and one out. The one in fridge was OK, but summer in Japan is very hot and about 85 or so and all my oils start to turn. comparing them it was obvious.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 07:13 PM (E9Zz8)

181 Dr. in front of Congress today:
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"..men can have pregnancies, especially trans men".


If that "doctor" was not immediately laughed at, buffeted about the head and shoulders, and unceremoniously escorted from the room, we are screwed. Human civilization is dead.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 07:13 PM (vTZFs)

182 173 165 Bags of milk ??? what is that ??
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3
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Rather course way to refer to a woman's breast, isn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 07:14 PM (kA/fI)

183 I don't buy milk but I do keep a few cans of evaporated milk in case I need it for cooking.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:13 PM


Well, that explains it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 01, 2026 07:14 PM (4NO2D)

184 I don't buy milk but I do keep a few cans of evaporated milk in case I need it for cooking.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:13 PM (kxLc1)

I had one on a shelf and it ate a hole in its can and..evaporated.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:14 PM (8avO+)

185 Larry, Darryl and Darryl were from Vermont.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 07:14 PM (Cqx++)

186 Sometimes pilots celebrate May Day over the radio.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:12 PM (in1PH)
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Frantically.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 07:14 PM (Fi81e)

187 Oldcat yeah same difference

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

188 "Bags of milk ??? what is that ??
Posted by: runner&

So now it's a boob thread?

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 07:15 PM (vFG9F)

189 I didn't know all of this about olive oil.

I've been using the current bottle for about a year.
It's one of those plastic squeeze bottles with the twist nozzle to open and close it, so maybe it's sealed off enough the oil hasn't gone bad?

I cant tell any difference cooking with it so far.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

190 Bags of Milk >>>>> Bags of Sand

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 07:16 PM (Gqar8)

191 Why does nobody buy evaporated water?

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 07:16 PM (Fi81e)

192 Spirit Airlines ceases operations at 3 AM tonight.

Riots are forecast in several airports.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 07:17 PM (n1OCj)

193 Why does nobody buy evaporated water?
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 07:16 PM (Fi81e)

Instant water: just add milk

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:17 PM (8avO+)

194

Is condensed milk the end result of evaporated milk?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 07:17 PM (Cqx++)

195 Spirit Airlines ceases operations at 3 AM tonight.
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They've given up the ghost.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 07:18 PM (Fi81e)

196 Spirit Airlines ceases operations at 3 AM tonight.

Thanks to Liz Warren and the Democrats for blocking the merger with Jet Blue.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 01, 2026 07:18 PM (n1OCj)

197 "Bags of Milk >>>>> Bags of Sand
Posted by: tubal"

Where does Cans of Milk fit in there?

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 07:18 PM (vFG9F)

198 On YouTube saw video someone had canned water from like WW Eleven, I guess it was still good

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:18 PM (Ia/+0)

199 As a wise man once exclaimed, "there are no chicks with dicks, there are men with tits!"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (cWLG3)

200 darigold whole ftw

Posted by: cherries in season at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (Xvk15)

201 AI Sez: Evaporated milk is unsweetened and has about 60% of its water removed, making it thicker and creamier, while condensed milk is sweetened and has a pudding-like consistency due to the added sugar. They are not interchangeable in recipes.

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due to AI, this might be a lie.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (8avO+)

202 Is condensed milk the end result of evaporated milk?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 07:17 PM (Cqx++)

I don't think you can find just Condensed milk .it usually sweeten condensed milk.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (kxLc1)

203 They asked Trump if he was going to start wearing vest. He said, do you think I could carry the extra 20 lbs?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (kA/fI)

204 The blacks that lived on the streets I lived on in Houston were predominantly conservative repubs. One of the black wives was typically dem if there was a racial aspect to a candidate but another was as big an asshole as I am when it came to talking about liberals. She is the civic club pres. that serves after we left.*

We lived in three different neighborhoods over 43 years and blacks, hispanics, orientals, jews, etc. lived amongst the wypepo in every one.

* she and her black husband did not know the deed restrictions still contained the language that negros could live in out buildings for service staff only.

Posted by: DanMan at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (8uzBS)

205 I asked Brave AI just for kicks & giggles;
Understanding Evaporated Water vs. Distilled Water

Evaporated water is simply water that has transitioned from liquid to vapor form due to heat or reduced pressure. On its own, evaporated water is not a consumable product—it's a gaseous state of water, not something you can bottle or drink.

What people often mean by "evaporated water" is actually distilled water, which is produced by evaporating water and then condensing the vapor back into liquid form. This process removes impurities like salts, minerals, and contaminants, resulting in highly purified water.
(cont'd)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (6ydKt)

206 Larry, Darryl and Darryl were from Vermont.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 07:14 PM (Cqx++)


Aghhh...the elites.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 07:20 PM (2WIwB)

207 Olive oil is second to honey as far as longevity. Pure olive oil doesn't go bad.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2026 07:20 PM (Cif43)

208 Why does nobody buy evaporated water?

It used to be very common. They had entire rooms filled with evaporated water, but it was on a subscription basis.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:20 PM (93jhq)

209 Why Evaporated Water Isn't Sold

You cannot buy "evaporated water" because it’s not a stable or transportable form.
Gaseous water vapor cannot be stored or sold like bottled liquids. Even if captured, it would need to be condensed to become drinkable.

Moreover, the natural water cycle already involves evaporation and condensation, but the resulting rainwater often picks up pollutants from the atmosphere. So, rainwater or atmospheric vapor isn’t reliably safe to drink without treatment.


There's another two paragraphs but I'll spare you all.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:20 PM (6ydKt)

210 205 I asked Brave AI just for kicks & giggles;
Understanding Evaporated Water vs. Distilled Water

Evaporated water is simply water that has transitioned from liquid to vapor form due to heat or reduced pressure. On its own, evaporated water is not a consumable product—it's a gaseous state of water, not something you can bottle or drink.

What people often mean by "evaporated water" is actually distilled water, which is produced by evaporating water and then condensing the vapor back into liquid form. This process removes impurities like salts, minerals, and contaminants, resulting in highly purified water. (cont'd)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (6ydKt)

Shut up Wesley.

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 07:20 PM (Gqar8)

211 I keep all my evaporated water in the cloud.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 07:21 PM (vFG9F)

212 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:20 PM (6ydKt

Distilled water was once evaporated:

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:21 PM (kxLc1)

213 208 Why does nobody buy evaporated water?

It used to be very common. They had entire rooms filled with evaporated water, but it was on a subscription basis.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:20 PM (93jhq)
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Whatever happened to oxygen bars? Was huffing O2 outlawed?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 07:21 PM (cWLG3)

214 211 I keep all my evaporated water in the cloud.
Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 07:21 PM (vFG9F)


Now THAT is good.

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Gqar8)

215
Dehydrated Water: Just Add Water!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 07:22 PM (HdYcL)

216 He said, do you think I could carry the extra 20 lbs?

wasn't his context about how he would look carrying an extra 20 pounds?

Posted by: DanMan at May 01, 2026 07:22 PM (8uzBS)

217 Hey Lee Harvey Oswald, was your scam detector broken for Corona virus, Biden cognition, Obama patriotism, solar energy, AI, windmill farms and "the Constitution is a living document?"

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 01, 2026 07:22 PM (dwMYV)

218 Now Brave AI is going to think I'm an idiot.

Good thing I'm used to it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:22 PM (6ydKt)

219 Olive oil is second to honey as far as longevity. Pure olive oil doesn't go bad.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2026 07:20 PM (Cif43)

Grazie, signora! esattamente !

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:22 PM (GD0B3)

220 Sorry I just repeated what you said Speaking Of.

I just read your first paragraph.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:23 PM (kxLc1)

221 The blacks that lived on the streets I lived on in Houston were predominantly conservative repubs. One of the black wives was typically dem if there was a racial aspect to a candidate but another was as big an asshole as I am when it came to talking about liberals. She is the civic club pres. that serves after we left.*

We lived in three different neighborhoods over 43 years and blacks, hispanics, orientals, jews, etc. lived amongst the wypepo in every one.

* she and her black husband did not know the deed restrictions still contained the language that negros could live in out buildings for service staff only.
Posted by: DanMan at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (8uzBS)

just call the garden shed the real building and the house an out building. Save on taxes too.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:23 PM (8avO+)

222 The only people sad about the demise of Spirit Airlines are people who have never ridden on Spirit Airlines.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 07:23 PM (viF8m)

223 214 211 I keep all my evaporated water in the cloud.
Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 07:21 PM (vFG9F)


Now THAT is good.
Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Gqar
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I hope he understands that his water is just in someone elses computer.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 07:24 PM (cWLG3)

224 What people often mean by "evaporated water" is actually distilled water, which is produced by evaporating water and then condensing the vapor back into liquid form. This process removes impurities like salts, minerals, and contaminants, resulting in highly purified water. (cont'd)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (6ydKt)

Brave is just making shit up. I have never heard anyone refer to distilled water as "evaporated water" anymore than I have heard anyone call whisky "evaporated booze".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 07:24 PM (utfVc)

225 I'venever had olive oil that tasted off.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:24 PM (in1PH)

226 Buy DOC!

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:24 PM (GD0B3)

227 Freeze dried water is better.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 01, 2026 07:24 PM (4NO2D)

228 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:20 PM (6ydKt

Distilled water was once evaporated:
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:21 PM (kxLc1)

all water was probably evaporated at some point, unless you just made it or something.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:24 PM (8avO+)

229 I don't think you can find just Condensed milk. it usually sweeten condensed milk.

Yes; people often abbreviation sweetened condensed milk to condensed milk, but they mean the same thing.(*)

Evaporated milk is milk with the water removed. (Sweetened) condensed milk is a more complicated process that adds a whole of of magic (i.e., sugar). Good stuff, but it’s not a replacement for milk in most cases.

*In her first, self-published, Joy of Cooking, Rombauer referred to evaporated milk as condensed milk throughout, which probably confused the hell out of her readers. This may have been a mistake on her part, or it may have been a regional (St. Louis or Missouri, perhaps) term.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:24 PM (93jhq)

230 I proving that leftists are a bunch of soy boy leftist fags that contribute jack and shit to society.

I want some soy boy leftist fag tags 50 would be a nice start.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 01, 2026 07:24 PM (xvV+O)

231 222 The only people sad about the demise of Spirit Airlines are people who have never ridden on Spirit Airlines.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 07:23 PM (viF8m)
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You had to keep your head on a swivel when dragging your luggage through the Spirit Airlines concourse, or maybe I'm thinking of Frontier Airlines.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 07:25 PM (cWLG3)

232 Olive oil goes quick here

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:25 PM (Ia/+0)

233 * she and her black husband did not know the deed restrictions still contained the language that negros could live in out buildings for service staff only.
Posted by: DanMan at May 01, 2026 07:19 PM (8uzBS)


But did she get a 'She-Shed'?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt)

234
President Trump is withdrawing 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany in the next 6 to 12 months.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

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

A German acquaintance of mine tells me that Germans are terrified that if American troops leave, the Russian hordes will invade. Is that realistic? Russia invading Germany?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (n7rxJ)

235 Fantastic post, Ace!

I would pay to see that boot camp in Canada. Why would any country want and pay for non-legal citizens in the military? Unreal but I have a great imagination of boogaloo bootcamp.

A great week!

Have a great weekend Ace and Morons and 'ettes!!!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (WONhk)

236 real high quality extra virgin olive oil is so good you can almost drink it

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (GD0B3)

237 225 I'venever had olive oil that tasted off.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:24 PM (in1PH)

You could have just Said you’d never been to Olive Garden.

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (Gqar8)

238 @nicksortor
7h
WTF?! 20 MAJOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS have CANCELED classes so that students and teachers can attend ANTI-CAPITALISM "May Day" protests across the country

Our public schools are nothing more than taxpayer funded indoctrination camps controlled by Teachers Unions

Teachers' Unions are corrupting our youth

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (kA/fI)

239 Who cares?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (in1PH)

240 Is that realistic? Russia invading Germany?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM


They should be more afraid of Poland.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 01, 2026 07:27 PM (4NO2D)

241 Stephen Price Blair, check into making terrines. The choices are endless.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2026 07:27 PM (Cif43)

242 Brave is just making shit up. I have never heard anyone refer to distilled water as "evaporated water" anymore than I have heard anyone call whisky "evaporated booze".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 07:24 PM (utfVc)

That's what I was hoping for. That it would just start hallucinating about buying evaporated water. It did at least question the premise right from the start.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:27 PM (6ydKt)

243 Maggiano's is better.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:27 PM (in1PH)

244 so I just finished watching the AtC-recommended movie "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" and, thanks a load A for the nightmare fuel.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 07:27 PM (gKWVE)

245 Brave is just making shit up. I

I’ve noticed this a lot on Google when I do a search for something for which it turns out there is no answer. It will either (a) make something up that makes no sense from the one or two references it gives, or, (b) if I am the only one discussing this particular term online, it will regurgitate what I clearly labeled as speculation on the one post I already made on the topic, but as if it were hard fact.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:27 PM (93jhq)

246 A German acquaintance of mine tells me that Germans are terrified that if American troops leave, the Russian hordes will invade. Is that realistic? Russia invading Germany?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (n7rxJ)

well since the Germans seem to want to declare war on Russia, maybe. They don't share a border though, unless Germany does the traditional "Invade Poland" gambit they get up to every generation or so.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:28 PM (8avO+)

247 Zombie praised the olive oil labeled Only From California, due to standards being strict. It is sold in Walmart. Ben Had has another premium recommendation.

Chemical & Engineering News had a long article on olive oil cheating, and how hard it was to keep extra virgin olive oil pure. Lots of cheating in lesser qualities of olive oil, and the analytical chemistry to roust out the bad oils is not robust.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 07:28 PM (u82oZ)

248 234
President Trump is withdrawing 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany in the next 6 to 12 months.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

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

A German acquaintance of mine tells me that Germans are terrified that if American troops leave, the Russian hordes will invade. Is that realistic? Russia invading Germany?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (n7rxJ)
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If it's any consolation, I don't think any motivation other than revenge would drive Russia to invade Germany.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 07:28 PM (cWLG3)

249 Poland has more tanks I think.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (in1PH)

250 You could have just Said you’d never been to Olive Garden.
Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (Gqar

I actually really like Olive Garden. I think you get more bang for your buck there because of the unlimited soup which I think is awesome.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (kxLc1)

251 Our public schools are nothing more than taxpayer funded indoctrination camps controlled by Teachers Unions

Teachers' Unions are corrupting our youth
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (kA/fI)

We gonna need a whole lot of hemlock.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (8avO+)

252 Oldcat

Poland could take over Germany in less than a week. But not occupy it. Too many Islamics.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (u82oZ)

253 Brave is just making shit up. I have never heard anyone refer to distilled water as "evaporated water" anymore than I have heard anyone call whisky "evaporated booze".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The only AI stupider (it's intentionally rigged that way) than Brave is DDG.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (kA/fI)

254 A German acquaintance of mine tells me that Germans are terrified that if American troops leave, the Russian hordes will invade. Is that realistic? Russia invading Germany?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (n7rxJ)



Before this NATO betrayal I would have said, nein. But I am not so sure now. Once Russia finishes the Uke project, they might want to "expand" a bit into Latvia or Estonia or something. There is region bordering St.Petersburg they have trained and trained and trained to special operate into. But those little tards axed for it.

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (GD0B3)

255
I don't think you can find just Condensed milk .it usually sweeten condensed milk.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

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

They're right next to each other on the shelf.

And to contribute to the confusion, I always called it "canned milk." I use a lot of it because it doesn't upset my stomach the way carton milk does.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (n7rxJ)

256 We boiled sea water and condensed it into fresh water on board ship. I think they use some kind of membrane now instead.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (Cqx++)

257 Stephen Price Blair, check into making terrines. The choices are endless.

Hey, Ben, what is this in response to? Or is this just a general admonishment to Eat More Terrines? (which is always good advice).

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:30 PM (93jhq)

258 Bono olive oil the best olive oil. Oh hell I have no idea, I just have a bottle of it that tastes godd.

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 07:30 PM (Gqar8)

259 Olive Oil from Carthage is at Walmart and Kroger.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:30 PM (in1PH)

260 NaCly. I have been labeled an olive oil evangelist .

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2026 07:30 PM (Cif43)

261 You could have just Said you’d never been to Olive Garden.
Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (Gqar

I actually really like Olive Garden. I think you get more bang for your buck there because of the unlimited soup which I think is awesome.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (kxLc1)

used to be, yeah. Haven't been in years

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:30 PM (8avO+)

262 I’ve noticed this a lot on Google when I do a search for something for which it turns out there is no answer. It will either (a) make something up that makes no sense from the one or two references it gives, or, (b) if I am the only one discussing this particular term online, it will regurgitate what I clearly labeled as speculation on the one post I already made on the topic, but as if it were hard fact.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:27 PM (93jhq)

There also seems to be a strong tendency in search engines to have trouble "finding" any facts or reports that don't fit the leftist narrative.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (utfVc)

263 >>You had to keep your head on a swivel when dragging your luggage through the Spirit Airlines concourse, or maybe I'm thinking of Frontier Airlines.

Had to do a last minute trip from Providence to Las Vegas a year ago. The entire experience was a dystopian hell. I've done a lot of flying including in some pretty sketchy 3rd world dumps and Spirit would not be out of place of a flight from Somalia to Ethopia.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (viF8m)

264 CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

265 And to contribute to the confusion, I always called it "canned milk."

Even better is that in older cookbooks they are often referred to as “Pet Milk” (evaporated) or “Eagle Milk” (condensed), even though both brands made both kinds!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (93jhq)

266 Wedding Soup is good.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (in1PH)

267 Cafe! Nood!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (NcvvS)

268 Olive Oil from Carthage is at Walmart and Kroger.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 07:30 PM (in1PH)

I thought the Romans and the Vandals did that place in by 400 AD

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (8avO+)

269 I make my burnt coffee very strong, and cut it with canned milk. Very tasty to me.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (4NO2D)

270 But did she get a 'She-Shed'?

they did have a very nice house in the backyard that was there when they bought the property

my house there had a very small apartment attached to the garage that was about 30' from the main house

Posted by: DanMan at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (8uzBS)

271 Stephen Price Blair, I was checking to see if you have made any.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2026 07:31 PM (Cif43)

272 Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Reverse Osmosis membranes do a great job with purifying water. Need some robust pre-filters if you use sea water.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)

273 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (n7rxJ)

My understanding is It's either evaporated milk or it's Sweetened Condensed Milk.

There is no just Condensed milk.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:32 PM (kxLc1)

274
A German acquaintance of mine tells me that Germans are terrified that if American troops leave, the Russian hordes will invade. Is that realistic? Russia invading Germany?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 07:26 PM (n7rxJ)
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If it's any consolation, I don't think any motivation other than revenge would drive Russia to invade Germany.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 07:28 PM (cWLG3)

Russia has their hands full with Ukraine.
Putin couldn't invade further west if he wanted to right now.

Maybe it a decade or so, Russia could consider it, but with all the loss of men and materiel the past four years they'd be hard-pressed to get through Romania or Poland at the moment.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:33 PM (6ydKt)

275 I make my burnt coffee very strong, and cut it with canned milk. Very tasty to me.

And to the Thai, apparently. This is Thai iced coffee/iced tea. Very good stuff.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:33 PM (93jhq)

276 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ

Yes I have one of those hand pump ones in my prepper caches.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 07:33 PM (kxLc1)

277 {{{Ben Had}}}

You are, and so much more! I can't afford your olive oil. And although I use a lot, one bottle at a time suffices.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 07:34 PM (u82oZ)

278 Before this NATO betrayal I would have said, nein. But I am not so sure now. Once Russia finishes the Uke project, they might want to "expand" a bit into Latvia or Estonia or something. There is region bordering St.Petersburg they have trained and trained and trained to special operate into. But those little tards axed for it.
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (GD0B3)

An added thing is Stalin nabbed Konigsberg for some stupid reason so there's a bit of Russia cut off already that a few EU and Brit idiots are getting sporty about. Why, with no army or navy they think this is a good idea I can't imagine.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:34 PM (8avO+)

279 I used both heavy cream and condensed milk to make my bourbon cream. It is lethal.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2026 07:34 PM (Cif43)

280 Milk comes from mammals. Oat, soy, almonds, macadamia, have no udders. It's not milk!

Posted by: Don't Listen To Piper On This at May 01, 2026 07:35 PM (oftw2)

281 Maybe it a decade or so, Russia could consider it, but with all the loss of men and materiel the past four years they'd be hard-pressed to get through Romania or Poland at the moment.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 07:33 PM (6ydKt)

Russia has tons of land already and Germany is losing any industry they might have found useful.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:35 PM (8avO+)

282 Stephen Price Blair, I was checking to see if you have made any.

No, although I do often eat homemade meat loaf cold. Even when I’m not throwing rice.

I have had it at restaurants, and have never been disappointed.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:35 PM (93jhq)

283 I used both heavy cream and condensed milk to make my bourbon cream. It is lethal.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2026 07:34 PM (Cif43)

my condolences.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 07:36 PM (8avO+)

284 I used both heavy cream and condensed milk to make my bourbon cream. It is lethal.

I’m going to be making some honey-whisky ice cream. From a Harrod’s cookbook, so it should be very good in an upper crust.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:38 PM (93jhq)

285 From a Harrod’s cookbook, so it should be very good in an upper crust.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 07:38 PM


ISWYDT

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286
Russia has tons of land already and Germany is losing any industry they might have found useful.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Soon, expatriating Germans will be moving to either Russia or America, maybe Brazil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 07:42 PM (kA/fI)

287 After being dicks about Iran, the Euros cannot expect US to get involved in another European border dispute. So if, for example, Russia decides to step into ..Karelia, do they really think they can expect some Article 5 protections ?

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:52 PM (GD0B3)

288 Maybe they can send the Spanish to defend Karelia against Russia.

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 07:53 PM (GD0B3)

289 All faggy guys have that same soyful look...

If you're on the Internet linking the price of plant milk to right-wing plots, you are living a bankrupt life.

Also, airdrop this fag into any country in the ME.
Plant milk will no longer be a problem

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290 "The three-panel decision, issued by judges Kenneth Lee, Eric Tung, and Ana de Alba (dissent)..."

Ana de Alba (Biden appointee, of course) doesn't think that harassing law enforcement officials is a problem.

Cool. Let's hire 20 people to follow Judge De Alba around, blow whistles, stick cameras in her face, flash strobe lights, block her with their cars, and follow her to her home. Then let's see if she still thinks it's OK to harass law enforcement.

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292 "Theory: A country whose military is made up 80% of foreign invaders will not be a country in ten years' time."

It took somewhat longer for the Roman Empire. But Rome wasn't going out of its way to encourage its citizens to kill themselves.

Posted by: Dodd at May 02, 2026 10:56 AM (vl9MY)

Schmollwatch

A Harvard-Harris poll finds the congressional race deadlocked at 50-50:

OSZ
@OpenSourceZone

Apr 28

2026 Congressional Generic Ballot Poll

🔴 Republicans: 50%
🔵 Democrats: 50%

Harvard Harris | 4/23-26 | 2,745 RV

A Yale poll finds the Democrat Fascist Party leading by a mere 2%:

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

Apr 13

🚨 WOW! A new poll just found the 2026 Congressional ballot is a near TOSSUP, with Democrats only up 2 points, 46%-44% -- Yale

At this point in 2018, Democrats were up by +7 points or more

Republicans in Congress should pass the SAVE America Act and win the midterms 🇺🇸

The Democrat-aligned Morning Consult poll can only conjure a 3% lead:

Politics & Poll Tracker 📡
@PollTracker2024

Morning Consult poll | 4/20-4/26 RV

(Tracking poll)
Generic congressional ballot 2026
🟦Democratic 45% (no change)
🟥Republican 42% (no change)

Trump's approval rating fell to its lowest point in Trump's second term -- 40.8% according to the Real Clear Politics average of polls -- but that Based Camp guy who looks like a leftist points out that that's actually a good favorability rating for a second-term president. Obama averaged 41% approval during his second term -- and the leftist media continued insisting he was very popular.

I also think that Trump has put a lot of big bets on the table and most of them are going to pay out. So I expect his rating to go higher.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM




Comments

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1 The good news with Global Cooling is I guess the polar bears are safe.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 05:31 PM (vE0+H)

2 Polls schmolls, but 50-50 has to worry the Ds.

Posted by: Ann at May 01, 2026 05:31 PM (SHHm+)

3 But what do the Republicans need in order to beat the cheat? That's the question.

Posted by: Bob in Idaho at May 01, 2026 05:32 PM (ePr6+)

4 I called the others

Posted by: Ann at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (SHHm+)

5 Trump's GOP is holding on to the generational gains they made with Black voters in the 2024 election.

The GOP has gained 12 pts on the Dems on party id with African Americans vs. Trump term 1 at this point.

Trump's approval with Black voters is higher than it was in term 1.
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Attrition.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (Fi81e)

6 With Obama a lot of people were afraid to tell a pollster they did not approve of mr"historic first".

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (YwEeS)

7 Democrats will overtly abandon blacks and it won't be that far in the future. They'll all be Uncle Tom's and white supremacists. Gonna be weird to watch.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (vE0+H)

8 Wonder if DJT calculated that if he hadn't hit Iran, Iran was going to launch either a Hiroshima-style small nuke on an Israeli city or a dirty bomb, or just blockade the Strait at an inopportune moment.
I hope his gambles pay off.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE)

9 I need to vote tomorrow but have to find my polling station . I don't want to be the guy I complain about that doesn't show up for these special elections.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:34 PM (kxLc1)

10 But what do the Republicans need in order to beat the cheat? That's the question.

Posted by: Bob in Idaho at May 01, 2026 05:32 PM (ePr6+)
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Our question is usually similar

Posted by: Blue States at May 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

11 And in the present a lot of people don't want to tell a pollster they like a "orange man bad".

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 05:34 PM (YwEeS)

12 I wouldn't believe a Marxist poll

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0)

13 As for the black community, I don't live around it much anymore, but it may be they're getting disgusted at the SPLC making up Klansmen and Aryans where they don't exist. The older generation which remembers when they did exist are leaving the scene.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:35 PM (gKWVE)

14 Just watched a 2Way vid by Halperin. He had Larry O'Connor on and O'Connor said he has seen a lot of information on Platner that is worse than the Nazi tattoo. O'Connor described Platner as a "bad man". Naturally I'll wait to see what comes up but I think the Dems in Maine may have punched themselves in the nuts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 05:35 PM (gu0hJ)

15 I got your poll right here...

The talks with Iran weren't successful. Shocker.

If there are competing factions, I wonder if the US could just ask 'the good guys' where the hardliners are located and speed up negotiations a bit with a few missiles.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)

16 Wonder if DJT calculated that if he hadn't hit Iran, Iran was going to launch either a Hiroshima-style small nuke on an Israeli city or a dirty bomb, or just blockade the Strait at an inopportune moment.
I hope his gambles pay off.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE)
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We may never know, and the Democrats will probably continue to think that because nothing happened, we didn't need to do anything.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 05:36 PM (Fi81e)

17 Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE)

Maybe not in his time but the next time they have a Dem President sympathetic to Islam. That's when Iran would try to flex their muscles.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:36 PM (kxLc1)

18 I could have been first but I was manipulating my poll.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 05:36 PM (vFG9F)

19 Republicans in Congress should pass the SAVE America Act and win the midterms.

No, that's just what the voters are expecting us to do.

Posted by: Rex Kramer, GOP Strategist at May 01, 2026 05:36 PM (wVcYX)

20 The time when a Democrat lead of 3 points was favorable for Republicans was before Callais and redistricting.

The playing field has gotten demonstrably better for Republicans.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 05:37 PM (viF8m)

21 Presidential approval rating is pretty meaningless at this point because the vast majority of voters are hard or at least soft partisans. The days when Truman could lead to a massive Eisenhower landslide or Nixon and Reagan could win 49 state reelections are long gone.

Heck, even in 2008 the lightbringer couldn't match H.W. Bush's numbers from 20 years earlier, and that was at the end of W's Presidency, with everything going wrong and a scumbag as GOP nominee.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 01, 2026 05:37 PM (dl6h/)

22 I'm just here to watch Harry Enten be extremely animated lol

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 05:38 PM (oqH4h)

23 Wonder if DJT calculated that if he hadn't hit Iran, Iran was going to launch either a Hiroshima-style small nuke on an Israeli city or a dirty bomb, or just blockade the Strait at an inopportune moment.
I hope his gambles pay off.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE)

One of my working theories is that the Dems were planning a surprise with Iran, similar in a way to what they did with COVID and China, and he decided fuck you and knocked all the pieces off the table.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 05:38 PM (vE0+H)

24 6 With Obama a lot of people were afraid to tell a pollster they did not approve of mr"historic first".
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (YwEeS)

And with Trump, a lot of people are afraid to say they like him.

I see it all the time at the Grocery store and such.... folks will very HESITANTLY make some pro Right comment... and then when there is no push back suddenly get much more comfortable to speak.

Leftists have no hesitation to force their opinion on you.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:38 PM (mP0Kj)

25 We may never know, and the Democrats will probably continue to think that because nothing happened, we didn't need to do anything.
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 05:36 PM (Fi81e)

That's giving them too much credit. Their thinking is more 'Trump bad - do not do Trump does.'

Worded just that eloquently...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 05:38 PM (Sco7b)

26 The time when a Democrat lead of 3 points was favorable for Republicans was before Callais and redistricting.

The playing field has gotten demonstrably better for Republicans.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 05:37 PM (viF8m)


Hah. -- Keeper of the USB drives with votes

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 05:39 PM (ExV1e)

27 I am sure once Iran made a couple nukes they would have launched them at Israel and planted one in the US.
Just to get that Imam of the well from Hell

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 05:39 PM (Ia/+0)

28 Democrats almost always lead the the Congressional Generic Ballot polls, even in years when Republicans take the House.

Posted by: 29Victor at May 01, 2026 05:39 PM (0MjtC)

29 19 Republicans in Congress should pass the SAVE America Act and win the midterms.

No, that's just what the voters are expecting us to do.
Posted by: Rex Kramer, GOP Strategist at May 01, 2026 05:36 PM (wVcYX)

Yeah... no Save Act... but they do pass FISA without any real modification.

Why did we vote for these guys again?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:40 PM (mP0Kj)

30 A really hard to guess year, gas prices, various gerrymanders, war, wacky dem candidates, stupid gop in congress, food prices.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2026 05:40 PM (n5tGW)

31 How can the Iranians do anything when they are so oppressed?

Posted by: Pawl at May 01, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)

32 Worded just that eloquently...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 05:38 PM (Sco7b)
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Yup their like Frankenstein.

FireTrump bad!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)

33 The polls all say Harris is going to win !

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2026 05:40 PM (Cif43)

34 Hah. -- Keeper of the USB drives with votes
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 05:39 PM (ExV1e)

I really want to know if the DOJ is looking at the vote data spikes in the last Virginia election.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:41 PM (mP0Kj)

35 Why did we vote for these guys again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:40 PM (mP0Kj)
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To keep us from starting our cars in a stressful situation in a vehicle we buy after 2017?

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 05:41 PM (Fi81e)

36 8 Wonder if DJT calculated that if he hadn't hit Iran, Iran was going to launch either a Hiroshima-style small nuke on an Israeli city or a dirty bomb, or just blockade the Strait at an inopportune moment.
I hope his gambles pay off.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE)
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My guess is that there was intel that pretty much confirmed Iran was days away from at least being able to construct a working weapon and were in the process of doing so.

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 05:41 PM (oqH4h)

37 A Harvard-Harris poll
meh
I'd trust a bone reading or tarot more than any Harvard poll. They're wish casting.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 01, 2026 05:42 PM (abIsI)

38 Tied GBP means major R gains before the redistricting stuff. The Dems historically need +3 to break even

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 05:42 PM (sKqQm)

39 Why did we vote for these guys again?

Republicans don't fix anything but they don't, generally, make things worse. Democrats make things worse.

The battle is in the Republican primary and understanding that the left has been ascendant for over 100 years. We won't fix the rot in a single election, probably not even in our lifetimes, but we can reverse the trend.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 05:42 PM (ExV1e)

40 Also keep in mind that a working nuclear weapon doesn't have to be miniaturized so as to be deliverable by missile or aircraft. That sure helps, but if Iran could build a crude weapon that fit into a semi truck and manage to smuggle it into Tel Aviv...the results would be equally catastrophic.

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)

41 I know polls are a mainstay of any political leaning blog but these poll threads are my least favorite. Someone go off topic.

Polls surprisingly show side boob at 48% and cleavage at 50% with the remaining 2% undecided.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:43 PM (kxLc1)

42 Why did we vote for these guys again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:40 PM (mP0Kj)

The stop big government, open borders, and the slow encroaching tentacles of communism.

Right?

Right...?

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 05:43 PM (vE0+H)

43
Democrats will overtly abandon blacks and it won't be that far in the future. They'll all be Uncle Tom's and white supremacists. Gonna be weird to watch.
Posted by: ...


LBJ's dream won't last 200 years?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 05:44 PM (Cqx++)

44 The battle is in the Republican primary and understanding that the left has been ascendant for over 100 years. We won't fix the rot in a single election, probably not even in our lifetimes, but we can reverse the trend.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 05:42 PM (ExV1e)

Same argument I've been hearing since Reagan.

And things are WAY worse.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:44 PM (mP0Kj)

45 As for the black community, I don't live around it much anymore, but it may be they're getting disgusted at the SPLC making up Klansmen and Aryans where they don't exist. The older generation which remembers when they did exist are leaving the scene.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:35 PM (gKWVE)

Most young black folks just want to get high and bump booties with some big booty gals and drink a 40 or two.
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Posted by: Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor at May 01, 2026 05:44 PM (68Ie1)

46 Lee Zeldin:
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In 2024, the 10 states with the lowest electricity prices ALL voted for President Trump, and 9 of the 10 states with the highest electricity prices voted for Harris.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 05:45 PM (Fi81e)

47 The main threat of Iran having a working nuclear weapon is not them using it immediately but the leverage it creates for them.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:45 PM (kxLc1)

48 22 I'm just here to watch Harry Enten be extremely animated lol
Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 05:38 PM (oqH4h)


That guy needs to switch to decaf.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 01, 2026 05:46 PM (FMtrg)

49 Same argument I've been hearing since Reagan.

And things are WAY worse.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:44 PM (mP0Kj)


Democrats make things worse. Every time the Democrats have power, they make things worse.

What percentage of geriatric Republican Congress assholes get replaced every year? Some of them have been in office since Reagan. They have to be replaced by people who want to make things better.

Or we could just curl up in a ball.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 05:46 PM (ExV1e)

50 "may be they're getting disgusted at the SPLC making up Klansmen and Aryans where they don't exist."

A large percentage of that community around here has no idea what the SPLC is or what it has done.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 05:46 PM (vFG9F)

51 Not the same thing, but the first thermonuclear weapon detonated by the US was Ivy Mike, and it wasn't exactly a deliverable payload, lol.

The entire "Mike" device (including cryogenic equipment) weighed 82 short tons (74 metric tons). It was housed in a large corrugated-aluminum building, called the shot cab, which was 88 ft (27 m) long, 46 ft (14 m) wide, and 61 ft (19 m) high

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 05:47 PM (oqH4h)

52 finds the congressional race deadlocked
Like Jamaican hair?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 01, 2026 05:47 PM (n2Ez6)

53 Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:44 PM (mP0Kj)

They just seem worse because of information overload. Also we tend to forget a lot of bad stuff that has happened in the past.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:47 PM (kxLc1)

54 " a working nuclear weapon doesn't have to be miniaturized so as to be deliverable by missile or aircraft."

It doesn't take a genius to build one either. The tech has been around for 80 years or so.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 05:49 PM (vFG9F)

55 I know the 2nd Amendment advancements are much better. We no longer have Roe v Wade. The Dems haven't controlled the House for over 40 years .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:49 PM (kxLc1)

56 I figure the Democrats and the Media and the Pollsters automatically shave 10% from the numbers for the right. It's common core math.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 05:49 PM (Fbc0I)

57 A new book.

How Not to F*cking Hate People!
And Maybe, Accidentally, Make the World Suck Less
By: Jeffrey Alan

-
Yeah, right. Then I'll get a magical buffalo that suits piles of Krugerrands.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 05:50 PM (ndZc7)

58 Curling up in a ball is underrated.

Posted by: Sleeping Kitten at May 01, 2026 05:51 PM (93jhq)

59 The Dems haven't controlled the House for over 40 years .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:49 PM (kxLc1)


The Dems controlled the House as recently as 3 years ago.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)

60 So if they redistrict according to the Supreme Court decision we win bigly ?

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 01, 2026 05:53 PM (NtVYv)

61 The Dems haven't controlled the House for over 40 years .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Obamacare disagrees

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 01, 2026 05:53 PM (LyPw2)

62
Oh, noes! Spirit Airlines may shut down tomorrow. Our supply of entertaining airport bodycam videos will dwindle dramatically.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 05:54 PM (HdYcL)

63 60 So if they redistrict according to the Supreme Court decision we win bigly ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 01, 2026 05:53 PM (NtVYv)

If we don't use illegals for redistricting, we win bigly.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

64 Spirit Airlines may shut down tomorrow.

Will they retain the pop-up costume shops?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 05:55 PM (93jhq)

65 LBJ's dream won't last 200 years?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 05:44 PM (Cqx++)

LOL no chance. There's not enough of them and a lot of black men are wising up. That's when you get to hear what Democrats really think of them.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 05:55 PM (vE0+H)

66 >>The main threat of Iran having a working nuclear weapon is not them using it immediately but the leverage it creates for them.


I wouldn't discount the Threat of them using one immediately, either.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 05:55 PM (Lu7y1)

67 If we don't use illegals for redistricting, we win bigly.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)


That would be a fucking nuke. The left would be in favor of getting rid of illegals so fast.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 05:55 PM (ExV1e)

68 If you had told any of us in 2016 we'd were we are right now we'd have been thrilled beyond belief.

We are finally fighting back and equally important winning on issue after issue. Is everything perfect? Of course not, never will be, but we are making huge strides seemingly on a daily basis.

Just keeping stacking wins. We didn't get here overnight and we aren't getting out overnight.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 05:55 PM (viF8m)

69 I think the 2026 election results will hinge on redistricting, gas prices, the resolution of the Iran War, gas prices, food prices, interest rates, and gas prices.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:55 PM (6ydKt)

70 LOL no chance. There's not enough of them and a lot of black men are wising up. That's when you get to hear what Democrats really think of them.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 05:55 PM (vE0+H)


My wife's siblings are all Democrats. I've heard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 05:56 PM (ExV1e)

71 "Curling up in a ball is underrated.
Posted by: Sleeping Kitten"

Livin it up
Livin it up
Oh Yeah
Friday Night

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 05:56 PM (vFG9F)

72 How Not to F*cking Hate People!
And Maybe, Accidentally, Make the World Suck Less
By: Jeffrey Alan

That book already exists

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 05:57 PM (vE0+H)

73 In before the trolls who say this doesn’t matter, Republicans suck, and are part of the attempt to suppress Republican voters.

Shucks.

*kicks dirt*

Posted by: The Crow Waiting for peanuts. at May 01, 2026 05:57 PM (Uh88k)

74 When is Trump going to finish off the Ragheads ion Iran ??

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 01, 2026 05:58 PM (dm7SR)

75 Just remember that Iran is allied with;

North Korea
China
Pakistan
Russia


...and NONE will trust them with a nuke.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 05:58 PM (Lu7y1)

76 Polls are bogus.

Posted by: And are just for page views at May 01, 2026 05:58 PM (2Ez/1)

77 I don't doubt that if Iran assembled a nuclear weapon they would use it and that Trump felt they were close.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 05:58 PM (YwEeS)

78 You might be surprised at how much the standard media is keeping the general public in the dark about the SPLC shenanigans.

You still find people on X spitting about "Charlottesville" (2017).

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 05:59 PM (Fi81e)

79 Yea but 100% of the dead voters on the rolls still support the Commie-Crats !!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 01, 2026 06:00 PM (dm7SR)

80 How Not to Fucking Hate People was Dale Carnegie's real world follow up to How to Win Friends...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 06:00 PM (gu0hJ)

81 poles > polls

Posted by: pete buttigieg's transmogrified anal cavity at May 01, 2026 06:02 PM (8Je8K)

82 Republicans in Congress should pass the SAVE America Act and win the midterms

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

You can bet any money that Thune will give it his all to stop that happening.

Posted by: Decaf at May 01, 2026 06:03 PM (Tbs6N)

83 The Dems haven't controlled the House for over 40 years .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Obamacare disagrees
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 01, 2026 05:53 PM (LyPw2)

I guess i didn't write it clearly. Before the Newt led Republican revolution, the Dems controlled Congress for 40 straight years.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:03 PM (kxLc1)

84 Consider how many dead voters are also participants in these polls? Which is easier pull off? It's like a farm team for voter fraud.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 06:03 PM (Fbc0I)

85 Polls surprisingly show side boob at 48% and cleavage at 50% with the remaining 2% undecided.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:43 PM (kxLc1)

Clearly the two percent are fags.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 06:04 PM (DwqWV)

86 When is Trump going to finish off the Ragheads ion Iran ??
Posted by: Jackson K.

Interesting but scary 9 minute YT about why Iran won't enter into a peace deal. (Hint: it's about Islam.)

https://tinyurl.com/5729u2uv

Go long on Gotterdammerung.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 06:04 PM (ndZc7)

87 >>Clearly the two percent are fags.


Or, committed Underboob enthusiasts.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 06:06 PM (Lu7y1)

88 The Dems controlled the House as recently as 3 years ago.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)

The post which I thought was clear but apparently not was response to saying it's worse now than during Reagan. At one time the Dems held the House for four decades. IIRC.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:06 PM (kxLc1)

89 guess it's now Ghost Airlines

Posted by: the room of lost souls at May 01, 2026 06:07 PM (gKWVE)

90 The GOPe will save the democrats’ illegal voters somehow.

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:08 PM (/Chlc)

91 But what do the Republicans need in order to beat the cheat? That's the question.
Posted by: Bob in Idaho at May 01, 2026 05:32 PM (ePr6+)

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

Real Republican candidates?

Posted by: Decaf at May 01, 2026 06:10 PM (Tbs6N)

92 U.S. is withdrawing 5,000 Troops from Germany.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 06:10 PM (NFX2v)

93 This is proof tRump is losing in Iran.

And that Texas is going to turn blue!

/s/ Retardos of Redditt

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 06:11 PM (MtSIY)

94 IMO they wont enter a peace deal because they aren't being slapped around anymore. I don't want to second guess the President but now I'm of the opinion we should have never stopped our attacks until they said uncle.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:11 PM (kxLc1)

95 75 Just remember that Iran is allied with;

North Korea
China
Pakistan
Russia


...and NONE will trust them with a nuke.
Posted by: garrett
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There's your dinner.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 06:12 PM (kA/fI)

96 I was not aware the blackploitation movie “Lesbian Homie” was available on Tubi.

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:12 PM (GbONR)

97 Take that, Hans~!

@disclosetv 14m
JUST IN - U.S. withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany. A Pentagon official, ​speaking on condition of anonymity, said recent German rhetoric has been "inappropriate and unhelpful." — Reuters

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 06:13 PM (diia5)

98 Facebook TRT World

11h
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If Germany wants to build the strongest conventional army in Europe, the question inevitably arises: Why? What threat situation is it based on? With whom and against what? The answer cannot be solely military
Opinion | Uli Bruckner

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 06:14 PM (NFX2v)

99 I think this pause or ceasefire with Iran is more of giving us the opportunity to restock our munitions for a final push. The Iranians don't have much to oppose us with so we should slam the IRGC and let the Iranian people handle the rest

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 06:14 PM (gu0hJ)

100 94 IMO they wont enter a peace deal because they aren't being slapped around anymore. I don't want to second guess the President but now I'm of the opinion we should have never stopped our attacks until they said uncle.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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Right now, Israel is cleaning up Lebanon but the media is focused on Trump.
Trump did that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 06:14 PM (kA/fI)

101 I think we stopped over War Powers act time issues. I believe those have reset or soon will. I am still not optimistic

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:14 PM (GbONR)

102 92 U.S. is withdrawing 5,000 Troops from Germany.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 06:10 PM (NFX2v)

Merz should have kept his mouth shut.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 06:14 PM (6ydKt)

103 Oh look, another win.

>>@EricLDaugh
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7m
>>🚨 JUST IN: TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Lee calls a special session to REDISTRICT their Congressional map after the Supreme Court ruling

>>TIME FOR A 9R-0D MAP! 🔥

>>“After consultation with the Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, Attorney General, and Secretary of State, I believe the General Assembly has a responsibility to review the map and ensure it remains fair, legal, and defensible.”

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 06:17 PM (viF8m)

104 Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:14 PM (GbONR

Perhaps I missed it- in which case I apologize, but do you have anything positive to share about what Trump had done, is doing or what positive possibilities might be for November, because if so I haven't read it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 06:18 PM (9OpPK)

105 I think we will also pull out of Spain shortly but I don't know how many troops we have there to pull. Trumps not too happy with Italy either but we need a Mediterranean AB.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:18 PM (kxLc1)

106 2 Polls schmolls, but 50-50 has to worry the Ds.
____

Time to bring out the Nazi candidate!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 06:18 PM (Dv3i1)

107 I just heard a commercial from the living room for something called a shiatsu pillow with the marketing hook phrase,

"it gets in there".

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 06:19 PM (3uBP9)

108 If Germany wants to build the strongest conventional army in Europe, the question inevitably arises: Why? What threat situation is it based on? With whom and against what?
_____

The AfD and their voters, of course.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 06:19 PM (Dv3i1)

109 >>Polls schmolls, but 50-50 has to worry the Ds.

53-47 would worry them.

If their internals are showing anything below a +5-6, they are likely shitting their pants and planning to release their Brown Shirts.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 06:20 PM (Lu7y1)

110 "it gets in there".
Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 06:19 PM (3uBP9)
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OMG do they have a website?!!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at May 01, 2026 06:21 PM (oqH4h)

111 Hay everybody thr FART Tube Jones T Shits our back in stork. Only $39 foor a T Sirt to benefit Gay Childin of Colar in Brattleboro.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 01, 2026 06:21 PM (h82MY)

112 >>I think this pause or ceasefire with Iran is more of giving us the opportunity to restock our munitions for a final push. The Iranians don't have much to oppose us with so we should slam the IRGC and let the Iranian people handle the rest

And pick new targets. Lost in all of this is the incredible intelligence we seem to have on the leadership in Iran, sometimes hour by hour.

I blame those pesky Jews.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 06:21 PM (viF8m)

113 If Germany wants to build the strongest conventional army in Europe, the question inevitably arises: Why? What threat situation is it based on? With whom and against what?
_____

Maybe they will invade France again and we can just shrug our shoulders this time.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:21 PM (kxLc1)

114 102. Merz should have kept his mouth shut.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Indeed. Further...

The EU has recently accelerated support for Ukraine, approving a €90 billion ($106 billion) loan package in April 2026 for 2026-2027 to bolster its economy and defense. Key support includes the Ukraine Facility providing up to €50 billion (2024–2027), over 2 million rounds of ammunition, and training for over 86,800 soldiers.

Perhaps Germany is also trying to remain at the top of EU defense in the future. I (thought it maters not) would not trust Ukraine, either.

AI Overview: Germany has unveiled a comprehensive, long-term military strategy aiming to establish the strongest conventional army in Europe by 2039, aiming for a total of 460,000 active and reserve personnel. This plan involves massive technological investments, including AI and air defense, to become the "backbone" of European defense and counteract threats.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 06:21 PM (NFX2v)

115 Emerson- April 2026 National Poll: Democrats Hold 10-Point Midterm Advantage over Republicans

I don’t care what anyone else says, I firmly believe the blue wave will successfully take the house, senate or both. Either way, I think a bright future will come no matter what happens.

Just remember, don’t let complacency win. That 10 point advantage is thanks to action being taken. If that lead is to be kept, or even widened, action must continue to be taken.

The Daily Beast: Trump Hit by Devastating Poll as Voters Say They’re Getting Poorer

He. Does. Not. Care. About. Ordinary. Americans. He’s in power now and the Epstein class is raking in money like never before.

Republicans make people poorer. This has been true for at least 40+ years now. Damned idiots are going to kill our entire society.

Trump is speed running this country into the ground. Most of us are suffering as a result. What's worse is that our children will have it even harder. Every person who voted for Trump and the Republicans who blindly enable him are responsible for the mess we're in today.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 01, 2026 06:22 PM (ycI94)

116 Now Georgia is looking at redrawing district maps. This might be good.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 06:22 PM (vFG9F)

117 though 🤬

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 06:22 PM (NFX2v)

118 I was of the same mindset but we have extended the ceasefire multiple times which has made me question the explanations offered here. I can accept it is possibly to allow Israel to settle business elsewhere before we start up again.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:23 PM (kxLc1)

119 53-47 would worry them.

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Vote can do only so much.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 06:24 PM (ndZc7)

120 If Tennessee redistricted would that mean chicken eating scumbag Steve Cohen would be out ? Oh please , please, please

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 06:24 PM (gu0hJ)

121 Nood - "Week in Woke"

Posted by: the lower depths at May 01, 2026 06:24 PM (dl6h/)

122 We will lose black votes if we remove their special districts. They are coming to us naturally.
We need to deal with the traitors in the Senate more than a few rural black districts.

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:24 PM (T8bqm)

123 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 01, 2026 06:22 PM (ycI94)

These people live in bizarro world where up is down and black is white.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:25 PM (kxLc1)

124 FenelonSpoke, I see you are prepping for the javelin throw in the upcoming Olympics. Good show.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 06:25 PM (kA/fI)

125 53-47 would worry them.

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Vote fraud can do only so much.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 06:25 PM (ndZc7)

126 >>I can accept it is possibly to allow Israel to settle business elsewhere before we start up again.


The pause benefit for Israel was in restocking their Defensive Missile Supplies, I am sure.

While they are dropping bombs at our side, we are most definitely keeping them stocked with offensive ordnance.

Of course, they are now at Full Battery for both. So...

SUFFAH MULLAHS

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 06:26 PM (Lu7y1)

127 You still find people on X spitting about "Charlottesville" (2017).
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Ted Cruz of all people still doesn't understand January 6th. There's an amazing amount of propoganda that passes as news.

Posted by: Crusader at May 01, 2026 06:26 PM (TN0g+)

128 122 - That makes no sense. Black votes are probably artificially high because of what was effectively a Democratic jobs program for them. Eliminate those fake jobs, the the motivation to vote for a party that loves illegal immigrants disappears.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 01, 2026 06:27 PM (dl6h/)

129 >>We will lose black votes if we remove their special districts. They are coming to us naturally.



This is a patently retarded take.

Posted by: garrett at May 01, 2026 06:27 PM (Lu7y1)

130 WATCH Hasan Piker justify the Oct. 7 massacre to a Cambridge student.

Hasan: These (terrorists) aren’t barbaric monsters… it is not coming from a place of antisemitism or wanting to do mass rapes.

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More a fraternity prank.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 06:27 PM (ndZc7)

131 Big Bets:
Venezuela
Cuba
Iran
Ukraine peace
Tariffs
Economy
gas prices

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 06:31 PM (954tc)

132 You also have to imagine, it is 50/50 in a poor, but in a country with 5 million fewer illegals...

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 06:32 PM (954tc)

133 7 Democrats will overtly abandon blacks and it won't be that far in the future. They'll all be Uncle Tom's and white supremacists. Gonna be weird to watch.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (vE0+H)

It is definitely coming.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 06:33 PM (954tc)

134 Ted Cruz of all people still doesn't understand January 6th. There's an amazing amount of propoganda that passes as news.
Posted by: Crusader at May 01, 2026 06:26 PM (TN0g+)

He understands it . He's just still pissed that he was prevented from putting on the record his reasoning for not voting to confirm the Electoral vote. I'm sure he prepared one hell of speech that we will never hear.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 06:39 PM (kxLc1)

135 How exciting
If it's "50 50"

The real numbers are much better for GOP than the paid liars on the idiot box say

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 01, 2026 07:38 PM (XLfSN)

136 How do the retarded inhabitants of Reddit think Dems are +10?

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 01, 2026 07:51 PM (XLfSN)

137 Imagine what these poll numbers would look like if the Republicans in Congress actually got off their asses and passed legislation the electorate supports....

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at May 01, 2026 07:57 PM (pE12i)

Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?

Hungry, a movie about a killer... hippo. I don't know if this is meant to be a serious movie or a half-serious one. They are making references to Hungry Hungry Hippos.

Hell No, a horror movie in which characters make sensible, logical decisions.

The final Jackass movie. These guys are too old to be taking shots like this.

Spider-Noir with Nicholas Cage. A series on Amazon, from Sony Pictures TV. So it's not giving Disney or Marvel any money. And I do like Spider-Man, Nicholas Cage, and Noir.

The girl from Happy Birthday 2 Me in an amnesia/hallucination movie. Her husband keeps telling her everything is okay. Or should I say "her husband" because come on, we've seen this kind of thing before.

The one minute teaser for Clayface looks okay.

Another Oscar-bait legal drama:


Another post-apocalypse movie, this one from Ridley Scott.

Is it possible they made a decent Resident Evil movie? It's from the guy who made Weapons.

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1 ST

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:21 PM (in1PH)

2 Nooded, y'all.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 01, 2026 04:22 PM (NcvvS)

3 Happy Friday Ace

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 04:22 PM (LGS3t)

4 Embrace the power of "and."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 01, 2026 04:22 PM (B0NCh)

5 They are shitty garbage.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 04:23 PM (snZF9)

6 The one minute teaser for Clayface looks okay.

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See, I long ago advocated for studios to take these kinds of risks with their IP.

Not everything needs to be a $250 million blockbuster.

Clayface, with his Batman connections, is well-known enough of an IP to take some kind of risk with while assuming strong enough box office to justify smaller risks. Clayface reportedly only costs about $40 million.

Combine that brand recognition with the horror genre, and DCU has a guaranteed return on investment here.

James Gunn is smart.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:23 PM (Y2NSe)

7 So… Cocaine Bear, but with a hippo????

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:23 PM (4KUe5)

8 $hit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:23 PM (in1PH)

9 I think the answer is yes.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 01, 2026 04:23 PM (Vq0bV)

10 Not sure there is a better answer than your first word

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)

11 Another post-apocalypse movie, this one from Ridley Scott.

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What I've read from early reactions is that the film is aimless.

Could be good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:24 PM (Y2NSe)

12 Hungry, a movie about a killer... hippo.
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Everyone who is not a marble is safe.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:24 PM (Fi81e)

13 Garbage or shit?
Yes.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 04:24 PM (UemNC)

14 Some guy from a 76 iq subcontinent wanted to adopt the cocaine hippos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:24 PM (in1PH)

15 Is it possible they made a decent Resident Evil movie? It's from the guy who made Weapons.

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Cregger has said that RE fans will hate him for the adaptation, but every bit of early word from screenings has been very positive, with a lot of comparisons to Mad Max Fury Road for its relentless pacing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:24 PM (Y2NSe)

16 I liked the Happy Birthday to Me movies. Would watch another film with her in the lead.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:25 PM (4KUe5)

17 > Hungry, a movie about a killer... hippo. I don't know if this is meant to be a serious movie or a half-serious one. They are making references to Hungry Hungry Hippos.

Hippos are silly looking, but in Africa they kill more people than lions do.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 04:25 PM (mkw2N)

18 Okay, off to do other things now.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)

19 Why do they keep making Resident Evil movies. They all suck even if Milana Jovovich looks good in them.

I want a real Doom movie, no not the one they made (which was really a resident evil movie!). Give me an old fashioned bad ass US Marine shooting Demons, as in real Demons from hell, in the face with a BFG

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:25 PM (sKqQm)

20 Coyote vs. Acme sounds like it has potential ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 01, 2026 04:25 PM (VyBeY)

21 19 Why do they keep making Resident Evil movies. They all suck even if Milana Jovovich looks good in them.

I want a real Doom movie, no not the one they made (which was really a resident evil movie!). Give me an old fashioned bad ass US Marine shooting Demons, as in real Demons from hell, in the face with a BFG

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:25 PM (sKqQm)

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The DOOM movie was really an adaptation of DOOM 3.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:26 PM (Y2NSe)

22 Nick Cage makes a crazy number of films now, but he has gotten much better as an actor...might be worth a watch in his Spider Man take...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)

23 Is that Baron Harkonnen in the Resident Evil trailer?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 01, 2026 04:26 PM (B0NCh)

24 Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?

Yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 04:26 PM (8J7Ay)

25 Is it possible they made a decent Resident Evil movie? It's from the guy who made Weapons.

Critical Drinker has a review of the trailer. His take is that it seems like it might be an okay horror movie. And it'll be Resident Evil in the respect that once or twice you'll see something that says Raccoon City but otherwise completely ignores everything about the game and all prior films.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 04:27 PM (ExV1e)

26 20 Coyote vs. Acme sounds like it has potential ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 01, 2026 04:25 PM (VyBeY)

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It's the movie WB was going to write off and destroy. After the press blowup, they put it up for auction, eventually bought by Ketchup Studios (who?) for about $50 million.

I strongly suspect it'll bomb, but hey, at least we get the movie everyone discovers 5 years after it was released and everyone's like, "Hey, why did no one see this in theaters? It's really funny!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:27 PM (Y2NSe)

27 Combine that brand recognition with the horror genre, and DCU has a guaranteed return on investment here.

James Gunn is smart.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


Clayface is a Mike Flannagan and Matt Reeves production. Games Junn has fuck all to do with it. He's fucking piece of shit who might be kicked out of DC after the merger and he should be.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 04:27 PM (diia5)

28 Probably already mentioned, but Bad Monkey on appletv is good. Vince Vaughn is excellent and it’s based on a Karl Hiassom(sp?) book, so you it will be all kinds of weird and silly sh$t going down in a Florida setting.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:27 PM (4KUe5)

29 Not everything needs to be a $250 million blockbuster.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:23 PM (Y2NSe)

There's an un-named sci-fi franchise that could learn that message. They're never going to win over the people who aren't already fans so give a great story and decent special effects and take in some cash.

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 04:27 PM (Sco7b)

30 Read that the new Avengers movie will cost at least $700m before marketing. They'll have to clear $2B just to break even. Nice that Robert Downey Jr got paid $100m for one movie however

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 04:28 PM (gu0hJ)

31 Hippos are silly looking, but in Africa they kill more people than lions do.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 04:25 PM (mkw2N)
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Zebras kill more zookeepers than any other animal.

I was shocked when I heard that.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)

32
238 Crime is down because Trump sent in some people, same as DC. Said mayor is under a *lot* of fire locally for, among other things, having taxpayers buy him a $750,000 armored SUV with gold rims while the Key Bridge progress is halted.

Posted by: Ian S.
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I can't find that anywhere. Is it my crappy browser?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:28 PM (kA/fI)

33 27 Clayface is a Mike Flannagan and Matt Reeves production. Games Junn has fuck all to do with it. He's fucking piece of shit who might be kicked out of DC after the merger and he should be.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 04:27 PM (diia5)

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He greenlit it. He's studio executive making large brand choices alongside Peter Safran.

So, yes, his greenlighting of it is proof of his intelligence in how not everything needs to be a $250 million blockbuster.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:28 PM (Y2NSe)

34 That Chairface Chippendale promo is annoying.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)

35 I think you all should watch Apostle of Dracula.

It is a low-budget, dubbed, movie from Spain that is so very, very stupid.
And I watched the whole thing.
Cause it is hilariously stupid.

When you're done with that, Bad Fish, a low-budget killer mermaid movie.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 04:28 PM (MtSIY)

36 Why do they keep making Resident Evil movies. They all suck even if Milana Jovovich looks good in them.

I want a real Doom movie, no not the one they made (which was really a resident evil movie!). Give me an old fashioned bad ass US Marine shooting Demons, as in real Demons from hell, in the face with a BFG

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:25 PM (sKqQm)

A Duke Nukem movie would be cool too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM (snZF9)

37 ***Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?
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You left out infantile.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM (kA/fI)

38 Nothinh from the Groguverse?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM (in1PH)

39 Dog Stars? Sweet Jeebus, another zombie movie? They were played out 15 years ago. Way to break new ground, Hollywood.

One amusing thing about the Dog Stars trailer is they mention it's directed by Ridley Scott, and then list three of his movies, but not Bladerunner.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM (Riz8t)

40 Yes, hippos are very dangerous and apparently they indicate you are annoying them and are ready to attack you by … yawning.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM (4KUe5)

41 Not everything needs to be a $250 million blockbuster.

Young starlets don't blow fat, old, producers to be in niche films, Jack. -- Harvey Weinstein

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM (ExV1e)

42 7 So… Cocaine Bear, but with a hippo????
Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:23 PM (4KUe5)

We need Crystal Meth Bear.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM (E6xSb)

43 29
There's an un-named sci-fi franchise that could learn that message. They're never going to win over the people who aren't already fans so give a great story and decent special effects and take in some cash.

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 04:27 PM (Sco7b)

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I was gonna reply that Mandalorian and Grogu was relatively cheap (having some memory of it being less than $100 million to produce), but looking it up, it seems like reported budget is $166 million (and will probably end up higher).

Damn, Disney. Even your cheap spinoff stuff is too expensive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM (Y2NSe)

44 Africa needs more hippos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:30 PM (in1PH)

45 39 Dog Stars? Sweet Jeebus, another zombie movie? They were played out 15 years ago. Way to break new ground, Hollywood.

One amusing thing about the Dog Stars trailer is they mention it's directed by Ridley Scott, and then list three of his movies, but not Bladerunner.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM (Riz8t)

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Blade Runner is popular with nerds but not general audiences. Blade Runner 2049 out front should have told ya.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:30 PM (Y2NSe)

46 Zebras kill more zookeepers than any other animal.

I was shocked when I heard that.
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)


God put them in those prison suits for a reason.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 04:30 PM (ExV1e)

47 A Duke Nukem movie would feature Duke getting valuable life lessons from his female sidekick, who saves his ass at critical moments, because she's awesome.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 04:30 PM (gKWVE)

48 Probably already mentioned, but Bad Monkey on appletv is good. Vince Vaughn is excellent and it’s based on a Karl Hiassom(sp?) book, so you it will be all kinds of weird and silly sh$t going down in a Florida setting.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:27 PM (4KUe5)
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I keep waiting for word on Season 2.

I think that's my favorite show running.

One of my favorite lines was when he quotes the opening from Real Life. And she calls him on it, and his answer is "In my defense, I didn't think you'd recognize it."

That is just such a character line.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:30 PM (Fi81e)

49 I am hopeful for the RE movie because both Barbarians and Weapons are fantastic and because Cregger made a survival horror movie for RE, not some deep lore dive.

Also, this is someone who has played all the games and, brace yourself, actually loves the IP he is working with.

Here's a breakdown of the trailer with him going through it and the man knows his RE.



https://youtu.be/D_FMSyTWmA8?si=Lx15kB6T8r_V_U04

Posted by: alexthechick at May 01, 2026 04:31 PM (ZznmO)

50 As someone over 29, the Wile E. Coyote vs. ACME flick looks like a lot of fun.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2026 04:31 PM (qFwJc)

51 I want Coyote vs Acme to be good. They would have had to work hard to make it bad. I fear they succeeded.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:31 PM (kA/fI)

52 Cautiously optimistic for both Coyote v Acme and Spider Noir. Probably more so for the latter. As a 29-er, I have good memories of Loonie Tunes and I'm little worried about it getting crapped on for cheap laughs.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 04:31 PM (vTZFs)

53 49 Posted by: alexthechick at May 01, 2026 04:31 PM (ZznmO)

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*waves politely*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:31 PM (Y2NSe)

54 A Duke Nukem movie would feature Duke getting valuable life lessons from his female sidekick, who saves his ass at critical moments, because she's awesome.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 04:30 PM (gKWVE)
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Swalwell probably doesn't have a shot at the role now.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:31 PM (Fi81e)

55 The Rogues Gallery from Batman is ripe for cinematic adaptations if done right.

Many of them have sympathetic backgrounds, which can garner sympathy from the audience. However, to show them *right* you have to demonstrate they are psychologically incapable of redemption. That's why they are villains within the DCU.

Kind of like the Darklords from the Ravenloft D&D setting. They are all complete monsters, no matter their background, because they will never, ever atone for the crimes that sent them down the path of becoming a Darklord.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 04:31 PM (gnNyN)

56 Read that the new Avengers movie will cost at least $700m before marketing. They'll have to clear $2B just to break even. Nice that Robert Downey Jr got paid $100m for one movie however

I think it might be for 2 movies, because one more Avenger movie just isn't enough.
*rolls eyes*

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:32 PM (Riz8t)

57 Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?

Yes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 04:26 PM (8J7Ay)


Hollywood has been shitin' garbage for years.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 04:32 PM (2WIwB)

58 Yawn. Okay, gonna have to mess wit ya.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2026 04:32 PM (qFwJc)

59 I want a real Doom movie, no not the one they made (which was really a resident evil movie!). Give me an old fashioned bad ass US Marine shooting Demons, as in real Demons from hell, in the face with a BFG
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(secret: there is a second Doom movie. And it is so, so much worse.)

I can't believe they have never made a Wolfenstein 3d movie.

But then, recall how badly they ruined Duke Nukem.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 04:32 PM (MtSIY)

60 It's the garbage can at your local dog park.

Also someone set it on fire for good measure.

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 04:32 PM (oqH4h)

61 *waves to alexthechick*

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2026 04:32 PM (Cif43)

62 The Cage spiderman take is a series. I see Brendan Gleason is in it. Pretty good in everything he's done

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 04:32 PM (gu0hJ)

63 The only Happy Birthday to Me movie I know about is the one with Melissa Sue Anderson.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 04:32 PM (qBdHI)

64 They don't make movies about people.
It's all distorted reality crap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:33 PM (kA/fI)

65 Damn that's not a great lineup -- I don't know how, but movies just keep getting worse. Ow My Balls would look like Godfather II next to these.

Posted by: Pastafarian at May 01, 2026 04:34 PM (sifs3)

66 Critical Drinker has a review of the trailer. His take is that it seems like it might be an okay horror movie. And it'll be Resident Evil in the respect that once or twice you'll see something that says Raccoon City but otherwise completely ignores everything about the game and all prior films.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 04:27 PM (ExV1e)
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Sounds like a typical IP skinsuit.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gnNyN)

67 Meth Hippo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 04:34 PM (Cqx++)

68 He greenlit it. He's studio executive making large brand choices alongside Peter Safran.

So, yes, his greenlighting of it is proof of his intelligence in how not everything needs to be a $250 million blockbuster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


Reeves started the Batman (Crime) Saga in early '22. Games Junn wasn't installed at DC until the end of '22. Junn has been trying to kill off the Reeves stuff because of Junn's DC reset. Again, he's disgusting human and a fraud.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 04:34 PM (diia5)

69 I have seen the kick of a Zebra end lions so I can believe they are dangerous.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 04:34 PM (YwEeS)

70 Hell No, a horror movie in which characters make sensible, logical decisions.

Also Event Horizon, when the crew weren't split up and having their minds scrambled by horrors from beyond reality.
Lovecraftian work at least offers some excuse as to why the protagonists might not be acting rationally.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 04:35 PM (gKWVE)

71 Here's something interesting.

Roger Avery has been trying to make an adaptation of Paradise Lost for years.

He's finally gotten it greenlit...

By a small AI studio that's going to make what supposedly will look like a $300 million film for about $10 million.

I'm actually intrigued.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:35 PM (Y2NSe)

72 A Duke Nukem movie would feature Duke getting valuable life lessons from his female sidekick, who saves his ass at critical moments, because she's awesome.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 04:30 PM (gKWVE)

Yeah, you're probably right. They would definitely fuck it all up and gut it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 04:35 PM (snZF9)

73 68 Reeves started the Batman (Crime) Saga in early '22. Games Junn wasn't installed at DC until the end of '22. Junn has been trying to kill off the Reeves stuff because of Junn's DC reset. Again, he's disgusting human and a fraud.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 04:34 PM (diia5)

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Weird how Gunn is trying to kill the Batman by Reeves series by...greenlighting his projects.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:35 PM (Y2NSe)

74 I read the novel The Dog Stars some years ago primary because it is set here in Happy Valley and in The Stinkin' Desert from here through the next 40 miles south. (I used to drive it to and from work every day.) I didn't care for it all that much but the movie might be good. I don't think it was shot around here because I haven't heard of any movies being shot around here and the trailer doesn't look like around here.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 04:35 PM (ndZc7)

75 Girl, you thirsty?

*pours Cheerwine into USB port*

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 01, 2026 04:36 PM (B0NCh)

76 To each their own and I'm not intending what I'm about to say as judgment on other posters, so I'm clear here.

I am unable to comprehend how so many people have the physical time in their day to both consume as much media (Esp. movies and TV) as they do, and to also CARE so much about it.

Maybe I'm just at a place in my life where I don't feel like I have either the time or the mental energy to fit it in. I get up, work all day, sit down for a few minutes, cook dinner, feed the family, clean up sometimes, maybe do some laundry or whatever else needs doing, then at the end of the day I have about an hour before it's time for bed. And I'm not spending my weekends going out of my way to see Hollywood squeeze yet another drop of blood out of the stones that are all of the current IPs they've been throat-fucking for 20 years.

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 04:36 PM (oqH4h)

77 Also Event Horizon, when the crew weren't split up and having their minds scrambled by horrors from beyond reality.
Lovecraftian work at least offers some excuse as to why the protagonists might not be acting rationally.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 04:35 PM (gKWVE)
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Huh. A sequel to that movie could be a DOOM prequel... The "lifeboat" section from the end of the first movie crash lands on Mars, carrying with it the seeds of destruction for the Martian colony....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 04:37 PM (gnNyN)

78 Another bit of news:

Rumors are floating that Spielberg's new movie, Disclosure Day, is actually a secret sequel to Close Encounters.

There's apparently nothing from the 3rd act in any of the trailers, and people who are part of the production (like Emily Blunt, star) are bringing up Close Encounters in interviews with implications in their answers that there may be direct connections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:37 PM (Y2NSe)

79 *waves politely at AtC*

Nicetaseeya!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 01, 2026 04:37 PM (VyBeY)

80 I can't believe they have never made a Wolfenstein 3d movie.

But then, recall how badly they ruined Duke Nukem.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 04:32 PM (MtSIY)

They made a Duke Nukem movie?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 04:37 PM (snZF9)

81 Weird how Gunn is trying to kill the Batman by Reeves series by...greenlighting his projects.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:35 PM (Y2NSe)
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It's genius!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

82 > *pours Cheerwine into USB port*

I'd never heard of this before, so I looked it up. I thought it sounded like something a Hobbit might drink. No, apparently it's a soda.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 04:38 PM (mkw2N)

83 80
They made a Duke Nukem movie?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 04:37 PM (snZF9)

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How else to quantify My Dinner with Andre?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:38 PM (Y2NSe)

84 The horror of Event Horizon is that the characters are smart people making smart decisions and it does not matter.

See also The Autopsy of Jane Doe. That really nailed the relentlessness and uncaring of evil because the people involved did nothing to deserve their fates.

Here's something interesting.

Roger Avery has been trying to make an adaptation of Paradise Lost for years.

He's finally gotten it greenlit...

By a small AI studio that's going to make what supposedly will look like a $300 million film for about $10 million.

I'm actually intrigued.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:35 PM (Y2NSe)


AI as a form of animation and special effects seems like an obvious use of the tool.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 01, 2026 04:38 PM (ZznmO)

85 Shit or garbage? Both.

I try watching new stuff released over Amazon prime - just more shitty garbage after more shitty trash.

Posted by: Iced Tea Party at May 01, 2026 04:38 PM (hyQrc)

86 I see Margaret Qualley is in the Dog Stars movie. Never seen her in anything but I assume she's a better actress than her mother , Andi MacDowell.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 04:38 PM (gu0hJ)

87 It's genius!

No idea about this one, but for most people in Hollywood it would work.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 04:38 PM (93jhq)

88 Duke Nukem Forever was a steaming turd, but just a game as far as I know.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 04:39 PM (gKWVE)

89 Here's something interesting.

Roger Avery has been trying to make an adaptation of Paradise Lost for years.

He's finally gotten it greenlit...

By a small AI studio that's going to make what supposedly will look like a $300 million film for about $10 million.

I'm actually intrigued.


Now...what can we say of John Milton's "Paradise Lost"? ...Certainly we know that he was trying to describe the struggle between good and evil, right? (picks up an apple from his desk) Okay. The most intriguing character, as we all know from our reading, was Satan. Now, was Milton trying to tell us that being bad was more fun than being good?
Okay...don't write this down, but I find Milton probably as boring as you find Milton. Mrs. Milton found him boring, too. He, uh, he's a little bit long-winded, he doesn't translate very well into our generation, and his jokes are terrible. But that does not relieve you from your responsibility for this material! Now, I'm waiting for reports from some of you! (students pay no attention to him) Listen, I'm not joking! This is my job!

Posted by: Professor Jennings at May 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Riz8t)

90 84 AI as a form of animation and special effects seems like an obvious use of the tool.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 01, 2026 04:38 PM (ZznmO)

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I'm hoping they film real people and intelligently use props and locations instead of just relying entirely on AI prompts.

Could be complete crap, but it should be interesting complete crap.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Y2NSe)

91 I will have my Resident Evil movies stupid and with Milla Jovovich running around being cute and awesome thank you.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 04:39 PM (3uBP9)

92 I keep hearing about this "Marty Supreme" movie. The commericials don't let you know anything about it. I hear it's about ping pong?

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 01, 2026 04:39 PM (IifOV)

93 I cannot even recall the last Hollywood film which I saw' although spouse and son saw " Hail Mary Project" . Last three movies I saw were " A Great Awakening" by Sight and Sound and "Sound of Freedom" and "Cabrini"
by Angel Studios which. I think independent studios probably do better work now than Hollywood. Oh, yes I also saw the documentary about Melania Trump. I don't think Hollywood produced that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Yl2Ob)

94 How else to quantify My Dinner with Andre?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:38 PM (Y2NSe)
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That's more like Wallace Shawn nuked the toilet.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)

95 46 Zebras kill more zookeepers than any other animal.

I was shocked when I heard that.
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)

God put them in those prison suits for a reason.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Mules are hard headed but will domesticate.
Zebras not so much. Handlers forget the one thing on a Zebra's mind is to run free.

All kinds of wild animals at the circus. Ever see a Zebra?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:40 PM (kA/fI)

96 I was barely into DC Comics in the 80s, was much more into Marvel, so I had never heard of Clayface until I came across this movie coming out.

It doesn’t appeal much to me.

I’ll check out Spider-Noire for the same reasons as Ace.

The rest on the list don’t seem too appealing, either. Coyote vs. ACME might be OK but I’ll wait to see some reviews to come to a conclusion about ever watching it.

Dog Stars might be alright, I always took a liking to apocalypse flicks since Mad Max, but this one looks like it will only be marginally more interesting than The Road which was so tedious and boring I’ve forgotten most of it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)

97 They made a Duke Nukem movie?
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I swear I thought they had and folks complained it was lame. But it keeps being rumor, I guess.

Or maybe there was a sequel game? that sucked?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 04:41 PM (MtSIY)

98 I did not in fact see Autopsy of Jane Doe as of the tyme of tiping.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 04:41 PM (gKWVE)

99 I am unable to comprehend how so many people have the physical time in their day to both consume as much media (Esp. movies and TV) as they do, and to also CARE so much about it.

Maybe I'm just at a place in my life where I don't feel like I have either the time or the mental energy to fit it in. I get up, work all day, sit down for a few minutes, cook dinner, feed the family, clean up sometimes, maybe do some laundry or whatever else needs doing, then at the end of the day I have about an hour before it's time for bed.



Carry on. It gets better after you retire.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)

100 68 He greenlit it. He's studio executive making large brand choices alongside Peter Safran.

So, yes, his greenlighting of it is proof of his intelligence in how not everything needs to be a $250 million blockbuster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Reeves started the Batman (Crime) Saga in early '22. Games Junn wasn't installed at DC until the end of '22. Junn has been trying to kill off the Reeves stuff because of Junn's DC reset. Again, he's disgusting human and a fraud.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 04:34 PM (diia5)

And yet, Gunn has said Clayface is IN continuity...it just falls before the Superman movie...

So, it sounds like Gunn and Reeves are working together to integrate their visions...

Which I can totally see - a rough Batman with a future innocent and naive Robin and an innocent and naive Superman with a rough Supergirl. It's like the World's Finest of Champions

Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 04:41 PM (tOcjL)

101 I bought DaVinci Resolve which is for special effects and does ALL kinds of stuff. The creators wanted to keep it affordable for anyone to make films I guess.

They have equipment for the pros which is where they really make their money.

But yeah, with AI and a decent computer, people can create some pretty neat stuff.

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 04:42 PM (Sco7b)

102 Wait, Tanya Roberts rode a zebra in Sheena. Was it a fake? I shan't believe it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 04:42 PM (gu0hJ)

103 97 They made a Duke Nukem movie?
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I swear I thought they had and folks complained it was lame. But it keeps being rumor, I guess.

Or maybe there was a sequel game? that sucked?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 04:41 PM (MtSIY)

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Long awaited sequel game that sucked and was 10 years out of date.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:42 PM (Y2NSe)

104 If you flush garbage down the toilet, does it become shit?
If you put shit in the trash can, does it become garbage?

I believe that Hollywood can be both shit and garbage at the same time.

Just like shit can be both brown and smelly at the same time.

Posted by: a.moron at May 01, 2026 04:42 PM (X5Jzz)

105
All kinds of wild animals at the circus. Ever see a Zebra?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:40 PM

A friend of mine has a zebra that's buddies with a mule and you're not supposed to get close to the fence near the zebra because it's an asshole. The mule is friendly. She told me all the zebras are jerks.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 01, 2026 04:43 PM (o3Na2)

106 Roger Avery has been trying to make an adaptation of Paradise Lost for years.

He's finally gotten it greenlit...

By a small AI studio that's going to make what supposedly will look like a $300 million film for about $10 million.

I'm actually intrigued.



AI as a form of animation and special effects seems like an obvious use of the tool.

I think The Divine Comedy would be a much better use for those tools.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)

107 How does Wile E Coyote pay for all that Acme deliveries?
Credit card?

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:43 PM (Ia/+0)

108 Huh. A sequel to that movie could be a DOOM prequel... The "lifeboat" section from the end of the first movie crash lands on Mars, carrying with it the seeds of destruction for the Martian colony....
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Obligatory:
Event Horizon could be Warhammer 40k cannon.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 04:44 PM (MtSIY)

109 Aren't hippos the most dangerous mammal or something?

Other than humans.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 01, 2026 04:44 PM (ZznmO)

110 ACME Prime?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:44 PM (in1PH)

111 *canon. Cannons are found attached to female JP Morgan executives.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 04:44 PM (gKWVE)

112 106 I think The Divine Comedy would be a much better use for those tools.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)

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I don't think we're going to get a better adaptation of Inferno than the PS3 game.

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

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:45 PM (Y2NSe)

113 I would have let Tanya Roberts ride me

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)

114 Aren't hippos the most dangerous mammal or something?

Other than humans.


Redheads. What? You did say human.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

115 They made a Duke Nukem movie?
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I swear I thought they had and folks complained it was lame. But it keeps being rumor, I guess.

Or maybe there was a sequel game? that sucked?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 04:41 PM (MtSIY)

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Long awaited sequel game that sucked and was 10 years out of date.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:42 PM (Y2NSe)

Probably the only one I didn't play.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 04:45 PM (snZF9)

116 Rumors are floating that Spielberg's new movie, Disclosure Day, is actually a secret sequel to Close Encounters.


Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:37 PM (Y2NSe)

So we might see the return of Rory Neary and the rest of the humans who took the trip?

That’d be cool. I’d watch it just for that.

BTW, I enjoyed your CEOTTK video, gave you a big like on that one.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 04:45 PM (6ydKt)

117 New Orleans' first female sheriff fired, indicted on 30 counts related to prison break

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Misogyny!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 04:45 PM (ndZc7)

118 I've got a zebra neighbor living in my apartment building.

Posted by: George Jefferson at May 01, 2026 04:46 PM (CNl8/)

119 Huh. A sequel to that movie could be a DOOM prequel... The "lifeboat" section from the end of the first movie crash lands on Mars, carrying with it the seeds of destruction for the Martian colony....
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Obligatory:
Event Horizon could be Warhammer 40k cannon.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 04:44 PM (MtSIY)
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Yep. A mashup of Event Horizon, Doom, and Warhammer 40K is more than plausible. All three could exist within the same time-space continuum.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 04:46 PM (gnNyN)

120 116
So we might see the return of Rory Neary and the rest of the humans who took the trip?

That’d be cool. I’d watch it just for that.

BTW, I enjoyed your CEOTTK video, gave you a big like on that one.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 04:45 PM (6ydKt)

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Thanks!

(like and subscribe)

If they had announced Disclosure Day as a sequel from the start, I'd be less interested, but the implication that it's a secret sequel? It seems neat.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:46 PM (Y2NSe)

121 The Spider-Man black and white is pretty cool looking. I'll check it out

Posted by: Trivago guy with huge teeth at May 01, 2026 04:46 PM (HcoTw)

122 I don't think we're going to get a better adaptation of Inferno than the PS3 game.

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


It's a video game, and looks like one. I'm thinking about a serious work. You could even limit it to Inferno, but I'd really like to see what AI would do with Paradiso.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)

123 I would have let Tanya Roberts ride me

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)

Yup, and put me away wet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 04:47 PM (snZF9)

124 The only way I'll buy a new Playstation is if they remaster the Resistance: Fall of Man series.

Or release a new one.

The sawblade gun in the 30 vs. 30 PvP of the second one was so much fun.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 04:48 PM (MtSIY)

125 I heard zebras screw up a lot of football games.

ZING

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 04:48 PM (DgMqy)

126 122 It's a video game, and looks like one. I'm thinking about a serious work. You could even limit it to Inferno, but I'd really like to see what AI would do with Paradiso.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)

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The Divine Comedy has no real drama in it, to be honest.

Dante wanders from one level to the next, talking to souls, getting quick insights into lost/redeemed/saved people, and then moves on.

Honestly, it shouldn't be adapted to screen because it just doesn't have the right structure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:49 PM (Y2NSe)

127 Yep. A mashup of Event Horizon, Doom, and Warhammer 40K is more than plausible. All three could exist within the same time-space continuum.

I don't think Hollywood can make a Warhammer or W40K movie because of Slaanesh.

No, not because it would be too sexual, but because Slaanesh worshippers look exactly like the LGTBQ+ people...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

128 I love the Coyote v. ACME idea, I just can't bring myself to hope they won't fuck it up.

Posted by: Wile E. deserves a payday at May 01, 2026 04:49 PM (TbWk/)

129 107 How does Wile E Coyote pay for all that Acme deliveries?
Credit card?
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:43 PM (Ia/+0)

I’m guessing he was getting paid helping Mexicans sneak across the border.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 04:49 PM (6ydKt)

130 Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 04:36 PM (oqH4h)

I have not seen a movie in the theater for nearly a decade, and I hated it, because it was a Star Wars abomination.

That said, I like watching a movie to unwind, especially on a Friday evening. But, I also have the ability to stop a movie, and return later. My brother does not understand this. When he starts a movie, he MUST see it all the way through in one sitting.

I read books the same way. Sometimes an hour or so at bedtime, sometimes 20 minutes.

The pause button in my brain works pretty well. Heh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 01, 2026 04:50 PM (0aYVJ)

131 Zebra - Tell Me What You Want

https://youtu.be/xMHmTBApUiQ

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 01, 2026 04:50 PM (CNl8/)

132 Black activists storm Indian-owned gas station after clerk allegedly made black child poop outside (then shared the recording)

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They'd better watch it or they'll get scalped.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 04:50 PM (ndZc7)

133 The Divine Comedy has no real drama in it, to be honest.

Dante wanders from one level to the next, talking to souls, getting quick insights into lost/redeemed/saved people, and then moves on.

Honestly, it shouldn't be adapted to screen because it just doesn't have the right structure.


I don't know about that. I'm sure Hollywood could find a way to include car chases, explosions, and boobs.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:50 PM (Riz8t)

134 We need Crystal Meth Bear.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM

Set it in FL...Meth Gator v. FL Man

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 04:50 PM (8J7Ay)

135 The Movie of the Year is apparently now the Michael Jackson lovefest boilerplate biopic "Michael," which has made so much money in its first few days that they're already announced a sequel. Unfortunately, the sequel will have to focus on his later (facial surgery/child molestation" era, so I don't think they realize quite yet how stupid the decision to make a sequel is gong to be.

Posted by: zombie at May 01, 2026 04:51 PM (Av6i5)

136 Zebra was a really good band that never really took off. I have their first album on vinyl, in very good condition.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 01, 2026 04:51 PM (0aYVJ)

137 New Orleans' first female sheriff fired, indicted on 30 counts related to prison break
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Can you say "Fundamentally non-serious" selection? Sure ya can...

Posted by: Crusader at May 01, 2026 04:52 PM (TN0g+)

138 The Movie of the Year is apparently now the Michael Jackson lovefest boilerplate biopic "Michael," which has made so much money in its first few days that they're already announced a sequel. Unfortunately, the sequel will have to focus on his later (facial surgery/child molestation" era, so I don't think they realize quite yet how stupid the decision to make a sequel is gong to be.

Given that the family has to approve it, and that they're all about the Benjamins and nothing but the Benjamins, I don't think they're under any illusions.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)

139 Where would a zebra blend in?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:52 PM (in1PH)

140 What I want to see is this new "zombie" movie:

Florida vs. SF: The Flakka-Fentanyl Wars

Posted by: zombie at May 01, 2026 04:53 PM (Av6i5)

141 Aren't hippos the most dangerous mammal or something?

Other than humans.
Posted by: alexthechick at May 01, 2026 04:44 PM (ZznmO)
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Hippos are dangerous. They are ornery and they are easy to anger. And they kind of like inflicting damage, is something I have heard.

But I guess, according to the numbers, Zebras are #1 for killing keepers, apparently. It is probably the quick strikes that do the job. But they will just charge keepers out of the blue, I read.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:53 PM (Fi81e)

142 138 The Movie of the Year is apparently now the Michael Jackson lovefest boilerplate biopic "Michael," which has made so much money in its first few days that they're already announced a sequel. Unfortunately, the sequel will have to focus on his later (facial surgery/child molestation" era, so I don't think they realize quite yet how stupid the decision to make a sequel is gong to be.

Given that the family has to approve it, and that they're all about the Benjamins and nothing but the Benjamins, I don't think they're under any illusions.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)

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There's a second half of the film that they made.

It dealt directly with one of the kids.

The production didn't realize they had to get permission from the kid and his family to include it until they were in editing. They cut out the footage completely.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:53 PM (Y2NSe)

143 There's a drive-through exotic animal zoo near here. They have all sorts of critters that will come right up and you can hand-feed them, including water buffalo, ostrich, emu, camels, etc.

The one animal the guides told us "just throw the food over there" were the zebras. Apparently zebras are assholes.

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 04:54 PM (oqH4h)

144 Dante wanders from one level to the next, talking to souls, getting quick insights into lost/redeemed/saved people, and then moves on.

Honestly, it shouldn't be adapted to screen because it just doesn't have the right structure.
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"They killed his family...." -- Hollywood voice over.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:54 PM (Fi81e)

145 135 The Movie of the Year is apparently now the Michael Jackson lovefest boilerplate biopic "Michael," which has made so much money in its first few days that they're already announced a sequel. Unfortunately, the sequel will have to focus on his later (facial surgery/child molestation" era, so I don't think they realize quite yet how stupid the decision to make a sequel is gong to be.
Posted by: zombie at May 01, 2026 04:51 PM (Av6i5)

No, they'll just do his other popular songs in concert and focus on the parts of his life no one card about...like getting his teeth cleaned, walking a dog, etc - aka, it will be as real and authentic as this movie...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 04:54 PM (tOcjL)

146 139 Where would a zebra blend in?

gotcha covered

Posted by: insinkerator at May 01, 2026 04:55 PM (v3pYe)

147 There's a drive-through exotic animal zoo near here. They have all sorts of critters that will come right up and you can hand-feed them, including water buffalo, ostrich, emu, camels, etc.

The one animal the guides told us "just throw the food over there" were the zebras. Apparently zebras are assholes.

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 04:54 PM (oqH4h)
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And that's a lot to say if camels are in the mix. (From what I've heard.)

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:55 PM (Fi81e)

148 They call Trump a pedo and then go see a movie about a pedo.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 04:55 PM (vFG9F)

149 The one animal the guides told us "just throw the food over there" were the zebras. Apparently zebras are assholes.

It's pretty black and white with them

Posted by: Trivago guy with huge teeth at May 01, 2026 04:55 PM (HcoTw)

150 Shockingly the trailers look decent for a change.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (954tc)

151 Where would a zebra blend in?

Herd of NFL Officials?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (DgMqy)

152 Hippos and mosquitoes kill more people than any other animals in Africa.

Hippos are deadly because they are extremely territorial and they can also just sink to the bottom of the river and hold their breath for tens of minutes where you can't fucking see them until it's entirely too late for you, just trying to catch some fish to feed your family in the bush.

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (oqH4h)

153 The key to Lovecraftian horror is the whole setting, the cinematic universe they live in, and that setting is here and now, our rational, logical, deterministic, observable universe. The characters are just like us because they are here with us and share our understanding of everything. And when the story shatters the veil between the character's tiny world and the vast cosmic horror it puts a few cracks into our's as well.

It feels a bit dangerous. But I think that can be mitigated in part by a nice Cthulhu plushi you can squeeze and hug.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (3uBP9)

154 Have not read through the comments, but I do want to throw out that hippos are very territorial and kill more people in Africa each year than any other animal, unless you count mosquitoes and flies spreading disease.

I assume Casual Geographic probably has something on this, I will post a link if I find it.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (AADrA)

155 Zebra - Tell Me What You Want

https://youtu.be/xMHmTBApUiQ
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 01, 2026 04:50 PM (CNl8/)
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Who's behind the door?

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (Fi81e)

156 "New Orleans' first female sheriff fired, indicted on 30 counts related to prison break"

DEI ... Deceit, Embezzlement, Insurrection ?

Posted by: illiniwek at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (vbXSk)

157 Zebras. Worst camoflage ever.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (in1PH)

158 Apparently zebras are assholes.
Posted by: ballistic

Like AWFLs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (ndZc7)

159 "No, they'll just do his other popular songs in concert and focus on the parts of his life no one card about...like getting his teeth cleaned, walking a dog, etc - aka, it will be as real and authentic as this movie..."

Playing with little kids and blowing Bubbles?

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (vFG9F)

160 Anybody who lived through the 70s and 90s already knows all about Michael Jackson.

For half of the 80s you couldn’t escape him or his life story.

Not sure what a movie could add to all of that for anybody over 40.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 04:57 PM (6ydKt)

161 Where would a zebra blend in?
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A zebra milkshake.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:57 PM (Fi81e)

162 134 We need Crystal Meth Bear.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 04:29 PM

Set it in FL...Meth Gator v. FL Man


sharknado vs crystal meth bear

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2026 04:57 PM (v3pYe)

163 The first Hollywood pedophile movie?

A High Wind in Jamaica

Starring Anthony Quinn and James Coburn.
Review said it was the movie that caught a directors attention to Coburn who created the In like Flint series.

Oh, the pedo. During the intro scenes presented a adolescent/pre-adolescent girl in the rain, dress, no slip, backlit. That's one

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:58 PM (kA/fI)

164 161 Where would a zebra blend in?

An unred newspaper!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 04:58 PM (DgMqy)

165 159 "No, they'll just do his other popular songs in concert and focus on the parts of his life no one card about...like getting his teeth cleaned, walking a dog, etc - aka, it will be as real and authentic as this movie..."

Playing with little kids and blowing Bubbles?
Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 04:56 PM (vFG9F)

If they go there, it will be the way the "fanatics" view it - 100% innocuous - I had no idea how many people are in true denial over his actions...and yes, they are the folks who have seen this movie...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 04:58 PM (tOcjL)

166 Hollywood continues to try and appeal to the lowest common demominator of humanity. It seems to me that every one of these potential cluster F*cks are aimed squarely at the narrow-minded, self-indulgent, stereotype loving half wits whose freetime is spent trying to convince normal people of their superiority. They wouldn't know originality if it took a healthy dump on their face....and would spend their limited energy trying to be offended by that originality.

I hereby remove "entertainment" from the Hollywood library and replace it with MUNDANEMENT™ .

Posted by: Orson at May 01, 2026 04:59 PM (dIske)

167 According to the interwebs hippos kill more people than any other large animal in Africa including lions. They're extremely territorial, surprisingly fast given their size, and highly aggressive if they feel threatened.

Posted by: Hippos are quite dangerous at May 01, 2026 05:00 PM (TbWk/)

168
The hoof is a terrible thing to waste.
_A. Zebra

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 05:00 PM (kA/fI)

169 Everything is worse than Buffy the Vampire Slayer now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 05:00 PM (in1PH)

170 167 According to the interwebs hippos kill more people than any other large animal in Africa including lions. They're extremely territorial, surprisingly fast given their size, and highly aggressive if they feel threatened.

It's all the marbles they eat. Gives them a terrible attitude

Posted by: Trivago guy with huge teeth at May 01, 2026 05:01 PM (HcoTw)

171 Return the Cocaine Hippos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 05:02 PM (in1PH)

172 Zebras evolved in subsaharan Africa with lions, human hunters, and hyenas. The Brits scoffed at the locals for not domesticating the zebra and then they tried domesticating them and ... also failed. Mostly.
I think a few were able to be hitched to wagons but only if the other three equids were actual imported equus.
tl;dr zebras are assholes. Humans have literally had better luck domesticating the cheetah, which is a big housecat that wants skritches and treats.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:02 PM (gKWVE)

173 Honestly, it shouldn't be adapted to screen because it just doesn't have the right structure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:49 PM (Y2NSe)

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It was adapted to the screen, at least the Inferno was. It was Disney's The Black Hole. It was a religious movie wrapped up in sci fi. It starts with Borngnine saying "it looks like something out of Dante's Inferno" and ends with the Hell scene. You need to watch it from a religious/,spiritual perspective.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 01, 2026 05:02 PM (Vh9CX)

174 I don't watch any movies unless there is penetration involved.

Posted by: Zombie Michael Jackson, Chomo at May 01, 2026 05:02 PM (68Ie1)

175 Aren’t big cats color blind, like dogs?
I honestly don’t know.

If so, a Zebra hiding in the grasses of the savanna would blend in quite nicely with the surroundings.

They got those stripes for some reason other than to distinguish them from horses.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:03 PM (6ydKt)

176 >They are making references to Hungry Hungry Hippos

It's either a contractual obligation (as _Battleship_ was) or another of the intentionally bad horror movies based on a character that's just lapsed into the public domain.

>a horror movie in which characters make sensible, logical decisions.

Most horror movies generally show people making reasonable decisions given what they know at the time. Also, viewers sitting in a comfortable, safe movie theater severely underestimate the irrationality of people who are in shock and scared for their lives.

In general, most movies don't have the plot holes or idiot ball problems the average viewer thinks they do because the viewer is only half paying attention and ignores most of what they're shown on screen.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 01, 2026 05:04 PM (LgYtf)

177 I think there's a similar graph to the girlfriend Crazy/Hot one but for animals. And that is Cute/Deadly.

Pandas? They are bears still I think. Pretty cute, probably could still eat you if they wanted but they are kind of dorks. So more towards cute than deadly. .75 cute, .3 deadly. Kittens are .95 cute, .04 deadly, I'd recon.

But hippos? They are the very pareto front of cute, deadly optimization. They are friggin adorable, and they will absolutely annihilate you. 1.0 /1.0

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 05:05 PM (3uBP9)

178 This guy wrote an article about being attacked by a hippo. He lost an arm and a guy he was with got killed.

https://archive.vn/Y2Ylb

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 01, 2026 05:05 PM (CNl8/)

179 I actually liked The Black Hole as a kid.

That big red robot was a badass.
I wanted him as a toy but I’m not sure of they ever made one, or if they did it wasn’t being sold by the time I saw the film.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

180 More annoying Hollywood shit.
Why do women always scream when they see a body? It's a crap cliche. At least get the gay guy to scream.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 05:06 PM (2WIwB)

181 and then Pablo Escobar imported over a dozen hippos to Colombia because fucking cOcAINE, BRO

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:06 PM (gKWVE)

182 Why do women always scream when they see a body? It's a crap cliche. At least get the gay guy to scream.
Posted by: Diogenes

It made sense for Andi in The Goonies because she was already crashing out when she saw Copperpot's skull with bugs crawling in and out of it. I'd probably have done about the same.
The bimbo on Temple of Doom on the other hand, fuck her.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:08 PM (gKWVE)

183 and then Pablo Escobar imported over a dozen hippos to Colombia because fucking cOcAINE, BRO
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:06 PM (gKWVE)
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Hitman: World of Assassination features a level where Agent 47 can eliminate a drug-lord by feeding him to his own pet hippo.

Hilarity ensues. It's worth getting the achievement.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 05:08 PM (gnNyN)

184 They should do a movie about a police officer ignoring the warnings from his dog that the assassin has a gun.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2026 05:08 PM (n5tGW)

185
I'd like AI to create smart, witty movies, well lit and crisply articulated, with well-structured plots, sympathetic characters, illustrations of eternal verities, without explosions, gunfire, car chases, joyless sex, adultery, treachery and dinner-table arguments.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 05:09 PM (HdYcL)

186 Zebras lack a gene that allows them to be domesticated for riding.

Horses weren't domesticated for riding until there was that gene mutation.
Prior to that, horses were only good as draft animals.

I read this in some sciencey article recently

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 05:09 PM (MtSIY)

187 I actually liked The Black Hole as a kid.

That big red robot was a badass.
I wanted him as a toy but I’m not sure of they ever made one, or if they did it wasn’t being sold by the time I saw the film.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

I was always captivated by the ship. A 'ghost' ship if you will. The Cygnus was so cool. This Gothic cathedral in space. I loved when the Captain is wandering through the crew quarters and finding signs that look like they just left (without realizing they were 'leaving'.) Just very cool. I was sad to see it get destroyed at the end of the movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)

188 Best amnesiac “I’m your husband!” Movie was overboard with Goldie Hawk.

Wife’s favorite line - “We live here? Deliberately????”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 05:09 PM (H1WUE)

189 I actually liked The Black Hole as a kid.

That big red robot was a badass.
I wanted him as a toy but I’m not sure of they ever made one, or if they did it wasn’t being sold by the time I saw the film.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

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There were action figures.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 01, 2026 05:10 PM (Vh9CX)

190 Not black and white. More green and blue. Red is straight out.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 05:10 PM (in1PH)

191 179 I actually liked The Black Hole as a kid.

That big red robot was a badass.
I wanted him as a toy but I’m not sure of they ever made one, or if they did it wasn’t being sold by the time I saw the film.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

Maximillian

They did make a toy. I had it.

Also loved The Black Hole. Still kinda do.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 01, 2026 05:10 PM (wCQ1m)

192 It made sense for Andi in The Goonies because she was already crashing out when she saw Copperpot's skull with bugs crawling in and out of it. I'd probably have done about the same.
The bimbo on Temple of Doom on the other hand, fuck her.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:08 PM (gKWVE)

To be fair, if I saw a 80% decomposed skeleton with all kinds of big, ugly, bugs, crawling out of the eye sockets come out of nowhere in the dark, right on front of my face, I’d probably let out a squeal and have to change my underwear later, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:12 PM (6ydKt)

193 I saw Black Hole as a kid and it scared me. I was a bit of a sensitive kid. I'd say the thing that scared me the most was just seeing the commercials for alien. I had nightmares from that. Just the friggin commercials. And I don't think they even ever showed the alien in the commercials. But as a kid it freaked me out.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 05:13 PM (3uBP9)

194 Damn, I missed The Black Hole action figures.

Oh well, I still had Star Wars and GI Joe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

195 I guess black hole and alien came out around the same time.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 05:14 PM (3uBP9)

196 Also loved The Black Hole. Still kinda do.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 01, 2026 05:10 PM (wCQ1m)
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The end of the movie is odd, mostly plays out as an action/disaster flick, then gets "2001" strange as the Cygnus is sucked into a hell dimension.

The middle part, however, as the crew of the Palomino is exploring the Cygnus is very creepy. Great horror ambience.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 05:14 PM (gnNyN)

197 Hollywood will re-adapt it as Ben Stiller’s Inferno. With Robert DeNiro as a cranky but lovable devil. And Adam Sandler reprising his role as Little Nicky.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 05:14 PM (H1WUE)

198 Back when Omni Magazine was a thing they had a article on Giger and then the Alien movie came out.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 05:15 PM (vFG9F)

199 Yes, Overboard managed to make the horrible thing that guy did into a romcom because Goldie and Kurt are freaking adorable.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 05:15 PM (4KUe5)

200 I'd like AI to create smart, witty movies, well lit and crisply articulated, with well-structured plots, sympathetic characters, illustrations of eternal verities, without explosions, gunfire, car chases, joyless sex, adultery, treachery and dinner-table arguments.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 05:09 PM (HdYcL)

Such a dreamer.
I’m not sure those kinds of movies are even possible anymore.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:15 PM (6ydKt)

201 I guess black hole and alien came out around the same time.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 05:14 PM (3uBP9)

Also the first Star Trek movie.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 01, 2026 05:16 PM (CNl8/)

202 O/T but too good not to share.

Remember the Useless Fat Female Secret Service Agent at Butler?

Turns out she is somehow high up in the Secret Service Hierarchy, and was... yes... at the latest attempt on Trump's life... you know, the one with ANOTHER failure in perimeter security.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:16 PM (mP0Kj)

203 Hell No, a horror movie in which characters make sensible, logical decisions.

Well, with story set-up, that should be about a 20 minute movie.

"There's a guy in a hockey mask stalking us and he has machetes and a chainsaw."
/sound of a chainsaw starting/
/5 strong flashlights split the night/
*BLAM!* *BLAM!* *BLAM!*
"You mean this guy?"
"Is he dead? Or do I need to break out my tourniquet and save him for the cops?"

Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 05:17 PM (D4VUo)

204 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)

Yes, I liked the ship, too.

I wanted a ship toy and Maximillian the robot.

I seem to recall some black robots, too?
it’s been awhile since I’ve seen the movie.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)

205 an amnesia/hallucination movie

Memento was the best of those, IMO.

Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 05:18 PM (D4VUo)

206 There were action figures.

Wait. Hold on. Hold on, hold on. Can they really do that?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 01, 2026 05:18 PM (93jhq)

207 Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 05:17 PM (D4VUo)

There is a bunch of 'if a horror movie was done in the South' U tube videos out there.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:18 PM (mP0Kj)

208 Romeo13 ugh.
That woman needs to be posted as night watchpyrsyn at a Mattel kids' toy warehouse.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 05:19 PM (gKWVE)

209 Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:16 PM (mP0Kj)

Why can't Sean Curran fire this woman?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 05:19 PM (WFtAr)

210 I don't think I have seen Black Hole since it came out. I do remember thinking it was dumb.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 05:19 PM (vFG9F)

211 >>> There is a bunch of 'if a horror movie was done in the South' U tube videos out there.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:18 PM (mP0Kj)


Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is a great movie. Highly recommend

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 05:20 PM (3uBP9)

212 without explosions, gunfire, car chases, joyless sex, adultery, treachery and dinner-table arguments.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 05:09 PM (HdYcL)

If you don't have arguments and treachery (and maybe adultery), then where is the conflict the story resolves?

Even the Little Red Hen has treachery (as those who do not want to help her cook want to eat the end result).

Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 05:21 PM (D4VUo)

213 National Lampoon back when The Black Hole came out had a letter: "went to see the Black Hole and Lola Falana wasn't in the movie. Damn honkies"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 05:22 PM (gu0hJ)

214 The end of the movie is odd, mostly plays out as an action/disaster flick, then gets "2001" strange as the Cygnus is sucked into a hell dimension.

The middle part, however, as the crew of the Palomino is exploring the Cygnus is very creepy. Great horror ambience.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 05:14 PM (gnNyN)

It confused me as a kid.
I’d already seen Star Wars, so I was expecting something similar, I suppose.
I do recall seeing the end in ‘hell’ with the silhouette of the robot wondering what just happened.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:23 PM (6ydKt)

215 Thought horses were domesticated shortly after dogs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 05:24 PM (kA/fI)

216 I love well done post apocalyptic movies. I will definitely put that one on my list. Guy Pearce also in it which is a plus.

And Guy Pearce was in one of my favorite semi-post apocalyptic movies, The Rover. It's the movie where I found out that Robert Pattinson was a really good actor.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:24 PM (kxLc1)

217 Project Hail Mary, really good, first Movie I have watched twice brought my 13 son to watch it, such a good movie and I feel better than the book, less sucking the CCP cock in the movie, they just totally cut that out. The book has too much CCP love like they use a Chicom aircraft Carrier instead of a US one and relies on Russian Space tech and Chinese instead of US or Space X which is wild to me. and the book had too much of global warming might save us crap.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 01, 2026 05:24 PM (ubCxQ)

218 Hollywood is shit. All of it.
Next question.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at May 01, 2026 05:25 PM (pE12i)

219 The end of the movie is odd, mostly plays out as an action/disaster flick, then gets "2001" strange as the Cygnus is sucked into a hell dimension.

The middle part, however, as the crew of the Palomino is exploring the Cygnus is very creepy. Great horror ambience.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 05:14 PM (gnNyN)

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Its one of the best payoffs of any movie I've ever seen. At the beginning it is established that the robot Vincent and Kate have an ESP connection. In the middle Vincent tells BOB that there connection was called The Black Hole Project. In the dinner scene it is established that the black hole is beyond human senses. When the crew is going into the black hole, they start spinning and focus on Kate's pupil as a black hole. So we see what she sees with her ESP, extra sensory perception.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 01, 2026 05:25 PM (Vh9CX)

220 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 05:09 PM (HdYcL)

Closest you might come would be romantic comedies from the 30's or 40's but those weren't done by AI.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 05:25 PM (WFtAr)

221 Memento was well done.

We don’t get movies that take that much effort to craft a story like that anymore.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

222 I mentioned it n a previous thread I just watched the documentary on the making of Galaxy Quest- Never Surrender.

If you're a fan of GQ it's a must watch.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:26 PM (kxLc1)

223 The Black Hole did have Yvette Mimieaux in it , so it had that going for it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 05:27 PM (gu0hJ)

224 Guy Pearce is good in Lockout ( escape from NY ripoff) and he was good in Ravenous

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 01, 2026 05:27 PM (ubCxQ)

225 you'll see something that says Raccoon City but otherwise completely ignores everything about the game and all prior films.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


So, no hot chick in tight leather?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 05:28 PM (/lPRQ)

226 So… Cocaine Bear, but with a hippo????
Posted by: Lizzy

Have not read through the comments, but I do want to throw out that hippos are very territorial and kill more people in Africa each year than any other animal, unless you count mosquitoes and flies spreading disease.
Posted by: tankdemon


tankdemon is correct; hippos are asshoe to start with. They don't need cocaine to be asshoe.

Posted by: mikeski at May 01, 2026 05:28 PM (VHUov)

227 Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 01, 2026 05:27 PM (ubCxQ)

Really good in The Proposition and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:29 PM (kxLc1)

228 Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 01, 2026 05:25 PM (Vh9CX)

I need to watch it again with all of that in mind.

I think I’ve seen it maybe three times.
It’s really one of the least popular films Disney made in the 60s - 70s, so you don’t see it anywhere but Disney+ and people rarely talk about it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)

229 So, no hot chick in tight leather?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 01, 2026 05:28 PM (/lPRQ)


Apparently one dude. CD points out that it removes narrative tension as the guy obviously cannot die.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 05:29 PM (ExV1e)

230 Nood polls

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt)

231 That new Mandalorian movie is making about as much box office cash as an ugly hooker.

Posted by: Orson at May 01, 2026 05:30 PM (dIske)

232 Hippos are batshit nuts. Vids of them chasing boats and canoes in the water demonstrate how fast they can move. Apparently they don't swim , just bounce off the bottom really fast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 05:30 PM (gu0hJ)

233 Nood polls
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt)

Movies > Polls

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:30 PM (kxLc1)

234 I mentioned it n a previous thread I just watched the documentary on the making of Galaxy Quest- Never Surrender.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:26 PM (kxLc1)
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A movie that David Mamet, no less, has called "a perfect movie".

Not because it's his favorite, but he explained that it has all the parts required in all the right places. So, it's more of a breakdown thing.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 05:31 PM (Fi81e)

235 Results of studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is inherited only from the mother, showed a great deal of diversity among individuals and strongly supported the idea that wild horses from many different geographic areas contributed to the domestic horse. The mtDNA data clearly indicated that there were multiple sites of domestication, with a large number of mares in the first populations, and that genetic input from local wild horses had been introduced into the domestic gene pool as domesticated horses spread.

The mtDNA data also showed that the modern horse is a mixture of ancient lineages, all of which can be traced back to an “Ancestral Mare,” which lived 130,000 to 160,000 years ago; thus, there is no clear mtDNA signature for modern horse breeds.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 05:32 PM (kA/fI)

236 There is a bunch of 'if a horror movie was done in the South' U tube videos out there.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 05:18 PM (mP0Kj

That would be funny. I really don't think zombies would be much of a threat outside urban areas in America.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 05:32 PM (Sco7b)

237 New thread up

Posted by: Ann at May 01, 2026 05:32 PM (SHHm+)

238 What's the deal with The Big Lebowski? Kinda sucked.

"Balls" Though..Crazy.

Posted by: Moron Critic doesn't know shit from shinolla at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (M692j)

239 How does Wile E Coyote pay for all that Acme deliveries?
Credit card?
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:43 PM (Ia/+0)

I’m guessing he was getting paid helping Mexicans sneak across the border.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2026 04:49 PM (6ydKt)


So Wile E. Coyote was working as a “coyote”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (4ydXZ)

240 Arabs trace the lineage of their horses through the mare.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 05:33 PM (kA/fI)

241 You can be sure of the mare, not so much the stud.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 01, 2026 05:34 PM (4ydXZ)

242 Weird how long it took to invent stirrups.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 05:39 PM (kxLc1)

243
Aren’t big cats color blind, like dogs?

How do we know dogs are color blind?
No rods or cones?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 05:40 PM (Cqx++)

244 A zebra’s stripes are to confuse flies, IIRC

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 05:47 PM (/Chlc)

Quick Hits

The DOJ says it will enforce the Supreme Court's ruling against racist gerrymanders- - which means they'll sue the states to comply.

Missouri GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt asked the Justice Department earlier Thursday to enforce the Supreme Court ruling nationwide, noting it had the power to do so.

"Senator -- we are ON IT!" Dhillon replied on X. "The [Justice Department] under [Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche] continues to prioritize equal protection of the laws for ALL Americans, be it in employment, housing, education -- and voting."

This may make it easier for weak-sister red states like Indiana to redistrict. Indiana's currently resisting doing so, but if the DOJ says it has to....

Surprise! Biden's IRS sued conservative-leaning churches for bringing up political topics during sermons, but let all of their liberal black pastors preach the Democrat Gospel as much as they liked.

A new report released Thursday by the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias reveals what investigators describe as a "stark contrast" and a systemic double standard in how the Biden Internal Revenue Service policed American churches.

"The Biden IRS ... [opened] multiple investigations into Christian churches focused on the content of their sermons. The IRS asked these churches for detailed information about their operations, not just about the alleged violations," the task force wrote.

"But during the same time, when other houses of worship gave sermons that reflected different scriptural interpretations on culture war issues, or prayed for Democrat candidates, the Biden IRS appeared to take no action," the group added.

The task force, which was established by President Donald Trump in an executive order last year, reviewed internal administration discussions, case files and prosecutorial decisions from the Biden administration across 17 federal agencies.

Beyond the IRS's apparent targeting of conservative Christian churches, the task force concluded that the Biden administration's prosecution strategy, internal policies and practices demonstrated an overall anti-Christian bias that permeated throughout the federal government during that period.

...

The task force determined that the Biden administration used the Johnson Amendment -- a 1954 provision added to the tax code which prohibits 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates -- to probe churches that hold traditional Christian teachings, arguing those positions amounted to political support for Republican candidates.

Though the amendment, in theory, limits what pastors whose churches have 501(c)3 nonprofit status can say in evaluating candidates running for political office, it has only been "sporadically enforced," according to the Justice Department.

For example, under the Obama administration, when 30 pastors instructed their congregations in 2008 on how to vote according to their interpretation of scripture, the IRS appears to have only opened an investigation into one pastor. Even then, the IRS dropped the investigation and took no enforcement action.

But, the Biden administration was different. The Justice Department task force documented several investigations opened by the administration into Christian churches for possible violations of the Johnson Amendment.


Pressure grows to prosecute Fauci now that his co-conspirator in the Wuhan Cover-Up has been charged.

The indictment of Dr. Anthony Fauci's former adviser David Morens Tuesday revived calls for the Justice Department to prosecute Fauci himself for allegedly lying to Congress about funding risky research in China before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just two weeks remain before the five-year legal deadline on May 11 to indict Fauci for denying under oath that he funded "gain of function" experiments that modified bat coronaviruses in the same city where the pandemic started.

Morens, 78, was charged with one count of conspiracy, two counts of destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations and two counts of concealment, removal, or mutilation of records relating to the origins of COVID-19. He faces up to 51 years in prison.

Critics say Fauci, 85, bears the most responsibility and that he should be hauled into court.

Trump told The Post in a phone interview on March 31 that he intended to "look into" Fauci's status and Republicans say they believe acting attorney general Todd Blanche, who is seeking the role permanently, might be willing to test Trump's assertion that former President Joe Biden's preemptive autopen pardons, including for Fauci, are invalid.

"99% of this country has no idea who Morens is," said Oversight Project President Mike Howell.

"It's Fauci that they will blame for one of the worst government catastrophes in history in America. And so the test is Fauci. The Morens indictment is great, and we applaud it. But there are a lot of people out there that want to see Fauci held to account for the damage he wrought."

Howell, whose group sent the Justice Department a draft indictment for Morens last year, believes the adviser's actions were closely linked to his boss.

"[Fauci] lied about one of the most damaging events in American history routinely and was behind a massive coverup of the key factors," Howell said.

...

"On Anthony Fauci's case, we think lying to Congress is one felony," Paul said in an interview on Tuesday.

"We also think that destroying federal records and advising others to destroy federal records is also a felony. So I think there's opportunity there... There was a vast both organized and unorganized conspiracy to cover up the fact that the US government was funding the research that led to the pandemic."

Trump said in December that Biden was so mentally diminished that he was either unable to authorize autopen pardons or that his staff did so without his knowledge -- setting the stage for potential legal test-cases. Biden claimed to the New York Times last year that he was aware of them.

To determine the validity of those pardons, "you would have to indict somebody who's been pardoned. And I think it's worth a challenge," Paul said.

...

Paul said it's also possible that Fauci committed crimes after Biden's pardon and that "it might involve the question of conspiracy charges."

The Supreme Court is deciding a very difficult question: is the temporary protective status granted Haitians actually temporary or is it actually, secretly permanent? Is it all just a con on the rubes so they'll be tricked into accepting mass permanent immigration by fiat?


The high court held oral arguments on Wednesday in a pair of consolidated cases known as Mullin v. Doe and Trump v. Miot, which center around Trump's revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 6,000 Syrian and 350,000 Haitian nationals, respectively. Both groups of migrants are currently living in America under the TPS program, which may be used by the executive branch to offer temporary residency to foreign nationals from countries experiencing natural disasters, violent conflicts, and other "extraordinary and temporary conditions."

The Trump administration's efforts to end TPS for the aforementioned groups were halted by lower courts. This was done despite SCOTUS previously pausing similar injunctions in a separate TPS case involving Venezuelan nationals.

Arguing on behalf of the Trump administration, U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer contended that a provision within the Immigration and Nationality Act that governs TPS prohibits any form of judicial review "of any determination by the [DHS] secretary with respect to the designation or termination or extension of a designation of a foreign state for Temporary Protected Status."

"That provision means what it says ... [and] bars judicial review of both the secretary's ultimate decision whether to designate, extend, or terminate, and of each antecedent step along the way to that determination," said Sauer, who added that "even if [challengers'] claims are not barred [by judicial review], they are meritless."

The solicitor general's biggest pushback came from the court's more outspoken Democrat appointees.

Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson kicked off the inquisition by pressing Sauer on what, if any, executive actions regarding TPS are reviewable by federal courts. The Biden appointee's back-and-forth with the solicitor general ultimately prompted Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor to join the fray and pile on with questions about the scope of judicial review as it relates to the TPS program.

Sotomayor's refusal to allow Sauer to respond one of her queries on the issue prompted Chief Justice John Roberts to interject and permit Sauer to answer. It was sometime after this exchange in which Sotomayor and Jackson referenced President Trump's past "sh-thole countries" remarks to push the narrative that, as the former put it, "a discriminatory purpose may have played a part" in the administration's decision to end TPS for the various groups in question.

...

...

The conservative justices' more pressing concerns, however, seemingly came during their questioning of the attorneys representing the respondents, Ahilan Arulanantham (Syrian case) and Geoffrey Pipoly (Haitian case).

Both lawyers argued that the legal provisions governing TPS do not bar courts from reviewing an administration's actions on the program and that the government is required to undertake certain steps (ex. consultation and assessment of a country's conditions) before implementing such policies. They further claimed that the Trump administration did not adhere to this purported process, with Pipoly separately arguing that the president's decision to end TPS for Haitians was racially motivated.

The Party of Plunder:

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes

Los Angeles Controller Kenneth Mejia says they've found fraud and abuse

- A single homeless service provider gave fake documents and invoices, stealing $23 million for taxpayers

- Another nonprofit named the Skid Row Housing Trust that managed 29 buildings was letting the properties rot. This ended up costing the city of Los Angeles $30-$40 million dollars in repairs

He says the have a batch of 800 more cases and they're "going to be expensive"

The fraud and money laundering is insane


Did the SPLC stage a hate crime in Wisconsin?

The circumstantial evidence is suggestive. Two groups, Moms for Liberty and Gays Against Groomers, protested "Blessings of Liberty," aka drag queen story hours. The SPLC rushed to smear them, adding them to its "hate map."

And then, suddenly, out of the blue -- almost as if they are Rent-A-Racists paid to do so -- "neo Nazis" started showing up at Moms for Liberty and Gays Against Groomers events to discredit them.


Viral video shows the true face of "progressivism:"

At one point, the drugged-out humans begin to sway and move a bit, as Smith tells one of them to pull their pants up.

Drug use can be seen throughout the clip, with one person holding a glass pipe, stating that they were using fentanyl and crystal to get high.

Smith also spoke to one of the people who said they were from Sacramento and came to SF because "the dope is cheaper" and better there.

People on social media reacted to the clip and said it looked like "the start of the apocalypse."

The videographer says the video is from "November or December." SF Police are lying, as usual, claiming it's from years ago, because the government won't admit what they've done.


Speaking of the apocalypse:

A Green Party socialist said airily that Jews were attacked in the UK because "racial hatred" is on the rise. A man in the audience repeatedly asked where -- from which groups -- this racial hatred is coming from, and she repeatedly pretended to not understand the question.

Ultimately, she claimed that racial hatred against Jews is caused by... high food prices.

I wonder if she means Jewish market-owners have brought this on themselves?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:15 PM




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Posted by: GF at May 01, 2026 03:16 PM (iVUs+)

2 I saw that video earlier. I expected it to be some flash mob act.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:17 PM (Fi81e)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)

4 Seems early for a Quick Hits, but I'll allow it.

As if I have any say into it in any way whatsoever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)

5 The DOJ says it will enforce the Supreme Court's ruling against racist gerrymanders- - which means they'll sue the states to comply.

======

Blue states will replace race with partisan makeup and change almost nothing.

Hell, there's a chance that the VA map "passed" last month was actually out of alignment with Gingles since it diluted a black district.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:18 PM (Y2NSe)

6 Pressure grows to prosecute Fauci now that his co-conspirator in the Wuhan Cover-Up has been charged.

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He's apparently already indicted in a few local jurisdictions with some states seeing lawsuits against him at that level as well, saying he was in violation of an assortment of state laws.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:19 PM (Y2NSe)

7 Why do they disparage the groups they fund?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:19 PM (in1PH)

8 This is a good one:
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The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee

Texas Gerrymanders Districts Into Giant Whataburger Logo https://buff.ly/nu9GDmz
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Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:20 PM (Fi81e)

9 The Supreme Court is deciding a very difficult question: is the temporary protective status granted Haitians actually temporary or is it actually, secretly permanent? Is it all just a con on the rubes so they'll be tricked into accepting mass permanent immigration by fiat?

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I'm mostly looking forward to Jackson's concurring dissent.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:20 PM (Y2NSe)

10 Fucki was pardoned?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:20 PM (in1PH)

11 And then, suddenly, out of the blue -- almost as if they are Rent-A-Racists paid to do so -- "neo Nazis" started showing up at Moms for Liberty and Gays Against Groomers events to discredit them.
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Does anybody know the number to Rent-a-Nazi?

I'm sure the Socialist Progressive Listing Center does.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

12 Is that the horse tranquilizer so popular in Philadelphia?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:22 PM (in1PH)

13 Instead of May Day celebrations by communists. I would like to celebrate the abolishment of slavery in the British isles going into effect . The abolishment of the slave trade was put through largely through the efforts of William Wilberforce, and evangelical Christian and his compatriots united with British Quakers. Article from "Good News Network":

https://tinyurl.com/kjtzsvf4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 03:23 PM (ELdpA)

14 >>A leaked 2004 Home Office memo to the Telegraph shows Tony Blair’s team admitting mass migration was a growing concern for people, so they hatched a secret plan to make it more “popular.”

We've secretly replaced Britain's population with 3rd world jihadists.

Let's see if anyone notices.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 03:23 PM (viF8m)

15 Seems that druggies that almost fall over but never quite was part of Richard Prior's act decades ago!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:23 PM (Fi81e)

16 Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson kicked off the inquisition by pressing Sauer on what, if any, executive actions regarding TPS are reviewable by federal courts.

Sauer responded that it didn't matter because judges just make shit up as they go along. (He didn't, but he should have.)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:24 PM (ExV1e)

17 16 Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson kicked off the inquisition by pressing Sauer on what, if any, executive actions regarding TPS are reviewable by federal courts.

Sauer responded that it didn't matter because judges just make shit up as they go along. (He didn't, but he should have.)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:24 PM (ExV1e)

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"Congress has no right to limit the power of the courts."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:25 PM (Y2NSe)

18 High food prices. OK.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

19 Which alleged Red State will sue the DOJ for making the presumed GOP 'leadership' in that State re- district to benefit conservatives ?

Georgia would be an early favourite ?

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at May 01, 2026 03:26 PM (mY89V)

20 tricked into accepting mass permanent immigration by fiat?

In those little cars?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 01, 2026 03:26 PM (Kt19C)

21 Is that the horse tranquilizer so popular in Philadelphia?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:22 PM (in1PH)
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"Horse dewormer" -- It's for HORSES!!.

Horse tranquilizer -- Well, that's a good buzz.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:26 PM (Fi81e)

22 A leaked 2004 Home Office memo to the Telegraph shows Tony Blair's team admitting mass migration was a growing concern for people, so they hatched a secret plan to make it more "popular."

They imported more rapists cuz who doesn't like rape?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:26 PM (ExV1e)

23 This is the way. Get them to be specific and they fall apart. pic.twitter.com/3mQUhSfoyK

— Graham Linehan (@Glinner) May 1, 2026



Shorter Response:

"It's your fault."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:26 PM (Zz0t1)

24 Seriously did ANYONE else not get the name "not the bee"? It took me like four years to get that joke.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 03:26 PM (LGS3t)

25 19 Which alleged Red State will sue the DOJ for making the presumed GOP 'leadership' in that State re- district to benefit conservatives ?

Georgia would be an early favourite ?

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at May 01, 2026 03:26 PM (mY89V)

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Kemp rushed to create a new black district in 2019 when ordered by the court, and he's refusing to convene the legislature to redraw in response to Callais.

So...Georgia would be high on the list, but lawsuits take time.

I really meant it when I said that Callais would have a bigger effect for 2028 than 2026.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:27 PM (Y2NSe)

26 Graham Linehan, creator of Father Ted and The IT Crowd

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 03:27 PM (LGS3t)

27 Fucki was pardoned?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:20 PM (in1PH)

Yeah, Fauci was pardoned proactively by autopen. Along with the J6 committee. Even though they did nothing wrong, you know. Really. Not a whiff of corruption.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 03:27 PM (zZu0s)

28 Fauci was pardoned by Biden.

Well, NOT by Biden, but by Otto Pen.

I seem to remember there being a thing where they were trying to determine if THOSE pardons were actually legitimate. What happened to that?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Zz0t1)

29 Alabama announced today they are going to redistrict.

Sorry Hakeem. You're boned.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 03:28 PM (viF8m)

30 Not the Bee is real news.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:28 PM (in1PH)

31 "The DOJ says it will enforce the Supreme Court's ruling against racist gerrymanders- - which means they'll sue the states to comply."

Waiving them into PA.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 03:28 PM (NFX2v)

32 SAN FRANCISCO 7th & Market st
......

The Fentanyl Fold

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 03:28 PM (UjdFS)

33 SAN FRANCISCO 7th & Market st

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I can see San Franpsycho in that video!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:29 PM (Y2NSe)

34 Which alleged Red State will sue the DOJ for making the presumed GOP 'leadership' in that State re- district to benefit conservatives ?

The DOJ can sue to make them redistrict to get rid of explicitly race based districts but they cannot force them to do so in a manner beneficial to the GOP.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:29 PM (ExV1e)

35 "Horse dewormer" -- It's for HORSES!!.


It was developed for humans. Off label discovery showed it worked for heart worms in animals.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:29 PM (Zz0t1)

36 San Francisco Tai Chi session.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 01, 2026 03:29 PM (wBaIH)

37 If they were traveling by Fiat they would never have arrived.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:29 PM (in1PH)

38 Blue states will sue the doj to prevent enforcement of this ruling and they will make zero changes, file endless appeals and they will wait it out until the next democrat gets elected as president. Once that happens everything will go back to normal racist gerrymander stuff no matter what SCOTUS ruled.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 01, 2026 03:29 PM (0N4FZ)

39 Sue the blue states. Sue the fuck out of them.

Per Grok:

"According to the latest available data from the U.S. Census Bureau (2024 American Community Survey) and analyses of the 119th Congress districts, there are 148 majority-minority congressional districts nationwide. The vast majority of them are located in states won by Kamala Harris in 2024."

148 minority-majority districts!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 03:30 PM (MtSIY)

40 Not the Bee is real news.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:28 PM (in1PH)

Yes. I just didn't realize it was a play on "Not the Bees". Because I'm very very slow apparently.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 03:30 PM (LGS3t)

41 If you are here on a temporary status you should be shown the door NOW.

The Trump Administration must keep up the pressure and deport, deport, deport.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 01, 2026 03:30 PM (WsJuq)

42 Still holdin' out for the hedge fund hottie with cannons.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 03:30 PM (diia5)

43 The Fentanyl Fold

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 03:28 PM (UjdFS)

I've got your Fentanyl Fold right here big boy.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at May 01, 2026 03:30 PM (LGS3t)

44 I think the Japanese dewormer team got Nobel prizes for the paste.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:31 PM (in1PH)

45 39 Sue the blue states. Sue the fuck out of them.

Per Grok:

"According to the latest available data from the U.S. Census Bureau (2024 American Community Survey) and analyses of the 119th Congress districts, there are 148 majority-minority congressional districts nationwide. The vast majority of them are located in states won by Kamala Harris in 2024."

148 minority-majority districts!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 03:30 PM (MtSIY)

=======

"We reviewed the maps without taking race into accounts. Instead, we did it with an eye towards partisan makeup. We shifted these urban districts over by one street."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:31 PM (Y2NSe)

46 Blue states will sue the doj to prevent enforcement of this ruling and they will make zero changes, file endless appeals and they will wait it out until the next democrat gets elected as president. Once that happens everything will go back to normal racist gerrymander stuff no matter what SCOTUS ruled.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 01, 2026 03:29 PM (0N4FZ)


Given their actions where 2A is concerned, I just don't see how you can say that.

*I can't believe I got that all out without breaking into laughter or tears.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:31 PM (ExV1e)

47 Regarding the SF clip, Ace, you have got to see this new SF clip from yesterday -- of the "street market' in the Mission District where EVERYTHING on sale is obviously shoplifted from nearby stores, and the most popular item is "street meat"-- unrefrigerated packages of meat stolen from the surrounding supernarkets and then re-sold for pennies on the dollar. Meanwhile, the police are stationed across the street and do NOTHING. It's absolutely insane:

Street Meat

https://www.kron4.com/video/ people-behaving-badly-street-meat/11749340/

(remove space in URL)

Posted by: zombie at May 01, 2026 03:31 PM (Av6i5)

48 >>Still holdin' out for the hedge fund hottie with cannons

You might have a long wait. The whole has been exposed as a lie.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 03:31 PM (viF8m)

49 You have to appreciate that Congress dutifully wrote a statute to state that an immigration process, which is ultimately a power of the executive, is not subject to judicial review, and the justices, which have no constitutional role in the process, nor power to carry it out, are questioning whether or not they do.

I feel like I’m watching the political version of the Marx Brothers Duck Soup.

Posted by: The Crow where the hell are my peanuts. at May 01, 2026 03:32 PM (SqxZS)

50 Not sure Blue states realize the implications on THEIR gerrymanders from the recent SCOTUS decision. Everyone focused on the Red states. Looking forward to the lawsuits from DOJ and Harmeet Dhillon against Blue states. Could really upset 2028 (too late for 2026).

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at May 01, 2026 03:32 PM (7kJyR)

51 "According to the latest available data from the U.S. Census Bureau (2024 American Community Survey) and analyses of the 119th Congress districts, there are 148 majority-minority congressional districts nationwide. The vast majority of them are located in states won by Kamala Harris in 2024."

148 minority-majority districts!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 03:30 PM (MtSIY)


So.... roughly a third of all House districts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:32 PM (ExV1e)

52 Watch her squirm.
......

and listen to her bloviate. Pure bullshit.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 03:32 PM (UjdFS)

53 Haiti has been a basket case for 200 years because it is full of Haitians.

If the government is sure the Haitians we have here now are somehow "the good guys", give them guns when you send them home.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)

54 42 Still holdin' out for the hedge fund hottie with cannons.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 03:30 PM (diia5)


Hedge Fund Hotties With Cannons was supposed to play at the '97 Lilith Fair, but, due to complaints by the other artists, they were disinvited.

Posted by: Lilith Fair Facts at May 01, 2026 03:33 PM (B0NCh)

55 49 You have to appreciate that Congress dutifully wrote a statute to state that an immigration process, which is ultimately a power of the executive, is not subject to judicial review, and the justices, which have no constitutional role in the process, nor power to carry it out, are questioning whether or not they do.

I feel like I’m watching the political version of the Marx Brothers Duck Soup.

Posted by: The Crow where the hell are my peanuts. at May 01, 2026 03:32 PM (SqxZS)

=====

Much more better.

The acts that create and organize the lower rungs of the judiciary include limitations on their jurisdiction.

The statutes themselves that created the district and appeals courts don't allow them to interfere in immigration enforcement.

Honestly, I think district judges who even hear the cases should be arrested.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:33 PM (Y2NSe)

56 “ A single homeless service provider “

I found the abuse of English.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 03:34 PM (E6xSb)

57 Will the R/D split of blue states stay the same if they're sued?

Likely.

But, forcing them to fight each other drawing the new lines to protect their safe seats and protect their incumbents and all that will be worth 100X on every penny spent.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 03:34 PM (MtSIY)

58 I wonder if black women face palm every time that idiot Jackson speaks. Biden didn’t pick the best and brightest did he.

Posted by: The Crow where the hell are my peanuts. at May 01, 2026 03:34 PM (SqxZS)

59 Blue states will replace race with partisan makeup and change almost nothing.

Hell, there's a chance that the VA map "passed" last month was actually out of alignment with Gingles since it diluted a black district.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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From Callais majority opinion, page 3, "In short, §2 imposes liability only when the evidence supports a strong inference that the State intentionally drew its districts to afford minority voters less opportunity because of their race. Not only does this interpretation follow from the plain text
of §2, but it is consistent with the limited authority that the Fifteenth Amendment confers. Pp. 22–26.

(b) This interpretation does not require abandonment of the framework for evaluating §2 claims that the Court established in Thornburg
v. Gingles, 478 U. S. 30. The Court need only update the framework so it aligns with the statutory text and reflects important developments since the Court decided Gingles 40 years ago."

Alito is smart, he did not throw out the VRA Section 2 and other court precedents as unconstitutional facially, but rather as applied. Majority minority districts don't meet the standard for strict scrutiny as required.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:34 PM (E4rtv)

60 Oh the ways I want Fauci and his entire bloodline to suffer.

Art the Clown, Jason and Freddy would stand by going "Damn dude, they've suffered enough!"

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 03:35 PM (Sco7b)

61 I would be putting the screws to Morens right now. I would remind him that at age 78, the average life expectancy for men is 79 (CDC) which I think is too low but there it is. Does he really want to spend his remaining years being the fall guy for his boss and dealing with these charges? I would offer him reduced penalties for the destruction of documents in return for solid information on his former boss with documentation if available such as emails between the two, etc. I would make him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Posted by: Cheri at May 01, 2026 03:35 PM (oiNtH)

62 57 Will the R/D split of blue states stay the same if they're sued?

Likely.

But, forcing them to fight each other drawing the new lines to protect their safe seats and protect their incumbents and all that will be worth 100X on every penny spent.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 03:34 PM (MtSIY)

======

The switch from race to partisan makeup in states that want to retain their urban districts as is will be so easy that lawsuits against them will get dismissed very quickly, and all appeals will fail.

The only states where it will matter will be states that have legislatures that want to change them but can't for whatever reason (foot-dragging governor, or whatever).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:35 PM (Y2NSe)

63 SAN FRANCISCO 7th & Market st

======

I can see San Franpsycho in that video!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
......

The one with his pants down?

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 03:35 PM (UjdFS)

64
The one with his pants down?
Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 03:35 PM (UjdFS)



To be fair, it wasn't during the Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:36 PM (Zz0t1)

65 You might have a long wait. The whole has been exposed as a lie.
Posted by: JackStraw


That's why it's interesting like a car crash.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 03:36 PM (diia5)

66 moron lady ... poor people don't HATE more ... and NOBODY hates immigrants for being immigrants ... people don't like how the IMMIGRANTS behave ... (thats not hate thats NOTICING the behavior)

Posted by: The Dark Lord at May 01, 2026 03:36 PM (DBAaD)

67 Posted by: The Crow where the hell are my peanuts. at May 01, 2026 03:34 PM (SqxZS)

The Democrats went from using whites in blackface to denigrate blacks to using actual blacks to denigrate blacks. It's fucking beautiful in its evil simplicity.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 03:36 PM (LGS3t)

68 The black market beef is too damn high.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:37 PM (in1PH)

69 The DOJ says it will enforce the Supreme Court's ruling against racist gerrymanders- - which means they'll sue the state
-
It may be worth noting that redistricting doesn't even necessarily need to be optimized for GOP districts. These gerrymanders exist for a reason, and even just assigning precincts randomly will result in problems for the Ds particularly if it's done everywhere.

Posted by: Methos at May 01, 2026 03:37 PM (vSvIl)

70 San Francisco Tai Chi session.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
......

in super Slo-Mo.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 03:37 PM (UjdFS)

71 Roberts has single handily destroyed most of the judiciaries credibility. He has let a generation of leftists who use the law and process as their shield, to ultimately subvert and undermine the process.

I know he probably believes he’s actually showing the beneficence of the judiciary, but he’s really exposing its flawed, authoritarian underbelly and the weakness of nostalgic retards like himself.

These cases should have been dismissed and laughed at.

Posted by: The Crow where the hell are my peanuts. at May 01, 2026 03:38 PM (SqxZS)

72 It's one of the reasons why 20th-century progressives have viewed "conservatism" as inherently "anti-intellectual".

Really depends on how much the courts want this enforced.

The blue states will likely just claim the current districts are the partisan makeup they want or something else not raced based BUT there will be plenty of paper trail saying they are race based.

If the courts really want to screw with them they could make a reverse VRA test where the blue states, which have a history of racial discrimination now have to prove their districts aren't racially gerrymandered and could even end up with right wing judges setting the districts which would be just...Chef's Kiss...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 03:39 PM (sKqQm)

73 The efforts to "create a truly multi-cultural society" in the UK continues apace. It's going so well they are imprisoning critics. By what can only be the grace of God, Katies Hopkins remains free.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 03:39 PM (2ap+5)

74 I'm pretty sure that 'Frisco video is the opening scene from Dawn of the Dead.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 03:39 PM (ndZc7)

75 Somebody should go out to Indiana and beat those republican legislators with a stick.

Posted by: The Crow where the hell are my peanuts. at May 01, 2026 03:40 PM (SqxZS)

76 75 Somebody should go out to Indiana and beat those republican legislators with a stick.

Posted by: The Crow where the hell are my peanuts. at May 01, 2026 03:40 PM (SqxZS)

======

"It's Trump's fault Indiana didn't redistrict because he was mean to the Republicans in the state and tried to impose his will on them."

"Man, DeSantis is awesome for redistricting Florida even through Trump was real mean to him in the primary."

Literally the same douche on X (Bonchie).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:41 PM (Y2NSe)

77 You don't even hear "multiculturalism" anymore. It became "diversity".

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 03:41 PM (LGS3t)

78 Hey Horde you should have your Mo-Mees in San Francisco!!

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 03:41 PM (Gqar8)

79 Wow I pasted the wrong comment to respond too...I guess I started drinking a little too early today...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

80 Divershitty.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:41 PM (in1PH)

81 It's almost as if leftists are all assholes or something

@BreannaMorello
🚨UPDATE🚨

Chris Ostroushko and DeYanna Ostroushko FILED A LAWSUIT against their estranged daughter, Desiree Ostroushko.
The couple claims they loaned Desiree money so she could flee an abusive relationship, in the lawsuit filed last week.
Desiree has not paid the couple back, according to the pair.
The couple says their daughter owes $1,076.41, plus Court filing fees.
The lawsuit was filed after Desiree publicly distanced herself from her family, who are now accused of violently assaulting Turning Point reporter Savanah Hernandez.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 03:42 PM (diia5)

82
Willowed many threads ago but relevant thanks to Jew-hatred everywhere:

Shapiro should be the OBVIOUS choice for Dems right now.

Moderate profile from a moderate state. (Yes I know he is a nutbar).

But he's Jewish so I guess that is a non-starter for them
Posted by: 18-1

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You'd think THEY would be a non-starter for HIM.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 03:42 PM (n7rxJ)

83 The blue states will likely just claim the current districts are the partisan makeup they want or something else not raced based BUT there will be plenty of paper trail saying they are race based.

I imagine that you could use demographics to show that the districts had significantly concentrated a single race into the district, thereby negatively affecting all other races in the district, to at least suggest that while partisan makeup may have been a factor, even the key factor, in the design, that race was the mechanism used to achieve it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:42 PM (ExV1e)

84 Copperhead Democrats, just say no.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 03:42 PM (swhgH)

85 >> Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 03:36 PM (LGS3t)

Jackson is not meant to be a justice. She’s meant to be a fifth column subversion. That Democrats used their black voters as a means to camouflage what they were really doing is an ignominious thing of beauty. She’s dumber than a bag of dirt.

Posted by: The Crow where the hell are my peanuts. at May 01, 2026 03:42 PM (SqxZS)

86 Hobo hunting in San Francisco must be easy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:43 PM (in1PH)

87 "Hate is on the rise."
What a vapid statement.

Show me a graph of hatred over time.
What is the unit of measure for hate?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 03:43 PM (2Ez/1)

88
Blue states will replace race with partisan makeup and change almost nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

They align so well, this should be doable.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 03:43 PM (n7rxJ)

89 "Man, DeSantis is awesome for redistricting Florida even through Trump was real mean to him in the primary."

Literally the same douche on X (Bonchie).


The old McVain style of politics pisses me off. As a national profile politician said something mean about you and now you want to betray your principles to get back at him?

Break out your pacifier. Go to your happy place. Then come back, be a man, and do what you were elected to do. I don't give a shit if Trump insulted you. If it makes you feel better insult him back WHILE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)

90 That video in San Fran is what the left wants for you. They want all of America to look like that.

A stoned society is a controlled society.

They'll be able to take your guns and you won't even notice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)

91 I love hate.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:44 PM (in1PH)

92 Oligachy!!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 01, 2026 03:44 PM (B0NCh)

93 Damn, that SF clip.

It's like a zombie movie before they strike.
And vote Democrat.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 03:44 PM (Sco7b)

94 38 Blue states will sue the doj to prevent enforcement of this ruling and they will make zero changes, file endless appeals and they will wait it out until the next democrat gets elected as president. Once that happens everything will go back to normal racist gerrymander stuff no matter what SCOTUS ruled.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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It doesn't really matter anymore what blue states try to do or Marc Elias. It is done and in fact, blue states themselves are now liable for citizen lawsuits over districts, particularly state legislative and city district lines. Race is not permissible as a standard anymore for districting and those state AGs are going to face a raft of lawsuits themselves as Democrats often documented out loud in hearings, etc. that they were using race just that way. That is how we ended up with urban rotten boroughs like AOC's.

And Mr. Scott, as I put above, Thornburg v. Gingles was NOT overruled and thus "Stated succinctly, a bloc voting majority must usually be able to defeat candidates supported by a politically cohesive, geographically insular minority group. " Thornburg v. Gingles. And that applies to black block voting as well as white btw.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

95 89 The old McVain style of politics pisses me off. As a national profile politician said something mean about you and now you want to betray your principles to get back at him?

Break out your pacifier. Go to your happy place. Then come back, be a man, and do what you were elected to do. I don't give a shit if Trump insulted you. If it makes you feel better insult him back WHILE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)

=======

All politics is inherently tribal.

It's just a question of which tribe.

The establishment GOP (collectively, across states and levels of government) is its own tribe which sees the base as another tribe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:45 PM (Y2NSe)

96 Chris Ostroushko and DeYanna Ostroushko FILED A LAWSUIT against their estranged daughter, Desiree Ostroushko.
The couple claims they loaned Desiree money so she could flee an abusive relationship, in the lawsuit filed last week.
Desiree has not paid the couple back, according to the pair.
The couple says their daughter owes $1,076.41, plus Court filing fees.
The lawsuit was filed after Desiree publicly distanced herself from her family, who are now accused of violently assaulting Turning Point reporter Savanah Hernandez.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 03:42 PM (diia5)


Sounds like they were the abusive relationship she was fleeing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:45 PM (ExV1e)

97 Trump hurt my feelings is the excuse of every weak kneed, wife swapping, gimp embracing so called Republican turncoat alive.

Posted by: The Crow where the hell are my peanuts. at May 01, 2026 03:45 PM (SqxZS)

98 > guess I started drinking a little too early today...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 03:41 PM
+++

Gotta start in the morning if you're gonna drink all day.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at May 01, 2026 03:45 PM (2Ez/1)

99 Granted I was not an English major in college, but I’m pretty sure the word temporarily doesn’t mean never ending.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 03:46 PM (UemNC)

100 "Hate keeps you alive 41."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 03:46 PM (swhgH)

101 Quick Hits at 3:15? Are we celebrating Commie Day, Ace?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 01, 2026 03:46 PM (w6EFb)

102 If the courts really want to screw with them they could make a reverse VRA test where the blue states, which have a history of racial discrimination now have to prove their districts aren't racially gerrymandered and could even end up with right wing judges setting the districts which would be just...Chef's Kiss...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 03:39 PM (sKqQm)

THIS^^^^^^^^^^

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at May 01, 2026 03:46 PM (7kJyR)

103 It does in tax law.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:46 PM (in1PH)

104 Shapiro should be the OBVIOUS choice for Dems right now.
Moderate profile from a moderate state. (Yes I know he is a nutbar).
But he's Jewish so I guess that is a non-starter for them
Posted by: 18-1
__________

The only way a "moderate" dem is the nominee is if they get absolutely spanked in the midterms.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 01, 2026 03:47 PM (XvL8K)

105
The full name of the Johnson who introduced the Johnson Amendment is Lyndon Baines Johnson. He was a U.S. Senator from Texas when he proposed the amendment in 1954.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 03:47 PM (kA/fI)

106 "As a national profile politician said something mean about you and now you want to betray your principles to get back at him?"

Regional and Local Pols do the same thing.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 03:47 PM (DgMqy)

107 All y’all gots ta do is vote fo’ de Democrat, and Jeeebuff g’wah gibs y’all money!

Posted by: Black Preacher at May 01, 2026 03:48 PM (PdEg9)

108 104 Shapiro should be the OBVIOUS choice for Dems right now.
Moderate profile from a moderate state. (Yes I know he is a nutbar).
But he's Jewish so I guess that is a non-starter for them
Posted by: 18-1
__________

The only way a "moderate" dem is the nominee is if they get absolutely spanked in the midterms.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 01, 2026 03:47 PM (XvL8K)

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What was the last "on paper" great choice who won a nomination for president for either party?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Y2NSe)

109 Yeah I don’t think Democrats are going to easily whiteout “race” and replace it with partisan. Oops. Oopsie.

Posted by: The Crow where the hell are my peanuts. at May 01, 2026 03:48 PM (SqxZS)

110 All y’all gots ta do is vote fo’ de Democrat, and Jeeebuff g’wah gibs y’all money!
Posted by: Black Preacher at May 01, 2026 03:48 PM (PdEg9)



This is a preacher from 1785.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)

111 The EU left, including Blair and also our left , are literally traitors to each of their respective countries. Unfortunately since most of the establishment "conservative" parties like the GOPe are reckless and incompetent, we are pretty much on our own. The one thing that does make smile is knowing that if the West does collapse, the traitors and their families will be some of the first up against the wall

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 03:48 PM (gu0hJ)

112 That SF is just so sad. And there a many places like that in many cities.

As far as that UK video, man, they will just lie and disassemble right to your face without any embarrassment or shame.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2026 03:48 PM (n5tGW)

113 Damn, that SF clip.

It's like a zombie movie before they strike.
And vote Democrat.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 03:44 PM (Sco7b)
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I was watching it with the sound off, and thought it was a flash mob about to break out in something.

And then nothing, but the kid walking his bike around to all the druggies.

Come to think of it, it's been a while since I saw a flash mob video....

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:49 PM (Fi81e)

114 The people who should be arrested at drag story hour are the parents who subject their kids to that garbage.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2026 03:49 PM (6bDIQ)

115 88
Blue states will replace race with partisan makeup and change almost nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

They align so well, this should be doable.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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TJM, as a legal matter, not as simple as you think.

I went back and reread the key parts of both Callais and Gingles and it is not as easy as you think. Basically, drawing extreme gerrymanders might trigger reverse racial bloc voting as that is still allowed because Callais did not overrule Gingles. It applied strict scrutiny (Brennan in Gingles could not get the court majority on board with his positive discrimination musings) to the VRA and that kills intentionally structuring districts using race because strict scrutiny forbids it because the remedy is not narrowly tailored to meet the VRA's compelling interest in preventing racial discrimination on voting and districting.

Thornburg v Gingles is a mess of a decision and that is why the majority minority districts came about in the first place. Via the DoJ and the Civil Rights Division during Reagan Bush years.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:49 PM (E4rtv)

116 Kensington Philadelphia is worse.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:49 PM (in1PH)

117 That 7th and Market video is the Left 's counter to making America great again.

Posted by: Rex B at May 01, 2026 03:50 PM (a992C)

118 Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)

"Trump was mean" is just an excuse for R's to not do the things they have promised for 50 years and never done.

Think about it. They are politicians. Everyone in politics is "mean" to each other! These are the nastiest of the nasty people who ascend, they are not shy wallflowers and retiring snowflakes despite often appearing so.

They are ruthless backstabbing bastards in a ruthless backstabbing bastard game. It's not a sewing circle. This whole "he was mean" thing is ludicrous on its face. They're ALL mean.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 03:50 PM (LGS3t)

119 It does in tax law.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:46 PM (in1PH)
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Or it gets the hose.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)

120 As a national profile politician said something mean about you and now you want to betray your principles to get back at him?

Principles?

https://youtu.be/bFEoMO0pc7k?t=8

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:50 PM (ExV1e)

121 Chris Ostroushko and DeYanna Ostroushko FILED A LAWSUIT against their estranged daughter, Desiree Ostroushko.
The couple claims they loaned Desiree money so she could flee an abusive relationship, in the lawsuit filed last week.
Desiree has not paid the couple back, according to the pair.
The couple says their daughter owes $1,076.41

-
Where my money, bitch?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 03:50 PM (ndZc7)

122
Regional and Local Pols do the same thing.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 03:47 PM (DgMqy)

Where do fed politicians start out at?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 03:51 PM (E6xSb)

123 122 Where do fed politicians start out at?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 03:51 PM (E6xSb)

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New York real estate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:51 PM (Y2NSe)

124 Moderation is not going to win their nomination.

I feel like Jesse Jackson.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 03:51 PM (LGS3t)

125 Blue states will replace race with partisan makeup and change almost nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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Well, the decision explicitly says it that the Constitution doesn't stop a party for redistricting for partisan advantage.

And although that sucks, I rather agree.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)

126 122
Regional and Local Pols do the same thing.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 03:47 PM (DgMqy)

Where do fed politicians start out at?


YES

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 03:52 PM (DgMqy)

127 How’d you like to go to work every day ay the T-Mobile store in that clip??

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 03:52 PM (Gqar8)

128 Any time I hear that a politician is "principled" I want to reach for my revolver.

Posted by: Tommy Masshole at May 01, 2026 03:52 PM (9CBNQ)

129 That 7th and Market area needs a whole lot of the Biden "I Did That!" stickers.

Posted by: Wally at May 01, 2026 03:52 PM (65cLN)

130 I like that the PM rides in a Range Rover. Something so British about that. Soon enough they’ll change that to some Pakistani car company I’m sure.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 03:52 PM (UemNC)

131 The couple says their daughter owes $1,076.41

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Wow. How do you get so lucky that you feel only out a thou on grown kids?

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)

132 102 If the courts really want to screw with them they could make a reverse VRA test where the blue states, which have a history of racial discrimination now have to prove their districts aren't racially gerrymandered and could even end up with right wing judges setting the districts which would be just...Chef's Kiss...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 03:39 PM (sKqQm)

THIS^^^^^^^^^^

-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter

Yes they can. Most Democrats in state legislatures were quite comfortable in using racial language and outright racism in constructing districts. I had to read some of that literature back as a RA for my supervising professor. We shall have to wait and see but you are going to see a lot of districts inside states being challenged for the way they were drawn up. GOP has an easier task in that huge seas of red allow contiguous and compact districts being drawn easily, not so for Democrats trying to maximize gerrymandering and their racial coalition nature means rank political tradeoffs in those debates.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)

133 I think, but am unsure, the only slight benefit to partisan makeup instead of racial is that its going to be a little bit harder to construct for the dems. It should go without saying that nothing should be based on race.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2026 03:54 PM (n5tGW)

134 They should show that SF drug addict video in schools across the country.
So sad.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 03:54 PM (NpAcC)

135 The SPLC needs to be sued by these groups to have their organizations taken off the “hate maps” and hate lists. Is that possible?

The federal action is fine, but the organizations and individuals they have smeared and had canceled online/debanked need to have their good names restored.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 03:55 PM (4KUe5)

136 Hope Virginia gets bitten in ass trying to rig the election to a 1 party state

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 03:55 PM (Ia/+0)

137 Shapiro should be the OBVIOUS choice for Dems right now.
Posted by: 18-1


The mayor of Baltimore, Ivan Bates, is getting a lot of press recently for supposedly reducing crime. He's black. He could get a nomination and win just on those two things. The GOP better watch him closely.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 03:55 PM (diia5)

138 SF is the idyllic liberal dream. See how happy they are?

See how happy you are having an abortion?

See how happy you are having euthanasia as an option?

See how happy you are mutilation your children to pretend they can change their gender?

See how happy you are having perversion pushed on your family?

See how happy you are without a traditional family, slaving away for a corporation, not them?

See how happy you are without God in your life?

No- you’re not happy?

“ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”

Matthew 5:6

Posted by: Marcus T at May 01, 2026 03:56 PM (d6JUK)

139 133 I think, but am unsure, the only slight benefit to partisan makeup instead of racial is that its going to be a little bit harder to construct for the dems. It should go without saying that nothing should be based on race.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2026 03:54 PM (n5tGW)

Ca.'s new map does that... My district which is NorCal Coastal now stretches to Central valley thus taking away a Republican seat...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 03:56 PM (FtULh)

140 You know what would be hillarious?

The VA and CA gerrymanders get reversed because they used explicit racial qualifications AND lawsuits in NH and ME win and force redistricting in those states leading to New England to go from 19-0 to something like 17-2.

No those two seats aren't big in the grand scheme of things but breaking up the most obvious and longest running gerrymander in America would be exhilarating...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

141 RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen defends Maine Democrat Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo and social media posts, including saying women should "act like an adult" to avoid rape.

HOST: "The dude had a Nazi tattoo..."

VAN HOLLEN: “He went through a really rough period…"

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Yeah, that whole Stalingrad thing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 03:57 PM (ndZc7)

142 Does anybody know the number to Rent-a-Nazi?

I'm sure the Socialist Progressive Listing Center does.


Socialist Progressive Learing Center, you mean.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 01, 2026 03:57 PM (2ocoG)

143 I always assume every "far right" hate group or protesters are Astro turf unless proven otherwise( they never are)

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 03:57 PM (YwEeS)

144 Those Ostroushkos sure are classssssy!
Suing their one daughter after urging on the other daughter to attack Savannah Hernandez.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 03:57 PM (4KUe5)

145 @RNCResearch
Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen defends Maine Democrat Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo and social media posts, including saying women should "act like an adult" to avoid rape.

HOST: "The dude had a Nazi tattoo..."

VAN HOLLEN: “He went through a really rough period…"



Ummmmm.......Tattoo removal has been a thing for quite some time now.

I'm just saying.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)

146 That SF video could be from any mid sized city and above in America. When cities break 100k or so population they inevitably become Democrat run and turn to shit.

Sadly my city is going through this transformation. Used to be an awesome small city. Clean and safe and well run. 20 years later the population has doubled, leftists have taken over local govt and it’s turning to shit. In another 10 years there will be scenes like this downtown. I’ll be long gone by then.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 03:58 PM (UemNC)

147 144 Those Ostroushkos sure are classssssy!
Suing their one daughter after urging on the other daughter to attack Savannah Hernandez.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 03:57 PM (4KUe5)

Just trash.

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 03:58 PM (Gqar8)

148 Chris Ostroushko and DeYanna Ostroushko FILED A LAWSUIT against their estranged daughter, Desiree Ostroushko.
The couple claims they loaned Desiree money so she could flee an abusive relationship, in the lawsuit filed last week.
Desiree has not paid the couple back, according to the pair.
The couple says their daughter owes $1,076.41


I wonder what Desiree is planning to get her parents for Mothers Day and for Fathers Day?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2026 03:59 PM (wVcYX)

149 The SPLC needs to be sued by these groups to have their organizations taken off the “hate maps” and hate lists. Is that possible?

The federal action is fine, but the organizations and individuals they have smeared and had canceled online/debanked need to have their good names restored.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 03:55 PM (4KUe5)
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No. Let them construct whatever lists they want--that any politician would argue that you should be hemmed in by what some third-party group says about you is the farce.

That's why you don't outsource the regard the state ought to have for citizens. The problem is that it is attached to power.

Also, let them be sued when it's provable libel.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:59 PM (Fi81e)

150 No those two seats aren't big in the grand scheme of things but breaking up the most obvious and longest running gerrymander in America would be exhilarating...

Ditto Maryland's gerrymander where districts in the literal Appalachians have a thin finger going back to the 'hood in West Baltimore.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 01, 2026 03:59 PM (2ocoG)

151 89 "Man, DeSantis is awesome for redistricting Florida even through Trump was real mean to him in the primary."

Literally the same douche on X (Bonchie).

The old McVain style of politics pisses me off. As a national profile politician said something mean about you and now you want to betray your principles to get back at him?

Break out your pacifier. Go to your happy place. Then come back, be a man, and do what you were elected to do. I don't give a shit if Trump insulted you. If it makes you feel better insult him back WHILE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING
Posted by: 18-1

Salem was all in on DeSantis (some of them wanted Cruz back in 20160. Bonchie is simply expressing his past grudges for political battles his side lost versus Trump. It is not as though he ever tried to be an objective political scientist but rather he is what the Right has far too many of in its 'media'. They prefer to pontificate rather than actually get their ass on the streets and report things like Nick Shirley or Salena Zito.

The right media has too few reporters and far too many opinion types that either use main stream media reporting to comment upon or pull it out of their ass when writing.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:59 PM (E4rtv)

152
Jailing is inadequate to stop a communist.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 03:59 PM (kA/fI)

153 145 @RNCResearch
Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen defends Maine Democrat Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo and social media posts, including saying women should "act like an adult" to avoid rape.

HOST: "The dude had a Nazi tattoo..."

VAN HOLLEN: “He went through a really rough period…"


I love how the media calls him an "oyster farmer" with no mention of the Nazi thing... Just one of the folks don't you know...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (FtULh)

154 The bubonic plague could save us.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (in1PH)

155 That 7th and Market video is the Left 's counter to making America great again.
Posted by: Rex B

There's no reason for normies to go to 7th & Market. There's nothing there anymore. Before covid and during the day, yeah. Now, nope.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (W5mpo)

156 Why do they disparage the groups they fund?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:19 PM (in1PH)


Kayfabe is the fabe of American politics for the 21st Century

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (rbvCR)

157 It doesn't really matter anymore what blue states try to do or Marc Elias. It is done and in fact, blue states themselves are now liable for citizen lawsuits over districts, particularly state legislative and city district lines. Race is not permissible as a standard anymore for districting and those state AGs are going to face a raft of lawsuits themselves as Democrats often documented out loud in hearings, etc. that they were using race just that way. That is how we ended up with urban rotten boroughs like AOC's.

And Mr. Scott, as I put above, Thornburg v. Gingles was NOT overruled and thus "Stated succinctly, a bloc voting majority must usually be able to defeat candidates supported by a politically cohesive, geographically insular minority group. " Thornburg v. Gingles. And that applies to black block voting as well as white btw.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:44 PM


We are talking about blue states that have completely ignored and flaunted various rulings from SCOTUS on 2nd amendment cases. In particular the Bruen decision comes to mind, multiple blue states (virginia) are enacting laws that directly contradict that decision. They will do the same with this ruling.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (0N4FZ)

158 To.me as a military history buff, its not a purely Nazi emblem.
That Desth's Head was used 200 years before the Nazis.

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

159 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)

Probably not, Sponge. Blacks did not get voting rights till after the Civil War. Black preachers at the time were conservatively religious, Including Richard Allen who was African Methodist Episcopsal and others who were Baptist. These preachers stood for the saving power of Jesus Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit and were not at all like Al Sharpton.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 04:01 PM (Yl2Ob)

160 Well, ya don't say.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Mehdi Hasan says his relatives are now all in love with Tucker Carlson

https://tinyurl.com/3f3s6ab3

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 04:01 PM (NpAcC)

161 Market Street Meth Zombies!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 04:01 PM (RIvkX)

162 HOST: "The dude had a Nazi tattoo..."

VAN HOLLEN: “He went through a really rough period…"


I get that people change. I get that you can go from having extreme views to having either moderate views, or opposing extreme views. I even get that, contrary to what Democrats like to claim, the views of modern Democrats and the views of Nazis aren't thaaaaat far apart.

Still. Maybe don't send someone to Congress for six years who says "I had a rough time but I'm totally over that now."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 04:01 PM (ExV1e)

163 Does anybody know the number to Rent-a-Nazi?

I'm sure the Socialist Progressive Listing Center does.

Socialist Progressive Learing Center, you mean.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 01, 2026 03:57 PM (2ocoG)
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Nah. I want to put "Listing" in there, because they are the modern, Dem-approved version of the commie "blacklists" that Dems usually say they don't like.

Dems were more and more wanting to use SPLC lists to grant legal statuses. You always have to look out for both points of a pincer attack.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:01 PM (Fi81e)

164 I guess Desiree Ostroushko needs a go fund me account.
Or, she could go to work. Of course she may not understand the concept of work. I don't think anyone in that family does.

Posted by: Case at May 01, 2026 04:01 PM (9lqZe)

165 Death's Head Cavalry is ubiquitous.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (in1PH)

166 It would be easy to have legit non partisan co reasonable districts where every election would be competitive. But neither party wants that. When 80% of seats are gimmes both parties are fine with it, a lot less work done election time.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (UemNC)

167 74 I'm pretty sure that 'Frisco video is the opening scene from Dawn of the Dead.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrec

That Frisco video reminded of that internet meme back in obamas day where a roomfull of people would stand still like a snapshot. His whole staff did one. Looked just as dumb. Dumasses tryna look like the cool kids.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (AGctT)

168 VAN HOLLEN: “He went through a really rough period…"
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He's still traumatized from Hitler yelling about Steiner not coming...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (xvhJH)

169 I hope the SPLC is facing LOTS of lawsuits.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (Yl2Ob)

170 Seems early for a Quick Hits, but I'll allow it.

As if I have any say into it in any way whatsoever.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:18 PM

We can be bribed, you know.

- The Judges

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (8J7Ay)

171 136 Hope Virginia gets bitten in ass trying to rig the election to a 1 party state
Posted by: Skip
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The Va Sup. Ct has before it an opinion by the district court showing 7 different violations of the referendum of Virginia's state Constitution and statutes. That is why they did not overturn the injunction immediately. The VRA treatment in Callais will complicate that task even more.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (E4rtv)

172 The mayor of Baltimore, Ivan Bates, is getting a lot of press recently for supposedly reducing crime. He's black. He could get a nomination and win just on those two things. The GOP better watch him closely.

Crime is down because Trump sent in some people, same as DC. Said mayor is under a *lot* of fire locally for, among other things, having taxpayers buy him a $750,000 armored SUV with gold rims while the Key Bridge progress is halted.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (2ocoG)

173 "But battling bigots and haters isn’t the only activity of the SPLC. It’s a multimillion-dollar operation with many legs, one of which reaches into American classrooms."

Fron an article at First Things

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (DgMqy)

174
Probably not, Sponge. Blacks did not get voting rights till after the Civil War. Black preachers at the time were conservatively religious, Including Richard Allen who was African Methodist Episcopsal and others who were Baptist. These preachers stood for the saving power of Jesus Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit and were not at all like Al Sharpton.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 04:01 PM (Yl2Ob)



I was referring to the dialect used in the post. Not factual evidence, which I wouldn't have for a name such as "black preacher."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 04:03 PM (Zz0t1)

175 >>>come back, be a man, and do what you were elected to do. I don't give a shit if Trump insulted you. If it makes you feel better insult him back WHILE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING
Posted by: 18-1
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Marco Rubio, out of the fight with Trump he came out a better man.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:03 PM (kA/fI)

176 The guy who drew up CA's new districts explicitly crowed how he used race; that he wanted to increase the number of Hispanics in the districts.

And the reason for the minority-majority districts is because racist white Dems didn't want black Dems deciding the Dem candidate in the primaries.

I think we underestimate how much Dems will fight each other when redistricting is re-opened in blue states.
Minority-majority districts were fine as long as the minorities knew their place was to elect white liberals.
But, there is significant growing angst in within the Dems that now these minorities want a seat at the table.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 04:03 PM (MtSIY)

177 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (8J7Ay)


You in the air yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 04:03 PM (Zz0t1)

178 Still. Maybe don't send someone to Congress for six years who says "I had a rough time but I'm totally over that now."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 04:01 PM (ExV1e)
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The Dems are completely incapable of granting any conservative grace. Although, I can acknowledge the point. I'm really resistant to give grace to a member of party that is increasingly trying to control my life.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:03 PM (Fi81e)

179 Said mayor is under a *lot* of fire locally for, among other things, having taxpayers buy him a $750,000 armored SUV with gold rims while the Key Bridge progress is halted.
Posted by: Ian S.


Well, I said he is black so...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 04:03 PM (diia5)

180 I love how the media calls him an "oyster farmer" with no mention of the Nazi thing... Just one of the folks don't you know...

Posted by: It's me donna

You know, Platner has some good ideas.

Posted by: Paid for by Graham Plitler for Senator at May 01, 2026 04:04 PM (yFLFB)

181 There is one, first. There are a few, seconds. There are many, also rans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:04 PM (kA/fI)

182 The wit and wisdom of Graham Platner.

https://tinyurl.com/pxjtdk77

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 04:04 PM (ndZc7)

183 I love how the media calls him an "oyster farmer" with no mention of the Nazi thing... Just one of the folks don't you know...

Posted by: It's me donna



This, the same media that brought you "Maryland Man."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 04:05 PM (Zz0t1)

184 Crime is down because Trump sent in some people, same as DC. Said mayor is under a *lot* of fire locally for, among other things, having taxpayers buy him a $750,000 armored SUV with gold rims while the Key Bridge progress is halted.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (2ocoG)

Does the mayor have anything to do with the bridge? I thought it’s a federal/state project. I mean I’m sure he’ll be involved in the graft. But is he ultimately responsible about timelines and shit?

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 04:05 PM (UemNC)

185 To.me as a military history buff, its not a purely Nazi emblem.
That Desth's Head was used 200 years before the Nazis.
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)
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Yeah, but like the swastika (even more ancient), it's been tainted by association. Like the toothbrush moustache. Hitler's ruined that look forever. Good thing it's a lame look.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 04:05 PM (xvhJH)

186 To.me as a military history buff, its not a purely Nazi emblem.
That Desth's Head was used 200 years before the Nazis.


The FNM went bonkers a few years ago claiming some teenaged boy had "NAZI hair" because he had a hair style similar to what you see the Germans sporting in WWII movies.

By this standard Platner is a NAZI

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

187 Platner is going be splatner after he leaves loses by 10

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2026 04:06 PM (Cif43)

188 Probably trying to intimidate their daughter, Desiree, related to their own federal trials. If she testifies against them she can be smeared as doing it in retaliation ? Or maybe I’ve watched too many lawyer tv shows…

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:07 PM (4KUe5)

189 "Range Rover is a luxury vehicle brand that is not a part of Tata Motors, but rather is owned by Jaguar Land Rover.

This British multinational car manufacturer is headquartered in Whitley, Coventry, England and is owned by the Indian multinational conglomerate Tata Group.

In 2008, Tata Motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover, thereby becoming the sole owner of the Range Rover brand."

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 04:07 PM (rbvCR)

190 Probably not, Sponge. Blacks did not get voting rights till after the Civil War.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Depends on the state. Most Northern states got to universal suffrage for males pretty quickly including blacks and it gets weird before 1820 or so even in the South. Places like Georgia and Louisiana (which had the ridiculously fractional rules) had free blacks voting early on, holding property, etc. and that was true in places like Appalachia with the Melungeon mixed race populations. There was not formal voter registration in such years until the 1890's so it is difficult to determine exactly who was voting at times.

Same with voting by sex, NJ allowed widows who were head of the household and property owners to vote for example until they didn't. Wyoming allowed women to vote in state elections in the 1870's.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 04:08 PM (E4rtv)

191 weak-sister red states like Indiana

Pick a riot: Gary, Indianapolis or both.

Picking neither put my state senator into the flyer in mailbox everyday fight of his career for his job.

Posted by: DaveA at May 01, 2026 04:08 PM (FhXTo)

192 179 Said mayor is under a *lot* of fire locally for, among other things, having taxpayers buy him a $750,000 armored SUV with gold rims while the Key Bridge progress is halted.
Posted by: Ian S.
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hahahahahaha

That is a caricature out of a '60s hippy magazine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:08 PM (kA/fI)

193 Platner looks like a 10 to 20 year bit Con who is out on parole, looking for enforcer gigs.

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 04:08 PM (Gqar8)

194 I love how the media calls him an "oyster farmer"

Posted by: It's me donna
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I might be movin' to Maine soon,
Just to raise me up a crop of oysters....

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)

195 155 That 7th and Market video is the Left 's counter to making America great again.
Posted by: Rex B

There's no reason for normies to go to 7th & Market. There's nothing there anymore. Before covid and during the day, yeah. Now, nope.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (W5mpo)
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And especially now after the San Francisco Centre died a slow death.

Posted by: beckster at May 01, 2026 04:09 PM (kX27y)

196 You know what is kind of funny? The left argues we are a bunch of white supremacists and neo-nazis.

But the right's response to the SPLC scandal is to point out white supremacists are horrible people and giving them money is horrible.

If it turned out SPLC was giving money to Turning Point or the GOA we'd call them stupid but thank them...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)

197 Oyster farmer house painter. What the diff.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:09 PM (in1PH)

198 love how the media calls him an "oyster farmer" with no mention of the Nazi thing... Just one of the folks don't you know...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (FtULh)

Big fan of a certain painter.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 04:09 PM (LGS3t)

199 Generic Congress poll is all over the place. Some tied, some Ds up 3-5 some Ds up double digits. All thane within the same week.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 04:10 PM (UemNC)

200 158 To.me as a military history buff, its not a purely Nazi emblem.
That Desth's Head was used 200 years before the Nazis.
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)
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Yeah, and the little mustache that isn't wider than your nose was fashionable long before You Know Who came along, too.

Posted by: ballistic at May 01, 2026 04:10 PM (oqH4h)

201 Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 04:08 PM (E4rtv

Thanks. But they weren't talking about getting free stuff from whitey based on their votes. Worst thing that happened to black families seems to have been LBJ and the " Great Society"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 04:11 PM (9OpPK)

202 The FNM went bonkers a few years ago claiming some teenaged boy had "NAZI hair" because he had a hair style similar to what you see the Germans sporting in WWII movies.

Posted by: 18-1

Isn't that the same severe haircut we see amongst the antifa? Except maybe dyed pink or purple?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 01, 2026 04:11 PM (XvL8K)

203 184 Crime is down because Trump sent in some people, same as DC. Said mayor is under a *lot* of fire locally for, among other things, having taxpayers buy him a $750,000 armored SUV with gold rims while the Key Bridge progress is halted.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 01, 2026 04:02 PM (2ocoG)

lol - gold rims. I denounce myself ahead of time, but is the mayor ..... asian?

Between the gold rims and the SF clip, I wonder how Marion Berry is? Ooops. I just checked. Still dead I guess...

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 04:11 PM (Sco7b)

204 Seems early for a Quick Hits, but I'll allow it.

It occurs to me that we usually get a Week in Woke on Fridays so it makes sense that the Quick Hits are early.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 04:11 PM (ExV1e)

205 Next on The Peoples Court: Ostroushko vs Ostroushko

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2026 04:11 PM (wVcYX)

206 Traditionally the Dems need to be at +3 for parity with the Rs in the actual outcome.

The redistricting and VOA case likely double that.

I suspect we'll see significant R gains in the house come election time.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)

207 You in the air yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 04:03 PM

Yup. Boston's about 300 miles behind me. We get into Athens about 2330 your time.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 04:12 PM (8J7Ay)

208 Isn't that the same severe haircut we see amongst the antifa? Except maybe dyed pink or purple?

Yes. And this case ended up being more ridiculous - the kid in question had lost his hair from chemo and chose the hair style because it was still short as he was recovering.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:12 PM (sKqQm)

209 Worst thing that happened to black families seems to have been LBJ and the " Great Society"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 04:11 PM (9OpPK)


As intended. Keeps them as slaves to the political party which gives them crumbs... forever. Welfare is a disease.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 04:13 PM (ExV1e)

210 Yeah, but like the swastika (even more ancient), it's been tainted by association. Like the toothbrush moustache. Hitler's ruined that look forever. Good thing it's a lame look.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 04:05 PM (xvhJH)

The American 45th infantry division used the swastika up until 1939 after the nazis corrupted it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 04:13 PM (snZF9)

211 Trump Buzzes Commie Protesters With Marine One Outside White House

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Get down! Get funky!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 04:13 PM (ndZc7)

212 207 You in the air yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 04:03 PM

Yup. Boston's about 300 miles behind me. We get into Athens about 2330 your time.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 04:12 PM (8J7Ay)

So - you are In The Air Tonight - oh Lord

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 04:14 PM (Gqar8)

213 The Boy Scouts even had swastikas and the Bellamy Salute.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:14 PM (in1PH)

214 There's no reason for normies to go to 7th & Market. There's nothing there anymore. Before covid and during the day, yeah. Now, nope.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (W5mpo)
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And especially now after the San Francisco Centre died a slow death.
Posted by: beckster at May 01, 2026 04:09 PM (kX27y)
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They made Market Street "accessible."

Now it's a wasteland.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 04:15 PM (RIvkX)

215 We are talking about blue states that have completely ignored and flaunted various rulings from SCOTUS on 2nd amendment cases. In particular the Bruen decision comes to mind, multiple blue states (virginia) are enacting laws that directly contradict that decision. They will do the same with this ruling.
Posted by: Mister Scott

2nd Amendment is a different critter. Part of it is that Scotus only grudgingly did Bruen. Even Roberts to his credit seems to be aiming at getting rid of race as a classification. There is a long line of decisions back to Shelby decision canning racialism in US politics. So a cohesive majority exists to roll back racialism of decisions from 1980's forward. There is NOT a cohesive 2A majority right now on the court. ACB and Roberts are weak on it leaving only four justices.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 04:15 PM (E4rtv)

216 Ramblin’ Boy why don’t you settle down? Athens ain’t your kind of town

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Gqar8)

217 President Trump also rejected Iran's latest offer.

I'll let you all compose yourselves after this shocking news...

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 04:16 PM (Sco7b)

218 THIS IS SPARTA!!!

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:16 PM (in1PH)

219 I was looking at that CATO chart claiming rightwing violence was more common then leftwing. I see from 2017-2022 they list 80 people murdered by conservatives.

I can't remember a single notable politically motivated rightwing killing in that time frame.

Is this really just Aryan Nation methheads killing 80 Latin Kings in prison?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)

220 218 THIS IS SPARTA!!!
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 04:16 PM (in1PH)

Sparta ? What the Helot???

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 04:17 PM (Gqar8)

221 Is Platner a Rocky Mountain oyster farmer?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 04:17 PM (Cqx++)

222 So - you are In The Air Tonight - oh Lord
Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 04:14 PM

I've been waiting for this moment...well, for a few months.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 04:17 PM (8J7Ay)

223 $750,000 armored SUV with gold rims

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Well, at least it's not green with pink hearts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 04:18 PM (ndZc7)

224 Omg, Trump buzzing protesters!!!
DC is restricting airspace, so it’s an extra FU move, as he’s about the only one who could fly over them, lol!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:18 PM (4KUe5)

225 199 Generic Congress poll is all over the place. Some tied, some Ds up 3-5 some Ds up double digits. All thane within the same week.

Posted by: Heroq
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First, throw media surveys into the trash. They are to create talking points. Second, Faux News particularly has a horrible pro Democrat polling for decades now. And any such polling should use at least registered voters as a screen and have a sample size greater than about 1000. We shall know more about August or so about what the electorate is likely to look like by then.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)

226 225 First, throw media surveys into the trash. They are to create talking points. Second, Faux News particularly has a horrible pro Democrat polling for decades now. And any such polling should use at least registered voters as a screen and have a sample size greater than about 1000. We shall know more about August or so about what the electorate is likely to look like by then.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)

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I believe all polling, even when completely contradictory and well outside the margin of error for each other. I just average them (and exclude the ones with decent histories because leftists online call them trash polls and Republican pollsters) and say that they are ironclad realities because I'm smart because I used math.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 04:20 PM (Y2NSe)

227 I only know Zoe Saldaña from her mobile phone service commercials, but she seems a very likable person. Time lists her among its list of 100 most something or other people and includes the following in their description of her: "she celebrates her Afro-Latina roots with fierce pride"

Is Time smearing her as a racist?

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 04:20 PM (2ap+5)

228 Omg, Trump buzzing protesters!!!
DC is restricting airspace, so it’s an extra FU move, as he’s about the only one who could fly over them, lol!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:18 PM (4KUe5)

I hope he flushed twice.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 04:20 PM (snZF9)

229 I was looking at that CATO chart claiming rightwing violence was more common then leftwing. I see from 2017-2022 they list 80 people murdered by conservatives.

I can't remember a single notable politically motivated rightwing killing in that time frame.

Is this really just Aryan Nation methheads killing 80 Latin Kings in prison?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)


Data from multiple sources indicate that right-wing extremists have been responsible for significantly more political murders than left-wing extremists. For example, a 2024 report by the National Institute of Justice found that right-wing extremists murdered 520 people since 1990, compared to 78 by left-wing extremists. Another analysis covering 1975–2025 attributed 363 murders to right-wing ideology and 68 to left-wing ideology, with the vast majority of terrorist killings linked to Islamism, primarily due to the 9/11 attacks.

-- National Institute of Justice - part of the DOJ so politicized data.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 04:20 PM (ExV1e)

230 Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:18 PM (4KUe5

I think that's hilarious!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 04:20 PM (2sfNr)

231 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 01, 2026 04:21 PM (NcvvS)

232 Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 04:18 PM (4KUe5)


Love that he enjoys antagonizing the commies

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 04:21 PM (LGS3t)

233 Leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I will be back again

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)

234 Is this really just Aryan Nation methheads killing 80 Latin Kings in prison?
Posted by: 18-1
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If Cato does not list its dataset, then yes, it is probably a load of shiite.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 04:22 PM (E4rtv)

235 Is this really just Aryan Nation methheads killing 80 Latin Kings in prison?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)
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It it's the same data I delved into one of the cases if a skinhead robbing a convenience store to get some money for meth and shoots the clerk.

What could it be but a statement of political principles of the "right"?!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 04:23 PM (Fi81e)

236 President Trump also rejected Iran's latest offer.

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Interesting but scary 9 minute YT about why Iran won't enter into a peace deal. (Hint: it's about Islam.)

https://tinyurl.com/5729u2uv

Go long on Gotterdammerung.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 04:24 PM (ndZc7)

237 I believe all polling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I don't. Did surveys for fedgov, not polling, but it gives you a real sense, even if I didn't have grad education about it and a friend that ran a state poll as director, that polling is badly done for the most part.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 04:24 PM (E4rtv)

238 Crime is down because Trump sent in some people, same as DC. Said mayor is under a *lot* of fire locally for, among other things, having taxpayers buy him a $750,000 armored SUV with gold rims while the Key Bridge progress is halted.

Posted by: Ian S.
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I can't find that anywhere. Is it my crappy browser?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:24 PM (kA/fI)

239 237 I believe all polling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I don't. Did surveys for fedgov, not polling, but it gives you a real sense, even if I didn't have grad education about it and a friend that ran a state poll as director, that polling is badly done for the most part.
Posted by: whig
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Comrade, believing polls is party line. Go against party, party is over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 01, 2026 04:26 PM (kA/fI)

240 The TPS thing is especially infuriating. The law, as written, and passed by congress, and signed by the president, long before Trump took office, says straight up the decisions on temporary protected status are NOT subject to judicial review.

NOT. That means extending such status is not subject to judicial review NOR IS ending that status. The judges have no decision to make. There is no case or controversy.

By the by, Article 3 judges have NO ROLE in immigration judicial proceedings. None. They have no say. BECAUSE the people being dealt with are NOT American citizens and hence HAVE NO RIGHTS under U.S. Law. They lack any standing to sue anyone or appeal any decision in an article 3 court. Article 2 judges decide immigration cases, and that is an administrative function of the executive branch.

Every Article 3 judge inserting themselves into immigration proceedings is doing so ILLEGALLY. They have no authority.

The supreme court has no standing to hear the case, and the plaintiffs have no standing to even bring the case.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 04:35 PM (954tc)

241 I just ranted, but again - non-citizens do not have rights in Article 3 courts. Furthermore, the supreme court has previously ruled, that deportation is not punishment. Since the foreign national is not being punished, there is no cause or standing for any sort of legal action in an article 3 court.

According to the supreme court, enduing TPS status simply means the person is being deported, and since deportation is not punishment, there is no harm, and hence no basis for standing, and no lawsuit. "My client doesn't wish to leave" is not a basis for a lawsuit. Nor is "I think these guys might be racists". It doesn't matter. That this doesn't get tossed in the first court the motion is filed in is appalling.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 04:41 PM (954tc)

242 Still. Maybe don't send someone to Congress for six years who says "I had a rough time but I'm totally over that now."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 04:01 PM (ExV1e)

"I learned a lot from my life of violence, the drugs and alcohol I abused, and my flirtation with Nazi ideology. I'm ready to serve this nation as a Senator."

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 04:47 PM (954tc)

243 211 Trump Buzzes Commie Protesters With Marine One Outside White House

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It would have been epic if he had Wagner blaring out from the helicopter....

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at May 01, 2026 04:55 PM (9CBNQ)

244 200 158 To.me as a military history buff, its not a purely Nazi emblem.
That Desth's Head was used 200 years before the Nazis.
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

I don't believe for a minute that oyster f**king r*tard has any idea of the historical significance of that prior to WWII. It was an SS tank division; he is a not-see curious r*tard and it's a cool logo so that c*ntish f*ck knuckle had it emblazoned on his chest for all his not-see butt buddies to use for target practice in their zeig heil bukkake political get togethers.

Posted by: Nelly at May 01, 2026 07:29 PM (6+ehB)

245 I don't know whether it's just me or if everybody else experiencing
problems with your blog. It appears like some of the written text on your posts
are running off the screen. Can someone else please comment and
let me know if this is happening to them as well?
This may be a issue with my web browser because I've had this happen previously.
Thank you

Posted by: Residential Power Washing Services Melville at May 01, 2026 07:32 PM (ZVbcx)

DOJ Releases Video of the Democrats' Latest Programmed-to-Kill Assasssin

And they had to release this because the left is pushing conspiracy theories that their new hero did not shoot a cop. They're claiming another cop shot him, in a friendly fire situation.

PJ Media, via Instapundit:

The friendly fire theory just got buried -- on video.

For days, questions swirled about whether a Secret Service agent wounded at the White House Correspondents' Dinner had actually been hit by fellow agents in the chaos. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro put that narrative to rest Thursday night.
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Pirro released new, high-quality security video from the Washington Hilton Hotel showing 31-year-old Cole Allen charging through a Secret Service checkpoint during the April 25 dinner, where President Trump was scheduled to speak. The footage, she noted, had already been submitted to U.S. District Court.

"Today, we are releasing video already provided to U.S. District Court showing Cole Allen shoot a U.S. Secret Service officer during his attempt to assassinate the President at the White House Correspondents' Dinner," Pirro said in her X post. "There is no evidence the shooting was the result of friendly fire."

Any argument they can make to get their new hero off.

Jake Tapper sure is a bear about debunking WITHOUT EVIDENCE conspiracy theories -- except when they come from his Democrat Assassin Audience.

Benny Johnson pointed out that only a single cop was alert when the Democrat Assassin rushed through the magnetometer. He also questioned why two cops were busy taking down the magentometer when the event was still ongoing and there would be people coming and going -- were they just in a rush to get home ASAP?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:17 PM




Comments

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1 The Demonrats are all crazed killers, lusting for violence.

Posted by: TJ jackson at May 01, 2026 02:17 PM (bXvrr)

2 Wow.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 01, 2026 02:17 PM (31jlb)

3 Proving there was no friendly fire, and the USSS agent who appeared to be looking around aimlessly was in fact watching someone pass behind him, not being inattentive or derelict in his duties.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 02:18 PM (iNUL3)

4 I cannot tell the difference from any democrat today from the democrats firing on Fort Sumter.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at May 01, 2026 02:19 PM (gxokI)

5 Won't matter. People like Jake Tapper will never feel shame for having been "fooled" because they weren't fooled. They had a narrative to build.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (XHO5P)

6 I cannot tell the difference from any democrat today from the democrats firing on Fort Sumter.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at May 01, 2026 02:19 PM (gxokI)

Those Democrats dressed more nicely and had better hygiene and manners.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (iNUL3)

7 "Cole once posted a meme making fun of a Democrat. This means that he's MAGA through and through."
-soon

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (Y2NSe)

8 I wonder if the new 'Teacher of the Month' awards have been announced yet.

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (Sco7b)

9 The video doesn't matter. They just find another thing...in this case, there's no muzzle flash so therefore this proves he didn't shoot the police officer.

I'm not kidding btw. This is the position the conspiracy theorists are taking.

Posted by: MJ at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (XOmY9)

10 I cannot tell the difference from any democrat today from the democrats firing on Fort Sumter.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at May 01, 2026 02:19 PM (gxokI)

Those Democrats dressed more nicely and had better hygiene and manners.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (iNUL3)

one of them even volunteered to wipe up all the blood resulting from secession with his pocket hanky.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:22 PM (8avO+)

11 Cole will attempt suicide in prison.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2026 02:22 PM (rJ48h)

12 >>The video doesn't matter. They just find another thing...in this case, there's no muzzle flash so therefore this proves he didn't shoot the police officer.

I'm not kidding btw. This is the position the conspiracy theorists are taking.

Posted by: MJ at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM

It was a botched prank.

Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (98kQX)

13 Cole will attempt suicide in prison.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2026 02:22 PM (rJ48h)

We even have a cell free where he can do that.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (8avO+)

14 guy is innocent until the goofs at ms now agree he's probably guilty or something similar

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (CWTWj)

15 Who's the broad and the guy that both ran for cover the other way?

Posted by: iamnotthekenyaninterloper at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (y9skt)

16 Nearly 1/3 of all Republican Presidents have been shot by a Democrat or Lefty.

Including the close call Ford got, would bump it over 33%.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (Fi81e)

17 It was a botched prank.
Posted by: huerfano

Just a case of boys being boys.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

18 Cole will attempt suicide in prison.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2026 02:22 PM (rJ48h)
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It will not be televised.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e)

19 The Secret Service should have taken a linebacker in the draft. Maybe a decent pass blocking o-lineman to pick up the blitz.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 01, 2026 02:24 PM (w/O5Q)

20 Yeesh, that crossfire situation at 4:27 is insane.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:24 PM (mkw2N)

21 "Cole once posted a meme making fun of a Democrat. This means that he's MAGA through and through."
-soon

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (Y2NSe)
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Just like Charlie Kirk's killer was raised in a conservative household, so....

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:25 PM (Fi81e)

22 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:25 PM (Zz0t1)

23 The left and it's mouthpiece have nothing but lies and rhetoric.

They really do suck and you can't hate them enough because God won't allow you to.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)

24 So what was the interaction between the canine handler and the assassin?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 02:26 PM (2Ez/1)

25 The Secret Service should have taken a linebacker in the draft. Maybe a decent pass blocking o-lineman to pick up the blitz.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 01, 2026 02:24 PM (w/O5Q)

If that one woman SS agent from Butler had been there, he would not have been able to fit around her in the lobby.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:26 PM (8avO+)

26 15 Who's the broad and the guy that both ran for cover the other way?

Posted by: iamnotthekenyaninterloper at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (y9skt)

Might be covering the rear, in case there is a second shooter. Best excuse.

Posted by: javems at May 01, 2026 02:26 PM (zFsEm)

27 He also questioned why two cops were busy taking down the magentometer when the event was still ongoing and there would be people coming and going -- were they just in a rush to get home ASAP?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:17 PM
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I think we have to face that there are deep embeds in the SS, who are prone to saying "Whoopsie!"

"Was that bad? Should I not have done that?"

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (Fi81e)

28 1. did he store the guns in that room? what is that room?
2. where did the bullets go? (the four we see discharged in vid.)
3. what was the agent and suit thinking about that he seems to have daydreamed past the first 2 minutes?
4. what was the dog alerting to, and why was it not deemed important?
5. why was a shitty video released first? did they degrade it for some reason?
6. was the dude in suit shot? did he deserve it?
7. kudos to the one on lower L who got off 4 rounds. was the assassin shot?
8. what happened -- did he trip? looks like he tripped just to R

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (E9Zz8)

29 Even if it was friendly fire, what would that have proved? It's then legal to run into a WH correspondents dinner with an AR and start shooting?

Posted by: Leupold at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (eIzlH)

30 A republican president has just about a 1/3 chance of being shot.

Just putting that out there.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (iNUL3)

31 Cole will attempt suicide in prison.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2026 02:22 PM (rJ48h)

We even have a cell free where he can do that.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (8avO+)

Have we mentioned enough that he looked like an impotent gay burrito enough?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (zZu0s)

32

I know a female counselor who gets hammered on vodka at a local dive owned by her husband and starts yelling that Trump and his supporters need to all be shot and killed.

She’s quite nuts. 40s with no kids, no friends, “dog mom”.

Quite a nauseating malignant cunt.


Posted by: rev the buzz at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (et1vG)

33 I cannot tell the difference from any democrat today from the democrats firing on Fort Sumter.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at May 01, 2026 02:19 PM (gxokI)

Those Democrats dressed more nicely and had better hygiene and manners.


Another similarity: Antebellum southern women would have nothing to do with a man who wasn't willing to fight for the cause. Modern AWFLs are the same, but the AWFLs also want to be in charge of the war.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (Riz8t)

34 Oh, hay, "Cluster B" though that also includes the basic assumption that everyone is going to betray him or her and every check is the first step in the inevitable betrayal.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:03 PM (rbvCR)

Good point

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (LGS3t)

35 He also questioned why two cops were busy taking down the magentometer when the event was still ongoing and there would be people coming and going -- were they just in a rush to get home ASAP?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:17 PM



Hot date, yo.

Them trannys ain't gonna f*ck themselves, ya know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (Zz0t1)

36 Who's the broad and the guy that both ran for cover the other way?

Posted by: iamnotthekenyaninterloper at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (y9skt)

Might be covering the rear, in case there is a second shooter. Best excuse.
Posted by: javems at May 01, 2026 02:26 PM (zFsEm)

Think Wolf Blitzer said he was leaving the mens room as this happened, guy might have reacted to him.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (8avO+)

37 The agent center frame at ~4 minutes was alert and looking around until just the wrong moment.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:28 PM (mkw2N)

38 @4....democrats firing on Fort Sumter.

I'm proud those Democrats over the years have moved up north and the west coast.

Posted by: Case at May 01, 2026 02:28 PM (9lqZe)

39 Who's the broad and the guy that both ran for cover the other way?

Posted by: iamnotthekenyaninterloper at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (y9skt)
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One of the agents who provided Trump a "skirt" in Butler is my guess.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Fi81e)

40 15 Who's the broad and the guy that both ran for cover the other way?

Posted by: iamnotthekenyaninterloper at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM
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Prolly TSA agents who were responsible for screening at the magnetometer.
Looks like they were done as the screening point was being disassembled. They were likely just waiting for the end of their shift.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)

41 Y'all can label me a conspiracy theorist, IDGAF.
But Allen didn't shoot that agent with a shotgun.

And he had both hands wrapped around it while running. And I have the three video clips of the one SS Police officer firing three times. And missing Allen all three times.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:28 PM (vQ9So)

42 9. are all TSA (the 4 in the back with blue sleeves) short and dumpy? is that a job requirement?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 02:29 PM (E9Zz8)

43 All the same, it doesn't matter if they were taking one gate down (is it because most of the crowd was already in?)

Because the gunman ran through the gate that was still up.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Fi81e)

44 I do though believe SS is completely incompetent. A security detail that large with that many high profile people and some total weakling loser teacher got that far with all that equipment?


Imagine if say Iran wanted to take out Trump and they had an actual team? Zero doubt they would have succeeded.

Posted by: Leupold at May 01, 2026 02:29 PM (eIzlH)

45 So what was the interaction between the canine handler and the assassin?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 02:26 PM (2Ez/1)



"Rex hasn't eaten yet today. You make a move and I'll allow him to gorge. You want to know what it's like to be a dog in a dogfight and lose?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Zz0t1)

46 The left loves to lie because shaitan is their father.

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2026 02:29 PM (7RAhE)

47 I know a female counselor who gets hammered on vodka at a local dive owned by her husband and starts yelling that Trump and his supporters need to all be shot and killed.

She’s quite nuts. 40s with no kids, no friends, “dog mom”.

Quite a nauseating malignant cunt.


Posted by: rev the buzz at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (et1vG)

she sounds nice.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:29 PM (8avO+)

48 Sounds like if the shooter just waited for the show to start, there would have been no one to stop him from getting into the ballroom.

Posted by: bassboat at May 01, 2026 02:29 PM (mxEar)

49 Did Cole trip over the agent's foot, or just over his own.

Posted by: javems at May 01, 2026 02:30 PM (zFsEm)

50 April was a bad month for Democrats.

Posted by: mrp at May 01, 2026 02:30 PM (rj6Yv)

51 > Even if it was friendly fire, what would that have proved? It's then legal to run into a WH correspondents dinner with an AR and start shooting?

It's just another way to downplay the seriousness of the event. "A guy ran in with a gun, yes, but he didn't even shoot anyone!"

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:30 PM (mkw2N)

52 >>A republican president has just about a 1/3 chance of being shot.

Just putting that out there.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM

So far.

Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2026 02:30 PM (98kQX)

53 I know a female counselor who gets hammered on vodka at a local dive owned by her husband and starts yelling that Trump and his supporters need to all be shot and killed.

She’s quite nuts. 40s with no kids, no friends, “dog mom”.

Quite a nauseating malignant cunt.


Posted by: rev the buzz at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (et1vG)




"I feared for my life. I want my lawyer."

*she bleeds out*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:30 PM (Zz0t1)

54 All the same, it doesn't matter if they were taking one gate down (is it because most of the crowd was already in?)

Because the gunman ran through the gate that was still up.
Posted by: Axeman


I wonder if it beeped?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:31 PM (vQ9So)

55 This still looks pretty bad for the guys on the detail. They're all caught flat-footed except for the one cop who draws and fires apparently 4 times at the perp (good) but creates a crossfire and flags over half his own team while firing (bad). The cops over by the magnetometer didn't even react until after the first shot was fired.

Posted by: Highly unimpressive at May 01, 2026 02:31 PM (TbWk/)

56 @4....democrats firing on Fort Sumter.

I'm proud those Democrats over the years have moved up north and the west coast.
Posted by: Case at May 01, 2026 02:28 PM (9lqZe)

New York City did mull over an idea to secede and be neutral for a time.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:31 PM (8avO+)

57 It's just another way to downplay the seriousness of the event. "A guy ran in with a gun, yes, but he didn't even shoot anyone!"

Then why are you trying to make a hero out of him?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Riz8t)

58 A republican president has just about a 1/3 chance of being shot.

Just putting that out there.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM

So far.
Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2026 02:30 PM (98kQX)
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We're working on it.

Posted by: The Democratic Party at May 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Fi81e)

59 >nauseating malignant cunt.

I saw Nauseating Malignant Cunt open open for the Plasmatics at the Khyber in '85.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at May 01, 2026 02:31 PM (GTqXr)

60 "5. why was a shitty video released first? did they degrade it for some reason?"

I think it was a cell phone video someone took of the security cam video being played on a monitor.
First thing they could easily release.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 02:31 PM (2Ez/1)

61
Think Wolf Blitzer said he was leaving the mens room as this happened, guy might have reacted to him.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (8avO+)



Hey man. When ya gotta go, ya gotta GO!

Posted by: Al Roker at May 01, 2026 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)

62 How clear can it possibly be that our media is the problem?

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 01, 2026 02:32 PM (61TgR)

63 I wonder if it beeped?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:31 PM (vQ9So)

They tell you to walk in slowly and wait...

It would be hilarious if it had though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)

64 Then why are you trying to make a hero out of him?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Riz8t)
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They like the idea. The execution needs some work though.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:32 PM (Fi81e)

65
I saw Nauseating Malignant Cunt open open for the Plasmatics at the Khyber in '85.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at May 01, 2026 02:31 PM (GTqXr)



Oh, I bet THAT was a shitshow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)

66 "Even if it was friendly fire, what would that have proved? It's then legal to run into a WH correspondents dinner with an AR and start shooting?"

The importance is that this wouldn't be categorized as an act of left-wing gun violence.

Posted by: bassboat at May 01, 2026 02:32 PM (mxEar)

67 Cole will attempt suicide in prison.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2026 02:22 PM (rJ48h)
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Oh, I'm sure he'll be successful, not just attempt.

Even if he has to shoot himself in the back of the head to do it.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2026 02:33 PM (6YNz+)

68 10. Is it protocol for USSS to shot regardless of crowd (or other agents) in line of fire because removing the threat is of paramount importance? (I think it would be, but I wonder if their training covers this.)

11. Was the decorator for that hotel color blind? (grey is my favorite color, btw)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 02:33 PM (E9Zz8)

69 "Even if it was friendly fire, what would that have proved? It's then legal to run into a WH correspondents dinner with an AR and start shooting?"


As long as you're only aiming at Republicans.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)

70 > Then why are you trying to make a hero out of him?

It's like the commies who say, "Real communism has never been tried." while they're wearing USSR iconography.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:33 PM (mkw2N)

71 I cannot tell the difference from any democrat today from the democrats firing on Fort Sumter.
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at May 01, 2026 02:19 PM

We haven't returned fire on this crop yet.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 02:34 PM (l1Oiv)

72 Oh, I'm sure he'll be successful, not just attempt.

Even if he has to shoot himself in the back of the head to do it.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2026 02:33 PM (6YNz+)
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Even if he has to kick the shit out of himself a week prior.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)

73 Democrats are a lethal blend of evil and retarded.

Posted by: Biergood at May 01, 2026 02:34 PM (PwgSL)

74 LEEEEEEEEEROY JEEEEEEEEEEENKINS!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Cole Allen at May 01, 2026 02:34 PM (cUrpM)

75 I don't think the gay burrito got shot. He didnt look like he had been shot (the gay burrito) when they had him face down on the floor (a position he is surely familiar with) like a gay burrito.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 02:34 PM (zZu0s)

76 "Real communism has never been tried."



*fistbump*

Posted by: John Kerry at May 01, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)

77 If that one woman SS agent from Butler had been there, he would not have been able to fit around her in the lobby.
Posted by: Oldcat

And since she probably still hasn’t figured out how to holster her sidearm she would have had the drop on him.

Posted by: Clay at May 01, 2026 02:35 PM (VNqT1)

78 LEEEEEEEEEROY JEEEEEEEEEEENKINS!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Cole Allen at May 01, 2026 02:34 PM (cUrpM)



LMMFAO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)

79 Anybody else have the theme from "Get Smart" running thru their heads, while the dude's walking up and down the hallway?

Posted by: pahound at May 01, 2026 02:35 PM (jvxI2)

80 Yeesh, that crossfire situation at 4:27 is insane.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:24 PM (mkw2N)


I am impressed by that one cop getting those two shots in from no warning.
I am also impressed that the entire gaggle of cops and USSS agents didn't take turns jumping on Allen for a couple of minutes after getting him down on the carpet, just for pissing so many of them off. That is professionalism in action

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:35 PM (rbvCR)

81 "Even if it was friendly fire, what would that have proved? It's then legal to run into a WH correspondents dinner with an AR and start shooting?"


As long as you're only aiming at Republicans.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)

I wonder when the press are going to realize that the agent their party cooked up was going to shoot *through* them to get at Trump.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:35 PM (8avO+)

82 >>>Who's the broad and the guy that both ran for cover the other way?

Posted by: iamnotthekenyaninterloper

>Ham and eggers heading for the kitchen?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 02:36 PM (Fbc0I)

83 LEEEEEEEEEROY JEEEEEEEEEEENKINS!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Cole Allen at May 01, 2026 02:34 PM (cUrpM)

He's doing some sort of weird scurry thing in the one video. Props to him, that gay burrito can move.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 02:36 PM (zZu0s)

84 79 Anybody else have the theme from "Get Smart" running thru their heads, while the dude's walking up and down the hallway?
Posted by: pahound
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Missed it by THAT much!

Posted by: Agent 99 at May 01, 2026 02:36 PM (2Ez/1)

85 11. Was the decorator for that hotel color blind? (grey is my favorite color, btw)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 02:33 PM (E9Zz

It's Existential Horror/Liminal Spaces Chic. We could also title this "Shit Gets Real In the Backrooms"

Posted by: Total nightmare fuel at May 01, 2026 02:36 PM (TbWk/)

86 This is Marx Brothers level shit. They are lucky this assassin was an idiot. A skilled team would have made it a lot further with that kind of rush. That was also pathetic cqb shooting.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 01, 2026 02:36 PM (SqxZS)

87 FYI, the last 30 sec of video is the action at 30% speed, with 4 discharges highlighted. That agent got off four rounds.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 02:37 PM (E9Zz8)

88 Cole will attempt suicide in prison.
Posted by: mr tmz

Call me for tips!

Posted by: Hillary Klintoon at May 01, 2026 02:37 PM (TezPK)

89 I don't think the gay burrito got shot. He didnt look like he had been shot (the gay burrito) when they had him face down on the floor (a position he is surely familiar with) like a gay burrito.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 02:34 PM (zZu0s)

I though they popped him in his own flak jacket to drop him. I admit not following this part of the news a lot.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:37 PM (8avO+)

90 Saw dnd part yesterday, still don't see where Cole shot policeman or Secret Service man

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 02:37 PM (Ia/+0)

91 So, how did he get from his Hotel room, to the entrance of the event... carrying a SHOTGUN?

And where is video of that?

The checkpoint is the start of the inner perimeter security... there should have been an outer layer as well...

So, same situation as when Trump got shot in the ear, a failure of OUTER ring security.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 02:38 PM (mP0Kj)

92 LEEEEEEEEEROY JEEEEEEEEEEENKINS!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Cole Allen at May 01, 2026 02:34 PM (cUrpM)

At least he's got chicken.

Posted by: Silver linings and all at May 01, 2026 02:38 PM (TbWk/)

93 The left: This was obviously staged

Also the left: Why can't our people have better aim?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)

94
I wonder when the press are going to realize that the agent their party cooked up was going to shoot *through* them to get at Trump.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:35 PM (8avO+)



The wine was just toooo goood to care.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

95 >> Cole will attempt suicide in prison.
His offer is accepted.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 01, 2026 02:38 PM (SqxZS)

96 I though they popped him in his own flak jacket to drop him. I admit not following this part of the news a lot.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:37 PM (8avO+)

I thought the gay burrito shot the secret service guy in the vest?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s)

97 Call me for tips!

Posted by: Hillary Klintoon at May 01, 2026 02:37 PM (TezPK)
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Don't step on my line.

Posted by: A Mohel at May 01, 2026 02:39 PM (Fi81e)

98 I think 80-90 % of security really relies on the assumption that people will behave as if we live in a shared civilization. When you allow a political force to rise among you that daily advocates against that, when you allow foreign military aged subversives to invade, well all that breaks down.

Things cannot keep going on like this. It's untenable. And things that can't continue won't.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 02:39 PM (3uBP9)

99 The checkpoint is the start of the inner perimeter security... there should have been an outer layer as well...

So, same situation as when Trump got shot in the ear, a failure of OUTER ring security.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 02:38 PM (mP0Kj)

I heard he was checked into the hotel before the event, so the outer ring was avoided. Wasn't that in his manifesto?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:39 PM (8avO+)

100
100 million dead from Fake Communism

Real Communism: "You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers."

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 02:39 PM (LGS3t)

101 That other Assassin who kiled the CEO gets all kinds kf fan mail and women's panties, Cole from his manifesto thinks he is a Leftist hero

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Ia/+0)

102 >> That agent got off four rounds

Which all missed. Their TTP’s need some serious revisions.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (SqxZS)

103 The left: This was obviously staged

Also the left: Why can't our people have better aim?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)
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"Ha ha... it's just a joke!" -- Also the left.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Fi81e)

104 Back and to the left …

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (wI43t)

105 Things cannot keep going on like this. It's untenable. And things that can't continue won't.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 02:39 PM (3uBP9)

They're not going to stop on their own and I can't imagine any realistic circumstances which will come into existence forcing them to stop.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (iNUL3)

106 >79 Anybody else have the theme from "Get Smart" running thru their heads, while the dude's walking up and down the hallway?

Posted by: pahound at May 01, 2026 02:35 PM (jvxI2)

More like 'yakety sax'.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (GTqXr)

107 I wonder how much this guy was inspired by the Scientology speed running clips that were going viral a short time before this attempt.

Have you guys seen those? Kids filmed themselves sprinting into Scientology locations with the goal of making it as far into the restricted access areas they could get.

It's obviously not a new tactic. The German Blitzkrieg comes to mind. But the two may be related.

As an aside, I'm concerned jerks will do this at LDS Temples as well.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (mkw2N)

108 That other Assassin who kiled the CEO gets all kinds kf fan mail and women's panties, Cole from his manifesto thinks he is a Leftist hero
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Ia/+0)



But, he's not handsome, so the ladies will ignore him and he'll continue to be an incel in prison till he self-terminates.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)

109 FIRE NOT FRIENDLY.

FIRE BAD !!!

Posted by: Frankenstein's Monster at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (7Q0e+)

110 I thought the gay burrito shot the secret service guy in the vest?
Posted by: Aetius451AD



That's what they are trying to claim. But they've never said what he was shot with. Because, unless he was carrying a .410, a 12 gauge shotgun would have done more damage.

And he had both hands full of shotgun when he ran past everyone.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (vQ9So)

111 I saw Gay Burrito open for the Flying Burrito Brothers at the Whiskey in '86. There was quite the wrap party after.

Posted by: Puns, the lowest form of humor at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (TbWk/)

112 That other Assassin who kiled the CEO gets all kinds kf fan mail and women's panties, Cole from his manifesto thinks he is a Leftist hero
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Ia/+0)

Somebody should send him Stacy Abrams' panties.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (utfVc)

113 Maybe it's just me, but I'm getting tired of the whole "the Democrat's hitman does X, Y or Z" and the MSM is like; nah, you didn't see that happen. Here's what "really" went down.

And it's all horseshit.

But gobbled up by a very incurious public and a wretched political party and their followers.

It's been going on for fucking years... and yet, here we are, again.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (jehhT)

114 Honestly, a lot of criticisms of what we see

- I think it is acceptable to dismantle one of the magnetometers when no longer needed (I have worked events (waiter, valet) and give them a break their job was done)

- the TSA dudes did what they should have - ran away.

- Most of the agent seem reasonably alert except the dude in the suit, and the ones we can not see. I think the layout is pretty piss poor, but I don't have the whole map, so I can't say.

- Honestly, I am not sure any of them screwed up except the dude in the suit who was daydreaming, and the K9. But withholding judgment.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (E9Zz8)

115 66 "Even if it was friendly fire, what would that have proved? It's then legal to run into a WH correspondents dinner with an AR and start shooting?"

The importance is that this wouldn't be categorized as an act of left-wing gun violence.
Posted by: bassboat at May 01, 2026 02:32 PM (mxEar)

Gay burrito boy was in the process of felony attempted murder on Trump or someone in the Trump team at the dinner. Therefore he is legally on the hook whether he pulled the trigger or not. Perhaps its murkier since the agent was not killed, but while not a lawyer I am pretty sure the law states that regardless of you actually doing the deed you get charged for any violence that happens while you are committing a felony.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (PV+Zw)

116 Well, good on the one officer in the bottom left of the camera view -- the one in uniform, with a full head of hair, no glasses or cap. He or she got four shots off before anyone else got their pistols drawn; most of them weren't even bothering to keep the unsecured (pre-screening) area in their field of view.

No shade on the two guys who were actually head-down working on disassembling a walk-through magnetometer, then there was another guy working on something out past the door the attacker came through, and the plain-clothes guy could be hotel security or something (looks basically like an armed concierge). But everyone else there has no excuse for an appalling lack of situational awareness.

Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 02:42 PM (Sy6m/)

117 For now I'm with those who are not very impressed with the security performance. There's so much we don't know about the context, etc, that I'll leave it at that.

Except for one thing. Far as I can tell, not a *single* security guy even glanced at the "perimeter" once the idiot ran by and was subdued (how, I guess we'll learn eventually). Every single one is drawing/moving towards the action.

A basic concept here is that some eyes remain on the perimeter, as the first bad guy through may be first of several/many, and just to maintain overall SA. At least that's what I was told, saw, and experienced (all practice, no realsies). Hmmm.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 02:42 PM (U/Byj)

118
Somebody should send him Stacy Abrams' panties.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (utfVc)



Who's gonna be the sucker that obtains them?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:42 PM (Zz0t1)

119 The left: This was obviously staged

Also the left: Why can't our people have better aim?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)

Also also the Left: Chaos just follows Trump wherever he goes.

Also also also the Left: Trump deserves this.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 02:42 PM (LGS3t)

120 Judging from the burrito fags way of writing a manifesto (fabuloso?) he's about as straight as a coat hanger

Speak sissy boy

I bet there's a lisp

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 01, 2026 02:42 PM (61TgR)

121 Watching the Video EVERY SINGLE FEMALE COP hid or ran away from the shooter until the Men engaged him then they followed the men, Female cops are useless

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 01, 2026 02:42 PM (ubCxQ)

122 The shooter may not have been targeting PDT, he may have been focused on a snatch-and-grab of the wine.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Fbc0I)

123 I heard he was checked into the hotel before the event, so the outer ring was avoided. Wasn't that in his manifesto?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:39 PM (8avO+)

Room to event, carrying a shotgun?

I'd think there would be just a couple of guys in the Lobby or hallways... especially as this is the same place Reagan got shot.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (mP0Kj)

124 Ford had two close calls.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)

125 That's what they are trying to claim. But they've never said what he was shot with. Because, unless he was carrying a .410, a 12 gauge shotgun would have done more damage.

And he had both hands full of shotgun when he ran past everyone.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (vQ9So)

Buckshot from a 12 gauge will not penetrate a Kevlar vest. A slug might.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (utfVc)

126
Watching the Video EVERY SINGLE FEMALE COP hid or ran away from the shooter until the Men engaged him then they followed the men, Female cops are useless
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

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I wasn't impressed with that guy who was right in the position to dive on him but fell back.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (n7rxJ)

127 Anybody else have the theme from "Get Smart" running thru their heads, while the dude's walking up and down the hallway?

Posted by: pahound at May 01, 2026 02:35 PM (jvxI2)

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Since somebody mentioned the gate beeping. I've got that scene from High Anxiety with Mel Brooks and Madeline Kahn playing the old Jewish folks. "Oh I beeped!! I beeped!! I'm the MAD BEEPER!!"

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Fi81e)

128 For May Day, Commie Day, I think I might watch Death of Stalin or The Lives of Others.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (l26NL)

129
I know a female counselor who gets hammered on vodka at a local dive owned by her husband and starts yelling that Trump and his supporters need to all be shot and killed.

She’s quite nuts. 40s with no kids, no friends, “dog mom”.

Quite a nauseating malignant cunt.


Posted by: rev the buzz at May 01, 2026 02:27 PM (et1vG)




People need to start saying "Why wait? I'm a Trump supporter. Do it now, yourself. I dare you, I double dog dare you motherfucker." Put them on the spot, and beat them down like a rented mule when that 1 in 100 commie cocksucker actually tries it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (X4KFY)

130 Somebody should send him Stacy Abrams' panties.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (utfVc)

We'd find the sender dead in his own apartment trying to package them up, like those dudes with failed IED's

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (LGS3t)

131 The shooter may not have been targeting PDT, he may have been focused on a snatch-and-grab of the wine.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Fbc0I)



Get this internet rumor started and watch the media turn on him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)

132 Does Sean Curran do a review of footage with the Secret Service after this incident? I certainly hope so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 02:44 PM (Yl2Ob)

133 @112 very costly to FedEx something the size of a sailing ships mainsail

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 02:44 PM (gu0hJ)

134 Ford had two close calls.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)
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He still makes up 1 President though.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:44 PM (Fi81e)

135 Pooky: So what I'm seeing is that they should wait to take down the security apparatus until AFTER the event is over.

Posted by: pookysgirl, passing along relavant info at May 01, 2026 02:44 PM (Wt5PA)

136 44 I do though believe SS is completely incompetent. A security detail that large with that many high profile people and some total weakling loser teacher got that far with all that equipment?


Imagine if say Iran wanted to take out Trump and they had an actual team? Zero doubt they would have succeeded.

Posted by: Leupold at May 01, 2026 02:29 PM (eIzlH)

=======

This was also one floor up from the main event.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:44 PM (Y2NSe)

137 The dog knew and his handler should be fired as he pulled the dog away and immediately that assassin ran past.

He didn’t even release the dog

Posted by: Gonzotx at May 01, 2026 02:44 PM (nGraA)

138 As with the rest, much more info needed, but how does the good guy who gets off the shots miss from that distance? And yes I'm quite familiar with close-range gun work, movement, etc. Just seems incredible.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 02:45 PM (U/Byj)

139 That other Assassin who kiled the CEO gets all kinds kf fan mail and women's panties, Cole from his manifesto thinks he is a Leftist hero
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Ia/+0)


But, he's not handsome, so the ladies will ignore him and he'll continue to be an incel in prison till he self-terminates.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)

I dunno, Dahmer wasn't especially good looking and was also gay, but he got fuck mail and nudes from hybristophile chicks.

Posted by: Bad boys get 'em wet at May 01, 2026 02:45 PM (TbWk/)

140 "Even if it was friendly fire, what would that have proved? It's then legal to run into a WH correspondents dinner with an AR and start shooting?"


By lying about it when his lawyer proves he didn't shoot the agent, you now have a Warren Commission fiasco on your hands.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:45 PM (vQ9So)

141 The shooter may not have been targeting PDT, he may have been focused on a snatch-and-grab of the wine.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Fbc0I)

Except gay burrito manifesto (c) says that he was specifically targeting Trump and team and no one else.

Hmmm. Maybe Rick is right and he was just trying to speed run to the final boss.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

142 "If the assassination attempts were real, that means that Trump is a victim. If he is a victim, then he should be allotted political power. Therefore, Trump cannot be victim of assassination attempts, because if he were, he'd be allotted political power."
-the wages of intersectionality

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:46 PM (Y2NSe)

143 Who's gonna be the sucker that obtains them?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:42 PM (Zz0t1)

Sid. You know he wants to.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:46 PM (utfVc)

144 No your focus is the protectee. Not on disassembling equipment. Not on food. You keep and hold that out perimeter until the venue is clear. If they were actually facing the threat and trained to react properly he would have been drt. You see a lot of hesitation. It’s why you train to see things coming from a long way away. It’s why you put up barriers to slow things down.

There is a lot that needs to be and probably is being fixed.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 01, 2026 02:46 PM (SqxZS)

145 So seriously, has anyone (besides our grey boxes) talked about how they glorified Luigi, and so what did they expect?

This guy probably thought he was going to get the same treatement.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 02:46 PM (E9Zz8)

146 wasn't impressed with that guy who was right in the position to dive on him but fell back.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (n7rxJ)

Sun Tzu often talked about falling backward when the opponent leasts expects it. Then in the fog of confusion you strike. You're a chick you wouldn't understand.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM (LGS3t)

147 Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 02:42 PM (U/Byj)

Two guys with long arms back by the entry door.... actually secure the barn door, after the horse has escaped.

Now, the question is why was that door not secured from the outside?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM (mP0Kj)

148 Pooky: So what I'm seeing is that they should wait to take down the security apparatus until AFTER the event is over.
Posted by: pookysgirl, passing along relavant info at May 01, 2026 02:44 PM (Wt5PA)



I mean, why would you want to maintain security at an event WHILE the President and Vice President are in attendance? That seems silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)

149
Cole will attempt suicide in prison.
Posted by: mr tmz

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

You can see it coming from a thousand miles away.

I can see it coming from a thousand miles away.

What are the chances whoever detains him will see it coming from 3 feet away?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM (n7rxJ)

150 @112 very costly to FedEx something the size of a sailing ships mainsail
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 02:44 PM (gu0hJ)

You and I had the same mental image.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

151 Ford had two close calls.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I'll say. The Lightning and Mach-E were real duds.

Posted by: FoMoCo at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM (TezPK)

152 Buckshot from a 12 gauge will not penetrate a Kevlar vest. A slug might.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


12 gauge will stagger the agent more than a 9mm.

And that agent didn't look like he staggered much. He was still able to draw.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM (vQ9So)

153 That's what they are trying to claim. But they've never said what he was shot with. Because, unless he was carrying a .410, a 12 gauge shotgun would have done more damage.

And he had both hands full of shotgun when he ran past everyone.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (vQ9So)

They've absolutely said what he was shot with. USSS saw and heard the shotgun fired.

The indictment reveals that the shotgun had one spent round still in the tube - Allen did not rack the weapon after firing it - and 8 live rounds in the magazine.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM (iNUL3)

154 "Even if it was friendly fire, what would that have proved? It's then legal to run into a WH correspondents dinner with an AR and start shooting?"

The importance is that this wouldn't be categorized as an act of left-wing gun violence.
Posted by: bassboat at May 01, 2026 02:32 PM (mxEar)

Gay burrito boy was in the process of felony attempted murder on Trump or someone in the Trump team at the dinner. Therefore he is legally on the hook whether he pulled the trigger or not. Perhaps its murkier since the agent was not killed, but while not a lawyer I am pretty sure the law states that regardless of you actually doing the deed you get charged for any violence that happens while you are committing a felony.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 01, 2026 02:41 PM (PV+Zw

I'm not talking about how the law will categorize it, but how the media would have categorized it. They were probably ready to start arguing (incorrectly) that if the guy didn't shoot the cop, all that he could be on the hook for was a Plaxico Burress verdict of carrying guns in a gun free zone.

Posted by: bassboat at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM (mxEar)

155 High Anxiety Airport Scene:
---
Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke: Please sir, what did I do? What did I do? What's my crime?

Airport Attendant: You beeped.

Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke: I beeped! I beeped! Take me away! Take me back to Russia! Put me in irons! I beeped! The mad beeper is loose! Take away the beeper! Take me away!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)

156 I see the bad guy running and pointing the gun at the cop that was squared off against him. Can't see any muzzle flash, but I assume that is the cop that got shot.

That cop's muzzle flash shows later, but I think he missed, but did not hit another cop, at least with that shot. He supposedly shot a couple other times, can't see where those went.

No evidence of anyone else being shot ... the guy that jumps back jumped before the bad guy ran past him. But I really don't see how this video makes anything absolutely clear, except the bad guy ran past them with the shotgun, and at least pointed it at the cop with gun drawn.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 01, 2026 02:48 PM (vbXSk)

157 Jimmy Carter was assaulted by a Republican rabbit!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:48 PM (Fi81e)

158 Trump on Marine One buzzed the May Day protesters across from the White House. They were giving the chopper the finger and shaking their fists at it. Looked like Grandpa Simpson yelling at clouds

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 02:48 PM (gu0hJ)

159 The Lives of Others.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Su

GREAT movie. Being done as a play in west end with Keira Knightly.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 01, 2026 02:48 PM (YZ0Fo)

160 Buckshot from a 12 gauge will not penetrate a Kevlar vest. A slug might.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:43 PM (utfVc)

Would hurt like a motherfucker though.

Posted by: Like getting kicked by a mule at May 01, 2026 02:48 PM (TbWk/)

161 157 Jimmy Carter was assaulted by a Republican rabbit!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:48 PM (Fi81e)

======

Well, yeah, his owner once put up an Eisenhower '52 yard sign. What else could the rabbit be?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Y2NSe)

162 > Room to event, carrying a shotgun?

Maybe he broke down the shotgun, carried it under his clothes, pre-placed it in the room, and assembled it before his dash.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:49 PM (mkw2N)

163 If you count attempts, it's more than a third - 7/19.

Only one Democrat President, out of 26. And that was also a Leftist shooter.

Notice a pattern?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)

164 163 If you count attempts, it's more than a third - 7/19.

Only one Democrat President, out of 26. And that was also a Leftist shooter.

Notice a pattern?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)

======

Well, yeah.

Republicans are really good at false flag operations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Y2NSe)

165 Reagan was shot outside that building, down at the VIP entrance near Connecticut Ave.

I think one of Ford's close calls was very very close - as in, the perp pulled the trigger on her 1911 and got a "click" - empty chamber. Am I remembering correctly? That's about as close as it gets.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 02:50 PM (U/Byj)

166 I don't think most of these are USSS. They are city cops, and their job is to stand around.

USSS should have been guarding perimeter, alert to all threats, scanning horizon, etc. but the only one that was probably USSS was the dude in suit. So yeah, they all acted like rent-a-cop fools, but that is exactly what they are.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 02:50 PM (E9Zz8)

167 Room to event, carrying a shotgun?

Maybe he broke down the shotgun, carried it under his clothes, pre-placed it in the room, and assembled it before his dash.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:49 PM (mkw2N)

Indictment says he had it concealed under a black coat which he discarded moments before charging the checkpoint.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 02:50 PM (iNUL3)

168 If you count attempts, it's more than a third - 7/19.

Only one Democrat President, out of 26. And that was also a Leftist shooter.

Notice a pattern?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

To be fair Garfield's wasn't a leftist. He was just a schizophrenic that thought he deserved a place with Garfield's team.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 01, 2026 02:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

169 Maybe he broke down the shotgun, carried it under his clothes, pre-placed it in the room, and assembled it before his dash.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:49 PM (mkw2N)

I am wondering if he hid the shotgun in the gym room. Why else would he go in there twice?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:51 PM (utfVc)

170 Republicans are really good at false flag operations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Y2NSe)
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You can't even tell it's them doing it!

It's like the aliens who came into my house and replaced all my furniture--with exact replicas!

It's so scary that I can't tell the difference!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (Fi81e)

171 The dog knew and his handler should be fired as he pulled the dog away and immediately that assassin ran past.

He didn’t even release the dog
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That dog was the only part of the security plan that actually worked.

Note that the agents, when the guy runs past, are disassembling the metal detectors. Apparently, to this bunch, once all the guests were inside, their job was over.

It apparently didn't occur to anyone that you need to secure the location *the entire time the President is present*.

Posted by: Methos at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (vSvIl)

172 To be fair Garfield's wasn't a leftist. He was just a schizophrenic that thought he deserved a place with Garfield's team.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 01, 2026 02:51 PM (YZ0Fo)



Schizophrenic = liberal mind

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (Zz0t1)

173
You can see it coming from a thousand miles away.

I can see it coming from a thousand miles away.

What are the chances whoever detains him will see it coming from 3 feet away?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM


sheeee-it, I can see this coming fro, a mile away

Posted by: Zombie Ray Charles at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (2/MrR)

174 Difference between Democrats today and those at Ft Sumpter: Democrats back then had women that were damned fine looking.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (H1WUE)

175 If you count attempts, it's more than a third - 7/19.

Only one Democrat President, out of 26. And that was also a Leftist shooter.

Notice a pattern?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)

The parties switched so the Republicans were all Democrats and the leftist shooter would be a Republican today because of Nixon.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (LGS3t)

176 > Indictment says he had it concealed under a black coat which he discarded moments before charging the checkpoint.

Ah. That makes sense.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (mkw2N)

177 Any argument they can make to get their new hero off.

Oh my! Phrasing!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (JCZqz)

178 From the stances, the agent in the suit, center stage, is probably the agent in charge of the checkpoint. The other uniformed agents were doing a gaggle at the breakdown of the checkpoint since there was no pressure and they were not planning to scan the journalists leaving with stolen wine and silverware.
Everyone was watching the teardown of the magnetometers since that was the only interesting thing going on.
I think the dog clued in on the smell of the shotgun or pistol but not strongly, and the handler let it go.
In the future the handlers will probably have a partner to start shaking targets down when the dog IDs them.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (rbvCR)

179 170 You can't even tell it's them doing it!

It's like the aliens who came into my house and replaced all my furniture--with exact replicas!

It's so scary that I can't tell the difference!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (Fi81e)

======

Just like how Pol Pot was CIA, bruh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (Y2NSe)

180 As with the rest, much more info needed, but how does the good guy who gets off the shots miss from that distance? And yes I'm quite familiar with close-range gun work, movement, etc. Just seems incredible.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 02:45 PM (U/Byj)

Your average Moron trains more and can shoot better than the average cop. Most of them fire maybe 50 rounds once a year when they do mandatory requalification with their handgun, which is far from rigorous.

Posted by: Police professionalism is largely a myth at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM (TbWk/)

181 But, he's not handsome, so the ladies will ignore him and he'll continue to be an incel in prison till he self-terminates.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)

I dunno, Dahmer wasn't especially good looking and was also gay, but he got fuck mail and nudes from hybristophile chicks.
Posted by: Bad boys get 'em wet at May 01, 2026 02:45 PM (TbWk/)


My dad was a CO at Corcoran (after retiring from the Navy), and spent about 10 years in the SHU, dealing with Charles Manson. From what Pop told me, Manson ALWAYS had a full plate on visiting day, either his lawyers, writers/journalists doing interviews or a steady stream of women with moist panties who worshipped the little fucker.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM (X4KFY)

182 Well, while I still need to have a biopsy, my MRI thinks that I have prostate cancer. Prayers from the prayerful would be appreciated.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM (ExV1e)

183 They've absolutely said what he was shot with. USSS saw and heard the shotgun fired.

The indictment reveals that the shotgun had one spent round still in the tube - Allen did not rack the weapon after firing it - and 8 live rounds in the magazine.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider


Ok. He was shot at. I'll give you that.
Watch the video. Does the agent that was shot look like he was hit with 12 gauge "00" buck from about three/four feet away?

The agent was able to step back and draw.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM (vQ9So)

184 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 02:50 PM (E9Zz

At least one of them is wearing a TSA jacket...

There to run the Metal detector?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM (mP0Kj)

185 Word from the gallery at the gala was that PDT chose to have the TACOs for an appetizer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 02:54 PM (Fbc0I)

186 Posit:

A well advertised "One Shot at Trump each" event where it's promised Trump will stand still and out in the open without protection for 30 minutes in a particular spot.

Get them to work their anger out on Joe Biden in a Donald Trump disguise.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:54 PM (Y2NSe)

187 The agents may have gotten into the mindset that the real risk had gone through and were in the ballroom. This is a cognitive thing of over-focusing on the objective and not the situation.

But I know very little, and I doubt I will be told more

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:54 PM (rbvCR)

188 Word from the gallery at the gala was that PDT chose to have the TACOs for an appetizer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 02:54 PM (Fbc0I)
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Chicken tacos? Or were they out?

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)

189 >>It's like the aliens who came into my house and replaced all my furniture--with exact replicas!

It's so scary that I can't tell the difference!

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM

I wish aliens would replace my furniture with some that is less cat hairy and dusty.

Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2026 02:54 PM (98kQX)

190 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM (ExV1e)

Fuck. Will be praying.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 02:55 PM (LGS3t)

191 Well, while I still need to have a biopsy, my MRI thinks that I have prostate cancer. Prayers from the prayerful would be appreciated.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM (ExV1e)



Ouch. Sorry to hear that, sir. Godspeed. Prayers are with you.

Hopefully it's not, or at least it's really early and they can treat without removing it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)

192 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM (ExV1e)

Oh, gosh! I will certainly pray for you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Yl2Ob)

193 How many times did they shoot him?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 02:55 PM (in1PH)

194 Note that the agents, when the guy runs past, are disassembling the metal detectors. Apparently, to this bunch, once all the guests were inside, their job was over.

It apparently didn't occur to anyone that you need to secure the location *the entire time the President is present*.
Posted by: Methos at May 01, 2026 02:52 PM (vSvIl)

The metal detectors are there to screen the vast crowd of attendees that come early or on time. Once the program begins, the gates are effectively closed. Anyone shows up late and demands entry, gets frisked by security.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:55 PM (utfVc)

195 USSS should have been guarding perimeter, alert to all threats, scanning horizon, etc. but the only one that was probably USSS was the dude in suit. So yeah, they all acted like rent-a-cop fools, but that is exactly what they are.
Posted by: bob


The uniformed cop that drew and fired, back of his tac vest said Secret Service Police. The uniformed detachment.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:56 PM (vQ9So)

196 Doesn’t matter they’ll now say the video is AI generated or whatever.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 02:56 PM (UemNC)

197 *Sigh* I WAS GOING TO DO THIS!!!! THEY STOLE MY IDEA!!!

Posted by: Johnny Somali at May 01, 2026 02:56 PM (dIske)

198 Anyone see this?

@ArynneWexler
·
6h
Tucker has 7300 paid subscribers

Not 73,000

7,300

Stop falling for it

https://x.com/ArynneWexler/status/
2050192786603839981

Tucker is a non-entity ranting to Pakistanis.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:56 PM (Y2NSe)

199 The gym shots? Why is that there?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 02:56 PM (in1PH)

200 To be fair Garfield's wasn't a leftist. He was just a schizophrenic that thought he deserved a place with Garfield's team.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 01, 2026 02:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

Hey, if I got rejected by Team Lasagna, I'd be mad too!

Posted by: pookysgirl likes her pasta at May 01, 2026 02:56 PM (Wt5PA)

201 @182 prayers up, good luck and God bless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 02:57 PM (gu0hJ)

202 Well, while I still need to have a biopsy, my MRI thinks that I have prostate cancer. Prayers from the prayerful would be appreciated.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


Definite prayers.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 02:57 PM (vQ9So)

203 The difference between schizophrenic and leftist is vanishingly small. Biggest one is a schizophrenic has more self awareness.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 02:58 PM (LGS3t)

204 The metal detectors are there to screen the vast crowd of attendees that come early or on time. Once the program begins, the gates are effectively closed. Anyone shows up late and demands entry, gets frisked by security.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:55 PM (utfVc)
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That's kinda what I was thinking. It's not like if they take a gate down, it absolutely means somebody won't be standing right in that place afterwards.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:58 PM (Fi81e)

205 Well, while I still need to have a biopsy, my MRI thinks that I have prostate cancer. Prayers from the prayerful would be appreciated.
***

Prayers, brother. Stay positive.

Posted by: Biergood at May 01, 2026 02:59 PM (PwgSL)

206
There to run the Metal detector?
Posted by: Romeo13

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Yes, I think there are four in back (3 against wall, and one walking) who were TSA workers, not security. I think the 2 dismantling the magnetometer are probably TSA security, but maybe something else, I don't know. I am just guessing, but only to dispel assumptions that they didn't do their job -- we don't really know what their job was.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 02:59 PM (E9Zz8)

207 High Anxiety Airport Scene:
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Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke: Please sir, what did I do? What did I do? What's my crime?

Airport Attendant: You beeped.

Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke: I beeped! I beeped! Take me away! Take me back to Russia! Put me in irons! I beeped! The mad beeper is loose! Take away the beeper! Take me away!
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:47 PM

I love that movie. That I'm sitting in a plane waiting to take off makes it funnier.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 03:00 PM (l1Oiv)

208 Suspect was not hit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:00 PM (in1PH)

209 Prayers, brother. Stay positive.
Posted by: Biergood at May 01, 2026 02:59 PM (PwgSL)

Likewise from me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 03:00 PM (utfVc)

210 If you're asking for prayers,you believe in God. Believe in God... Stay strong brother.

Posted by: pahound at May 01, 2026 03:00 PM (jvxI2)

211 The uniformed cop that drew and fired, back of his tac vest said Secret Service Police. The uniformed detachment.
Posted by: rickb223


Ah, thanks. I missed that. Well he did good even if he missed. IMHO

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 03:01 PM (E9Zz8)

212 If an SS agent took out his weapon and fired 3 shots and DIDN'T hit the suspect, can we at least assume he CAN actually hit a wall?

Because, I guess they get their training by watching an episode of NCIS: Los Angeles?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:01 PM (Zz0t1)

213 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM

Prayers up, brother.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 03:01 PM (l1Oiv)

214 Hopefully it's not, or at least it's really early and they can treat without removing it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)


That would certainly be my preference. I don't know if surgery is the first thing they go to or only used for advanced cases. Early days.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:01 PM (ExV1e)

215 Stormtrooper.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:02 PM (in1PH)

216
I love that movie. That I'm sitting in a plane waiting to take off makes it funnier.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 03:00 PM (l1Oiv)



Safe travels, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:02 PM (Zz0t1)

217
The metal detectors are there to screen the vast crowd of attendees that come early or on time. Once the program begins, the gates are effectively closed. Anyone shows up late and demands entry, gets frisked by security.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:55 PM (utfVc)
---
That's kinda what I was thinking. It's not like if they take a gate down, it absolutely means somebody won't be standing right in that place afterwards.
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:58 PM (Fi81e)



What I'm wondering is, why the hell didn't they just move the gates against the wall for later disassembly? Laying it down in the middle of the room seems like a really stupid idea, like if there was a bomb threat or fire, you'd have everyone tripping over the damned thing taking up half the usable space in the room.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2026 03:02 PM (X4KFY)

218 182. Husband had MRI which was inconclusive. Had biopsy and totally negative. And his family has history of prostate cancer. Think positive.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 01, 2026 03:03 PM (3VIFz)

219 75 I don't think the gay burrito got shot. He didnt look like he had been shot (the gay burrito) when they had him face down on the floor (a position he is surely familiar with) like a gay burrito.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 02:34 PM (zZu0s)

*******************************************
When can we see the strip search and wrapping of the mylar blankie? That's what I want to see.

He had quite the jaunty walk in the hallways. Egotistical fag.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 03:03 PM (WONhk)

220 I love that movie. That I'm sitting in a plane waiting to take off makes it funnier.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 03:00 PM (l1Oiv)
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The only Mel Brooks movie written with Barry Levinson. He has a cameo as the bellboy in the "shower scene".

Yeah, that is one my favorite Mel Brooks movies.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)

221 198 Anyone see this?

@ArynneWexler
·
6h
Tucker has 7300 paid subscribers

Not 73,000

7,300

Stop falling for it

https://x.com/ArynneWexler/status/
2050192786603839981

Tucker is a non-entity ranting to Pakistanis.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:56 PM (Y2NSe)

Why waste good money to pay someone who hates who and what I am? If I'm going to do that, I'd go to a titty bar.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 03:04 PM (N39Ws)

222 This reminds me of how I thought no one could fly a plane into buildings without our military shooting them out of the sky and I kind of assumed they had fighter jets patrolling the coasts. I was wrong.

I also assumed the SS was super competent and had layers of security checking everyone before they even get close to the building. I was wrong.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 01, 2026 03:04 PM (6z5U/)

223 What I'm wondering is, why the hell didn't they just move the gates against the wall for later disassembly? Laying it down in the middle of the room seems like a really stupid idea, like if there was a bomb threat or fire, you'd have everyone tripping over the damned thing taking up half the usable space in the room.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2026 03:02 PM (X4KFY)

Good point, but I assume the ballroom has multiple exits.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 03:04 PM (utfVc)

224 That would certainly be my preference. I don't know if surgery is the first thing they go to or only used for advanced cases. Early days.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:01 PM (ExV1e)



All the prayers, man. And possibly get you some ivermectin.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:05 PM (Zz0t1)

225
Some people may have done some things.
Mistakes may have been made.
If so, they were in the passion of the moment.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Old news.
Time to move on.
OrangeMan Bad!!!!!

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at May 01, 2026 03:05 PM (0sNs1)

226
I think Riccardo Montalban is programming these people. "Must... kill... Trump..."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 03:05 PM (HdYcL)

227 What is a monthly sub? $5ish. $35K a month.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:05 PM (in1PH)

228 Husband had MRI which was inconclusive. Had biopsy and totally negative. And his family has history of prostate cancer. Think positive.
Posted by: Jen the original at May 01, 2026 03:03 PM (3VIFz)


I'm staying positive. Mine said "almost certainly cancer" but only one spot and no indication that it had spread. The biopsy could show that whatever the MRI saw wasn't actually cancer but we'll see.

I'm not concerned about dying from it but I don't want it to impact my trip to MoMe in October.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:06 PM (ExV1e)

229 Why waste good money to pay someone who hates who and what I am? If I'm going to do that, I'd go to a titty bar.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 03:04 PM (N39Ws)

Nobody wants to see Tucker's titties.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 03:06 PM (utfVc)

230 So, rumors are now that the entire Greg Biffle family was murdered in a plane crash so his close friends and confidants could rob them blind stealing everything from them.

WTF?

MAN society is really starting to suck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)

231 Well, we're halfway to Halloween.

Posted by: He Interjected Spookily.... at May 01, 2026 03:06 PM (oftw2)

232 199 The gym shots? Why is that there?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 02:56 PM (in1PH)

Is the door he used there at the back of the Gym?

Could be him casing his entry point.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2026 03:06 PM (mP0Kj)

233 I thought some of the attendees said there was no search for weapons (including no magnetometers) ... also told this was not the same floor as the event.

Would be nice to see the other view where shooter fell and then was gang tackled.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 01, 2026 03:06 PM (vbXSk)

234 Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Positive thoughts and vibes my man.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 01, 2026 03:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

235 231 Well, we're halfway to Halloween.

Posted by: He Interjected Spookily.... at May 01, 2026 03:06 PM (oftw2)

=======

Compared to the age of the universe, we're already there, rounding up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:07 PM (Y2NSe)

236 It's $6/ nonth.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:07 PM (in1PH)

237 Safe travels, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:02 PM

Thank you, sir! God willing, we'll see y'all in TX in October.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 03:07 PM (l1Oiv)

238 Well, while I still need to have a biopsy, my MRI thinks that I have prostate cancer. Prayers from the prayerful would be appreciated.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Praying for you. Cancer sucks.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 03:07 PM (N39Ws)

239 I have no idea how hard it is to hit someone running past me like that, so I will not judge. I think it is pretty fucking hard though.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 01, 2026 03:07 PM (E9Zz8)

240 The bottom line for me is this was the totally wrong venue to hold this event with a POTUS and his admin. attending without a total lockdown of hallways, all side side rooms, closets, etc. Have one, and only one entrance and exit tightly controlled at all times with everything else closed off. This is a hotel so it is going to piss people off but make sure that it is advertised ahead of time that for X amount of hours, there will be a lockdown of the interior/exterior perimeter of the hotel until the event is over and POTUS has left the building.

Posted by: Cheri at May 01, 2026 03:07 PM (oiNtH)

241 $43,800/ month.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:08 PM (in1PH)

242 What I'm wondering is, why the hell didn't they just move the gates against the wall for later disassembly?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2026 03:02 PM (X4KFY)
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It's a good point.

But it's probably something they thought they had the luxury of time to do.

If you watch many caper movies, they always try to use things like shift changes and other lax times as well.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)

243 So, rumors are now that the entire Greg Biffle family was murdered in a plane crash so his close friends and confidants could rob them blind stealing everything from them.

WTF?

MAN society is really starting to suck.
Posted by: Sponge - F

There was some hub bub about that on outkick the other day.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 01, 2026 03:08 PM (YZ0Fo)

244 Your average Moron trains more and can shoot better than the average cop. Most of them fire maybe 50 rounds once a year when they do mandatory requalification with their handgun, which is far from rigorous.
Posted by: Police professionalism is largely a myth at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM (TbWk/)

Only Stormtroopers can be so accurate!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 03:08 PM (H1WUE)

245 The police officers on the wall, near where the one magnetometer was being laid down in the passageway, were just a mess falling over one another to escape. Unfortunately, all or most appeared to be women.

And why was the dog's interest in the would be assassin ducking into what was probably an empty conference room basically ignored by its handler? /R. By now, we know.

Once again, by a hair, luck and possibly the Lord, PDT wasn't killed.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 03:08 PM (NFX2v)

246 I also assumed the SS was super competent and had layers of security checking everyone before they even get close to the building. I was wrong.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 01, 2026 03:04 PM (6z5U/)

Yeah, you think it's like Bruce Willis in Last Boy Scout. Highly trained, deadly- even with a hangover.

The reality is kind of depressing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 03:09 PM (zZu0s)

247 If the biopsy is positive, maybe I'll have the wife color her hair light blue. I did mine in pink when she got cancer. Seems fair.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:09 PM (ExV1e)

248 Dude was blurry even in slomo.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:09 PM (in1PH)

249 229 Why waste good money to pay someone who hates who and what I am? If I'm going to do that, I'd go to a titty bar.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 03:04 PM (N39Ws)

Nobody wants to see Tucker's titties.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 03:06 PM (utfVc)

Lincoln Project has entered the chat.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 03:09 PM (N39Ws)

250
"What we're seeing is that people want to have a special experience, and regardless of what your income level is, in some cases a $9 experience does feel like you're splurging, what that means is that we have to make it worthwhile.

People believe "this is a really affordable premium experience", because they're saying "well it's less than $10 and I get a really premium experience.""

-- Brian Niccol, CEO of Starbucks

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 01, 2026 03:10 PM (0sNs1)

251 182 Well, while I still need to have a biopsy, my MRI thinks that I have prostate cancer. Prayers from the prayerful would be appreciated.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Of course, prayers up.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 03:10 PM (NFX2v)

252 Why waste good money to pay someone who hates who and what I am? If I'm going to do that, I'd go to a titty bar.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 03:04 PM (N39Ws)

Nobody wants to see Tucker's titties.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 03:06 PM (utfVc)

Lincoln Project has entered the chat.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 03:09 PM (N39Ws)


Kristi Noem's husband has also entered the chat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:10 PM (ExV1e)

253 Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You have them! Prayers for good a outcome and if the news is not so good, prayers that you get through this well.

Posted by: Cheri at May 01, 2026 03:10 PM (oiNtH)

254 I wonder if the SS has any "quiet quitters"...

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:10 PM (Fi81e)

255 From X, repugnant yet amusing in a dark sort of way at the same time.


Islam Invasion @IslamInvasion
·
23h
"The Middle East regions are asking for halal organs"

UN testimony exposes massive Muslim demand for 'halal organs' harvested from Uyghur Muslims. A $9 billion industry built on slaughtering fellow Muslims!

They don’t care who dies as long as the organs are halal. This is Islam’s true face!

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:11 PM (E4rtv)

256 If the biopsy is positive, maybe I'll have the wife color her hair light blue. I did mine in pink when she got cancer. Seems fair.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 03:09 PM (ExV1e)

Hope everything works out well and she does not have to reach for the dye.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 03:11 PM (zZu0s)

257 I think Riccardo Montalban is programming these people. "Must... kill... Trump..."

Reggie Jackson

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 03:11 PM (DgMqy)

258
Posted by: Cheri at May 01, 2026 03:07 PM

I think this hotel also has an underground garage.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 01, 2026 03:11 PM (6z5U/)

259
Thank you, sir! God willing, we'll see y'all in TX in October.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 03:07 PM (l1Oiv)



Looking forward to it!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:11 PM (Zz0t1)

260 244 Your average Moron trains more and can shoot better than the average cop. Most of them fire maybe 50 rounds once a year when they do mandatory requalification with their handgun, which is far from rigorous.
Posted by: Police professionalism is largely a myth at May 01, 2026 02:53 PM (TbWk/)

Only Stormtroopers can be so accurate!
Posted by: Tom Servo

Well considering the Storm Troopers were shooting Jawas in Obi Wan's remarks and a giant frigging land cruiser, shooting low was not a problem.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:12 PM (E4rtv)

261 Don't know if this was said before, but something drilled into me when I was in the Army (that I'm sure Marines will also appreciate); COVER YOUR SECTOR!!!!

So many of the the "security" team are looking EVERYWHERE except the ONLY ingress point!

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at May 01, 2026 03:12 PM (7kJyR)

262 No really cheap coffee anywhere when you buy it not make it. Most coffee you get when going out to eat is just shitty stuf anyway. Esecially restaurant non coffee shop coffee.

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 03:12 PM (Gqar8)

263 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026

Praying for you.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 01, 2026 03:12 PM (6z5U/)

264
There was some hub bub about that on outkick the other day.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 01, 2026 03:08 PM (YZ0Fo)



Supposedly there was an email sent to their mailbox after the crash from their helo pilot that said "Heard you dead. Burn in Hell." And a woman, fitting the pilot's wife's description taking things from the house shortly after the crash.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:13 PM (Zz0t1)

265 199 The gym shots? Why is that there?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 02:56 PM (in1PH)


After he leaves the gym proper, there are a couple shots where you have to watch through glass as he goes into and out of a room just outside the gym. So he was scoping out the area that would be closer to the event, and found a room where he could change without even having to go into the gym itself. So he may have stashed the shotgun disassembled, put it together right before the attack, and then carried it under his coat for not a long distance.

Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 03:13 PM (Sy6m/)

266 243 the Dutton family is suing the Biffle family members as they blame the accident on poor maintenance of a plane by Greg Biffle. Biffle and the older Dutton, who is also a pilot were not piloting the plane. Apparently Dutton’s younger son was and neither Greg nor the older Dutton were rated to be supervising a copilot who was the younger Dutton. The whole thing sounds like an ugly mess now.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 01, 2026 03:14 PM (3VIFz)

267 Did we already post about the Indian guy suing hotty for sexual harassment at JP Morgan and it turned out to be complete fiction?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 03:14 PM (diia5)

268 "🇺🇸 Donald Trump Holds Campaign Event for Seniors at The Villages Charter School in Florida "

that is all

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 03:14 PM (GD0B3)

269 250
"What we're seeing is that people want to have a special experience, and regardless of what your income level is, in some cases a $9 experience does feel like you're splurging, what that means is that we have to make it worthwhile.

People believe "this is a really affordable premium experience", because they're saying "well it's less than $10 and I get a really premium experience.""

-- Brian Niccol, CEO of Starbucks
Posted by: Duncanthrax
=====
Starbucks sells desserts rather than coffee so I guess he is correct. Pie, however, is better as a dessert than coffee flavored confections.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)

270 is that the notorious Villages Villages, or a different Villages?

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 03:14 PM (GD0B3)

271 Okay I’ll ask. Who is Greg Biffle? Biffle.

Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 03:14 PM (Gqar8)

272 I have no idea how hard it is to hit someone running past me like that, so I will not judge. I think it is pretty fucking hard though.
Posted by: bob

I'm too used to watching Matt Dillon or Lucas McCain shooting a gun out of a man's hand or shooting a guy off of a speeding horse way ahead of him dead center. I have a feeling real life rarely works that way unless you are a qualified sniper and they are a rare breed.

Posted by: Cheri at May 01, 2026 03:15 PM (oiNtH)

273 >>>This way to the Egress>>>

Posted by: P.T. Barnum at May 01, 2026 03:15 PM (oftw2)

274 Biffle's hangers looted 100s of thousands of dollars.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:15 PM (in1PH)

275 267 Did we already post about the Indian guy suing hotty for sexual harassment at JP Morgan and it turned out to be complete fiction?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Guy might have been angling for that woman's job or told off by her. Nasty critter probably lurks on reddit stories' forums to get his ideas.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:15 PM (E4rtv)

276 Okay I’ll ask. Who is Greg Biffle? Biffle.
Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 03:14 PM



He was a NASCAR driver who's entire family was killed in a plane crash not too long ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

277 266 243 the Dutton family is suing the Biffle family members as they blame the accident on poor maintenance of a plane by Greg Biffle. Biffle and the older Dutton, who is also a pilot were not piloting the plane. Apparently Dutton’s younger son was and neither Greg nor the older Dutton were rated to be supervising a copilot who was the younger Dutton. The whole thing sounds like an ugly mess now.

Where was Rip during all this?

Posted by: Hanging Chad at May 01, 2026 03:16 PM (HcoTw)

278 Biffle was one of the worst drivers. He wrecked everybody.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:17 PM (in1PH)

279 275 267 Did we already post about the Indian guy suing hotty for sexual harassment at JP Morgan and it turned out to be complete fiction?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Guy might have been angling for that woman's job or told off by her. Nasty critter probably lurks on reddit stories' forums to get his ideas.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:15 PM (E4rtv)

======

He was apparently unremarkable as an employee and pushed out (not fired) and then tried to cause some drama to extract a payment from the corporation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 03:17 PM (Y2NSe)

280 Nood

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 01, 2026 03:17 PM (6z5U/)

281 NOOD SF druggies.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)

282 278 Biffle was one of the worst drivers. He wrecked everybody.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 03:17 PM (in1PH)

Bubba Wallace would like a moment to object.....

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at May 01, 2026 03:18 PM (7kJyR)

283 Well, while I still need to have a biopsy, my MRI thinks that I have prostate cancer. Prayers from the prayerful would be appreciated.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
*********
Sending prayers! 🙏

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 03:19 PM (NpAcC)

284 I would be delighted if this mug were to be suicided in jail. They aren't going to uncover any facts from him. Investigations will lead nowhere and waste taxpayer time and money.

Being suicided at least sends a message and provides a modicum of timely justice.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 01, 2026 03:19 PM (wBaIH)

285 Maybe he broke down the shotgun, carried it under his clothes, pre-placed it in the room, and assembled it before his dash.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 02:49 PM (mkw2N)

He did his little jaunty walk up and down the hall and to the gym, friendly with the lady at the desk.

Then walked down the hall the opposite way wearing a black coat (where the gun was hidden after putting it together in another room.

I did not even notice the K-9 til now.

The good thing that I hope will come of this is better security for President Trump and Co from now on.

What is not often mentioned is this is on a floor beneath the entrance to the ballroom...or that is what I read a couple of times.

I still want footage of him being stripped down and searched for bombs. I assume his sneer is not present at this point. He looked not pleased to be sniffing hotel carpet when he was trussed and covered in a hypothermia blankie. Dikhead.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 01, 2026 03:19 PM (WONhk)

286 Me no likeum white squaw with cannons.

Posted by: Indian guy at May 01, 2026 03:19 PM (HcoTw)

287 He was apparently unremarkable as an employee and pushed out (not fired) and then tried to cause some drama to extract a payment from the corporation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


Which is a bummer, because if the New York courts weren't run by ghey-race commies, he'd catch federal charges and be looking at 10 years.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 03:20 PM (diia5)

288 272 I have no idea how hard it is to hit someone running past me like that, so I will not judge. I think it is pretty fucking hard though.
Posted by: bob

I'm too used to watching Matt Dillon or Lucas McCain shooting a gun out of a man's hand or shooting a guy off of a speeding horse way ahead of him dead center. I have a feeling real life rarely works that way unless you are a qualified sniper and they are a rare breed.
Posted by: Cheri
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It doesn't resemble real life at all. Hitting a moving target in 3d at full speed is something few people actually do, other than hunters or infantry/spec forces do in war.

If you actually watch the available footage of armed civilians or police encountering the various types of violent low lifes, these scenes are chaotic to say the least and the worst come on suddenly where it is critical for the defenders to get their shit together suddenly in fractions of a second.

Action will always beat reaction so there is a reason that one has to be thinking ahead of the situation to either avoid or prepare rather than going into it oblivious. Hard to do when security checkpoint duty is boring until suddenly it is not.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)

289
Tucker has 7300 paid subscribers

Not 73,000

7,300

Stop falling for it

https://x.com/ArynneWexler/status/
2050192786603839981

Tucker is a non-entity ranting to Pakistanis.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

I shared ace's concern (no sarc intended) when I thought Carlson still had a gazillion followers, but maybe we can all switch from outrage to pointing and laughing now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 03:24 PM (n7rxJ)

290 The guy standing but facing wrong way did get handgun out quickly, if would have by chance looking at Cole running at him it would have ended immediately

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 03:25 PM (Ia/+0)

291 Before returning to the hallway to begin his attack, the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, ducked into an unsecured makeshift room located near the entrance of the ballroom.

Witnesses and law enforcement reports provided the following details regarding his movementsreparation: Allen used this makeshift room to retrieve or assemble a "long weapon"—a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun—from a bag. Location: The room was situated near the main magnetometer screening area at the Washington Hilton hotel, one floor above the ballroom where the White House Correspondents' Dinner was being held.

Immediately prior, Allen had been in his hotel room where he took a selfie of being dressed and armed. He then walked down the passageway wearing a dress coat and that's when the police dog took interest in him.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 03:25 PM (NFX2v)

292 Okay I’ll ask. Who is Greg Biffle? Biffle.
Posted by: tubal at May 01, 2026 03:14 PM (Gqar

Baffled, I am.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 03:27 PM (utfVc)

293 It doesn't resemble real life at all. Hitting a moving target in 3d at full speed is something few people actually do, other than hunters or infantry/spec forces do in war.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)

Embarrassing hunting story from my youth. Dad and I rabbit hunting with shotguns. Jump a rabbit which starts running zigzag. Dad and I both empty shotguns (5 rds each). On my last shot rabbit flips over. We go to collect said rabbit AND THERE IS NOT A SINGLE MARK ON HIM! Ummm...did he die of heart attack?

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at May 01, 2026 03:27 PM (7kJyR)

294 44 I do though believe SS is completely incompetent. A security detail that large with that many high profile people and some total weakling loser teacher got that far with all that equipment?


Imagine if say Iran wanted to take out Trump and they had an actual team? Zero doubt they would have succeeded.
Posted by: Leupold at May 01, 2026 02:29 PM (eIzlH)

If he got past the checkpoint, I’d agree. You are simply never ever ever ever happy, however, with anything whatsoever.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 03:42 PM (E6xSb)

295 It looks like they were all occupied taking down the security checkpoint. Shooter rushed in out of nowhere. One cop was alert enough to pull on time, but it was quick.

The real issue was letting him get that close in the first place, where he could rush up that quickly. Also, should have had someone stationed down the hall.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 05:05 PM (954tc)

296 Embarrassing hunting story from my youth. Dad and I rabbit hunting with shotguns. Jump a rabbit which starts running zigzag. Dad and I both empty shotguns (5 rds each). On my last shot rabbit flips over. We go to collect said rabbit AND THERE IS NOT A SINGLE MARK ON HIM! Ummm...did he die of heart attack? Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at May 01, 2026 03:27 PM (7kJyR)

Do you one better - tried to shoot a ptarmigan at 20 feet with a 22. Missed. Ptarmigan just stood there, so I took two steps forward and shot again. miss. Took two steps forward. Etc.

Finally got him...two steps away. Inside 6 feet. He just ..stood there the whole time. I felt like a complete idiot.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 05:09 PM (954tc)

Old Spin: Democrats Aren't Socialists
Newer Spin: Democrats Are Socialists But They're Not Communists
Reality: Democrats Are Organizing May Day General Strikes With Communist Groups

Next spin: Okay we're communists, but we're not Stalinists.

And then after that: Okay we're Stalinists, but you deserve it, stupid. How clear did we have to make it that we intend to enslave and murder you?

Up to 600 communist groups and other radical organizations linked to the Democratic Party are mobilizing all over the United States to demonstrate for May Day, Fox News Digital is reporting.

An investigation by the outlet has identified a sprawling network with "a combined annual revenue of about $2 billion organizing some 3,000 protests and events" pushing what the outlet describes as an "anti-American agenda."

The protestors are urging Americans to skip work, school, and shopping.

"May Day" has its origins in workers demonstrations in the 19th Century. Initially called International Workers Day in 1890, the event called for worldwide demonstrations in the memory of workers killed in an 1886 protest in Chicago.

According to Fox Digital:


At the center of the May Day mobilization, which has expanded from earlier indications, is a network of communist, socialist, Marxist, and other far-left organizations, led by chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America and a network of groups -- including the People's Forum, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, ANSWER Coalition and Code Pink -- funded by an American-born tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, based in Shanghai, promoting the propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party.

...

Unlike in decades past, the Democratic Party is increasingly associating itself with radical elements organizing through Indivisible, MoveOn.org, the American Federation of Teachers, and 13 state and local chapters of the Democratic National Committee as well as the California Democratic Party, Fox reported.

...

One Democrat said the Democratic Party involvement in May Day with the radical groups comes at their own peril.

"The increasing willingness of mainstream Democrats to align with extremist socialist groups is a major factor in why the Democratic Party is losing the center more and more, and why so many lifelong Democrats find themselves feeling politically homeless," Democratic strategist Melissa DeRosa told Fox News Digital.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:15 PM




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1 !

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 01:17 PM (UjdFS)

2 Next spin: Okay we're communists, but we're not Stalinists.

Next one after that: "It was all Beria's doing."

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at May 01, 2026 01:17 PM (bufu1)

3 Next spin:

"Of course National Socialists are socialists. Including the Jew hate. It's awesome. Heil Hitler."
-progressive Jews

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:18 PM (Y2NSe)

4 Communists who are running a literal Nazi in Maine.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 01:18 PM (iNUL3)

5 I prefer to think of today as Remembering the Victims of Communism Day.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 01:19 PM (xvhJH)

6 4 Communists who are running a literal Nazi in Maine.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 01:18 PM (iNUL3)

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I've heard that communists hate the small-government libertarians also known as Nazis all my life.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:19 PM (Y2NSe)

7 Hey, CNN AND MS Now were still on the air!!!!

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 01:19 PM (Sco7b)

8 "The increasing willingness of mainstream Democrats to align with extremist socialist groups is a major factor in why the Democratic Party is losing the center more and more, and why so many lifelong Democrats find themselves feeling politically homeless,"

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Couple this with the VRA decision from SCOTUS and the Dems are in serious peril.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (2UnvF)

9 Stop calling them the Democratic Party.

There’s nothing democratic about them.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (4opPK)

10 Our schools shut down today because there were so many teachers taking vacation.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (q/LWc)

11 The NYT tried an even better spin. The 'collectivists' are marching today. Not communists, collectivists.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (aCpRC)

12 They are loud and proud about their plans for us.

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at May 01, 2026 01:21 PM (SCYv+)

13 Odd thing is they don't want to be socialist with their own stuff
They want to grab your stuff for themselves

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at May 01, 2026 01:21 PM (Tlyr1)

14 8
Couple this with the VRA decision from SCOTUS and the Dems are in serious peril.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (2UnvF)

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Plus the great migration out of blue states (and counties) into red states (and counties).

You know what will fix this? A boring Jewish governor of Pennsylvania becoming their nominee!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:21 PM (Y2NSe)

15 I prefer to think of today as Remembering the Victims of Communism Day.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 01:19 PM (xvhJH)


Who do I call to make this a national holiday?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:21 PM (rbvCR)

16 Just remember. Every communist group that has ever been in power got there through murder and intimidation that used government power as the tip of its spear.

They want conflict. They need conflict and division to succeed.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 01:21 PM (+ffGB)

17 They are National Socialists without the nickname.

Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2026 01:22 PM (98kQX)

18 Who do I call to make this a national holiday?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:21 PM (rbvCR)
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Not Wyden or Merkley.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 01:22 PM (xvhJH)

19 How soon do the Dems adopt The Internationale as their anthem?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:22 PM (E6xSb)

20 New New Spin: There are no mass graves or killing fields and here's a listicle about why it's good that there are

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:22 PM (LGS3t)

21 Next spin: Okay we're communists, but we're not Stalinists.

-
More Pol Potists.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 01:22 PM (ndZc7)

22 20 New New Spin: There are no mass graves or killing fields and here's a listicle about why it's good that there are

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:22 PM (LGS3t)

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"Also, the mass graves of Indian children may never be found, but they were definitely put there by the Catholic Church."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:23 PM (Y2NSe)

23 Willowed (and minorly relevant):
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What a stupid argument, Good to see you can easily be fed propaganda.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:16 PM (E6xSb)
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It's the same argument as Antifa is "anti-fascist".

It's not propaganda, though. Name one free economy country that would subsidize a vacation for its citizens. ("Strength through Joy").

Name a country like that whose leader worked with a car company to ensure a car most of its citizens could afford. (the Volkswagen)

Fascism is inherently socialist, from Gentile and Mussolini. It's just not on Marx's timeline is all. Mussolini coined the phrase "National Socialism"
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (Fi81e)
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Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)

24 New New Spin: There are no mass graves or killing fields and here's a listicle about why it's good that there are

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:22 PM (LGS3t)

#5 will amaze you!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 01:23 PM (iNUL3)

25 9 Stop calling them the Democratic Party.

There’s nothing democratic about them.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (4opPK)

Nonsense.

Posted by: German Democratic Republic at May 01, 2026 01:23 PM (E6xSb)

26 Reality: they're all globalist godless gay race communists

all of them

Posted by: brak at May 01, 2026 01:23 PM (jGJov)

27 Hooray hooray it's the first of May, outdoor fucking starts today!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 01, 2026 01:24 PM (Kt19C)

28 600 groups is a huge amount of propaganda.
No wonder the Democrats have become rabid Communists.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 01:24 PM (NpAcC)

29 Fascism is inherently socialist, from Gentile and Mussolini. It's just not on Marx's timeline is all. Mussolini coined the phrase "National Socialism"
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (Fi81e)
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Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)

So why were fascists good with private property?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (E6xSb)

30 We could do Remembering the Victims of Communism Day on May 1, and then we could celebrate Beltane on the following day, or the following Saturday, which ever is more convenient for bonfires.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (rbvCR)

31 "Elon Musk put his hand out like a Nazi. He must be destroyed."

"It's okay that Platner has a Nazi SS tattoo. He was stupid when he got it."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (Y2NSe)

32 I prefer to think of today as Remembering the Victims of Communism Day.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 01:19 PM (xvhJH)

Day? If we remembered one a second, it would take three years.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (LGS3t)

33 Sooo....
No work!
No shopping!
No School!

Well, I hope these assholes understand that in their communist utopia, that is exactly what they will get every day!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (2WIwB)

34 Here’s the problem.

For years we’ve called anyone even slightly left of center a socialist. Even someone like Clinton, who while a piece of shit in many aspects, was no socialist. The guy got rid of Glass-Steagall for crying out loud, about the most non-socialist thing he could have done short of getting a tattoo of Milton Friedman on his forehead.

Calling everyone a socialist was like the left calling everyone on the right a racist. The world lost any meaning. People hear socialism and they go yeah whatever, it just means Democrat. But at the same time true socialists have taken over the party. So now we’re accusing actual socialists of being socialists but nobody pays attention because we’ve been doing it for so long.

We cried wolf way too many times.



Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 01:26 PM (UemNC)

35 The thing that gets me two ways, first it surprises me, then second I'm ashamed of my lame-ass at being surprised, is all the public school systems now just taking the city's kids and busing them to these protests. It's happening all over the freaking country today.

The public schools are not being sneaky about this, they are explicitly taking the children given to them by the parents and directly using them as props.

Is there anyone left that doesn't understand we can't go on like this as a nation? There is nothing the left will not weaponize to win. I am f'ing tired of any r politician that does not understand we are deep into a fight to the death and if they aren't actively fighting the left they are obviously stalling as a part of enemy action.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 01:26 PM (3uBP9)

36 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (Y2NSe)

You know modern Democrats aren't actually offended by Nazis or Slavery, right?

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:27 PM (LGS3t)

37 The Dems have taken a hard left tack since 2000. How could they keep going left and NOT end up communists?

Seriously imagine telling your average Dem voter in 2000 that the important issues in 2026 are:

Trans-rights and especially transing kids
Funding NGOs and not auditing the money
Seizing the wealth of people the government doesn't like through wealth taxes
Imprisoning people that say things the government doesn't like
Open borders, including for people that committed crimes in their home country AND those that commit crimes here

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:27 PM (sKqQm)

38 36 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (Y2NSe)

You know modern Democrats aren't actually offended by Nazis or Slavery, right?

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:27 PM (LGS3t)

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Well, I think they're offended by everything that isn't in alignment with Current Day messaging.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:27 PM (Y2NSe)

39 More Pol Potists.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 01:22 PM (ndZc7)


A TRUE YEAR ZERO HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED!!!!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:28 PM (rbvCR)

40 Socialist and communist, not a dimes worth of difference.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 01:28 PM (kGf4g)

41 Every communist group used misnomers at part of their naming convention. It hides their true intent.

But their mo is always the same. Murder.

They tried to murder the president three times.

They are murdered conservatives arguably greatest debater because he exposed their lies with the truth.

Believe what they say. Their words are what they mean. It’s not hyperbole, it’s their objectives.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 01:28 PM (+ffGB)

42 If they receive money to protest against America, (going rate in Seattle is $20/hour minimum of four hours), that is treason.

FU*K every one of these traitorous bastards!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 01:28 PM (2WIwB)

43 People have no scale of time. Not even the Nazis started out as bad as they became.

It took the Nazi party from its' formation in 1920 until 1940 to start putting Jews on box cars to Poland. That's 7 years after the Reichstag fire (which the communist black shirts very likely did start, btw).

Nonetheless, I detect an arc of the "Democratic Party".

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

44 By the way, I really liked Spin magazine, it just petered out though.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:28 PM (rbvCR)

45 Barry Soetoro is going to have a landmark evening at the bathhouse tonight.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 01:29 PM (Fbc0I)

46 Reality: Democrats Are Organizing May Day General Strikes With Communist Groups

Next spin: Okay we're communists, but we're not Stalinists.



A f'n commie is a f'n commie.

Afternoon all.
Eye doctor visit to get glasses checked.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 01:29 PM (vQ9So)

47 34 Here’s the problem.

For years we’ve called anyone even slightly left of center a socialist. Even someone like Clinton, who while a piece of shit in many aspects, was no socialist. The guy got rid of Glass-Steagall for crying out loud, about the most non-socialist thing he could have done short of getting a tattoo of Milton Friedman on his forehead.

Calling everyone a socialist was like the left calling everyone on the right a racist. The world lost any meaning. People hear socialism and they go yeah whatever, it just means Democrat. But at the same time true socialists have taken over the party. So now we’re accusing actual socialists of being socialists but nobody pays attention because we’ve been doing it for so long.

We cried wolf way too many times.



Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 01:26 PM (UemNC)

Forgotten by too many was Clinton’s desire to seize and nationalize 1/7 of the U.S. economy by taking over the medical sector. (I still have no idea what “health care” is. Especially considering I have no health for which to care.). If that isn’t Socialism I don’t know what is.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:29 PM (E6xSb)

48 Imagine telling a voter in 2001 that over the next 25 years we'd import 5 million Muslims into this country

Posted by: brak at May 01, 2026 01:29 PM (jGJov)

49 We cried wolf way too many times.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 01:26 PM (UemNC)

"We called them all socialists and *now* they're really all socialists" is not the argument you think it is.

It was a warning not a cry. We were correct.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:30 PM (LGS3t)

50 A smart GOP might want to have all kinds of commercials running next week showing every democrat candidate that is at a Communist rally.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2026 01:30 PM (n5tGW)

51 They tried to murder the president three times.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 01:28 PM (+ffGB)
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I'm going to repost this from the previous thread:
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19 Republican Presidents.
3 assassinated. 15.8%
3 others shot (Teddy Roosevelt was shot after being President)

=> 6 shot. 31.6%

Just under one third of Republican Presidents get shot by Democrats or further left (Czolgosz, e.g.)

The Dems had 1, and Democrats mourned and Republicans mourned.


"Who's more violent?" has a lo-o-o-ong history.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)

52 33 Sooo....
No work!
No shopping!
No School!

Well, I hope these assholes understand that in their communist utopia, that is exactly what they will get every day!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (2WIwB)

Well you’ll work harder with a gun in you back
For a bowl of rice a day
Slave for soldiers til you starve
And then your head is skewered on a stake

Posted by: Dead Kennedys at May 01, 2026 01:31 PM (E6xSb)

53 "We cried wolf way too many times."

I disagree. If we had 'cried wolf' less, would things be any different?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 01:32 PM (DgMqy)

54 The protestors are urging Americans to skip work, school, and shopping.
......

Forever.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 01:32 PM (UjdFS)

55 it's called 'may day' because they may let you live

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 01, 2026 01:32 PM (CWTWj)

56 Stalinism with an AWFL scowl.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at May 01, 2026 01:32 PM (A0KDi)

57 Well, I think they're offended by everything that isn't in alignment with Current Day messaging.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:27 PM (Y2NSe)

I don't think they are offended by a blessed thing. It's all a cudgel.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:32 PM (LGS3t)

58 31 "Elon Musk put his hand out like a Nazi. He must be destroyed."

"It's okay that Platner has a Nazi SS tattoo. He was stupid when he got it."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (Y2NSe)
*******
He chose to cover it up with more ink instead of having it removed.
I would think that you would want every remnant of the tattoo destroyed, if your beliefs had really changed.
Deep down he's still a Nazi.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 01:33 PM (NpAcC)

59 48 Imagine telling a voter in 2001 that over the next 25 years we'd import 5 million Muslims into this country
Posted by: brak at May 01, 2026 01:29 PM (jGJov)

Amend the 1A to ban evil Muslims.
Then kill every single evil Muslim in this country,
Would that make you feel better?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:33 PM (E6xSb)

60 57 I don't think they are offended by a blessed thing. It's all a cudgel.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:32 PM (LGS3t)

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Oh, they are offended. They've been taught to be offended by everything. It's a deep, emotional reaction, easily manipulated and wielded like a cudgel by the algorithm and media.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:34 PM (Y2NSe)

61 The Dems had 1,


Posted by: Axeman


And who shot him? A f'n commie.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 01:34 PM (vQ9So)

62 58 He chose to cover it up with more ink instead of having it removed.
I would think that you would want every remnant of the tattoo destroyed, if your beliefs had really changed.
Deep down he's still a Nazi.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 01:33 PM (NpAcC)

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He didn't go through with the extra tattoo on top, by the way.

He just said he would do it, people forgot about it for a week, and then he admitted on a podcast that he wasn't going to do it.

He still has the SS tattoo on his chest, and he's proud of it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:34 PM (Y2NSe)

63 61 And who shot him? A f'n commie.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 01:34 PM (vQ9So)

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LBJ was a commie?!

/jk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:35 PM (Y2NSe)

64 What hurt us is most was not crying wolf but allowing them to turn themselves into victims by claiming Joe McCarthy was some sort of psycho monster as opposed to Correct.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:35 PM (LGS3t)

65 What's the difference between socialism and communism?
The flag.

Posted by: And we all know it at May 01, 2026 01:35 PM (2Ez/1)

66 Trump hates today because it's Law Day.

Posted by: Michael Avenatti at May 01, 2026 01:35 PM (wGerL)

67 It's not propaganda, though. Name one free economy country that would subsidize a vacation for its citizens. ("Strength through Joy").


The German government today IIRC subsidizes spa visits among other things.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:36 PM (E6xSb)

68 So why were fascists good with private property?
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (E6xSb)

Private property is fine as long as we tell you what to do with it when we want to.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:36 PM (8avO+)

69 64 What hurt us is most was not crying wolf but allowing them to turn themselves into victims by claiming Joe McCarthy was some sort of psycho monster as opposed to Correct.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:35 PM (LGS3t)

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It was allowing them to control education on a national level, letting public employees (in particular teachers) unionize for decades, and ceding the cultural heights.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:36 PM (Y2NSe)

70 For years we’ve called anyone even slightly left of center a socialist. Even someone like Clinton, who while a piece of shit in many aspects, was no socialist.

Disagree. In 2000 FedGov consumed 18% of GDP.

That's socialism.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)

71 65 What's the difference between socialism and communism?
The flag.
Posted by: And we all know it at May 01, 2026 01:35 PM (2Ez/1)

One is more polite than the other.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:36 PM (E6xSb)

72 >>>He chose to cover it up with more ink instead of having it removed.

much more quick and effective to cover up a tattoo with more ink than removal

Posted by: brak at May 01, 2026 01:36 PM (jGJov)

73 70 Disagree. In 2000 FedGov consumed 18% of GDP.

That's socialism.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)

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Large sectors of our economy are definitionally fascist.

Starting with healthcare.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:37 PM (Y2NSe)

74 The biggest enemies are apathy and ignorance. It’s why I loathe most who call themselves “independents” and try to both-sides this debate.

The choices are very clear. There isn’t a lot of gray areas.

Do republicans have their shortcomings? Let me know when you find the perfect politician.

I’ll take the guy who doesn’t quite move as quickly or exactly the way I want over the guy who spends all day trying to find new ways to steal my rights, use the government to coerce my behavior and steal from me any day.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 01:37 PM (+ffGB)

75 So why were fascists good with private property?
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (E6xSb)


Fascism was the attempt to reconcile the demands of the industrialists who were essential to the wealth of the nation, with the anarcho-syndicalists who were coming into control of the workers the industrialists needed for production. In regulating both, the state was put in a position to arbitrate, and of course take their cut in power and riches.
Generally Fascist states are not so much good at property rights as they are in league with the large property owners. In Italy, think a balance between the Roman Republic, Medieval bankers, and Renaissance labor guilds.
Any one of the three areas given the power would destroy the economy, only working in balance could they prosper. As it was, though, the Fascist system protected each area to the point that no real advance could be made within the system since there was no real competition or innovation allowed.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:37 PM (rbvCR)

76
So why were fascists good with private property?
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (E6xSb)
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Because they realized that "ownership" was only a marker of control.

They controlled everything they wanted to control. While not necessarily getting the government involved in running a business.

Fascism, in Gentile's original model is about social progression, and the state as the vehicle of social change. Ironically, it's built on a "cooperative" model. You contribute to the State, the State keeps you around.

There were non-Jews that lost their entire company, because they weren't that useful to the Nazis. T

A couple of days ago I posted the description that one of the things about fascism is that the State decides everything that the State decides it should decide.

You can understand Marx and Engels in such a way to know that the fascist state--the state with absolute authority to pursue its vision, is exactly what you get in the stage before Communism. The "Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat" *is* functionally equal to a fascist government, but they're trying to beat you into shape to live on a commune.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:37 PM (Fi81e)

77 From the previous thread: of the 34,000 dead voters in North Carolina, how many were Civil War veterans?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 01, 2026 01:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

78 In a way, Fascism was a way to create cartels in banking, manufacturing and labor, which secured the status of each, and prevented any change or betterment while assuring them that no encroachment would be possible

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:38 PM (rbvCR)

79 Think you own your property?
Stop paying tax on it.

Posted by: Your local municipal gubmint at May 01, 2026 01:38 PM (2Ez/1)

80 The problem isn't what names we call the left.

The problems, in rough order:

1) The right never tries to undo what the left does (well outside of Trump) so we get a rachet affect
2) The right doesn't bother to explain the non-immediate bad effects of leftwing policies, for example when Biden doubled the budget LIVs didn't care. When we got Bidenflation they did care, but few explained how they were related
3) The right lets FedGov loot the productive class to pay the leftist classes - both the FSA and the NGO/Bureaucracy class

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:38 PM (sKqQm)

81 Disagree. In 2000 FedGov consumed 18% of GDP.

That's socialism.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)

Not quite. An example of Socialism: Amtrak. And orgs like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Student loans (can they be done privately? No.)

There are lots of people here who are perfectly good with 18% of the GDP being FedGov, so long as the entirety of the other 82% is in manufacturing, a.k.a The Only Jobs That Matter.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:38 PM (E6xSb)

82 I think our Bolsheviks are more Maoist than Stalinist. They have a Chinese commitment to like-think pressure rather than straight up terror.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 01, 2026 01:38 PM (4NO2D)

83 My 9 month old grandson was babbling loudly and waving his arms in his high chair, so I said He's Mussolini ranting from the balcony" and threw out my Mussolini quotes about "nothing outside the state" and "only blood turns the wheel of history!"

And realized how much he sounded like Democrats.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 01, 2026 01:39 PM (wBaIH)

84 One is more polite than the other.
Posted by: Cow Demon

They'll both starve and kill you.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 01:39 PM (kGf4g)

85 Oh, they are offended. They've been taught to be offended by everything. It's a deep, emotional reaction, easily manipulated and wielded like a cudgel by the algorithm and media.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:34 PM (Y2NSe)

But it's not offense, it's just a mask they wear to express anything they want any time.

In personal relationships a Narcissist will often act like you have breached their special code to make you feel remorseful. To anyone reasonably normal, it looks and sounds and even *feels* like it is offense speaking.

But it's not. It's control.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:39 PM (LGS3t)

86 14 8
Couple this with the VRA decision from SCOTUS and the Dems are in serious peril.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (2UnvF)

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Plus the great migration out of blue states (and counties) into red states (and counties).

You know what will fix this? A boring Jewish governor of Pennsylvania becoming their nominee!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:21 PM (Y2NSe)


Shhh, don't say it out loud!! You know they can read this, right?!

Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 01:39 PM (Sy6m/)

87 When you've dumbed down and then appealed to people's lowest common denominator, you aren't going to get higher-level thinking about issues and/or reasonable choices.

We are far below the water line now.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 01:40 PM (DgMqy)

88 It's good weather in Portland, so the topless May Day Earth day demons will be out in force.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 01, 2026 01:40 PM (IifOV)

89 "Should I respond to questions about the particulars of fascism and socialism? I don't know...is Axeman in the thread? He is...oh, he'll answer it a whole lot better than I possibly could."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:40 PM (Y2NSe)

90 The thing that gets me two ways, first it surprises me, then second I'm ashamed of my lame-ass at being surprised, is all the public school systems now just taking the city's kids and busing them to these protests. It's happening all over the freaking country today.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 01:26 PM (3uBP9)

I suppose I would be angry at this but they probably learn more and are molested less at a riot than if they stayed in a modern school class.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:40 PM (8avO+)

91 They controlled everything they wanted to control. While not necessarily getting the government involved in running a business.

Fascism, in Gentile's original model is about social progression, and the state as the vehicle of social change. Ironically, it's built on a "cooperative" model. You contribute to the State, the State keeps you around.

There were non-Jews that lost their entire company, because they weren't that useful to the Nazis. T

A couple of days ago I posted the description that one of the things about fascism is that the State decides everything that the State decides it should decide.

You can understand Marx and Engels in such a way to know that the fascist state--the state with absolute authority to pursue its vision, is exactly what you get in the stage before Communism. The "Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat" *is* functionally equal to a fascist government, but they're trying to beat you into shape to live on a commune.
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:37 PM (Fi81e)

Here’s the thing: people here get VERY ANGRY over this, but in fascism, there was still private property. And IIRC Mussolini still maintained the King of Italy.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:40 PM (E6xSb)

92 Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (E6xSb)

They were only nominally okay with private property. Although the title remained in individual hands, the government exercised full control over its use (and value). This is why fascism is the bureaucratic sweet spot. All of the real control, but none of the blame when something goes wrong as the putative owner will always be the obvious fallguy.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 01, 2026 01:40 PM (lFFaq)

93 Here's to a long night of the long knives.

Posted by: Reforger at May 01, 2026 01:40 PM (G4ajv)

94 Every communist group used misnomers at part of their naming convention. It hides their true intent.
Posted by: The Crow

Any group with the words "...for Justice" in its name is a communist front.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 01, 2026 01:41 PM (l26NL)

95 Oops, I hope nobody gets the wrong idea since I took the day off. Needed an oil change and don't like working on Fridays. But mostly don't like working on Fridays.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 01, 2026 01:41 PM (ftFVW)

96 88 It's good weather in Portland, so the topless May Day Earth day demons will be out in force.

Posted by: Frank Barone
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It's like a nude beach. Sounds good until you get there.

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at May 01, 2026 01:41 PM (2Ez/1)

97 My 9 month old grandson was babbling loudly and waving his arms in his high chair, so I said He's Mussolini ranting from the balcony" and threw out my Mussolini quotes about "nothing outside the state" and "only blood turns the wheel of history!"

And realized how much he sounded like Democrats.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 01, 2026 01:39 PM (wBaIH)

Babies usually look like Mussolini or Russian commie leaders, too.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:42 PM (8avO+)

98 He's Mussolini ranting from the balcony" and threw out my Mussolini quotes about "nothing outside the state" and "only blood turns the wheel of history!"

Mussolini was always a leftwing figure. He didn't break with the left over the question of socialist economics, but the question of whether you could have socialism in one country, specifically Italy, or if had had to be international like the Soviet Union nominally was.

Well that difference matters, it means fascism is just a socialist heresy.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

99 It's good weather in Portland, so the topless May Day Earth day demons will be out in force.

Posted by: Frank Barone
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It's like a nude beach. Sounds good until you get there.
Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller

Saggy all over, yes?

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 01, 2026 01:42 PM (ftFVW)

100 Does not matter what they call themselves, or what we call them, get them out of politics.

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 01:43 PM (GD0B3)

101 LOL at the ridiculous idea of "losing the center". Leaving aside the idiocy of the "left right center" concepts, accepting them as useful, it's absurd to think that Dems associating with actual commies will cost them.

Look at any of a number of huge actual disastrous issues facing the country, many of them with real world concrete impact on peoples' lives.

Borderless mass migration and utter lawlessness in immigration.

The astonishing and vile "trans" thing WRT minors.

The open calls for violence against federal law enforcement by *elected officials*.

On and on and on.

The dumbing down and brainwashing of the country is only just starting to be reflected in voting, and will be more evident as the younger/less likely voters become older.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 01:43 PM (U/Byj)

102 USSR.

What's that stand for? Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Let me emphasize one word in that: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

What most people don't realize that what the average person thinks is "communism" s actually socialism.

Socialism is not just some watered down compromise between capitalism and communism.

Socialism is extreme leftwing totalitarianism.

USSR? Socialist. Cuba? Socialist. North Vietnam? Socialist. East Germany? Socialist. Etc, etc.

All of these were/are totalitarian police states.

So when someone says they are "merely" socialist, be very afraid.

(True communism is so extreme mot people can't even visualize it: No private property, no nuclear family, no private living quarters, no individuality, etc.)

Posted by: zombie at May 01, 2026 01:43 PM (Av6i5)

103 Posted by: toby928(c) at May 01, 2026 01:38 PM (4NO2D)

They are Leninists, with just a dash of neo-Marxism (race and sex instead of class). The important part to them is the role of the intellectual elite as the vanguard of the society. Most of them don't even want change, let alone revolution.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 01, 2026 01:43 PM (wGerL)

104 Trotsky was ended by an ice axe. I prefer more surgical means.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 01, 2026 01:43 PM (f+JVJ)

105 Anything with

Americans For....

= commie front group

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:43 PM (LGS3t)

106 fascists and private property - no real rules. in nazi germany the gov't would when it wanted take away ownership from some people and give it to party loyalists.

seen at gooogle: Following the 1933 Nazi seizure of power, the regime pressured major industrial firms to support German re-armament; when Hugo Junkers, a pacifist, refused to cooperate, the Nazis moved to take control of his companies.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 01, 2026 01:44 PM (CWTWj)

107 My 9 month old grandson was babbling loudly and waving his arms in his high chair, so I said He's Mussolini ranting from the balcony" and threw out my Mussolini quotes about "nothing outside the state" and "only blood turns the wheel of history!"

And realized how much he sounded like Democrats.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 01, 2026 01:39 PM (wBaIH)

I miss those days. They grow up fast.

Posted by: Reforger at May 01, 2026 01:44 PM (G4ajv)

108 When Hitler rose to power in Germany the Soviets weren't sure if he was the face of the rise of true Marxism in Germany.

Remember Marxist theory said socialism would come from an advanced country via a populist party...which the NAZIs were...not the Bolsheviks.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

109 Retards on Parade.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 01, 2026 01:45 PM (qcTWE)

110 My usual leftie source says this May Day is about opposing the dictator who has taken over our precious democracy.

I'm not sure he quite understands what a general strike is all about, or who is backing it.

But he is passionate about it, so you really should respect his feelz.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 01:45 PM (DwqWV)

111 For years we’ve called anyone even slightly left of center a socialist. Even someone like Clinton, who while a piece of shit in many aspects, was no socialist.

Disagree. In 2000 FedGov consumed 18% of GDP.

That's socialism.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)

Clinton wanted to take over all Healthcare when he came in. When he went full horndog, he relaxed to save his career and probably was better that the GOPe's running against him at doing stuff for conservatives.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:45 PM (8avO+)

112 So when someone says they are "merely" socialist, be very afraid.

==

How about "Democratic Socialist" ??

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 01:45 PM (GD0B3)

113 LOL at the ridiculous idea of "losing the center". Leaving aside the idiocy of the "left right center" concepts, accepting them as useful, it's absurd to think that Dems associating with actual commies will cost them.

Indeed - LIVs aren't voting on what the parties call each other.

And more importantly the vote mules and people hole punching dozens of ballots at once don't care if Trump calls them commies, socialists, or "my friends across the aisle"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)

114 The Dems can't move to the middle anymore.

Because their dominant constituency is:
1st - black women
2nd - white, unmarried women
3rd - (and this is significant overlap with 1 and 2) government workers or those dependent upon government spending

That's near 90% of the party now.

You're either a willing slave to fund their lifestyle or a problem to be killed--that's how they all view you.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (MtSIY)

115 Gentile's philosophy was practical, in it's way. It wasn't about some projected "history".

Mussolini became a more practical socialist. He edited the most prestigious socialist periodical in Italy for a decade or two.

Which is why the practical model of fascism can fit both a state where people have a grant of private property, as long as they cooperate with the State and a state like Engels' "Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat", whose direction is away from private property, so in order to adjust everybody, citizens have as little private property as the State can manage.

The key to fascism is Mussolini's summation: (EISNOSNAS) Everything IN the State, Nothing OUTSIDE of the State, Nothing AGAINST the State.

It's a cooperative model--even "compelling cooperation", thus somebody cooperating with the State's lead IS functionally a part of the State.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Fi81e)

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Fi81e)

117 Beautiful day here in Seattle.

I expect a shitshow this afternoon. Ugh

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (MLtjZ)

118 Here’s the thing: people here get VERY ANGRY over this, but in fascism, there was still private property. And IIRC Mussolini still maintained the King of Italy.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:40 PM (E6xSb)


Also Mussolini's government was pretty bland on the Jews, and remained so until the Germans "saved" Mussolini and took power in his name

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (rbvCR)

119 "Socialism," is just another disguise for tyranny.

Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Q+gd/)

120 The godless commie heathens need to be put down like pdq cause time’s running out, between them and the muslims.

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (7RAhE)

121 Bernie says we're not Jew haters. Bernie wouldn't lie .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 01:47 PM (gu0hJ)

122 I've just started referring to Democrats as communists. If you say socialist, people will think they just want more welfare & other social programs. Democrats now don't want any limits on their power to tax & confiscate or regulate private property.

Posted by: Dave at May 01, 2026 01:47 PM (sbsMc)

123 When Hitler rose to power in Germany the Soviets weren't sure if he was the face of the rise of true Marxism in Germany.

Remember Marxist theory said socialism would come from an advanced country via a populist party...which the NAZIs were...not the Bolsheviks.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

That would be pretty dumb of the Soviets. Nazi and Freicorps thugs had been having street wars with communist thugs for a decade by the time Hitler rose to power. Not that there was a lot of difference in the ideology behind them, they would recruit ex-commie thugs to their own cause easily enough.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (8avO+)

124 Put it this way. If they were truly offended there would be ways to satisfy them, even temporarily. Solutions, concessions, agreements.

But they are never satisfied and always offended.

It's a clue. And a big one.

Does anyone think if every white person gave every last cent to every black person and then became their personal slaves for 30 years each, that the Left would be satisfied? During it and even at the end, would they say "great - this is even now we are no longer "offended" by your white privilege."

No. They would not. So it is NOT offense.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (LGS3t)

125 He didn't go through with the extra tattoo on top, by the way.

He just said he would do it, people forgot about it for a week, and then he admitted on a podcast that he wasn't going to do it.

He still has the SS tattoo on his chest, and he's proud of it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:34 PM (Y2NSe)
******
Wow. I did not know that. Many people are under the impression that he covered it up.

Elizabeth Warren is gushing over him.

Remember when Elizabeth Warren was berating Sec. Pete Hegseth for his tattoos, which were actually Christian tattoos?

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (NpAcC)

126 Their policies suck, they don't work, will never work and will make one poorer and angrier. Rs should try that as a message!

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (GD0B3)

127 What's the difference between socialism and communism?
The flag.
Posted by: And we all know it at May 01, 2026 01:35 PM (2Ez/1)

One is more polite than the other.

Posted by: Cow Demon

>Logistics. How many moves can you make and plan ahead to advance without losing ground.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (Fbc0I)

128 Bernie says we're not Jew haters. Bernie wouldn't lie .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 01:47 PM (gu0hJ)

But Zionists, on the other hand...they hate those guys.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (8avO+)

129
Because their dominant constituency is:
1st - black women
2nd - white, unmarried women
3rd - (and this is significant overlap with 1 and 2) government workers or those dependent upon government spending/i]

An interesting thing to note, in killing USAID Trump cut off one funding source for the left.

But these orgs also employed Karens in mass with inflated salaries. So the NGO isn't paying voters walking money or funding mules, BUT ALSO those Karens aren't cutting checks to their local Dem candidates from their $250K/year salaries either.

It is a double whammy

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

130 Every communist group used misnomers at part of their naming convention. It hides their true intent.
Posted by: The Crow

Any group with the words "...for Justice" in its name is a communist front.
Posted by: Blutarski


Or "Democratic".

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 01:49 PM (vQ9So)

131 Remember when Elizabeth Warren was berating Sec. Pete Hegseth for his tattoos, which were actually Christian tattoos?

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (NpAcC)

Because to Democrats, it's perfectly acceptable to be a Nazi. It is not acceptable to be a Christian.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 01:49 PM (iNUL3)

132 The difference between socialism and communism is the number of the dead

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 01:49 PM (gu0hJ)

133 Reparations were paid in full at Antietam.

Posted by: But don't get me started at May 01, 2026 01:49 PM (2Ez/1)

134 Remember when Elizabeth Warren was berating Sec. Pete Hegseth for his tattoos, which were actually Christian tattoos?
Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (NpAcC)

Mad they weren't Indian Tribal Tatoos like hers?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:49 PM (8avO+)

135 When Mamdani ran in NY and promised free buses and free groceries, what was the rebuttal ?

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 01:50 PM (GD0B3)

136 What's the difference between socialism and communism?
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Communism has two more m's.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:50 PM (LGS3t)

137 Best to refer to them as Tyrants.

Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2026 01:50 PM (Q+gd/)

138 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 01:51 PM (Zz0t1)

139 126 Their policies suck, they don't work, will never work and will make one poorer and angrier. Rs should try that as a message!
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (GD0B3)

How about, Everything They Touch Turns to Shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 01:51 PM (DwqWV)

140 Where is the center of communist power in the world today? Beijing.

Who is paying for all the subversion, propaganda, and agitation? Beijing.

Who took advantage of the opportunity provided by Beijing to impose Draconian limitations on our civil and constitutional rights?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 01:51 PM (RIvkX)

141 @130 People's Liberation

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 01:51 PM (gu0hJ)

142 Obama told us we own nothing, the government owns it.

Posted by: Case at May 01, 2026 01:51 PM (9lqZe)

143 How about, Everything They Touch Turns to Shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 01:51 PM (DwqWV)

how is that going to work in a debate ?

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 01:51 PM (GD0B3)

144 Trotsky was good. Stalin was bad. Lenin was the best.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 01:52 PM (y171U)

145 There are actually very few true right wing groups out there.

ALL of the ones they label via the media as right wing, aren't. By any stretch.

But, he who controls the narrative, controls the view.


Nazis are not right wing. They are leftists. Hard core leftists.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 01:52 PM (Zz0t1)

146 "Socialism," is just another disguise for tyranny.
Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Q+gd/)

"It may be a commonwealth for the people, but someone will have to run it for the people. That will be you and me"
H Beam Piper : "A Slave is a Slave"

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:52 PM (8avO+)

147 fascists and private property - no real rules. in nazi germany the gov't would when it wanted take away ownership from some people and give it to party loyalists.
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That was illustrated in the end of Schindler's list. Had he the ring, had he declined his car, had he resigned from the Nazi party.... he likely wouldn't have kept the factory.

Because the Nazi party didn't have a value of profitability, but how well the factory served the State. So, it wouldn't have mattered how well he could have thrived "on his own".

Your entire enterprise was assignable to some Nazi crony, just based on the idea that Party would rather he have it, and they have decided they don't like you so much.

It's one of the things that weakened the Nazi economy and the war effort.

The idea that Nazi ideologues were "okay with private property" is laughable and just barely true.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:52 PM (Fi81e)

148 "Socialism," is just another disguise for tyranny.
Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Q+gd/)


Most government is.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

149 “many lifelong Democrats find themselves feeling politically homeless”

And yet the vast majority will donate to and vote for the very group kicking them out of the home. Useful Idiots all.

Posted by: AnonybotymousDrivel at May 01, 2026 01:52 PM (rFyE1)

150 Someone who says he is a "socialist" is just too dumb or dishonest to call himself a "communist."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 01:53 PM (RIvkX)

151 Because to Democrats, it's perfectly acceptable to be a Nazi. It is not acceptable to be a Christian.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider


What popped some tops? When they found out that Jimmy Carter's funeral pamphlets had the very same Jerusalem Cross on it.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 01:53 PM (vQ9So)

152 "Get your hands out of my f*cking face."

Posted by: Scott J at May 01, 2026 01:53 PM (nCTkv)

153 The best was a guy who was handed everything his whole life all the way to the presidency and all he had to do was someone else's bidding and a Martin Luther King shuck and jive when he read a speech, saying "you didn't build that."

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:53 PM (LGS3t)

154 And (everyone here should know this, but the avergae person does not):

WWII started as an intenecine struggle on the far left -- a conflict between two ideologies:

International Socialsm (the USSR) vs. National Socialism (Germany).

The USSR was a coalition of 19 nations and 50 different ethnicities all embracing socialism as a group, with the goal of slowly expanding outward to ultimately encompass the whole world. That's international socialism.

Germany's brand of socialism was more inward-0directed and self-centered: Socialism is just for us, our nation, our ethnic group. And we'll kill anyone who gets in our way.

Germany wanted to "liberate" "Aryans" living in Poland, Chechoslovakia, eastern Europe, etc., so boom, the conflict with the USSR was inevitable.

But the difference between to two forms of socialism now seems, in retrospect, pretty trivial.

If instead germany and the USSR has banded together to bring socialism to the world, and to work out their differences later, they might have succeeded. Chilling thought..

Posted by: zombie at May 01, 2026 01:53 PM (Av6i5)

155 134 Remember when Elizabeth Warren was berating Sec. Pete Hegseth for his tattoos, which were actually Christian tattoos?
Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (NpAcC)

Mad they weren't Indian Tribal Tatoos like hers?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:49 PM (8avO+)

She has no problem with the Dem frontrunner for Senate to have an SS tattoo.......SS!!

Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 01:54 PM (y171U)

156 When Mamdani ran in NY and promised free buses and free groceries, what was the rebuttal ?
Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 01:50 PM (GD0B3)

They will fail instantly, as they have done. And now he has a huge budget problem. And a crime problem.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:54 PM (8avO+)

157 Tyranny is just tranny with a y.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:54 PM (LGS3t)

158 155 134 Remember when Elizabeth Warren was berating Sec. Pete Hegseth for his tattoos, which were actually Christian tattoos?
Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 01:48 PM (NpAcC)

Mad they weren't Indian Tribal Tatoos like hers?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:49 PM (8avO+)

She has no problem with the Dem frontrunner for Senate to have an SS tattoo.......SS!!
Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 01:54 PM (y171U)

From Maine!

Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 01:55 PM (y171U)

159 Great news! The older lady with her large tits hanging out telling me I get get great erections at any age is not on strike. Neither is King Harv.

Also, the obama library of doom opens in about 50 days. Be sure to get your $30 tickets now and bring your ID.

In honour of May Day, may I suggest that you comment loudly so the volunteers hear you: "Wow, this place cost more than $850 million dollars!!! Everyone working here must be making AMAZING money!"

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 01:55 PM (Sco7b)

160 If you look at the origins of fascism and the interwar period things weren't as clear cut as they would later become on ideology

Germany and Italy were originally rivals - Mussolini was willing to oppose Hitler moving into Austria for example, but after trying to deal with Britain/France he decided Hitler was the strong horse...

And in several cases, traditionalist leaders like Franco in Spain and Horthy in Hungary ended up allied with Germany not through an ideological agreement, but because the alternative was communism.

Spain is especially interesting - compare the RCC in Franco's Spain with Nationalist Socialist Germany's relations with Archbishop Galen and the Pope (specifically Germany considered assassinating/executing both of them for their Catholic stances)

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

161 She has no problem with the Dem frontrunner for Senate to have an SS tattoo.......SS!!
Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 01:54 PM (y171U)

Being surprised at Democrat evil and perfidy is a life time of hard work I gave up on long, long ago.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:55 PM (8avO+)

162 149 “many lifelong Democrats find themselves feeling politically homeless”

And yet the vast majority will donate to and vote for the very group kicking them out of the home. Useful Idiots all.

Posted by: AnonybotymousDrivel at May 01, 2026 01:52 PM (rFyE1)

======

2026 sees the further rise of the white progressive in Talarico in TX and Platner in ME. This is matched with the rise of the Arab communist El-Sayed in MI.

Both whites lose their races. El-Sayed might lose his.

2028 sees the reassertion of the black caucus with their preferred candidate Kamala.

Internal Democrat dynamics are in...flux. Should be fun if they can be kept out of power.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:56 PM (Y2NSe)

163 The Demoncrat Party would be better called the "Kill and Loot" Party.

They want you dead so they can loot your corpse to make themselves richer.

Posted by: XTC at May 01, 2026 01:56 PM (6Uni8)

164 155
She has no problem with the Dem frontrunner for Senate to have an SS tattoo.......SS!!

Posted by: Joemarine at May 01, 2026 01:54 PM (y171U)

======

"What's wrong with having a tattoo celebrating social security?"
-DU, 93% probability

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:56 PM (Y2NSe)

165 I'm never on strike.

Posted by: The older lady with her large tits hanging out at May 01, 2026 01:57 PM (2Ez/1)

166 Spain is especially interesting - compare the RCC in Franco's Spain with Nationalist Socialist Germany's relations with Archbishop Galen and the Pope (specifically Germany considered assassinating/executing both of them for their Catholic stances)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

If only there was a book about the situation in Spain...someone should do something!

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:57 PM (8avO+)

167 They want you dead so they can loot your corpse to make themselves richer.
Posted by: XTC
--------

Bonus: They get to cast your vote

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 01, 2026 01:57 PM (XeU6L)

168 May Day a few years ago I was tdy in the Seattle area. I’m driving down this semi rural road when a car passes me in a curve and swerves into a tree stand. I stop, run over to the car and look into the drivers side thinking death or serious injury. Now I can also smell fuel so there’s an urgency. What do I see? Some woman, thrown into the passenger side because she wasn’t belted in. She topless, and her legs are up and you can see London. I notice there are May Day signs in the car and she smells like vodka. She has a head laceration that’s bleeding down her face, probably some serious contusions. I ask if she’s ok and can she work her way to the driver side so I can pull her out of the window. What does she say? “You’re cute” and she starts making sexual remarks. I’m like ma’am we have to move before this thing catches on fire. Nope. She says she’s comfortable and asks if I saw her bottle of Tito’s. PD shows up along with rescue. I told them what’s going on, he shakes his head and say it happens every year.

You can’t make this up.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 01, 2026 01:57 PM (aobjm)

169 And Fascism was Mussolini who was the editor of the largest Marxist newspaper in Italy.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 01:57 PM (kxLc1)

170 The Demoncrat Party would be better called the "Kill and Loot" Party.

They want you dead so they can loot your corpse to make themselves richer.
Posted by: XTC at May 01, 2026 01:56 PM (6Uni

You left out "Enslave"

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:57 PM (8avO+)

171 In personal relationships a Narcissist will often act like you have breached their special code to make you feel remorseful. To anyone reasonably normal, it looks and sounds and even *feels* like it is offense speaking.

But it's not. It's control.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:39 PM (LGS3t)

It sounds more like marriage.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 01, 2026 01:58 PM (g8Ew8)

172 Helicopter rides for free.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 01, 2026 01:58 PM (qjJKh)

173 Remember when Elizabeth Warren was berating Sec. Pete Hegseth for his tattoos, which were actually Christian tattoos?
Posted by: redridinghood



Jimmy Carter's Funeral Program with Jerusalem Cross.


https://tinyurl.com/4shpsv84

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2026 01:58 PM (vQ9So)

174 If instead germany and the USSR has banded together to bring socialism to the world, and to work out their differences later, they might have succeeded. Chilling thought..

Stalin attempted to pull Germany into a more permanent alliance against the west a couple of times and of course they were allied from 39-41.

And the irony here is that from 39-41 it wasn't unusual for socialists to disparage Churchill as a warmonger that hated German people

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)

175 Every woman leftist politician endorsing Platner dreams of him ravishing them on top of a Tiger Tank

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 01:58 PM (gu0hJ)

176 Where is the center of communist power in the world today? Beijing.

Who is paying for all the subversion, propaganda, and agitation? Beijing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 01:51 PM (RIvkX)
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There aren't many people living on communes in China. I have no idea if China is preparing people for that.

I don't think there are supposed to be any slaves in a "socialism", outside of the new form serfs it creates.

How eager do you think China is for the "state to wither" (again Engels is pretty weaselly on what constitutes the "dissolution of the State", and it could be whenever a State deems itself as having accomplished its Marxist ends). The withering away of the State is the main thing that state-centrist fascists rejected from Marx' theory.

China is a nation. China has a state that's not likely to go away. It is a national socialism, but probably slightly more bent to Marxian Maoism in theme.

China is a fascist empire.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:58 PM (Fi81e)

177 78 In a way, Fascism was a way to create cartels in banking, manufacturing and labor, which secured the status of each, and prevented any change or betterment while assuring them that no encroachment would be possible
Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:38 PM (rbvCR)

This largely describes America's economy in the present day.

Posted by: People forget how much early Progs LOVED fascism at May 01, 2026 01:59 PM (TbWk/)

178 "The increasing willingness of mainstream Democrats to align with extremist socialist groups is a major factor in why the Democratic Party is losing the center more and more, and why so many lifelong Democrats find themselves feeling politically homeless,"

And the solution, the only possible solution, is to paint the Republicans as Fascists. They have to make us seem worse than them.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 01:59 PM (954tc)

179
How about, Everything They Touch Turns to Shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 01:51 PM (DwqWV)



Reminds me of an old Steve Dahl / Gary Meyer rant on Chicago radio when I was a kid.

"You want to wrap everything in plastic like they wrap the cups at the Holiday Inn in, then wonder why it fails. You wanna know why? BECAUSE EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH TURNS TO CRAP!!! That's why!"

It was quite epic. I actually had it on cassette somewhere. Not sure if it's still around.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 01:59 PM (Zz0t1)

180 176 China is a fascist empire.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:58 PM (Fi81e)

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Why do none of the communist nations ever shed their governments to become socialist utopias?

Easy.

They're all controlled by the CIA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:59 PM (Y2NSe)

181 Twitter is filled with commies talking about out stacking the Supreme Court when they get in power and making the magats pay.

Things are going swimmingly.

Posted by: The Dog at May 01, 2026 01:59 PM (XodLO)

182 There will always be people who want to take to the streets when someone yells 'Revolution!'

We just have more of those kinds of people these days.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 01:59 PM (DgMqy)

183 2028 sees the reassertion of the black caucus with their preferred candidate Kamala.

Internal Democrat dynamics are in...flux. Should be fun if they can be kept out of power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:56 PM (Y2NSe)

I still don't see Kamala as anyone's preferred candidate. This doesn't mean they won't run her, or that they won't spin the usual leftist mad crush for the dictator with her.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:00 PM (8avO+)

184 Most of Twitter is bots.

Posted by: Prove me wrong at May 01, 2026 02:00 PM (2Ez/1)

185 171 In personal relationships a Narcissist will often act like you have breached their special code to make you feel remorseful. To anyone reasonably normal, it looks and sounds and even *feels* like it is offense speaking.

But it's not. It's control.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:39 PM (LGS3t)

It sounds more like marriage.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 01, 2026 01:58 PM (g8Ew

So you know my ex-wife then?

Posted by: Sure don't miss that. Not one bit. at May 01, 2026 02:01 PM (TbWk/)

186 Everything for Everybody! For Free!

Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2026 02:01 PM (Q+gd/)

187 Where is the center of communist power in the world today? Beijing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho


I'd argue they are fascist. They have fictitious property ownership and little to no job assignment, while demanding complete loyalty to the state without the ruse of the People as the core of it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 02:01 PM (diia5)

188 183
I still don't see Kamala as anyone's preferred candidate. This doesn't mean they won't run her, or that they won't spin the usual leftist mad crush for the dictator with her.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:00 PM (8avO+)

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You have to ignore every Democrat primary poll right now that shows Kamala with double digit leads over Newsom.

Yes, Democrats love Kamala. They do.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:01 PM (Y2NSe)

189 U. of Oregon rolling out "ICE alert" system, based on a system established for things like real emergencies, shootings, etc. So illegals can escape apprehension.

Absent some really really really important impediment or 14-dimensional strategery consideration (which is doubtful), the administration's complete silence and inaction on *official* lawlessness is becoming deafening.

8USC1324 includes, prominently, aiding or abetting illegals.

DOJ sent a letter to 400+ "sanctuary" jurisdictions last year warning of prosecutions under this statute.

Oh well.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 02:02 PM (U/Byj)

190 China is a nation. China has a state that's not likely to go away. It is a national socialism, but probably slightly more bent to Marxian Maoism in theme.

China is a fascist empire.
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:58 PM (Fi81e)

China isn't a state, it is many states held together by force and has been for thousands of years.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:02 PM (8avO+)

191 Nazi Germany and the USSR basically attacked Poland at the same time.

I hate that the USSR was given so much after the war they helped start.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 02:02 PM (kxLc1)

192 If Dems want to win a presidential election they need to follow the script of 92 and 08.

Find a leader without a national identity yet that they can claim is moderate.

So one of those red to purple state Dem governors would be an obvious choice.

But they won't do it. The leading candidates all have public profiles as leftists - Newsom, Harris, Bootyjizz, etc.

I suspect 2028 will look a hell of a lot like 2024.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)

193 @162 TJM , good scenario. By 2028 the old guard will be mostly gone and the younger Dem factions will be vying for power. It will be ugly because the younger ones are stupid and immature

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 02:03 PM (gu0hJ)

194 In personal relationships a Narcissist will often act like you have breached their special code to make you feel remorseful. To anyone reasonably normal, it looks and sounds and even *feels* like it is offense speaking.

But it's not. It's control.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:39 PM (LGS3t)


Oh, hay, "Cluster B" though that also includes the basic assumption that everyone is going to betray him or her and every check is the first step in the inevitable betrayal.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:03 PM (rbvCR)

195 Now the leftie idiot is posting that this is all about telling Trump and "the billionaires" that this is our country, not theirs.

Huh.

I guess once you actually make good money, you aren't an American any more?

Envy. Pure and simple. The root of every budding commie.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 02:03 PM (DwqWV)

196 Most of Twitter is bots.
Posted by: Prove me wrong at May 01, 2026 02:00 PM (2Ez/1)

Just what a bot would say.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:03 PM (8avO+)

197 Germany and Italy were originally rivals - Mussolini was willing to oppose Hitler moving into Austria for example, but after trying to deal with Britain/France he decided Hitler was the strong horse...
Posted by: 18-1

Britain and France dumped him after he invaded Ethiopia. He really had no one to turn to at that point except Hitler.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 02:03 PM (77rzZ)

198 170 The Demoncrat Party would be better called the "Kill and Loot" Party.

They want you dead so they can loot your corpse to make themselves richer.
Posted by: XTC at May 01, 2026 01:56 PM (6Uni

You left out "Enslave"

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 01:57 PM (8avO+)

No, that's what the Mexicans and Muslims are for.

Everyone else, they want dead.

Posted by: XTC at May 01, 2026 02:04 PM (6Uni8)

199 This largely describes America's economy in the present day.
Posted by: People forget how much early Progs LOVED fascism at May 01, 2026 01:59 PM (TbWk/)


Yes, this is why I am so pissy about things most of the time.
Did you notice Trump is kicking the stilts out from under it all?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:04 PM (rbvCR)

200 192
But they won't do it. The leading candidates all have public profiles as leftists - Newsom, Harris, Bootyjizz, etc.

I suspect 2028 will look a hell of a lot like 2024.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)

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Obama was already getting a national profile by 2006. And then he barely beat Hillary in 2008 entirely built on the strength of the black vote behind him.

There is no one coming out of the blue to save Democrats from Kamala.

She's going to black girl magic herself to the nomination. She won't even debate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:04 PM (Y2NSe)

201 Sorry for the obama library countdown. I just LOVE everything about that place.

On my personal projects, I'm onto landmarks and these were just produced by gemini. Honestly. Perfect...

1. The Architecture of Agony
The Vibe: Dark history, dungeons, and places designed for suffering.

2. Necropolises & Cities of the Dead
The Vibe: Massive, terrifying, or beautiful concentrations of the deceased.

5. Cursed Ground & Haunted Horizons
The Vibe: Places where the atmosphere is heavy and the locals won't go after dark.

7. Forbidden Knowledge: The Great Libraries
The Vibe: Massive, intimidating, or secret repositories of human thought.

10. Monuments to the Absurd
The Vibe: Human-made structures that make no sense, are wildly over-the-top, or purely eccentric.


Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 02:04 PM (Sco7b)

202 The Demoncrat Party would be better called the "Kill and Loot" Party.

They want you dead so they can loot your corpse to make themselves richer.
Posted by: XTC
......

Then move onto your empty house and burn the furniture for heat.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 02:04 PM (UjdFS)

203 The only good communist is a ded communist.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 01, 2026 02:04 PM (abIsI)

204 It's getting high time for good men to do something.

Trump is but one man doing his best, with some flaws rolled in for good measure.


It seems the Liberty Tree is getting quite parched.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:05 PM (Zz0t1)

205 199 This largely describes America's economy in the present day.
Posted by: People forget how much early Progs LOVED fascism at May 01, 2026 01:59 PM (TbWk/)

Yes, this is why I am so pissy about things most of the time.
Did you notice Trump is kicking the stilts out from under it all?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:04 PM (rbvCR)

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But he's bailing out Spirit Airlines with a preferred loan, which means he's actually the worst president since Washington.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:05 PM (Y2NSe)

206 Yes, Democrats love Kamala. They do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:01 PM (Y2NSe)

Well, then, let's hope they run her ass.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 02:05 PM (DwqWV)

207 If Dems want to win a presidential election they need to follow the script of 92 and 08.

Find a leader without a national identity yet that they can claim is moderate.

So one of those red to purple state Dem governors would be an obvious choice.

But they won't do it. The leading candidates all have public profiles as leftists - Newsom, Harris, Bootyjizz, etc.

I suspect 2028 will look a hell of a lot like 2024.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)

Them having to run Biden showed the limits of the 'unknown' candidate idea. It is the only thing that worked in the past, but these days the internet will make an unknown known in days if not hours.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:05 PM (8avO+)

208 Also important to note that "International" socialism was based on class and therefore transnational.

"National" socialism was based on race and therefore definitely not transnational.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (RIvkX)

209 And Fascism was Mussolini who was the editor of the largest Marxist newspaper in Italy.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 01:57 PM (kxLc1)
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Right. He started being more influenced by Giovanni Gentile's writing. And he gradually split with Italian Marxists over the stability of the State.

To Gentile, you can't really get much done that benefits “everybody” without the State leading it.

Thus the development of fascism was really a rejection of the "withering away of the state" which was “necessary” in Marx's theory.

BTW, there are plenty of people who get this wrong. Marxism, Fascism, those are ideologies. Conservatives are often not subordinating the theory or idea to empirically judged "successes".

It's one of the reasons why 20th-century progressives have viewed "conservatism" as inherently "anti-intellectual".

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)

210 206 Yes, Democrats love Kamala. They do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:01 PM (Y2NSe)

Well, then, let's hope they run her ass.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 02:05 PM (DwqWV)

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When you have 70-80% support from roughly 40% of the electorate while you only get 30% of support from the rest, well, you're going to win.

That's the Democrat primary now. And her black support will only increase.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (Y2NSe)

211
There is no one more stingy with his own money than a DemSoc.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (HdYcL)

212 Amend the 1A to ban evil Muslims.
Then kill every single evil Muslim in this country,
Would that make you feel better?
Posted by: Cow Demon
=========
It's a nice start. Call it a pre-emptive action, the muzzy faith dictates that they either convert, kill, or marginalize (to the point of death) all non muzzies. When their holy book says that this is what a good muzzy should do, I think it is wise to take them at their word. Don't you?

Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 01, 2026 02:07 PM (JNTt1)

213 211
There is no one more stingy with his own money than a DemSoc.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (HdYcL)

But they love spending yours...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 02:07 PM (FtULh)

214 "Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay’d?
Not tho’ the soldier knew
Some one had blunder’d:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 02:08 PM (Fbc0I)

215 LOL! Trump just buzzed the DC May Day protesters in Marine One.

https://tinyurl.com/5c9cmvt8

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 01, 2026 02:08 PM (3ImbR)

216 Obama was already getting a national profile by 2006. And then he barely beat Hillary in 2008 entirely built on the strength of the black vote behind him.

There is no one coming out of the blue to save Democrats from Kamala.

She's going to black girl magic herself to the nomination. She won't even debate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:04 PM (Y2NSe)

He beat Hillary when the Superdelegates betrayed her to support him. She never closed in that gap. They neutered the Supers after that, but it was too late for her.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:08 PM (8avO+)

217 Them having to run Biden showed the limits of the 'unknown' candidate idea. It is the only thing that worked in the past, but these days the internet will make an unknown known in days if not hours.

Yes but I think that play can still work on LIVs who often will tell you "I just wish there was a moderate, non-crazy candidate I could vote for".

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:08 PM (sKqQm)

218 Posted by: People forget how much early Progs LOVED fascism at May 01, 2026 01:59 PM (TbWk/)

Very much so. Obama oversaw the final push of our economy into a fascist system. Watching various corporate heads maneuver to show they're company was " the good one" that should be picked for national support was interesting. Now Trump is trying to wind some of that back, so of course *he's* the "fascist".

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 01, 2026 02:09 PM (lFFaq)

219 215 LOL! Trump just buzzed the DC May Day protesters in Marine One.

https://tinyurl.com/5c9cmvt8

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 01, 2026 02:08 PM (3ImbR)


Sparse "crowd".

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 02:09 PM (FtULh)

220
The legacy of Obama is that the Democrat electoral losses at the federal and state levels wiped out a generation of moderates and left the field open to the wackos.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 02:09 PM (HdYcL)

221 I worked and shopped today. Suck it, commies!

Posted by: Josephistan at May 01, 2026 02:09 PM (y9ksN)

222 It's one of the reasons why 20th-century progressives have viewed "conservatism" as inherently "anti-intellectual".
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)

Its because or "intellectuals" that century and since were all communists.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:09 PM (8avO+)

223 Local school district closed schools so teachers could go to Raleigh and join (with pay) the May Day rally / protest for more money.

Same school district that paid out $72 million in bonuses and “lost” another $46 million in county funds. No one can say for sure where the $46 million went. They raised the proficiency scores to 68% by including private schools in the data.

Public school cult is a cancer on the country.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (23/y9)

224 222 It's one of the reasons why 20th-century progressives have viewed "conservatism" as inherently "anti-intellectual".
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)

=====

I all fairness, I am an illiterate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (Y2NSe)

225 I kind of hope the Dem standard bearer is Newsom. I want him to explain how he has spent $126B on a high speed train that doesn't have a mile of track yet laid.

I can see Vance or Rubio spitting back how they went to the moon and beat Iran in a way for a fraction of that...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)

226 Sparse "crowd".
Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 02:09 PM (FtULh)

not many factory workers and miners in DC.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (8avO+)

227
it's absurd to think that Dems associating with actual commies will cost them.

Posted by: rhomboid

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

This is what gets me. Who says the Dems should panic because of the extremist takeover? The vast majority of people are simply brand-faithful and barely skim the news; when they do, it's another diabetic Mexican grandma being ripped from her family and transported back to Dirt Village on a ... boxcar, probably. Or some earnest "transwoman" who just wants dignity.

I don't think Dems have a thing to worry about when it comes to the party itself.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (n7rxJ)

228 LOL! Trump just buzzed the DC May Day protesters in Marine One.

https://tinyurl.com/5c9cmvt8

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 01, 2026 02:08 PM (3ImbR)




This man. He gets it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (Zz0t1)

229 Posted by: The Crow

The best example of this was the American League for Peace and Democracy, which was Stalin's agit-prop operation in the 30s. Advocated for American involvement in Europe until August 15, 1939, then was isolationist until June 22, 1941. Very confusing times for American Communists.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (wGerL)

230
I all fairness, I am an illiterate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (Y2NSe)



And an asshole!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (Zz0t1)

231 225 I kind of hope the Dem standard bearer is Newsom. I want him to explain how he has spent $126B on a high speed train that doesn't have a mile of track yet laid.

I can see Vance or Rubio spitting back how they went to the moon and beat Iran in a way for a fraction of that...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)

====

Newsom would be a worse candidate than Kamala.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (Y2NSe)

232 230
I all fairness, I am an illiterate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (Y2NSe)


And an asshole!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (Zz0t1)

=====

I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:11 PM (Y2NSe)

233 And the biggest thing is, the Democrats have completely insulated themselves from any feedback or consequences.

Their voters did GREAT under Biden; Covid was fantastic and wonderful for them.

That's how far removed from reality they really are.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 02:11 PM (MtSIY)

234 Mussolini was a psychopath rapist and Hitler was a huge fanbois . They met in 1934 and a narcissistic Mussolini opposed Hitler taking Austria. Hitler left disappointed as again he was a fan. They met again in 1937 and became besties.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 02:11 PM (kxLc1)

235 "National" socialism was based on race and therefore definitely not transnational.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (RIvkX)
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It doesn't have to be based on race. But it does seem that tribal politics are allowed to fester more.

The fact that not a single Marxist revolution has resulted in that leader throwing their lot in with established Marxian-themed nation, demonstrates the value of the State.

A strength that Mussolini predicted.

You can see that early 20th-century "sophisticated society" was just more eugenic-minded. Since nobody has dubbed their form of government "fascist" or "national socialist" since then, means that most self-claimed fascist states will exist when sophisticates were very eugenically-minded.

However, I argue that Europe is filled with multi-party national socialist states. Who are moving toward the point where the government decides everything it decides it needs to decide.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:11 PM (Fi81e)

236 It's being reported that the total cost of the rallies on May Day will be 2 billion dollars.

This will be more than what was spent on the Trump, Kamala election.

The left is also using this for voter registration.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (NpAcC)

237 Newsom would be a worse candidate than Kamala.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (Y2NSe)

She was smart enough to hide for about 40 of her 100 days.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (8avO+)

238
I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:11 PM (Y2NSe)




Righteous bucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)

239 Here's the fallacy of the current Socialist Democratic Party. They long to re-enact the Communist rebellion of the early 20th Century. That rebellion was organic. The Socialist Democrats current protests for Communism is funded by mostly us taxpayers through public school funding malfeasance and NGOs. Therefore, the current protests are performative executed by individuals who have not vested interest in why they are there nor do they even know why they are there. It's just virtue signaling to their teachers to not punish them with bad grades. This is creating a society of people who do not express their true feelings. OMG! That is probably the point. Create a society of sheeple.

Posted by: John at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (0DsdP)

240 Very much so. Obama oversaw the final push of our economy into a fascist system. Watching various corporate heads maneuver to show they're company was " the good one" that should be picked for national support was interesting. Now Trump is trying to wind some of that back, so of course *he's* the "fascist".
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 01, 2026 02:09 PM (lFFaq)

I'd call it an impressive sleight of hand, but it has all the subtlety of a kinetic weapon from orbit.

Posted by: And quite the display of ignorance as well at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (TbWk/)

241 It's one of the reasons why 20th-century progressives have viewed "conservatism" as inherently "anti-intellectual".

And its funny. Anyone that has studied politics will quickly identify that people use political power for self advancement.

So the only safe way to have political power in your society is to minimize it, divide it up into different spheres, and make it as a local as possible. Yes this is exactly what the US founders did.

But the left always pops up with a "but then we can't do all the great things we need to do!" which in turn is answered by "if you can't get them to do it voluntarily it shouldn't be done"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

242 Since we're on the subject of gaslighting and lies, how does the left continue to deny the fact that they were the ones FOR SLAVERY before the mythical "party switch"

Where is the source of this ridiculous claim?

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (CncsH)

243
237 Newsom would be a worse candidate than Kamala.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:10 PM (Y2NSe)

She was smart enough to hide for about 40 of her 100 days.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (8avO+)

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Kamala will get Obama levels of black support.

Newsom is just as embarrassing with a terrible record, but he wouldn't get the black support.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (Y2NSe)

244 Hitler left disappointed as again he was a fan. They met again in 1937 and became besties.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 02:11 PM (kxLc1)

Didn't end well for either of them

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (FtULh)

245
The left is also using this for voter registration.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (NpAcC)



You misspelled mail-in voter ballot theft.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)

246 Old and Busted: Hobo with a Shotgun

New Hotness: Zombie McCarthy with a Chainsaw

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 01, 2026 02:13 PM (dK+Kv)

247 So why were fascists good with private property?
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (E6xSb)

Short answer: because they were pragmatic Socialists. They were OK with the proles having the illusion of private property, and with the big industrialists making buckets of money, as long as they did the Party's bidding.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 02:14 PM (utfVc)

248 116
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Fi81e)


This morning I learned from Grumpy that you can put end tags, by themselves, in your sig. You can't see them, but I have all four in mine now: /i, /b, /u, and /s (with square brackets of course, to clarify for jokers).

Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 02:14 PM (Sy6m/)

249 Sparse "crowd".
Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 02:09 PM (FtULh)
~~~~~

Yes. Maybe cutting off their money pipeline is having an effect.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 01, 2026 02:14 PM (3ImbR)

250 10. Monuments to the Absurd
The Vibe: Human-made structures that make no sense, are wildly over-the-top, or purely eccentric.


Posted by: Stateless
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Heh. When criticizing much of contemporary architure, I am told that I just do not understand the 'elegance' of the design.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 01, 2026 02:14 PM (XeU6L)

251 Well, then, let's hope they run her ass.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 01, 2026 02:05 PM

Who in the party, after all, hasn't?

Posted by: Willie Brown at May 01, 2026 02:14 PM (l1Oiv)

252
I kind of hope the Dem standard bearer is Newsom. I want him to explain how he has spent $126B on a high speed train that doesn't have a mile of track yet laid.

I can see Vance or Rubio spitting back how they went to the moon and beat Iran in a way for a fraction of that...

Posted by: 18-1

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Newsom has a deflection for everything. Plus a hairline.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 02:15 PM (n7rxJ)

253 The issue now with the US economy (IMO) is the financialization of every aspect. There is a focus on profit over production, and with a short term horizon for investments. There are fewer companies now that will sell you a widget that you can use for decades for example but those companies that don't won't be around in five years, like as not.

There are a number of reasons for this, but part of it is the inflation making long term investments that don't give regular dividends a bad idea, and taxation that means holding stock and raw materials an overall liability.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:15 PM (rbvCR)

254 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 02:15 PM (Ia/+0)

255 "National" socialism was based on race and therefore definitely not transnational.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (RIvkX)
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It doesn't have to be based on race. But it does seem that tribal politics are allowed to fester more.

The fact that not a single Marxist revolution has resulted in that leader throwing their lot in with established Marxian-themed nation, demonstrates the value of the State.

A strength that Mussolini predicted.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:11 PM (Fi81e)

German N.S wasn't based on race but German culture and whatever made up crap history they could construct. Their designated enemy wasn't a race, but a religious group, the Jews that the decided to call a race.

When the Germans were fighting for the origin of the "Caucasian" race, they had no problem massacring the resididents like flies in the process.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:15 PM (8avO+)

256 This morning I learned from Grumpy that you can put end tags, by themselves, in your sig. You can't see them, but I have all four in mine now: /i, /b, /u, and /s (with square brackets of course, to clarify for jokers).
Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 02:14 PM

You new here?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 02:16 PM (l1Oiv)

257 It's one of the reasons why 20th-century progressives have viewed "conservatism" as inherently "anti-intellectual".
Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)

Its because or "intellectuals" that century and since were all communists.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2026 02:09 PM (8avO+)
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True, but it's how they turned it. In the discussion of Marxism, to be concerned about economy and self interest was to be "anti-intellectual" because you were rejecting "academic ideas" for material concerns.

So, it's a sieve for how "academics" and "intellectuals" and people who pursued those descriptions became mostly ideologues. Who's main claim to fame is grousing because the distribution of property is not "perfect".

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Fi81e)

258 241 It's one of the reasons why 20th-century progressives have viewed "conservatism" as inherently "anti-intellectual".


To the liberals, phrenologically speaking, we are all stupid and violent. They've done studies!! Science.


Here's from supergrok by the way...

Here’s a snapshot of the top Democratic 2028 presidential front-runners (as of early May 2026), drawn from recent polling averages and Polymarket betting odds:

Gavin Newsom: ~18–26%
Kamala Harris: ~12–29%
Pete Buttigieg: ~11%
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC): ~8–10%
Josh Shapiro: ~5%
Mark Kelly: ~5%
JB Pritzker: ~4%
Cory Booker: ~3%
Others/Undecided: The rest (field is wide open)

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Sco7b)

259 Most non Republicans are Marxists
And can't wait for total control or a revolution

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Ia/+0)

260 "You know modern Democrats aren't actually offended by Nazis or Slavery, right?"

Vintage Democrats were pretty big on slavery too. And Jim Crow 1.0

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at May 01, 2026 02:16 PM (X5FXP)

261 What's the difference between socialism and communism?
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When they start shooting the people.

Communists shoot the people to get into power.
Socialists shoot the people to keep power.

And they always start shooting the people.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 01, 2026 02:16 PM (MtSIY)

262 Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)

Yes and I simplify it by saying Mussolini broke with the Italian Marxists because he didn't think they went far enough to establish socialism.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 02:17 PM (kxLc1)

263 Let's use our paid holiday to get out and protest!

Oh, the stupid, it hurts.

Posted by: Case at May 01, 2026 02:17 PM (9lqZe)

264 Black shirts or brown shirts. What's the difference?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 02:18 PM (954tc)

265 Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer, a world of handy historical info.

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2026 02:18 PM (7RAhE)

266 Shapiro should be the OBVIOUS choice for Dems right now.

Moderate profile from a moderate state. (Yes I know he is a nutbar).

But he's Jewish so I guess that is a non-starter for them

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:18 PM (sKqQm)

267 They're the worst kind of Staliniusts. They all aspire to run the gulags, and especially the gas chambvers.

Posted by: TJ jackson at May 01, 2026 02:19 PM (bXvrr)

268 Nood.

DOJ Releases Video of the Democrats' Latest Programmed-to-Kill Assasssin
—Disinformation Expert Ace

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 02:19 PM (Sco7b)

269 I kind of hope the Dem standard bearer is Newsom. I want him to explain how he has spent $126B on a high speed train that doesn't have a mile of track yet laid.

The original estimate for the cost was $33B. The recent estimate is $231B. Juuuuust a bit outside.

https://youtu.be/IVP9WUGdgPg

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 02:19 PM (Riz8t)

270 Italicans

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at May 01, 2026 02:19 PM (X5FXP)

271 Hitler left disappointed as again he was a fan. They met again in 1937 and became besties.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 02:11 PM (kxLc1)

Didn't end well for either of them

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 02:12 PM (FtULh)
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Ended worse for Stalin.

Hours of excruciating pain and seizures lying on the floor (maybe?), pissing himself. And he had made himself such an terror that sounds of pain could not get people to open that door.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (Fi81e)

272 266 Shapiro should be the OBVIOUS choice for Dems right now.

Moderate profile from a moderate state. (Yes I know he is a nutbar).

But he's Jewish so I guess that is a non-starter for them
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 02:18 PM (sKqQm)
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how about Beshear

Posted by: WisRich at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (G0vdT)

273 Goebbels was also a Marxist before becoming a Nazi.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (kxLc1)

274 Nood USSS video.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (iNUL3)

275 Yes and I simplify it by saying Mussolini broke with the Italian Marxists because he didn't think they went far enough to establish socialism.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 02:17 PM (kxLc1)
[

The Anarcho-syndicalists as a bloc had more juice than the Marxists, who were more academics than anything.
They were also the ones blowing shit up in protest, and that was what brought the industrialists into the negotiations.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:22 PM (rbvCR)

276 Harold Ford would be the best for the Democrats as he pretends to be moderate.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 02:22 PM (kxLc1)

277
Dump on the Republicans all you want, but remember they can't have a local headquarters and need security at all local events because of violence from the left.

Raging commies don't stop there, they go after people in their homes.

We have been at war. Terrorists and assholes on the left get their hands slapped.

Posted by: Auspex at May 01, 2026 02:22 PM (DECkL)

278 This morning I learned from Grumpy that you can put end tags, by themselves, in your sig. You can't see them, but I have all four in mine now: /i, /b, /u, and /s (with square brackets of course, to clarify for jokers).
Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 02:14 PM



It also makes your quote look silly when it makes the main page sidebar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)

279 Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:22 PM (rbvCR)

Mussolini saw himself as an intellectual but again also a sociopath that saw force needed to obtain his goals .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 02:25 PM (kxLc1)

280 Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 02:03 PM (rbvCR)

Good point

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 02:26 PM (LGS3t)

281
Shapiro should be the OBVIOUS choice for Dems right now.

Moderate profile from a moderate state. (Yes I know he is a nutbar).

But he's Jewish so I guess that is a non-starter for them
Posted by: 18-1

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You'd think THEY would be a non-starter for HIM.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 02:42 PM (n7rxJ)

282 May 1, is the feast day celebrating St. Joseph the Worker. We used to have proper Pope’s that hated communism.

Posted by: TitanTom at May 01, 2026 03:12 PM (a7cyL)

Trump's Push for Election Integrity Uncovers 34,000 Dead Voters on North Carolina's Rolls

I'd like to know how often the dead have cast votes in North Carolina.

Note these states continually refuse to take the most basic steps to clean their voter rolls -- until forced by lawsuit or federal action.

Why is that?


The North Carolina State Board of Elections identified approximately 34,000 dead people on the state's voter rolls following a comprehensive data comparison with a federal database.

Earlier this month, the NCSBE submitted over 7.3 million voter records to the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database as part of an initiative to strengthen the accuracy and integrity of the state's voter registration list. The NCSBE clarified that the identification of deceased individuals on the state's voter rolls does not necessarily indicate illegal votes were cast.

"While we expected to find some cases, this is higher than we anticipated," Sam Hayes, the executive director of the State Board of Elections, said in a press release.


The discovery came amid the agency's ongoing effort to verify the citizenship status of voters, which the NCSBE voted along party lines earlier this month to do after facing lawsuits from the Trump administration for allegedly failing to maintain an accurate voter list.

The NCSBE said it will work with county boards of elections to remove the names from the voter rolls.

Federal law requires states to remove from their voter rolls people who are ineligible for reasons such as being deceased and North Carolina already has a process of biennial list maintenance to remove ineligible voters from its roles, according to Dr. Andy Jackson, director of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity at the John Locke Foundation, who indicated that the state removed 500,000 ineligible voters through this program in 2025.

However, as Jackson points out for deceased voters, it can take eight to 10 years for their names to be removed.

Government working at typical levels of government efficiency.

...

The Trump administration has also launched a nationwide push to obtain full statewide voter-registration lists and list-maintenance records, suing those states failing to comply. The Justice Department has sued at least 30 states and the District of Columbia to try to force the release of the data, according to the Associated Press.
President Donald Trump standing in the Oval Office at the White House

The Republican National Committee's official election integrity account on X said that the findings in North Carolina "is EXACTLY" why the Trump administration is forcing states to clean up their voter rolls.

"Turns out checking state voter rolls against federal records actually helps keep them more accurate. Who knew?" quipped Frank LaRose, Ohio secretary of state and candidate for Ohio auditor of state.

I can't help noticing that the thing the media assures me can never happen -- at least when a Democrat wins -- seems to be deliberately engineered to happen.

Hello! Happy Friday!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:12 PM




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Posted by: Rex B at May 01, 2026 12:13 PM (a992C)

2 Trump's Push for Election Integrity Uncovers 34,000 Dead Voters on North Carolina's Rolls

Rookie numbers. -- Oregon and Michigan

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)

3 Bro!

Posted by: Brometheus at May 01, 2026 12:13 PM (GYrNB)

4 Silly ... dead people don't vote.

(but Dems running the polls can vote for them, and dump their ballots covertly)

Posted by: illiniwek at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (vbXSk)

5 And they're all still collecting SS!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (Sco7b)

6 Unexpectedly !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Critic Just Being Critical, Again . . . at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (3ZUWJ)

7 They fight like wildcats to keep dead people on the rolls.We know why.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (YwEeS)

8 I don't want to vote for a Democrat. I want to go for a walk!

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 12:15 PM (gKWVE)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:15 PM (PQb8B)

10 Just the tip of the old iceberg

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2026 12:15 PM (bQJaK)

11 Note these states continually refuse to take the most basic steps to clean their voter rolls -- until forced by lawsuit or federal action.

Why is that?


The corruption is deep and pervasive.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 12:15 PM (2WIwB)

12 They've been getting away with so much for so long, they've developed an entitlement to get away with it forever. They're offended at being forced to reform.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (E2lD7)

13 Nooded.
Back to work.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (Sco7b)

14 I think Paul was in flinging shit yesterday about how none of the ineligible voters ever voted ever.

I call bullshit. There's a REASON they're still on the roles.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (PQb8B)

15 Because it's deliberately engineered to happen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (bss/y)

16 Note these states continually refuse to take the most basic steps to clean their voter rolls -- until forced by lawsuit or federal action.

Why is that?


This is a trick question, right?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

17 Seriously, I’ll bet the Dems have not won a lot of statewide elections for decades.

And we are paying for it in every way

Posted by: Czech Chick at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (A/L+S)

18 14 I think Paul was in flinging shit yesterday about how none of the ineligible voters ever voted ever.

I call bullshit. There's a REASON they're still on the roles.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (PQb8B)

Then, Paul, you won't mind that we remove them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (bss/y)

19 Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (2Ez/1)

20 We have more dead people voting than live people voting.
Not to mention the illegals voting.

Posted by: Case at May 01, 2026 12:17 PM (9lqZe)

21 I think Paul was in flinging shit yesterday about how none of the ineligible voters ever voted ever.

I call bullshit. There's a REASON they're still on the roles.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (PQb8B)

Then, Paul, you won't mind that we remove them.



Racist!

Posted by: Paul, probably at May 01, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

22 Note these states continually refuse to take the most basic steps to clean their voter rolls -- until forced by lawsuit or federal action.

Why is that?
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We may never know the motive.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:17 PM (LGS3t)

23
for deceased voters, it can take eight to 10 years for their names to be removed.

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

WHY is hell? Oh, that's right. Trump's fault, because he

1 - reduced the size of the federal work force
2 - ??
3 - profit!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 12:17 PM (n7rxJ)

24 17 Seriously, I’ll bet the Dems have not won a lot of statewide elections for decades.

And we are paying for it in every way
Posted by: Czech Chick at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (A/L+S)

Likely. Especially in the machine states like Illinois, Mass, etc. The thing is the outflow of sane people and the influx of loons might have made the loons the majority by now.

I'd like to see an accurate census though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:18 PM (bss/y)

25 Every two years I get an application for an absentee ballot for the guy that owned my house before me.

He's been dead for a while now.

I assume if I return that form I get a ballot with no traceable way to tell it was illegally cast.

And remember the government KNOWS who died and so anyone with access to that database can then send a ballot application to wherever they want. Oh a completely not related note, you notice that whenever someone deep dives on registered voters they always find thousands of voters with addresses matching abandonded buildings?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:18 PM (sKqQm)

26 The Trump administration has also launched a nationwide push to obtain full statewide voter-registration lists and list-maintenance records, suing those states failing to comply.


Federal Lord God King Bufu Judges say NO!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:18 PM (PQb8B)

27 We may never know the motive.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:17 PM (LGS3t)

You forgot to add 'Obama promises.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:18 PM (bss/y)

28 How can the homeless afford fentanyl if you take dead people off the voter rolls? Will no one consider the Mexican cartels and Chinese chemical manufacturers?

Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2026 12:19 PM (98kQX)

29 Nothing to see here!

Posted by: Governor Kemp and SoS Raffensperger at May 01, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

30 none of the ineligible voters ever voted ever.
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Never voted and vote wasn't counted are two different things unfortunately. And he only said the former.

Wow so a dead person never voted. No fucking shit asshole. We already know that.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:19 PM (LGS3t)

31 Likely. Especially in the machine states like Illinois, Mass, etc. The thing is the outflow of sane people and the influx of loons might have made the loons the majority by now.

I'd like to see an accurate census though.


IN urban precincts it is normal to see 100% of the vote for the topline Dem candidates.

Now, obviously Dem candidates are more appealing to urban voters but...100%? Fine no Republicans but no Libertarians, Greens, Socialist or free drugs parties either?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)

32 Oh, and Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (PQb8B)

33 Whatever happened with blowing up the drug boats? I am assuming that tapered off with Venezuela going down like a drunk coed?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y)

34 for deceased voters, it can take eight to 10 years for their names to be removed.

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

WHY is hell? Oh, that's right. Trump's fault, because he

1 - reduced the size of the federal work force
2 - ??
3 - profit!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 12:17 PM

Yet when my Father passed away, SSA was there within a week with sending us a letter taking back part of the monthly payment. So if they know…..:.
Why the 10 years especially if you have a death certificate?

Posted by: Hyacinth at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Fcxgc)

35 However, as Jackson points out for deceased voters, it can take eight to 10 years for their names to be removed.

By. Design.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (iNUL3)

36 Whatever happened with blowing up the drug boats? I am assuming that tapered off with Venezuela going down like a drunk coed?

One assumes it has become more difficult to hire crews.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

37 Remember the 10K 120+ year olds registered to vote in WI in 2020? Biden's campaign people certainly remembered them...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)

38 I'm sure our black-robed politburo have already weighed in on this to rule that barring our ruling class left from committing voter fraud to win is unconstitutional and must be stopped.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 12:21 PM (3uBP9)

39 How much of your scrambled eggs have you eaten, Ace?

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 12:21 PM (77rzZ)

40 Scrubbing the voter rolls every 2 or 4 years would get rid of most of this problem.

Which is why they won't do it

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)

41 However, as Jackson points out for deceased voters, it can take eight to 10 years for their names to be removed.

--

I'm sure there are reasons unbeknownst to me, but why can't whatever state gov't office is responsible for recent death certificate issuances be cross-referenced with voter record databases and automatically deleted? I get it. Not everybody dies in their home state, but surely it would catch a lot of people whose names could be removed immediately.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 12:21 PM (qBdHI)

42 One assumes it has become more difficult to hire crews.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

Or what about Mexico descending into anarchy after that Cartel guy got capped?

So much of the news is random shit we hear about but then disappears... almost as if by design...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:22 PM (bss/y)

43 A woman proving a point registered her dog to vote or some such.

She was arrested for voter fraud. Yet Democrats garner thousands and thousands of illegal votes, yet no one goes to jail for it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:22 PM (PQb8B)

44 HOLY SMOKES. Leftist Judge Tracy Davis just slashed a 65-year recommended prison sentence IN HALF for a r*pist — she felt bad he was a black 'victim'
This is madness.
These judges are a threat to EVERYBODY. They must be removed

-
More amazing details at the link.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8ryz7w

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:22 PM (ndZc7)

45 5 And they're all still collecting SS!
Posted by: Stateless
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Apparently for several hundred thousand, yes. That sort of theft occurs when deaths somehow do not make it to the Soc. Security Death Index for a variety of reasons. Given we know federal programs do not talk to each other, it is also probably true of other welfare is not cut off as well.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 12:23 PM (E4rtv)

46 However, as Jackson points out for deceased voters, it can take eight to 10 years for their names to be removed.
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And remember, if they say it's 8 to 10, that means it's 20 to 30. Like the count of illegals. Or anything else out of their festering gobshite hanging maw.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:23 PM (LGS3t)

47 Holy crap! When scientists go bad, they REALLY go bad. I'm so glad this guy didn't get imprisoned because he was dying of cancer.

https://x.com/Unveiled_ChinaX/status/2049829277567496438

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

48 A woman proving a point registered her dog to vote or some such.

She was arrested for voter fraud. Yet Democrats garner thousands and thousands of illegal votes, yet no one goes to jail for it.


And she was only caught because she talked about it.

If she had just cast a ballot in her dogs name it would have never been caught...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)

49
Yet when my Father passed away, SSA was there within a week with sending us a letter taking back part of the monthly payment. So if they know…..:.
Why the 10 years especially if you have a death certificate?
Posted by: Hyacinth at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Fcxgc)



yeah, this.

The FiL died and they knew immediately. They were a month behind, so the last check that went in, didn't come back out. But his insurance, retirement and everything stopped immediately.

Will have to see if he votes in November, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:24 PM (PQb8B)

50 In Philadelphia Joe Frazier was voting after his death. You'd think they'd have the good sense not to vote in the name of an undisputed heavyweight champion of the world but they're so brazen or stupid (it doesn't matter which).

Posted by: Alec Leamas at May 01, 2026 12:24 PM (ssz2a)

51 IN urban precincts it is normal to see 100% of the vote for the topline Dem candidates.

I believe that Philly has been known to surpass 100% turnout.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 12:24 PM (ExV1e)

52 And she was only caught because she talked about it.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)

No - she was only arrested because she talked about it.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:25 PM (LGS3t)

53 This is just ANOTHER distraction from the Epstien files.

Posted by: Reforger at May 01, 2026 12:25 PM (G4ajv)

54 They know the voter rolls are loaded with dead or otherwise ineligible names, but they refuses to correct that problem?
Occam's Razor folks, Occam's razor.
If they have the power to correct this, but refuse to do so, it's cause they have found a way to USE this to their advantage.
Period.
Whatever excuses or explanation they spew are self-serving lies.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 01, 2026 12:25 PM (MNCvZ)

55 It's an indication that the system is run intentionally poorly. But inaccurate voter rolls are not as big a deal as mail in ballots. In vote by mail states, about 20% of mail in ballots are illegal: either completed and cast by a family member or boy/girlfriend, or cast by people no longer living at that address, or harvested from people who would not vote, such as nursing home patients. All other system integrity issues pale in comparison to mishandled mail in ballots.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 01, 2026 12:25 PM (wGerL)

56 One assumes it has become more difficult to hire crews.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

And possibly the supply lines for big outboard motors and fiberglass construction materials have been interdicted.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 12:25 PM (utfVc)

57 The dead talk back.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 12:25 PM (Cqx++)

58 Unlimited Primate Access: Lieber now has access to 2,000 primate cages at the Brain Science Infrastructure Shenzhen—a resource far beyond what was available at Harvard, which closed its primate center in 2015.


Because China don't give a f*ck about animal rights. They don't give a f*ck about HUMAN rights. Animals are proper f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:25 PM (PQb8B)

59 44 HOLY SMOKES. Leftist Judge Tracy Davis just slashed a 65-year recommended prison sentence IN HALF for a r*pist — she felt bad he was a black 'victim'
This is madness.
These judges are a threat to EVERYBODY. They must be removed

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More amazing details at the link.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8ryz7w
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Every state has to rein in these judges and the best way is to IMPOSE sentencing mandatory minimums and maximums for offenses. Too many of these trial judges become petty assholes or politicians on the bench.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

60 Afternoon Ace.
You notice that blue states and purple ones like Arizona are fighting like hell to keep the feds from looking at their voting rolls . Oregon just got forced by a Judicial Watch suit to remove about 23%of the names on the voter rolls. The other states that are fighting are probably as bad.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 12:26 PM (gu0hJ)

61 Holy crap! When scientists go bad, they REALLY go bad. I'm so glad this guy didn't get imprisoned because he was dying of cancer.


A lot of transhumanism is being pushed by wealthy atheists.

Since they believe death is the end it is worth any price to find a way to extend life via cybnertics/drugs/whatever. And if it comes at a risk of human extinction, well, from their perspective who cares they are going to die.

And yes this is the same argument you heard from clot shot advocates during COVID...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

62 They know the voter rolls are loaded with dead or otherwise ineligible names, but they refuses to correct that problem?
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Refusing to correct a problem and actively making sure a problem exists can look like the same thing.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:26 PM (LGS3t)

63 was in flinging shit yesterday about how none of the ineligible voters ever voted ever.

==

Then no problem removing them , yes? Yes!

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 12:26 PM (GD0B3)

64 I've heard Asheville has turned into a hell hole. Anyone here from NC that can confirm?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 12:26 PM (kxLc1)

65 Relax everybody, it's fine. The Jew Bernie Sanders says so.

Bernie Sanders
@BernieSanders
Congrats to Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. He's surging by taking on the billionaire class and fighting for working families.
Americans are tired of status quo politics. They want REAL change and that's what Graham will deliver.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:27 PM (ndZc7)

66 The Dead have rights too doncha know. Haters!

Posted by: kingsman at May 01, 2026 12:27 PM (ehY6c)

67 Ineligible (dead) voters = ballots = votes

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 12:27 PM (GD0B3)

68 I believe that Philly has been known to surpass 100% turnout.

That is an issue as well, but I want to point out the notion of any sizeable population voting 100% for one candidate is insane. Even in regimes that completely fake the vote they don't report 100% for their candidates.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

69 Bring out yer dead, bring out yer dead.

Posted by: kingsman at May 01, 2026 12:28 PM (ehY6c)

70 @BernieSanders
Congrats to Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. He's surging by taking on the billionaire class and fighting for working families.
Americans are tired of status quo politics. They want REAL change and that's what Graham will deliver.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:27 PM (ndZc7)



Wait.....I thought Nazis were bad.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:28 PM (PQb8B)

71 Bernie Sanders
@BernieSanders
Congrats to Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. He's surging by taking on the billionaire class and fighting for working families.
Americans are tired of status quo politics. They want REAL change and that's what Graham will deliver.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:27 PM (ndZc7)

The Capitalist guts will be used to grease our tank treads! We shall use their tombstones to pave our new glorious work camps for the undesirables! The Future Belongs to Us!
-Paid for by Graham Platner

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:28 PM (bss/y)

72 They want REAL change and that's what Graham will deliver.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:27 PM (ndZc7)

They want a solution to the problem. Real change. A final solution.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (LGS3t)

73 >>> HOLY SMOKES. Leftist Judge Tracy Davis just slashed a 65-year recommended prison sentence IN HALF for a r*pist — she felt bad he was a black 'victim'
This is madness.
These judges are a threat to EVERYBODY. They must be removed
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:22 PM (ndZc7)


The reason this whole tactic works is that they will, in fact, never be removed. It is simply impossible to do anywhere they were inserted. Which is why our ruling class put them there to torment us. And they will continue to do that until the legal system is 100% run by their criminal brownshirts as a means to punish the just.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (3uBP9)

74 Years after our daughter died AZ elected a new county recorder. We got a notice in her name asking if she wanted to reregister to vote. So she had not been removed from the voter rolls after her death.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (kGf4g)

75 Wait.....I thought Nazis were bad.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:28 PM (PQb8B)

He's not a nazi- he's just a democratic socialist!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)

76 It turns out the real Nazis were the Democrats we met along the way.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (LGS3t)

77 Wait.....I thought Nazis were bad.......

Of late I'm starting to see positive posts about "the painter" on lefty forums.

No, it isn't popular yet but they are moving in a clear direction...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)

78 Holy crap! When scientists go bad, they REALLY go bad. I'm so glad this guy didn't get imprisoned because he was dying of cancer.

https://x.com/Unveiled_ChinaX/status/2049829277567496438
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)
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I've read that book. It doesn't end well for humanity.

Also, he bears an uncanny resemblance to a young Bruce Willis.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 12:30 PM (gnNyN)

79 The dead talk back.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.


I thought that was beans.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 12:30 PM (diia5)

80 Note these states continually refuse to take the most basic steps to clean their voter rolls -- until forced by lawsuit or federal action.

Why is that?


What a lovely rhetorical question.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 12:30 PM (ynpvh)

81 He's not a nazi- he's just a democratic socialist!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)



I thought his tattoos suggested otherwise.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:30 PM (PQb8B)

82 Zombies

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 01, 2026 12:30 PM (Kt19C)

83
Wait.....I thought Nazis were bad.......
Posted by: Sponge

Not to a socialist.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 12:30 PM (kGf4g)

84 In vote by mail states, about 20% of mail in ballots are illegal: either completed and cast by a family member or boy/girlfriend, or cast by people no longer living at that address, or harvested from people who would not vote, such as nursing home patients. All other system integrity issues pale in comparison to mishandled mail in ballots.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson

Not quite true, bad registration rolls are imperative for cheat by mail states. What the Dems do is monitor who votes and who hasn't by getting direct feeds for their voter groups and they inject ballots after the polls have closed using those fraudulent voter ids. That is why they want counting to last for days or weeks after the election.

In election tabulation systems, one can pull a voter from the inactive files, activate them, and then cast a ballot in their name and then inactivate them.

It is a new spin on floaters vote cheating. In that system, you have urban Dem machines move paid bums from precinct to precinct to vote again. The Dems use the vast padded election rolls to do the same thing, cast votes in their names. Non existent voters don't protest fraud.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)

85 76 It turns out the real Nazis were the Democrats we met along the way.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (LGS3t)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)

86 The only way to get election accuracy is if the GOPe cheated like mad, and wiped out every elected Dem official with fraudulent voting.

No, you can't have these natural high endorphins.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 12:31 PM (u82oZ)

87 I'd imagine in most states you can check a certain person's voter status. When my mother passed, I remember going to GA's gov't website to make sure her name was not showing up anymore. And it wasn't listed as active anymore.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 12:31 PM (qBdHI)

88 81 He's not a nazi- he's just a democratic socialist!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)


I thought his tattoos suggested otherwise.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:30 PM (PQb8B)

National Socialist German Workers' Party. It's in the name...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 12:31 PM (ynpvh)

89 They want REAL change and that's what Graham will deliver.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:27 PM (ndZc7)

They want a solution to the problem. Real change. A final solution.


The guy is a total fraud. He pretends to be a liberal Dem, but he's really just a garden variety Nazi thug. He's a member of the Ersatzgruppen.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

90 That is an issue as well, but I want to point out the notion of any sizeable population voting 100% for one candidate is insane. Even in regimes that completely fake the vote they don't report 100% for their candidates.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)
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It's statistically impossible for a large enough population size, no matter how you gerrymander the district.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 12:31 PM (gnNyN)

91 I thought his tattoos suggested otherwise.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:30 PM (PQb8B)

Heh. Sorry, head monologue. I was riffing on hasan calling himself a democratic socialist- which is essentially his shorthand for technocrat/national socialist/communist I want to have all the money and power dream fantasy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)

92 In vote by mail states, about 20% of mail in ballots are illegal

I vaguely recall a news story that came and went where a group of mail in voters had been polled and something like 20% admitted to casting a ballot on someone else's behalf

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

93 These white votes were the only kind of votes that Barry Soetoro appreciated.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 12:33 PM (Fbc0I)

94 90 That is an issue as well, but I want to point out the notion of any sizeable population voting 100% for one candidate is insane. Even in regimes that completely fake the vote they don't report 100% for their candidates.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)
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It's statistically impossible for a large enough population size, no matter how you gerrymander the district.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 12:31 PM (gnNyN)

Just wait until you look at the districts with OVER 100% voting!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 12:33 PM (ynpvh)

95 If the Ds don't cheat - they don't win. This is the big secret that everyone knows.
I'm quite certain that the Ds can always use this knowledge to rub one out. The GOPeeeee is the bucket for said rubbing.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 01, 2026 12:33 PM (JNTt1)

96 Heh. Sorry, head monologue. I was riffing on hasan calling himself a democratic socialist- which is essentially his shorthand for technocrat/national socialist/communist I want to have all the money and power dream fantasy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)



May he achieve martyrdom soon......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:33 PM (PQb8B)

97 Happy Friday, Ace.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2026 12:33 PM (mkw2N)

98 The guy is a total fraud. He pretends to be a liberal Dem, but he's really just a garden variety Nazi thug. He's a member of the Ersatzgruppen.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

Nice 'Ersatzgruppen.' I am stealing that. From each according to his means...

That is perfect though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:33 PM (bss/y)

99 So this is why I have been voting for the Democrats since my death?

Posted by: Zombie Jesse Helms at May 01, 2026 12:34 PM (5yDGQ)

100 May he achieve martyrdom soon......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:33 PM (PQb8B)

He's one of those few people you can actually imagine with a smile putting a *types* *deletes*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:34 PM (bss/y)

101 Vote harder to uncover more of this criminality.

Posted by: GOP at May 01, 2026 12:34 PM (abIsI)

102 With these neural enhancers, they don't merely want super soldiers.

They want new ways to torture people. One of the proposed techs was talking about how they can put something in you that makes a "criminal" feel like a day is a 100 year prison sentence.

Also a way to get violent criminals back on the streets in one day because they "served their time". Also there's no way to prove they've served their time. Evil is not so much banal as it is highly efficient in its madness.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:34 PM (LGS3t)

103 Meanwhile, more than 20 North Carolina school districts have canceled classes so that teachers can protest at the state capital and in other demonstrations around the state.

The North Carolina Association of Educators has called for a "Kids Over Corporations" protest.
Indoctrination of kids to basically protest against Trump and his administration and including trans rights.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 12:34 PM (NpAcC)

104 "I'd like to know how often the dead have cast votes in North Carolina."

Slowly at first, then, once the counts are in from Republican districts and the Dems know how many votes they need, all at once.

wait, I misread the question a bit. It's biennually as needed.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 01, 2026 12:35 PM (w/O5Q)

105 He's not a nazi- he's just a democratic socialist!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)


I thought his tattoos suggested otherwise.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:30 PM (PQb8B)

As you already know but needs to be repeated often . National Socialist German Workers' Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei.

But still referred to as a Far Right party by the Left even though the platform follows everything the Left advocates. Before they had the antisemitism part to claim it wasn't Leftist. They've torn that mask off completely.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 12:36 PM (kxLc1)

106 "I'd like to know how often the dead have cast votes in North Carolina."



*insert 'voter fraud' meme here*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:37 PM (PQb8B)

107 I used to call the mask faced COVID Nazi Karens "Weinsatzgruppe K."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 12:37 PM (BI5O2)

108 I'm amazed we still have GOP election officials submitting vote tallies before their local blue shitties.

And this is an easy problem to fix. Hire fewer counters. Have them call it a night early, and so on.

Though the real fix is red counties need to start "finding" ballots that give their candidates the win...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)

109 103 Meanwhile, more than 20 North Carolina school districts have canceled classes so that teachers can protest at the state capital and in other demonstrations around the state.

The North Carolina Association of Educators has called for a "Kids Over Corporations" protest.
Indoctrination of kids to basically protest against Trump and his administration and including trans rights.
Posted by: redridinghood


It seems we have another dud as Secy of Education.
Remove all federal funds from the districts. All of it.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 01, 2026 12:37 PM (abIsI)

110 The population of Maine is 5% Jewish. Even the most left wing ones have to be saying "have I heard this before?". But they'll probably vote for Platner, like the they did for Mamdani. Can't happen here

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 12:37 PM (gu0hJ)

111 Happy Friday Ace!

34000 out of 7.3 M is a very small number. Just sayin'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 12:37 PM (QGaXH)

112 110 The population of Maine is 5% Jewish. Even the most left wing ones have to be saying "have I heard this before?". But they'll probably vote for Platner, like the they did for Mamdani. Can't happen here
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 12:37 PM (gu0hJ)

Plus, by this point, none of them remember shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)

113 The fruits of democracy - fraud, theft and violence.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 12:39 PM (2ap+5)

114 Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

This was a self-reported Rassmussen poll, linked here.
https://tinyurl.com/3u6vcauv
Because Republicans are rules-based thinkers for the most part and Democrats are Utopian ends justify the means thinkers for the most part, this benefits the Dems by huge margins. It's no coincidence the Republicans get destroyed in mail in ballot states. They have much more integrity overall, and it does not take a huge number of fanatical cheaters to change an election.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 01, 2026 12:39 PM (wGerL)

115 So how can the gub'mint know almost immediately to stop SS and Medicare when someone dies, but can't seem to get them off the voter rolls? Would seem to be trivially simple for SS to send a notice to the decedents home state advising them of the death.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 12:40 PM (QGaXH)

116 We shouldn't look for voting fraud. Looking for and talking about fraud undermines the public's confidence in the integrity of the voting system.

Posted by: Ministry of Truth at May 01, 2026 12:40 PM (qUkBO)

117 50 In Philadelphia Joe Frazier was voting after his death. You'd think they'd have the good sense not to vote in the name of an undisputed heavyweight champion of the world but they're so brazen or stupid (it doesn't matter which).
Posted by: Alec Leamas
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Urban areas are where lawbreaking in general is endemic.

And that particularly includes government and vote counting. So it is easy enough to hire criminals to do the dirty deeds while the elected officials keep their hands clean by plausible deniability.

City (and rural too back then) political machines caused the movement to voter registration and regularization of voting rules around 1900 give or take a decade in most places. And that was because the older system was largely contests between cheaters in the GOP and the Democrat party dueling over who could cheat more.

With computers and a corrupted voter file, we need a new movement to reduce cheating to a minimum including stiff prison sentences for fraudsters.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 12:40 PM (E4rtv)

118
Bernie Sanders
@BernieSanders
Congrats to Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. He's surging by taking on the billionaire class and fighting for working families.
Americans are tired of status quo politics. They want REAL change and that's what Graham will deliver.


No mention of Ollie Gocks.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 12:40 PM (Cqx++)

119 Bernie Sanders
@BernieSanders
Congrats to Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. He's surging by taking on the billionaire class and fighting for working families.
Americans are tired of status quo politics. They want REAL change and that's what Graham will deliver.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:27 PM (ndZc7)


His new "Strength Through Joy" initiative is really turning heads.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 12:42 PM (ExV1e)

120 Facebook has a meme going around, about nine states that are between 32% and 48% Republican, but Republicans have ZERO seats in congress (from those nine states).

They are in the NE, except NM and HI.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 01, 2026 12:42 PM (vbXSk)

121 Nazi Plat, Nazi Plat, Nazi Plat -

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 12:42 PM (gKWVE)

122 With computers and a corrupted voter file, we need a new movement to reduce cheating to a minimum including stiff prison sentences for fraudsters.
Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 12:40 PM (E4rtv)

A "two-strikes" rule for vote fraud. Second conviction puts you facing a firing squad.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 12:42 PM (utfVc)

123 That is an issue as well, but I want to point out the notion of any sizeable population voting 100% for one candidate is insane. Even in regimes that completely fake the vote they don't report 100% for their candidates.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)


Sure, but when 114% of the voters agree, who are we to argue?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 12:43 PM (ExV1e)

124 115 So how can the gub'mint know almost immediately to stop SS and Medicare when someone dies, but can't seem to get them off the voter rolls? Would seem to be trivially simple for SS to send a notice to the decedents home state advising them of the death.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Every state in the Union requires certification of death be sent to the Departments of Vital Statistics (same with births nowadays). Because states sucked at their job intentionally, Soc Security and retirement programs required direct notification from funeral home directors immediately upon death. But not surprisingly some funeral home directors themselves are not the most scrupulous about notifying the government of deaths and proper reporting.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)

125 Democrats: A.B.C. (always be cheating).

Posted by: Coffee is for Cheaters at May 01, 2026 12:43 PM (qUkBO)

126 120 Facebook has a meme going around, about nine states that are between 32% and 48% Republican, but Republicans have ZERO seats in congress (from those nine states).

They are in the NE, except NM and HI.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 01, 2026 12:42 PM (vbXSk)

======

Gerrymandering is the spoils of political war. I honestly see no problem with it.

If Republicans want more representation in New Hampshire, win more local and state races.

Same thing with Democrats in Texas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 12:44 PM (Y2NSe)

127 Wow that Rasmussen poll is amazing.

17% of mail in voters voted in a state they are no longer a resident of

10% know someone that voted in a state they are no longer eligible

21% voted for a friend or family member

8% said they were paid to vote

Now the last line is illegal, but doesn't necessarily lead to an illegal vote. But we tabulate the first three around half of mail in ballots are fake...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)

128 31 Likely. Especially in the machine states like Illinois, Mass, etc. The thing is the outflow of sane people and the influx of loons might have made the loons the majority by now.

I'd like to see an accurate census though.

IN urban precincts it is normal to see 100% of the vote for the topline Dem candidates.

Now, obviously Dem candidates are more appealing to urban voters but...100%? Fine no Republicans but no Libertarians, Greens, Socialist or free drugs parties either?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)

Didn't Obammy top 112% in some precincts of Philadelphia in 2008 or 2012?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 12:44 PM (QGaXH)

129 Here's the thing, that many people die every year.

Posted by: MikeN at May 01, 2026 12:44 PM (xqUQ/)

130 Study Links Phthalate Exposure to Preterm Births and Infant Deaths

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Well, hell, just trying to pronounce it is liable to break your jaw.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:45 PM (ndZc7)

131 The magic of democracy is that, if the vote is 50.1% to 49.9%, the 49.9% are entitled to exactly nothing.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 12:45 PM (2ap+5)

132 Of late I'm starting to see positive posts about "the painter" on lefty forums.

No, it isn't popular yet but they are moving in a clear direction...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)


He was for the people, welfare for all (pure Aryans), hatred of the Joos, a strong economy... I'm betting that they'd be outright singing his praises if not for that whole falling out with the Soviets.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 12:45 PM (ExV1e)

133 A word about the dead people registered to vote:

It doesn't just stop with someone picking up that identity and voting illegally. When an elderly individual dies, they target the address itself. Then, they have multiple people use that specific address as their resident address. They are able to do this by listing an "apartment #" at that address so it doesn't set off any red flags.

You could end up with multiple registrations at the same address with no one actually living there. They will use the same name as another individual, but change the birthday by one of two days (again to avoid red flags popping up).

Posted by: Orson at May 01, 2026 12:46 PM (dIske)

134 It's ridiculous what government agencies *don't* get notified when someone dies. For example, a few years ago, the former owner of our house passed away. We kept getting mail from the VA for him so we contacted them. We didn't want to keep getting mail for a dead guy and we certainly didn't want his poor widow (then starting to slip into dementia) to get accused of fraud or something. It wasn't super easy, but it wasn't hard enough to deter Pooky, who was insistent that he could help a fellow veteran one last time.

Posted by: pookysgirl married a good man at May 01, 2026 12:46 PM (Wt5PA)

135 132 He was for the people, welfare for all (pure Aryans), hatred of the Joos, a strong economy... I'm betting that they'd be outright singing his praises if not for that whole falling out with the Soviets.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 12:45 PM (ExV1e)

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The only thing the modern left hasn't liked about Hitler was the hatred of Jews thing.

And we're at a point where hatred of Jews is becoming more surface level and accepted on the left.

Of course they're going to become Nazi fans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 12:46 PM (Y2NSe)

136 Facebook has a meme going around, about nine states that are between 32% and 48% Republican, but Republicans have ZERO seats in congress (from those nine states).

NE is heavily gerrymandered.

Drive around New Hampshire for example, and sure the cities have signs for leftwing candidates. But once you get outside of the cities it is all Trump.

Yet come election day the Dems get 51% and the Rs get 49% and we get two exterme leftist house reps...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)

137 Has anyone checked to see how many Learing Centers and Hospice locations are also voting places?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 12:46 PM (swhgH)

138

But what if they're dead, but turned into delicious Soylent Red and Yellow?

What about that?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 01, 2026 12:46 PM (et1vG)

139 I was a little surprised to get a notice from the State of Colorado after I moved, informing me that I was long longer eligible to vote in CO. I sort of assumed they would keep it active and I would suddenly be "voting" for leftist homos and baby murder lovers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 01, 2026 12:47 PM (PSEDc)

140 A "two-strikes" rule for vote fraud. Second conviction puts you facing a firing squad.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Too many Democrats (not a majority of them if polls on SAVE act are reliable) look at cheating as justified on the basis of race, gimmedats, or other nasty notions. And that goes double for their elected officials that are all too aware that their positions depend on continued cheating.

But, cheating risks creating a civil war over voting irregularities especially when one party is identified with most if not all of the cheating. It destroys the system and violates the social compact. Dems wanting nothing but power and wealth taken from others don't care. The rest of us do except for the lazy assholes in the GOP Senate (and in state governments run by GOP that allow urban Dem cheating to go unchecked).

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 12:48 PM (E4rtv)

141 Seems like a fairly straight forward spreadsheet exercise to find out how many dead people vote in three states. No?

Posted by: Rando Calrissian at May 01, 2026 12:48 PM (EQ65/)

142 Yet come election day the Dems get 51% and the Rs get 49% and we get two exterme leftist house reps...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:46 PM

You escaped to NH?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 12:48 PM (l1Oiv)

143 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 12:44 PM (Y2NSe)

The districts should be drawn to allow for contiguous representation. No lobster or pitchfork districts.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 12:49 PM (kxLc1)

144 141 Seems like a fairly straight forward spreadsheet exercise to find out how many dead people vote in three states. No?

Posted by: Rando Calrissian at May 01, 2026 12:48 PM (EQ65/)

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"We can't give voter rolls to the federal government. They might figure out our voters' social security numbers."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 12:49 PM (Y2NSe)

145 Seriously, I’ll bet the Dems have not won a lot of statewide elections for decades.

No Democrat anywhere has won a legitimate election since at least the 1970s. They let their uniparty pals win things as long as it doesn't hurt their power, and people assume that means elections are legit. Nope.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 01, 2026 12:50 PM (sabhw)

146 Tee hee!

Posted by: Arizona at May 01, 2026 12:50 PM (JW6Az)

147 143 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 12:44 PM (Y2NSe)

The districts should be drawn to allow for contiguous representation. No lobster or pitchfork districts.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 12:49 PM (kxLc1)

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The more important thing is proper rep to voter ratios.

We're way out of balance and literally nothing is actually fair to the voters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 12:50 PM (Y2NSe)

148 Democrats in New Hampshire are opposing a constitutional amendment that would ban the state from passing an income tax,

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 12:50 PM (swhgH)

149 Like Big Mike's penis through Barry's hourglass-shaped exhaust port, so are the Votes Of Our Elections.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at May 01, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q0e+)

150 So, if you don't vote, after 2 years your name is removed.

If you die and someone else votes for you, they can vote for you forever.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2026 12:52 PM (qFwJc)

151 If fake voters voted Republican in general elections we would have the cleanest voter rolls on the planet.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:52 PM (LGS3t)

152 I was a little surprised to get a notice from the State of Colorado after I moved, informing me that I was long longer eligible to vote in CO. I sort of assumed they would keep it active and I would suddenly be "voting" for leftist homos and baby murder lovers.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 01, 2026 12:47 PM (PSEDc)

Well, you are no longer entitled to vote in CO. Doesn't mean your name has been removed from the list, does it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 12:52 PM (utfVc)

153
"We can't give voter rolls to the federal government. They might figure out our voters' social security numbers."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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And yet district judges in blue states are citing that shit reason for refusing federal government access. The first of these lawless decisions by those judges should be hitting appellate courts about now. A few red states are being sued, Georgia for example.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv)

154 Willie Nelson’s 93rd Birthday Turns Into a Two-Day Bash

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The aroma of BBQ and marijuana wafts through the air.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:52 PM (ndZc7)

155 148 Democrats in New Hampshire are opposing a constitutional amendment that would ban the state from passing an income tax,
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 12:50 PM (swhgH)

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The NH Democratic Party must be incompetent for such an amendment to survive for an actual vote.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 12:53 PM (2ap+5)

156 Did anyone besides myself see a headline that read "a single cosmic particle added 4,096 votes."

What was that about?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 12:53 PM (swhgH)

157 I assume the left has the votes to legimately win urban districts, New England/NY/NJ/DE/HI and perhaps OR/CA ..that's about it.

Not that there isn't fraud their either, but if only eligible citizens voted, there might be 100 or so Dem house Reps and 10-16 Dem Senators

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)

158 And Republicans use fake voters in their primaries which is why they don't fight to clean the rolls.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:55 PM (LGS3t)

159 When did Willie Nelson ever not look 93?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 01, 2026 12:56 PM (XvL8K)

160 Anyone else just going through life, working hard, being a good family man or woman and productive member of society, you love your Country and support its leaders and then you wake up one day and realize (or come to it slowly) that everything is a fucking lie? You also realize you're kind of a chump for doing the right thing and believing that people with even the least bit of power will not f*ck you over?

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 01, 2026 12:56 PM (aZm/F)

161 Did anyone besides myself see a headline that read "a single cosmic particle added 4,096 votes."

What was that about?


I did not see that but since 4096 is a power of 2, I assume it refers to a single-bit error changing a binary 0 to a 1.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 12:56 PM (vTZFs)

162 Important to note - we know there are 34,000 dead voters because a basic computer search show 34,000 of them are registered as dead in the SS database.

Literally 10 minutes of detective work to accomplish this.

WTF are the people administering elections even DOING in this country? This is their basic job. Something you could assign an intern to work on over the summer.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 12:57 PM (954tc)

163 Laws that make the illegal things that democrats do illegal, like more election laws will be exactly as effective as more gun laws have been to deter criminals. The people that are actually involved in the crime are never affected and are even encouraged by your silly laws that only serve to put additional burden on their marks. You simply have to find the people doing the illegal things and eliminate them. All of them.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 12:57 PM (3uBP9)

164 148 Democrats in New Hampshire are opposing a constitutional amendment that would ban the state from passing an income tax,
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 12:50 PM (swhgH)

NH has no sales tax, no income tax. Funding for county, municipality and schools is primarily generated from property taxes. Where things get interesting is the property tax assessment on a $500k home can be as low as $1300 in one town to almost $19k in another town. My town rate is right around $20/thousand.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 12:57 PM (N39Ws)

165 The aroma of BBQ and marijuana wafts through the air.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Mmmmmm! Medium rare tri tip and a pungent joint.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 01, 2026 12:57 PM (W5mpo)

166 Republicans use fake voters in their primaries which is why they don't fight to clean the rolls.
Posted by: ...

Any data to support that assertion?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 12:58 PM (kGf4g)

167 When did Willie Nelson ever not look 93?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 01, 2026 12:56 PM (XvL8K)


Ironically enough, back in '93.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 12:58 PM (ExV1e)

168 Trump War Room
@TrumpWarRoom
The reporter couldn't help but laugh
Q: Are there talks about you wearing a bulletproof vest?
@POTUS: "I don't know if I can handle looking 20 pounds heavier."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:58 PM (ndZc7)

169 162 WTF are the people administering elections even DOING in this country? This is their basic job. Something you could assign an intern to work on over the summer.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 12:57 PM (954tc)

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Democrats have owned the governorship of NC since 2017. And it's not like Pat McCrory, the one term GOP governor from 2013-2017, the only Republican governor of NC since 1993, was big on cleaning up elections in Charlotte or Raleigh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 12:59 PM (Y2NSe)

170 And Republicans use fake voters in their primaries which is why they don't fight to clean the rolls.

I'd believe it. The notion that a bunch of R voters turn out to re-elect GOPers again and again in primary elections seems absurd.

Yes I know moderate R types. They don't vote in primaries and then complain they wish there were "moderate" candidates to vote for while voting for whoever won the R primary.

But the people I know that vote in R primaries are very similar to me politically.

Yes, this could be a Pauline Kael thing but does anyone know a large group of GOPe positive voters going to the polls for the primary elections?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)

171 39
How much of your scrambled eggs have you eaten, Ace?
Posted by: Bulg
.......

lol

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2026 01:00 PM (UjdFS)

172 Report: Trump an Early Front-Runner for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

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I won't have any money riding on that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 01:01 PM (ndZc7)

173 >>> Gerrymandering is the spoils of political war. I honestly see no problem with it.

If Republicans want more representation in New Hampshire, win more local and state races.

Same thing with Democrats in Texas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 12:44 PM (Y2NSe)


I agree, but the problem with politics, generally, is that decent people want nothing to do with it. So, we are inevitably ruled by the indecent.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 01:01 PM (3uBP9)

174 Has Greta von Thule gotten a Peace Prize in her Lucky Charms cereal?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 01, 2026 01:02 PM (swhgH)

175 117 50 In Philadelphia Joe Frazier was voting after his death. You'd think they'd have the good sense not to vote in the name of an undisputed heavyweight champion of the world but they're so brazen or stupid (it doesn't matter which).
Posted by: Alec Leamas

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I used to live in Philly. Still have family there. This kind of fraud has been going on for decades. We know it. That state GOP knows it. The Dems openly brag about it. If anyone raises even a teeny tiny objection, they get steamrolled by the machine. So...nothing will happen. It never has.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at May 01, 2026 01:02 PM (9CBNQ)

176 North Carolina also had another thousand votes from Davy Jones' Locker.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2026 01:02 PM (n5tGW)

177 does anyone know a large group of GOPe positive voters going to the polls for the primary elections?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)


I heard the other guy was extreme. The people on TV said so. I don't like scary people. I always voted Republican and it was nicer back in the old days when everyone seemed happier and could get alone. Also my candidate has better hair.

Posted by: the 71/f who wishes it was all like it used to be at May 01, 2026 01:03 PM (gKWVE)

178 Trump an Early Front-Runner for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Committee: We were strongly considering awarding the Peace Prize to President Trump but then he bombed the peaceful Iranian people on behalf of the nefarious Israelis so we've decided to award the prize to Chinese President Pooh.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 01:03 PM (ExV1e)

179 North Carolina also had another thousand votes from Davy Jones' Locker.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2026 01:02 PM (n5tGW)
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Hope they're not connected to Davy Jones' Gym Socks. They're getting kinda whiffy..

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 01:03 PM (xvhJH)

180 178 Trump an Early Front-Runner for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Committee: We were strongly considering awarding the Peace Prize to President Trump but then he bombed the peaceful Iranian people on behalf of the nefarious Israelis so we've decided to award the prize to Chinese President Pooh.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 01:03 PM (ExV1e)

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Nah, it'll be some female activist living in Paris who advocates for LGBT rights in Tibet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:03 PM (Y2NSe)

181 "The Trump administration has also launched a nationwide push to obtain full statewide voter-registration lists and list-maintenance records, suing those states failing to comply. The Justice Department has sued at least 30 states and the District of Columbia to try to force the release of the data, according to the Associated Press."

The associate press is lying of course. A better way to phrase this is

"Under Federal law the states are required to maintain accurate voter rolls, and to provide those rolls to the federal government. 30 states have not, and several, refuse, to comply with the law. Hence the federal government has been forced to sue the 30 states to enforce compliance."

It's not a nationwide "push" It is the law. They have not followed the law. Many have said they won't follow the law and refuse to comply. This is a law that says maintain your voter rolls and provide a copy to the federal government.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 01:03 PM (954tc)

182 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Sid at May 01, 2026 01:03 PM (+GLts)

183 Note these states continually refuse to take the most basic steps to clean their voter rolls -- until forced by lawsuit or federal action.

Why is that?
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They don't want to disenfranchise the dead voter.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:04 PM (Fi81e)

184 I agree, but the problem with politics, generally, is that decent people want nothing to do with it. So, we are inevitably ruled by the indecent.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 01:01 PM (3uBP9)


Which might not be so bad if the indecent people elected were also hot but no one wants to see Rosa DeLauro is a leather librarian costume.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 01:04 PM (ExV1e)

185 61 ...A lot of transhumanism is being pushed by wealthy atheists.

Since they believe death is the end it is worth any price to find a way to extend life via cybnertics/drugs/whatever. And if it comes at a risk of human extinction, well, from their perspective who cares they are going to die.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:26 PM

That reminds me of a conversation that I had years ago with a guy in a hotel lobby bar. He was going on and on about that stuff until I finally looked at him and said "You're an atheist, aren't you?". Yep, he was!

Posted by: Moonbeam at May 01, 2026 01:05 PM (rbKZ6)

186 160 Anyone else just going through life, working hard, being a good family man or woman and productive member of society, ...

There is no wall high enough or island remote enough to contain the rage of those who have been lied to and cheated out of a future worth having.

Indict Brennan, he will rat them out before the trial even begins and those in his thrall will deliver justice upon him, jusst like Jefmass -- that's how it's done in the big leagues.

Then expose the Arctraitors: Clinton/Obama/IceKingJOE.

Then expose their enablers, the LIBs who sponsored it all making money hand over fist pitting Man against other men until we exist NO MORE -- as the LIBs hold on to the last conceivable though in their mind: expropriate, Expropriate, EXPROPRIATE, lead by the lead Deplorable: DARVO/DAVROS-Adam Schiff....
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsHalftimeAmerica250
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBGavinsRealityBomb


LET'S GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TrueFaceOfLIBTerrorism
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 01, 2026 01:05 PM (j+nD1)

187 North Carolina also had another thousand votes from Davy Jones' Locker.

Did they use Peter's Tork wrench to open it?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 01:05 PM (vTZFs)

188 Go away sid, it isn't working.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 01:06 PM (kGf4g)

189 Nah, it'll be some female activist living in Paris who advocates for LGBT rights in Tibet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:03 PM (Y2NSe)

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is the true peace seeker! He deserve it more than the puppet of the Zionist entity!

Posted by: Mohammad Ghalibaf at May 01, 2026 01:06 PM (GD0B3)

190 With modern database technology all this is easily discoverable the these election boards. They can easily run an inquiry on addresses and determine if they are tied to residences and how many in each residence.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 01, 2026 01:07 PM (Vh9CX)

191 188 Go away sid, it isn't working.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 01:06 PM (kGf4g)

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One of the best pollsters from 2024, Harvard-Harris, shows a 50/50 generic congressional ballot for 2026.

2018 ended up a D+9 race.

I don't think 2026 is going to be anything like 2018.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:07 PM (Y2NSe)

192 159 When did Willie Nelson ever not look 93?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Yeah, he's one of those. Character actor Charles Lane looked like he was 75 in the 30s, and looked like he was 75 in the 70s.

Billy Benedict was the opposite. Boyish face, was doing juvenile roles in his 60s, newsboy, messenger, etc.

Posted by: Whitey, Bowery Boys at May 01, 2026 01:07 PM (oftw2)

193 It really only matters who counts the votes. No transparency, no fair election.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2026 01:07 PM (n5tGW)

194 Go away sid, it isn't working.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 01:06 PM (kGf4g)
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Still trying to peddle his Economic Mayonnaise.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 01:07 PM (xvhJH)

195 Any data to support that assertion?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 12:58 PM (kGf4g)

The thing speaks for itself. We know Repubs are at a huge disadvantage because of this stuff yet they don't fight - nor did they fight 2020 - nor will they pass SAVE - which suggests on the surface they have something to lose from cleaning up the rolls.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:07 PM (LGS3t)

196 2018 was 2018 due to 50 R mystery retirements.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:08 PM (LGS3t)

197 off sock

Posted by: Gref at May 01, 2026 01:08 PM (5rh/l)

198 I FEEL HAPPY!
I FEEL HAPPY!

Posted by: Democrat Voters at May 01, 2026 01:08 PM (Fi81e)

199 they have something to lose from cleaning up the rolls.
Posted by: ...

That's what I thought, thank you.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 01:09 PM (kGf4g)

200 196 2018 was 2018 due to 50 R mystery retirements.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:08 PM (LGS3t)

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No, 2018 was 2018 because the Republican Congress actively fought Trump and called him a Russian puppet on TV instead of just funding a border wall and treating Trump like any other Republican.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Y2NSe)

201 Go away sid, it isn't working.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 01:06 PM (kGf4g)
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Still trying to peddle his Economic Mayonnaise.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 01:07 PM (xvhJH)
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But mostly hobo ass.

Posted by: Democrat Voters at May 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Fi81e)

202 Trump's Push for Election Integrity Uncovers 34,000 Dead Voters on North Carolina's Rolls

Does he have no respect for the dead?! Desecration!

Posted by: The DNC at May 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Pu/zx)

203 "We can't give voter rolls to the federal government. They might figure out our voters' social security numbers."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 12:49 PM (Y2NSe)

I can't tell if you are joking. I have actually heard that argument - that voter information is super-secret, right to know stuff.

We wouldn't want the federal government knowing things about voters that I can buy on the internet for a few bucks or give away for free in exchange for a Safeway rewards card.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 01:10 PM (954tc)

204 No, 2018 was 2018 because the Republican Congress actively fought Trump and called him a Russian puppet on TV instead of just funding a border wall and treating Trump like any other Republican.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Y2NSe)
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But also the large amount of "walkaways" the Republicans had.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:10 PM (Fi81e)

205 Scott Jennings unleashed!

https://tinyurl.com/bdh7ffdy

Jim Acosta reacts.

Jim Acosta
@Acosta
For the love of God, Scott Jennings should be fired. My latest on Substack.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 01:10 PM (ndZc7)

206 No, 2018 was 2018 because the Republican Congress actively fought Trump and called him a Russian puppet on TV instead of just funding a border wall and treating Trump like any other Republican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Y2NSe)


2026 is pretty much the same barring calling him a Russian puppet on TV.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 01:10 PM (ExV1e)

207 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Y2NSe)

Also part of it. Plus fraud.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:10 PM (LGS3t)

208 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
LA Councilman Hugo Soto Martinez: It is not fair that illegals are not able to vote!

https://tinyurl.com/2w4a94f7

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 01:11 PM (NpAcC)

209 Hopefully will be required to have our nearalink brain chips scanned if we want to vote in 2028.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 01:11 PM (2ap+5)

210 I assume the left has the votes to legimately win urban districts, New England/NY/NJ/DE/HI and perhaps OR/CA ..that's about it.

Not that there isn't fraud their either, but if only eligible citizens voted, there might be 100 or so Dem house Reps and 10-16 Dem Senators
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)


Outside of the Portland, Salem and Eugene areas, most of the elections, and statewide elections in Oregon are won by one or two percent, usually after a recount or reconcilliation.
Portland is rumored to have had a 110% turn out last election

Posted by: Kindltot at May 01, 2026 01:11 PM (rbvCR)

211 Remember to vote early and vote often!

Posted by: Case at May 01, 2026 01:11 PM (9lqZe)

212 We wouldn't want the federal government knowing things about voters that I can buy on the internet for a few bucks or give away for free in exchange for a Safeway rewards card.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 01:10 PM (954tc)
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I don't know if it means anything, but I initially read that as "Sydney Sweeney rewards card."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 01:11 PM (xvhJH)

213 This is something that's never happened and if it has has never been widespread enough to alter an election, unless it has but those were caught, except we aren't really looking so the ones that were caught were obvious...

Posted by: Inogame at May 01, 2026 01:11 PM (53oGX)

214 Also qithin minutes they can know how many deceased people voted.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 01, 2026 01:12 PM (Vh9CX)

215 How about we reverse this - the feds give the state a list of dead people in the state, and the state removes them from the rolls?

SS rolls record deaths, most of the time.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 01, 2026 01:12 PM (954tc)

216 204 But also the large amount of "walkaways" the Republicans had.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:10 PM (Fi81e)

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Loss of incumbancy in safe GOP seats don't matter because of the PVI of the districts on its own.

What matters in House races ends up being national conditions and turnout differentials. Democrats were always going to be advantaged in 2018, but the GOP actively made it worse by making the national environment as bad for the GOP as possible by doing two things: Calling their own standard bearer a traitor and not doing what the Republicans wanted regarding policy.

Arguably, the former is much worse than the latter for turnout.

But, it all bit the GOPe in the end. They lost loyalists in Congress. That's all they accomplished.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:12 PM (Y2NSe)

217 Trump's Push for Election Integrity Uncovers 34,000 Dead Voters on North Carolina's Rolls

Does he have no respect for the dead?! Desecration!
Posted by: The DNC
......

He's even mean to dead people.

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

218 Of course. Because of course.

Posted by: I really hate these guys at May 01, 2026 01:13 PM (TbWk/)

219 206 No, 2018 was 2018 because the Republican Congress actively fought Trump and called him a Russian puppet on TV instead of just funding a border wall and treating Trump like any other Republican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Y2NSe)

2026 is pretty much the same barring calling him a Russian puppet on TV.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 01:10 PM (ExV1e)

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Congress hasn't passed a real policy bill since 2009, the ACA.

Congress being ineffective and pointless is just baked in the cake now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:13 PM (Y2NSe)

220
Did anyone besides myself see a headline that read "a single cosmic particle added 4,096 votes.

I think that was on the tech thread.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 01:13 PM (Cqx++)

221 I predict the next election rigging move by Democrats will be enacting ranked-choice voting or jungle primaries in as many states as possible, where they believe those will be to the Dem's advantage. Advantage by hook or crook.

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

222 Update on Republican Presidents.

19 in all.
3 assassinated. 15.8%
3 others shot (Teddy Roosevelt was shot after being President)

= 6 shot. 31.6

Just under one third of Republican Presidents get shot by Democrats or further left (Czolgosz, e.g.)

The Dems had 1, and Democrats mourned and Republicans mourned.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)

223 National Socialist German Workers' Party. It's in the name...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 12:31 PM (ynpvh)

So the German Democratic Republic was a democratic republic?

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a democratic republic?

What a stupid argument, Good to see you can easily be fed propaganda.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:16 PM (E6xSb)

224 But, it all bit the GOPe in the end. They lost loyalists in Congress. That's all they accomplished.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:12 PM (Y2NSe)
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They're just not that in to their base.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:16 PM (Fi81e)

225 nood



spin

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2026 01:17 PM (3uBP9)

226 224 But, it all bit the GOPe in the end. They lost loyalists in Congress. That's all they accomplished.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:12 PM (Y2NSe)
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They're just not that in to their base.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:16 PM (Fi81e)

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Winning by losing leads to losing, not winning.

The base just took increased control. Far from full control, but more control.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:17 PM (Y2NSe)

227 Democrats are going to get crushed in the midterms.

They know it too. It’s why they are still trying to cheat and their main op is trying g to suppress republican voters.

Don’t fall for it. Go vote

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 01:17 PM (+ffGB)

228 Bernie Sanders has been pumping out the same shit for over 30 years. He's like a hobo sleeping in a storm drain. How many billionaires are still in Vermont?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 01:18 PM (Fbc0I)

229 There's a new one.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 01:18 PM (77rzZ)

230 Escape From Tarlov!

Jessica Tarlov
@JessicaTarlov
‘F around and find out’ is still the Democrats’ position on redistricting and is even more so our position after the SCOTUS ruling.
Hakeem Jeffries is talking about a scenario when Illinois, Maryland, Colorado, and New York are totally blue. We could get 52 seats in California. Democrats support a national gerrymandering ban. Republicans would be wise to support it before this gets even uglier.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 01:18 PM (ndZc7)

231 227 Democrats are going to get crushed in the midterms.

They know it too. It’s why they are still trying to cheat and their main op is trying g to suppress republican voters.

Don’t fall for it. Go vote

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 01:17 PM (+ffGB)

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Dem majority of 5-10 in the House.

Senate stays the same.

That's my prediction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 01:18 PM (Y2NSe)

232 What a stupid argument, Good to see you can easily be fed propaganda.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 01:16 PM (E6xSb)
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It's the same argument as Antifa is "anti-fascist".

It's not propaganda, though. Name one free economy country that would subsidize a vacation for its citizens. ("Strength through Joy").

Name a country like that whose leader worked with a car company to ensure a car most of its citizens could afford. (the Volkswagen)

Fascism is inherently socialist, from Gentile and Mussolini. It's just not on Marx's timeline is all. Mussolini coined the phrase "National Socialism"

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (Fi81e)

233 Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)

But the parties switched so the Republicans that were attacked before Trump would have been Democrats today. But not vice versa. It all makes sense on Planet Zaxxon.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 01:20 PM (LGS3t)

234
a scenario when Illinois, Maryland, Colorado, and New York are totally blue.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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I'm so naive about this. I don't get why political gerrymandering is okey-dokey. I have this weird idea that a nonpartisan agent -- like an algorithm with nothing in it but things like county lines, population density, MAYBE a predominance of some industry or other -- should draw the maps.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 01:24 PM (n7rxJ)

235 34000 out of 7.3 M is a very small number. Just sayin'
****

And the top twenty feet of an iceberg is a very small piece. Jus sayin...

Posted by: clarence at May 01, 2026 01:25 PM (pFqNV)

236 They aren't dead. They are federal employees.

Posted by: TJ jackson at May 01, 2026 02:20 PM (bXvrr)

237 there are 7. 240,000 registered voters in NC

shock___; 34,000 have died.


that is .4%


Posted by: Aliss at May 01, 2026 02:21 PM (izLlr)

238 We 'The People' are currently in a whack the mole situation regarding voter fraud.
There is a quote something like, 'It's not about the vote count, but about who is doing the vote count.'
The Dominion counting machines had a back door to change the result. That is a known fact. The voting precinct administrators claimed a plumbing issue to block public viewing of voting count. That is a known fact. Ramming through boxes of faux votes in the counting machines is a known fact. Now we have NY Mayor Mamdani being elected because Republicans didn't vote. Was it possible that those who counted the votes threw out mail ballots from conservative districts? The media has never addressed the possibility!

Posted by: John at May 01, 2026 02:23 PM (0DsdP)

239 If the deceased owed money on a parking ticket the heirs would be billed in days.

Posted by: TitanTom at May 01, 2026 03:14 PM (a7cyL)

THE MORNING RANT: Delta Airlines Is Backpedaling from Obedience to the Climate Religion’s Commandments

Delta jet.png

The good news is that Delta Airlines is acknowledging that its previous green energy and net-zero goals cannot be achieved by the deadlines it had committed to.

The bad news is that Delta Airlines is still playing footsie at all with the green energy hustlers, rather than stating the simple truth that the “net zero” objectives cannot be met and will not be met. Most importantly, it’s frustrating that airline executives do not have the backbone to defend their businesses and assertively reject the premise that an airline should aspire to be carbon-free. Airlines fly on petroleum-based jet fuel. There is no shame in that.

But in Delta’s defense, executives at United and American are even bigger cowards, letting Delta take the first public steps toward backing away from the major airlines’ unattainable climate pledges.

“Delta Air Lines Waters Down Net-Zero Target to an ‘Aspiration’” [Bloomberg – 4/14/2026]

Delta Air Lines Inc. quietly scrubbed a pair of key environmental targets from its sustainability web page late last week. The Atlanta-based carrier deleted its pledge to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for 10% of its jet fuel by 2030. It also rephrased its quest to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 as an “aspiration,” rather than a “goal.”

Delta had promised to be using 10% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030. SAF is made from used cooking oil and other non-petroleum sources. Delta’s SAF use has maxed out at 0.5%, or just 1/20th of what it had promised. There just aren’t enough “sustainable” sources of raw materials to make the SAF. Maybe people need to start eating more french fries and chicken fried steaks.

A Delta spokesman is quoted as saying ”While we have successfully increased use of SAF every year, we recognize that the technology has not advanced as rapidly as the industry requires. In other words, promises were made based on technology that did not even exist at the time. The clean energy pledges were made with the hope that technologies would “advance rapidly.”

The airlines might as well have been making promises based on energy produced by perpetual motion machines. It would be no less speculative. It is a tremendous disgrace to corporate respectability that executives of publicly-traded companies – people making tens of millions of dollars per year – are making childish promises that they cannot fulfill. And I’m not sure which is worse, the public dishonesty of those executives who know they’re lying about their goals, or the maleducated executives who believe the green energy hype. Perhaps their egos allow them to believe that if they command it, it will happen.

The goal of being “net zero” in 24 years is just as dishonestly ludicrous. Changing this from a “goal” to an “aspiration” is just another weaselly way of stating that pledges are being made that won’t ever be fulfilled, but the executives aren’t honest enough to admit it.

It’s way past time for corporations to stop serving as mouthpieces for the left’s political agenda. Until then, corporations in service to the left don’t deserve our principled defense when the communist snakes those corporations have been coddling choose to bite them.

*****

I Don’t Understand Advertising

BBQ Donuts.png

Normally when I’m ranting about corporations, usually for their woke political activism, I know the subject I am talking about.

Today, just for fun, I want to comment on something I know very little about – advertising. There is so much about it that puzzles me, such as why auto manufacturers have spent a fortune advertising EVs which consumers won’t buy, rather than targeting their advertising toward vehicles that customers would purchase. Or why Gillette had an advertising campaign in which it accused its (soon-to-be-former) customers of being sexual predators. Advertising is weird.

Anyhow, I saw these signs while grabbing some coffee at a Dunkin’ Doughnuts at an airport recently, and I just don’t get it.

Dunkin - Slow and Steady.png

One sign says: “SLOW AND STEADY – We craft our donuts slow and steady, hand-finishing them into perfection.”

Is this a re-purposed barbecue advertising campaign? Who equates “slow and steady” as being a way to sell a flash-fried pastry?

The other sign says: ”TRIED AND TRUE – The donuts in our case today are still inspired by our original recipe dating back to 1950.”

“…inspired by”?? The styling of a Chrysler 300 is inspired by Rolls Royce. I saw a watch at Wal-Mart that was inspired by Rolex. What a puzzling admission that Dunkin has altered its recipe. When doughnuts were made fresh in-store, I recall them being much better than the doughnuts now made at a central commissary and shipped in.

To Dunkin’s credit, their coffee is still 100% arabica, and there are still 16 ounces in a pound of Dunkin coffee. And unlike Starbucks, Dunkin has never confronted me about racial injustice when I order a cup of coffee.

I suppose it’s actually a successful ad campaign, since Dunkin hasn’t run me off as an occasional customer. That is more than I can say about certain ad campaigns from Gillette, Anheuser-Busch, Cracker Barrel, and other woke companies who will never receive another dime from me.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM




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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:01 AM (PQb8B)

2 Mornin', Buck.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

3 United breaks guitars and other stuff.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 11:02 AM (diia5)

4 Delta. I always think of that audio of the ghetto Delta commercial.......


"We run this vessel so deep, she be cryin."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:02 AM (PQb8B)

5 I volunteer to eat more chicken fried steak.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at May 01, 2026 11:02 AM (+48wn)

6 Delta had promised to be using 10% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030.

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Iowa and Congress -- but mostly Congress -- should just mandate that they use 10% ethanol in jet fuel.

/What could go wrong?

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 11:04 AM (eViVQ)

7 Delta had promised to be using 10% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030. SAF is made from used cooking oil and other non-petroleum sources. Delta’s SAF use has maxed out at 0.5%, or just 1/20th of what it had promised. There just aren’t enough “sustainable” sources of raw materials to make the SAF. Maybe people need to start eating more french fries and chicken fried steaks.


Seems the idea of 'sustainable' isn't so sustainable, now is it........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:04 AM (PQb8B)

8 Best ad ever was Jake from State Farm.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

9 I posted yesterday that #woke was a safety-valve for downscale urban whites from affluent families. If they don't support gay race nonsense, which corporations can control; they would otherwise ponder Marxism (or whatever Platner is into this week), which corporations can't.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 11:05 AM (gKWVE)

10 I really don't need my skies smelling like fried chicken.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:05 AM (PQb8B)

11 I thought Cracker Barrel completely caved after the backlash to its woke campaign.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 11:05 AM (LxER7)

12 Today, just for fun, I want to comment on something I know very little about – advertising. There is so much about it that puzzles me, such as why auto manufacturers have spent a fortune advertising EVs which consumers won’t buy, rather than targeting their advertising toward vehicles that customers would purchase.

Because the customer was not the target. Government bureaucrats were.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

13 "Most importantly, it’s frustrating that airline executives do not have the backbone to defend their businesses"

Most of these executives act as though dismantling their businesses, whether through outright ESG-based suicide or slowly through financialization through enshittification. By that extraordinarily low benchmark, Delta is run by a hero.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 01, 2026 11:06 AM (dl6h/)

14 Congress should just mandate that all commercial airliners be equipped with and powered by SMRs (Small Modular Reactors).

/What could go wrong?

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 11:07 AM (eViVQ)

15 Best ad ever was Jake from State Farm.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

Not. Even. Close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RcrRRlKTUM

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 11:07 AM (iNUL3)

16 8 Best ad ever was Jake from State Farm.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)
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Heh: [whispering] "I'm married does it matter, you can do that for me?!"

good stuff

Posted by: WisRich at May 01, 2026 11:07 AM (G0vdT)

17 I'm not offended by Dunkin's ads. They don't seem overtly sexual. On the other hand, they don't want me to run out and get donuts, if we had Dunkin's here.

And good for Delta. I rarely fly but I'm not looking forward to Air Canada's solar powered fleet.

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 11:07 AM (Sco7b)

18 “…inspired by”?? The styling of a Chrysler 300 is inspired by Rolls Royce. I saw a watch at Wal-Mart that was inspired by Rolex. What a puzzling admission that Dunkin has altered its recipe. When doughnuts were made fresh in-store, I recall them being much better than the doughnuts now made at a central commissary and shipped in.

My workout routine is "inspired by" Chuck Norris.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

19 Funny how Corporations are worried about losing Leftists customers but ignore the majority of their customers who happen to lean Right.

And also the Lefts boycotts have never worked as opposed to the 'Right's' boycotts when we put our minds to it. ( which is rare)

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:08 AM (kxLc1)

20 "Maybe people need to start eating more french fries and chicken fried steaks."

I see no problems with this

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 11:08 AM (FenX4)

21
OUT: Moving the goal posts.
IN: Moving the aspiration posts.

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 11:08 AM (eViVQ)

22 Just use windmills on the planes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 11:08 AM (9oY+V)

23 Thank You Buck from 6.50/gal+ California.....

Happy Friday! Happy May Day Horde Kom-rats!

Just having my first cup of coffee of the day and enjoying watching the stock market.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:09 AM (QGaXH)

24 Best ad ever was Jake from State Farm.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)
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And then they did a race swap.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:09 AM (kxLc1)

25 I've always loved Dunkin' coffee. Just stopped drinking it because it was 'spensive.

Brew Community Coffee at home, and if we're out and about, I'll find a 151 Coffee (no, no rum involved) and order their Americana.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:09 AM (PQb8B)

26 --------
And then they did a race swap.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:09 AM (kxLc1)



State Farm spends WAY too much money for advertising. No wonder they won't pay claims to desperate homeowners.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:10 AM (PQb8B)

27 Is this a re-purposed barbecue advertising campaign? Who equates “slow and steady” as being a way to sell a flash-fried pastry?

I assume it's intended as a dig at Krispy Kreme's (rather fascinating to watch) production line machinery. Remember a few years ago when Starbuck's said they were going to SLOW DOWN the service to make it "feel artisanal" or some such BS? Same vibe I think.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:10 AM (vTZFs)

28 11 I thought Cracker Barrel completely caved after the backlash to its woke campaign.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 11:05 AM (LxER7)

It has. Probably unwillingly, but caved in full just the same.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (tOcjL)

29
My workout routine is "inspired by" Chuck Norris.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)



My workout routine is inspired by Coach Buttermaker.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (PQb8B)

30 I live in the county where: CBS News

Fuel refinery Delta bought is expected to save airline $300M this quarter as jet fuel prices jump 105%
Updated on: April 21, 2026

In part, "The Atlanta-based airline owns a refinery in Pennsylvania that is helping it cut fuel costs while rivals face jet fuel price increases as high as 105%, according to Clint Henderson, managing editor of The Points Guy.

"When Delta bought that refinery, there was a lot of head scratching, but now they look like geniuses," Henderson said."

2025 - The Philadelphia-based Clean Air Council, California-based Communities for a Better Environment and the Natural Resources Defense Council sued the federal government earlier this month, urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to put new regulations in place to keep communities safer from dangerous hydrogen fluoride.

They never f**king stop their well-funded racket. They want everything shutdown short of their many non-profits so we can grow pot, run casinos and have sport stadiums.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (NFX2v)

31 I SAID BUD LIGHT!

Posted by: Those commercials were good, too at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (c3YdQ)

32 A lot of advertising is just saying some words, any words, to distract. Kind of like magicians do. Or bunco artists. What's important is that there's an explanation, not that it actually explains anything.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (JXTT6)

33 Our "elite" class prove every day how non-elite they are.

Can you imagine Henry Ford bowing the knee like this?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (XHO5P)

34 Just having my first cup of coffee of the day and enjoying watching the stock market.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:09 AM (QGaXH)

I call Wall Street the NYC Casino.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (kxLc1)

35 And unlike Starbucks, Dunkin has never confronted me about racial injustice when I order a cup of coffee
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I have only been into Starbucks at highway rest stops, and no one ever says anything about racial injustice there, so I am ignorant of this problem. Does Starbucks try to slide in a side serving of racial lecturing with coffee? How does that work? Do they give you written notes, or does someone just up and start talking to you?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (c3bGo)

36 It's nice to read but they are going to try again when they are sure that they can get away with it.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 11:12 AM (+4yJ5)

37 Maybe Delta can use teenage acne oil to fuel their planes like the skit in the Kentucky Fried movie.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 01, 2026 11:12 AM (tYGL3)

38 JackStraw, if you're still here, I meant Memorial Day, not Labor Day.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 11:12 AM (l1Oiv)

39 I really don't need my skies smelling like fried chicken.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:05 AM (PQb8B)

Moar Chem Trails! REEE!!11!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2026 11:12 AM (wVcYX)

40 This is so dumb. Delta, all airlines, and every person and business that consumes energy has a natural incentive to minimize the use of energy. Its called money.

Rory McElroy is so worried about climate change and the energy the world consumes, he flies up to Augusta National on a daily basis to get a practice round in.

I guess we are just going to be doing this stupid song and dance forever.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at May 01, 2026 11:12 AM (sX1BW)

41 Dunkin coffee is good, but their donuts? No thank you.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 11:12 AM (2ap+5)

42 "Angus King: War ‘May Provoke’ Iranian Nuke Scientists to Race to Bomb"

"What if they perp walk Comey?"

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 01, 2026 11:12 AM (cS1cw)

43 I've decided that my ambition to nuzzle into Sydney's soft jiggly chest is more of an aspiration than a goal.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 11:13 AM (gKWVE)

44 Posted by: SH (no more socks) at May 01, 2026 11:12 AM (sX1BW)

My least favorite PGA player.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:13 AM (kxLc1)

45 I thought Cracker Barrel completely caved after the backlash to its woke campaign.

They did. I don't suppose they re-re-modeled any of the stores that they had already changed but they stopped changing any more of them.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:13 AM (vTZFs)

46 Does Starbucks try to slide in a side serving of racial lecturing with coffee?

They tried during the George Floyd riots. The higher ups thought it was a great idea to hold off on serving coffee to people who wanted their caffeine hit long enough to shame us for being white.

The policy died quicker than Floyd did.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 11:13 AM (+4yJ5)

47 ==========================
I have only been into Starbucks at highway rest stops, and no one ever says anything about racial injustice there, so I am ignorant of this problem. Does Starbucks try to slide in a side serving of racial lecturing with coffee? How does that work? Do they give you written notes, or does someone just up and start talking to you?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (c3bGo)



There was a time where corporate directives had barista's lecturing you about racial injustice and pointing out your white privilege.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:13 AM (PQb8B)

48 such as why auto manufacturers have spent a fortune advertising EVs which consumers won’t buy, rather than targeting their advertising toward vehicles that customers would purchase.
_________

Even now, the ads for trucks never feature a person. Presumably because white dudes disproportionately drive trucks. The ads show the truck, but never the driver.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 01, 2026 11:14 AM (XvL8K)

49
My least favorite PGA player.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:13 AM (kxLc1)



He's not even on the list of favorite. He's an insufferable douchebag.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:15 AM (PQb8B)

50 Remember a few years ago when Starbuck's said they were going to SLOW DOWN the service to make it "feel artisanal" or some such BS?

We put the "anal" in "artisanal"!

Posted by: Starbucks at May 01, 2026 11:15 AM (fmbc9)

51 > Does Starbucks try to slide in a side serving of racial lecturing with coffee?

Never been subjected to that.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2026 11:15 AM (rJ48h)

52 Who equates “slow and steady” as being a way to sell a flash-fried pastry?
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Fast is associated with cheap, unhealthy and dangerous. That's all that means. People want to know that time was put into the thing they are buying.

Also fast is no longer a selling point because EVERYTHING is fast. People accept they can walk into most any place and walk out with what they want "fast". So there's no cache in it.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 11:15 AM (LGS3t)

53 19 Funny how Corporations are worried about losing Leftists customers but ignore the majority of their customers who happen to lean Right.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:08 AM (kxLc1)


I think corporate execs operates more from worry about not being invited to the must-attend-or-you're-nobody parties in NYC, the Hamptons, DC, and Hollywood, along with not pissing-off their Leftist wives and their friends, than they worry about losing Leftist customers.

Posted by: Gref at May 01, 2026 11:15 AM (5rh/l)

54 There was a time where corporate directives had barista's lecturing you about racial injustice and pointing out your white privilege.

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There was also a time when their hire-ups thought it was a good idea to let non-customer homeless stink up the restrooms so that actual customers could not and would not want to the use the restrooms. Whatever.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at May 01, 2026 11:15 AM (sX1BW)

55 > Because the customer was not the target. Government bureaucrats were.
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Also, the bureaucrats were making the rules and providing the funds.

The EV push was as much about social control of a mobile population that the government wanted (and still wants) to subjugate.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 11:16 AM (jehhT)

56
Never been subjected to that.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2026 11:15 AM (rJ48h)



I'm sure it was isolated to liberal shitholes, but it was still a directive.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:16 AM (PQb8B)

57 What a puzzling admission that Dunkin has altered its recipe.

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The Art Thread image today was inspired by "Liberty Leading the People" and the "Dogs Playing Poker" paintings.

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 11:16 AM (eViVQ)

58 Does Starbucks try to slide in a side serving of racial lecturing with coffee?
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The policy died quicker than Floyd did.


Nice turn of phrase there. An idea so stupid that it could only come out of Seattle (OK, or Portland).

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:17 AM (vTZFs)

59 Remember a few years ago when Starbuck's said they were going to SLOW DOWN the service to make it "feel artisanal" or some such BS? Same vibe I think.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:10 AM (vTZFs)


Amateurs.

Posted by: Any given DMV office at May 01, 2026 11:18 AM (c3YdQ)

60 Delta is a minnesota garbage corporation who led the dei, covid, climate change zelotry over the last 20 years. The sooner they're out of business the better.

Posted by: South and Proud!! at May 01, 2026 11:18 AM (3dp5c)

61
There was also a time when their hire-ups thought it was a good idea to let non-customer homeless stink up the restrooms so that actual customers could not and would not want to the use the restrooms. Whatever.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at May 01, 2026 11:15 AM (sX1BW)



And they put needle disposal units on the walls in the bathrooms because the homeless were going to shoot up anyway, why not make it clean?

Didn't make it clean.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:18 AM (PQb8B)

62
The Art Thread image today was inspired by "Liberty Leading the People" and the "Dogs Playing Poker" paintings.
Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 11:16 AM (eViVQ)



Or, CBD just f*cking with us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:19 AM (PQb8B)

63 It was always comical seeing people commit to doing something in the future that everyone knew was bullshit.

Though the Global Warming scam is falling apart now because the oligarchs that were funding it want to make money on AI datacenters now, and it is too much of a stretch to stick with the global warming narrative as you build all those data centers...

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 01, 2026 11:19 AM (sKqQm)

64 Jet airliners are a fraud. They are permanently moored to the loading ramps in airports. The board you all into the plane, then administer a dose of sleepy gas, and scoop you all up and truck you to the destination, and place aboard an identical plane moored at the ramp. You wake up, and there your are!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 11:19 AM (utfVc)

65 "...I suppose it’s actually a successful ad campaign, since Dunkin hasn’t run me off as an occasional customer. That is more than I can say about certain ad campaigns from Gillette, Anheuser-Busch, Cracker Barrel, and other woke companies who will never receive another dime from me."

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

I remain a loyal Cracker Barrel customer. They seem to be mending their ways. Every time I go to CB I remember my now long-deceased parents and how I would meet them in a Cracker Barrel along I-95 in Florida when I was in Orlando for bidd-ness and they lived below Melbourne.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:19 AM (QGaXH)

66 Posted by: Gref at May 01, 2026 11:15 AM (5rh/l)

Has to be some reason other than financial.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:19 AM (kxLc1)

67 Best ad ever was Jake from State Farm.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)


The original "well, she's a guy" one was awesome. The recurring ones not so much.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 11:19 AM (FenX4)

68
We put the "anal" in "artisanal"!
Posted by: Starbucks at May 01, 2026 11:15 AM (fmbc9)



I LOL'd.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:19 AM (PQb8B)

69 Politics UK
@PolitlcsUK
BREAKING: The Golders Green terror attack suspect is called Essa Suleiman
He is a Somali translator who has a history of violence, including stabbing two police officers and a police dog in 2008

-
Wait. He stabbed to cops and a police dog and he was still out jihading around?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

70 30. addendum

And distributing suboxone, seemingly supporting the state's (Commonwealth's) likely goal of both a current & former prison population high and docile.

Care, custody and control.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 11:20 AM (NFX2v)

71
The original "well, she's a guy" one was awesome. The recurring ones not so much.
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 11:19 AM (FenX4)



They replaced Jake with Blayke and took the humor right out of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:20 AM (PQb8B)

72 "It is a tremendous disgrace to corporate respectability that executives of publicly-traded companies – people making tens of millions of dollars per year – are making childish promises that they cannot fulfill."

Umm, it's a conclusive indictment of an entire society that absurd hypotheses are allowed to impoverish, distort, and serve as lysenkoist totalitarian cudgels against common sense and real science.

These executives just reflect the dumbed down, cowardly, unserious, imbecilic moral narcissistic culture they come from.

And let's not forget the outrageous and indefensible embrace of crude violent racism ("BLM") in 2020, and the vile idiocy of "DEI".

Buck as always you are right, but vast, vast understatement of the problem has become near-universal on the non-racist/totalitarian side.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 11:20 AM (U/Byj)

73 They did. I don't suppose they re-re-modeled any of the stores that they had already changed but they stopped changing any more of them.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:13 AM (vTZFs)

Did they actually do any makeovers or just talk about it?

The Cracker Barrel outside Cambridge, OH on I-70 has saved my life more than once when we went to visit the kids in school out in Indiana.

Now I want chicken-fried steak!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 11:20 AM (LxER7)

74 If some barista presumed to start telling me how to be a better person I would hope they would at least wait until I had taken a sip or two of coffee first. Everyone should know not to talk to me before coffee. Wait your turn.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 11:20 AM (+ZtvI)

75 I remain a loyal Cracker Barrel customer. They seem to be mending their ways. Every time I go to CB I remember my now long-deceased parents and how I would meet them in a Cracker Barrel along I-95 in Florida when I was in Orlando for bidd-ness and they lived below Melbourne.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:19 AM (QGaXH)

I also am...but I only go twice/year on driving trips. I can eat healthy and allergy safe, and it's all I ask on those drives (and my kids can get a fruit or vegetable without breaking my back)...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 11:21 AM (tOcjL)

76 -
Wait. He stabbed to cops and a police dog and he was still out jihading around?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)



It's racist to prevent him from exercising his culture, you see.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:21 AM (PQb8B)

77 Amateurs.
Posted by: Any given DMV office

I've never waited more than 10 minutes at the S.F. DMV and there's plenty of parking too.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 01, 2026 11:21 AM (W5mpo)

78 The original Jake from State Farm, not the DEI replacement.

Posted by: JohnnyCakes at May 01, 2026 11:21 AM (9CBNQ)

79 Jet airliners are a fraud. They are permanently moored to the loading ramps in airports. The board you all into the plane, then administer a dose of sleepy gas, and scoop you all up and truck you to the destination, and place aboard an identical plane moored at the ramp. You wake up, and there your are!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Ok, you're half right. They actually achieve altitude, and then just wait for the earth to turn to the proper latitude and then descend. They should be called hovercrafts.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 11:21 AM (diia5)

80 Even now, the ads for trucks never feature a person. Presumably because white dudes disproportionately drive trucks. The ads show the truck, but never the driver.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

That's because the driver's always exhausted after driving it to the top of that tall butte in the Grand Canyon.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:21 AM (77rzZ)

81 Wait. He stabbed to cops and a police dog and he was still out jihading around?/i]

Meanwhile IngSoc sent some women to jail for 2 years for saying on twitter that immigrants should be sent home after the SouthPort attack

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

82 My personal favorite ad?

"Slow down, you're gonna get us killed!"

https://youtu.be/mHv_-q2YNFE

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM (/HDaX)

83 What a puzzling admission that Dunkin has altered its recipe
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Is it puzzling though? Half the original ingredients are probably banned. I think it's taken for granted that few things stay the same for long. Dunkin has had some of the best marketing in the last 20 years so I wouldn't single them out for questioning unless they went stupid or woke.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM (LGS3t)

84 2025 - The Philadelphia-based Clean Air Council, California-based Communities for a Better Environment and the Natural Resources Defense Council sued the federal government earlier this month, urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to put new regulations in place to keep communities safer from dangerous hydrogen fluoride.

They never f**king stop their well-funded racket. They want everything shutdown short of their many non-profits so we can grow pot, run casinos and have sport stadiums.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (NFX2v)

What is the alleged source of this hydrogen fluoride?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM (utfVc)

85 Dang. No more viral clips.

@disclosetv 15m
JUST IN - Spirit Airlines is preparing to shutdown after a $500 million government bailout failed as the discount carrier ran too low on cash — WSJ

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM (diia5)

86 Did they actually do any makeovers or just talk about it?

I recall seeing pictures of the new decor when it was in the news. I suppose those could have been marketing mock-ups.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM (vTZFs)

87 Remember the two black 'businessmen' who sued because they were asked to leave after sitting at a table for an extended period of time without ordering anything. Pure set up to sue.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM (kxLc1)

88 What is the alleged source of this hydrogen fluoride?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Dentists high on their own supply?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 11:23 AM (diia5)

89 @disclosetv 15m
JUST IN - Spirit Airlines is preparing to shutdown after a $500 million government bailout failed as the discount carrier ran too low on cash — WSJ
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM (diia5)
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Good.

Posted by: WisRich at May 01, 2026 11:23 AM (G0vdT)

90 8 Best ad ever was Jake from State Farm.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

I watch mainly Fox Business in the morning. So much advertising - which I fast-forward thru - seems so dismissive or derogatory to white males it's disgusting. And why is every other couple portrayed as mixed race? I married my Latin wife 40+ years ago but still...enough is enough.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:24 AM (QGaXH)

91 Posted by: Paul at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM (lRwRE)

You have more projection than Regan in The Exorcist .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:24 AM (kxLc1)

92 Maybe not the best ad ever, but high on my list is the Staples back to school ad with "It's the most wonderful time of the year" playing and the dad frolicking in the aisles with the kids moping.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 11:24 AM (FenX4)

93 The last time I went to Cracker Barrel, it was a total disaster. Orders completely wrong (not just ours, the entire restaurant), the refund line backed out the door, the manager screeching "THAT AIN'T MY JOB!!!!) every 3 minutes.

Nah.

Posted by: JohnnyCakes at May 01, 2026 11:24 AM (9CBNQ)

94 Who equates “slow and steady” as being a way to sell a flash-fried pastry?

Ahhh, a lot of donuts are NOT fried, but baked.

Also, I'm more troubled by the graphics on those two signs. It's got a family un-friendly vibe to it. Maybe that's just because I'm a Moron.

Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 11:24 AM (D4VUo)

95 A Delta spokesman is quoted as saying ”While we have successfully increased use of SAF every year, we recognize that the technology has not advanced as rapidly as the industry requires.” In other words, promises were made based on technology that did not even exist at the time. The clean energy pledges were made with the hope that technologies would “advance rapidly.”

Not hoped. They were being coerced. And told that new tech, propped up by government money would keep them afloat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:24 AM (bss/y)

96 JUST IN - Spirit Airlines is preparing to shutdown after a $500 million government bailout failed as the discount carrier ran too low on cash — WSJ
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM
-------

I'm going to miss all those youtube videos of fights at the Spirit gates.

Posted by: WisRich at May 01, 2026 11:25 AM (G0vdT)

97 >Dang. No more viral clips.

@disclosetv 15m
JUST IN - Spirit Airlines is preparing to shutdown after a $500 million government bailout failed as the discount carrier ran too low on cash — WSJ
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 11:22 AM (diia5)

We'll always have Frontier.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2026 11:25 AM (rJ48h)

98 Wait. He stabbed to cops and a police dog and he was still out jihading around?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy


He was a sweet and tender hooligan -

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 11:25 AM (gKWVE)

99 Here's a campaign commercial for Big Mouf Bass.

https://tinyurl.com/4zzdjb2x

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 11:25 AM (ndZc7)

100
There was a time where corporate directives had barista's lecturing you about racial injustice and pointing out your white privilege.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

They skipped that step in Alabama, thank goodness.

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:25 AM (Wmg4n)

101 Starbucks did at least two eye-poppingly idiotic and offensive political "initiatives", well before 2020. One was the racial one. I made a point to ask about it in the weeks following at a few of them which I hit regularly for reasons. Employees said "huh?" or rolled their eyes.

Then there was another jobs-for-all or some stupid teenage level idiocy during the dead economy under the affirmative action criminal and airhead. Asked about that once at the register. Big eye-roll, followed by "not sure what we're supposed to do".

Posted by: rhomboid at May 01, 2026 11:26 AM (U/Byj)

102 Maybe not the best ad ever, but high on my list is the Staples back to school ad with "It's the most wonderful time of the year" playing and the dad frolicking in the aisles with the kids moping.
Posted by: Doof

Yeah, that one was good.

Also, the Snickers "Feast!" ad.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:26 AM (77rzZ)

103 ...the Staples back to school ad with "It's the most wonderful time of the year" playing...

I thought that was hilarious but it didn't seem to last very long.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:26 AM (vTZFs)

104 That first Slow and Steady poster looks like a butt plug.

Posted by: Lockheed at May 01, 2026 11:27 AM (abIsI)

105 I actually like a lots of the Progressive ads. I think the Jamie character is hilarious.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:27 AM (kxLc1)

106
They skipped that step in Alabama, thank goodness.
Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:25 AM (Wmg4n)



I honestly wouldn't know as I don't like Starbucks coffee, so I'm never in one.

I did used to get their protein shakes when traveling with a couple of exercise freaks way back when, but that was it. Well before all this DIE and racist bullshit hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:27 AM (PQb8B)

107 They skipped that step in Alabama, thank goodness.
Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:25 AM (Wmg4n)

It is amazing how much business they do (based on lines.) They must turn a tidy profit. Customers obviously want it.

I just do not understand it. If I get on a coffee kick (which happens every few years) I just make it at home. Drink too much and then back down to some other form of caffeination.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (bss/y)

108 103 ...the Staples back to school ad with "It's the most wonderful time of the year" playing...

I thought that was hilarious but it didn't seem to last very long.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:26 AM (vTZFs)

Wendy's "Where's the Beef" was iconic...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (tOcjL)

109 JUST IN - Spirit Airlines is preparing to shutdown after a $500 million government bailout failed as the discount carrier ran too low on cash — WSJ

Why was this entity given $500M of our money? It isn't as if there aren't other airlines.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

110 Our Starbucks didn't exactly change their policies to exclude nonpaying customers (=hobos), but they've shittified the interior so you don't get the comfy chairs anymore. Only tables with long cushioned benches.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (gKWVE)

111 That first Slow and Steady poster looks like a butt plug.
Posted by: Lockheed

I really don't wanna know how you know what a butt plug looks like.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

112 8 Best ad ever was Jake from State Farm.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

I liked the Subaru dogs commercials. Also Hanna from Arco. Also the battery company with an old abandoned '50's car in the woods with the radio still playing (implausible and possibly illegal false advertising). And back in the 80's one of the west coast airlines had Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner as passengers on an aircraft....

So many great entertaining commercials. Remember the Bud Lite frogs ?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (QGaXH)

113 A friend who worked at AA said their approach to change was "We'll never be first to do (***), but we will be second."

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (wBaIH)

114 He was a sweet and tender hooligan -
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 11:25 AM (gKWVE)


and he'll never, never do it again.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (FenX4)

115 Admitting there isn't a magic bullet is at least a first step.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (kGf4g)

116 'One sign says: “SLOW AND STEADY – We craft our donuts slow and steady, hand-finishing them into perfection.”

Is this a re-purposed barbecue advertising campaign? Who equates “slow and steady” as being a way to sell a flash-fried pastry?'

I don't think you can take it so literally. I think it just means, "don't expect fast service, I'm busy making a dick and balls out of an eclair and two munchkins, I'll be with you when I'm done drawing on the pubic hair with this frosting."

or something

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (w/O5Q)

117 I used to get Starbucks hot chocolate in the winter when I was perusing Barnes and Nobles books when Starbucks was attached to them.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:29 AM (kxLc1)

118 "Blind-Date Chick" in the Libbidy ads looks like Shelley Duvall with a few pounds added.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 11:29 AM (LxER7)

119 Still probably the last truly great commercial. Lowe's Never Stop Improving:

https://shorturl.at/rxdqa

2011 and I swear it's like something from another planet.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 11:29 AM (LGS3t)

120
Wendy's "Where's the Beef" was iconic...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 11:28 AM (tOcjL)



"EVANINK wear!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:29 AM (PQb8B)

121 I honestly wouldn't know as I don't like Starbucks coffee, so I'm never in one.

I pretty much never go into a standalone store but the not-Starbuck's Starbuck's in Barnes & Noble gets my custom almost every time I'm in there.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:29 AM (vTZFs)

122 Bring back Hooters airlines.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 01, 2026 11:29 AM (abIsI)

123 I did used to get their protein shakes when traveling with a couple of exercise freaks way back when, but that was it. Well before all this DIE and racist bullshit hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:27 AM (PQb8B)

Hey, that reminds me. Our plant cafe has starbucks stuff. One is a smallish (12oz) coffee drink with protein (like 20g.) I scanned it because I wanted to see how much it was. $5.50. Nope. Back in the case.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:29 AM (bss/y)

124 The Liberty Mutual ads are annoying. Not sure which ones are worse, the ones with Doug and the Emu, or the Bibberty-Bibberty ones with the idiot couple (real fish-headed woman, lol).

Posted by: JohnnyCakes at May 01, 2026 11:30 AM (9CBNQ)

125 Climate stuff is all about feelings.
And we're in charge about making all feelings-based policy decisions.

Posted by: White liberal women at May 01, 2026 11:30 AM (2Ez/1)

126 I actually like a lots of the Progressive ads. I think the Jamie character is hilarious.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

I like the Farmers ads. "We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two."

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ)

127 Why was this entity given $500M of our money? It isn't as if there aren't other airlines.
Posted by: Archimedes


I'll bet the books were worse than they reported to the Fed. ( but, there were legit arguments for keeping them alive rather than allowing the other carriers to eat up their market space )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 11:31 AM (diia5)

128 Hey JackStraw
… I just heard

Did the American Revolution start in Rhode Island?

Posted by: kactus at May 01, 2026 11:31 AM (twS2i)

129 I actually like a lots of the Progressive ads. I think the Jamie character is hilarious.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:27 AM (kxLc1)



It's the dog park........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:31 AM (PQb8B)

130 Jon Favreau
@jonfavs
Graham Platner isn’t just our best and only chance to beat Susan Collins, he’s a good, decent man who’s struggled and grown and is always trying to do better.
I hope everyone with reservations takes a little time to get to know the real life version of him, not what the algorithm throws in our faces. Clearly, that’s what so many people in Maine have done - from all different walks of life and political persuasions.

-
He forgot add Sieg Heil!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 11:31 AM (ndZc7)

131 https://shorturl.at/rxdqa

2011 and I swear it's like something from another planet.


A young heterosexual couple getting married and raising a family? Damn near a hate crime now.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:31 AM (vTZFs)

132 Another great ad -

Snickers "who are the Chefs?" / end zone painting.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 11:31 AM (FenX4)

133 The Liberty Mutual ads are annoying. Not sure which ones are worse, the ones with Doug and the Emu, or the Bibberty-Bibberty ones with the idiot couple (real fish-headed woman, lol).
Posted by: JohnnyCakes

"You named it Brad."

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:32 AM (77rzZ)

134 125 Climate stuff is all about feelings.
And we're in charge about making all feelings-based policy decisions.
Posted by: White liberal women


Well you dumb b*tch, we just scrapped all of our 'Green' initiatives and are firing up our nuclear and coal plants again.

Posted by: Belgium at May 01, 2026 11:32 AM (abIsI)

135 Yeah, it's really easy to misconstrue a Death's Head Tattoo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)

136 Wait. He stabbed to cops and a police dog and he was still out jihading around?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

AND they made him a citizen AFTER his first stabbings.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 11:33 AM (iNUL3)

137 It's the dog park........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:31 AM (PQb8B)

Yeah that's a good one and Jamie isn't even in it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:33 AM (kxLc1)

138 but, there were legit arguments for keeping them alive rather than allowing the other carriers to eat up their market space

Such as?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

139 >>JackStraw, if you're still here, I meant Memorial Day, not Labor Day.

I just saw. I'm not sure at the moment. An old friend is talking about being in town but he's about as dependable as New England weather. I'll let you know as soon as I do.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 11:33 AM (viF8m)

140 Starbucks magazine Print Ad from not long after 9/11. Don't know what was in their heads.

https://shorturl.at/vUvvl

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 11:33 AM (LGS3t)

141 We'll always have Frontier.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2026 11:25 AM (rJ48h)


Don't forget Jet Blue!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 01, 2026 11:34 AM (/HDaX)

142 Yeah that's a good one and Jamie isn't even in it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:33 AM (kxLc1)



There was that one time where they didn't make him look like a complete idiot, he lived in a really nice mansion and could sing and play guitar. Or was it piano....don't remember.

Now, he's just a party favor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:34 AM (PQb8B)

143 My exercise routine is inspired by Mark Twain: When I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 11:34 AM (kGf4g)

144 Yeah, it's really easy to misconstrue a Death's Head Tattoo.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
_________

Collins should run an add riffing on "are we the baddies."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 01, 2026 11:35 AM (XvL8K)

145 Flo's 'sister' is also funny.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:35 AM (kxLc1)

146 138 but, there were legit arguments for keeping them alive rather than allowing the other carriers to eat up their market space

Such as?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

More competition is usually better. My counter to that counter is that because they need 500 million, they are not really competing. It's right there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:35 AM (bss/y)

147 Collins should run an add riffing on "are we the baddies."

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess she would have NO idea what you're talking about.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

148 My dietitian said to avoid fried foods.

Yikes.

Posted by: torabora at May 01, 2026 11:36 AM (KtOUo)

149 There will be blood.

A wild exchange that is a concerning reflection of the state of Maine politics:

Liberal white lady: "With a lack of Luigi Mangione's, what are we going to do about the insurance companies?"

CD-2 candidate Matt Dunlap: "You understand why people get to that point."

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Also I shouldn't talk considering I misspelled "two" above but the plural of "Mangione" is not "Mangione's."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 11:37 AM (ndZc7)

150 I just saw. I'm not sure at the moment. An old friend is talking about being in town but he's about as dependable as New England weather. I'll let you know as soon as I do.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 11:33 AM

Sounds good. Bluebell has my email.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 11:37 AM (l1Oiv)

151 Another great ad -

Snickers "who are the Chefs?" / end zone painting.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 11:31 AM (FenX4)


Great googly moogly.

Posted by: far cry at May 01, 2026 11:37 AM (fmbc9)

152 84. What is the alleged source of this hydrogen fluoride?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

WHYY News Climate Desk
‘The stuff of nightmares’: Philly nonprofit sues EPA over deadly chemical used at refineries
Three nonprofits hope to force the federal government to regulate hydrogen fluoride more strictly. The chemical is still used at a Delaware County refinery.

In part, "Hydrogen fluoride is used as a catalyst in the blending process to make cleaner-burning high-octane gasoline at roughly 40 refineries across the country, according to the lawsuit. It’s also used to manufacture refrigerants, herbicides and pharmaceuticals."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (NFX2v)

153 "EVANINK wear!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:29 AM

Very nice!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (l1Oiv)

154 34 Just having my first cup of coffee of the day and enjoying watching the stock market.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:09 AM (QGaXH)

I call Wall Street the NYC Casino.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:11 AM (kxLc1)

'tis the greatest engine of wealth creation ever devised by man. Not that the Stock Market creates anything, it's the underlying companies and the opportunity for the little man to participate in their success (or failure).

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (QGaXH)

155 Not to be "that guy", but I think this is the real explanation for Spirit getting our money.

There is no public, systematic data from Spirit Airlines or aviation regulatory bodies that confirms a higher-than-normal incidence of Black passengers compared to other carriers.However, analysis of Spirit Airlines' customer profile suggests it serves a diverse, price-sensitive market that could differ from legacy carriers due to several factors:Target Market Focus: Spirit targets price-onsconscious leisure travelers, families, and Visiting Friends & Relatives (VFR) travelers, which often includes a high volume of passengers from diverse urban areas and, in particular, the U.S.–Latin America/Caribbean corridors.

It's bad enough that Mamdani wants to subsidize grocery stores in high crime "urban" locations. What's next, subsidized Carnival Cruises?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

156 I think Maine has a class problem. You have the very wealthy and the working class. I don't think the upper middle class is a big demographic.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (kxLc1)

157 151 Another great ad -

Snickers "who are the Chefs?" / end zone painting.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 11:31 AM (FenX4)

Great googly moogly.
Posted by: far cry at May 01, 2026 11:37 AM (fmbc9)

I'm Batman Snickers commercial is still peak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcBHh9C8pG8

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (bss/y)

158 smelling like fried chicken.

Tasty vapor trails to lead the Iranian drones astray.

Posted by: DaveA at May 01, 2026 11:39 AM (FhXTo)

159 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (QGaXH)

You must be a day trader.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:40 AM (kxLc1)

160 I just do not understand it. If I get on a coffee kick (which happens every few years) I just make it at home. Drink too much and then back down to some other form of caffeination.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

If I am running late, I will grab a café misto with soy on the way in to work, or a dry cappuccino. I can order it on the app, run through the drive through at 530a and it’s ready for me. They actually get the dry cappuccino right, so they definitely train their baristas. We also have 2 local coffee places here I love, they just aren’t open as early as SB or I would go to them. I can walk to one and they make really interesting coffee, flavors you would not think work but they do. Right now they have one with beetroot and cardamon, sweetened with maple syrup they make in house and it is so good.

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:40 AM (Wmg4n)

161 Until the unicorn fart technology takes over, it’s petroleum.

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2026 11:40 AM (uDa2+)

162 >>Hey JackStraw
… I just heard

>>Did the American Revolution start in Rhode Island?

Long debated by people with too much time on their hands. Rhode Island was the first colony to declare independence from the Crown on May 4th, 1776. And Narragansett Bay was a major shipping port at the time with lots of skirmishes against the Brits prior to that.

We're just a lot more modest than those braggarts from Massachusetts and we don't dress up in Indian clothes and cultural appropriate their history.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 11:41 AM (viF8m)

163 WHYY News Climate Desk
‘The stuff of nightmares’: Philly nonprofit sues EPA over deadly chemical used at refineries
Three nonprofits hope to force the federal government to regulate hydrogen fluoride more strictly. The chemical is still used at a Delaware County refinery.

In part, "Hydrogen fluoride is used as a catalyst in the blending process to make cleaner-burning high-octane gasoline at roughly 40 refineries across the country, according to the lawsuit. It’s also used to manufacture refrigerants, herbicides and pharmaceuticals."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (NFX2v)

I don't think the old "sue and settle" scam is going to work. New Sherriff in town.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 11:41 AM (utfVc)

164 And I love casinos but I realize the people who run them rarely lose money if at all.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:42 AM (kxLc1)

165 Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:40 AM (Wmg4n)

Huh. What is a 'dry' cappuccino?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)

166 There's still talk about the proverbial "kill switch" being mandatory in new vehicles by 2027 or 28. Using AI it'll determine if the operator is under the influence, tired or otherwise a danger to operate the vehicle.

A leftist's wet dream if it comes true.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

167 Old and busted: bullet train to nowhere

New and cool: 911 call to no one

“Gavin Newsom promised to deliver a brand new 911 system within 3 years for $132 million. Now it is 7 years later, almost $500 million has been spent, and the system they rolled out was such a disaster, they’ve scrapped it.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 11:43 AM (ndZc7)

168
'tis the greatest engine of wealth creation ever devised by man. Not that the Stock Market creates anything, it's the underlying companies and the opportunity for the little man to participate in their success (or failure).
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (QGaXH)

Flip side, relevant for today: Is Marxism actually the single worst idea ever conceived?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 01, 2026 11:43 AM (w/O5Q)

169 We craft our donuts slow and steady, hand-finishing them into perfection.

McDonald's should steal that slogan so that you feel better about your burger that's been kept warm for hours.

Posted by: t-bird at May 01, 2026 11:43 AM (Uh88k)

170 If I am running late, I will grab a café misto with soy.......

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:40 AM (Wmg4n)

I love when I can identify a poster within five to ten words.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 11:43 AM (LGS3t)

171 164 And I love casinos but I realize the people who run them rarely lose money if at all.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:42 AM (kxLc1)

Correct.

Posted by: Terry Benedict at May 01, 2026 11:44 AM (LxER7)

172 Huh. What is a 'dry' cappuccino?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)


It has a little less vermouth.

Posted by: far cry at May 01, 2026 11:45 AM (fmbc9)

173 Sec. Scott Bessent on status.

Maybe I'm just being paranoid but point 5 seems to be a shift in US demands. Am I wrong? I thought the blockaide stayed in place until they gave up nuclear program.

"Some color for the Iranian Leadership as they literally sit in the dark:

1. The United States has complete control of the Strait of Hormuz.

2. There is a hard currency, i.e. U.S. dollar, shortage.

3. Food and gasoline rationing are in place.

4. The entire international community has turned against you.

5. The BLOCKADE will continue, until there is pre-February 27 Freedom of Navigation."

Posted by: WisRich at May 01, 2026 11:45 AM (G0vdT)

174 Gavin Newsom promised to deliver a brand new 911 system within 3 years for $132 million. Now it is 7 years later, almost $500 million has been spent, and the system they rolled out was such a disaster, they’ve scrapped it.

Promising a new system IS the system.

Posted by: t-bird at May 01, 2026 11:45 AM (Uh88k)

175 170 If I am running late, I will grab a café misto with soy.......

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:40 AM (Wmg4n)

I love when I can identify a poster within five to ten words.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026

Oh this would be a fun ONT game. I can name that poster in 3 words…🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:45 AM (OoFl2)

176 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (l1Oiv)


*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:45 AM (PQb8B)

177 Hydroflouric acid? It does happen. It's useful.

Sod off Swampy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:45 AM (bss/y)

178 54 There was a time where corporate directives had barista's lecturing you about racial injustice and pointing out your white privilege


If ever there was a time for the phrase "Hold on a second sugartits."

On the opposite end of the commercial spectrum, Trivago should just plainly tell people they can get better hotel rates instead of coming off as douches.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at May 01, 2026 11:45 AM (Sco7b)

179 The Big Man's views on Starbucks

https://tinyurl.com/3ahxdyxp

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 01, 2026 11:46 AM (abIsI)

180 165 Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:40 AM (Wmg4n)

Huh. What is a 'dry' cappuccino?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)

More foam than milk.

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:46 AM (OoFl2)

181 162 >>Hey JackStraw
… I just heard

>>Did the American Revolution start in Rhode Island?

Long debated by people with too much time on their hands. Rhode Island was the first colony to declare independence from the Crown on May 4th, 1776. And Narragansett Bay was a major shipping port at the time with lots of skirmishes against the Brits prior to that.

We're just a lot more modest than those braggarts from Massachusetts and we don't dress up in Indian clothes and cultural appropriate their history.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 11:41 AM (viF8m)


Yeah, tell us about your being first to the party. We dare you.

Posted by: Members of the Lexington, MA Militia Company at May 01, 2026 11:46 AM (5rh/l)

182 Oh this would be a fun ONT game. I can name that poster in 3 words…🤣
Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:45 AM (OoFl2)

Ralphy, Snowflake, Canada

Posted by: Try this at May 01, 2026 11:46 AM (Sco7b)

183 Flip side, relevant for today: Is Marxism actually the single worst idea ever conceived?
Posted by: Bilwis

The dark ages will argue.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 01, 2026 11:47 AM (kGf4g)

184 There's still talk about the proverbial "kill switch" being mandatory in new vehicles by 2027 or 28.

IIUC, it has passed the House but would still needs a Senate vote and a Trump signature. Hopefully, he would veto it but I have no confidence in that either way.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 11:47 AM (vTZFs)

185 Who has just asking about Talcum X?

>>@ChuckRossDC
·
2m
>>Update: Recent Islamic convert Shaun King is now asking people to give $8k to the family above to provide cancer treatments. No details. No proof. Just trust him.

>>He used this exact same model when he was a Christian pastor and then a BLM organizer. He's found new marks.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 11:48 AM (viF8m)

186 75 I remain a loyal Cracker Barrel customer. They seem to be mending their ways. Every time I go to CB I remember my now long-deceased parents and how I would meet them in a Cracker Barrel along I-95 in Florida when I was in Orlando for bidd-ness and they lived below Melbourne.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:19 AM (QGaXH)

I also am...but I only go twice/year on driving trips. I can eat healthy and allergy safe, and it's all I ask on those drives (and my kids can get a fruit or vegetable without breaking my back)...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 11:21 AM (tOcjL)

For a long time we didn't have any Cracker Barrels in California. It would be the first place I'd hit as soon as I got off the plane when I traveled. On road trips with the kids we'd always go once we were out of state. The kids would set up a mock protest of 'oh no, not dad's favorite place again....'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:48 AM (QGaXH)

187
79 Jet airliners are a fraud. They are permanently moored to the loading ramps in airports. The board you all into the plane, then administer a dose of sleepy gas, and scoop you all up and truck you to the destination, and place aboard an identical plane moored at the ramp.

You wake up, and there you are!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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Happy landings on a, uh, chocolate bar.

Posted by: San Francisco at May 01, 2026 11:48 AM (azNOR)

188
Gavin Newsom promised to deliver a brand new 911 system within 3 years for $132 million. Now it is 7 years later, almost $500 million has been spent, and the system they rolled out was such a disaster, they’ve scrapped it.

Cal 911 to report that the 911 system doesn't work.


Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2026 11:48 AM (Cqx++)

189 Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:45 AM (OoFl2)

I'm super easy myself. If you see "hey remember that time when I said" it's more than likely me. Spoiler: no one remembers that time when I said nor cares

Or something about redheads.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 11:48 AM (LGS3t)

190 Ralphy, Snowflake, Canada
Posted by: Try this at May 01, 2026 11:46 AM (Sco7b)

Stateless.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)

191 The history of the stock market is very interesting and definitely had some growing pains that resulted in the regulations you see today.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:49 AM (kxLc1)

192 Flip side, relevant for today: Is Marxism actually the single worst idea ever conceived?

Yes. Indubitably.

Posted by: Zombie Disco at May 01, 2026 11:49 AM (vTZFs)

193 Rhode Island was the first colony to declare independence from the Crown on May 4th, 1776.

Who? Are you just pulling my leg with made-up names?

Posted by: King George III at May 01, 2026 11:49 AM (E/qck)

194 More foam than milk.
Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2026 11:46 AM (OoFl2)

Ok. How is that 'dry'? Just playing on a martini?

Do they make a dirty cappuccino?

LOL. That sounds dirty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)

195 Flip side, relevant for today: Is Marxism actually the single worst idea ever conceived?
Posted by: Bilwis

The dark ages will argue.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron


If by the dark ages you mean islam, I agree.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 11:50 AM (diia5)

196 92 Maybe not the best ad ever, but high on my list is the Staples back to school ad with "It's the most wonderful time of the year" playing and the dad frolicking in the aisles with the kids moping.
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 11:24 AM (FenX4)

One of my all-time favorites too!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:51 AM (QGaXH)

197
I also am...but I only go twice/year on driving trips. I can eat healthy and allergy safe, and it's all I ask on those drives (and my kids can get a fruit or vegetable without breaking my back)...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 11:21 AM (tOcjL)

For a long time we didn't have any Cracker Barrels in California. It would be the first place I'd hit as soon as I got off the plane when I traveled. On road trips with the kids we'd always go once we were out of state. The kids would set up a mock protest of 'oh no, not dad's favorite place again....'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:48 AM (QGaXH)

The fried apples are the perfect bribe.

In fact, the green beans and fried apples are my 2 go-to sides. They bring me sourdough for my small meatball slice and I am happy.

Many times, by the end of a trip, I've had very little beef, so it's nice to enjoy just a little hominess...

Now, their meatloaf pales vs mine, but it's all about the timing! And the fried apples where I'm not putting in any effort...perfect dessert to finish the meal.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 11:51 AM (tOcjL)

198 192 Flip side, relevant for today: Is Marxism actually the single worst idea ever conceived?

Yes. Indubitably.
Posted by: Zombie Disco at May 01, 2026 11:49 AM (vTZFs)

The question is was marx actually original at all? The ten deciding how to use the money from the 1 is as old as the Greeks and even before. Envy is as old as humanity (see Cain v Able.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)

199 190 Ralphy, Snowflake, Canada
Posted by: Try this at May 01, 2026 11:46 AM (Sco7b)

Stateless.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)

Guilty. I love those animals though.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 11:51 AM (Sco7b)

200 Had a friend whose brother worked for Delta back in the 80s. He said their unofficial motto was "Fly Delta to New York, luggage to Nevada."

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 01, 2026 11:52 AM (f1kZG)

201 Guilty. I love those animals though.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 11:51 AM (Sco7b)

No shade.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:52 AM (bss/y)

202 The thing is Marxists must have existed before Marxists. The entire founding of this country was to get away from the HOA get rich do gooding Karens.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 11:52 AM (LGS3t)

203 Rhode Island? Who gives a fuck? It ain't real anyway.

Posted by: King George III at May 01, 2026 11:52 AM (2UnvF)

204 Pigs are flying over a frozen Hell!

Abby Phillip is the reasonable one.

https://tinyurl.com/3kc292cz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 11:53 AM (ndZc7)

205 Update: Recent Islamic convert Shaun King is now asking people to give $8k to the family above to provide cancer treatments. No details. No proof. Just trust him.

>>He used this exact same model when he was a Christian pastor and then a BLM organizer. He's found new marks.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 11:48 AM (viF8m)

He's finally found his true spiritual home.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 11:53 AM (utfVc)

206 Watched a documentary on the making of Galaxy Quest last night. Really good. I didn't know Harold Ramis was the director until he backed out. And the casting stories are really interesting. Alec Baldwin really wanted the part as Taggert.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:53 AM (kxLc1)

207 So, I've been told the 3am phone call was the kid just needing to talk. She's still being really hard on herself for what she did and can't explain why she did it.

She's struggling with keeping her emotions in check. She'll need to work hard on that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:53 AM (PQb8B)

208 Nobody reads the copy these chicks think up. They see a simple, colorful, visual design of a delicious, deadly hunk of fried dough with sugar being sprayed all over it, and then want that shit immediately.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 11:54 AM (BI5O2)

209 207 So, I've been told the 3am phone call was the kid just needing to talk. She's still being really hard on herself for what she did and can't explain why she did it.

She's struggling with keeping her emotions in check. She'll need to work hard on that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:53 AM (PQb8B)

Hope everything works out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y)

210 Is Marxism actually the single worst idea ever conceived?

-
How about butter knife into the electric outlet?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 11:55 AM (ndZc7)

211 "9-1-1 Emergency. We are currently experiencing a greater than usual number of calls. In order to comply with state-mandated minimum wait times we are not adding ay callers to the wait queue. Please try again later. Click."


(P.S. I actually got this message when calling DMV a few years ago.)

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 11:55 AM (I0N4X)

212 206 Watched a documentary on the making of Galaxy Quest last night. Really good. I didn't know Harold Ramis was the director until he backed out. And the casting stories are really interesting. Alec Baldwin really wanted the part as Taggert.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:53 AM (kxLc1)
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I'd like to watch that. Where can I find it. I love that movie.

Posted by: WisRich at May 01, 2026 11:55 AM (G0vdT)

213 So many mom and pop comfort food restaurants by me that I don't bother with Cracker Barrel anymore.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:55 AM (kxLc1)

214 I'd like to watch that. Where can I find it. I love that movie.
Posted by: WisRich at May 01, 2026 11:55 AM (G0vdT)

It was free on Tubi. I'll have to lookup the name though.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:56 AM (kxLc1)

215 Is Marxism actually the single worst idea ever conceived?

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Well, it's a manifestation of it, I guess. But "I want power over everyone so I can be a living god" is the oldest bad idea.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 11:57 AM (BI5O2)

216 >>Rhode Island? Who gives a fuck? It ain't real anyway.

So much hostility.

Not only was RI the first to declare independence it was the last colony to sign the Constitution because of the fear of an all powerful central government. Held out for a year until finally signing after the 12 oppressors threatened Rogue Island with a trade embargo.

We warned you but did you listen?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 11:57 AM (viF8m)

217 It was free on Tubi. I'll have to lookup the name though.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:56 AM (kxLc1)
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Thanks

Posted by: WisRich at May 01, 2026 11:58 AM (G0vdT)

218
Hope everything works out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y)



Me too. I pray, which I'm not all that good at, for her a lot. She's really a good kid, but struggles to control her brain.

I told her that everything is a crutch. Weed. Booze. Pharma.....it doesn't fix anything. It just postpones the inevitable. You have to face it regardless. Get control of your brain now and you'll be better off later.

I've been able to do that, but it is one of the hardest things I've ever done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:58 AM (PQb8B)

219 Called Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:58 AM (kxLc1)

220 [i213 So many mom and pop comfort food restaurants by me that I don't bother with Cracker Barrel anymore.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Same here. We only use the CB parking lot for overnight stays when travelling in the RV. They're good about that.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 01, 2026 11:58 AM (abIsI)

221 I just hope the plane that I will be a passenger on doesn't achieve Delta's net-zero goal mid-flight.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 11:58 AM (Dv3i1)

222 Caesars Pizza conga line commercial from 1991.

https://tinyurl.com/mp57d2ss

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 01, 2026 11:58 AM (5xuJ/)

223 >> Anyhow, I saw these signs while grabbing some coffee at a Dunkin’ Doughnuts at an airport recently, and I just don’t get it.

They can trick someone in a hurry into subconsciously picturing the face behind the counter personally decorating all the doughnuts with loving care.

>> When doughnuts were made fresh in-store, I recall them being much better than the doughnuts now made at a central commissary and shipped in.

Well, there you go. That would be incompatible with the subconscious picture, so it could maybe even make someone briefly forget what he knows.

Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 11:58 AM (Sy6m/)

224 Well, it's a manifestation of it, I guess. But "I want power over everyone so I can be a living god" is the oldest bad idea.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 11:57 AM (BI5O2)

'Then there will be women who actually beg to play with my peepee!'

Just add that and then THIS.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:59 AM (bss/y)

225 Anyone seen CRT recently? I may have missed him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:00 PM (bss/y)

226
'Then there will be women who actually beg to play with my peepee!'

Just add that and then THIS.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 11:59 AM (bss/y)



Because it's always about the pussy. Throughout most of history. Every time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:00 PM (PQb8B)

227 :Iowa and Congress -- but mostly Congress -- should just mandate that they use 10% ethanol in jet fuel.

/What could go wrong?

Posted by: ShainS"

The new fuel mix will not be enough to reach their destination and they crash and everybody dies?

Posted by: Ripley at May 01, 2026 12:00 PM (PTDkx)

228 The question is was marx actually original at all?
____

You dare to question marx ??

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 12:00 PM (Dv3i1)

229 Another great ad I dimly remember from the 80's. Two guys in a truck at a stoplight in a city. Advertising some product (beer? water?) made in a rural area in Washington or Oregon. First guy says 'wow - so this is the big city' and the second guy older, wiser says sarcastically 'this is Modesto'.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 12:01 PM (QGaXH)

230 Anyone seen CRT recently? I may have missed him.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:00 PM (bss/y)



I seem to remember him earlier this week........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:01 PM (PQb8B)

231 For those of you who are 29 years old:
Mean Joe Greene's Coca- Cola ad.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 01, 2026 12:01 PM (yl9wi)

232 163. I don't think the old "sue and settle" scam is going to work. New Sherriff in town.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I do agree when it comes to the EPA.

Locally, it remains a problem. Unfortunately, if not a win on their levels, they stir up & fund (including helping members get political seats) the local environmental justice groups in Philly and Delco who are not beyond greatly exaggerating - if not outright lying - about their causes.

While what follows is related to Waste Management, you'll get the point they publicly go beyond our Federal government's laws.

"The Plan is explicitly guided by the internationally peer-reviewed definition of Zero Waste and the Zero Waste Hierarchy — a set of waste management priorities that we developed which are now used as an international standard through the Zero Waste International Alliance. In contrast with EPA’s waste management hierarchy, which places incineration above landfilling, the Zero Waste Hierarchy recognizes that incineration is worse and is considered “unacceptable” in a Zero Waste system."

And that is the way of the state and local county Democratic councils.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 12:01 PM (NFX2v)

233 Because it's always about the pussy. Throughout most of history. Every time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:00 PM (PQb8B)


Most?

Posted by: Adam at May 01, 2026 12:01 PM (c3YdQ)

234 Noon news

FoxNews - May Day
MS Now - 60 days - war powers
CNN - President Trump - no taxes on Social Security
CBC - some Canadian crap

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 12:02 PM (Sco7b)

235 Rhode Island was the first colony to declare independence from the Crown on May 4th, 1776.

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F*ck them and the Island they Rhode in on.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:02 PM (ndZc7)

236 Friendly reminder:


Ethanol sucks. Bad.


Make Corn Whiskey Again

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:02 PM (PQb8B)

237 Been adding asian squats into the mix. My left knee is not happy about this development.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:02 PM (bss/y)

238
Most?
Posted by: Adam at May 01, 2026 12:01 PM (c3YdQ)



Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:02 PM (PQb8B)

239 I was associated with five airlines during a chaotic career as a reservations agent. Delta is the only one that still exists.

Tell me again what a great idea deregulation was.

Posted by: creeper at May 01, 2026 12:03 PM (80oeU)

240 I seem to remember him earlier this week........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:01 PM (PQb8B)

Good. I am on at odd, random times besides the morning.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:03 PM (bss/y)

241 And that is the way of the state and local county Democratic councils.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 12:01 PM (NFX2v)

Well, Democrats are evil, and stupid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 12:03 PM (utfVc)

242 @ChuckRossDC
Update: Recent Islamic convert Shaun King is now asking people to give $8k to the family above to provide cancer treatments. No details. No proof. Just trust him.
He used this exact same model when he was a Christian pastor


I don't condone the medieval Inquisition but - I understand.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 12:03 PM (gKWVE)

243 I was inspired by Ace to make a dozen hard-boiled eggs this morning.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 01, 2026 12:04 PM (Fbc0I)

244 - Want to advertise a vehicle to me.

An 84 K-body pick-up, a 67 Mailbu, a 69 Camero,,, made top to bottom to original specs. And a complete, never ending inventory of OEM replacement parts.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 01, 2026 12:04 PM (PpROq)

245 Been adding asian squats into the mix. My left knee is not happy about this development.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:02 PM (bss/y)


Is that like Montezuma's Revenge, or Delhi Belly?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 12:04 PM (n9ltV)

246 NOO YORK CITY???!!!

Git a rope!

Posted by: The Pace Picante Posse at May 01, 2026 12:04 PM (LxER7)

247 I don't condone the medieval Inquisition but - I understand.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 12:03 PM (gKWVE)

Lot of Torquemadas running around.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)

248 241. Well, Democrats are evil, and stupid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Aye.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 12:04 PM (NFX2v)

249 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:53 AM (PQb8B)
Did the diagnosis take a toll on your daughter?

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:04 PM (LGS3t)

250 For those of you who are 29 years old:
Mean Joe Greene's Coca- Cola ad.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 01, 2026 12:01 PM (yl9wi)



North Texas State University (Now UNT) alum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:05 PM (PQb8B)

251 Worst commercial?

Head on Head on Head on Head on Head on

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 12:05 PM (kxLc1)

252 Is that like Montezuma's Revenge, or Delhi Belly?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 12:04 PM (n9ltV)

Deep squat. No weight. Like you are sitting on your heels almost, but not leaning forward. The extension is tweaking that knee.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:05 PM (bss/y)

253 Want to advertise a vehicle to me.

An 84 K-body pick-up, a 67 Mailbu, a 69 Camero,,, made top to bottom to original specs. And a complete, never ending inventory of OEM replacement parts.


Some boutique maker could do that. Probably cost about a quarter-mil each.

Posted by: Zombie Disco at May 01, 2026 12:05 PM (vTZFs)

254 /bad idea sock

Posted by: Oddbob at May 01, 2026 12:06 PM (vTZFs)

255 Want to advertise a vehicle to me.

An 84 K-body pick-up, a 67 Mailbu, a 69 Camero,,, made top to bottom to original specs. And a complete, never ending inventory of OEM replacement parts.

That's a Johnny Cash song.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 12:06 PM (kxLc1)

256 A “devastated” Sunny Hostin is near tears over SCOTUS ending race-based congressional districts:

“I have been discriminated against. And now I have to tell my children that they have less civil rights than I did when I was born."

Beyond parody.

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For only $19 a day . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:07 PM (ndZc7)

257 159 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 11:38 AM (QGaXH)

You must be a day trader.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 11:40 AM (kxLc1)

No sir. I rarely trade. I just buy, hold and let it grow. For example, I've held Intel since 2004. Apple since 2009 (we made a fortune on it - literally). Great companies like Paychex, Darden, Eli Lilly.....

I look for long term established companies with a long history of increasing their dividends every year.

Intel tried my patience for a while but they're up a stunning amount in the last few months.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 12:07 PM (QGaXH)

258 Some boutique maker could do that. Probably cost about a quarter-mil each.
Posted by: Zombie Disco at May 01, 2026 12:05 PM (vTZFs)

Yeah, there is a company that makes... '67 to '69 Mustangs that run about 150k each. Beautiful. Gorgeous. Fucking too expensive.

The company was on Jay Leno's channel.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:07 PM (bss/y)

259 Did the diagnosis take a toll on your daughter?
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:04 PM (LGS3t)



Her mother's cancer? Yes. But, she was able to go to the first chemo treatment, so she saw what the process was going to be. They talked a lot, so she knew mom would be ok.

We moved her into her dorm shortly after the treatments started, so she had that distraction as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:07 PM (PQb8B)

260 Anyone seen CRT recently? I may have missed him.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:00 PM (bss/y)

he goes by LED now.

Posted by: alpine_beer at May 01, 2026 12:08 PM (van9r)

261 Deep squat. No weight. Like you are sitting on your heels almost, but not leaning forward. The extension is tweaking that knee.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:05 PM (bss/y)

Called Asian squat because those mf'ers can stay in that squat position forever.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 12:08 PM (kxLc1)

262 An 84 K-body pick-up, a 67 Mailbu, a 69 Camero,,, made top to bottom to original specs. And a complete, never ending inventory of OEM replacement parts.
Posted by: TeeJ at May 01, 2026 12:04 PM (PpROq)

Those GM square-body pickups rusted away to dust if you simply drove by a crying Trigglypuff. The succeeding series of bodies had vastly better rustproofing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 12:08 PM (utfVc)

263 A “devastated” Sunny Hostin is near tears over SCOTUS ending race-based congressional districts:

“I have been discriminated against. And now I have to tell my children that they have less civil rights than I did when I was born."



Oh, GFY with that bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:09 PM (PQb8B)

264 Oh, GFY with that bullshit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:09 PM (PQb8B)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:09 PM (bss/y)

265 Even some Muslims have figured out that Shaun King is a grifter. He was disinvited to a CAIR banquet:

https://tinyurl.com/54s9x3xp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 12:09 PM (2sfNr)

266 If you can't trust Shaun King, who can you trust?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:10 PM (ndZc7)

267 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:07 PM (PQb8B)

I was just wondering if that might have had some part in what's happening. Not all but some.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:10 PM (LGS3t)

268 Yeah, there is a company that makes... '67 to '69 Mustangs that run about 150k each. Beautiful. Gorgeous. Fucking too expensive.

The company was on Jay Leno's channel.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:07 PM (bss/y)

That is about ballpark for a literally handbuilt car.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 12:10 PM (utfVc)

269 Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:05 PM (bss/y)

It was a joke. Maybe not a good one, but clearly recognizable.

You need more coffee!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 12:10 PM (n9ltV)

270 A “devastated” Sunny Hostin is near tears over SCOTUS ending race-based congressional districts:

“I have been discriminated against. And now I have to tell my children that they have less civil rights than I did when I was born."

Beyond parody.
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For only $19 a day . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 12:07 PM (ndZc7)

I can hear Tyrus on Gutfeld tonight. He's going to have a field day with that one.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 01, 2026 12:11 PM (5xuJ/)

271 You mean Sunny Hostin wasnt born a slave? You wouldn't know it with the bs she spews.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:11 PM (LGS3t)

272 That is about ballpark for a literally handbuilt car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 12:10 PM (utfVc)

Yeah, that was the idea I got. Small volume.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y)

273 166 There's still talk about the proverbial "kill switch" being mandatory in new vehicles by 2027 or 28. Using AI it'll determine if the operator is under the influence, tired or otherwise a danger to operate the vehicle.

A leftist's wet dream if it comes true.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

Like self-driving taxi's - it will last until the first congress-person's or celebrities loved one gets robbed, raped or killed because their car wouldn't drive away out of danger.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 12:11 PM (QGaXH)

274 A “devastated” Sunny Hostin is near tears over SCOTUS ending race-based congressional districts:

“I have been discriminated against. And now I have to tell my children that they have less civil rights than I did when I was born."



Oh, GFY with that bullshit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:09 PM (PQb8B)

***

Pretty much convinces me that it is just a TV show and they are reading lines.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 12:11 PM (2WIwB)

275 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 12:07 PM (QGaXH)

I meant to say NOT a day trader.

Anyway I held onto a Golden Dividend stock company for years and then it went kaput in a year before I knew what happened. My fault of course .

Even so I do agree that long term is how you beat the casino, I mean the market.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 12:12 PM (kxLc1)

276
I was just wondering if that might have had some part in what's happening. Not all but some.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:10 PM (LGS3t)



I'm sure that's quite possible. First Lady is doing really well and all tests have been coming back clean. The 2 year mark is next Feb and a clean bill there, the radiation oncologist said she is good to go.

That helps.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:12 PM (PQb8B)

277 Sunny has been shitting in high cotton for a long time off the money she was so proud of her husband stealing. She's got it sooooo rough in America.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 12:12 PM (BI5O2)

278 The View is a CIA operation.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:12 PM (LGS3t)

279 OT- More fugitive update from last thread.

If the guy has been in this part of the state for 17-18 years and IF he is still alive, he would be turning 60 y/o soon. He is at best a sociopath, and probably does not have any reliable assistance or support. He likely killed Jack in a psychotic blackout rage and is well known to be confrontational over trivial incidents. Living rough and 'off the land' and alone for a few days, sure, for a few months, maybe, but for 18 years? Not very damn likely. This is a part oof the state where if you walk up the wrong driveway you could be looking down the barrel of a shotgun or hunting rifle. and wind up in a shallow grave. So I think the likelihood is that the CBI is now looking for TWO sets of remains, Jack's and his killer, rather than huntig a fugitive. I say "Good"

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 12:12 PM (I0N4X)

280 A “devastated” Sunny Hostin is near tears over SCOTUS ending race-based congressional districts:
“I have been discriminated against. And now I have to tell my children that they have less civil rights than I did when I was born."
Beyond parody.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


Someone should ask her what those rights are. Imma guess she has zero understanding of rights.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2026 12:12 PM (diia5)

281
now I have to tell my children that they have less civil rights than I did when I was born."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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

Reminds me of when Trump got elected in 2016 and Van Jones said solemnly "Black parents across the nation were waking up to the reality that they were going to have to have The Talk with their kids." You're no longer safe in your own country. The majority of Americans want you dead. It's open season on you now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 01, 2026 12:13 PM (n7rxJ)

282 Nood. Ace has arrived.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)

283 Nood voter rolls NC

Posted by: Rex B at May 01, 2026 12:13 PM (a992C)

284 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:12 PM (PQb8B)

Excellent. I won't say small mercies because they are big but still take the good where you can get it. Brit Lass likes to say "remember where you've come from". If you don't give that respect you will always manage to miss the forest for the trees. I am not saying you don't I am just saying it's sage advice.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (LGS3t)

285
Pretty much convinces me that it is just a TV show and they are reading lines.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 12:11 PM (2WIwB)



It's all propaganda all the time.

They have no morals. They deny the existence of their souls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (PQb8B)

286 Kind of interesting how often it's the worst grifters and thugs on the planet who get interested in reverting to Islam.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (gKWVE)

287
Excellent. I won't say small mercies because they are big but still take the good where you can get it. Brit Lass likes to say "remember where you've come from". If you don't give that respect you will always manage to miss the forest for the trees. I am not saying you don't I am just saying it's sage advice.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (LGS3t)



Thanks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (PQb8B)

288 Dunkin is a mere shadow of its former greatness. My DD habit was maybe two or three visits a week. When I was on the road, finding one close to the hotel I was at fixed my breakfast plans during my stay.

I missed Dunkin when I moved to California. Foster's and Winchell's, which the locals raved about, never came close. When Krispy Kreme hit the area, they were an immediate success, mostly due to the ability to get a still-warm half dozen to pair with a morning pot of coffee.

The transfat panic of 2006 was the first nail in the coffin. I remember the virtually overnight banning of transfats by New York City's Board of Health toward the end of that year. Visiting family in NJ in 2008, I looked forward to my first Bavarian cream donut in many a year. Couldn't get that particular donut in California for some reason. Think Boston Cream, but powdered sugar instead of the chocolate glaze. The former was commonplace, but the powdered sugar variant was hard to find.

Anyway, I recall approaching the DD counter at Newark airport, ordering an original DD (the standard fried round donut with a thumb-shaped appendage on one side, IYKYK), and a Bavarian cream. (1/2)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (nbLIj)

289 NOOD

The dead are voting!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 01, 2026 12:15 PM (Sco7b)

290 I see a nood upstairs...I'll finish here to anyone interested..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (nbLIj)

291 Kind of interesting how often it's the worst grifters and thugs on the planet who get interested in reverting to Islam.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 12:14 PM (gKWVE)

You know those Captcha dealios, where you have to use the cursor to slide a puzzle piece into the hole in the picture?

Like That.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 12:16 PM (utfVc)

292 - AOP

I have an 85 K-10. Bought about 3 years ago. Old farm truck with about 83K miles on it.
Beat up interior and rust bucket? Well duh. But mechanic said just new shocks needed. I also did new tires.
The truck purchase price? Best $3600 I ever spent.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 01, 2026 12:20 PM (PpROq)

293 Best ad ever was Jake from State Farm.

Posted by: Bulg
--------

Mr. Mayhem

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 01, 2026 12:21 PM (XeU6L)

294 For those of you who are 29 years old:
Mean Joe Greene's Coca- Cola ad.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 01, 2026 12:01 PM

Definitely 29.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 12:23 PM (l1Oiv)

295 The IKEA commercial with the old lady running and yelling “start the car, start the car!” always made me chuckle. The most wonderful time of the year ad was a good one too but the kids never saw the humour in it.

Posted by: kelly at May 01, 2026 12:29 PM (fJaQK)

296 (2/2)

The Bavarian had the texture of a hamburger bun. Dry and tasteless to the point where no amount of sugar or filling could redeem it. The DD might not have been fried, but rather baked. Whatever the case, it lacked the crisp exterior that was the whole point of that donut. It wasn't as bad as the Bavarian, but it just wasn't...special anymore.

Fast-forward to the present, and I guess they found a suitable fat substitute. The good news is that Dunkin finally opened in California. The bad news is California's regulations convinced them to bake most of their donuts in large facilities in Arizona, freeze them, then truck them overnight to the CA stores.

So you don't get a fresh Dunkin Donut in California. Also, I'm convinced they're smaller than what you'd normally get elsewhere. Fortunately, here in Florida, good donuts can be had in every neighborhood. I even found an honest-to-God Italian bakery a short drive from my front door. Blessed, I am.

That said, I should drop in on the local Dunkin just to compare it with the California offering one of these days. For research purposes, you understand...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 01, 2026 12:35 PM (nbLIj)

297 They removed "Donuts" from the name for a reason.

Posted by: JSchuler at May 01, 2026 01:21 PM (l6eKM)

298 .
Solution: Generate sustainable aviation fuel by requiring passengers to have hoses stuffed up their butts to harvest methane to help power the plane.

Posted by: Marooned at May 01, 2026 01:39 PM (kt8QE)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Delecroix on Velvet1.jpg

Liberty Leading the Puppies
After Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix

I will leave the cultural impact of AI for another discussion, but the first attempt to create a "Dogs On Velvet" image was met with resistance from Grok, because the depictions of violence in Delacroix's famous painting were apparently off limits to AI's gentle sensibilities. I had to move to ChatGPT for this version.

Which, I have to admit, isn't bad!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 1

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 09:30 AM (F93eu)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:30 AM (PQb8B)

3 DOGGEH!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (PQb8B)

4 Unleash the dogs of war!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (jehhT)

5 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (mCjHU)

6 Many dogs. Definitely art.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

7 I like it

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (F93eu)

8 the depictions of violence in Delacroix's famous painting were apparently off limits to AI's gentle sensibilities.

It's not just violence. In Delacroix's painting, the lady is bare-breasted. I'm kind of sure that's how dogs normally go about.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (Riz8t)

9 The dog with boobs is kinda funny.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (PQb8B)

10 Also, no self-respecting dog wears a top hat.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

11 Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (98kQX)

12 Quite amused by it

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (F93eu)

13 I like the dog on the right with the big revolver raised in the air!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

14 Also, no self-respecting dog wears a top hat.

And even fewer of them have three arms.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

15 Sponge nice try

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 09:33 AM (F93eu)

16 Not my style.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 09:33 AM (DgMqy)

17 What's next? Cats in the Meowna Lisa?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

18 Also, no self-respecting dog wears a top hat.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)


Maybe a poodle. Or a chihuahua, but only ironically.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

19 And even fewer of them have three arms.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)



The Alice in Chains album with the 3 legged dog on the cover was going to be called "Tripod," but they were advised against it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (PQb8B)

20 Dogs of war, you say?

https://youtu.be/0kBy4jpu9_Y

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (mCjHU)

21 LOL

Posted by: Tuna at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

22 There's supposed to be boob in this painting! Pretty sure it's what half the guys were fighting for. If our robotic overlords won't even allow canine nipples, I don't think I want to be part of a world like that.

Posted by: red speck at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (Ve/HL)

23 The 3-armed dog with the Abe Lincoln hat is my favorite.

Bet he plays a mean guitar!

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (FenX4)

24 Next week a cool paint by numbers painting.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (kxLc1)

25 Also, no self-respecting dog wears a top hat.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

Maybe a poodle. Or a chihuahua, but only ironically.


I guess a British bulldog might.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (Riz8t)

26 Sponge nice try
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 09:33 AM (F93eu)



Ya dribble and ya shoot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (PQb8B)

27 Abominable! A Travesty!

Posted by: Kitty Kat Art Institute at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)

28 Did the dogs have to die?

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

29 Lassie Liberty?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 09:35 AM (LxER7)

30 Woof!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 01, 2026 09:35 AM (Kt19C)

31 Destined to be one of the classics. ChatCBD for the win.

Posted by: t-bird at May 01, 2026 09:35 AM (Uh88k)

32 What's next? Cats in the Meowna Lisa?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)


That's already a thing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 09:35 AM (ExV1e)

33 Fake. No way a French bulldog would be leading the way.

Posted by: red speck at May 01, 2026 09:35 AM (Ve/HL)

34 Didn't Gerry Ford have a dog named Liberty?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 01, 2026 09:35 AM (0nHVk)

35
Bet he plays a mean guitar!
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (FenX4)



Have you seen that thing that Steve Vai had made so he could play a song he composed?

It's cray....VERY cray.....like this painting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:35 AM (PQb8B)

36 Fake. No way a French bulldog would be leading the way.

You're assuming the enemy is in the foreground.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:36 AM (Riz8t)

37 I... well. The poor doggoes lying dead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 09:36 AM (bss/y)

38 Don't like the dead doggies
Wouldn't hang, would clash with my Dogs Playing Poker original.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 09:36 AM (gu0hJ)

39 What's next? Cats in the Meowna Lisa?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

That's already a thing.


I'll be damned. So it is.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:36 AM (Riz8t)

40 Didn't Gerry Ford have a dog named Liberty?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 01, 2026 09:35 AM (0nHVk)



Better than naming it Bo.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:36 AM (PQb8B)

41 Who's a good boy?

Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2026 09:37 AM (98kQX)

42 The Revolution will be delayed until such time as the pooches tire of playing poker.

Posted by: red speck at May 01, 2026 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)

43 The Alice in Chains album with the 3 legged dog on the cover was going to be called "Tripod," but they were advised against it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (PQb8B)


Good excuse to play this one at max volume!!

https://youtu.be/__biilMpnmw

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 09:37 AM (FenX4)

44 This is hilarious! Thanks for the laughs, CBD. It would be a bit more 'accurate' if four of Lady Liberty's nipples were exposed.

If I had a print, I would hang it next to my Dogs Playing Poker picture.

Posted by: JTB at May 01, 2026 09:37 AM (yTvNw)

45 The only thing it lacks is Fauci's head on a pike.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 01, 2026 09:37 AM (AlhUl)

46 I... well. The poor doggoes lying dead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 09:36 AM (bss/y)



MAN UP!

Posted by: Kristi Noem at May 01, 2026 09:37 AM (PQb8B)

47 Didn't Gerry Ford have a dog named Liberty?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

I don't know about the name but I remember the Ford family had golden retrievers.

Posted by: Tuna at May 01, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

48 I dunno, fellas. I kinda like top hat dog.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 01, 2026 09:38 AM (pjTab)

49 Good excuse to play this one at max volume!!

https://youtu.be/__biilMpnmw
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 09:37 AM (FenX4)




Your weapon is guilt.......

Posted by: Kristi Noem at May 01, 2026 09:39 AM (PQb8B)

50 Shyte.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:39 AM (PQb8B)

51 This is absolutely entertaining. I would hang it.

Posted by: t-bird at May 01, 2026 09:39 AM (Uh88k)

52 "Top Hat Dog" should totally be the name of a horse running in the Derby tomorrow

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 09:39 AM (FenX4)

53
It's no "Dogs Playing Poker"

-- Black Velvet Elvis

Seconded!

-- Black Velvet Toreador

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:39 AM (xG4kz)

54 47 yes, he did . That was its name.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 01, 2026 09:40 AM (3VIFz)

55 A dog head and horse body?

A Cantaur?

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 01, 2026 09:40 AM (eViVQ)

56 Holy carp, how low can you go, CBD?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2026 09:41 AM (s3lC5)

57 That is a GREAT painting!!

Also, I now regret not even trying to train Ralphy more. Who knows what he may have accomplished.

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 09:41 AM (Sco7b)

58 What happens when the dogs take over and they've guillotined their masters? Who's going to give them noogies and call them good boys?

Posted by: Edmund Burke at May 01, 2026 09:41 AM (gKWVE)

59 So, it's a fish pun thread now?

For fish sakes.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:41 AM (PQb8B)

60 The Revolution will be delayed until the doggehs finish sniffing each other's butts.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 09:41 AM (LxER7)

61 Can you buy this in a Spencer's Gifts store?

Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

62 AI definitely gets weird when you hit the 'guardrails' just wrong. It will discuss all sorts of violent topics for a book/worldbuilding and then suddenly... "Sorry, I can't discuss that kind of thing" when you reference a dark, morbid out-take...

Posted by: RandomDave at May 01, 2026 09:42 AM (aJQbY)

63
Top Hat dog was a Canis Major in the armed forces

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:42 AM (xG4kz)

64 OMG, how. . . unexpected!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:42 AM (5xoct)

65
On May Day?

ON MAY DAY??? Really, CBD?

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 01, 2026 09:43 AM (eViVQ)

66 Golden Retriever cleavage wasn't on my bingo card.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 09:43 AM (cWLG3)

67 Can you buy this in a Spencer's Gifts store?
Posted by: dantesed

Yeah, it's right between the whoopie cushions and boob mugs.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 01, 2026 09:43 AM (GMpfc)

68
ON MAY DAY??? Really, CBD?
Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 01, 2026 09:43 AM (eViVQ)



So close to pride month!!??

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:43 AM (PQb8B)

69 Wait, I can't seem to find which prestigious gallery is exhibiting this masterpiece?

Posted by: Confused Moron at May 01, 2026 09:43 AM (JCZqz)

70 Also, no self-respecting dog wears a top hat.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

Maybe a poodle. Or a chihuahua, but only ironically.

I guess a British bulldog might.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026


***
A true British bulldog would wear a bowler (aka derby)!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)

71 They shoulda been fightin' cats...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 01, 2026 09:44 AM (ynpvh)

72 Top Hat dog was a Canis Major in the armed forces

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:42 AM (xG4kz)

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

* snort *

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 01, 2026 09:44 AM (eViVQ)

73 Dogs with guns?

That's ruff!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:44 AM (5xoct)

74 I forgot it was international commie day.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 09:44 AM (cWLG3)

75 CBD's prolly already got "Naked Ottoman Doggeh" teed up for some day when he's especially mad at the Horde.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 09:45 AM (LxER7)

76 What happens when the dogs take over and they've guillotined their masters? Who's going to give them noogies and call them good boys?

Posted by: Edmund Burke at May 01, 2026 09:41 AM (gKWVE)

-----------

The cats?

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 01, 2026 09:45 AM (eViVQ)

77
Dogs, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 09:45 AM (8TYla)

78
Golden Retriever cleavage wasn't on my bingo card.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO


Golden Retriever cleavage (or any other bitch's for that matter) is also much further down on her torso.

The bonus though is that there are more than two.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:45 AM (xG4kz)

79 Mayday?!?!? Why, that's the Russian New Year!

Posted by: Johnny at May 01, 2026 09:45 AM (9CBNQ)

80 I don't particularly care for any of the multiple French revolutions which they have had many including in the 20th century.

Even the ones with good intentions always end with brutality and demands for socialism.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 09:45 AM (kxLc1)

81 This art is banned in NYC.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:46 AM (PQb8B)

82 Heh. May Day. Also known as the beginning of riot season.

Makes this painting appropriate.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2026 09:46 AM (s3lC5)

83 Fun art to start the weekend.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 09:46 AM (NpAcC)

84 >>Also, no self-respecting dog wears a top hat.

Only a weenie would!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:46 AM (5xoct)

85 Dogs. Art.

This would go well above the urinal in any bar in America.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 09:46 AM (8Cwy0)

86 Lassie Liberty?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026


***
Collie colleagues!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

87 Dog boobs!

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 01, 2026 09:46 AM (eViVQ)

88 Magnifique! (Or however it's spelled)

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (dmDsy)

89 75 CBD's prolly already got "Naked Ottoman Doggeh" teed up for some day when he's especially mad at the Horde.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 09:45 AM (LxER7)
---
Should be based on a Shar-pei.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (cWLG3)

90 The canines were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

91 Should me titled: Dog's Breakfast

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (5xoct)

92 CBD's prolly already got "Naked Ottoman Doggeh" teed up for some day when he's especially mad at the Horde.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Wouldn't that pretty much just be dog on an ottoman? Doesn't sound too bad. Maybe he's licking his balls?...

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (GMpfc)

93
Now re-do this, only use cheese-eating surrender monkeys as the subjects

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (xG4kz)

94 I don't particularly care for any of the multiple French revolutions which they have had many including in the 20th century.

Even the ones with good intentions always end with brutality and demands for socialism.


Pretty good Broadway plays, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (Riz8t)

95 I don't see any fire hydrants in this painting.

Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

96 @85 true.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (cWLG3)

97 The cats?
Posted by: ShainS

If they were golden retrievers, then yeah, but I don't think a golden retriever would ever join a revolution against, uh, anything.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (gKWVE)

98 Plus it looks like it's on velvet, what a bonus!!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (dmDsy)

99 No one can claim it's not art since it's full of dogs.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (gnNyN)

100 release the hounds.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

101 I like the dog on the right with the big revolver raised in the air!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)
===============
He's ready for the cat attack.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026 09:48 AM (8Cwy0)

102 No French dogs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

103 Fido Pirate on the left looks ready for action!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 01, 2026 09:49 AM (dmDsy)

104 Species appropriation!

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 01, 2026 09:49 AM (eViVQ)

105 Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 09:45 AM (LxER7)

Shush!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 09:49 AM (n9ltV)

106 Would work quite well in the Pets Permitted wing of the Days Inn.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)) at May 01, 2026 09:49 AM (JkO4W)

107 I like the dog on the right with the big revolver raised in the air!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)
----
He's got a "Han Solo" vibe to him.

I wouldn't turn my back on him since he tends to shoot first.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 09:49 AM (gnNyN)

108 97 The cats?
Posted by: ShainS

If they were golden retrievers, then yeah, but I don't think a golden retriever would ever join a revolution against, uh, anything.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 09:47 AM (gKWVE)
----
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO CLEVER.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at May 01, 2026 09:49 AM (cWLG3)

109 I like the dog on the right with the big revolver raised in the air!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026
===============
He's ready for the cat attack.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2026


***
Pick 'em off with a few well-placed .455 Webley shots!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

110 Well, it's a dog-eat-dog world!

Did not expect the Art Thread to go to the dogs so gloriously today!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:49 AM (5xoct)

111
No French dogs.


They are in the rear, surrendering the supply train to the Dachshunds.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:50 AM (xG4kz)

112 Hey CBD-

You should get this printed on a T-shirt for the next Capitol Hill rally.

Then you could go to Washington wearing the Delacroix...

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 09:50 AM (I0N4X)

113 The doggie holding the rifle has 3 arms and 2 legs.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 01, 2026 09:50 AM (yl9wi)

114 I like the dog on the right with the big revolver raised in the air!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026
----
He's got a "Han Solo" vibe to him.

I wouldn't turn my back on him since he tends to shoot first.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026


***
He *is* dressed like that!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

115 My girl will be 14 on June 1. Her legs are shaky so she would be a chairborne ranger, but she is still a puppy at heart.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 09:50 AM (2ap+5)

116 Did you know French Bulldogs can't procreate without assistance? Sort of a Menage a trois required.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 09:50 AM (kxLc1)

117 Liberate. Egalite. TREATS!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)) at May 01, 2026 09:50 AM (JkO4W)

118 Who is going to get out the little blue bags, cleaning up after this battle?

Posted by: Not Me! at May 01, 2026 09:51 AM (oftw2)

119 I am bereft.

UNEXPECTEDLY: Bombshell sex harassment suit against Lorna Hajdini, JPMorgan branded ‘complete fabrication’ as John Doe unmasked.

https://is.gd/BVNVJB


The story as originally reported was likely doing wonders for JPMorgan’s recruiting:

https://is.gd/GWCjm5

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:51 AM (Riz8t)

120 And now y'all know why I mostly Lurker.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 01, 2026 09:51 AM (yl9wi)

121 Thanks Ben, knew I could count on you.
So, we're over the 100 comment limit so I'll just segue over to the topic of AI slop. What's this about not mentioning g*blins?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 09:51 AM (gKWVE)

122
Fido Pirate on the left looks ready for action!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)


He is Jean Lafitte, who would join forces with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:52 AM (xG4kz)

123 Then you could go to Washington wearing the Delacroix...

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 09:50 AM (I0N4X)


Subtle...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 09:52 AM (n9ltV)

124 RE: cats, my big black Stirling is staked out watching my nightstand. He clearly thinks something huntable is back there or underneath it. I've learned to trust his instincts on things like that -- he spotted several wasps in the apartment his first summer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:52 AM (wzUl9)

125 Wait.
Are we saying some odd depiction of canine cleavage qualifies as a boob thread?

Posted by: Not sure how I feel about this at May 01, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

126 Oh. So I'm not 'FRIST!' again, huh … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at May 01, 2026 09:52 AM (ayRl+)

127 42 The Revolution will be delayed until such time as the pooches tire of playing poker.
Posted by: red speck at May 01, 2026 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)

The Fighting went on pause today as Lt Rico thought he saw a squirrel and drew the 1st, 2nd 5th and 6th divisions into the trees to check.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 09:53 AM (bss/y)

128 >>No French dogs.

That would be mastiff!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:53 AM (5xoct)

129 It's interesting to see people, mostly on the Left, react so violently against AI in art and media. Videos have little labels indicating AI wasn't used, I've seen some YouTube channels now show the narrator onscreen recording his voice over as the main video plays, AI art is vehemently denigrated, etc.

I guess they have to, as many of them are "creatives" that make their livelihood with art, that machines are now able to increasingly replicate easily. It's like buggy-whip manufacturers fighting the automobile, though, as it's a losing cause. Only the really excellent, unique artists will survive (and maybe live music), and others will evolve into experts at using AI as a new tool to create art.

The most interesting part is, the Lefties aren't worried about the greatest risk- AI threatening human life. Just taking over their space, and possibly giving evil troglodyte conservatives access to effective, efficient media creation. They don't like losing their gatekeeper status.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 01, 2026 09:53 AM (JCZqz)

130 115 My girl will be 14 on June 1. Her legs are shaky so she would be a chairborne ranger, but she is still a puppy at heart.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 09:50 AM (2ap+5)

Awww. Bless both of you.

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 09:53 AM (Sco7b)

131 The on the left with the red band bandanna or head-scarf and the sword looks like a pirate out of central casting.

Jean Fourfitte?

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 01, 2026 09:53 AM (eViVQ)

132 Lorna's accuser looks like Richard Hanania's brother except instead of chucking puppies off a rooftop, that guy probably got bullied by corgies as a kid.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 09:53 AM (gKWVE)

133 And now y'all know why I mostly Lurker.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 01, 2026 09:51 AM (yl9wi)


Heh...I was going to get that corrected, but where would be the fun in that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 09:54 AM (n9ltV)

134 >>UNEXPECTEDLY: Bombshell sex harassment suit against Lorna Hajdini, JPMorgan branded ‘complete fabrication’ as John Doe unmasked.

https://is.gd/BVNVJB


Welp, I was quick to accept this story - should have waited a day. Yiiiikes wtf is going on at JPMorgan?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:54 AM (5xoct)

135 Whenever I see the word "French" I think of food: French bread, French vanilla ice cream, French onion dip . . .

When I was seventeen I thought of other things, but not so much any more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

136 It would be funny to see the dogs in the heat of battle then suddenly stopping to take a dump as dogs tend to do.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (PQb8B)

137 Frenchies are now the most popular dog in America, dethroning the mighty labrador.

Bad news! Rise of the AWFL to blame - Frenchies are so popular now because they can live in apartments, and these women never plan to need a family dog that plays and runs and lives for awhile.

The cat-ladies have moved into the dog market, hard.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (BI5O2)

138 Do you think stopping to sniff each other's butts was also a problem for the human French soldiers?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (GMpfc)

139 117 Liberate. Egalite. TREATS!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)) at May 01, 2026 09:50 AM (JkO4W)

You know, dogs are the least egalitarian creatures on the planet. Or the most.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (bss/y)

140 Whenever I see the word "French" I think of food: French bread, French vanilla ice cream, French onion dip . . .

When I was seventeen I thought of other things, but not so much any more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)



FREEDOM FRIES!!!!

Posted by: George W. Bush at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (PQb8B)

141
Those doggos on the ground are not expired -- their eyes are open.

They're just doggin' it, as usual.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (xG4kz)

142 ChatGPT is … umm … 'okay'-ish for graphics, but Perchance and Flow (formerly 'Whisk') are so much mo' better-er … ChatGPT isn't yet good at texturisation or accurate body parts count (hands, feet, fingers, etc). This is actually one of its better attempts at prompt interpretation …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 01, 2026 09:56 AM (ayRl+)

143 Yiiiikes wtf is going on at JPMorgan?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:54 AM (5xoct)


Apparently...nothing. The accuser sounds like a loon.

It's still funny though!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 09:56 AM (n9ltV)

144 I need to run some errands before it rains. Later, all!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

145 Yiiiikes wtf is going on at JPMorgan?
Posted by: Lizzy

At a guess he was writing fanfics about his boss and when caught he tried to pass it off as a statement.

Posted by: because who doesn't write ladyboss ero on the block at May 01, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE)

146 *on the clock, even

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE)

147 >>Are we saying some odd depiction of canine cleavage qualifies as a boob thread?


Well, if that b#tch consented to being objectified, it's all good!

Posted by: Peter Singer, Prof. of Bioethics at May 01, 2026 09:57 AM (5xoct)

148 This is actually one of its better attempts at prompt interpretation …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 01, 2026 09:56 AM (ayRl+)


I spent a minute or two writing the prompt so I wouldn't have to do revision after revision.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 09:57 AM (n9ltV)

149 John Doe is one of our diversity peeps from the subcontinent. Which was a given, as no white men are allowed anywhere near JPMorgan as employees anymore.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 09:57 AM (th4KY)

150 Yiiiikes wtf is going on at JPMorgan?
Posted by: Lizzy

At a guess he was writing fanfics about his boss and when caught he tried to pass it off as a statement.


The story apparently lost credibility when people saw her picture, then his, and said "naaaaahhhhh".

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

151 "I'd rather be a tortoise from Galapagos
Or a span of geological time
Than be living in these dog years
Living in these dog years..." - Rush, "Dog Years"

Great song by The Masters, but then again, all Rush's songs are great.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 01, 2026 09:57 AM (DgMqy)

152 138 Do you think stopping to sniff each other's butts was also a problem for the human French soldiers?
Posted by: She Hobbit

I'd be more worried about the Germans.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 09:57 AM (gKWVE)

153 Apparently...nothing. The accuser sounds like a loon.

It's still funny though!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 09:56 AM (n9ltV)



I bet your Asian buckethead wife doesn't have tits like THESE!!!!

Posted by: JP Morgan Associate at May 01, 2026 09:58 AM (PQb8B)

154 >>Do you think stopping to sniff each other's butts was also a problem for the human French soldiers?
Posted by: She Hobbit

>>I'd be more worried about the Germans.


And the Belgian Malinois!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:59 AM (5xoct)

155 A Golden Retriever leading a charge for freedom seems unlikely. An unlimited supply of tennis balls maybe but not freedom.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 09:59 AM (viF8m)

156 I bet your Asian buckethead wife doesn't have tits like THESE!!!!
Posted by: JP Morgan Associate

Point of order... the alleged statement was cannons not tits.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 01, 2026 10:00 AM (pjTab)

157 I bet your Asian buckethead wife doesn't have tits like THESE!!!!

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*ahem*

I believe the term used was "cannons."

Accuracy in reporting, people.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)) at May 01, 2026 10:00 AM (JkO4W)

158 91 someone once told me that the early 4.3L motors ran like "the dog's breakfast." we call it tina now, but it wasn't wrong.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

159 I bet your Asian buckethead wife doesn't have ***s like THESE!!!!

Cannons. That's the best part. She called her breast cannons.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

160
The Gorton's Fisherman is kicking his bad self for missing out on this opportunity for some gratuitous product placement. "Slickers all around!"


So I drifted down to New Orleans
Where I lucky was to be employed
Working for a while on a fishing boat
Right outside of Delacroix

But all the while I was alone
The past was close behind
I seen a lot of women
But she never escaped my mind
And I just grew
Tangled up in blue

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 01, 2026 10:01 AM (xG4kz)

161 Bad sock

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:01 AM (JkO4W)

162 And she called the wife a "fish head", not a buckethead. The details matter.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

163 Does this come on velvet? Because this would be awesome on velvet.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at May 01, 2026 10:02 AM (aCpRC)

164 How is the chick’s rack, anyway?

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

165 joe dirt was on last night. never saw the scene where the dog's balls were frozen to the porch. so dumb.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2026 10:02 AM (R11M+)

166 Point of order... the alleged statement was cannons not tits.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 01, 2026 10:00 AM (pjTab)



I WAS going to go with 'sweater puppies' to keep with the theme of the thread.

Posted by: JP Morgan Associate at May 01, 2026 10:02 AM (PQb8B)

167 Cannons. That's the best part. She called her breast cannons.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 10:01 AM

I have seen them referred to calcium cannons, on occasion.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 01, 2026 10:03 AM (yl9wi)

168 And she called the wife a "fish head", not a buckethead. The details matter.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)



Artistic license. FFS. This IS the art thread.

Posted by: JP Morgan Associate at May 01, 2026 10:03 AM (PQb8B)

169 Last time I saw those dogs was in another painting. They were playing poker and one of the dead dogs was trying to slip a card under the table with his toe to one of the other dead dogs. France must be like Texas, card cheats get shot. Surviving cheats get shot again.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 01, 2026 10:03 AM (NI8lP)

170
The Dog Soldier - a limerick

There was a good doiggeh named Bud
Who fought through the mire and the mud
He lived and fought well
But you know war is hell
So he died in a poodle of blood...

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

171 Well, speaking of doggehs, mine is trying to hypnotize me into walkies.

Back later.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 10:04 AM (LxER7)

172 France must be like Texas, card cheats get shot. Surviving cheats get shot again.
Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 01, 2026 10:03 AM (NI8lP)



Back in the day, it was called Texas Hold 'em up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:04 AM (PQb8B)

173 >>Do you think stopping to sniff each other's butts was also a problem for the human French soldiers?
Posted by: She Hobbit

>>I'd be more worried about the Germans.

And the Belgian Malinois!!!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:59 AM (5xoct)

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Could use (an 18th-century) Boston Terrier or two.

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 01, 2026 10:05 AM (eViVQ)

174 Fish heads, fish heads, rolly-poly fish heads. Eat ‘em up, YUM!

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

175 I was going to say that guy is in the doghouse for calling his wife a little Asian fish head, but who am I kidding? Foreign devils are all working an angle for a payday. I'm sure she was in on the scam.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 10:05 AM (BI5O2)

176 Fish heads, fish heads, rolly-poly fish heads. Eat ‘em up, YUM!
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)



I miss Dr. Demento.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:05 AM (PQb8B)

177 150 Yiiiikes wtf is going on at JPMorgan?
Posted by: Lizzy

At a guess he was writing fanfics about his boss and when caught he tried to pass it off as a statement.

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H1-Bs don't always work out.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:05 AM (JkO4W)

178 140 Whenever I see the word "French" I think of food: French bread, French vanilla ice cream, French onion dip . . .

When I was seventeen I thought of other things, but not so much any more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)


FREEDOM FRIES!!!!
Posted by: George W. Bush at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (PQb8B)
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CHIPPIES!

Posted by: Aussie Dude at May 01, 2026 10:06 AM (cWLG3)

179 Tragic limericks. Huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 10:06 AM (bss/y)

180 Back in the day, it was called Texas Hold 'em up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:04 AM (PQb8B)

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Nice. When you play against me, I call it Texas Fold 'em.

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:06 AM (eViVQ)

181 So you know how jobless claims hit a 60 year low?
It’s crazy reading places like Reddit and realizing how little people know about the world around them.

The narrative is that it’s so low only because benefits ran out for people. These imbeciles don’t understand that number is for NEW claims. They think only 190k people are on unemployment in total. The real number is in the millions. Which doubly makes them retards. If we were to ever be in a situation where only 190k people were on unemployment it would be the greatest economy in the history of economies.

These people vote. Scary.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 10:06 AM (th4KY)

182 These people vote. Scary.

Posted by: Heroq at May 01, 2026 10:06 AM (th4KY)

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Almost as if they've been intentionally made ignorant with bread and circuses. Almost ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:08 AM (eViVQ)

183
Nice. When you play against me, I call it Texas Fold 'em.
Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:06 AM (eViVQ)



When the ladies get together to play poker on Saturday nights in NE TX, there's so many damn wild cards, there's a royal flush every other deal.

But they have fun, so no one cares.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:08 AM (PQb8B)

184 60 The Revolution will be delayed until the doggehs finish sniffing each other's butts.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 01, 2026 09:41 AM (LxER7)


A joke:

There are two dogs. The first dog says to the second, "Quick, sit down!" The second dog says, "Why?" The first dog says, "Here comes that dog with the cold nose!"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 01, 2026 10:08 AM (c3YdQ)

185 150 Yiiiikes wtf is going on at JPMorgan?
Posted by: Lizzy

At a guess he was writing fanfics about his boss and when caught he tried to pass it off as a statement.

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If I ran the investment banker that hired him after JPM, I'd be reaching for the lever on the trap door about now. Dude is a loose "cannon"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2026 10:08 AM (JkO4W)

186 140 "i want american food!"

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2026 10:09 AM (R11M+)

187 There was Letha Weapons........I guess the weapons were cannons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:11 AM (PQb8B)

188 151 yeah, instrumentally. but mostly kinda boring... and that voice grates before long.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2026 10:11 AM (R11M+)

189 I miss Dr. Demento.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:05 AM (PQb8B)

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Had never heard of him, but my college roommate in '81 was a big fan. "Another One Rides The Bus" was the first Weird Al song I ever heard ... over ... and over ... and over.

BTW, many morons here recommended his recent movie "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story," and we really enjoyed it.

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:11 AM (eViVQ)

190 CBD, it could use some happy little bushes, but, hey, it's your painting!

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at May 01, 2026 10:11 AM (0sNs1)

191 152 "it comes wif toast"

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2026 10:11 AM (R11M+)

192 Don't forget the Fembots from the first Austen Powers movie, whose breasts actually were cannons.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

193 When the ladies get together to play poker on Saturday nights in NE TX, there's so many damn wild cards, there's a royal flush every other deal.

But they have fun, so no one cares.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:08 AM (PQb8B)


Wild cards should never be used in TX Hold 'Em.

For laid back nickel and dime 7-card stud games, they're fun.
Follow the Queen.
Baseball.
Deuces and Jacks, the man with the axe.

Shuffle up and deal!

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 10:13 AM (FenX4)

194 Steve Vai's new guitar thing.....

The Hydra.


https://youtu.be/1ehGGTS83m0

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:14 AM (PQb8B)

195 So you know how jobless claims hit a 60 year low?
It’s crazy reading places like Reddit and realizing how little people know about the world around them.


Low national unemployment is irrelevant to people facing high local unemployment while, simultaneously, being unwilling to go where the jobs are. I imagine that reddit and the like are filled with folks in places like Cali where poor workers are struggling to make ends meet as they lose their $75/hr (exaggerated for effect) barista jobs because Republicans are greedy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

196 BTW, many morons here recommended his recent movie "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story," and we really enjoyed it.

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:11 AM (eViVQ)

Weird Al is a national treasure.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 10:14 AM (iNUL3)

197
Wild cards should never be used in TX Hold 'Em.

For laid back nickel and dime 7-card stud games, they're fun.
Follow the Queen.
Baseball.
Deuces and Jacks, the man with the axe.

Shuffle up and deal!
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 10:13 AM (FenX4)



Yeah, they don't play hold em. They play all the other crazy games, just not that one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:15 AM (PQb8B)

198 When the ladies get together to play poker on Saturday nights in NE TX, there's so many damn wild cards, there's a royal flush every other deal.

But they have fun, so no one cares.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:08 AM (PQb8B)

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Funny. We played for change back in high school every weekend. Rotating Dealer's rules ... so everybody tried to top each other with the craziest rules on wildcards, which card(s) triggered extra cards, and such. Good times.

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:15 AM (eViVQ)

199 Or, as Ilhan calls him, Weird A-1 Sauce

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:15 AM (gKWVE)

200 189 I miss Dr. Demento.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:05 AM (PQb8B)

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Had never heard of him, but my college roommate in '81 was a big fan. "Another One Rides The Bus" was the first Weird Al song I ever heard ... over ... and over ... and over.

BTW, many morons here recommended his recent movie "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story," and we really enjoyed it.
Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:11 AM (eViVQ)
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Rainn Wilson appeared as Dr Demento in that, right?

Posted by: Aussie Dude at May 01, 2026 10:16 AM (cWLG3)

201 Doggos!

Would hang in living room.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 01, 2026 10:17 AM (zBgIx)

202 192 Don't forget the Fembots from the first Austen Powers movie, whose breasts actually were cannons.

Big, beautiful, breasts of cannons...oh, good times!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Helped Design Them! at May 01, 2026 10:17 AM (dmDsy)

203 I love how it kept it family-friendly by keeping the dress up covering the dog's... ummm... breasts?

Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 10:18 AM (D4VUo)

204 Don't forget the Fembots from the first Austen Powers movie, whose breasts actually were cannons.

Big, beautiful, breasts of cannons...oh, good times!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Helped Design Them! at May 01, 2026 10:17 AM (dmDsy)

Machine gun jubblies!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 10:18 AM (iNUL3)

205 Lady Liberty should throw tennis balls to get her mob to charge.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 01, 2026 10:19 AM (kpS4V)

206 CBD has met his monthly "perform a task using AI" quota. (my workplace is requiring us to use AI even if it doesn't save time)

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 10:19 AM (cWLG3)

207 Also, the anatomy of the dead dog on the lower left is... odd, to say the least. Or, "Ouch. That looks like it hurt to die that way."

Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 10:19 AM (D4VUo)

208 The only thing better than Lady Liberty with bare tits is Lady Liberty with 6 bare tits.

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at May 01, 2026 10:20 AM (U3fVU)

209 Funny. We played for change back in high school every weekend. Rotating Dealer's rules ... so everybody tried to top each other with the craziest rules on wildcards, which card(s) triggered extra cards, and such. Good times.
Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:15 AM (eViVQ)


Baseball. 9s are wild, 3s in the hole are wild.
Variations --
If a 4 is dealt to you face up, you can buy an extra card for whatever the last bet was.
Strikeout - if you are dealt a 3 face-up, you must fold.
Rainout - if the Queen of Spades is dealt face-up, the round re-starts and the pot carries over.

Split-pot games can be fun too.
Low Chicago - lowest spade in the hole takes half the pot.
Low Louisiana (heart in stead of spade).

Who's got others??

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 10:21 AM (FenX4)

210 204 got nothin' on planet terror.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)

211 Weird Al is a national treasure.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 10:14 AM (iNUL3)

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Agreed.

The wifey just came up with an idea for a Weird Al parody earlier in the week. I yelled "Trash night!"

And she said "Weird Al should do a parody of that old funky Parliament song 'Flash Light' called 'Trash Night.'"

I said "That's a great idea -- you should send it to him!"

She tried to find him on x.com, but his account hasn't been active since promoting his movie in '23 (God, please tell me he didn't quit and switch over to Bluesky ...).

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:21 AM (eViVQ)

212 Diogenes isn't here yet. Unfortunately for him I just poured the last drops of coffee from the pot. He'll have to go looking for more.

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)

213 209 in between. guts with the pimp.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2026 10:22 AM (R11M+)

214 In this painting, the doggy IS the sniper.

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at May 01, 2026 10:22 AM (U3fVU)

215 So I guess some folks here are confusing Dr. Demento with Weird Al. Easy to do.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

216 Teeny tiny Rhode Island is claiming that is where the American Revolution started there. They're upset and have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Massachusetts to stop claiming they are the birth place.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 01, 2026 10:23 AM (3ImbR)

217 Weird Al for obvious legal reasons doesn't take parody requests, but with Weird A-I, you can probably get your own parody done.
IIRC the only parody request he ever took was from Madonna when she suggested "Like A Surgeon".

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:23 AM (gKWVE)

218 The only thing better than Lady Liberty with bare tits is Lady Liberty with 6 bare tits.
Posted by: WaitingForMartel at May 01, 2026 10:20 AM (U3fVU)


At what quantity do they become udders?

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 10:23 AM (FenX4)

219 Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (98kQX)

Liberté, égalité, batons!
(That's "sticks" to y'all who no habla.)

Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 10:23 AM (D4VUo)

220 Rhode Island is the taint between Connecticut's and Massachusetts' asscheeks.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:24 AM (gKWVE)

221 207 Also, the anatomy of the dead dog on the lower left is... odd, to say the least. Or, "Ouch. That looks like it hurt to die that way."
Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 10:19 AM (D4VUo)
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The one on the lower right had his neck snapped!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 10:24 AM (cWLG3)

222 Low Chicago - lowest spade in the hole takes half the pot.

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Doof knows his crazy poker variations and rules!

Our favorite game was Low Chicago (low spade splits half the pot). You could usually tell who was sitting on the Deuce of Spades -- always bidding the pot up, unless ... they were bluffing!

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:24 AM (eViVQ)

223 The only thing better than Lady Liberty with bare tits is Lady Liberty with 6 bare tits.

**********

"Woof!"

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 10:24 AM (I0N4X)

224 She tried to find him on x.com, but his account hasn't been active since promoting his movie in '23 (God, please tell me he didn't quit and switch over to Bluesky ...).

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:21 AM (eViVQ)

My kiddos love his show Story Bots.

He basically built a tv show where kids ask questions to these robots who then go on quests to learn the answer. How does a toilet work, what were the dinosaurs, how does sound work, et al.

He must have written hundreds of little songs to help the move the story along, and it's perfect for kids. No political crap, no gender crap, just answering normal kid questions. It's brilliant.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 10:25 AM (iNUL3)

225 The only thing better than Lady Liberty with bare tits is Lady Liberty with 6 bare tits.

**********



The Bare Wench Project was a bad movie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:25 AM (PQb8B)

226 Rhode Island doesn't exist today, and it didn't exist in 1775.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

227 164 How is the chick’s rack, anyway?
Posted by: Bulg

I'd say they're bordering on howitzers, considering how her blazer struggles to contain them: https://tinyurl.com/4u39cnur

Unfortunately, there aren't any picture of the Asian fish-head wife (whatever that means), so we can't be sure if he made the right decision. Fish head could mean mouth like a grouped (a plus for some activities) or walleyed (not so attractive).

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2026 10:25 AM (JCZqz)

228
The only thing better than Lady Liberty with bare tits is Lady Liberty with 6 bare tits.
**********
"Woof!"
Posted by: muldoon

Someone please tell me that you've made Grok do this. Lie if you have to.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 01, 2026 10:26 AM (QVmho)

229 Teeny tiny Rhode Island is claiming that is where the American Revolution started there. They're upset and have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Massachusetts to stop claiming they are the birth place.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 01, 2026 10:23 AM (3ImbR)


Relevance of "Teeny tiny" in your comment? Are you saying the claim could only be valid from a state of a different size?

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 10:26 AM (FenX4)

230 Can you hear the puppies sing?

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 01, 2026 10:27 AM (4CeUL)

231 >>Teeny tiny Rhode Island is claiming that is where the American Revolution started there. They're upset and have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Massachusetts to stop claiming they are the birth place.

May 4, 1776.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:27 AM (viF8m)

232 I imagine that reddit and the like are filled with folks in places like Cali where poor workers are struggling to make ends meet as they lose their $75/hr (exaggerated for effect) barista jobs because Republicans are greedy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)


You really are naive.

It's the JOOOOS!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 10:27 AM (n9ltV)

233 LOL. Pistols toted by the one dog look a little to modern for the date.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 10:27 AM (utfVc)

234 The only thing better than Lady Liberty with bare tits is Lady Liberty with 6 bare tits.
**********
"Woof!"
Posted by: muldoon

Someone please tell me that you've made Grok do this. Lie if you have to.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 01, 2026 10:26 AM (QVmho)
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Grok might yet attempt it if you tell it to replace the rifles with sticks.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 10:27 AM (cWLG3)

235 218 six o' one, half dozen o' the udders.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2026 10:28 AM (R11M+)

236 Teeny tiny Rhode Island

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:27 AM (viF8m)


I saw an SUV with Rhode Island plates yesterday!

I was amazed it didn't say "Tonka" on the back!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2026 10:28 AM (n9ltV)

237 No poker?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:28 AM (9oY+V)

238 Liberté, égalité, fraternité

***********

Lab-erté, Beagle-ité, Fat-terrier-ité

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 10:29 AM (I0N4X)

239 (my workplace is requiring us to use AI even if it doesn't save time)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 10:19 AM (cWLG3)

My last one said "You will use AI. And you will see a 100% productivity increase because of it." There was an implied "Or you're not fit for this company." I should have started looking for another job then.

Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 10:29 AM (D4VUo)

240 May 4, 1776.
Posted by: JackStraw

The Revolution started on April 19, 1775, in Massachusetts.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

241 231 >>Teeny tiny Rhode Island is claiming that is where the American Revolution started there. They're upset and have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Massachusetts to stop claiming they are the birth place.

May 4, 1776.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:27 AM (viF8m)
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And the Declaration of Independence was signed when?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 10:29 AM (cWLG3)

242 I've never played Rhode Island. I hear it's a Par 5.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:29 AM (PQb8B)

243 >>I saw an SUV with Rhode Island plates yesterday!

>>I was amazed it didn't say "Tonka" on the back!

Rhode Island isn't small. It's exclusive.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m)

244 No poker?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:28 AM (9oY+V)



In the front.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:30 AM (PQb8B)

245 Or, as Ilhan calls him, Weird A-1 Sauce
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:15 AM (gKWVE)

You mean 11han?

Posted by: GWB at May 01, 2026 10:30 AM (D4VUo)

246 >>>Relevance of "Teeny tiny" in your comment? Are you saying the claim could only be valid from a state of a different size?
~~~~~

No, it's just that the teeniest state is always squealing and squeaking about something in a desperate attempt to gain some relevance.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 01, 2026 10:30 AM (3ImbR)

247 Doof knows his crazy poker variations and rules!

Our favorite game was Low Chicago (low spade splits half the pot). You could usually tell who was sitting on the Deuce of Spades -- always bidding the pot up, unless ... they were bluffing!
Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:24 AM (eViVQ)


The lovely late Mrs. Doof loved playing those types of games. We had semi-regular games at her parents' house. $20 buy in, nickel/dime/quarter stuff. Nobody ever won too much or lost too much. Great memories.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 10:30 AM (FenX4)

248 Rhode Island is the taint between Connecticut's and Massachusetts' asscheeks.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:24 AM (gKWVE)
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I'd hate to imagine what you think that makes us!

Posted by: Fishers Island, NY at May 01, 2026 10:31 AM (pQdYo)

249 Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026

LOL. Well done!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 10:31 AM (2sfNr)

250 >>And the Declaration of Independence was signed when?

August. When the other 12 grew a pair.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:31 AM (viF8m)

251 237 No poker?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:28 AM (9oY+V)

You don't see those Aces and Eights in the paw of the dog laying on the right?

Posted by: Denny Crane - Good Boy Hickcock at May 01, 2026 10:32 AM (dmDsy)

252 No poker?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:28 AM (9oY+V)


In the front.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:30 AM (PQb8B)


golf clap

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 10:34 AM (FenX4)

253 If the RI claim is the Gaspee thing, they've been claiming this forever. No big deal.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 01, 2026 10:34 AM (sl73Y)

254 I love the Stephen Hopkins character from Rhode Island in 1776. Would love to play that part.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

255 Rhode Island isn't small. It's exclusive.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m)
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Exactly why I can belong to a club that only admits white people; we aren't racist, we are exclusive!

Posted by: Sheldon Whitehouse, eco-supporter at May 01, 2026 10:34 AM (pQdYo)

256 The French Dogs did not surrender?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:34 AM (9oY+V)

257 227 Unfortunately, there aren't any picture of the Asian fish-head wife (whatever that means), so we can't be sure if he made the right decision. Fish head could mean mouth like a grouped (a plus for some activities) or walleyed (not so attractive).

or so roly-poly that you just want to eat her up, yum!

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2026 10:34 AM (v3pYe)

258 In Flanders fields the puppies grow...

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 10:34 AM (I0N4X)

259 These dogs have been framed

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at May 01, 2026 10:35 AM (LOZbR)

260 August. When the other 12 grew a pair.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:31 AM (viF8m)
~~~~~

Five New Jerseyans signed the Declaration, but RI could only manage two.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 01, 2026 10:36 AM (3ImbR)

261 > The French Dogs did not surrender?
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They're not monkeys.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 10:36 AM (jehhT)

262 In with the Yankee Doodle!

Posted by: Rex B at May 01, 2026 10:36 AM (a992C)

263 To be accurate, this much feature French dogs, such as basset hounds. And don’t kid yourself, those dogs can play a mean tug-of-war.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 10:37 AM (E6xSb)

264 Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

I did say it may not even be true. Not just because it sounded far fetched and because she didn't look like Joe Mantegna, but because I've been falsely accused of shit and therefore sensitive to the societal tendency to immediately judge guilt. There needs to be penalties for these accusations. They destroy lives.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:37 AM (LGS3t)

265 Wait! What!?

Rhode Island is a real place?

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 10:37 AM (I0N4X)

266 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qBQ_eirBDeo&pp

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at May 01, 2026 10:37 AM (LOZbR)

267 All monkeys are French.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:37 AM (9oY+V)

268 The French Dogs did not surrender?
Posted by: Boss Moss
____________

Because they were fighting other French Dogs.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 01, 2026 10:37 AM (XvL8K)

269 Awesome! Would totally hang in place of honor!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 01, 2026 10:38 AM (VyBeY)

270 Rhodr Island and Providence Plantation.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:38 AM (9oY+V)

271 234 Someone please tell me that you've made Grok do this. Lie if you have to.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 01, 2026 10:26 AM (QVmho)
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Grok might yet attempt it if you tell it to replace the rifles with sticks.


or walkie-talkies

Posted by: steven spielberg at May 01, 2026 10:38 AM (v3pYe)

272 Whenever I see the word "French" I think of food: French bread, French vanilla ice cream, French onion dip . . .

When I was seventeen I thought of other things, but not so much any more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)
====

Whenever I see the word "French" I think of German troops marching in Paris.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

273 >>Exactly why I can belong to a club that only admits white people; we aren't racist, we are exclusive!

It's a nice place. Spent years fishing in front of it.

They wouldn't let me in either and I'm a person of pallor. It's an old money place and they don't allow riff raff like me.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:39 AM (viF8m)

274 Muldoon, did you give an update on your father-in-law's case on last Sunday's Book Thread?

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

275 French tickler

French kissing

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:39 AM (PQb8B)

276 Retard Island erased "Providence Plantation" from its full name and you'll never guess why.
Okay you might be able to guess why.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:40 AM (gKWVE)

277 225 The Bare Wench Project was a bad movie.

lesbian spank inferno > bare wench project

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2026 10:40 AM (v3pYe)

278 >>Five New Jerseyans signed the Declaration, but RI could only manage two.

It took 5 people from NJ to read the document.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (viF8m)

279 No, it's just that the teeniest state is always squealing and squeaking about something in a desperate attempt to gain some relevance.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 01, 2026 10:30 AM (3ImbR)

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Now explain Canada always squealing and squeaking about something in a desperate attempt to gain some relevance.

/Inferiority Complex ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (eViVQ)

280 Maybe this was inspired by that Animaniacs parody of Les Mis where the poodles of Paris storm the pound.

Posted by: Anita Lynn DeHayes-Tacke at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (HN9JN)

281 Posted by: Sheldon Whitehouse, eco-supporter at May 01, 2026 10:34 AM (pQdYo)
====

Perhaps the stupidest person to ever be a senator.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (RIvkX)

282 When I see the word French I think of a flag with a white cross on a white background.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (LGS3t)

283 It's an old money place and they don't allow riff raff like me.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:39 AM (viF8m)

But if they did, what would be the point?

Posted by: Groucho Marx at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (gKWVE)

284 275 French tickler

French kissing
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:39 AM (PQb8B)


"French Bread"...

"French Fries"...

French Toast....

Delightful!

Posted by: The Mother in Better Off Dead at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (dmDsy)

285 Is Sheldon Whitehouse really not the guy from The Big Bang Theory?

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (LGS3t)

286 >>Five New Jerseyans signed the Declaration, but RI could only manage two.

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

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons?

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (eViVQ)

287 The Fleur di Surrender.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (9oY+V)

288 Five New Jerseyans signed the Declaration, but RI could only manage two.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 01, 2026 10:36 AM (3ImbR)


Would you believe I am related to one of the Maryland signers? Samuel Chase is a distant blood relative of mine.

That and $3 will get me a coffee at at Maryland Wawa locations!

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (FenX4)

289 At a guess he was writing fanfics about his boss and when caught he tried to pass it off as a statement.
Posted by: because who doesn't write ladyboss ero on the block at May 01, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE)

She wasn't his boss, and had no input on whether he got a bonus.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (utfVc)

290 Perhaps the stupidest person to ever be a senator.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (RIvkX)

Hold my beer.

Posted by: Chris Murphy at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (gKWVE)

291 Posted by: Sheldon Whitehouse, eco-supporter at May 01, 2026 10:34 AM (pQdYo)
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Perhaps the stupidest person to ever be a senator.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Mazie Hirono breathes a sigh of relief.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

292 When I see the word French I think of a flag with a white cross on a white background.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (LGS3t)



And men in pink tutus sniffing each other's butts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (PQb8B)

293 Posted by: The Mother in Better Off Dead at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (dmDsy)

We nearly mind melded but I decided not to bother.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (LGS3t)

294 Who let the dogs out!

I'm, what? About twenty years behind times with this comment?

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (jwye0)

295 Hold my beer.
Posted by: Chris Murphy at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (gKWVE)



You are a liar and overwhelmingly evil.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (PQb8B)

296 A nickel opec serms to be forming.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:43 AM (9oY+V)

297 AOP: reports are that he kept changing the story and in the original version, it WAS his (former) boss. Who was male.
tinyurl.com/2umcrmvr

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:44 AM (gKWVE)

298 Baldur von Sirach, leader of the Hitler Youth, was descended from two signers of the Declaration, through his American mother.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

299 291 Posted by: Sheldon Whitehouse, eco-supporter at May 01, 2026 10:34 AM (pQdYo)
====

Perhaps the stupidest person to ever be a senator.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Mazie Hirono breathes a sigh of relief.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)


Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 01, 2026 10:44 AM (c3YdQ)

300 Cue Primus “Too Many Puppies”

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 01, 2026 10:44 AM (E6xSb)

301 Retard Island erased "Providence Plantation" from its full name and you'll never guess why.
Okay you might be able to guess why.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:40 AM (gKWVE)

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"WHY IS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STILL NAMED AFTER A DEAD, WHITE, GENOCIDAL MALE AND STILL STANDING ON STOLEN LAND! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:44 AM (eViVQ)

302 231 >>Teeny tiny Rhode Island is claiming that is where the American Revolution started there. They're upset and have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Massachusetts to stop claiming they are the birth place.

May 4, 1776.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:27 AM (viF8m)

And it's piddly little crap like this that continually just escalates over and over eventually leading to WWs 3 thru 11.

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 10:45 AM (Sco7b)

303 AOP: reports are that he kept changing the story and in the original version, it WAS his (former) boss. Who was male.
tinyurl.com/2umcrmvr
Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:44 AM (gKWVE)



Alberta Oil Peon is a reporter?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:45 AM (PQb8B)

304 286 >>Five New Jerseyans signed the Declaration, but RI could only manage two.

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

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons?
Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (eViVQ)
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Frankie Hopkinson and the Four Seasons.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 10:45 AM (cWLG3)

305
Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 01, 2026 10:44 AM (c3YdQ)



It's SENATOR!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:45 AM (PQb8B)

306 Mazie Hirono breathes a sigh of relief.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 01, 2026 10:44 AM (c3YdQ)
=====

These people are but worthy contenders.

Yea, we are blessed with a surfeit of dumkopf senators.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 10:46 AM (RIvkX)

307 How did the pilgrims learn agriculture fron stone age savages?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:46 AM (9oY+V)

308 These people are but worthy contenders.

Yea, we are blessed with a surfeit of dumkopf senators.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 10:46 AM (RIvkX)
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Imagine how much damage they could do if they were actually smart.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 10:47 AM (gnNyN)

309 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I almost slept in and missed today's art. Now I wish I had.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)

310 >>"WHY IS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STILL NAMED AFTER A DEAD, WHITE, GENOCIDAL MALE AND STILL STANDING ON STOLEN LAND! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Brown is at least tied for the most far left of the Ivies and they are damn proud to tell you.

What they don't like talking about is their multi-decade long fight against the local indian tribe that claims Brown was built on stolen indian land.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:47 AM (viF8m)

311 There is no stolen land. It was fought for and won, fair and square.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:48 AM (PQb8B)

312 Velvet Elvis painting tomorrow?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:48 AM (9oY+V)

313 The French get a bad rap based almost entirely on 1940. But they were leaders in modern military tech. First with modern artillery (the 75), smokeless powder (the Lebel), and semi-auto (the RSC).

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 01, 2026 10:48 AM (XvL8K)

314 Who's got others??
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 10:21 AM (FenX4)

Woolworths: nickels and dimes are wild.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2026 10:49 AM (utfVc)

315 There is no stolen land. It was fought for and won, fair and square.
Posted by: Sponge


And we spent some of our best booze on it.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

316 309 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I almost slept in and missed today's art. Now I wish I had.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)
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If it were hanging on the wall at a pub you'd be mesmerized by it!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 10:49 AM (cWLG3)

317 Muldoon, did you give an update on your father-in-law's case on last Sunday's Book Thread?
Posted by: Bulg

*********

Saturday coffee thread. Not much oof an update. The main bit was that the detectives now have credible information leading them to believe that the murderer did NOT go to TX to be near his mother, but instead remained in CO and was living 'rough' either in the back country or squatting in various remote vacant cabins or abandoned mine shafts or who-knows-where fr the last 17 years. If he is still alive, that is. He fancied himself a mountain man. It seems he alienated his mother by threatening to kill her and her husband and any cops who came looking for him. Oddly enough that sort f end would be a better prison sentence than the judicial system would have given.

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 10:50 AM (I0N4X)

318 hmmm. Interesting from zerohedge. Yeah, I know...but..

War Powers: 60 Days
There's common agreement that today: Friday, May 1st, constitutes the 60-day mark on Operation Epic Fury. But President Trump and his administration are trying to sidestep the 1973 law which requires a president to withdraw troops within 60 days of notifying Congress of their deployment unless lawmakers formally authorize the military action as a declaration of war. Of course, thus far there's been no Congressional authorization, amid some six failed attempts to push through War Powers resolutions.

The administration is now arguing that the extended ceasefire itself, reached three weeks ago and then recently unilaterally extended by Trump, buys more time and allows the White House to avoid Congressional approval. Admin officials argue the absence in exchanges of fire between Iranian and US forces means the 60-day timeline doesn't apply.

"For War Powers Resolution purposes, the hostilities that began on Saturday, February ​28, have terminated," a Trump official has been cited broadly in US media as saying. The same perspective had first been put forward by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 10:50 AM (Sco7b)

319 The Democrats in Congress questioning Hegseth about the conflict with Iran just sound like a bunch of idiots. Fake partial Indian Warren asks about whether Hegseth traded stock options before the conflict. Some other dope was asking if Hegseth is a Christian Nationalist and hates other religions? They can't even stay on topic.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 10:50 AM (2sfNr)

320 315 There is no stolen land. It was fought for and won, fair and square.
Posted by: Sponge


And we spent some of our best booze on it.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)
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Only sore losers would claim it's stolen.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 10:50 AM (cWLG3)

321 Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons?
Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:41 AM (eViVQ)

That is so odd. I was just talking to someone about the song Sherry (Baby) and I hit refresh and I saw this.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:50 AM (LGS3t)

322 Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 10:50 AM (I0N4X)


Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

323 Bouree' is the South Louisiana money card game.old Cajun ladies would lose their grocery money quite frequently.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 10:52 AM (kxLc1)

324 Diogenes isn't here yet. Unfortunately for him I just poured the last drops of coffee from the pot. He'll have to go looking for more.
Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)


*shakes fist*
Curses!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2026 10:52 AM (2WIwB)

325 May 4, 1776.
Posted by: JackStraw

The Revolution started on April 19, 1775, in Massachusetts.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:29 AM

Rhode Island is queeah.

- MA

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 10:52 AM (l1Oiv)

326 Take this with some salt, but - I want to believe

@JohnDoeKnowsGuy
Holy shit. I went to highschool with this guy. How the hell is he at JP? He was legit stupid wannabe wigger in HS.
May 1, 2026 · 1:37 AM UTC

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:52 AM (gKWVE)

327 The administration is now arguing that the extended ceasefire itself, reached three weeks ago and then recently unilaterally extended by Trump, buys more time and allows the White House to avoid Congressional approval. Admin officials argue the absence in exchanges of fire between Iranian and US forces means the 60-day timeline doesn't apply.

-----------

AND ... the clock thus resets for another 60 days once the cease fire ends and the shelling begins anew.

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:52 AM (eViVQ)

328 Wow now that I think of it there are no more of or cabin ladies like I knew when I was young. That generation is now gone along with the language.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 10:53 AM (kxLc1)

329 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 10:52 AM (l1Oiv)

How's the weather over there?

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

330 I wonder why we haven't heard much out of Mad Maxine Waters lately. She's usually pretty mouthy, but has been quiet of late.

Dead?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 10:53 AM (jehhT)

331 Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:52 AM (gKWVE)

What is a "wigger"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 10:53 AM (2sfNr)

332 NY Times Seriously Says If Affirmative Action Is Illegal, So Is Enforcing Immigration Law

-
They must be smarter than us became that makes no sense to me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)

333 >>There is no stolen land. It was fought for and won, fair and square.

Not according to the same leftists who don't like to talk about land they claim was stolen from the indians. According to them the land was acquired by large scale massacres of simple folk who just like to commune with nature and smoke peace pipes.

Being a leftist requires you to hold multiple conflicing narratives in your mind at the same time. Must be exhausting.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:54 AM (viF8m)

334 What is a "wigger"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 10:53 AM (2sfNr)

You are so innocent it's positively precious.

He's white. Does that give you a clue?

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (LGS3t)

335 I'm... letting someone else field that one.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (gKWVE)

336 The Democrats in Congress questioning Hegseth about the conflict with Iran just sound like a bunch of idiots. Fake partial Indian Warren asks about whether Hegseth traded stock options before the conflict. Some other dope was asking if Hegseth is a Christian Nationalist and hates other religions? They can't even stay on topic.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 10:50 AM (2sfNr)



They asked him the other day if he felt Trump was of sound mind enough to be President.

His immediate response was "Did you ask that about Biden?"

They, of course, deflected and said "Biden isn't President."


They're all lying, evil sacks of shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (PQb8B)

337 Of old Cajun ladies...

Man I hate autocorrect with the heat of a thousand suns. My bad though for never proof reading.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (kxLc1)

338 NY Times Seriously Says If Affirmative Action Is Illegal, So Is Enforcing Immigration Law
--------

It turns out you can just say things.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (LGS3t)

339 How's the weather over there?
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 10:53 AM

I'm wait8ng on the airport shuttle north of Boston. Weather's fine. The weather in Greece looks good for the next few days. I'll keep y'all posted.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (l1Oiv)

340 The Souletrians and Clovis were here first.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (9oY+V)

341 That is so odd. I was just talking to someone about the song Sherry (Baby) and I hit refresh and I saw this.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:50 AM (LGS3t)

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Wild.

We're doing an online Sunday crossword puzzle last night and the clue was (5-letters) Singer Frankie ______.

Wifey says "Valli," but the last letter was definitely an "E" (and it turned out to be "Laine."

Anyway, she couldn't remember who he was, and I reminded her about the fairly recent Clint Eastwood movie about him and The Four Seasons -- based on a Broadway Musical -- called "Jersey Boys."

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (eViVQ)

342 @334 hood wannabe

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2026 10:56 AM (cWLG3)

343 332 NY Times Seriously Says If Affirmative Action Is Illegal, So Is Enforcing Immigration Law

-
They must be smarter than us became that makes no sense to me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
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Yeah, I'm scratching my head on that one.

Posted by: WisRich at May 01, 2026 10:56 AM (G0vdT)

344 >>Rhode Island is queeah.

>>- MA

bluebell says Rhode Island is Massachusetts' dingle berry.

Pretty rude.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:56 AM (viF8m)

345 Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (LGS3t)

I expect some other women might be unfamiliar with that term as well, but it's nice you think I'm precious, ellipses.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 10:56 AM (2sfNr)

346 What is a "wigger"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 10:53 AM (2sfNr)



A lily white guy who acts black.

Ex: Michael Rappaport

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:56 AM (PQb8B)

347 NY Times Seriously Says If Affirmative Action Is Illegal, So Is Enforcing Immigration Law

-
They must be smarter than us became that makes no sense to me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7

Just one of the mental defects common in all Leftists.

The inability to make logical comparisons.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 10:57 AM (kxLc1)

348 bluebell says Rhode Island is Massachusetts' dingle berry.

Pretty rude.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:56 AM (viF8m)


I note that you said rude and not inaccurate.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 10:57 AM (ExV1e)

349 Clovis literally fanned out from New Mexico, and conquered the natives in northeast America who didn't have their tech. The Blackfoots genetically are about the only survivors.
Solutrean Europeans never set foot in the New World.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 01, 2026 10:57 AM (gKWVE)

350 331 a proximity voltage detector.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2026 10:57 AM (R11M+)

351 A lily white guy who acts black.

Ex: Michael Rappaport

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:56 AM (PQb8B)

Shaun King.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 10:58 AM (iNUL3)

352 Yay dogs!

Egg-cellent choice CBD!

Would hang. Wife would remove and burn.

Happy May Day Komrats!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 01, 2026 10:58 AM (QGaXH)

353 I just asked FenSpouse. He didn't know what "wigger" was either. He asked "makes wigs"? He's equally precious. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 10:58 AM (2sfNr)

354 NY Times Seriously Says If Affirmative Action Is Illegal, So Is Enforcing Immigration Law
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It turns out you can just say things.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (LGS3t)

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"It's like they pull it out of their asses, Jerry!"

/Things Kramer should have said ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:58 AM (eViVQ)

355 334 What is a "wigger"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 10:53 AM (2sfNr)

Technically, me.

I'm white and was banned from bars, restaurants, sporting events, schools etc. But NOT BECAUSE OF MY SKIN COLOR.

But still, I'm a wigger.

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 10:58 AM (Sco7b)

356 NY Times Seriously Says If Affirmative Action Is Illegal, So Is Enforcing Immigration Law



Because only brown and black people immigrate, right NYT?


Racist f*cks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:58 AM (PQb8B)

357 bluebell says Rhode Island is Massachusetts' dingle berry.

Pretty rude.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:56 AM

You going to be around the imaginary city of Newport over Labor Day weekend?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 10:58 AM (l1Oiv)

358 bluebell says Rhode Island is Massachusetts' dingle berry.

Pretty rude.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:56 AM (viF8m)


More fitting for the Southwick Jog to be a dingle berry

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 10:58 AM (FenX4)

359 "It's like they pull it out of their asses, Jerry!"

Non Sequiturs is not just a river in Egypt ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:59 AM (eViVQ)

360
Shaun King.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 10:58 AM (iNUL3)



Valid.

Rachel Dolezal

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 10:59 AM (PQb8B)

361 There is no stolen land. It was fought for and won, fair and square.
Posted by: Sponge

Not 100% true. We bought Louisiana from the French fair and square. We had to kick all the Native American squatters out.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2026 10:59 AM (JCZqz)

362 House Appropriations 2027 Funding Bill Ends Suppressor, Short Barrel Rifle Registration

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Well, pew pew to you too!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)

363 >>You going to be around the imaginary city of Newport over Labor Day weekend?

As of now seems likely. Are you going to be in the area?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:59 AM (viF8m)

364 Mass should include Conn and RI.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 11:00 AM (9oY+V)

365
Not 100% true. We bought Louisiana from the French fair and square. We had to kick all the Native American squatters out.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2026 10:59 AM (JCZqz)



Yes, but how did the French get it?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:00 AM (PQb8B)

366 As of now seems likely. Are you going to be in the area?
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 10:59 AM

The RMBS Mom and I will probably be down early Saturday to tend to the family cemetery plots. Maybe we can link up for lunch.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 11:01 AM (l1Oiv)

367 NOOD - Buck

Delta airlines

Posted by: Stateless at May 01, 2026 11:02 AM (Sco7b)

368 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

369 237 No poker?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2026 10:28 AM (9oY+V)

They broke up the game to Dog the Barricades.

Posted by: Roy at May 01, 2026 11:02 AM (qwype)

370 >>The RMBS Mom and I will probably be down early Saturday to tend to the family cemetery plots. Maybe we can link up for lunch.

Great. Let's stay in touch as we get closer to Labor Day.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 11:02 AM (viF8m)

371 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 11:02 AM (PQb8B)

372 House Appropriations 2027 Funding Bill Ends Suppressor, Short Barrel Rifle Registration

-
Well, pew pew to you too!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 01, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)

ppppbbbbbtttttttttttttttttt
- Spanberger

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 11:03 AM (iNUL3)

373 Great. Let's stay in touch as we get closer to Labor Day.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 11:02 AM

Ahit, did I say Labor Day? I meant Memorial Day.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2026 11:03 AM (l1Oiv)

374 Posted by: ShainS at May 01, 2026 10:55 AM (eViVQ)

I don't usually like Eastwood directed movies or musicals but that was a good one. Brit Lass is a big fan of Eastwood and Valli.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 11:03 AM (LGS3t)

375 We haven't heard much from Talcum X (Shaun King) recently.

I hope this remains the case, too.

Now, back to Miss Hadjini. She, and her sweater puppies (to remain faithful to thr thread topic) deserves our attention!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at May 01, 2026 11:04 AM (jwye0)

376 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 10:56 AM (2sfNr)

I do.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 11:05 AM (LGS3t)

377 >>Ahit, did I say Labor Day? I meant Memorial Day.

That might be a bit more problematic but I'll let you know.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 11:29 AM (viF8m)

378 Most definitely art.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 01, 2026 11:29 AM (LKlEb)

379 "pretty good", except that the dog in the top hat has three hands on his musket.

Posted by: Nemo at May 01, 2026 11:32 AM (4RPgu)

380 🤣

"Workers Over Billionaires" marches & events promoting a "Working People's Vision" today, May 1st.

Yeah, it's apt. 👏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2026 11:34 AM (NFX2v)

381 That’s a French frog flag. Although not evenly proportioned, nor in the right direction.

So, the AI that generated this ‘rebellion’ used the French rebellious ‘abomination’ (guillotine) instead of America’s rebellion flag against King George, the whatever.
AI produces an alternate universe that manufactures propaganda as defined by the AI programmers.

Posted by: John at May 01, 2026 03:08 PM (0DsdP)

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